Tyrant [Rebirth]

The heavy snow fell continuously, and after burning the paper money three times at night, Chu Shaoling ordered everyone to eat by themselves. In order to show their condolences to princes like Chu Shaoling, this meal cannot be eaten. Chu Shaoling still dismissed the fifth and sixth princes, and knelt down by himself. Burn paper in front of the altar.

Wei Ji followed Wei Zhan for a meal in the palace from the state ceremony, after which the officials and his wives went out of the palace, Wei Zhan stayed in the palace with Fu Yi, Wei Ji went to find Wang Muhan by himself.

"Your Majesty Wei, don't worry..." Wang Muhan looked around and pulled Wei Ji aside and said in a low voice, "It's said that I don't need to eat, but how can I really not eat or drink? No need to mention it, I will not wait until Xushi There will be clan relatives going to ask the prince three times and four times to ask for a meal."

Wang Muhan smiled softly: "This is the rule of the royal family. The prince will always be hungry for a while. After the clan relatives persuade him a few times, the prince will eat some food. Otherwise, how can he show the prince's filial piety to the emperor Daxing?" ?”

Wei Ji was dumbfounded, he didn't expect there to be some tricks in it, Wei Ji was still uneasy: "Eunuch, are you sure His Highness can eat at Xushi?"

"Lord Wei, don't worry." Wang Muhan smiled reassuringly, "The meal has already been prepared in the small kitchen of Chengqian Palace. If Lord Wei is afraid that the servants will not be reliable for a while, he can deliver the meal in person. Lord Wei advises the prince. Definitely use the fragrance."

Wei Ji laughed: "Eunuch, don't make fun of me."

Wang Muhan smiled: "The old slave made a slip of the tongue, Mr. Wei, don't care about it. This is also the truth. Now who doesn't know that talking to Mr. Qian Wei is the most effective? Mr. Wei follows the prince all day long and doesn't know what's going on outside. Ri Dan came to look for Lord Wei, and there are countless people who want to use Lord Wei to talk to the prince, but the prince ordered before, and the servants blocked all those people, so Lord Wei didn't know."

Wei Ji nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, father-in-law. In the future, I will definitely stop these things. If others don't know, father-in-law will definitely know. I never dare to talk too much about your highness. Your highness has his own ideas in everything. It's useless for others to ask me." of."

This is what Wang Muhan admires the most about Wei Ji. Once other people have favored chickens and dogs to heaven, only Wei Ji never asked Chu Shaoling for anything, and never interfered in major matters. It's time to be a bodyguard. After so many years, Wei Ji is now an extremely human minister, but he is still as diligent and self-disciplined as before. Wang Muhan admired it in his heart. It is not easy to endure poverty and endure wealth.Having such a person by Chu Shaoling's side may be much better than those Yingying Yanyan who each have their own ideas.

Wang Muhan nodded and smiled: "It's just natural, there is one more thing, the prince told the servants before, don't let Master Wei get tired these few days, like going to Bitao Garden to get clothes today, Master Wei only told the slaves Now, how can we run errands by ourselves, isn't this a slap in the face for us?"

"I've never been used to ordering people around. I just do what I can do by myself. Besides, everyone is so busy today that I don't touch the ground. I'm the only one idle, so I should do something." Wei Ji was thinking about Chu Shaoling's meal, and turned his head. He looked at it and said, "I'm going to see how the meal is prepared."

Wang Muhan smiled knowingly: "That won't delay Mr. Wei."

The Empress Dowager in the Hall of Ci'an was leaning on a couch with hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren. Behind her, Grandma Sun gently rubbed both sides of the old Empress' forehead. The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and said in a low voice: "It's a pity..."

Grandma Sun understood, and comforted her: "The prince is still young, so it won't hurt to wait a few more years."

The queen mother sighed: "It's useless, can the Ai family wait until that day to talk about it..."

"Queen Mother!" Nanny Sun said angrily, "The Queen Mother said this again, why can't I wait... Queen Mother, there is nothing wrong with waiting for a few years. Waiting for another three years is the second young lady of the Ling family, Ling Ling. Yi is at a good age."

