faint [rebirth]

In the suburbs, in front of a group of courtiers and soldiers, Xiao Wuchen promised Xiao Junye not to marry a wife or take concubines within ten years, and to return to the palace hand in hand with Xiao Junye, soon spread among the people.

The faces of all the courtiers were ashen.

What they originally thought was just to make Xiao Junye not want to become the next feudal king with feudal land and military power.As a result...they never imagined that this Xiao Junye would be so courageous. Although he no longer wanted the land and military power, he directly ordered the king not to marry a wife or take a concubine in front of everyone for ten years!

Ten years!

Chengning Emperor Xiao Wuchen is in his twenties, not to mention married at this age, many ordinary men of this age already have sons and daughters.

And Emperor Chengning has not yet married.

It's fine if you don't get married, 23 years old is not too old, it's not too late to hurry up and get married and have children at this age.

However, Xiao Junye was so confused that he proposed that Emperor Chengning, who had no children so far, would not marry a wife or take concubines, and the emperor would have no heir. How could such a prosperous dynasty be stable and peaceful?

However, what surprised all the courtiers was that Xiao Junye was just being confused, why would Emperor Chengning be as confused as Xiao Junye, and actually agreed to Xiao Junye's request?Even if the arrow was on the string at the time and had to speak, Emperor Chengning should have other methods, either to ease, or to delay, maybe change this promise, but why did Emperor Chengning really agree in front of many courtiers and soldiers? this matter?

Not only did he agree, but he even took Xiao Junye's hand and left with him in a fair and bright manner?

Could it be that Emperor Cheng Ning knew about Marshal Xiao Junye's request long ago?And already planned to agree to this matter?

Many courtiers and soldiers were horrified, and they realized that they should kneel down and beg Xiao Wuchen to take back their orders after seeing off Emperor Chengning and the marshal who left hand in hand. yes.

But now, the matter has become settled, not only their courtiers know about it, but also the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who follow and are loyal to Xiao Junye know about it, and people's words are terrible, since someone knows about this, then the people of Luoyang City, even The people of the Daxing Dynasty will know about this matter sooner or later.

Could it be that their emperor just planned to wait ten years in such a muddle before thinking about getting married and having children?

Many people felt their heads buzzing, they didn't understand why Xiao Junye made such an unreasonable request, let alone why Xiao Wuchen agreed, they all whispered, with worried expressions on their faces.

But there are also some people with sharp ears who have heard what Xiao Wuchen said at that time——

"I thought that the emperor's uncle would ask me to prepare two auspicious official groom's clothes."

What is the meaning of the two auspicious uniforms of the groom's official?

And later, when Emperor Chengning went to help Xiao Junye who was kneeling on the ground, he intentionally or unintentionally tore off Xiao Junye's sleeve—if Emperor Chengning really did it unintentionally, it was just a coincidence; It was done on purpose, that is, to confirm the suspicion of "broken sleeve".

Some smart people don't want to take Emperor Ning's sleeve seriously, but if there is only such a thing, they may be able to deceive themselves and tell themselves that it is a coincidence.However, apart from the matter of tearing off the sleeves, Emperor Chengning's strange words before, as well as Emperor Chengning's special intimacy and trust in Marshal Xiao Junye, all made their doubts more and more serious.

However, before their questions were answered, there were rumors in Luoyang City that Emperor Chengning had no jokes, and that he really agreed to the marshal's unreasonable request, and that he was the real king of a country, a real gentleman...

When Prime Minister Zuo heard the news, he was furious immediately, and immediately went into the palace, told the news to Xiao Wuchen, and said: "Every mouth makes gold, and the accumulation destroys bones. The matter of not marrying a wife and taking concubines within a year, but there is room for change in everything. This matter is not easy to deal with for the time being, so it will be put on hold for the time being. Wait for a year or two, and His Majesty will find a way to let the empress dowager and the empress dowager be killed by the two at the same time. The former emperor entrusted a dream, saying that His Majesty must marry a wife and concubines and have children. The marshal made a memorial on the long knee, saying that he was wrong. If so... Although it is far-fetched, it will be able to resolve the matter after all. I think the people care most about it. The most important thing is that His Majesty can govern and love the people personally, as for other things, they won't care too much about when His Majesty will get married."

