Your Majesty, please draw the card

Although she has already decided to pretend to be a boyfriend with her idol, Liu Xi's life in the next few days is no different from the previous one.The entire palace was shrouded in a festive atmosphere for the New Year, and the emperor himself started his old business of sending Spring Festival couplets.After three years of hard work, Liu Xi's handwriting has gone from completely unrecognizable to a self-contained avenue. Except for Gao Gonggong who was inspecting from afar in the frontier, basically the courtiers are still very face-saving. The masterpiece hangs up.

In addition to the routine rewards, Liu Xi also asked Mi Tuan to draw up a gift list for important subordinates.He recently discovered that Mituan has a quick mind and a good memory, which is very useful in dealing with people.At the very least, even Master Bao didn't have the nerve to refuse the emperor's kindness after receiving the Fengguan Xiapei from the emperor to Mrs. Bao in the future.

The only one in the whole court who was somewhat dissatisfied with the emperor was the Cao family.The reason is that after two full years of extravagant life, Empress Dowager Cao finally found out that she was running out of money.The children of several families who were led by the emperor to learn the "new bookkeeping method" have not yet graduated. One of them was even immersed in the ocean of mathematics and decided to go on the road of arithmetic research.These shopkeepers who were originally promised were not in place, and the matter of taking over the business from the emperor was naturally even more out of reach.Empress Dowager Cao figured it out, her grandson was not going to hand over the business to her at all, and the gray part of her current financial resources was not enough for her expenses, which directly led to a sharp decline in the quality of life of her elderly.Therefore, the Empress Dowager Cao personally published a memorial book before the New Year, and asked the emperor Lion for a series of rewards in terms of rights and money.The emperor's answer to this was that these things can be given, but only in installments. Who is to say that the national treasury and the internal treasury are not rich!

Upon hearing this answer, Empress Dowager Cao was so angry that she broke a priceless jade phoenix.But she didn't know that when Liu Xi first heard these requests, he actually wanted to point at her nose and yell at her.Ever since the Cao family got a job as Minister of the Ministry of Industry, the emperor turned a blind eye to forgetting how much money was embezzled through corruption.But now, in response to the next spring's war, he even sold some unmarked treasures in the inner treasury, and the Cao family even had the nerve to ask him for money!And it was still in public, in the name of filial piety, while crying for money while crying for poverty, those who didn't know thought how poor the Empress Dowager Cao was living as the emperor's grandmother!

The investigation by the Jiahe Guards made it clear that the Empress Dowager Cao had to spend the entire life of an ordinary person for an ordinary meal, and it would take the best embroiderers more than ten years to make a random piece of clothing on her body.Liu Xi really wanted to ask her grandmother how her greed would end.But Zhou Yu advised him to think twice, not because of anything else, but at this juncture, there really shouldn't be side effects.Anyway, the installment payment is not calculated with compound interest. It is agreed that it will be paid in ten years. Next year, Empress Dowager Cao will not be able to ask him for money for the same reason.

The emperor and the empress dowager Cao had a big quarrel, and the empress dowager came forward to make peace between the two parties after hearing about it.The reason why the empress dowager got involved with this matter was mainly because the empress dowager also thought that the emperor was about to come of age, and because the emperor would not visit her house recently, she wanted to send some warmth to the emperor through the empress dowager. bed man.This was a devious strategy of Empress Dowager Cao, because she felt that the reason why the emperor would not give her face was related to the previous failed action of sending off the dancer girl.As long as the emperor likes these two newly trained scholarly women, he will naturally reconsider her request. Wouldn't it be great if both sides get what they need?

But the Empress Dowager didn't think so.She first invited the Empress Dowager to come over to persuade the Empress Dowager Cao to give up this idea, and then ordered someone to send the emperor's childhood toys from the Empress Dowager Cao to Weiyang Palace, trying to use emotional cards to restore the relationship between the emperor and the Empress Dowager Cao.

The next day, the emperor met the Empress Dowager Cao in the Changle Palace of the Empress Dowager Tai.The empress dowager avoided it deliberately so that the two of them could have a chance to be alone.Empress Dowager Cao talked about the past when she was in Prince Chenliu's mansion, how she brought up her grandson single-handedly after King Chenliu died of illness, and how she tried her best to protect her grandson's status.Although Liu Xi didn't know anything about these things, since Empress Dowager Cao wanted to get back together with him, he wouldn't lose face.So after returning, the emperor asked Mi Tuan to draw up a gift list, which was sent to Pingyuan Junfu as a personal gift.

