there is a king in the palace

When the time came, gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the night sky above Yimei Garden, causing all the female family members to exclaim again and again, and wandered in Yimei Garden by the light of the fireworks.

Even if you don't like it, the emperor's field must be held.

"Wow——" the king raised his head, his clear black eyes reflected fireworks, this was the first time he saw such a scene, and couldn't restrain his excitement, the king tugged at Zhao Xianao's sleeve, " so amazing……"

Zhao Xianao smiled, tilted his head and looked down, "You yourself are more amazing than this."

His voice was like the deep strings in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, slowly flowing into the king's ears, the king trembled all over, the tingling feeling made him uncomfortable, so he moved a little to the side.

"Don't, don't talk like that, it's weird."

The fireworks were short, leaving a pungent smell in the air. As the cold wind passed by, even the smell dissipated in the blink of an eye, leaving only the elegant plum fragrance.

It's strange, on this day in previous years, Zhao Xian'ao couldn't bear the silence for a moment, and would have gone to admire plum blossoms and compose poems with those civil servants, but this year, he didn't have that leisurely mood, he just stood here quietly, with his heart in his chest. The corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising from the joy that filled him.

Is it because of the delicate plum blossoms, the pure snow light, and the bright moonlight?

no.

Just because it is a little tiger who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

Zhao Xianao swears that being greedy for life and fearing death is definitely a commendatory word in his heart. Its interpretation means "to be calm and clear-headed in a critical moment, to be able to make the most correct decision, and to protect one's most precious life."

Thinking about Zhao Xianao, he was also very afraid. If he had shot the king mercilessly at that time...

The king next to him didn't have the slightest poetic charm of him, nor did he have any emotion about the past, he pondered over his little thoughts.

The king hesitated and took out the purse from his pocket.

"What is this?" asked Zhao Xianao who had been staring at him.

I have seen it...

The king suppressed the embarrassment in his heart, held the purse in both hands, and presented it to Zhao Xianao with a flattering smile.

From Zhao Xianao's point of view, he has crooked eyes, pointed tiger teeth, round face, wearing a gorgeous red python robe, holding a pomegranate red purse in his hand, just like the little Fuwa in New Year pictures who give gold and silver treasures.

It can't be silver, can it?

As soon as this idea flashed through Zhao Xianao's mind, he was denied it by himself.

Poor tigers have no money.

"what?"

"For the emperor." The king stuffed it into his hand. "New year's money, I heard that when the Spring Festival comes, the older ones have to give the younger ones the new year's money."

As soon as he heard that it was real money, Zhao Xianao subconsciously ignored what the king said later.

Zhao Xianao shook the purse, there was a jingle inside, and it was quite heavy. It felt like there were as many as ten taels. He couldn't help wondering, the king's salary was only five taels, and he gave it all. Where did these come from? Zhao Xianao Xianao asked, "Where did you get so much money?"

The king looked down at his blood-stained toes, and said with a mosquito-like voice, "You, open it and have a look."

Zhao Xianao was also obedient, and he opened it when told to open it. He poured the "silver" in his purse into his palm and laughed dumbfoundedly, "Pebbles?"

That's right, in the palm of his hand are a dozen or so round white pebbles.

The king suddenly became confident again, "Didn't the book yesterday say that after the black snake transforms into a human form, it can turn stones into silver? You keep this cobblestone. Wait, when I can change it, you bring it and I will change it for you." .”

After speaking, the king turned his head and limped away.

Don't look at the bad feet, the movements are really fast.

Zhao Xianao bumped the cobblestone twice, pursed his lips and put it back into the purse, fastened it carefully, then called out loudly, "Li Qiushi."

Li Qiushi, who had already walked a long way, ran back panting heavily, "The servant is here."

Zhao Xianao covered his lips and coughed twice, his gaze drifted, "Cough... in private, let's give Xiao Yuanzi some rewards."

At the end of the year, the eunuchs and maids of various palaces received a sum of silver in addition to their own salaries, while all the people in front of the imperial court, except the king, quietly received 15 taels of silver.

Zhao Xianao felt that he was disgusting, if he had known, he would not have withheld the 15 taels, the harsh Xiao Panghu couldn't afford to give him the New Year's Eve money even if he wanted to.

However, Zhao Xianao never imagined that for the first time in his life, the king with a huge sum of 15 taels would start to indulge in gambling.

The first day of the Lunar New Year is the happiest day for eunuchs and maids in the palace. The emperor led all the concubines out of the palace early in the morning to worship at the imperial mausoleum. Hide in the room of the little house and play dice.

The house was so lively that the king was also attracted to it.

The gambling method of the eunuchs is quite simple, just three dice, four to ten is small, eleven to eighteen is big, the small house is the banker, if the silver bet is less than the silver that has not been pressed, then one to one after paying , the rest is the banker's profit, otherwise the banker will pay.

