Record of ups and downs in troubled times

The emperor of Chaoguo, who was supposed to be soaking in the neon tents of red and warm mandarin ducks, walked out of the Jiaofang Palace cleanly and neatly in just an hour, and his expression was so calm that it was almost outrageous.

Outside the Jinxiu bedroom hall, which depicts dragons and phoenixes, is a secluded corridor.The porch is covered with carved carpets of Wan Shi Ru Yi, and there are two white jade jade bi-hsiu on the left and right sides respectively. Two young children made of jade stick their heads out from the back of the bi-bi, with two round, fat cheeks protruding, very simple and honest. cute.

Liu Pu glanced past inadvertently, and sloppily fastened the half-opened skirts again. He looked like a gentleman again, and walked outside along the corridor with a tired expression on his face.

At the end of the corridor, sat an old lady in brocade clothes, squatting on the edge of the tea warmer with her head nodding, drowsy.

Zhou Zheng had already made arrangements for his master, and when he walked out of this corridor, he could go back to his own Changle Palace without hesitation, bypassing the old lady Tiancha.

But the footsteps on the soft carpet stopped suddenly, Liu Pu stood down a dozen steps away from the old mother, and called out in a deep voice: "Zhu Qi."

At first, the surrounding area was quiet, but when the wisp of white smoke from the mouth of the tea stove cleared away, an afterimage flashed out, neatly standing with its head down, and fell silently behind the emperor.

It was Zhu Qi who was covered under a black cloak every day.

"You are on duty today, right?" The emperor sneered softly, turned around, with his hands behind his back, his eyes were as heavy as a weight, and he could not lift the thin Zhu Qi, "Master Zhu, in order to protect me well, can Su Ye is really worried, even Xiu Mu can't bear it. Tell me, Zhu Qi, how should I reward you?"

Zhu Qi bowed his head and said nothing.

"Haven't made up your mind yet?" The emperor smiled, only a little sad, but he had no killing intent, "Interesting, kids don't know how to make up their minds, don't you understand when you're so big? That's all, you and I have Master-student friendship, since the queen mother is there, I can't use you, so go, you don't have to follow me anymore."

Don't follow me anymore.

The emperor spoke indifferently, but Zhu Qi also listened silently.He was a knight-errant, out of love and righteousness, he didn't dare to talk about betrayal first, Liu Pu opened his mouth first, seeming to make a look of "I don't trust you, so I resigned from you", but he was actually helping him out.

Zhu Qi knew he shouldn't agree, but he opened his mouth and didn't say a word of rejection.

"Okay, let's go."

The emperor waved his hand indifferently at him, indicating that he really didn't have to guard him anymore.

After all, Wu Mingke's assassination skills are top-notch, but only those who have tried it can understand how painful it is to practice.Zhu Qi worked hard, willing to bet with his severed hand, practicing this kung fu desperately, not to be the emperor's servant, but to enter the palace, even if he didn't admit it verbally, he couldn't lie to himself in his heart.

Entering the palace, is it the one who cares about the Longevity Palace?

Some emotions in the human world are not to be taken as they are said to be received, or to be cut off as soon as they are said. No matter how decisive Zhu Qi's temperament is, he still has things that he can't forget and can't cut off, it's human nature.

The emperor smiled knowingly and turned around to leave.But before he pointed his toes forward together, Zhu Qi, who had made up his mind not to speak, called him first: "Your Majesty..."

I can't say enough.

Liu Pu stretched out his left hand, and lightly twisted it onto the white jade double rings, with slightly wrong knuckles.The fragile beautiful jade was lightly pinched by two fingers, and a very small piece unexpectedly cracked, twirled quickly on the fingertips, and headed towards Zhu Qi's face.This kung fu was taught by Zhu Qi, and Zhu Qi knew the origin of it best, so he immediately reacted to Yu Pian's attack and dodged to dodge.

The piece of jade slid out along the side of his neck, hit the paper window behind him soundlessly, turned into powder, and drifted away.

Blood gradually appeared on the scratch, it turned out that the flesh had been cut.

