Chapter 47: When the Wind Rises

"This year's loquat tastes so good, I remember your favorite food is loquat. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info "The emperor lazily leaned on the Maitreya couch, took a loquat and handed it to Concubine Gao Xian, and when he saw that her sour brows were wrinkled when she bit down, he laughed loudly.

"Your Majesty is really, at this age, and he still entertains me with childish plays." Concubine Gao Xian put the loquat in her hand on the table angrily.

The emperor laughed twice, and when he saw that she was not smiling, he leaned over and said, "Angry? ā€

Concubine Gao Xian glanced at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, do you know why this year's loquat is so sour?" ā€

The emperor was silent, his eyes flickered slightly, and he motioned for her to continue, "The winter snow has been sprinkled for so long, and the people could have had a good harvest, but I don't know where it came from, the loquat should be picked in March, otherwise there will be a catastrophe, but this year's loquat will mature later than last year, and it is the appearance of green and clear." His Majesty just said that the loquat tasted good, and I was very surprised, and when I bit it, it was really very sour. ā€

"Is that so?" The emperor picked up a loquat and stared at it for a while, she didn't know this statement in the harem, but he couldn't be clearer.

Soon after the destruction of the Qi Kingdom, Taishi ordered Zheng Xuan to observe the sky at night, and found that the year star and Taibai met, the main culprit, and after retreating for many days, he finally measured that "the moon and the year star are the same light, that is, there is starvation." ā€

This celestial phenomenon is not the first time that this dynasty has appeared, and in the eleventh year of Chengzhi, it was in response to the sentence "The moon and the stars are the same light, that is, there is hunger and death." "There was a relatively serious famine in almost every part of the Southern Song Dynasty, and 200,000 people starved to death in Chenzhou that year.

One of the five senses, Lingtai Zhang Yu Qi, followed up and measured that the southeast location is the place where the great danger lies, and only by harvesting all the seasonal grain in those counties on the eighth day of the first month of March can there be a chance to escape this catastrophe.

The inner eunuch walked to the emperor's side with unhurried steps, and said softly: "Your Majesty, King Qing has come to ask for peace." ā€

The emperor put the loquat in his hand back to its place, glanced at Concubine Gao Xian out of the corner of his eye, and reprimanded: "What kind of peace are you inviting at this hour?!" ā€

Although he reprimanded him, he didn't let the inner supervisor send him back, he just closed his eyes and pretended to recuperate, Concubine Gao Xian was not a foolish person, and immediately realized that King Qing chose this time to come, and he must have something important to do, so he got up and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine will retreat first." ā€

The emperor didn't open his eyes, but bowed his head slightly, as if he was in a state of closing his eyes and recuperating.

"The son of the emperor to meet his father!" King Qing lifted his robe, accompanied by a bright voice, and knelt down.

The emperor who closed his eyes and recuperated opened his eyes suddenly, this son likes to attract customers, he knows it very well, but these self-proclaimed talented strategists gave him some stupid and indiscriminate ideas, what Ziqing wanted, he could guess at a glance.

The emperor saw that he was menacing, and the impatience in his eyes was a little more, and when he entered the palace today, he was afraid that those strategists had some bad ideas, so he waved his hand and said: "This peace has also been invited, I know your filial piety, go to your mother's place and ask for a peace, just go back, I am also tired, so I will go to take a nap for a while." ā€

King Qing did not move, raised his hand and knelt down again, the emperor's brows immediately wrinkled, there must be a big deal to kneel again, the foot that had taken two steps retreated, and after sitting down again, he said, "You get up and say." ā€

"Yes." King Qing got up simply, just now he lowered his head and didn't notice, only to find that his eyes contained a thick entanglement and pain, the emperor couldn't help but be surprised, and slowly turned the Buddha beads on his fingers.

King Qing took a breath, as if he was making some difficult decision, and finally spoke: "The son has something to tell his father, it is related to King Shun, and he has the courage to ask his father for forgiveness." ā€

King Shun doesn't like to fight, only yearns for the battlefield, the emperor is well aware of him so that he does not doubt him, understands that King Qing is here for King Shun this time, and thinks that King Qing is rare to be so cautious, there should be enough evidence to come to himself, although he knows that King Qing and King Shun are not compatible, but he is still a little curious about what King Shun has in his hands.

The emperor bowed slightly: "Forgive you for your innocence, say it." ā€

"Erchen found that King Shun had frequent contact with King Qin's old people in recent years, and even sent people to infiltrate the Sixing Temple to steal the information of the case that year, intending to overturn the case for King Qin." King Qing said it in one go.

"Nonsense!" The emperor threw the Buddha beads in his hand on King Qing's face, and the Buddha beads were scattered all over the ground, but King Qing didn't even blink his eyes, and still stood motionless, even his expression did not change half a minute.

On the contrary, several inner eunuchs on the side knelt down in panic and shouted for His Majesty to calm his anger.

"Erchen didn't lie, what Erchen said is the truth, and now there is an old person in the palace who is hidden by him in the western suburbs." King Qing suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to the ground and said, "Please ask my father to investigate thoroughly." ā€

The anger in the emperor's eyes was soaring, staring at King Qing who was kneeling in front of him, the anger in his eyes seemed to burn him to the end, his breath became chaotic and heavy, and his tone was cold, "Are you so aimed at Zishun?" ā€

The firmness in King Qing's eyes was suddenly replaced by ruthlessness, and it was only a moment of time, and when he looked at him again, there was endless loss and a flash of grievances in his eyes, which made the emperor's heart relax slightly.

