Ming Jing Tai

This night, the best and most satisfying food are buns and beans.The two children, who had been tired all day, fell asleep lying on their father's body before the dinner was over. Yi Zhongren picked up a child in one hand and left the table first, but Huo Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he left.

Huo Feng originally wanted Baozi and Douzi to sleep alone. Both children are six years old, so it's time for them to sleep by themselves.But Baozi and Douzi have always slept with their father, so they refused.So even if the two children are now prominent princes, they still live in Ningshen Palace, and they still sleep with Yi Zhongren at night.

With the help of the two nuns, they changed the child's sleeping clothes and wiped the child's hands, face and feet. The Yizhong people waved away the waiters and took off the crimson official uniform.

Sitting in front of the Mirror Stage, in the bronze mirror is a handsome face without any expression.Putting down the bun, the person in the bronze mirror immediately looked indistinguishable from male and female.

Yi Zhongren knew what kind of face he had.No matter whether it is Emperor Jiazheng or the officials of the previous dynasty, there are many who are interested in him. If he is not for his cruelty, demon face, and tricks, I am afraid that he would have been eaten up by countless people.

Which of the better-looking eunuchs in the palace was not favored by Emperor Jiazheng?The eunuchs who were favored by Emperor Jiazheng were either killed by Concubine Ru or Sun Jiyu; or they were recruited by Zhang Zhong to seduce and bribe those ministers who had this hobby.Even Sun Jiyu had secretly played with countless eunuchs.

In order not to let himself end up like that, he practiced martial arts with all his might, and learned how to play with his mind.He set up a trick to let the prince fall into the water, and he appeared in time to save the prince, and since then he has been with Concubine Ru.With Imperial Concubine Ru as his backer, his own excellent kung fu, coupled with his cold temper, Emperor Jiazheng didn't dare to make a move against him.

For many years, even he himself felt that he had such a monster face - deep purple lips, deep red eyeliner, pale face.

Today, when he saw the official uniform sent by the Ministry of Officials, all kinds of the past appeared before his eyes again.

The person who sent it said that the color was chosen by the emperor himself, and the people in Yizhong didn't know what that person meant.Is it because he wants to come up with the method of Shanghai Anwei Qianhu, or is it just because that person remembers his previous makeup?No matter which one, he doesn't like it, but he won't express anything.

In the eyes of others, he is extremely powerful now, but he always knows his position in his heart.Huo Feng can give him power, and he can also drive him into the Hall of Yama overnight.Even if Douzi calls him father, he is just a grassroots person.

As for the flames in Huo Feng's eyes that would burn him from time to time...

Yi Zhongren meditated in front of the bronze mirror.

He won't be self righteous and think that Huo Feng has taken a fancy to him.No matter how unwilling he was, he couldn't get rid of the fact that he was a eunuch. Even now, he was just an eunuch and father-in-law with the title of servant.An eunuch can only be a doll, not even worthy of a male pet.

Huo Feng may have feelings for him, but at most it is just to repay his gratitude.That person was willing to accept Baozi as an adopted son, and he was willing for Douzi to continue calling him "Daddy", which was enough to repay the kindness he had shown to that person.

There was the sound of footsteps, and Yi Zhongren quickly retracted his thoughts, and then he heard the door of Waiwen creak.He got up to get his outer shirt, only wearing his inner coat, but the door of the inner room was knocked open.

"Chongren... are you asleep?" A drunk man staggered in.

Yi Zhongren put on his clothes and frowned: "Your Majesty, why are you here?"

After belching, Huo Feng waved his hands, walked unsteadily to the bed, and sat down. "Let me see the beans, and the buns."

I really drank too much, and even "I" came out.Yi Zhongren looked outside, there was no one, did this person come here alone?He stepped out and called for someone to take Huo Feng back to the dormitory. Immediately afterwards, someone grabbed his wrist.

"Heavy man, don't go."

One forcefully pulled Yi Zhongren over, Huo Feng stood up staggeringly, tilted his body, and pressed on Yi Zhongren's body, Yi Zhongren hurriedly stretched out his hands to support him.

Huo Feng was a head taller than Yi Zhongren, and he was a military commander, with a burly figure.With such a pressure, Yi Zhongren couldn't support him at all, so he could only retreat.As soon as he retreated, Huo Feng moved forward, and Yi Zhongren retreated four or five steps in a row, and retreated to the dressing table.

