Little emperor

The bell rang again and again, very heavy and powerful, as if hitting everyone's heart, making people feel heartbroken and sad.

Many people who failed to enter the palace to attend the memorial service knelt and howled outside the imperial city.

The common people didn't know about the casualties of this palace change. Seeing so many people kneeling outside the imperial city, they were infected by the atmosphere and became sad.

In the originally lively street, the yelling disappeared, and everyone felt heavy.

I don't know how many times the bell rang, but it stopped after an hour.

After each family received the spirit tablet and left Qianming Palace, Gu Yang stood on a high place, looking at them solemnly.

Seeing that the little emperor was so sad, Mr. Wang comforted him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the deceased is gone, and my condolences. Tomorrow is a new day, and we should look forward."

Gu Yang nodded slightly, and reached out to hold Mr. Wang's hand.

Manager Wang held the little emperor's little hand tightly and led him back to the Long Live Hall.

After the memorial service, Li Taifu and others came to the meeting room to discuss the content of the morning court tomorrow.

They just suspect that King Zhao is a traitor, and there is no evidence now.Therefore, this palace change still has to write about King Qin's rebellion.

Secondly, the number of casualties and property losses and the impact of this time should be made public.

Then talking about King Wen, Li Taifu asked Zhou Shangshu: "How is King Wen recovering from his injuries?"

I heard that the little emperor had someone give King Wen and Commander Ye a lot of precious herbs to help them recover from their injuries.King Wen's injury was much lighter than Commander Ye's.After a few days of recuperation, it should be much better.King Wen entered the palace today to attend the memorial service. He looked normal and should be recovering well.

Zhou Shangshu replied: "It's much better, now I can walk by myself."

"Tomorrow morning, let him participate!" Taifu Li said calmly.

Zhou Shangshu was surprised: "Could it be too fast?"

Prime Minister He Zuo said: "There must be the opponent's eyeliner in the city. It is to make King Zhao think that King Wen has controlled the court, so that King Zhao will be impatient."

King Zhao is really insidious. He pushed King Qin to seek rebellion behind his back, but he has never appeared, and there is no evidence to indicate that King Zhao is related to King Qin's rebellion.So they couldn't use the law to deal with King Zhao.We can only conspire, get King Zhao to the capital and then attack him.

"When Zhou returned home, he informed King Wen that he would go to court tomorrow." Zhou Shangshu nodded.

Liu Shangshu sighed faintly, and said in a low voice, "This time the court lost at least 10 taels of silver."

In addition to repairing bombed buildings, money is mainly used to appease the relatives of those who died.

He Zuoxiang: ...

He squinted at Liu Shangshu.

Really.The treasury is not out of money.Every time he spends some money, Liu Shangshu keeps pushing.

Song Shangshu found an opportunity to quarrel with Liu Shangshu: "Does Liu Shangshu think that the court should not spend money to appease the relatives of the dead and injured?"

Liu Shangshu retorted speechlessly: "That's not what Liu intended! Originally, the money could have been spent! It's all those rebellious officials and thieves! It's really a disaster for the country and the people! Damn it!"

Taifu Li didn't want to hear them quarreling, so he said flatly: "Your Majesty is one year old, it's time to arrange for a historian to take notes personally."

Before the little emperor was young, every day was not eating, drinking, having fun, or sleeping.But now that the little emperor is found to be extremely intelligent, as a potential stock that may become a holy king in the future, Taifu Li feels that it is necessary to record the growth of the little emperor in history.

Hearing this, the other five looked surprised.

Zhou Shangshu asked hesitantly: "Is it too early?"

The official historian mainly records the things done by these assistant ministers. As for the life of the little emperor, Manager Wang sends someone to record it, and then sends it to the official historian, who then records it down.

Which emperor likes to be recorded when he was young?When the little emperor grew up, he might feel ashamed when he looked through the history books.Zhou Shangshu substituted himself and imagined it.If someone records what he lost in a fight when he was a child, let everyone know.What's the face!

Zhao Youxiang was thoughtful, and suddenly asked Li Taifu: "When is the Taifu going to teach Your Majesty?"

"Tomorrow, the old man will enter the palace to teach His Majesty. Start by teaching His Majesty how to understand people's hearts. After two years, he will enlighten His Majesty and teach His Majesty how to read and write." Taifu Li replied to Zhao Youxiang.

