Brocade without a knife

During the Spring Festival, tens of thousands of fireworks ignited the night sky of Yanjing. The high-rise Zhuge is decorated with lights and festoons everywhere, and men and women in brocade clothes walk side by side on the long street. Looking around, it looks like an imperial city. The image of the grand scene of the Tianjia under the root.

However, on the secluded path, a black horse is breaking through the fine snow curtain, and rushing towards the center surrounded by colorful lights, the Dayan Palace.

The dinner party in the palace had been over for a long time, and the vassal king and his officials had already returned to their respective residences. Before the little emperor had time to breathe a sigh of relief, he was invited by the servants of the Shouchun Palace to accompany the queen mother to watch the new year.

According to the previous rules in the palace, this year the emperor should watch the new year with the empress, but the little emperor is just a douchebag. There are still so many years to come, and the four are not around. The emperor had no choice but to brace himself and went to the Shouchun Palace wearily.

The main hall of the Shouchun Palace was full of laughter and laughter. The concubines accompanied the queen mother and talked about folk stories, and praised the clever Xiao Xun from time to time.

These concubines were able to have the last laugh in the last inner court struggle, so they are naturally the best among them, at least they still have a look of knowledge. The empress dowager likes Xiao Xun, so they also think of ways to praise him.

As soon as the little emperor left, the laughter in the main hall suddenly fell silent. The little emperor had never been close to these concubines. Although he was young, he still remembered the sarcastic remarks of these people when his mother was there.Now that he is the ninth five-year-old, he doesn't have to haggle over every detail with these concubines of the previous generation to avoid getting a reputation of being unfilial, but he also doesn't bother to make fun of them every now and then.

As for the empress dowager, the little emperor raised his eyes and saw the young man obediently accompanying the empress dowager, and he knew very well that he, who used to be a favorite, was probably replaced by this person.But the strange thing is that he is not angry, as if he understood a long time ago that the queen mother's love for him is not true.

A child who grew up in the palace, no matter how young he was, was born with some understanding of the world, not to mention the little emperor who had been in the hands of Jing Hesi for a while.

What he didn't understand was that since the Queen Mother didn't like him, why did she call him here on this New Year's Eve, making everyone uncomfortable.

If He Zhangyin sees this scene, he will tell him that even if the queen mother doesn't like him, there are still some scenes that need to be smoothed over. After all, it has not yet come to the end of the "mother-child relationship" between him and the queen mother.

The little emperor felt that he was completely out of tune with the warmth of this palace, but he still had to cheer up to deal with the "Hush and Warmth" from the Empress Dowager and the concubines.

The queen mother waved to him with a smile: "My son, you have worked hard, come on, the queen mother will give you a big reward."

The little emperor was stunned for a moment before he realized that red envelopes meant red envelopes.There is no habit of sealing red envelopes in the palace, only among the people. However, Lishi is not the name of the country of Yan, but the name of some neighboring countries of the country of Jin.

He looked at Xiao Xun who was looking at him with big black and white eyes, and he felt a block in his heart. He realized that this was probably what Xiao Xun and the queen mother mentioned.

He didn't like Xiao Xun, and he didn't like the queen mother either. When these two people met together, the invisible disgust and a trace of indescribable fear were multiplied.

The little emperor subconsciously wanted to find his palm prints. If he was there, at least it would give him some confidence to deal with these people.

But Hesi was not there, only a timid Laifu, the little emperor sighed sadly in his heart, thanked the Queen Mother first, and then accepted the red letter.When receiving the red envelope, he caught a glimpse of Xun Xiao hiding another in his sleeve, which was much thicker than his own, probably more casual than a handful of golden melon seeds.

The little emperor was a little gloomy, not because he wanted to compete with Xiao Xun, but because he felt that a "brother" who had just returned from the state of Jin was doing better than himself in the palace. Even though he was young, he also felt a sense of danger. gaps and threats.

As soon as he came, everyone who had been laughing and talking about Yanyan fell silent, and only occasionally one or two managed to find something to say to break the embarrassing silence.

The little emperor sat cautiously beside the empress dowager, his waist was as straight as a green pine, and his small hands unconsciously grasped the clothes on his knees.

The Empress Dowager seems to be in a particularly good mood tonight. It’s the Chinese New Year. She is naturally happy. She doesn’t seem to notice the strange atmosphere in the palace. There is no meaning of favoritism.

Until a little eunuch took a look outside the door, it was the person in charge of ceremonies, Laifu immediately went out with another wink.Not long after, he hurriedly entered the palace with his face downcast, and whispered a few words in the little emperor's ear. The little emperor's eyes lit up, and while everyone had nothing to say to drink tea, he got up and said obediently to the queen mother, "my son!" I have something to do, so I will leave first, I will disturb your mother's interest, please don't worry about my mother, I will come back tomorrow to say hello to you."

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, looked at Laifu probingly, and then looked at the little emperor who kindly stroked the little emperor's head: "My son, tonight is New Year's Eve, homework and government affairs are temporarily released, it is not good to gossip with the queen mother ?"

