[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much

After the Jiangnan case broke out, the courtiers discussed it a lot, and the focus of the court fell on this for some time.

Occasionally, Jiao Shizhi felt that the people behind the incident hadn't figured out the emperor's character at all, so he did this stupid trick.It just always feels weird.

Jiao Shizhi followed Emperor Zhengde and accompanied him to the morning court. When standing on the Fengtian Gate, he kept thinking about the flashing thought just now, and always felt that he seemed to have caught something vaguely.

"Appropriate?"

It was as if someone was calling out to his ear, Jiao Shizhi reacted suddenly, and when he looked closely, the emperor was standing a step away from him and looking at him, the distance was too close for Jiao Shi to subconsciously take a step back, and then He stood still under Zhu Houzhao's stare in embarrassment.

"What's wrong with you? Are you distracted during the whole court meeting?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a frown.

Jiao Shizhi glanced down, and found that the ministers had almost left, and those who could still leave their figures didn't know how far they had gone.Jiao Shizhi rubbed his forehead and said, "I've been thinking about something just now, and it's a sin to lose my mind for so long without knowing it."

Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "What is it that fascinated you so much?"

Jiao Shizhi pursed his lips, "Your Majesty, I always feel that things don't look quite right this time, no matter how eager you are, it always feels like a fool's trick." Zhu Houzhao immediately understood what Jiao Shizhi was talking about. Things, he nodded with a smile, "You are right, I did notice something wrong."

"Then why is the emperor?" Jiao Shi hesitated to speak, why did the emperor show such a diametrically opposite appearance during this period of time?

Zhu Houzhao reached out to hold his sleeve and shook it gently, "Didn't you notice that the number of people I sent to Jiangnan is increasing? It's not because I'm dissatisfied."

Jiao Shizhi thought for a while, and suddenly realized, "Is the emperor planning to use this to investigate clearly?"

"That's right." Zhu Houzhao nodded lightly, and walked ahead holding Jiao Shizhi's sleeve. Jiao Shizhi's thoughts were stuck on what Zhu Hou said just now, and he didn't realize that the two of them were maintaining the same relationship for a while. Such an ambiguous move.

"But your majesty, if you scare the snake away, it will be difficult to deal with the follow-up." Jiao Shizhi frowned and said, their conjectures were just conjectures, but for some reason, as soon as they felt that there was an elusive mastermind behind this matter, Jiao Shizhi On the contrary, I think this is normal.

Otherwise, things this time are really weird everywhere.

"In this matter, Lin Xiu first provoked Liu Dachun and his gang, and it was also related to the patrolling censor. The censor had already noticed that something was wrong with Liu Dachun and others, and he owned the account book, otherwise his daughter would not An accident will happen here. The Lin Xiu corruption case and the others intend to frighten both the military and the government at once. Things got weird."

Zhu Houzhao analyzed as he walked.

"Even if it's for the purpose of abandoning the pawns to save the car, and to attract my attention, won't provoking the guard to mutiny have the opposite effect? ​​How important is the guard, and it can be easily provoked by others, so I won't be angry? No matter what the reason is, This incident just shows how much power this person has in the guard, as long as I understand this, it will only make me more angry, and then send people to Jiangnan to exert pressure again."

"Therefore, after this incident, there is another person who hides deeper than Liu Dachun. If he didn't do this to attract my attention this time, then he wants to hide something. He is more eager and more serious than Hangzhou Qianwei and embezzled silver. Something to hide."

Jiao Shizhi listened quietly all the way, and finally, after Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he opened his mouth, "The emperor's analysis is well-founded, I might as well." His words were sincere admiration.

Zhu Houzhao sneered, turned his head and gave him a white look, "I don't know how many times I've read the secret reports on weekdays. If I still can't find something out of it, wouldn't my seat be in vain? There was no such external information at the beginning, and even so, you can guess a rough idea by yourself, isn’t it more commendable to say that it’s appropriate?”

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly and wanted to wave his hand. Just as he wanted the emperor not to praise him too much, he found a paw on his sleeve.

