[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

Liu Jin's words did not refer to Zhu Houzhao's actions just now, but instead vaguely drew the emperor's attention to other things. In fact, there was also a hint of probing. Liu Jin had no idea why the emperor suddenly broke out at that moment.

Zhu Houzhao snorted coldly, looked down at the irritating memorial, "If she dares to say a word in front of the queen mother, I will destroy her! What to do with so much nonsense, get out of here."

Liu Jin is so innocent, Zhang Qiaoniang has implicated him, and Zhu Houzhao doesn't want to see anyone now.

Liu Jin was curious, Zhang Qiaoniang must have done something just now to make the emperor so angry, but what could she do at that moment?

With a thought in his heart, he found the food box that had been removed just now, rummaged through it carefully, and found that in addition to the traces of the overturned soup, there were some small pieces of debris in the food box, which looked very hard, but he didn't know what it was.

Liu Jin searched his memory for a moment, and suddenly remembered the accident that happened in the palace a few years ago. It was the second cleaning of the palace at that time, and the reason was that his eyes fell on the debris.

If it is what he thinks, shouldn't the emperor be curious at this time!

No wonder Zhang Qiaoniang was in a daze just now, and even he was in a daze. Does the emperor not want to know the conspiracy inside? !

By the time Jiao Shizhi traveled thousands of miles back to the capital, it was already evening.The sky was full of red clouds, which made his face much ruddy, but he was travel-laden, and his brows also looked tired.However, he was in good spirits, and after returning to the capital, he went directly to the Jinyiwei Mansion to hand in the task.

One month after Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Mou Bin finally got Jiao Shizhi, whom he had been longing for for a long time.

Jiao Shizhi didn't expect the commander to act from the emperor's side, "moving with emotion and understanding with reason", directly let him fill Mo Chun's position and become the new commander's acquaintance.Mo Chun, the former commander and acquaintance, has been removed from his position because of a crime.

The promotion and promotion of officials should have been arranged by the Ministry of Rites, but the new emperor will always give generous rewards to his own forces when he takes office. This has almost become an unwritten rule, so the Ministry of Rites did not react much.Even the Ministry of War successfully concluded at that time, according to the last emperor's edict, to let the emperor dismiss the eunuchs guarding the four directions who were not within the quota and the military officials who should be eliminated.

But in the end, Zhu Houzhao only agreed to dismiss the military officials who had passed on, and he did not agree to guard the eunuchs.

Jiao Shizhi's "three fires for new officials", he left Beijing to work in a hurry in the first month, and then he was floating outside for a period of time, and many people privately slandered his enthusiasm.

However, Jiao Shizhi was simply tricked by Mou Bin. If possible, he would not want to be so "full of energy".

Mou Bin first gave him the difficult questions on the recent Jinyiwei scroll, saying that he was asked to practice his hands first, but the incident hadn't been fully figured out yet, so Mu Bin piled up all the cases in that place to Jiao Shizhi, and then Watching Jiao Shizhi jump with great satisfaction.

Jiao Shizhi already knew about Mou Bin's bad taste before, but after experiencing it personally, he still deeply felt that Mou Bin has not yet been attacked by his subordinates, and his naturally majestic face may account for a lot of it.

Dragging his tired body back to inform Mou Bin of the result, Jiao Shizhi slipped away before Mou Bin told him the next thing, took the red dates and hurried back to the palace. To beat flat.

To make Jiao Shizhi, who has always been calm, go berserk like this, Commander Mou is really amazing.

Mou Bin sent Jiao Shizhi away with a smile, humming a little tune and pacing in the study, thinking about the news that Jiao Shizhi reported just now, looking very happy.

As soon as Xiao Minghua, the commander, saw Mou Bin smiling evilly, he said in surprise, "My lord, why are you so happy?" It looks like he used to deceive people, otherwise why would he say evil? ?

"Oh, I'm just happy. It's really time for Jiao Shizhi to come back. Now is an incredible time." Mou Bin said with emotion.

Xiao Minghua:

He thought carefully about the workload assigned to Jiao Shizhi recently, and shuddered in his heart.He sighed silently, fortunately the commander's attention was on Jiao Shizhi, otherwise he would be the one suffering.But if anyone oppresses people as hard as Mr. Mou, no matter how gentle their personality is, they will be violent.

