The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Just a few days after Chen Jiao entered the palace, Xia Anran received a letter from Chang'an asking for help.

The little prince said that he really can't handle aunt!Their plan was executed perfectly, and the little prince even made speeches to control the field more than once.

However, my aunt showed her super high personal psychological quality at this time, and she was unmoved in the face of all kinds of pressure from public opinion. Liu Xiaozhu felt that the situation was not good, so he wrote to ask for help.

Xia Anran frowned when she received the letter, and then began to pinch her brother's letter and think about it.Sure enough, he thought things too simply. Liu Xun was a woman who had been laughing and proud from Emperor Wen's dynasty to Emperor Wu's dynasty. Such a woman's mind was as stable as a rock, and the public's comments would not shake her.Even if she was indeed moved by the story of Zhu Yingtai and Liang Shanbo.

Just when he was thinking about what to do about this problem, Dou Wan, who was on family leave, walked in, and seeing the young highness's face of pain and hatred, he raised his eyebrows and approached, "What's wrong with Jingxi?"

"The eldest princess disagrees with Zhang Tang and Jiaojiao's marriage." Xia Anran handed over the letter in her hand, and Dou Wan took it with one hand, and read Liu Che's long letter with a slightly subtle expression.

He put down the letter paper, lightly pressed Xia Anran's shoulder, pressed on several of his acupoints one by one, and asked, "What is your Highness planning?"

The little king, who has been busy with copywriting these days, immediately softened, squinting his eyes and drowsy like a long cat being stroked with a brush. When Dou Wan asked again, he just stared in a daze and answered. Said: "I haven't thought about it yet. Ah Wan, do you have any ideas?"

"..." Dou Wan was silent for a while, and said, "A few days ago, Congfu told me that this year, floods have occurred frequently in the country, and people's hearts are shaken, especially where the feudal lords are located. Because the lord is not around, it is inevitable to panic."

Xia Anran heard the string song and knew the elegant meaning, and suddenly became sober as if enlightened, "You mean, invite the princes to return to the fiefdom?"

Dou Wan responded. "The banks of the Yellow River are flooded, and the food in Guanzhong is not enough. We need to transfer food from the Guandong. If the princes are still in the capital, they will increase the consumption of stored food, which will increase the burden for nothing, and..." He smiled slightly, "The princes and kings eat the king's salary, so naturally they have to replace it." Please share your worries."

"When the world is in a catastrophe, it is indeed a good idea for the princes and kings to return to their fiefdoms to calm the people." Xia Anran knew that this was extremely feasible after only thinking about it.But the problem is that this idea was proposed by Dou Ying, he frowned, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate for the general to propose it?"

Dou Wan is very open to this, "This matter can only be brought up by Congfu."

Dou Ying is the natal nephew of Empress Dowager Dou. Although the two parties had already fallen out because of Liu Wu's crown prince, over the years, Dou Ying has gradually become the mainstay of the Dou family as Dou Ying has become more capable.After the point of contradiction between the two parties, the position of the prince, disappeared, the relationship between Queen Mother Dou and her has improved a little, at least he will be invited to a family dinner during the New Year.

If he didn't say it, then it is estimated that no one in the world would listen to this advice.

Because no one wants to easily offend a tigress protecting her cubs.

When Xia Anran received his brother's letter, Dou Ying's memorial had already been handed in.

Dou Ying's entry point is that when the floods occur today, the princes return to the fief during the disaster, and the people in the fief naturally know that they have not been abandoned, and the disaster relief will be enough.Moreover, the feudal lords have no administrative power, so there is nothing they can do if they want to make trouble. It is also because they have no real power, but Jane is in the heart of the emperor, and they dare not be unsatisfactory when the local grassroots bureaucrats rescue disasters.

It is inevitable that the princes will have resentment in their hearts when they return to the feudal city, and naturally they will keep an eye on the local officials, which can be regarded as an effective method of supervision.In this way, an effective triangular support relationship is formed.

And the most important thing is that after the feudal lords return to their fiefdoms, Chang'an City will be much quieter, and there will be fewer people chattering in their ears. Of course, His Majesty can handle political affairs with peace of mind.

This move kills three birds with one stone.