Jiao Shizhi:

"Your Majesty, can you please let go?" Jiao Shizhi said with a pause, he couldn't imagine that the two of them came back from Fengtianmen like this one after the other!

Zhu Houzhao shook his hand casually, and Jiao Shizhi's arm shook slightly, "Shizhi, I've seen everything I need to see, what is there to worry about?" There was a smirk on the corner of his mouth, his eyes It was so bright that Jiao Shizhi almost thought he saw light in it.

He raised his head and glanced at the attendants who were following the emperor step by step behind him, and saw that they all lowered their heads without exception, even the big Han generals who followed the emperor and others were without exception.

Jiao Shizhi sighed helplessly, allowing the emperor to drag him into the Qianqing Palace in this way, but he was lamenting in his heart, if the emperor continued to do this every day, even if others didn't want to think in any direction, it would be difficult!

After entering the hall, Zhu Houzhao was not so sticky, so he loosened Jiao Shizhi's sleeve.

However, it can also be seen that the emperor did this on purpose.

But what about Jiao Shizhi?I can only delete all the memories just now, and pretend that this has never happened.

Didn't you know that behind him, Zhu Hou looked at such a serious Jiao Shizhi but smiled more comfortably, even with a wicked smile on his eyebrows and eyes, he looked like a bad boy who got cheap.

The moment Jiao Shizhi turned to look at him, Zhu Houzhao immediately restrained his expression and looked at Jiao Shizhi with the same serious expression.Jiao Shizhi didn't notice any inappropriateness at all, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I want to ask the Emperor for leave this afternoon. Since Lin Xiu entered Beijing, I have never visited him to avoid suspicion. I heard that he has become sober during this time." Yes, I want to go and see."

Zhu Houzhao rubbed his chin, he has nothing serious to do this afternoon, or...

"Your Majesty, no matter what you are thinking now, please don't act like this. It is said that there are too many memorials today, so please continue to work hard." Jiao Shizhi said, clasping his hands.

Zhu Houzhao: It's really rare to be choked by Jiao Shizhi and can't speak.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Go, go, I'll send someone to give you some other things, and you can take them with you."

Jiao Shizhi should be smiling, but after he came out of the house, there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.The emperor's stunned expression just now, especially that of a child secretly sulking because he couldn't get candy, made him feel a little weak.

After lunch, and after waiting for some time, Jiao Shizhi rushed to the Lin Mansion with a bunch of rewards behind him.

The Lin Mansion at this time is much better than it was two months ago. Although Lin Jijiu is still sick, he has improved a lot, and now he can get up and move around.As for Lin Xiu, who was just sent back half a month ago, she seemed a bit miserable, and she was still bedridden, but compared to the initial appearance of always robbing people with the king of Hades, this is not bad.

Hearing that the emperor's close ministers were ordered to visit Lin Xiu, Lin's mansion was startled, and then Lin Jijiu was helped out to meet the envoy, which startled Jiao Shizhi, and he quickly reached out to help, "Master Lin really doesn't need to do so much. present."

Lin Jijiu looked ruddy and in good spirits.With a white beard on his face, he looked serious.He expressed dissatisfaction with Jiao Shizhi's words, shook his head and said solemnly: "Since Mr. Jiao is here on behalf of the emperor, and his official position is higher than mine, it is of course a serious thing to salute."

Jiao Shizhi was only stunned for a moment, and then immediately said: "Lin Jijiu's words are wrong. There are court rituals, but there should also be secular etiquette. You are the elder of XX, so XX should also salute to Lin Jijiu." Lin Xiu and him are considered to be of the same generation, and Lin Jijiu is also considered to be his elder.

Lin Jijiu was a bit overwhelmed by Jiao Shizhi's words, and before he could refute, Jiao Shizhi said seriously: "I came here this time to visit Lin Xiu by order of the emperor, and I also invite Lin Xiu Let Jijiu send someone to show you the way. These are gifts from the emperor to the Lin family, please ask Lin Jijiu to send someone to take over."

