Tyrant [Rebirth]

The next day after Chu Shaoling had a rest, he began to go to court. Previously, the cabinet ministers discussed the state affairs, and then sent the papers to the harem for approval by the queen mother before sending them down. Now that Chu Shaoling came back, the queen mother let go and pushed all these matters to Chu Shaoling.

It's okay to talk about other things in the court, but there is always an unresolved matter...

"Prince, the Second Prince's conspiracy to murder the king has already been sentenced by the Zongren Mansion, but the emperor has not woken up, so this matter has been delayed. This..."

In the council hall, the dragon seat was empty, and a chair was placed under the dragon seat. Chu Shaoling sat on the chair on weekdays. Chu Shaoling took the files of the clan mansion and flipped through them casually, saying: "There is no need to hesitate, follow the Ming police. In the training, Chu Shaoruan was directly executed, Chu Shaoruan's biological mother gave white silk, Chu Shaoruan's outer males were beheaded as adults, and those under the age of 14 entered the palace as slaves, and all girls were sent to the teaching workshop. Confiscated...Li Bin has already committed suicide in fear of crime, so she can do whatever is left."

He Baitao, the minister who asked Chu Shaoling, and the Zhen family were married before, and his legs couldn't help but soften after hearing this, Chu Shaoling smiled lightly: "However... Concubine Zhen gave birth to a prince for the emperor, and I have made great contributions to Chu Sheji. The Empress Dowager and Gu thought about it for a while... let's make an exception, leaving Zhen Concubine's direct line to be demoted to common people, and the rest... just do whatever you want."

Everyone thought that Chu Shaoling had just assumed power, so he would be more tolerant even for the sake of showing off, but they didn't expect to be so ruthless when he came up, everyone looked at Zi Junhou, Zi Junhou paused and said: "Prince, the emperor is still ill Well, isn't it..."

"So what's the matter? How did the father get sick? Isn't it because Chu Shaoruan tried to plot rebellion!" Chu Shaoling took a pen and wrote a few lines on the file, took the Chu Jun's seal and stamped it, and raised his head to be gentle with Zi Junhou He smiled, "Master Hou really doesn't have to pity these people who try to do something wrong."

Zi Junhou groaned in his heart, he didn't want to speak for Chu Shaoruan, but he didn't want Chu Shaoling to deal with such a family extermination case as soon as he was a director.

Zi Junhou shook his head and said nothing more, Chu Shaoling put down his pen and looked at the crowd with a smile: "My lords, do you feel that Gu is too cruel?"

Everyone bowed their heads and said they didn't dare, Chu Shaoling put down the file and got up and said slowly: "When the king was in the Faxin Academy, the grand masters taught him to be loyal to the emperor and love the people every day. Now I also deeply think so, but I think, This loyalty to the king and the people does not need to be shown on the surface, just like my second brother, all the adults know that he is filial to his father on weekdays, but what happened in the end? His father is seriously ill, and he is slower than anyone else .”

"It can be seen from this that superficial efforts cannot be trusted. From Liaoliang alone... ah, there is no Liaoliang now. I went to Xiyi alone and learned a lot. Sometimes...killing to stop killing , is true benevolence. If we don’t kill all the bad guys, how can we protect the good people?” Chu Shaoling smiled, “The lonely king is no more benevolent than the father, and in the future... I hope all the adults will take care of them.”

The ministers repeatedly said "I dare not dare", Chu Shaoling said lightly: "Since the adults have no objections, the second prince's treason case should be concluded like this. Such a simple case has been delayed until now, and if it is spread outside, others will not talk about it." The adults in the court are benevolent, but they will say that I have no one in the court, and even the master can't do this."

Everyone discussed the matter of awarding rewards after the war, and after they were all arranged, they dispersed. Chu Shaoling was going to the Ci'an Hall, but Zi Junhou stopped him, and Chu Shaoling smiled: "Grandfather has something to teach me. Is it?"

No matter what happens outside, Chu Shaoling has always been very respectful to Zi Junhou, Zi Junhou was quite ironic in his heart, and bowed his head and said: "I dare not, the old minister just wants to persuade the prince a few words."

Chu Shaoling followed Zi Junhou to go out, Zi Junhou ordered the palace servants to retreat, bowed and said: "The case of the second prince has dragged on for so long, the prince thought...why didn't the queen mother deal with the second prince?"

Chu Shaoling smiled playfully: "Is the grandfather saying that the queen mother is wise and safe?"

