The old fox who married into a wealthy family

After Tangli lectured and read the scriptures and history for the crown prince and Ah Man, she returned to her study in the mansion and did not sleep peacefully.

He is waiting.

Wait for what is destined to happen tonight.

The emperor has always been in good health, but he has been getting older in the past two years, and he himself has been too exhausted, and his mental and physical strength cannot keep up, so he often eats the "Xuezhi Huan Shen Pill" offered by Defei to increase his mental strength.

This is the same as when modern people reach the age of 50 or [-], they will start to take some supplements and health care products.

And tonight, after taking this medicine before going to bed as usual, the emperor will die suddenly.

In the silent night, Qiaolou called for the third watch.

Tang Li rolled up her long sleeves, cut off a small piece of lantern flower on the table, and heard the faint sound of horses' hoofs stepping on the bluestone slab in the distance as expected.

The sound of horseshoes approached from far to near, and someone shouted anxiously outside his mansion: "His Royal Highness urgently orders the Grand Scholars to enter the palace!"

It was already after twelve o'clock at night, the ancients went to bed early, most of the servants in the mansion had rested, and the entire mansion was completely silent, but the slightly shrill voice outside the door was particularly clear and loud.

Tang Li closed her eyes, walked out of the study room quickly, walked all the way through the corridor, and came to the gate of the main courtyard.

Because Tangli hadn't gone to bed, two servants were still awake in the side room separated by a green gauze curtain, in case the bachelor asked for tea and snacks in the middle of the night and couldn't find someone to support him.

Seeing Tangli going out, they hurriedly followed with lanterns in hand to light the way for the bachelor.

Outside the gate, in the shadow of the swaying lights, Tangli saw that the servant of the Eastern Palace, the Prince's confidant, Eunuch Ping, was coming on horseback.

Eunuch Ping was in his early thirties and was an internal official who served the prince personally. He was low-key and cautious, and rarely stepped out of the palace gate.Because Tangli often went to the palace to give lectures on scriptures and history for the prince, so Eunuch Heping knew him.

My father-in-law is usually a fastidious person. He always looks neat and tidy, and he likes to scent his clothes and put some powder on his face.

However, at this moment, his sideburns were disheveled, his brow was covered with sweat, and the gauze cap on his head was tilted to the side, and he didn't even bother to support it.Ordinary people always have a smiling face before they have time to apply powder, and under the light of the slightly shaking lantern, it looks waxy and waxy, with a bad complexion.

Tang Li already knew the purpose of Eunuch Ping's visit, but still followed the real development of the situation, with a look of surprise on her face: "Eunuch Ping, why did you come here late at night?"

Eunuch Ping glanced at the two servants beside Tangli, leaned close to Tangli, and whispered to him: "It happened suddenly, and this old slave doesn't know the details. Anyway, you, you hurry up and go to the palace to see Look at His Royal Highness..."

Speaking of this, Eunuch Ping's voice already carried a hint of begging and crying.

With Eunuch Ping's identity and personality, if he hadn't encountered a major event, he would never have shown such a speech and demeanor.

Tangli didn't hesitate any longer, and said to the bewildered boy who was holding the lantern behind him, "Take my horse."

As a close minister of the emperor, Tang Li has always been favored, her residence is not far from the imperial palace, and she has the privilege of riding a horse in the palace. Soon, she rode into the imperial city with her father-in-law and came to the East Palace, where the crown prince lives.

Dismounting and walking to the prince's bedroom, I saw more than a dozen maids and servants guarding outside, all of them looked anxious, and several palace maids were still sobbing softly.

The prince is elegant and graceful, with a clear mind and good judgment, and he is generous in his stay, and has always been very popular.

"Your Highness does not allow others to come close, only the Crown Princess is waiting inside." Eunuch Ping bowed slightly to Tang Li, "Grand Scholars, hurry up and go in."

Tangli knew that the matter was urgent, she nodded towards Eunuch Ping, pushed open the door of the bedroom, and walked quickly.