However, there was one stumbling block in it, that is, Empress Dowager Dou's sweetheart was in Chang'an City at this time, and he obviously belonged to the category of being repatriated.

Liu Wu was imprisoned for the assassination of North Korean officials before, but after many investigations, there was no direct evidence that he instigated these people to commit crimes. In addition, Queen Mother Dou was crying and making troubles, so Liu Wu has not been imprisoned for the time being. punishment.

On the other hand, when people were sent to the local counties and townships to conduct investigations, almost all the suspects involved in the case were sentenced to death for committing crimes in their hometowns, and the few who were not involved in the crimes also died. There is nothing to check, and all the clues are broken.

The people behind the scenes were very clean, and they used the punishment of dismembering the corpse, which is undoubtedly a deterrent to these people who are currently in prison.The effect was very significant, and after that, no matter how hard the investigators tried, they couldn't knock out any more information.

Liu Wu really couldn't do such a method, and there was no need for him to do it, so Liu Qi dispelled the last trace of doubt.

The person hiding in the dark had indeed ripped himself clean, but this also revealed that there was a force lurking in the dark watching over him. Although the person behind the scenes was not found, the younger brother was definitely innocent.Liu Wu also knew that this incident was caused by himself, and he felt very guilty towards his elder brother. For a while, the two of them respected each other very much as brothers and friends.

But the good times didn't last long.

After being released, Liu Wu insisted on staying in Chang'an.

At first, Liu Qi could hold back, but later he found that this kid was running to the Queen Mother day and night, cooking, reading, and telling jokes to the Queen Mother at every turn.After the mother had the younger son, she didn't want the older son. On the contrary, because Liu Qi couldn't accompany her day and night, she still complained to some extent. She felt that the older son was not as filial as the younger son. Wasn't this just stabbing Emperor Jing's nerves all at once? ?

Moreover, Liu Wu has a good reputation among the people, especially among scholars.He is a military student through and through, but he respects scholars very much. Many people who think that they are underappreciated in the central government have gone to the fiefdom of King Liang. For example, Sima Xiangru, who is very famous in later generations, is now the gunman of King Liang.

These eloquent literati set up drama after drama for Liu Wu.Sometimes when Liu Qi went to see his mother, he would see Liu Wu and Queen Mother Dou hugging each other and crying. After asking what happened, Liu Qi got the mother and son. .

Liu Qi turned indifferent on the spot.

After that, he talked with his mother and younger brother about returning to China more than once, but they were all dismissed by Queen Mother Dou.Liu Wu also petitioned more than once to revoke his title of King of Liang, expressing that he only wanted to be the youngest son of Empress Dowager Dou and the younger brother of His Majesty, not a feudal lord.

Of course Liu Qi would not listen to such nonsense, but these words touched the old mother.The mother and son are another mother-son mother-child drama, and Emperor Jing doesn't know how sad it is to watch.

It was at this time that Dou Ying submitted a memorial to invite all the vassal kings to return to the country, which seemed to Liu Qi to be timely.He immediately gave the order without hesitation, but all fief lords who were hit by the flood this time must go back, and they cannot go back unless they are ordered.

If the emperor ordered, the princes would naturally have no chance to recover, but no one wanted to go back at this time. They didn't want to go when the feudal city was peaceful, let alone now it was a disaster?Emperor Jing's palace was soon trampled by those who wanted to intercede, including Princess Guantao.

Princess Guantao's own fiefdom and her husband Chen Wu's fiefdom are both within the disaster area. Their eldest son has not yet become a noble, and the second son has been granted the title of Marquis of Longlu before. His fiefdom is also within the disaster area, but it is not with them. The disaster was even worse, and the tide had not yet receded. Princess Guantao went to fief the land by herself, but she dared not let her son go, so she went to Liu Qi to intercede.

She thought it was an easy task, but Liu Qi flatly rejected it.Guantao was a little annoyed, she directly moved Princess Longli out, saying that the couple just got married and it would be difficult to separate, but Emperor Jing just looked up at her, and then said flatly: "Then let Longli go together."

Guantao was stunned, she had always had a lot of face with her younger brother, and she never imagined that one day, his younger brother would reject her even for such a trivial matter. Suddenly, a sentence from her mother flashed in her mind-do you really know your brother?

