Chapter Eighty-Four: Angry Crown
"Chirp and chirp, Mulan is a household weaver, I don't hear the sound of the machine, only the sigh of the woman...... Hey......"
The sun was shining in early winter, it was a very clear morning, Xiao Yu'er held a book in her hand, leaned against the window, reading boringly, and after a while, she was holding her pink cheeks with her little hands, looking at the scenery outside the window.
"I don't know what happened to Abba, I heard that he seems to have rebelled, and the army of the court is going to exterminate him, I really hope that Abba won't have an accident," Xiao Yu'er frowned, and subconsciously looked up at the gate, she was waiting for that person to come back. I don't know why, although she doesn't like that person very much, but she also feels that in this deep palace compound, only he is really good to herself, and only he can protect herself, so every time that person leaves, she always has some ups and downs in her heart, to put it bluntly, it is a strong sense of insecurity, and she always feels that there is a crisis everywhere, and maybe someone will kill herself at any time.
"This is the palace, hehe," Xiao Yu'er sneered.
"County Lord, County Lord, it's not good!"
Just when Xiao Yu'er was thinking nonsense, a shrill voice suddenly came, and when she looked up, she found that it was Lin Zi, the little eunuch who was responsible for serving her on weekdays. This little eunuch is only ten years old, and it is a coincidence that he is also surnamed Lin, which reminds Xiao Yuer of Lin Pingzhi, so she keeps him by her side. This Lin Zi's heart is very sincere, and soon became a dead friend with Xiao Yuer, and usually brings her some more secret information, such as Liang Hong's affairs, basically he told Xiao Yuer, and Xiao Yuer is also very grateful to him and rewards him with a lot of things, so this little eunuch is more and more attentive to Xiao Yuer, as if she is his own Allah.
It's just that I don't know what's wrong with Lin Zi today, and his expression seems to be a little flustered.
Xiao Yu'er jumped down from the chair, greeted him, and asked him what was wrong.
As a result, Lin Zi panted, looked left and right, and then pulled Xiao Yu'er and ran to the back room, the purpose of which was naturally to avoid the eyes and ears of the servants and eunuchs standing under the porch.
The two of them came to the inner room, and Lin Zi whispered to Xiao Yu'er anxiously: "County Lord, the big thing is not good, now all the adults in the front hall say that it is the county lord who charms the emperor and causes trouble to the country, and unanimously demands that the county lord be executed, that Yang Tinghe even wants to send the county lord to the front of the two armies, in front of tens of thousands of soldiers of the two armies, you will be dissected and your lungs will be cut out and sentenced to death, county lord, you say, how is this good?" How good is that? Now those ministers are all unanimous, and I'm worried that the emperor won't be able to withstand the pressure of the ministers! β
"Is there such a thing?"
Listening to Lin Zi's words, Xiao Yu'er's heart sank instantly, what she had foreseen for a long time had finally happened.
It seems that this palace can't tolerate me, and the ministers can't tolerate me, hey, it's only that fool who has been so stubborn and keeps himself, isn't this sending himself to the fire pit?
Xiao Yu'er didn't know what to think, but for a long time, she slowly walked to the table and sat down, and then comforted Lin Zi and said, "Linzi, don't worry." It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, if he is sincere to me, even if the sky falls, he will naturally help me resist, if he just treats me as a toy, I just kneel and beg him, what's the use? β
"County Lord, otherwise, let's escape, I'll take you out of the palace!" Lin Zi really cares about and likes Xiao Yu'er, so he has to think about her.
"Run? Where to flee? Don't say anything else, just say this palace gate, can you get out? Even if you go out of the palace gate, how can you get out of the gate of the imperial city? Now that Zhang Yong, the commander of the Nine Gates, is already Yang Tinghe's person, can he let me go? When Xiao Yu'er said this, she smiled helplessly, and then said to herself: "Don't worry, I'm not afraid of death, even if I die, Abba will definitely help me avenge it, and I will definitely kill all these wicked people!" β
Xiao Yu'er's words made Lin Zi helpless for a while, and he could only tremble anxiously at the moment, but he didn't know what to do.
At this time, suddenly there was a shout outside: "Your Majesty is back to the palace!" β
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The eunuchs and palace maids outside knelt down to greet them.
"Long live, long live, I'm long old for your grandmother, it's good that Lao Tzu won't be angry with you!" Zhu Houzhao's angry voice came, as if he had kicked over several palace maids and eunuchs, and immediately frightened those servants who kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Pass, give Zhang Yong and Luo Xiang immediately, Zhang Yong immediately closed the nine gates, and none of the people in the court today are allowed to get out, Luo Xiang cooperated with Zhang Yong, check for me, check for me, I want to see who is responsible for this matter today. By the way, that Liu Chengwen, beat me hard, and if you don't tell the truth, you will chop it into meat sauce! Zhu Houzhao was like thunder, angry and angry, almost going crazy.