As Jiao Shizhi said, Lin Jijiu didn't do anything, and asked Jiao Shizhi to lead the way.After all, he himself had just recovered from a serious illness, and he was helped back home without saying a word.Jiao Shizhi followed the servant of Lin's mansion into the back yard, and saw that the man led him to turn left and right, and stopped when he reached the side, knocking on the door while explaining, "Master likes to practice martial arts, and only here can do it." It's such a big open space." A look of trepidation, afraid of Jiao Shizhi's misunderstanding.

Jiao Shizhi pursed his lips and remained silent, but he didn't put his mind on this. He hadn't seen Lin Xiu for a long time, and he didn't know what happened to that silly boy back then.

Someone came to answer the door soon, and the door opened after a short while, and the person who led the way said: "This is Mr. Jiao, who was sent by the emperor to visit the young master. Hurry up and salute."

The little maid who came to answer the door was shocked, and when she was about to kneel down, Jiao Shizhi stopped her with her hand.He strode into the door, and he didn't know how long it would take for the ink to go down.Walking along the gravel road to the door of the main house, Jiao Shizhi knocked lightly on the open door twice, then raised his hem and stepped over the threshold.

A person in the room was half leaning against the head of the bed, wearing a thin coat and his face was pale. Although there was a brazier burning in the room, he could still feel the chill, and the words of condolence on the tip of his tongue turned into words of worry before they came out, " You have just been seriously ill, how can you get up like this?" He stepped forward in two or three steps, and stretched out his hand to cover Lin Xiu's body with the thick clothes on the shelf.

Lin Xiu raised her head, and after staring at Jiao Shizhi for a few breaths, her bloodless lips moved slightly, and finally turned into a smile, "It's been a long time."

Jiao Shizhi's heart was slightly hot, and he sighed softly, "It's indeed a long time no see."

The initial estrangement between the two disappeared after a few words of conversation. Lin Xiu sat on the bed wrapped in a quilt, Jiao Shizhi moved a chair and sat by the bed, looking at Lin Xiu's taller body, he shook his head helplessly , "You have changed so much in the past few years, I almost couldn't recognize it."

The boy in the past was pretty handsome, but now he looks like a tall young man, even his arms are much wider than Jiao Shizhi.It looks more like a country with the emperor.

Lin Xiuhan said with a smile: "After practicing for a few more years, it's like this. That's fine. The imperial doctor said that I have a good foundation, otherwise I wouldn't be able to survive like this."

When mentioning this matter, Jiao Shizhi was silent for a moment, and said: "You are still too reckless in what you did this time. If Lin Huang found me by coincidence, and the emperor issued an edict in time, wouldn't you want to die unjustly?" In prison?"

Lin Xiu smiled lightly and shook her head, "This incident was a narrow escape, and it is a rare accident to be able to keep this life." The speaker was indifferent, but the listener did not know how much emotion was aroused in his heart.

Jiao Shizhi chuckled and couldn't help laughing again.

That's it, there may be some dissatisfaction, but in the face of this vigorous court and the common people, there are still so many people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for it.In the vast world, there are good things and bad things, but good people and good officials still exist, and they are still so admirable.

This is what Jiao Shizhi always wanted to tell Emperor Zhengde.

"It's because you have changed a lot. Now that you are the commander and acquaintance, I might as well." Seeing Jiao Shizhi's silence, Lin Xiu was afraid that he would think about it again, so she quickly changed the subject.

"How can I change? I'm still so cautious, otherwise I wouldn't have come to see you until today." Jiao Shizhi shook his head lightly, not taking Lin Xiu's praise to heart.

Lin Xiu shook her head in surprise, "What are you talking about?! My cousin has already told me everything about what happened. If you hadn't intervened, I would have died here. How could I talk and laugh with you like today? ? Even if you don’t care, you saved my life!”

Jiao Shizhi smiled and said: "You are wrong. It is the emperor who mentions it to reverse the case. What does it have to do with me?"

Lin Xiu frowned, "Dare you say that if the emperor hadn't noticed this, you wouldn't have gone to investigate in private?"

