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

During the Shangyuan Festival, the capital is brightly lit.The mottled light and shadows in the deep palace make those beautiful or faded faces look exactly the same, which is chilling.

"Mother, the time is coming."

"Huazhu, help me to go to the Hall of Supreme Harmony." The Empress Dowager Yan got up, looked Xia Houzhan up and down, smiled slightly, and said, "Tell the Ai family, which ministers are here for the banquet in this palace today?"

"After returning to my mother, the ministers, ministers' wives, and the young ladies of these families were all there."

"Zhan'er, if you fall in love with someone, tell Aijia." The Queen Mother Yan stretched out her hand, straightened the folds on Lixia Houzhan's black nine-dragon robe, and said, "The emperor didn't like to talk since he was a child, so Aijia couldn't guess what was on his mind." Come out, don't blame Aijia."

"My mother said yes."

The banquet was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the space was very empty. Xia Houzhan was condescending and glanced at the officials under the throne.

Below the main seat is the seat of the two prime ministers.He was the only person at the big table at the left minister's side, while at the right minister's side, there were several tables with people sitting there.It's just that there is a vacant seat next to him, which is eye-catching.

As soon as the emperor took his seat, the hall immediately fell silent.

Xia Houzhan thought he didn't like drinking and drinking, and the crowds of people.After explaining a few times to eat and play at will, there is no need to be restrained, and then went behind the sandalwood screen.

The emperor was not sitting on the bright side, and the silence was quickly broken. After the hollowed-out wood carving, Xia Houzhan glanced out a few times, and the one who was closest to him was Prime Minister Zuo.

Yu Zhuo only wore an ivory white tunic, a robe with dark patterns of jade and silver silk, and a folding fan hanging on his belt. He was dressed as if he was visiting a garden in late spring.

The jade algae in front of the emperor's twelve-pronged crown blocks everyone's probing eyes.

This was Xia Houzhan's first time attending a banquet in the palace after he ascended the throne. The Empress Dowager Yan suggested metaphorically to persuade him to drink two glasses of wine with the ministers, then put on a smile and walked towards the lady's side.

Only then did Xia Houzhan get up and said, "Eunuch Zhao, please order the two prime ministers to come and have a drink with me."

"Here."

Zuo Xiang Yu Zhuo held the folding fan that never left his body for thousands of years in one hand, and the azure plum blossom teapot in the other. He walked up to Xia Houzhan, bowed slightly, and sat down.Xiang Xiang couldn't understand his pretentiousness, so he saluted and sat on the other side of the square table.

"The ministers present all came with their relatives, and I will not delay. I invite Bo Hao and Heng Qing to come, just to have a glass of wine." After Xia Houzhan finished speaking, he asked Eunuch Zhao to fill the wine glasses.

Yu Zhuo stretched out his hand to stop Eunuch Zhao from pouring the wine, and said, "Your majesty may allow me to replace the wine with tea?"

Eunuch Zhao looked at the emperor with some embarrassment, and Xia Houzhan waved his hand immediately, signaling that he was ready.

Zhou Xi looked at Yu Zhuo coldly, thinking that Yu Hengqing didn't give the emperor face so much, but the emperor didn't change his face. He was also on the day of the palace change, and won the heart of the dragon.

Putting down the wine glass, Xia Houzhan stopped talking, and it seemed that he planned to let them leave just like that.Zhou Xi got up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to ask, even though it offends me, please respect the old minister and listen to what I have to say."

He just listened to the minister, and he naturally had no reason to refuse. "Bo Hao said so."

"After the year, I received a letter from my younger brother's family about the injury of my younger brother..."

"You don't need to mention it again." Xia Houzhan said, "Nowadays, the frontier war is tense. If the commander-in-chief withdraws, is the right minister trying to make the northwestern army's heart fluctuate?"

The title went directly from the table to the official position. I think the emperor was angry. Yu Zhuo glanced at Zhou Xi. No matter how touching he said this matter, Xia Houzhan couldn't say half of the word "accurate" .

"Of course... the old minister knows." Seeing that Xia Houzhan's face darkened, Zhou Xi immediately changed the topic, "The old minister heard that the imperial physician in the palace is very skilled in medicine, so I hope to invite an imperial physician to come out for treatment."

"Ah."

