Today's performance, of course, revolves around the Hubu Shangshu, the emperor is sitting in danger, his eyes swept in front of the hall, and asked in a deep voice: "Situ Aiqing is sick and bedridden, I'm afraid he is not qualified for the post of Hubu Shangshu, who is the candidate for Zhong Aiqing?" ”

As soon as Pei Chendong's footsteps moved, he was about to step out, Liu Yan hurriedly walked out of the queue in front of him, bowed and saluted: "Father Qi, the son-in-law thinks that Liu Zhengsheng, the servant of the household department, is thoughtful and responsible, and has never done a wrong thing, and he deserves the position of the secretary of the household department." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As soon as this remark came out, the court was shocked, and many ministers looked at each other, and they were very surprised by the people he recommended, after all, Liu Zhengsheng was one of the few ministers who openly supported King Qing before, didn't Liu Yan have a mustard in his heart?

Even the emperor shifted his sitting posture in some surprise, leaned out half of his body and asked, "Say it again?" Who? ”

"Liu Zhengsheng, the head of the household." Liu Yan's words are sonorous, powerful and clear.

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, why did you recommend this person?" Some ministers couldn't help but jump out and ask, not only him, but in fact, many ministers present were deeply surprised and wanted to know why.

Liu Yan looked back at him, pretending to be puzzled: "You actually asked me why?" Do I need a reason to nominate Liu Zhengsheng? Don't you see what he did? If he doesn't do the position of the secretary of the criminal department, who else can do it? ”

As he spoke, he turned to the emperor again, and said: "Father, the son has checked, and Liu Zhengsheng has a special set of governance of the household department, and he has made a lot of contributions before, but he is low-key and has not publicized it." ”

It's not so much that he is low-key, but that Situ Jue robbed him of his credit, Liu Yan didn't say it directly, but everyone's hearts were like mirrors.

"What do you think of this Liu Zhengsheng recommended by Zishun?" Although the emperor did not express his attitude, the look on his face and the very relieved tone in his speech had indirectly shown that he was very satisfied with the people recommended by Liu Yan.

There was a lot of discussion in front of the palace, and suddenly someone came out of the queue, bowed down and saluted: "The minister thinks that what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true. High positions have always been lived by sages, and since Lord Liu knows so much about the household, he might as well give it a try. ”

Liu Yan looked sideways slightly, and saw that it was the co-organizer of the university. Busy keeping him in mind, because Chu Shenxia reminded him when he went to court today, those who jumped out to support His Highness first were very likely to be willing to stand on His Highness's side in the future.

Immediately, Chen Que, the head of the Sixing Temple, Wang Qin, the commander of the forbidden army, and Pei Shudong, all jumped out one by one to join Liu Yan. Immediately afterwards, those ministers who had worked for King Qing before also jumped out.

The emperor nodded with great satisfaction, and then settled the head of the household, and left Liu Yan behind after the next dynasty.

After retiring from others, the emperor was helped by Liu Yan into the plum forest, the golden plum blossom season is long, and there are many branches that are still blooming, and the emperor walked around with great interest before entering the right path.

"Zishun, my father is old." The emperor sighed leisurely and saw that Liu Yan was about to speak. He raised his hand to stop him and continued: "I know what you have to say, but it is a fact that I am old, and many old problems have flare-up now, all of which were caused by me when I was young. I thought carefully about the truce strategy you proposed at the beginning, it is not unreasonable, the people are living too hard, this is all my fault. ”

Liu Yan shook his head hurriedly and said, "No, it's not my father's fault. It is the fault of this era, it is the war, and the people will be adrift. The son knew that his father wanted to rule the world and all the people would be one. It's just that the world has been ruined for a long time, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to use war to complete my father's great cause. ”

"Eh......" the emperor sighed lightly, laughing at himself, "I am old, and I often sigh, in the early years. I fought in the east and west, and regarded human life as a mustard, but now that I am old, I especially cherish my life, and then I think of the pain of the people, I have really owed thousands of people over the years. ”

"Looking at Kyushu, 36 counties, 102 counties, only most of the people in the Southern Song Dynasty have no worries about food and clothing, and they don't have to suffer from the upheaval and displacement. These are all wise and wise fathers, who have benefited the people. Liu Yan said.

The emperor laughed when he heard this, but he still pretended to be dissatisfied and reproached: "Okay, this is not the upper court, what are you talking about so seriously?" I just want to talk to you and hear what you think of the world. ”

Seeing that he was silent, the emperor couldn't help but say: "Look at you, let you speak well, and if you don't say it, I really can't do anything about you." ”

"Erchen wants to go and see his mother." Liu Yan suddenly changed the topic, the emperor looked at him with disgust, and said helplessly: "Okay, go and see your mother, let's accompany me and your mother to eat together, I don't remember, when the three of us dined together." ”

Liu Yan recalled with a smile: "A few days before I left Jincheng, my mother felt that I was going to live in the military camp at a young age, and my mood was very low. ”

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Why don't I remember? When the Emperor heard this, he felt very fresh, and tried to recall it, but he couldn't remember it.