Jiao Shizhi remained silent, indeed, if the emperor hadn't seen the memorial that day, after he learned about it from the two Jinyi guards, he also had the idea of ​​telling the emperor early if he had any doubts after investigating in private.After getting Lin Huang's evidence, it was even more so.

"Besides, you overestimate my position in the emperor's heart too much." Lin Xiu said with a smile, "You and I were both the emperor's personal bodyguards, haven't you realized that the emperor doesn't value me much?" ?”

"How many people have served by the emperor's side? I am just one of them, and I have only stayed for less than two months. After such a long time, I believe that with the emperor's character, it is impossible to remember me. If it wasn't because of you, why would the emperor intervene in this matter?" Lin Xiu was very calm when talking about this matter, as if she was not talking about her own life and death, but she smiled brightly at the end.

Jiao Shizhi helplessly raised his forehead, and when he saw Lin Xiu's smile, he easily thought of the big fool, "Yes, yes, it's all due to me, so don't add more to me."

Seeing Jiao Shi's disbelief, Lin Xiu hesitated to speak, and then waved her hand casually, "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you don't believe it, I just keep this in mind."

When Jiao Shizhi was about to say something, Lin Xiu suddenly lowered her voice and said, "Ren Zhi, you have to be more careful around the emperor. Your position, looking at the scenery, is actually full of swords and wind and frost. Now the emperor It is important to you, if it is in the future, you must remember to leave a way out for yourself." He spoke quickly and vaguely, if it wasn't for Jiao Shizhi's excellent hearing, he could hardly hear Lin Xiu's words.

Jiao Shizhi's eyes seemed to be shrouded in light, Lin Xiu couldn't see his emotions clearly, and could only hear his gentle answer: "I know it in my heart, don't worry."

Lin Xiu frowned, Jiao Shizhi didn't look like he knew what was going on.What Lin Huang told him was not only related to his case, because Jiao Shizhi was very grateful, and he could tell Lin Xiu a lot about Jiao Shizhi, including the recent rumors naturally.

If it was Lin Xiu a few years ago, he might not have seen any problems, but after going through so many things, he can see at a glance how many forces are fueling the flames inside.

It's okay for the emperor to dote on Jiao Shizhi now, but if in the future...it will be a disaster.

Today's excessive pampering may become evidence of criticism in the future.

It was originally a condolence, but for some reason, it turned into Lin Xiu's admonition to him in the end.Jiao Shizhi couldn't laugh or cry, but he could only accept Lin Xiu's worry.He stayed in the Lin Mansion until Lin Xiu looked tired and left. On the way back, although he was holding the rein in his hand, his thoughts were staggering as if he was drunk, and he didn't know where he was going.

The warm winter sun has a warm force, and a few rays of sunshine sprinkled on the body, driving away a lot of chills.Jiao Shizhi doesn't like the harshness of winter, but he especially likes the warm sun in winter, which is very comfortable when it falls on his body, not as fierce as summer, and not as light as autumn, it seems as if he can fall into a deep sleep when he closes his eyes.

After returning to the palace, the emperor pulled him to ask about Lin Xiu's situation, and Jiao Shizhi repeated Lin Xiu's situation to the emperor with a smile.Zhu Houzhao nodded thoughtfully, and waved his hand to call Lehua over, "Where's the thing I asked you to prepare just now?"

Le Hua came over with a fox fur in both hands, the emperor pointed to him and said, "When you went out this afternoon, I felt something was wrong. In such a cold weather, you are only wearing an official robe. It is too cold. , in the past, I was given this to wear when I was going out of the palace, and I will have someone search it later, and I will buy a few more for you."

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that you have already rewarded a lot of things before, and I really can't let them go." Besides, he is a martial artist, the weather like this today is not too cold, the sun is shining It is quite warm when sprinkled on the body.

Zhu Houzhao blinked, looked up and thought for a moment, "Why is it not enough so soon? Didn't I specially designate another side hall?"

