Funing Hall

At the dawn of the sky, Funing Palace was extremely quiet both inside and outside.

In the quiet room, some candlelight in the main hall of the temple leaked out from the hollowed-out window lattices, intertwined with the faint morning light.

In the staggered twilight, there are four small yellow gates on duty under the corridor, all standing respectfully.

Outside the hall, below the steps, a group of people came from the corridor on the right.The leader is a big eunuch, dressed in purple, with a younger face.Behind him are two rows of court ladies, holding basins, pots and other objects.

They walked without haste or slowness, and their feet and feet were silent, as if they had become one with the tranquility.

The eunuch walked around to the steps and was about to lift his feet.

"Master Fu." Someone called him from the left, although the voice was low, it broke the original calm.

He looked sideways and saw the person coming from the veranda on the left, who was also a big eunuch, dressed in purple clothes like him, but much older than him.Strictly speaking, this person is the highest-ranking eunuch in Funing Palace, and he also has a "everyone knows" fifth-rank introspection official, named Liu Xian.

Fu Lu saluted immediately: "Mr. Liu."

Liu Xian was a little fat, with a lot of flesh on his face, and he loved to smile. When he spoke, the flesh on his face was shaking, and he said with a smile: "Don't dare to be, dare not be, Mr. Fu is the one who serves in front of His Majesty."

Fulu smiled, but didn't answer him.

Liu Xian had no choice but to ask again: "Why did Your Majesty get up so early today?"

"It's been hot recently, Your Majesty has not been able to sleep well, so I told my little one yesterday to come and wait for him to get up early today." Fu Lu said slowly.

Liu Xian really wanted to ask again, but he was about to speak again, but Fu Lu acted as if he hadn't seen his face, and saluted him again, then turned and went straight into the hall.The maids behind him walked in an orderly manner, Liu Xian blocked their way, so he had no choice but to step back and watch them push the door into the palace.

Xiao Huangmen, who was on duty at night, also walked into the hall with them, and Liu Xian was left alone in the courtyard outside the hall.

Only then did Liu Xian put away his smile, and said "Bah", didn't this Fu Lu rely on him to serve His Majesty close by?If he wasn't from the Prince's Mansion of Anding County, if he hadn't served His Majesty since he was a child, how could there be such a kid in the Palace of Funing today? !

It's a pity that the door of the palace was wide open, but he, Liu Xian, didn't dare to go in, so he could only stand in the courtyard secretly complaining.

No matter how upset and angry he was, he could only endure it.He also has important things to do.Today is the Dachaohui.The Empress Dowager pointed at this opportunity to show his face in Wende Palace. If he failed to stop His Majesty, the Empress Dowager insisted on making him look good.He definitely didn't dare to really stop His Majesty, besides, His Majesty only likes to use that kid Fu Lu, he can't even enter the door.

But he must tell the Empress Dowager about His Majesty's early waking up. If Her Majesty really went to the Daqing Hall and everyone went to the Daqing Hall instead, leaving the Empress Dowager behind, it has nothing to do with him, he has already reported it anyway.

Although the truth is so, but Liu Xian said, what is the empress dowager competing with His Majesty?Could it be that in this world, it is really possible to follow the empress dowager's surname Sun?The Empress Dowager has come to the court to listen to the government these years, and she has had enough of her addiction, and it is almost enough. After all, the surname of Zhao is in the world.

No, in the blink of an eye, His Majesty is already sixteen years old, and everyone is looking forward to His Majesty's personal administration inside and out.

So what if the queen mother wins this grand court meeting?Sooner or later, the government will be handed over to His Majesty!No matter how weak His Majesty is, as long as he is there, that seat can only be his.Didn't see, after six years of tossing around, the Queen Mother still can't even go to the Daqing Palace?

The only one who can sit in the Daqing Hall and accept the worship of everyone is His Majesty.

This is the rule left by the ancestors.

It's a pity that the empress dowager didn't understand what an eunuch could understand.But he can only be used by the Empress Dowager. When the first emperor was still alive, he was able to prosper thanks to the support of the Empress Dowager.Now it is also thanks to the Queen Mother that he is able to get a fifth grade and everyone knows it.Although His Highness Funing didn't like to talk to him, no one dared to show him face to face.Didn't see it just now, Fu Lu could only smile and salute him.

After all, he has done everything that should be done, and when His Majesty is in charge, if he sells it well, His Majesty will be able to reuse him.His Majesty has always been honest and honest, knowing that he is a member of the Empress Dowager, he has not been punished except forbidding him to enter the main hall.

Their majesty is just too good-tempered.

