Chapter 8: The Emperor's Heart
"Niangniangβ" The lotus root chased after her, and she ran away before she could change her clothes.
Xu Zhong also hurriedly rushed forward with the hat on his head, and a group of people chased one by one, so that the palace maids and eunuchs who saw it all stopped and looked sideways and watched them run by in surprise.
"Isn't it impossible to travel quickly in the palace?" A palace maid reacted and said.
"Was it the imperial concubine who ran ahead just now?"
ββ¦β¦ Didn't see clearly, too fast. β
When Tang Feng ran to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Emperor Xu Kangdi had already changed into a dragon robe and was sitting on the dragon chair waiting for her to come. He was sorting out his thoughts, when he suddenly saw a woman in a purple dress pounce on the door frame, leaning against the door frame and panting heavily, staring at him with good eyes.
If you look at it again, isn't this his imperial concubine?
In Xu Kangdi's heart, his imperial concubine has always been a proud peacock, she has to wear the most beautiful clothes, use the purest rouge, even if it is a pair of shoes hidden in the dress, she must be exquisite to get into her eyes. But the woman in front of her, dressed in a simple skirt, did not apply rouge or lipstick, and even only two or three hairpins were inserted between the temples...... Flour?
"Aifei, what's wrong with you?" Seeing her dress for the first time, Xu Kangdi got up in surprise and moved over.
Tang Feng stared at him with his arm on the door, didn't say anything, and after he took a breath, he suddenly covered his face with his hands, his body was short, and he cried.
Xu Kangdi understood in an instant, and his eyes turned red.
The lotus root finally caught up with the master, but she didn't dare to step forward in this situation. Following Xu Zhong and pulling her sleeves, the two quietly retreated.
"It's not easy." Xu Zhong leaned on the pillars of the Heart Cultivation Hall and sighed.
The lotus root took out a handkerchief to wipe her sweat and nodded.
Xu Zhong turned his head to look at her and said, "In the future, I will ask the lotus root girl to take care of her more." β
The lotus root was startled, "What are you talking about, you are tormenting the slave!" β
Xu Zhong chuckled, the corners of his mouth lifted upward, and said in a low voice, "After this incident, no one can compare to Niangniang in Your Majesty's heart." His voice was low, as if it were for her, and more like for himself.
The lotus root's heart jumped, and she turned her head to look at the hall, and the doubts in her heart intensified. Master...... Is it really that uncomfortable? Could it be that the previous peace was all suppressed by himself?
Your Majesty has woken up, and tomorrow will resume the morning dynasty. The news quickly spread throughout Miyagi, with some people rejoicing and others worried.
The first thing Xu Kangdi did when he woke up was to remove Zhu Ge from his position as the first assistant, and he didn't seem to need too much explanation for many years.
"You're getting old, it's time to go back and recuperate." A simple sentence ended the political career of a patriarch of three dynasties.
Zhu Ge staggered out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after his mood fell to the bottom, it seemed that his eyes were also dark.
But he can't let up, because there is still a battle waiting for him. He looked over slowly, and across from him, the imperial concubine Tang Feng was standing there looking at him with a smile.
At this moment, he truly understood the horror of this woman. Of course, he knew why His Majesty had deposed him, and his explanation was insignificant to His Majesty, as long as the result was here, he would not be able to escape as the head of the cabinet. In the past, he still thought that His Majesty would understand what he did if he woke up, but now it seems that he still does not know enough about this emperor who has been with him for more than ten years.
In this way, the woman in front of her really has the ability to be arrogant, at least she can win the emperor's heart again and again.
"Master Zhu, let's go." She spat out softly, as if she was afraid he wouldn't hear clearly.
It has been fifty years since Zhu Ge joined the company, and all his operations and capital have been lost in a woman's statement, which is really ironic. He looked at her with heavy eyelids, and she smiled so brightly and as openly as she had when she first entered the palace...... It's disgusting.
Jug didn't pay attention to her, he couldn't lose now, and he didn't need to talk to her too much. He walked forward with his legs raised, and when he passed by her, he heard her say, "Master Zhu seems to have two sons serving in the court." β
Jug's footsteps paused, his eyes became sharp and ruthless in an instant, and he looked up at her sideways, his gaze oppressive.
