After wearing the book, she got the wrong script

Chapter 219

After the court was over, the emperor returned to the imperial study and rubbed his temples with some headaches. Eunuch Xiao hurriedly brought up a tray with a plate on it, and a white pill in the plate.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take medicine." Xiao Gonggong said.

The emperor stopped rubbing his temples and stretched out his hand. Eunuch Xiao hurriedly delivered the pill to the emperor's hand, and then put a cup of water at just the right temperature to the emperor's mouth.

The emperor put the medicine into his mouth, took a sip of water and swallowed the medicine.

Immediately, my head didn't hurt so much.

The medicine of the Great Master is indeed extraordinary.

Just as he was thinking like this, the little eunuch who was guarding outside came in stoopingly, Eunuch Xiao walked over, and the little eunuch left after whispering a few words in Eunuch Xiao's ear.

"What's the matter?"

Seeing that Eunuch Xiao didn't speak, the emperor knew that he was waiting for an opportunity, so he took the initiative to ask.

Only now did Eunuch Xiao lean closer and bowed and said:

"The Empress is outside and said she has something important to see Her Majesty."

Hearing that it was the queen asking for an audience, the emperor was a little surprised and unconsciously beamed with joy.

Because he insisted on building a Taoist temple, the queen had a dispute with him. It was rumored that the queen was thrown into the cold palace, but in fact she was only locked up.

He was released from the confinement within a few days, but the queen was still angry and kept avoiding him.

How did you come here today?
"Hurry up!"

The emperor said, got up and walked out.

Empress Fei was dressed in a fine attire, and Tingting walked in gracefully with the support of her mother. She was astonished as she was when she saw her for the first time many years ago.

The emperor's footsteps are just a meal.

After being married for many years, he was sick and old, but the years did not leave the slightest trace on her body. Even as an emperor of a country, she felt ashamed at this moment.

As if feeling that it was a little shameful for him to greet him like this, he stopped and turned sideways to face an orchid on the window sill.

When Empress Fei came in, what she saw was the emperor carefully admiring the orchids.

Queen Fei lowered her eyes and sighed slightly.

Even though my husband is now the emperor, he still loves the wind, the flowers, the snow and the moon as always and doesn't know the sufferings of the world.

"My concubine pays my respects to Your Majesty." After approaching, Empress Fei bowed and saluted.

The emperor seemed to have just noticed the person coming in, turned around and looked over, and said lightly:
"How come the queen is free today?"

The queen got up and glanced around slowly.

After many years of husband and wife, the emperor immediately understood the meaning of the queen, waved his hand, and Eunuch Xiao immediately dismissed the serving maids and eunuchs.

The nuns beside Empress Fei also withdrew, and Eunuch Xiao knew that what the empress was going to say was not trivial, so he retreated wisely.

After the door was closed, Queen Fei took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, Ziyan has sent another letter."

Letter from Ziyan?

It's really rare.

The emperor could no longer hide the joy on his face, and immediately opened the letter after receiving it.

It's just that the letter only read the beginning, and the smile on the emperor's face froze. After finally reading it patiently, the emperor was so angry that he slapped the letter on the table.

"No reason!"

The letter stated that there were folk rumors that the king of Xirong planned to invade Daye after the spring of next year. Although it was a rumor in the market, it was not groundless after investigation. Xirong cut off the supply of soldiers and horses to Daye this year is the biggest evidence.

He would not easily believe what others said.

Ziyan hadn't contacted them in these years, but this year he suddenly sent a letter because of the pox epidemic. Now it seems that it was a wise move to listen to Ziyan's opinion and agree to promote vaccination.

Later, he sent several letters to Ziyan, but Ziyan didn't reply.

Now he took the initiative to send a letter saying that Xirong was going to invade the great cause, and with Ziyan's character, he must be very sure about this matter.

Besides, there was one more thing that made the emperor so angry.

"Queen at ease"

After a long time, the emperor withdrew his thoughts and said:
"This matter is of great importance, and I will definitely take precautions to prevent Ziyan's painstaking efforts from being in vain."

The queen nodded and said:

"Ziyan's family letter said that he already has a sweetheart and decided to accompany his sweetheart to live in Raozhou, so he cannot agree to His Majesty's marriage offer."

The emperor was taken aback.

"Zi Yan really said so?"