"Yes, yes, the slave will go and send the two adults over!" An inner servant fled in a hurry, but Zhu Houzhao was still angry, but when he turned around, he saw Xiao Yu'er standing quietly at the door, and unconsciously felt guilty in his heart, subconsciously walked over, squatted down and looked at Xiao Yu'er and said: "Xiao Yu'er, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, it's me who hurt you-"
"Go in and say, you're the emperor, what do you look like when you're shouting so much? There is something to say," Xiao Yu'er turned around and entered the house, and Zhu Houzhao could only follow in with embarrassment.
"They're going to kill me, aren't they?" Entering the dormitory, Xiao Yu'er turned to look at Zhu Houzhao and asked.
"Well," Zhu Houzhao nodded, and then hurriedly said: "Don't worry, as long as I am still the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will never let them succeed!" β
"Why did they kill me? What is the charge? Xiao Yu'er didn't have any expression on her face, she just asked in a deep voice.
"They say that you are seducing me and causing trouble to the country's politics, this is simply nonsense, I really want to kill them all!" Zhu Houzhao said angrily.
"What they said is right," It's just that what Zhu Houzhao didn't expect was that Xiao Yu'er nodded, and then said to him: "These days, you have indeed spent too much time on me, which is not good, you are the emperor, naturally you focus on the government, how can you waste the government and play with a child every day, this is not good." β
"Xiao Yu'er, you," Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say for a while.
"Well, why don't you hand me over and let them kill me, what do you think?" Xiao Yu'er looked at him and asked.
"No, no! Xiao Yu'er, why do you think so? Why do you think that? Zhu Houzhao was full of horror, stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Yu'er's shoulder and asked.
"I don't think so, okay?" Xiao Yu'er sneered, broke away from his hand, and then said quietly: "How long do you think you can fight against them?" Do you think you can keep me? It is true that you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but how much power do you have? Not to mention anything else, how many people can you command in this palace? How many people in the court are willing to listen to you? You just sent someone to spread Zhang Yong and Luo Xiang, do you think these two people are your people? Can they really find out anything? β
"This, this-" Zhu Houzhao was speechless by Xiao Yu'er's words.
"Besides, even if you want to protect me, can you guarantee that you will take care of me at all times? You know, as soon as you leave, they have a thousand ways to get me away, and then leave me dead, can you really save me? Xiao Yu'er looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked.
Zhu Houzhao was completely stunned, he stood there quietly, for a long time, but he suddenly rushed over, grabbed a jar of wine, and poured it desperately with his head high.
"Drink, drink hard, drink to death, no matter how much you drink, you can't change the fact that you are a puppet emperor, do you really have no other ability than to get yourself drunk in order to escape reality?" Xiao Yu'er looked at Zhu Houzhao and frowned and asked.
Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao cried, he shrunk in the corner with the wine jar and cried, like a child, pitiful and lamentable.
"I'm incompetent, I'm incompetentβ" Zhu Houzhao said with a sob.
Seeing this situation, Xiao Yu'er shook her head helplessly, and then asked, "Let me ask you something, with your current ability, can you secretly send me out of the capital?" β
"You're leaving?" Zhu Hou looked at Xiao Yu'er, but then nodded and said, "Yes, now that things have come to this point, you should go." β
Hearing this, Xiao Yu'er sneered and said, "Originally, I always wanted to leave, but now that things have become like this, I don't want to leave." I'd love to see how arrogant those ministers can be. You get up, sit down, and take out the appearance of the emperor, Zhang Yong and Luo Xiang are coming, don't you want to fight for them? You just know what's the use of blindly withdrawing? β
"How to win them? I can't even keep Liu Jin, they have long been cold, where do they dare to follow me? Zhu Houzhao said helplessly.
"You're really useless, you listen to me, wait for them to come, you just tell them like this," Xiao Yu'er lowered her voice and whispered to Zhu Houzhao for a while, but at the end she looked at him and said: "In this way, even if these people don't dare to follow you openly, at least they will face you secretly, understand?" Can you cheer up a little and act like a man? Don't be a fool when you encounter something, what's the use? β
"Yes, yes," Zhu Houzhao nodded hurriedly, as if he had found the backbone, he immediately cheered up and sat down on the dragon couch, while Xiao Yu'er turned around and walked behind the screen.
Zhu Houzhao sat there, looking at Xiao Yu'er's figure with some doubts, I don't know why, I always feel that Xiao Yu'er is a little strange. Is she really only seven years old? If she was only seven years old, how could she be so mentally mature and so resourceful? Doesn't it mean that she is really as Yang Tinghe said, she looks only seven years old, but in fact, her actual age is much older than her appearance, is she really a demon girl sent by thieves to charm her?
However, this is not logical, how would she know that I would eventually bring her back?
Zhu Houzhao had doubts in his heart for a while, and in the end he could only shake his head hard, put these thoughts aside for the time being, sorted out his thoughts, and prepared to deal with the things in front of him first.