Chapter 260: The Harem (I)

This winter, another heavy snowfall fell on the city, and the dense snowflakes soon covered all the rooftops of the city, including the top of the Forbidden City, which used to be bright yellow glazed tiles, and now it has turned a pure white. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

As the snow continues to fall, the temperature naturally drops rapidly, and even wearing thick cotton clothes still makes people feel chilled when they stand still for a while. Many of the guards of the forbidden army standing in front of the Son of Heaven would shake their bodies from time to time, and they had not moved their bodies for nearly an hour, so they would inevitably feel cold, and even feel that their bodies were frozen.

In stark contrast to them, Yang Zhen, who was dressed much lighter than them. Even though he had stood for more than an hour, he was still in good spirits, without the slightest hint of chills, and even had some red light on his face. Of course, this is not only due to the diligent exercise he said to Wanli before, but also because of the effect of the Qingfeng Technique of the Daomen Inner Family Exercises.

In the past, when Yang Zhen heard people talk about how mysterious the inner kung fu was from some books or film and television dramas, and he could make people not invade the cold and heat after practice, he often disdained it. But now, after his own practice, Yang Zhen finally believes that what he said is true. This made him feel more grateful to Zhang Laodao, and at the same time, he also became more curious about the identity of this Taoist priest. It seems that when do you have to knock on Zhang Jingyun's side to see what Zhang Laodao's identity is.

Just when Yang Zhen was thinking about how to get a word from Zhang Jingyun, a shout with some anger suddenly came from the warm pavilion behind them: "This word is erection, not back!" ”

This shout was really a bit abrupt, and the surroundings were quiet at this time, which was even more frightening, that is, the guards outside the door changed their faces, and then they seemed to understand something, their eyes were fixed on the front, and they didn't dare to turn their heads in the slightest.

Yang Zhen was also stunned, listening to this voice, it should be Zhang Juzheng's, and he is teaching Wanli to read in the warm pavilion at the moment, how can he be so angry? You must know that even if he is the first assistant of the current imperial court and the de facto ruler of this great tomorrow, what he is facing is the king of a country after all, and he is the emperor Wanli.

"I've never seen him so arrogant before, and I feel that what my eldest brother wrote about his fate is a little unconvincing. Now it seems that this ending is not without reason. Yang Zhen thought in his heart, and at the same time felt a trace of sympathy for the little emperor.

After half an hour, the closed door of the warm pavilion finally opened, and Zhang Juzheng walked out as usual, as if the incident that happened before to angrily denounce the Son of Heaven had nothing to do with him. And Wanli, who came out behind him, was full of panic, looking like he was afraid that Zhang Juzheng would turn around and deal with him heavily.

This scene fell in Yang Zhen's eyes, which made him feel even more strange. Even if he made some mistakes while studying, he was reprimanded by Zhang Juzheng, who was a teacher, and he still looked frightened when he came out. No matter how afraid of Zhang Juzheng is, he won't be like this.

If it was the other guards, not to mention that they didn't dare to think about the things between the Son of Heaven and the elder of the pavilion, they didn't dare to think of something, and they didn't dare to have the courage to delve into it. But Yang Zhen is not comparable to ordinary people, since he feels that something is wrong, he wants to find out.

So when the Son of Heaven returned to the warm pavilion of the Heart Cultivation Hall for dinner, and when the eunuchs who accompanied him were busy serving food, Yang Zhen secretly pulled over a close attendant Sun Hai, who had some friendship with him: "Father-in-law Sun, stay here." ”

This Sun Hai is a eunuch in his early twenties, with a round face, and dimples on his cheeks when he smiles, which is very pleasing. And underneath his pleasing face was a shrewd mind. He could see that Yang Zhen had been trusted by Wanli recently, so he had also deliberately made friends with Yang Zhen before.

Now that he was grabbed by Yang Zhen, Sun Hai couldn't shake him off, so he smiled bitterly and said, "Guard Yang, Your Majesty is in a bad mood today, don't make me happy." If you make him unhappy, it is naturally nothing that your majesty values you, but a subordinate like us will be miserable. As he spoke, he bowed his hand to Yang Zhen as if he was forgiving.

Yang Zhen couldn't help but be even more curious when he saw it: "What is this Father-in-law Sun, aren't you also a credible person in front of Your Majesty?" I just want to ask what the hell is going on, I also heard the situation in the warm pavilion just now, but it won't make Your Majesty so unhappy, right? ”

Seeing that Yang Zhen was here to inquire about the situation, Sun Hai was even more hesitant. After pondering for a while, he looked at the half-closed portal and said, "I can't say anything about this for a while." That's it, Guard Yang, when I have time in the afternoon, how about we talk to you in detail? ”

"It's okay, then I'll ask my father-in-law later." When Yang Zhen saw that he agreed, he no longer embarrassed him, let go of his hand, and walked back to his post.

