Rui Hegui

As soon as the new year is over, there will be the spring sacrifice ceremony. Emperor Ping Chong is sick on the couch, and Prince Jixuan will do it for him.

On the day of the Spring Festival, Ji Xuan climbed onto the altar in his crown, the horns shook the sky, and all the officials knelt down to welcome him, all in one body.

Ji Xuan held Yu Zhengui back and looked down at everything in front of him, only feeling that the world was in his hands.

The blood in the chest was churning, and Ji Xuan had reached a state of extreme excitement.

This is exactly the feeling he has dreamed of—to have the supreme status and power, and everyone bows down to him and can only look up to him.

His biological mother, the first queen, died because of the so-called friendship, leaving him alone to be suppressed by the queen mother and son for many years, but in order to please his father and those courtiers, he mourned the former queen's cold tablet every day and pretended to be With a gentle and courteous appearance.

There is also the so-called father emperor, who was as obedient as a dog in front of the first emperor when he was young, and later became an emperor and was treated as a puppet by Han Wenyun. come out.

His father asked him to wait, but he didn't want to wait anymore.

The current situation is ever-changing, and the only top priority is to quickly take power into your own hands.

Ji Xuanxuan clenched his hands under the sleeves of his robe, and when he turned around, he saw Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue at a glance among the officials, those two scarlet colors were so eye-catching.

Coincidentally, bandit Chu raised his head to look at him, his eyes were calm and unscrupulous, and he smiled at him.

Ji Xuan's heart trembled for no reason, a sense of fear was born, and then his fantasies about power and desire were stripped away, leaving only naked sobriety.

Now, he is still just the prince of the Eastern Palace, he still has to bow his knees to the man on the dragon couch, and he still has to find cracks in the intertwined court hall to cultivate his own power.

He hated that look, and he hated this man.

This person has occupied the scenery of the capital since he was a child, he is a disciple of the emperor, a young minister of power - and himself, no one mentioned admiring him as the grandson of the emperor in the past, and now no one mentions admiring him as the crown prince.

But he didn't show it on his face. As always, he nodded slightly at Chu Bandit and smiled back, as if he was a corporal of courtesy.

Bandit Chu was too lazy to respond to Ji Xuan's acting with him, but yawned lightly and lowered his eyes.

Ji Xuan took Yu Zhengui's hand hard, and the finger bones turned white instantly.

One day, he will trample on such a tough bone as Chu Bandit.

The Spring Sacrifice Ceremony was successfully completed. According to the etiquette system, there was originally a military parade in Gaoge, but Emperor Ping Chong didn't explain it at the beginning, so the Ministry of Households wisely canceled this step, and the Ministry of War counted out the booklet and sent it directly to the Nuan Pavilion.

At the same time, the opening of the new year's court meeting was also postponed. Important matters that needed to be resolved were pressed on the case of the Emperor Nuan Pavilion. Forced to stay in the station.

"You want to go to Xiangyuan City in person?"

In the Nuan Pavilion, Emperor Ping Chong was leaning on the couch, with Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue kneeling in front of him.

"Why do you want to go in person? The situation in Kyoto is delicate now. It is not a good time for you to choose to leave Beijing in the spring."

Emperor Ping Chong looked at the two of them, still asking questions knowingly, making the last struggle.

Bandit Chu bowed his hands to Emperor Ping Chong, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "The Southwest Protectorate is not only related to the safety of the Southwest, but also to the safety of the great Xu, and has a lot of implications."

Emperor Ping Chong asked with a smile: "The thing you most want to do in Xiangyuan City is probably not related to the Southwest Protectorate, but for personal grievances? Why bother to bring out the safety of the country? , Things that have been too long in the past should not be brought up again, it will only cause turmoil."

Chu Bandit knew that in Emperor Ping Chong's heart, it didn't matter whether the officials and soldiers involved in the old case of treason were innocent or not, and he didn't care. He just wanted to use this old case to firmly hold himself in his hands, and The promise of the year will not be fulfilled at all.

Chu bandit sneered in his heart, and replied: "If it is really only for my own selfishness, I can set off for Xiangyuan City last year."

In just a moment, the relationship between Emperor Ping Chong and Bandit Chu became tense.

Finally, Emperor Ping Chong took the handkerchief and coughed violently, raised his trembling fingers and pointed at Bandit Chu.

Ding Miao, who was outside the door, heard the sound and brought someone in, but Emperor Ping Chong threw an inkstone and smashed it back.

Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue had no intention of going forward to help Ping Chongdi, so they waited quietly, watching Ping Chongdi coughing and shaking like chaff.

When Emperor Pingchong stopped coughing, Zhao Liangyue said flatly, "Your Majesty, Yeyuan probably has a stronghold in Xiangyuan City. If Tu Yuan succeeds in cooperating with Daxu from the inside, then the country will be in danger, and so will the Emperor."

"Zhao Liangyue, you are so courageous!"

Emperor Ping Chong roared angrily, then coughed violently, and said, "You really think I can't touch you?"

"At least not now."

Chu Bandit's tone was very cold, because he might have fantasized about the emperor in front of him when he was young, but in the long and tormented 13 years, he has already seen through his selfishness and ruthlessness.

He is different from Ji Xuan, he doesn't care about power and status at all, he doesn't need to flatter such an emperor.

If Daxu can be kept, and thousands of people can be kept, what's the point of being a traitor?

"Okay, very good!"

Emperor Ping Chong stood up, staggered to the emperor's case, took the ink pen and approved the memorial for the two, then threw the ink pen into the incense burner at the side, and fell back to the dragon chair.

