Empress Chu

The third prince was furious: "You are crazy, this is reading, reading, the most supreme thing in the world."

The emperor ignored them and smiled slightly at Xiao Xun: "I heard from the crown prince that you have been in Beijing for a few days, but I haven't been in good health and haven't seen you."

Xiao Xun saluted and said: "I know that your majesty is not in good health, so I don't dare to disturb you if I want to visit. The crown prince and I have bowed outside your majesty's palace with me."

The emperor snorted, with drunkenness in his eyes: "What are you going to Beijing for?"

"Father, my son told you that he did a small favor for Tingwei's mansion, but unfortunately, bandits appeared in the territory and made a big fuss, so he sent them to the capital and came to the court again. Take the punishment." The crown prince answered first, pointing at Xiao Xun, "You are too cautious, why should you take the punishment? Besides, you don't use the court to take the punishment, you lead people to strangle the bandits Just clean it."

Xiao Xun hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness, I have already ordered people to suppress the bandits. Before entering Beijing, I have received news that the bandits have been strangled to death, and the bandit leader hangs at the city gate for public display."

The prince still shook his head, with a regretful expression: "What's the point of being strangled by others? You should go to this kind of thing yourself." He waved his arms, bringing up a gust of wind, "Beheading the bandit's head with your own hands, that is prestige."

Xiao Xun hurriedly smiled and said: "Although I am not afraid of bandits, but I really can't kill them."

The prince squeezed Xiao Xun's arm: "I remember that you liked to practice martial arts very much when you were young. After so many years, why are you not strong at all, it is useless, don't become like the third brother—"

The third prince sneered: "Those who are good at using soldiers will subdue their soldiers instead of fighting, uproot their cities instead of attacking them, and destroy their country instead of lasting—"

Before he could finish his sentence, the emperor who had been half-drunk and absent-minded suddenly yelled: "Shut up!" He grabbed the front of his face—he had almost thrown it just now, so he could only grab the shoe and smash it at the third prince.

"After studying for a few days, you dare to teach the prince a lesson." He scolded, "will the prince let you sit?"

The third prince was dodged by the blow, and said angrily: "Father, this son-in-law didn't mean that, you misunderstood it!"

The prince was not angry either, he laughed: "Father, the third younger brother is indeed not teaching his son a lesson, he is just pretending to be his own, so you don't need to be angry with him."

The emperor snorted coldly and didn't grab the shoe again.

The third prince tossed the messed-up clothes: "I sincerely planned a grand event, and wanted to invite my father to have fun with me, but looking at it now, that's all."

The prince smiled: "Third brother, don't be in a hurry, I will go alone to support you."

The third prince didn't appreciate it: "His Royal Highness, don't bring a group of warriors to disturb my Wenhui." After saying that, he bowed his head and kowtowed, "I will leave."

Regardless of the emperor's permission or not, he got up and left with his sleeves flung.

Chapter 13 What You See

I am used to this scene, and the emperor and prince are not angry.

"It's really noisy." The emperor said, "Aren't all scholars gentle?"

The prince smiled and said: "Father, tell the third brother not to read so many books, and find more riding and archery masters, so he won't have the strength to make noise."

The emperor looked at him and sneered: "Master riding and archery?" He grabbed the other shoe and threw it at him, "Master riding and archery can beat the court officials if he has the strength? I will let you become a riding and archery master for the rest of your life."

The prince raised his hand to catch the shoes: "Yes, yes, I know." Kneeling over, he put the shoes on the emperor, "Father, you have always been good-tempered and spoiled those officials. It's really too much, just give me a beating."

The emperor kicked him.

The prince was so strong that the emperor couldn't even kick him, so the prince sat back laughing and turned to call Xiao Xun: "Ah Xun, come and talk to your majesty, you are the only one who is not angry with you."

Xiao Xun said with a smile: "I am often angry with my father at home, and my father is only angry with me. Others want him to be angry, but he doesn't bother to care."

The prince laughed: "You really can talk."

The emperor looked at Xiao Xun with a sad expression: "You look very similar to your father."

Xiao Xun touched his face: "My mother often said that I am not as good-looking as my father, especially my eyes, which are too small, like my mother, and I can't have big eyes like my father and your majesty."

The emperor laughed, and the prince laughed too.

"My eyes are like my father's." He pointed to himself, "It's different from my mother's."

The emperor looked at the prince with disgust in his eyes: "Your mother's queen has good eyes, and if you follow her, your appearance will be even better."

In addition to disgust, there is also a little more regret, thinking of the queen who died young, but the young couple did not get old together.

"I can't even remember what she looks like."

"Father." The prince raised his arms, showing his strength, "What's the use of appearance, it's still of strength. It's better to be strong than anything else."

