I became the leopard cub of the paranoid emperor

Liu Huaifu was still reading the list in cadence, while Chu Yuzhao leaned on the dragon chair and tapped the armrest with his fingers.Someone stopped beside him, he knew it was the eunuch who came to refill the tea, so he didn't care.

A hand appeared in his field of vision, lifting the lid of the teacup in front of him.

The skin on the back of the hand is fair, the fingers are as round as green onions, the skeleton is slender, it seems that there is no flesh, but there are four very shallow dimples on the back of the hand.

Chu Yuzhao recognized at a glance that this was not the tea eunuch just now, he stopped tapping the handrail immediately, and looked at the tea pourer with sharp eyes.

The little leopard in Luo Bai's heart was rolling on the ground with joy.

I can finally get close to my brother, I can stand so close to him, and I can still smell a faint scent of sandalwood.It was the smell of my brother's body, the only time I saw him in the imperial study, I also smelled this smell.

It smells so good, even if you smell it all the time, you won't get tired of it.

But Luo Bai could still remember the business, he ruthlessly held down the jubilant little leopard in his heart, held the lid of the cup in one hand, and refilled the cup with the copper pot in the other, with a serious expression on his face.

But the copper pot was too heavy, and the spout was thin and long, and it was half-curved. It was really not easy to aim it at the small teacup.He had no choice but to put the lid of the cup on the table, ready to carry the pot with both hands.

Ding……

The cup lid spun a few times on the smooth desk, making a crisp sound.

Luo Bai hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold it down, and at the same time looked up at Chu Yuzhao with a guilty conscience, he was stunned when he saw it, and saw that Chu Yuzhao was also looking at him with downcast eyes, his eyes were deep and dark, and there was nothing on his face expression.

"Floating—" Luo Bai reacted as soon as he uttered a sound, and raised his hand to cover his mouth, revealing only a pair of staring eyes.

He still remembered the first time he met Chu Yuzhao. After he came out of the imperial study room, Aunt Yuan Fu kept telling him to stop calling him pretty brother, no!

"Your Majesty..." Luo Bai let go of his hand, greeted Chu Yuzhao softly, and smiled shyly at Chu Yuzhao, a blush slowly spreading from the base of his ears.

"...Chen Feihong, given by the Ministry of Rites, 27 years of food salary, 200 taels of silver should be apportioned..."

In the main hall, Liu Huaifu's voice continued. Every time a name was read, someone in the hall would sigh, or hold their chest in a heart attack.Some people saw Luo Bai who was pouring tea by the throne, but they didn't pay attention, only Chu Tong, who had nothing to do, looked over with a slightly surprised expression.

Behind the gauze curtain, Shuangxi's face was flushed with anger, but she didn't dare to say anything, so she could only stare angrily at the person who stole his job.

After Chu Yuzhao and Luo Bai looked at each other for a few seconds, they looked away without saying a word. Only then did Luo Bai remember that he was still carrying the pot, so he quickly picked it up with both hands and hugged it to his chest, aiming the spout at the teacup, carefully Fill it with water.

But the spout was really inconvenient, he had paid attention to it, but there was still water dripping out of the cup, a maid standing by the throne hurried forward to help, and wiped the water stains on the table with a handkerchief.

"Thank you sister." Luo Bai thanked in a low voice.

The palace maid glanced at Chu Yuzhao, but she didn't dare to respond, she quickly backed away after wiping off the water stains, Luo Bai held the pot, and said to Chu Yuzhao again: "Your Majesty, I made you tea, you slow down Drink slowly."

Chu Yuzhao didn't even look at him, as if he didn't hear him, Luo Bai didn't mind, smiled, and walked slowly towards the gauze curtain.

Returning to the starting position, Shuangxi snatched the jug from his arms before he could stand on his feet, and instead of putting it on the small table opposite, put it angrily by his side.

Luo Bai was delighted, he didn't care about Shuangxi's reaction, and approached him with a smile to share: "Sister, I just went to refill your majesty's water."

Shuangxi was robbed of her job and called her elder sister again. She frowned, her eyes were about to burst into flames, she snorted bitterly, and turned her head to look aside.

In the main hall, Liu Huaifu had finished reading all the lists and retreated to the side of the hall.The officials didn't care that it was in the court hall, and the emperor was still sitting at the top, only caring about the money he had to pay, and the whispering turned into a whisper.

Cheng Cheng, the imperial eunuch who had been standing behind Chu Yuzhao, took a step forward and shouted loudly: "On the court, no noise is allowed."

The officials only had money in their hearts at the moment, and they were panicking in pain. They didn't hear Mr. Cheng's voice, but the discussion became louder and louder.

Luo Bai turned his head to look at Chu Yuzhao frequently, and saw that the corners of his mouth were tightening and tightening, and his jaw collapsed into a line. He was wondering, when he suddenly grabbed the teacup in front of him and threw it outside.

boom!

I made tea! !

The teacup fell on the hard floor and shattered into countless pieces, which made the whole hall instantly quiet.

"Where are the guards?" Chu Yuzhao shouted coldly.

"The minister is here." The guards standing on the side of the hall stepped forward to respond, and their voices shook the hall.

Chu Yuzhao's eyes were gloomy, and his voice was cold: "If someone says one more word, you will be punished twenty times."

"My minister obeys."

There was complete silence in the hall, even Luo Bai stood upright, holding his breath and not saying a word.

"Within three days, all of you should hand over the taels of silver to the household department. If you fail to pay within the time limit, you will be fined three hundred silver and ten sticks for one day. If you exceed two days, you will be fined one thousand silver and twenty sticks, and so on. Liu Huaifu, I will leave this matter to you."

"Sir, obey the order."

