Three days are Chinese New Year's Eve, and today, according to the custom, Li Yunqing will write some auspicious Spring Festival couplets to send to the minister, which is also a manifestation of the affection between the monarch and the courtier. This will be the last big court meeting before the year, and Zhao Bingyan will also attend to accept the minister's worship and blessings.

Chen Zhong, the chief eunuch, took a breath and said loudly: "The emperor has arrived!" The Queen Mother has arrived! ”

After Chen Zhong's words fell, Li Yunqing was wearing a red five-clawed golden dragon robe, leading Zhao Bingyan, who was also wearing a red golden phoenix robe, to enter through the side door of the An Palace. On the high imperial court, Li Yunqing sat on the dragon chair, and Zhao Bingyan sat on the golden phoenix chair slightly to the right. As soon as the two sat down, the ministers below knelt on the ground in unison, bowed three times and bowed nine times to the two, and shouted: "The ministers see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" See Queen Mother, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose! ”

Li Yunqing glanced at the ministers below, with a bright smile on his face, and said loudly: "You Aiqing are exempt from courtesy. ”

When everyone heard this, they said in unison: "Thank you for the emperor's grace!" ”

Li Yunqing nodded, and continued: "In the past year, my Daqian has been relatively smooth in all parts of the country, at least there is no big trouble, even if there is trouble, it has been successfully solved by me and Aiqing, and now the New Year is approaching, and it is another spring and autumn in the blink of an eye!" I would like to thank you all Aiqing, the country of Daqian cannot be supported by me alone, you are the pillars of my Daqian! ”

When Wang Changling came out of class, he first bowed deeply to Li Yunqing, and then said loudly: "In the five years since my emperor ascended the throne, my national strength has grown day by day, and the people everywhere can also be called rich in food and clothing. This year, the emperor also recovered Shura, making it a county of Daqian, and also seized the territory of fifty miles of Bingao Kingdom and two subordinate cities. This is all the work of opening up the territory and expanding the territory, and there is no such thing after Taizu! My emperor's young wisdom dragon is terrifying, and he will definitely become a generation of Ming Monarch Holy Lord! Long live the Lord, who supports him! ”

Li Yunqing waved his hand, got up and smiled: "Zikang, my ears are not hard enough, you can't always listen to them!" Since you Aiqing and I don't want to take this top hat, then I think in my heart! Li Yunqing walked a few steps forward to the side of the imperial court, looked at the ministers in the hall and said loudly: "I have passed, there is no eternal inheritance, only the people's hearts for eternity!" It is the seemingly ordinary people outside the palace who have made the supreme contribution to the establishment of this palace! Only by letting them live comfortably and live can my great country be forever, and Aiqing and I can guide the country in this palace! ”

Wang Changling was extremely excited when he heard this, which emperor in the past and present could say such a thing! Involuntarily, Wang Changling tidied up his clothes, knelt down again, and said loudly: "The emperor is really the first benevolent monarch in ancient times, and the minister is fortunate to be able to live in the Longwu Dynasty and be the emperor's courtier, it is simply pitiful!" ”

Seeing this scene, the other ministers knelt down one after another, and there was another shout of long live! After the ministers were all calm, Li Yunqing said lightly: "Three more days will be the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and Aiqing will work hard for my Li family, Jiangshan Sheji, and as in previous years, I will write a few couplets for you." ”

As soon as Li Yunqing's words fell, two eunuchs brought up a table, on which were the four treasures of the study, but the rice paper was replaced with red paper for writing couplets! Li Yunqing was just about to put down his pen, as if he had thought of something, he looked at Zhao Bingyan behind him, and beckoned to him, Zhao Bingyan smiled slightly and got up and walked to Li Yunqing's side. Li Yunqing looked at the minister below and smiled slightly: "Let the queen write this first couplet today, this is the first queen Mobao of my Longwu Dynasty, and my couplets are not as rare as it!" ”

When the ministers heard this, their eyes showed a fiery **, and anyone could see that the emperor favored the queen to the extreme. Moreover, listening to the good handwriting written by the queen, and as Li Yunqing said, this is the first queen of the Longwu Dynasty, which is extremely precious! Many ministers in this hall are not short of silver, but they like to dance and ink, so they naturally want to get this queen Mobao!

