[Ming Dynasty] I seem to know too much
Chapter 104
Jiao Shizhi has been in a coma for ten days. After careful examination, Wu Jie told Emperor Zhengde that apart from the wounds on his body, Jiao Shizhi has no other problems, and those wounds are slowly improving. No reason for coma.
This means that Jiao Shizhi was not poisoned, was not killed, and just fell into a coma for no reason.
How can this make Zhu Houzhao feel at ease?
A few days ago, Emperor Zhengde was still able to deal with the post-war affairs, issued a government order, ordered the army to move out, and set off from the barracks to return to Datong.But after Jiao Shizhi hadn't woken up on the fifth and sixth day, Emperor Zhengde stayed in the carriage, and no one could invite him out.
The ministers were naturally dissatisfied, and even began to question the emperor's inseparable situation of Jiao Shizhi.However, at this moment, the news that Bo'er Jijin was killed by Jiao Shizhi came out, and the ministers immediately shut up.
Although the battle was won, the most direct reason was the assassination of the Tatar Dayan Khan, Borjijin, which led to drastic changes in the situation.The Tatars, who were still able to resist tenaciously, instantly turned into a piece of loose sand, no longer having the previous ability.
Borjijin has been the most prominent khan of the Tatars for decades, and once it is lost, it will be a heavy loss for the Tatars.
But who the assassin was, they have never been clear, until today, they only know that that person is actually Jiao Shizhi!
Then there was an obvious explanation for Jiao Shizhi's coma.
For such a reason, it is difficult for the officials to find a place to refute.If such a hero passes away, it would be a great loss, and it is no wonder that the emperor is so concerned.
Although this concern is still a bit too much.
inside the carriage,
Emperor Zhengde sat beside Jiao Shizhi, recalling what Le Xiao had said over and over again, whether it was the small jade bottle of unknown origin, or Shizhi's behavior of leaving after confirming his recovery at that time, all revealed a little weird.Where did you get the pill, and why did you leave?
Just as Jiao Shizhi found out that something happened to Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde also knew that he shouldn't have left like that before Shizhi confirmed that he was awake.
He is not such a person.
Unless something happened to him, or he discovered something.
Emperor Zhengde looked at Jiao Shizhi's sound sleep, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to stroke his wrist. The still beating pulse made Emperor Zhengde relax a little, but the gloom between his brows did not dissipate for a long time.
Where was he missing?Emperor Zhengde closed his eyes and rummaged through his memory, as if he found something missing, but he couldn't find the missing piece no matter what.
Think, think again.
Emperor Zhengde said to himself, there is always something that he missed, but Shizhi always keeps it in his heart and cannot resist...
Emperor Zhengde's eyes widened, looking at the peaceful appearance of the man on the bed, he suddenly remembered what Jiao Shizhi had said to him... The matter of King Ning's rebellion and the opportunity of this war were all different from what he had foreseen. Something very different.
And this change should not have existed.
He recalled that Shizhi had muttered to himself: "King Ning said that I shouldn't exist, maybe this is true." Of course, after hearing this, Emperor Zhengde took the opportunity to ruthlessly " Punishment" for a while, but he knew that there was always some kind of worry lurking in his heart.
This worry may be for himself, or for Zhu Houzhao, but Jiao Shizhi didn't say anything.
He has always been like this, saying that he will not hide Zhu Houzhao again, but every time something really matters, Shizhi always hides it so deeply, when he leaves the customs, when he delivers medicine, when he goes into a coma... also.
Emperor Zhengde covered his head, if Shizhi saw something again this time, there was no possibility of telling others.Not to mention that only the two of them know this ability, just by looking at his previous actions, you can know what Shizhi thinks.Emperor Zhengde didn't know whether to be happy for confirming Shizhi's feelings for him again, or to suffer from being deceived again.
The army quickly rushed back to Datong. After returning to Datong Town, Emperor Zhengde immediately asked people to post the imperial list, recruiting famous doctors from all over the world, and at the same time ordered the accompanying imperial doctors to step up their research.
This time, Emperor Zhengde didn't put on the appearance of killing people if he couldn't be cured, but his tone of voice and oppression, and the madness that flashed in his eyes made the group of imperial doctors bitterly laugh at Wu Jie's leadership. The next day worked even harder.No one wants to anger the emperor at this time.
The stay in Datong was not very long. After confirming that Jiao Shizhi's physical condition was good enough to go on the road, Emperor Zhengde ordered the army to set off and set off for Beijing.
The matter of returning to Beijing really made this group of ministers very grateful. Since Emperor Zhengde went to the battlefield, they have been worried all day long, for fear that the emperor will have any problems on the battlefield.For the emperor at that time, he couldn't listen to any opinions. When someone appealed, Emperor Zhengde's methods were simply to knock people unconscious and take them away. Such a rogue method made the group of civil servants helpless. They could only watch helplessly and let the emperor fight on the battlefield.
Now the emperor has offered to go back, which is almost as good as defeating the Tatars.
Emperor Zhengde no longer intervened in the Tatar matter, and left it to Bian Zhen to handle it.Not long after the Tatars fled, the news came that Borzhijin was seriously injured and died, and the Khan court was in a mess.As Jinong, Balsborough and his brothers began to struggle for power, and had no time to start a struggle with the Ming Dynasty, and soon signed a peace treaty.
In May of the tenth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde finally returned to Beijing, ended his one-year northern tour, and brought back a great victory.
This battle has stabilized the situation in the Northwest for ten years since then, making the important town on the Nine Frontiers even more famous.And Emperor Zhengde, who was personally conquered by Yujia, shocked the courtiers more and more. He became a king who could stand shoulder to shoulder with his predecessors. No one dared to despise him anymore.
Emperor Zhengde noticed these changes, but these had no effect on him.At least for him now, it's not even as good as Jiao Shizhi's turning over.
Yes, apart from being unconscious, Jiao Shizhi never made any movements.It's just... falling asleep, breathing quietly, closing eyes quietly, not having any appearance that a living person should have.
Except for breathing, Zhu Houzhao couldn't find any appearance that a living person should have from Jiao Shizhi's body.
He sat on the edge of the bed, clasped his hands together, as if a big stone was stuck in his chest.The doctors who unveiled the list came and went, but none of them could find anything wrong, no one could tell him why Shizhi had been sleeping all the time, and no one could tell him why Shizhi didn't do anything.
It's so strange that it's like a fantasy.
Emperor Zhengde held Jiao Shizhi's palm on the outside of the quilt, and the cool touch made his heart tremble. He held his palm against his forehead, exhaled softly, and murmured to himself: "Shizhi, I For the rest of my life, I'm afraid it will fall on your head. I would rather you never promised me, and I would rather you never liked me..." I also don't want him lying quietly on the bed now.
Zhu Houzhao had indeed thought that if Jiao Shizhi was still unwilling to agree to him one day, maybe he might have the idea that it would be good to keep people by his side.But this kind of thought will disappear quietly every time he meets Jiao Shizhi, let alone this time, looking at Jiao Shizhi's current appearance, how can he bear it!