After hearing this, Zhao Youxiang smirked, and said in a strange way: "No wonder the Taifu is in a hurry to arrange a historian for His Majesty."

It is said to record the little emperor, but in fact the most important thing is to record the education of Li Taifu to the little emperor.What a shame!

Mrs. Li glanced at Zhao Youxiang, with no emotion on his face, and asked the other party: "When does the right minister think it is appropriate to arrange a historian for His Majesty?"

"We have to ask His Majesty what he thinks. Although His Majesty is young, he is the Ninth Five-Year Honorable One, and we should respect his thoughts." Zhao Youxiang thought about the little emperor wholeheartedly.No emperor wants the historian to record what he did when he was young and ignorant.

Li Taifu paused slightly, and changed his words: "I will ask His Majesty about this matter."

He Zuoxiang thought that the two would quarrel, but seeing that Li Taifu gave in, he found it boring.He opened his mouth and said: "The imperial mausoleum of Eucalyptus Mountain has been built, and Si Tianjian can choose an auspicious day to bury Emperor Hui."

Because the first emperor died suddenly after being assassinated, the imperial mausoleum was only half completed, and it was not completed at all.So the first emperor's Zigong stayed in the Liangshan Palace for a year, and there has been no burial.

The burial of the first emperor was a major event, according to the rules, the little emperor had to support the first emperor's Zi Palace and send him into the imperial mausoleum, outsiders were not allowed to help in this process.But the little emperor is still young, how can he have the strength to support Zigong!It is necessary to find someone from the royal family to help, and King Wen is a good helper.But King Wen alone has limited strength.Zigong is really too heavy, several helpers were needed to send the late emperor into the imperial mausoleum.

Zhao Youxiang, Li Taifu and others also considered this issue.A few people began to discuss, to come to Beijing to attend the first birthday banquet, and to choose a few young and strong sons of the feudal princes with a good reputation from among the heirs of the feudal princes who died in the Hall of Great Harmony.Let them seize the title as soon as possible, and then rush to the capital to attend Emperor Hui's funeral and help carry Zigong.

After talking about things, Mrs. Li went to the palace.

Gu Yang didn't want to listen to stories today, so he started to sleep after returning from Qianming Palace.

Director Wang felt even more distressed when he saw the little emperor crying in his sleep.Gently wiping away tears for the little emperor, his brows and eyes were full of sorrow.

Qi Erniang also felt sorry for the little emperor's appearance, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said to Manager Wang: "Eunuch Wang, why don't you wake up Your Majesty?"

Manager Wang sighed.Even if the little emperor was woken up, the little emperor didn't want to do anything.Sad when awake, and sad in sleep, Mr. Wang thinks the former is more painful.

Taifu Li entered the Long Live Hall at this time.

Hearing footsteps, Manager Wang raised his eyes and looked over.He made a silent gesture to the other party, got up and walked over.

Knowing that the little emperor was resting, Taifu Li nodded, turned around and walked out of the Long Live Hall.

Director Wang came outside and asked Taifu Li: "I don't know what orders the Taifu has?"

Taifu Li entered the palace to inquire about the young emperor's attitude towards arranging the official historian, and to tell Manager Wang about the burial of Emperor Hui, so that Manager Wang would be mentally prepared.

After Li Taifu finished burying Emperor Hui, Director Wang nodded and responded: "Our family understands."

Emperor Hui's burial is a major event, even if the outside world knows that Empress Dowager Ning is sick and recuperating, she must appear at that time.

"How is Your Majesty feeling?" Taifu Li asked about the situation of the little emperor with concern.

Today, the little emperor cried first, which surprised Li Taifu and others.Infected by the little emperor, they also cried.

Manager Wang shook his head, and said with a worried face: "Since your Majesty came back, he has been lacking energy. Even when he was resting, he was crying."

Taifu Li frowned his gray eyebrows, his expression became worried.He ordered: "Let Imperial Physician Wu come over and guard His Majesty."

I heard that some children will get sick easily because of their moodiness and loss of appetite to eat.

Director Wang nodded: "Our family will send someone to invite Dr. Wu to come over."

After chatting with Manager Wang, Taifu Li returned to the Long Live Hall, and Erniang Qi was squatting aside and gently wiping tears for the little emperor.

