The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Overnight, news that the emperor was unable to speak or move due to a stroke spread throughout the court.

After assuming the throne, the four-year-late transition between the old and the new finally proceeded in an orderly manner under the leadership of Tu Zhen's step-by-step planning.Tu Zhen, who controlled most of the power in the court, calmly dealt with the questions and suspicions from the patriarchal eighth prince and other emperors.However, Tu Zhen's performance in the past was too real, benevolent and filial, and his actions of diligently governing and caring for the people for four years on the throne won him the hearts of most of the people in the government and the opposition.Therefore, even if these elders were puzzled, they did not dare to utter lies and accuse.

After all, things are different now than they used to be.

Tu Zhen had already sat firmly on that chair. If it wasn't for the emperor's reputation as a wise and mighty emperor, he even wanted to depose and imprison all those who opposed him.Years of enduring humiliation and repression, no one knows how much hatred and shame he has engraved in his heart.Those old ministers who used to rebuke Tu Zhen unscrupulously in order to please the emperor are now waiting with a little anxiety, fearing that the emperor will return all the neglect and even the insult he received before when he is proud of himself.

In such a tense atmosphere, another festival for the reunion of the full moon and people has arrived.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, the emperor decreed to entertain all officials and princes in the Qianqing Palace.

This is also the only independent feast that Tu Zhen has had since he took the throne.It shows that starting today, the little emperor who has been on the throne for nearly four years has truly become the emperor of the Yong Dynasty.Since then, the words of the golden mouth, the thousand gold and the promise.No one dares to refute the restraint of His will and will.

After four years, it was the first time that all the princes and ministers took a serious look at this forbearing and indifferent young emperor.He still sat quietly on the dragon chair at the top.Gao Hua's expression was indifferent, and a subtle arc was gently outlined on the side of his lips, making him look a little more friendly.A dragon robe is exquisite and complicated, with the sun and the moon on the shoulders, and the five-clawed golden dragon, which took [-] embroiderers three years to embroider, is majestic and majestic, making it more and more suitable for the emperor's splendor.

He has always spoken very little, and he used to be afraid that his talking too much would arouse the emperor's suspicion and guard.Now it feels unnecessary.Because no one is willing to listen to the emperor's words before they have power, and after they have real power, they don't have to understand it, as long as they obey and obey.

So from beginning to end, Xue Pan was the only one who was willing to listen carefully to Tu Zhen's speech.

Thinking of Xue Pan, a warm current flashed across Tu Zhen's indifferent and cold eyes.He slowly moved his gaze from the crowd to find Xiao Pantao, who was eating with his head buried. There were two piles of bones on the table in front of him, and most of the food on some plates was empty.

The cups of wine around him were intertwined, and the fluttering clothes did not attract his attention at all.It was as if he had really come to this banquet just to eat.While eating what was in his bowl, he looked up at Tu Zhen's direction from time to time.Seeing Tu Zhen looking at him intently, Xue Pan couldn't help showing him a bright smile.The dazzling white teeth became more and more clear in the brightly lit hall, and Tu Zhen subconsciously returned a doting smile.

Falling into the eyes of caring people around, he nodded tacitly.

In an instant, there were more wine glasses respecting Xue Zhizhang.

The empress next to Tu Zhen saw this scene, her eyes darkened, she picked up the chopsticks and put a bite of vegetarian vegetables into the bone plate in front of Tu Zhen, and said softly: "Drinking on an empty stomach is not good for your health, the Holy Majesty also eats it." Eat some food!"

Seeing it in Xue Pan's eyes, the smile on his face became more and more meaningful.He blinked and looked at Tu Zhen fixedly, a hint of amusement flashed in his deep and bright eyes.

Tu Zhen looked up at Xue Pan and licked the corners of his mouth. He casually put the vegetables in the bone dish into the Queen's bowl, and said with a smile, "I don't like this."

Do you not like this dish, or do you not like this dish I gave you?

The queen only felt a burst of bitterness spread in her mouth.She put down the chopsticks in her hand, calmed down her emotions, raised her glass to wish Xue Zhizhang, and said with a smile: "I heard that the son of Zhongxinhou is eighteen years old and has not yet married. If Zhongxinhou doesn't dislike it, I will How about Gong being a matchmaker for you? My niece, Tongyan, is 15 years old this year, and she can be considered to be both talented and beautiful. It shouldn't be a bad match for your family, right?"

Xue Zhizhang immediately got up and left the seat, went to the seat and bowed down.Before he could speak in the future, Xue Pan on the side tapped the plate with his chopsticks nonchalantly, propped his chin with one hand, and said with a half-smile, "The empress is going to meddle in the affairs of the previous dynasty?"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.