How could he endure that person's dead and silent appearance? What Zhu Houzhao wanted was a lively and smiling Jiao Shizhi.It was the Jiao Shizhi who would comfort him in a low voice when he lost his temper, and chuckle helplessly because he was cheating!
Le Xiao came quietly from outside the house, holding today's lunch in her hand. Ever since Emperor Zhengde brought his people back to the capital, the emperor gradually began to stop court, not saying that he would not go to court, but seven days later There would always be three or two days when he didn't go there. At first, there were a lot of protests from the courtiers, but Emperor Zhengde still went his own way. Even if there were waves in the court, he didn't care at all, and it remained the same.However, after Jiao Shizhi's multiple purges of the palace, it is now impossible to enter the palace without edicts. Except for the chief assistant who can enter directly, other people have no room to persuade them.
He lightly put the meal on the table, and persuaded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you should eat a little bit, you haven't eaten much in the past few days." The current situation is better than the previous time in Datong , at least now the emperor is still willing to eat something.But in Le Xiao's view, it is not much different from before.
The time Lord Jiao left, although Emperor Zhengde was indeed depressed and irritable, the emperor still had faith in his heart at that time, but now... Le Xiao quietly glanced at Lord Jiao's appearance, worried in his heart, now Mr. Jiao's appearance, no matter where the doctor was found, there was nothing he could do, and the Tai Hospital tried its best to find out the cause of the disease, which is really puzzling.
And the emperor...
The emperor still looked indifferent, nothing changed, he was not angry, nor was he loudly scolded or furious as before.
But such Emperor Zhengde made Le Xiao even more frightened.
Jiao Shizhi knows Emperor Zhengde, and those who serve him personally also know Emperor Zhengde. If the emperor is really angry at others, it just proves that the emperor still knows the degree in his heart. When Lord Jiao is around, the emperor will be frivolous , but after careful calculation, he really never did anything out of the ordinary.Therefore, Le Xiao always knew that the emperor's furious appearance in the court hall was not when he was the most angry and frightening.But if the emperor is still indifferent when he should be angry, Le Xiao starts to feel anxious.
Emperor Zhengde didn't hear Le Xiao's persuasion at all. From Le Xiao's direction, the emperor just sat quietly by the bed, looking at Mr. Jiao, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Le Xiao could only sigh secretly in his heart, and was going to come to persuade him later, but before he could leave the whole body, the fat eunuch at the door trotted over and whispered in his ear: "Eunuch Le, the empress dowager Here we come." Le Xiao's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Empress Dowager Zhang was worried.
He quickly motioned to the fat eunuch to bring someone to greet him, and then trotted back into the house, "Your Majesty, the empress dowager is here." In order to avoid the emperor not listening, Le Xiao walked a little harder, and finally got the emperor's favor little reaction.
Zhu Houzhao tilted his head slightly, as if he was thinking about what Le Xiao meant, and then he said softly: "I see." He lowered his head and kissed Jiao Shizhi's palm lightly, and gently put the palm back on. After getting into the quilt, she stood up, leaned over and kissed the young man's forehead again, "Shizhi, I'll be back later." The voice was so gentle that it almost made people cry.
When Empress Dowager Zhang saw Emperor Zhengde, she was indeed about to cry.She looked up and down at the appearance of Emperor Zhengde, with steam in her eyes, "Shou'er, I know you are sad, but you can't just waste your body like this. How can I explain to your father that you look like this now?"
Emperor Zhengde smiled lightly and said, "Queen Mother, I'm fine. Why did I get involved with Emperor Father? Emperor Father will be happy to see what I look like now when I grow up. Don't worry."
Empress Dowager Zhang beat him angrily, and said, "I have never taught you to smile when you are unhappy. When facing the empress, can't you even show your sadness? Such a forced smile is a must. doing what!"
Emperor Zhengde was stunned, stretched out his hand to rub his face, and sighed softly, "It's really my fault for making the empress worry."
Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head and said, "I don't think I have taught you anything in other aspects, but in this matter, I have never taught you to hide yourself. When you told me about you and Jiao Shizhi At first, I was indeed blinded by other things, but when I promised you later, it was because you were so calm that the queen mother accepted it, right?"
"Don't you dare to be sad or sad in front of your mother?"
Emperor Zhengde paused, bent over to cover his face after a long time, and lay down on Empress Dowager Zhang's lap like a child, and said softly: "Mother, if something happens to him... I don't know what to do." Once, under the pain and anger, there was still the Tatar war to divert his attention, but now he directly faced the fact that Jiao Shizhi might leave, and directly faced the man's gradually weakened appearance.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't accept it.
He can't accept it!
Empress Dowager Zhang gently stroked Zhu Houzhao's hair on the temples, and said softly: "I know, I can still remember the feeling after your father left. No matter how many people are around, they can't compare with that person. The feeling on the side. But Shou'er, you are not a child anymore, if Jiao Shizhi is real...you have to at least accept this fact."
When she knew about Emperor Zhengde's situation, Empress Dowager Zhang felt inexplicably terrified.When Emperor Hongzhi passed away, the feeling of grief was too unbearable. She also had secret unspoken thoughts in the tossing and turning late at night. It was too difficult, and that feeling was too difficult to pass.She couldn't imagine that feeling coming to her child so quickly, so quickly and so urgently.
Emperor Zhengde laughed lowly, with a deep voice, "The queen mother is worrying too much, the child is not that kind of person."
It's just that there are more things he wants to do, and more.
Sending away the Empress Dowager Zhang who had been worried about him, Emperor Zhengde got up and walked back into the house. Le Xiao was guarding Jiao Shizhi's side. To the emperor and Lord Jiao.
Emperor Zhengde sat down on the side of the bed again, stood up again after a long time, turned on the bed, lay on his side beside Jiao Shizhi, and carefully hugged him into his arms.As time went by, Jiao Shizhi's body gradually began to lose weight. Even if the daily soup and tonic continued to be poured, he lost his energy and energy, as if he had no vitality. No matter how he tried to make up for it, he still couldn't make up for it. something missing.
Zhu Houzhao's palm fell on Jiao Shizhi's chest, feeling the beating heartbeat again and again, leaning on Jiao Shizhi's shoulder, and began to speak ramblingly.
"I used to like to watch you quietly from the side, and when you came to your senses, you would always have red earlobes quietly. Before I told you about this weakness, every time I looked at your red ears, I always Makes me happy."
"But what I like most is when you are dancing with the sword. At that time, you are always undisguised. I have told you before that it is not necessarily bad to show your sharpness, but you always don't listen to it."
"I don't like you like this. It's too quiet, as if everything is empty. That's not good, is it?"
"Shizhi, I haven't punished you yet. You sneaked away, do you know how worried I am? All these years, except for the time when I got rid of my father, it's the first time in my life that I feel so uncomfortable."
"Appropriate." The soft and misty voice sounded quietly in the room, with a rare calmness and restraint in recent days.
"I love you."
……
When the cabinet was urgently called in by Emperor Zhengde, it was completely confused, looking at Le Xiao who was guarding outside the Wenhua Hall, Li Dongyang looked at him indicatively.Le Xiao smiled wryly and said, "Don't ask any more, just go in quickly, but... please get ready."
