"The ninth brother also come and sit, in short, there are no outsiders, and if you say something confidant, you don't have to worry about who to tell your father. ”

Donghuang Taiyi beckoned Donghuang Shuo to go over and sit down.

"It's Brother Seven. ”

Donghuang Shuo repeatedly confirmed that the person sitting opposite the prince was Donghuang Taiyi, and there was no doubt that he was still shocked until he sat on the stone bench next to the prince.

"The two of us are the front and back feet, and I haven't been here for a while, and it just so happens that the backbone of the heart has come, so just right, a lot of things I want to say will be omitted to be said a second time. ”

The prince originally planned to get rid of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi directly through the trial, and then casually find an excuse to prevaricate in front of his father, even if the father is angry, it will be too late, and he will have long dreams for a long day.

But what the entire princeling party didn't expect was that Donghuang Shuo, who was known as a martial idiot, actually found someone to replace him and gave up the trial, and started a series of actions with the power of thunder, all of which were pressed with all his strength with the power of thunder.

But he is still the prince, and he will not lose his due demeanor and temperament because of his current loss of power.

"Seventh brother, you have indeed changed a lot over the years, if it weren't for you sitting across from me alive, I would have suspected that those things were really from you. ”

Behind the crown prince, the king will stand with his hands closed and bow his head silently, the Eastern Emperor family established the country with martial arts, and even His Royal Highness the Prince, who was the most disnefictuous of martial arts and swordsmanship, was also a child, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi was even more proficient, and when he was young, he was named the name of a kendo genius that was rare in Xishu for a hundred years. The Eastern Emperor Taiyi sat firmly in the pavilion, and the strong majesty actually pressed the king general a little breathless. As the prince said, the Eastern Emperor has indeed changed too much in the past ten years, he is arrogant and indifferent when he is young, like a sharp blade, anyone who approaches will be scratched mercilessly, and now, he feels more like a lion, not angry and self-righteous, as stable as Mount Tai.

"People will always change, not only me, but even that stubborn young man - by the way, the ninth brother should have met with him, and before he could tell the third brother, the one who participated in the trial in place of me was Qiyuan's herald envoy Mu Sanqian Xiaomu. ”

There is still no look on the face of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but unlike the cold and frosty in the past, he is calm now, as calm as the sea, but everyone knows what terrifying and terrifying power is hidden under the calm.

"Even Qi Yuan—"

As soon as Donghuang Tai's words fell, the prince looked at Donghuang Shuo, who had just hurried over, Donghuang Shuo was also among the trial disciples, and he should still be in the mountains behind the Sword Sect at this time, and he must have reported the situation when he came in a hurry.

Donghuang Shuo nodded lightly, which confirmed Donghuang Taiyi's statement.

It was only at this moment that the prince's calm and usual face suddenly changed, and after losing his mind for a moment, he immediately returned to his usual elegance and calmness.

"As you can see. ”

Donghuang Taiyi Taoguang has been obscure for nearly ten years, and all the time he has been operating for today, and now he can be said to have taken the advantage to control the situation, so he is not in a hurry, not in a hurry at all, the more hole cards, the more slowly it will be revealed.

"We, our biggest mistake is to underestimate your ambition and your strength all the time. I always think that you are the seventh child who no one loved when you were a child, and you can be bullied and manipulated by others. Your personality as a child gave you too much disguise, and we, none of them could see through it. ”

The prince let out a long sigh, not knowing what he was feeling.

"So you're taking revenge?"

"Revenge on what?"

Donghuang Taiyi raised his eyebrows.

"Revenge on your low background, your biological mother is just a humble slave, revenge on the people in the deep palace compound are not ancient, your biological mother died early, and revenge on us royal descendants, never treat you as a brother, let you be excluded and bullied since you were a child, revenge on your father just treated you as a blade, with the time to show the edge, do not need to be left aside. ”

On the surface, the crown prince can do enough work, but he only has hatred for the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, what qualifications does a lowly concubine have to rob him? Not to mention that he has now cut off his own hands and feet, and he still holds many handles that can bring him down. So his words became more and more vicious, and he could only use vicious words to vent the anger in his heart.

"Maybe. ”

Although what the prince said sounded harsh, it was also an indisputable fact, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi didn't want to say more about those old and old things, he replied softly, noncommittal, and then turned his head to look at the desolate scenery in the distance outside the pavilion.

