Bastards

In just two or three days, the situation escalated. Not only did the officials turn up and speak out, but the ministers, the disciples, the three provinces of internal history, and the Yushitai all followed suit. , Not to mention Taikang Emperor's dragon case, even the dragon chair can't fit so many discounts!

Emperor Taikang waved his sleeves angrily, and the papers on the dragon case splashed all over the floor.This is not enough, he panted heavily, his eyes stared like copper bells, he grabbed a book and tore it up, tearing it hard and breaking it, if it wasn't for the dragon case being too big and heavy, he wouldn't be able to handle it, sooner or later Kicked over!

"Rebellious minister... Rebellious minister! Do you want to rebel! Do you want to change the emperor! Fight against me one by one, do you want to die!"

Emperor Taikang was furious, his roar was full of killing intent, and the creases on his face deepened a little, showing the emperor's deterrence even more.

Everyone in the hall was in danger and kept silent like a cicada.

But others can pretend to be dead, but Eunuch Gao, the chief eunuch, cannot.

"The emperor calm down..." His voice was very flat and soft, coaxing and comforting, "If you really make yourself angry, everyone will feel sorry for this harem!"

Distressed and sad ass!

Emperor Taikang gritted his teeth angrily: "I see them wishing that I would die of anger sooner! If I am so angry, they can change to a new master! Prince, heh, he is really my good son. I thought he was well-behaved and sensible by self-cultivation, so I planned to forgive him. Let him live to ensure that he will live a long and peaceful life, but what the imperial concubine said was right, it is a white-eyed wolf! He reached out to ask me for something! He deserves it!"

Emperor Taikang was circling around the room like a trapped animal, his fierce and resentful eyes, and the strength that almost crushed his teeth, did not seem to be angry.

Accompanied by 12 carefully, Eunuch Gao took a cup of hot tea from the eunuch's tray below and brought it to Emperor Taikang.

Emperor Taikang turned over the tea and said, "I'm not thirsty!"

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Gao knelt down with a 'plop', his old eyes were almost filled with tears, and his voice was filled with distress and persuasion, "You can't be so hard on yourself, you are the master of the world, who would dare?" Only your opinion? The ministers don’t understand, if they did something wrong, it’s fine if you point them back to the right path, why bother to sulk and hurt your body..."

Emperor Taikang continued to roar: "They have all offered their loyalty to a white-eyed wolf, will they listen to me?"

"This……"

"Why do you want to go too!"

Seeing the old servant hesitate, Emperor Taikang angrily kicked him away.

Regardless of the pain all over his body from being kicked, Eunuch Gao crawled over and hugged Emperor Taikang's feet and cried: "The old slave just loves the emperor... No matter how dishonest the prince is, he has been locked up in Chang'an for more than ten years and has no one to teach him. What can he do?" wave……"

This sentence made Tai Kangdi pause.

The hall was quiet for a long time, and Emperor Taikang sneered: "That's right, how can he pull so many people? If that's the case, this dragon chair has already changed hands. How can I be angry?"

"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Gao trembled in fright.

"An old thing... get up!" Emperor Taikang kicked him lightly, "I know that you will follow me as a child, and you will be loyal, and I will allow you to be confused occasionally, but what you said just now is so rotten in your stomach , don’t let others know.”

Eunuch Gao was stupid and didn't seem to react.

Emperor Taikang snorted softly: "Forget about being stupid! You are a rootless eunuch who speaks nonsense about the affairs of the court. Be careful that those officials will kill you!"

Eunuch Gao hurriedly knelt down again: "I don't dare, this old slave—I just feel sorry for the emperor, and I was in a hurry, and I couldn't speak out of my head... What about the prince, your majesty is wise and kind, and the court is so stable. If you are not happy, if you make a decree, the person is already dead, and you still want to toss?"

Emperor Taikang smiled, and turned his face straight again: "—Huh?"

Eunuch Gao kowtowed again: "This old slave will never dare again! I don't know how to manage the government, this old slave just wants to serve the emperor well!"

"Old stuff."

Emperor Taikang sat in front of the dragon case again, although his face was dark, it was not as scary as before.

Eunuch Gao looked at his face: "Do you want to invite the imperial concubine..."

"No need, she is having a temper tantrum with me. Go and invite her, why don't you find some treasures from my private treasury and send them to her."

