The majestic sister-in-law of the Red Chamber

More than a year has passed in a blink of an eye. During this period, the entire court was extremely busy. After this thorough cleansing in the court hall, the whole atmosphere became clearer. Aggressive, a chaotic state where nobles from aristocratic families will only fight for power for their own interests.

The emperor and his confidants have gone through many classics and historical records and many years of small-scale practice, and many of the measures that have been carefully researched to improve the army and simplify the administration, and benefit the country and the people have also been successfully implemented.

At the same time, the emperor also ordered people to re-evaluate and review the nobles who inherited the titles of their ancestors, regardless of whether they have strengths in literature or martial arts, or in mathematics or some other aspect, as long as they are not the kind of outright spendthrifts. As long as they can contribute to the development of the imperial court in a certain way, the emperor will not hesitate to give them a corresponding official position.

However, for those nobles who have been marginalized by the original nobles of the family, so they were lucky enough not to participate in this conspiracy, although this is a wonderful opportunity to enter the center of the imperial court openly, but for the It is also a difficult challenge for them.

You must know that with this reform of the review of titles, those titles that were not earned by oneself, but inherited by ancestor Yu Yinxiang, etc., from now on only have a nominal title and a corresponding conferring edict, and the imperial court No corresponding salary will be issued to them.

In the past, due to the bloated structure of the imperial court, there was a lot of overlap between the functions of officials, which led to low efficiency in handling affairs, and mutual blame often occurred when problems occurred. The emperor had long hated this.

In this reform, this issue was raised separately for the first time. After this reform, the responsibilities of each official have been divided in the most detailed way, and each official has made every effort to understand his own division of labor and positioning. It is very clear that the government orders issued by the court can be executed quickly and accurately.

When the first emperor was in power, because officials were able to borrow money from the household department, the household department was once extremely empty, and the warehouses could starve to death mice, and even a mere 10 taels of disaster relief money could not be brought out.

Later, in order to prevent the household department from being unable to make ends meet all year round, and the entire court could not operate normally, the first emperor acquiesced in the official department to cooperate with the household department to buy and sell some empty titles and some small officials with little real power to relieve the household department. crisis.

It was at this time that many aristocrats of aristocratic families participated in this series of activities of buying and selling officials in order to look better when their children and grandchildren got married. Among them, those empty titles were the main ones. Under the investigation, all these empty titles obtained through trading will be cleared up. If the titles that have been filled are actually lacking, they will be subject to strict inspection. .

At this point, the matter of buying and selling officials and titles started from the first emperor was completely and permanently suspended, and the matter of recovering the treasury arrears from the officials and nobles who were still alive was directly put on the agenda. The person in question is Situ Meng, Prince Zhongshun.

It's a pity that in the last tragic battle, Lin Tian fell into a deep sleep due to the double overdraft of supernatural power and mental power. Although there was no danger to his life for the time being, he didn't wake up for a long time, which made his original vitality radiate. The aggressive and energetic Situ Meng is completely devoid of the vicious drive he used to have.

Now Situ Meng has completely lived the life of a full-time escort who doesn't leave the door and doesn't go out. Every day, he hugs Lin Tian to the special mobile bed, pushes her to wander in the garden of the palace, and looks at the flowers. Flowers bloom and fall, and the seasons change. For this reason, Situ Meng even cut off all the thresholds in the mansion, just to make it easier for Lin Tian to push up the bed on which he was lying.

Every day, after Situ Meng woke up in the morning, he would massage Lin Tian's muscles, feed her food and medicine, put the most beautiful flowers in her room, and tell her all the latest rumors and interesting gossip in the capital. , and read a variety of poetry, prose, travel and other books.

In the dead of night, Situ Meng would sit quietly beside Lin Tian's bed, reminiscing over and over again the little things they had been together for so many years. All the beautiful scenes from meeting to acquaintance, getting to know each other, falling in love, etc. are all carefully recorded with a brush.