Le Xiao didn't have the guts to leak the matter to Li Dongyang, he didn't even know what the emperor was thinking!
Li Dongyang frowned, and entered the Wenhua Palace first.
Although the Wenhua Palace is a place they often come to, they have not had much contact with political affairs during this period of time because of the emperor's resignation.Most of the things can only be implemented after the approval of the Supervisor of Rites. Fortunately, the power of the cabinet itself is not weak, and the two are at odds with each other. It seems that there is no problem in leaving Emperor Zhengde.
However, Li Dongyang knew that the most important thing in the entire government was the emperor. If the emperor was really hit and never went to court again, it would really be a disaster!
Therefore, when receiving the summon from Emperor Zhengde, Li Dongyang was still a little relieved, but Le Xiao's reaction outside just now was too strange, which made his mind a little wandering, and he didn't know what the emperor wanted.
When Emperor Zhengde saw the cabinet coming, he just raised his hand and ordered everyone to sit down, his eyes passed over Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang, and finally retracted them, falling on the table.
On the table was a volume of wills that had been drawn up, and the lower right corner had even been stamped with the red seal of the jade seal.
"Le Xiao."
Emperor Zhengde said in a deep voice, "Show the imperial decree on the table to the elders." Le Xiao felt helpless, and walked up to Li Dongyang holding the imperial decree, but her heart began to become nervous.
Li Dongyang glanced at Emperor Zhengde, and then opened the imperial decree, but his face changed drastically after two eyes, he suddenly raised his head to look at Emperor Zhengde, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"
At this time, Emperor Zhengde had already stood up and walked to the window. Hearing this, he turned around, and the hem of his clothes followed his movements in a graceful arc behind him. The emperor proudly raised his head, and said coldly, "What's wrong?"
Li Dongyang repeatedly said: "Your Majesty, there has never been such a precedent since ancient times. Your behavior is really against the ancestral system!"
Emperor Zhengde spoke indifferently, his lips were pale and almost bloodless, "Ancestral system? My ancestral system, is there a rule that you are not allowed to marry a wife? Didn't you always expect me to marry a wife, and now that your requirements are met, but Is it this face again?"
Li Dongyang shook his head at the unreasonable words of Emperor Zhengde, handed the imperial edict in his hand to Xie Qian on the left, stood up and cupped his hands, and said: "The emperor, I hope that the emperor can consider the country and society, marry a wife and have children as soon as possible. But if you marry a man, How should I explain to the world!"
Xie Qian, who was looking at the imperial edict, was taken aback, while Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang, who hadn't seen the contents of the imperial edict, looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.
Emperor Zhengde didn't seem to be aware of it. He walked to the desk and looked at Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang who were walking to Xie Qian's side. Their half-smiles made Le Xiao tremble in his heart, "You may be mistaken. I want you to come, not to hear your opinions, but to inform you of this matter."
"I will get married next month."
As soon as the imperial decree fell into Jiao Fang's hands, he could almost see the three characters Jiao Shizhi on it, and was immediately overwhelmed by the emperor's words, and his whole body turned pale with shock.
Jiao Shizhi, Jiao Shizhi!He read the content of the imperial decree up and down, and his heart went blank for a moment.
The emperor wants to marry Jiao Shizhi as his queen!
This, how is this possible? !
After all, among these few people, Jiao Fang was the last to know about it.Not to mention Yang Tinghe, who just knew about it before, even Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who had always known the inside story, couldn't accept it, let alone Jiao Fang.Although Jiao Fang didn't have much contact with Jiao Shizhi, she never thought that one day he would find out about his nephew's marriage on such an occasion.
"Your majesty, I think this matter is absolutely unacceptable! Jiao Shizhi did such a thing of flattering the monarch and seducing the emperor, I am really ashamed!" Jiao Fang fell to the ground, mouth full of bitterness.
Speaking of which, he is still the patriarch of the Jiao family, once this happened, how should the world evaluate the reputation of the Jiao family, and how should they treat the children of the Jiao family!
Emperor Zhengde looked at him with his head tilted, his brows were cold, and his words were even more merciless, "Jiao Fang, what I like is Shizhi, what does it have to do with your Jiao family? Don't say what about the Jiao family, even if the world is not good. Agree, I have settled this matter. If you agree, you have to agree, and if you disagree, you have to agree."
"If you want to threaten to resign, you should go home as soon as possible."
Li Dongyang has heard too many threats from Emperor Zhengde in the past few years, and he is no longer as shocked as he was when he heard it.It's useless to be awkward about Emperor Zhengde's temperament.If you can't tell him directly, the meaning of mutual understanding will be even more distant.
"Your majesty, even if you like Ren Zhi, you can't put him on the fire. If you really like him, letting him become a queen and live in the harem will be a waste of Ren Zhi's talent. Why don't you... "
"All right--"
Li Dongyang's long speech was interrupted by Emperor Zhengde before it even started. He closed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice: "Li Dongyang, are you playing charades with me? Don't you know how Shizhi is doing now?"
Li Dongyang pursed his lips.
"If he is safe and sound, not to mention not holding a wedding, he will cut my life ten or twenty years. It's a trivial matter."
There was still madness in the eyes of the emperor, but his tone became more and more clear, "He often advised me to think of the world and others. The only time he went out of line was when he went out of customs to attract Tatars and assassinated Bo Er Jijin, bring me the name recorded in the history books, and then? Look at what I got now!"
"I just lost him because I worried too much and thought too much. I've had enough of these constraints, making me shrink back and forth like a mouse in a secret tunnel!"
"The person I love is a man, and the person I want to marry is Jiao Shizhi. There has never been anything unspeakable!"
"Since I am the Son of Heaven, I have said what I said, and there is no reason to change it. This matter is settled like this!"
At the end of the speech, Emperor Zhengde became more and more calm, and Li Dongyang couldn't even feel any emotions from it.And this made Li Dongyang frowned tightly, and his heart was full of waves.This ominous premonition that he had been faintly aware of since he was in Datong was actually fulfilled today, making Li Dongyang not only laugh at himself for being sharp, but also sigh that the emperor is out of control.
The Emperor Zhengde in front of him is like a wolf who is about to lose his partner, and his restless mood makes him on the verge of eruption at any time.I don't know what kind of thoughts kept him on the edge of calmness, but it was just like Li Dongyang's previous guess.
The more depressed the emperor was, the more disturbed he became.
Now this belated outbreak made Li Dongyang, while resisting, also vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the emperor.
The emperor... is crazy.
This idea just flashed in Li Dongyang's mind, and immediately took root deeply.He met Xie Qian's gaze, and he shook his head slightly at him, Li Dongyang nodded.The other two Ge elders also felt that something was wrong with the emperor. For this reason, they were all old foxes, so naturally they would not force themselves at this time to cause a mess.They would naturally not back down if they could reason reasonably, but the current appearance of the emperor is really worrying.
When Le Xiao sent them out, Li Dongyang specially left him to talk, "Eunuch Le, how is the emperor's mood recently?"
