The mediocre minister of all living beings

In the autumn of the 13th year of Qitian, King Wei Mingqi of He'an led [-] elite soldiers from Utuna, the fiefdom of King Lintian. The legendary bronze chariot and iron cavalry were as invincible as the gods descended from heaven in mythology. Bringing [-] elite soldiers came from the flank of the capital. Since then, the high walls of the capital have been overwhelmed and finally defeated. There is no one in the court, and there is no one in the guards of the capital. The smoke from the war burned the capital into a dark night like blood, and the war continued endlessly. What the majestic emperor in the imperial palace was worried about was whether the treasures of the South China Sea that he had just acquired a few days ago would be plundered by thieves, big or small. The princes have sharp eyes and ears, knowing that they can't overthrow the rain, they all raised their cities to vote.

In the spring of the 14th year of Qitian, King Wei Mingqi of He'an broke through the imperial gate and entered. The emperor presented the jade seal with both hands, even though he racked his brains, he couldn't guess that his brother who had been living a life of nothing for more than ten years had been planning in his heart. Such a big game of chess.

In June of the same year, the new emperor ascended the throne. The emperor Wei Mingqi changed the name of the country to Liang, the year Weiyang, abolished the old calendar, established a new law, and promulgated the imperial edict: Concubine Yao, filial and mature, Wen Gongsu wrote, established as empress, and He Youqi assisted with meritorious service and canonized as empress. National teacher, Lu Ling has repeatedly made military exploits and canonized as a marquis, and bestowed a marquis mansion with a thousand taels of silver.

Since then, the world has undergone great changes, turbulent winds and clouds, national enmity and family hatred, the past and the past have finally been reduced to a pile of dust, a page of green history.

Many people and many things have slowly dissipated into the clouds and smoke of the past.

However, although Wei Mingqi's great wish came true, there was never a single day of peace.

After several years of war, the national treasury was tight, there was a severe drought in the northwest, and the people had no food to live on, but the south of the Yangtze River was constantly raining, the river was rising, and the disaster was serious. Wei Mingqi stayed up all night. , the afterglow sprinkled between his frowning brows through the golden lacquered beast on the porch, Wei Mingqi sat in the imperial study room, the cinnabar pen in his hand seemed to grow in his hand, and he couldn't put it down for days and nights, and the people next to him were tightly closed Breathe, don't dare to let out the air, tighten the [-]-point string, for fear of mistakes, even the sound of a mosquito is as loud as a thunderbolt from the blue sky.

Standing outside the door, Eunuch Xi saw a man in ordinary clothes walking towards the imperial study from a distance.

"Who dares to come here to make you feel uncomfortable at this time?" Xi Gonggong wondered, seeing that person walking hurriedly, it was He Youqi.

"My lord He, the emperor is worried now, I think you still..." He was terrified to see his regular clothes, which was really unruly, and he was afraid that something would happen if he went in like this, so he tried to persuade him.

"It's okay, I have something to talk to the emperor," He Youqi replied with a face of indifference.

"Cough cough" hurriedly coughed twice, "I'm reporting to the emperor" Eunuch Xi kindly reminded him by bowing his hands.

"Well, Mr. Lao, let me know." He Youqi didn't answer him, and said to himself.

"Hey" the old man sighed and turned around and walked into the imperial study room, and came out after a while to salute: "The emperor let you in."

"Thank you"

As He Youqi stepped into the imperial study, a burst of sandalwood came to his face, a familiar yet distant smell.

"You're here." After becoming the emperor, Wei Mingqi seemed to be a little older, and even his tone of voice became different from before.

He Youqi stood where he was, saluted and didn't speak.

Wei Mingqi looked up at He Youqi's uniform, frowned slightly, but he didn't want to argue with him, seeing that he was silent, he waved away the crowd.

All the court ladies and eunuchs retreated to close the door, and He Youqi opened his mouth slowly, but when he opened his mouth, the whole body of the superior person trembled.

"Wei Mingqi" He Youqi called him by his name.

Before the word presumptuous was spoken, He Youqi went on to say, "Now that your wish has been fulfilled, did you forget something, who is it?"

Although the world is not peaceful, it is a good time for the capital to be in midsummer, especially when the flowers in the palace are blooming, the lotus in the Yuhuachi is just about to bloom, and even the butterflies rush into the palace to get nectar. Okay, but the resplendent and resplendent palace that was hit by He Youqi was as cold as an ice cellar.