The Queen Mother opened her eyes, thought about it, and smiled: "That's not it, haha, why did the Ai family forget? A few days ago, I was worried that the Crown Princess would not be able to choose from these families. If I waited for three years... Ling Yi just reached the age of Ji , isn't it a good match?"

Nanny Sun smiled: "The queen mother has been busy these past two days, but unfortunately Miss Lingyun is not blessed, but Miss Lingyi is in good health and born with great blessings."

"Yes, the Ai family likes Yi girl very much. She has a good appearance, a gentle temper and a strong spirit, dignified and dignified. I didn't mention Zi Junhou's tutor..." The more the Queen Mother thought about it, the more satisfied she was, "It is somewhat similar to Queen Ling. The Ai family just likes such a child, like Zhen Bihe... must not marry another one."

Grandma Sun nodded and said with a smile: "The queen mother always likes whatever the prince likes, this marriage is right."

The queen mother nodded: "Very good, I can't take care of it now, and I will talk to Junhou Zi when I get out of Rexiao, and Ling'er must be satisfied."

"Since the Queen Mother is not worried, let's have another bowl of porridge." Sun Nanny beckoned, and the little palace maid outside brought a bowl of japonica rice porridge with both hands, Sun Nanny took it and scooped it up and said with a smile, "Dinner is only for dinner." At that point, you should be hungry by now."

The Empress Dowager smiled: "You know how to find stitches, that's all, Aijia will use some more."

The Empress Dowager took the porridge bowl and said in two mouthfuls: "Have you prepared Ling'er's meal at Chengqian Palace? The child didn't even have a drop of water for dinner, and he still has to toss for more than a month. It's always like this. Boiled?"

"Someone has already persuaded her, the queen mother can rest assured."

In Chengqian Palace, Chu Shaoling persuaded everyone for a long time and finally agreed to eat. Wei Ji hurriedly ordered someone to deliver the prepared meal, but it was rice porridge, pickles, etc., very bland, and everyone retreated to Wei Ji Approaching and taking a small pot of rice from the meal, there was a small pot full of bacon hidden in it, Chu Shaoling laughed: "Where did you find it?"

Wei Ji carefully looked outside and said in a low voice: "I saw that the meal they prepared for His Highness is really simple. Your Highness has been hungry for half a day. How can I be full from porridge? I secretly went to the imperial dining room. Today There is no meat in the whole palace, there are no fresh meat dishes, but the bacon is not bad, Your Highness...use some."

Chu Shaoling's heart warmed, he took a bowl of porridge and handed it to Wei Ji and said, "It's not easy to want to eat some meat these days, you can eat some with me."

Wei Ji nodded and smiled and accompanied Chu Shaoling to eat another meal. After both of them finished eating, Chu Shaoling ordered Wang Muhan to cook the rest. Chu Shaoling went to kneel in front of the altar for a while, and then took Wei Ji back to Bitao Garden .

In the evening, the two of them went to bed after bathing, and Wei Ji leaned on Chu Shaoling and said slowly: "The funeral will be in 49 days after July [-], will your Highness have to be like this these days?"

Chu Shaoling looked down at Wei Ji and smiled, "Does your heart hurt?"

"Yeah." Wei Ji nodded honestly, "I can't eat well or sleep well, and I can only eat porridge and rice. I heard from Wang Gonggong that His Highness will not be able to come back to sleep for a few days after the funeral, and will kneel all night... ...Your highness is delicate and fleshy, where did you suffer this kind of pain?"

"It's as powerful as I said, just like today, am I not hungry?" Chu Shaoling lowered his head and kissed Wei Ji's forehead, "With you, what am I afraid of..."

Wei Ji still remembers the rules Wang Muhan said: "Kneeling spirit... can others kneel? I will kneel for Your Highness."

Chu Shaoling smiled: "That's okay, I don't want to..."

Chu Shaoling turned over, embraced Wei Ji and said softly, "Don't think about it, I've been on the battlefield, so what's the matter, go to bed early, tomorrow will be another mess."

