Chapter 845 - Old Man Essence Chapter 846 - Forget Your Duty

The Emperor and Hongluan stood up.

The emperor smiled and said, "Didn't the two ancestors go to Jiangnan to look for fine wine, why did they come back so soon?" He laughed haha, and made up his mind not to admit that he had tricked the two old princes into leaving Beijing.

Hongluan had already bowed: "The concubine asks the two old wine fairies to say goodbye." ”

The two old princes had already saluted the emperor, and of course they did not have to kneel down because of their high ranks, this was specially decreed; After saluting and wanting to answer the Empress Dowager's words, I don't know how their niece and daughter-in-law, who are doing everything well, are in tears - there are still people in the world today who are angry with her? Of course, their first thought was not to make decisions for the Empress Dowager, but to be the master with the emperor, they wanted to know who could bully the Empress Dowager, and this person must take a good look at it.

At this moment, when they heard Hongluan's words, they immediately laughed so much that they couldn't see their teeth, and they both felt something in their sleeves, but they took a look at it and put it back: "Ah, this is a talker, and you can't take out the things you always have, oh, this is what your uncle rewarded you." "They tore off a jade pendant and a board finger to give to Hongluan, and it doesn't matter if the jade pendant and the board finger Hongluan can be used or not, anyway, it is a good thing that is very suitable for their identity.

Hongluan hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for the reward of Uncle Ancestor of the Wine Fairy." Then they moved their chairs and set them up, and invited them to sit down for a while to be courteous.

"Your daughter-in-law is well married." The old prince looked at Hongluan with a smile: "I heard that the kid of King Fu also married a good daughter-in-law, but unfortunately we were drunk when she greeted us and didn't take a good look." See your concubine today, well, let's go to King Fu's Mansion to beg for wine later. I heard that our nephew and daughter-in-law can also use both hands, and watching her dance the sword and drink wine in front of the plum blossoms, is it a different taste? In the end, the two of them were talking to each other, completely throwing the emperor aside.

As for the Queen Mother who was waiting there with tears streaming down her face, she was forgotten by them. Can't blame them, the royal family has never had a long life, they are blessed with a playful and honest personality when they are young, and they don't care about money and power: a county king is a county king, and they don't care if there is more or less monthly income for a month; And they don't like to mess with flowers and grass - they are all afraid of their wives, and they are very scared.

So now their brothers are dead, their nephews are also dead, and there are not many nephews and half of them, and the great-grandchildren's Fuwang brothers have all been crowned princes, and they are still very tough; In such a happy day, of course, they are happier and happier the more they live, everyone flatters them when they see them, and they are old, so they often talk and don't know where to go. Forgetting the serious speaker, it is not uncommon for the two brothers to talk hotly.

When people get old, they will inevitably be confused. That's what they often say.

Usually they don't have hobbies, at most they love to drink two glasses: they really can only drink two glasses, and after drinking wine for decades, two glasses can definitely be dizzy, three glasses can definitely be poured, and the amount of wine is so narrow that it can't be put down.

The Empress Dowager saw that the two imperial uncles were talking about wine warmly, and knew that if she didn't interrupt them, she would wait for them to get up and leave: go to King Fu's Mansion to eat and drink. So she saluted again and shouted: "Uncle Huang, please be the master of the mourning family." ”

The old prince was surprised: "Where is this singing run?" He pointed at Hongluan: "Quick, hold on to your mother-in-law, we can't afford this big gift." The emperor is also here, if you have something, just say it, don't let the juniors see the joke like this. He yawned, but exchanged glances with another old prince.

The Empress Dowager cried: "This cup of wine in front of the mourning family is the emperor's filial piety, and it is still served to the mourning family by the pure concubine." And the poor Shangguan family of the mourning family, my grandfather's family who left the emperor early was all sent to Dali Temple by the emperor......"

"Do you want to worship the Buddha at the temple? Well, let's go, let's go, don't hang on to us, those little kings and eight lambs in the family don't dare to mess around, they are all very filial; You are a sincere person, you will be able to cultivate a positive result if you worship the Buddha well, and the two of us will be interested in going to see it another day, but the wine and food in the temple are not needed, and the food is just that, the wine is really light, and even we will not be dizzy when we eat ten cups and eight cups...... "The old prince pulled on the wine again."

Another old prince immediately said: "Yes, yes, I remember the time I went to the temple to do things for the boss of the family, thinking that he has also been gone for more than ten years, I, as a father, go and take a look, sad, the white-haired man sends the black-haired man ......" Here again it comes to the dead son.

