Chapter 113: The Emperor
It's been too busy these two days, so let's make up for the chapter I owe yesterday today! Tickets are still required.
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This wait was unexpectedly long, from early morning to early afternoon, from the beginning of caution to the end of boredom, Li Qing's patience was exhausted little by little, looking up at the head, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the early dynasty actually lasted until this time, which made Li Qing a little surprised, his stomach was already rumbling with hunger, presumably the emperor and ministers who were still discussing in the early dynasty were no better.
After walking around the Zhonghe Hall several times, he had admired the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall several times, and even half of the tea leaves had been chewed off by him at this time, and he didn't know when it would take.
Li Qing didn't know that his actions at this time had surprised those wood-like little eunuchs in the Zhonghe Palace, it was a great honor to be a courtier to be summoned in the Zhonghe Palace, and the minister who came here was not sincerely afraid, respectful, of course, those bigwigs were not among them, they came here for a common time. But this one is good, he was very disciplined before, but after two hours, he began to fidget, and finally regarded the Zhonghe Hall as his own home, pacing, admiring calligraphy and painting, and enjoying himself.
Probably aware that the wooden people's eyes were staring at him, Li Qing turned his head and smiled at them, and the wooden people who were rolling their eyes and followed Li Qing were startled, and quickly straightened their heads, and they didn't squint again.
It's really well trained! Li Qing sighed in his heart.
It's not comfortable to be stared at by these eyes, Li Qing sat down again, the brocade stool looked comfortable, but after sitting for a long time, and there was no backrest, it made people a little uncomfortable, there was a comfortable chair in the Zhonghe Palace, but no matter how bold Li Qing was, he didn't dare to sit on it, because it belonged to the emperor alone. Stretching out the two long legs, Li Qing clasped his hands in front of his chest, and actually dozed off, he talked with the second uncle for half a night yesterday, and got up early in the morning today, and sat here for a long time, but he was really tired.
In a blur, Li Qing felt that someone had entered the Zhonghe Palace, in the end, he was a military general, his vigilance was extremely high, and when he got a little closer to him, his subconscious began to automatically call the police, Huo Di opened his eyes, and Li Qing saw that less than two meters away from him, there was a person staring at him with interest.
Emperor! Li Qing jumped up suddenly, the bright yellow clothes are not for everyone to wear, especially the golden dragon with teeth and claws embroidered on the man's chest, although he doesn't know how many claws, it seems that the emperor's dragon has nine claws, but behind this person stood two white-faced and beardless guys who looked like eunuchs, staring at themselves with bad faces, and farther away, Huang Gonggong's face was panicked.
"Weichen see Your Majesty!" Li Qing fell to his knees with a bang, and the nail leaves on his body touched the ground, making a crisp sound. Rao is he is bold, and there is a slight sweat on his body at this time, who is the person opposite, it is the emperor, he has only seen it on TV before, but this one in front of him is genuine. Although the sense of awe for the emperor is not great, but the identity of the person is there, he actually fell asleep, and he didn't know if the emperor walked to him, in this era, this is a big disrespect, and he has to lose his head, of course, Li Qing knows that it is impossible for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to let himself lose his head.
Not only was there some annoyance in my heart, I didn't always see the emperor to a certain place on TV before, and where was it far away, there was a male duck who shouted loudly that the emperor had arrived, I thought that with this voice, with his own hearing and vigilance, he would wake up, but I expected that the emperor would quietly arrive at the Zhonghe Hall like a cat. It seems that those directors in their previous lives were either idiots, or they bullied the common people and didn't understand and made things up.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse smiled, "Sure enough, I am worthy of being a general who has fought an old battle, my steps have been deliberately lightened, and no one is allowed to make a sound, but I still woke you up, calm down, General Li!" ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Qing kowtowed heavily and stood up, don't look at the sound of his head, that's because he still has an iron helmet on his head, if he is bareheaded, Li Qing will not be so hard, the ground of this Zhonghe Hall is paved with gold bricks, which will break his head.
Emperor Tianqi seemed to see through Li Qing's little careful thinking, smiled slightly, turned around and walked to the back of the case, sat down, followed by a slightly older eunuch who followed him lightly patted his palms, and immediately came in from outside, four little Tailin holding gilded wooden plates, carefully placed four plates of delicate dim sum in front of Tianqi, seemed to be a little hungry, Tianqi twisted a piece and threw it into his mouth, and chewed it.
Li Qing was still lowering his head at this time, smelling the fragrance, he couldn't help but move his index finger, his stomach rumbled, and his face immediately turned red, what a shame!
"Hungry?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse twisted the snack with two fingers and asked with a smile. "Yes, it's already afternoon."
"Wechen is rude."
"Come on, Wu Li, give this plate of dim sum to General Li!" As soon as the Emperor of the Apocalypse waved his hand, the slightly older eunuch from before immediately took a plate and brought it to Li Qing.
