Uncle Nine

Chapter 269 Begging the Emperor

The emperor established the detective, which means that Zhao Lu started the dictatorship of the imperial autocracy, taking all the military and political power into one body. Although the supremacy of the imperial power was maintained, but also because of this, it was very easy to cause the emperor to kill blindly. Even the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty were panicked.For today's Dayan, Liang Yiru can't say whether it is good or bad.

For Zhao Lu, who has been doing nothing for more than ten years on the surface, he really should show some courage to dominate the world.But killing to stop killing seems to make people feel a little chilling.No one knows when the emperor is in a bad mood, the executioner's knife may be on his neck.If you are an official in the court, if you can't step by step and be cautious in your words and deeds, you are afraid that your family's life and even the nine clans will have to be involved.

Liang Yiru did not enter the palace, but bid farewell to the imperial envoy and went back to Yongding Hou's mansion quietly.

When entering the room, Dongfang Qing was arranging the child's little clothes. Seeing Liang Yiru's face that he couldn't hide, he immediately became suspicious, "What's the matter? What happened?"

"It's nothing, don't think about it." Liang Yiru smiled, then walked to the desk, carefully looked at every little piece of clothing, "Is this just made?"

"I don't know if it's a son or a daughter, so I just prepared everything." Dongfang Qing smiled, "Actually, you don't have to hide it from me, there are only two things that can embarrass you now, either it is related to the Prince Regent's Palace, or it is related to Prince Rui. Am I wrong?"

Liang Yiru shook his head, "That's right, it's the former."

Dongfang Qing frowned, "Didn't the adoptive father leave? Could it be that he came back again?"

"No." Liang Yiru pursed his lips, sat down and sighed softly.

Dongfang Qing poured a glass of water and handed it over, "Is it Dongfang Xu?"

"En." Liang Yiru responded in a low voice, then took a sip of tea and looked up at Dongfang Qing, "You are inconvenient, so you should avoid going out in the future! Outside, I'm afraid it will not be peaceful in the future."

"Dongfang Xu deserved to die, but his adoptive father wanted to do good for Xia Yu in spite of his life." Speaking of Xia Yu, Dongfang Qing bit her tongue, took a sneak peek at Liang Yiru, saw that his expression hadn't changed but just lowered his head to drink water, Then he quickly skipped over it, pretending to be indifferent, "Yet foster father also knows that Dongfang Xu is very vengeful, and he will never let it go."

"So by keeping him here, is it intentional to cause trouble?" Liang Yiru frowned.

Dongfang Qing said with a smile, "No one knows what the adoptive father is thinking, but with Dongfang Xu, it must be much easier for Prince Rui to leave. Dongfang Xu and Prince Rui have fought against each other for so many years, now that they can see the light of day again, naturally they will not let it go Prince Rui. However, Prince Rui is called a fox, and Dongfang Xu just overestimated his capabilities! Just wait and see, the emperor intends to eradicate dissidents and consolidate his own power, but in the end he still can't keep anyone who should be kept."

Liang Yiru nodded in agreement with Dongfang Qing.After all, Dongfang Qing served Zhao Yan before, and she also came out of the palace. She has seen all the tricks in the palace, but she just hangs up her usual affairs and has nothing to do with herself.Now that it's Liang Yiru's body, she naturally needs to be careful, so as not to make her husband suffer.

"Your Majesty, you intend to keep Prince Rui, but Prince Rui is all about—" Liang Yiru took a deep breath, suppressed the pain in his heart, and said with a faint smile, "Your Highness is all about Ah Yu, how could it be possible for a long time?" Stay in the palace. The emperor forced him to stay, and he could only get himself into trouble. The use of detectives will make the officials no longer dare to speak freely. Its heart of fear. A king, if he cannot rule the world with benevolence, sooner or later something will happen."

"Don't think too much about this matter. Even if Dongfang Xu falls under the emperor's command, he won't dare to do anything to you. After all, you are still the emperor's close friend, and your father has made great contributions to Dayan, and the official ranks as a hereditary marquis. "When Dongfang Qing said this, she was actually guilty, and her words flickered a little.

Liang Yiru sighed softly, "Even you don't believe that the emperor and his ministers can still be called brothers, so why bother to comfort me. In fact, I also understand that from the moment I knew the identity of the emperor, I knew that it is impossible for me and him to be equal in this life. Even if he called me Second Brother, I would not dare to call him Big Brother Emperor like Ah Yu did. There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, and Gang Chang is above, so how dare I rebel."