Mu Bin didn't pay attention to the slander of Xiao Minghua, the commander and acquaintance around him. If he knew, he would definitely not care.He was thinking about Jiao Shizhi who had just left, and if Jiao Shizhi didn't come back in a few days, he would send someone to call him back.

It is said that there has been a lot of trouble in the court these days.

It is really a rare thing to see the prudent old Liu Ge go crazy, but it is enough for the rare thing to happen once, if there is a second time...

There was a glimmer of light in Mou Bin's pitch-black eyes, that might have to kill the harm.

When Jiao Shizhi went back, the moon and stars were thin, he rode the jujube back to the palace with a "da da", but he kept thinking about the recent things in his heart.

It has been nearly a year since the emperor ascended the throne, but during this year, he spent most of the time running away.Ever since he came under Mou Bin's command, he was often overwhelmed by complicated matters to run around in other places. Not to mention going back to the palace, it would be difficult to stay in the capital for a few more days.

He doesn't want to go on like this forever, today's refusal is just the beginning, if Mou Bin continues to push things outside Beijing to him, maybe Jiao Shizhi will resign.He doesn't yearn for such a life.

The way back to the palace was unobstructed, Hong Zao subconsciously wanted to go to the East Palace, Jiao Shizhi pulled her rein amusedly, but suddenly thought that he hadn't stayed in the palace for half a year, what kind of changes might happen? unknown?

He first took the red dates back to the place where she was staying, and then walked towards the Qianqing Palace. He met many familiar faces along the way, and Jiao Shizhi bowed to say hello.Then he was surprised to find that he actually saw Mr. Liu Ge.

Jiao Shizhi stepped forward to salute in surprise, "I've seen Mr. Liu Ge before."

Seeing that it was him who came, Liu Jian smiled, "Long time no see, Mr. Jiao." Jiao Shizhi dared not even dare, and said softly: "You are just a humble servant, how can you afford to be called Mr. Liu Ge like that. It is better to call him directly." My name."

Liu Jian's eyes were a little bit confused, and he said suspiciously: "Shizhi is over twenty, so it's possible that he hasn't given his name yet?" Jiao Shizhi said calmly, "I often live in the palace when I'm humble, and I often travel outside recently. Didn't make it to the coronation ceremony."

"Oh, that's how it is. If it's suitable for you, if you ask the emperor to give you a letter, it will be beneficial for you to walk in the future." Liu Jian smiled and suggested, and Jiao Shizhi responded with a smile.

After the separation, Jiao Shizhi sighed softly.It is such an honor for the emperor to bestow the letter, although Jiao Shizhi would naturally agree to it if he asked, but he didn't want to be as beautiful as the forest, so he kept ignoring it.

However, Liu Ge's voice is also very reasonable. People who enter the court as officials, if they are of the same generation or superiors, they can only be called by their words, and there is no habit of calling them by their names.

When Jiao Shizhi was begging to see the emperor outside the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao, who was playing with the birds in the palace, suddenly became agitated, then his face drooped, and he turned into a volcanic crater that was about to erupt.

"You asked him to get out of here, what do you want to see? Are you trying to piss me off?" Liu Jin was yelled out by the emperor, and she hurriedly said to Jiao Shizhi: "My lord, don't be fooled, the emperor is even angry .”

Jiao Shizhi: He reached out and touched his face.

The East Palace is different from the Qianqing Palace. The latter is the emperor's bedroom. Although he has a reputation as a personal bodyguard, he has hardly been in the capital for the past six months. He really exists in name only.Jiao Shizhi didn't dare to be rude, that's why he behaved like this.

He had no choice but to chuckle, that's all, it is the emperor anyway, and there is no change in the end.

The decoration of the Qianqing Palace has not changed much from before, but the censers everywhere have been removed, leaving only a small censer on the table in the middle, burning with cool and dark spices, if there is nothing, faintly .

As soon as Jiao Shizhi entered, he took a deep breath and immediately felt refreshed and refreshed.