"Your majesty, you are drunk, and I called someone to take you back to the palace."

The weight of Huo Feng's whole body was on Yi Zhongren's body. Only at this moment did Yi Zhongren know how heavy Huo Feng was, so he had to lean on the Mirror Stand to stabilize Huo Feng.

Huo Feng wrapped Yi Zhongren in his arms, resting his chin on the top of his head, reeking of alcohol.No one had ever hugged him like this before, and Yi Zhongren, who was extremely unaccustomed to him, pushed hard to back out, but Huo Feng trapped him in front of the Mirror Stage and refused to let him go at all.

Yi Zhongren panicked for a while, panicked like never before.

"Your majesty, let me go first, and I will bring you hangover soup."

"Heavy man..." Huo Feng didn't let go, he used his hands hard, "You change that official uniform... I will choose one for you again."

Yi Zhongren stopped struggling and looked a little cold.

"I just thought, you must look very good in that dress. Who knows, it looks so good... Change it, change it... Even Yun Kai, that kid, looked straight at him... Change it, Definitely, you have to change...In the future, you can wear it in private. Outside, you should dress plainly, plainly...so that they don't stare at you, look...no, it's decent!"

Surprise appeared in her eyes, and most of the coldness receded, and Yizhong sent her to ask: "Why did the emperor choose such a color for his minister?"

Huo Feng wrapped his fingers around Yi Zhongren's long hair, and said in a low voice, "When I saw you for the first time in Yucheng Pass, I felt that this kind of clothes must be very suitable for you..."

Xu Shi was too drunk, Huo Feng's voice became a little more intimate, "I don't like your makeup... But for some reason, I feel that this color is the most suitable for you. I'm serious, you It's ice, it's fire."

Following Huo Feng's words, the strong smell of alcohol sprayed on the top of Yi Zhongren's head, and every pore on his body was numb from the smell of alcohol.

is that so?Not to remind him of his past identity, nor to remind him of his previous makeup, just because he thinks he looks good in this way?Such an argument is hardly convincing.

"Heavy man..." Huo Feng chuckled a few times, "I am now the emperor." There was a hint of invitation for credit.

Yi Zhongren's heart throbbed, and he pushed Huo Feng hard.Huo Feng seemed to know that he was uncomfortable like this, he let go of him, took two unsteady steps back, and grabbed Yi Zhongren's hand with both hands, with a strong joy on his face.

"Chongren, I am now the emperor."

The corners of Yi Zhongren's mouth curled up, and his eyes under the candlelight revealed a heart-pounding light, and he secretly broke free from the opponent's hands, his palms were scalded badly.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

"It's all because of you." Huo Feng lifted Yi Zhongren's hands to hold his face, and locked his eyes on the uncomfortable man with candlelight eyes, "Without you, I would have died long ago."

"The emperor's auspicious person has his own appearance."

I don't know if it's because the candles are not bright enough, or because the atmosphere between the two is too harmonious, or because one of them is drunk, but Yi Zhongren knew that he should pull out his hands, but when he pressed against Huo Feng's face, he relaxed.

"Heavy man..." Huo Feng rubbed his hands, "Your hands are too cold."

"...It's like this in nature." Yi Zhongren's eyes were a little dazed.It seemed that after his body was disabled, his hands were always so cold.

"These years... you have worked hard..."

"Fortunately."

"Don't wear that dress."

The voice dropped a few degrees, Huo Feng closed his eyes, and leaned back, Yi Zhongren strode forward to hug him, and dragged the drunk man onto the bed.Huo Feng grunted a few times and turned over, just fell asleep like this, Yi Zhongren quickly took off his shoes, otherwise the mattress would have to be dirty.Now Huo Feng felt more comfortable, snoring sounded.

Looking at the two sleeping children on the bed and Huo Feng who passed away from drunk, Yi Zhongren frowned.This man must not be allowed to sleep here!

He got dressed and went out to call someone.Lu Tao and several inner guards were guarding outside, and the Yizhong people asked them to carry Huo Feng back to the bedroom.

After Lu Tao came in, he looked at the emperor's situation, and said with a embarrassed face: "The emperor will definitely not be able to go back. The table has not been withdrawn yet. Let the adults see the emperor being carried back, which will damage the dragon's face. It is better to let the emperor sleep. Here it is, when the emperor came, he also said that he was visiting the two princes."

