The west of Luoyang City is where the royal garden is located, the most famous is the Pingle Pavilion, there is a high view in the hall, although it is not as majestic as the Vermilion Bird Que, but it is enough to overlook Luoyang City. The clear stream circulation in the hall is connected with the dragon pond in the city and the Fanglin Garden outside the city, and all kinds of precious flowers and trees are planted on the side of the stream, the dense shade of the lush trees, the fragrance bursts, and the unique palace terraces are dotted in the meantime, like the stars around the view of the spacious and gorgeous, the flat optimism of the floors leading to the pavilion.

The Son of Heaven was dressed in civilian clothes, looking at the railing, and Liu Xiu followed him.

In the distance, Queen Song, who was also dressed in civilian clothes, sat by the water with some beauties and palace maids, and He Guiren was also among them, but her identity was special, there were so many women in the palace, she was the only one who had a son, so she always felt that she was different, and disdained to sit with other people, intentionally or unintentionally, she took a few of her cronies to sit on the side, and looked at the eldest prince Shihou Liu Wei with a gloomy face running behind Tang Yingzi like a fart, screaming excitedly from time to time.

She was in a very bad mood because Queen Song was pregnant. If it was before, she might not take it seriously, because Queen Song was not favored, and there was an opportunity to start, not to mention that Cao Jie's old eunuch must be more anxious than her, but now it is different, Cao Jie is dead, and the new Da Changqiu is Lu Qiang, that is a difficult to approach, stereotypical and impersonal old man, loyal to the status of appalling, it is said that Liu Xiu, who is now the most favored by the Son of Heaven, once entered the palace without a door registration, and was actually blocked by this old man and not allowed to enter, although they are as familiar as a family.

In this case, all her means could not be applied to Empress Song, and if Empress Song gave birth to a son, then Shi Hou would be even more distant from the position of crown prince. Until that step, all the efforts of the He family were in vain, and the heavy money given to Zhang to them, and the sacrifices of her and her sister became meaningless.

Watching the danger approaching step by step, but there was nothing to be done, this feeling made He Guiren very uncomfortable.

And Shi Hou's laughter also made her very unhappy, the dignified prince, the daughter of so many powerful people in the palace, he didn't like any of them, he had to play with an orphan of unknown origin, and in front of so many people, especially in front of the Son of Heaven, this kind of cry like a wild child in the countryside really made He Guiren a little embarrassed.

Gotta make that slut laugh again. He Guiren thought sadly. Brother is really, this Henan Yin is doing a lot of money, how did he let Liu Xiu come out again?

Tang Yingzi lifted the corner of his skirt and lightly jumped over a few slippery stones in the stream, Shi Hou also followed, but the other person had short calves, far less neat than Tang Yingzi, jumped on a stone, shook his body a few times, and almost fell into the water, he was suddenly a little timid, looked back, and did not dare to go back, looked around hesitantly, and looked at Tang Yingzi for help.

"Sister Yingzi...... Sister Yingzi ......"

Tang Yingzi beckoned again and again: "Jump quickly, jump quickly, jump over and sister will give you candy to eat." ”

Shi Hou's eyes lit up, he licked his thick lips, mustered up his courage, and jumped towards a boulder in the stream before the panicked palace maids rushed over.

This step was so big that he barely touched the edge, but he couldn't stand firm, and he danced twice, and fell into the water with a "plop". The palace maids were shocked, and rushed over one after another, hurriedly pulling Shi Hou up and making a mess.

He Guiren, who was in a daze, came back to his senses, didn't care about the image, rushed to Shi Hou's side to check, and saw that Shi Hou was just soaked and had no scars, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then scolded: "Come on, put this dead girl in Yeting Prison for me!" Let Bi Lan ask who sent her to murder the eldest prince. ”

The palace maids answered, and rushed up, Tang Yingzi saw that the general situation was not good, so he ran away, shouting as he ran: "Big brother, help, the woman who killed the pig is going to kill someone-"

When He Guiren heard this, his face turned pale with anger, and he scolded the Lang Zhong people next to him for taking down Tang Yingzi and killing him on the spot. Empress Song heard it from afar, although she couldn't help but want to laugh, she also knew that the situation was serious, and while asking people to inform the Queen Mother, she asked the people around her to quickly catch Tang Yingzi, and don't let her fall into the hands of He Guiren, otherwise this hardship will be inevitable.

However, whether it was Queen Song's kindness or He Guiren's murderous spirit was in vain, Tang Yingzi was like a rabbit, quickly running into the shade of the tree, and soon disappeared, the palace maids around He Guiren drilled around in the bushes, and they didn't see him for a long time.