Zhu Houzhao was at the left side of the hall at this time. After Jiao Shizhi entered the room, before he saw the emperor, his arms were clamped and he was twisted back. A familiar voice came from his ear, "Shizhi, what are you talking about?" The skill of time has regressed." The hot and humid breath rushed to Jiao Shizhi's ear, causing him to tremble instantly, and the left elbow that was not caught was bumped back, and when the emperor had to dodge, he nimbly escaped , dodged to the other side.

In front of me was Zhu Houzhao smiling, I hadn't seen him for half a year, he was as fresh and dazzling as ever.Jiao Shizhi cupped his hands and said, "The emperor's kung fu has also improved a lot."

"That is, if you don't practice hard, one day you will be left behind and beaten up, wouldn't it be shameful." The emperor said with a smile.Jiao Shizhi was held back by the words for three breaths, who would dare to beat him? The emperor's idea is really amazing.

"I told you not to kneel down and salute, but you didn't listen. I told you that you don't need to report when you come in, and you didn't listen. Shizhi, I'm really sad." The emperor immediately changed his face, and said resentfully, Jiao Shizhi had no choice but to help him. Forehead.

"Your Majesty, this is not in line with etiquette..." Jiao Shizhi expressed his opinion tactfully.

Zhu Houzhao was very dissatisfied.

"Forget it, I thought of something before, and it just so happens that you're back now, so I can do it. I remember that it's your birthday in three days, right?" He suddenly changed the subject and mentioned another thing.

Jiao Shi was taken aback, as if he had never heard this word before, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, "Oh... so it's the humble official's birthday."

"You don't even care about your own birthday. Every time I ask, you tell me that you have already passed, and then tell me the next year. It is really hateful that I have been fooled by you for five or six years." Thinking of this One thing, Zhu Houzhao has a lot of bitterness in his heart to pour out. He was so innocently fooled by Jiao Shizhi for so many years. If Jiao Shizhi was not outside this year, he couldn't hold back for a while. Unexpectedly, this day is so close, it will arrive in a blink of an eye!

Jiao Shizhi laughed, and said softly: "Your majesty, I know your great love for me. Because of this, I hope that this will not affect the reputation of the emperor. However, this move of the emperor has indeed hurt the emperor. I hope the emperor will punish you." .” He lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down on one knee.The emperor is smart, the reason why he believed in his few words these few years is because of his trust in Jiao Shizhi, I can't bear to doubt it.Zhu Houzhao believed in a lie so simple that it could be debunked in a blink of an eye for five years.

Seeing Jiao Shizhi knelt down again, Zhu Houzhao frowned, slightly annoyed, and took a step forward to pull him up, when suddenly he heard Jiao Shizhi's gentle voice, "Your Majesty, since this is the case, I have a gift I want to ask you for it." Zhu Houzhao's finger that had already touched Jiao Shizhi's shoulder suddenly curled up and held it in his palm.

He stood tall, dazed for a moment, then squatted down, his tone was unusually gentle, "Say it."

It was just an ordinary sentence, and it extinguished all Zhu Houzhao's anger in an instant.

"The humble official has reached the age of weak crown, and I hope the emperor will bestow the title on the humble official." Jiao Shizhi said softly.No matter the vague reminder from the emperor just now, or his subconscious reaction just now, they all hit the softest part of Jiao Shizhi's heart.Although the emperor did have some inappropriateness, but he has been thinking about him all the time, how can this not make him feel grateful?

"Writing?" Zhu Houzhao's eyes were blank for a moment, and then his eyes widened, "Jiao Jun hasn't given you a word yet!"

Jiao Shizhi reminded: "Your Majesty, except for the annual banquet, I almost never go home, and my father has no way to crown me." And since Gong's death, no one remembers his birthday anymore. Including Jiao Shizhi himself.Although choosing characters is a big deal, considering the relationship between him and Jiao Jun, Jiao Shizhi would never open his mouth to say it.

"That being the case, I will definitely give you an incomparable word!" Zhu Houzhao's eyes were bright, and he stood up immediately, pulled Jiao Shizhi up, and said with a smile: "You haven't seen me for a long time." Come back, I'll make people move your house, don't you mind?"