"Ten years ago, I was commissioned by the palace to go to Dunhuang, and the time is far away, maybe the third brother doesn't remember it for a long time. When I came back from Dunhuang and went all the way to Kyoto, it was the first time I had a good view of the country. ”

In fact, the reason is very simple, say a cheesy example, it is like the master of a large family seems to always have a concubine who can not be accommodated, and when you meet a little lady who is either beautiful as a flower or graceful or sweet and lovely outside, you will feel fresh, the first feeling is always the strongest and memorable, after marrying home, day and night are relatively upside down, no matter how good things are seen for a long time, you will feel that the passion is no longer common, so when you see the fresh little lady again, you will still can't hold back the desire in your heart.

People who have climbed up step by step from the bottom have been accustomed to seeing the warmth and coldness of human feelings, there will be unfairness everywhere, and there will be disgusting things everywhere, but so what, they have all crawled out of the ant-like pile, and they can't turn around and fall into it again. Every day of the year, people who are trapped and trapped by hunger and cold, people who have been wronged and wronged to death, and people who have been bullied and oppressed to death, cannot be questioned.

But Donghuang Taiyi is different, he was born in the palace and grew up in the Sword Sect, except for his own suffering, he has never seen anyone else's unbearable. When he came back from Dunhuang, he saw with his own eyes those poor and miserable people, one after another.

From the businessman who left his hometown to do business and was exploited by the officers and soldiers, the honest man who was bullied by the village ruffians all day long, the farmer who forcibly occupied the land and seized his wife and daughter, and then to the petty officials and officials who were loyal and upright but were framed and suffered injustice, one by one, each time it deeply pierced the sensitive nerves and mood of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Because of the injustice he suffered when he was a child, he seems to be more able to appreciate the helplessness and despair of those people, and it is the pain and sympathy that he empathizes with that makes Donghuang Taiyi who he is today.

The wind outside the pavilion gradually rose, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi in the pavilion was not in a hurry, and told the stories he remembered in his heart, and his voice was cold and distant, like reading the legend written in the book bluntly.

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"How many times have you been urging it to be delivered, what are you doing? The emperor's dragon body is expensive, if you delay the emperor's meal, see how I punish you when I turn around!"

Outside the dormitory, the chief eunuch of the Shu Emperor, Tong Xuan, took the medicinal food sent by the little eunuch and held back his anger. The emperor has not slept well for two days today because of the turmoil in the government, and he has been guarding the Qinde Hall to carefully review the recent twists and turns, during which he constantly summoned the ministers to listen to the progress of the investigation, and the cup of tea alone fell several times, and more than a dozen officials were dismissed from their posts on the spot.

It was easy to persuade him to go back to the dormitory to rest, and his mouth kept chattering, listening to almost scolding the ministers of the court.

When he calmed down a little, the emperor sat on the soft couch, put his hands on his forehead, closed his eyes slightly, and panted heavily. Tong Jian knew at a glance that it must be the emperor's headache again, so he immediately called someone to invite the imperial doctor. After the diagnosis of the doctor, it was said that the liver was hot and the mood was restless, and there was no need for medication, but you should pay attention to rest, relax and never get angry.

Fuck the fuck! They just see that Lone is too good at talking on weekdays, so they dare to bully lawlessness!

The imperial doctor's few words provoked the emperor's impatience, and the imperial doctor was scolded in a few words. Tong Zhu comforted the emperor while sending the imperial doctor away, and then asked people to inform the imperial dining room to prepare a dry soup to send it.

After a little longer time for the medicinal food to be delivered over, Tong Zhu was also annoyed that the people really had no eyes, and none of them were smooth in doing things.

As soon as the warm lotus seed soup came in, the little eunuch came over to report that Jing Yijing had asked Zhuge Jin to see him.

The emperor didn't have a good rest for a few days, and Tong Jian was about to let the little eunuch block Zhuge Jin back, and the emperor waved his hand to let him in when he heard that Zhuge Jin asked to see him.

"Lord Zhuge . ”

Tong went out to announce Zhuge Jin, who was waiting outside.

"Father-in-law Tong. ”

Tong Xuan, as the chief eunuch of the emperor's side, even the queen and prince had to call Tong Gonggong affectionately when they saw it, not to mention their foreign courtiers.