Stepping into the inner room, he saw the prince wearing homely clothes, with his long hair loose, lying on the couch, spitting out a big mouthful of black blood.

The crown prince's concubine's temples were loose and her bun was loose, and she didn't even notice that the pearl hairpin fell on the ground. She wiped the blood stains on the prince's lips with a handkerchief.

"I don't blame you, you were just deceived and used." After the prince coughed up blood, he looked up at the princess with gentle eyes and a calm tone, "They have planned this for a long time. It is not you, but someone else."

Then seeing Tangli come in, she said to her, "You go out first."

Tangli sat down in front of the prince's couch, and the prince gave instructions to the princess who was about to get up and leave: "Xin'er, live well from now on."

Hearing this, the Crown Princess' body froze for a moment, and then she turned and walked out of the bedroom enduring grief.

The crown prince looked at Tang Li, knowing that his time was running out, so he cut the long story short: "Father has passed away, and he is alone with a poison that cannot be cured, and he is about to die... This matter was done by the queen mother."

"Queen...why is that so?" Tang Li showed a shocked expression.

The crown prince nodded, with a sad expression on his face: "I didn't think of that either. Compared with her husband and children, the queen mother chose power and family."

"Scholar Tang knows this matter in his mind, but for the time being, the empress...she can't move." The prince took a deep breath, and deep lines formed between his brows due to the pain, "After Ah Man ascended the throne, we can find an opportunity to eliminate him secretly. "

Tang Li wiped away the black blood overflowing from the prince's lips with a handkerchief: "I understand, I will help my little Highness well."

Over the years, the emperor has been withdrawing and weakening the territorial privileges of the nobles, intending to be arbitrary.

But the other party is not a fool who is willing to sit and wait for death. They seem to be gradually losing, but in fact they lie dormant like snakes and scorpions, until they dealt this fatal blow.

After poisoning the emperor, the next step must be a crown prince with excellent virtue and ability.

But the prince is an adult and can be in charge of the government, and he has the same ambitions as the emperor. Is he afraid that he will be the second emperor again?Didn't the nobles of the great family do useless work?

So they kept on doing nothing, and simply killed the two of them back and forth, planning to support another obedient and easy-to-manipulate puppet.

Now that the situation has become a foregone conclusion, even if Tang Li kills the queen and makes the matter public, it will not help the matter.

Without more evidence, even if the queen's line is killed, the huge foundation of the nobles and nobles will not be shaken, so they can only vent their anger.

The consequences were quite cruel to Ah Man.

Both his father and elder brother were killed by his mother, if this matter spreads out, there will be an uproar all over the world, how can Ah Man deal with himself, how can he show his face to others?

With such an embarrassing situation, it is difficult to ascend the throne.With his status as the younger brother of the prince, the new emperor and his interest groups must be jealous of him, and he will only be lonely and helpless in his later life.

Since ancient times, royal mothers have valued their sons, and the queen poisoned her husband and eldest son. Next, she will do her best to remove all obstacles for her younger son, and support her younger son who is not capable of governing to succeed to the throne, so that she can listen to politics behind the scenes, monopolize power, and The purpose of supporting the family.

The struggle for imperial power has never been black and white, at least from the point of view of supporting Ah Man to succeed to the throne, she is currently in the same position as the crown prince, and there is still room for improvement.

"Aman is still young, and he has such a mother... In the future, there will be places where he is not sensible, and he will be educated and taken care of by Bachelor Tang. If he should be beaten, he will be beaten, and if he is punished, he will be punished. Let him be a king, absolutely not Make him go astray." The prince took a deep breath again, opened a hidden compartment next to the couch with a trembling right hand, took out a scroll of bright yellow silk and a tiger charm, and handed it to Tangli, "This imperial edict was issued by the emperor during his lifetime. Plan, just in case of unpreparedness...With this imperial edict and tiger talisman, Scholar Tang will be an important minister, who can serve as prime minister and command the Yulin Army, Mobei Army, and Jianghuai Army. It is enough to fight against those national thieves."

