How did the Michong Emperor succeed in eating chicken?

Some concubines should stay in the palace and let them live or send them to the palace. Unexpectedly, the first emperor has already resolved this matter, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

Not long after the little emperor returned to his dormitory, dinner was delivered from the imperial dining room.After the little eunuch tried the poison, the big eunuch picked up the chopsticks and prepared to prepare vegetables for the little emperor.Before he picked up the meat in front of him, the little emperor's chopsticks had already been inserted into the sesame balls. The eunuch maintained the posture of picking up the vegetables, watching the little emperor eat the sesame balls in one bite without any image. Then quickly fork the second ball of mochi.

The eunuch quickly put down his chopsticks and poured tea for the little emperor: "Hey Your Majesty, please eat slowly, don't choke."

The little emperor swallowed the hemp ball in his mouth in twos and twos, took a sip of tea with the eunuch's hand, then put the hemp ball on the chopsticks into his mouth, and forked the third one.

After eating seven sesame balls in a row, the little emperor touched his swollen belly, reluctantly put down his chopsticks, and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief beside him.He sighed softly: "The hemp balls outside are really not as good as those in the palace."

Hearing these words, the great eunuch felt pity for the little emperor in his heart.The little emperor was not allowed to be favored by the previous emperor, and he couldn't eat anything good when he was in the palace. He left the palace to start a mansion when he was still young, and he could only enter the palace during festivals.Mochi balls, which are dismissed by other princes, are the most delicious food in the eyes of the little emperor.

The eunuch asked: "Your Majesty, you still want to eat something else. If you are full, the servant will ask someone to remove the food."

The little emperor looked at other dishes that he hadn't even touched, and felt that he was a bit of a waste.He picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it on the rice, put the meat and rice into his mouth together, and after swallowing, he asked the eunuch, "If I haven't finished eating these dishes, what should I do?"

"Return to Your Majesty." The eunuch said, "If Your Majesty hasn't finished eating, the imperial dining room will throw away the dishes."

Hearing that these dishes were going to be thrown away, the little emperor suddenly felt heartbroken.During his time in the Northwest, he met many poor people who could only drink a bowl of porridge with few grains of rice every day.The child was thin and skinny, and was so hungry that he hugged his mother's arm and cried loudly.It's not that there are no rich people who donate porridge, and they are the ones who donate the porridge without a few grains of rice.

The northwest is adjacent to the Western Regions, and cavalry from the Western Regions often come to loot food.Because the Western Regions received tribute every year, and there were no battle reports in recent years, the late emperor thought that they were already intimidated by the Great Yuan, so gradually he did not pay attention to the Northwest.The local state government did nothing, and even reached a consensus with the cavalry in the Western Regions to send them food on their own initiative.Officials in the Northwest were colluding, fighting against dissidents, and concealing the incident, which gave the first emperor a false impression of peace in the Northwest.The imperial court has not sent anyone to the northwest in recent years, so this matter has been kept secret.If it weren't for the little emperor's personal experience, he wouldn't know that this kind of thing happened.

Although the little emperor wanted to help those people, he couldn't do much.He has no ability, and some officials in the northwest have never even heard of such a prince as King Yan.This is also the reason why he hopes that the regent will rebel.Originally, he pinned his hopes on the crown prince, who is more virtuous than the late emperor.If the crown prince ascends the throne, then he should be able to solve the problem of silverfish in these countries.Unexpectedly, the prince was killed.

The little emperor felt that if the regent took over the country, with his ability, he should be able to govern the country well.

Thinking of this, the little emperor wanted to give up the throne to the regent even more.

Seeing that the little emperor was in a daze after hearing his words, the chief eunuch called out tentatively: "Your Majesty."

The little emperor looked at him back to his senses, and then said: "From tomorrow on, I don't need to cook these dishes for me."

The eunuch asked: "Your Majesty doesn't like these dishes? I will ask the imperial dining room to cook for Your Majesty again." He was about to go out.

"That's not what I mean." The little emperor hurriedly stopped the eunuch, "What I mean is that there is no need to cook so much, one dish for each meal is enough."

"How can this be done!" The eunuch retorted immediately, "How can Your Majesty only eat one dish?"

The little emperor said: "Big companion, I can't eat so many dishes, so I have to throw them away. It's better to cook less, so that I can finish every meal without wasting."

The chief eunuch understood what the little emperor meant, and said, "Your Majesty's thinking like this is really a blessing to the Great Yuan, and a blessing to all the people!"

The little emperor ignored his flattery: "But mochi balls are made for me every day."

The eunuch smiled, and after the little emperor finished eating, he went to the imperial dining room to convey the little emperor's intentions to the imperial chefs.

The little emperor was looking for the same mechanism as the imperial study in the bedroom, when he suddenly heard a few birdsong from outside the hall.

He said "come in", the next second.Two shadows appeared in his bedroom.

The little emperor looked at the two hidden guards and asked, "How is it? Have you figured out the secret door and the dog hole?"