"Your Majesty..." Zhou Xi's heart couldn't get up or down because of the word "um".

"More than ten days have passed, and the general's leg must be fine."

Seeing this, Yu Zhuo hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter cannot be delayed. You just said that the most important thing for soldiers in the Northwest is morale. The sooner the general is well, the sooner the morale can be improved. Victory."

"Hengqing has the talents of crouching dragon and phoenix chick..." Xia Houzhan slightly frowned, "I heard from Hengqing, let Imperial Physician Xue go to the northwest tomorrow. He has been practicing medicine with his father in the army for many years. Don't worry, Mr. Right."

"Then...thank you, Your Majesty, the old minister will leave."

After Zhou Xi left, Xia Houzhan frowned and said, "Hengqing, look at this Zhou Xi, the royal physician in the palace, only the emperor and the queen mother can call him, and his brother has a leg injury!"

Yu Zhuo smiled helplessly, stretched out his hand to push away the bead, and pressed his finger on the shallow fold. "Your Majesty, how old are you? Isn't it ugly to have such a wrinkle?"

"You..." As soon as he reacted, Xia Houzhan immediately grabbed his palm and shouted, "Presumptuous."

Withdrawing his hand, Yu Zhuo said, "Your Majesty, you don't believe in your minister's technique?"

"What kind of spell, Sprinkling Beans into Soldiers?"

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Yu Zhuo became angry. He could have worked part-time as a national teacher, but all the tricks were exposed.He chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, go back and look in the mirror to see if the wrinkles are still there."

Xia Houzhan just wanted a step down, and when Yu Zhuo said that, he had no choice but to nod.

Yu Zhuo laughed secretly, who made Xia Houzhan born with such a face and expression that he wanted to be teased so much.

After pouring another cup of tea, Xia Houzhan didn't speak, and the atmosphere between the two condensed for a long time.Yu Zhuo wanted to eat vegetables at first, but seeing the fat chicken and duck, ham and stewed elbow in front of the emperor, Yu Zhuo lost his appetite.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager sent a court lady, Aunt Leng Yue in her palace.

Putting down the yogurt in her hand, Leng Yue said: "See Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this is the mint honeydew yogurt that the Queen Mother asked your slaves to bring, and ask Your Majesty if you like it."

"Keep it."

Yu Zhuo saw that there were only three crisps on the plate.

"Here." Leng Yue bowed again, "The queen mother also asked, the daughter of Qing Jiangxun of Dali Temple is gentle and generous, and has a good appearance. If she still likes to eat this shortbread, the queen mother asked Miss Jiang to deliver it."

Xia Houzhan looked up at the round table where the queen mother was, and said, "Who is it?"

"The lady in the lavender bamboo leaf wen shirt with large sleeves."

"I don't like sweets." Xia Houzhan glanced very quickly, making one wonder if he didn't even see where Miss Jiang was.

Pushing the pastry in front of Yu Zhuo, Xia Houzhan said, "If Hengqing likes any lady, just tell me."

Yu Zhuo apologized, but he didn't expect that Xia Houzhan and the late emperor had something in common, they both liked to match him.

"I heard that the second young lady of Jiang's family is talented and her appearance is first-class. I wonder if she can be at this banquet?" Yu Zhuo pretended to be embarrassed and said.

Leng Yue hurriedly said: "The second young lady of the Jiang family is not a concubine, so naturally she cannot sit in the Hall of Supreme Harmony."

"Where's the one in the green dress?"

"My lord, that is the granddaughter of Prime Minister Zhou."

"Forget it, if I marry this granddaughter, wouldn't I be two generations younger than him?" Yu Zhuo quickly finished the crispy cheese that Xia Houzhan handed him.

Seeing this, Xia Houzhan said, "Aunt Leng Yue, please go get some more snacks."

"Here."

After Leng Yue left, Xia Houzhan asked tentatively: "If Hengqing wants to marry the second young lady of the Jiang family as a noble concubine, there is nothing wrong with it."

It was originally to prevaricate the emperor's words, but Xia Houzhan really wanted to be a matchmaker, so Yu Zhuo hurriedly got up and said, "Your Majesty loves me so much, I don't have much fear, I'm just a commoner, and now I just want to treat one person for the rest of my life."

To be alone?

Xia Houzhan didn't believe this.

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