Chapter 51: Temptation
Wuyi Mountain's top red robe is a tribute, on weekdays, Emperor Xiaowen will involuntarily feel pain if he wants to drink it, but today not only invited Ji Dou to taste tea together, but also specially instructed the people in the imperial dining room to use this superb tea to make a few imperial dishes that are usually rare to eat.
"Dou'er, I remember that when you were a child, you liked to eat this tea cake the most, and today I specially asked someone to make one for you in a big red robe, try it, if you think it tastes good, go back to the palace and carry a box back."
Ji Dou respectfully took the tea cake handed over by Emperor Xiaowen, and took a bite very refreshingly, the cake melted in the mouth, and the fragrance of tea was indeed excellent.
He also unceremoniously used two large pieces directly, until Emperor Xiaowen personally served him chicken soup, and then he gave up.
"It's still delicious." Ji Dou said with a smile.
Emperor Xiaowen smiled happily when he heard it: "If Dou Er likes it, he often eats here with me, and he should accompany me, and I am very lonely in the province." ”
"Where did Your Majesty say, if you want someone to accompany you to eat, I don't know how many people in the harem are willing to go up, if nothing else, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must be extremely happy."
Ji Dou mentioned Tang Wenqi without a trace, and smiled and served a bowl of soup to Emperor Xiaowen with his own hands, but the afterglow still fell on Emperor Xiaowen.
Sure enough, when he mentioned the crown prince, Emperor Xiaowen's face froze for a moment, and there was a touch of disgust in his eyes, but it soon disappeared, but it added to the loneliness.
Ji Dou raised his eyebrows, carefully put the soup bowl aside, and asked very worriedly, "Your Majesty?" ”
Emperor Xiaowen sighed heavily, and for a moment he seemed to be more than ten years old, he hunched his back a little, and said to him seriously: "Dou'er, the prince...... is not worthy of being the crown prince at all, if it weren't for the current situation, I really wanted to abolish him directly. ”
In the end, Emperor Xiaowen was quite a bit of a gritted tooth.
Ji Dou was taken aback when he heard this, and looked at Emperor Xiaowen in surprise: "Your Majesty, why do you say this like this, isn't it that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done something amazing?" ”
As soon as the words fell, Emperor Xiaowen set his eyes on him, seeing that the shock in his eyes did not seem to be fake, he couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face, but showed a look of deep hatred, and finally said the big rebellious things that Tang Wenqi did in a dumb voice.
I saw Ji Dou's face shocked, as if it had taken a long time to digest the news, he looked at Emperor Xiaowen in a daze, opened his mouth and closed it......
"Dou'er, what do you have to say?"
Seeing that he took the initiative to ask, Ji Dou asked embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, is there any misunderstanding in this matter, no matter how presumptuous His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is, he should not do such a stupid thing, privately make weapons and sell them to the Southern Barbarians...... This, this is simply a rebellion! ”
Thump!
Ji Dou knelt directly on the ground.
When Emperor Xiaowen heard the word "rebellion", a touch of coldness flashed in his eyes, and it was not until he saw Ji Dou kneeling on the ground that he removed the edge of his eyes, personally helped people up, sighed and said: "Dou'er, anyone in this world may rebel, but the prince is absolutely impossible, you should know this." ”
Ji Dou was slightly stunned in his heart, and immediately heard the warning in Emperor Xiaowen's words, lowered his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice: "The minister understands." ”
"Dou'er, this matter is about the reputation of the prince, and I can't reveal a single star, I dare to talk to you if I regard you as my own." Emperor Xiaowen patted the back of his hand, and then continued, "In the end, this matter still needs to be dealt with, and it is a hundred times uneasy to hand it over to others, so there can only be Lao Dou'er." ”
At this time, Ji Dou finally understood the purpose of Emperor Xiaowen's sudden edict to enter the palace.
Ji Dou secretly laughed in his heart, but with a solemn look on his face, he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will do his best to get this matter done, but the prince is ...... there."
"Don't worry, the prince has left a message, and he will not dare to disobey the yang again."
Because Emperor Xiaowen was in a hurry, Ji Dou left directly after receiving the order, so that he didn't eat a few bites of a good imperial meal, but Emperor Xiaowen still remembered to ask people to bring him a box of tea cakes and two jars of big red robes......
Sitting in the carriage, Ji Dou looked at the reward in his hand, and the corners of his lips unconsciously hooked up a touch of mockery.
Over the years, everyone has seen that he is a close minister and a celebrity next to Emperor Xiaowen, but who knows that he has never dared to really use his reward?
Ji Dou closed his eyes, leaned on the soft pillow on the carriage, listened to the shouting outside, and thought that he was about to arrive at the Hou Mansion, but suddenly spoke: "Turn around and go to Zhuangzi." ”
Huangzhuang.
After talking about it with Ji Dou, Cheng Jiyuan was also a matter of concern, and when he was fine, he read a book and enjoyed the flowers in the yard, and by the way, he waited to hear the fate of Tang Wenqi's punishment.
However, last night, I somehow had a dream about my past life.
I dreamed that Tang Wenqi pinched her neck with his hand, stared at a pair of scarlet eyes and asked her why she didn't let him go.
Just when she thought she was about to die, she suddenly woke up, and she couldn't sleep after a cold sweat.
Then she simply got up and sat on the low couch in the room, pushed open the hidden window, sipped tea, and looked at the cold bright moon in the sky.
It took two hours until the sky gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly that I realized that I was sleepy and went back to sleep for a while.
It's just that I didn't expect to get up again with a little nasal congestion, and I sneezed a few times from time to time.
"Ah......h
Like a kitten sneezing, Cheng Xiyuan sneezed coldly, and hurriedly covered it with a handkerchief, but when she put down the handkerchief again, the delicate little Qiong's nose had already become red.
Si Qi came in with a bowl of ginger soup, and happened to catch her sneezing, and said a little anxiously: "Girl, otherwise, let's call the house doctor to come and take a look, and it would be good to prescribe two pairs of medicines to dispel wind and cold." ”
Cheng Jiyuan didn't want to drink the bitter medicinal juice that made her cheeks astringent, so she waved her hand again and again, took the ginger soup in her hand and drank it all.
"It's not that you haven't seen it, it's just a simple cold, it's enough to drink ginger soup, and you don't have to bother the housekeeper Qi to find a doctor in Laosh."
"But the girl ......"
"Si Qi!"
Listening to Cheng Jiyuan's disagreeing tone, Si Qi stomped his feet anxiously.
Cheng Jiyuan pretended not to see it, pushed away the empty bowl, and directly looked at the lazy cat on the soft couch, still holding a notebook in his hand.
Seeing this, Si Qi pursed his lips, and suddenly thought of something in a flash of inspiration, so he stepped forward and said: "Girl, the slave maid heard from the housekeeper Qi that the Zhuangzi of the prince is behind Wentang Mountain, if you don't want to see the house doctor, it is better to soak in the warm soup, not to mention your body, you can also drive away the cold." ”