there is a king in the palace

After Zhao Xianao finished his lunch, it was his entertainment time as a qualified dog emperor, and at this time, his concubines would flock to him.

The same is true today.

The one who came first was Concubine Hui, who currently overshadows the sky in the harem.

Knowing that the emperor is fun, as a concubine, if she wants to invite favors, she must do what she likes, and one of Concubine Hui's methods is her extremely smart little fan dog, Bai Xue.

"Your majesty, if you don't go to my concubine's place these two days, Bai Xue will miss you."

Sure enough, as soon as Bai Xue saw Zhao Xianao, she wagged her tail and moved towards him.

Zhao Xian took a proud look at the king who was standing by the pillar looking at the paintings on the wall, and grabbed Bai Xue up, and gently stroked Bai Xue's back with his slender fingers.

Feel, not too good.

Baixue's fur is curly, looking like a fluffy ball, but in fact it is very thin, with only a thin layer of fur. Although her two eyes are black, they are slightly damp under the eyes and look a little dirty.

Zhao Xianao likes his Yuan Huan even more than this skinny little Fangou.

Even though, that little heartless one didn't miss him very much.

After touching it twice, Zhao Xianao handed Bai Xue to Concubine Hui.

Concubine Hui also prepared a countermeasure, "Tan'er, bring me the bead tray from the Palace, Your Majesty, this is something from the hometown of a court lady in the concubine's palace. The concubine sounds interesting, so I asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to I made one for you, but the concubine is stupid, so I can't classify these four beads, so please help the concubine, Your Majesty~"

Zhao Xian'ao's greasy acting made Zhao Xian'ao uncomfortable, but he also became interested in the bead tray she was talking about. After Tan'er presented the bead tray, Zhao Xian'ao's eyes were full of gold and silver.

The bead plate is about the size of a vegetable plate. It is a moderately thick silver plate with dozens of small tunnels carved out on it. There are gold beads hidden in the tunnels. You can just see the position of the gold beads in the tunnels from the outside. It will not let the gold beads fall out. There are four grooves in the southeast, northwest, and respectively on the silver plate. It requires non-stop movements. Moving the gold beads from the tunnel to the grooves seems simple, but the strength in the hand is slightly If you lose your sense of proportion, the four golden beads will be blocked together, and it is really difficult to put all the four golden beads back in place.

Zhao Xianao fiddled with it twice, then smiled, "Good stuff."

"If the emperor likes it, the concubine will reluctantly part with it and give it to the emperor. However, the concubine did not return the gold beads, and I feel really unhappy. The emperor must let the concubine look at them and get them back. ah."

Zhao Xianao listened to Concubine Hui talking non-stop in his ear, and suddenly couldn't help laughing out of irritability, he held the silver plate, shook it twice, and called, "Xiao Yuanzi, come here. "

The king was studying the painting on the wall to find out what it was, when he heard Zhao Xianao calling him, he faltered twice and walked over slowly.

As soon as he came over, Bai Xue, who was being held in Concubine Hui's arms, suddenly barked twice.

Who are you!Beastmaster!

The king glared at him, Bai Xue was quiet, but Concubine Hui was annoyed.

The emperor somehow called a little eunuch she had never seen before, she was watching, who would have thought that this little eunuch would dare to stare at her? !

Concubine Hui is a smart person, she decided to wait and see the attitude of the emperor, if she is an ordinary eunuch, she has plenty of ways to make his life worse than death.

"I'll give you an incense stick of time to untie this. If you can't untie it, don't eat dinner." Although Zhao Xianao was able to untie the bead tray, it would take at least half an hour, he did it on purpose Make things difficult for the king, and when he can't solve it, he can justifiably deduct his dinner. .

That feeling is incredible.

The king refused to eat when he couldn't solve it, the corners of his mouth drooped, and he scolded Zhao Xianao for being a dog emperor in his heart. Zhao Xianao squeezed tightly.

The king looked at him suspiciously.

Zhao Xianao raised the corner of his mouth, that subtle arc fully expressed his evil intentions, "Tan'er, light some incense."

You play for real!

The moment Tan'er lit the incense, the king quickly snatched the bead tray from Zhao Xian'ao's hand, looked at it for a while, and then began to fiddle with it.

Zhao Xianao leaned comfortably on the mahogany table and looked at the king with great interest. When moving the golden bead, his whole body was shaking slightly, like a tumbler. He stared at him at a fast speed.

When you eat my lunch, I stare at you like this, you know.

The more Zhao Xianao thought about it, the more interesting he became. He found that teasing Wang Yuanhuan was much more interesting than playing bead trays.