The emperor himself finished the matter with several of them, but Le Xiao didn't shy away so much.He looked at the dark sky and sighed, "Today, the emperor asked Qin Tianjian to pick a suitable date for marriage in the next month, and ordered Shangyijian to rush to make wedding clothes, and at the same time sent people to clean the entire palace. The entire twelve prisons have already started to move. "
Li Dongyang was surprised, and said, "The emperor has already achieved this level?"
Le Xiao smiled wryly, with a hint of weariness on her face, the master was not happy during this time, and the servants under them couldn't have a good life.He shook his head and said to Li Dongyang, "You're wrong. The adults may think that the emperor has lost his mind now, right? But the villain's opinion is just the opposite. Today the emperor called a few people into the palace, which is the emperor's calm expression. "
"You guys enter the palace today, and tomorrow the emperor will forcefully carry out this matter. There is a foundation. Even if a few adults go back and immediately publicize their true ideas and make all the students cheer for the adults, what will the world think? Other officials What would you think?"
Le Xiao's words almost awakened the person in the dream, causing the complexions of several people to change suddenly, and the thin young man continued softly, "The emperor doesn't care about anything now, whether it is the evaluation of history books or the opinions of the world. Now it seems that they are far less important than Mr. Jiao."
"So the villain really doesn't understand why the adults are so entangled in this matter. This is just the last thing the emperor wants to do before Mr. Jiao. Do you have to fight to the death?"
Jiao Fang couldn't help saying: "Eunuch Le, what you said is a bit too absolute. How can we and the emperor have a life-and-death relationship?"
Le Xiao smiled lightly and said, "Old Jiao Ge, if we all stood opposite the emperor, do you think the emperor would care? Who is the head eunuch who is close to him, is it important to the emperor? A few adults are naturally more important than villains Many, but for the emperor, there is nothing that cannot be replaced."
"As it is with people, so it is with things."
"That's why Master Jiao is special."
Because only he cannot be replaced.
That's all Le Xiao said, without caring about the expressions of the people behind her, she turned around and left.In fact, he has already said too many things that he shouldn't have said. If he hadn't been shocked by the words of Emperor Zhengde just now, Le Xiao would never have risked his life to say such things to the adults. discourse.
That's right, marrying a man as a queen is indeed something that has never happened since ancient times. If it is announced, it will indeed cause disputes in the world.
But... Mr. Jiao is about to die.
This terrible thought kept lingering in Le Xiao's heart, and even more so in Emperor Zhengde's heart, otherwise the emperor would not have been so decisive, but decided on the matter so quickly.
As if chasing time.
As the night gradually darkened, Emperor Zhengde waved his hand to order the servants in the hall to retreat, took off his coat, cleaned Jiao Shizhi lightly, and then lay down with his arms around him.
He combed Jiao Shizhi's hair softly, looked at Jiao Shizhi's appearance obsessively under the flickering candlelight, buried his head in front of his chest after a long time, seemed to be trembling, seemed to be weeping, and Or nothing, just leaning quietly.
A sigh slipped out of his mouth unconsciously, making Zhu Houzhao frown in annoyance, and then let go, holding Jiao Shizhi's always warm fingers, curled up beside Jiao Shizhi, just relying on such a little contact, His tense emotions eased a lot.He closed his eyes and tugged at Jiao Shizhi's clothes, muttering to himself, "If I tell you now that I have already made people make wedding clothes, will you be unhappy?"
"But it's right, I'm very happy."
"I'm really happy to marry you. If you wake up now, I can give you another chance. It doesn't matter if you marry me, okay?"
"It seems that you still want me to marry you. If that's the case, if you wake up, don't be angry. I can even imagine the scene at that time."
"At that time, I will take you to Jiangnan, okay? Last time, we were in a hurry. Ah, no, you probably don't want me to go to Jiangnan again, so it's good to go to Shandong, every time I just passed by in a hurry without going to see it.”
"Appropriate..."
The calm voice suddenly shattered, and finally he couldn't maintain the superficial illusion. The desperate desire and mourning were torn apart, making Zhu Houzhao so painful that he couldn't restrain himself. Still generous and gentle, "Wake up...Wake up, this second time, I really can't stand it..." Under the cover of the night, the fragility and grief finally broke through the thick ice and reached Inner whine.
On the third day of June in the tenth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde issued an edict in front of Fengtianmen to marry Jiao Shizhi and himself, and the marriage was scheduled to be completed on June [-]th, which was only half a month away from this time.
Just as the cabinet expected, Emperor Zhengde's tough attitude and the unprecedented male queen caused the court to explode. There were as many as [-] people who gave advice that day, and all of them were dragged away by Emperor Zhengde. Going out of the court stick, although he didn't kill him, the Yanguan immediately lost the most important backbone.
However, this is not enough to prevent the counselors from admonishing them. For them, it is not a shameful thing to contribute to the road of dissuading the emperor, even if they pay the price of their lives for this, they will not hesitate.
After the fourth day, Emperor Zhengde dismissed the court, ordered Li Dongyang to temporarily supervise the country, sealed off the palace gates, and cut off all internal and external news.
On June [-]th, this imperial decree was finally spread to the people. Combined with the news that had been circulated in the market before, it suddenly burst into endless flames, causing people everywhere to talk about it.
It's just that the direction of their discussion is completely different from that of the imperial court.
In fact, as early as not long after the year, Tatar wars had spread around the world.Some people are full of confidence, while others are full of worries, but no matter what, this is a major event that the whole country is worried about.When the news came that Emperor Zhengde's imperial conquest had won a great victory, the people all over the place cheered and jumped, but their admiration for Emperor Zhengde was steadily rising.
Then came the news that Borjijin, that is, the emperor of Tatar was killed.This news was no less than the previous news, which made the common people overjoyed, and they quickly knew that the person who did it was Jiao Shizhi, the emperor's subordinate.In fact, the common people couldn't tell the difference between the guard and the guard, so they knew that this man was the emperor's subordinate.Not long after, Jiao Shizhi was injured and fell into a coma, and it was known that he hadn't recovered yet.
If it wasn't for Li Dongyang who sensed something was wrong and sent someone to investigate after he took over the supervisory state, he would never have known that the emperor had started the layout so long ago.
Compared with the content of the imperial decree that has been circulated at this moment, the acceptance level of the people is actually higher than them.
His eyes fell on the report on the table, and he sighed secretly.The defeat of the Tatars made the Zhengde emperor and the people feel aspirations, and the silent good news made the people know Jiao Shizhi's existence and capabilities, and the comatose loyal ministers for the country made the people worry about it. They are delighted to hear it.
Then there is the last edict.
Even if some people are disgusted and dissatisfied, who will say anything at this moment after the incident of national righteousness has just been experienced?After all, Jiao Shizhi is indeed...
Li Dongyang smiled wryly, the emperor was so meticulous and thoughtful at every step, he hadn't noticed it at all before.Thinking about it now, it's actually a bit cold and frightening, they actually underestimated the emperor's ability so much before.Even if they are not passed, even if the officials disagree, even if there are many records in the history books a hundred years later, what impact will it have on the emperor now?