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, it's not appropriate to live in the palace with a lowly position, so why would you mind?" How smart the Emperor is, he immediately heard the implication from Jiao Shizhi's words, and said seriously: "You don't even think about it. Don't even think about moving out of the palace. It's true. You shouldn't have listened to Mu Bin's nonsense back then. Instead, you didn't even have time to stay in the capital. Wait until I find a chance, no, don't look for it, tomorrow I'll call you back."

Zhu Houzhao almost took care of this matter while talking, but Jiao Shizhi quickly stopped him, "Your Majesty, even if it is a transfer, you can't move around at will. I will communicate with Lord Mou about this matter."

"Communication?" The emperor frowned, thinking suspiciously of Mu Bin, even if he would fall into his language trap occasionally, would it work?

Jiao Shizhi still didn't know that he was conceived by Zhu Houzhao as a purely good person, and he was still saying to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have come back all the way from my humble post, and I haven't had time to wash up. It's really hard to see people now. Please forgive me, please forgive me." Humbly go to change clothes and take a shower."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand generously, and asked someone to lead Jiao Shizhi past.

Jiao Shizhi really didn't know where the place the emperor gave him was changed, followed Gao Feng to leave, but within two steps, Gao Feng stopped, turned to the left, and said with a smile: "My lord, we're here."

Jiao Shizhi:

He stood in place and looked at the closed door in front of him, then looked back at the palace door behind him, which was only a few steps away, and said to Gao Feng: "Gao Gonggong, are you sure you didn't go to the wrong place?" Where should he be?

Gao Feng smiled without showing his teeth, and said reservedly: "That's right, Xiao Dezi should have cleaned the house, the adults can go in to take a bath and rest, and the villain will leave first."

Jiao Shizhi touched his nose, pushed the door open and entered, the space inside was indeed slightly larger than his house in the East Palace, but that's not the point.The focus is on this position!

The Qianqing Palace is not like the East Palace, there is no so-called position reserved for the guards. Originally, if Jiao Shizhi lived in the palace, he would have to sleep with the guards to the guards.Jiao Shizhi knew that the emperor would definitely not arrange it like this, but at first it was only in the row room of the apse, but now this position is too inappropriate.

He rubbed his forehead helplessly, feeling that his head hurt a little.

"My lord, you are finally back!" Xiao Dezi came in with a few servants to pour water, and was very pleasantly surprised when he saw Jiao Shi, although Xiao Dezi was already worried when he received the news that they were asked to prepare hot water. There are speculations, but I am still very surprised to see the real person.

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said, "It's been a long time since I saw you, are you okay?"

Xiao Dezi nodded repeatedly, almost lost the bucket in his hand, and babbled while doing things, "The villain is fine, the emperor loves the villain to serve the adults, and is very kind to the villains. The adults don't know, you What happened while you were away, some time ago, it was said that even the general of the Han Dynasty was dismissed, and the incident was full of uproar, but fortunately you are not in the capital, otherwise you might be implicated."

Jiao Shizhi was stunned, he had been running around all the time, although Jin Yiwei's internal news circulated quickly, but it was only limited to the upper level, he went back to the palace directly after he came back, so he didn't know what happened during this time.Hearing Xiao Dezi's words, Jiao Shizhi thought of the emperor's temper, and his heart suddenly turned cold.

Could it be that the emperor has started fighting with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty? !

Things were not as scary as Jiao Shizhi imagined, but they were almost the same.Xiao Dezi has been protected by Jiao Shizhi all the time, and the upright nature he used to have also emerged. He completely ignored the undercurrent in the palace, and frankly told Jiao Shizhi all the things during this period, even at the end. He also gave a comment, "The villain feels that Eunuch Liu and the others did something wrong, but the villain is too timid to say it directly in front of them."

Jiao Shizhi laughed, "You are quite courageous. If you dare to say this in front of me, you are not afraid of accidents?" If you dare to criticize Liu Jin and others like this, the palace should not exist now.Like Liu Tao and others, after the death of the first emperor, they either invited themselves to guard the spirit or retreated behind the scenes. For a while, no one in the palace dared to look directly at the front except for the twelve prisons headed by the chief inspector.