The two old princes, you come and I come to comfort each other, and after a while, they pulled back to the wine: "The lightest wine is the wine of Huguo Temple, how can it be wine if it is only water?" ”

The Empress Dowager was dizzy by them: "Imperial uncles, the emperor asked Concubine Chun to give the mourning family a glass of wine, and the mourning family ate this glass of wine, but I am afraid that they will never be able to see the emperor's uncle again." ”

"Wine? Where? The old prince sat straight and looked at the table behind the Empress Dowager, and sniffed: "Yes, it's good wine." They looked at each other again and were a little helpless, knowing that today's incident was ridiculed. If I knew this, I wouldn't have entered the palace if I killed them: "The emperor is filial, well, not bad." ”

After two mouths, the old prince looked at the emperor: "What's going on?" "They want to pretend to be confused, but they can't afford to be confused right now. Now that the people have entered the palace, and the empress dowager has to pull them into the water, they can only ask hard.

That is, ask. They have never been in charge of things in their lives, and of course they don't want to be in charge of things when they are old; And when they came in, the Empress Dowager was clearly leaving, and the emperor's glass of wine did not mean that she had to drink it: if it was necessary to drink, then it was not something they could ask about, although they were not young, they still wanted to live a few more years.

They were indeed not shrewd when they were young, so they did not fight or rob or think about those superfluous, who had been ridiculed by their brothers, but now the bones of their brothers who laughed at them had long since rotted in the ground, but they were still alive and well. Sometimes being smart and not being smart can't be judged in a momentary way. Even if they are really not shrewd, but people who have lived for more than 90 years, as long as they are not fools, can become essences-human spirits.

So just a few glances are enough for them to know that they should ask less and care less, and it is better to think about getting out of the way as soon as possible.

Before the emperor could speak, the Empress Dowager had already cried: how hard she had taken the emperor with her since the queen's death, how she loved the emperor, and how great the Shangguan family's efforts to protect the emperor when the emperor ascended the throne, etc. After talking about her and the merits of the Shangguan family, she said: "Now the emperor can't tolerate the Shangguan family and the mourning family." ”

Chapter 846: Forget Your Duty

Hongluan has been quietly looking at the two old princes, and when he saw them exchanging glances from time to time, there was helplessness, regret, and intention in his eyes, and he secretly laughed in his heart: the two old princes are really old and mature, and they don't want to meddle in anything at all, they just want to live their happy life. Moreover, it is clear that they are pretending to be confused, and they don't want to take care of things, so they pretend to be confused and muddy.

But gradually, with the words of the Queen Mother, the eyes of the two old princes changed, and their bodies gradually sat up straight, anger slowly appeared in their eyes, and their brows were furrowed.

After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, the two old princes looked at the emperor: "The emperor's uncle is old and only thinks about a few more comfortable days, and we can't manage the affairs in the palace and the court, and we don't want to take care of it; It's not that we don't take our ancestors' foundation to heart, but we are really old and confused, and I am afraid that if I say a word more, I will miss a big thing, sorry for my ancestors and ancestors. However, today's matter, can you say a few words to the two of us? ”

"Wait, if you say you're old and confused, you're old and confused, in my opinion, these are two things, which one should you say first?" Another old prince narrowed his eyes: "One thing is this glass of wine, what is the matter with the emperor's filial piety to the empress dowager?" There is another thing that is the affairs of the foreign court, the affairs of the Shangguan family do not seem to be something that the two of us can mix in, it is a major event of the country, we are already old and confused, and the major events of the court and the central government have their own emperors and hundreds of officials, so we don't need to talk much, right? No mistakes, not a lot of words"

The old prince has beaten a lot of people who rolled over, and the two of them immediately decided: "We can't control the Shangguan family, and we can't manage it, and we can't manage it if we are not in their position." They only asked about the cup of wine - the Empress Dowager is an elder, and the Shangguan family is not a rebel, so no matter what, the emperor can't give a cup of poisonous wine.

The reason why the Empress Dowager cried and complained about her grievances was for the Shangguan family, and she didn't want the two old princes to push the matter away in a few words, and they didn't care about the life or death of the Shangguan family. This is her last straw, where is she willing to let go: "Uncle Huang, the Shangguan family has a generous grace to the emperor, and the emperor does this, so how do the subjects of the world think of the emperor......"

Hongluan is still worried about the anger of the two old princes, I don't know how they will put pressure on the emperor, you must know that the Shangguan family was caught in Dali Temple, but the emperor used great effort, she misled the empress dowager in the palace, and then forced the Shangguan family to take risks to complete the work in one fell swoop.