June eighteenth is coming soon.
This means that Jiao Shizhi was not poisoned, was not killed, and just fell into a coma for no reason.
How can this make Zhu Houzhao feel at ease?
A few days ago, Emperor Zhengde was still able to deal with the post-war affairs, issued a government order, ordered the army to move out, and set off from the barracks to return to Datong.But after Jiao Shizhi hadn't woken up on the fifth and sixth day, Emperor Zhengde stayed in the carriage, and no one could invite him out.
The ministers were naturally dissatisfied, and even began to question the emperor's inseparable situation of Jiao Shizhi.However, at this moment, the news that Bo'er Jijin was killed by Jiao Shizhi came out, and the ministers immediately shut up.
Although the battle was won, the most direct reason was the assassination of the Tatar Dayan Khan, Borjijin, which led to drastic changes in the situation.The Tatars, who were still able to resist tenaciously, instantly turned into a piece of loose sand, no longer having the previous ability.
Borjijin has been the most prominent khan of the Tatars for decades, and once it is lost, it will be a heavy loss for the Tatars.
But who the assassin was, they have never been clear, until today, they only know that that person is actually Jiao Shizhi!
Then there was an obvious explanation for Jiao Shizhi's coma.
For such a reason, it is difficult for the officials to find a place to refute.If such a hero passes away, it would be a great loss, and it is no wonder that the emperor is so concerned.
Although this concern is still a bit too much.
inside the carriage,
Emperor Zhengde sat beside Jiao Shizhi, recalling what Le Xiao had said over and over again, whether it was the small jade bottle of unknown origin, or Shizhi's behavior of leaving after confirming his recovery at that time, all revealed a little weird.Where did you get the pill, and why did you leave?
Just as Jiao Shizhi found out that something happened to Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde also knew that he shouldn't have left like that before Shizhi confirmed that he was awake.
He is not such a person.
Unless something happened to him, or he discovered something.
Emperor Zhengde looked at Jiao Shizhi's sound sleep, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to stroke his wrist. The still beating pulse made Emperor Zhengde relax a little, but the gloom between his brows did not dissipate for a long time.
Where was he missing?Emperor Zhengde closed his eyes and rummaged through his memory, as if he found something missing, but he couldn't find the missing piece no matter what.
Think, think again.
Emperor Zhengde said to himself, there is always something that he missed, but Shizhi always keeps it in his heart and cannot resist...
Emperor Zhengde's eyes widened, looking at the peaceful appearance of the man on the bed, he suddenly remembered what Jiao Shizhi had said to him... The matter of King Ning's rebellion and the opportunity of this war were all different from what he had foreseen. Something very different.
And this change should not have existed.
He recalled that Shizhi had muttered to himself: "King Ning said that I shouldn't exist, maybe this is true." Of course, after hearing this, Emperor Zhengde took the opportunity to ruthlessly " Punishment" for a while, but he knew that there was always some kind of worry lurking in his heart.
This worry may be for himself, or for Zhu Houzhao, but Jiao Shizhi didn't say anything.
He has always been like this, saying that he will not hide Zhu Houzhao again, but every time something really matters, Shizhi always hides it so deeply, when he leaves the customs, when he delivers medicine, when he goes into a coma... also.
Emperor Zhengde covered his head, if Shizhi saw something again this time, there was no possibility of telling others.Not to mention that only the two of them know this ability, just by looking at his previous actions, you can know what Shizhi thinks.Emperor Zhengde didn't know whether to be happy for confirming Shizhi's feelings for him again, or to suffer from being deceived again.
The army quickly rushed back to Datong. After returning to Datong Town, Emperor Zhengde immediately asked people to post the imperial list, recruiting famous doctors from all over the world, and at the same time ordered the accompanying imperial doctors to step up their research.
This time, Emperor Zhengde didn't put on the appearance of killing people if he couldn't be cured, but his tone of voice and oppression, and the madness that flashed in his eyes made the group of imperial doctors bitterly laugh at Wu Jie's leadership. The next day worked even harder.No one wants to anger the emperor at this time.
The stay in Datong was not very long. After confirming that Jiao Shizhi's physical condition was good enough to go on the road, Emperor Zhengde ordered the army to set off and set off for Beijing.
The matter of returning to Beijing really made this group of ministers very grateful. Since Emperor Zhengde went to the battlefield, they have been worried all day long, for fear that the emperor will have any problems on the battlefield.For the emperor at that time, he couldn't listen to any opinions. When someone appealed, Emperor Zhengde's methods were simply to knock people unconscious and take them away. Such a rogue method made the group of civil servants helpless. They could only watch helplessly and let the emperor fight on the battlefield.
Now the emperor has offered to go back, which is almost as good as defeating the Tatars.
Emperor Zhengde no longer intervened in the Tatar matter, and left it to Bian Zhen to handle it.Not long after the Tatars fled, the news came that Borzhijin was seriously injured and died, and the Khan court was in a mess.As Jinong, Balsborough and his brothers began to struggle for power, and had no time to start a struggle with the Ming Dynasty, and soon signed a peace treaty.
In May of the tenth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde finally returned to Beijing, ended his one-year northern tour, and brought back a great victory.
This battle has stabilized the situation in the Northwest for ten years since then, making the important town on the Nine Frontiers even more famous.And Emperor Zhengde, who was personally conquered by Yujia, shocked the courtiers more and more. He became a king who could stand shoulder to shoulder with his predecessors. No one dared to despise him anymore.
Emperor Zhengde noticed these changes, but these had no effect on him.At least for him now, it's not even as good as Jiao Shizhi's turning over.
Yes, apart from being unconscious, Jiao Shizhi never made any movements.It's just... falling asleep, breathing quietly, closing eyes quietly, not having any appearance that a living person should have.
Except for breathing, Zhu Houzhao couldn't find any appearance that a living person should have from Jiao Shizhi's body.
He sat on the edge of the bed, clasped his hands together, as if a big stone was stuck in his chest.The doctors who unveiled the list came and went, but none of them could find anything wrong, no one could tell him why Shizhi had been sleeping all the time, and no one could tell him why Shizhi didn't do anything.
It's so strange that it's like a fantasy.
Emperor Zhengde held Jiao Shizhi's palm on the outside of the quilt, and the cool touch made his heart tremble. He held his palm against his forehead, exhaled softly, and murmured to himself: "Shizhi, I For the rest of my life, I'm afraid it will fall on your head. I would rather you never promised me, and I would rather you never liked me..." I also don't want him lying quietly on the bed now.
Zhu Houzhao had indeed thought that if Jiao Shizhi was still unwilling to agree to him one day, maybe he might have the idea that it would be good to keep people by his side.But this kind of thought will disappear quietly every time he meets Jiao Shizhi, let alone this time, looking at Jiao Shizhi's current appearance, how can he bear it!
How could he endure that person's dead and silent appearance? What Zhu Houzhao wanted was a lively and smiling Jiao Shizhi.It was the Jiao Shizhi who would comfort him in a low voice when he lost his temper, and chuckle helplessly because he was cheating!
