Imperial City

"The emperor must not say that. The emperor is the king of a country and the lord of the people. How can he come to see this old lady of the Ai family every day. Everything is fine for the Ai family to live in the Shoukang Palace. The emperor does not need to worry about the Ai family.

On the contrary, the emperor is busy with government affairs every day, so he must pay attention to his body. Although the weather is hot in summer, there are many people who suffer from cold and illness due to greed for cold. The emperor should not take it lightly. "

"What the ancestors said is that the ancestors care about Lao Lao, and the grandson will remember it."

The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while, and the empress dowager suddenly remembered that Wei Qi still had things to do.

She seemed normal and said: "Ai's family has been feeling a little sore in his legs recently, and he called the imperial doctor to see him, and he prescribed the prescription and took the medicine, but it still didn't help."

The emperor was a little anxious: "Why is this? Can the imperial physicians diagnose the cause?"

"At first, the imperial physicians also said that they couldn't see the reason, but the first imperial physician of the imperial hospital told the truth. What he said was that people will inevitably have some problems when they are old."

The Empress Dowager sighed: "The Ai family is useless."

"Where is the old ancestor, the grandson sees that you are only forty, and you are old."

The empress dowager covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled at the emperor's flattery: "Aijia remembers that about two or three years ago, a young eunuch was transferred from Shoukang Palace to Qianqing Palace. What is the name of the little eunuch? Renxiang, do you remember?"

Wan Renxiang took a step forward and said, "If you go back to your ancestors, that slave is named Wei Qi, and he was transferred to Qianqing Palace three years ago when he was 14 years old."

"That's right, the Ai family remembered, it's called Wei Qi."

Sitting aside, the emperor heard Wei Qi's heart skip a beat, but nothing showed on his face.

"Aijia remembers that child's massage skills are very good. He looks thin and weak, but he has a little strength in his hands. In the past, his legs hurt and he was called here."

An Xi who was behind the emperor was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe out. He was very panicked, and he just felt that something was wrong.

The emperor only indifferently listened to the two masters and servants singing beside him, and never opened his mouth.

The empress dowager waited for a while, intending to wait for the emperor himself to call someone over, but there was no response.

She went to see her grandson from the corner of her eye, and saw him sitting upright on a bright yellow cushion covered with white jade mat, drinking tea leisurely and contentedly with a cup of tea in his hand, with no suspicion on his face.

She sighed in her heart, so she could only tilt her head cheekily and ask, "Anxi, how is Wei Qi doing now? What's wrong with being in Qianqing Palace?"

Anxi wished that a hole could be cracked in the floor tiles so that she could hide in it.

He complained endlessly, but he didn't have the guts to say no to the old ancestor's words, he stepped forward and knelt down respectfully, he didn't dare to look at the emperor's face, he only hoped that the holy majesty would forgive him for his behavior Pass him this time.

"If we go back to our ancestors, everything is fine for Wei Qi, and now he is serving tea in front of the emperor's study in the Qianqing Palace."

The Empress Dowager smiled, "In this way, since he is only serving tea, the Ai family will feel at ease."

"If the emperor still transfers this slave back to Shoukang Palace, he can also ask him to cure Aijia's leg problem."

An Xi could tell when he heard it, the Holy Majesty was really interested in that slave right now, and the day before yesterday he even asked himself to enjoy some things, but this matter kept him procrastinating.

Anxi risked being executed by the Empress Dowager and boldly replied: "Return to the Empress Dowager, although this Wei Qi is good at hand, he is not very clever. I am afraid that he can't speak and will annoy you.

The servant knows that there is a boy named Wu Dong who is also very proficient in this way, and what is rare is that he is also clever and well-behaved.No. . . "

"Anxi." The Empress Dowager interrupted him, playing with the armor in her hand.

Anxi quickly stopped talking, her fingers clasping the thin blanket on the floor tiles and trembling slightly.

"Look at Ai, you are a dignified former chief eunuch who is doing well, even dare to intervene between the masters."

Anxi was so frightened that he slammed his head on the ground and shouted, "I dare not! I know my mistake! I'm guilty of capital punishment. Please be punished by the Empress Dowager!"

"Old man, it's quite quick to admit your mistakes. For the sake of your loyalty to Da Chu for many years, the Ai family will forgive you this time."

