Remembrance Hibiscus GL

Wen Tianhe took a sneak peek at the emperor, only to find that his face was much thinner, his cheeks were slightly sunken, only a pair of pupils became brighter and radiant, showing a faint evil spirit.He thought of the rumors that the emperor summoned Taoist priests to the palace to refine alchemy, and the fact that he had favored the two princesses of Goryeo during this period, he sighed secretly, and wanted to say something, but he couldn't help coughing violently.

"Come on, give the chief assistant a seat."

A small eunuch moved Jindun immediately, Wen Tianhe thanked him, and Fang sat down with a slanted body. The emperor said: "Aiqing is old, and the old illness has recurred recently, so I specially granted two months Let me take a good rest, let you recuperate well, why did you enter the palace today, Te Teer? There is an important matter, Chen Zou, just pass me a booklet."

Wen Tianhe stood up tremblingly again: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, the old minister feels much better recently."

"Is the medicine I sent someone still effective?"

"The emperor cares deeply, and the old minister is very grateful." Wen Tianhe thought for a while, but couldn't help but said: "The old minister has heard that the emperor recently admired Taoism, believed in alchemists, and intends to build a celestial tower in the southern suburbs. I think, the alchemist The chaos has lasted for more than a thousand years, Han Wu, Tang Zong and other Ming emperors have not found the way of longevity throughout their lives. I am bold, and I also ask the emperor to get closer to the virtuous officials in the court, and put the dragon body and state affairs first."

The emperor's eyes were gloomy, but a faint smile gradually appeared on the corners of his mouth: "What Shoufu means is that I am not as good as Han Wu Tang Zong, and do I like to be close to villains?"

Wen Tianhe trembled slightly in his heart, but he was the chief assistant of the cabinet after all, and he was neither humble nor overbearing when he spoke: "The emperor is a wise king, and the old minister is a loyal minister. As the chief assistant, it is the minister's duty to advise and advise at the right time. Those words really made the old minister feel terrified."

"Haha, well, I'm just making a joke with Shoufu." The emperor lightly tapped the red sandalwood table twice with his finger, and said casually: "Shoufu came to see me just to tell me this. Is it?"

Knowing that the emperor was impatient, Wen Tianhe finally didn't dare to mention the previous words again, he sighed in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "The minister is here today to face the saint for the matter of the western border."

The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly: "Oh?"

Wen Tianhe said: "General Huo has been stationed in the western border for a long time, and he has never confronted the Fan soldiers. He only sent light cavalry to deal with the enemy. The food expenses of the army stationed in the west are very high, and now the household department is getting more and more tight. Although the minister is at home Resting, but worrying about this day and night, I don’t know what to eat.”

The emperor said slowly: "The battle between the two armies on the battlefield is not a matter of day and night. We can't act too hastily. Since the general entered the western border, didn't the good news come one after another? This is a good start. As for the food and salary, my big Yan Wufu Minfeng, can't afford to support an army of hundreds of thousands? This is something that the chief assistant is too worried about."

"Your Majesty, I believe that our army has the superiority in terms of numbers, and with General Huo as its commander, the morale is even higher. It is right to take the initiative to attack and wipe out the Fanbing in one fell swoop, so that they have no chance to catch their breath and fight back."

The emperor couldn't help chuckling: "Shoufu, you are a Jinshi, so how do you know the truth of marching and fighting? The general said in the memorial that Tuyuhun and Tubo people have lived in a bitter, cold and barren land for a long time. They are strong, tough, and very brave. Standing still and only sending elite cavalry to mediate with them is just a strategy to exhaust the enemy, when the time is right, we should attack head-on, and never cause future troubles, so that they will submit to my Great Yan from generation to generation.”

Wen Tianhe said: "Last year, the general said that if he wants to attack on a large scale, it is better to wait for the spring breeze to warm up. At this time, he said to use the technique of exhausting the enemy. Although the minister is a civil servant, he deeply believes that such a delay will miss the best opportunity. .”

The emperor said: "Do you mean that the general deliberately delayed to delay the battle?"

Wen Tianhe said calmly: "I just express my own opinion, not against the general."

The emperor was silent for a moment, and said: "The general is well versed in the way of using troops, so he has his own reasons for doing so, just wait and see."

Hearing his tone, Wen Tianhe knew that he was already suspicious, so he stopped his mouth in a timely manner, and only said: "Yes."

The emperor looked tired: "If the chief assistant has nothing else to do, you can step down."

