[Red Mansion] Married by decree

After Prince Chen walked out, the emperor kept his original posture, motionless.His eyes were deep and long, only staring in the direction of the door, not knowing what he was thinking.

Yunze stood aside, raised his right foot, wanted to go to the emperor's side to comfort him, but in the end he put his foot on the same spot and didn't take a step forward.He sighed in his heart, but didn't make any sound.He knew that his brother needed to be quiet, to think alone, and to make a decision.

The emperor stood there for more than half an hour, without moving, but spoke quietly, with a hoarse voice: "Go and call the three of you over."

After finishing this sentence, the emperor stood for a while, then sighed deeply, and sat down behind the desk again as if nothing happened, and began to review the memorial again.

Seeing this, Yunze knew that his brother had already made plans in his heart, and he was even more worried, his brother was already in poor health, and this matter was kept in his heart, if he got stuck in his heart, it would be troublesome.

Yunze thought for a while, then found a chair and sat down.With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Brother Huang, if someone impeaches my brother for dereliction of duty tomorrow, you have to protect him."

Holding a pen in his hand, the emperor turned his head to look at Yunze, with an indifferent expression and no expression.The ink from the writing brush fell on the memorial, and happened to land on the words, smudged one piece, and the words under the ink stains could no longer make out what was written.

Yunze stopped talking, just looked at the emperor with a wry smile, until his smile could no longer be maintained, the emperor opened his mouth, and there was a smile on his face: "Since I was a child, how long have I not protected you? The last time you got into trouble and you were afraid that your father would scold you, didn't I protect you?"

"Then my brother refers to the emperor's brother." Yunze smiled more sincerely this time, and also gloated: "Imperial brother, this memorial is all dirty, what are you going to do?"

Hearing Yunze's words, the smile on the emperor's face disappeared, and then his entire face turned black.He looked down at the memorial over there, and then his face became even darker.The place where the ink drops fell is an important place, and the ink dots are relatively large, so it is impossible to guess what it is.

"Hahaha, brother emperor, what expression will that person have when this memorial returns to the minister's hands?" Seeing the emperor's expression, Yunze laughed even more joyfully.

The emperor looked down at the memorial for a moment, then wrote down a few words on the memorial.Yun Ze was curious about what the emperor wrote, so he walked over and looked directly at the memorial.There are only a few words written on it, and the meaning is simple and clear: rewrite with illegible ink.

Yunze looked at the emperor and then at the memorial, and had to say that his brother's face was indeed thicker than his.If it were him, he really couldn't write these few words, and asked someone to rewrite the memorial.

Before Yunze could say anything more, he saw a stack of memorials being pushed in front of him, followed by the emperor's voice, which was a little more relaxed than before: "Since I protect the ninth brother so much, Does the ninth brother want to help me share it?"

"Brother Huang, please spare my younger brother." Yunze cried out as he looked at the pile of memorials, his tone was sad, obviously he didn't want to take over the pile of memorials.

Yunze actually didn't mind helping the emperor share some memorials, and handling political affairs was also handy for him.What's more, if he said to let the emperor protect him, he just wanted to stay in the palace to accompany his emperor brother today, so naturally he didn't mind dealing with these memorials.

Yunze's words were for the emperor to hear.In the face of imperial power, the love of father and son and brotherhood is nothing.Even if Brother Huang protects him no matter how good his relationship is, he still has to be careful.Although he gets along with the emperor's brother more casually on weekdays, Yunze is also very cautious when it comes to rights, and will never touch the emperor's bottom line.

"Okay, I'll do something for you, I'm sorry for you." The emperor patted Yunze on the head angrily, and drove him away to correct the memorial.This action has not been done for many years.

Yunze's calligraphy was taught by the emperor personally, and the post when practicing calligraphy was also written by the emperor himself.The handwriting of the two is very similar, and Yun Ze deliberately imitated it, so no one can recognize it, it is not the emperor's handwriting.

"Brother emperor, my wrists are sore." Yun Ze's expression was innocent, but the emperor could clearly see a trace of grievance and coquettishness.

"How old is he, and still acting like a baby." Yunze's current appearance is very similar to the appearance when he was a child when he was so tired of practicing calligraphy: "Tell me, what do you want?"

"Brother Huang understands my younger brother. My younger brother just wants to eat the cakes from the gluttonous restaurant, so why not go with my younger brother?" Yun Ze swallowed as he spoke, and the emperor laughed even more happily when he saw this.

"They are all fathers, and they are still like a child." The emperor said so, although he did not agree, he acquiesced to this sentence.

In the imperial study room, the cold air gradually decreased.At this time, the door was pushed open, and an eunuch pushed the door and walked in: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, the First Prince, and the Third Prince are here."