If he sleeps here, where does he sleep?Moreover, the smell of alcohol in this person will smoke the buns and beans.But Lu Hai was right, it was really inappropriate for this person to be carried back drunk on the first day of his enthronement.

After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhongren said: "There is a bed in the study next door, go and move it here."

"Yes."

Lu Tao retreated respectfully, not daring to delay, and immediately took people to move the bed.

The bed was moved soon, and the people from Yizhong asked Lu Tao to put it in the outer room, and then carried Huo Feng over.Lu Tao was in a dilemma again, how could he let the emperor sleep outside?

Seeing Baozi slipping into Huo Feng's arms, Yi Zhongren gritted his teeth: "Put it here."

Lu Tao breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly called someone to bring the bed in, and the inner room became much more crowded at once.

Huo Feng, who fell asleep, was unceremoniously thrown on the bed by Yi Zhongren.As if frightened by Yi Zhongren's face, Lu Tao hurriedly backed out after covering the emperor with a quilt, and closed the door.

Sitting on the bed, Yi Zhongren frowned.The whole room smelled of alcohol, and it stinks to death. If it wasn't for the fact that there was only one room in Ningshen Palace that could sleep, he would definitely take his two children to another place to sleep.

Putting down the bed curtain to keep out the smell of alcohol, Yizhong went out to wash with a cold face.I really didn't expect that the man would go crazy after drinking.

When the Yizhong man came back from washing, he opened a window to let the air in, and lit some incense again, the smell in the room was finally not so bad.As the cool wind blew in, Yi Zhongren, who was about to go to bed, paused, then got up and closed the window, leaving only a gap.Tuck in the quilt for Huo Feng, and then he goes to bed.

Facing sideways to the two children, behind him was the soft snoring of a person, as if returning to the days at Yucheng Pass.

Does this person know that he is the emperor now?How can an emperor "sleep indiscriminately", let alone here.

With indescribable boredom, Yi Zhongren closed his eyes.Where he couldn't see, the sleeping Huo Feng smiled.

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On the day of Zhai Feng's ascension to the throne, he stayed in Ningshen Palace. Although he explained in the court hall the next day that he wanted to spend more time with his two young sons, it was difficult to dispel the doubts of the officials.After all, there is still a Yizhong man living in Ningshen Palace, and the emperor spent the night in Yi Zhongren's room. Among them...

Seeing how the emperor used Yi Zhongren so much as soon as he came to the throne, he also adopted Yi Zhongren's adoptive son as an adopted son, and even made him a first-class prince. Even the second prince's name has the word "Zhong" in it. Many ministers All feel uneasy.

No matter how loyal Yi Zhongren was, he was once a Qianhu of Shanghai Anwei, not to mention, he was an eunuch.Even though the emperor gave him the official position of "servant officer", everyone knew that it was just a different name for the eunuch with palm seal.

However, the uneasiness is uneasy. Although some ministers wrote to ask the emperor to be cautious in dealing with the Yizhong people, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty, but in the case of the silence of the old ministers and the emperor's trusted ministers, these people's letters are also unreasonable. Like a stone sinking into the sea, there was no response from the emperor at all.

In the imperial study room, Ruan Xingtian, Xu Baicai, Zhang Huaiqiu, Tang Nian, Jidi, Xie Ming and other confidants of Huo Feng were listed.Huang Han and He Jia returned to guard the border. The new dynasty was initially established, and the border should be guarded against chaos. Ruan Xingtian and Xu Baicai sat in the middle of the court.It is enough to have Zhang Huaiqiu in the capital, not to mention that Huo Feng himself was born as a general.

Yizhong is not there.Huo Feng allowed him to walk in front of the imperial court and participate in government affairs, but the Yizhong people spent more time patrolling the palace.The affairs of the inner court, from the purchase of the palace to the selection of the eunuchs, have to be decided by the Yizhong people. There is no heroine in the palace, and the Yizhong people are much more busy than he expected. For a month, he has not listened to politics with other ministers.

Huo Feng threw out several memorials, and said in an unclear tone: "Recently, there are a lot of papers for my choice of concubine, come, do you know about this?"

Ruan Xingtian and Xu Baicai remained silent, they are military generals, they just lead troops to fight and don't care about the emperor's "private affairs".Besides, can you handle it?