Seeing this scene, Li Taifu stared at the little emperor with deep and sad eyes.

It was the great Zhou's luck that the little emperor was wise early.Originally Taifu Li was pleasantly surprised by the intelligence of the little emperor, but now he hopes that the little emperor can act like an ordinary child and not understand these things so early.

Only children who have experienced misfortune will grow up quickly and understand the truth.As a courtier, I naturally hope that the emperor will understand the truth as soon as possible.Small shoulders can quickly become big shoulders, shoulder heavy responsibilities, and benefit the people.But as an elder, Li Taifu hopes that the little emperor can grow up happily.But ah!As soon as the little emperor was born, his identity was determined. The identity of the emperor destined his life to be extraordinary.It was doomed, he had to bear so many things.

Yellow cloudy eyes, eyes become gloomy.Taifu Li leaned over to the side of the little emperor, bent down and knelt down.

Seeing this, Erniang Qi withdrew her hand.

Taifu Li stretched out his hand, gently touched the little emperor's forehead with his fingers, and looked at him lovingly.

Manager Wang stood behind Taifu Li, watching this scene quietly.

Taifu Li did not leave until Physician Wu came to the Long Live Hall.When Director Wang sent him out, he sighed: "Ever since His Majesty learned to speak, he has never cried again. Seeing His Majesty is so sad today, our heart feels like being beaten with an iron rod. It hurts so much. .”

Taifu Li took a deep look at Director Wang, and said flatly: "The palm seal of Wang is quite 'loyal' to His Majesty."

He naturally saw what Manager Wang was thinking.This old eunuch has no blood of his own, and after serving the little emperor for so long, his loyalty to the little emperor must be extraordinary.I hope this old eunuch can be more sensible and remember his identity.If he dares to teach His Majesty badly, Taifu Li will definitely take the initiative to get Director Wang away.

Pretending not to realize that the word "loyalty" that Grand Tutor Li said had another meaning, Manager Wang calmly responded, "Is the Grand Tutor not loyal to His Majesty?"

Mrs. Li said with a smirk: "Wang Zhangyin asked this question, could it be that he doubts the old man's loyalty to His Majesty?"

"Of course not." Manager Wang shook his head.

Taifu Li didn't continue to chat with him, and turned to leave.

Zhou Shangshu returned to the mansion after get off work, and went directly to Keju to find King Wen.tell him about it.

King Wen was surprised and said, "So fast? But my injury hasn't healed yet!"

Zhou Shangshu clasped his fists at him, and said in a pleading tone: "His Royal Highness, King Wen, please take the overall situation into consideration! If King Zhao is not eliminated, the New Year will be unstable every day! Your Majesty's throne is always missed by others. And His Highness King Wen, He will always be regarded as an enemy by King Zhao."

King Wen: ...

indeed.Except for King Zhao as soon as possible, everyone can live a stable life.Especially him.The person King Zhao hates the most now is King Wen.Knowing that there must be Zhao Wang's eyeliner hidden in the city, Wen Wang dare not go out now, for fear of being assassinated by Zhao Wang's men!

"Okay! This king cooperates with you!" For the sake of the overall situation, for the little emperor, for the people, and for himself, King Wen nodded and agreed.

Gu Yang slept until dark and was woken up by Manager Wang.

"Your Majesty, let's eat!"

Gu Yang has no appetite and feels uncomfortable in his eyes, maybe because of crying today.He drank some water, looked at his favorite dish, Gu Yang picked up a small spoon and took a bite, then put down the spoon.

Before leaving, Imperial Physician Wu found that the little emperor had no appetite, so he immediately persuaded him: "Your Majesty, the dragon's body is the most important thing!"

Gu Yang froze for a moment, then turned to look at him.I don't know when Doctor Wu came.

Turning his head to look at Mr. Wang, he saw that Mr. Wang looked at him with sad eyes.Gu Yang continued to eat with a spoon.He can sit here properly now, because many people sacrificed their precious lives in exchange for him.He must work hard to eat, grow hard, live well, and live with value.We have to do many, many things, and we must be worthy of sacrificing those people.