"Your Majesty, I have something else to report." Wen Tianhe hurriedly said: "The minister's illness has been around for a long time, and it is not a serious illness, and it is now in good health. I implore the emperor to allow you to return to the court as soon as possible, and serve the emperor like a dog and a horse." work."

The emperor said: "The first assistant is my minister and the pillar of the country. He can't make any mistakes in his body. If he doesn't recover from his illness, how can I feel at ease? In my opinion, let's take care of it at home. When the illness is cured, come again." Work for me."

Although Wen Tianhe was extremely disappointed, he also knew that since the emperor had said so, there was no room for change, so he knelt down and said: "I thank the emperor for his kindness."

An inner eunuch brought up steaming milk tea, the emperor glanced at it, frowned and said, "Change for a cold one." The inner eunuch hurriedly went down again, and brought a cup of warm one, the emperor took it and took a sip, and put the tea in his hand. He threw his teacup on the ground: his expression was furious: "Don't you understand what I'm saying? Then what's the use of a slave like you?"

The eunuch was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground and didn't dare to say a word. There were rules in the palace. It's spring now, and as a rule, cold tea can't be served to the emperor. Zhao Chengen on the side knew that he was wronged, but he knew that the emperor He has always been moody, and has become even worse since taking the elixir. He was considering whether to ask for mercy, but the emperor said coldly: "Come, pass on the stick to me!"

Immediately, several inner eunuchs entered the hall, and the first one asked: "How much is the staff responsible? Please tell the emperor clearly." Shi also understood, and only hissed: "The emperor, spare me!" As if his mouth was blocked by something, his voice stopped abruptly, and he was dragged out like a dog.

Zhao Chengen knew that there was no way out for this inner eunuch, so he had seen all kinds of battles in his life, but because of a cup of tea, the emperor took the lives of those who had served him for many years, and it still sent a chill down his spine. After calming down, he went down in person, brought the emperor a cup of cold tea, and stood aside respectfully.

The emperor drank a few sips of cold tea, his face returned to normal, and he said casually: "Yesterday Chai Biao came to see me, and he asked me to resign from the position of Prince and Tutor sincerely. Is it?"

Chai Biao was born a champion of martial arts, skilled in bow and horse, and has the magic skill of piercing Yang with a hundred steps. He is now the commander of the outer guard of the Imperial Forest Army, and also the master of the riding and shooting department of the two princes.Dayan's Royal Forest Army is divided into inner guards and outer guards. The inner guards are in charge of guarding, inspecting, and access control of the palace, while the outer guards are in charge of guarding, inspecting, and access guarding the capital. The elite are called iron guards, who directly protect the safety of the emperor. .In addition to the president leading the Lian Kang, the entire Royal Forest Army has a chief iron guard, a commander of the inner guard, a deputy commander, a commander of the outer guard, and a deputy commander. Therefore, Chai Biao can be said to be in an important position.

When Zhao Chengen asked him this, his eyes rolled, and he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, this servant is stupid, and I don't know why Commander Chai resigned."

The emperor sneered and said: "Chai Biao is a loyal man with an upright temper. He actually came to me yesterday to make rounds. He went around to ask for resignation. I think he must have something to hide, and it must be related to the two princes." , as the chief eunuch, even the slightest disturbance in the palace should be concealed from your eyes and ears, and now you dare to tell me that you don't know?"

Zhao Chengen was taken aback, and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't know, but it's really... It's that I don't dare to say it."

The emperor's eyebrows twitched, and he was about to explode. Zhao Chengen hurriedly knelt down on the knees: "Your Majesty, I dare not hide it. The reason Commander Chai resigned is because of the eldest prince...the eldest prince..."

The emperor shouted abruptly: "What's wrong with the eldest prince?"

"The eldest prince refused to obey discipline, whipped and insulted Commander Chai several times."

The emperor looked at him blankly: "Is there such a thing?"

Zhao Chengen kowtowed and said, "I dare not lie."

"Is there any riding and archery class today?"

"Yes... yes."

The emperor's face was ashen, and it took a while before he said: "Go, accompany me to the riding and shooting place."

"Second prince, as I said last time, archery has the saying of five levels and three relying on it. Two shoulders, two elbows, and the heavens must all be level. Three things, look, like this, the posture must be correct, the target must be accurate, and the shot must be steady." Chai Biao took a breath, pulled the iron bow like a full moon, and loosened the string suddenly, only listening to "Duo" With a sound, the arrow rushed out like a shooting star, penetrating into Hu's heart two hundred steps away.

Zong Xu was dumbfounded, and shouted "Okay", and looked at Chai Biao excitedly and admiringly: "Teacher, how long will I have to learn to be as accurate as you in archery?"

