Chapter 38: Emperor Renzong

Suddenly, he heard what seemed to be some noise in front of him, so he jumped on the roof and hid in the shadows to check.

I saw that there was a person in front of the hall who looked like a year-long civil official, who seemed to be about to enter the palace, and was reasoning with the guards guarding the door.

I only heard the guard say again and again, 'Master Bao should not be reckless!' If you disturb the holy driver, we can't afford to bear it!'

But the civil servant refused to listen, shook off those who stood in the way, and went straight into the temple. Wang Yuanheng was curious for a while, so he found the skylight on the top of the hall and looked inside.

I saw that the bag seemed to be saying something to a person at this time. Looking at the man opposite him again, I saw that he was about the same age as himself, slightly chubby, with fine eyebrows, a face like a crown of jade, and a few long beards under his chin, revealing an indescribable majesty.

At this time, he was listening to the words of the big man, and he couldn't stop smiling and churning. But the more he talked, the more excited he became, and despite the other party's repeated wave of hands, he still chattered, and his mouth frothed at the mouth, and some even splashed directly on the other party's face.

The man didn't care, only turned around, secretly wiped the droplets off his face, and then comforted the big man Bao a few words, and then the big man retreated.

Because he couldn't hear the people in the house, Wang Yuanheng didn't know who was in the house. But knowing that he couldn't stay here for long, he cast another trick and quietly returned to his residence.

The next morning, the Empress Dowager came. When the grandfather and grandson went for a walk in the garden together after lunch, the Empress Dowager suddenly asked, 'Grandson, what do you think of the current emperor?'

"Okay, now that the people are abundant, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and there is a peaceful scene!" Wang Yuanheng blurted out.

Wang Yuanheng actually didn't know the emperor, he just relied on his own experience and saw the scene to compare with the troubled times of the previous dynasty as Hong Xian and others said.

'The current emperor is indeed a good emperor!' the Empress Dowager nodded in response. 'Grandmother, you live in the palace and must know a lot about the emperor?'

Wang Yuanheng asked with curiosity. The Empress Dowager nodded, "Today's Emperor Renzong also belongs to my grandchildren according to his generation, and I know very well.

Wang Yuanheng suddenly became interested in Emperor Renzong, so he begged the Empress Dowager to tell him some interesting stories about the emperor.

Stubborn, the Queen Mother withdrew from the others and spoke. But the first sentence she said surprised Wang Yuanheng.

She said, 'Actually, Emperor Renzong was not born to the current Empress Dowager Liu. ''What's going on?'' Wang Yuanheng was shocked.

The Empress Dowager thought for a while and said slowly, 'Back then, although the Empress Dowager Liu was the queen, she suffered from having no heirs;

''So what about later, after Concubine Li Chen's son became the emperor, did he know his background?

Wang Yuanheng asked anxiously. The Empress Dowager nodded, and later Emperor Renzong had a traitor beside him and said to him, 'Your Majesty was born to Concubine Li Chen, and Concubine Li Chen died unexpectedly' When Renzong heard this, he howled and cried, and issued an edict to blame himself, and posthumously crowned Concubine Li Chen as the Empress Dowager;

"Is this Concubine Li Chen really dying?" Wang Yuanheng couldn't help but interject. The Empress Dowager shook her head, "Concubine Li Chen did die of illness, but Empress Liu at that time did not let Concubine Li Chen be buried for fear of a villain in the future, but filled the coffin with mercury and stopped in Hongfuyuan;

Because Concubine Li Chen's body was buried with mercury, the color is like life, and the crown dress is like that worn by the queen. After seeing it, Renzong sighed, "How can you believe people's words, who said that Empress Dowager Liu is not good!"

Since then, I have more respect and nostalgia for the Empress Dowager Liu. The emperor's life experience was so bizarre that Wang Yuanheng was curious about this Emperor Renzong, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there anything interesting about Emperor Renzong after he ascended the throne?"

''There are a few of them.'' The Empress Dowager glanced at Wang Yuanheng and said slowly: In the third year of Tiansheng, in April of the summer, Renzong personally went to the royal manor to watch the farmers harvest wheat.

When he heard the sound of weaving from a nearby farmer, he sent tea and cloth to the weavers, and when he returned, he ordered a large hall to be built in the back garden, called the Shikiden, to be visited every year to watch the wheat harvest.

He said to the prime minister, I don't want to plant flowers when I build this palace, but I have to plant wheat here every year, so that I can personally understand how difficult it is for farmers to plant in spring and harvest in autumn.

Ah---? Wang Yuanheng couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart. It turned out that the farmland he saw last night was actually cultivated by the emperor himself!

I couldn't help but be impressed by Emperor Renzong's compassion for the people. But is there anything else interesting?

Wang Yuanheng asked with great interest. The Empress Dowager smiled kindly. When she was young, she ordered someone to fetch tea and drink it, and then spoke slowly: Emperor Renzong was generous by nature, and often treated others with himself, and he liked to walk, and once, when he was walking, he always turned his head from time to time to look.

Although the attendants felt strange, no one dared to ask rashly, so they waited until Renzong returned to the palace.

As soon as he returned to the palace, Renzong hurriedly ordered someone to pour tea. It is evident that he has been thirsty for a long time. The palace people thought it was strange and asked him why he didn't let his entourage serve tea, but waited until he returned to the palace to drink it.

He replied, 'I have turned back many times, but I have not seen them prepare the kettle, and if I had asked, someone would have been punished, so I came back with thirst and drank again.'

''The current emperor is really benevolent!'' Wang Yuanheng blurted out. The Empress Dowager's face grew with a smile on her face, and then she said, 'Emperor Renzong is benevolent!

And as an emperor, he lived a very frugal life, and was not greedy for luxury, and once an official offered him clams.

Renzong looked at the clams, and the first thing that came to his mind was not to reward the officials or when to eat them, but to ask the man where the clams were sent from, and the man replied that they were sent from far away.

Renzong asked him how much it would cost, and the man said that a clam would cost twenty-eight, and when Renzong heard this, he did not reproach him too much, but he also said that he could not eat it.

Because the thought of eating these clams is equivalent to spending 28,000 yuan, I can't eat anything.

''Did he really not eat?'' Wang Yuanheng couldn't believe it. The Empress Dowager nodded and continued, "Another time, Renzong woke up early in the morning and told his attendant that he was very hungry last night and wanted to eat roast lamb.

The attendant was shocked when he heard this, and while confessing his guilt, he asked Renzong why he didn't tell himself that he could let people do it?

Renzong only smiled, saying that if he opened his mouth, of course his appetite would be satisfied, but because of satisfying his desires, the people below would inevitably disturb the rest of the people at night, so it was better not to eat.