Xiao Dezi said honestly: "My lord is not that kind of person. I always knew that my lord is a good person!"

Jiao Shizhi waved his hands, the smile on his face had not disappeared, but his eyes were already filled with sadness. If it was true as Xiao Dezi said, then the current situation is indeed very serious.

Jiao Shizhi is very clear about the psychology of Liu Jin and others.The emperor has a temperament that those who follow me will prosper, and those who disobey me will perish. Although it is not very serious, it is better to follow the emperor and coax the emperor than to disobey him.The emperor also values ​​friendship, as long as there is no major incident, he is willing to take care of it, which is somewhat similar to the previous Emperor Hongzhi.

Obviously, the emperor didn't notice this little problem.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao's dissatisfaction with the civil servants is not very large, or the contradiction between the two is not very large now, but if it continues to develop, sooner or later, something big will happen.Jiao Shizhi has been by Zhu Houzhao's side for so many years, so he naturally knows the emperor's character, he will take the soft but not the hard, if he directly confronts him, he will never regress.It's not that Liu Jian and others don't understand this truth, but it's a pity that they are in different positions, so naturally they can't relax.

Jiao Shizhi sighed, feeling that he sighed a lot after he came back.Asking Xiao Dezi to retreat behind the screen, Jiao Shizhi stretched out his hand to test the temperature of the water, took off his clothes and entered the water, ready to take a good bath before thinking about these headaches.

The screen in the compartment was specially selected by Zhu Houzhao, not only this, but carefully counted, all the things in this room were selected by the emperor himself, Xiao Dezi suddenly remembered this matter, his heart trembled inexplicably, and the words he was planning to speak were silent When I swallowed it, I always felt that something was wrong.

He was standing outside, thinking wildly, when a pair of black and gold boots suddenly appeared in front of him, Xiao Dezi was taken aback, and suddenly raised his head, an unexpected person appeared in front of him, so scared that he knelt down and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, what are you doing?" coming?"

Jiao Shizhi, who was getting out of the wooden barrel in the compartment: Your majesty, can you come over later and change your clothes?

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his chin and looked at the obvious appearance of someone in the cubicle, a smirk suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth, he quietly stood behind the screen, coughed twice, "Shizhi, I went in?"

Zhu Houzhao's voice was originally close to the screen, but Jiao Shizhi heard it clearly, and the location was obviously nearby, which made Jiao Shizhi, who was hurriedly pulling on his clothes, flustered for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, no!"

Zhu Houzhao suppressed his smile and pretended to be serious: "That's not okay. I have something important to discuss with you here, and you should be informal." Jiao Shizhi hid behind the barrel all of a sudden. You must know that he has just put on his pants on his lower body, but he has nothing on his upper body.

Huh?

Jiao Shizhi stood up again while spurning himself, perhaps it was the emperor's aggressiveness that made him forget all of a sudden, both of them were men, even if their upper body was seen, it wouldn't be like this, his reaction just now was really embarrassing.

Zhu Houzhao could hear the repeated movements inside clearly, his heart was rolling with joy, and he didn't notice the dazed look of Xiao Dezi beside him at all, is it really okay for the emperor to tease Mr. Jiao like this?

After Jiao Shizhi came out in a bit of a panic, Zhu Houzhao talked nonsense with him with a serious face, and then ran away with the people, leaving Xiao Dezi to deal with the follow-up.Because of the emperor's interruption just now, Jiao Shizhi was a little flustered. There were a lot of water stains in the house. He fetched a rag, knelt down and wiped it off a little bit. When he came back with someone to carry the bucket, Liu Jin looked anxiously came to the door.

"Xiao Dezi, is the emperor at Lord Jiao's place?" He asked hurriedly as soon as he saw Xiao Dezi.

Xiao Dezi said innocently: "Isn't the emperor here? Eunuch Liu has come in, so you should be able to see the situation clearly." That's right, Liu Jin has already walked into the hall, so asking such a question is just out of intention Unwilling.The emperor just ran away in a flash, they didn't know where they went, and they thought they would be here with Jiao Shizhi, but they didn't expect that there was no one here.