"My father thinks that the imperial brother is good at everything, he is honest and strategic, and he can lead tens of thousands of soldiers to fight on the battlefield with superb martial arts. The sons didn't think about it, they were all princes, but the father trusted and doted on the emperor so much, and regarded the sons as air. King Qing gritted his teeth tightly.

The emperor was speechless, the anger in his eyes was forced back by his words, thinking that he had never liked him very much, and did not take into account his feelings, but now listening to his words, he suddenly felt that he was too prejudiced against him, and his cloudy old eyes looked at him with some panic.

He said again: "But father, if the imperial brother is wrong, shouldn't the son and the minister speak out and let the imperial brother be wrong to the end?" Although the emperor's brother is upright but stubborn, he doesn't believe in his father's judgment, and it is also his consistent practice to overturn the case for King Qin. The emperor's brother is the son of his father, the dignified King Shun, who actually questioned his father, and wanted to overturn the case that was intolerable back then, and he would give people a handle when he passed it on. The son just wanted to ask his father to stop the emperor's brother's practice, and had no other intentions. ā€

King Qing's words were so aggressive that the emperor had no reason to refuse, leaned weakly on the back of the couch, and spit out a sentence after a while: "Where is that person now?" ā€

Lu Zhi came to report that when the western suburbs were surrounded and suppressed by King Qing's troops, King Shun had no defense, and without waiting for the emperor's summons, he led his horse and ran to the palace.

"King Shun asks to see." The inner prison hurriedly walked in from the outside and saluted.

"Oh?" The emperor raised his eyes, his eyes were deep, and he waved his hand and said, "Come so fast?" Let him wait. After thinking about it, he called the inner supervisor and said, "Let him come in." ā€

After King Shun finished saluting, he didn't see the emperor tell him to get up, and when he was wondering, the emperor opened his mouth and said to Uncle Luo: "What do you have to say about the case that has been in charge for 22 years?" ā€

Uncle Luo's head, which had been hanging down, suddenly raised his head, and a trace of pain suddenly flashed in his eyes at King Shangshun, and his head lowered weakly, and he said in resignation: "King Qin deserves his crimes, grass people, there is nothing to say." ā€

The emperor was a little surprised, it stands to reason that since King Shun hid him, it must be because some of the words that this person said were contrary to the case of that year, but he admitted the case of that year, after all, his love for King Shun has not weakened, and he was afraid that he had wronged him, so he asked gently: "Zishun, this person was searched from the western suburbs, what do you say, you can rest assured, my father will thoroughly investigate this matter and return you to a clean house." ā€

King Qing secretly gritted his teeth, and hurriedly lowered his head to hide the terrifying murderous aura and jealousy in his eyes, he actually spoiled King Shun to this point!

King Shun's upper body straightened, his eyes looked at his father and emperor firmly, and he said without a trace of hesitation: "He is indeed an old man from the Qinwang Mansion, and I hid him in the western suburbs." ā€

King Qing's eyes suddenly relaxed, and he endured happiness and said at the moment: "Brother Huang, do you really want to overturn the case for King Qin?" ā€

"Yes, since my father said that the emperor would investigate this matter thoroughly, then..."King Shun was only halfway through his speech, but was interrupted by the emperor's roar, "Zishun, are you crazy?" I trust you so much! ā€

Shun copied the teacup in his hand, about to smash it on his head, King Shun did not dodge or dodge, raised his eyes and floated an unwavering look, the emperor's hand was stunned in mid-air, and he couldn't get down, smashed the teacup at his feet, and said angrily: "You... You... I'm going to say something good about you! Did you hear that? What did the person you've worked so hard to hide just said?! ā€

King Shun clenched his fists, pressed his fingertips deeply into the palm of his hand, and said without knowing the pain: "Uncle Qin Wang wrote seven words of injustice before he died, he was the younger brother of his father, and he was so loyal to his father before his death, he could even take his own life to save his father in Jiangcheng Hunting Ground, I never believed that he would do such a thing, and I have been looking for evidence all these years to prove his innocence." ā€

Speaking of the past, the emperor's heart was sore and painful, and he was betrayed by several people closest to him at the same time, no one knows how painful that feeling is, the lines on his forehead are all witnessing how fast he has aged in recent years, tightly closing his eyes to cover the vicissitudes of that eye, and said sadly: "How could I have thought that they would treat me like this, Zishun, don't waste your mind about this matter anymore, how did I categorically not believe in the slander of others against them back then, I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" But the result? I saw it with my own eyes, and I have to believe it! Even if I write seven words in a row, I will never believe it again! ā€

King Qing went from watching a good show at the beginning to being jealous and then to not daring to relax for half a minute with a tense face at the moment, afraid that the emperor would let him go so easily, and his heart hung higher than King Shun.

King Shun had a white face and was about to speak, but the emperor didn't give him this opportunity, shook his head and said: "These days, you stay in the mansion and calm down, think about your father's words, don't do anything meaningless, and the western suburbs will be taken care of by Ziqing for the time being." ā€

He helped his somewhat drowsy head and said, "Don't mention the names of those people in front of your father in the future, my father is old and can't stand your toss like this, so let's step down." ā€

King Qing gritted his teeth and glanced at King Shun very unwillingly, it seemed that he had taken advantage of the western suburbs, but in the end, wasn't King Shun benefit? Father and Emperor actually just punished him to stay in the mansion and thought about it?! The evidence he had painstakingly collected seemed to have ulterior motives, and he saluted coldly and left angrily.

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