"If the king has a heart, then you are his brother. If the king is unrighteous, then he will be with the king like a tiger. How dare you not have the heart of a tiger or a wolf, or you will not seek death yourself?"

Dongfang Qing nodded, "I didn't expect you to understand this."

"Throughout the ages, have there been few capricious kings?" Liang Yiru put down the cup in his hand, "Dongfang Xu was appointed as the head of the emperor's detectives, to check for the emperor whether the people and civil and military officials in the world have treasonous intentions and illegal acts. You and he still have a problem with Dongfangyue, so it's better not to provoke him, and avoid it if you can, and there is no need for a direct confrontation."

Dongfang Qing understood, "I can save it, you can rest assured. Even if you don't say it, I will do it. Regardless of my own situation, I am afraid that I will hurt you. Fortunately, I have the status of the princess bestowed by the emperor. Wouldn't dare to touch me."

"En." Liang Yiru lowered his eyes.

"Are you worried about Prince Rui?" Dongfang Qing asked.

"Although Prince Rui is not an upright person, he can be regarded as an upright man. However, Dongfang Xu is insidious and cunning, I am afraid that he will trip up Prince Rui, and if not, he will have to play tricks." Liang Yiru sighed, However, Zhao Shuo had ordered Liang Yiru not to come to Qingwu Palace again, naturally to protect Liang Yiru himself.

Now Zhao Shuo only wanted to get away, the safer the people around him, the more at ease he would go.

"Then don't worry, who is Prince Rui? Even if Dongfang Xu is in control, how do you know that Prince Rui doesn't have great power? In comparison, Prince Rui has much more power than Dongfang Xu and even the emperor." Dongfang Qing Let out a long breath, "Do you know why the late emperor loved Prince Rui so much? He even ordered not to enter Prince Rui's residence for trial and arrest, and gave Prince Rui the privilege of a gold medal to avoid death?"

Liang Yiru shook his head, "Is there any reason for this?"

Dongfang Qing got up and walked to the door, watched for a while, and made sure that there was no one outside, then closed the door and window and returned to Liang Yiru, and said in a low voice, "People who know about this matter are probably dead, but I listen to justice Father mentioned it before. Prince Rui handed over the throne of the late emperor back then. The old emperor loved his youngest son very much, and it was Prince Rui who tampered with the will, so the late emperor ascended the throne."

Surprised, Liang Yiru froze on the spot.

Dongfang Qing continued, "This is also what I heard my adoptive father mention when he was arguing with the empress dowager by accident. Outsiders probably don't know about it, and they all think that the late emperor protects his brother deeply, but they don't know that it was Prince Rui who gave way first. After the death of the late emperor, Rui Wang Ben could also replace him, but he still supports the young emperor, it has to be said that Prince Rui is a person who values ​​affection in his heart."

"People who value love, don't blame each other for loving each other." Liang Yiru said to himself, saying specious things.

"What did you say?" Dongfang Qing was puzzled.

"It's nothing." He sighed, "That is to say, if Prince Rui wants to dominate the world, the present Majesty may have to abdicate."

"Prince Rui has been planning for more than ten years, and the foundation is quite deep. Even if the emperor uses Dongfang Xu, he may not be able to really move him." Dongfang Qing paused, his eyes slightly clouded, "Unless Prince Rui gave up on his own."

Liang Yiru smiled wryly, "He let go a long time ago."

Dongfang Qing lowered her eyes and remained silent.

This is true.

Looking at each other, they were silent.

"The country is turbulent. If he wants to, even if he doesn't have the past, he can hold it in his hand early." Liang Yiru said to himself, speaking very lightly, but it seemed to have a faint coolness and pain, "compared to Under the circumstances, I was also convinced. May I ask how many people in this world want beauties and not Jiangshan? Besides, I have planned everything for more than ten years. Such a man, no matter who his family is, as long as he is flesh and blood, he will love him. Yearning for it, I will not regret it in this life.”

Dongfang Qing looked at him with a frown, and said lightly, "I will not regret it in this life."

He glanced at her and said nothing.

The emergence of a detective is like opening a gap with a sharp blade in the boundless world, bringing darkness and light to the world.The king has become a symbol of supremacy, and imperial power has become the right way in the world that cannot be overridden.

But even so, all the officials were in a state of panic, and the common people were in a state of anxiety. No one knew that one day the detective's minion would come to his home and raise a knife that was cheap.

