Bystander

Chapter 14 The Royal Palace

"I've said enough," the emperor forcibly interrupted the imperial concubine again, "you still have to make trouble in time? Do you think I'm a fool? You still want to argue." The emperor pinched the imperial concubine's chin, "I haven't treated you enough all these years Okay? You even got the idea of ​​murdering the prince, just like you said, it’s still an unborn child, so you can do it. You haven’t had a child for so many years, so you really don’t deserve it. "

The imperial concubine wanted to defend herself, but when she heard the emperor say that she had no children for so many years, she suddenly became angry. She shook off the emperor's hand and said with tears in her eyes, "I don't deserve it? I don't deserve it? Doesn't the emperor not understand why I haven't had children for so many years? You Do you think I really don’t know? The emperor has never drank the tea in my palace for so many years, why? Ah, why? I am not worthy of children, so are you worthy?”

"Nonsense, you are weak, how long have I asked the imperial doctor to treat you? You are crazy, and you dare to slander me." The emperor didn't want her to talk anymore, "Come here, put the noble concubine in the cold palace, arrest me All the people in the prime minister's mansion are waiting, and the people in the prime minister's mansion dare to cooperate with the imperial concubine to deceive the emperor and murder the prince, please!" The emperor stared at the imperial concubine and said, "I want you to see what your whole family has to do because of your jealousy. Such a price."

The imperial concubine was already on one side like a marionette, her eyes were empty, "Because I'm jealous? Huh, is it really because I'm jealous?" The imperial concubine slowly stood up and looked directly at the emperor, "I'm just another 'queen', we It’s just a tool for you to hold power, have you ever treated someone sincerely?”

The emperor turned his head away from her and said, "I have done it before, what about you? Have you ever treated me sincerely? I am just a tool for you to gain power!"

The scenes in the palace are played one after another. You will never know who is playing the game of chess until the last moment. The emperor is suspicious by nature. If the people around him have not investigated it, how can they easily believe that the father-in-law in charge of the respect room is still the emperor. minions.The one who can reach the top in the harem is not how powerful she is, but who knows how to pay. Concubine Qi's brilliance lies in her knowing how to keep her edge. Without the bias of the emperor, how could she climb to the position of empress.The harem is a strange place. Those whose natal family is not powerful cannot enter, and those whose natal family is too powerful will not live long. Maybe being born in a powerful family really has no emotions at all. Even if there is, it will be gradually diluted by the growing desire. In the end, there was only a little thought left, nostalgic for the past, and continued walking against the sword.

The emperor's deeds let Xiao Shengzi realize what it means to be "accompanied by a king like a tiger". It can be the same for the person next to the pillow, and for his own children. What about others?That day when Xiao Shengzi came back from the imperial concubine, the emperor asked him about the past. Xiao Shengzi wanted to confuse the past, but the emperor mentioned that the father-in-law in charge of the respect room had come out of the Punishment Department, so Xiao Shengzi knew the emperor Knowing everything, Xiao Shengzi immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty, forgive me. Xiao Shengzi didn't mean to deceive the Emperor. In fact, he had no choice but to kill his father. The family's mother died because of the family's hard work, and his younger sister was even worse." Xiao Shengzi was not reconciled to being murdered by villains, Xiao Shengzi avenged his father, but the slave has nothing, so he can only sneak into the palace, I hope the emperor will take pity on Xiao Shengzi one day and send troops to suppress the bandits."

"Who do you think you are? Being a eunuch for a few days can influence me?"

"It's not that the slave thinks that he can influence the emperor. Bandits are rampant now, and the people are in dire straits. But the emperor cares about the people of the world, so he will definitely suppress the bandits."

The emperor reviewed the memorial in his hand, without saying a word, Xiao Shengzi just knelt until the emperor finished reviewing the memorial, "The bandits will naturally be suppressed, as the king of a country, I must be responsible to my people, but right now , The Zhen committee can’t use its fists and feet, the generals have just left, and the civil servants are overshadowing the sky.”

"The slave is willing to devote himself to the emperor, and die." Xiao Shengzi could hear the emperor's voice, not because the emperor was so incompetent that he needed to "beg" a eunuch, but because of an inconspicuous role in the palace. It is often the fulcrum of prying Mount Tai, so from the beginning to the end, Xiao Shengzi is the emperor's man, Han Guiren and Qi concubine are just pawns for the emperor to overthrow the prime minister. How can people who have been fighting in this environment since childhood? I bowed my head because of the system.

Ever since the prime minister's family ransacked and beheaded, the emperor has taken all the power into his hands. Xiao Shengzi thought that the emperor would send troops to suppress the bandits immediately, but he didn't expect the news of the battle to come from the border. The enemy army led 30 troops to attack our border. , The emperor immediately organized an army, and ordered the new general to lead 30 troops to meet the enemy and prepare for war.

The general has been away for ten years. During the ten years, the two sides have been fighting continuously. During the period, there was a three-year truce. Whether right or wrong is important, how can the enemy do it now, and it is even more inconvenient to mention the matter of suppressing bandits in front of the emperor.In recent years, many bandits have voluntarily joined the army to resist foreign enemies. Facing important national affairs, these bandits really let Xiao Shengzi take a look at them.