"...Yes." Eunuch Gao lightly cleaned up the fragments of the teacup on the ground, bowed and saluted, "This old servant is going to prepare some sweet soup for you to moisten your throat."

Emperor Taikang waved his hand casually, indicating that he can get out.

When the crisis was resolved, Eunuch Gao waved his sleeves and led a group of young eunuchs down to prepare. The little eunuchs looked at Eunuch Gao with admiration. Look at the sweet soup, and then go to choose something for the imperial concubine."

"Yes! Grandpa, you go ahead—"

……

After Emperor Taikang lost his temper for a round, he calmed down and returned to his senses.

As Eunuch Gao said, Yang Xuan was imprisoned in Chang'an Huangci Temple since he was a child, and only an old eunuch took care of his daily life, not to mention teachers and friends, he had nothing.Yuwen's family is dead, and there is no outside influence to help him. Although he did not forbid Yang Xuan to do anything and learn anything out of generosity, but in such an environment, talents cannot be produced.

Even if the old eunuch could teach him to read some words, he couldn't help him more. Yang Xuan couldn't learn everything from classics and history collections, literature and martial arts, and emperor's mind.As for managing personal connections... An old eunuch, no matter how capable he was before, was also a rootless person. Who would look up to him, and who would want to associate with him?

And his people have been watching...

It is impossible for Yang Xuan to have the ability to unite all the ministers to create momentum. The incident four years ago was just an accident. Xiaosi was innocent and was deceived by him.

Since it wasn't Yang Xuan who caused the trouble, there is a reason for so many tips...

Emperor Taikang glanced at the book on the ground coldly, and called the leader of the imperial army: "Check it out for me!"

Tong Xiu, the leader of the imperial army, is his confidant, powerful and capable, and soon found out the reason, all because of the small fight between Emperor Taikang and Concubine Tian a few days ago...

Emperor Taikang got a headache when he heard it, and cursed secretly: "Idiots, a bunch of idiots!"

He is also a man, it is normal to have fun with the backyard, the imperial concubine is very sensible and beautiful, he has made great contributions to his companionship over the years, but he is also a woman after all, sometimes he is too flamboyant and needs a little beating, he summons the women in the harem to steal Le, by the way, let the imperial concubine be jealous, quiet and quiet, how can such a small matter rise to such a level, and cause such a big wave?

Tong Xiu's face was as serious as his demeanor, and he cupped his hands and replied, "It all started because Zheng Yan, the admonisher, went to the Ministry of Rites for something, and saw Wu Daishan, a member of the Ministry of Rites, doing the etiquette to welcome the prince back in full swing, so he asked a casual question. And The reason why Wu Daishan acted like this was because of an errand. He was on good terms with the eunuch and maid of the catering department in the palace. It just so happened that the eunuch and maid saw you arguing with the imperial concubine that night, and misunderstood... Zheng Yan has his own connections, so he went to inquire and confirm. Hearing that was right, I thought that your Majesty had such thoughts, so I opened my mouth. From the beginning, when others inquired about it, they followed suit..."

It's really no wonder these speakers.Don't talk about officials, who in this court doesn't look at Emperor Taikang's face to live?Even if they were fighting for something or grabbing something, Emperor Taikang allowed them to make a fuss.

That night he did have a small dispute with the noble concubine, and mentioned the words of the prince returning to the palace, but it was not because he really wanted to, but to anger the noble concubine.The people below misunderstood him and spread the rumors randomly. The court officials looked at his thoughts and wanted to make a first contribution. What's wrong?

Zheng Yan's leader is not the Zheng family of Xingyang, but his blood is very close, so he can't care about such a small misunderstanding.

It was also an accident that the eunuchs and maids in the palace broke their mouths. It was not like this before, it was probably a coincidence, and the affairs of the palace were under the control of the imperial concubine. He had to give her face and punished her.

So the only place where he vented his anger... Emperor Taikang slapped the Xialong case hard: "Who is Wu Daishan? He dared to speculate on the holy will arbitrarily and flatter the corpse, so go and get him removed!"

……

Concubine Tian Gui was furious when she heard the news.She has her own subordinate forces, and when Emperor Taikang found out the ins and outs of the matter, she also knew what was going on.