Zhu Qi was terrified.

With his unique lightness kung fu, it is rare for a solo dodge to fail. It is indeed rare to dodge such a situation and still get hit; moreover, Kung Fu is taught by Zhu Qi himself, and it is not as good as a master. Apprentice one or two, there is only one possibility: "Your Majesty, have you practiced the last level of kung fu?!"

The corner of the emperor's mouth curled up, not a trace of pride and self-restraint, but very miserable and self-deprecating.

It seems to have admitted.

Back then, the powerful hidden weapon was like an unknown guest, and he was the only person Zhu Qi had ever seen who had reached the top level.Although practicing this exercise is very exhausting to the body, for those who are used to suffering, it does not hurt the muscles and bones.Its only horror is that ordinary people have practiced for many years, no matter how much blood and tears they shed, there are always a lot of good days in front of them, even the big radish stick in front of the donkey's eyes is still a hope. The word "death" is strong.

When Wu Mingguo practiced kung fu, he also shared with Zhu Qi that if he wanted to reach the top of this kung fu, he had to first break the five limitations and six barriers of the human body, and use the spicy and bitter secret medicine to suppress its rigidity, so as not to be backlashed by it.It goes without saying that practicing kung fu is miserable, but the decoctions taken are overbearing, and will gradually recover the capital with interest in the future, making people truly irresistible and irresistible waste.

Zhu Qi has been under him for many years, and he has never defeated his master.That day, for the first time, Wu Mingguo was scratched by a young apprentice on the back of his hand. The teacher and father looked at the bleeding back of his hand for a long time, without saying a word, turned around and went back to the room, and ended his old life with a knife.

If you have ever been a lonely crane in the Swordsman, it is difficult to accept yourself who is older than ordinary people after the prime of life.

He had said this to the emperor, but he didn't know whether the emperor didn't listen to it or insisted on going his own way. Liu Pu chose this road of no return after all.

If a young emperor with unsurpassed martial arts and resourcefulness is allowed to degenerate into a premature person in less than 20 years, I don't know if he can bear it, and I don't know if he will end up with the unknown guest by different routes?

Zhu Qi was worried, but Liu Pu had a flat expression of "This matter has nothing to do with you, it's all my choice, no one can control me", he didn't even bother to tell others the reason, turned around and walked through the long blanket step by step, leaving Zhu Qi, whose mood was fluctuating behind him, and the drowsy old woman who circled the corner did not stop for half a step.

Regardless of what happens in the future, looking at the current situation, whether he can survive today is still in fear, and what future retribution is he afraid of?

A corner of the dark night was pried open by the lantern, the light was fragmented and the splendor was dim.

Zhou Zheng dutifully followed behind the emperor, step by step.Occasionally, the old man raised his eyes and happened to see the ten-mile long corridor on both sides and the long black shadow falling behind the emperor.

When Old Chang Shi was still an insignificant person, he had seen His Royal Highness King Ke who had returned to Beijing from Kezhou.That day, King Ke probably just came out of the Longevity Palace. He was walking along the ten-mile corridor by himself, with a tired face and heavy steps.

A person's fate, perhaps at some point, can reveal the slightest clue in advance.

And what will happen to Liu Pu's fate?Zhou Zheng thought, Second Young Master Tan should not have left.

"That kid Su Jun, keep an eye on him. A brat in the Changchun Pavilion, who is clearly afraid in his heart, insists on staying here. He must have other ideas." On the surface, he doesn't care about political affairs, but secretly he has to worry about what he should worry about. , "King Yingchuan, stop him. Why do you keep running into the palace? I see that he is very uncomfortable."

Zhou Zheng: "It is to prevent..."

The emperor was disdainful: "What defense? It's not aimed at me. Liu Ning is a waste for showing off. As for Su Jun, he is going to do something out of the ordinary. You stop him and save his life. This guy has some guts, maybe It will be useful for him in the future. And his 'clean and innocent' background, you should check it again, it must be a master hand to wipe it so clean and beautiful."

Zhou Zheng bowed his head, very respectfully: "Yes."