Le Xiao came quietly from outside the house, holding today's lunch in her hand. Ever since Emperor Zhengde brought his people back to the capital, the emperor gradually began to stop court, not saying that he would not go to court, but seven days later There would always be three or two days when he didn't go there. At first, there were a lot of protests from the courtiers, but Emperor Zhengde still went his own way. Even if there were waves in the court, he didn't care at all, and it remained the same.However, after Jiao Shizhi's multiple purges of the palace, it is now impossible to enter the palace without edicts. Except for the chief assistant who can enter directly, other people have no room to persuade them.
He lightly put the meal on the table, and persuaded in a low voice, "Your Majesty, you should eat a little bit, you haven't eaten much in the past few days." The current situation is better than the previous time in Datong , at least now the emperor is still willing to eat something.But in Le Xiao's view, it is not much different from before.
The time Lord Jiao left, although Emperor Zhengde was indeed depressed and irritable, the emperor still had faith in his heart at that time, but now... Le Xiao quietly glanced at Lord Jiao's appearance, worried in his heart, now Mr. Jiao's appearance, no matter where the doctor was found, there was nothing he could do, and the Tai Hospital tried its best to find out the cause of the disease, which is really puzzling.
And the emperor...
The emperor still looked indifferent, nothing changed, he was not angry, nor was he loudly scolded or furious as before.
But such Emperor Zhengde made Le Xiao even more frightened.
Jiao Shizhi knows Emperor Zhengde, and those who serve him personally also know Emperor Zhengde. If the emperor is really angry at others, it just proves that the emperor still knows the degree in his heart. When Lord Jiao is around, the emperor will be frivolous , but after careful calculation, he really never did anything out of the ordinary.Therefore, Le Xiao always knew that the emperor's furious appearance in the court hall was not when he was the most angry and frightening.But if the emperor is still indifferent when he should be angry, Le Xiao starts to feel anxious.
Emperor Zhengde didn't hear Le Xiao's persuasion at all. From Le Xiao's direction, the emperor just sat quietly by the bed, looking at Mr. Jiao, wondering what he was thinking.
Seeing this, Le Xiao could only sigh secretly in his heart, and was going to come to persuade him later, but before he could leave the whole body, the fat eunuch at the door trotted over and whispered in his ear: "Eunuch Le, the empress dowager Here we come." Le Xiao's heart skipped a beat, knowing that Empress Dowager Zhang was worried.
He quickly motioned to the fat eunuch to bring someone to greet him, and then trotted back into the house, "Your Majesty, the empress dowager is here." In order to avoid the emperor not listening, Le Xiao walked a little harder, and finally got the emperor's favor little reaction.
Zhu Houzhao tilted his head slightly, as if he was thinking about what Le Xiao meant, and then he said softly: "I see." He lowered his head and kissed Jiao Shizhi's palm lightly, and gently put the palm back on. After getting into the quilt, she stood up, leaned over and kissed the young man's forehead again, "Shizhi, I'll be back later." The voice was so gentle that it almost made people cry.
When Empress Dowager Zhang saw Emperor Zhengde, she was indeed about to cry.She looked up and down at the appearance of Emperor Zhengde, with steam in her eyes, "Shou'er, I know you are sad, but you can't just waste your body like this. How can I explain to your father that you look like this now?"
Emperor Zhengde smiled lightly and said, "Queen Mother, I'm fine. Why did I get involved with Emperor Father? Emperor Father will be happy to see what I look like now when I grow up. Don't worry."
Empress Dowager Zhang beat him angrily, and said, "I have never taught you to smile when you are unhappy. When facing the empress, can't you even show your sadness? Such a forced smile is a must. doing what!"
Emperor Zhengde was stunned, stretched out his hand to rub his face, and sighed softly, "It's really my fault for making the empress worry."
Empress Dowager Zhang shook her head and said, "I don't think I have taught you anything in other aspects, but in this matter, I have never taught you to hide yourself. When you told me about you and Jiao Shizhi At first, I was indeed blinded by other things, but when I promised you later, it was because you were so calm that the queen mother accepted it, right?"
"Don't you dare to be sad or sad in front of your mother?"
Emperor Zhengde paused, bent over to cover his face after a long time, and lay down on Empress Dowager Zhang's lap like a child, and said softly: "Mother, if something happens to him... I don't know what to do." Once, under the pain and anger, there was still the Tatar war to divert his attention, but now he directly faced the fact that Jiao Shizhi might leave, and directly faced the man's gradually weakened appearance.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't accept it.
He can't accept it!
Empress Dowager Zhang gently stroked Zhu Houzhao's hair on the temples, and said softly: "I know, I can still remember the feeling after your father left. No matter how many people are around, they can't compare with that person. The feeling on the side. But Shou'er, you are not a child anymore, if Jiao Shizhi is real...you have to at least accept this fact."
When she knew about Emperor Zhengde's situation, Empress Dowager Zhang felt inexplicably terrified.When Emperor Hongzhi passed away, the feeling of grief was too unbearable. She also had secret unspoken thoughts in the tossing and turning late at night. It was too difficult, and that feeling was too difficult to pass.She couldn't imagine that feeling coming to her child so quickly, so quickly and so urgently.
Emperor Zhengde laughed lowly, with a deep voice, "The queen mother is worrying too much, the child is not that kind of person."
It's just that there are more things he wants to do, and more.
Sending away the Empress Dowager Zhang who had been worried about him, Emperor Zhengde got up and walked back into the house. Le Xiao was guarding Jiao Shizhi's side. To the emperor and Lord Jiao.
Emperor Zhengde sat down on the side of the bed again, stood up again after a long time, turned on the bed, lay on his side beside Jiao Shizhi, and carefully hugged him into his arms.As time went by, Jiao Shizhi's body gradually began to lose weight. Even if the daily soup and tonic continued to be poured, he lost his energy and energy, as if he had no vitality. No matter how he tried to make up for it, he still couldn't make up for it. something missing.
Zhu Houzhao's palm fell on Jiao Shizhi's chest, feeling the beating heartbeat again and again, leaning on Jiao Shizhi's shoulder, and began to speak ramblingly.
"I used to like to watch you quietly from the side, and when you came to your senses, you would always have red earlobes quietly. Before I told you about this weakness, every time I looked at your red ears, I always Makes me happy."
"But what I like most is when you are dancing with the sword. At that time, you are always undisguised. I have told you before that it is not necessarily bad to show your sharpness, but you always don't listen to it."
"I don't like you like this. It's too quiet, as if everything is empty. That's not good, is it?"
"Shizhi, I haven't punished you yet. You sneaked away, do you know how worried I am? All these years, except for the time when I got rid of my father, it's the first time in my life that I feel so uncomfortable."
"Appropriate." The soft and misty voice sounded quietly in the room, with a rare calmness and restraint in recent days.
"I love you."
……
When the cabinet was urgently called in by Emperor Zhengde, it was completely confused, looking at Le Xiao who was guarding outside the Wenhua Hall, Li Dongyang looked at him indicatively.Le Xiao smiled wryly and said, "Don't ask any more, just go in quickly, but... please get ready."
