Chapter 261: Monarch and Minister's Conversation
Along the way, they came to the palace with mixed emotions, and the palace at night was not as magnificent as imagined, and even compared with the prosperous Qinhuai Lake, it was inevitable to show a trace of loneliness. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
There are occasionally groups of eunuchs patrolling on the dark road, and a glimmer of light will emerge every few tens of meters, which is the room of the palace maid and eunuch, because it is dark and you can't see the road, you can't see the magnificent and majestic buildings around, so it's no different from walking in the countryside.
Xu Jue couldn't help but sigh at the power of modern science, and only those who have really experienced it will have such feelings.
Xu Jue has been the emperor for more than a year, but so far there is only one concubine, Da Qiao, the only queen, except for her, there is no one else, so in the large-scale harem, only the candlelight of the Jiaofang Palace is flickering, and other places are still blind, and the only light is on, and it is only the maid on patrol waiting for the return of the master.
The two carriages were one in front of the other, and Wu Dao lived in front of the car and behind the car in the cold night, while Guo Jia and Jintai followed closely, and Jintai, who was born in a commoner, was full of surprise on his face, after all, this was the first time he had gone into the palace so openly.
"Stop!" Just when the carriage was not far from the front of the Jiaofang Palace, Xu Jue suddenly gave an order, and Wu Dao in front immediately stopped and waited for the order.
Unlike other emperors, Xu Jue had his own small palace, but it occupied a small area, which did not match his identity.
And since ancient times, the Son of Heaven has not had his own palace, because they don't need it, they have three palaces and six courtyards, and they sleep in the same bed with the concubine of Linxing at night, and they can go to the court after sleeping, even if they have their own room, it must be full of dust.
Of course, Xu Jue's miniature palace is not used to sleep alone, as long as he is in the palace, he will accompany Da Qiao, and after doing things between husband and wife, the two hug each other and fall asleep.
The reason why this small palace was built is mainly because Xu Jue is a modern person, he is used to being independent, and he doesn't worry about money, so even if he basically doesn't use it, it doesn't hurt to build one.
"Squeak", the sandalwood door slowly opened, and through the light of the candle that had been on, it could be seen that the inside was spotless, because it was cleaned every day.
An antique big bed sits in the middle, all kinds of beautiful patterns on the ground are blended together, showing the domineering spirit of the Son of Heaven, more than ten meters away from the bed, there is a sandalwood desk, which is almost full of all kinds of twists and turns, there is a hanger in the corner, all kinds of clothes are hung on it, neatly and neatly, eight candlesticks occupy the four corners, there is also a candlestick next to the bed, in addition, this empty palace has no other decoration, and there is no slave.
Speaking of a small palace, but looking at the land area, it can definitely be regarded as a villa now.
"Come in." Xu Jue's face was expressionless, and he was the first to enter, the hall was deserted, and there was no trace of popularity, it seemed that Xu Jue was really rarely here on weekdays.
Da Qiao hugged Xu Ji, led Mo Lan to follow closely, Xiao Qiao and Zhou Yu followed, and after that, it was Guo Jia, Jintai, and Wu Dao in the cold night.
When he saw the person led by Da Qiao, although he only saw the graceful back, Guo Jia was stunned for a while, but then he smiled bitterly: "A woman in a green house, how could Your Majesty let the queen lead her into the palace?" ”
Xu Jue personally lit the candles, and it was not until the candlesticks in the four corners were lit that there was finally a soft candlelight in the hall, which was reflected on the faces of individuals, with a different kind of beauty.
"Mo Lan!" From the moment he just entered, Guo Jia's attention was always on Mo Lan's body, at this moment the candlelight was flickering, Mo Lan turned around, Guo Jia finally saw her face, and immediately couldn't help but exclaim.
"Hehe, Fengxiao, this is what I'm talking about." Xu Jue looked at Guo Jia's extremely stunned expression and smiled slightly.
"Your Majesty...... You...... I ......" Guo Jia was still shocked, looking at Xu Jue and Mo Lan from time to time, and he didn't know how Xu Jue knew that the person in his heart was Mo Lan, because he didn't know that his history had been rewritten.
"Lan'er...... Lan'er? Unlike what she imagined, Mo Lan did not show the same surprise as herself, but was very puzzled by Guo Jia's sudden shock, and her big eyes were full of curiosity.
"......" The only person present was Xu Jue, originally according to Xu Jue's ideals, Mo Lan should be sober after seeing Guo Jia, but now, hey...... It seems that she was hit a little hard, and there was something wrong with her spirit, and even Xu Jue herself was a little confused.
Everyone else was curious about this scene, but Zhou Yu was quite calm, because he knew the delicate relationship between Guo Jia and her.
"Feng Xiao, why don't you communicate with Miss Mo Lan first?" Xu Jue can't, he can only do this.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with Lan'er?" Guo Jia looked serious, in his memory, he went to the Qinglou and didn't find Mo Lan, and then Mo Lan suddenly had an accident, and he went to find Mo Lan to redeem himself, and he was killed, and Mo Lan cried, he didn't know at all, because it had been completely deleted by the system.
"Hey...... I don't know. Xu Qi shook his head and closed his eyes, trying not to let Guo Jia, a wise man, see the abnormality in his eyes.