The queen nodded again with relief on her face, and said with emotion:
"It's good to say that she is an ordinary civilian girl, but it's better than him traveling around with Xiaosi and not having a fixed place."

The emperor didn't think so, frowned and said:
"How gorgeous is Ziyan, how can an ordinary girl be worthy of Ziyan? Can the Fei family agree?"

Queen Fei was silent.

As far as she knew, her mother didn't know about this, and she had written several letters to ask her to find a way to persuade her younger brother to accept Fei Niang and Miss Su's family.

Later, the two girls were imprisoned in the government office because of the poisoning case, and the mother asked her to find a way to get them out.

Fortunately, after getting the news, the Sheng family and the Su family went to Raozhou in person, coerced and spent money, and ransomed him out.

Later, my mother didn't mention this matter again, but secretly asked her to find a way to match Ziyan with another girl from the Sheng family, saying that only in this way could the Sheng family's support for her not be interrupted.

Although Fei Niang is the mother's biological niece.

But for her, the mother chose to abandon the Fei family and choose the Sheng family that can directly provide financial support, which is not without good intentions.

She had no reason to chill her mother.

But brother there.
Queen Fei shook her head lightly, "Of course the Fei family will not agree, but Ziyan said that this time he does not need the consent of the Fei family, this is his choice."

It seems that the younger brother also knows that the mother's test is impossible to pass, so he simply expresses his attitude directly, which shows how much he cares about that girl.

The emperor looked at Queen Fei thoughtfully.

He still doesn't believe that this is what Zi Yan said. After all, based on his understanding of Zi Yan, he is an extremely filial person who pays attention to etiquette.

How could such a person say such rebellious words?

But now is not the time to think about it, he sent Empress Fei away, and immediately asked Eunuch Xiao to invite the regent.

The Prince Regent had something to do today, so he went back to the palace directly after he finished his duty, so it was already evening when he re-entered the palace, and the emperor was eating.

Entering the main hall, the regent glanced at the vegetarian banquet on the table calmly, and asked:

"What is your majesty's urgent need to recruit me?"

The regent only nodded slightly and did not make a formal salute. The emperor was not annoyed at all, but kindly asked Eunuch Xiao to give him a seat.

Eunuch Xiao was not surprised, he smiled and moved a chair and put it on the side of the dining table.

The regent hesitated for a while, but finally sat down without moving his chopsticks.

He didn't bother to touch such a vegetarian dish.

Knowing that the regent is a meat eater, the emperor didn't persuade him. After taking another bite of vegetarian dishes, he put down his chopsticks and said:
"I heard that Xirong cut off the supply of soldiers and horses, why didn't the regent mention it?"

The regent gave the emperor a slightly surprised look.

He also just received the news.

According to the past, as long as he didn't let the wind out, the emperor wouldn't know for ten days and a half months, but this time he knew so early, could it be that he finally succeeded in installing a spy by his side?

"How did His Majesty know?"

The regent hooked the corners of his lips, and he was not frightened by being exposed, but asked calmly.

"When did the regent get the news?"

The emperor was not to be outdone, and asked rhetorically without answering.

The regent rolled his eyelids, "Not too early, just the day before yesterday, together with the marriage brochure."

The emperor smiled slightly.

"Why didn't you mention it in the court?"

"One yard owned by a yard"

The regent leaned back and said lightly.

But I said in my heart, why don't you mention that you don't have points in your heart?
Those ministers wanted to get married just for the sake of bullshit face, and when they heard that there was a threat of the war horse cutting off the confession, they would have no choice but to stop.

He doesn't do this kind of self-defeating thing.

After refusing the marriage, he will have his own way to make those people obediently put on their horses.

The emperor naturally understood in his heart, but he just wanted to see how the regent would respond. He was silent for a moment when he heard the answer, and said:
"Actually, even if you agree to get married this time, I won't push it to you. The regent don't have to worry about it."

Regent:"."

This emperor brother has not been very smart since he was a child, why is he still so stupid after being the emperor for so many years?

Otherwise, how could he think he was worried about this?

The regent gave a short laugh with a look of disdain.

"The king is not worried."

The emperor took the vegetarian meatballs that Eunuch Xiao handed over, took a bite without haste, and spoke again after a while, "That's right, there are so many noble girls in the Daye Kingdom, the regent can just pick one at will, so why worry about it."

Regent: "No choice."

"If you have a girl you like, you can choose it yourself."

"do not choose"

"I promised my father that I will not let you die alone."

