Chapter Eighty-Three: King Zhengqing
Two years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the devastated land of the Tianyuan Dynasty has ushered in a cold winter.
On this day, the streets of Kyoto Castle were unusually quiet, and all the people poked their heads out, as if waiting for something.
Until noon, the vast snow actually stopped, and the sun reappeared, as if it was also welcoming something.
A man in thick leather armor appeared on the streets of Kyoto on a stout horse.
The man looked to be fifty or sixty years old, with a straight appearance and a straight face that seemed very majestic.
And behind him, followed by a group of people, these people all wore long white belts, according to the rules of the Tianyuan Dynasty, there are relatives in the family here who have broken the law, and there will only be a battle when they want to kill their relatives in righteousness.
But in addition, there seems to be a big log at the back of the crowd, and looking at this wooden wheel, it is at least a century-old tree.
The people who poked their heads out and looked around showed respect when they saw him, and then they all took out the folded flowers from their homes and threw them to the ground.
Let these people step on paper flowers.
It is also said that when spring turns to autumn, there is always a time when a large number of flowers begin to wither at the same time.
A long, long time ago, whenever this time came, the people of the Tianyuan Dynasty would make paper flowers to commemorate those who had passed away, and then it slowly evolved into a tribute to the dead.
As for who these people threw these paper flowers on the road, it is unknown.
The group walked to the door of the palace.
In the face of these people, the guard guarding the gate didn't even ask, and directly opened the door.
There was even a eunuch who ran over in a hurry.
At this time, the middle-aged man sitting on the horse had already jumped off the horse.
Looking at the burly man who was half taller than himself, the eunuch couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and then asked.
"Didn't King Zhengqing come in person?"
Faced with the eunuch's questioning, the burly middle-aged man looked disdainful.
"My father is dead, and now I am the king of Zhengqing, and I don't kneel down when I see this king!"
When the eunuch heard this, his face twitched, but in the end he reluctantly knelt down.
"The mourning family has seen the prince, the emperor has an edict, and the prince is also invited to speak directly in the hall."
Hearing the eunuch say this, King Zhengqing turned his head directly, didn't look at the other party, and even dropped a sentence.
"The Tianyuan Dynasty is really getting more and more unruly, and a eunuch dares to talk to this king like this!"
After hearing this, the eunuch only felt that there was a fire burning in his heart, and his angry face was crooked, but after thinking of what the other party had come here to do, he still forced out a smile.
"There is no iron on the main hall, please cooperate with the prince."
King Zhengqing didn't want to say a word to the eunuch, so he casually threw down the long sword at his waist and walked in the direction of the main hall.
In the main hall, there are not many civil and military forces left in the Manchu Dynasty back then, that is, these few people who are left hold the power of the entire Tianyuan Dynasty!
At this time, these people are no longer as timid as they were back then, but have the same weird smile as the current emperor.
The whole hall is very well lit and bright, but it always gives people a dark feeling.
People like Rao is King Zhengqing who have seen big scenes also feel a little bright.
Looking at Liu Yuan, who was sitting in the innermost part of the hall and playing with poisonous snakes on the dragon chair, he knelt down after taking a deep breath.
"Sinner Liu Qi, I've seen Your Majesty!"
The sound was so loud that it reverberated through the main hall, so much so that the pillars of the main hall trembled slightly.
However, as time passed, his voice fell silent like a stone falling into the bottom of the sea, and there was no other sound in the hall.
Liu Qi only felt a lot of pressure, and even a little out of breath, so he raised his head slightly and looked at Liu Yuan sitting on the dragon chair.
But as soon as he raised his head, he trembled with fright, and almost sat on the ground.
Because I don't know when, Liu Yuan actually came to him, and stared at him with a pair of eyes like poisonous snakes!
I don't know how long I've been watching!
"Your Majesty, you ......"
After stabilizing his figure, he knelt down again, looked at it, and asked Liu Yuan, who was expressionless.
The corners of Liu Yuan's mouth raised slightly, and then the arc of the rise became larger and larger, and then he laughed.
"Hahaha!"
He smiled brightly, as if he had seen the funniest thing in the world.
And when he smiled, the surrounding ministers also laughed.
It's a lively and peaceful scene.
But in Liu Qi's eyes, this has nothing to do with the excitement and peace, which is clearly weird and terrifying.
Because almost everyone is laughing out loud, or the kind of skin that doesn't laugh.
This hall was originally empty, so many people laughed together and echoed, and the target of ridicule was the same person, that is, Liu Qi.
Find out how big Liu Qi's psychological shadow area is at this time.
"Your Majesty...... Why is Your Majesty laughing? ”
Liu Qi gritted his teeth and held back for a long time before he could hold back such a sentence.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yuan's laughter stopped abruptly.
At the same time, the laughter of all the surrounding ministers also stopped, and everyone focused their eyes on Liu Qi's body, seeing that his scalp was numb.
There are problems, there are big problems!
He was a member of the royal clan of the Tianyuan Dynasty, and his ancestors were made princes and given a fief.
Although he has never had much contact with the imperial court, he still followed his father to the Tianyuan Dynasty when he was a child.
As a child, his only impression of the court was that there were many rules, and the ministers were more serious.
As we get older, the only impression naturally becomes a stereotype.
So whenever he thinks of the imperial court, all he can think of is the appearance of the last dynasty, when hundreds of officials dug holes with each other, and the emperor took charge of the overall situation.
But now......
Not to mention the hundred officials, these officials are together, it is not certain whether there are fifty or not, and they are all like this.
This caused quite a shock to his heart.
Liu Qi ...... Brother Huang, huh? ”
Liu Yuan stood up and looked at Liu Qi condescendingly, as if he was in thought.
Liu Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this Liu Yuan was finally a little normal.
"Well, although I am more than twenty years older than you, according to the genealogy, I am indeed your royal brother."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished saying this, he saw Liu Yuan looking at him with a smile.
I just endured it for a while, and immediately burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! If you are more than 20 years old, why don't you say that your father is more than 40 years older than me? Hahaha!
And you are so old that you actually dug up the graves of your ancestors, what a cow! Hahaha! ”
And so, a new round of ridicule began.
Well, it hasn't become a little normal.
Liu Qi's face began to twitch wildly, and he couldn't bear it now.
He didn't interrupt the other party's laughter before, because the Tianyuan Dynasty had rules that he couldn't interrupt any of the emperor's movements, including talking and laughing.
But now he didn't want to care about this rule, and said directly.
"The ministers dig graves just to sell them into food and clothing, so that the people of the fiefdom can have a stutter and something to wear, so that they will not starve to death and freeze to death in this cold winter!"
Liu Qi's voice echoed in the hall for a long time, and Liu Yuan's face was completely darkened.
"How rich is your fiefdom, can you survive even if you are in a disaster? If you don't have enough food to eat, I'm afraid it has something to do with your malicious reception of disaster victims, right? ”
"Whew! You, you think I'm as cold-blooded as you? Can you watch the people of my Tianyuan Dynasty starve to death?
They begged to enter my fiefdom just to live, and I just turned a blind eye to let them in, which is also called malice? ”