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The Assistant Minister was the Empress Dowager Sun who came to the palace to meet in the early morning. The Empress Dowager Sun was still furious, and she recounted in detail the time when the emperor walked out of the palace without authorization. It was the fault of the prostitute's daughter to go to Zhuangzi and have fun, and Cheng Enhou naturally had to talk about the crimes of An Guogong and Princess Duanrou for contributing to the flames.

The Empress Dowager Sun said again: "The Ai family ordered Commander Qin to investigate and hold them accountable, and tortured the guards at the gate of the palace for dereliction of duty. Commander Qin actually resisted the order and disrespected him. The Ai family sees that Qin Huaigang, the commander of the imperial army, is going to do it. The two Prime Ministers must order the Ministry of War to remove Qin Huaigang and ask for guilt!"

The two prime ministers, Ji Tongzhen and Zhang Chenying, looked at each other. Zhang Chenying was an old fox who had already stroked his beard. Can the forbidden army ask crimes at will? Are you not afraid of changes in the palace defense?"

Marquis Cheng En was stunned, Zhang Chenying saw Sun Heng like this, and knew that he hadn't thought of this, that orphans and widows dared to speak out in front of the commander of the imperial army who held real power, and it was thanks to Qin Huaigang's loyalty, As long as the blood rushes to the brain of any shortcomings, there will be an on-the-spot palace change, and the blood will splash the court. At that time, there will be no rescue anywhere. Cheng Enhou is really gone.

Ji Tongzhen said again: "Furthermore, my lord, the commander of the Imperial Army has been removed for no reason. There must be an explanation to the courtiers. When asked, it is only dereliction of duty. How can it be dereliction of duty? Only a few of us know about the emperor's departure from the palace. If it is spread, It is even more inappropriate that the matter involves the reputation of a daughter of Cheng Enhou's mansion."

Empress Dowager Sun certainly knew that she couldn't tell the truth. When she came to the two cabinet ministers, she originally wanted to find a crime to punish Qin Huaigang. She made such a tone, but now that Ji Tongzhen and Zhang Chenying have expressed it, it's really impossible?Could it be that Qin Huaigang threw her on the ground and stomped on her empress dowager's face, so she could only endure it?With the first one, there will be countless more in the future!

She said coldly: "Don't contradict Ai's family, that's all? There is also the emperor who travels out of the palace, playing around, this is the appearance of a foolish emperor!"

Ji Tongzhen and Zhang Chenying looked at each other again, sighed together, Ji Tongzhen said: "Does the Empress Dowager want to abolish the establishment again?"

Empress Dowager Sun was taken aback, and everyone in the room was terrified. Empress Dowager Sun opened her mouth, but said nothing. In her heart, she actually felt that the emperor is so disobedient now. If she wants to install another obedient one, she knows that such words cannot be said indiscriminately.

Ji Tongzhen said slowly: "Let's not talk about the choice of a young prince among the clans. His character is unknown, which will bury the hidden danger of turmoil in the court. It is only said that the emperor is naturally intelligent, has a strong overview, and has always been respectful, thrifty and lenient. The queen mother treats me lightly. The words are useless, but they can't come up with an upright reason. The emperor is the son of heaven, not a concubine, so why can't he go out of the palace? It's the Zhuangzi of the eldest princess, and there are guards sent by An Guogong to protect him, so there is nothing wrong with it As for the rules, there is a precedent that Emperor Taizong of this dynasty is very fond of private visits, and it is absolutely impossible to abolish the establishment on the grounds of leaving the palace without authorization. The emperor has not yet been in charge of the government, and it is not that he cannot even go out of the palace to have fun in the imperial palace."

Empress Dowager Sun opened her mouth, unable to speak, Ji Tongzhen said again: "If you use this as an excuse to abolish the emperor, it will be recorded in the history books in the future, it will make people laugh at future generations, and it will damage your reputation, Empress Dowager. I can only wonder if the young emperor is imprisoned, and the empress dowager coerces the emperor to order..."

Cheng Enhou stepped forward and interrupted: "The empress dowager has no such intentions, but she is very angry at An Guogong, Princess Duanrou and Ouyang's son-in-law for seducing the emperor. Unrestrained, you should be punished!"

Ji Tongzhen said: "It's not appropriate to publicize this matter, just pay a little fine. Your Majesty, this matter should only be reduced to a minor one. The emperor is only twelve years old, and he studies government affairs every day. There are always boring times. He occasionally goes out of the palace to relax. It is the future empress who will accompany and travel with you. The emperor and empress are harmonious, which is the blessing of the imperial court. The empress has always contributed to raising the emperor. Don't be too harsh on such trivial matters. It will chill the emperor's heart and hurt the relationship between mother and child. I think the emperor Now I have quite a bit of insight into government affairs, since the long days are boring, why don’t I ask the emperor to try to review some of the memorials in person, so as to avoid being so idle and troublesome like yesterday.”