When Zhao Lu went to Qingwu Palace, Zhao Shuo was standing in the courtyard, holding scissors and slowly pruning the dead branches in the courtyard, and taking care of the flowers and plants in the courtyard in an orderly manner.

"Uncle Huang is so comfortable." Zhao Lu said with a smile.

Zhao Shuo straightened up, followed with a smile and said, "Nowadays the world is peaceful, and I have nothing to do, so I can only take care of flowers and plants. Now I realize that taking care of flowers and plants is also a science, so I cut them horizontally with scissors, and cut them obliquely. The effect will be completely different." After thinking for a while, Zhao Shuo put down the scissors in his hand, "Why does the emperor have time to come here today?"

"Uncle, don't you know?" Zhao Lu smiled.

"I don't stay at home, what do you know?" Zhao Shuo put down the scissors and walked slowly into the hall to wash his hands.

There is still no one inside and outside, and Zhao Shuo doesn't like outsiders to serve him.Except for their girl and the slaves in the palace, he dislikes everyone.

"Detective matter, Uncle Huang—" Zhao Lu pursed his lips.

"It's the emperor's decision, and I don't dare to say anything." Zhao Shuo wiped his hands, "The emperor can sit down as he pleases." Picking up the teapot that was burning on the fire, Zhao Shuo made two cups of tea very skillfully.

In the quiet room, apart from the beeping and beeping of the charcoal fire, there is only the aroma of tea mist and blown away by the wind.

"Uncle, don't blame me for being cruel. My father lost his life in the end because of a bad move in chess." Zhao Lu lowered his eyes, "Now that I am willing to let Dongfang Yue go, it is because of my uncle's face. Otherwise, how can I not avenge the killing of my father."

"There is another saying, it's not that the time has not come." Zhao Shuo exposed Zhao Lu's shortcomings in a cold manner.

Zhao Lu's face tightened and he didn't speak.

"Your majesty is with the humble minister, so you don't have to go around the corner. You understand a lot of things better than I do." Zhao Shuo said indifferently, "It's just that each other has a tacit understanding, and it's not broken." Taking a sip of tea, Zhao Shuo looked sideways in silence Zhao Lu, who was silent, glanced at him, "You activated the detective and Dongfang Xu to eliminate the rebellious party in the Prince Regent's Palace, because no one knows the details of the Prince Regent's Palace better than Dongfang Xu."

Zhao Lu nodded, "Uncle Huang is not wrong at all, I must be foolproof."

"But what you are doing now is more than foolproof?" Zhao Shuo slowly twisted the lid of the tea cup with his slender fingertips, and tapped the white jade tea cup lightly, making a crisp and long sound, "The emperor wants to monopolize the power, Then you should also understand the truth that the heart must not be lost. If all the officials are not in harmony, the world is not in harmony, and the emperor is alone in the world, is it interesting?"

"The world is delivered by the emperor, I have no choice." Zhao Lu drank tea and said extremely cold words.

"The choice is yours. If you say something like this, you just don't want to make yourself regret it!" Zhao Shuo lowered his eyebrows. Must be more ruthless."

"Thank you for your teaching, I will remember it." Zhao Lu took a deep breath, "Is the emperor still determined to leave?"

"You're ready, aren't you?" Zhao Shuo said to the point.

Zhao Lu was slightly stunned, and then lowered his eyes, "Uncle Huang should understand that I don't want you to go. If you insist on doing so, then we can only see who is faster. I would rather kill Uncle Huang than let Uncle Huang go home. folk."

"The humble minister would rather die than stay in the palace." Zhao Shuo let out a long breath, "The emperor grew up in the palace, so do you see less intrigues? Now you want the humble minister to consolidate The situation, to control what you can't control, but when you are in power in the future, isn't the emperor afraid that the humble minister will become your biggest enemy?"

"The most ruthless emperor's family, whether it is an enemy or a friend, can never be generalized. If you are a friend now, maybe you will become an enemy in the future. Is the emperor willing to see that scene?"

Zhao Lu narrowed his eyes, "Uncle Huang, will you let that happen?"

"Who knows?" Zhao Shuo hooked his lips evilly.

"Uncle, will you become a threat to me?" Zhao Lufu asked.

"The so-called threat depends on what the emperor thinks in his heart." Zhao Shuo put down the cup in his hand and glanced at the flowers in the vase, "This flower branch is taken care of by me personally, and I think it's very good. But the emperor may I felt that there were too many slanted sideways, which hindered the view, so I cut them all off. People's hearts are unpredictable, how can everything go smoothly. What does the emperor think?"

