Iron Armored Emperor

In the five years since the founding of the Great Chu State, Mingjun reigned, virtuous ministers were all over the court, the national power was flourishing, and peace was beginning to appear.

In the winter of the fifth year of Chu Chu, on November 35, it was the [-]th birthday of the Great Chu Emperor.

It stands to reason that there should be a celebration, but Gu Lie was so troubled by civil and military officials that he had a headache. He stopped court on his birthday and no one saw him. He only hosted a banquet for the officials in Weiyang Palace the next day. It's extremely simple.

Why did the civil and military officials make such a fuss to Gu Lie's headache?For the heirs of Gu Lie.

It started seven years ago when Gu Lie was the king of Chu.That happened to be the year when Di Qiye voted for Chu. The Chu army captured Qingzhou Zhongzhou with great speed and returned to Jing with a great victory. At the grand garden party held to celebrate the victory, Zhongzhou Gu presented a dignified beauty.

That beauty is the current Queen Liu.

Queen Liu, this Liu, is exactly the Liu family of the Four Great Famous Clans of Old Yan.The Liu family and the Zhongzhou Gu family are related by marriage, and the mediocre Zhongzhou Gu family was able to fill in Jingzhou at the beginning because they borrowed the Liu family's east wind.At this time, the Liu family wanted to vote for Chu, so they easily agreed with the Zhongzhou Gu family to help, and asked Zhongzhou Gu to go to Gu Lie's adoptive father in the name of caring for Gu Lie's heirs.

Gu Lie was already 28 that year, not to mention his son, he didn't even have a waiter around him, and his abstinence was suspicious.It's not that the retainers and generals have never been admonished, but Gu Lie used the failure of his career as a shield again and again, and never listened.

Unexpectedly, during the garden party, the adoptive father would set up a matchmaker in public. The so-called "parents' order, matchmaker's words", the adoptive father threatened each other with the grace of saving life, the grace of nurturing, and the hatred of extermination of the clan, so that Gu Lie had to marry even if he didn't want to.

Since it was for Da Chu, Gu Lie married as well.Anyway, even if the Liu family is kept in the future, its power will definitely be weakened. With Gu Lie, the founding emperor, the mere Liu family will not be able to cause any disturbances.

In fact, it was true. Even though the Liu family was relatives and Zhongzhou Gu was the clan, Gu Lie had not given them real positions since he ascended the throne, excluding these two families from the core of power.

But Gu Lie never thought that the problem was not with the Liu family, nor with Zhongzhou Gu, but with Queen Liu.

Queen Liu was born as the daughter of the first line of the Liu family, an authentic jewel in the palm of her hand, and it is said that she is famous for her beauty and talent in Beiyan.But she grew up when Beiyan was in turmoil, and since she was a child, she heard that Gu Lie was an image of a wild wolf and an ambitious murderous god, and she also worshiped the literati emperor Yang Ping's literary talent of sorrowing spring and autumn.

Gu Lie found it ridiculous when he thought about it later. The Gu family in Zhongzhou who surrendered without a fight, and the Liu family who surrendered to the enemy and traitorous country, jointly gave him such a daring queen who claimed to be a vengeful saint.

But Gu Lie didn't know it at the time, and he even felt somewhat guilty towards Queen Liu.

Gu Lie has always understood that he has the problem of not being able to get close to others. On the day of their marriage, even though he did not have a good impression of Liu Shi, he still gave him due courtesy after all.However, after entering the bridal chamber and drinking a cup of wine, no matter how conscious Gu Lie was, he woke up the next day. When he opened his eyes, he was so calm that his expression changed.The marriage bed was a mess, Liu Shi shrank at the end of the bed, her face was pale, and she looked at Gu Lie with horror as if she was looking at an inhuman beast.

She repeated "Chu Gu has crazy blood" in a low voice, looking frightened.

This is one of the "Nine Sins" concocted by the former emperor of the Yan Dynasty, with the intention of discrediting Gu Linsheng's bloodline.It is said that the Chu Gu royal family is different from ordinary people, one out of ten males will suddenly go mad, there is no warning before going mad, and when they go mad, they are extremely blood-eating and will definitely hurt people.Therefore, those who are not of my race must have different hearts.

Although Gu Lie has no memory, anyone with a discerning eye can see what happened. He can't blame her, he can only smile bitterly. Those who are close to him will suffer because of him. He is really a lone star, destined not to be close.

The luck in the misfortune is that, only that time, Mrs. Liu became pregnant.From then on, Gu Lie and Liu Shi respected each other as guests, and also "respected each other like ice".

After that, Gu Lie hated hurting others deeply, he didn't want to get close to others, and he didn't add anyone to the harem anymore. The Liu family sat alone in the harem, and naturally sat on the seat of Queen of Great Chu.

But Gu Lie is 35 years old now, and there is only one queen Liu in the harem, and only one prince.

This prince didn't know how Queen Liu taught him, he was not close to Gu Lie, he was a six-year-old boy, his words and deeds were so rigid and stupid, his temper was weak, he didn't like his father at all.

Gu Lie is just at the age of prime of life, not mentioning himself, even if it is for Da Chu, how can there be no reason not to draft a concubine?So the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs began to give Gu Lie a lot of energy, asking him to give birth to a few more sons for the sake of Da Chu.

As soon as this incident happened, the Liu family used to keep a low profile, so the Gu family of Zhongzhou jumped out to fight against the ministers, scolding the civil and military ministers for their evil intentions and disrespect for the eldest son.

Manchu civil and military, who would care about the Gu family in Zhongzhou?Didn't even give him a look.The Gu family in Zhongzhou threw up their heads in anger, "wisdom emerges from haste", and ran to ask Di Qiye, Marquis of Dingguo, to come out and speak.

