Beloved wife

After autumn, the original green leaves gradually turn yellow and fall from the trees one after another.

The courtyard of the General's Mansion was covered with leaves, and it was too late for the servants to clean it up. Chu Tingxiu simply asked people not to clean it up, and let the martial arts arena be filled with leaves.

There was no court meeting today, Chu Tingxiu breathed a sigh of relief, and started training early in the morning on the martial arts arena, swiping his spear, the withered and yellow leaves were scattered and scattered like countless yellow butterflies flying in the air.

It had been a long time since he practiced guns heartily, and after one round, not only his body stretched out, but also his mood improved a lot, and he didn't feel much repulsion about having to deal with that group of old and stubborn things tomorrow.

The Chu Tingxiu worshiped the general, sealed the town of Beihou, and controlled the world's soldiers and horses, but every time he faced those civil servants who couldn't fight, he always felt a headache.

Chu Tingxiu's grandfather conquered Daqi's ten thousand miles of land with the Tai|Zu Emperor, and was later named Zhenbeihou, guarding the north. Chu Tingxiu also grew up in the north.

He lived on horseback when he was young, and learned martial arts with his father. He fought against the Rong people all the year round, and made him use soldiers like a god. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, he has already become a major general respected by everyone in the frontier.

If there were no accidents, he would have been living in the Northland like his father, guarding the frontier for Daqi.

However, things went wrong.

Tai|Emperor Tai|Zu injured his body when he fought in the country in his early years, and died a few years after he ascended the throne. After his death, he was succeeded by the late emperor.

The first emperor was cowardly, and he was not born of the empress of the Taizu emperor, but that empress was a strange woman whose talents were not weaker than the founding emperor.

After the first emperor ascended the throne, the power has always been in the hands of the queen mother.

Although the first emperor became emperor, his life was aggrieved, and he was a person who thought too much. Naturally, he didn't live long and died early in the end.

At this time, the empress dowager, who became the empress dowager, chose the present emperor as emperor from among the descendants of the former emperor, who was only ten years old at that time.

After today's ascension to the throne, all the important affairs of the court are in the hands of the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager promotes her mother's family and eradicates dissidents, so that her mother's Zhou family is superior to the royal family's Yan family.

This undoubtedly caused complaints in the court, and it also made those who followed the Tai|Emperor to fight the country and had soldiers and horses in their hands ready to move, and finally a rebellion broke out.

Chu Tingxiu's father, the former Zhenbei Hou Chu Cheng was a somewhat old-fashioned man, but he was loyal to the royal family. The soldiers and horses of the Chu family were killed.

He was young and energetic, and he didn't stick to the form of his troops, so he quickly pacified the world. The Zhenbei Army under him was even tempered into a tiger and wolf army in the war.

When Chu Tingxiu was 23 years old, he was grandly welcomed into the capital.

He was the most impatient to deal with those civil servants. At that time, he felt uncomfortable, and he just wanted to get out early and go back to the Northland.

It's a pity that seeing the emperor missed his life.

Chu Tingxiu still remembered that day, he walked up to the hall wearing the official uniform sent by the Ministry of Rites, and when he looked up, he saw the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, looking at him curiously.

The four eyes met, he forgot to salute for a while, and was reminded, so he hastily bowed down.

Although it was only a glimpse, he had already seen clearly the appearance of the emperor on the dragon chair.

His Majesty is three years younger than him, and has just reached the crown, but he is thin and thin, and looks no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

He was handsome, but he was weak, and his brows were full of sorrow, which made Chu Tingxiu want to reach out and smooth his brows.

Chu Tingxiu didn't even know why he had such rebellious thoughts, but he did.

Originally wanting to leave Beijing early, he followed the empress dowager's persuasion to stay, and began to understand the intricate situation in the capital, and only then did he realize that everything in the current sage is in the hands of the empress dowager.

The Empress Dowager wanted the Zhenbei Army in his hands, but she failed to win him over and hurt him several times. Today, she contacted him again and asked him for help...

Half a year after entering Beijing, Chu Tingxiu wiped out all the members of the Zhou family where the empress dowager belonged with lightning speed, and the empress dowager, who had been famous all her life, was also sent to the Buddhist hall. , And finally became a veritable emperor.

Chu Tingxiu had some rebellious thoughts about the person sitting on the throne, but he never dared to reveal it. He originally wanted to retire after success, but he didn't want to be raised by the Empress Dowager until he couldn't read several!

Today, I can’t even understand the memorial, let alone deal with other matters, and there are many veterans in the court who look down on His Majesty. In addition, although the Zhou family has been removed, in order to make the court run, Chu Ting Xiu can't cut the weeds and eradicate the roots - the empress dowager has ruled the government for decades, and most of the people in the court at that time were related to the Zhou family!

Today I am struggling in the court, so I can only ask him for help.

Chu Tingxiu had no way to leave under such circumstances, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and help Jinshang handle various affairs, and invited well-known Confucian scholars to teach Jinshang.

He was originally a general, and he didn't like to deal with these things, but now that the throne is unstable, he can only help to keep it under control.

A year has passed by now.

With a casual throw, Chu Tingxiu threw the spear on the weapon rack, took a bath and changed his clothes, and prepared to enter the palace.

Although there is no morning court today, he still needs to go to the palace to take a look, so as not to make mistakes in handling the memorial today.

Thinking of not having to argue with others in the court, but being able to see the person he misses, Chu Tingxiu's mood improved a little, until he met his stepmother's younger sister Chu Tinglan when he went out.

Seeing Chu Tinglan, Chu Tingxiu's heart sank.

