there is a king in the palace

Zhao Xianao originally planned to teach the king how to use skates, but an unexpected visitor came to the Beihai Palace.

"Why are you here?" Zhao Xianao took off his outer cloak and hung it on the wall, turned his head and said domineeringly, "Are you looking for a wife?"

Duan Wang looked much better compared to the previous few days in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. He looked at Zhao Xianao coldly, and he came to question, "Why is the emperor playing a game in the palace?"

Zhao Xianao went to court on the sixth day, and the documents of the ministers were also sent to the imperial study on the sixth day. He thought he would have to face this matter on the sixth day, but unexpectedly, someone came to his door.

"What? Are you going to punish me?" Zhao Xianao said, and said to the king who was still afraid to come in at the door, "Go get a pot of hot tea."

slip away.

After all, the king is still very guilty after he vomited his anger.

King Duan didn't notice the great king hiding behind the door. He knelt on the ground when he heard the word punish, and said in a calm voice, "I don't dare, but the emperor knows that setting up a game in the palace will make the people of Chang'an chase after you." Follow suit, once addicted to this..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhao Xianao interrupted him, he sat on the chair lazily, looked at Zhao Xianyong who was kneeling on the ground, "I heard that there are rumors among the people that I cheated in the game of gambling, the trick is still What I learned in Chang'an Casino has caused several small gambling shops to be unable to continue."

Duan Wang lowered his head, "It is true."

"This news is from you." Zhao Xianao didn't use a questioning tone, but just narrated one thing.

King Duan didn't deny it either, "It was done by my younger brother."

He dared to admit it openly, because he guessed that he did the right thing.

"It seems that my every move in the palace cannot escape the eyes of King Duan. I really learned this deception in the casino." Zhao Xianao restrained his smile when he said this.

"coincide."

After Duan Wang finished speaking, he stood up, "Brother Huang actually went to the gambling house to learn such dirty tricks."

"What King Duan said, the gambling house is a business, and there are a lot of taxes to pay. It's normal to use some means to make a profit."

To put it bluntly, it is because of taxes.

King Duan's face became even colder, "My brother thinks that gambling must be banned in Chang'an. I don't know how many ordinary families have become ruined and displaced because of a gambler's family. My brother has even seen such a desperate gambler. Selling one's own daughter to a brothel, or defrauding, stealing, and robbing are all evil! As the king of a country, the emperor doesn't want to restrain such behaviors, how can gambling in the palace be connivance in disguise? If it doesn’t stop, it will be special. If it doesn’t stop, it will stand up. It can be seen that as early as 300 years ago, the royal family was aware of its influence on the people, restrained itself, and set an example..."

King Duan never talked much, Zhao Xianao seldom listened to his long-winded speeches, so he listened carefully without interrupting.

When the king came in through the threshold with hot tea, King Duan saw him and trembled all over, as if he was afraid that he would fall again and splash the hot tea on his face, and avoided it, the great truth in his mouth Still not stopping.

The king couldn't understand what he said, thought he was telling a story, put the tea on the table next to Zhao Xianao and stood there, intending to listen.

Zhao Xianao didn't want him to see being educated by his younger brother, so he pushed him.

The king bowed his head in confusion.

Zhao Xianao winked at the door, the king drooped the corner of his mouth, and walked out reluctantly,

After a long time, Duan Wang finished speaking.

"Sit down, moisten your mouth, and tell me in detail how you plan to ban gambling in Chang'an."

Although it is a pity for the high tax, Zhao Xianao has to admit that what King Duan said is justified. The same applies to the body.

"My brother thinks that all gambling houses should be closed down, and laws on such matters should be promulgated, severe punishments should be imposed on those who gamble, and rewards should be given to those who report."

"Punishment is based on the amount of gambling money. If it is light, those who do not benefit will be fined two gold. If the profit is returned to themselves, the amount of stolen money will be regarded as theft. If it is serious, they will be released and exiled." Zhao Xianao said, taking a look. A shadow dangled outside the door, "Go further away for me."