It's a coincidence, but it's such a big deal - someone must be messing with her!

who is it?

All these quails in the palace have been taken care of by her, definitely not. Could it be that someone wants to marry in again?

Concubine Tian Gui narrowed her beautiful eyes, looked down at her nails that had just been dyed, exuding a pink luster and pleasant fragrance, and sneered.

It's not that easy to spoil her mood and provoke her to make mistakes!

This harem is her three-acre land, and she can't control it if she doesn't come in. If you have the courage to break in, don't blame her for being ruthless!She won't lose her mind because of this little trick. There is no need to be afraid of things that haven't happened now. The important thing is what happens to this matter.

The reason is already known, punishing a few eunuchs and maids who are not strict will not solve the court affairs, so many discounts come up, the emperor has to make up his mind, he can't let that scumbag return to the court!

Just thinking about an idea, the king of Yue came.

King Yue also knew about this from beginning to end, and was more anxious than his mother.Although the crown prince has not been in the palace for a long time, as long as he occupies this position for a day, he will be on his head for a day. No one mentions it, so he can pretend that he doesn't see it. If he really comes back, how will he live his life!

"Mother--"

"What's the hurry!" Concubine Tian Gui glanced at him, waited for the maids to serve tea, and signaled everyone to go down with a wink, before looking at King Yue, "Don't be afraid, my son, I won't let that bitch go back to the palace."

King Yue's face was slightly embarrassed: "It's my son who is in a hurry."

Concubine Tian supported her forehead with her slender fingertips like shaving onions, her beautiful eyes slightly closed: "Let Ben Gong think about it first..."

"My son... This time, I actually have an idea, and I want to ask my mother and concubine to take a closer look."

Concubine Tian Gui squinted at him: "Tell me."

"My son thinks, no matter how the courtiers push, the decision-making power still rests with the father. If the father is stable, he doesn't want to think about trade-offs, doesn't worry about his reputation, and no one can violate the decree."

"It's natural," Concubine Tian said with a sarcasm on her lips, "but the holy king, who dares to ignore the voices of the court and the opposition? This time the momentum is so fierce, if your father really dares to hold his neck for no reason By decree, this palace will take a high look at him."

A slight smile appeared in King Yue's eyes: "It's not impossible."

Concubine Tian Gui felt that there was a deep meaning in this smile, and she straightened her back a little: "Why, you—"

"Mother Concubine, I met someone recently." Without waiting for Concubine Tian Gui to ask, he continued, "Changan Banxian Cui Daoye."

Concubine Tian Gui's eyes flickered slightly: "Oh, that one..."

The first time I heard this name was four years ago, when her youngest son Chang'an and his party did not play well, and even got sick from being frightened by this Cui.She didn't take it seriously at first, master, how many real masters are there in this world?But this kid surnamed Cui is really extraordinary, he has forcibly created an astonishing reputation, whether it is real ability or fake ability, if he can walk in front of people and make the whole aristocratic circle flock to him, he has the ability.

Seeing that his mother and concubine did not object, the King of Yue went on to say: "A few days ago at the Wang family's autumn banquet, my son had a relationship with this Cui Mata. Although he is young, he has a bit of a fairy spirit and good skills Erchen had a very happy conversation with him, and he also accepted the gift from Erchen, thinking that he would not save Erchen's face. A few days ago, my father also heard people praise Cui Mata's character and ability, and once talked with Erchen, son I thought that the emperor believed him."

Life is a thing, the older you are, the more you believe in it, the older you are, the more you ask for it, how many examples in history books, emperors practice Taoism, seek immortality pills... Emperor Taikang will believe in high-level people, and will want to meet shallow Concubine Tian Guifei didn't doubt it at all.

"So you're trying to—"

The king of Yue replied very simply: "Arrange for the two of you to meet, and ask the master to persuade the father not to allow the prince to return to the palace."

"It's not impossible..." Tian Guifei raised her eyebrows slightly, thoughts flashed in her eyes, "Is the gift you gave enough? Then Cui Yu will listen to you?"

The King of Yue smiled with his hands tied: "This minister is still a little confident."