Fate depends on who knows what is right. Xiao Shengzi was originally considered a son of a wealthy family. He was determined to win the first prize, but in the end he worked as a eunuch in the palace for decades. Shout out to Mr. Sheng.That day, Eunuch Sheng waited on the emperor to review the memorial, and sent it to the new nobleman who had been favored in the past two years. He turned back to his room, picked up the lukewarm teapot on the table, poured himself a cup, and went to sleep after drinking. I never woke up again.

When Chu Yao saw Eunuch Sheng's life, he felt really uncomfortable, and tears flowed from the corners of his eyes. It didn't tear the heart, nor hurt the muscles and bones. It was just a faint sorrow, which oppressed the heart and lingered for a long time.

Chu Yao saw through the most glorious place in the capital, where everyone's dreams and desires are, indeed some people's prisons, and only one person's city.After burying Eunuch Sheng, Chu Yao went into Eunuch Sheng's room, packed away all the gold and silver belongings that Eunuch Sheng had saved his whole life, and fled out of the palace overnight.Chu Yao didn't dare to stop along the way, for fear that someone would find out that Eunuch Sheng's belongings were missing, and then think that he was the murderer, and then became a scapegoat, and would be dragged and beheaded by the emperor for no reason.

Chu Yao ran to a place far away from the imperial city, a county town with beautiful mountains and clear waters. Chu Yao fell in love with this place as soon as he arrived. The food here is very delicious and there are many things to do. In the first few days, Chu Yao ate, drank and had fun every day. , but after a long time, it was boring, so I opened a small two-story teahouse, invited the most famous storyteller in the county, redeemed the last singer in the brothel, and recruited the best tea masters in Jiangnan. Some of them performed in the teahouse, and the business was very good.As for Chu Yao, he sits in the best private room on the second floor every day, watching the crowds of people coming and going. The two Qingcai's faces were flushed from arguing, and Hou'er might not know what would happen!

These days, I thought that the bookish little brother had caught the attention of Chu Yao. This little brother was born with delicate features and a slender figure. Sitting in the southwest corner of the hall, it seems that he is waiting for someone, but it has been a long time, and there is only one brother, from the opening in the morning, until the teahouse closes, ordering a pot of the cheapest Jasmine Moer After sitting there for a whole day, the little thief in the store looked down on him, and came every day if he had no money, a pot of Jasmine Moer every day, refilling the water but not tea, the key is that he looked like everyone owed him two hundred tangs, what a mess No one wants to share a table with him, and sometimes the teahouse is overcrowded, but he alone occupies a table, several times Xiao Erer tried to drive him out but was stopped by Chu Yao, "Everyone who comes is a guest, you Just give him some more hot water."

"The shopkeeper, it's not that I look down on people with my dog's eyes and hate the poor and love the rich. I am also a poor man, but you can look at his expression and get angry when you look at him." Xiao Er'er complained, but also Or bring hot water to him and send it to him: "Our shopkeeper asked me to fill you with some more water. You said you are a seven-foot man, what are you doing with a sad face all day long? What can a big man do to make you so depressed, All right, cheer up, you're really annoying looking like this."

The little brother didn't talk to each other, but nodded slightly in the direction of Chu Yao to express his gratitude.

Just when the first line was used to the small tea table in the southwest corner being monopolized by a little brother who was frowning all day long, this little brother suddenly disappeared, and he came all day that day, even the little Er'er couldn't help nagging A few words: "Hey? Why didn't the scholar come here today? Could it be that my daily encouragement had an impact on him? Did he figure it out? Then he forgot to study hard in the past? Well, it must be like this." Xiao Er'er still doesn't forget Give yourself an affirmation.

"Do you know what happened to him before?" Chu Yao asked.

"I don't know?" Xiao Er'er replied.

"Then you just wanted him to forget the past?"

"You can see that he is frowning all day long and looks bitter and bitter. Something must have happened!"

Chu Yao originally thought that Xiao Er'er knew something, but he didn't expect Xiao Er'er to have a rich imagination besides being talkative.

On the second day in a row, the little brother still didn't come, and he didn't come on the third day. Chu Yao thought that the little brother really did what the little Er'er said, forgetting the past and studying hard, but he didn't expect that the little brother came on the fourth day .That morning, Xiao Er'er opened the door, and my brother was sitting at the door. His clothes were wet, as if he had sat at the door all night, and was wet with dew. As soon as he entered the door, he went straight to the small tea table in the southwest. Today's The younger brother is different from usual, there is nothing in his eyes, like a pool of stagnant water, the younger brother is a person who can wink, before the younger brother can speak, he consciously makes a pot of jasmine tea and sends it to the younger brother, the younger brother seems not to see , staring straight at the table, without saying a word.

The author has something to say: the oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, and it is true that it was too Buddhist before.Persist in two days and one update until the end, make a wish, but don't set a flag.