Situ Meng refused without hesitation for the emperor to confer on him the title of the one-word side-by-side king next to the emperor. As for entering the court as an official, it is even more impossible. Even the shadow army matter Continue to manage with no mood and energy.

After stripping the Reaper Squad from the Shadow Troops, Situ Meng relentlessly took over the remaining part

The members of the Shadow Force, including the entire intelligence department and the corresponding industries, were all thrown to the emperor to deal with. He just stayed with the person he loved most wholeheartedly.

The emperor was also very busy this year. Due to the great power of the aristocrats at the time of the founding of the country, there were countless laws and regulations that were biased towards the aristocrats in the laws formulated by Emperor Taizu. The emperor took advantage of this great opportunity , completely abolished these laws. Although it cannot directly make the prince break the law and commit the same crime as the common people, it also deprives the nobles of the family of those privileges that they should not have.

Anyway, after this battle, more than two-thirds of the aristocratic families in the court were completely ransacked and wiped out because of their participation in this big treason case, and the remaining small part was like a frightened bird. Apart from nodding their heads, they didn't dare to resist at all. For a while, the whole capital was full of turmoil and panic.

The domineering and domineering dandies who were often seen on the streets in the capital disappeared all of a sudden. Many of them who had done a lot of evil things hurriedly spent a lot of money in private to think about it during this period of time. They did everything they could to silence the previous victims, and promised not to pursue them any longer. They were deeply afraid that the stern and unselfish Emperor would make a fuss for them.

Due to the large number of people participating in this rebellion, the wide range of people involved, and the extremely bad influence, the emperor did not punish the nine clans of these people in accordance with the strictest laws, because if this is the case, I am afraid that there will be nine families in this capital. empty.

After the emperor killed the chief culprit, he ransacked the prisoner's father, brother and son, and exiled them all from their homes, and prohibited imperial and military examinations within three generations, and they were not allowed to be officials.

In just over a year, the atmosphere in the entire Dayong court has been cleared. Although the number of officials is nearly half that of before, the efficiency of work has been miraculously improved a lot. All the flattering nonsense is gone, replaced by a new memorial that is clear and substantial.

The original small-scale experiment in Jining Mansion has also been a complete success, and the governor of Jining Mansion was also transferred back to the capital by the emperor to give special training to those officials who will be released.

This year, the emperor opened Enke again. This time the imperial examination not only divided civil examinations and military examinations, but also specially set up mathematics, criminal law and other subjects that officials will definitely use after taking office. Although many of them are currently It is still a selective exam, but with this wind vane, I believe that the future students will naturally know which direction to work hard.

After this battle in the harem, the entire structure has also undergone tremendous changes. The empress took this opportunity to rectify the harem completely, completely controlling the harem in her own hands, without the empress dowager and the elders of the royal family who are all kinds of faultfinding Due to the restrictive behavior and the provocation of those concubines with powerful natal families, the queen can do things with twice the result with half the effort and double the efficiency.

Although Concubine Rong and Concubine Shu both participated in this treason, they were also killed in the chaos. For the sake of the reputation of the two little princes, the emperor concealed their crimes from the outside, and only treated them according to the standard of ordinary concubines. They were hastily buried.

One of the two little princes was hidden in a hidden corner of the main hall by Lin Tian, ​​and the other was hidden behind the screen of the washroom in the side hall by Concubine Shu. They only found it when the guards searched the palace inch by inch for the last time. When they came out, apart from being frightened, the two children did not suffer any physical injuries, which was considered a blessing among misfortunes.

Although the concubine Jia Yuanchun was favored by the emperor and the queen because of her outstanding performance in the face of danger, Jia Jing of the Ningguo government was the biggest behind-the-scenes mastermind behind these conspiracies. Jia Yuanchun's unprecedented title of concubine Xiande is second only to the queen in the harem, but she will never have a child of her own in this life.