After listening to the prince's words, Tangli took the bright yellow silk scroll and tiger charm with both hands, and just wanted to be like Zhang Zheng at that time, saying "I wish to be smashed to pieces in order to repay the emperor's kindness", then knelt down on the couch and bowed down.

However, when he only said "I wish to be smashed to pieces...", the prince grabbed the hem of his clothes with trembling hands to stop him.

Tang Li was stunned for a while, because he remembered that the crown prince was worshiped by Zhang Zheng.

"Scholar Tang, I know your ambitions. Like my father, I hope that the world will be clean and clear... But this road, the bachelor will have to walk alone without anyone to accompany him. It is already too hard and difficult." The prince looked up at Tang Li, under the eyes that had become cloudy, there was a thick purple-black color caused by poisoning, "Lonely, lonely, even though I am under the Nine Springs, I still...in my heart... I don't want to see you finally smashed to pieces. "

The toxin damaged the prince's eyesight. At this moment, his eyes were blurred, and he could not see the appearance of the person in front of him clearly. He could only vaguely see a shadow, but he still stared stubbornly.

"Ruo Ruo, Ru Ruo one day... Ah Man has really become our opposite. A scholar and a bachelor only need to save his life to replace him." The prince panted, and intermittently said these words that shocked Tang Li.

what's the situation?

In the memories of Ji Xiuyuan's previous life that he had met, the crown prince had never said such words to Zhang Zheng.

instead?

Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a nice person, but after all, he is the home of the feudal construction society. Is he so open-minded?

"Gu, Gu has always been to the bachelor... that's all." The prince seemed to want to say something, but he closed his eyes lightly, and finally turned into a long sigh, his expression became fragile, "Scholar Tang, I feel a little cold, you hug me Hug Gu... just hug for a while, okay?"

Hey, what kind of request is this?Why didn't you follow the world line?

Tangli clearly remembered that the prince died sitting upright on the couch after receiving Zhang Zheng's worship.

The death method of being poisoned is a real pain in the abdomen, heartbroken, but he kept his back straight until death, refused to lose his dignity, and maintained the dignity of the prince of the country.

At that time, Tang Li had also felt in her heart that this prince was really handsome and elegant on the outside, with a dignified character on the inside.

...Well, anyway, the direction is almost the same, so don't care about these details.

Faced with the last request before she died, Tang Li did not hesitate, she sat beside the couch and stretched out her arms, hugging the prince into her arms.

At this moment, the prince's eyes were pitch black, and he could not see anything at all, but he still groped to hold Tang Li's hand, interlocking his fingers, and said softly, "Scholar Tang...your hand is so warm..."

After finishing speaking, he quietly bowed his head into Tangli's arms, the sound of breathing gradually stopped, and his body temperature cooled down little by little.

The crown prince died, Zhang Zheng was kneeling in front of the couch, crying so hard that he couldn't help himself, but Tang Li didn't feel so sad.

What he held in his arms was just a projected phantom based on historical figures and the logical operation of this world.

The projection phantom has the ideological and aesthetic taste of the archetype, and will make all reactions to the outside world according to the personality and hobbies of the archetype. people.

If you want to describe it, it is like a piece of program code that can run itself, like a star that has been annihilated in the universe for millions of years, and people can still look up to its brilliance falling in the sky.

The real His Royal Highness the Crown Prince died 600 years ago. In his short 18 years of life, he has never encountered a "Scholar Tang".

Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and the maids and servants tried to persuade him to help, but the nine-year-old Aman, with disheveled hair and only his middle coat, rushed in like a small cannonball, crying loudly: "Brother Huang! Brother Huang! !Father, he..."

The sound stopped abruptly.

As far as Ah Man could see, there were black blood stains on the floor and between the brocade couches.

His imperial brother was silently embraced by Scholar Tang, like a big soft doll, his face was gray and black, his long eyelashes were closed, and the front and sleeves were also speckled with black blood.

When Scholar Tang saw him coming in, he put down his elder brother in his arms, and with his jade-colored slender hands, he methodically straightened his slightly messy hair and clothes, making him lie flat on the couch.