Prime Minister Zuo hurriedly talked, and then instructed, "It's just that this matter can be postponed for a year or two. However, there have been rumors recently that His Majesty and the Marshal... are getting too close. Since the Marshal After returning from the border, the marshal has been living in the palace. This matter is unreasonable after all. But people in the world are like gossips. They will definitely use this matter to frame the relationship between your majesty and the marshal's uncle and nephew and the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers. For your majesty's sake For the sake of myself and Marshal Qing Yu, let Marshal go back to live in Marshal's Mansion as soon as possible, and it's best... to get married as soon as possible."

Prime Minister Zuo has gone through three dynasties and is very old. He has been prime minister for more than 20 years, and he can think of solutions to various troublesome problems.No, even though the trouble Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Junye had caused this time was a little more difficult, Prime Minister Zuo thought hard all night, but he also came up with a solution.

As long as the relationship between Xiao Wuchen and Xiao Junye is really in vain, or as long as one of them is clear-headed, then the solution he proposed will definitely be fine.

It's a pity that it's a pity that Xiao Wuchen couldn't accept Prime Minister Zuo's solution to this trouble.

"Prime Minister Zuo," Xiao Wuchen stood up, paused, poured a cup of tea for Prime Minister Zuo himself, and handed it over.

Prime Minister Zuo hurriedly got up to thank him, and at the same time his heart skipped a beat, feeling bad.

Sure enough, Xiao Wuchen served tea for Prime Minister Zuo, and then sighed: "Prime Minister Zuo has always been as intelligent as Zhuge Kongming, and if you think about it, you must have guessed something. I have always respected Prime Minister Zuo, and I didn't intend to hide it. The prime minister's matter. So..."

Prime Minister Zuo stood up abruptly, his hand holding the teacup trembling a little: "Your Majesty, the great cause of the country is the most important thing! If you really don't want to marry a wife and take concubines for the time being, that's fine. Wait until you want a child of your own." It’s okay to pick a woman to enter the palace. As for other things, if you really like men, you might as well choose a few well-behaved and obedient men to accompany you. However, the marshal has made a lot of contributions, and his temperament is arrogant and persistent, so he easily agrees with you , that must have determined His Majesty for the rest of his life. If so... how will His Majesty marry a wife and have children in the future? With the Marshal's current military achievements and power, if you really abandon him one day to marry a wife and have children, great prosperity will be inevitable. Chaos!"

Prime Minister Zuo put the teacup in his hand on the case table, knelt down on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "I implore your majesty, the great cause of the country is the most important thing! The love between children and children should be broken when it is broken! When the late emperor was here, Chang Dao When you are a prince, you can be diligent and conscientious. If you become the emperor, you will definitely be a wise emperor for thousands of years, and work diligently for the people! Veteran officials know the word love, which has been difficult to break since ancient times. However, since your majesty is a king, then , this feeling is something that shouldn't be done, the old minister once again implores Your Majesty, if you break it, you must break it!"

Prime Minister Zuo's words were filled with tears, and just by listening to them, one could sense the righteousness in Prime Minister Zuo's heart.

For Prime Minister Zuo, the country is more important than the family.What's more, a mere man can't compare to a family at all.

Xiao Wuchen silently took three steps back.

"Is the prime minister trying to persecute me by doing this?" Xiao Wuchen sighed, "Since ancient times, there have been hundreds of emperors in all dynasties, and among these hundred people, except for the last king who subjugated the country in each dynasty, there are still more than a hundred people. And among these more than a hundred people, how many emperors really put the great cause of the country as the most important thing, abandoned their love for their children, have a tyrannical temper, are lustful and fatuous, and practice alchemy in order to live forever? Most of the emperors in this world are just ordinary It’s just a person. As an ordinary person, what’s the point of having multiple people you like and care about in addition to what you should do?”

Prime Minister Zuo froze, and immediately said: "Although what your majesty said is reasonable, if your majesty wants to be an emperor through the ages, a wise emperor in the world, and be passed down through the ages, he will naturally do this." Then he kowtowed again, Said, "Forgive me for speaking bluntly, the people of the Daxing Dynasty are now rich and powerful, and there are just four or five generals who are hard to find in a hundred years, and there are countless civil servants. He is extremely intelligent, has the capacity to accommodate others, has a heart of benevolence and love for the people, and has the ability to be a wise king... If the time and place are favorable today, as long as His Majesty is willing, he will naturally be able to be a wise king through the ages and be praised by future generations! Of course, If His Majesty wants to be such a wise ruler, putting the righteousness of the country above the love of his children, that is what must be done. The veteran thought that with His Majesty's benevolent heart, he would definitely not disappoint me!"