The Empress Dowager Sun became more and more dissatisfied when she heard this, but she could only reluctantly say: "The Ai family knows, and they will be fined for three years. Wei Fanjun lured and instigated the emperor to fail to learn well. Go to the palace, and he will not be allowed to enter the palace in the future!"

Ji Tongzhen didn't bother with the Queen Mother on this trivial matter: "Your Majesty, it's good to think about laxatives. After I ask you to return to the palace, you should be careful to ease the relationship with the emperor and restore the relationship between mother and child. Don't let outsiders take advantage of it."

Ji Tongzhen let out a long breath, and persuaded: "The emperor has grown up, and it would be inappropriate for the empress to discipline the emperor like a child." After all, he had misjudged before, thinking that the emperor was still a child, and he Isn't it as short-sighted as the Queen Mother?From the looks of it now, the Marquis of Cheng En and the Empress Dowager only thought about how to control and control the emperor, but never thought that the emperor would always be in charge. How could such a talent be suppressed blindly?Only by slowly gaining the trust of the emperor can we plan for a long-term future.

Empress Dowager Sun was a little dissatisfied, but remembering how Xiao Yan knelt in front of the hall to plead guilty last night, she didn't say anything, but said: "The Ai family knows."

Sending off the two prime ministers, Empress Dowager Sun complained to Cheng Enhou: "In the end, there was a lot of thunder and rain, and Qin Huaigang's anger was in vain! It's so useless! When King Duan comes back, Ai's family will definitely sue shape."

Marquis Cheng En looked around at the Queen Mother Sun's confidantes and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you really believe that Prince Duan and you are of the same mind? Then Qin Huaigang is so tough, isn't it because of Prince Duan's power? The emperor does not come from the palace. The door goes in and out, can it be possible to fly out, the guards must be tricky, does King Duan have other plans?"

Empress Dowager Sun was stunned, thought for a while and shook her head: "If King Duan has an idea, he should have done it when the late emperor passed away. Why now, you don't have to think too much, then Qin Huaigang can only fight and can't talk, so just don't argue with him." .Ji Xiang is also reasonable, let's just bear with it this time, but that girl Xuexiao... how to deal with it now?"

Empress Dowager Sun's face turned cold, and Cheng Enhou said: "Princess Duanrou sent her back, and I can't publicize it publicly. I just restrained her feet and asked her to copy female training."

Empress Dowager Sun shook her head, and said coldly: "Change someone, if you are disobedient, entering the palace is not a help. I think that every time that girl enters the palace, she and the emperor are just on the surface, and she is worried that she will not be favored by the emperor in the future." , thinking about whether to raise a few more accompanying maids. Now she can lure the emperor to leave the palace and take her to the land of love and moon! If she acted like this before marriage, she will enter the palace and become a queen in the future, so it's okay! "

Cheng Enhou was stunned for a moment: "Substitution? The imperial decree has been issued, halfway through the sixth ritual, how can we change? Who?"

Empress Dowager Sun said indifferently: "The girl Xuezhu in the second room is still quite obedient, there is still time, you go back and adopt Xuezhu to your name. The imperial decree only mentions the Sun family of the Marquis of Cheng'en's residence, and does not mention anyone else."

Second room?Cheng Enhou is still waiting to be the head of the country!How can I give this huge advantage to my younger brother?He was a little dissatisfied at the moment: "I'll just go back and teach Xue Xiao a lesson. She has always been obedient and obeyed the rules. She didn't dare to disobey the emperor last night, and she was afraid that I would teach her a lesson. That's why she did something stupid."

Empress Dowager Sun said: "On the Dragon Boat Festival, she saw it."

Cheng Enhou was stunned, and Empress Dowager Sun said: "I wanted to come in a hurry, but the gemstone necklace on her waist fell off and was picked up by Aunt Gong. Brother, this girl and I can only keep one. If she enters the palace, she will win the emperor's favor again." , there will be endless troubles in the future."

Cheng Enhou was silent.

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"The empress dowager will definitely be suspicious of the imperial guards guarding the city, but they are the confidantes of King Duan, and she can't move there. In the end, the big things must be turned into small things. Both An Guogong and Ouyang's son-in-law are out of office, and they can't spread it out. At most, he will be fined and fined. Probably Wei Fanjun will suffer a little, and then he will not be able to be a companion, but this is also in the hands of Duke Anguo. It’s okay to just eat some board, An Guogong has a lot of contacts, and with some money, it’s not hard to hit.”

"As for Ziwei Palace, because of the matter of He Chang'an and Gao Yuanling, this Ziwei Palace has changed a round of people, and everyone is the queen mother's own person. If you can't find out the details, what else can she do? Change another batch? Those who come to serve in the future can only be more trembling, in order to protect themselves, and dare not do anything to me."