Guantao felt a little cold in his palms.

Liu Qi didn't know what Guantao was thinking, he looked up suspiciously when he saw that Guantao didn't say a word.Guantao shook his lips, and suddenly said, "A-Jiao..."

"Huh?" Liu Qi raised his eyebrows and his doubts became even more serious, so Guan Tao continued, "I wanted to see her for A-Jiao..."

Liu Qi thought this was another excuse, and said impatiently, "You don't have to worry so much about A-Jiao's affairs, children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

Guantao took a breath slowly, her mind spinning rapidly, she felt that her brother's words were a warning to her, but there was a trace of luck in her heart, "Your Majesty, Jiaojiao has reached the age when she should get married... ...can't wait any longer!"

"Just find someone who is older than her. When you get older, you will feel more distressed." Liu Qi looked down at the memorial book again.The speaker was not interested in the listener, Guantao clenched her fist tightly, and after a few breaths she calmed down again, "Your Majesty..."

Why haven't you left yet?Liu Qiang looked over with such eyes.

Guantao smiled, "Your Majesty, in fact, I came this time mainly to ask you to be a matchmaker."

Ouch!This was something new, Liu Qi was obviously a little more interested, he raised his head to signal Guantao to continue.Guantao's hands hidden in the sleeves of his robe were digging at his own palms again and again, but he didn't show anything on his face, "You know, Jiaojiao, she hasn't been very close to me since she came back from Zhongshan, what's the matter?" Don't tell me anything, but I'm her mother after all. I heard some news a few days ago, saying that Jiaojiao and Ting Wei's right supervisor Zhang Tang got along very well. I don't want to ask Jiaojiao about this, you see this……"

Liu Qi raised his eyelids, and after a while he waved his hands with a half-smile, "What's the problem? I'll call Zhang Tang to talk about it in a few days. Jiaojiao has a good eye, and Zhang Tang is a genuinely talented person. If you are optimistic about him, and this person looks good, if he can succeed, I can protect you as a matchmaker."

"That's all right, then I'll wait for your Majesty's good news." Guantao blessed himself slightly, but was stopped when he was about to leave.

"Sister." Liu Qi said with a smile, "Sister, don't worry, children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

"I know." Guantao pulled out an unattractive smile, and even the exquisite makeup couldn't stop the tension on his face. Liu Qi couldn't bear it for a moment, and after thinking about it, he still relieved, "Sister , the future of the man's family depends on his own struggle."

Guantao was silent for a moment when she heard the words, then she suddenly raised her eyes and looked at Liu Qidao: "But we as parents work so hard, isn't it for our children to live a good life?"

Liu Qi was a little surprised by her thoughts, he shook his head, "Sister, we are working hard as parents now, just to lay a soft cushion on the ground, in case the children fall halfway through the flight, we can catch them, so that they can There is time to recuperate and the capital to take off again, instead of laying a gentle home for them and letting them sink wantonly."

Guantao's face was pale, she shook her lips, and there were tears in her eyes.

Emperor Jing looked at his sister seriously.It is the nature of the Liu family to protect the shortcomings. His elder sister has always been a protective person. She used to stretch her arms as much as possible to protect him behind her back when she was young. This thought has never changed, but for her own child……

"Sister, for a child, pampering him is harming him, especially since we are still an emperor's family. If we don't stand up on our own, then a Marquis position can't keep him."

Liu Xing stumbled out of the announcement room, and when she returned to her princess mansion, she was shocked and frightened, and cried a lot.After Chen Wu came back with a tired face, he heard that the eldest princess was in a bad mood. After thinking about it, he decided to visit her. Seeing his wife crying, he thought Liu whoring was because of his country affairs, so he offered words of comfort.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xun suddenly squeezed his hand, "If Xu'er and Xun'er are brought up by you, what will happen to you?"

Chen Wu was taken aback by such an inquiry, and he calmly said, "Send them to school" amidst his wife's repeated urging.

"Then what if they can't read well?"

"Then send it to the army."

"Why?"

Chen Wu frowned slightly, as if he didn't understand why she would ask such a question, "It's just a silverfish if you don't deserve virtue."