It is said that Di Qiye laughed so hard that he almost smashed his wine glass after hearing what the Gu family had said, and finally replied: "He, Gu Lie, sleeps or not, so what does it matter to me? You are too lenient."

This sentence not only made the Zhongzhou Gu family hate him, but this kind of disrespectful remarks towards His Majesty, especially his indifference towards Wang Si, also set off a wave of unruly intentions among civil servants.

Gu Lie was annoyed at first, but he was even more troubled by these Candi Qiye's notebooks, so he simply sent these notebooks to Dingguohou's Mansion.

Gu Lie's meaning is very clear, if someone speaks ill of you, write a note and explain it to me.

Di Qiye's response was even clearer, and he said in bold and unrestrained words: "I have nothing to say, let you do what you want."

So the next day everyone in the entire capital knew that Dingguohou had offended His Majesty again, and was imprisoned in Dingguohou's mansion by His Majesty again and was not allowed to go out.

Di Qiye was imprisoned for ten days, and took a post to the Marquis of Dingguo to have a banquet in Weiyang Palace.

He wore white clothes and iron armor similar to those when the monarch and his ministers first met. The white clothes are clean white clothes, the boots are white silk boots, and the iron armor is a simple back armor worn by soldiers. The young man who descended appeared to be more handsome and unrestrained, but he also had the same fighting spirit.

But although His Majesty is not willing to mention it, this is a birthday party after all.

Jinwei wanted to stop Marquis Dingguo, but he was wearing a tiger talisman around his waist, playing with Hou Yin in his hand, not to mention that His Majesty had given him the favor of not having to notify him when he entered the palace, Jinwei thought about it, but didn't dare to move.

So Marquis Dingguo was dressed in white, and entered Weiyang Palace like he was just catching a crane. Gu Lie's forehead twitched with blue veins, and his face darkened.Civil and military officials are all waiting to see a good show.

Even though it was the birthday party of the Great Chu Emperor, the atmosphere was as dignified as worshiping an ancestor.The civil and military officials knew that His Majesty was unhappy, so they didn't dare to touch his Nilin, and they were muffled.

Only Di Qiye was at ease, peeling off the skin of the grapes, carefully dipping the powdered sugar on the side of the fruit plate with unnecessary seriousness, and putting it in his mouth to eat.

He didn't care about the civil and military officials and Gu Lie on the throne stared at him, ate one and then the second, and then raised his glass to drink alone, so leisurely that it was unimaginable.

After drinking one cup, he poured another half cup, held the sapphire cup, and said respectfully with a smile: "Your Majesty."

"I'm in the countryside, and I heard that arsenic has another name, which is called people's words." Di Qiye dragged his voice, and there was something in his words, which was meaningful, "People's words are awesome, Your Majesty."

As soon as this remark came out, a civil official jumped out immediately: "Ding Guohou seems to have something to say, before His Majesty, you might as well speak directly!"

Di Qiye looked at the speaker, raised his brows, and greeted: "This is Lord Du who just attended my 'Words and Behaviors, Unbearable to a Prince'? I haven't been in court for a long time, so I don't remember much about Lord Du's voice and smile. "

The word "sound and smile" is used for writing sacrificial orations.

That Master Du immediately became furious, and the civil servants entered the familiar process and swarmed up, launching a scolding war against Di Qiye from head to toe, attacking Di Qiye's unknown parents and rural background, citing scriptures layer by layer, Swearing all the way to intentional treason and misbehavior.

Gu Lie only felt the veins popping in his forehead.

"roll!"

The Great Chu Emperor smashed the cup.

"Get out!"

"Di Qiye stays."

The civil and military officials admitted their mistake tremblingly, and hurriedly slipped out.

Di Qiye sat there as if nothing happened, as if he didn't care about the anger of the Great Chu Emperor.

Gu Lie firmly pressed his forehead, he was determined to clarify the matter of "intending to rebel" with Di Qiye, so he forced himself to calm down and tried to suppress his anger.

But he heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Gu Lie raised his head with a frown, and first saw the iron armor thrown aside by Di Qiye.

Then I saw Di Qiye covering his mouth impatiently.

The blood soaked through the silk handkerchief, dripped out continuously, slipped from between his fingers, and trickled down his slender and strong fingers to his white wrist, staining the white clothes red.

The looming fragrance came, Gu Lie didn't like spices, and there was no incense in the whole Weiyang Palace, but at this moment Gu Lie seemed to smell the nightshade.

Di Qiye threw away the silk handkerchief, covered his mouth with his sleeve, and swallowed blood. He looked at Gu Lie who was stiff, and complained to Gu Lie like he usually complained that Gu Lie had no interest in life: "Say it earlier!" However, silk handkerchiefs are no better than cotton handkerchiefs because they don't absorb water."

Gu Lie subconsciously stood up, walked towards the person who couldn't help coughing up blood, and after hearing Di Qiye's words, he walked up to Di Qiye's side in a few steps, just in time to catch Di Qiye who couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the side.

"If you can't speak, just shut up for me," Gu Lie said through gritted teeth.

Di Qiye leaned against Gu Lie, swallowed again, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Your Majesty, I'm going to shut up forever, and I'm not allowed to say a few words?"

Gu Lie realized that he should call someone: "Come on, come on!"

"Stop shouting, let me calm down," Di Qiye pulled his sleeve, showing some helplessness, and softened his tone for the first time, "I told you, it's arsenic."

The author has something to say: * "I walk in the wild" comes from the Book of Songs. There are two poems that use this sentence, one is "Xiaoya · I walk in the wild" and the other is "Yongfeng · Zaichi".The previous poem was the source of inspiration for naming Brother Di, but the poem does not fit with Brother Di’s fate, I just think this sentence sounds nice.