"Quick, quick, she's watching." A sharp-eyed palace maid caught a glimpse of the placket on the stairs flashing like a butterfly, and suddenly realized, and hurriedly pointed to Tang Yingzi, who was running up the stairs, and shouted. The Lang Zhong, who was looking for the fire, looked at each other, the Son of Heaven was watching, they were not allowed to enter without an edict, but they couldn't run wild without taboos like Tang Yingzi.

They hurriedly replied to their respective bosses, and Queen Song listened, smiled slightly, and asked the chief emperor beside her to go to see the Son of Heaven and talk about the matter. He Guiren gritted his teeth with hatred, pointed at those palace maids and scolded them, asking them to go to the Son of Heaven immediately, arrest Tang Yingzi and execute him, and at the same time ask who was the mastermind behind it, and actually wanted to kill the eldest prince by such despicable means.

When the Son of Heaven heard the confusion below, he was about to send someone to ask, but he was even more taken aback when he saw Tang Yingzi rushing up panting. Before he could ask, Tang Yingzi knelt on the ground with a thud, hugged the leg of the Son of Heaven, and cried and said, "Your Majesty, help...... Your Majesty, help......"

The Son of Heaven couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly pulled Tang Yingzi up: "What's the matter?" Alas, you girl, you stained my clothes. I said Liu Xiu, how do you discipline children, look at it, look at it......"

Liu Xiu was also very speechless, as soon as he saw Tang Yingzi's appearance, he knew that this girl must be in trouble again, and it was He Guiren, maybe it was related to the eldest prince Shi Hou, because after watching He Guiren, he pointed fingers and beat his chest. There were a lot of people around him, and there was a figure of the imperial doctor in the middle.

He glanced at Tang Yingzi with an inquiring gaze, Tang Yingzi squeezed his eyes at him, and then said with a sob, she just took him to jump into the stone in the stream in order to help the eldest prince practice his courage, but she didn't expect the eldest prince to stumble for a while and fall into the stream. He Guiren said that she was the murderer of the eldest prince, and if she wanted to kill her, she had to catch the mastermind behind it. Although she cried and said at the same time, she looked extremely aggrieved, but her words were not leaky.

When the Son of Heaven heard that the eldest prince had fallen into the water, he was also taken aback, Liu Xiu saw it, and hurriedly pulled Tang Yingzi, slapped her on the ass without saying a word, and scolded angrily: "How did you do it, so careless." Although it was not cold on this day, and the stream was not deep, the eldest prince was delicate and young, so how could he get it if he drank water? ”

The Son of Heaven was still a little worried, but when he heard Liu Xiu say this, he also laughed, waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, that water is also flooding the feet and necks, how can it drown a dead person." ”

"Your Majesty, although it is said that the water is shallow and no one can drown, but in case the great prince is frightened, then ...... The minister can't excuse his sin even if he dies. ”

"Can you be frightened when you fall into the water?" The Son of Heaven laughed disdainfully, remembering what happened when he was a child, he couldn't help laughing: "Don't you know, when I was so old, I once played in the water in the back garden, and I also fell into the water, and the water was much deeper than this water, which scared the queen mother, alas, anyway, there was no blood on my face at all." But I didn't do anything at all, but stood in the water and chanted two sentences to the queen mother, which made the queen laugh angrily. ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly slapped a sycophant: "Your Majesty Shengming, it's really different." ”

"Clever words!" The Son of Heaven glared at him, and couldn't help laughing, he glanced at Tang Yingzi, who was crying with a face, and frowned: "Didn't you say that your kidnapped girl is a good person, why are you afraid?" ”

"Your Majesty, Tianwei, everyone is afraid." Tang Yingzi replied.

Tianzi raised his eyebrows, was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing.

Tang Yingzi stammered again: "The people's girl...... The folk girl didn't choose what to say just now, and she made a ...... Guilty of great disrespect. ”

"Disrespectful?" The Son of Heaven's face sank, and he was silent for a moment: "What kind of disrespectful sin?" ”

Liu Xiu was also taken aback, and said in his heart that this girl is usually a very clever person, how could she make so many mistakes today, and the eldest prince fell into the water, it was not her fault, but this is a big disrespectful crime...... It's a bit hanging.

"Folk Girl...... said that He Guiren was a woman who killed pigs. ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned, and it took a long time to hold back the laughter that erupted. He was just about to say something, when there was a sharp sound on the stairs, and He Guiren angrily dragged the eldest prince with [***] all over his body and walked up. She walked in too much hurry, dragging the eldest prince to the ground, almost like dragging a sack.

