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

Remnant clouds and no moon, the autumn night is empty.

"Hey, it's been a while since we saw each other. I'm about to marry a wife." Qi Ruo jumped off the roof and said to Yu Zhuo who was sitting alone in the yard.

Yu Zhuo put the wine jar on the stone table and asked, "Have a drink with me?"

"Hey!" Qi Ruo quickly reached out to pinch his face and said, "You must be someone else pretending to be you, right?" Unfortunately, he pinched his face for a long time, but he didn't tear off any skin.

Taking his hand away, Yu Zhuo only asked: "Do you want to drink?"

"Drink!" Qi Ruo let out a smirk.

Yu Zhuo just drank in silence, and Qi Ruo talked about the interesting things he met in the Imperial Office for a long time. No, it's only been half a year, and he has already won the emperor's trust.Qi Ruo returned to Beijing this time to investigate Zhou Xi.

Perhaps compared to other officials who were corrupt, accepting bribes, and obsessed with sex, Zhou Xi was not too much. The two people's control of power had already forced the emperor to get rid of them quickly.

As the old saying goes, since ancient times, the emperor's mind has been unpredictable.

Yu Zhuo forgot when he came back to bed. His capacity for alcohol is extremely poor, he can get drunk with almost one bowl of alcohol, and when he is drunk, he will fall into a deep sleep and become unconscious.Therefore, Yu Zhuo seldom drank alcohol.

Qi Ruo also spent the night in the next room, and when she woke up, she yelled, "Old Yu, what's wrong with you, why are you unhappy about being watched over by your wife?"

"Stop talking nonsense here." Yu Zhuo finally accepted the imperial edict.In his heart, after marrying a young lady from the Jiang family, the past can only be dusted in his heart.

"Wake up so early, don't you sleep for a while?"

"I'm going to the gate of the palace. What if His Majesty summons me?" Seeing Xia Yubing brought the washing water on time, Yu Zhuo said, "Okay, you can continue to sleep, but if you miss your Majesty's errand..."

Qi Ruo got up and said, "You have no conscience."

Yu Zhuo: "..."

Originally planned to choose the post of Taiwei after Chunwei, but before October, Xia Houzhan asked Zhou Xi's son Zhou Yu to find candidates, and those who were not angry were impeached and devalued openly and secretly.

Yu Zhuo saw it in his eyes and knew that if he hadn't been on the left, he might have been the first one.

However, what bothered him the most was that he still couldn't see Xia Houzhan.The emperor spends less and less time in the court, and some time ago he even appointed several concubines, which is suspected of being addicted to beauty.

Early October morning.

"Your Majesty, I think that Zhou Yufeng is not talented enough to be a captain." Su Qing immediately objected when she heard Zhou Yu's recommendation.

Many courtiers knew this Zhou Yufeng. His original name was Sun Bi, and his courtesy name was Yufeng.It is said that Zhou Yu was worshiped as a godfather, but the age difference between the two is only five years old.

In order to become an official, I don't even want the surname given by my parents.

After Su Qing finished speaking, there was very little response. Xia Houzhan said indifferently: "I heard that the right minister said that he is a young talent, so let him be used."

"His Majesty!"

"Hengqing, there's no need to say more." Xia Houzhan had hints in his eyes.On the surface, the emperor told him not to say much, but in fact he asked him to think about it.

Yu Zhuo said: "The position of Taiwei ranks among the three princes, how can you be sloppy? Zhou Yufeng was just the governor of Songjiang Mansion before, how can he take on such a big responsibility?"

"Master Yu is just a scholar, but he still became the prime minister." Zhou Xi smiled all over his face, but it was full of sarcasm.

"My minister followed the late emperor to fight in the north and south, and established thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. I dare to ask all the ministers present, who can take this position for me." After finishing speaking, Yu Zhuo thought to himself, Zhou Xi mentioned his qualifications to him, that is not to compare his life with Peng Zu ?

Zhou Xi glanced coldly at the gangsters below him, his actions naturally couldn't escape the eyes of Yu Zhuozhi who was opposite him, and suddenly thought to himself: Zhou Xi is an old man, if he can't say it himself, he asks someone to argue.

No, three ministers stood up at once and insisted on arguing with him about right and wrong.

Although Yu Zhuo tried his best to explain to these ministers, and they were all speechless with anger, Xia Houzhan still ordered Zhou Yufeng to be promoted to Taiwei.

Xia Houzhan said earlier that the bottom line for Zhou Xi to be unscrupulous is military power, and the Taiwei is in charge of military power, even if it is a name, but for Zhou Xi who is expanding every step of the way, there is nothing that cannot be used.

The northern city is getting colder, and the winter snow is coming slightly.

After Yu Zhuo was invited to enter the Su residence, he unexpectedly saw Xia Houzhan who lived in seclusion, and couldn't help but smile a little on his brows.All the youths in the Su residence stared blankly at him.