There are also leopards with the same plane points on the three dice. No one bets on the leopards, and the dealer takes all.

The king watched from the side for a while, silently making calculations in his heart.

If there are two games in one game, winning or losing is uncertain, but if you play for a long time, the dealer will make a steady profit.

"Little Eunuch Yuan, I've been watching for a long time, let's gamble on luck."

Your Majesty just received the reward money from Director Li, and he plans to keep it for now. When Zhao Xianao is out of the palace in a few days, he will go out with him to play at Aunt Hui Xin's house, and use the money to buy her something to eat... …

But if you have money in your pocket, grass grows in your heart.

He understands the truth, but his body is disobedient.

The king hesitated for a moment, took out a small piece of broken silver, and slapped it on the king, "Try it."

"Hey, little Eunuch Yuan is so generous!"

The Dawang's two taels of silver is indeed a big deal. You must know that the little eunuchs have played until now, and at most, there are only seven hundred copper coins on the table.

The little house was also taken aback for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "How can I pay for this?"

"Quickly buy and leave."

In the blink of an eye, strings of copper coins were thrown on the table. For some reason, their copper coins were all pressed on the king's silver.

"Haha, I'm so happy with Little Eunuch Yuan."

It's all this idea, and it hurts the dealer.

The little house took a deep breath and began to shake the dice desperately. The eunuchs in the room shouted muffledly, "big big" "little little!"

The Little House also silently said "Little Little!".

Finally, the dice cup stopped and was pinned on the table until the dice inside stopped moving.

Everyone said in unison, "Open!"

The king suddenly became nervous, sweat clenched in his palms.

The Little House suddenly opened the dice cup, two four five, dangerously big.

The eunuchs in custody cheered and all attributed the credit to the king.

The king withdrew a tael of silver and ten strings of hundred-wen copper coins from the distressed little house. The king's smile disappeared, and he kept saying, "Go on!"

People who just entered the gambling table are lucky. Except for the occasional loss, the king can make the right choice in most cases, and the eunuchs swarmed to bet with him.

The Little House lost nearly two months of salary, but he was not upset, but became more and more stable, and finally let him open a handful of leopards, eating all the table, since then, the king's luck and his money Together, fly away with wings.

The money won by the king was spat out bit by bit. He thought, he just had bad hands for a while, and after a while, the situation will definitely turn around.

The end of gambling addiction is miserable.

At noon, the king walked out of the small house dejectedly, with only two hundred wen left on his body.

The king looked at the two strings of copper coins, and the more he thought about it, the sadder he became.

no!He has to win the money back!

The king ran to the teahouse immediately, "Furong! Furong!"

Fu Rong was embroidering a handkerchief in the tea house, "What's the matter? Are you in such a hurry?"

When he came to Furong, the king was embarrassed to speak. Even if he didn't know people well, he knew that losing money in gambling is not a good thing.

But when he thought of the 15 taels of silver, the king asked cheekily, "You, can you... lend me [-] taels of silver..."

"Ten taels of silver?!" This is a lot of money to Furong, even if she has a good relationship with the king, she still has to ask, "What do you want this money for?"

Da Wang's face turned red, "Well...Little House and the others are playing dice, I went to play two of them...I lost 15 taels..."

"15 taels! Are you crazy! What do you think you are going to play with them! The little house has started every year since entering the palace, you can count him! Are you sprained and your brain is flashing! When your mother gave birth to you, she opened her head and stewed it in chicken soup!"

She hid back while scolding the king, and finally stood at the door, so ashamed that she wished she could find a crack in the ground to hide.

"I know... I know, I promise, I won't play after winning..."

Fu Rong pinched her waist and saw him shyly hiding at the door, annoyed and funny, "No! I can't play anymore, I won't lend you the money, if you dare to play again, I'll write to Aunt Hui Xin , let her scold you to death."

You have scolded me to death...

Dawang, whose brain was stewed in chicken soup, still wanted to win the money back, but he promised Furong again and again that he would never gamble with them again.

As soon as he turned around and walked out of the tea house, the king turned his attention to Zhao Xianao, the richest man in the Song Dynasty.

The king lowered his head and walked towards Qianqing Palace, thinking about how to deal with Zhao Xianao borrowing money.

Anyway, I can't talk about playing dice anymore.

After squatting outside Qianqing Palace for a while, the king had an idea.

He rubbed his face, squeezed out a smile, entered Qianqing Palace, the emperor was talking to Mr. Li, when they saw him enter, they both stopped.

"Emperor~"

The emperor's cry was sweet and greasy, and Zhao Xianao's heart trembled. Zhao Xianao gave Director Li a wink, and Director Li bent over and stepped back, "What's the matter?"