Zhao Bingyan took the brush in Li Yunqing's hand, glanced at the minister below, and said softly: "As the emperor said, there are three days left to be the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, and the palace hereby thanks all the adults for their loyalty to the emperor!" I also thanked the adults for their efforts to settle down! During the words, Zhao Bingyan squatted slightly, and the ministers hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted when they saw this scene.

But seeing that Zhao Bingyan was writing quickly, it didn't take much effort for the three palace maids to write the couplet to face the ministers, only to see the book: The monarch and the ministers are united in peace, and all the people will be determined! Horizontal batch, Guotai Min'an! The ministers were shocked when they saw this couplet, because it was hard to imagine that such a domineering couplet was written by a woman, even if this woman was the current queen!

Li Yunqing looked at Zhao Bingyan appreciatively, and asked gently: "The queen is talented, but I don't know who is lucky enough to get the first couplet written by the queen herself?" ”

Zhao Bingyan smiled, looked at the ministers in the audience, and finally his eyes fell on Wang Changling. He stepped down from the court, and the three palace maids behind him respectfully followed him with couplets. Walking to Wang Changling's side, Zhao Bingyan said softly: "Lord Wang! ”

Wang Changling hurriedly knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Queen Chitose!" ”

Zhao Bingyan raised his hand weakly, beckoned Wang Changling to get up, and said softly: "Wang Da asked me to entrust the great ancestor Taizong with a heavy responsibility, and now he is the emperor's minister of the country." For decades, the Lord has led the ministers to work hard for the emperors and emperors, and the palace has thanked you! Today's couplet should be given to adults, as a sign of the palace's gratitude to Darao! ”

Wang Changling was excited and frightened when he heard this, and said again and again: "Thank you, old minister, for the queen's gift!" It is the duty of the old minister to be loyal to the emperor, and he does not dare to take credit. This couplet of the queen must be hung in the main hall for future generations to admire! ”

Zhao Bingyan's couplet was sent out, and no one dared to say a word to Wang Changling's civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty. Next, Li Yunqing began to write couplets to each minister, and the ministers were happy to get the emperor's last time. Li Yunqing looked at the minister in front of him, most of them had already received their own couplets, and finally his eyes fell on the body of Na Lanjie, the head of the household department, and said softly: "Lord Nalan, this couplet of mine will be given to you!" ”

Nalan Jie listened to Li Yunqing's words, but his body was shocked, the cold light in his eyes couldn't help flashing, and he lowered his head and walked towards Li Yunqing. Li Yunqing didn't notice Nalanjie's abnormality, and said with a smile when he saw him walk in: "Lord Nalan, the affairs of this household are complicated, you have done a good job over the years, it is really hard, I hope you will make persistent efforts in the future!" ”

Nalan Jie's voice was a little hoarse and said, "Emperor Xie!" ”

Li Yunqing nodded and handed the couplet to Nalanjie. At this moment, a strange scene happened, and I saw that Nalan Jie's hand suddenly had an extra dagger, and it quickly stabbed towards Li Yunqing's chest. Li Yunqing only felt a flash of cold light, his heart sank, and he saw that the dagger was stabbing towards him, and he could only use his arm to block it! It was too close for him to do anything else.

Hearing a stabbing sound, the sharp dagger cut through the sleeve of Li Yunqing's right arm and slashed into his arm, and a deep bloody wound appeared. Nalanjie missed the blow and stabbed again, but he felt that the rainbow shadow flashed in front of him, and the whole person was kicked out. Zhao Bingyan turned around and hugged Li Yunqing from behind, looked at the shocking wound, and said in a trembling voice: "Yunqing! Then the tears began to fall from his eyes, and his face became paler!