Concubine Hui was sitting on the other side of the mahogany table, the smile on her face had become more and more stiff, she was sitting here, but the emperor would rather stare at a little eunuch than look at her.

The king didn't know what those two people were thinking, his mind was full of how to get the four broken beads back.

Dinner dinner!

Aunt Huixin said that there will be sweet and sour pork in the evening!Eat sweet and sour pork with Aunt Hui Xin!

Seeing that the stick of incense was gradually shortening and was about to be extinguished, the king suddenly raised the bead tray with one hand, pinched his waist with the other hand, and cheered triumphantly, "It's done!"

Not to mention Concubine Hui, Zhao Xianao was startled, but he quickly came to his senses, turned his head and smiled at Concubine Hui, "Have you had a good time this time?"

Concubine Hui was stunned, could it be that the emperor knew that the little eunuch could untie the bead tray, and deliberately made her happy?Thinking about it this way, Concubine Hui was really happy, she covered her lips and smiled coquettishly, "The emperor cares so much about my concubine, how dare I be unhappy."

With no reason to stay here, Concubine Hui left Qianqing Palace not long after. On the way back to Chuxiu Palace, she whispered to Tan'er, the close court lady, "It seems that the emperor doesn't care about me at all... "

Both Tan'er and Concubine Hui's nanny Jin Momo have followed Concubine Hui since she was very young, and she has no scruples about speaking in private, and she usually advises her, "But, have you ever thought about why the emperor is the emperor? Every time I go to the Empress Palace, I only stay for one night...but I never..."

Concubine Hui pinched the handkerchief, her curved willow-leaf eyebrows slightly frowned, "That's right, the emperor's attitude towards me is no worse than anyone else, but when I got to me, I just fell asleep and fell asleep. Palace round house..."

Concubine Hui's heart would bleed whenever she heard the other concubines proudly showing off how the emperor was doing when they served the bed, but she could only grit her teeth and make up two or three things with the emperor. Who knew her The pain in my heart.

It's not that Concubine Hui has never thought about Zhao Xian'ao's hidden illness. Like her, those concubines have knocked out their teeth and swallowed them in their stomachs, but what about the Queen's pregnancy.

After Zhao Xianao ascended the throne, he first kept filial piety for his parents for six years, and prayed for the people for one year. During this period, he only visited the empress's palace, and never favored them. They entered the palace as playmates when the emperor ascended the throne. What, but following Zhao Xianao's change from a fledgling kid who only knew how to play, to this handsome, gentle and tall king of a country, the concubines in the harem finally know how to fight for favor, and are crazily jealous of the queen who is the only favorite , tried every means to try to pull the queen down.

However, after the empress became pregnant, she was confinement by the emperor in the Buddha Hall, and the emperor never visited. Who made the move to overthrow the empress? It was because the emperor wanted to protect the empress and the fetus in the womb before it happened. None of the concubines in the harem knew.

But they all agreed that it was the latter. The empress was the emperor's most important person, the only person whom the emperor had truly loved since he ascended the throne. Therefore, there was no one in the harem who did not hate the empress.

Well, they didn't know that the emperor himself hated the queen, he felt bitter, but he didn't say anything.

"Pretty smart."

The king raised his chin, even though he didn't speak, the twitching of his eyebrows and the curvature of his mouth showed endless satisfaction.

What to show off, I have no idea whether I am smart or not.

Just as Zhao Xianao and the king were eye-to-eye, Director Li, who had disappeared for a long day, finally came back. The king didn't know that Director Li came back early. A letter, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Duzhou."

Zhao Xianao took the letter from him and quickly opened it. The smile in his eyes faded and became serious, "Bi, Situ Zhang, Li Kang will meet you in the palace."

The king doesn't know what happened, but since Mr. Li is back, he can go to Aunt Huixin~

While Zhao Xianao was reading the letter, the king quietly left the Qianqing Palace.

Back at the tea house, Aunt Huixin was teaching a little court lady how to make tea. Seeing him come back, she asked with a smile on her face, "Mr. Li is back?"

"Hmm!" The king leaned over, plunged into the middle of the two women, and asked the little maid in doubt, "Who are you?"

The little palace maid is named Fu Rong. She was in the tea business when her family was in the middle of nowhere. She has some experience in making tea and knows how to advance and retreat. She smiled at the king, "My name is Fu Rong, and I will also work in the tea house from now on. , please bear with me, Mr. Yuan, if there is anything inconsiderate."

The king didn't reject this Furong at first, but he found that with Furong around, Aunt Huixin only talked to Furong and ignored him. The king sat on a chair with his arms folded, his face full of displeasure.