"I thank the empress dowager for going around the slave to death! The empress dowager is merciful. From now on, I will pray for the empress dowager in front of the Buddha every day, and thank the empress dowager for not killing me." Anxi knocked her head until it thumped .

The empress dowager was still waiting for the emperor to express her opinion, so naturally she didn't have the time to waste time with a slave, and An Xixi was also the emperor's chief steward, so she had to spare him no matter what the emperor's face was.

"Come on, come on, let's get up."

"Hey." An Xi didn't dare to speak any more, and even rolled back and forth behind the emperor, and stood up after several times of limp legs, just for show.

The emperor didn't make a sound until then, and only heard him say calmly: "Grandma, I'm afraid this matter will not work."

The Empress Dowager turned to look at him, and even her grandmother called out, "Why not?"

The emperor played with the jade wrench on the thumb of his left hand, "Because my grandson took this slave into use a few nights ago."

As soon as the emperor said this, all the servants in the room fell to their knees, trembling, not daring to raise their heads.

It's not a big deal for the Holy One to have a servant, even if the servant is a eunuch, it's nothing.

But the emperor told the matter in front of all the servants and the empress dowager, those who are present today, those who have ears to everything, will know about the emperor's private affairs, even if it happened yesterday, everyone in the Shoukang Palace It's been tacitly.

The Empress Dowager did not expect the emperor to open up about this matter, she glanced at the surrounding servants, and said calmly: "Everyone back down."

The maids and eunuchs all got up and filed out, only Anxi, Wan Renxiang and Nanny Luo were left in the East Wing.

The room fell silent, and the empress dowager and the others stepped back before saying: "Emperor, why are you doing this?" She was quite earnest.

Her grandson lost his mother since he was a child, and because he was afraid that he would be persecuted by the late emperor's concubine, he deliberately brought him up by his side, and managed to raise him to the tall and burly man he is now, and even became the emperor.

He has been calm and sensible since he was a child, dignified and dignified, never mischievous, even when he walks steadily and cautiously, he never laughed and ran around like other children in the house and broke his legs or arms.

The empress dowager seldom worried about him. When her grandson became the emperor, she was afraid that he would be young and vigorous, and had fought in the battlefield for many years. If he could not hold on to his position, he would do some absurd things, and she would send people to watch him every day.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was more stable than ever, well behaved, and gradually showed the majesty of the emperor. At that time, the empress dowager worshiped the Buddha every day, thanking God for giving the Xiao family such a real dragon emperor, shining on the lintel.

Throughout the dynasties, there have been emperors who favored eunuchs or child molesters, and even their own sons were absurd in the end.

Although the Empress Dowager knew it in her heart, she never stopped it.

The emperor, the emperor, is said to be supreme, but in fact he is just a poor man trapped in the Forbidden City. He is worshiped by people and stared at from time to time. It is inevitable that he has some depression and needs to vent.

Of course, the Empress Dowager never thought that her good grandson would be like those emperors.

She was worried when she got the news, if it was other servants, she would be fine, but it happened to be Wei Qi.

She knew Wei Qi's background very well, and she was afraid that after the incident with the child, resentment would grow in her heart and be bad for the emperor.

"Bringing this matter up, Sun'er is really not ashamed to tell you, but since you asked, Sun'er would never dare to hide it."

The emperor's words pulled her back from her messy worries.

"Over the years, you must have known, my ancestor, that I have always behaved in this matter, but..."

The emperor clenched his fist and put it on his lips, pretending to cough, "The fifth younger brother came to see me in the palace that day. We brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, and we said a few heartfelt words, but before he resigned, suddenly Stuffed it in my arms..."

The emperor couldn't say the words behind, he just looked at the empress dowager with his eyes.

The empress dowager has lived for decades, and there is nothing she can't see, and she doesn't need the emperor to explain it to know that the bastard, the fifth child, must have shown some messy picture album to the emperor.

"Fifth brother Daozhen is in the deep palace, and I don't know how to play outside, so I can't hold back myself if I behave like this all day long."

The emperor added oil and vinegar without showing any traces. Anyway, his son Lao Wu is not here at the moment, so he can let the black and white be left to him.

"I didn't know what the fifth brother gave me before. If I knew, I would never look at it, but after I look at it..."