Chapter 172: Titled
Looking at Li Ming's grinning, Emperor Longqing was in a good mood. [Ran^Text^Library] []. [774] [buy]. [com]
Regardless of whether this old thing was pretended or not, just like this, he couldn't help but be full of joy.
Very good.
It's one thing to be happy, it's another thing to be not to blame for the past, and Emperor Longqing is not in a hurry to talk to Li Ming, just like when Li Ming entered the door just now, he didn't say a word, and sat there expressionlessly, intending to see what Li Ming wanted to do next.
Listening to Emperor Longqing's words, there was no follow-up, Li Ming's already tense heart suddenly became even more bottomless, he cautiously raised his head, looked at Emperor Longqing's face, saw that he was not happy or angry, just stared at himself, involuntarily, he had a hairy feeling in his heart, and he was busy prostrate on the ground, not daring to speak.
Good cards, but also have to use the right time, with the right place, to call a good card.
As far as Emperor Longqing's current yin and yang weirdness makes people unable to guess the slightest idea, Li Ming really has no idea, what to do next.
A cup of tea.
Two cups of tea.
A quarter of an hour passed, and Emperor Longqing did not speak.
Li Ming's legs, which were originally sore, took a few steps when he entered the door, and after being able to relieve the pain, he was also sore and numb again.
But Li Ming didn't dare to speak, to be precise, he was afraid that he would say too much and make a mistake, and today, he was directly left in this palace by Emperor Longqing, and he couldn't go back to the Li Mansion.
Watching Li Ming suffer condescendingly, the anger in Emperor Longqing's heart dissipated a little, and he felt that this matter was almost the same, at this time, this is not suitable to tear his face with Li Ming, this level of "cleaning up" on him is already possible. No matter how much it is, I'm afraid it will be too much, so that he will jump off the wall in a hurry.
Pretending to be asleep just now and yawning, Emperor Longqing knelt in front of the bookcase with guilt, and Li Ming, who was already a little unable to kneel, asked, "De Pingbo...... What is the important thing to come to see me? These two days. I work hard for the country. I was a little tired, but I didn't think that I could talk at the same time. And he fell asleep...... Tsk, why don't you move a chair for De Pingbo to sit on! He is such an old man, the ground is cold, how can he kneel like this! ”
The emperor is always right.
On an errand beside the emperor. You have to have the awareness of carrying the black pot for the emperor at all times and playing sloppy.
The chief eunuch from the time when Emperor Longqing was still King Yu. Just waiting by his side, at this moment, hearing him suddenly say this, how can you not understand what he means?
"The old slave is confused! The old slave saw that His Majesty was asleep. didn't dare to disturb, the old slave went to move the chair for De Pingbo! ”
The chief eunuch confessed to Emperor Longqing with an expressionless face, and quickly walked to the side to move the chair to Li Ming. "The old slave is old, and he is confused. Forgiveness of sins! ”
"Who hasn't been old yet......"
Li Ming is not a fool, how could he not hear that Emperor Longqing and the chief eunuch were acting in a double reed? I didn't have a bottom in my heart, so I didn't dare to scream, so I could only knock out my teeth and swallow it in my stomach, forcibly suppress the anger in my heart, and pretend to be generous and told the chief eunuch that I didn't mind at all.
"When people are old, they should do what old people should do."
Seeing that Li Ming was soft, Emperor Longqing also sighed, Li Ming was right, who is not old yet, time is fair to anyone, Li Ming is old, how can he not be old?
"The minister is here to resign from his majesty today."
The warning in Emperor Longqing's words, clear fools can hear it, Li Ming's mind turned sharply, and he immediately decided to retreat as advance, first hugging his own life, and then planning for the future, "The minister is old, deaf and dizzy, and his brain is not bright, some time ago he was sick and bedridden, and often dreamed that when Miao'er was young, he grabbed the hem of the minister's clothes, and begged the minister to stay at home for a few more days, not to rush to the military camp, want to come...... It's time for the end to come......"
Emperor Longqing's original wife is named Li Miaoer, which is what Li Ming said "Miaoer".
When Li Miaoer was young, Li Ming was still a partial general in the Northeast Army, and the Ming Law stipulated that the handsome wife and children must stay in Yanjing, and the main general could bring a concubine with the army, and the partial general could bring a maid with the army, and the concubine and maid with the army could not have children, so what Li Ming said, when he wanted to leave Yanjing and go to the army, Li Miaoer pulled the hem of his clothes and begged him not to go, which was not impossible.
Hearing Li Ming mention the late Li family, Emperor Longqing's heart couldn't help but soften a little.
She is the eternal pain in his heart, the eternal guilt, since her death, so many years, this pain and guilt, has not been reduced by half, he thought that he gave the Li family more preferential treatment, more care, can make his heart more comfort and peace, but he didn't want to ...... Comfort and tranquility were not obtained, trouble, but they left a bunch for themselves!
"Deping Boxiu wants to talk nonsense, I see that your body is still tough, how can it be so serious!"