"The old minister dare not." Zi Junhou lowered his head and said in a low voice, "Everyone knows that the queen mother puts the prince first in everything, but the queen mother is not willing to do it herself. Don't the prince understand? For a long time, the more it is like this, the more you should avoid suspicion, but the prince..."

Chu Shaoling interrupted: "Grandfather, do I still have any reputation to talk about?"

Zi Junhou was taken aback when he heard the words, Chu Shaoling smiled: "Now even the traffickers and pawns in the folk know that the current crown prince is a cruel man who loves to kill. Why do I spend all my time trying to make others think I am benevolent? Waste of effort."

Zi Junhou felt sour for some reason, and couldn't help comforting him: "Your Highness, don't underestimate yourself. I heard that the people in Karakash now support the prince very much. Many people set up longevity tablets for the prince at home. , Who doesn't know that the crown prince massacred for the sake of Da Chu's subjects."

Chu Shaoling sighed softly, and thought to himself that I really didn't do it for some big Chu subjects, but it's not easy to explain this to the old Hou Ye in detail.

Chu Shaoling said softly: "Grandfather doesn't have to be like this. I don't really care what others say." Or, Chu Shaoling actually likes others to fear him. The more afraid he is, the less he dares to refute his decision.

Zi Junhou originally wanted to persuade Chu Shaoling to be gentler, but he didn't expect that he comforted Chu Shaoling in the end, and the two talked for a long time before Zi Junhou left, and Chu Shaoling went to pay his respects to the Queen Mother.

The old lady sighed when she heard that Chu Shaoruan's case was closed, and said lightly: "This matter... must be kept a secret, don't let your father know, he will only wake up once in a few days now , I can’t stand hearing this anymore.”

Chu Shaoling agreed with a smile, and the queen mother thought for a while and said: "Now your father can't take care of things, why don't you move back to the palace, and take care of everything. The East Palace has not lived in more than ten years, Aijia Thinking about not having to live there, how about you go back to live in Bitao Garden first?"

Chu Shaoling smiled and said: "No need, there are many concubines in the palace, I am not young, and I am afraid that the officials will talk too much if I live in the palace. It's very convenient for someone to pass me on, but it can come in an hour."

The queen mother nodded: "That's all, right, the Ai family has called several daughters over in the past few days, and those who have bad looks and temperament will be screened by the Ai family, and the rest will be let I have drawn up a list and sent it to your house. You go back and check if there is anything inappropriate. If you think there is nothing to say, you should send nuns to each house to have a closer look. That's it, when the nuns come back, we can choose the crown princess."

Chu Shaoling agreed: "Yes."

After chatting with the queen mother for a while, Chu Shaoling left the palace. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he saw the incense table and other things in the courtyard. Wang Muhan came up to greet him and said with a smile: "The palace servant who announced the decree just left, and now Master Wei is the Duke of Wei."

Chu Shaoling smiled: "They move quickly..."

Chu Shaoling and his party went inside and asked Wang Muhan, "Did the edict be delivered at the Wei Mansion?"

Wang Muhan nodded: "Wei Mansion just sent someone to thank you and kowtow, saying that the son-in-law bestowed the Duke Protector, and Lord Wei's eldest son bestowed the Marquis Changping. Oh, the old slave is confused. Your Highness has just come out of the palace. This reward I'm afraid the scriptures are all drafted by His Highness?"

Chu Shaoling smiled: "Have someone send a congratulatory gift to Weifu, and prepare a tonic medicinal material for Fu Yidan."

Wang Muhan agreed: "Yes."

"Also..." Chu Shaoling stopped and thought for a while, "When packing up the medicinal materials, prepare another good one and send it to Zi Junhou's mansion. Now that Ling Yun is getting worse, I often order people to go to see him .”

Wang Muhan repeatedly agreed.

In the sleeping hall, Wei Ji was dispatching to record today's rewards in the account book and move them into the warehouse. As soon as Chu Shaoling entered the room, he heard Wei Ji ordering: "Don't take these two pieces of jade pendants for now. After His Highness has seen them, if His Highness doesn't It's rare to seal it up again..."

"What are you waiting for me to see?" Chu Shaoling turned around the twelve-fold silk embroidered lady's screen standing in the warm pavilion and smiled, "Congratulations to Duke Wei."

The maid who collects things in there is a maid who specializes in managing the warehouse, and she can't get in the room on weekdays. Seeing Chu Shaoling speak so gently and smilingly for the first time, she almost felt stupid, Chu Shaoling turned his head and said: "Bring it here, let me have a look."