"This king has a son and a princess, so he won't die alone."

The emperor put down his chopsticks and stared at the regent for a long time, "The son is the son of a spy, and the life and death of the princess is unknown. Father Huang Quan knows that, how can he be at ease?"

"The spies were also chosen by the emperor, so you have to suffer if you don't feel at ease."

The regent still had an indifferent expression on his face, "Your Majesty, you should worry more about yourself. Father probably doesn't want to see His Majesty too soon."

Look at your face that will be buried tomorrow.

The emperor was annoyed by the disgusting look of the regent:
"That's not necessarily the case. How does the regent know that he didn't go to see his father first?"

The regent replied lightly, "I heard that the longevity medicine of the great master exploded again the day before yesterday."

Emperor: "...I don't lack medicine for a day or two."

The regent glanced at the emperor, but didn't answer, but probably that expression was too lethal, the emperor suddenly felt a pain in his liver, and the health-preserving meal in front of him instantly failed.

Why on earth would he call this outrageous thing over at dinner time?
At this time, a eunuch sent a report that His Royal Highness the eldest princess asked to see her.

Hearing that the emperor and the regent were both taken aback, they looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

You know, in the past few years, Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess has almost never entered the palace in order to avoid suspicion, so it must be no small matter to ask for an audience.

"Quick announcement."

The emperor raised his hand and said.

"Xuan, Your Royal Highness the Eldest Princess"

Not long after, a woman in her early forties, gorgeously dressed, and still charming, came lightly with lotus steps——
The temperament and elegance of the royal princess are fully revealed in her body.

The woman exudes an inviolable coercion in every move, making it impossible to pick out a single flaw. From a distance, the whole person is as noble and noble as an exiled fairy walking out of a painting.

Even Empress Fei, known as the number one beauty in Yuandu, was somewhat inferior compared to her.

This person is Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Daye Kingdom, the eldest princess Xianhua.

"Sir, pay homage to the emperor"

The eldest princess was about to salute, but was stopped by the emperor who stood up and greeted her, "Sister Huang, don't need to be too polite."

The emperor sincerely respects this imperial sister who once saved the Daye Kingdom.

The regent also got up.

He stood on the spot, clasped his hands in silence, and only nodded slightly when the eldest princess looked over.

The eldest princess smiled back, "The regent is here too."

"Yes"

The eldest princess looked at the vegetarian dishes on the table, her expression was startled, and then she looked at the emperor with complaints:
"Why does Your Majesty only eat these? How can you be healthy like this?"

The elder sister is like a mother.

The elder sister was concerned about her younger brother, the emperor felt warm and said with a smile:
"The imperial doctor said that my body should not eat a lot of meat and meat."

"That can't just eat these."

The eldest princess looked carefully at the emperor's face, and she was still pale and weak as always. She sighed, "It seems that the medicine of the great master is only a temporary solution, not a root cause."

The emperor didn't want to continue this topic, so he smiled and asked the eldest princess to take a seat.

While talking, Eunuch Xiao had already arranged the seats, and ordered the imperial kitchen to deliver the meat that the regent loved, and the cakes that the eldest princess loved.

The three of them like different dishes, but they want to be the same in their taste for wine.

Eunuch Xiao personally poured wine for the three of them, and said with a smile:

"The old slave heard that this year's apricot flower brew has a very different taste. The three masters should try it out."

"Princess please"

The emperor picked up the wine glass, raised his hand slightly to express his respect, and then took a sip by himself.

The eldest princess and the regent also took a sip each.

Putting down the wine glass, the eldest princess smiled and sighed:

"Sure enough, this apricot flower wine must be brewed with the spring of Longmin Mountain to have this flavor. This wine is exactly the same as the one my father gave me."

The emperor showed a slightly smug smile.

"Longmin Mountain has been dry for [-] years, thanks to the Great Master who revived the mountain spring the year before last, otherwise I will never be able to drink such delicious apricot blossom wine again in my lifetime."

Hearing this, the eldest princess looked dazed, and recalled a little later:
"That's right, when I was brought back from Xirong by my father, I heard that Longmin Mountain had dried up and I could no longer drink the original apricot blossom wine, so I cried a lot because of it, and was scolded by my father for being useless. "

The emperor was also emotional, "It's a pity that my father was still thinking about this apricot blossom wine before his death."

