Lei Yue Longmen

"One! Two! Three!" The fierce yelling of the palace man holding the staff shook the dust in the Huafeng Gate.

"Young Master, if you are in pain, just call out, don't hold back!"

The leader of the palace people gave him frequent winks, Wu Jingchai understood, and quickly put on a heart-piercing appearance, hammering on the bench legs and crying for his father and mother.The guards standing guard at the gate of the palace have long been accustomed to this kind of "stick responsibility" who went through the motions, and heard him shout ingeniously: "Uncle, I was wrong, and I will never steal the Yushi family's aunt again!" Mother, please save me, next time I would rather be beaten to death by you than not be blamed by the stick, it hurts so much!" They couldn't help laughing.

"fifteen!"

"sixteen!"

"Seventeen!"

Wu Jingchai cried until his voice became hoarse, and his hand hurt from the hammer, so he quickly brought it to his mouth and blew twice.At this time, the court bell rang, and the palace man looked inside the gate, and there were already ministers walking towards Huafeng gate one after another, and he hurriedly said: "Young master, you can hold on for the last three times, the slave can't help you!" Come! Come on, hit me hard!"

"What kind of horse? No way!" Before Wu Jingchai had time to discuss with him, a gust of wind fell on his buttocks. Young Master Wu's eyes widened suddenly, and he let out a horrific howl!

"I rely on-!!!"

"eighteen!"

"My day——!!!"

"nineteen!"

"Fuck|Your grandma!!!"

"twenty!"

"The execution is over! The emperor ordered, I hope that Lord Wu Xiaohou will remember this lesson, and don't do it again next time! The servants are leaving!"

The servant rushed forward to see him? His forehead was covered with sweat and veins popped out. He was quite frightened, "Master, are you alright?"

"It's all right? Would you like to hit it three times?" Wu Jingchai's teeth were rattling with pain, his legs were stiff, and he managed to move his feet lightly to stand upright. The result? His thigh was pulled to the wound, and he Pained him? Grinning his teeth: "My mother, who invented the cane punishment? I really want to flog him to death? Eighteen generations of ancestors! Hiss!"

The servant supported his waist and moved slowly.Wu Xiaoye touched the ground with his toes, and suddenly seemed to be stuck on the floor tiles, and his whole body remained motionless: "Oh, it's impossible, it's impossible. Let me slow down for a while."

It seems that he wants to divert his attention: "Then who was beaten sixty times a few days ago? He? What is that ass made of? If you don't accept my wall, I will obey him?!"

"It's Yushi Zhao Chen."

"Yes, it's the censor Zhao Chen!"

"My lord, I'd better carry you back, you can't ride a horse like this now." After holding the saddle and lifting his legs two or three times without stepping on the stirrups, Wu Jingchai felt like crying without tears.

"Lead my carriage to the young master." At this moment, a gentle voice came from behind.Wu Jingchai turned around and saw Li Jingchen walking over, if there was nothing, he glanced at his buttocks: "Is there anything wrong?"

Wu Jingchai was a little embarrassed, he quickly turned around to cover the wound, pretended to be okay, and said relaxedly: "Hey, where are we now, those eunuchs didn't dare to beat me at all, they just put on a show."

Li Jingchen didn't talk to him either, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped it on his forehead: "Go back and recuperate, I'll ask Imperial Physician Xu to show you."

"Hey, please don't," Wu Jingchai hurriedly refused, a little embarrassed and said: "I appreciate the kindness of the imperial sister, but? I don't want to be the laughing stock of the whole capital the next day. I You should go see the doctor yourself."

Li Jingchen had no choice but to say, "That's good, but you must go to see it, and don't shy away from medical treatment."

"Understood." Wu Jingchai grinned.

The servant brought the carriage of the empress dowager, and Yun Zhong helped to carry Wu Jingchai into the carriage.Looking at him lying in the carriage and still smiling, Li Jingchen felt helpless and slapped him on the head twice, not forgetting to tell the driver: "Go slowly on the road, try to take the road as much as possible."

"Here."

After the carriage went far away, Yun Zai looked at Li Jingchen worriedly, "Your Highness, the carriage is given to Young Master, how can we go back?"

"The road is not far away, let's go back on horseback."

Yun Zhong looked at her pale face, worried that she would fall off the horse, "Your Highness, wait here for a while, I'll ask someone to fetch another carriage."

"No need. A little way, it doesn't matter."

"Miss Huang! Sis Huang!"

At this time, a young man wearing an indigo dragon robe ran towards this side, followed by a sedan chair with a green canopy carried by four people.

It was Li Jingnan, King of Cheng.