The maid was stunned for a moment and hurried forward to offer the brocade box. Chu Shaoling picked up the jade pendant that Wei Ji had just mentioned, looked at it, nodded and said, "The color is good, but I don't like emerald jade, so put it away."

Chu Shaoling casually threw the jade pendant into the brocade box, turned his head and said with a smile: "I was thinking about coming back to see you receive the order, but I didn't expect the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be so fast. You just order people to send these things to the Wei Mansion, that's all. What else are you going to do?"

"I always send it back, but this time I saw that there are many useful things in the gift list, and no one can use it when I send it back, so it's better to keep it." Wei Ji took a step back without any trace, and said slowly, "It's not uncommon for His Highness to come, so keep it as a reward.

Chu Shaoling deliberately took a step forward and said with a smile: "How can I be willing to reward someone for what you gave me?"

Seeing this situation, the maidservants in the back blushed, Wei Ji became more and more embarrassed, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness..."

Chu Shaoling turned his head with a smile and said: "Let's all go down, see if there are any silk oriental beads, or send them to the Wei Mansion. There is no woman in the Wang Mansion, so it is useless to keep them."

The maids retreated one by one, Chu Shaoling took Wei Ji into his arms and said with a smile: "Okay, I'm still shy all day in my own house, who dares to say anything?"

Wei Ji lowered his eyes and said in a low voice: "Of course they dare not say anything, but...that's not good either."

"Come on, I heard enough truths from the ministers during the political discussion today, and you still want to recite scriptures with me when you come back." Chu Shaoling sat down with Wei Ji, and Chu Shaoling lay down and pillowed on Wei Ji's lap, " Let my hair loose."

Wei Ji carefully took off the nine-dragon beaded crown on Chu Shaoling's head, spread out his hair and gently massaged Chu Shaoling's scalp like Chu Shaoling did for him before, Chu Shaoling really felt a lot more relaxed, Wei Ji whispered Question: "Is there anything that can't be done when discussing politics today?"

"The matter of Chu Shaoruan has been settled." Chu Shaoling closed his eyes and frowned slightly, "The people from the clan's mansion should have sent the poison to Bai Ling by now."

Wei Ji thought for a while and rubbed his fingers on Chu Shaoling's eyebrows. Chu Shaoling's brows were flattened, and Chu Shaoling smiled: "How do I treat you on weekdays? You just use a finger to fool me?"

Wei Ji hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and kissed Chu Shaoling's eyebrows, Chu Shaoling's mouth curled up, he wrapped his arms around Wei Ji's neck and turned over and pressed him onto the couch, with a kind of contemptuous love...

In the Warm Pavilion, Chu Shaoling put his hand into Wei Ji's obscene trousers, kneaded his slender fingers gently, and lowered his eyes to appreciate the unbearable expression on Wei Ji's face. Before he could move any more, Wang Muhan came in and said in a low voice: " Prince, there is a letter from the palace."

Chu Shaoling didn't want to pay attention, he lowered his head and kissed Wei Ji lightly, Wang Muhan just pried open Wei Ji's mouth and continued, "The adults from the clan's residence are here too, do you want to see the crown prince?"

Wei Ji blushed, turned his face sideways and pressed Chu Shaoling's mischievous hand in his clothes and said in a low voice: "Your Highness...don't make trouble, go first..."

"Prince!" Wang Muhan still didn't give up, "It's about the second prince. I think the second prince has already been executed. Your Highness..."

Chu Shaoling pursed his lips slightly and sat up impatiently. Just as he was about to say something, Wei Ji grabbed Chu Shaoling's hand and said softly, "Your Highness, go first, wait...it's the same as coming back at night."

Chu Shaoling couldn't help laughing, leaned down and kissed Wei Ji's face and said softly: "Okay, I will love you later in the evening."

Chu Shaoling got off the couch, adjusted his clothes and left the warm pavilion to go to the front.

Seeing Chu Shaoling's arrival, several officials of the clan's mansion quickly handed over a booklet. Chu Shaoling looked at it carefully, and they remembered exactly when Chu Shaoruan was executed, what method of death he chose, and what he said before he died. .

"The second prince didn't want to give in at first, but later he found out... that the prince had come back and stopped making trouble. The white silk he chose was passed in less than a cup of tea." The judge of the clan's mansion looked up carefully. Looking at Chu Shaoling's face, he continued, "Before the second prince left...it is not convenient to record what he said in the file, so I came here to ask for the prince's instructions, may I let the officials polish it up?"