In fact, Wei Mingqi never forgot that this huge imperial palace was like a besieged city to Wei Mingqi. The hatred of the country and the family made him try his best to get in, and after he got in, he tried his best to get out, but would he still be able to get out?From then on, for him, his life is just red walls and golden tiles, the world is everywhere, even if the world is in his hands, it is nothing but a prison.

He never complained, not even with his close friend He Youqi, because he has no face to complain, this is the path he chose, this is the path he bought back with the blood of countless soldiers, and he used his integrity , Sincerely, the way of life.

He recognized the path he chose, but he always avoided it deliberately, pretending that he had forgotten something or someone, especially in the dead of night, he never dared to look at the fresh green under the moonlight, the faint green , always reminds him of someone.He was afraid because it was a sin in his heart.

"You back down." Wei Mingqi lowered his head, and didn't answer him directly, let alone look at He Youqi's cold eyes.

"you……"

"Youqi, do you have to die?" He Youqi was so angry that before he could say anything, Wei Mingqi interrupted him and said slowly:

"You forgot the day you married Queen Yao, how did you tell me in my mansion?"

The sound of firecrackers seemed to be next to my ears, and there was a yard full of dazzling red silk. Wei Mingqi was so drunk, he pointed to the red silk hanging in the mansion and asked He Youqi: Look, today my mansion is full of red hangings, does it look like Chunfenglou?

He Youqi pressed Wei Mingqi's raised hand, and whispered loudly in his ear:

Wei Mingqi, this is the path you have taken yourself. Today, you have no choice.

After the war, the palace quickly returned to calm. From the perspective of everyone in the court, Wei Mingqi was indeed more suitable for the Nine Dragons throne than the former emperor. From the perspective of the world, Wei Mingqi was indeed a thoughtful emperor with a great cause in mind.

However, no one saw that the closer the festive season came, the more incomprehensible bleakness appeared in Wei Mingqi's eyes, and He Youqi, a close friend who was born and died, had seldom interacted with Wei Mingqi since he left the imperial study that day.

In the Yuhuachi, where the night was as cool as water, Eunuch Xi respectfully supported Wei Mingqi, who was in his prime, since he became emperor, Wei Mingqi's spirit was not what it used to be, and his back, which was always tall and straight, was slightly arched .

"Your Majesty, as a rule, we should go to the Empress's place." Eunuch Xi bent over and said courteously with a smiling face.

"I have a headache, I don't want to go, okay?" Is this sentence okay?Eunuch Xi trembled in fright.

"Okay, of course, you are the emperor, the world is yours, you can go wherever you want"

Tired of hearing the flattery in the palace, Wei Mingqi looked up and saw the round moon in the sky, white and clean, and couldn't help thinking of someone's eyes, but they were not as curved as they were back then.

"Eunuch Xi, why don't you say this month is not curved?"

"Oh!" Eunuch Xi smiled and said, "Your Majesty, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is full moon, there is no new moon."

"Yes, when the moon is full, it is bad." The emperor said such a sentence for no reason, and Eunuch Xi didn't figure it out for a long time, and he didn't dare to answer.

Seeing a person walking in a hurry from a distance, Wei Mingqi asked, "Who is that?"

"It's His Majesty Dianziqi, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, he's here to give gifts to the palace"

After Dianziqi became an imperial merchant, he went to the palace more and more often, and often came to deliver some brocades and silks to the palace, but usually he always went to greet the emperor after delivering the silks and satins, but this day Dianziqi The footsteps were more hurried than usual, and he wanted to rush back to the Hou's mansion before the key was released before the palace gate was released before he had time to say hello.

"Come back soon, I won't leave you a meal if it's late." Tangtang stood in front of the waiting general Lu Ling, with an apron hanging in front of him, some pot bottom dust on the tip of his nose, and he stood in the kitchen with a shovel in his hand and shouted towards the door.

Dian Ziqi thought of Lu Ling who insisted on "showing his hand" to him today, a smile unconsciously hung on the corner of his mouth, and his footsteps were a little hurried.

"Oh, stop him"

"Yes"

Eunuch Xi hunchbacked and stepped forward, stopping Dian Ziqi who was hurrying on his way halfway. Dian Ziqi turned his head and saw Wei Mingqi waiting for him in the gazebo of Yuhua Pond. When he looked up, he saw that Wei Mingqi's eyes seemed to be dull and colorless.

"Where is this going?" Wei Mingqi asked.

"If you go back to the emperor, go home"

"Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, can you stay and drink with me?"