He didn't notice the appearance of Xiao Dezi who was about to speak, and left with someone in a blink of an eye. Xiao Dezi swallowed the words "my lord went out with the emperor" again, turned around and shrugged, and continued work.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao, who was nowhere to be found in the Qianqing Palace, was dragging Jiao Shizhi to the martial arts training field with joy.

Because of Zhu Houzhao's attention, the martial arts training ground has also been repaired in recent years, and the area has been expanded a lot. At least horse racing is more comfortable than usual.It was here that Wenshuang and Hongzao were named by them, but since Jiao Shizhi went out, Hongzao seldom ran around in the palace.

After Zhu Houzhao came here, someone familiar with his habits brought Wen Shuang here, and because the people in the martial arts field learned the news, Master Wu even brought red dates.Hongzao trotted to Jiao Shizhi's side, lowered his head obediently for Jiao Shizhi to touch, while Wen Shuang pouted impatiently at Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao hadn't come for a while. Wen Shuang is the emperor's imperial concubine Horse, and no one dared to lead him out for horse racing, he himself was not happy, and lost his temper every day in the stable.

"Your jujube is so enthusiastic, why is my Wenshuang so irritable?" Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand to hold Wenshuang's rein, and said aggrievedly after a long time of comfort.

Jiao Shizhi said calmly: "Your Majesty, the martial arts training ground originally prepared red dates for you, but Wenshuang prepared them for the lowly position. It was you who said you would not ride on a mare, because you changed the red dates to the lowly level. "

Back then the prince was still young, so the martial arts field naturally considered this issue, and the two horses they brought were good horses.However, the character of the filly is always docile, and Wenshuang's breed is always prone to irritable winners, so the red dates were prepared for the little prince.Jiao Shizhi is older, so even a stallion is easier to tame.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he knew the gender of the two horses, Zhu Houzhao was not happy. He forcibly changed the horses, and even wanted to train the horses on the spot, which directly scared Master Wu enough.

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his chin and laughed as if he didn't remember the incident, "Is there such a thing? Shizhi will accompany me on a horse race. Others are always too uncomfortable."

Jiao Shizhi couldn't help laughing, but he had no choice but to respond, and the two got on their horses and left in a hurry.

When the horse's speed increased, the breeze also became bitter, and it hurt his face, but he couldn't resist the pleasure of running wildly and kept increasing his speed.

The two of them ran for half an hour before pulling the reins, so that the two horses who had already enjoyed themselves could also rest.Zhu Houzhao turned his waist freely, with a smile in his eyes, "Only you dare to run with me like this. If it falls on someone else, you may faint from fright."

Jiao Shizhi said with a smile: "The emperor's speed is actually not fast, but you are a rich man after all, and several martial arts masters are also worried about your accident." Jiao Shizhi's words are really ordinary, but I don't know where Zhu Houzhao hit. The pain caused him to gradually restrain his smile, and his expression became condensed.

"The body of a thousand pieces of gold? It's just empty talk that binds the emperor. It sounds like I'm worried about you, but in fact every word is for the sake of self-interest, and it's disgusting to watch!" Zhu Hou's words can be said to be disgusting. , even the tone of voice was abnormally cold, with an incomparable chill.

Jiao Shizhi didn't know what his words reminded Zhu Houzhao, but he knew where the crux was.If the first emperor had even had a second son, the current emperor must be walking around freely, instead of being trapped in this seemingly resplendent palace, which is too big and too small.

"Even if there are potential reasons mentioned by the emperor, the worries in it cannot be ignored." Jiao Shizhi took the initiative to approach Zhu Houzhao, put his hand on his shoulder, and found that when he was close to the emperor, the emperor would always become Softer.

"Worried?" Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows with a half-smile, but he didn't say anything harsh.

"Is it possible that the humble official is worried about the emperor, and the emperor also thinks it is a false friendship? If the emperor asks the meaning of the humble post, the humble post is the same. The humble post hopes that the emperor can stay in the capital safely. If there is an accident, there will be people around. The guards can save you in time. It doesn't even matter if you have to exchange your humble life." Jiao Shizhi held Zhu Houzhao's shoulder with a little force, and finally managed to control his strength, but he also revealed his sincerity.