Before Chu Shaoruan died, he cursed at Chu Shaoling. Those cursing words were simply unbearable. According to the rules, all these things before the prince left should be recorded, but if you really want to stay, you have to ask the higher-ups. Chu Shaoling carefully read the book and folded a paragraph The vicious cursing sneered: "Just like his unworthy mother, she didn't save herself a bit of dignity before she died. It's all ruined. I'm not afraid of curses, but I'm afraid that he will tarnish the royal family's reputation."

Nodding again and again at the verdict, Chu Shaoling's eyes flashed a look of hostility, and he said: "Order, Chu Shaoruan has lost his morals and deeds, is a big treason, and must not deal with future affairs."

The verdict paused for a moment, then nodded and said yes, Chu Shaoling dismissed them, turned his head and whispered to Wang Muhan: "Let those people in Chengqian Palace keep an eye on them, and when the emperor wakes up again, he will inform me immediately, Chu Shaoling Ruan is the most beloved prince of the father, now that he has gone, I have to talk to the father in detail."

Wang Muhan agreed, and Chu Shaoling said again: "Also... the medicine given to the emperor by the imperial doctors is too mild, how can this cure the disease? Isn't the medicine boy who is preparing the medicine for the emperor now one of ours? Tell him, Doubling the dose of the medicine, even if you give me a hard pour, the emperor must wake up quickly."

Wang Muhan paused and said: "But... I'm afraid that the servants who feed the medicine will become suspicious when they see it. Although many of Chengqian Palace are now our people, there are still many old servants of the emperor. So Doing... I'm afraid it's risky, it's not good for people to use the excuse to spread rumors about His Highness."

"It doesn't matter." Chu Shaoling sneered, "I just learned from the palace that it will be Concubine Zhen's turn to attend to the illness from tomorrow on. Send her a message, and she will naturally know what to do."

Wang Muhan understood and nodded.

The next day the emperor's decoction was a little thicker than usual, and a few slices of old ginseng were added to it to stimulate the medicine. Zhen Si gently stirred the medicine bowl and sneered in his heart. Chu Shaoling is a good idea, it is not easy to poison in Chengqian Palace , but it is much easier to use double the decoction to harm people.

Zhen Si stared at the decoction in the glazed cup with fascination. That's what the emperor ordered the imperial physicians to increase the dose at will, as long as they can hold the prince in their stomachs...

The emperor clearly knew that he might lose his life when he gave birth after taking those medicines, but he still ordered the imperial doctor to do so. Fortunately, he escaped that day, but he was seriously injured since then...

Sitting on the couch, Zhen Si looked at the emperor's emaciated and sallow face with a tinge of joy in his heart, Feng Shui took turns, and now he could feed the emperor some "good medicine".

Zhen Si ordered someone to help the emperor up and put a few soft pillows on his back. Zhen Si couldn't keep feeding him several times, and said impatiently: "The emperor has to drink medicine, so how can he get better? The emperor poured medicine..."

Zhen Si no longer had the gentle look in front of the emperor on weekdays. With the help of two nuns, she raised the emperor's chin with her left hand and opened his mouth. With her right hand, she took the medicine bowl and poured it directly. Half of it was gone, Zhen Si said coldly: "It's okay to waste so much, let the medicine boy boil another bowl."

The nanny bowed her head, Zhen Si took a veil and wiped the emperor's face casually, then suddenly smiled: "Your Majesty... wake up, my concubine is looking forward to it."

Zhen Si didn't have any worries about other concubines, she wished the emperor would die soon, so that she could leave the palace with the sixth prince after Chu Shaoling ascended the throne.

Zhen Si was more attentive than the other concubines. He had to feed medicine every two hours. After a day, the emperor's face turned rosier than usual. Others didn't know it and thought it was getting better. Zhen Si sneered inwardly. , After pouring those ginseng soups in, how could he look bad?

When the emperor frowned slightly the next night, his eyes opened and closed again, Zhen Si was overjoyed, pushed the nurse beside him and said in a low voice, "Quickly tell the prince, the emperor is about to wake up."

Nanny nodded repeatedly, then turned around and asked in a low voice, "Then...do you want to tell the Queen Mother as well?"

Zhen Si smiled: "Is Mammy stupid? The prince wants to talk to the emperor about himself, what will the mother do later? Go quickly."

Mammy turned around and left, Zhen Si casually put the medicine bowl in her hand aside, sneered in her heart, she could be regarded as sending the emperor on the road with her own hands, in this way, she and the emperor would be cleared up.

Zhen Si turned back to her own palace, leaving Chengqian Palace to Chu Shaoling who was coming soon.