"Lan'er......" Guo Jia slowly walked towards Mo Lan, who looked confused, and stretched out his hand to take her, but Mo Lan seemed to resist very much, and suddenly threw herself into Da Qiao's chest without looking at Guo Jia.
"This ......" The hand stretched out in mid-air stopped over there, Guo Jia was at a loss for a while, just for this woman.
"Fengxiao, Miss Mo Lan may be sick, and I will send Mr. Li Shizhen to come over tomorrow to take a look." Xu Qi said.
"Hey!" Guo Jia lowered his head and sighed, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" As soon as he finished speaking, he left silently.
Xu Jue didn't keep it, because he knew that the person he loved didn't know his pain, and staying here at the moment would definitely hurt Guo Jia's spirit, so it was better to let him go than to stay.
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"Ying'er, you take Miss Mo Lan to rest first, I'll sleep here tonight, I just have something to talk to Gong Jin and Mr. Jintai." Xu Jue walked up to Da Qiao, touched Xu Ji's head, and said softly.
"Hmm." Da Qiao nodded, took Mo Lan and left.
"Wan'er, why don't you and the queen go together, you two sisters haven't seen each other for a long time." Zhou Yu smiled and looked at Xiao Qiao.
"Okay." Xiao Qiao also felt that the atmosphere was a little dignified, so he ran to his sister very interestingly, took her hand, and left together.
"Qiu Yao, escort them to the Jiaofang Palace." Xu Jue ordered.
"No!" Leng Ye gave his hand, followed closely by Da Qiao and the three of them, and carried out the escort mission.
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Three women left, and now only Xu Jue, Zhou Yu and Jintai are left, Xu Jue smiled intentionally or unintentionally, "Mr. Jintai, what do you think of my son?" ”
"Oh! At first glance, it is talent! Jintai didn't want Xu Jue to ask himself suddenly, so he blurted out.
"Hehe, what do you think of his martial arts talent?" Xu Qi looked at Jintai with a smile, waiting for him to speak.
"This ...... Your Majesty," Jin Tai smiled wryly, "the prince is still young, and he can't see it below." ”
"Good!" Xu Jue laughed, Jintai looked puzzled, and didn't know what Xu Jue was laughing at.
"Just now I just wanted to see if you were the kind of sycophant, but now it seems that you are not, and I am relieved." Xu Qi said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Jin Tai saw sweat on his forehead, and in front of the Son of Heaven, his every move was very careful, so the invisible pressure was obvious.
"Mr. Jin," Xu Jue stepped forward and patted his sturdy shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Your boxing skills are excellent, even if General Yuwen is barehanded, he is not your opponent, I intend to let you teach boxing, are you willing?" ”
"Your Majesty's words are serious, but there are requirements, how dare you refuse!" Jintai immediately knelt down and bowed his head.
"Good!" Xu Jue smiled and lifted up Jintai, "Not only that, in the future, when the prince is a little older, I still want you to teach him boxing!" ”
"Yes!" Jintai gave up his hand and agreed to all of Xu Qi's orders.
"Gong Jin," after dealing with the matter of Jintai, Xu Qi turned his head and called Zhou Yu.
"Your Majesty." Zhou Yu was on standby.
"What do you think of the current situation?"
"I thought that now Yangzhou is becoming richer and more stable under the governance of His Majesty, and the Shanyue barbarians are also convinced by His Majesty because of the matter of Chaisang, and no longer disturb the people; Although the positions of Xuzhou Kong Rong and Tao Qian are not very clear, they will never take the initiative to provoke; Yanzhou Cao Cao has just experienced a big defeat, and recruited the Yellow Turban Yu Party, the combat power is low, His Majesty can lead the army to break it in one fell swoop, so as not to leave trouble. Zhou Yu said.
"Gong Jin is reasonable, but I don't want to exterminate Cao Cao." Xu Qi said with a smile.
Jin Tai listened to the conversation between Xu Qi and Zhou Yu on the side, and he was confused and emotional, confused because he didn't understand, and sighed because Xu Jue trusted him, and talked about confidential matters in front of someone he just knew.
"Why? Cao Cao recruited more than 100,000 yellow scarves at one time, and the number of strong people selected from them reached more than 50,000, which can be said to have become the great princes of Yanzhou! Zhou Yu analyzed.
"Gong Jin, this is like three dogs grabbing food, but the strength is about the same, so no one can grab it, but one day, a vicious dog came, even more fierce than the three dogs combined, and then, the three dogs that originally grabbed the food will begin to unite and deal with this vicious dog, although it may not necessarily win." Xu Jue made a meaningful analogy.
"Your Majesty, but as you said, if those three dogs can't fight the vicious dogs, but are devoured by the vicious dogs, won't it be even more difficult to deal with in the future?" Zhou Yu asked rhetorically.
"That's true, but do I have to worry about being infested by a vicious dog?" Xu Jue smiled extremely domineeringly, and this smile suddenly relieved Zhou Yu.
"I know, in the early years, His Majesty said that he would organize the second attack on Dong, I don't know what His Majesty wants now?" Zhou Yu diverted the topic and asked Xu Jue.