The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

After visiting Abu, Guo Nuan hurried to the Zixiao Palace garden in the palace early the next morning.

Daizong had sent eunuchs to summon Guo Nuan the day before yesterday to enter the palace. It happened that the sky was clear and the fourth emperor did not need court meetings.

After eating breakfast and abandoning the guards on both sides, Daizong rarely sat alone in the pavilion by the lake, watching the blue waves on the lake and the misty morning mist. Take a sip, enjoy it after a meal.In view of the fact that the morning pastries made by the Jiangnan chef in the imperial dining room were a bit greasy, Daizong felt that the glutinous rice cakes in his stomach were a bit stagnant, and now he feels much better after drinking tea.

"Tsk tsk, believe in the skillful hand, solve the chain, this clever woodworking tool contains extremely positive numbers, but it is actually the crystallization of wisdom and ingenuity."

Sitting idle, Daizong took out a small huanghuali wood nine-linked toy from the sleeve of the golden silk yellow dragon robe. It was handed to him by his naughty little daughter Lingxian when he was reviewing memorials in the imperial study the day before yesterday. He was amazed.

It is said that the day before yesterday, in the imperial study room, Daizong held up a memorial and said to himself aloud: "Hangzhou prefect Liu Chu reported to the sage that it was rainy in the Jianghuai spring, and the west of the city burst for more than ten miles. The city was flooded for three days, and the people were displaced. Now I implore the imperial court to issue an edict to open county granaries, and distribute [-] hu of corn to relieve the victims of hunger..."

I don't know when, Lingxian wearing a long green silk dress crept into the imperial study room. After half a year, the little girl's figure and appearance became more and more charming, and her beautiful and delicate appearance was similar to that of her mother, Princess Dugu. Quite alike.

It is said that Princess Dugu is Daizong's most beloved concubine, Aiwujiwu, among the dozen or so daughters, apart from Princess Shengping, this is the youngest daughter who is also the emperor's favorite.

I saw Lingxian pick up a Langhao brush on her father Daizong's ceramic pen holder, slightly stained with the cinnabar red of the inkstone, she playfully took out the mulberry paper memorial that Daizong was reviewing, and Lingxian immediately brushed the brush on the official disaster relief document With a few strokes, a beautiful feibai vermilion handwriting comes into view

"Prelude!"

"Haha, it turned out to be Lingxian, but the emperor is busy reviewing memorials, the little guy is really mischievous." Daizong pinched Lingxian's delicate nose.

At that time, Dai Zong was concentrating on a memorial and contemplating it. He did not expect Princess Lingxian to come. Although he blamed him, Dai Zong frowned and smiled at the corners of his mouth when he saw his youngest daughter's visit. He seemed to be in a good mood.

"Father, I heard that Brother Guo will be in the palace tomorrow?"

Lingxian blinked her smart and intelligent eyes, then she smiled and leaned over to sit Daizong, put her arms around her father's neck and tugged his long black and shiny beard mischievously.

"Hey, Lingxian, be careful of your father's precious beard!"

Daizong turned pale with shock and felt a pain in his flesh. This is the beard that he has carefully cared for for more than ten years. Just the logistics eunuchs who take care of the dragon beard need three people, plus a shaving master, which shows that Daizong cares about his beard. cherish.

"Yes, yes, your brother Guo is coming, are you satisfied..." Daizong hurriedly responded with his beard that was distressed by him.

"What is the good girl holding in her hand?" Jian Lingxian's daughter finally let go of the claws that had destroyed Daizong's treasure, the dragon's beard. With sharp eyes, he saw her with one hand behind her back, as if she was holding some small object.

"No, this is Jiulianhuan. If I see Brother Guo tomorrow, my father will give it to him, okay?"

Lingxian took out the Jiulianhuan toy and put it on the desk. She continued to use the coquettish offensive, pretending to pull Daizong's beard.

"Okay, good girl, do it..."

"The humble minister Guo Nuan pays homage to the emperor!"

At the moment when the contemporary sect was sitting and resting, Guo Nuan, wearing a purple gold fish bag around his waist and wearing a crimson official robe, was already standing at the bottom of the pavilion steps and was about to kneel down and salute. Today, Guo Nuan looks quite heroic in official uniform .

"Oh, Guo Aiqing is here, no courtesy."

Daizong waved his hand to signal Guo Nuan to sit down on the stone bench in the pavilion, and he casually placed the nine-link woodworking toy he was playing with just now on the stone table.

"Shengping and Princess Xiao Guoxiang are still good?"

Daizong smiled lightly, held the pot and poured a cup of Maojian tea for Guo Nuan. At this moment, he was sitting on the pavilion by the Yuanting Lake, with the warm and cool morning breeze blowing in front of him. It dilutes the solemn atmosphere between the monarch and his ministers, and abandons the identity of the monarch and his ministers, it looks like Weng and his son-in-law are chatting leisurely.