Silverfish, Chen Wu actually, actually said that!

Liu Xing only felt her whole body go limp. She suddenly thought of the deep love between the two at the beginning of their marriage, the happiness between the couple after the birth of the first child, and the many problems between the two after the upbringing of the eldest son. The quarrel, that was many, many years ago, and now I only left a faint mark in retrospect.She remembered that Chen Wu had brought Xu'er in the first place, why didn't he care about it later?

By the way, she said to Chen Wu at that time - I am the eldest princess of the big man, my children only need to enjoy the luxury, and I can always protect their glory for the rest of their lives.

Later, Chen Wu no longer cared about the children.

Later, apart from Jiaojiao, the two boys didn't like reading and were not good at martial arts, and Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao... By the way, because Xun'er was in poor health, Chen Wu took care of Jiaojiao when she was young. for a while.

So, is she wrong?But she has fought her way in the palace, she has become the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty, and her younger brother has become the emperor of the Han Dynasty, so why can't she keep her child's glory for the rest of her life?

Chen Wu saw her distraught appearance, and heard her intermittently finished what His Majesty said today. He lowered his eyes for a moment, and said lightly, "I am the Marquis of Tangyi, and I am ranked eighty in the list of big men. The position can be hereditary. , the position of Xu'er is the Marquis of Long Lu, who ranks more than seventy, and is attacked by lower ranks. Has the princess ever studied the laws of the Han Dynasty?"

Liu Xun opened his mouth without saying a word, and heard Chen Wu calmly say: "If the princess is interested, you might as well go and see the future titles of Xu Er and Xun Er, and what kind of crimes they can protect them, and then look at the relationship between my husband and wife." With all the property, what kind of punishment can be paid for them."

"After the princess reads it, she will no longer feel that the title is important."

After saying these few words, he stood up, looked at Liu who had a fragile face, Chen Wu's tightly pursed lips drew a stern arc, "If only from a father's point of view, I would rather marry Jiaojiao to Yizai Yuanqianlong than to marry her to someone like our son who has a title but no future."

His words of complete negation to the child deeply tore Liu Xing's heart, she screamed and cried and cursed sharply, and suddenly felt that no one was on her side in this huge princess mansion.Chen Wu let her scold him without saying a word, he closed his eyes tightly, stood up and wanted to go out of the hall, but at the moment when he was about to act, he seemed to be able to see the girl who approached him many years ago Princess Dahan, at that time, she was not the eldest princess, but she was so happy at that time.

He hesitated.

He walked up to the eldest princess again, held her cold and slender hands, "Your Highness."

He said softly: "For this trip, I will take Xu'er to the Marquis Kingdom. You are their mother, but there are some things that must be taught by my father."

"Your Highness, please trust me, as if you chose me 30 years ago, okay?"

Guan Tao raised his head in a daze, looking at the man's much older face, he felt a strange feeling as if he had passed away.

The next day, Princess Guantao stood at the door and sent the three men away from the princess mansion.She was supported by the eldest daughter-in-law, her face was a little haggard, and she didn't say a word to the eyes of her two sons asking for help. For the first time, she glanced at her son with cold and judgmental eyes, and her ears were full of tears. Unmoved by the weak words and pleading voices of the two sons, she just lowered her eyes.

Yesterday Chen Wu asked her, if he had two sons like this back then, would she still marry him?

will not.

Here's her answer for today.

After the carriage left slowly, Guantao asked someone to hitch up a carriage, and went to the gate of Tingwei Mansion alone, and stayed there for a whole day.

Five days later, Emperor Jing called Liu Xing into the palace.Ten days later, the emperor married Chen Jiao, the owner of Tangyi, to Zhang Tang, the right supervisor of Tingwei.Half of Chang'an City became lively because of this finger marriage, and the appearance of Zhang Tang's willingness to agree confirmed all their previous guesses.

Immediately there was a lot of discussion among the people. Some people speculated that the script of the nymphet was written by someone who knew the past of the two people. Because they were not optimistic about the relationship between the two, they wrote a tragedy.But the problem is that now that the two are together, should the ending be changed?

