I heard my brother is a tyrant

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty watched helplessly as the fourth-rank Yushi Zhongcheng was dragged out by the guards.

Knowing that the emperor wanted to find someone to vent his anger and kill chickens, but who told Wang Si to die so he was caught for this reason? The crime of "cursing the emperor" is too great, a crime of great treason.

The censor was in charge of supervising the officials and admonishing the monarch, and the censor Zhongcheng was in charge of the censor platform. From this perspective, there was nothing wrong with Wang Si's behavior.But his mistake was that he was pushed to the front in this general election for his own selfishness. In order to guard against the queen's favor, he took the lead in several general elections and used the emperor's heir as a raft all day long.

A careless word today, on a good day, he had to say that the empress was weak and "unfavorable to the heirs", and was caught by the emperor with such a rebellious excuse of "cursing the emperor", after all, he lost his old life because of the "major event of the emperor's heir".

For a while, the entire Xuanzheng Palace was silent.Since Wang Si was accused of cursing the emperor, whoever interceded for him at this time, wouldn't it be obvious that he was a person who defended the curse, and he would have trouble with the emperor himself, and if he was caught by the emperor again, he would use some excuse to punish him.

Today's son is known for being cruel and bloodthirsty, so who would dare to speak again.

When Xie Dan first came to the throne, he was faced with a group of old ministers who had their own ghosts, and the power of the empress dowager and the Chu family was everywhere in the court, trying to lift him up. Xie Dan went to Beijing and sat on the dragon chair. It is not so easy to truly grasp the real power of the government.

Therefore, Xie Dan didn't play so many tricks, he just used the name of a tyrant, he slashed and killed indiscriminately, simple and rude, no matter how many plots and schemes you have, you can't make up for it, and you opened up the situation for yourself in a short time. Even the Empress Dowager and the Chu family could only avoid the sharp edge, and Xie Dan's move took the lead.

However, with the complete eradication of the Chu family and the power of the empress dowager, the emperor got engaged to Ye's daughter as he wished. In the past half a year, the emperor's methods seemed to be a little gentler, and some people in the government and the opposition seemed to be worried. Forgot, this master was originally the one who disagreed with each other and ended the matter with a knife.

The few people who were sent to watch the execution were all civil servants. They had never seen blood much before, and some of them fainted on the spot when watching the sentence, and they were carried away.There is no one in the court who is not ignorant, and no one dares to mention the matter of the general election since then.

The former dynasty and the harem can finally live in peace, and prepare for the emperor's wedding with peace of mind.

In the 200 years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was the first time that the emperor and empress got married. Either the emperor had already married a wife when he was the prince, or the empress was promoted step by step from the concubine. The queen is also the first to be concubine in the palace, and she will be conferred after several years of brewing.This is the first time for an empress and empress to get married like this. There are many things without precedent, and the Ministry of Rites is not sure about the various etiquette procedures.

No, as soon as the wedding date was set, the Ministry of Rituals started arguing over the color of the wedding dresses for the empress' wedding. Logically speaking, when the empress's wedding sedan chair was carried into the main gate of the palace, she would already be the empress, but the empress had to go through a canonization process. , The emperor and the empress had to go to the Taimiao to salute, so the wedding dress should still be the empress's Diyi, the folk wedding dress is red men and dolls, and the queen's dress Diyi is blue clothes and red collars, and there was a debate for a while.

In the end, it was up to the emperor to decide for himself. Xie Dan ordered two separate sets of "wedding clothes" and "auspicious clothes". The wedding clothes of folk brides are red and green, and the wedding clothes of empresses must be different from those of folk women. Red is used, and bright yellow is used for the auspicious clothes for offering sacrifices to the Taimiao and receiving worship from hundreds of officials, and bright yellow for emperors and empresses.

A minister remonstrated that bright yellow is a color that can only be used by emperors, and empresses should not use bright yellow in their auspicious clothes, or should be decorated with other colors. Where is it? It was the first time for the emperor to marry the empress. The censor originally wanted to quote the scriptures, but when the emperor said, "Forgetting the ancestors after counting the scriptures", he dared not talk anymore.

Anyway, once in a while, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty understood that the Queen's affairs were all "my private affairs", and there was no room for others to comment on them. If they insisted on commenting, it was purely for themselves.

After the imperial decree came down, Ye Yu often went in and out of the princess' mansion, and began to prepare for Ye Chu's marriage.In terms of the Queen's dowry, Ye Yu originally thought that Ye Chu did not have her natal family's property, and the Emperor Zhongwang's family property had not been collected by the Emperor. She was a little worried that the Queen's dowry was not enough, thinking that Mrs. Ye was gone. Naturally, she also wanted to add a lot of make-up to Ye Chu, and planned to think of a way to add some to Ye Chu quietly.

When Ye Yu, accompanied by Sichun, opened the storeroom of the princess mansion, she didn't know what to say. She wondered if Xie Dan had quietly moved his private storehouse over the past few years.

In fact, Xie Dan really didn't deliberately do anything about it, it's just that he is an emperor, and he only has one baby sister, and no one else competes with her for any good things, so naturally they all belong to her.