There are so many flatterers in the palace, it is such an honor for the emperor to take the initiative to invite wine, but Wei Mingqi saw a trace of disappointment in Dian Ziqi's eyes.

"Dianqing, is there something wrong?"

"Yes" Dianziqi is still that Dianziqi, unwilling to flatter and flatter, and truthfully replied "It is rare for Lu Ling to take the initiative to cook, and stay at home and wait for the humble job to return."

"Oh?" Wei Mingqi heard that Lu Ling was cooking in person, and asked with interest, "Lu Qing is cooking in person? Is it delicious?"

Unexpectedly, Dian Ziqi raised his eyebrows and said with a stiff smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's extremely unpalatable."

"Hahahahaha" Both of them were amused, and Wei Mingqi also raised his head and let out a rare laugh, then waved his hand and said:

"Go back quickly, the palace gate will be unlocked later."

"Farewell to a humble job"

Dian Ziqi said goodbye in a hurry. The prudent Dian Ziqi didn't even bother to say an auspicious word to congratulate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and left in a hurry. Wei Mingqi looked at his back with hurried steps, and a burst of envy welled up in his heart. Someone was waiting at home. What a happy thing it is...

The excerpts of imperial edicts in the imperial court followed one after another like heavy snowflakes. Wei Mingqi felt that he had exhausted all his strength to deal with the current disaster situation until he raised his head, and a new sun had already appeared on the horizon. He no longer knew how many he had. Sleepless all day and night, when Wei Mingqi was kneeling in the Taimiao, the thought of regret flashed in Wei Mingqi's mind, but only for a moment, the emperor who cared about all the people in the world stood upright in the court hall again.It's just that at night, Wei Mingqi felt that the dark night became longer because there was no book to spend the night.

So that night, Wei Mingqi reluctantly kept Lu Ling and asked him to drink with him in the palace.

After waving the crowd away, Wei Mingqi said slowly, "I'm ashamed, I'm going to leave Qing Dian alone in the mansion today."

"The emperor's words are serious." Lu Ling stood in front of the table and lowered his head, clasped his fists in front of his shoulders.

Wei Mingqi, who was pouring wine into the glass, saw Lu Ling's cautiousness, sneered and shook his head: "Lu Ling, you and I are still separated after all."

Waving Lu Ling to sit down, Wei Mingqi said to himself again: "You drank the same pot of wine as me in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice that day." Wei Mingqi deliberately used me to replace me, in order to let Lu Ling put down his dignity At the same time, he had a drink with him heartily, thinking that he hadn't been completely drunk for a while after he ascended the throne.

Gradually letting go of the burden in his heart, Lu Ling held up his wine glass and asked, "Where is Mr. He?"

Thinking of He Youqi, Wei Mingqi laughed and said, "In the end, the only thing that hasn't changed is Youqi."

Apart from court affairs, He Youqi did not want to have any more contact with Wei Mingqi. Everyone had a hundred guesses in their minds, and Wei Mingqi knew that He Youqi resented him in his heart, and he also knew why He Youqi resented him. Now he is a high-ranking emperor, full of civil and military affairs Everyone respects him, all people in the world follow him as an example, flatter and flatter in every possible way, but only He Youqi admits that he is a good emperor, but at the same time resents him because of one person, so in the end, He Youqi is still That He Youqi has never changed.

After a few glasses of rice wine, Wei Mingqi looked down at the shining five-clawed golden dragon on his chest, and asked for no reason: "Lu Ling, do you think the dragon on my chest looks good?"

Lu Ling trembled in fright, the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, and shattered into pieces, and a question came from outside the door immediately.

"emperor?"

"It's okay, you don't need to worry about it, let's all rest." Wei Mingqi handed his glass to Lu Ling, "Have a drink with me, as I said just now, we both had a drink together before."

Just about to say no, Lu Ling looked up, but saw Wei Mingqi's eyes were dim and incomprehensible, complicated and difficult to figure out.

Reaching out to take the wine that was handed over, Lu Ling raised her head and drank it in one sip, and said in a heartbeat: "It's not good-looking."

Originally, I said it with the attitude that the emperor might be angry at any time, but who knew that Wei Mingqi laughed as soon as he finished speaking, took the cup in Lu Ling's hand, raised his head and drank it, and said to himself: "I think so too. Very ugly".