Everyone has heard of the arrogance and domineering, arrogant and unrestrained grandpa of the Xue family.The tit-for-tat confrontation with the Nan'an County Prince's Mansion when he first came to Beijing is still vivid in his memory, and now he is going to confront the queen again...

Everyone looked at each other calmly, secretly excited.

Since Tu Zhen has firmly secured the throne of emperor.The Guozhang Tong's family has a faint tendency to revive and make public.The specific manifestation is that in the court, it is at odds with the Xue family, the minister of Conglong. Whatever the Xue family advocates, the Tong family must oppose, and what the Xue family opposes, the Tong family must advocate.Above the market are shops targeting Xue's family everywhere.Although the financial resources may not be strong, but relying on the status of the head of the country, he has also robbed a lot of business from the Xue family.During this period of time, the Xue family did not respond, and everyone naturally thought that the Xue family was deliberately avoiding the edge.

After all, today's Xue family has become a raging fire, with flowers blooming.Since the achievement of the dragon, it has been reused by the saints.Later, he helped the Holy One secure his position as the emperor with great efforts, and now all the ministers that the Holy One relies on are related to the Xue family.For example, the Lin family in Yangzhou, the Wang family in Jinling, and the Zhen family in Jiangnan...

But the way of an emperor lies in balance.

It doesn't matter that the Xue family is so powerful than when the emperor monopolized the government.Even when His Majesty's status is unstable, the greater the Xue family's power, the more benefits His Majesty will gain.But once the power of the emperor collapsed, the Xue family, who was still wealthy and powerful, became independent from the court, which would be a bit dazzling.

Therefore, in the way of the emperor, it is normal for the Holy One to want to support another force to fight against the Xue family.And Guozhang Tong's family stood out.

In fact, this Tong family has extraordinary qualifications.Although their family does not have any capable people above the court, the key point is that all the heads of the Tong family have been sharp-eyed.Since the founding of the Yong Dynasty, all queens must come from the Tong family.Therefore, this Tong's family is also called Guozhang Tong's family.

The concubine Tong was from the Tong family.Now Tuzhen's aunt, the Empress Dowager Tong, is from the Tong family, and Tuzhen's empress, the empress dowager's niece Tong Wan, is also from the Tong family.

It is said that Tong Wan originally wanted to marry a daughter-in-law close to her because the Queen Mother Tong was worried about her adopted son Tuzhen.One is to monitor, and the other is to win over.Unexpectedly, by accidentally planting willows, another queen came out.So it is really puzzling to say that good fortune tricks people.

The relationship between the Tong family and the Holy Majesty is so close, after Tu Zhen officially took power, his status will naturally rise.Then it is understandable that he took the initiative to act as the gunman of the Holy Majesty to check and balance the Xue family.

It's a pity that although the Tong family's ancestral precepts were correct, he ignored the relationship between the Holy Master and the Xue family, specifically, the relationship between Tu Zhen and Xue Pan.With Xue Pan's temper, how could he tolerate this kind of "Guo Zhang Tong's family" who kept jumping in front of him like a clown who only relied on a woman's body to get the upper hand.

I didn't pay attention to it before, but Xue Zhizhang repeatedly suppressed it, and he didn't pay attention to the two and a half silver coins lost.Now the Tong family is pushing ahead and wanting to control his marriage——

Xue Pan sneered, "If a tiger doesn't show its power, you really think I'm a hellokitty!"

"The Great Yong Dynasty has had the ancestral system since ancient times, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. No matter how anxious the empress is, she wouldn't defy the ancestral system so openly, would she?"

Empress Tong fixedly glanced at Xue Pan, and said with a graceful smile: "How can you say that, Young Master? This palace is just because of the extraordinary character of Young Master, who is talented at a young age, so it's all a matter of pity. Think about it. The Holy Majesty is also very concerned about the matter of the little Marquis. It’s just that it’s not easy for the king of a country to personally intervene in the matter of marriage. This palace’s move can be regarded as sharing your worries!”

Xue Pan casually sneered, and said with a smile: "Then you might as well ask the Holy Majesty, are you doing what you are doing now to relieve your worries, or to add trouble for you?"

Hearing this, Tu Zhen stiffened his arm playing with the wine bottle slightly, and the curvature of his lips involuntarily deepened.He shook his head helplessly, and looked at Xue Pan with more and more pampering eyes.

Seeing such a scene, the faces of the queen and the Tong family almost turned dark.

The atmosphere slowly stagnated.Tong Moke, the eldest son of the Tong family at the side, said with a sneer, "The Empress is the mother of a country, her status is precious. She is also the first wife of the Holy Majesty, and every move is naturally to share the worries of the king. The young master is so aggressive. , I'm afraid you don't take the majesty of the Tian Family seriously, do you?"