Li Jingnan stopped in front of her panting, and helped Wu Shayi Shanguan who was crooked while running.The flush after running was floating on a handsome face, and he said enthusiastically to Li Jingchen: "Miss Huang, you can take my sedan chair, I don't need this sedan chair for the time being."

Li Jingchen said unexpectedly: "Then what about you?"

"Me? You can ride a horse or go on foot. It doesn't matter if I'm in good health. Sister Huang is sick, and riding a horse is easy to blow the wind. If you become seriously ill, you will be fine."

Yunzhong? He thought to himself that King Cheng had more heart than other princes.

But Yun Zai hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness Cheng is right. Your Highness, please accept His Highness Cheng's kindness. You are weak now, and you really need a sedan chair to cover you from the wind."

Li Jingchen smiled, "Since that's the case, Gu will be disrespectful. When I have time, King Cheng often goes to the East Palace. I haven't talked with you for a long time. When the time comes, Jingxi will also be called, and we, brothers and sisters, will go hunting in Nanshan together." go."

Cheng Wang was overjoyed: "That's great! I've always hoped to go hunting with the two imperial sisters. However, the second imperial sister always said that I'm stupid and not good at archery!"

Li Jingchen couldn't help laughing: "After three days of farewell, you should look at him with admiration. Wait? You have practiced archery and are better than her. Can she still laugh at you?"

Li Jingnan scratched the back of her head and nodded shyly.Watching Li Jingchen go away in the sedan chair, he still did not forget to tell: "Miss Huang, go slowly, be careful!"

This scene happened to be seen by King Dun. He hummed contemptuously from his nose, "It's ridiculous to beg for mercy!"

Just as he was about to pick up the bridle and set off, Li Jingnan ran over excitedly, "Second Brother, Miss Huang gave us more time to go to the East Palace and go hunting in Nanshan with us, do you want to go?"

King Dun snorted and said with a meaningful smile: "If you are willing to be a phoenix tail, you can go and don't take me with you. During this period of time, my father has arranged a lot of homework for me. I am not like you. I am as big as you." Take a lot of free time."

"Oh, if that's the case, that's a pity. Wait? When the second brother has time, let's hunt together again." Li Jingnan looked at him and swaggered away with a nine-dragon umbrella, pursing his lips and muttering in a low voice: "If you don't pull it down, I don't like to go with you!"

King Cheng went to the palace to meet his mother and concubine, and told Concubine Wen Gui what happened at the gate of the palace.

"Mother, do you think it's right for me to do this?"

Concubine Wen Gui wanted to make winter clothes for him, and she was measuring him in front of and behind him with a yardstick, and said with a smile: "Of course. Your father usually likes children who love brothers and sisters the most."

"But why does Royal Father love Brother Dun Wang more than me?" Li Jingnan looked puzzled.

Concubine Wen Gui didn't take it seriously: "Then do you think your father loves Brother Dun Wang more, or your two sisters?"

"Of course it's the two imperial sisters." Li Jingnan said without hesitation, and then said enviously: "The two imperial sisters are from the first line, I know I can't compare. But? Why is Brother Dun Wang ranked ahead of me? ?”

Concubine Wen Gui said helplessly: "Because he is older than you. There are some things you still don't understand. But? You just need to remember one thing, as long as you are willing to study hard and be kind to your brothers and sisters, especially your two queens." Sis, your royal father will treat you kindly."

"really?"

"Really, when did Concubine Mu lie to you?"

"Yes." Li Jingnan smiled innocently, begging for a reward from Concubine Wen Gui: "Concubine Mother, look, have I grown taller than a month ago?" Concubine Wen Gui touched his face lovingly, The measured yardstick was handed over to the maid, "Yeah, later? Have a good meal with my mother and concubine, and let me see how many bowls of rice you can eat now."

"okay!"

After Cen Zhu received the official's order to return to his post, he hurried into the palace to face Sheng Xie'en.He kowtowed and said, "Cen Zhu, the newly promoted official of the Household Department, joins His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live long live long live!"

After the trial, the emperor Li Pinghong stopped writing, put together a copy of the memorial that had just been approved, put it on the stack of papers in the upper right corner, and took a new copy from the upper left corner to continue the review. No.

It wasn't until the second paperwork was approved that he said, as if he had just seen Cen Zhu, "Oh, let's be flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cen Zhu stood up, lowering his eyes slightly, not daring to look up at the king.

Li Pinghong said unexpectedly: "Cen Qing is very capable. Within a few days after entering Beijing, you created two big turmoil, and even my court was turned upside down by you."

Cen Zhu was terrified: "My minister is guilty."