When the Empress Dowager was in control of the government, she always refused to allow Jinshang to get married, but when the Empress Dowager fell, from time to time someone in the court proposed that Jinshang be the empress.

And everyone's most promising candidate is Chu Tinglan. Chu Tinglan herself also has a good impression of Jinshang, and even proposed to Chu Tingxiu that she wants to marry Jinshang.

Chu Tingxiu had no reason to stop him, he could only agree. Just a few days ago, he, like everyone else, asked for the present to be the empress.

He didn't want to go to the morning court because every morning, someone would mention the big wedding today.

And as long as he thinks that there will be a queen in this world, he is like a swarm of ants gnawing at his heart, causing him extreme pain.

But your majesty is the emperor, it will be a matter of time, and even besides the empress, there will be other concubines in the future.

"Brother." Chu Tinglan bowed gracefully when she saw Chu Tingxiu.

Chu Tingxiu's stepmother was born in a wealthy family. After marrying Chu Tingxiu's father, she was not used to living in the North, so she took Chu Tinglan to live in the capital and raised Chu Tinglan to be just like her. Miss.

Chu Tingxiu had never known how to get along with this younger sister. Recently, he was burning with jealousy and even felt uncomfortable seeing his younger sister. But it's no wonder his younger sister...

The only one to blame is himself, an unfaithful, unfilial, disgusting bastard.

Chu Tingxiu has been fighting all the year round, he is not angry and pretentious, and he is also good at hiding his emotions. At this time, he reluctantly showed a relaxed expression: "What's the matter?"

In Chu Tinglan's eyes, Chu Tingxiu's attitude was really cold, which made her feel dissatisfied. She lowered her head to hide her expression, and took out a purse from her waist.

When she looked up again, her face was only shy, and she handed the purse to Chu Tingxiu, Chu Tinglan said: "Brother, I embroidered a purse for Your Majesty."

Chu Tingxiu's breath was stagnant: "It's not good to bring things into the palace."

"Brother, you must bring things into the palace, there must be no problem." Chu Tinglan said, and looked at Chu Tingxiu with a little pleading: "Brother..."

Chu Tingxiu finally accepted the purse.

Stuffing the purse into his bosom, Chu Tingxiu hurried into the palace and knew that His Majesty was in class, so he first went to see a few auxiliary ministers.

Those few ministers were chosen by Chu Tingxiu to be loyal to the Holy One, but unfortunately they didn't treat him very much, they had a lot of opinions on him, and his getting along with them was also very unpleasant.

Fortunately, within half an hour, His Majesty finished his class and invited him to have a meal together.

Chu Tingxiu was often invited by His Majesty to have meals with him, and he was used to it, but he still felt happy.

He took out a handkerchief and wiped his face with water, adjusted his clothes before coming to His Majesty.

This year, without the control of the Empress Dowager, the current emperor has grown a lot of flesh, and he is no longer as thin as a bamboo pole before, and his appearance has become more and more handsome.

When Chu Tingxiu saw him, he was very happy, but he couldn't help but spurn himself.

"Aiqing, this is the peach blossom wine just brought from Jiangnan, Aiqing, try it." The current emperor took out a jug and poured a glass of wine for Chu Tingxiu.

Chu Tingxiu was flattered, and his voice trembled a little: "Your Majesty..."

"Try it, Aiqing." The emperor looked at Chu Tingxiu and smiled.

Chu Tingxiu felt thirsty in his throat, so he picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp.

This wine is a bit too sweet, and there is bitterness in it.

No, it's not bitter, it's... the smell of drugs.

Chu Tingxiu was struck by lightning for a moment.

He has experienced many storms, just assassination, he does not know how many times he has encountered it, he knows all kinds of indiscriminate drugs, and he can taste them as soon as he tastes them, and the wine has been drugged.

Looking again, when His Majesty was pouring the wine for himself, he turned the lid of the pot.

Chu Tingxiu had shortness of breath for a while, and his heart beat faster.

The strength of the drug did not come up so quickly, at this moment, he was sober as never before.

The Empress Dowager has lost power, but the distress on His Majesty's eyebrows has never disappeared... Is it all because of him?

Your Majesty hated the Empress Dowager back then, but now he hates him?

That's right, now the entire court is almost under his control, and he still controls His Majesty in many ways...

Throughout the ages, people with power like him have often come to a bad end, and he is probably no exception.

Since His Majesty drugged his wine, there should be other backup players who want to keep him, but at this moment, he has two choices.

One is to hold His Majesty hostage, break out of the door, and have a way out.

But after that, what should he do?

Is it completely imprisoning His Majesty?In this way, His Majesty must hate him to the bone.

Moreover, this world is the Yan family's world after all, if others won't obey him, there will definitely be another war. He is not sure that he will be the final victor.

Or... just following His Majesty's wishes?

A person with a dirty mind like him shouldn't be alive. If he cooperates with His Majesty, His Majesty should be able to let his family go.

Without their control, His Majesty would be happier?

"Aiqing, have a few more drinks." The emperor poured another glass of wine for Chu Tingxiu.

Chu Tingxiu took the wine glass, drank it down, lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, my relatives in the family and my colleagues in the army are all loyal to His Majesty. If Your Majesty wants to maintain a stable government, there must be no more killings."

The emperor who was sitting opposite Chu Tingxiu's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly hid back, not wanting to knock over the stool and fall to the ground.

Chu Tingxiu subconsciously wanted to pull: "Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty!" Disorderly exclamations sounded at the same time, and at the same time, a group of heavily armed soldiers suddenly appeared in the room, and all those swords and bows were aimed at Chu Tingxiu.