Emperor Longqing knew that Li Ming was begging him for mercy and begging him for immortality, so he couldn't help but smile in his heart, and the expressionless face on his face also fell apart, "When I was young, I also learned some metaphysics, according to me, if Deping Bo can handle things steadily, less impatient and utilitarian, there is no problem in living until death!" ”
Live to death.
Who does not live to death!
What Emperor Longqing said can be regarded as a promise or not said, the key is that it is said to whom, and ...... The one who listens has no heart?
"Thank you, Your Majesty! After the minister goes back, he will cultivate his self-cultivation, deal with things steadily, and live up to His Majesty's guidance! ”
Hearing Emperor Longqing say this, Li Ming knew that he was fine today, so he got up from the chair that had just sat down and had not yet warmed up, and bowed down to Emperor Longqing again.
Some people say that most people are born cheap, and the more they get, the more they expect, and once the person who gives grace cannot give him, he will feel that he has been indebted, and he will have a grudge against the person who gave grace.
Li Ming obviously belongs to this category.
Knowing that Emperor Longqing would not go back on his word after saying that he would not let himself die, Li Ming's courage also grew again, originally, the purpose of his coming to the palace to meet Emperor Longqing was also in his mind at this moment, and he planned to put it into practice.
"Is there anything else going on?"
After seeing Li Ming's thanksgiving, he knelt on the ground and couldn't get up, Emperor Longqing couldn't help but be stunned, twisted his eyebrows, looked at his face, and opened his mouth to ask him.
"Back to Your Majesty's words, Lao Chen is still a trivial matter, it's just ...... I don't know if I should talk about it or not......"
Li Ming pretended to be humble and respectful, raised his head cautiously, and looked at Emperor Longqing, "This matter...... Say it's big, it's small...... It's not a small ......."
"If you intercede for that fake prince, there is no need to say it!"
Looking at Li Ming's expression, Emperor Longqing knew that what he was going to say next was to be related to Ling Ling, and he was annoyed, even if his face was not safe, "The fake prince was treated favorably and didn't know how to repay the favor, first colluded with others, pretended to be a gangster to snatch the birthday gift of the Empress Dowager Xiaoke, murdered hundreds of officers and soldiers who escorted the gift, and then provoked the soldiers of the Shenji battalion, wanting to plot against me and pardon him for not dying, it is already my great tolerance, you have to persuade again!" ”
"Your Majesty misunderstood, the minister came today to plead with His Majesty for something related to the eldest prince, but the thing that the minister wants to plead for is related to the real eldest prince, and it has nothing to do with the fake eldest prince."
Listening to the meaning of Emperor Longqing's words, Li Ming understood that there was no room for Lingqing to be assigned to the northwest, and as soon as the conversation changed, he pleaded with Emperor Longqing according to what he had thought about on the road before, "Your Majesty's edict said that His Royal Highness the eldest prince died of smallpox at the age of five...... The old folk practice is that people who die of illness before reaching adulthood are not allowed to set up a grave, but His Royal Highness the Great Prince is the eldest son of His Majesty and the only son of Miao'er after all...... After many years, the bones of His Royal Highness the Great Prince are afraid that it is extremely difficult to find, so the minister implores His Majesty to agree, let the old minister set up a tomb for him next to Miao'er's grave, and when worshipping in the future, there will be a place to put a bowl and chopsticks for His Royal Highness, burn a few pieces of paper money, and do his best to fulfill the minister's grandfather's intentions...... During the New Year's holidays, which parent doesn't wrap a red envelope for their children to celebrate the New Year, the minister ......"
"Accurate!"
Li Ming's words were touching, and Emperor Longqing listened to it in his ears, and instinctively, his eyes turned red.
The son doesn't teach, the father's fault, Zhu Linglu is unfaithful and unfilial, it's he, who is a father, who has not taught him a lesson, and he can't blame Li Miaoer who died early, because of his own anger, he made her a descendant in the eyes of the world, which is very wrong, to be exact, it is very cruel.
There is a rule in the Ming Dynasty that concubines without queens cannot be buried with the emperor, even if Li Miaoer is his original wife, his queen cannot break the rules.
Li Ming just asked him to agree, and erected an unnamed tomb for Ling Yao next to Li Miaoer's grave, which can be regarded as her companionship, and this request is not too much.
"Come on, pass on my will, seal the late prince Zhu Linglu as the son of Yu Shizi, set up a mound on the side of the tomb of Queen Li of Xiaoyizhuang, and enjoy the temple for worship!"
Yu Li, the prince who died early cannot have a title, because, once he has a title, it is equivalent to that he wants the jade to leave his name and enjoy the worship of the Taimiao, and correspondingly, the concubine who gave birth to him cannot be regarded as a queenless...... However, there is an exception, that is, the title given to him, if it was the seal of his father when he was the prince, Emperor Longqing was King Yu, and the word sealed must be the word "Yu......
Generally speaking, the emperor is more taboo to reward a dead person with the seal he has used, first, it is to avoid a "death" word, and second, it is easy to appear that the emperor dotes on his heirs and leaves a "handle" in the hands of historians.
For a person like Emperor Longqing who cherishes feathers, this is undoubtedly an extremely difficult decision to make, but in order to be buried with Li Miaoer, he can't take care of that much! (To be continued)
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