Jiao Shizhi gritted his teeth, and said discouragedly: "Your Majesty, you reward once every two or three days. It has been nearly seven or eight years since I came to you. Do you think it is enough after so many years of accumulation? , no courtier will have his own warehouse in the Qianqing Palace.” In the same way, for so many years, I have never seen anyone other than the Emperor Kai live in the Qianqing Palace, and Jiao Shizhi can be regarded as No.1. .

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, nonchalantly, "What's wrong? Since there are not enough side halls, I just opened another one next to my small warehouse. It happens to be a companion together, and it's easier to move things there. Lehua, you can send it later. People will do it, do you hear me clearly?"

Lehua nodded cleverly, yes.

Jiao Shizhi watched a frightening matter being decided so lightly in front of him, and immediately said anxiously: "Your Majesty, absolutely not! How can you set up another warehouse next to your inner warehouse? Be inconsistent with etiquette!" The important thing is not to be inconsistent with etiquette, but that you shouldn't do it at all.

The emperor is the emperor, the ministers are the ministers, the treasury is the treasury, and the inner treasury is the inner treasury. This is something that cannot be confused at all.

Zhu Houzhao threw the scroll that he had been holding for a long time on Lehua, and drove him away. He looked at Jiao Shizhi with raised eyebrows, and said playfully, "What did Shizhi think? Otherwise, why would he refuse so much? I It’s just a random site selection in the palace, so what’s there to worry about?”

Jiao Shizhi smiled wryly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, you are making fun of your own reputation!"

Zhu Houzhao swept his gaze around Jiao Shizhi, with a bigger smile on his face, "Shizhi's words are the opposite, you are in charge of the palace now, you should know better than me what the current security in the palace is. Ah. Don't say that I set up a small warehouse for you in the palace, even if you move to live in the main hall, no one will know."

Under Jiao Shizhi's stare, Zhu Houzhao changed his words, "Well, no one outside the palace will know."

Jiao Shizhi raised his forehead in annoyance, he couldn't help the emperor's rascal appearance, even if he refused in every possible way, in the end the emperor would still cleverly get what he thought of.There is no negotiation now, and there will be more things in the future.Thinking of this, Jiao Shizhi...

His eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of some good idea, Zhu Houzhao saw his bright eyes and said: "Your Majesty, since the temporary warehouse can't hold it, or the Emperor will allow me to buy a small house outside the palace. In the future, it can be sent directly to other places, and the officials will not often impeach me to stay in the palace for a long time."

The implication of Jiao Shizhi's words was not that he was going to move out, but that he was a little flexible.Although the emperor has kept those memorials from him, but Jiao Shizhi is clear that there are quite a few memorials that Shangshu accused him of staying in the palace for the convenience of his position.In private, Zhu Houzhao never even read this kind of memorials, as long as the supervisor of ceremonies marked it about this kind of memorial, he would send all of them back.Recently, the Supervisor of Rituals will not hand over such papers at all, and all of them have been suppressed.

Zhu Houzhao's tone was gentle, but his attitude was firm: "Impossible."

"Your Majesty, what I mean is to set up a small house outside the palace that is supposed to belong to me. I will live in it for three or two days in a month. At least it will relieve some doubts. And all the things that have accumulated can be moved there. Go, and you won’t have to worry about the future.” Jiao Shizhi really can’t imagine that one day he will have his own warehouse next to the emperor’s small warehouse. Although he is grateful for Zhu Houzhao’s thoughts, this is too much courtesy, and Jiao Shizhi thinks he can’t bear it. rise.

Zhu Houzhao's face was thoughtful, and he still looked dissatisfied, "Why do you need to be concerned about other people's opinions? There are so many troubles happening for no reason, etc. It's okay, but I haven't noticed it until now. Yes Now, it seems that Jiao Jun's three years of Ding You are almost over, if he wants to get back, I will not stop him." The implication is that he will not signal anything.

The emperor's topic was a bit off topic, but Jiao Shizhi nodded, "That's right, there is no need for the emperor to intervene. If my father's talents are appreciated by the superiors, they will naturally be reused. If not, I can't help you much." Now Jiao Shizhi's ability is not comparable to what he used to be, but in his opinion, being down-to-earth is the most important thing, if his father can't recover, he has his own reasons.