"Yes..." The king leaned over, poured Zhao Xianao a cup of tea courteously, and then said to him, "That's right, Your Majesty, I broke Furong's ancestral jade bracelet, and she asked me to pay her... Manager Li just gave me the reward money this morning, so I asked her how much money she wanted to pay, and she said, no more, no less, exactly 25 taels, I gave her all the reward money, and it was still ten taels short... Can you You can't lend me... I'll do the math, so I still owe you 180 years and two months."

His lie was drafted in the cold weather, and it was considered thorough. Zhao Xianao was accidentally fooled by him, and found ten taels of silver from the drawer. , "What kind of bracelet, why is it so expensive, 25 taels, you let her cheat you, right?"

"I don't understand either. It's just that she usually wears it very carefully. Today she took it off and wiped it. I grabbed it with my hand and took a look. It fell to the ground and broke."

Nothing wrong with it.

Zhao Xianao sighed, put the money into his hand, and said, "Be careful in the future."

The king couldn't help laughing, he tried his best to suppress the corners of his upturned mouth, and nodded vigorously, "I know! I will never touch things that look expensive in the future."

Zhao Xianao agreed deeply, "I won't touch anything that is too expensive, it would be so heartbreaking if it is broken."

Zhao Xianao sometimes admires the concubines in his harem, they have the courage to wear those fragile gold, jade and agates all over their bodies, and they don't delay eating, walking or doing anything.

"Then, I'll pay her back!"

Just when Zhao Xianao was about to say that you bring back the broken bracelet to see if it is worth 25 taels of silver, the king has already rushed out.

what happened……

Zhao Xianao was a little bit guilty in his heart, but he thought, the king had just apologized to him for a few days, so he probably wouldn't lie to him...

No way……

Maybe not……

"Li Qiushi! Go to the tea house!"

The king took the money and rushed into the small house. At this time, there were still seven or eight eunuchs in the room. Seeing him coming, he deliberately teased him, "Young boy who spread money, are you here to give money again?"

Are you angry?

The king pushed away an eunuch sitting in front of the table, and slapped ten taels of silver on the table, "Come on! I really don't believe it!"

I don't believe he would be so unlucky.

But he was really that unlucky.

In the end, the king was already red-eyed, three taels of silver plus two strings of copper coins slammed on the small door, "Open!"

The little house was a little panicked, he didn't want the king to lose money all the time, but how could the king be so remorseful, he wouldn't open what he bet, and made all the eunuchs bet the opposite, and he himself lost money.

"Little Eunuch Yuan, why don't you stop playing... we should also go to work..."

The king didn't learn anything else, but he learned the loser's arrogance to the fullest, "I didn't even say the game was over when I lost, so hurry up!"

The little house sighed, thinking that it must be small this time!

But when the dice cup is opened, four, three, and six are big.

All the eunuchs in the room laughed, but the king was about to cry.

If the banker doesn't win money, he just wants to say that the banker can't cheat.

The ten taels of silver was lost again, and the penniless king completely lost his memory. He didn't want to go to this gambling table anymore. He stood up suddenly and ran to the tea house.

Lose or lose!He really lost the Furong bracelet!The most urgent thing is to make a confession with Fu Rong first, so that the lies he told cannot be exposed!

When the king ran to the tea house, he saw Mr. Li standing in the room with a strange smile on his old face, and Fu Rong was also full of panic.

Do not!

Manager Li looked at him, and said in a strange way, "Xiao Yuanzi, it's fine."

The king's first thought was to kill Manager Li to silence him.

The actual action he paid was to hug Mr. Li's thigh and cry loudly, "Mr. Li! I won't dare again!"

Manager Li kept laughing, and he didn't know where the strength came from, which allowed him to walk out with his old bones supporting the king. Report something important!"

"Director Li! Don't! I won't say you are narrow-minded anymore!"

Fu Rong looked stupidly at Manager Li dragging out the king who was hanging on his lap, and the worry about the king disappeared like a fascination in her heart.

The crime of deceiving the emperor seems to be no big deal...

Fu Rong sat back on the chair, concentrating on fiddling with her embroidery, and the ear-piercing laughter and crying outside did not affect her in the slightest.

The snow outside hadn't been cleaned up yet, so it was easier for Manager Li to drag the king all the way to the Qianqing Palace. Zhao Xianao, who was in the Qianqing Palace, heard the crying outside, and he already had a score in his heart.

He opened the Qingxin Sutra and read it word by word, and the anger in his heart gradually calmed down.

Zhao Xianao, keep your good attitude, the world is so big, you have to go and see, you can't be pissed off so early.

After reading the two pages of the Qingxin Sutra, Director Li dragged the king into the room out of breath, and reported the king excitedly like a child reporting, "Your Majesty! He lied to you!"

Old man, you are so happy that I was cheated!