Afterwards, Zhao Yingrong quietly told the emperor that the reason why the empress dowager blocked the two bed warmers for the emperor was not because the emperor had just come out of the closet.It turned out that the Empress Dowager found out from somewhere that Empress Dowager Cao gave the emperor a dancing girl. Because she didn't know the truth of the matter, she guessed that the reason why the emperor liked male sex was because he was stimulated by female sex and had some unpleasant experiences. Nian may also need to heal.So out of sympathy for the emperor, she not only did not announce the emperor's sexual orientation, but even helped block it.

Liu Xi was shocked by the truth.He hasn't done anything yet, so how could it be inferred that he can't do it? !Well, it was indeed not possible two years ago, but that was because he hadn't developed yet!Now he can't do it anymore!

Faced with Zhao Yingrong's teasing expression, the emperor had no choice but to keep his facial muscles still, and nodded to thank Zhao Yingrong for his kindness.

Zhao Yingrong smiled and said: "Actually, the Empress Dowager is too worried about it. The emperor just hasn't tried it yet. Otherwise, the question of the emperor asking me to practice kung fu would not be the same. Am I right?"

Liu Xi said with a straight face: "I think the first time should be given to the one I love."

"Hahahaha... What a coincidence, the emperor's beloved is here!"

Zhao Yingrong grinned, grabbed the arm of the maid of honor Guilu, and flew away.I don't know if it's because she's becoming more and more familiar with the emperor, she doesn't shy away from performing martial arts in front of the emperor, and even let the emperor find out that Guilu is also good at martial arts, but she is not as unpredictable as her Degree.

Liu Xi's mouth twitched.Because the beautiful queen mother wanted to talk to him in private, he deliberately let Mi Tuan guard at a distance, but instead gave the queen mother a chance to fly away.He felt that there were only a few people who came directly to look for him now, and sure enough, within a moment, he saw Zhao Yun appearing at the corner of the corridor.

"Your Majesty, the fourth prince of the Xiongnu wants to see the Emperor today." Zhao Yun whispered his intentions.

When Li Bai rescued the fourth prince of the Huns, Liu Xi arranged him to live in Shanglin Garden, under Zhao Yun's care.Shanglin Garden originally had a royal palace, and it would not be a grievance for him to live in it. Moreover, there are layers of guards guarding the outside, so you are not afraid of any accidents. It can be said that it is the safest and most secluded place.Liu Xi also expects this person to play a miraculous effect in future wars, so he is not going to let this dark move be exposed prematurely.Now that the fourth prince has a request, he can only pass it on to Liu Xi through Zhao Yun.

"Now? Today is New Year's Eve. Let him celebrate the New Year with peace of mind. I will see him in a few days. Zilong, don't leave when you come. I have prepared fireworks tonight." The emperor said while trying to catch the idol His hand was fine, it was not shaken off.

"But...the fourth prince..." Zhao Yun showed a look of embarrassment.

"What's the matter?" The emperor took a step closer, and found that he was now tall enough to look into the idol's eyes, and felt a little happy.

"The fourth prince threatened to die, saying that he must see the emperor today." Zhao Yun sighed.

He also felt that this matter was a bit tricky, the fourth prince was not a prisoner after all, he couldn't let the soldiers tie him up, could he?Speaking of which, this Hun is really strange, he doesn't show the toughness of the Huns at all, but he looks like a beautiful scholar at first glance after putting on the clothes of the Han people.Because he was the one whom the emperor asked him to protect, Zhao Yun would try his best to satisfy the fourth prince's requests on weekdays.However, he will check all the things requested by the fourth prince himself, in case the fourth prince knows any big secrets.

Zhao Yun found that what the fourth prince wanted most were Li Bai's poems.This is really easy to find. There are many bookstalls in Chang'an City that have privately printed collections of Li Bai's poems by admirers.The fourth prince also specially asked Zhao Yun to invite Li Bai twice, but Li Bai did not attend the appointment.Zhao Yun guessed that the fourth prince was also an admirer of Li Bai, and he didn't know why he went crazy today. After inviting Li Bai again but failed, he suddenly asked to see the emperor, and if he couldn't see him today, he shouted to die.