Li Pinghong: "Forget it. In the final analysis, you are not at fault for these two incidents. However, through these two incidents, I think you should have learned a little lesson. You must know that in this capital, a person who is too famous may not be It’s a good thing. If Feng Huaji hadn’t taken care of the Bell and Drum Tower incident for you, you wouldn’t be able to explain the crime of causing the riot.”

"The emperor's lesson is that this time, thanks to General Feng's help to clear the charges, and the emperor's insight into the details, otherwise the minister would be completely speechless."

Li Pinghong snorted through his nose, "Having said that, what you should be most grateful for is marrying a good wife. Otherwise, even if Feng Huaji intercedes for you, it will be difficult to stop the court's leisurely mouth. .”

The emperor's words seemed to have other meanings.Cen Zhu was unsure of his attitude for a while, but after a while he said: "On behalf of my wife, I would like to thank the emperor for the generous reward."

Li Pinghong didn't care about this topic any more: "Forget it. I resumed your official position today. I hope you will be cautious in your words and deeds in the future, and don't disappoint my high expectations for you. As for the investigation by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it should be regarded as an example You don’t have to take it too seriously when you do the assessment. I still believe in my own judgment.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Second princess, the emperor summoned the ministers inside, you..."

At this time, Cai Ya's voice sounded outside the door.Soon another clear female voice replied: "I have something important to see my father." Cen Zhu's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself that the road to enemies is really narrow.

Li Pinghong frowned, "Is it Dai Jing? Let her in!"

"Father!" With a delicate voice, a figure in a light yellow skirt quickly entered the imperial study room, ran up the imperial steps like the wind, and shook the emperor's sleeves: "Father, I heard that the imperial sister is ill. Yes, I want to go out of the palace to have a look."

Cen Zhu lowered his head as much as possible, treating himself as a transparent person.

"Nonsense, this is the Imperial Study Room. Didn't you see that Emperor Father is summoning the ministers? It's becoming more and more unruly."

"Oh." Li Jingxi pursed his lips and took a step back, and added the etiquette next to him: "I pay homage to my father."

Li Pinghong let out a "huh", and she ran up to grab the sleeve again, and shook it carefully, "Father, is it okay, I know I was wrong, and I promise that I will never dare to mess around again, so you will let me out." Is it the palace?"

"How many times have you made a promise? Didn't you kneel enough last time?" Li Pinghong's face was quite scary.But? The second princess was not afraid at all, she giggled, raised a finger, and said slyly: "The last time!"

Li Pinghong sighed helplessly, knocked on her forehead with a memorial, and said: "You are here to collect debts from the father, so it is not an example."

"I knew that Father is the best for me." Princess Kant hugged the emperor's neck coquettishly and pressed her face, which aroused the emperor's joy. Seeing her rushing out, he called her to stop again, and carefully told her: "Remember, you must return to the palace before dark. This time, you are not allowed to wander around the East and West Streets. If you are in danger again, let's see who will come to rescue you."

"Got it, got it." Li Jingxi waved his hands hastily, and ran out the door cheerfully.The emperor shook his head helplessly, thinking about it, he was still uneasy, and told Cai Ya, "Go and arrange some guards to protect the princess. Remember, you can only protect her from a distance, and don't spoil her interest."

"Yes."

"My daughter is really about to be spoiled by me." Li Pinghong's tone seemed to be reproachful and triumphant. From Cen Zhu's ears, he looked like an old father who was proud of his daughter. He wished he could pamper him even more.

She had always heard that the emperor loved Princess Kant more than anyone else, and she had seen it with her own eyes today.It's just that I'm very strange, why does the emperor have a different attitude towards Li Jingchen, who has a mother and a compatriot?Although she has never seen the way the two get along, it is not difficult to guess from Li Jing's attitude of walking on eggshells these years that her relationship with the emperor is definitely not good.Is it just because she is the crown prince?Or is it because of the personalities of the two sisters?However, even if Li Jingxuan's cheerful personality is more pleasing to the emperor, Li Jingxuan's temperament is by no means an annoying one?Why did this old father not even have a word of condolence when he heard that his daughter was sick?It was so weird to act like an unimpressed stranger the whole time.

Cen Zhu was so anxious that he wished he could fly to Li Jingzhu's side immediately and ask her why she was sick?

Another thing that happened after that made Cen Zhu's impression even deeper.

When she lifted up the extremely low brim of her hat, she heard hurried footsteps outside the door again, "My Majesty, the guards of Xihua Gate have come to report that His Highness Prince Cheng fell off his horse at the gate of the palace and was injured."

"What? Is the injury serious? Have you seen the imperial doctor?" The emperor's expression changed drastically.

"Back to the emperor, King Cheng has been carried into Concubine Wen's palace, the imperial physician is treating him, the condition of the injury is unknown at present."