Then a pair of charming black eyes with slightly raised tails looked at him deeply.

When Ah Man was stared at by the pair of black eyes, he felt that something in his head exploded with a bang.

Tang Li sat on the messy brocade couch, surrounded by bloodstains, beside the prince's corpse, her cheeks and snow-white neckline were stained with black bloodstains.

It was obviously such a miserable scene, but the red clothes and red lips, the white complexion seemed to be covered with a layer of shining precious light, and the complexion was so gorgeous that it looked like a heavenly being in hell, which gave Ah Man a strong visual impact.

Followed by a piercing coldness.

He remembered what his mother said before——

Ah Man, your father was assassinated by Concubine De, and the empress mother ordered the servants to poison him to avenge your father.

Concubine De is no more than a concubine of the palace, she is not so courageous, there must be someone behind the scenes to support her.

The purpose of this man's wolfish ambition is nothing more than for the imperial power, so your imperial brother's situation is very dangerous now!

Ah Man, go to the East Palace as soon as possible, and inform your imperial brother so that he can take precautions in advance.

If it's too late... just cry, pretend you don't know anything, and never confront this person verbally or physically!

Conspiracy and assassination cannot make this person steal the throne of the emperor.

He must need a puppet emperor who is easy to manipulate, and Ah Man, you will be nine years old, and you are too young to be in charge, so you are the perfect candidate.So as long as you don't show any clues, he will not harm you, and will always be close to you, help you, and support your succession.

Ah Man saw that Scholar Tang stood up, picked up the bright yellow scroll and tiger talisman beside him, and stuffed them into his sleeves.

Although he was only nine years old, but in the emperor's house, he already understood what kind of power those two things represented.

Government, and military power.

Scholar Tang... Could it be the person behind the scenes that the queen mother said?

How did he, how did he get these two things from Brother Huang?

Ah Man seemed to be nailed in place, trembling all over his body, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he looked up at Tangli in a daze, tears fell from his wide-open eyes, and his vision became hazy Vague.

But he clenched his teeth tightly, not daring to let out a sound.

Tang Li glanced at Ah Man, and felt relieved.

Although the last words and actions of the prince on his deathbed are a little bit out of touch with the world line, the general direction is still not wrong.

The nobles and nobles have received the highest education for generations, and there are many wise and cunning wise and poisonous warriors among them, and the queen has made a good game.

In fact, they would carry out this act of poisoning and assassination, which shows that the emperor's planning and operation over the years has been quite effective. They have been unable to wrestle with the imperial power head-on, and have reached the point where they are on the verge of danger and have to fight back.

Although Zhang Zheng said he was upright and upright, and won the favor of the emperor, he was actually not good at scheming and manipulating people's hearts.

His regime has military power in his hands, and he has always been able to break all laws against those powerful families and nobles, but all those who disobey will be crushed and killed, their families will be ransacked and their families will be wiped out, which is direct and effective.

Anyway, he didn't want his reputation to end, he was alone with no relatives and no reason, and he had nothing to fear or scruple at all.

He clearly knew that Ah Man had a estrangement with himself because of the empress' instigation, but he has been in power for so many years and never explained it to the young emperor.

At the beginning, I couldn't say it. After all, the young emperor was still young and the city was not deep.Compared to this, the young emperor's hatred and fear of himself are trivial things, perhaps under this kind of pressure, the young emperor's mind can grow faster.

Later, the worries subsided, but I didn't know what to say.

Tell him that the reason why I killed your mother and her descendants is because she poisoned your father and brother before?

Tell him, the purpose of beheading countless big and small powerful families, using cruel officials, and accumulating blood and debts in your hands, is to deter these privileged people, goug out this cancerous tumor in the world, and return you a Haiyanheqing country?

I practiced secretly twice in private, but I still felt that it sounded like I was trying to justify my behavior, so forget it.

Although the Crown Princess hanged herself because of regret after the death of the Prince, in fact, some old people in the East Palace, such as Eunuch Ping and the dozen or so maids who were present that night, had more or less contact with the truth.