Seeing the little emperor weeping and chomping.Manager Wang's eyes turned red.Physician Wu looked flustered, it was the first time he saw the little emperor like this.He has a grandson who, after being taught a lesson, has resentment in his heart and will cry while eating, which makes people find it funny.But the little emperor is different.Without saying anything, the little emperor picked up the spoon and ate hard.But tears flowed silently, it made people feel uncomfortable, and felt very distressed...

Gu Yang ate more than usual, and after finishing his meal, he washed his face seriously.

Physician Wu sighed and looked at the little emperor lovingly.

The appearance of the little emperor is really worrying.Director Wang asked Imperial Physician Wu to stay in the Long Live Hall and sleep in the side hall.

After taking a bath, Gu Yang lay down on the couch, and asked Manager Wang softly: "My lord, what kind of person is my father?"

Manager Wang was stunned, this was the first time the little emperor asked about the late emperor.He told the little emperor softly, "The first emperor was a kind emperor. He cared about the people very much."

The main reason is that Emperor Wen was too good, so after the first emperor succeeded to the throne, even if he worked very hard, compared with the previous emperor, what the first emperor did during his reign was not half of the contribution of Emperor Wen.The system has already been changed once by Emperor Wen. It is inconvenient for the first emperor to change it, but he really wants to do something, so he can only give favors to the people frequently, and reduce taxes every few years.In this way, he won a good reputation among the people and was loved by the people.

"What kind of person is the father?" Gu Yang asked again, staring blankly at the top of the Luo tent.

Director Wang was surprised, thought it over carefully, and replied again: "In terms of intelligence and courage, the late emperor's qualifications are average. But the late emperor knew how to appoint talented people. The Taifu had already retired back then, and it was the late emperor who repeatedly condescended to the center of his mansion to ask for it. Return to the temple. The left and the right have been fighting for many years, and the late emperor followed the advice of the Taifu to check and balance them for many years. The late emperor was good at listening to advice and had a broad mind. Even if he loves beauty, he dare not indulge in it."

To be able to say these words, Manager Wang is already treasonous.After all, the dead are the greatest, especially the emperor.Only history books and posterity can evaluate the late emperor.Mr. Wang is a eunuch, if he commented on the first emperor in this way, let other people know, he would definitely label Mr. Wang as disrespectful.

Gu Yang turned his head to look at Mr. Wang, his eyes were still expressionless, the black pupils were dull and lifeless.

"Why did I succeed?" Gu Yang's voice was very low, as if he was whispering.

Director Wang thought that the little emperor was dissatisfied with his identity, he didn't want to be emperor, and he was afraid of taking all the responsibilities.Feeling a little flustered, with a gentle smile on his face, he replied softly: "Because the late emperor was assassinated and died suddenly. And His Majesty just happened to be born. This throne is destined by heaven, and belongs to His Majesty."

Gu Yang blinked his eyes, his pupils were dull, and asked in a murmur, "Isn't there an imperial brother?"

Manager Wang explained: "The other princes all grew up safely due to various accidents."

"Why?" Gu Yang continued to ask.

"Because their lives are bad." Manager Wang stretched out his hand and gently stroked the little emperor's head.

"Will I have an accident like them?"

Manager Wang's face changed drastically, and he raised his voice to retort: ​​"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven! He is the Son of Heaven! Naturally, he will be protected by the heavens! He will be safe forever!"

Gu Yang closed his eyes.

Director Wang couldn't hold back, got on the dragon couch, and stretched out his arms to hug the little emperor.Comforting: "With the old slave here, His Majesty will be fine. The old slave will protect His Majesty."

He will never let the little emperor have an accident!I will definitely protect the little emperor!Let the little emperor live in peace!

Gu Yang didn't speak, and his breathing was very shallow.Listening to Mr. Wang's heartbeat, he gradually fell asleep.

Feeling that the little emperor's breathing became regular, and knowing that he was fast asleep, Manager Wang let him go, and got off the dragon couch lightly.

I plan to wash my feet, change into clean clothes, and continue to guard the little emperor when I come back.

Walking out of the dormitory, Director Wang stopped abruptly.

The more I think about the little emperor's words, the more I feel something is wrong.

Why did the princes in the palace die unexpectedly one by one as long as they were made princes?Before becoming princes, these princes can live a good life!