There were a lot of responses, and everyone gave their opinions on the ending. For example, Liang Shengshi suspended his death. For example, the last two butterfly-shaped people. In short, the participation rate reached the highest ever.

Then, everyone suddenly realized—oh, no, they don't know who the author is!

As a result, the general public enthusiastically appealed to the author to come out and rewrite or continue to write it quickly, completely avoiding the appearance of wanting to beat the author indirectly every year.

But it is a pity that their efforts have only attracted many fake and shoddy people, and the real author has never appeared.

So when the wedding was held two years later, the streets and alleys of Chang'an City were filled with cheerful emotions, and the participation rate reached the highest level in history.There's no way, the drama can't be rewritten, I can only watch the end of the comedy of real people.

She is obviously a girl from the Duke's family, but the people of Chang'an City feel an inexplicable sense of sadness watching their daughter get married.

When Chen Jiao got married, Xia Anran couldn't be there.In addition to sponsoring a lot of gifts, Chen Jiao also asked him for a template of the marriage letter, copied one side exactly, and took it out of her sleeve at the evening ceremony and handed it to Zhang Tang.

Zhang Tang was a little surprised, but when he saw the words on it, he pursed his lips for joy, and then he took out a copy from his long sleeves. The contents of the two copies were exactly the same, but they each signed their own names. .

The eyes of the two intersected, and they both saw Liu Sheng, the witness above each other, and then they all laughed.

"Brother is really too bad." Chen Jiao muttered, "He knows it clearly, but he is just watching us laugh."

Zhang Tang was also a little helpless, his uncle is really... But he smiled after thinking about it, the man took out his own seal and typed his name on Chen Jiao's share, and then Asking Chen Jiao to seal her own copy, the two exchanged and kept the "Marriage Letter" which actually had no legal effect.

In these two marriage letters, the little king personally wrote congratulations for them.

"Marriage of two surnames, signing a contract together, a good relationship will last forever, matching the same name."

"Seeing that the peach blossoms are burning this day, it is suitable for a house and IKEA; it is predicted that the melons will be endless in another year, and Erchang Erzhi."

"I would like to write to Hongjian with the covenant of white heads."

"May the two of you be of one heart and one mind, and never be separated."

It was a happy marriage.

Chen Jiao is the old master, and the officiant is her father, Chen Wu. Seeing the sweet behavior of this pair of young men and women at this time, he only feels complicated in his heart. On the one hand, he feels suffocated. On the other hand, I am a little relieved, thinking that this son-in-law is like me back then, and his vision is also good, but I was much better than him back then.This is probably a common problem that all old fathers have when they see their daughters and sons-in-law loving each other.

Then he turned his head and saw Princess Guantao sitting in the hall, the latter's eyes flickered even more complicated.Chen Wu's heart moved, and he suddenly opened his mouth and whispered to his new son-in-law and daughter: "This marriage certificate, please borrow my father to read it."

Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang looked at him silently, Chen Wu coughed dryly, and continued to perform the ceremony as if nothing had happened.

But after that day, the existence of the marriage certificate immediately spread in a small area.After Chen Wuyi wrote a marriage letter and went to Empress Dowager Dou to seal it, the marriage letter exploded in the circle of female relatives.

The words and sentences in the marriage letter are really beautiful, and it is a joy to see that the names of the two people are juxtaposed together.

Emperor Jing has heard about this quietly rising trend, but he has never seen the real thing. After all, he is the emperor, and no one dares to come to him for a seal.Who knew that he was really regretful, but suddenly one day an old minister took out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to him after finishing his business.

"What is this?" Emperor Jing took it with some doubts, swept his brows left and right, raised his eyebrows, and then looked at this courtier with a subtle expression, "I can't tell... you... um? You are getting married soon Has it been 30 years? Are you still so loving?"

"Cough!" The old minister who was over half a hundred years old coughed dryly, "Your Majesty misunderstood, I have something to report. Your Majesty, please read this marriage certificate. This is from the Zhongshan Kingdom, but the Zhongshan Kingdom's marriage certificate is a household registration document recognized by the country. Moreover, this certificate is also registered in the household registration system of Zhongshan Kingdom...it is not that what is passed down in Chang'an is just a certificate of love between husband and wife."