The little emperor resisted the discomfort of her hand stroking his forehead, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "It is the minister of the factory who invited his son to come over, saying that the neighboring country Koryo has newly presented a batch of new gadgets for me to have a look at."

When she heard the words "Changchen", the Queen Mother's hands stiffened imperceptibly, and the beautiful and obedient face of the young man flashed in front of her eyes. She liked that face, but she was inexplicably afraid of the star under it. Unfathomable heart.She put down her hands, straightened the little emperor's clothes, and said with a pleasant face, "Since that's the case, the emperor can go. These two days are the New Year, the emperor might as well relax a little bit, but remember not to play with things and get lost in those strange things." Skillfully."

This sentence is full of hints. After all, the emperors of the Great Yan Dynasty after the two emperors Wen and Wu were not good at governing the country and the people, but they were very proficient in other handicrafts. Absolutely.At that time, in order to find precious wood for the late emperor, the old factory owner did not hesitate to use Dongchang [-] fans to search the whole country, which made the court full of complaints at that time.

What the Empress Dowager meant was to remind the little emperor not to imitate the late emperor, and Rong He coaxed him to focus on matters that had nothing to do with the government.

The little emperor forcibly concealed his dissatisfaction, said yes in a low voice, turned around and walked briskly out of the main hall.

When he just stepped out of the main hall, he keenly heard the Empress Dowager sigh, "I'm still a child."

A concubine vaguely answered, "Isn't there Xun'er here?"

The little emperor paused, and rushed into the fine snowflakes with indescribable anger and frustration.

Back in the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, the little emperor was surprised to find that waiting there was not Hesi, but——

He looked suspiciously at the man in black and said, "Lu Zhengming?"

If it was normal, Lu Zhengming would definitely "tsk" in his heart: You are not big or small, you little bastard.

But today, with a solemn face, he bowed silently to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have something important to announce."

The little emperor's attention was first attracted by the word "important matter", and then he searched around but couldn't find He Si, and asked in surprise, "Where's the factory official, didn't you say he's here?"

I don't know if it was his illusion, but the little emperor found that Lu Zhengming's face suddenly sank at this moment, and there was a shocking evil spirit in his dark pupils, but when he looked carefully, Lu Zhengming was still expressionless. in there.

His expression was calm but dangerous, and he said to the little emperor indifferently: "Hezhen drank too much tonight, he can't go back to the palace, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Forgiveness is not enough, after all, it was the little emperor himself who let him sneak out of the palace, but the little emperor listened to Lu Zhengming's words in a twisted way, as if he had made some omissions...

The little emperor suddenly opened his eyes wide, looked at Lu Zhengming in disbelief, and stammered: "You, how are you spending the year together tonight?"

God, did he discover something incredible? ? !

Lu Zhengming didn't panic at all when he was discovered "adulterous love", but nodded calmly, facing the little emperor with an unspeakable "horrified" and complicated face, he said in a cold voice: "Your Majesty, instead of caring about who your ministers spend the New Year with, Why don't Rong Chen report the important matter to you first?"

The little emperor nodded in a trance, and sat down on the couch with difficulty: "You said..."

Lu Zhengming looked at the eight-year-old emperor, and He Zhen's frail face flashed across his mind. He suddenly felt a great sense of irony. In such a huge empire, there are countless courtiers and generals, but a half-grown child and eunuchs Take up this heavy Jiangshan Sheji.

He said to the little emperor without changing his face: "Dongchang got the news. Three days ago, the Northern Man army invaded with 30 troops and has already broken through Yunzhou. I think tomorrow's battle report from the front line will be spread to the court. Floating, causing troubles and responding to the battle in time. He Admiral asked me to inform His Majesty of this matter in advance, so that His Majesty can choose a general to lead the army tonight, and order to send troops to the northern border tomorrow morning to retake Yunzhou."

The little emperor sat there with a dazed expression as if struck by lightning, unable to regain his senses for a long time.

He understood every word Lu Zhengming said, but together, he couldn't understand what he was saying.

When he was in a daze, the half-grown child had an extremely uneasy premonition that the peaceful life now was completely gone with Lu Zhengming's words...

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In the small old house, the charcoal fire was fully burning, and He Zhen lay with his eyes closed under the dark bed curtain.

Gu Luan bent down and took the handkerchief to wipe the sweat on his forehead carefully. He Si's complexion was much better than before. Gu Luan put the handkerchief into the basin, and looked back at He Si who was sleepy and depressed. Four.

Good-looking is really good-looking, but this life experience and body are indeed worrying, the old governor is also very cruel, knowing that he will be like this sooner or later, he just left Dongchang to him alone.

He sighed faintly, and went out with the water basin in his hand. He was shocked when he went out, and he almost didn't trip over the threshold when he stepped back. , scared people to death!"

Zhao Jingzhong blocked the door expressionlessly: "How is the Governor?"

"That's it," Gu Luan said "ah", "Don't worry, his 'illness' won't kill him for a while, but after a while...it's hard to say."

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Update~~~I had a rest last night, and resume updating today~~~~