Tyrant [Rebirth]

After the autumn, Chu Shaoling really started to rectify the business. Now that Chu Shaoling has opened up the channel between Da Chu and Xiyi, the frontier trade has increased. At first, it was just some small merchants going back and forth between neighboring countries to buy and sell some small things. This method makes huge profits. After a year's work, the climate seems to have formed, and some people have even started to collude with Lizheng on the border, wanting the government's clear text. Fortunately, the soldiers on the border have not been transferred back, and the local officials dare not do anything.

Wei Ji originally thought that Chu Shaoling was just trying to redefine the rules for trade on the border, but he didn't expect Chu Shaoling to investigate the salt administration as soon as the border trade matter was rectified, and then lead to the case of tea in the south, like a snowball. For this matter, Chu Shaoling has been several times busier in the past few months than when he first ascended the throne.

"Bring me a cup of strong tea." Chu Shaoling put the booklet in his hand again, and ordered in a low voice, "Order, let them..."

Chu Shaoling raised his head and smiled: "Why are you up? Where's Wang Muhan?"

Wei Ji bowed slightly and handed the teacup to Chu Shaoling: "The prince persuaded the emperor to sleep more, but the emperor refused to listen. The prince had no choice, so he entrusted his ministers to persuade the emperor."

Chu Shaoling took Wei Ji's hand and asked people to sit beside him. Wei Ji turned away and said with a smile: "The emperor always drinks such strong tea that hurts his health. This is the dragon well brewed by the minister for the emperor. The emperor tastes it."

Chu Shaoling took the teacup, took a sip, then put it down, still pulled Wei Ji to sit with him, Wei Ji had no choice but to sit in a corner beside Chu Shaoling, this place is no different from a sleeping hall, Chu Shaoling sat on a dragon chair, and on it The floor was covered with bright yellow cushions with coiled dragon patterns. Wei Ji was afraid that people would see something wrong, so he said in a low voice: "It's Yin time, and it's not yet dawn. Your Majesty, go back and lie down for a while, and go to the former ministers again early." Call the emperor to rise."

Chu Shaoling rubbed his eyebrows and said in a low voice: "It's okay, although there have been a lot of things in the past two months, I always feel better than before... Oh, I'm just working hard."

"There's nothing important to do next." Chu Shaoling raised his hand and rubbed Wei Ji's head, "I haven't been with you these days, is it my fault?"

Wei Ji smiled: "Don't dare, seeing Zhe Zichen with the emperor every day has gained a lot of insight. What does the emperor mean... Has the case of Cha Yin got a result?"

Chu Shaoling nodded, took a book on the desk and folded it to Wei Ji, Wei Ji opened it up for a closer look, and wrote the names of many people densely on the fold, some of whom Wei Ji knew and said a few words to The person speaking, at the bottom is Chu Shaoling's Zhu Zhu, which has only one word: cut.

Chu Shaoling twirled Wei Ji's earlobe and smiled, "Do you want to intercede for others again?"

Wei Ji shook his head: "The Chayin case involves a lot, and I have little knowledge. After listening to the emperor's side for so many days, I didn't understand what the cabinet officials said, so I didn't dare to say anything."

Chu Shaoling couldn't stop ironing in his heart, Wei Ji has always been like this, he is kind, but he won't help anyone, these things he doesn't understand, Wei Ji always knows how to measure, he won't say a word to embarrass himself, Chu Shaoling lightly Lightly tapped Wei Ji's eyebrows: "Accompany me to court all day long, and after the court breaks, I have to go to the cabinet to listen to the quarrels of the old ministers. The third-rank officials outside don't have as much inside information as you do, so I haven't figured it out yet. ?”

Wei Ji shook his head: "Sometimes I think I understand, but sometimes I'm very confused, I don't quite understand what the emperor and adults are talking about."

Chu Shaoling smiled, and said softly: "It's over... take you out for a stroll? Go to the Qianshou Palace for a while?"

Wei Ji thought for a while and shook his head: "Forget it, the Empress Dowager is ill, it's not good for the emperor to go out of the palace."

After mentioning the empress dowager, Chu Shaoling frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "The imperial doctor is useless. The empress dowager's medicine has not been stopped since the autumn, but the illness has not improved at all. If the empress dowager didn't persuade me, I really want to Kill those imperial doctors..."