Zhu Houzhao is not as noble as Jiao Shizhi thought, it is good not to make trouble, but you still want his help?

Dream it!

"I didn't bring this up to talk about your father, but you. Mr. Jiao is not in the capital, and you are already in your twenties. If you have no family property, you will indeed be looked down upon. Let me think about it, the house, the field, besides"

Zhu Houzhao was interrupted by Jiao Shizhi before he finished speaking, and the handsome young man standing in front of him was full of helplessness, "My lord, I am not asking you for something, I just want you to agree to this matter. All these years Come down, I still have some savings."

Zhu Houzhao touched his chin, "No."

"I said that those few cabinets have such crazy thoughts, so why don't they have any complaints against you? So I wanted to miss this! Now in the eyes of outsiders, Liu Jin may be better than you. I copied it last time. At that time at his house, the silver that was seized was fifty or sixty thousand, are you just saying that you have so much silver in your entire net worth?" Zhu Houzhao's robbing made Jiao Shizhi choke, and he subconsciously avoided the topic , "The emperor doesn't need to do this."

"That won't work."

Zhu Houzhao said firmly.

The two failures in succession made Jiao Shizhi look bitter. If he had known that he would not have talked so much just now, now that the emperor's thoughts have been drawn here, he really doesn't know what the emperor will do.

No, Jiao Shizhi was silent in his heart, he knew too well what the emperor would do.

"Don't worry, I will never let you suffer." Zhu Houzhao smiled and showed his white teeth, which slightly spoiled his handsome appearance, but made him look even more unrestrained.

Jiao Shizhi supported his forehead and sighed: "Your Majesty, I would rather suffer a little."

Not long after the thought of the Emperor Suo Xing, the new year was approaching.

Jiao Shizhi stayed by the emperor's side, watched him seal the pen with his own eyes, and then ordered the supervisor of ceremonies to keep these things, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The New Year's Eve in the palace is quite full, but the relationship between the Emperor and Queen Mother Zhang is not very good this year, and the New Year's Eve dinner is a bit awkward.Emperor Zhengde returned to Qianqing Palace early to stay alone, and did not spend the whole year with him in previous years.

Facing Jiao Shizhi's persuasion, Emperor Zhengde looked indifferent, "She has already recruited people from the Zhang family, so it doesn't matter."

Jiao Shizhi's heart shivered, and he said to the emperor: "Since that's the case, please ask the emperor to keep watch with me tonight."

I'm not with you.

But you accompany me.

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao quietly melted the ice between his brows, and his dark eyes moved slightly, just like the ice and snow that had just melted on a snow mountain, warmed by the scattered light, so soft that it was unbelievable.

In the past years, Zhu Houzhao would spend New Year's Eve with his father, queen and queen. Occasionally, he could sneak out once or twice, and was quickly found back. I think this is also his great shortcoming.

Knowing Shizhi for so many years, he has never experienced such an important festival from the end of the year to the New Year with him.

Before Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, Jiao Shizhi had to go back to Jiao’s house for a few days during this period of the year. He and Jiao Jun were relatively silent, and even eating felt like a toothache. breath.After the emperor ascended the throne, Jiao Shizhi didn't need to go back.

Yet he is still alone.

Zhu Houzhao needed to accompany Empress Zhang who had lost her partner and was in a bad mood. The palace people everywhere in the palace were afraid of him.

Therefore, Jiao Shizhi spent the past two years in the guards' office with the guards who were on duty until New Year's Eve.

Zhu Houzhao was naturally dissatisfied and wanted to take him to participate, but Jiao Shizhi pressed him to disagree.During that time, Empress Dowager Zhang was emotionally fragile, Jiao Shizhi didn't want to make things worse, and he avoided it early in the second year.

No matter how powerful Emperor Zhengde was, he couldn't force Jiao Shizhi to accompany him. In this way, they had never celebrated the New Year together.