The dark guard took out a map of the palace and handed it to the little emperor, every secret door and dog hole in the door was marked in red.

The little emperor nodded, and handed the signboard of the Dark Guard Camp to them both, and asked them to go to the Dark Guard Camp for dinner.

After the hidden guards left, the little emperor continued to search in the bedroom, and finally found the same mechanism as the imperial study next to a bogu shelf.

The little emperor who found the mechanism satisfactorily put the mountain dwelling picture he drew today on the table, picked up the pen and dipped the paint prepared by the eunuch just now, and prepared to color the picture.

"Your Majesty." The little emperor was getting up, and the voice of the chief eunuch came from far to near.The little emperor looked up and saw him coming, and asked what was wrong with his eyes.

The eunuch took out a book and said, "Your Majesty, just now Xie Shoufu told the servants to let your majesty read this book from tomorrow. He will test your majesty in class the next day."

Hearing this, the little emperor felt his eyes go dark, and the pen in his hand almost slipped out.

The chief eunuch knew that the little emperor didn't like the words of sages and the way of governing the world, so he came over and put the book on the little emperor's table, then left the bedroom and didn't bother the little emperor anymore.

The little emperor looked at the book bitterly, then took a pen and continued to color.

Let’s talk about reading tomorrow. I’ll be happy for a while.

The author has something to say:

The current Prince Regent: It's just a painting, if the little emperor is willing to give it to you, then you have to ask for it.

The future regent: After being rejected by the little emperor, he took the painting and asked the little emperor: "My wife, do you still remember this picture of living in the mountains? This is a token of love you gave me, my wife, don't you remember?"

Thanks for reading!

4. Chapter 4

The regent returned to Dingyuanhou's mansion, sat in the study with his head propped up, and thought carefully about every word the little emperor had said to him today.He always felt that the little emperor had other plans, but he couldn't see anything.

After thinking about it for a while, he couldn't come up with anything, so the regent decided to give up thinking about it and go to the front hall to have dinner.If the little emperor really has other plans, it will be revealed sooner or later, so there is no rush.

The regent's personal bodyguard and adjutant, Ming Yi, stood guard at the door of the study. Seeing the regent coming out, he immediately greeted him and asked, "My lord, did the little emperor make things difficult for you?" The regent frowned just after he came out of the palace. As soon as I got back to Dingyuanhou's Mansion, I went into the study and didn't come out until now.Mingyi knows that there will be many people in the court who are dissatisfied with the fact that the first emperor promoted Lord Hou to be the regent. If the little emperor also joins forces with the old faction to target the prince, then their situation for the new faction will most likely become difficult.

"No." The regent said to Ming as he walked towards the front hall.

Ming Yi was surprised: "Then why is the prince worried?"

"It's just because I don't have it that I feel strange." The regent was silent for a while, and said: "Whether the little emperor really has no grudges against me or is he just pretending, he will naturally know after a while."

Mingyi knew that the regent had his own plan, so he didn't say any more, and followed him to the front hall.

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The next day the little emperor went up to court with two panda eyes on his face.

When the chief eunuch came to help the little emperor wash and dress in the morning, he was taken aback by his two huge dark circles: "Your Majesty hasn't had a good rest yet? I'll ask the eunuch to bring some soothing incense to His Majesty."

The little emperor waved his hand: "It's nothing, I just changed the bed, I'm not used to it, it will be fine in a few days."

It really has nothing to do with changing beds.After he lay in bed yesterday, he began to think about what happened during the day, thinking about how he would be the least likely to be found when he ran, and then he thought about things in the northwest.

That was the first time the little emperor saw the suffering of the people with his own eyes.He heard the abbot talk about the suffering of the people he saw when he was traveling in the Huguo Temple, but he still didn't believe it.Because I have been confined to the capital all year round, I am used to seeing the prosperity of the capital and the prosperity of the people, but I can't imagine poverty.

The more the little emperor thought about it, the more restless he felt.He was soft-spoken before and could do nothing about the affairs of the Northwest, but now he is the emperor!

The little emperor decided to discuss this matter with the regent.If this matter is done by the regent, it will definitely be more effective than having someone do it himself, and it will also be good for the regent's reputation among the people.Even if he really rebels in the future, the people will not object, and the history books can treat him better.

But if the regent refuses to take care of it, the little emperor thought to himself, then go and tell Xie Shoufu or Zuodu Yushi that the matter can be resolved anyway.

Because he has been named the regent, his seat has been moved from the military attache column on the right side to the dragon chair, and he has his own chair.The regent sat on the chair and looked at the little emperor's panda eyes. He couldn't help but conspire in his mind, suspecting that the little emperor didn't sleep well last night because he planned how to deal with him.

The little emperor covered his mouth with his sleeve and yawned quietly.How could those old fox-like servants below not guess what the little emperor was doing, although they didn't show it on the surface, but they were full of disdain for the little emperor in their hearts.What did the little emperor do in the imperial study yesterday?