Wei Ji nodded and put Tang Pozi in his arms aside, tucked the quilt for Chu Shaoling and closed his eyes.

A louder voice came from far outside. Just as the two were about to fall asleep, Wang Muhan entered the inner hall outside, and said in a low voice through the double screen: "Prince, prince...the person who went to Pingyu came back and said Something has happened, Your Highness..."

Chu Shaoling sat up, Wei Ji wanted to get up after him, Chu Shaoling pressed Wei Ji's shoulder and said in a low voice: "It's okay, I'll go and have a look, you sleep first."

"Your Majesty, go down with me..." Wei Ji was worried about Ping Yu, "but what's the matter with the Fourth Prince?"

Chu Shaoling smiled reassuringly: "Never mind him, you sleep first... I'll be right back."

Chu Shaoling insisted not to let Wei Ji get up, Wei Ji had no choice but to nod and said: "Your Highness, wear more."

"I know." Chu Shaoling didn't ask anyone to come in, took the clothes to put on, took a big cloak and put it on, turned around and kissed Wei Ji's lips, "Go to bed early, when I come back If you haven't fallen asleep yet, let's see how I punish you..."

Wei Ji pursed his lower lip, and Chu Shaoling went out with a smile.

Chu Shaoling turned the screen to take the hand stove handed over by the palace man and said indifferently: "What's wrong?"

Wang Muhan bowed and said: "The people who went to Pingyu to pick up the fourth prince came back. They didn't even arrive in Pingyu. They met on the way...they met the people who were with the fourth prince. They were rushing to the imperial city. ...for mourners."

Chu Shaoling stroked the stove lightly: "The one who reported the funeral? Is Chu Shaoyang dead?"

Wang Muhan did not expect Chu Shaoling to be so calm, nodded and continued: "I heard from those people that it was done by the Xiyi people... Escorting the Xiyi people to Pingyu, Yunnan is a must. When they were stationed outside Pingyu City, there was a team The Xiyi people fled into the city, burning, killing, and looting all kinds of things, those people broke into the fourth prince's mansion, after a lot of looting...they set fire to it, the fourth prince couldn't escape, he was burned to death."

Chu Shaoling said indifferently: "Oh... can those bandits be taken down now?"

Wang Muhan shook his head: "I don't know the details, but I have to carefully examine the people around the fourth prince. They failed to protect the fourth prince, and in the end... they didn't even get the fourth prince's body out of the fire." If you snatch it back, it really deserves to die."

Chu Shaoling nodded: "You really deserve to die, and you still have the face to go back to the imperial city to report the funeral... Let me tell you, these people have failed to protect the lord, and their crimes should be punished and executed."

Wang Muhan hesitated for a while and said, "All... killed them all?"

Chu Shaoling nodded: "Kill them all."

What a joke, how could he keep Chu Shaoyang's old department, and now he just took this opportunity to wipe out the grass and roots, and it's over.

Wang Muhan bowed his head: "The servant knows, so I will give you an order."

Chu Shaoling thought for a while and said: "The Empress Dowager is too old to withstand any storms, so let's talk about this slowly...don't let people surprise the old man."

Wang Muhan agreed to go.

The story of Chu Shaoyang being burned to death by deserters from Xiyi the next day spread throughout the palace. Chu Shaoling first went to the Ci'an Hall to comfort the Empress Dowager. Not very secure, the Ai family only thinks that he can live a peaceful life in the fief, how could it be..."

"The imperial grandmother is very compassionate, but the fourth child is not blessed." Chu Shaoling coaxed softly, "Now it is time to arrange the funeral of the fourth child, but it is just at this time, and it is impossible to have a grand funeral. "

The old queen rubbed her brows wearily: "It's really difficult to deal with the emperor's affairs here... After all, he is also the prince, so it can't be too simple."

Chu Shaoling said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs has already drawn up the title of the fourth child. 'King of Light' should correspond to the word 'Yang' in his name, which is appropriate."