With just one sentence, the eunuch trembled, feeling that the temperature in the room dropped a few degrees abruptly.I don't know where the three princes provoked the emperor. The atmosphere in the imperial study was obviously good just now, but when they heard the three princes came, their faces turned cold.I'm afraid it's going to change.

"Old Jiu, go to the back first and bring the memorial." The emperor watched Yunze disappear with the memorial, and then ordered the three of them to be brought in.

Yunze didn't have any objection to this matter, and he wasn't even curious about what happened in the imperial study.He knew that the emperor did this to avoid suspicion.This matter involves too much, even though he is the regent, it is better not to get involved in some things.

Yun Ze immersed himself in processing the memorial in hand, and when most of the processing was done, Eunuch Ling who was beside the emperor came to invite him over.

"My lord, the emperor's health is not good, please persuade me more." Director Ling hesitated to speak along the way, and when he was about to reach the imperial study, he stopped, and then spoke, his tone full of worry.

He is the emperor's confidant, after Yunze left, he has been waiting in the imperial study, and he knows exactly what happened to the emperor and the three princes in the imperial study.It was precisely because he was so clear that he was even more worried that the current body of the emperor could not bear such a blow.

Yunze was also worried, and he sighed slightly in his heart.No matter who happens to what happened today, no one can bear it.Father and son were originally destined, but now they have become enemies, just for the highest position, this is the sorrow of the royal family.

When Yunze came to the door of the imperial study, he saw an eunuch coming in with some broken porcelain pieces. Looking at the pieces, they should be the cups that the emperor used to drink tea from.In the imperial study room, the only one who can smash this cup is the emperor.

The longer you stay in that position, the more you will be able to hide your likes and dislikes.To make him smash the teacup shows how angry the emperor is.Even when he just heard the news that the eldest prince and the third prince were going to force the palace, the emperor was not so angry.I don't know what happened in the imperial study.

When he entered, the imperial study room was not in a mess as imagined, but was as clean as when he left.If it wasn't for the undried water not far from the imperial case, it would be impossible to see what happened in the imperial study before.

Yunze's mind was spinning all over, thinking about what to say.At this time, he should have helped Prince Chen to curry favor with the emperor, and he should have said a lot of comforting words, Yunze really thought so in his heart.In the end, what he said had nothing to do with what he thought in his heart.Yun Ze said: "Brother Huang, I will accompany you out of the palace for a walk."

The emperor didn't move, didn't make a sound, didn't even look at Yunze, as if he didn't hear Yunze's words at all.When Yunze himself gave up on this plan and was about to say something to comfort the emperor, the emperor only spoke, with only two words: "Let's go."

"Where is the emperor going?" Yunze asked, Yunze didn't realize for a while, let's go, where are you going.

"Aren't you going to accompany me out of the palace? How can you ask me where I'm going?" the emperor said.He also knew that this was Yunze's kind intentions, and he didn't want to refuse.

Not long after, an ordinary carriage quietly drove out of the palace gate, and the emperor and Yunze were sitting in the carriage.Not long after leaving the palace gate, they heard the noise outside the car, the sound of hawking was endless, everything was so lively.

Yunze took the emperor to the gluttonous restaurant, where the thousand-layer cake was Yunze's favorite food, and the emperor would occasionally bring a dish for Yunze when he went out of the palace for private visits.When I first arrived at the restaurant, I saw the noise all over the building, and everyone sat at a table in twos and threes, not knowing what they were talking about.What is certain is that everyone has a smile of one kind or another on their face.

Yunze is a regular customer of Taoshilou, Xiao Er saw him coming, and quickly led him to the private room on the second floor, where Yunze often went.Yunze ordered a pot of tea and a plate of mille-feuille cakes, and didn't ask for anything else, and didn't let anyone wait on them.

When the tea came, Yunze picked up the teapot, poured a cup for the emperor himself, and then poured a cup for himself.Tea is good tea, but it is not as good as tribute tea.The emperor took a sip and put down the teacup. After getting used to drinking tribute tea, he was not used to the taste of this tea.

"Brother Huang, it's been more than ten years since I ate a piece of mille-layer cake, and it still tastes the same. My brother must pack a copy and take it home. Jin'er also likes to eat mille-layer cake." Yun Ze finished eating Said together.

The emperor wondered: "Can Jin'er eat pastries?"

"You can eat it long ago. Jin'er has started to grow teeth now, and they are as small as rice grains." Speaking of Yun Jin, Yun Ze's expression softened a lot, and he talked a lot more: "Brother Huang, are you sure?" I know, a few days ago Jin'er was still eating a piece of pastry. If you feed him, he will not be happy. As a result, the gnaws are everywhere."

"This little guy." When Yunjin was mentioned, the emperor's expression became brighter: "Then pack a portion, and count it as my third uncle's treat for him."