"Erchen remembers very well that on that day, my father specially ordered the imperial dining room to make Erchen's favorite cherry meat." When Liu Yan said this, the whole person relaxed, and even said happily, "Since I ate the cherry meat in the imperial dining room that day, Erchen has been thinking about it, but then I didn't have the opportunity to eat it, and I still remember the taste when I was a child." ”

When the emperor heard this, he laughed heartily and said again and again: "Okay, good, good, I will let the imperial dining room make this dish for you today." ”

Concubine Gao Xian was already preparing for lunch at that time, and when she saw his father and son appearing in front of her with a smile and a smile, she couldn't help but be surprised, and greeted her with some trepidation, but was stopped by the emperor.

"Coincidentally, today I and Zishun came to your palace to eat, and Concubine Ai won't refuse us, right?" The emperor looked very happy, Concubine Gao Xian reacted, grinned, helped the emperor and walked inside, and did not forget to look back at Liu Yan.

"Huh? It's been cold these days, and it's too warm in Aifei's house. When the emperor saw the pot of charcoal that was about to burn out, he couldn't help but turn his head and reprimand, "What's the matter with you? How to take care of the mother, how can I get sick on such a cold day? ”

A group of people were sincerely frightened, and hurriedly knelt down to ask for sin: "Your Majesty forgives me, the slave knows that I am wrong." ”

"No, Your Majesty, at first there were three pots of charcoal fire, I thought it was too hot, so I let people move two pots out, although the weather is very cold, but the house should not be too warm, otherwise it is easy to get typhoid fever when you go out." Concubine Gao Xian hurriedly waved her hand and motioned for those palace maids to retreat.

The emperor sat down with her support, looked at her with disgust, covered her slightly cold hands with great pity, raised his eyes to look at Liu Yan and said, "Zishun, come, sit here." ”

There were only a few dishes on the table, and they were all vegetarian dishes, the emperor frowned, and couldn't help asking: "I remember that you used to love to drink wine and eat meat, especially wine, and meals are indispensable, why do you eat these now?" ”

He turned his head to Chen Gong behind him and said, "I asked you to go to the imperial dining room to make the dishes you ordered, are you ready?" ”

Gonggong Chen hurriedly bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, there is still a piece of cherry meat missing, this cherry meat was created by the late Imperial Dieter, after he left, there is no one in the Imperial Dining Room who will make it." I was about to come back and tell Your Majesty, when a little palace maid suddenly volunteered that she would do it, so I answered her, and in a little while, it should be delivered. ”

"Oh? In that case, let's wait a moment. The emperor reached out to take the wine jug in front of him, and was held down by Concubine Gao Xian, and the emperor looked at her in puzzlement.

She withdrew the pot of wine from the emperor's hand and explained: "Your Majesty, this wine is cold, and the weather is so cold, it's not good to hurt your stomach, it's better to take it down and make it hot." ”

Without waiting for the emperor to agree, she handed the wine jug to the palace maid on the side, and said softly: "When cooking wine, remember to put a little stone honey as usual." ”

"Stone honey?" Liu Yan felt very strange, turned sideways and asked, "Why does the concubine put stone honey, does the wine taste better if you put stone honey?" ”

The emperor also felt strange, looking at her sideways, Concubine Gao Xian saw that the two of them were so curious, but she sold Guanzi, and smiled mysteriously: "You will know when you drink it." ”

"Your Majesty, the people from the imperial dining room are here." Gonggong Chen didn't know when he went out, and he was coming in from outside the door at this moment, followed by a trembling little palace maid.

She opened the food box and put all the dishes on the table one by one, then lowered her head and stood aside, Liu Yan saw the cherry meat, her eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks.

Sure enough, I heard Concubine Gao Xian blame him: "You kid, your father hasn't moved the chopsticks yet, so you eat first, and you're too ignorant." ”

The emperor laughed twice, and didn't take it to heart, but gently pushed the jade plate, and said kindly: "It's okay, it's just the three of us today, you don't have to be bound by etiquette, you have been thinking about it for so long, eat quickly." ”

Liu Yan was not polite, picked up a piece of meat, took a big bite, and as soon as the meat taste entered his lips, Liu Yan couldn't help nodding and praised: "It's really delicious." ”

"Reward!" The emperor laughed loudly, turned his head to Chen Gonggong, Chen Gonggong answered, and took the palace maid out, he looked at Liu Yan eating meat, and couldn't help asking, "How is it?" It's exactly the same as what you ate when you were a kid, right? Look at you, eat so fast, be careful to choke. ”

After Liu Yan swallowed the meat in his mouth, he said: "The meat is still the original meat, but the taste is not the same as when I was a child, which is a pity." ”

The smile on the emperor's face suddenly faded, and he was a little distracted, Concubine Gao Xian saw this, and hurriedly signaled Liu Yan with her eyes, seeing that he didn't look at herself, she had to reprimand softly: "How can you say such things to sweep your father's happiness?" ”

Liu Yan slowly put down his chopsticks, raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor, and saw that there was a hint of pleading in his eyes, which was really embarrassing, and his words were blocked by his glance.

The meat is still the same as before, but the taste is not the same as when it was a child.

This is not the first time Liu Yan said to the emperor, as early as many years ago, King Qin and the emperor hunted a rabbit in the spring, and the two roasted the rabbit to eat, and before that, the emperor had a lot of suspicions about King Qin.

King Qin thought that he and the emperor were born and died on the battlefield, and were besieged by the enemy for three days and three nights, and dozens of people survived by eating a rabbit meat. Now that the two of them are eating this rabbit meat, they have millions of furrows in their hearts, and they are sad for a while, and they say sadly: "The meat is still the original meat, but the taste is not the original taste." ”

(To be continued.) )