The rise of the prince

Chapter 48 Empress Wu

The sky was not yet completely dark at this time, and the entire Kunning Hall was brightly lit. The lady in charge of the lamp used a gauze cover to protect the candlelight, and the charcoal fire was placed in the corner of the hall, making the entire hall warm.

Kunning Palace is located in the back courtyard, which is the emperor's bedroom, and the front hall will also be used for office.

Empress Wu is over fifty years old, and the years have not left too obvious marks on her face. She sits beside the emperor, reads through the pile of papers, and then always tells the emperor a little bit.

Empress Wu, whose real name is Wu Huaixun, is a descendant of a wealthy family in central Sichuan. When she was young, she followed her father to Beijing to report on her duties and met the emperor who was still a prince. The two fell in love at first sight, and the prince proposed to marry him later.The land of Shu is far away, and it is difficult for the central government to control it. Moreover, the land of Shu was originally a country of its own. It surrendered to the great scene during the Weiqing period of the previous dynasty. Marriage can not only appease the hearts of the people in Shu, but also win over famous families in the middle of Shu. It is exactly what the court needs .

So Miss Wu's family became the Crown Princess and Empress Wu. She entered the harem and was the mother of the world. The relationship between the emperor and the empress has always been good. She once gave birth to a son and two daughters for the emperor. The eldest son Li Chengshe passed away. King Xiao.

"These are all tax reports. Generally speaking, they are similar to last year, so you don't need to read more." Empress Wu said as she separated out a large stack of papers and put them aside.Then pick up the other booklets and look at them.

The emperor looked at the notebooks that were more than a foot higher than the desk, and shook his head while looking at the notebooks in his hand: "I don't look at them carefully on weekdays. I didn't expect that there are so many harvest reports."

The queen gave him a blank look: "That's not true. They only arrived in the capital within five days. Now that the end of the year is approaching, more are still on the way. Wang Yue reads it on weekdays, and writes a brief introduction before giving it to His Majesty." It’s less natural to see.”

"You have worked hard these past few days, Huai Xun." The emperor put his arms around her waist.

The queen continued to read the notebook and said: "If you really love me, you shouldn't let Wang Yue recuperate. With him, the memorial on this table will be reduced by [-]%."

The emperor shook his head: "I don't want to, but now I can't go out of the palace. At this time, only the prime minister can quickly familiarize himself with the situation of the country in case of the next year. I have waited for so many years, and I must not lose anything."

Empress Wu put down the memorial in her hand and didn't speak for a long time, she didn't say anything about the emperor, the Kunning Hall was silent, after a long time she picked up the memorial again and looked: "Your Majesty must go, can't Zhong Daoyu go? Or Yang Hongzhao, Shangguan Zhe"

The emperor just shook his head lightly, and tightened his arms around her: "I can't trust Yang Hongzhao, nor can Shangguan Zhe, Zhong Daoyu is the best, maybe even better than me, but he is too old to stand the setbacks. "

The queen sighed helplessly: "Zhong Daoyu is old, isn't Your Majesty old?"

Others would not dare to say this, not even the concubines in the harem, but she is Empress Wu.As soon as these words came out, the emperor straightened his face, and his expression became gloomy. After a while, he relaxed again, and shook his head: "I'm afraid because I'm old."

"Huai Xun, I'm just telling you what's in my heart. If I don't move, don't fight hard, let it be, and hand over the foundation of the country to future generations, do you think the prince can keep it? Although the prince is not You were born, but I also listen to your teachings, you should know in your heart how capable he is," the emperor said in a low voice.

The queen fell silent.

"If he is the king of Xiao, I don't worry. I will let him go and live my life in peace, and then pass on the country and society to future generations, but he is not!" During the autumn harvest, the people of Liao went south to slaughter the people of our twelve cities, and Wei Chaoren suffered a crushing defeat. With such internal and external troubles, if you hand them over to the crown prince, do you think he can deal with it?"

The queen also sighed: "Family and country, benevolence and righteousness, I am just a woman, I don't understand these things, I only know that swords have no eyes, and wars are ruthless. My own son has died on the battlefield. I don’t want my husband to die on the battlefield when I’m old, do you understand, Your Majesty?”

"I understand, but there are always times when you have to do it." The emperor said and held her hand tightly.

"When I talk about Chengshe, I think of Xingzhou." The Queen said.

"You naughty boy, thank God if you can inherit one or two of the hundredth of the society." Mentioning the mention of Li Xingzhou, the emperor was obviously unhappy.

The queen said while reading the scriptures: "No matter how stubborn you are, you are Chengshe's only son. In this world, Chengshe only has such blood."

"The Tian family is ruthless. If you want to blame him, blame him for being born in the Tian family. As a child of the Tian family, no matter who you are, you must have a responsibility. If there is no one, I will add it to him." The emperor said expressionlessly: "Huai Xun Don't pet him anymore, otherwise you won't know what he will become in time.

I thought he was just lively by nature, but I didn't expect that he would become as bad as he is now. I have read a lot of books about him, and he almost beat Chen Yu to death last time. If it wasn't for that time It just so happened that the Liao people went south and I used this as an excuse not to deal with the matter. I'm afraid his life is in danger! "

The queen also sighed helplessly: "What a good child Chengshe is, but Xingzhou has become like that. Maybe it's because he has been fighting for many years and has no time to take care of him. He is also a small person, lonely, and has no father or mother at the age of six. No matter how bad he is, he is just a poor child. If Chengshe hadn't gone to the town, hadn't gone to suppress the rebellion, and had time to teach him well, he probably wouldn't have been like this."

After hearing this, the emperor's tone couldn't help softening, he stared at the queen and said, "I know what you want to say."

"Oh, that's all, it's not good to declare him into the palace directly, it will make people think that I still love him, and those people like He Zhao are going to speak out again.

How about this, Wang Yue told me that a poetry meeting would be held in a few days. He has a Yihua Garden, and the plum blossoms in the garden are in full bloom. He invited us to enjoy the plum blossoms.As a courtier, he was just going through the motions, but this time I really gave him a surprise, when you go with me, you can meet him there. "

The queen smiled happily: "My concubine, thank you Your Majesty."

"Okay, okay, so much gossip, let's read the brochure." The emperor waved his hand.

"Okay, this is from the Ministry of Rites, and it's about the year-end sacrificial ceremony."

"They have been doing it for so many years, so naturally they can't make mistakes, sure."

The queen handed the memorial to the emperor, and the emperor personally brought up the imperial painting with a red brush beside the case, expressing his approval.

"This is Yu Chengan's request to severely punish Wei Chaoren."

"One watch a day, he is really patient, let's put it aside for now." The emperor said impatiently.

"This is about the annual training of the forbidden army"

The lights in Kunning Palace were brightly lit, the night outside the palace slowly fell, the whole world gradually became silent, and snowflakes slowly fell in the darkness.
(End of this chapter)