Zhao Yun was given a headache by the fourth prince, and it was useless to persuade him. In the end, he had to let the fourth prince wait, and he went to the palace to face the saint.In fact, he didn't want to cause trouble for Liu Xi at all, and he couldn't help but feel guilty. He didn't notice that Liu Xi was eating tofu, but smiled at Liu Xi instead.

Liu Xi didn't think it was so difficult.

"He's about to die, so what's the difficulty for me to see him? Let's do it this way! You wait for a while, I will let people prepare and bring fireworks. Let's spend New Year's Eve in Shanglin Garden tonight! It can be regarded as a battle with soldiers Let's have fun!"

Zhao Yun was taken aback for a moment, and then felt that it was okay to do so.Letting the fourth prince enter the palace would definitely attract attention, but the emperor went out to play. This reason is reasonable and can just deceive people's eyes and ears.

The emperor was going to leave the palace in a grand manner, so there were naturally many things to prepare for. By the time Liu Xi and Zhao Yun set foot on the road to Shanglinyuan, it was already past noon.There was a long line of people behind the emperor's driver, some were in charge of delivering food, and some were in charge of delivering condolences to Shanglinwei. The people in Chang'an City felt that those who could enter Shanglinwei were lucky when they saw them. to receive such an honor.Since then, many young and strong people have asked to join Shanglinwei every year, which is beyond Liu Xi's expectation at this moment.

When he arrived at Shanglinyuan, Zhao Yun first arranged for martial arts training.The emperor came here rarely, and he was going to show the emperor the new cavalry tactics he had figured out.Many of these tactics were the emperor's idea, and Zhao Yun didn't know if his understanding was correct, so he wanted to take this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ask the emperor for advice.It's a pity that he didn't know that Liu Xi himself was half a bottle of water, and that tactics were all stolen from later documentaries. After seeing Lin Wei's drill, he only praised him.

Afterwards, the emperor rewarded the three armies, because it was Chinese New Year, and there were a lot of New Year's goods in the condolences, which moved the soldiers who didn't go home for the Chinese New Year and wept bitterly.

Liu Xi had dinner with the soldiers.The food made by the imperial chef in the palace is naturally incomparable to ordinary camp meals, and the generals ate it so much that they wanted to swallow their tongues.A general who had a good relationship with Zhao Yun quietly touched Zhao Yun's arm with his elbow, laughing that he often went to the palace recently because he wanted to take advantage of the emperor's food.

Zhao Yun naturally didn't want his subordinates to make fun of the emperor.He still has a lot of aura in front of his subordinates, and with just one sentence, the general smiled and changed the subject.Liu Xi was very surprised when he saw it, and felt that Zhao Yun like this was something he had never seen before.He picked up the big bowl and touched Zhao Yun, and started drinking with the idol.

After drinking and eating, Liu Xi asked Zhao Yun to light the first firework, and then set off a lot of fireworks one after another.The soldiers were very curious about "Sky Fire", and some of them heard that the emperor set off "Sky Fire" and almost burned down the palace one year, so they couldn't help being a little scared.But later, I realized that this thing was purely for fun, and it had no lethality at all, so I let it go.Those present were all iron-blooded men, who drank countless bowls of wine under the fireworks that night, and some of them will remember the pride for a lifetime.

On the other hand, Liu Xi saw that it was almost time, and signaled Zhao Yun to take him to meet the fourth prince of the Huns.

"The last general thought the emperor didn't want to see him anymore!" Zhao Yun felt awkward walking hand in hand with the emperor, but he didn't have the nerve to shake it off.

"I just want to hang him out for a while." Liu Xi smiled and said, "Zilong thought so, so I didn't see you in a hurry!"

Zhao Yun smiled: "Anyway, when I left, I told the fourth prince to tie him up if he committed suicide. Just now I saw that the emperor was drinking happily, and the general was also very happy. Why would you worry about such a thing?"

"Hahahaha...Zilong has also learned to be cunning!" Liu Xi smiled and thumped Zhao Yun's shoulder, "Let's go! Let's see if the fourth prince is tied up!"