Le Xiao didn't have the guts to leak the matter to Li Dongyang, he didn't even know what the emperor was thinking!
Li Dongyang frowned, and entered the Wenhua Palace first.
Although the Wenhua Palace is a place they often come to, they have not had much contact with political affairs during this period of time because of the emperor's resignation.Most of the things can only be implemented after the approval of the Supervisor of Rites. Fortunately, the power of the cabinet itself is not weak, and the two are at odds with each other. It seems that there is no problem in leaving Emperor Zhengde.
However, Li Dongyang knew that the most important thing in the entire government was the emperor. If the emperor was really hit and never went to court again, it would really be a disaster!
Therefore, when receiving the summon from Emperor Zhengde, Li Dongyang was still a little relieved, but Le Xiao's reaction outside just now was too strange, which made his mind a little wandering, and he didn't know what the emperor wanted.
When Emperor Zhengde saw the cabinet coming, he just raised his hand and ordered everyone to sit down, his eyes passed over Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang, and finally retracted them, falling on the table.
On the table was a volume of wills that had been drawn up, and the lower right corner had even been stamped with the red seal of the jade seal.
"Le Xiao."
Emperor Zhengde said in a deep voice, "Show the imperial decree on the table to the elders." Le Xiao felt helpless, and walked up to Li Dongyang holding the imperial decree, but her heart began to become nervous.
Li Dongyang glanced at Emperor Zhengde, and then opened the imperial decree, but his face changed drastically after two eyes, he suddenly raised his head to look at Emperor Zhengde, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"
At this time, Emperor Zhengde had already stood up and walked to the window. Hearing this, he turned around, and the hem of his clothes followed his movements in a graceful arc behind him. The emperor proudly raised his head, and said coldly, "What's wrong?"
Li Dongyang repeatedly said: "Your Majesty, there has never been such a precedent since ancient times. Your behavior is really against the ancestral system!"
Emperor Zhengde spoke indifferently, his lips were pale and almost bloodless, "Ancestral system? My ancestral system, is there a rule that you are not allowed to marry a wife? Didn't you always expect me to marry a wife, and now that your requirements are met, but Is it this face again?"
Li Dongyang shook his head at the unreasonable words of Emperor Zhengde, handed the imperial edict in his hand to Xie Qian on the left, stood up and cupped his hands, and said: "The emperor, I hope that the emperor can consider the country and society, marry a wife and have children as soon as possible. But if you marry a man, How should I explain to the world!"
Xie Qian, who was looking at the imperial edict, was taken aback, while Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang, who hadn't seen the contents of the imperial edict, looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.
Emperor Zhengde didn't seem to be aware of it. He walked to the desk and looked at Yang Tinghe and Jiao Fang who were walking to Xie Qian's side. Their half-smiles made Le Xiao tremble in his heart, "You may be mistaken. I want you to come, not to hear your opinions, but to inform you of this matter."
"I will get married next month."
As soon as the imperial decree fell into Jiao Fang's hands, he could almost see the three characters Jiao Shizhi on it, and was immediately overwhelmed by the emperor's words, and his whole body turned pale with shock.
Jiao Shizhi, Jiao Shizhi!He read the content of the imperial decree up and down, and his heart went blank for a moment.
The emperor wants to marry Jiao Shizhi as his queen!
This, how is this possible? !
After all, among these few people, Jiao Fang was the last to know about it.Not to mention Yang Tinghe, who just knew about it before, even Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, who had always known the inside story, couldn't accept it, let alone Jiao Fang.Although Jiao Fang didn't have much contact with Jiao Shizhi, she never thought that one day he would find out about his nephew's marriage on such an occasion.
"Your majesty, I think this matter is absolutely unacceptable! Jiao Shizhi did such a thing of flattering the monarch and seducing the emperor, I am really ashamed!" Jiao Fang fell to the ground, mouth full of bitterness.
Speaking of which, he is still the patriarch of the Jiao family, once this happened, how should the world evaluate the reputation of the Jiao family, and how should they treat the children of the Jiao family!
Emperor Zhengde looked at him with his head tilted, his brows were cold, and his words were even more merciless, "Jiao Fang, what I like is Shizhi, what does it have to do with your Jiao family? Don't say what about the Jiao family, even if the world is not good. Agree, I have settled this matter. If you agree, you have to agree, and if you disagree, you have to agree."
"If you want to threaten to resign, you should go home as soon as possible."
Li Dongyang has heard too many threats from Emperor Zhengde in the past few years, and he is no longer as shocked as he was when he heard it.It's useless to be awkward about Emperor Zhengde's temperament.If you can't tell him directly, the meaning of mutual understanding will be even more distant.
"Your majesty, even if you like Ren Zhi, you can't put him on the fire. If you really like him, letting him become a queen and live in the harem will be a waste of Ren Zhi's talent. Why don't you... "
"All right--"
Li Dongyang's long speech was interrupted by Emperor Zhengde before it even started. He closed his eyes slightly and said in a low voice: "Li Dongyang, are you playing charades with me? Don't you know how Shizhi is doing now?"
Li Dongyang pursed his lips.
"If he is safe and sound, not to mention not holding a wedding, he will cut my life ten or twenty years. It's a trivial matter."
There was still madness in the eyes of the emperor, but his tone became more and more clear, "He often advised me to think of the world and others. The only time he went out of line was when he went out of customs to attract Tatars and assassinated Bo Er Jijin, bring me the name recorded in the history books, and then? Look at what I got now!"
"I just lost him because I worried too much and thought too much. I've had enough of these constraints, making me shrink back and forth like a mouse in a secret tunnel!"
"The person I love is a man, and the person I want to marry is Jiao Shizhi. There has never been anything unspeakable!"
"Since I am the Son of Heaven, I have said what I said, and there is no reason to change it. This matter is settled like this!"
At the end of the speech, Emperor Zhengde became more and more calm, and Li Dongyang couldn't even feel any emotions from it.And this made Li Dongyang frowned tightly, and his heart was full of waves.This ominous premonition that he had been faintly aware of since he was in Datong was actually fulfilled today, making Li Dongyang not only laugh at himself for being sharp, but also sigh that the emperor is out of control.
The Emperor Zhengde in front of him is like a wolf who is about to lose his partner, and his restless mood makes him on the verge of eruption at any time.I don't know what kind of thoughts kept him on the edge of calmness, but it was just like Li Dongyang's previous guess.
The more depressed the emperor was, the more disturbed he became.
Now this belated outbreak made Li Dongyang, while resisting, also vaguely sensed that something was wrong with the emperor.
The emperor... is crazy.
This idea just flashed in Li Dongyang's mind, and immediately took root deeply.He met Xie Qian's gaze, and he shook his head slightly at him, Li Dongyang nodded.The other two Ge elders also felt that something was wrong with the emperor. For this reason, they were all old foxes, so naturally they would not force themselves at this time to cause a mess.They would naturally not back down if they could reason reasonably, but the current appearance of the emperor is really worrying.
When Le Xiao sent them out, Li Dongyang specially left him to talk, "Eunuch Le, how is the emperor's mood recently?"
