marriage gentleman

Chapter 39

But overnight, the palace became deserted.After Qi Guang ascended the throne, the harem was useless. Now that the people from Hongxiu Pavilion and Nanfengxuan have left, only the palace people and guards are left in the palace.

In the early morning of the next day, all civil and military officials heard about this matter.When they saw that the servant next to the emperor was a new face, they couldn't help but feel a little surprised. When they saw Qi Guang with a gloomy expression like a dark cloud, everyone's heart skipped a beat.

It was raining and snowing outside the window, and the howling wind and snow slapped on the bricks and tiles, as if a monster was howling.

Someone looked at Lu Li.

Lu Li lowered his eyes and looked unclear.Everyone couldn't help guessing whether the emperor's abnormality had something to do with Lu Li, maybe the emperor just had a quarrel with Lu Li.After all, the emperor is a woman, and it is not impossible to transfer her private anger to others.

At this moment, Qi Guang, who was sitting on the dragon seat, changed his lazy posture, leaning his elbows on the dragon armrest, half-closed his eyes, yawned, and said: "If there is something to play, then there is nothing to retreat. "

A minister came out.

"Report to Your Majesty..."

Qi Guang yawned heavily, his eyelids drooping slowly.If it was said that Qi Guang dozed off and concealed it on weekdays, but now he closed his eyes in a grandiose manner.The voice of the minister who started the performance paused, and there was a complete silence in the meeting hall.

All the ministers looked at each other when they looked at each other.

Lin Quan turned his head to look at Lu Li at this time, and asked him what happened with his eyes.

Lu Li shook his head lightly.

During this period of time, the household department was busy, so he had to stay with Qi Guang for a while, and there was nothing unusual about Qi Guang except that he liked to eat plum cakes during this period.It was Qi Guang who summoned Zhou Muqing yesterday...

Thinking of this, Lu Li glanced at Zhou Muqing calmly.

Zhou Muqing smiled lightly.

The minister who started the performance didn't know what to do at this meeting, looking at the emperor who was clearly asleep on the dragon chair, whether he should continue the performance... The minister swallowed.

After about half an hour, Qi Guang on the dragon chair finally slowly opened his eyes.

She yawned again and said, "Quick."

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers were stunned.

Qi Guang said impatiently: "The widows have all said that it is time to play, what are you doing here in a daze, stand back." As she spoke, she casually glanced around the hall, and scolded several ministers.

The tone was quite unreasonable.

Even Shen Jia, who was always upright in Dali Temple, was scolded. With so many civil and military officials present, Qi Guang probably only left a few old officials, Lu Li and Zhou Muqing who were not counted down.

Qi Guang spoke dryly, and the servants at the side served tea tremblingly.

She took a sip and said suddenly, "Lu Qing."

Lu Li went out.

"Wei Chen is here."

The surrounding ministers couldn't help but hold their breath, quietly looking at Qi Guang on the dragon chair.Seeing Qi Guang closing the teacup slowly, the lid made a crisp sound, she said casually: "The late emperor once said that I will marry you at the age of 22, and now you have been serving me by my side for half a year. The late emperor has good eyesight. The widow is very satisfied, it is hard to sleep without you at night. There are two years before the 22nd, the widow can't wait, you will leave the household department from now on, and concentrate on serving the widow."

The ministers in the court never thought that the emperor would speak so blatantly. When there were Nanfengxuan and Hongxiu Pavilion in the harem, the emperor seldom mentioned it in the early court, but now he did not shy away from it. "Two words.

Lu Li was slightly taken aback.

He met Qi Guang's eyes.

She raised her eyebrows and said, "Don't want to?"

Lu Li's expression remained unchanged, and he said in a low voice, "It's Jing Heng's blessing to be able to serve His Majesty, thank you Your Majesty for your kindness."

Qi Guang said again: "In this case, you should pack up and move to the palace these few days, and hand over the affairs of the household department as soon as possible." Seemingly remembering something, she said again: "As for the position of the servant of the household department, I will The Ministry of Households will assess and select candidates."

After all, she held out her hand.

The servant next to him hurriedly supported him.Qi Guang quickly stood up, patted his sleeves, and said: "Today's morning court will end here, retreat." During the morning court for several days, Qi Guang was quite impatient, and even ordered the Ministry of Industry to start preparing to pick the platform. matter.

Picking the platform, as the name suggests, is a high platform.Qi Guang ordered the Ministry of Industry to collect the best jade and build a high platform in the palace.On the high platform, the utensils are carved with jade and inlaid with gems, everything is a waste of money.A minister tried his best to persuade him, but Qi Guang pretended not to hear it and insisted on it.