Thinking of this, Liu Xian felt at ease again, and he no longer envy Fu Lu.He "hummed" and turned around to order his apprentice to go to the Hall of Baoci to inform the Empress Dowager.

Zhao Cong has been awake for a long time.

But the inner room was too far away from the outside of the hall, so he naturally didn't know the conversation between Fu Lu and Liu Xian, he only heard the footsteps outside the curtain.

"Fulu." He called out.

Fu Lu immediately replied softly: "Your Majesty is awake? Are you going to get up now?"

"rise."

Fu Lu answered "Yes", the maid pushed aside the bright yellow curtain, he walked to the bed, and lifted the curtain in front of the bed with his own hands.Fu Lu lightly hung the curtains on the white jade hooks. After hanging the curtains on both sides, he bent down and looked at the bed with a smile: "Your Majesty will wait for your majesty to get up."

At this moment, the smile on Fu Lu's face is no longer the one that is dealing with Liu Xian, but is full of sincerity, like all the maids behind him.

Enveloped by the sudden gaze and candlelight, Zhao Cong closed his eyes before opening them again, adapting to the sudden light.He was still lying on the bed, smiling slowly at Fu Lu and the maids.

That smile is more delicate and gentle than the white jade made into the hook.

The maids lowered their heads, and crimson quietly climbed onto their necks and earlobes.

Fu Lu couldn't help but sigh again.

His Majesty was served by him when he landed. At that time, His Majesty was still young, so there were wet nurses and maidservants to do all the big and small things. It was said that he was here to serve, but in fact, he couldn't do much.He was personally chosen by the princess and the prince to accompany His Majesty, and he will be able to play with His Majesty only when His Majesty is a few years older.

Unexpectedly, when His Majesty was three years old, he was taken into the palace by the childless late emperor, and the first servant in the mansion refused to let him take him with him, so the late emperor guarded against them.In those years, how difficult it was for the princess and the prince.Even he, a little eunuch, secretly shed a few tears.

After the concubine was reborn as the princess, she couldn't hold back, and finally went.In the year when His Majesty was conferred the title of prince, the Liao soldiers invaded and the late emperor was critically ill. The prince took the place of the late emperor and died in battle.Before dying, the only thing the prince left was to let him enter the palace to continue serving His Majesty.

When he saw His Majesty again, he thought that His Majesty had forgotten him long ago.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty put down the book, turned to look at him, and asked, "Is your name Fu Lu?"

Fu Lu did not expect that His Majesty still remembered him, so he knelt down on the ground and burst into tears.

He cried for the ruined Anding County Prince's Mansion, and even more for the poor Majesty who didn't know what his fate was like in the palace.

His Majesty was fine, put down the book, and said with a smile: "Why are you crying? I'm so happy to see me? Weeping with joy?" The two female officers beside him had solemn faces, staring at Fu Lu closely.

Fu Lu immediately wiped his tears with his hand, nodded and said: "The little one is too happy to see the eldest prince, the little one is at fault, and the little one is guilty."

His Majesty stood up directly, walked in front of him, and said relaxedly: "Get up, I don't blame you."

Fu Lu looked up and saw His Majesty smiling at him.

He was both sad and happy at the time.

What is going on in the palace can be seen from the eyes of the two female officials. His Majesty, who was supposed to grow up peacefully and happily, has to live such a life in the palace so early.But fortunately, he, Fulu, came in, so he must take good care of His Majesty.

After that, about ten days later, the first emperor passed away and His Majesty ascended the throne.

It has been six years since now, but Fu Lu can still remember His Majesty's smile back then, the same as when he was a child.

Over the years, no matter what the situation is, His Majesty's smile has never changed.

And their concubine was born in a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, she looks graceful and dignified, and her majesty was born like a concubine, smart and cute since she was a child.In the city of Tokyo, among the royal families and nobles, which wife doesn't praise their Majesty's good birth?When His Majesty was baptized for the third time, the people at home who came to watch the ceremony almost stepped on the threshold.

Since His Majesty entered the palace, not to mention a little eunuch like him, it is rare for the princess to see His Majesty once a year.

The grown-up His Majesty is more handsome than when he was a child. No matter how dangerous the palace is, there is no need to worry about food and drink after all. It is also the most honorable place in the world, and only the more precious ones can raise their Majesty.

Now His Majesty is sixteen years old, although men disdain to talk about their own appearance, but every time he sees His Majesty's appearance, Fu Lu feels proud.He can also pat his chest and say, in the whole world, no one can compare to their Majesty.Not to mention their majesty's literary talents.Furthermore, their majesty is the emperor, and they are the only ones in the world.

The only thing is that His Majesty's health is not very good, the frailty brought out from the mother's womb.