Zhang Huaiqiu and Xie Ming didn't say a word, they all knew that the Yizhong people were very taboo about the emperor accepting concubines.The emperor accepting concubine means that there will be other heirs, which is not a good thing for Baozi and Douzi.

Seeing that no one responded, Tang Nian said, "Although the world has been set for the first time, and the emperor has just ascended the throne, I think it's time to start thinking about the draft. The emperor cannot live without concubines."

Jidi gave Tang Nian a sympathetic look. This guy was good at dealing with government affairs, but his ability to read words and demeanor was not good enough.Huo Feng let out a calm "huh" and turned to Jidi.

Ji Di said: "I think the matter of drafting can be postponed for a while. Now that the country is in disarray, and the emperor chooses the draft as soon as he ascends the throne, it will inevitably be misunderstood by the people. Moreover, this matter depends on the emperor's will first. , after all, it is for the emperor to choose a concubine for you."

Tang Nian looked at Jidi, not understanding why the other party objected.

Xie Ming said at this time: "I think Master Ji is right. Looking at the emperors in the late period of the previous dynasty, they were all busy with drafting and having fun as soon as they ascended the throne. Now is the time to stabilize the hearts of the people. good."

Huo Feng nodded, seeming to think it made sense.

When Tang Nian saw this, he immediately realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, and immediately said: "The prime minister and Mr. Ji are right to worry. The treasury is not yet full, and the draft is bound to cost a lot. Now many places need to use money. It's better to take it slow."

Satisfied with the reactions of the courtiers, Huo Feng said: "I don't have the same thoughts now. You can directly approve such memorials in the future, and you don't need to submit them to me again."

"Yes."

"If you have nothing important to do, you can step back, and Jidi stays."

"I'm waiting to retire."

Except for Jidi, everyone bowed and retreated.

As soon as he left the imperial study, Xu Baicai hurriedly asked Ruan Xingtian secretly: "Is this the only reason why the emperor called us here?"

Ruan Xingtian pointed out in a low voice: "The emperor means that none of us should get involved in the draft, and we should act as if we didn't hear it."

Xu Baicai pondered over the meaning of this sentence, and after a while, he asked uncertainly: "The emperor doesn't have any plans at all, does he?"

"You guessed it right." Ruan Xingtian went to find Zhang Huaiqiu after leaving a sentence that shocked Xu Baicai.That man ran away again!

In the imperial study room, Jidi, who was left behind, took out something from his arms, walked up to the emperor and presented it with both hands.

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A small courtyard in the northeast corner of the palace is the place where Yizhong people deal with government affairs, and it is called the "Inner Servant Court".

After agreeing to Huo Feng, the Yizhong people found a few nails that he had previously placed in Huanwei and Yuqinwei to help him, including Guo An, the eunuch who he had personally appointed in charge of writing in Huanwei, and Yuqinwei. Secretary Zhuang also.Hu'anwei and Yuqinwei were defeated in the end, and these two people contributed a lot.

When Manchu civil and military officials knew that these two people were also from Yizhong, they were shocked, even Huo Feng was taken aback.

Mr. Yi Zhong was reading the report sent by the eunuch in charge. Guo An walked in and whispered in his ear: "My lord, I just heard some rumors. Many adults have written letters to the emperor, asking him to pick girls."

Yi Zhongren's eyes darkened, and he asked in a low voice: "The emperor agreed?"

"Maybe not."

Yi Zhongren put down the report.After a while, he said: "Secretly pay attention to who wants the emperor to draft."

"Yes."

Guo An left, and Yi Zhongren looked gloomy.

He had long thought that such a day would come.Huo Feng doesn't have a single woman around him, he is the emperor now, how can he have less than three thousand beauties?Thinking that there will be countless Yingyingyanyans in the palace and more willful and domineering princes and princesses in the future, Yi Zhongren's complexion became even more gloomy.

As far as he is concerned, it is best for Huo Feng not to have any new heirs within ten years. Right now, it seems that it is very difficult to achieve.He could make Emperor Jiazheng's woman unable to conceive a child, but he couldn't use the same method on Huo Feng. He didn't want to break the current relationship of trust between him and Huo Feng.

The Yizhong man didn't want to read the report anymore, he had to plan ahead and think about how to consolidate the position of the crown prince, Baozi and Douzi in the palace.