"I know!" The king agreed, and squatted on the other side. He was too lonely and had nowhere to go.

Duan Wang frowned slightly when he heard the voice, knowing that he was still at the door.

Zhao Xianao waved his hand, the king didn't care when he heard this, "It's okay, you can continue talking."

"Brother Huang treats this little eunuch very differently."

As early as in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he noticed that the little eunuch was wearing a boa robe, which was even better than Mr. Li's. He was not the only one to drink the herbal tea.

When it comes to the king, Zhao Xian'ao is much softer, "Why, this king is also planning to take care of it?"

"My brother has no such intentions." Seeing his expression, Duan Wang vaguely knew in his heart that the little eunuch was special to him, his body relaxed, but his face was still cold.

Looking at his younger brother who didn't look like a smile, Zhao Xianao sighed, and mentioned the Queen for the first time after a few months, "Do you still miss Jiang Yanyu?"

Duan Wang got up and knelt down with a bang.

A few months ago, he was also like this. He knelt for two days and two nights. He was clearly organized and eloquent, but he didn't say a word.

"If you are willing to kneel, you can kneel. By the way, since you are the one who proposed the ban on gambling, I will leave all the follow-up matters to you." Zhao Xianao stood up, intending to teach that chubby boy who listened to the wall a lesson. Tiger.

At the moment when Zhao Xianao was about to go out, King Duan spoke, his voice was a little hoarse, "Brother Emperor... I am thinking about you..."

Zhao Xianao raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect him to speak.

Zhao Xianyong has always looked like a little adult since he was a child, and he calls himself a gentleman. This matter is a shame to him, and it is a stain on his younger brother.

"The younger brother is willing to apologize with death, and only asks the emperor to forgive her... and the son of the younger brother."

The eyeballs of the king who was eavesdropping outside are about to fall off!

He seemed to know something important!

In Zhao Xianao's memory, this younger brother has always been better than him, and he can solve any problems easily. He has ambitions and ambitions. Zhao Xianao really never thought that he would be willing to give up his life for a woman. He doesn't believe it.

"Are you provoking me on purpose? Are you betting that I won't kill you?"

"Yes." Zhao Xianyong seems to have opened up the chatterbox today, and he poured out what should be said and what should not be said, "The emperor is kind to my younger brother, and my younger brother knows that when I was young, my younger brother accidentally soiled the tiger picture that my father cherished." , the father was furious and wanted to whip his younger brother, it was the elder brother who shouldered the crime for his younger brother."

Zhao Xianao couldn't remember what happened at that meeting.

"Your brother can't forget, the father who wanted to whip me just patted you on the head, this brother can't forget, afterward the emperor smiled and said to the younger brother, no matter what you do wrong, father will never blame you After that, my brother witnessed with his own eyes that the emperor put all the things he thought good in the world within your reach, including Yan Yu... You should know it early, very early... But I know that I can't compete with the emperor, Yan Yu is the future queen appointed by the father, and I will not be the emperor."

"Later, she entered the palace and became a veritable empress, and my younger brother gave up his heart... At that time, my younger brother only wanted to help the emperor wholeheartedly, so that she could sit safely in the queen's position, but my younger brother never did." Thinking about it, she would say, like me..."

"Brother Huang knows me best, you know, once Yan Yu is the queen, my younger brother and her will never overdo anything... So even if my younger brother and Yan Yu are alone together, they won't have any doubts about us Brother Huang overestimated my younger brother, and my younger brother also overestimated myself... My younger brother really... likes her very much..."

At the end, Duan Wang couldn't make a sound.

Zhao Xianao sighed, walked up to him, didn't know what to say, just patted his younger brother's head lightly like his father did to him.

In fact, if Zhao Xianyong had made these things clear to him earlier, the matter might not have reached the point it is today. Whether Jiang Yanyu is a princess or queen is far less important than his only younger brother in this world.

"Why did you say it now?"