Ningguo's mansion was thoroughly searched, Rongguo's mansion borrowed the double protection of Jia Yuanchun and Jia Min's natal family, only to be extrajudicially merciful by the emperor, not to be held accountable, and luckily escaped.

Winter went to spring, and in the blink of an eye, it was another new year. Situ Meng still stayed in his palace completely behind closed doors. Except for the Lin family who occasionally came to visit Lin Tian, ​​Situ Meng didn't receive any visitors at all.

He didn't even attend the big banquet held by the emperor in the palace on New Year's Eve. Although the emperor and the empress were heartbroken by Situ Meng's self-enclosed state, there was no good way to persuade him. He is willing to deal with anyone, but at least he still shoulders the heavy responsibility of taking care of Lin Tian, ​​so every meal will be eaten on time and on order, and he has never stopped practicing his own kung fu.

While the imperial doctor was doing Lin Tian's routine pulse diagnosis every day, he would also ask for a safe pulse for Situ Meng every now and then, in order to ensure his physical condition.

Regarding Lin Tian's current situation, all the imperial doctors were helpless, and the emperor and empress could only send some precious medicinal materials as much as possible to express their hearts with everything Lin Tian might use. After all, The emperor and empress are also looking forward to Lin Tian waking up as soon as possible.

On the night of the New Year's Eve, the bright moon in the sky also quietly went home to celebrate the New Year. The whole sky was dark, and occasionally a few stars twinkling with faint light could be seen. In the small courtyard where Situ Meng and Lin Tian lived At this moment, the lights are brightly lit, and all kinds of palace lanterns with strange shapes are hung all over the courtyard.

Situ Meng ordered people to prepare a lot of custom-made beautiful fireworks and put them in the yard, and then gave the servants annual leave, not wanting anyone to disturb the two-person world between him and Lin Tian.

"Xiaotian, it's been more than a year, and you've slept long enough! Didn't you say that you want to be a couple with me for the rest of your life, in the same bed, in the same bed, and never leave? Without you Eating at the same table, I don’t enjoy eating alone, and I have lost a lot of weight this year!

Didn't you say that you liked that large revolving lantern?This year, I specially sent someone to find that craftsman, and customized an oversized one for you, can you wake up and take a look?Oh, by the way, I have also prepared a lot of interesting fireworks, and I will show them to you later! "

As Situ Meng said, he looked at Lin Tian who was lying quietly on the special mobile bed frame with a deep love. Ge specially customized the latest bright red dress for Lin Tian, ​​matched it with Lin Tian's favorite snow-white fox fur cloak, and painted her with delicate and beautiful light makeup.

Unlike other long-term coma or bedridden patients who have become shriveled and emaciated, and have pale or sallow faces, although Lin Tian is in a coma, his complexion is getting better every day. Today, having been in a coma for more than a year, the state is even healthier than the bleak state that just passed out.

This is also completely inexplicable by those imperial doctors. After all, no matter how they check, the final conclusion is that Lin Tian is just too tired and fell asleep, and his body functions are exactly the same as those of healthy people. reason to wake up.

"Xiaotian, listen, the New Year's bell is ringing outside! It's a new year, and I'm about to get the crown this year! Brother Huang said that a grand ceremony will be held in the palace for me Well, if you are lazy and continue to sleep like this, you won’t be able to see my most handsome, unrestrained and suave appearance! Do you really have the heart to miss the most important moment in my life? Xiaotian, wake up soon ..."

As Situ Meng said, his fingers lightly slid across Lin Tian's fair and delicate face, feeling Lin Tian's slightly blush and elastic skin, full of nostalgia.

Looking at it, he suddenly leaned down, and gently placed a kiss on Lin Tian's lips without any erotic meaning. There was a deep fascination and unspeakable pain in his eyes. He muttered to himself in a low voice:

"Xiaotian, wake up, I really can't hold on anymore! Without your company, this world has no color in my eyes, and the delicious food I tasted with you is now completely lost For the original taste, I can only force myself to eat every meal mechanically like chewing wax.