"As long as you have the heart, you will be stronger than me one day. Come on, I will correct your posture again, but you can't draw the bow."

"it is good."

Zong Xu turned his head and was about to take his little bow from Wei Lun's hand, but suddenly his eyes lit up, and he took a step forward and fell to the ground: "I kowtow to my father." The people around me knelt even more: "Kow to my majesty. "

"Let's all get flat." The emperor looked at Zong Xu with a smile on his face, but in an instant, the smile disappeared: "Where is the eldest prince?"

Upon hearing the question, Chai Biao replied, "Back to the emperor, the eldest prince is not feeling well today, and ordered someone to report to the minister for leave."

"Is it true that you are on leave?"

Chai Biao didn't dare to answer, he lowered his eyes and said nothing, the emperor said indifferently: "Go, get someone to call him, I'll see if he's unwell." Zhao Chengen winked to the side, and immediately someone rushed over go.

The emperor raised his chin slightly, and Wei Lun presented Zong Xu with a special small bow wrapped with gold thread. The emperor played with it in his hand and asked, "Xu Er, at your age, how can you go up?" It's still early for riding and archery lessons, why are you here?"

"Returning to the father, it was the mother and concubine who asked the children to come here. The mother and concubine said that it is better to learn everything as early as possible. Chai Taifu said that those Huren children can ride horses at the age of three and archery at the age of five. Children should also learn early. Learning, even if you are too young to go to the battlefield, you can still strengthen your body."

He spoke eloquently, and the emperor couldn't help laughing when he spoke so eloquently. He tested the strength of his bow and nodded: "Okay, you draw the bow and try to shoot one for me to see."

Zong Xu's expression hesitated for a moment, and he hesitated a bit: "Father, today...not today, I will show my father another day when I shoot arrows."

"Oh, why not today? Could it be that what Xuer said just now was just a talk?" The emperor frowned, and passed his bow aside: "Forget it, you are still young, so I won't make it difficult for you, let's talk about it later .”

At this moment, Chai Biao said: "Your Majesty, the second prince is injured, and he cannot draw the bow today."

"What?" The emperor's eyes flashed: "Where did the injury come from? How could there be an injury?"

"This, I don't know the reason."

The emperor's eyes swept over Zongxu's body. Zongxu knelt down silently with a timid expression. The emperor said in a deep voice, "Xu'er, where are you injured? Show me?"

Zong Xu silently took off the red mang dragon robe, and pulled the clothes aside. On the white and tender skin of his right arm, there were bruises, purple spots, yellow patches, and a large scratch. The emperor said: "What's the matter?" thing?"

Zong Xu lowered his head and said, "I dare not say anything."

Anger quickly accumulated in the emperor's eyes: "I'm asking you, but you actually talk to me like this!"

"Father, please calm down." Zong Xu was sobbing, with tears rolling down his eyes: "It's the concubine mother who forbids the minister to say, the concubine mother said that the emperor's brother is the elder brother, and he did it unintentionally, so the minister is not allowed Mention this matter with Father Emperor and others."

The emperor was startled at first, and his face became even more ugly: "Did Lie Er do it?" Zong Xu sniffed, suppressed crying, walked forward on his knees, pulled the emperor's robe feet, and said with a choked voice, "Father, big brother It doesn't matter if you accidentally push me down, or even whip me, but he said that after he becomes the emperor, he will kill me, my son is really scared when he thinks about it, father..."

Although the emperor was extremely angry in his heart, he was a little dubious about the words: "He... he actually said this?"

Zong Xu said: "He said that he is the queen's adopted son, but the son-in-law was born to a lowly court lady. After he becomes emperor, he must make the son-in-law look good..."

Before the words were finished, someone replied: "Your Majesty, the eldest prince is here." After hearing this, Zong Xu glanced sideways, and immediately hugged the emperor's legs tightly in fright. The emperor said: "Get up, don't be afraid , I will make the decision for you." Zong Lie glanced at Zong Xu, also a little nervous, walked over and knelt down: "I have seen the father."

The emperor's eyes were cold: "What your brother said just now, is it true? You threatened your brother to kill him after becoming emperor?"

Zong Lie didn't dare to look at him, and he didn't dare to answer. A close-fitting inner prisoner kneeling behind him became anxious, and quickly laughed and said: "The emperor knows that the eldest prince has always loved the second prince very much, how could he say such words?" Come on, there must be some misunderstanding."

The emperor was furious immediately: "Drag this talkative slave out immediately and cut off his tongue!"