These old people in the East Palace didn't know who the prince was poisoned to death, but at least they knew that Zhang Zheng was the one who was hired by the prince after he was poisoned to entrust his funeral affairs. He was someone the prince deeply trusted, not the murderer.

But Zhang Zheng was already in power at that time, and the young emperor hated him even more. To find these low-status and involuntary servants to testify, he was suspected of being bribed, and he might have killed these innocent old Donggong in the end. people.

Besides, the young emperor is also very pitiful.

All the close relatives of blood died because of the struggle for imperial power, and Liu Youdi sat on the Dragon Throne, which was too wide for him, tremblingly, and grew up in a lonely and cold environment.

As long as the young emperor puts hatred on him, at least in the young emperor's impression, he has always been a loving father, a mother, a brother and a brother, and he can retain some beautiful and soft memories in his life, not all cold-blooded and cruel struggle.

Anyway, the power has been in the world for so many years, along the way, Zhang Zheng has carried too much resentment and hatred, and he has long been prepared for it. The hatred of the young emperor is nothing to him .

Like Zhang Zheng in the past, Tang Li walked up to Ah Man, bent down, carefully wiped away the tears on the little boy's face with her fingertips, and comforted her with clumsy words: "Your Highness, don't be afraid."

Then I was satisfied to see that Ah Man's eyes were full of horror, trembling more and more in front of him.

……

Next, Tang Li began to follow the world line in a regular manner.

First, they fought for the throne, fighting several parties to the death, and then temporarily joined hands with the queen mother to help the young emperor ascend the throne...the affairs are very busy.

Although he has been very careful, in the process, there are still some unexpected accidents.

For example, the vicious former empress and current empress dowager even offered an olive branch to Prime Minister Tang after the two parties joined forces for a short time.

In ancient times, women married early, and the queen mother was not the first emperor and queen. She entered the palace at the age of 14 and gave birth to the first prince at the fifteenth.

A few years later, it happened that the empress of the Yuan Dynasty died without giving birth. She had the first son of the late emperor under her knees. Stand as successor.

After all, the queen mother is only 33 this year, one year younger than Prime Minister Tang's official age.

She wore a scarlet cloak that a widow should not wear, combed a high bun with a flying fairy and a phoenix, and carefully groomed and painted her face. She looked like a beauty in her twenties.

Originally, the appearance of a woman who could give birth to the first prince and the young emperor would be so bad.

She said softly to Tangli: "Prime Minister Tang, you and this palace are in separate positions right now. You hold absolute superiority in political power and military power, and this palace is your majesty's own mother. How does your majesty doubt and fear you in his heart? How much can you feel it?"

"I know that the prime minister just wants to be a loyal minister. However, the lord who is being served is so suspicious, how will the prime minister handle himself when His Majesty is in charge?"

As a refined animal, Tang Li has a straightforward mind and temperament, and a little bit of innocence. There are not many such things as mind.

Whenever he encounters such an event that deviates from the established world line, his heart is full of confusion and tumbling.

Gu is really not very good at playing Yangqiu's stuff in your human skin, so can't everyone follow the established plot well?

好在他占山为王多年，虽然令群妖俯首称臣基本上靠揍，但他这人爱讲究，装逼还是比较精通的，于是拂了拂衣袖，摆出个漂亮倨傲的姿势：“ What does the queen mean?"

Immediately afterwards, Tangli saw the empress dowager blushing in disbelief.

She has a decisive, vicious and fierce personality. She was not a little girl at first, but she suddenly became impatient. She lowered her head and did not dare to look at Tang Li. As a concubine, I would like to share the tent with the prime minister and share the imperial power and wealth. If in the future, I will be infatuated with my concubine and have a son with the prime minister, this son will be the co-lord of the world, and Jiangshan Yi's surname will be Tang."

"If not, the concubine will also make your majesty respect the prime minister as a sub-father, and treat him as a father, without any doubts or suspicions."

The simple explanation is that Prime Minister Tang, let's stop fighting, okay, the Queen Mother wants to have a baby with you so that the little emperor will recognize you as his father.