Although it was a bit unruly for him to do these things as a guard, with his current status, the colleagues next to him could only act as if they hadn't seen him. After all, Xiao Ran's lessons from the past are not far away.

Sun Hai was also a man of his word—of course, maybe it was just because he also wanted to find someone to talk to, or he wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Yang Zhen—and after an hour of coming, he took the initiative to find Yang Zhen and pulled him to a corner outside the Heart Cultivation Hall to talk.

Although the guards and eunuchs around them were a little eye-catching when they saw them muttering one eunuch and one guard there, they could only see nothing when they saw the identities of the two.

And here, Yang Zhen, who originally thought it was some minor problem, was taken aback after listening to Sun Hai's narration, but he didn't expect such a serious thing to happen to the emperor.

It happened last night.

As Wanli grew older, Zhang Juzheng's discipline and teaching of him became more and more strict, which made Wanli, who had just been in the rebellious period, sometimes very distressed. Especially when Yang Zhen appeared and instilled in him something that was more acceptable but contrary to what Zhang Juzheng advocated, Wanli's resistance to Zhang Juzheng became more and more serious.

But because of the habits he has cultivated for a long time, and because he knows the importance of Zhang Juzheng to the imperial court, Wanli does not dare to be presumptuous to Zhang Juzheng. So this kind of contradictory thoughts that wanted to oppose but didn't dare to breed in the little emperor's heart kept breeding, making him feel very uncomfortable.

Men, once they are not happy, they will think of other ways to distract, such as drinking. Even if Wanli is now less than fourteen years old, as the Son of Heaven, he has already learned to drink, so last night, he drank some wine in his inner palace.

I don't want to, Wanli's wine is not good, and the wine is even worse. After getting drunk, he went crazy, and insisted on forcing a few little eunuchs around him to drink with him, and let them sing songs to cheer up.

How dare these little eunuchs drink in front of the Son of Heaven? As for singing, they don't know how to sing, so they blindly refuse, no matter what the emperor says, they have one attitude and refuse. In fact, this is also the reason why they don't take the Son of Heaven too seriously in their hearts, and they feel that the little emperor is still young, and it is impossible to do anything to them, but if the Queen Mother or Feng Bao knows that they drink and sing songs with the Son of Heaven, the end will be miserable.

Unexpectedly, their attitude quickly annoyed Wanli. He originally drank the wine because he was not happy in his heart, but now after drinking it, he met these few people who refused to obey his fate, and his heart was even more unhappy. If he was sober, Wanli might still be restrained, but under the influence of alcohol, he didn't have too many worries, and immediately turned his face black and said: "I asked you again one last time, are you willing to accompany me to drink and sing?" ”

"Slaves don't dare!" The three little eunuchs kowtowed again, and it was self-evident which one did not dare to be natural.

At this time, Wanli finally couldn't help it, so he slapped the table at that time and ordered: "Take all three of them to me." If they dare to disobey me, that is, they will not be respectful! Come on, push them out and cut them for me! ”

Wanli's order immediately frightened everyone. The words of the Son of Heaven may not be a holy decree, but the orders he issued must be. Now he wants to take these three eunuchs down to kill them on charges of disrespecting the will, but it's not a joke.

This time, the three little eunuchs also came back to their senses and quickly kowtowed and begged for mercy. Then, some other eunuchs also knelt on the ground and pleaded, allowing Wanli to spare the three of them.

But Wanli is obviously angry, and he refuses to let go no matter how others ask for it. Seeing this scene, the eunuch with the spirit secretly ran out and went to Feng Bao and the others for help. And Sun Hai, the close attendant of the Son of Heaven, saw that things were getting more and more stiff, and if Wanli really killed people in a fit of anger, he was afraid that he would be severely punished, so he boldly proposed a compromise solution to the emperor: "Your Majesty, how can you be a wise king who can kill people for such a trivial matter?" But after all, they are also guilty, so the slave maid thinks that he should take the head by cutting his hair. ”

"Hair cutting head?" As soon as Wanli, who was drinking, heard this, he remembered a scene he was familiar with when he watched the play before, which was the story of Cao Cao's hair-cutting head. He laughed and agreed: "Okay, just follow your wishes, let them cut their hair and act as an example!" ”

Since the Son of Heaven had made such concessions, the others did not dare to persuade them again, so they cut off the hair of the three little eunuchs with the long sword used in the palace decoration, and finally saved their lives.

But it didn't end there. Just when Wanli was satisfied in his heart, and was about to fall asleep while he was drinking, the Queen Mother with an angry face rushed over accompanied by Feng Bao.

It turned out that after receiving the report from those little eunuchs, Feng Bao thought that he might not be able to persuade the Son of Heaven, so he thought of the big rescuer of the Queen Mother. And after the Queen Mother learned that her son was so messing around, Feng Yan was also furious, so she rushed over angrily.