The emperor moved his mind, and the people below began to get busy.Tonight is New Year's Eve, which should be the busiest time, but continuing the habit of Emperor Hongzhi, Zhu Houzhao just rewarded the important ministers with dishes, and had no intention of holding a banquet.There are few masters in the palace, so there are not so many things to do during the annual festival.

This year, the Imperial Dining Room had ceased fire, but I almost died of fright when I received the request from the Qianqing Palace. I dragged out the cooking masters from the room, and quickly used all their kung fu. No snub.

In a hurry, he finally finished a table of dishes and handed them over to the eunuch who provided food in Qianqing Palace. The exhausted chef wiped his sweat and said, "What's going on this year? Why is Qianqing Palace called food?"

The old eunuch in charge of the imperial dining room slowly tapped his head with a pipe, and the unlit pipe could play tricks in his hand, "Don't guess what the superior is thinking, don't think about it. Do it honestly. Will it be enough to live?"

The head chef touched his head honestly and was dragged away.

The old eunuch told the people around him: "From now on, you can't be so careless anymore. You must keep someone on guard every night."

"Yes Yes."

In Qianqing Palace, the moonlight in the backyard is like water, and the courtyard is filled with silver light, even without candlelight, it is enough to see everything clearly.Zhu Houzhao excitedly asked people to set up a table of delicacies here, made them whiten several jars of pear blossoms in the wine cellar, and said to Jiao Shizhi with a smile: "Although this wine has a lot of stamina, it tastes good."

Jiao Shizhi smiled lightly, "I'm afraid I have to risk my life to accompany the gentleman tonight."

"Hahahahahaha Shizhi, I'm not a gentleman." Zhu Houzhao winked at him teasingly, then slapped the seal on the mouth of the jar, and filled the wine cups for the two of them with his own hands.

Jiao Shizhi raised the wine cup with both hands, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I wish you all the best in the new year and nothing to worry about." These words are very clichéd, but they are a true portrayal of Jiao Shizhi's heart.

He likes the emperor's life to be safe and sound.

Zhu Houzhao bowed his head and laughed twice, he was confused at first, but gradually he was expressing his heart. He touched Jiao Shizhi's with a wine cup with one hand, and said loudly: "Since that's the case, I also wish Shizhi a happy life every year." now!"

The two drank freely at the same time, drank all the wine in the glass, and then looked at each other with long smiles, as if all the bad luck of the year had been washed away.

After coming and going, both of them actually drank a lot of wine.

Jiao Shizhi's face turned reddish, and he secretly thought that he couldn't drink any more.This wine is very strong, and it is easy to get drunk if you drink it again. When he was about to remind Emperor Zhengde like this, he saw several jars lying down on the ground.

Jiao Shizhi sighed deeply, the emperor must have drunk it secretly just now.On weekdays, Zhu Houzhao is quite persistent. Although he likes to drink, he seldom tastes it. Today, he had a good drink.

After drinking, Zhu Houzhao was completely relaxed. He sat half propped up at the table and looked at Jiao Shizhi with a smile. Like this bun."

Jiao Shizhi, who somehow looks like a bun: Why do you still make buns on New Year's Eve?

Zhu Houzhao poked and poked with the tip of the chopsticks, with little force, but persistently pierced the skin of the bun. The black and red bean paste inside flowed out from the pierced mouth, and the sweet and greasy aroma wafted out.Bewildered by the smell, Zhu Houzhao took another bun and bit off most of it viciously.

For some reason, Jiao Shizhi felt a pain in his body.

"Your majesty, how does this bun look like me?" He asked helplessly.

Zhu Houzhao ordered the gradually cold bean paste, squinted his eyes and said, "The skin of the bun is soft, but the heart is dark."

Jiao Shizhi was helpless, sighed and said: "Your Majesty, I think my heart is still clean."

"Of course it's clean." The drunken Emperor Zhengde waved his hand and agreed with Jiao Shizhi's words. As soon as Jiao Shizhi's eyebrows and eyes showed doubts, he heard him say, "But it's still black!"

Jiao Shizhi ignored him, let the dark ones be dark, he looked at the dim eyes of the young man opposite, and said softly: "Your Majesty, you'd better stop drinking, it's getting late, you'd better rest."