Without your laughter and laughter, this huge mansion is simply eerily quiet.I regret it, I really regret it, I regret that I was too brave at the beginning, I didn't bring enough troops directly, and directly suppressed all those guys with the force of thunder.

I hate myself for being so useless. If I had worked harder and worked harder when I was cultivating, if my internal strength could have been deeper and my external strength better, you would not have become the person you are now just to save me. look...

Xiaotian, Xiaotian... You must be able to hear me, right?Are you angry with me, that's why you deliberately slept forever? Are you scaring me and want me to worry?I know that I will listen to you in everything in the future, and I will never do anything that threatens my safety, okay?

All the rebellious officials and thieves, all the stumbling blocks that hinder the development of the court have all been dealt with, and now there is a peaceful atmosphere inside and outside the court. Brother Huang has handled everything very well. The life of the common people is much better than before. Poor people Children can also read and write, and change their destiny in the future.

I have already handed over all the things on hand to Brother Huang, Xiaotian, now all the time belongs to us!When you wake up, we can travel around the world freely. Last time, didn’t you say that you wanted to go out to sea by boat to see those unknown worlds?I also need to look for those strange plants and delicacies with different tastes that you mentioned..."

Situ Meng sat beside Lin Tian, ​​holding one of her hands, chattering endlessly, he was just confiding instinctively, never expecting that every word and every sentence he said was actually heard by Lin Tian In the ears, in the heart.

Lin Tian's current state is not to blame for the fact that the imperial doctors couldn't find any problems at all. In fact, because of the overdraft of both the gold-type supernatural power and mental power that day, her body forcibly entered a self-dormant state. , the original seal in her body was completely broken, and a huge gold-type supernatural power rushed into her body in an instant.

Even though Lin Tian has been constantly improving her physical fitness for many years, this is not the special environment of the end of the world after all, and there is no crystal nucleus for her to directly improve her abilities and transform her body, so this huge force The energy in the body is unable to digest all of it for a while.

After recovering Lin Tian's mental strength, even though he could hear the sound of the outside world, he couldn't control his body to wake up, and he couldn't even do such a simple and tiny movement as opening his eyes.

These days, that huge gold-type ability has been constantly transforming her body, making her body strength gradually increase, gradually adapting to the huge energy in her body.

Originally, Lin Tian just accepted a large number of supernatural powers, and he could control his body to wake up with his mental power in about six months, but because the body transformation was too perfect, the supernatural powers were broken and erected directly, unexpectedly abruptly Breaking through the limit of the tenth level, the quantitative change caused a real qualitative change.

In the process of this transformation, Lin Tian's body was transformed again by supernatural powers, and the strength was greatly improved. During this process, Lin Tian's mental power was also continuously improved, but because the transformation was not completed, She couldn't control her body at all, and that's why she was in an embarrassing state of being unable to wake up after the imperial doctor's examination showed that her physical condition was very good.

During these drowsy days, Lin Tian was happiest every day when Situ Meng talked to her, and when he ate and drank medicine for her, she could clearly feel that her spiritual power grew very fast at this time , At the same time, the control of mental power over the body is also slowly increasing.

In fact, Lin Tian and Situ Meng are exactly the same in essence. The two of them don't care about power at all, especially after going through this life and death ordeal, they don't care about everything else except each other.

At this moment, Lin Tian especially wants to say to Tu Meng, I am willing to travel with you to see what kind of beautiful scene the end of this world is, but no matter how hard she tries, her mental power is always being suppressed. Trapped in a small black cage.

"Xiaotian, look, the fireworks have already started to be set off in the palace! It's just that it's still in the period of filial piety, and the emperor advocates frugality among officials, so only a few of these fireworks are set off! It's a good thing we didn't go to the palace. Look, or you're sure to regret it!"

As Situ Meng said, he looked at Lin Tian, ​​with a smug smile on his face, and said, "Fortunately, I have prepared this batch of special large-scale fireworks with the craftsman in advance, and I will show them to you now." !"