"Then we have to make a good plan..." Concubine Tian Gui turned her eyes to think, "Where will we meet? Where and when? I'm afraid it's not good to summon in the palace. If you bring up this idea, the purpose will not be hidden from your father. , and the movement is too big, the courtiers can see it, it is not good. But if your father is allowed to leave the palace, what is the reason? Your father has a bad temper and is smart enough. If he sees the traces of the arrangement, The result we want is gone, and everything is naturally the best."

The King of Yue pursed his lips, and said, "So I thought, I don't make any arrangements in advance, and just meet by chance."

Concubine Tian's pupils shrank: "You didn't say hello to that Cui Yu in advance?"

"My son can just take this opportunity to see if he is loyal to my son."

King Yue is frank and frank, even the ambition in his eyes is clearly revealed, he just wants to kill two birds with one stone!

Concubine Tian Gui nodded inwardly, but her face remained calm: "What if the matter fails?"

"If it doesn't work... don't you still have your mother and concubine?" The King of Yue courteously offered Concubine Tian Gui some more tea, "If my son and minister play this well, then everything will not bother my mother and concubine, and the road will naturally go smoothly. If it doesn't work, mother and concubine, you will love your son!"

Concubine Tian Gui smiled: "You, how many children have you had, and you still have the nerve to act like a baby with me."

"Who told me to be your son? In front of you, I will always be a child!"

"Okay, okay, I will accept you, you can play casually, if something happens, I will take care of it!"

The mother and son got tired of it for a while, and the King of Yue sighed again: "Just how to persuade the father and emperor to go out and where to go, but the minister has not yet figured it out. Let's visit privately in micro-services. In this weather and season, with such an irritable mood, how can I have the heart to understand the people's sentiments? But I can't say that I invite my father to go out to relax..."

Tian Guifei's eyes flashed, and a charming smile was drawn on the corner of her lips: "Why don't you go to Tianze Temple?"

"Tianze Temple?" After three words, King Yue stood up abruptly, "Yeah, why didn't I expect that! My mother and concubine are still smart! Master Huizhi of Tianze Temple has profound Buddhist teachings and understands the troubles of people's hearts best. His father has always respected him very much." , now that I have one thing in mind, I will definitely be willing to walk away!"

After the excitement, King Yue's voice sank again: "But I heard that Master Huizhi has been in poor health for the past few years, and rarely sees guests..."

Concubine Tian Gui sighed: "It's not like you really want to see him."

The king of Yue came to his senses: "Yes, yes, yes, it's my minister who wanted to go wrong! You don't need to see him. If you see Cui Yu on the road, your father won't want to go to Tianze Temple!"

"You have made a lot of progress in the past few years. This young man looks young, but I haven't seen you for a while." Concubine Tian Gui smiled slightly, teasing her son.

The king of Yue paused and bowed to her: "I made my concubine laugh."

"Okay, now that you have an idea, you can prepare it."

Concubine Tian Gui waved her hand, but King Yue didn't leave, he hesitated for a moment, and said: "There is one more thing——"

"What's the matter?"

"It's a case from the Ministry of Punishment..." King Yue briefly explained Peng Chuanyi's case, saying that this person had something very important in his hand, and he wanted it, but he didn't give it to him, so he wanted to teach him a lesson.Because this case is a bit special, the situation of the Rong family... maybe it can be used.

"My son thought, that Rong Jie saved a lot of trouble for the mother and concubine before, so I wanted to save face and let this matter go by, but these days I feel bad—"

Concubine Tian Gui knew that he had scruples, so she waved her hand: "She is still very obedient, your father just wanted to anger me, but in fact he didn't do anything to her. Besides, Rong Jieyu also had an affair with her earlier. Bengong mentioned that I was too busy at the time and didn't respond, but since you have your own plan, it doesn't matter if you do it."

This matter involves wives, concubines, concubines and concubines. After all, she and the king of Yue have a wrong position, but with her and the current status of the king of Yue, it doesn't matter.

"Yes."

……

In the inn, thanks to the little tiger's hard work to catch two barrels of whitebait, Cui Yu has a good appetite, and has no idea that he is being tricked.

This fish is small in size, but the meat is extremely tender, without any fishy smell, and the taste is refreshing and elastic. No matter what cooking method is used, it is very tasty, and it will never get tired of eating.Relying on these two barrels of fish, it was rare for Cui Yu to have a good appetite in summer, and he was very satisfied with his round belly after every meal.

