The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister

Lying and listening in the middle of the night, the autumn wind blows the rain.

Xia Houzhan stood up with only a few coats on, feeling the chill.Eunuch Zhao was on guard early in the morning. Seeing him, he hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, why did you get up so early?"

"It's not early today."

Eunuch Zhao was only surprised for a moment. It was too late to send someone to notify the ministers at this time.Today, they can only let them go for nothing.

"In the future, I didn't say to go to court, so that they don't have to come."

"Here."

Above the main hall, looking at the empty position on the dragon chair, Yu Zhuo felt a little uncomfortable.

When leaving the hall, Zhou Xi passed by Yu Zhuo, and sighed intentionally or unintentionally: "Master Zuo has such an expression that he hates iron but not steel?"

Seeing the culprit, Yu Zhuo didn't want to give him a good face at first, but Xia Houzhan's words "I can only wrong you" lingered in his ears, so Yu Zhuo had to lower his posture.

"Master Zhou, Your Majesty is acting in such a loose manner, do you also want to let yourself be free?"

Zhou Xi immediately frowned, and said righteously: "Your Majesty is like this, and the ministers should be more diligent. Lord Yu is capable of making love, and it doesn't seem like he needs to handle political affairs for His Majesty."

Yu Zhuo looked at him coldly.

"Master Yu, what does this mean? His Majesty has a deep bond with you, which can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye. Could it be that Lord Yu is still worried that a bad old man like me will use that method to win the emperor's heart?"

"What method?" Yu Zhuo said, looking down, "Master Zhou may have forgotten the previous lesson."

Zhou Xi immediately turned pale, said goodbye perfunctorily, and hurried away.

After Zhou Xi left, Su Qing said with doubts on her face: "Whether your Majesty's move can be successful, if he really uses his tricks, it will be bad."

Several courtiers glanced at the direction of the two of them, Yu Zhuo immediately turned cold, and raised his voice and said: "Instead of questioning the truth, Mr. Su, it is better to persuade His Majesty." After finishing speaking, he left.

Su Qing glanced around, and she had to be more cautious even when speaking now.

In the past, Xia Yubing would say a few words to Yu Zhuo when he went to court, but today he went to court so early, but he didn't say a word.Yu Zhuo asked, "Why, are you angry for your master?"

"Small dare not."

"Why don't you dare? After all, you are the emperor's man." Even Yu Zhuo couldn't listen to the words, sighed, and said, "Forget it, I don't want you to care about these things."

Yu Zhuo had no choice but to say that he did not intend to do so.

Returning to Zuo Xiangfu, I saw Zhulan approaching quietly and said, "Your Majesty is in the study."

"Really?" After Yu Zhuo asked, thinking that Zhulan had no reason to joke with him, he ordered, "Without my permission, no one can enter the study to disturb." Except for those who followed him, only Xia Yubing was a little more believable.The origins of the rest are yet to be investigated.

Leaving the palace that day, Xia Houzhan seemed to want to persuade him to stay, but he still chose to remain silent.Yu Zhuo was also unhappy - even though he knew it was just a lie.

Today, when Yu Zhuo heard that the emperor was coming, his gloomy mood immediately improved.

Xia Houzhan stood in front of the window, and when he saw him coming, he took out a folding fan and handed it to him.

After taking the folding fan and opening it, Yu Zhuo saw something painted on the original plain white silk.Yu Zhuo was stunned for a while, then asked with a smile, "Is this Acacia Bean?"

Immediately, Xia Houzhan's expression became a little awkward, and after a long while, he finally managed to say: "This is plum blossom."

The black lines are the branches, and the vermilion is the plum blossom.

"It's the minister's eyesight." Yu Zhuo put away his fan, trying to make his smile not look so mocking, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for returning the fan to the minister."

Knowing his poor drawing skills, Xia Houzhan quickly changed the subject: "Does this fan have any special meaning?"

This fan was only used for self-defense, but Yu Zhuo then made up: "This is left to me by my mother. She said that if I have someone I like in the future, I will draw his portrait on it. My mother's spirit is in the sky." will be able to see."

"I only drew one side...is it okay?" Xia Houzhan was a little afraid that he would be embarrassed.

Yu Zhuo smiled.

Xia Houzhan saw him grinding and writing, and wrote on the fan: "There are trees in the mountains. Xiqing is interested."

"What does this sentence have to do with 'the mountains have trees, the trees have branches, and the heart pleases the king, and the king doesn't know'?" Xia Houzhan asked a little puzzled, for some reason he changed it to this sentence.

"Naturally, it is to please the two lovers." Yu Zhuo said solemnly, "Previously, His Majesty always wanted to find a famous lady from a high family, and marry him for the minister, but in the eyes of the minister, if it is not for the gratification of the two lovers, it is not a good match. "

As if thinking of something else, Xia Houzhan's complexion changed, and he asked, "If two people are in love, but their identities are very different, isn't Heng Qing afraid of being ridiculed by the world?"

"The status is so different?" Yu Zhuo suddenly felt a little funny, and explained, "All living beings are equal, so why is there a difference? Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor. If you really like one person but still care about your status, then you will It really shouldn't be."