"I, no." Zhu Houzhao spit out these two words articulately, raised a jug of wine with one hand, and poured it on his head. He was in a hurry and owed himself to grab it. Zhu Houzhao retreated seven or eight steps violently, and his posture remained the same.

The spilled wine slid down Zhu Houzhao's neck and wet his clothes. The whitish liquid filled the courtyard with a mellow wine smell.In a blink of an eye, Jiao Shizhi and Zhu Houzhao exchanged hands several times, and Zhu Houzhao raised the wine jar and let out a long cry, "Happy!"

Jiao Shizhi stopped his movements, looked at the emperor's unrestrained appearance, raised his forehead and said: "Your Majesty, you are really drunk."

Zhu Houzhao tossed the wine jar in his hand back, threw himself forward, threw himself in front of Jiao Shi amidst the sound of breaking, looked at him with hazy eyes, nodded after a long time, "Well, I'm drunk."

Jiao Shizhi couldn't help sighing, stretched out his hand to support the master who was probably spinning, and heard him ask in a daze, "Shizhi, why are you spinning all the time?"

Jiao Shizhi said inscrutablely: "It's your heart that is turning."

"Oh." Zhu Houzhao paused for a while, then nodded obediently.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiao Shizhi signaled the palace servants to pack up their things, and he took the emperor back to the bedroom, just after walking two steps, Jiao Shizhi felt a weight in his arms, and saw the emperor looking at him obediently with wide eyes , "I can't walk anymore, hug me."

Jiao Shizhi looked at the expectation in the emperor's eyes, sighed, and continued to sigh, trying to reason with the emperor, "Your majesty, do you think I can hug you with my body?" Of course, Jiao Shizhi just wanted to coax Wei Wei It's just a sober emperor.

Zhu Houzhao turned over and stood up from Jiao Shizhi's arms, thought carefully for a moment, and nodded in Jiao Shizhi's sight. Before Jiao Shizhi could be happy, he saw Emperor Zhengde stepping forward, grabbing a handful of hands He was picked up! ! !

"emperor!"

Jiao Shizhi had struggled before Emperor Zhengde was on his way, but after being drunk, Zhu Houzhao was so strong that he hugged him in his arms at once. Jiao Shizhi's face was pressed against Emperor Zhengde's wet and generous chest, just I heard him say, "It's okay, Shizhi can't hug me, but it's okay for me to hug Shizhi."

Jiao Shizhi: ... But I really don't need it, thank you!

Jiao Shizhi had experienced Emperor Zhengde's strength before. Not to mention his infinite strength, he was also as tough as death. If he made a slight movement, his strength would be tightened suddenly, leaving him with no place to exert strength.Seeing that he had been carried into the bedroom, Jiao Shizhi closed his eyes resignedly.

Le Hua witnessed the whole process, cheerfully sent someone to clean up the mess in the courtyard, and then followed the emperor step by step. Although he saw what the emperor was doing drunk, he was very calm, which is rare for the emperor. When he was drunk for the first time, he also witnessed the process of the emperor's drunken madness.

Master Jiao has worked hard.He sighed in his heart.

Jiao Shizhi, who had worked hard, was put directly on the bed by Zhu Houzhao, and then turned around and began to wrestle with the clothes. Seeing this, Jiao Shizhi had no choice but to go up to help, calling for someone to prepare water.Zhu Houzhao mumbled no, and took off the clothes soaked in wine smoothly. Zhu Houzhao, who was naked from the upper body, turned around to undress Jiao Shizhi.

A quarter of an hour later, the result of the battle came out. Emperor Zhengde ripped off Jiao Shizhi's coat. Jiao Shizhi looked at himself in a state of distress, and then at the smiling emperor, "Is the emperor pretending to be drunk?" With such agility, Jiao Shi was really puzzled.

Zhu Houzhao stood where he was, looking at him with his head tilted, still holding the poor dress in his hand.Jiao Shizhi looked at him a few times, and then gradually let go of his doubts. It seemed that he was thinking too much.

he goes