The emperor was angry again: "Where's the brain? Don't you need a brain to govern the world?"

The prince said frankly: "Father, my brain is not enough by myself, as long as I make good use of people with brains in the world, it will be enough."

The emperor was silent, ignored him, looked at Xiao Xun, and asked, "How is your father now? Does your leg still hurt?"

Xiao Xun shook his head: "It's fine at other times, but it hurts a little bit when it's cloudy." He laughed and said, "Father is very energetic, he can eat, sleep and play. My biggest worry is that my father is really too fat. , I want him to eat less."

The emperor laughed again: "What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that your father will eat up all your family property? Don't worry, I will give you twice as much as your father eats."

Xiao Xun smiled and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, that minister hopes that the father will eat more."

The emperor smiled so much that he stretched out his hands to hold his heart, so as not to get angry, the prince also smiled, admiring: "I just said, Ah Xun can make the emperor happy the most, you, you should come to live in the capital more often."

"Brother." Xiao Xun called out the names of his brothers when he was a child, and said with a smile, "The fragrance is far away and the smell is near. If I am in front of His Majesty for a long time, His Majesty will get annoyed. It is better to stay away. Your Majesty always misses me." Good best."

The prince and the emperor laughed again.

"Okay, okay." The emperor waved his hand and yawned, as if he was too tired from laughing, "Since you're here, let's stay in the capital for a few more days."

The prince said: "That's right, come with me to the martial arts field, and take you to have fun."

The emperor glared at him: "Go to the martial arts training ground." He pointed, "Ah Xun can go to the reading club of the third child, even though those are useless at all, they can still be considered lively."

Although he verbally scolded, the emperor still thought about the third prince's request. The prince's eyes flashed slightly, and he said with a smile: "That's good. If the third brother doesn't like me going, you are definitely welcome."

When the emperor spoke, Xiao Xun of course bowed his head and said yes.

Seeing that the matter was finished, the eunuchs stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's time to take medicine."

The emperor waved his hands to the crown prince and Xiao Xun: "Okay, you guys go down, don't come to me if you have nothing to do."

The prince responded with a smile, and seeing the eunuch bring the pills, he couldn't help but say, "Father, you don't need to take these pills, you ride and shoot with your son every day—"

Before he finished speaking, the emperor picked up the lid of the pill jar and smashed it over.

"roll!"

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Xiao Xun declined the prince's invitation to ride and shoot together, and went back to the post by himself. When he reached the palace gate, an acquaintance walked towards him.

"Master Deng." Xiao Xun hurriedly beckoned.

Deng Yi stopped and saluted Xiao Xun: "Your Excellency."

Along the way, Deng Yi didn't talk much, and he didn't show much enthusiasm for him, but since he met Xiao Xun, he would still say hello - if it was that Chu Zhao, Xiao Xun would pretend not to see him.

However, maybe the girl pretended not to see it first, or simply turned around and left.

Xiao Xun couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty is in a good mood." Deng Yi said, "I just met His Majesty."

Xiao Xun nodded with a smile: "Yes, I met His Majesty with the crown prince." It is inconvenient to say more about matters involving the emperor, so he asked casually, "Master Deng, do you have an errand?"

Deng Yi said, "No, I'll go give the gift."

Xiao Xun was stunned, is this a joke or the truth?

He thinks that he has always been very comfortable in dealing with people, but after meeting Deng Yi and Chu Zhao, there is always something wrong.

Deng Yi raised his hand to salute: "My son is well, I am taking my leave."

Xiao Xun nodded, watching Deng Yi walk towards the West Garden of the imperial city, where the officials from the six departments of the imperial court are located, could it be that he really went to give gifts?

Standing where he was, Xiao Xun couldn't help but smile, he really saw all sorts of strange things when he went to Beijing.

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The post was not far from the imperial city, Xiao Xun came back quickly by car, washed and changed clothes and sat in the room to rest, when a scholar in blue came in, Tie Ying went out to guard the door upon seeing this.

"Your Majesty, have you met His Majesty?" the green-clothed scribe asked.

Xiao Xun nodded: "I have not only seen His Majesty, but also the crown prince and the third prince."

The scholar in green shirt asked again: "What do you think, my son?"

Xiao Xun held the porcelain white teacup and looked at the clear tea in it.

"Just like when I was a child, Your Majesty is suspicious and favors the Third Prince. The Crown Prince is arrogant but knows how to remind His Majesty to take pity on him. The Third Prince is cunning and duplicity." Xiao Xun shook his head: "Why does Father insist on letting me come to this capital? ? Isn’t our identity more dangerous?”

Not only the emperor, the prince, and the relatives of the emperor are crazy, but even the petty officials like Deng Yi and the little girls like Chu Zhao are full of weirdness.