Xue Pan put down his chopsticks and got up, standing with his hands behind his back.He glanced at Tong Moke wildly and contemptuously, and said with disdain: "Only the present-day sage is loyal to my Xue family, and only the present-day sage is respected. To put it bluntly, there is no one else in the eyes of my Xue family except the present-day sage. So, Is Cheng Guogong satisfied?"

Xue Pan's words were extremely rampant, causing an uproar in an instant.They all discussed in an uproar with their colleagues.All the courtiers who were friendly with Xue Zhizhang all came to him and sighed slightly: "This is too much."

But Xue Zhizhang's heart moved.Seeing Tu Zhen who showed obvious satisfaction on his face even though he didn't speak, he licked the corner of his mouth thoughtfully.

All through the ages, what emperors are most wary of is power ministers and cliques to curb power.But if this "power minister" only listens to the emperor alone, he only cares about the emperor's thoughts.Only willing to earn and rob for the benefit of the emperor.That's probably every emperor's favorite thing, right?

Xue Pan didn't know that what he said with a hint of confession and demonstration, was actually modified by Xue Zhizhang and included in the ancestral training of the Xue family.Since then, the Xue family has only been loyal to the emperor in all generations.As long as you become the emperor recognized by the Xue family, you can mobilize all the assets of the Xue family without restriction.And the head of the Xue family who has been elected in the past must also be approved by the emperor.It even developed later that the first successor of the Xue family had to live with the crown prince selected by the emperor since he was a child, and cultivate mutual affection and tacit understanding... In the end, the Xue family of Jinling even became the spokesperson of Emperor Dayong outside the country.

In the future, the navy of the Great Yong Dynasty would intimidate all directions, and the colonies of the Great Yong Dynasty would spread all over the world. Those Shu Kingdoms who were thousands of miles away did not understand the internal mechanism of the Great Yong Dynasty, and even mistakenly thought that the Xue family in Jinling, which was funded and built in their territories, was the Great Yong Dynasty. The aliases and various misunderstandings of the royal family in the Yong Dynasty are difficult to list one by one.Such a result was something that no one had expected.

But this is something for later, so I won't mention it for the time being.Let’s say that Xue Pan uttered cruel words because of Tong Huang’s self-assessment and wanting to find him a wife.Tong Moke, the Duke of Cheng, was so blocked that he was speechless.He just yelled nonsense like "Zizi is crazy, kid dares you".

And the aloof Empress Empress had never experienced such a direct confrontation, and couldn't help trembling all over.Before I could say anything in the future, I saw Tu Zhen approaching his ear with a gentle expression and whispering: "I don't care about what you did before, but if you dare to do some ghostly things in the future, I don't guarantee that you will be able to sit firmly as the queen!" seat."

The queen froze, and smiled calmly at Tu Zhen: "The reason why the Holy Majesty is able to get to today's seat is inseparable from the strong support of my Tong family. Could it be that now that the seat is secure, I want to cunning rabbit?" Die, lackey cooking?"

Tu Zhen couldn't help chuckling, and said: "I can get to this point, you know how much your Tong family has contributed. For the sake of the queen mother, I don't care. Otherwise... even if the Great Yong Dynasty Without the Tong clan, I can still sit firmly on the throne."

Queen Tong was startled, and no longer dared to speak casually.

But Tu Zhen waved at Xue Pan, and said with a soft smile, "Pan'er, come to my side."

Xue Pan squinted at Tong Moke, then snorted twice.Then proudly raised his head and walked to Tu Zhen's side.

This kind of poor relatives who hide away when others are in trouble, and when they are proud, they stick to the poor relatives who are arrogant and domineering, beat the rich and grab the benefits, the most annoying!

Thinking of this, Xue Pan couldn't help giving Tong Moke a vicious look.

The empress dowager, who had been silent above all and had a weak sense of presence, glanced at Xue Pan, and said with a nonchalant smile: "Pan'er's temper is still so impatient."

Xue Pan turned his head and glanced at the exquisitely made-up and majestic Queen Mother Tong, the emperor's legal wife, and his nominal mother-in-law lived like a rat crossing the street in the days when the emperor was very dignified.As low-key as her family, there are almost no signs of existence.Now that the emperor had a "stroke", she became as high-profile as her own family.

On this important festival when Tu Zhen ordered all the concubines to stay with the emperor, she repeatedly violated Tu Zhen's wishes and solemnly participated in the dinner hosted by the new emperor. Sima Zhaozhi heart, exposed.

Perhaps all the women in the palace are so cold and calm.But Xue Pan, who has always acted recklessly, still can't understand her behavior.So he suddenly remembered a classic line in the TV series that later generations watched, so he slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, showing a tacit look, and said indifferently: "Not as good as someone."

Queen Mother Tong: "...?"

Tu Zhen took his arm and let him sit beside her.Then he glanced at everyone indifferently, and Gu Jing Wubo said with a smile: "The banquet continues."

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