Xiao Yan couldn't help laughing, while eating a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus rice cake: "Fortunately, I know that I will have to kneel again when I enter the palace, with cushions tied on my knees, and snacks hidden in my sleeves. The sweet-scented osmanthus cake tastes really good, although it's a bit cold."

In Ziwei Palace, because all the servants were gathered for interrogation, the hall was extremely quiet, no one brought food and drink to the emperor, and no one dared to enter the hall.

This made it easier for Xiao Yan. He simply lay on the soft couch, slightly raised his sore legs that had been kneeling all night, and put them on the big soft pillow, while sighing comfortably: "This time, the empress dowager found that even She can't do anything to me when I go out of the palace. After that, she will be suspicious, and no matter what, she can't find anyone to help me get out of the palace. If I can't stop it, this matter will become aboveboard in the end, and I will go out of the palace again , everyone knows that there is nothing they can do about me."

The lich asked him in the soul box: "You have been kneeling all night, you are not tired? You are so energetic." Didn't the little emperor have many kneeling days when he was young?Everyone seems to be familiar with it, and they don't think it's strange.

Xiao Yan was full of rice cakes, lay down and closed his eyes, with a smile on his mouth: "Maybe too many things happened tonight, and I'm not too sleepy."

The Lich asked: "You were forced to kneel and the queen mother found you out of the palace. Don't you regret saving that girl? She's sorry for you first."

Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "There's nothing I'm sorry about, she can't help herself, she's a poor person, it's rare to have a lover. I think the executioner is a sensible person, and he has a sense of chivalry. I need help now, but There is no need for people who are attracted by power."

As he spoke, his words gradually became cohesive and vague, but he had already fallen asleep with his eyes closed.

Sure enough, although he was excited, he was actually very tired physically and mentally. As soon as he relaxed, he couldn't resist the drowsiness very quickly and fell asleep directly.

The snowflakes were finely broken, the golden light slowly revealed and gathered, and a human figure appeared in front of the couch.The Lich lowered his head slightly to look at the little emperor, his long blond hair almost fell to the face of the sleeping emperor.After the little emperor fell asleep, his brows were still slightly frowned, his lips were tightly pursed, and his legs were obviously very uncomfortable after kneeling for a long time, but they were still put together on the big pillow.The rules seemed to be engraved into his body, and he couldn't relax even when he fell asleep. The Lich knew that it was suppressed and disciplined by various punishments like kneeling today.

The Lich stretched out his bony hands, and gently rolled up the loose silk trousers on his legs, exposing his red and swollen knees. Even with a mat, it would be too long to kneel for a whole night.For children, this is obviously abuse. What's even more frightening is that such strict control and mental and physical abuse have lasted for many years.

The Lich took out a crystal reagent bottle from the storage ring, dripped the transparent condensate on the boy's knees, stretched out his bony fingers, and slowly spread the condensate evenly on the knees, covering every inch of the red and swollen skin. After a while, the redness and swelling disappeared visibly to the naked eye, and the original white and tender skin color was restored.

The Lich stretched out his bony hand, gently grasped the young emperor's ankle, lifted it up and carefully checked the calf, the bend of the leg, the ankle, the toes and the heel, etc., and made sure there were no other wounds before putting it back on the couch.

If Xiao Yan was awake, he would be surprised to find that the Lich's soul body is much more solid than the previous few days. Today, he has subdued many people's hearts with just one simple move, disturbing the fragile state of the entire court and harem. Balanced, the dragon aura on his body was suddenly strong, which surprised the Lich.

The original intention was just that Xiao Yan wanted to preserve the reputation of his so-called "cousin".How can a king be pure, kind, and kind? Too much kindness is not the quality that a king needs, but he made a mistake in this move and made the best solution.

The emperor walked out of the palace, who did it?

An Guogong?Princess?They have been idle for a long time, how did they take the emperor out of the palace without disturbing anyone?

Several forces will only strictly investigate, but no evidence can be found, and mutual suspicion has become an inevitable result.I don't know who sent the emperor out of the palace, but it is a fact that the empress dowager can't control the emperor.

The former dynasty was afraid of the harem, and the harem controlled the emperor. When the emperor was out of control, the former dynasty had to make a choice. The Queen Mother Sun, who could not control the puppet emperor, would be decisively abandoned.The previous dynasty would use other methods to gain the emperor's trust, so that they could continue to use and control the emperor's power. That's why Cheng Enhou and the queen mother were so afraid and flustered.

When people find that the queen mother can no longer control the emperor, they will gather together to fight for power, and the queen mother's power will be lost faster.

So is this what the world says "the emperor has no relatives, but virtue is his assistant"? "Government with virtue, such as Beichen, where the stars live together." Therefore, the shackles that suppressed the emperor have been loosened, like stars in the sky, dark clouds can not hide the light, he has won the hearts of the people, and the dragon spirit has skyrocketed tonight .