"Your Majesty, this untouchable man is not inferior in his mouth and plots to kill the eldest prince, please ask Your Majesty to track down the mastermind." He Guiren said, glancing at Liu Xiu viciously. Liu Xiu pretended not to see it, and bowed down to salute: "The servants are guarding the palace and ordering the ministers to repair, and meet the nobles." ”

He Guiren snorted, ignored him, looked at Tang Yingzi fiercely, and couldn't wait to reach out and pull her over, and directly pushed her to the bottom and fell to her death.

The Son of Heaven frowned, and beckoned to the panting Shi Hou: "Come, come to me." ”

Shi Hou hesitated and raised his head to look at He Guiren. Although He Guiren was angry, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous in front of the Son of Heaven, so he had to let go and gently pushed Shi Hou. Shi Hou was a little nervous, hesitated for a while, and then slowly walked in front of the Son of Heaven.

"Is it cold or not?" The Son of Heaven touched Shi Hou's hand, kissed his forehead with his lips, and saw that although he was a little cold, he was still normal, so he was relieved.

Shi Hou shook his head and grinned: "The water is very sweet. ”

The Son of Heaven didn't react for a while, and when he understood what Shi Hou meant, he couldn't help laughing: "Is it delicious?" ”

"It's delicious." Shi Hou exclaimed, "I now know why geese like to stay in the water, and they can drink a lot of water." ”

The Son of Heaven was speechless, tilted his head away, and felt a little faceless. He Guiren was angry, and he didn't notice what Shi Hou said, but Liu Xiu endured it very hard, and the Lang Zhong people standing next to him were also very hard.

Shi Hou didn't notice that his father's face was wrong, and continued excitedly: "Father, I want to be a goose too." Goose goose goose, song to the sky. The white hair floats in the green water, and the red anthurium plucks the green waves. As he spoke, he stretched out a hand to imitate the neck of a goose, put one hand behind his buttocks, and took two steps in the form of a goose, and quacked twice.

The Son of Heaven couldn't help laughing, laughed, and touched Shi Hou's head affectionately: "What a goose." White hair floats in green water, and anthurium ...... Dip Qingbo, hey, where did you learn this nursery rhyme? ”

"Sister Yingzi taught." Shi Hou pointed at Tang Yingzi proudly, seeing the tears on Tang Yingzi's face, he didn't care about pretending to be a goose, walked up to Tang Yingzi, raised his little hand to wipe Tang Yingzi's tears, and said very manly: "Sister Yingzi, who bullied you?" You tell me, I'll avenge you! I asked my father to kill him. ”

He Guiren was dumbfounded.

"The white hair floats in the green water, and the red anthurium plucks the green waves. It's a pity that a good sentence is a natural thing, and it's a pity to use it as a nursery rhyme. The Son of Heaven praised and asked Liu Xiu with great interest: "You taught it?" ”

"Nonsense." Liu Xiu bowed very "modestly": "Your Majesty has praised it." ”

"Good, very good." The Son of Heaven was greatly interested, and pulled Shi Hou over: "Read one more to my father." ”

Shi Hou was very excited, and just about to read it again, Liu Xiu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although the weather is not cold, it is not appropriate to wear wet clothes on your body, and it is not too late to recite nursery rhymes after changing clothes for the eldest prince." ”

The Son of Heaven slapped his forehead, turned to He Guiren, sank his face and said, "What did you do as a mother, the child fell into the water, and she didn't want to change the child's clothes first, so she rushed to complain?" ”

He Gui's face turned pale with anger, and anger poured out from a pair of pretty eyes, she pointed at Tang Yingzi and shouted: "Your Majesty, this little slut plotted to kill the prince, Your Majesty does not punish the crime, but blames the concubine?" ”

The Son of Heaven said coldly: "She pushed it into the water?" ”

"If it wasn't for her deception, how could Shi Hou fall into the water?"

"You can't take care of the child yourself, the child can only play with others, others help you accompany you, you don't know how to be grateful, and you still make trouble everywhere." The voice of the Son of Heaven became colder and colder: "If you don't know how to discipline your own children, I will find someone else to accompany you." ”

He Guiren choked, although she felt the unhappiness of the Son of Heaven, but her stubborn surname made her unable to swallow this breath, she widened her eyes, glared at the Son of Heaven angrily, and said sharply: "The child born by the concubine, the concubine will not take it, but she will hand it over to someone else to manage?" ”

"Have you ever taught a nursery rhyme like this for so long?" The Son of Heaven was enraged by He Guiren's demeanor, and his voice became colder: "Do you think that eating and dressing well is to bring it well?" That's feeding pigs, not raising children. ”