Zhao Lu was silent, clenched the cup in his hand, and the veins on the back of his hand were bulging, as if angry and helpless, more of an unspeakable emotion.

"My minister has heard about the matter of the previous dynasty. The emperor does not need to be merciless. The person who should be killed should not be kept. It will be worrying if you keep it." Zhao Shuo looked at Zhao Lu with deep meaning, "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about affection. , Those crimes, I have confessed."

"Uncle Huang is forcing me." Zhao Lu stood up suddenly, "The rosters of the military department are indeed forged, but it was discussed with Uncle Huang at the beginning. Now Uncle Huang wants to take all the blame on yourself?"

Zhao Shuo smiled, "Why not? There is no perfect person in this world, but the king must be perfect. Although these things are the cooperation between the humble minister and the emperor, the emperor is the emperor, and the fault and guilt can only be the fault of the humble minister. "

"Impossible." Zhao Lu turned his head away, "I have a detective case, and now I am not afraid of people in the world."

"But I'm afraid." Zhao Shuo remained calm and composed, "The east has become more flat, Utopia has also been flattened, and the Great Xia has calmed down. Today's Great Yan is waiting to be rebuilt. The emperor intends to leave a name in the history books with the humble minister. , stained with ink? I have fulfilled the great trust of the late emperor, saved the world of the Zhao family, and died a worthy death. But what about the emperor? The emperor's world has just begun."

Zhao Lu swallowed, but clenched his fists in his sleeves tightly, without saying a word.

"My minister will return everything to the first emperor and the emperor." Zhao Shuo smiled with low brows, the fragrance of tea was overflowing, and his heart seemed empty.

"Uncle Huang talked about it, but he still has to go." Zhao Lu lowered his eyes.

"Your Majesty doesn't want to kill each other, so I should help my minister." Zhao Shuo put down the lid of the cup in his hand, "This world has nothing to do with my minister. Apart from my surname, I don't want anything."

"Uncle Huang thinks it's worth it just for Xia Yu?" Zhao Lu took a deep breath, "She is Dongfang Yue's daughter after all, doesn't Uncle Huang hate her?"

"If I knew about it early, I would have hated it. It's a pity that I knew it too late and fell into it too early, so God used another method to resolve this deep hatred. Speaking of it, it is also an excellent result." Mentioning Xia Yu , Zhao Shuo raised his eyebrows slightly, a pair of peach blossom eyes, and there was a charming peach blossom rain, enchanting and alluring, and the bright streamer made people unable to take their eyes off.

Zhao Lu stood there firmly, he had never seen such a happy expression on Zhao Shuo's face.From the time he ascended the throne to now, from the time he took over the dynasty, among the people he came into contact with, the person he respects and admires the most is Prince Rui Zhao Shuo in front of him.In Zhao Lu's heart, Zhao Shuo is almost an omnipotent god, a god who is above the human species.

God, shouldn't the six sense organs be cut off, be ruthless and desireless?

But why is it that even God has real feelings now?

"When I was very young, Uncle Huang taught me to learn to hide my strength and bide my time, learn to be indifferent and cruel. But why in the end, Uncle Huang couldn't get out by himself?" Zhao Lu murmured to himself.

"Because it's a chaotic world." Zhao Shuo narrowed his eyes, and the light in his eyes instantly turned cold, "But for the peaceful and prosperous times, my minister also said that you can't kill and stop killing. You should learn from the former emperor and rule the country with benevolence and virtue."

Zhao Lu shot Zhao Shuo a gouged look, but in Zhao Shuo's piercing eyes, he flinched slightly, "Uncle Emperor?"

The four eyes met, but it was a fight of the heart.

Zhao Lu snorted coldly, and walked away suddenly.

Xu felt that compared to Zhao Shuo, Zhao Lu himself was at a disadvantage in terms of momentum. He was a little annoyed and helpless, and more of a kind of anxiety.

Standing in the palace road, looking at Suoxiang Palace from a distance, he still remembered that Zhao Shuo led him here that year, saying that he wanted him to concentrate on carpentry in the future, and then quietly let someone hand in the memorials through the back window.Zhao Shuo taught Zhao Lu hand in hand, how to review papers, how to distinguish priorities, and how to make decisions on major affairs in the world.

The way of the king, the way of the emperor, teach them one by one.