Xiao Wuchen sighed softly, and said: "Prime Minister, don't worry, no matter what, since I have become the emperor, I will naturally not be a burden to Daxing and let the people of Daxing fall into misery."

Before Prime Minister Zuo could be happy, he heard Xiao Wuchen continue talking.

"It's just that it's true that I won't disappoint the people and Daxing, but what kind of emperor I want to be, whether I want to leave the title of wise king or the name of stupid king...that's my business." Xiao Wuchen's voice suddenly In the distant future, "A person's life is only a hundred years. I am twenty-three years old, and because of my poor health since I was young, the imperial doctor often said that if I am leisurely and carefree, I can live to be 70 to 73 years old like ordinary people. If I am lucky enough to live to be 40 years old, I will only have 40 years left for the rest of my life. And in these [-] years, if I remove my daily meals, sleep, court meetings, dealing with people around me and getting sick Time, I only have twenty years left."

Prime Minister Zuo was stunned and didn't know what to say for a moment.

And those who were dumbfounded were not only Prime Minister Zuo, but also Xiao Junye who was standing at the gate of the hall, listening to the people in the hall with a blank expression.

"In the past twenty years or so, I still have a lot of time left to deal with government affairs and be a decent emperor. Apart from this time, I really don't have much time left." Xiao Wuchen smiled wryly. Looking at Prime Minister Zuo, he said seriously, "And for the rest of the time, I am worthy of the heaven and earth, the people, and the ancestors of Daxing. I am willing to leave all these time to the emperor. I and the emperor Uncle, we only have more than a dozen years of time together. The more we spend together, the less time we spend together. I am not willing to, and I will never, share more time between me and Uncle Huang with anyone else. Prime Minister, do you understand? Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, I’ve made up my mind, no matter how much the Prime Minister persuades me, I won’t change my mind. Go back, Prime Minister.”

……

Prime Minister Zuo came out of Weiyang Palace in a daze.

After coming out, Prime Minister Zuo was frowning, wanting to lean on the threshold, rest for a while, and slowly recover, and saw Xiao Junye who was not far from the threshold.

Prime Minister Zuo was taken aback, and saw Xiao Junye walking towards him step by step.

"Prime Minister, don't force him anymore." Xiao Junye said with a blank expression, his beard not shaved off, "You can rest assured that if one day he really breaks the promise he made when he married me, I won't either. Threatening him with the safety of the world and making things difficult for him."

Prime Minister Zuo stared at Xiao Junye for a while, and said, "So?"

"So," Xiao Junye also stared at Prime Minister Zuo and said, "You don't have to use the righteousness of the country to force him, because he has never sacrificed the righteousness of the country. And your reason for stopping us is too ridiculous and absurd. And, are you serious? Do you think that these words of yours can stop us? Even if all the officials want to stop this matter, do you think that this matter can really be stopped? At that time, it will definitely not be me and Your Majesty who will back down."

It's just that his Wuchen was too kind, and he didn't want to say those words to embarrass the veteran of the three dynasties, but he was different.Rather than embarrassing the veteran of the three dynasties, of course he cared more about whether his clean life was going well.

After Xiao Junye finished speaking, he directly entered the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

Prime Minister Zuo stood outside the hall for a while, and soon heard that in the main hall, the two people who didn't like to laugh very much on weekdays said something, and soon they both laughed.Because of his old age, although he couldn't hear clearly what the two of them said in it, the tone of their speech was full of joy and joy.These, but he will never hear wrong.

Prime Minister Zuo stood outside the hall for a while, finally sighed, and decided not to care about it.

Perhaps, what His Majesty said is right, a person's life is really very short, and this time is allocated to many boring things that have to be done, and there is only a little bit of time left.

And this little bit of time... Xiao Wuchen chose to be with happy people after taking care of the Daxing Dynasty, but what about him, an old man?

Prime Minister Zuo walked towards the outside of the hall step by step - he thought, he, an old man who only had a few years to live, was trying his best to be a loyal minister, and all he had to do was enjoy the family happiness.