If you want to remember Chen Lianjiang's achievements here, after Xie Dan explained the silk, cloth, hairpin and ring jewelry, Chen Lianjiang had to send a few boxes every month and every season, not counting the holidays, birthdays and so on. , Chunchao asked Chang Shun for a new warehouse twice.

Ye Yu silently rested her thoughts on buying Ye Chu's dowry. She could take out such a comparison in her hand, so she still didn't need it. Of course, her aunt still had to have makeup, so she reconsidered and bought some for her. Something else.

Officer Ding saw through Ye Yu's thoughts, so she reminded her, and said with a smile: "The palace hasn't offered a betrothal yet, and when the wedding is approaching, the betrothal gift will naturally be given to the princess as a dowry."

Ye Yu also smiled and said: "Then I will sort out the dowry list in the mansion now, and then there will be no need to change the betrothal gift for the big wedding."

Ding Nvguan said: "Your Majesty, this princess mansion will be the princess's natal family sooner or later, and it will not move after the wedding. The princess is used to living here. Maybe the empress will come back to live for a while when she is happy. When the wife of the Shizi listed the dowry list, she picked out a part of the storehouse, and there was no need to move the things that the mansion needed."

Ye Yu now understands that the clothes, quilts and furniture in the palace have their own regulations, unlike the folks who have to be prepared by the mother's family, since the silk cloth and jewelry are enough, she will discuss it with Ye Chu when she comes back, and decide to put some of the cash. Yin bought her a few more decent Zhuangzi.

The so-called "thousand acres of fertile land, ten miles of red makeup" is a generous dowry, so Ye Yu asked people to go to the suburbs of Beijing and the affluent places in the south of the Yangtze River to find suitable farms.

***

After the Dragon Boat Festival, when the weather became hot in early summer, Ye Chu had nothing to do and went to the pavilion to play.When Xie Dan came back that evening, he went to the Qingliang Pavilion to find her.

As soon as he stepped in, the maids saluted and retreated one after another. The little girl was lying barefoot on the bed, Xie Dan walked over and sat down on the bed, Ye Chu calmly put two white little feet on his lap , the snow-white little feet are dangling happily, and the little Jinling with a red silk rope tied around her ankle, paired with the bracelet with a golden bell on her wrist, is always a bit gorgeous to the eye.

The little girl is always so provocative without knowing it, Xie Dan pinched her white and round toes to play, and couldn't help but want to take a bite.

"Don't play with other people's feet, it's itchy." The little girl giggled and got up, and sat next to him, Xie Dan pulled her into his arms, hugged her and kissed her again, relieving the lovesickness that he hadn't seen for a day, The two were intimate for a long time, until the little girl got a little scared and crawled into his arms, refusing to kiss.

"Where's Ye Hui?" Xie Dan asked with his arms around him.

"I was here just now. Seeing you coming, I seem to have slipped away." Ye Chu hid in his arms and smiled, "Brother, why do you think Ye Hui is always afraid of you?"

"She still knows to be afraid." Xie Dan raised his voice to call the maid waiting outside the pavilion, "Call Ye Hui."

Seeing the situation, Ye Chu held back a smile and asked, "What's she doing?"

From the corner of Xie Dan's eyes, he saw Ye Hui coming from the veranda, and said deliberately: "What did she do, she got into a catastrophe this time."

Ye Hui happened to walk to the edge of the pavilion. Hearing this, she shrank her head, paused in her footsteps, and walked in with her neck shrunk. As soon as she entered the pavilion, she obediently knelt down, shrinking herself like a quail.

"My servant has seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty is safe."

"Ye Hui, what did you do?" Seeing her like that, Ye Chu couldn't help holding back a smile and said, "Ye Hui, what did you do wrong, admit your mistake quickly, I'll ask my brother to beat you less."

"Hit the board?" Xie Dan snorted and said, "The mistake she made this time can't be solved by hitting the board. Ye Hui, do you say it yourself, or do you want me to help you talk about it?"

"Your Majesty made it clear, servant girl... slave servant doesn't know what His Majesty said..."

Xie Dan was almost laughed at by her, if it was someone else, Xie Dan would definitely think that he was trying to evade, but if it was Ye Hui, she might really not know what happened.

"For example, you left the house several times a few days ago and went to Zhuque Street, what did you do?" Xie Dan said.

"...Your servant deserves to die, and your servant... didn't do it on purpose," Ye Huiqi Ai said, "Your servant is guilty, you just need to admit your punishment."

Ye Chu was originally lying on the ground, but when he heard this, he couldn't help sitting up straight, and asked seriously: "Ye Hui, what are you doing, tell me quickly, or I won't be able to protect you."

"Your servant... fought with someone." Ye Hui stammered for a long time before saying, "Your servant... and lost."

Ye Chu breathed a sigh of relief, it really was something Ye Hui would do.

It's not new for Ye Hui to fight with people, she lives in this house close to the Iron Armored Guards, so she usually finds people to fight with, and also gestures with the guards in the mansion.The several Iron Armored Generals who lived nearby were basically approached by her.And she also wanted to make an appointment with Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang was good at poison and she was good at swordsmanship and hidden weapons. The two of them were not on the same line.