Chu bandit stepped forward to pick up the folder, and then bowed to Emperor Ping Chongdi with Zhao Liangyue and bid farewell.

As soon as the two stepped out of the threshold, there was the sound of something falling behind them.

Ding Miao looked at Chu Bandit, Chu Bandit went over and patted Ding Miao's hand, and said: "The emperor is in poor health, so I will trouble my father-in-law."

"Chu Shangshu don't worry." Ding Miao bowed to Chu Bandit and nodded, quietly put the note that Chu Bandit stuffed into his sleeve, and took the servant to the Nuan Pavilion.

It's already dark.

The two walked out of the Meridian Gate all the way, and then walked towards the south of the city, with Jing Mo carrying a lantern at a distance in front, and You Bai holding his precious epee and hiding in the darkness.

Zhao Liangyue asked: "Brother, when did you meet Ding Miao?"

"Sure enough, I still can't escape Xilin's insightful eyes." Bandit Chu said, "Ding Miao used to be an old man in the palace of Concubine De."

Zhao Liangyue understood now, he knew that the concubine De concubine was also a very important old friend to Chu bandit.

The two were relatively silent, and walked down another street. Bandit Chu slowed down, looked up at the soon-to-be-full moon in the sky, and said, "When the late Emperor was here, Empress Defei was still the female official next to the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace."

Chu Bandit recalled: "At that time, we were the children accompanying the emperor's grandson, including Xing Shuo, who were all looked after by the Crown Princess and Defei."

"She has been with the former queen since she was a child. She has the same heart of a bodhisattva and the same exquisite mind. After the death of the princess, he could have left the palace and escaped the place where people cannibalized, but she stayed for Ji Xuan and became an empress. At that time, one of the prince's concubines managed to ascend to the position of Concubine De."

When Bandit Chu said this, he paused, and continued: "But she guarded the crown prince for the first queen all her life, but the emperor and his father and son used her life as a bargaining chip to frame the queen."

Zhao Liangyue frowned and said, "Did Concubine De's death back then be artificial?"

"Yes." Bandit Chu sighed and said, "It was the Queen who caused her miscarriage at the time, but it was the emperor and the prince who connived. I only found out this matter at the end of the year."

"Brother..."

"It doesn't matter." Chu Bandit sneered, and said, "You once asked me, besides Ji Xuan and Ji Sheng, is there a choice? At that time I chose the crown prince, but now I have changed my mind."

Bandit Chu stretched out his hand and shook it in the bright moonlight, as if he wanted to grab something, but in the end he didn't grab anything, so he had to withdraw his hand, clenched into a fist, and said coldly: "Perhaps the most qualified one is indeed the prince." Your Highness, but there are too many people who are qualified to ascend to the throne."

At this moment, Bandit Chu was surrounded by murderous spirits, if anyone else was present, they would have been shocked by such rebellious words, but Zhao Liangyue just smiled lightly and said: "Okay, senior brother will take me there some other day when you are free. Meet the future Majesty."

Bandit Chu looked sideways at Zhao Liangyue, and the night wind blew their scarlet robes into the air.

The two looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.

The Great Court will be delayed until the tenth day of the first lunar month.

After the meeting of all the officials, Emperor Ping Chong first asked Ding Miao to read the will of the prince to supervise the country, and then officially opened the dynasty.

Due to the accumulation of too many important things, it was already late noon when the court was over, and Emperor Ping Chong finally looked very unhappy, but Zhao Liangyue acted as if he hadn't seen it, and followed him to the Nuan Pavilion with a group of officials from the Ministry of Industry and Household Department, and fought with each other. Finally, the matter of the Jingchang Canal was finally settled.

Two days later, Han Wenyun and Chu Bandit quarreled over the matter of the Jiangnan Navy.

The reason is also very simple. In addition to fixed expenditures such as spring plowing and peach blossom floods, as well as expenditures for the Southwest Protectorate and the Jingchang Canal, the remaining silver in the treasury is pitiful, and there is no way to dispatch any more money to the Jiangnan Navy.

Therefore, Chu bandit proposed to raise funds from the powerful and wealthy businessmen in Gyeonggi and Jiangnan, and used this method to solve the court's worries and problems, and then it would naturally be fiercely obstructed by the dignitaries headed by the Han family.

The two parties were at a stalemate, and finally Tang Kang came forward and took the lead in donating money with his family property.

Many officials in the DPRK and China were Tang Kang's students, and Tang Kang was the hope of all the students in the world. All responded immediately, and the Han family was quickly defeated. Han Wenyun had no choice but to let go. Donate together.

"Thank you Tang Lao for your help."

When the court was scattered, all the officials bowed their hands to Tang Kang one by one outside the Changtai Hall, and their admiration was beyond words.

After all the officials had finished their obeisance and left, Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue stepped forward and saluted Tang Kang together.

Tang Kang helped the two of them up with a smile, and said with a smile, "I really can't bear the battle today."

Zhao Liangyue said: "This time Tang Lao made a timely rain, which is a blessing for Xu Sheji and the people of Li, but Tang Lao has not been involved in the court for many years, so this action... will definitely arouse many speculations."

Tang Kang laughed twice when he heard the words, and said: "Don't be suspicious, the old man is on your side. When you are old, it will be too late if you don't go crazy."

After saying that, Tang Kang asked the servant to help him into the carriage, and Chu Bandit and Zhao Liangyue sent him away with all the officials.