At that moment, Lich only felt that his soul had been greatly nourished, and his soul body was filled with a familiar sense of power.

He glanced at Xiao Yan, who was sleeping on the narrow couch by the window, who looked uncomfortable, then turned his head to look at the bed in the inner hall, and pressed his bony fingers, all the bedding on the bed had been replaced with the soft ones in his storage ring. Pure white fairy quilt.The Lich stretched out his arms to pick Xiao Yan up, and put him back in the quilt on the bed.

Xiao Yan was dimly startled by the coolness enveloping his body, opened his eyes slightly, and saw a pair of golden eyes, with thousands of golden threads in the crystal eyes, soft but captivating, he showed a smile in a daze: " Jiu Yao, you look really good-looking."

The Lich covered him with the quilt, and the elf's sleeping magic quickly wrapped Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan immediately sank into a comfortable and soft dream, the center of his brows was also spread out, and the dark eyelashes were softly covered, looking very cute and harmless .

The light shrank, and a golden spot like a firefly floated out of the window. It was already bright outside, but the Lich was not afraid of the sunlight, and floated all the way to the Palace of Mercy.

The Empress Dowager Sun in the Cifu Palace had just sent Cheng Enhou away. She was just sitting cross-legged in front of the Buddha, reciting scriptures with her eyes closed, just like before. Her eyes were half-closed, she was dressed in plain white, her benevolent eyebrows were smooth, and she was as compassionate as Guanyin.

The golden spot of light floated to the knees of Empress Dowager Sun who was sitting cross-legged. The lich cast a small spell, and then floated out. Go to the imperial dining room to see if there is something hot that can nourish Qi. The soup is an extra meal for the little emperor at noon.

Xiao Yan woke up from Heitian, it was already noon, and the servants set up lunch.

Today's lunch was extraordinarily rich, and Xiao Yan saw several meat dishes at a glance, two cooked and fried fresh fish, steamed golden shrimp with garlic, roasted beaver, fried chicken, roasted duck, if it was He Changan or Cai Fuan in the past Now, at a glance, it can be seen that this is not the emperor's regular dish, but now Ziwei Palace has a big change of blood, and the new eunuch who serves the meal does not dare to say a word. up.

Xiao Yan saw that it was the hands and feet of the Lich. He took the soup bowl and came to drink it. Seeing the milky white mutton soup inside, he couldn't help but smiled in his heart and said to the Lich: "It's really a shame that so many dishes have been lost in the kitchen. did you find it?"

The Lich said indifferently: "The servants, eunuchs, and female officials in each palace eat better than you, so each palace only gets one dish."

Xiao Yan praised: "You are so kind." He relished it, and he was full after a while, watching the waiters remove the food, he smiled in his heart and said: "The waiters keep changing, but they dare not No matter what, I can’t see any changes in me.”

But the Lich was thinking of such words in his heart and stuffed the magic velvet into the original quilt cover, so the servants probably wouldn't be able to see it.

Just as they were planning, Aunt Gong came to deliver a message in person: "Hello, Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, for some reason, her knees are red and swollen, the pain is unbearable, and it is difficult to walk."

Xiao Yan was stunned: "Have you passed on the imperial physician? I will go to say hello immediately."

Aunt Gong said: "The imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment have been passed on. They only said that it might be rheumatism and gout. The needles have been applied, but the effect is very little. Your Majesty said that the pain is unbearable. Let's take a rest first. Please don't go to the emperor to say hello. It's just that the emperor knelt down all night last night, fearing that his knees would be uncomfortable, the empress couldn't bear it, so she ordered the servants to also bring some medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis to the emperor."

Xiao Yan was stunned for a moment: "Thank you for your mother's concern. It's my son's unfilial piety. His knees are not a problem, so don't worry about it. Tell me to ask the imperial hospital to send a few more imperial doctors who are good at rheumatism and bone pain to consult with my mother."

Aunt Gong quickly agreed, and Xiao Yan asked people to watch her: "My aunt is good at serving my mother, I will visit her after she wakes up."

After another performance of motherly kindness and filial piety, Aunt Gong left, Xiao Yan touched his knee, thoughtfully,

There is no need to retaliate like this...

However, this was the first time someone vented his anger on him like this, and he actually felt very happy.Xiao Yan turned his head and saw in the mirror on the side of the wall, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up, even his eyes were full of smiles.

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Note: 1. "Shangshu · Cai Zhongzhi's Destiny": "The emperor has no relatives, but virtue is the auxiliary. The people's hearts are impermanent, but the bosom of benefits."

2. "The Analects of Confucius: Doing Politics": Confucius said: "Government is based on virtue, such as the North Star, which lives in its place and all the stars share it."