"Brother Huang, you are too stingy, so you just gave me a thousand-layer cake. Poor Jin'er pestered my younger brother for Sanbo a few days ago." Yun Ze said with a look of worthlessness for his son.

"It was I, the third uncle, who treated Jin'er badly. When I returned to the palace, I sent things to your mansion." The emperor said with a smile, there was nothing he could do about this young brother.

"My brother, on behalf of Jin'er, thank you, Brother Huang." Yun Ze said so, but he was still sitting on the chair, not intending to kneel down to thank him.On the side of the emperor, his expression didn't change at all, and he didn't feel that Yunze's move was inappropriate.

"Since I've finished eating the pastries, I'm sorry for thinking about Jin'er, so let's go to the Ninth Brother's house." The emperor hadn't seen Yun Jin for a long time, and when Yun Jin was mentioned, he wanted to go and have a look. .

"Brother Huang, let's go shopping again. Later, we will go directly to my residence for dinner. Jin'er must also want to have dinner with his uncle Huang." Yun Ze suggested, and he suggested going out of the palace. I just came here to play, and I still want the emperor to relieve his depression.

The two of them didn't get into the carriage when they left the restaurant, but they had people drive the carriage directly to Anshun Prince's Mansion, while the two of them, with a few servants and secret guards, strolled on the street together.

The two stopped in front of a noodle stall. The stall was run by two elderly people. Judging from their intimacy, they should be an old couple: "Old man, have two bowls of noodles."

The two found a table and sat down, and the old woman hurried over to help them clean up the table: "Old man, you are so old, why are you still setting up a stall?"

"I can't help it, this is for dinner. It's rare to see people who are dressed like you two brothers and are willing to sit in a stall like ours." Look at your master, such a person does not dislike such a small stall at all, which makes the old lady's impression of them much better, even though it is the first time they meet, they are also familiar with the two of them.

"It's not that I haven't eaten before, and I want to eat and eat when I feel itchy." With the emperor present, Yunze couldn't speak first, and the emperor said everything: "How does the old man know that we are brothers?"

Yunze and the emperor look similar, and their ages are also very different. They look more like father and son, but they don't want to be brothers.The man could tell at a glance that the two were brothers, which made the emperor curious.

"My lord, although the old lady has little knowledge, she has lived to such an advanced age. The two of you who get along like this must be very good brothers." The old man said with a full face.

"Old man, where are your children and grandchildren? There is no one to help in such a big stall." The emperor didn't bother about how to see that the two were brothers. Seeing that there were only two old people in the stall, he asked.

"Dead. The old man and I had such a son at the end of the day. He was taken away by a serious illness the year before last." Speaking of the sad part, the old woman was a little sad.

The emperor is in a high position, it's okay to criticize others, but really not to comfort others.Seeing this, Yunze said, without any airs of a prince: "I'm sorry, old man, my third brother just asked casually, and asked about your sad things without thinking about it."

"You two guest officers, don't be surprised, the old woman just thinks about her son. The old woman has had such a child in her whole life, and she was thinking..."

"Old woman, what are you talking about, we are living a good life now. Although we are not rich and powerful, we have never been so hungry that we were cold." The old man had already ordered the noodles and brought them over.

Yunze took a look at the emperor, and suddenly asked: "Old man, what do you think of the current emperor?"

Talking about the emperor in the street is disrespectful, but two old people who don't understand anything don't know this.Seeing Yunze asking, they said without thinking, "The emperor is a good emperor."

This sentence is simple and unpretentious, but it shows the true inner thoughts.The old people don't know what a good method is. They don't understand those policies, but they know that since the emperor came to the throne, they have never been hungry or cold.For them, having enough food and clothing is a good standard.

At this time, other guests came over, and the old man hurried to greet the guests.Seeing the old man walk away, Yun Ze clarified: "Third Brother, this is not arranged by my younger brother."

"Okay, let's eat your noodles. The third brother doesn't know you yet." After the emperor finished speaking, he picked up the noodles with chopsticks, blew some noodles and put them into his mouth, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

"Old man, your noodles are so delicious, even better than my cook's." The emperor said loudly after taking a bite.

"This old man is too flattering. How can my old man's skill be compared with the chef's in the house." It was the old woman who answered the emperor. Even so, she couldn't stop smiling. I am very happy about the emperor's praise.

The emperor's mood improved, and the noodles tasted extra delicious in his mouth, all because of the sincere sentence: "Good emperor." The emperor has heard more beautiful compliments than this, but those are only one ear to listen, It came out of one ear, and the only thing that came into my ear and kept in my heart was this sentence.

After the two left, there were only two empty bowls left, really empty bowls, even the soup was cleaned up.Beside a bowl, there were still some scattered silver and some copper plates.The silver ingots would be more likely to cause trouble for the two of them, so Yunze put all the broken silver and copper plates on the table.