Wei Ji put his hand on the back of Chu Shaoling's hand and comforted him softly: "Didn't Imperial Physician Zhang go to check the Empress Dowager's pulse too? Imperial Physician Zhang is very skilled in medicine, and he will definitely be able to rejuvenate."

Chu Shaoling nodded: "I hope."

That being said, even the court judge at the Imperial Hospital was at a loss what to do. Doctor Zhang could not prescribe a better prescription, and the Empress Dowager was too old, so the imperial doctors did not dare to prescribe heavy medicines. Prescriptions based on nourishing are not very useful.

Wei Ji thought for a while and said: "It's better... to find more precious tonics for the empress dowager. I remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Mr. Wei from the Ministry of Rites gave me a box of golden swallow lamps. It’s in the Qing palace’s treasury, and the emperor should take it with him when he goes to pay his respects.”

Chu Shaoling nodded: "You have a heart, I will take it later."

When Chu Shaoling went to the Ci'an Hall to pay his respects early in the morning, he really took Wei Ji's heart with him. The Empress Dowager took a look and said with a smile: "There is no shortage here at Aijia, you just keep it."

"I know a lot about the emperor's grandmother." Chu Shaoling took the medicine bowl handed over by Nanny Sun and personally served the Empress Dowager with medicine, and said in a low voice, "Winter is coming soon, and my grandson told the Ministry of Internal Affairs that this year Ci'an Hall The earth dragon burned up a month earlier, and the emperor's grandmother is weak now, so she can't be cold anymore."

After feeding the medicine, Chu Shaoling put the empty medicine bowl aside, took a handkerchief to wipe the corners of the Empress Dowager's mouth, and smiled: "I'm just afraid that the emperor's grandmother will get angry, so just drink tea frequently."

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Understood, Aijia feels better recently... Aijia is still thinking that last year because of your father's funeral, this year has not been a good one, this year it is better to invite all the old princes to come to the imperial city , so lively and lively."

"Just do as the emperor's grandmother said." Chu Shaoling thought for a while, "I will send someone to send letters to the old princes in the fief tomorrow, and ask them to bring their families over early, and let the Duke Jing People from Zijunhou's Mansion and Antaihou's Mansion also came into the palace to spend the New Year with Grandmother."

The Empress Dowager smiled and said: "Why is it so urgent? By the way, speaking of Zijunhou Mansion... Ai's family has vaguely heard that Yun girl is not good?"

Chu Shaoling paused with a smile and said, "Where is it? My cousin is very good. Didn't she send a sachet to the emperor's grandmother during the Qiqiao Festival? The emperor's grandmother can rest assured..."

"The Ai family is sick, not blind. Do you still want to hide these things from the Ai family's eyes?" The Empress Dowager sighed, "Ling Yun's body has always been known to the Ai family. When I came back to pay my respects, Aijia just asked a question, her eyes turned red immediately, Aijia didn't ask any more questions, but she knew it must be something bad again, it's a pity that this child should have been blessed."

The Empress Dowager shook her head, and asked softly, "What's the matter now? What did the imperial doctor say? Can it be saved? Give the Ai family an accurate word."

Chu Shaoling pursed his lower lip lightly, are you sure?Ling Yun had already gone half a month ago, but how could he tell the Empress Dowager about this, Chu Shaoling thought for a while and said, "Compared to before, it's really not so good, I also gave the imperial doctor, let's see how good my cousin is, after all, she is young. I don’t know if I’ll be fine after taking the medicine for a while.”

The Empress Dowager sighed: "How Ling Yun was favored in your ancestral home, she loved her even more because of her frailty since she was a child, she can't be raised like this, and now it's useless to think about it with an imperial doctor, alas... Poor thing child."

Chu Shaoling smiled and said, "It's not as strong as what you said, and who is the emperor who is harassing the emperor's grandmother's ear?"

The Empress Dowager patted the back of Chu Shaoling's hand and said angrily: "You are not looking for those servants, you don't tell Aijia anything, will you still have a seizure if someone tells Aijia? Besides, it's not what the servants said .”

Chu Shaoling laughed when the empress dowager said the central matter: "The grandson is just asking."