As for what name will go down in history... the emperor.I don't mind, he is a bad old man, as long as he is not insulted by future generations, isn't that enough?

……

Prime Minister Zuo shook his head and sighed, and left.

In Weiyang Palace, Xiao Junye was hugging Xiao Wuchen, rubbing his big beard against Xiao Wuchen.

Xiao Wuchen felt itchy, but he couldn't bear to avoid it, so he had to bear it pitifully.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Junye smiled: "Your Majesty just spoke to Prime Minister Zuo just now, why are you so pitiful now? I thought that His Majesty can speak righteously no matter who he is facing. The prestige is coming."

Xiao Wuchen listened, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then the emperor likes me to maintain the emperor's majesty and get along with the emperor? Including in bed?"

Xiao Junye took a few steps back, looked at Xiao Wuchen, and smiled meaningfully: "Well, it's not impossible. For example, occasionally, Chen'er is wearing a dragon robe and is in the forest with the emperor..."

Before Xiao Junye finished speaking, Xiao Wuchen covered his mouth.

The two were intimate for a while, and Xiao Junye suddenly said: "Just now, I have been outside."

Therefore, he heard everything Xiao Wuchen and Prime Minister Zuo said.

Xiao Wuchen blinked: "And then?"

Xiao Junye slowly pressed Xiao Wuchen on the large desk in Weiyang Palace, and said: "Then, life is short, you and I should do something happy..."

Xiao Wuchen's lips were blocked, his upper body was half-pressed on the table, he was kissed in a daze, and finally let go, only then did he remember something that he seemed to have thought about for a long time and forgot to say.

"By the way," Xiao Wuchen's clothes were thrown to the ground one by one, and his breath began to become uneven, "Uncle, poisonous wine, I have always forgotten to tell you about the poisonous wine. .”

How can Xiao Junye care about poisonous wine or not?At that moment, he only said in a hoarse voice: "The emperor's uncle has finished approving those memorials, Chen'er has also finished meeting the people who need to meet, and he just finished his lunch. I think this afternoon... the emperor's uncle can let Chen'er live happily without any worries. Do something, so as not to waste the good time of this afternoon as Chen'er said."

As for poison wine?He had long since forgotten.

Xiao Wuchen: "..." When did he say that he should do such things without wasting his time?

"No, I want to talk." Xiao Wuchen struggled hard for a while, then suddenly stretched out two hands, hugged Xiao Junye's bearded face, and was about to talk about the poisonous wine when he was suddenly caught by the bearded man. After pricking his hands, his head was in a mess, and the words that came out of his mouth became, "Uncle Emperor, when will you shave your beard?"

"Of course, Chen'er shaves when he feels tired of looking at the emperor's uncle." Xiao Junye slightly teased, and deliberately rubbed his beard against Xiao Wuchen's neck. However, even if it's time to shave it off, it will be completely shaved, and then make a fake beard, and when Chen'er suddenly wants it again, Uncle Huang will put it on again, okay?"

Xiao Wuchen: "..." His uncle became more lively...

"By the way, poisonous wine," Xiao Wuchen forgot for a while, but Xiao Junye remembered it again, and said, "Actually, the taste of poisonous wine is not too bad. And, if you really count it, the poisonous wine It's still your matchmaker, Chen'er doesn't have to worry too much about that cup of poisoned wine. There's no need to mention poisonous wine."

Xiao Wuchen: "...Actually, what I want to say is that the glass of poisonous wine that I sent someone to give to the emperor..." It was actually a lie.

"Don't worry about that glass of poisoned wine." Xiao Junye was already on the verge of a bow, with sweat on his forehead, he bent over and kissed Xiao Wuchen, and said, "As long as the emperor knows that Chen'er belongs to the emperor, no matter whether it's guilt or joy, They all belong to the emperor's uncle, so that's enough. As for the others, don't worry about it."

Xiao Wuchen was already dizzy at this moment.

After thinking about it in his dizzy head for a while, he felt that Xiao Junye's words were very good.

So what if the poisoned wine was true or false?

As long as his uncle didn't mind anymore, as long as he was happy with his uncle and could spend the rest of his life working hard to treat his uncle well, that would be enough.

Of course, the matter of poisonous alcohol can not be mentioned, but another matter must be mentioned.

"Uncle, ten years later, we will get married in front of the people of the world."

Let the world know that they belong to each other.