After saying these words, the 33-year-old Empress Dowager looked at Tang Li with tender eyes, waiting for his answer.

Faced with this situation that completely exceeded his expectations, Tang Li didn't know how to answer.

In the end, he had no choice but to walk away, scolding "the queen mother is self-respecting, how can it be so ridiculous", leaving the disappointed queen alone, refusing to meet each other since then, and forcibly returning to the main line of the world.

Just like Tang Li didn't feel much sadness when facing the death of the prince, he actually didn't hate the queen mother that much.

It's just a piece of data, a bone lying deep in a certain underground palace in reality, what can be devoted to real feelings?

For him, the only real existence in this world and the only person he cares about is Zhang Zheng.

Four years later, the queen mother was forced by Tangli to hang herself in the harem according to the historical facts. Before she died, she left a piece of Supa and entrusted the maid to deliver it to Tangli.

Tan Lang is ruthless, the concubine's life is miserable, and the flowers on the other side are blooming, but it's hard to get through.

I have a shallow relationship with you in this life, but I hope to meet you in the next life.

Even Tangli's cultural level can be seen, these are a few love poems that are extremely resentful.

Tang Li burned the Supa and buried the Empress Dowager in the mausoleum of the late emperor. She declared to the outside world that the empress dowager missed the late emperor too much and died of illness.

... Anyway, the direction is not much different, so don't worry about such small details as the Queen Mother wanted to befriend him, and she left a love poem handkerchief before she died.

And this afternoon, the 13-year-old little emperor was sitting alone in the dormitory, holding a few pages of writing paper, his face was cloudy, and his eyelids twitched from time to time.

On these few pages of writing paper, an absurd story was described in detail.

An aristocratic girl meets and falls in love with a poor boy by chance, but they are forcibly separated by her family because of the wrong family.

Immediately afterwards, the girl entered the palace, experienced several ups and downs to become a queen, and met again in the palace with the humble young man who won the champion. They were separated and never contacted each other again... The second child born to the girl was not the son of her and the emperor, but the crystallization of her love with a poor boy.

Ten years later, the emperor and his eldest son noticed the incident, and the confusion of royal blood was no small matter.

The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, but in the end there is a choice.In order to protect her lover and her youngest son, the girl preemptively killed the emperor and her eldest son with tears in pain, and helped her younger son succeed her as emperor.

The young man never knew that the young emperor was his flesh and blood, and the young girl had no way of explaining it. He only thought that she was greedy for power and poisoned the king of a country, and poisoned her husband and children. He couldn't understand her actions at all, thinking that her thoughts were too vicious , From then on, she completely broke with her and became an eternal enemy.

The girl confessed that no matter what the ending was, she would never resent the boy, she only blamed God for teasing and turning lovers against each other.

... If the paper hadn't been written by the Empress Dowager herself, if the girl described on it wasn't the Empress Dowager herself, and the young man wasn't Prime Minister Tang, it would be a fascinating story with ups and downs.

The story is even seamless and impeccable.

The Empress Dowager entered the palace to serve the king back then, and she couldn't tolerate any mistakes. If she really fell in love with a poor boy for a short time, the family would definitely wipe out all traces of evidence in advance.

Besides, 23 years have passed since now, and both parents of the Empress Dowager have passed away.

Prime Minister Tang won the number one prize 14 years ago, and once entered the palace to attend the Qionglin banquet. Counting the empress dowager's [-]th month of pregnancy, the little emperor turned thirteen this year, which happened to be the right match.

What was the specific situation at the Qionglin Banquet 14 years ago? Did the Empress Dowager and Prime Minister Tang have a chance to have a good time? A few years ago, because of the see-saw battle for the throne, many maids and servants were involved in it and died, and everyone from top to bottom It has been changed several times, and now no one can tell clearly.

The Empress Dowager was originally a person with careful thought, quick decision-making, and a clever mind, otherwise she would not be able to command the Sixth Palace.