After hearing other people's greetings to Yu Zhuo, Xia Houzhan turned around and saw Yu Zhuo standing in the snow in a light blue uniform, smiling like Hetian warm jade.

"Why is Your Majesty here?" Yu Zhuo asked while walking up the steps.

"Today is snow picking and crowning ceremony, why don't I come?" Xia Houzhan said lightly.

In fact, there were not many visitors in the Su residence. Although it was said to the public that it was the birthday of Su Qing's son and Guanshi, the Zhou family is powerful now, and the two have always been at odds.Furthermore, Su Shixue is not Su Qing's parent and son, even some court veterans who are not afraid of Zhou Xi don't want to come out in the cold.

On the dining table, the maid served a pot of millet porridge, and Su Qing just poured three bowls and offered them to the front of the hall.

"Is there a purpose to this custom?" Yu Zhuo asked.

After Su Qing finished these, she said: "If Lord Yu wants to hear it, I will tell you."

"That year was the winter solstice. I was fourteen years old. My father passed away. It was freezing cold. In the previous dynasty, officers and soldiers took away some of my mother's and my last rations. I had to beg along the road. There are so many poor people in the world. , who will give alms? Knowing that in the snow, I heard a faint cry."

"It was a couple. The woman wrapped her outer robe around the baby, and the baby was still alive."

"At that time, I didn't know what to think, so I picked up the baby - it was about one year old, and even called 'Daddy, Mom'. Hearing his weak cry, my heart softened."

"I also saw a small cloth bag with corn in his father's frozen hand." Su Qing looked quite nostalgic, "At that time, I couldn't care about anything else, holding the baby and the small bag So Mi Mi went home and cooked a pot of thin porridge, which happened to be three bowls."

Su Qing said that at this time, she grabbed Su Shixue's hand and said, "It is fate that you and I meet, otherwise, on that day, our three lives will be in the hands of God."

Yu Zhuo vaguely thought that Su Qing did have an old mother. It seemed that she couldn't bear the cold in the north when she got older, so she moved to live in Guangzhou.Su Qing probably didn't want her mother to be entrusted to relatives to take care of her due to discord among officials in the capital.

Originally, Yu Zhuo thought that Su Qing was a slightly pedantic and stubborn person. Now that I think about it, one person with many faces is the right way. How many people can have the courage to adopt Su Shixue instead of taking food and let it go? So many years of pulling and growing up.

Su Qing then said seriously: "Your Majesty, Shixue has already reached the crown, and I hope Your Majesty will appreciate it and give her a letter."

After pondering for a long time, Xia Houzhan said: "Shixue, it is because your father and son can meet that I, Jingchao, can continue to have two pillars of talent. In this case, I will bestow the word 'xiuyuan'. I hope you will live up to the teacher's help in this life. Upbringing."

Facing the emperor, Su Shixue could speak a little more. "Your Majesty, if you were born but not raised, you can replace your severed finger; if you raised it while you were born, you can return it if you cut off its head; if you raised it for life, it will be hard to pay back in a lifetime. I will keep this in mind."

After saying some homely things, Xia Houzhan expressed his intention of coming today.

I thought that Zhou Xi's affairs would have to be postponed until after the spring of next year, and then the new officials would be promoted. However, in the past half a year, the Zhou family gradually lost their previous caution and became increasingly arrogant and domineering.

"Is the imperial army ready to go?" Xia Houzhan asked after drinking a bowl of wine.

"It's all done according to His Majesty's instructions." After Su Shixue finished speaking, she took out the Tiger Talisman—if I read it correctly, it was the one that should have been given to Taiwei Zhou Yufeng.

Sometimes I have to say that Xiahou Zhanbing is not tired of deceit. After all, who dares to doubt whether the things the emperor bestows on the ministers are true or false.

Yu Zhuo's eyes turned to Xia Houzhan, who also happened to look over.He was secretly happy in his heart, but on his face he asked seriously: "Your Majesty, what should I do?"

"I want Zhou Yufeng to disappear quietly." Xia Houzhan's eyes turned cold, "There are ministers who are irrefutable."

Yu Zhuo thought to himself that Xia Houzhan would really squeeze his ability, and in the future, he would not be worthy to sit on an equal footing with him unless he found someone capable of being the prime minister.

"In the previous matter, Hengqing wouldn't be thinking about my injustice?" Xia Houzhan asked suddenly.

"There is a reputation for being unpredictable, but there is a ruin for seeking perfection." Yu Zhuo restrained the corners of his mouth from rising, and said, "Besides, Your Majesty was just acting with me before."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Su Qing couldn't help but feel a little strange, why is it just between the monarch and his ministers, and they still have to apologize and forgive for this little thing?Fortunately he didn't think much of it.

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