The regent remained silent, flicking the wine glass with his slender and callused fingers, took another sip by himself, and sipped his lips carefully.

Is this the taste that is on your mind?

He actually had nothing to recall emotionally.

He had never had the chance to taste the apricot blossom brew before, so he had no way of knowing if it was exactly the same. He was simply curious about the taste of apricots.

Back then, there was a fruit tree in the Lenggong where he lived with his mother and concubine. The concubine said it was an apricot tree, because his father liked to eat apricots, so he ordered people to plant many apricot trees in the palace.

He also always thought it was an apricot tree.

Every year when the apricots bear fruit, the concubine mother will use the flour saved for a year and add apricots to make cakes for him to eat.

Every so often, he would think, how could his father like such a sour fruit.

Thinking of this, the sour apricots seem to become sweeter.

Until later, he made meritorious service on the battlefield, won the attention of his father and king, and got his own mansion, where he asked craftsmen to plant many apricot trees. After many years, the fruits produced were different from those in the cold palace.

Only then did he realize that the one in the cold palace was actually a plum tree.

As the saying goes, peaches nourish people, apricots hurt people, and plum trees bury people to death.

A place that eats people like Lenggong doesn't even deserve to hurt people's apricots.

After that, he had people pull up all the apricot trees in the mansion, not a single one remained.

The mansion has been empty, nothing has been planted.

It wasn't until two years ago that my son asked people to plant many gardenia trees and osmanthus trees in the yard, as well as some messy things, that the palace regained some vitality.

The emperor and the eldest princess had a good memory, and finally the eldest princess finally withdrew the topic:
"I have heard about Xirong's marriage, and I have the courage to ask Your Majesty and the Prince Regent to listen to me."

The emperor didn't know why, so he hurriedly said:

"Sister Huang, you don't have to be restrained. Sister Huang is qualified to speak freely about this matter."

The regent slowly raised his eyelids and looked at the eldest princess. There was no extra emotion on his face, but his gaze became meaningful.

The eldest princess pondered slightly and said:

"Back then, King Xirong belonged to the Suning family. They had kindness to me. I also promised to support their family when I returned to China. Later, the throne of King Xirong fell into the hands of the Murong family. The Suning family is no longer the same. I want to take this opportunity to repay the Suning family's past kindness."

After she finished speaking, she looked at the Prince Regent and spoke again:
"My lord, the Suning family is a century-old family in Xirong. If Daye asks people from the Suning family to make peace, it will firstly maintain the relationship between the two countries, and secondly, it will also restrain the Murong family. It will not pose any threat to Daye, and the danger will be smaller. .”

The regent showed a meaningful smile, thought for a while and said:

"The eldest princess is very thoughtful, but the people of the Murong family are not stupid, how could they easily agree?"

At this time, the marriage is for the purpose of consolidating power.

The Murong family would definitely not agree to give such a good opportunity to their former opponent, the Suning family.

The eldest princess smiled, charming and confident.

"I believe His Majesty and the Regent have a way to force them to respond."

There was an imperial sister who helped him persuade the regent, the emperor wished that he had been quietly eating his vegetarian dishes, but he had to raise his head when he heard this:

"What method?"

The regent understood, and said leisurely: "Sister Huang wants to threaten His Majesty with the excuse of sending troops, so that Bei Rong has to compromise."

The eldest princess shook her wine glass gracefully, raised her head and looked at the regent for a few seconds, then said calmly:
"The oil artillery has been sent to the border, isn't it just to deter Bei Rong?
The sword has to be unsheathed to know if it is really good. If they disagree, wouldn't it be good to use this as a reason to test it out? "

The marriage was proposed by Xi Rong, and it is understandable that Daye proposed conditions.

If the king of Xirong disagrees, he will be contemptuous of the great cause, and those who despise the great cause will be beaten severely.

This is indeed a plausible reason.

but--
"What if the Suning family doesn't have a suitable daughter to marry?" Seeing the regent raising his eyebrows, the emperor knew that he was going to refuse, so he hurriedly asked.

The eldest princess lowered her eyes slightly, as if she was thinking about this possibility, and said for a while:
"If there is no daughter, then send a son who is to be married, there is no difference."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

The three of them have their own thoughts.

Emperor: Marriage has more advantages than disadvantages. Now, according to the emperor's plan, it can not only repay the emperor's favor, but also restrain the king of Xirong.In the event that Xi Rong really attacks Daye in the spring of next year, it will be easier to contain the Xi Rong army with the heirs of the general as hostages.