There is still a crazy and decisive side in her character, otherwise she would not have been able to set up such a shocking situation and kill her husband and son, the emperor and the prince overnight.

If she wanted to tell a lie, even though it sounded very absurd and suspicious, but if she searched carefully, no one could catch any mistakes.

Furthermore, the writing on this paper may not be a lie to her, but the true wish deep in her heart.

Fighting with Tangli to the end, she lost all her power, stayed in the deep palace, was under heavy surveillance, could not touch the young emperor at will, and finally could only rely on some delusional thoughts to soothe her heart, maybe she fabricated a lie to the end, even she herself This is all believed to be true.

This can also explain why her last words were a love poem written to Tang Li.

The little emperor Ah Man threw a few pieces of writing paper in his hand into the charcoal basin, watched them burn to nothingness, then walked to the full-length carved bronze mirror not far away, and took a picture of himself.

What was reflected in the mirror was a handsome young man with a face like a crown jade and eyes like stars.

The royal family has optimized several generations of genes, so his appearance is naturally not bad, but he is like his elder brother, and his mother's appearance is like a cast out of the mold. The magnificent Tang Prime Minister.

Over the years, because of the intentional or unintentional guidance of his mother, he has always hated and feared Tangli's existence.

However, the queen mother had already admitted on those few pages that she was the real murderer, and Tangli was his biological father, so how could he hate him?

Speaking of which, when he was young, he liked Bachelor Tang very, very much. Every time his father and brother, Bachelor Zhao Tang entered the palace, he would find various reasons to come to him.

If there is an opportunity to be held up high by Scholar Tang and patted on the head, they will secretly enjoy themselves for several days, wishing to give each other their best things and the most sincere heart... Is this the nature of father and son?

When the little emperor thought of the late empress dowager, his father and brother, and his "real" life experience, he couldn't help but feel sore and miserable, with tears in his eyes.

But vaguely, there seemed to be a little bit of relief.

At this time, a servant came into the palace to summon——

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Tang is already waiting for you in the Imperial Study."

Ever since Tang Li was promoted from Bachelor Tang to Prime Minister Tang, she no longer had so much time and energy to devote herself to reading history and lectures for the young emperor, but she was still the same as Zhang Zheng in the past, caring about the young emperor's studies very much, and meeting from time to time Come and take a test.

After standing in the imperial study for a long time, I saw the 13-year-old young emperor wearing a dragon robe as usual, but timidly crawling in like a little quail.

Tang Li also frowned as usual, and reprimanded severely: "A ruler should have a majestic majesty, and use his clothes to subdue the ministers and foreign envoys. Your Majesty, look at yourself, what kind of dignity is it?!"

The young emperor lowered his head and remained silent in the face of Tangli's reprimand, but the hatred hidden in the past was missing in his eyes.

After Tangli finished the training, the young emperor raised his head, looked at Tangli, and said softly: "Zhen, I...know that I have always failed the prime minister's expectations, and I will not do this again in the future. Thank you prime minister for teaching me patiently."

Since Tangli is his own father, he no longer wants to call himself "Zhen" in front of Tangli.

After hearing what the young emperor said, Tangli couldn't help squinting her eyes slightly, and looked at the young man in front of her.

Hey, the young emperor always hated and feared Zhang Zheng, but when he got older, he became rebellious again, telling him to go east, he turned to west, and asked him to beat a dog, but he turned to a chicken, has he ever been so docile and obedient?

Speaking of which, when Zhang Zheng was young, his temperament was soft and obedient, and he also had the cuteness of a scholar.Half of the stubborn and explosive temper in old age was forced by the situation of political enemies, and half was caused by the young emperor's anger for many years.

... Forget it, there is no need to care about such trivial matters.

"Emperor's Commandment No. 11, please recite it to your ministers." Tang Li raised her chin slightly, and continued to devote herself to the performance with her intoxicating voice like wine.

The young emperor recited obediently, and then got stuck in the middle of the recitation as expected, his face flushed red.

"Stretch out your hand." Tang Li picked up a heavy mahogany ruler covered with copper and three fingers wide from the desk, and said coldly to the young emperor.