As soon as he heard the word feeding pigs, He Guiren was completely crazy. Her breath became heavy, she clenched her fists, and completely forgot that the man in front of her was the Son of Heaven, not an ordinary man in the countryside, she gritted her teeth and screamed: "Feed the pigs, feed the pigs, Your Majesty, is this going to be the same as this slut, insulting the concubine?" Don't forget, Your Majesty, this is Your Majesty's son. ”

"Aren't you the butcher's woman?" The Son of Heaven sneered at each other, and said in a cold voice: "Did she say it wrong, or did I say it wrong?" Are you trying to be like a shrew in the country, scratching my face? ”

He Guiren did have this plan, but after hearing the words of the Son of Heaven, she suddenly reacted, her head was shocked, she shivered, and suddenly felt cold all over, and her whole body trembled.

Liu Xiu saw that the situation was not right, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, your noble person is concerned about chaos, human nature, not to offend Your Majesty, please be gracious." Moreover, it was Yingzi who did not choose to say anything first, and he really deserved to be punished, and it was natural for the nobleman to ask His Majesty to punish him. Please calm your anger. ”

"Don't pretend to be a good person!" He Guiren broke out, pointed at Liu Xiu and screamed: "I made my own mistakes, I bear them myself, I don't need your cat to cry and fake mercy." After speaking, he tore off all the jewelry on his head in three or two strokes, and even his hair was torn up in a mess, and he glared at the Son of Heaven hatefully, and went downstairs crying loudly, and without taking two steps, he stepped on the foot of his skirt, and rolled down from above, and fell so that his head broke and bled out, and he was even more embarrassed.

The Son of Heaven was very faceless by He Guiren's actions, his face was as cold as water, and he watched He Guiren fall indifferently. Liu Xiu was shocked, and shouted at the palace maids beside He Guiren: "You are stupid, don't help the nobleman up, call the imperial doctor quickly!" ”

Only then did the palace maids come back to their senses, hurriedly hugged them, helped He Guiren and hurriedly went downstairs.

"Liu Xiu, it seems that this poor woman really can't be married." The Son of Heaven sighed and patted the railing in annoyance: "Zhang Rang, Guo Sheng misunderstood me!" ”

Liu Xiu bowed and said: "Your Majesty, if you don't make trouble, you can't become a husband and wife, although He Guiren's surname is stronger, his surname is not bad." ”

"Don't say nice things about her, she didn't say a good word about you." The Son of Heaven shook his head helplessly: "I was disturbed by the government in the palace, so I accompanied the queen to relax, it was good, but she made such a fuss...... What a disappointment. ”

"Your Majesty, the affairs of the government ...... Hasn't it been going well? ”

"What went well." The Son of Heaven was in a very depressed mood, raised his hand, and asked Jian Shuo to take a bunch of Di newspapers and stuff them into Liu Xiu's hand: "You, a servant, take advantage of the reason of guarding the palace and city orders, stay in Pingle Pavilion every day and don't enter the palace, and I don't know what the quarrel in the court looks like." Just look at it, and you can see how annoying I am now. ”

Liu Xiu quickly flipped through a few newspapers, some of which were criticized by courtiers for Situ Song Feng's incompetence, saying that he had done nothing in the few months of his reign, and that he was not as good as Yuan Kui, who was dismissed from office and stepped down; There is a request for Situ Fu to arrange work as soon as possible, the Son of Heaven promised before the big exam last year, and he will actually teach if he passes the exam, but it has been half a year, and there has been no movement, and he is dishonest in the world.

There are all kinds of problems, and the final problems all come down to Situ Songfeng's head.

In good conscience, Liu Xiu also felt that Song Feng, the Situ, was incompetent, and he was suitable for an idle position like Zhi Jinwu, and the Son of Heaven helped him to this position, and the element of anger was greater. It's just that now the Son of Heaven refuses to give up such an important position to the family, firstly, he is needed to balance the forces in the court, and secondly, if he takes the initiative to remove Song Feng from his position, then his face will not be put aside.

"What can you do?"

"Minister...... Talk to Master Szeto? ”

The Son of Heaven rubbed his eyebrows and sighed silently, he came to Liu Xiu in the hope that Liu Xiu could come forward to be this villain for him. If Song Feng is really not qualified for the position of Situ, then he will have to be replaced. He walked to the top of the stairs, suddenly stopped, turned his face sideways and said, "Yingzi is eight years old, right?" ”

Liu Xiu's heart froze, "Yes." ”

"It's time to be blind, if you go on like this, you won't be able to do it in the future."

Liu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh." ”

(To be continued)