But since he, Fu Lu, has entered this palace, and since the prince entrusted him with his words at the end of his life, he must block everything for His Majesty, and he must also protect His Majesty's never-changing smile.No matter how dangerous the palace is, no matter how ambitious the Empress Dowager Sun and her like are.

Seeing one or two people in front of the bed, Zhao Cong suddenly stopped talking, and said amusedly, "Why is no one coming to help me up?"

Fu Lu and the palace maid came back to God together.Fu Lu showed a little embarrassment, he has always been strict with himself, since he entered the palace, even if he entered the palace, he has not made such a mistake for a long time.But he always felt that today was different from the usual days, as if something big was about to happen.

Zhao Cong propped himself up on the bed and sat up, the maid stepped forward to help him, he waved his hand and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Fulu knew he was wrong and wanted to kneel down.

Zhao Cong stood up, waved his hand and said, "Come on, are you tired from kneeling?" He stepped on the bed, lazily opened his arms, and let the maids dress him.He glanced at Fulu.Fu Lu is a very capable person. Except for the day when he entered the palace, he had never seen Fu Lu in a trance. He couldn't help being a little curious, and simply asked, "What are you thinking, you are in a trance?"

Fu Lu glanced at the maid.

Zhao Cong smiled again, and asked again, "Where is Rantao?"

Rantao is his personal female officer, and usually, she and Fu Lu come to wait on him when he gets up.It's sad and ridiculous.In the palace, the only ones he could believe in were these two people.

Fulu replied: "There are cherries from Nandi that were brought into the palace. Rantao said that His Majesty likes the white jade cherries made by her, so he went to the dining room early."

Zhao Cong nodded, and he had already put on the clothes on his body, the vermilion round collar regular clothes.Two court ladies were kneeling on the ground, arranging his belt embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns, and putting the jade pendant on it.After they were all dressed, the two maids bowed their heads and stepped back, obediently exiting the bedroom.

"What? Do you have something to say to me alone?" Zhao Cong walked to the high chair and sat down, and asked casually.

Fu Lu used a small golden spoon with a long handle to draw out the nectar from the glass bottle, poured it into warm water, and served it to Zhao Cong.Zhao Cong's health is not good. In summer, his throat is dry and he coughs easily after waking up in the morning.Rantao brought the little maids to make this lychee honey, and mixed it with water to drink a cup every morning.

Zhao Cong joked, "It's the first time I've eaten honey water made by Fu Lu."

Fu Lu raised his head inadvertently, and seeing His Majesty smiling at Yan Yan, with an honest and ignorant appearance, suddenly couldn't bear to say the rest.But without saying anything, he bent down, looked at Zhao Cong's knee, and said softly, "Before I came, I met Liu Xian outside the hall."

"Oh?" Zhao Cong drank a few sips of nectar water and said with a smile, "What did he say?"

"He asked the younger one why His Majesty got up so early."

Zhao Cong was still unhurried: "Liu Xian still looks like that." He was so stupid that he couldn't even pretend.

"Your Majesty." Fu Lu was a little anxious.

"Huh?" Zhao Cong took another sip of sweet water.

Fu Lu was so anxious that he knelt down directly: "Your Majesty, today is the first day of May, the day when the Grand Court Meeting will be held. During the Grand Court Meeting in the first month, there was a sudden heavy snowfall in Beijing, and neither Liao nor Xixia envoys came. Your Majesty did not It doesn't matter if you go to participate, and at the beginning of the year, His Majesty was also unwell and couldn't sit in the palace for a long time. But this time, they all came. Even the envoys from the Nanman Department and the five surnames arrived in Beijing early."

Zhao Cong nodded.

"Your Majesty." Seeing Zhao Cong's unmoved expression, Fu Lu kowtowed again, his voice full of urgency, "Liu Xian must have sent his disciples to Baoci Hall to report the news, and the Queen Mother will definitely send someone Come to stop you. You are already sixteen! At the beginning of your enthronement, Yan Guogong asked the Empress Dowager Sun to listen to the government. When you arrive, the Empress Dowager doesn’t say a word, you can’t let the Empress Dowager coax you any longer! Although she took care of you to grow up, her mind is not pure!”

After Fu Lu finished speaking in one go, he also knew that he shouldn't have said these words, and any emperor would lose his head at the very beginning of these words.But His Majesty has been served by him since he was a child, and he is also the prince's mansion of Anding County, and even the future of the world.His Majesty is too honest and uncompetitive by nature, everyone coaxes him, especially the Queen Mother!If he doesn't say it, who else can say it?If he doesn't say anything, His Majesty will be eaten by those people one day!

He risked his life to make His Majesty unhappy, so he had to say it.

After he finished speaking, he knelt down on the ground.