With a cold face, Zhao Xianao put down the book in his hand, "Go out and watch outside the door. No one is allowed to come in without my order."

The emperor is finally going to deal with him!

Mr. Li showed all his teeth in his smile, he shook off the king who was still hugging his leg with a look of lovelessness, and bent over and retreated.

Zhao Xianao got up and stared at the king condescendingly, "Wang Yuanhuan, do you have anything to say to me."

The king came down all the way, the buttocks were already soaked in snow, he knelt up, not sitting on his lap for the first time, "I won't dare anymore..."

"In the future! How many futures do you have!" Zhao Xianao looked at his red nose, wet eyes, and pitiful appearance, and warned himself in his heart that he must not be soft-hearted, the more he indulges him, the more he will make a big mistake.

Today is ten taels, tomorrow dare to be 1 taels!

"I really dare not! I swear, if there is a next time, I... I... I will never eat meat in my life!"

Zhao Xianao was quite surprised, this could really be called a poisonous oath.

"Tell me, where did the money go?"

His Majesty burst into tears. He never took money seriously before. Since Zhao Xianao made out the 180 years, His Majesty has automatically weighed money with his time. months.

Lost for five months, can the king not be aggrieved?

He endured it at the gambling table, but he couldn't bear it in front of Zhao Xianao.

As if, as long as he cried, he would be comforted.

The king was crying, and he still didn't forget to tell Zhao Xianao where the money went, "I just haven't... um... no, I haven't played... I want to try... I don't want to keep playing... woo woo woo..."

The king cried until he was sad, and his fleshy little hands lying on the ground clenched into a ball, beating the ground angrily and angrily.

Zhao Xianao also swears, swears with all his money, that he is not soft-hearted towards him because he likes this little chubby tiger. ! !

Zhao Xianao turned his back, didn't look at him, and forced himself to think of the way he didn't even blink when he lied to him.

You can be Zhao Xianao!

After cheering himself up for a while, Zhao Xianao turned around with a gloomy face, "If I don't give you some color, you will have countless next times! Countless futures!"

The king suddenly stopped crying and looked at him with teary eyes, "What color do you see?"

Look at why the flowers are so red!

Zhao Xian'ao grabbed the king by the collar, dragged him into the bedroom, pressed him on the bed, lifted his robe, took off his wet trousers, gritted his teeth, and slapped it hard.

"Ah—" The king screamed miserably, but in fact he didn't feel that much pain, just a little bit, if he changed back to the tiger's appearance, there would be no more pain left.

But the king also knew in his heart that if he changed back at this time and ruined the new clothes, the dog emperor would be so stingy, and he would definitely be even angrier.

Zhao Xian'ao hit him, but he was still unhappy.

He never imagined that the first time he touched a tiger's butt was in this situation.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xianao's hand stayed on his butt for a while longer.

The king turned his head, and Wang Xing shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, your hands are so warm."

The atmosphere became a little weird.

Zhao Xianao withdrew his hand, suddenly felt that he had used the wrong method.

He walked slowly to the chair and sat down, and there was a long silence.

Seeing him like this, the king was rather at a loss, "Your Majesty...how about you hit me..."

Zhao Xianao turned his head away from him, and said sullenly, "I have no right to beat you, I treat you as one of my own, yet you deceive me over and over again."

"I really didn't mean to lie to you..." The king got up, covered his lower body with his robe, and walked up to Zhao Xianao, "You...you hit me, I beg you!"

Having learned the lessons from the past, this time Zhao Xianao told him plainly, "I also have intentions, in this palace, I have to beware of everyone, every day is very hard, but I thought, I treat you So good, you will never lie to me, you make me feel so sad."

His brows seemed to be frowning, and there was deep sadness in his eyes, as if the whole world was against him.

The king regretted it very much, if he didn't gamble with the little house, he would still have money in his pocket to buy things for Aunt Huixin, and he wouldn't be scolded by Furong, and he wouldn't come to deceive the emperor and make him sad.

The king spoke, with a crying voice, soft and waxy, unexpectedly pleasant, "Your Majesty, I will never do it again..."

Zhao Xianao made up his mind to let him fully realize his mistakes, and he has persisted until now, how could he let him go because of this remark that he heard so badly? He muttered, "I trust you so much, I didn't expect you to deceive me again..."

In an instant, the king took back the tears that were about to fall, "Huh? You trust me and you still let Manager Li go to the tea house?!"

Sure enough, tigers are treacherous and cunning by nature, and they actually beat them back!

Zhao Xianao stood up and said loudly to the king, "I just asked Mr. Li to go to the tea house to see if the jade bracelet is worth 25 taels of silver! I am worried that you will be deceived! How dare you think of me like this! Oh! Never again Forget about you!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Xianao followed the example of the king, turning his head and raising his chin.

As the saying goes, treat the person with the way of the person.