"Shut up" The old prince slapped his palm on the back of the chair: "This world is the world of our heavenly family, the emperor was established by the first emperor, and the enthronement as the emperor is in accordance with the will of heaven and the people's feelings; Both princes and ministers in the court should assist the emperor in accordance with the will of the previous emperor, and strive to enrich the country and strengthen the people. Protecting the emperor and protecting the emperor is what a courtier should do, and the emperor does not say what kind of face does the courtier have?"

"Do your duty to claim to be a benefactor, Shangguan Yi's family is really hateful, I'm afraid that he has long forgotten that his Shangguan family can have today's glory and wealth, and they should be loyal to serve the king and serve the country with the grace of heaven given to them, how can they take the wealth given to him by the heavenly family to threaten the heavenly family to be grateful, this is simply a big disrespect." The old prince's eyes widened: "The emperor just put the Shangguan family into Dali Temple, but he didn't ask if it was an extrajudicial favor, are you still dissatisfied?" ”

Another old prince snorted softly: "According to what the Shangguan family did, it is a capital crime to say that you have a heavenly and generous kindness to the emperor." "They are royal people, they shed the blood of royal people, how can they speak for the Shangguan family? Moreover, the current emperor has not done anything wrong, the power of the Shangguan family is obvious to all, and taking it away will only be beneficial to the imperial court, and they want to oppose it.

The Empress Dowager was stunned on the spot, not knowing whether she was frightened by the two old princes who had never lost their temper, or if she couldn't save the Shangguan family and was sad to death. After a long time, she kowtowed with tears streaming down her face: "The Shangguan family just has a thousand mistakes, ten thousand mistakes, then ......" She still wants to try again.

The old prince waved his hand: "You don't have to say more, the two of us are fools, and we have never figured out the affairs of the court; We won't care about this matter, we won't say a word more, everything is decided by the emperor and the officials. Whether the Shangguan family will die from now on depends on whether the Shangguan family has done anything to accumulate virtue over the years. ”

After they finished speaking, they stretched and stood up: "Your Majesty, we old foolish people, the loss of honor in front of the monarch is definitely not intentional. After saluting, they glanced at each other: "It's just that those who came to please the wine, and there is nothing else, and the emperor will send more good wine and less medicinal herbs in the future." It's okay, let's go. ”

They seemed to have completely forgotten about the poisoned wine.

The emperor got up and sent him off: "It's rare for the emperor's uncle to come here, so it's not too late for me to accompany me to finish my meal and then leave." He had no friendship with the two old princes, and he didn't know until today that they were people of such temperament, and he really wanted to be close to them with real joy in his heart.

The eyes of the two old princes flashed back: "There will be time in the future, let's go to King Fu's house today, we want to see people dancing swords." "Their hints, of course, the Emperor understood.

It's just that the Empress Dowager doesn't plan to let go of the two old princes like this: "Even if the Shangguan family deserves to die, what does the emperor say about this glass of wine in front of the mourning family, is it also the mourning family that deserves to die?" "No mistakes, no skipping words.

The two old princes stopped and glanced at the emperor and turned around: "Isn't it just a glass of wine, we drink every day......" They began to mess around again. They have always disliked the Empress Dowager, and they connived at the Shangguan clan when they were the first emperor, causing the people of the Shangguan family to see the outer branches of the Tianjia clan, and their noses were facing the sky.

The emperor took the old prince's hand: "It seems that it is better for me to accompany my uncle to dine today, there are several good appetizers and fine wine from the pure concubine." Rong Zhen first apologized to the Empress Dowager, and then accompanied my uncle to have a few drinks. ”

The Empress Dowager didn't appreciate it at all, she didn't want to make amends: "The mourning family wants to live in the Buddha hall for a long time, and the emperor's mourning family can't afford it." "She should not live in the Buddhist hall for a long time, but stay in this Cining Palace, so that she can avenge the Shangguan family; She must break Hongluan's corpse into thousands of pieces in order to avenge the Shangguan family's annihilation.

Hongluan took a step forward: "The Empress Dowager, the emperor just wants to do some filial piety to you, you have always loved the emperor very much, why should some things be so serious?" It's better for the concubine to wait for you to go to the Buddhist hall. ”

The Empress Dowager pushed away Hongluan with one palm: "Giving the mourning family a cup of poisonous wine is also called filial piety?" I rule the world with filial piety, and let the subjects of the world see the filial piety of today's son. ”