"You are naturally different, why compare yourself with those people?" Zhu Houzhao turned to look at Jiao Shizhi, and said in a deep voice, he naturally felt the fleeting sadness and sincerity in those words.

Jiao Shizhi took a step back, looked up at the handsome young man in front of him, and said sincerely: "The emperor has been serving the emperor for the past few years because of his humble position? But the same is true for the emperor, Mr. Liu Ge and others, even though they have their own Personality flaws, love of money, or irascibility, but if they weren't talented, why did the late emperor entrust the emperor to these elders?"

Zhu Houzhao's face darkened, seemingly sad or angry, "Shizhi, even you are standing opposite me?"

The light in Jiao Shizhi's eyes moved slightly, and he said softly after a while, "Your Majesty, I once told you that as long as I am by your side for a day, I will not stop admonishing you. What I once said is still effective today. If the emperor doesn't want to hear the humiliation, he can wipe the humiliation with a knife, and the humiliation will never complain, I only hope that the emperor can calm down and think about it."

Zhu Houzhao was furious, he waved his sleeves violently, gritted his teeth and said every word, "Calm down, I've been quiet enough this time! Suitably, what I hate the most is when people who make progress in an inch step back a little bit. , they thought I was afraid of them. Wasn't it just a matter of promulgation during this period, and there was already a lot of quarrel in the court. If it really didn't work, why didn't there be such a situation when the father was alive? Isn't it just bullying me when I was young? ? If I hadn't been patient all the time, they wouldn't have imagined the situation they are in today!"

"emperor--"

"Hmph, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe! These people are taking advantage of their teacher's kindness and righteousness, pointing a bunch of nonsense in the court! Liu Daxia, Zhang Sheng and others are the six ministers. It’s very loud, and you can drill wherever there is interest. Not to mention that old cunning Mu Bin, it’s really hateful to look at! The palace is so big, but I’ve seen enough, too much!” Zhu Houzhao’s voice reached the extreme , with a sharp and sharp look.

If it wasn't for the cover of his sleeves, Jiao Shizhi's clenched hands would have exposed his thoughts.In the eyes of others, the emperor is so lofty, enjoying all the glory and wealth, controlling the power of the world, and deciding life and death with one word.But this emperor, who is full of brilliance, is only 16 years old this year.A young man from an ordinary family may be dressed in fresh clothes and angry with a horse, or hang on a beam and stab his butt, and his family, country and world are even more distant dreams.

Why, why he suddenly closed his eyes and opened them again.

However, the young man is no longer what he was when he was young, the immaturity has faded, the edges and corners are gradually growing, and the sharpness is exposed.The appearance of standing with arms folded is always fascinating, and the fierce look flowing between the raised eyes and lowered brows makes people dare not slack off.The world will twist people into something they can't imagine, and Jiao Shizhi can't remember what the child who was carved in powder and jade looked like.

"Your Majesty, if you want to march to fight a war, or go out to inspect the palace in a dignified way, there is absolutely no reason for a lowly position. But if you sneak away because of anger, and even create a mess in the palace, ignoring the important affairs of the court, there is absolutely no reason for the lowly position to agree. If the emperor thinks that what the humble official said is all nonsense, if what the humble official said is false, please punish the humble official." The fragility and softness in his eyes disappeared, and he knelt down deeply. At this time, he not only Only Jiao Shizhi was one of the tens of thousands of ordinary officials in the Ming Dynasty.

"You just rely on me not wanting to punish you!" Zhu Houzhao looked at the person kneeling in front of him, his fingers trembling slightly, and finally threw out this sentence angrily.

"Yes, the humble job is because the emperor can't bear it!" Jiao Shizhi said bachelorly, but his eyes were clear and there was a hint of a smile.

Inexplicably, Zhu Houzhao couldn't maintain the anger on his face, he finally suppressed his smile, and he didn't feel angry anymore.He sighed softly, and simply sat down on the ground, looking at the path of Jiao Shi parallel to him.

"You don't look so slick at ordinary times, why are you talking all these things today, and you keep grabbing my pain and stepping on it?"

The tone was inexplicably gentle, and there was no impetuousness before.