For some reason, he turned back to Xia Houzhan, and he felt a headache when he thought of the entreaties of Queen Mother Yan recently.

After Yu Zhuo came back from Jianghuai, the Empress Dowager Yan looked for Xia Houzhan openly and secretly, and asked him to take Yu Zhuo to visit.Xia Houzhan looked at the handsome man in front of him, with peach blossoms in his eyes, and a three-pointed smile. He was really angry.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"

Xia Houzhan took a deep breath, almost forcing him: "I ask you, if the person who likes Hengqing has a high position and authority, and this situation will be reviled by thousands of people, is Hengqing also willing to pursue it?"

High position and authority, scolded by thousands of people——Yu Zhuo looked at the plum blossom suspected to be "Acacia Bean", and a disrespectful thought suddenly came to mind: Could it be that the emperor was in love with him.

But seeing the water vapor in his eyes and his sad expression, this thought was subconsciously settled in Yu Zhuo's mind.

It can be seen that the purpose of giving him a marriage is to break his own thoughts; inviting him into the palace to relieve the pain of lovesickness; now, in order to play a play for Zhou Xi, he still secretly came to find him.

Xia Houzhan was still thinking about the Empress Dowager Yan, but he didn't know that Yu Zhuo had gone further and further down the road of misunderstanding.

As a courtier, he naturally couldn't see the emperor going further and further down the crooked road. Although Yu Zhuo wanted to be famous in history, he definitely didn't bear the infamy of "Israel serving the emperor".

"Understood." After coming over, Yu Zhuo immediately said: "It's really inappropriate for Your Majesty to go out of the palace alone. You should go back earlier."

"Not alone, Shixue is waiting outside."

Yu Zhuo was a little confused by his speculation, and put the folding fan back into Xia Houzhan's hand, and said softly: "No matter what your majesty thinks, I only pay for the country and the country with my blood, and I hope your majesty will go back as soon as possible. "

"But..." Xia Houzhan touched his eyes with a deep meaning, more than a pool of spring water, and he was speechless immediately.

Being stared at by Xia Houzhan, Yu Zhuo didn't know why his heart was beating like a drum, and asked with difficulty: "How many days does Your Majesty plan to stay in Zuoxiang's Mansion?"

"Why not?"

"No!" Yu Zhuo objected immediately, for fear that his heart would soften.

The king of a country went out of the palace again and again to make trouble for him, and Yu Zhuo couldn't calm down.After a long time, he only gave a wry smile and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

"I'm leaving." Xia Houzhan said lightly, "Heng Qing, please pay more attention to Zhou Bohao's disciples."

Since Yu Zhuo refused, Xia Houzhan wouldn't wait too long, and this move turned into dejection in Yu Zhuo's eyes.The latter opened his mouth, and for the first time felt that he had a thousand words, but couldn't say them.

In the afternoon, Xia Yubing took out the various paints that hadn't been moved for a long time, and ground them one by one with water, but Yu Zhuo didn't paint, and the two were silent at the same time.

In my impression, Xia Houzhan always trusted him so much, sometimes even more than he trusted Emperor Su Qing.In the past, Yu Zhuo could still say that it was the young emperor looking for him as a backer, but now thinking about it, could it be out of love?

When she regained her senses, Yu Zhuo realized that she had been staring at the blank rice paper for a long time.

Xia Yubing asked cautiously: "My lord, are you still painting?"

For some reason, Yu Zhuo, who has always been fond of high mountains and flowing water, flowers, birds, fish and insects, painted portraits for the first time.He was dressed in black, with a disdainful expression, standing in the ancient pavilion, as if he was waiting for someone.

"Is this Your Majesty?" Seeing this, Xia Yubing thought that the couple had reconciled.

"How did you know that this is the emperor?" Yu Zhuo asked coldly, then tore off the drawing paper casually and threw it aside.

Xia Yubing's complexion suddenly turned pale, and now he really can't open any pot and carry it.Unexpectedly, Yu Zhuo turned to smile, just like ice and snow melting, cold and warm mixed.

"Since he is interested, I should really help him to clean up Zhou Bohao."

The author has something to say:

1. The source of "Mountains have trees and trees have branches" (Zhihu):

E Junzi is the mother and younger brother of the King of Chu. He went on a boat trip, and a Yueman boatman sang to him to show his love (the song is translated into Chu language, which is the Yueren song above). After E Junzi understood the meaning of the boatman's song, "Walk and embrace it, lift the embroidered quilt and cover it."

During the Spring and Autumn Period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Edi between Jianghan and Han was inhabited by Yangyue people for generations. They lived in the ancient Jianghan land before the Chu people, and they can be regarded as "natives" of Jianghan.Not bound by the etiquette and customs of the Central Plains, so the concept is primitive and simple. Facing the beautiful lord, of course, he is not ashamed to express his emotions.And in that era, homosexuality was very popular, such as Longyang Jun and Anyang Jun, so it can also be said that this is a poem expressing... basic love.It was originally an excellent old folk song, but it is a pity that it was used on the street, and it is a pity that few people know the story behind it. 2. "There are trees in the mountains, and you have intentions" comes from the lyrics "There are trees in the mountains"

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