Since ancient times, it has been said that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Before Lu Ling came, Dian Ziqi was at home exhorting and persuading each other with kind words, and told Lu Ling earnestly that no matter when there is a difference in dignity, today is different from the past, drinking with the emperor It is still necessary to speak the rules and know the etiquette.Lu Ling agreed one by one, and everyone in front of him also behaved with a grudge, and kept repeating in his heart: the person in front of him is the emperor, and the person in front of him is the emperor.

However, after drinking for three rounds, both Lu Ling and Wei Mingqi's cheeks turned a faint red. They both drank all kinds of meat and vegetables. Wei Mingqi got his wish and got drunk for a while, and Lu Ling also drank. He had already thrown Dian Ziqi's persuasion behind him, held the jug in one hand, put one foot on the stool, showing one of his canine teeth, looked at Wei Mingqi with a smirk, and told him about the bad things about Dian Ziqi at home. It's clear and clear.

Wei Mingqi listened with a smile, then stuttered after a long while and asked suddenly: "Lu, Lu Ling, you, have you ever lied to Dian Ziqi?"

Putting his foot down heavily, and leaning his head on the table, Lu Ling looked drunk, and his eyes were a little slack. He raised a finger in front of him and whispered, "I cheated once."

"Oh? When?" Wei Mingqi pulled the stool closer with both hands with interest, as if listening to an adult tell a story when he was a child, and asked while sitting upright at the table.

"I was flooded that year, and I went to see Dianziqi before I was so slippery. He asked me where I was going, and I said I was going to Zecheng, but I actually went to Lake City." Lu Ling really drank too much. The emperor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan has all been said in the Jianghu Chundian.

Wei Mingqi's eyes were slack, his neck was red all the way to his forehead, and he didn't care what he said, he laughed at him while pointing his hands at him and asked, "Then what will Dian Ziqi say later?"

Lu Ling, who hadn't even smiled just now, suddenly put away his smile, stared blankly for a long time, raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, sighed softly, and said, "He said, he hates me to death. up".

That year, when the heavy rain was approaching, in the palace late at night, Lu Ling stepped on the window sill and was about to jump out, when he heard the person behind him tremblingly saying in an extremely forbearing but unbearable voice: Lu Ling, I hate you to death .

The drunk Wei Mingqi's eyes were also blurred, and Lu Ling's thoughts also flew to many years ago, in a small room with red candles, how many sweet and strong love words were said, and too many unswerving vows were made, or After telling so many heart-wrenching lies, the already drunk emperor drank a glass of wine by himself, and then asked: "If there is a person who lied to you, would you forgive him?"

The young man with far-reaching thoughts was pulled back a bit by Wei Mingqi's question, and asked with a smirk, "Cheating money or sex?"

Wei Mingqi raised his head and thought for a while, then said, "I'm all lying."

"That depends on whether I like this person or not." The drunken Lu Ling looked like a veteran in love, and he didn't care about sharing the same wine glass with the emperor, and took a sip directly with his mouth to the mouth of the jug.

"What if you don't like it?" Wei Mingqi asked.

Lu Ling waved his hand, "Then I will definitely not forgive him!"

"What if you like it?"

"Then..." Lu Ling frowned, his eyes were bloodshot, he stared at the wine glass on the table and thought about it for a long time, then suddenly he raised his head with a big smile, a canine tooth was very obvious, no Pi said shamelessly: "Then I want that person to wear a woman's bellyband and call me Mr. Wang."

Wei Mingqi was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, also because of the wine, both of them were laughing at this imaginary scene, the side dishes and wine plates on the table fell down, and they slapped their thighs until they couldn't stop laughing. Eunuch Xi outside the door heard the laughter inside and knew that the emperor had drunk too much, but he also knew that the emperor had never smiled so presumptuously since he ascended the throne. He waved his hand to the maid who looked embarrassed and hesitated to go in, signaling them all to step back.

The night is so late, the moon is shining brightly, the laughter that breaks the bleak deep palace lingers in the lonely late night, and can't let go for a long time.

Lu Ling woke up the next day. Apart from feeling a splitting headache and a sharp pain in her thigh from being patted by herself, she carefully recalled what she had said to the emperor the night before. Ziqi, Dian Ziqi asked him what he had talked with the emperor, and he also pretended to be drunk to get away.

But after that night, Wei Mingqi was still the proud son of heaven in the Golden Luan Hall, and when he saw Lu Ling, he was still polite and upright. Sometimes Lu Ling thought of Wei Mingqi who was drunk that night, and hoped that he would be the best It's better to drink so much that you don't remember anything.

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