It's not useless for Emperor Hui to suspect this before, and every time something happened to the crown prince, he would ask people to investigate.But nothing suspicious could be found.So Emperor Hui had to believe that this was God's will.Because God was dissatisfied with the prince he established, he let these children leave him.

Only the little emperor was a special case. On the day of his birth, the previous emperor died and was forced to ascend the throne, becoming the emperor directly.Then, the little emperor was protected.Although some people tried to attack the little emperor, they were all dealt with by Manager Wang.

His face gradually became serious, and Mr. Wang ordered a young eunuch with a serious face: "Go and call the little table."

"Yes!"

The small table was busy with a lot of things during the day, and was woken up just after taking a break, and hurried to the Long Live Hall to see Director Wang.

"Eunuch Wang, what happened?" If it wasn't for something, Manager Wang wouldn't have called him over at this time.Seeing the other party's complexion is not good again, those eyes are gloomy, and the small table suddenly becomes tense.

"Our family asked you to do one thing, secretly staring at those concubines." Mr. Wang's tone of voice was cold, and his eyes were as cold as ice.

The small table was stunned, and asked suspiciously: "Are you staring at the imperial concubine and the others? Why are you staring at them?"

"Our family suspects that what happened to those princes was not an accident." Now that he was suspicious again, Manager Wang wanted to check the people in the harem.

In the past, the first emperor had checked again and again, making people have to believe that the death of the princes was all accidental.

But now, think of the ambition of King Zhao, a rebellious minister and thief.Manager Wang had no choice but to suspect the death of the princes on King Zhao.

No one knows when Zhao Wang began to develop ambitions and start planning all this.But Director Wang can be sure that Zhao Wang has been planning for at least ten years.

Eradicate the first emperor's prince first, and then eradicate the first emperor, as well as King Liang and King Qin.Then the throne will naturally fall to King Zhao!

The little table said in amazement: "But didn't the first emperor have people check it? After every prince had an accident, the first emperor would have people check it out. The final result was all accidents."

It's so hard to look up things in the past, especially things that don't have clues!

The little table didn't know why Director Wang suddenly suspected this, and asked suspiciously, "Why does the prince want to investigate these old things?"

Director Wang narrowed his eyes, with murderous intent hidden in his eyes, and said slowly: "Our family suspects that the person who is hiding in the palace and helping King Zhao is the former emperor's concubine."

In the harem, it is easy to kill anyone casually.But it is very difficult to harm the prince.This person must be a concubine, and her status is not low.

According to the people in the palace, the rebels did not harass the concubines during this palace change.Although I went to them to search, but did not bully them.But when facing other palace people, these rebels will rob the palace people of their money.Obviously those concubines have more property than the palace people, why didn't the rebels rob them?

Director Wang thought this matter was a bit weird before.Those rebels were not kind people. They didn't blink when they hurt people's lives, and they were even more brutal and vicious when they robbed people of money.Only the attitude towards those concubines can be called polite.

After chatting with the little emperor, Director Wang became very suspicious. After thinking about all the things carefully and connecting them together, he had a direction for investigation.

Xiao Zhuo was stunned, feeling incredible, and asked strangely: "Why did the former emperor's concubines go to great lengths to help King Zhao harm those princes?"

Manager Wang said coldly, "It's not for love, it's for profit."

It seems that some people are dissatisfied with the rule of setting up sons and killing mothers in the harem, so they want to change it.But the other party absolutely shouldn't have done so, helping Zhao Wang's villain and killing the emperor's heir!

The small table asked: "Then first exclude those concubines who have given birth to princes?"

He felt that the concubine who had given birth to the prince ruled out the suspicion.

"Not necessarily. All concubines have to watch!" Mr. Wang glanced coldly at the small table.

The little table nodded, remembering something, and asked: "The queen mother, do I want to go over and ask?"

After all, Empress Dowager Ning had given birth to two princes before.

"Ask clearly." Manager Wang nodded.

"Yes!"

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The author has something to say:

Small table: Why can't I think of those things that my godfather thought of?

感谢在2022-07-0800:00:00~2022-07-0900:00:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: Chu Weiwei, one calligraphy and painting;

Thanks to the little angel of the irrigation nutrient solution: Sorry, I am an undercover 10 bottles; Wang Fangqin, Lan Feng Shuiyue 1 bottle;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!