"Well, it's all good. This morning, the mother and daughter are going to worship the Buddha and offer incense at the Renwang Temple at the site of the ancient Wei Dynasty in the north of the city. They are probably on their way to the north of the city now."

Guo Nuan took a sip of the tea, and watched the curled tea leaves in the cup slowly unfurl under the soaking of hot water, which looked very interesting.

It's rare to taste tea and feel leisurely.Guo Nuan sighed in her heart, tea was a luxury in ancient times, only a wealthy family could enjoy it with leisure time and exquisite tea sets and tea cakes.

However, it seems that Guo Nuan went to Nanyang and almost lived a life of wandering around in the sea and on the island. He hasn’t enjoyed it like this for a long time. Not so much elegance to enjoy."

"Well, Shengping went to the temple and said that he wanted to ask for a lottery for his father..." Guo Nuan returned to his thoughts, and hurriedly responded respectfully to Daizong.

"Okay, Shengping has a heart." As a father, he was very happy to hear that his eldest daughter was so filial.

However, as the boss and father-in-law, the elder Daizong didn't start the topic first, so Guo Nuan had to be respectful all the time, answering any questions at any time.

After chatting for a few words, the leisurely atmosphere became quiet for a while. Guo Nuan couldn't find a topic to talk about. She felt that her butt was hurting from the stone bench. Dare to say more.

"How about working in Leizhou, Lingnan in the last six months?" Daizong stroked his beard, and asked with a smile.

"Under the appointment of the emperor's wise dispatch, in such a barren place in Lingnan, I have worked hard to lead a group of people to a well-off society for the sake of well-being... Uh, that really benefited a lot! It has greatly broadened their horizons."

Guo Nuan smacked her lips, recalling that her wife was hastily transferred out when she was pregnant, not to mention that her father was no longer home when her daughter was born, and even missed the full moon of little Guo Xiang, Guo Nuan felt that being a father was very incompetent , but to investigate the external cause, Guo Nuan had to blame the grievance on the cheap father-in-law's head.Even if you feel a little bit dissatisfied in your heart, you have to express a sigh of intoxication. Guo Nuan's tone is a bit exaggerated, but it has a faint sour taste.

"All this is due to Prime Minister Yuan. If he hadn't painstakingly created opportunities for young people to practice, my son-in-law might not have gained sufficient experience in the remote states. In the future, the pillars of the country will have to rely on you young people. Nah, haha."

The word well-off first came from the ancient "Book of Songs", referring to a well-off family.Daizong can still understand "running towards a well-off life".

At the same time, Dai Zong, who is highly emotional, saw that his son-in-law's little dissatisfaction, just now Guo Nuan was smiling and saying glum irony, Dai Zong smiled indifferently, and slapped a haha ​​and gently covered it up.

Subtly replacing the word "Aiqing" with "Ai son-in-law", this kind of speaking gesture faintly expresses the closeness of the elders to the younger generation. The shrewd Guo Nuan also sensed his slight apology from Daizong's words, and the emperor's meaning can be counted To save face, Guo Nuan was dissatisfied with the feedback and accepted it as soon as it was good.

However, Guo Nuan also received another piece of information from this sentence, one is that the old man Yuan Zai had a lot to do with his resignation.Guo Nuan immediately cursed the old guy in his heart, it turned out that he was responsible for the misery he suffered in Nanyang for half a year.

Recently, I heard gossip that Xizhou Jiedu envoy Cui Wei spent more than [-] taels of white money to bribe Yuan Zai. Cui Kuan, Cui's younger brother, was originally going to be promoted to Yushi Taizhong Cheng. Later, considering that his Guo family background was too deep, Yuan Zai didn't dare to touch the position of the third brother Guo Xi.

Cui Kuan, who had gone through the back door two days ago, was then transferred to the Dushui Supervisor in charge of managing the river transportation of grain. This guy has become a very lucrative Dushui Supervisor.Guo Nuan has long been quite dissatisfied with Yuan Zai's practice of engaging in private fraud.

"Haha, another day, I must thank Yuan Jae for showing love to my junior." Guo Nuan laughed at Daizong. Although Guo Nuan smiled, she gritted her teeth and said thank you quite solemnly.

Daizong put a shit bowl on Yuanzai's head, and then he shrugged it off. He deftly diverted his son-in-law's dissatisfaction with one sentence. Daizong Lao Taishan smiled and didn't answer, he was happy:

"Old Yuan, old Yuan, you don't always say that the courtiers have to share the burden for the monarch. Now you should bear more sacrifices, which is also a show of loyalty. For the good relationship between our two sons-in-law, you old guy will be wronged in the future. What a god! But Xiao Guo is not a vegetarian, he offended my eldest son-in-law, oh ha ha... From now on, Lao Yuan will ask for blessings, both of you are lovers, you two just don't fight too much . . . "