"Let's drive Concubine Wen's Palace, I'm going to have a look at him." Li Pinghong quickly got up from the throne, and said to Cen Zhuo: "Kneel down, I will call you into the palace if I have something to do."

After Cen Zhuo sent Li Pinghong out, he heard Mr. Cai report to him about King Cheng's injury.The old emperor seemed to have suffered serious injuries, and his anxiety was palpable, "How could it be so good? Falling off the horse? Isn't King Cheng's riding skills always good?"

"Returning to the emperor, according to the report from the guards, the horse that King Cheng was riding was not his own horse, but a bad-tempered bad horse? The bad horse was frightened and went wild, and King Cheng couldn't control it, so he fell off."

"Why do you want to ride a bad horse instead of riding your own horse?"

"Back to the emperor, King Cheng came here in a sedan chair today, he? He gave up the sedan chair to the Crown Princess, so he had to take a bad horse."

Li Pinghong was a little confused, "Go ahead and tell me the details of this matter."

"Yes."

Manager Cai reported to Li Pinghong everything that happened at the gate of the palace at the end of the early dynasty. It turned out that after King Cheng gave up the sedan chair to the empress dowager, he rode back to the mansion on the guard's horse, but he was not familiar with the horse's temperament. Somehow, it angered it and was thrown off the horse.King Cheng originally didn't want to alarm Da Nei, but the guards didn't dare to ignore it, so they informed Concubine Wen Gui, and even Li Pinghong was alarmed again and again.

After hearing the story, the old emperor was very relieved, "It turns out that this is the case, this son is a bodhisattva."

Arriving at Concubine Wen's Palace, Concubine Wen Gui rushed out to greet her, her eyes were red from crying.

Li Pinghong hurriedly asked: "How is Nan'er? What did the imperial doctor say?"

Concubine Wen Gui forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Nan'er just sprained her ankle, it's nothing serious."

"Is there any serious problem? Seeing that you are crying like this, you still say that there is no serious problem. Take me to see him quickly."

"Father!" Seeing Li Pinghong coming, Li Jingnan quickly got up from the bed, and wanted to get out of bed to salute, but Li Pinghong hurriedly held him down, "Hey, it's all like this, go back and lie down quickly, don't pull the wound."

Li Jingnan didn't dare to move, and stared at Li Pinghong without blinking.

"What's the matter, silly boy, aren't you happy that Father came to see you?"

"Happy," Li Jingnan said hastily, "If Father can visit me often, even if I sprain my foot many times, I will be willing."

The emperor smiled at Concubine Wen Gui and said, "Look at this silly boy, he has a real heart. The emperor understands what happened today. You have done a good job, and the emperor is very pleased. How about this, the emperor has a five-dragon sedan chair at his place. It will be rewarded to you after not being idle for a long time, and from now on you can sit on it and go to court, and you don’t need to ride the guard’s horse anymore.”

Li Jingnan opened his eyes wide and looked at his father flattered. Just as he was about to say something, Concubine Wen Gui's expression changed slightly, and she hurriedly declined for her son: "Your Majesty, Nan'er just suffered a small injury, it's nothing serious, don't worry about it." Petting him? It's too much. Wulongjiao is the emperor's father, how dare Nan'er overstep, let alone bear it. If the emperor loves him, why don't you give him something else? Don't give him a reward beyond the rules of etiquette Thank you, concubine, mother and son."

She was so solemn, it was difficult for Li Pinghong to say anything.

Li Jingnan hurriedly resigned after hearing the words: "Father, what the mother and concubine said is exactly what I want to say. I will not be rewarded for no merit, and I dare not go beyond the etiquette to receive gifts. Wait? In the future, my son will make great contributions. Father It will not be too late for the emperor to reward his children and ministers."

Li Pinghong sighed: "Forget it, I have underestimated you. If everyone in the harem is as respectful as your mother and son, then my troubles will be reduced by half." Xun You changed the subject, "However, Father There are words first, the rewards are still to be given. Tell me, what reward do you want the emperor to give you?"

"Well—I want my father to stay and have a meal with my mother and my concubine."

"What kind of reward is this?" Li Pinghong thought it was funny, "Well, it's up to you. Tonight, father and mother will have a good meal with your mother and son, and check your recent homework by the way."

Li Jingnan couldn't hide his joy, "Thank you, father."

When leaving Concubine Wen's Palace, Li Pinghong told Concubine Wen Gui: "Prince Cheng has ambition and is a good boy who understands the general situation. You must teach him well in the future."

Concubine Wen Gui thanked her again and again, but for some reason, there was a trace of regret and hidden worry in her eyes.