"Hi...delicious!"

Cui Yu put down his chopsticks and looked at Yang Xuan with bright eyes: "I want more!"

Although the fish was given by the little tiger, but the cook was from Yang Xuan, such a request must be mentioned with Yang Xuan to be useful.

Yang Xuan said it was very helpful.

He rarely touched the neck hair of the little tiger lying on the side, and gave him an appreciative look: Well done!

But the little tiger was very shameless, turned his head away, and yelled flatteringly at his master twice.

Yang Xuan frowned, and ordered: "Bring it a bowl of goat's milk."

The temple goat's milk is served—

The little tiger turned around and hung his butt over to Yang Xuan.

The tiger king is already a big tiger, so he doesn't want to do this!Serving milk is worse than serving meat to Tiger King!

Cui Yu burst out laughing: "It's already so big, it's already weaned."

Yang Xuan squinted her eyes, did not admit her mistake, asked someone to take down the bowl, added a pot of milk, and stewed the bones!

The little tiger couldn't hold back anymore, meat, meat!

Jump over with a babble, Patapala is delicious.

Yang Xuan was very calm: "It still sucks."

Cui Mata: ... Well, you won.

The development of the court affairs in the past few days was mostly driven by the two of them, throwing out a plausible reason, and then quietly using the network to fan the flames and make it infinitely magnified. Cui Yu is very good at it.And this plausible reason... It came from Yang Xuan's operation.

No matter how loving a couple is, they are not without conflicts and differences. Yang Xuan said that it is not difficult to find out this point and add some incentives to make use of it.The quarrel is big, who can hold back the old score?Since you want to turn it over, of course you have to turn it over and poke the lung tube...

Of course, if Emperor Taikang and Concubine Tian Gui could bear it, he would also have ways to stimulate it, and this effect must be achieved.

It turned out that everything was perfect as planned.

Among them, Cui Yu was only curious about one thing: "Is the emperor honoring Jieyu? Is he really so devoted to Concubine Tian, ​​guarding his body like a jade?"

That is the emperor, rich in the world, powerful and rich, with three thousand choices in the harem, no one cares about what he does!

Yang Xuan said something very philosophical: "It's too cold to be at a high place."

Cui Mata: "Huh?"

"People sitting in that position will be lonely. I hope that someone will understand, understand, and accompany me, so as to relieve my carnal desires. It's not as good as caring companionship and gentleness..."

"So you are explaining why Concubine Tian Gui is favored?" Cui Yu thought for a while, and agreed with this point, "She is very powerful." The routine must be very good, "But this does not mean that the Holy Majesty will guard his body like a jade, and men have it." Inferiority."

Yang Xuan sneered: "So he will make Tian think that he is 'guarding his body like a jade'."

Seeing that Cui Yu frowned, he went on to say: "Master Tian is in charge of the power of the harem, and she thinks that she has not hidden the matter from her eyes, but the palace is not owned by Mrs. Tian, ​​but his. Only how much he thinks about it can Mrs. Tian know." How many."

"So... he still played?"

Yang Xuan nodded.

"Concubine Tian Gui doesn't know?"

Yang Xuan continued to nod.

"But Concubine Tian is not a fool..."

"That's why my dear father is very good at playing." Yang Xuan's words were quite meaningful, "There is more than one way to play between men and women."

Cui Yu paused, and then smiled, with the corners of his eyes raised, and his smile was somewhat ambiguous: "So it's that kind."

Enjoy, be safe, and not get pregnant.

Cui Yu didn't understand, Yang Xuan wanted to tease him, but Cui Yu understood, Yang Xuan couldn't help feeling agitated, his eyes darkened a bit.

Cui Yu was still deep in thought: "Obviously, he thinks he has enough sons and doesn't want to have another son..."

While the two were chatting, Lan Qiao suddenly ran over out of breath to find his master: "Master, Master, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has suddenly opened the court, and Peng Chuanyi's case is under trial!"

"Now?"

Lan Qiao was still out of breath, and nodded heavily: "The trial started suddenly, who, no one knows!"

The trial started suddenly, without any atmosphere, without any signs...

Cui Yan narrowed his eyes, and the corners of his lips curled up: "It's the King of Yue, he has made a move... Let's go and have a look!"