After finishing speaking, Situ Meng took out all the fireworks from the box in the yard, and started lighting them one by one.

"Bang... bang bang..." Fireworks flew up into the sky continuously. Different from the simplest round fireworks that were set off before the palace, this kind of fireworks specially customized by Situ Meng formed different shapes when they hit the sky. shape of flowers.

"Look, Xiaotian, there are peonies, peonies, and lotuses here. By the way, there is also the Chiba lotus that you liked very much before. Ah, I can't recognize the blue one. If you are awake, you must You can see it at a glance..."

As Situ Meng said, he walked to Lin Tian's side, and slowly helped her up so that she could half sit up on his own, and then gently hugged her from behind. From a distance, it looked like a Two people who love each other snuggle up close together to watch the beautiful fireworks in the sky.

This beautiful picture made the palace chief Shi Tan Mingxu and his wife Rong Jing, who were worried about the two of them, burst into tears, and the members of the Death Squad who were hiding in the dark couldn't help but clenched their fists, holding back Tears don't let it fall.

After a long time, all the fireworks were finally set off. With the extinguishment of the last firework, Situ Meng could no longer bear the pain in his heart. He silently hugged Lin Tian tightly from behind, and put his chin gently on the On the other party's shoulders, silent tears rolled down his cheeks, and within a short while, the fiery red dress on Lin Tian's body was soaked with tears.

"Little fool, how long are you going to cry! If you cry out those beautiful eyes, then I won't like it!"

Lin Tian's weak and hoarse voice suddenly rang in Situ Meng's ears. He was so startled that he stopped crying in an instant, and his eyes were staring like copper bells. He was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do, not even He dared to go to the front to face Lin Tian face to face, he was afraid that everything before was just his hallucination.

"Hehe... Mengmeng, I'm dying of thirst, why don't you hurry up and pour me a glass of water!" When she spoke again, Lin Tian's voice was much smoother than before, and at the same time she raised her hands with difficulty. With her left hand, she gently stroked the back of Situ Meng's hand that was wrapped around her waist.

"Xiaotian, Xiaotian, you finally woke up. I'm not dreaming!" At this moment, Situ Meng couldn't bear it anymore, and turned from behind Lin Tian to her in an instant. At the same time, his hands remained He hugged Lin Tian's body firmly, without any relaxation.

When Situ Meng's misty eyes directly met Lin Tian's clear and bright black eyes, the tears that had stopped flowing down uncontrollably again.

"Xiaotian, Xiaotian..." Situ Meng called Lin Tian's name incoherently, not knowing what to say at all.

"Fool! Why are you crying! I still remember all the words you said before! You said, we are going to go out to sea together by boat to see what the world outside the Dayong Dynasty looks like! You can't Repudiation!" Lin Tian said softly, raised his right hand with difficulty, and wiped away the tears on his face with his sleeve affectionately.

"My lord, the princess is awake, the princess is finally awake!" Rong Jing tugged at Tan Mingxu's sleeve in excitement, and snuggled into her arms.

Those Death Squads who were originally hiding in the dark didn't care about disturbing the two-person world of Lin Tian and Situ Meng at this moment, they jumped out of the hiding place one by one, watching Lin Tian excitedly Said: "Master, you finally woke up!"

"Hehe, so you are all here!" Lin Tian looked at them, and a beautiful smile appeared on his face at the same time, which made everyone present intoxicated.

"Okay, okay, Xiaotian just woke up, and his body is still very weak, you all should do what you want to do! Oh, by the way, let the kitchen deliver some porridge and side dishes, I think Xiaotian is also hungry right now!" As Situ Meng said, he directly hugged Lin Tian horizontally, and quickly ran towards the room. He still had a lot to say to Lin Tian.

At the moment when Lin Tian woke up, Situ Meng felt that he was completely alive. Even the dark night made him feel so beautiful. Cute and warm, the howling cold wind still couldn't resist the heat in his heart.