"Don't worry, this palace is just asking, and I won't do what Lord Zhu did to this palace to your sons again." This kind of method is only suitable for dealing with her, and the two little Zhu adults still don't need such a roundabout method. She gently stroked the phoenix hairpin between her sideburns, and smiled wantonly.
Zhu Ge gritted his teeth, "The minister will return to his hometown tomorrow, and the mother doesn't have to kill them all." β
"Huh." Her smile seemed to overflow from her chest, she blinked at him and said softly, "Before Lord Zhu made a move, this palace never had any thoughts about you." How can it be regarded as the destruction of the main palace? At most, it's just a proper counterattack. β
"What the minister did was not for his own selfish desires, but for the sake of all the people of the world. Even if Your Majesty is deceived by you for a while, you will wake up eventually, and the imperial concubine should not be too proud. β
Tang Feng pursed his lips and smiled, "Ah, can't you?" Can't you even win? β
As soon as she said this, Zhu Ge seemed to feel a mouthful of blood in his throat, and he could hold his breath at any time.
"Master Zhu, let's go." Then, Tang Feng glanced at him lightly, as if he was looking at a plant, and left without any emotion.
At the gate of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, Zhu Ge stood there, the back of this old minister who had gone through three dynasties and had several ups and downs was depressed and lonely.
Tang Feng entered the hall, and Emperor Xu Kangdi after the case beckoned to her and said, "You came just in time, I have already thought about the disposal of Xu Hua." β
Tang Feng stood over, resting one hand on the back of the chair, and bent down to look at the annotation he had just written. Xu Hua has an inseparable connection with the assassination of Emperor Xu Kang, plus his son often goes in and out of the palace of Xining, and is suspected of treason, and he is punished for both crimes, and his fate is worse than Zhu Ge.
"It's just a matter of raiding the house, exterminating the clan?" After Tang Feng saw the words on it clearly, he straightened up and said, "Your Majesty, the Xu family is the maiden family of the first queen, and Xu Hua is also the maternal grandfather of the eldest prince. If you do this, won't you make the eldest prince hate you? β
"He was instigated this time, and he even dared to take the errand of the prison country, I didn't give him a little color to see how he could be worthy of the word monarch?" Xu Kangdi snorted coldly.
The Xu family's crime of colluding with the assassins has not yet been confirmed, and the treason with the king of Xining has yet to be verified, but what Xu Kangdi cannot tolerate is that the eldest prince has the intention of replacing his father. The eldest prince is his only son, and he can't say that he will inherit the throne in the future, and it is not a good thing to leave a relative with such a strong background.
"Moreover, if you don't deal with the Xu family, one day the eldest prince will think about it, and he will have this capital." Xu Kangdi looked at her deeply, "He is young and undecided, and he is easy to be instigated by others, so I must pull out this hidden danger." β
Tang Feng realized that Emperor Xu Kang wanted to convict the Xu family of such a serious crime not because they had committed something in front of them, but to cut off the wings of the future prince who would fly alone. With the Xu family, a foreign family, the possibility of the eldest prince obtaining the throne through abnormal means is much greater.
She couldn't help but raise an arc of mockery, he killed the southern Xinjiang royal family so ruthlessly back then, it should be the same state of mind as today. It's not because of what they're doing in front of them, but because they're worried that he won't be able to control the situation in the future.
In this way, the eldest prince is about to have the same experience as her. If it weren't for the fact that the two had never had much contact, she estimated that she would be more distressed.
Seeing that she was not in a high mood, Xu Kangdi thought that she was unbearable, held her hand, and said, "We don't know when we will have children, if there is no day, I must ensure that you can live safely." β
She shook his hand back, and looking at the person in front of him reminded him of the silhouette of another person. He was far more pleasing to the eye than the person in front of her, at least she could know that he really had the world in mind, and not just clinging to the cold scepter.
It's a pity that the person who is far away in the southwest can't be seen. Thinking of what he said when he parted, he still warmed her to this day, and his trust and protection for no reason softened a corner of her heart, which had long been inviolable.
I really wish I could go to the southwest once, and once would be enough.
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