It's fine if you lose, but if you win, it will be worrying. If she accidentally hurts someone, it will be troublesome.

Ye Chu scolded and said: "It's what you deserve, it's only good if you lose, I want you to show off all day long."

"You listened to her avoiding the serious and taking the light." Xie Dan said angrily, "Why didn't you ask her who she was fighting with?"

"Who did she fight with?" Ye Chu hurriedly asked.

"She ran to challenge the new champion of martial arts. She insisted on fighting with him. She lost, but the champion of new martial arts got hit by her sleeve arrow and was injured. Now he is coming to her."

"..." Ye Chu opened his mouth, well, this is not a conflict that can be resolved in the house.

Xie Dan's first imperial examination since he came to the throne was held in the fall of last year, and the candidates who passed the list passed the spring test this spring, and just after the palace test in mid-April, the number one scholar in civil and military parade across the street, causing a sensation in the capital.

Ye Hui is very conceited in martial arts skills, Zhu'er, who is not convinced by anyone, unexpectedly went to compete with other martial arts champions.

"No, princess, it's not like that..." Ye Hui said hastily, "Princess, it's been a few days, and it's not that the slaves don't know the seriousness, and the sleeve arrow hurt him a little, and it won't be true." Hurt his vitals, how dare you slaves. He actually went to sue His Majesty, it’s too much of a fuss, let’s talk first, swords have no eyes, a little flesh scratches won’t matter..."

"Her sleeve arrow hurt Mu Jing's left arm, and Mu Jing's knife also hit her neck, Ye Hui, is that right?" Xie Dan asked.

"...Yes." Ye Hui answered honestly with her head lowered.

Instinctively, Ye Chu began to protect his shortcomings, and hurriedly said: "Ye Hui, if you lose, you should admit defeat, and if you hurt someone, you can apologize to him in another day. Otherwise, I can't help you if my brother punishes you."

"It's not a matter of apologizing." Xie Dan said with a sullen face, "Ye Hui, do you need to tell the princess yourself, what bet did you have in the competition, and what did you lose?"

"Quickly tell me, what did you lose?" Ye Chu asked.

Ye Hui said indignantly: "Princess, you don't know, that Mu Jing is not kind, and the conditions he raised are simply unreasonable, and the slaves and maids are not really defeated by him. He is the court's champion of martial arts after all. , I don’t dare to really kill him, my servant’s sleeve arrows are not good at hitting his vital points, so he just won by luck, if it’s a life-and-death confrontation on the battlefield, it’s not sure who will die and who will live..."

"Struggling for strength and courage, you have reason, don't you?" Xie Tan scolded coldly.

"..." Ye Hui shrank her head and didn't dare to say anything, but her eyes were clear and she was still a little unconvinced.

Xie Dan said: "Ye Hui, the princess treats you like a sister. You are good enough to cause trouble for her. Now that the matter has come to an end, you take the initiative to provoke others. You are willing to gamble and admit defeat. You can't let people say that the palace of the princess is protecting you. You Solve it yourself tomorrow."

"...Yes." Ye Hui kowtowed on the ground, shrunk her body and backed away, retreated to the edge of the pavilion and ran away.

When Ye Chu saw her like that, he always felt that there was something else in it, so he asked what the bet was, and sure enough, Xie Dan said, "She lost herself to others."

"??" Ye Chu opened his eyes wide and asked, "What do you mean you lost yourself to others?"

"You should lose your life to others." Xie Dan said.

It turned out that after Ye Hui learned that the champion of martial arts was selected in the imperial examination, she always wanted to try her skills against the champion of martial arts, so she ran to Mu Jing twice and three times to compete in martial arts.Mu Jing originally saw that she was a woman and didn't want to compare with her, but Ye Hui made a provocative statement, saying that what's the matter with the champion of martial arts, Mu Jing was afraid of losing to her and would be ashamed.Mu Jing made an agreement with her that whoever loses will be dealt with by the other party, Ye Hui also agreed.

In the end, Ye Hui lost, and Mu Jing didn't know each other, so he asked Ye Hui to marry him on the spot.

Ye Hui probably didn't expect the other party to propose such a solution, so she ran away regardless.No wonder she's been extraordinarily honest in hiding in the mansion these days.

"She never reported her identity and said she was Ye Er. She probably thought that she would not be found if she ran away." Xie Dan smiled angrily.

The civil and military champions in this year's palace examination are all relatively young, and they have never been married. Naturally, they have received a lot of attention. Decent, took advantage of the opportunity to give marriage to the two.On Wu Zhuangyuan's side, because Wen Zhuangyuan's happy event aroused the topic, someone wanted to match him.

As a result, Mu Jing personally said that he had a marriage contract in front of the emperor and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Others asked which girl it was from, and the rammed product actually said that it was "Ye Er". Now he is looking for it.He also specifically asked Wei Chen to help him find someone.

"I knew it was Ye Hui as soon as I heard it." Xie Dan said.

"..." Ye Chu was silent, scratching his head, not knowing how to feel.