He hates this hibiscus.

In order to gain a sense of presence, the king tried every means to talk to Aunt Huixin, "Aunt Huixin, do you know who Situzhang and Li Kang are?"

"Lord Situ is the current prime minister, and Lord Li is the Minister of the Household Department. What's the matter, why do you ask this?"

But when he found something to talk about, the king hurriedly told Aunt Huixin what he had seen and heard in Qianqing Palace.

However, Aunt Huixin's hands froze, and the gentle smile gradually disappeared from her face.

The king realized that something might have happened.

Aunt Hui Xin turned around, and for the first time showed a serious face to the king, "In the past two days, you must be careful in front of the emperor, and you must not make mistakes."

The king looked at Aunt Huixin, for some reason, he was more afraid than when Zhao Xianao was angry, he nodded sharply, "I see."

On the other side, Zhao Xianao met Situzhang and Li Kang in the council hall, and he looked at the two ministers below with no expression on his face, "There is a plague in Duzhou, and the local government allowed the people to do things to drive away the plague ghosts, causing the epidemic to spread. The people were also expelled from Duzhou, where the weather was freezing and they were left alone, what do you two think?"

The emperor was not angry and arrogant, and just a few words made Situzhang and Li Kang below tremble with fear.

Only in this situation, they will remember that the naughty little emperor is no longer above the high position.

"Your majesty, I think that the imperial doctor should be sent to Duzhou first to solve the epidemic and punish the Duzhou government."

Zhao Xianao sneered, ignoring the fact that the person who spoke below was the old prime minister who assisted the two county kings, "I remember, I said more than once that once an epidemic occurs, those who do not report the knowledge will be executed everywhere, and the local officials will be exiled if they don't act." In the northwest desert, it is necessary to let all the people of Song Dynasty realize the horror of the epidemic, has the prime minister implemented it?"

Situ Zhang knelt down abruptly, "The old minister is not doing well, please punish the emperor."

Zhao Xianao didn't look at him, but stared at Li Kang, "How about the treasury?"

"Returning to the emperor, a batch of military pay was just transferred out a few days ago, and the national treasury is temporarily... a little overwhelmed."

Zhao Xianao has always been generous with the distribution of military salaries. He was very clear about how much money was in the treasury, "I will go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs later, transfer 5 taels of silver, buy medicinal materials, necessities for the people to survive the winter, and..."

5 taels is not a small amount. Although Zhao Xianao knew that the money should be spent, he was very distressed when he was bleeding alone. "There are also rich businessmen in Chang'an. Let them donate to me if they should donate money."

"I understand."

Only then did Zhao Xianao look at Situzhang, "Leave the rest to the prime minister."

The prime minister kowtowed, "Your minister must take the blame and make meritorious deeds."

"Phew—the officials in Duzhou are reserved for me, and I will deal with them myself." Zhao Xianao was really angry, and his heart, liver and lungs felt uncomfortable everywhere, but even so, he still did not forget to disgust his dear. younger brother.

"Prime Minister, remember to bring King Duan, he has always loved the people, and he must be willing to advance and retreat with the people who are infected with the plague."

At such a tense moment, Situ Zhang actually wanted to laugh.

The emperor is really terrible. Although he was asked to go to the epidemic area, he was completely burdened by his work. He would never let him, an old man, be at risk of contracting the plague. Tie your head to your trouser belt to win the hearts of the people.

It sounds so good that the people know the world, but no one in the court knows that the [-] troops under the emperor's hands are full of arms and waists, and they are fully armed with weapons and armor. The thigh of a poor prince with few clothes on.

The common people are even more so, don't look at them calling the emperor a dog emperor, but since the emperor ascended the throne, the tax has decreased and life has improved, as long as the emperor plays his own game and doesn't mess with them, they are not fools and insist on risking their lives Dangerous rebellion.

So, with power, there are countless ways to get rich. If you have money, you can grasp the barrel of a gun. Zhao Xianao's throne is very secure, and if King Duan wants to usurp the throne, he may have the next life.

However, Situ Zhang couldn't understand it. As early as a few years after the emperor ascended the throne, King Duan blatantly wanted to usurp the throne. Whether it was then or now, it was only a matter of the emperor's words to kill King Duan. The emperor has never done this , it can be seen that he still has feelings for his only blood relative. For so many years, how King Duan has formed a clique for private interests and won the hearts of the people, the emperor has always ignored him, but why, the emperor suddenly looked at King Duan so disliked this year, thinking every day torture him.

Hey, the emperor's thoughts are really unpredictable.