This capital city looks prosperous, but it is like a pile of dry firewood, a little spark can detonate.

Shouldn't they stay away from such a dangerous place?

"Today, His Majesty still asked the father, and the crown prince wanted to take the lonely stay in Beijing as a hostage, and they still did not let go of their guard against the father."

The green-shirted scribe said: "My son, the more dangerous the place is, the more likely there will be surprises."

Unexpected happiness can have many meanings to ordinary people, but to people with the status of Zhongshan King, there is only one meaning.

Xiao Xun clenched his teacup tightly, and after a moment of silence, he said softly, "Ah Xun would like to pray for my father."

Chapter 14 Deep Palace

The gauze curtain of the pavilion where the emperor stayed was put down for a long time, and the music and singing outside the pavilion continued for a long time, until the sound came again from inside, and the eunuchs guarding both sides signaled the actors to stop and lifted the gauze curtain.

The emperor sat up with a bit of sleepiness, and his spirit was much better than before.

"Is Ah Xun here?" He asked.

His Majesty's memory is getting worse and worse, the eunuch bowed his head and said cautiously: "Give Your Majesty my peace, and leave with the Prince."

The emperor snorted, narrowed his eyes, probably remembering it, stretched out his hand to pour out the wine, and took a sip slowly.

"What did the prince say? Why did Ah Xun come to the capital?" He asked again.

The eunuch repeated what the prince had said before, and also said what the prince had not said.

"Liang Siqing asked Tingwei's Mansion to help find the Miss Chu family, and Tingwei's Mansion asked King Zhongshan to help intercept her on the way. After intercepting, the son of King Zhongshan escorted her back."

Hearing this, the emperor put down his wine glass, squinted his eyes and asked, "He sent the young lady of the Chu family back? Who told him to send it? Chu Ling?"

"No, no." The eunuch hurriedly said, "Speaking of which, it is also unlucky for the son of King Zhongshan. When Miss Chu and her party were walking in the territory of King Zhongshan, they encountered bandits and made a big fuss. Officers and soldiers were dispatched, and many people were killed and injured. , Miss Chu and her party included officials from the imperial court, King Zhongshan was very disturbed, and came to Beijing to explain to the imperial court, and submitted a request for instructions in advance, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince approved it."

The emperor snorted and smiled: "Imperial brother is really cautious, he refuses to say anything, lest others will harm him."

The eunuch also breathed a sigh of relief and poured wine for the emperor: "It's better to be cautious, this is the rule."

Only his own son can be unruly in front of the emperor, neither brothers nor nephews.

The emperor drank slowly, seemingly drunk but also sober: "What's the matter with Chu Ling's daughter?"

The eunuch responded: "Chu Ling's daughter beat Miss Liang's family, Liang Siqing refused to let her go, Chu Ling begged His Majesty, and His Majesty solved the trouble for him."

The emperor didn't speak, and drank the wine in one gulp.

"Your Majesty, do you need to reply to Chu Ling's letter?" The eunuch asked cautiously, "He asked you for instructions—"

After the words fell, the emperor looked angry.

"Why did I reply to him?" He shouted, "What is he! Dare to teach me! Blame me! It is obvious that he did something wrong! Those who are good at using soldiers are those who subdue others' soldiers instead of fighting. It's not about attacking, it's about destroying the country of people, it's not about Jiuye—”

He threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, it was not enough, he overturned the wine pot, the table and table in front of him.

This was what Chu Ling scolded him back then, and it has been engraved in the emperor's heart for so long. It can be seen that the two had a lot of trouble at that time, the eunuch beside him sighed inwardly, and led everyone to kneel down.

"Your Majesty, calm down."

There was the sound of chaotic footsteps, and a group of maids came, surrounded by a gorgeous concubine, and asked loudly, "Your Majesty, what's the matter, Your Majesty."

Seeing this imperial concubine, the eunuchs and performers all breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "The imperial concubine is here."

Concubine Zhao had already arrived in front of the emperor, and she put her arms around his arm, "Who made Your Majesty angry again?" Without waiting for an answer, she shook the emperor's arm, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, come and play chess with me, I learned Xin, this time I must win His Majesty."

The imperial concubine, who was already in her 30s, still looked like a girl, and when she was shaken by the beauty, the emperor instantly dissipated his anger, and a smile appeared in his eyes.

"Don't cry with me if you lose." He laughed.

Concubine Zhao took the emperor's hand, "Come quickly."

The emperor followed her, stepping on the mess on the ground, and the previous fury seemed to have never happened.

The remaining eunuchs and actors did not get up until they could no longer hear footsteps, and breathed a sigh of relief.