The queen mother nodded: "Then... that's it, what evil did you do? So many people went there in one month, call more monks and priests to do a few rituals in the palace, Aijia really can't bear it." Something happened again..."

Chu Shaoling chuckled in his heart, the Empress Dowager can rest assured that those who should go have already left, and no one will die in the palace.

Chu Shaoling went to take care of Chu Shaoyang's funeral, because the Emperor Daxing's internal affairs office and the Ministry of Rites were already busy, so how could he take care of Chu Shaoyang's affairs? However, Chu Shaoling turned a blind eye, and he didn't care about any omissions. Everyone dared to let go when they saw that Chu Shaoling didn't care. , very little.

"Your Highness's jade pendant was forgotten on the couch." Wei Ji took an excuse to tell the guards outside the main hall to enter the main hall, and turned into the inner room to see Chu Shaoling, "Your Highness...it's time, Your Highness hasn't had dinner yet Is it?"

Chu Shaoling smiled and waved Wei Ji to sit beside him: "Not yet, have you eaten?"

Wei Ji nodded: "I ate with Big Brother, Your Highness is holding this..."

Wei Ji took out a small bag from his bosom and handed it to Chu Shaoling, as if offering a treasure: "I found it."

Chu Shaoling laughed, opened it and saw that it was a package of dried beef, Chu Shaoling picked up a piece and fed it into Wei Ji's mouth with a chuckle: "You have really become a thief these days."

Chu Shaoling tasted a piece and nodded, "It tastes very good, where did you find it?"

Wei Ji smiled: "I asked my eldest brother to bring it from home. There is a cook in my family who is very good at making this. I have been growing up since I was a snack..."

Chu Shaoling was about to boast a few more words, and a palace man outside said in a low voice through the door: "Your Highness, Mr. Zhang of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is asking to see you."

Wei Ji hurriedly put away his things, Chu Shaoling smiled, turned his head and said to the outside: "Come in."

"Your Highness, please be well." Eunuch Zhang said after saluting, "Something went wrong with the craftsman who built the royal road leading to the mausoleum. Are the flags removed or demolished and then rebuilt?"

Chu Shaoling's eyes darkened when he heard the words, and he said in a low voice, "Wait for the orphan to see it before making a decision."

Eunuch Zhang nodded: "Yes, that servant will arrange for His Highness to leave the palace." After finishing speaking, he retreated.

Wei Ji was puzzled and said, "It's not a big deal... It's so late, is Your Highness going out of the palace?"

Chu Shaoling smiled: "It's just a show for others to see, and it won't be long before I come back."

Wei Ji nodded and was about to go back to Bitao Garden to change clothes, but Chu Shaoling stopped him: "You don't have to follow, it's just a short time, the road is snowy outside, don't run around."

Wei Ji was even more puzzled: "Didn't I ride the carriage with Your Highness? You don't want to walk by yourself... I want to go with Your Highness."

"Be obedient." Chu Shaoling rubbed Wei Ji's head, "It's a dark matter after all, I don't want you to keep meddling, honestly go back to Bitao Garden and wait, I'll be back soon."

Wei Ji had no choice but to compromise: "Then be careful, Your Highness, your Highness should take a sedan chair, the road is slippery, and the carriage is not suitable."

Chu Shaoling nodded: "Don't worry."

At Xushi, when Chu Shaoling left the palace, the sedan chair didn't go to the imperial road. After leaving the inner city, he turned around and went to a farm in the west.

Chu Shaoling's hidden guards in Zhuangzi had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Chu Shaoling coming, he directly led him to a cellar deep in Zhuangzi. Chu Shaoling covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and frowned slightly: "Why is there such a strong smell... ..."

"Your Highness, take care." The dark guard whispered, "This cellar has not been used for a long time, and it is not easy to disperse the air, so the smell will be stronger."

Chu Shaoling said indifferently: "Where are people?"

The dark guard bowed, turned around and went to the depths of the cellar to lift a person out. The man was tied up firmly, and the dark guard fell to the ground as soon as he let go, the hair covering his face hanging down to reveal his face. Chu Shaoyang who had been "dead" for many days!