"The Ai family doesn't know about your little thoughts anymore." The Empress Dowager leaned lazily on the cushion and said slowly, "It's almost your father's memorial day, let the Ministry of Internal Affairs take care of it... Ai's family has no energy to take care of it gone."

Chu Shaoling nodded: "Yes, I will tell them later."

Speaking of the first emperor, the two of them fell silent. The empress dowager was sick the year the emperor died, and she has not been recuperated since then. Now she has been gone for a year. The empress dowager is still depressed when she thinks about the past, she waved her hand Said: "Don't mention this."

Chu Shaoling quickly thought of something else to make the Empress Dowager happy, the grandfather and grandson chatted for almost an hour, and in the end Nanny Sun urged the Empress Dowager to rest before Chu Shaoling left.

As soon as Chu Shaoling returned to Qianqing Palace, Wei Ji found it, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, when I inspected the Bitao Garden today, I saw someone rectifying the yard over there. I asked, and said that the Emperor ordered it to be cleaned up. Your Majesty... Bi Tao Court is the place where the emperor lived when he was young, how can he move?!"

Chu Shaoling sighed in his heart, as expected, beheading first and playing later was not an option. He had just dealt with the Empress Dowager and had to deal with this treasure, so Chu Shaoling pulled Wei Ji and sat down and said softly: "It's a big deal, you're in a hurry..."

"They want to move Bitao Court, how can I not be in a hurry!"

Chu Shaoling laughed: "My face is blushing impatiently, it's okay, that's what happened... I thought, it's a pity that the palace is empty, it's better to clean it up for you to live in, but it used to be the imperial palace. You live in a lot of unsuitable places, which have to be corrected, and it happens that Bitao Garden has not been repaired for many years, so let the craftsmen take care of it."

Wei Ji was stunned: "Let me live? Your Majesty...won't you let me live in Qianqing Palace?"

"No..." Chu Shaoling didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Naturally, you are allowed to live here, but the palace is just allocated to you, and there will be no room for people."

Wei Ji was even more confused: "The minister is not allowed to stay, so why bother? If the speaker finds out, there will be another big fuss."

Chu Shaoling sighed in his heart. He couldn't tell Wei Ji about these things. Of course he didn't want to give Wei Ji a palace, but when Wei Ji had his own yard in the palace, it meant a lot. Those who own the first palace are all extremely noble and have a close relationship with the emperor. If he pushes Weiji to this position, he will be persuaded by the censor. Chu Shaoling had expected it a long time ago, and he tried to refute it .

Some things come in such a subtle way, let Wei Ji have his own place in the palace first, the following things will be easier to handle, what Chu Shaoling is going to do is too shocking, he will take a few years to slowly realize it , the best result is that in the end, everyone thinks this is a matter of course.

Of course, we can’t tell Wei Ji directly about these things, Chu Shaoling thought for a while and said: “A few days ago, there were no censors who participated in the performance, saying that it was inappropriate for you to live in the Qing Palace all the time? Now that you have been asked to move out, what else do they have to say? "

Wei Ji laughed: "This is even more unethical!"

"Wei Guogong wants to escort you at any time, what can you say?" Chu Shaoling had already said his words, "The imperial palace is very far away from the harem. It's okay. After the renovation of Bitao Garden, only one main entrance was left. The people inside can only come forward, they have no connection with the harem, so there is no need to worry about the mess in the harem."

Chu Shaoling was afraid that he would not be able to scare Wei Ji, so he lowered his voice and said, "Why don't you think about it, so many palaces, why did you give Bitao Garden to you?"

Wei Ji paused and couldn't help asking: "Why... why?"

Chu Shaoling embraced Wei Ji, kissed him lightly, and sighed, "Who told me? The first time I entered the palace when I was 13 years old, I saw me when I passed by Bitao Garden?"

Then Wei Ji's eyes suddenly became hot.

Chu Shaoling said in a low voice: "Bitao Garden is the place where I grew up, and it's the place where we met for the first time. I'll give it to you, okay?"

Wei Ji could no longer refuse, nodded and said: "Minister... thank the emperor for the reward."

Chu Shaoling smiled, and while Wei Ji was moved, he hugged him tenderly...