The Taifu of the Imperial Study Room was afraid to teach Zhao Lu how to be a king and how to be a wise king because of the regent Dongfang Yue.

Therefore, it is Zhao Shuo who taught Zhao Lu to be what he is today.

Behind him came Shunzi's hoarse and respectful voice, "See the Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Bao Yao stood quietly, "You all go down, Rong Ai's family have a few words with the emperor."

Fang Ying nodded and led everyone back.

"See the queen mother." Zhao Lu bowed and saluted.

Empress Dowager Bao Yao sighed softly and helped him, took his hand, and walked slowly towards Suoxiang Palace.When I pushed the door and walked in, I was greeted by the familiar fragrance of pine wood in the whole room.

"The Ai family knows that you and Prince Rui have been the closest since you were young, and your words and deeds are deeply influenced by Prince Rui. It is also because of this, that the Queen Mother especially pushed Prince Rui away after you took charge. Not only because of him I hate Aijia, and it's because Aijia is afraid—that you will end up being a puppet of Dongfang Yue and become a puppet of King Rui." The Empress Dowager Bo Yao let go of Zhao Lu, and her long phoenix robe lay on the ground, stained with dirt. Less sawdust.

Standing in the hall full of wood, the Empress Dowager Bao Yao smiled wryly, "The Ai family knows that the Ai family can no longer intervene in many things. But the Ai family understands that Prince Rui can't keep it. There is a commotion outside, and the Ai family You have heard everything, the Emperor doesn't need to say much to understand the whole story. Prince Rui is going to leave, can you keep him if you alone do it?"

"Dongfangyue fought for 16 years, but it made him rise day by day. You should understand that no one can stop him from what he wants to do. The reason why Prince Rui was able to stay in the palace for so long was because he remembered the virtues of the late emperor and his relationship with him. Your affection. If you push too hard, you will have nowhere to go."

"If he wants to stay, Dongfang Yue can't stop him. If he wants to leave, even if you send him to the world, you won't be able to keep him. Instead of tearing up your face in the end, you might as well just let him go!"

Zhao Lu sat down silently, with a sad expression on his face, "I don't want my uncle to leave."

"The queen mother knows that she owes you too much. You grew up with your uncle, and you have no one to talk to except him. Now that he is leaving, why can't you bless him if you can't keep him?" Bao Yao The Queen Mother patted him on the shoulder lightly.

"Isn't the queen mother saying such things because of Xia Yu?" Zhao Lu looked at the queen mother Bao Yao coldly.

The Empress Dowager Bao Yao shook her head, but she was decisive, "You are the only son in my mother's life. Who Xia Yu is has nothing to do with the mother, and has nothing to do with the Great Yan Tianxia. The mother is the queen mother of a country. It's your mother, nothing else."

Zhao Lu frowned slightly, lowering his eyes slightly.

"My queen, I don't want to be so obsessed with it. It's just that since I was a child, I have always been the emperor's uncle. I regard him as a god, but today he told me that he is not a god but a human being. The emotions and desires are not enough. Escape, I would rather give up the world for the sake of a woman. I will share the country with him equally, and he will not want it. Tell me—is it my fault or his fault?" Zhao Lu gently hugged the Empress Dowager Bao Yao's waist, and turned his head Buried in her arms.

"No one is right, it's just that you want something different!" Empress Dowager Bao Yao sighed softly, "Jiangshan and beauties have rarely coexisted since ancient times. Lu'er, as an imperial uncle, can do this for you, you What else can you ask for? At that time, he was only more than ten years old, and he defended the country regardless of life and death for you, and someone else would have already replaced him."

"But he didn't, and he never has. What he wanted was never the world of Yan. Otherwise, your father would not be able to sit in the world, let alone you."

"Although you are an emperor, you shouldn't feel grateful or guilty. Now he gave you an excuse to bear everything for you, so what if you fulfill him? He laid down all the steps, and you Take a step back, just let him go, and let yourself go."

Zhao Lu raised his head, his eyes were dim, and his eyes gradually turned red, "But I still can't bear it. Once he leaves, I will become a real lonely family."

Empress Dowager Bao Yao gently stroked his cheek, as if returning to her childhood, stroking her son's immature face, and whispered with a smile, "You care about your own reluctance, but you care about his reluctance? You left He, and the world. But what about him? He only has a wife and children."

Tears flowed down slowly, but Zhao Lu wept silently.

(End of this chapter)