Prince Regent: Although it is superfluous, if the eldest princess insists on repaying this kindness, she should repay her gift of cakes back then, even though the eldest princess may not know that the child who almost starved to death is him.

The eldest princess glanced back and forth at the two silent younger brothers, and finally landed on the regent, saying:

"The Suning family has run the military horse farm for generations, and their descendants may also be used by our country."

Speaking of this, the regent is not good at saying anything.

He put down his wine glass and said expressionlessly:
"Since Your Majesty and His Highness the Eldest Princess insist on this, then so be it."

So everyone is happy.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and chatted with the eldest princess again in a good mood, "What kindness did the eldest sister receive from the Suning family?"

"Saving Grace"

The eldest princess said, and added, "I have no teeth to forget."

The emperor looked surprised.

"The eldest sister was in danger of life in Xirong back then? Who is so bold?"

"The desolation of Xirong is nothing compared to Daye"

The eldest princess smiled calmly, "No one can guarantee that everything will be safe and smooth all the time."

The eldest princess obviously smiled gently, but the emperor felt a bit of loneliness and sadness from this smile for no reason. Presumably the elder sister had suffered a lot in those years, so he looked away and didn't ask any more questions.

After finishing the meal, the regent and the eldest princess bid farewell to the emperor and came out of the palace at the same time.

As soon as he went out, the regent stepped forward with long legs, and the eldest princess took a step behind. Although the pace was steady, the speed was not slow.

"Thank you, brother"

The eldest princess said softly.

The regent didn't look back, and said lightly:
"It was the Eldest Princess who convinced Your Majesty and the King, there is no need to be like this."

There was a chuckle from the eldest princess behind him, and the regent turned his head slightly to look at it out of the corner of his eye. The eldest princess was holding a handkerchief to cover her mouth and smiled. When she noticed her eyes, she stopped smiling and looked at the regent, saying:

"It would be great if father is such an easy-to-convince person."

The regent's eyes moved slightly, but he didn't answer this sentence.

Eldest sister must have had some resentment towards the first emperor.

Watching the carriage of the Prince Regent disappearing into the night, the eldest princess turned around and walked towards her own carriage. The female officer beside her took out a letter from her arms and handed it to the eldest princess, saying:
"There's a letter over there."

The eldest princess accepted the letter, but didn't read it. With the support of the female officer, she got on the carriage noblely and left.

"Daddy!"

The regent stepped into the palace with one foot, and heard a small group rushing towards him. He resisted the urge to turn around and stretched out his hand to catch the group.

Xiao Shizi was hugged firmly.

He put his arms around the regent's neck, turned his head and smiled proudly at the identically-looking Tuanzi behind him, "Does my father hug you like this?"

Yuan slightly turned his face away.

boring.

Seeing Yuan Lue was about to leave, Xiao Shizi called him back, "Why are you running? Are you jealous?"

Yuan Lue took out a fruit from his bosom, ate it as he walked, and said coldly, "The fruits Daddy buys for me are all sweet."

Xiao Shizi made a face.

Slightly slightly.

I will replace it with sour one tomorrow!
The regent supported his forehead, "Can I go down?"

"no"

Xiao Shizi hugged the regent's neck even tighter, "Why is the dog emperor calling you again? Is he going to give you another woman?"

"No, just eat."

"Really?"

"You hope it's false?"

"Hmph, is there any news about my mother?"

"Not yet, Shen Shangshu has sent someone to Raozhou, there should be news soon."

"How long will it take?"

"I don't know."

Xiao Shizi was immediately discouraged, and rested his head on the regent's neck weakly, "Did she really meet a better-looking man, so she doesn't like you, Daddy, and doesn't want me anymore?"

"." It was another day when I didn't want to talk.

Xiao Shizi continued, "Daddy, don't just be busy with work all day long, and don't wear such ugly clothes all day long. You have to learn to tidy yourself up and dress up handsomely to attract people, otherwise even your own wife Can't live."

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"Also, you have to learn to make money, don't spend money indiscriminately, and don't borrow money from others, or you will be disgusted by your wife."

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After finally coaxing his son to sleep, the regent took out the mirror that the emperor gave him today after he got out of the bath, and looked at the handsome and tough man's face inside.

Does he have a face that would be rejected by women?

(End of this chapter)