"Wechen thank you!" Li Qing took the dim sum, he was also hungry and hateful, holding a plate in one hand, grabbing a snack in the other, and eating it in a big gulp, he ate a plate of dim sum in three or two clicks, the taste of dim sum in the palace was really extraordinary, Li Qing ate a plate, he was still unsatisfied, and he actually wiped it on it with his hand, and then licked his fingers, smacked his mouth, and looked at a room of eunuchs dumbfounded, and said in his heart that this general is too rude, the emperor rewards, that is a great grace, and the one who gets the reward is not a little meaningful, Then he carefully put it away, and he was fine, and he actually ate it all, and saw that he had not eaten and drunk yet, and he was still unsatisfied.
Tianqi was also stunned, the courtiers had seen a lot, this was the first time he had seen such a look, and he pinched a piece of snack with two fingers, and actually forgot to feed it in his mouth.
Li Qing, who was eating dry wipes, raised his hands on the plate high: "Thank you for the emperor's reward." At the end, he added: "The dim sum is really delicious." ”
Apocalypse Porphyry laughed, and the suffocation that he had endured this morning seemed to disappear with this laugh, "Only the true character of a hero, but he is worthy of being a general who herds horses for me, no wonder Xiao Yuanshan lost in your hands." ”
Li Qing raised his head in surprise, the battle between him and Xiao Yuanshan was something that everyone understood, but no one would say it, this was not only related to the matter between the two families, but also to the emperor's face, because it meant that the imperial power had lost his due majesty, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse seemed to ignore this stubble and poked it out directly.
The Emperor of the Apocalypse in Li Qing's eyes is thin, his face is slightly pale, he is in middle age, and white silk is faintly visible in his hair, and his long and narrow eyes are black and white, but they are full of bloodshots, which shows that this emperor is really a hard-working messenger, no wonder there are not many emperors in history who live long, and in Li Qing's memory, there are several emperors who are tired and die.
"Surprised, huh?" The Emperor of the Apocalypse sneered, threw down the dim sum in his hand, leaned back on his vest, and his originally very gentle eyes suddenly revealed a sharp light, in recent years, the open and secret battles between the families have become white-hot, and the majesty of his emperor has become less and less regarded by them, if it weren't for the fact that he still has a certain strength in his hands, as well as the Shilin Qingliu headed by Chen Xiyan, and the support of the civil and official system, it would be even more unbearable, the family is already a big tail, Rao is his hard work, but still has little effect.
Seeing Li Qing's series of reforms in Dingzhou, he saw hope from Li Qing's reforms, although Li Qing was born in a family, he also came to power in a less glorious way, but this is a dog-eat-dog between families, he is too lazy to manage and unable to manage, what he values is Li Qing's vigorous destruction of the means of accumulating wealth and accumulating land in a state, Li Qing's series of actions are not a bottom brick of the high and thick wall of the wealthy family, what does this mean? This shows that Li Qing doesn't care about the clan power, otherwise with Li Qing's means of eradicating Xiao Yuanshan, it will be too late for him to be disgusted, and how can he be gracious and summoned alone, because he also sees a bright light to break the wealthy family, and this bright light still needs Li Qing to carry him forward, so that it will become a raging fire and become a sunshine on the earth.
Li Qing was also thinking, what did it mean for the Emperor of the Apocalypse to tear this last fig leaf? But he couldn't help but defend himself.
"Your Majesty, there is a contradiction between Weichen and Xiao Dashuai, this is well known, if it weren't for the last battle, Xiao Dashuai issued a secret order to cut down the grass and eradicate Wechen, Wechen would not use this drastic means."
"Hmph, you saved his life in the end, and sent him back with all his beard and tail, as a way to show your magnanimity and broad-mindedness?" Apocalypse's words are sharp and heart-wrenching.
"It's not!" Li Qingheng made a heart, he really wanted to tear his face, who was afraid of whom, he really didn't believe that the emperor dared to do anything to him, not to mention the Li family, if something happened to him here, he dared to say that Dingzhou would immediately become Bayar's pasture. "If you don't kill Xiao Yuanshan, it's because you can't kill him, and with Xiao Yuanshan's methods of dealing with me, the minister can't wait to kill him."
"You admit it!" The Emperor of the Apocalypse snorted, "But where are you to the court, where are you to me, the commander of a state, he actually gave it to each other privately, and at the end of the day, give me a letter and it's over?" ”
Li Qing was surprised when he saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was going to be compared, but he didn't know that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had already suffered a lot of anger, and when he thought of this at this time, he was angry.
"Your Majesty, isn't the minister returning to Beijing under the edict?" He smiled slyly, didn't you say that we would give it to each other privately, but I received your holy decree and returned to Beijing to receive the seal.
Emperor Tianqi was so angry that his face turned white to red, red to purple, and he was lame in his chest, and he couldn't help coughing violently, Wu Li hurriedly stepped forward and gently patted his back for Tianqi.
After coughing for a while, Tianqi calmed down, looked at Li Qing with a calm face, remembered his original intentions, and his mentality slowly calmed down, "You are indeed very bold!" He said slowly, "But I don't want to hear about the chaos between you and Xiao Yuanshan today, I want to know, can you afford Dingzhou?" ”