Not long after, there was a scream from outside, everyone was silent, the air seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, the atmosphere was terribly solemn, the emperor stared at Zong Lie: "I'll ask you again, did you say those words? "

Zong Lie was trembling with fright, and cried with a wow: "Royal father, this son is just talking to him for fun, not really intending to kill him."

The emperor said in a cold voice: "You are getting more and more capable. The queen taught you really well!"

Zong Xu cried: "Father, although the queen mother is very kind to my son, I still miss my mother very much. I beg my father to forgive my son's biological mother. I will be obedient in the future."

The emperor nodded: "So you knew that your mother was convicted, so you whipped the Tutor and insulted your younger brother?" He sneered again: "Xu'erzhen has already clearly ordered the adoption to the imperial concubine, but you have not formally adopted it." To the empress, now it seems that neither concubine Min nor empress can teach you well, anyway, I will decree right now to adopt you to Concubine Ning as my son."

During the whole day, the imperial concubine always stayed behind closed doors. After dinner, she ordered new ink to be brought as a tribute from Huizhou. Qinzhu's white slender hands gently twirled the ink ingot, and a faint fragrance of ink suddenly lingered in the hall. When it diffused, the imperial concubine wrote a few words and praised: "Plentiful skin, smooth texture, luster like lacquer, good ink!" Qin Zhu pursed his lips and smiled: "Although I don't know much about these, I feel that the ink The fragrance seems to smell better than before."

"That's what you were suspicious of."

"Master, there is one thing that the slaves are suspicious of. There are so many concubines in the palace, why did the emperor choose to adopt the eldest prince to Concubine Ning?"

"The emperor's anger is only aimed at the queen. No matter how angry he is, father and son are father and son after all, and the emperor will still think of the eldest prince in his heart. Although Concubine Ning's status is not high, after all, she has a good relationship with Concubine Min and will definitely treat the eldest prince well. Moreover, A concubine who is adopted as a concubine can also dispel the arrogance of the eldest prince."

"In any case, the second prince's status is even more honorable now."

"He's a smart boy."

The imperial concubine smiled slightly, put down the pen, and Shutong brought in a silver tea tray, on which was a white jade teacup that the imperial concubine usually used frequently, Qin Zhu said with a smile: "My servant went to Shangyuan yesterday, Occasionally, I saw that the new lotus in the Taiye Pond had stretched out, so I took them there this morning, collected a jar of dew from the new lotus, and just ordered them to make scented tea, the master liked it after tasting it."

The imperial concubine took the teacup and said with a smile: "It's hard for you to put your heart into it." When she was about to drink it, she only heard Shutong say: "Master, they sent the news in just now, which is good news."

The imperial concubine saw her mysterious face and light voice, she was surprised and said: "What good news?"

"Your Majesty turned over Miss Lian's brand tonight, and she may be in favor again."

The imperial concubine's expression froze slightly, followed by a smile slowly blooming at the corner of her mouth: "Really? That's really good."

Qin Zhu was also surprised: "The emperor treats young master Lian really differently than others. After so long, he still can't let go, but it's no wonder..."

The imperial concubine said flatly: "Don't chew on the roots of your tongue, I want to copy scriptures for a while, you go out for now."

Qin Zhu said: "The servant gave you sandalwood."

The imperial concubine picked up the pen again and sat down in front of the case: "No need, this fragrance is just fine."

Qinzhu and Shutong didn't dare to disturb them, they saluted and exited, and then they closed the door of the hall, when they heard an unusually crisp sound coming from inside, Qinzhu was startled, and went back hurriedly, seeing tea on the ground, the white jade The lamp was smashed to pieces, but the imperial concubine was sitting in front of the case, with a nonchalant expression on her face, Qin Zhu tremblingly said: "Master, you... are you alright?"

The imperial concubine said calmly: "It's okay, just now I accidentally missed and broke the teacup."

"Are you hurt?"

"No." The imperial concubine ordered: "You clean up these things first, and then call Gao Xian, I have something to tell her."

"Yes." Qin Zhu carefully cleaned up the debris before going out.

The imperial concubine looked at the closed palace door, slowly stretched her right fist, and said in a voice so soft that only she could hear: "Zongxun, Zongxun, I wanted to wait a little longer. , but you are forcing me to change my plan, so you can't blame me!"

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I originally wanted to update it on the first day of the new year, but later felt that this chapter was not so exciting, so I decided to reschedule it, but I didn't make time for it during the Spring Festival.

It's too late to say Happy New Year and Happy Valentine's Day, Khan!

That Jiyi, I noticed you, I remember what I said, and I will update it soon.