Liu Qi frowned, and he could sense it: "Tell me."

"The household registration of Zhongshan Kingdom was established earlier and more complete than that of Chang'an." The veteran said it very directly, and his words did not offend Liu Qi.Because Chang'an is indeed behind Zhongshan in terms of household registration.It's not that the officials in Chang'an are not as careful as those in Zhongshan State, but that Zhongshan State has grown from scratch, so it is easier to sort out than Chang'an City, and the personnel composition of Zhongshan State is also simpler, and the flow of personnel in Chang'an City is too large , Hundreds of people come in and out every day, and it would be too much work to do the registration if one goes in and one goes out by manual screening.

He took a document handed over by the old minister, and it was written on the title of the application for household registration in Zhongshan State. This application can be unfolded all the way to the left. The content that the applicant needs to fill in is extremely detailed, and there is also a row of content that the registrant needs to write, such as height, whether there is a disability, whether there is a mole on the face, and even the condition of the teeth.

Liu Qi looked at it carefully, and the one he held in his hand had been filled out, and a person appeared in his mind through this simple form.

"That's not bad..." Liu Qi smiled while flipping through the pages, "I have to praise him."

The courtier handed over another document and said, "This is a copy of the Zhongshan National Naturalization Register copied by the old minister."

Liu Qi took it, and opened it to see that there were such forms bound into a book, and the first page was written with the names of all the people included in it, and there was a pagination at the bottom. What is amazing is that this registration After the booklet is folded, the name of the applicant is exposed on the outermost surface. Even after binding, it is very convenient to find information according to the name taboo.

Liu Qilue realized something, and he looked at the old official with a half-smile, "You don't have to go around in circles like this, just speak up."

"Your Majesty." The old man knelt tremblingly, "Please start the national household registration survey."

Liu Qi was silent. He frowned and looked at the courtier who had worked in the national household registration for most of his life, "If you think this method is good, you can use it now and change it up a little bit. The national survey is too motivating and disturbing to the people. disagree."

"Your Majesty, have you ever thought about choosing a talent?" Seeing that Liu Qi was about to leave, the veteran threw himself forward and hugged the emperor's thigh, and the words he said were the reason for keeping the emperor.Seeing Liu Qi looking down at him, the old man hurriedly said: "Your Majesty selects talents from all over the world, but it is a long way to the capital through local elections..."

"Your Majesty, I am afraid of accidents on the way."

"You mean...someone is impersonating?" Liu Qi frowned, "What rumors did you hear?"

The veteran shook his head and denied it, saying that he was just planning for a rainy day.The emperor thought for a moment, but he did not directly make a decision, but said: "You first write this matter into a memorandum, and I will think about it later."

However, after the old minister had no hope and handed over the memorial, he was summoned urgently by the emperor. Liu Qi spoke quickly, and each word hit the old minister's heart like raindrops, "Leave this matter to the prince. At that time, there will be a decree requiring the vassal states and prefectures to cooperate, you can do it freely, and before the next talent selection test, I will see that all the household registrations in the whole country have been sorted out."

"Here...uh, may I ask Your Majesty, when will the next Caicai trial be?"

Liu Qi smiled slightly, "Next spring."

"..."

So that afternoon, the messenger carrying Prince Liu Che's request for help rode a fast horse all the way eastward.

As soon as Xia Anran opened his brother's letter, the leading group burst out crying.

"Brother, lend me! Me! Man!—Aw!"

Xia Anran folded the letter silently and stuffed it in the bookcase.Facing Dou Wan's puzzled gaze, he said calmly: "...It's okay, I'm here to beat the autumn wind, let's continue."

Playing chess with a beauty is so elegant, how can the interest be spoiled by the bad brother who came to grab the wool?

The author has something to say:

Xia Miao: I know how to pull wool.

Xia Miao: Still staring at me alone!

Xia Miao: What's going on with this emperor!

Xia Miao: What happened to my brother!Can this brother return the goods?

Liu Che: But my brother said that it is my younger brother's prerogative to trouble my brother, brother, don't you remember?

Xia Miao (categorically): I don’t remember!

Liu Che: =w= It doesn’t matter if you don’t remember, brother will definitely help me anyway!