In fact, even if the children of the royal family make mistakes in studying, they will not be punished personally. Those who are punished are often accompanied by their companions.

But Zhang Zheng is an upright and upright person. He himself has been taught in a strict and high-pressure manner by the private school teacher since he was a child, so that he can become a talent.

In addition, the former crown prince entrusted the young emperor to him before his death, and he was asked to take care of and educate him strictly. He felt that he had a heavy responsibility and did not dare to bear the trust of the former crown prince, so the education of the young emperor was so strict that he was a bit harsh.

Because the right hand has to write, the left hand is the one who is punished.

The young emperor timidly stretched out his tender left palm, the wooden ruler was heavy, Tang Li only hit it five times, and saw that the palm of his hand was completely swollen and red.

Because of the punishment rule established by Tang Li, the palm must be straightened, and no flinching and dodging is allowed. From the beginning to the end, the young emperor kept his left palm straight, and he did not dodge or dodge. He received these five blows solidly.

Usually, he would not avoid being beaten because he was afraid of Prime Minister Tang; but this time, despite the pain in his palm, he unexpectedly felt very at ease and satisfied in his heart, even a little sweet.

Although the other party doesn't know the "truth", he still has close blood relatives alive, can see each other every day, and can personally hit his hands. Suddenly, there is a cane that supports him and allows him to walk with peace of mind.

"Next time." After the young emperor was punished, he did not hiss and scream as usual, but looked up at Tang Li seriously, "Next time, I will definitely recite all the emperor's commandments."

So Prime Minister Tang, you should come here earlier next time, so that you can spot-check me.

Facing the reaction of the character who had run away again, Tang Li didn't know how to recover, so she nodded with a sullen face, and reprimanded her a few more times before leaving the imperial study with clothes on.

The young emperor was behind him, looking at Tangli's tall and straight back, with a greedy desire in his eyes that he didn't even realize.

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Zhang Zheng has been a seventh-rank county magistrate in a remote area for 14 years. He is 34 years old this year. He has finally obtained enough qualifications and is about to be promoted to a sixth-rank official, and he is still a Beijing official. From then on, he can stay in the prosperous capital.

It sounds good, but in fact the position he wants to be promoted to is quite embarrassing. He is the secretary of the Jiaofang Division, in charge of the entire Jiaofang Division.

The Jiaofang Division is subordinate to the Ministry of Rites, and it raises a large number of dancers and singers for officials and court banquets. It also does skin and meat business, and its quarterly income and money will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites.Most of them are the female relatives of criminal officials. Their cultural literacy and other aspects are much better than ordinary brothels. They are all royals, nobles, officials and wealthy businessmen. They never receive low-level guests, and they are relatively elegant.

But no matter how elegant, Jiaofang Si is essentially a government-run brothel, and Jiaofang Si Siye is equivalent to the boss who manages the brothel.

Once you enter here as an official, it is equivalent to cutting off your future promotion and official career, and you are waiting to nest here until you retire.Anyone with a little talent and a bright future would not want to waste time in this place.

However, if Zhang Zheng, who has been a poor county magistrate for 14 years and has no contacts, has no way of life, if he misses this opportunity, he may have no other way to stay in the capital in his life.

He was also very worried about his cousin.

Brother Tang is now in the position of prime minister, with one person under ten thousand and one person above ten thousand. He holds a lot of power and is famous all over the world, but he is not famous for good, but famous for evil.

Even in the backcountry where he lives, you can hear the old grandma in the country scaring her grandson from time to time——

If you continue to cry, Tang Huo will come and eat you!

Because Zhang Zheng in this life was never favored by the emperor and deliberately cultivated, although he was a bit passionate, loved fighting against injustice, and sympathized with the sufferings of the people in the world, he did not have time to establish a lofty ideal and ambition to wipe out the corrupt and noble families and regain the imperial power.

So Zhang Zheng didn't quite understand what Brother Tang was doing, but he could tell that Brother Tang was walking together.