These times, Zhu Houzhao is probably suffocated.

is obviously the person who ascended the throne as the emperor and ruled the dynasty, but he still didn't care about any courtesies of monarchs and ministers like when he was in the East Palace, sitting cross-legged next to Lu Qi, chattering about some past events.

"Once upon a time, I always ran around with my father and queen. When my father was still in good health, he would teach me to recite Buddhist and Taoist scriptures and take me to the teahouse to listen to books. ”

"Another time, my father quietly took me out of the palace and bowed with the two children in the market, and my father's head was high! But I was so stupid that I couldn't catch up with the ball and lost the game. I cried for a long time afterwards, hahaha. ”

Lu Qi knew that the solemn and serious Emperor Hongzhi also had such a troublesome time, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Since I was a child, I watched my father work on state affairs every day, and when the scholars gave me classes, they praised my father for being a wise monarch.

The masters and sons of Chunfang also said that the father was diligent and simple, and the people of Qianshou were lucky to meet a good emperor like their father. ”

Zhu Houzhao sat on the ground and looked up at the table in the warm pavilion.

"However, in my memory, this case is always full of all kinds of twists and turns, and my father is getting thinner and more emaciated in these twists and turns."

"I'm ignorant, and I've caused a lot of trouble to my father, so he can worry about this and that, and now I want to come...... Why don't I study well, I'm damned! ”

Zhu Houzhao talked a lot, and finally he was so tired that he couldn't sit still, and the two lay down on the ground side by side.

After a while, Zhu Houzhao seemed to remember something, and raised his head slightly: "I asked you a while ago who is at home." You said that your parents and sister are gone, and only you and your mother are left to rely on each other. ”

Lu Qi nodded: "Yes." ”

"I can't stand the pain of losing a loved one once, but you can experience it twice? And Cheng'er, who lost his family when he was so young. Alas...... We're a few of the same kind. ”

Zhu Houzhao pretended to pat Lu Qi's shoulder, and the nail piece clicked.

Lu Qing didn't know how to feel, maybe he was indeed stronger than ordinary people, because complaining and crying were useless.

When she first crossed over, struggling in the quagmire of survival, she had no way back and nowhere to seek comfort. Only by constantly moving forward and looking for a way to survive was what Lu Qi really considered at that time.

Lu Qi smiled casually: "I'm fine, it was a long time ago." ”

This place is not far from the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and you can hear the sound coming from there, which is gradually a little noisy.

"Why doesn't Your Majesty go to the temple to keep a watch?"

Zhu Houzhao sighed slightly: "I miss my father in my heart, and I don't need these cumbersome ceremonies, it just makes people impatient."

Those ceremonial officials commanded, when to cry, when to stop, when to kowtow, all according to the rules.

Sometimes I can't stop crying, they want to persuade me, sometimes I can't cry, they want to urge me. This funeral system is really against human feelings! ”

Lu Qi also understands that most of the so-called funerals are for outsiders to see, and the royal family is even more so.

In order to show the pure filial piety of the new emperor in advance, every emperor must hold a funeral, even if the new emperor is Li Guang, Li Shimin or Zhao Guangyi, then he has to do enough to do this face-saving thing.

Zhu Houzhao continued: "Those ministers cried perfunctorily. There are also people who cry louder than anyone else, but in fact there is not a single tear! What a gesture! ”

After listening to this, Lu Qi finally understood.

The palace lights were lit outside the glass window of the warm pavilion, and the noise outside was getting louder and louder, and Zhu Houzhao had been found missing in the mourning hall, and the eunuchs and ministers were anxiously looking around.

"You guys, go over there!"

Lu Qi sat up: "Your Majesty, you should go back." ”

"Hey, why don't you understand?" Zhu Houzhao was still lying on the ground: "I'm impatient to follow any rules, if I want to keep the spirit of my father, then I will walk around the Forbidden City ten times, and when I have my mind, it can be regarded as a guard." ”

"Your Majesty." Lu Qi looked at him: "You are the emperor, you say how you want to guard the spirit, I will definitely not object." But at the same time, as the Son of Heaven of the Ming Kingdom, your words and deeds are exemplary for the people of the world.