After the court, when all the ministers left the meeting hall, they couldn't help sighing.

Today's emperors are more and more inclined to develop into tyrants.

It's just that I can't say this, I can only think about it in my heart.Someone looked at Qi Xuan who was walking in the front. King Min was calm by nature and behaved like everyone else. If the person who inherited the throne from the previous emperor was not the current emperor but King Min, Dazhou must have a different scene today.

"Master Min, please stay."

A servant came in a hurry and called Qi Xuan to stop him.

Qi Xuan paused and turned around slowly.The surrounding courtiers also followed the prestige, and they turned out to be the emperor's servants.I only heard the servant say: "My lord, Your Majesty has a request."

Qi Xuan was taken aback.

The servant urged: "My lord, this way please."

Everyone looked at the back of King Min leaving with the servant, and couldn't help feeling a little worried.With the current emperor's violent temperament, summoning King Min is definitely not a good thing.Qi Xuan followed the waiter to a palace with three characters written on the plaque - Qingxin Pavilion.

Qi Xuan's eyes darkened slightly.

Qingxin Pavilion is the palace where he lived when he was young.

The little servant turned sideways and said: "My lord, Your Majesty is inside." After saying that, the little servant quietly retreated.Qi Xuan was silent for a while, then walked into Qingxin Pavilion.The furnishings in Qingxin Pavilion are still the same as before, just like when he just moved to Prince Min's Mansion.

Qi Guang stood in front of the bogu shelf with his hands behind his back.

"My brother-in-law pays homage to Your Majesty."

Qi Guang turned around slowly, and said, "You are here." She spoke these words extremely slowly, every word seemed to come out of her mouth after a lot of painstaking efforts.Before Qi Xuan could speak, she suddenly smiled again.

There is a smile between the eyebrows and eyes.

"The widow remembered that when we were children, we often played in the Qingxin Pavilion. Did you see the dents on the shelf? Once we had a dispute for some reason, and we fought in the room after we rejected the palace people. As a child When you are competitive, you don’t want me, and I don’t want you. Everything on the antique shelf was smashed, and the dents here are left. Thinking about it now, it’s better when I was a child. After a fight, nothing happened. When faced with mother’s scolding, we still spoke in unison, claiming that it was just an accident. Although we were punished by our mother together in the end, we felt like sharing weal and woe when we were punished.”

Qi Xuan said: "I remember that after being punished by my mother, it took me half a month to get a couch."

Qi Guang said with a smile: "Your health is much worse than mine, I can stay here in three days."

She patted Qi Xuan on the shoulder and said, "Come, let me have a drink with you. It will be January in a few days. Once Chinese New Year comes, you and I will be one year older. So many years have passed in the blink of an eye... "

She poured a glass of wine, handed it to Qi Xuan, and poured another glass for herself.

She drank it all.

"When my mother was alive, I liked to contradict my mother. I always couldn't listen to what my mother said. Now that I think about it, I was not sensible at that time." She poured another glass of wine, turned around, and walked to the By the window, she said: "My widow..." She hiccupped and said with a smile: "It's true that you are not sensible."

Qi Xuan said: "Your Majesty has always been the pride of the late Emperor."

"Emperor brother too." She turned her head and said to him: "This widow has been sitting on the throne for five years, and now I am a little bored. Sometimes I think about it, and I still think that you are more suitable to be emperor than I am."

He said: "Your Majesty, don't underestimate yourself."

Qi Guang walked up to him and asked: "Brother, the widow will pass on the throne to you, okay?"

Qi Xuan shook his head in fear.

"My brother is incompetent."

Qi Guang glanced at him and said: "I'm joking with you, don't worry, it's just a joke." After a pause, she asked again: "Is this wine strong? You need to drink strong wine to keep you warm in winter."

Qi Xuan said: "It's a rare spirit."

"How does it compare to the one in your mansion?"

"The ones in the palace are stronger."

Qi Guang smiled and said: "Forget it, I've drunk the wine, you can go out."

"Yes." Qi Xuan responded and saluted Qi Guang before leaving Qingxin Pavilion.

Qi Guang hugged the wine cup and sat on the grand master's chair, threw the wine glass, and drank five or six sips with his neck up.She glanced at the empty wine glass left by Qi Xuan on the table, and laughed again.

"Life is like a dream, how much do you want to have fun?" She raised her neck and drank a few more sips, and she hiccupped: "When... Carpe diem in time."

The clear water in his mouth was colorless and tasteless, but when it entered his stomach, there was a hint of bitterness.

(End of this chapter)