"At the other end of the Cheng family, you have to be careful. The Cheng family has a big tail. After all, those who want power and those who beg for money will definitely show their clues. You see, Fu Xiyuan married his daughter into a queen, and others I'm sure I won't accept it, and I'll definitely find trouble with him, Master Cheng, and make a mess of porridge, which makes people happy." Liu Pu thought about what Cheng Nan said at the wedding banquet, and felt that guy's anger, and he felt more refreshed, "He The wedding feast has made so many people lose face, someone must have provoked him. If you report to me, you must reward him well!"

The little prince Cheng Nan was talking about was obviously the son of Emperor Liu Pu.His son was missed by others before he was born, but his father didn't seem to care at all, he was just happy that the prime minister was being troubled by others, he was very heartless.

"By the way, there are still those messy congratulatory gifts, all sent to the warehouse to seal up." The emperor slightly supported his forehead, speechless to the same "messy" smog under his opponent, "Let them donate less than a few money for disaster donations, give gifts The one sent back is more generous than the other."

Zhou Zheng: "Yes."

These valuable objects all came from the hands of high-ranking officials and nobles, so it would definitely not work to sell them back to the common people, and they could not be resold, they could only be thrown into the imperial treasury to cause dust. The word "throw" is too easy to say, those things not only take up the warehouse for nothing, but also recruit a few small palace people to maintain these gold stones and jade every day, which really consumes money and materials.

Seeing that Liu Pu, the "hands-off emperor", was about to step on the high steps in front of Changle Palace and return to his comfortable warm pavilion, Zhou Zheng finally couldn't make up his mind and asked, "Do you want to pick a few and send them to me?" What about going later?"

The back of his mouth is the emperor's rare harem concubines.

When a woman enters the harem, it is like a lamb entering the tiger's mouth. There is only one way in, and no one out?Especially in this dynasty, those women who entered the draft were originally full of youth and full of charming thoughts. Although they knew that they met such an emperor who was not willing to mess with the three thousand drowning in the harem, they could only be compared with gold, stone and jade. A dead thing as a companion.

Although Liu Pu's temperament is not particularly kind, he also knows that these innocent women are also poor people, so he never treats them badly, and he is extremely handy with rewards and the like.Every time the palace gets colorful things, they are directly handed over to Zhou Zheng to distribute to everyone. The old man who seems to be smart about things actually asks him about such a thing that he is used to?

The emperor stopped and glanced at Zhou Zheng meaningfully.

Zhou Zheng was a sensible person, knowing that the emperor saw it, so he didn't hold back, and asked softly: "Why did your majesty send Lord Zhu away? Even if he is not very respectful, at least his skills are good."

Hearing this, Liu Pu deliberately sneered, and acted very proudly: "He is not bad at kung fu, so is mine not so good?"

Zhou Zheng was one of the rare insiders when he was practicing the last level of kung fu, and of course he saw how he was tortured by the medicine pill to death.But young people are young after all, and Liu Pu is a rare strong-tempered person. No matter how embarrassing the queen struggles, he still treats five people and six people in front of others, pretending to be indifferent and confident.

Maybe it's because I'm really old?

"His Majesty……"

"That's not a rumor, it's true." Liu Pu suddenly became serious, and his tone suddenly softened, "The Queen Mother is indeed pregnant."

Seven or eight days ago, Huang De, Zhou Zheng's young apprentice, heard whispers from the palace people that the Empress Dowager had a pulse of joy, and immediately reported it to the old attendant.This news is only speculative, don't you want it to be true?

"What old man Xu said is not true." The emperor sighed, feeling quite helpless for this younger brother whose surname he did not know.

Zhou Zheng frowned, and the wrinkles on his old eyes deepened.He tentatively asked, "Master Zhu?"

"How is it possible?" The emperor took off the "hat" that Zhou Zheng had placed on Zhu Qi's head in a few words.His voice was extremely shallow and low, but also extremely steady, like a brook flowing quietly in the night: "It's the seed of Little Xiang Wang Liu Yu."

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