If you change the way you wake the spirit, the way of the folk wake will become walking around the house ten times in the future. ”

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while: "Isn't that good?" I've changed the etiquette! ”

"Today's etiquette system has been in place for so many years, and it is not easy to change. With all due respect, I am afraid it is too early for you to change the ceremonial system as soon as you ascend the throne. Lu Qi spread his hands at him.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Houzhao also sat up: "In other words, you still have to accumulate strength, right?" ”

"Exactly."

The voices outside are getting louder and louder, and it won't be long before you find this side. Lu Qi put on his armor and glanced at Zhu Houzhao.

The young emperor stood up, dusted off his robe, straightened his sleeves, and pushed open the door of the warm pavilion: "I am here!" ”

There were several eunuch guards standing outside the door, and they hurriedly bowed to this side. Liu Jin pushed aside the crowd and jumped in front of Zhu Houzhao: "Oh, my long live emperor!" Why are you here? ”

"Shut up."

Zhu Houzhao walked out: "Okay, don't howl, go back to the hall." ”

Before he had walked a few steps, he heard a shout, and the ministers led by Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang and others rushed to the outside of the warm pavilion.

"Your Majesty!"

For a time, there was an endless stream of worship.

Seeing this, Lu Qi, who came out from behind, hurriedly flashed to the side.

Many courtiers at the bottom have long been dissatisfied with Zhu Houzhao's actions of taking a pole in the east and a hammer in the west, and at this time, seeing Lu Qi coming out of the warm pavilion, he can be regarded as having a handle.

"Bold!" Wang Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, pointed his nose and scolded: "How dare a little general, dare to lead His Majesty out of the main hall of the mourning hall?" is so incompatible with etiquette, it is really better to have no king and no father! ”

Lu Qi blinked her eyes, she didn't do anything, why was she suddenly scolded?

Zhu Houzhao looked back at Lu Qi: "Don't misunderstand Wang Shangshu, the mourning hall is too noisy, and I left on my own." ”

Wang Shangshu, who had the most important gift in his life, heard this, and couldn't stare at Zhu Houzhao, so he could only stare at Lu Qi fiercely: "Your Majesty leaves, and the courtiers on the left and right have the responsibility of admonishing, how can they just care about currying favor with him, regardless of His Majesty's violation of etiquette and filial piety?!" ”

Emperor Hongzhi was generous and very tolerant of these ministers, so he used them to be aggressive even in front of the emperor.

These words pierced Zhu Houzhao's heart, although he was young, he was not a fool, he had already heard that Wang Shangshu was pointing at Sang and scolding Huai, openly scolding Lu Qi for being a fool, and secretly scolding him for not being filial to the emperor and being inferior to beasts.

Zhu Houzhao's head suddenly stretched up with green tendons.

At this time, Lu Qi also reacted: "This lord, the humble position has indeed advised Your Majesty, and Your Majesty has decided to return to the palace with full etiquette. Why bother with this one again? ”

Of course, Wang Shangshu not only came to persuade the emperor to go back, but he also made up his mind to "wake up" Zhu Houzhao, an ignorant child.

"Presumptuous! Do you dare to quibble? ”

Although Wang Shangshu was a literati, he was full of martial virtues, took out the wat board on his waist, strode up in a few big steps, and hit Lu Qi's head:

"Since the beginning of the past, the son of man should be filial to his parents, the common people, and the Son of Heaven is the same! How can we prevaricate and be afraid of difficulties because of some trivial things, how can the family law of our ancestors be changed?

And you led Your Majesty to break the teachings of this saint, and you can't atone for his sins after a hundred deaths, and you still don't think about repentance, it's really in vain as a son of man! ”

Lu Qi was covered in armor and had a sword on his waist, and Wang Shangshu, a gray-haired old man, couldn't hurt her at all.

But fighting with an old man in public, no matter whether he won or lost, he had no face, so Lu Qi took two steps back.

At this moment, a hand reached over from the side and grabbed the hilt of the sword on Lu Qi's waist.

It was the angry Zhu Houzhao.