Chu Yuzhao's gaze slowly slid across everyone's faces, and the people he saw trembled in their hearts, feeling a chill down their backs.

It has only been half a year since Emperor Zhao ascended the throne. Before the death of the first emperor, he was an unfavorable prince who lived in a cold palace in a corner of the palace, while the prince at that time was Chu Yulu, who is now standing in the palace.

The late emperor had four sons, and the second son, Chu Yuzhao, was the direct prince born to Empress Chen. When Chu Yuzhao was six years old, Empress Chen gave birth to the fourth prince, Chu Yuce. Years later, he finally passed away.

Chu Yuzhao has been cold-tempered since he was a child, and even more reticent after the death of Empress Chen, but he is the first prince, even if the first emperor didn't like him very much, he was still being carefully cultivated as the future prince.

It was just that when he was 11 years old, the five-year-old fourth prince Chu Yuce died unexpectedly, but the late emperor sent Chu Yuzhao to live in a side hall for some reason. The eldest son, Lu Wang Chu Yulu.

No one knew what happened here, all the palace servants who served the fourth prince had been executed, but everyone privately guessed that the second prince Chu Yuzhao must be inseparably involved in the death of the fourth prince.

But the next three princes, Chu Yuchi, also fell into the water, leaving the late emperor with only two sons, Chu Yulu and Chu Yuzhao.

What people didn't expect was that before he died, he actually passed the throne to the second prince Chu Yuzhao.Chu Yuzhao, who rushed to the hospital bed after hearing the news from the cold palace, became the emperor in an instant.

Everyone was caught off guard by this incident.

The eldest prince, Chu Yulu, was the natural successor. Even if there were any accidents, the chance of the former emperor's younger brother, Chu Yu, being the successor was higher than that of the second prince, Chu Yuzhao.

It wasn't until the late emperor's funeral that everyone realized that Dayin had changed to a new emperor.

No one knows the temperament of the new Emperor Zhaodi, nor his methods. They only heard that he was violent and bloodthirsty. When he lived alone, the people who served him didn't stay for long. Every time, he would die. It is said that one or two of them were beaten to death by him.

So in the past few months since he took the throne, although he hasn't made any moves in the court, everyone remains cautious.After all, the time is too short, and I can't figure out his preferences and temperament for a while, so I have to be more careful.

Shuangxi is a clever little eunuch. After Chu Yuzhao threw the teacup, he picked up the rag and dustpan under the table, bumped Luo Bai beside him with his shoulder, and trotted to the palace to pick up the pieces and tea. Slag, clean up water stains.

Luo Bai was knocked away by him, and as soon as he stood firm, a palace lady came out from the passage of the inner hall, holding a tray with new teacups in her hand.

The court lady was very afraid of Chu Yuzhao who was in a rage, so she put the teacup on the tea table, without even looking at Luo Bai, she just lowered her head and said softly: "Please, please make your majesty another cup of tea." Then she quickly returned to the inner hall.

Luo Bai watched her back quickly disappear into the passage, and then glanced at Shuangxi who was still wiping the floor with a rag in the hall, and the little leopard in his heart began to scratch the wall excitedly.

Okay, okay, I'll make tea for you, I really can't do anything about you.

There are two exquisite wooden boxes on the tea table, which exude a refreshing tea fragrance when opened.There are several small compartments inside, each containing different kinds of tea, some green and pointed, and some dark green and wrinkled, with a small silver spoon on the side.

Luo Bai couldn't recognize what kind of tea these were, so he scooped up some of each with a small silver spoon and put them into the teacup together.

He opened the wooden box next to it again, and saw several small ceramic jars inside. When he opened one, it contained salt.

Luo Bai hesitated for a moment, put a small spoonful of salt into the tea cup, opened another small pot, put a little of each, then lifted the copper pot to add water, and a cup of hot tea was ready up.

After Liu Huai's mansion retreated, Chu Yuzhao said indifferently: "I have already understood the heart of all lovers for the country and the people. After the dam is completed, a stone tablet will be erected, and the property donated by you will be engraved one by one. Looking at this matter, I will leave it to Yu Shilang of the Ministry of Industry to handle it."

A middle-aged official came out from the crowd, and after a deep salute, he said: "Chen Yuqi leads the order, and the matter of rebuilding the dam will be done."

"The stele should also be engraved carefully. Not only the detailed amount of money donated, but also the punishment for being punished."

"Sir, obey the order."

Some officials were still wondering if there was a way to procrastinate, but when they heard that they would be engraved on a stone tablet when they were reprimanded, they immediately lost their minds.

It's a small matter to beat the board, but the board was engraved on the stele and made public. I really can't afford to lose this person.The underground ancestors will come back to life, pointing their noses and scolding their unworthy descendants.

Everyone on this side was thinking about small things in their hearts, while Luo Bai on the other side had already picked up the tray with teacups and tremblingly walked towards Chu Yuzhao.

He walked to the desk, put down the tray, and reached for the teacup.

Hiss—it’s so hot.

He quickly put the teacup on the desk, pinched his hot fingers on the earlobe, hissed lightly, and shrank his neck to look at Chu Yuzhao.

Chu Yuzhao had stopped talking at this time, and was looking at him with dark eyes.

Luo Bai's heart skipped a beat, and two blushes appeared on his face again.He quietly put his hands behind his back, bent over to get closer to Chu Yuzhao, and said softly: "This is the tea I re-brewed for me, let me drink it slowly."

Shuangxi in the hall wiped the floor and was about to retreat to the distance when she just raised her head and saw this scene.

His eyes quickly slid down and landed on the steaming cup of tea, his pupils constricted suddenly, and the hand holding the rag and dustpan also tightened.

It's really annoying to be robbed of the job by this guy again.

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