The emperor himself finished the matter with several of them, but Le Xiao didn't shy away so much.He looked at the dark sky and sighed, "Today, the emperor asked Qin Tianjian to pick a suitable date for marriage in the next month, and ordered Shangyijian to rush to make wedding clothes, and at the same time sent people to clean the entire palace. The entire twelve prisons have already started to move. "
Li Dongyang was surprised, and said, "The emperor has already achieved this level?"
Le Xiao smiled wryly, with a hint of weariness on her face, the master was not happy during this time, and the servants under them couldn't have a good life.He shook his head and said to Li Dongyang, "You're wrong. The adults may think that the emperor has lost his mind now, right? But the villain's opinion is just the opposite. Today the emperor called a few people into the palace, which is the emperor's calm expression. "
"You guys enter the palace today, and tomorrow the emperor will forcefully carry out this matter. There is a foundation. Even if a few adults go back and immediately publicize their true ideas and make all the students cheer for the adults, what will the world think? Other officials What would you think?"
Le Xiao's words almost awakened the person in the dream, causing the complexions of several people to change suddenly, and the thin young man continued softly, "The emperor doesn't care about anything now, whether it is the evaluation of history books or the opinions of the world. Now it seems that they are far less important than Mr. Jiao."
"So the villain really doesn't understand why the adults are so entangled in this matter. This is just the last thing the emperor wants to do before Mr. Jiao. Do you have to fight to the death?"
Jiao Fang couldn't help saying: "Eunuch Le, what you said is a bit too absolute. How can we and the emperor have a life-and-death relationship?"
Le Xiao smiled lightly and said, "Old Jiao Ge, if we all stood opposite the emperor, do you think the emperor would care? Who is the head eunuch who is close to him, is it important to the emperor? A few adults are naturally more important than villains Many, but for the emperor, there is nothing that cannot be replaced."
"As it is with people, so it is with things."
"That's why Master Jiao is special."
Because only he cannot be replaced.
That's all Le Xiao said, without caring about the expressions of the people behind her, she turned around and left.In fact, he has already said too many things that he shouldn't have said. If he hadn't been shocked by the words of Emperor Zhengde just now, Le Xiao would never have risked his life to say such things to the adults. discourse.
That's right, marrying a man as a queen is indeed something that has never happened since ancient times. If it is announced, it will indeed cause disputes in the world.
But... Mr. Jiao is about to die.
This terrible thought kept lingering in Le Xiao's heart, and even more so in Emperor Zhengde's heart, otherwise the emperor would not have been so decisive, but decided on the matter so quickly.
As if chasing time.
As the night gradually darkened, Emperor Zhengde waved his hand to order the servants in the hall to retreat, took off his coat, cleaned Jiao Shizhi lightly, and then lay down with his arms around him.
He combed Jiao Shizhi's hair softly, looked at Jiao Shizhi's appearance obsessively under the flickering candlelight, buried his head in front of his chest after a long time, seemed to be trembling, seemed to be weeping, and Or nothing, just leaning quietly.
A sigh slipped out of his mouth unconsciously, making Zhu Houzhao frown in annoyance, and then let go, holding Jiao Shizhi's always warm fingers, curled up beside Jiao Shizhi, just relying on such a little contact, His tense emotions eased a lot.He closed his eyes and tugged at Jiao Shizhi's clothes, muttering to himself, "If I tell you now that I have already made people make wedding clothes, will you be unhappy?"
"But it's right, I'm very happy."
"I'm really happy to marry you. If you wake up now, I can give you another chance. It doesn't matter if you marry me, okay?"
"It seems that you still want me to marry you. If that's the case, if you wake up, don't be angry. I can even imagine the scene at that time."
"At that time, I will take you to Jiangnan, okay? Last time, we were in a hurry. Ah, no, you probably don't want me to go to Jiangnan again, so it's good to go to Shandong, every time I just passed by in a hurry without going to see it.”
"Appropriate..."
The calm voice suddenly shattered, and finally he couldn't maintain the superficial illusion. The desperate desire and mourning were torn apart, making Zhu Houzhao so painful that he couldn't restrain himself. Still generous and gentle, "Wake up...Wake up, this second time, I really can't stand it..." Under the cover of the night, the fragility and grief finally broke through the thick ice and reached Inner whine.
On the third day of June in the tenth year of Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde issued an edict in front of Fengtianmen to marry Jiao Shizhi and himself, and the marriage was scheduled to be completed on June [-]th, which was only half a month away from this time.
Just as the cabinet expected, Emperor Zhengde's tough attitude and the unprecedented male queen caused the court to explode. There were as many as [-] people who gave advice that day, and all of them were dragged away by Emperor Zhengde. Going out of the court stick, although he didn't kill him, the Yanguan immediately lost the most important backbone.
However, this is not enough to prevent the counselors from admonishing them. For them, it is not a shameful thing to contribute to the road of dissuading the emperor, even if they pay the price of their lives for this, they will not hesitate.
After the fourth day, Emperor Zhengde dismissed the court, ordered Li Dongyang to temporarily supervise the country, sealed off the palace gates, and cut off all internal and external news.
On June [-]th, this imperial decree was finally spread to the people. Combined with the news that had been circulated in the market before, it suddenly burst into endless flames, causing people everywhere to talk about it.
It's just that the direction of their discussion is completely different from that of the imperial court.
In fact, as early as not long after the year, Tatar wars had spread around the world.Some people are full of confidence, while others are full of worries, but no matter what, this is a major event that the whole country is worried about.When the news came that Emperor Zhengde's imperial conquest had won a great victory, the people all over the place cheered and jumped, but their admiration for Emperor Zhengde was steadily rising.
Then came the news that Borjijin, that is, the emperor of Tatar was killed.This news was no less than the previous news, which made the common people overjoyed, and they quickly knew that the person who did it was Jiao Shizhi, the emperor's subordinate.In fact, the common people couldn't tell the difference between the guard and the guard, so they knew that this man was the emperor's subordinate.Not long after, Jiao Shizhi was injured and fell into a coma, and it was known that he hadn't recovered yet.
If it wasn't for Li Dongyang who sensed something was wrong and sent someone to investigate after he took over the supervisory state, he would never have known that the emperor had started the layout so long ago.
Compared with the content of the imperial decree that has been circulated at this moment, the acceptance level of the people is actually higher than them.
His eyes fell on the report on the table, and he sighed secretly.The defeat of the Tatars made the Zhengde emperor and the people feel aspirations, and the silent good news made the people know Jiao Shizhi's existence and capabilities, and the comatose loyal ministers for the country made the people worry about it. They are delighted to hear it.
Then there is the last edict.
Even if some people are disgusted and dissatisfied, who will say anything at this moment after the incident of national righteousness has just been experienced?After all, Jiao Shizhi is indeed...
Li Dongyang smiled wryly, the emperor was so meticulous and thoughtful at every step, he hadn't noticed it at all before.Thinking about it now, it's actually a bit cold and frightening, they actually underestimated the emperor's ability so much before.Even if they are not passed, even if the officials disagree, even if there are many records in the history books a hundred years later, what impact will it have on the emperor now?
June eighteenth is coming soon.
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