"I'm waiting, brother Huang is the same as my younger brother, I really like someone."

At night, after returning from the Beihai Palace, the king kept vigil.

He sat cross-legged beside Zhao Xianao, listening attentively to his own story.

Zhao Xianao felt a sense of relief at the same time as he said it. He never thought that one day his most embarrassing shame would be uttered so easily. Recalling the past, Zhao Xianao realized that there are many things that would have happened if Zhao Xianyong hadn't said it today. He didn't notice at all.

"So, do you like the queen very much?"

Zhao Xianao shook his head, "I don't like it..."

When he was still thinking about how to express his natural possessiveness to the queen like the king, the king had already condemned him, "Then you are too bad."

"Why is it bad?" Zhao Xianao didn't understand, no matter from Jiang Yanyu's point of view or Zhao Xianyong's point of view, he should be the poor person who was cuckolded, right?

The king pouted his chin and looked at Zhao Xianao worriedly, "Your Majesty, what should I do, the villains like you in the story book who obstruct true love together will end up miserable in the end."

Zhao Xianao thought about it, yes, from the perspective of a bystander, he is indeed a bad person.

"It's so pitiful that King Duan cried today, it's the first time I've seen him cry."

"Don't talk about you, I am too."

The two were silent for a moment, looked at each other and smiled, mocking Bing Cuang's face, "He actually cries." "Yeah, yeah."

After laughing proudly, Zhao Xian took out the Legend of the White Snake from under his pillow, intending to continue telling the story of the Legend of the Black Snake to the king, "Today, let's directly talk about their marriage."

The king got into the quilt, looked at Zhao Xianao's handsome side, and suddenly asked, "Are you and the queen, Concubine Hui, Concubine De, Concubine Min, nobleman Xia, also married? Then getting married is quite boring..."

Zhao Xianao was afraid that he would not listen to the story of the marriage, so he quickly explained, "What kind of marriage is this, except for the empress, who is the concubine who decides to send her into the palace to be my companion, and I will only be twelve at that time."

The king didn't know why, but when he heard him say that, his heart filled with joy, and he couldn't help but want to laugh. He hid half of his face under the quilt, stared at Zhao Xianao with watery eyes, "tell me, tell me!" Bar."

In the story of the White Snake, the White Snake demon girl died, the scholar broke his fortune and became disillusioned, and the two did not get married.

But in Zhao Xianao's Legend of the Black Snake, the Black Snake and the scholar had a natural relationship.

Holding the book in his hands, Zhao Xianao racked his brains on how to make up a story. He would pause after each paragraph, recalling the description of the young master and servant in another book, which he plagiarized into his Black Snake Legend, making him The Legend of the Black Snake is somewhat nondescript.

And whenever he pauses, the people who listen to the story can't wait to ask.

"Why did the black snake bite the scholar's chest?"

"The scholar is in such pain, why does he still bite?"

"Is the black snake going to eat the scholar? This story is as terrifying as Furong's!"

"Why did Black Snake say that the scholar urinated on his hand? It's too dirty and I don't want to hear it..."

Zhao Xianao couldn't continue talking, he gave up the so-called step-by-step, and directly took out his own handwritten work from under the pillow, "Look at this."

"I can't read..."

"This is a painting."

With the help of the dim candlelight, the king looked at the page he had turned at random in a daze, "Is this the black snake and the scholar?"

Zhao Xianao bent his eyes and smiled maliciously, "Yes."

The king looked at the picture book and substituted the story Zhao Xianao just told into it, his fair skin gradually turned pink, it looked like a half-ripe fruit, tempting to take a bite.

Zhao Xianao leaned close to his ear, and said in a hoarse voice, "Does it look good?"

The king blushed even more, and pointed to the album and asked Zhao Xianao uncertainly, "This is a black snake? This is a scholar?"

"En." Zhao Xianao agreed perfunctorily, staring at his face, and asked persistently, "Does it look good?"

The king nodded heavily, his eyes glued to the painting, "It's beautiful..."