"The emperor didn't rest smoothly for a few days because of the things of the previous few days, and now the old problem is a headache again, my lord, you are also on official business, and the old slave does not dare to delay, but don't complain about the old slave's mouth, you will make a long story short, so that the saint can sleep more, you understand what I mean." ”

"My father-in-law is considerate, you can rest assured, it is a good thing that I came to the emperor to say, and I will report to ensure that the saint can sleep well." ”

Tong Jian was relieved and told two sentences, and when he heard Zhuge Jin say that it was good news, he hurriedly brought Zhuge Jin into the dormitory.

Zhuge Jin really said that what he said was true, and when he roughly finished talking about the matter, he probably handed the emperor an excerpt again, and the emperor's originally tightly knit brows gradually relaxed, and he actually laughed out loud in the back.

"Zhuge Qing's family's excerpt really relieved a lot in my lonely heart. ”

The emperor closed the fold and put it aside, and at this time it was already a dragon's face and a great joy, and his right hand patted his right knee and said a few good words in a row.

"Oh, look at the lonely, just look at the excerpts, Tong Xuan, hurry up and move the chair for Zhuge Qing's house. ”

"No. ”

Tong Ying responded and stepped back to bring Zhuge Jin-like chairs over.

"It is said that blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and this time, because of the tax book falsification and false declaration of smuggling involved in the exchange of materials with southern Xinjiang, all this really makes Lone Heart angry. Fortunately, the unhealthy trend in this officialdom was discovered in time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. What Gu didn't expect was that after finding out the facts of the accounts and taxes, the tax revenue of Jianzhou, Mianzhou, Dangzhou, Jingzhou and other places has increased repeatedly in recent years, especially the industrial and commercial tax revenue. ”

"Back to the emperor, Helongyu Sanzhou is personally supervised by his subordinates, from the actual situation, the business policy of the Seventh Highness has indeed restored production and promoted industrial and commercial exchanges. Local fiscal expenditures tend to be public facilities, such as basic roads, public security maintenance, so that farmers have land, businessmen can feel at ease, reduce and unify the collection of taxes, and there is no obstacle to the circulation of goods from other places, and many measures are enlightened governance. Like Jianzhou, Mianzhou, and Dangzhou, the subordinates only inspected, but did not see whether the implementation of the decree was proper, and besides, some local officials were really not very easy to speak. ”

"Well, Lone understands. ”

The Emperor nodded in understanding. Since Liang Ming was established as the crown prince, he let him go, and always thought that he would be like himself in the future, so the emperor did not object to the early contact with the affairs of the court, but in recent years, the prince's mind seems to have only been put on the last things that have not been implemented in the climate, which is really indisputable.

Jianzhou, Mianzhou, the top leaders in those places can be regarded as the prince's cronies.

Thinking of this, the emperor's brow furrowed seemed to be furrowed again.

After saying that, Zhuge Jin got up and said goodbye.

After Zhuge Jin left, Tong Zhu helped the emperor to rest.

"Tong Xuan, how many years have you been with Lonely?"

The emperor held Tong Xuan's forearm and suddenly asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, since Your Majesty has not yet ascended the throne, the old slave has been serving by his side, and it has been more than 30 years now. ”

"For more than 30 years, we're all old. ”

"Your Majesty's dragon body is in full bloom, and he is not inferior to young people at all. ”

Tong pursed his lips and replied respectfully.

"You, you, will say good things to please Lonely. ”

The emperor scolded with a smile.

"Tell me, what do you think of the prince?"

"Prince? ”

"Fooling Lonely Again?"

The Emperor stopped suddenly, pretending to be angry.

"That's good. ”

Tong Zhu and the emperor, a servant and a master, have been together for decades, and they have long known each other's temper and character, and knew that the emperor was deliberately scaring himself, so Tong Zhu took advantage of the situation to beg for mercy.

"The prince is elegant and extraordinary, and he was taught by the prince to concentrate on government affairs, and I heard people say that he often reads books and stays up late at night, is extremely diligent, and treats people very modestly, and should be a good master. ”

"Well, Liang Ming is quite diligent. I'm afraid that sometimes I worry too much. ”

The emperor seemed to suddenly think of something again, and stopped and turned his head.

"What about Taiyi, what do you think of the Seventh Prince?"