The prince in the cold palace

Zhi Fei sighed at the stack of letters in front of him.

It was delivered by Grandpa Zuo, the head of the housekeeper after an early meal. With a flattering smile on his face, Grandpa Zuo slyly directed the eunuchs below to pack up the case table, and put the embroidered bound memorial on top of it. , "These memorials, His Majesty will come to review them in the afternoon, please do your best..."

The desktop was tidy and tidy, and even the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were neatly put aside. The memorials were divided into three parts according to different contents. Eunuch Zuo also explained in detail what format each part of the memorial needed for approval.

As soon as he woke up, Zhifei was dragged to the court, and when he returned to Duanju Palace, he had to review the memorials. He didn't even give him a chance to catch his breath, he just smiled wryly.

Recalling the scene of going to court just now, Zhi Fei sighed again.

Although I had met the courtiers face to face during the ceremony, but at that time the distance from the altar was too far, and many courtiers who stood far away could only see the figure of Zhifei in purple and gold brocade clothes, and couldn't see his face clearly at all. Because of his appearance, he was very enthusiastic about Zhifei's first visit to court. He blocked the entrance of Chaoyun Hall early in the morning, blocked the main entrance and the side door firmly, and Zhifei stepped up the steps step by step. , with a stiff smile on his face.

A bit like a clown in a circus, Zhi Fei frowned, lowered his head slightly, raised his sleeves and turned his neck to look left and right, then turned his head and whispered to Mu Ao who was a step and a half behind him, "Is there something on my clothes? It's underwear Wearing it outside? There are a lot of cumbersome places in the prince's clothes, maybe the buttons are buttoned wrong..."

Holding back a smile, Mu Ao leaned forward and whispered in Zhifei's ear, "Your Highness, there is nothing wrong, it's just those ministers making a fuss."

"Zhi Fei? Why didn't you enter the palace?" The third prince was still dressed in an elegant crescent white robe. Seeing Zhi Fei standing outside the hall and looking at the courtiers who couldn't hide their curiosity, he chuckled lightly. "Brother Prince, are you afraid of these monkeys?"

"monkey?"

Zhiyu smiled even more elegantly, "They think they are observing you, but they don't know that their ugliness is fully displayed in the eyes of you and me. What is it but a monkey playing?"

After Zhiyu finished speaking, he calmly held Zhifei's hand and walked into the Chaoyun Palace.

Zhi Fei looked at his hand being held, and frowned slightly.

Mu Ao looked at them expressionlessly, turned his head, and unexpectedly saw a corner of the hall chatting with several ministers, but his eyes were closely following the stubborn eldest prince.

Yin Wuyao in the court hall, this is the first time I have seen Zhifei, his body is covered with a solemn and solemn feeling, the cold and ruthless gaze when he glances at the officials, just one glance will make him feel pressured, and he dare not look at it again Take a second look - the king who really overlooks the world.

Even Zhi Fei lowered his head slightly, feeling a little bitter in his heart.

By the side of the servant, there is no danger day and night.

Chang Xiangli once said this to Zhi Fei, but thinking about it now, these eight words can be said extremely brilliantly.

The officials kneeling in the hall trembled all over their bodies, their heads could not be lowered any lower. They looked like hedgehogs curled up in a ball, or ostriches in danger. The middle-aged officials in their early forties were so nervous and frightened that they couldn’t even speak. Unable to speak, he muttered something indistinctly.

Yin Wuyao laughed back angrily, but the corners of his mouth curled up without any trace of warmth, "So, the floods have caused disasters, and you all thought of a way to ask me for money?"

As he said that, he slapped the emperor's table with neither light nor heavy. Although the force of this palm was not heavy, the deep and crisp voice echoed in the quiet hall for a while. The officials couldn't help being horrified, the two eunuchs accompanying Yin Wuyao were already pale with fright.

"Prepare another memorial. If it's still unrealistic and general like this one, please go to disaster yourself and don't come back!"

The memorial presented by the official was thrown from the dragon case by the emperor, and hit the official kneeling in front of the palace.

The hall was silent, no one stood up to speak for the official, Yin Wuyao watched coldly as the guards raised the official's arms and dragged him out of the palace.

Since ancient times, floods have always been the enemy in the hearts of the people. Compared with the disaster of bandits and soldiers, the people are more concerned about whether they have food.

Yin Wuyao is not like the emperors in the past who sent inspectors to the disaster area and allocated a large sum of money to relieve the disaster and repair the embankment. Instead, he immediately considered the disaster relief plan and tried to solve all problems. It has to be said that he He is a very efficient emperor.

How could such an emperor not be a good emperor?

Zhi Fei looked at the dark-faced Yin Wuyao in the hall, handsome and domineering.He has never been ambiguous about major national affairs, and even small matters do not allow any mistakes.

Alas... major matters are decided by Yin Wuyao himself, such as local tribute, approval and tax payment, etc., such as small matters that only need to be signed and commended routinely, all are piled up to the executive.

It's another memorial full of praises to the emperor's meritorious deeds, fingers slid across the paper, and he felt powerless to hold on to the waste.

Lazily resting his chin on the table, the hand of the little eunuch rubbing ink was still moving mechanically, but cold sweat dripped from his forehead.

Wen Han pushed open the door, put the almost on the table, and smiled gently, "This is for your majesty to train your majesty..."

Zhi Fei raised his eyes and quickly glanced at the remaining memorial, "Is that so..." The syllable was prolonged, and the sentence seemed listless.

Mu Ao didn't notice the doubt in Zhi Fei's eyes at all, and there was a divine light in his eyes, "It must be so! Your Majesty intends to cultivate His Highness, only His Majesty has the vision to discover His Highness's excellence..."

Zhi Fei smiled wryly, "Wen Han...you and Lu Fang are getting more and more alike..."

Wen Han realized that he was a little arrogant, and immediately blushed, and stood aside with his head bowed.

At a quarter of noon, Yin Wuyao appeared in front of Zhi Fei very punctually.

The slender and graceful fingers flipped through the memorials one by one, and after reading through them intently, the emperor was silent for a while, and looked up at Zhi Po, his eyes were not friendly.

"Why didn't Xiao Qi stand up when I asked if there was a good way to deal with the flood in the early court?"

Zhi Fei looked at the emperor in bewilderment, "I don't know how to control water..."

"Oh?" Yin Wuyao raised his eyebrows, spread out one of the memorials and placed it in front of Zhifei, the black and white letters and vermilion annotations were very clear. The words annotated with red pen were slowly read out, "Taxes and surplus materials from the five continents on the left of Jiangzuo are stored in one place as disaster food...Xiao Qi, do you know that the taxes and taxes of the whole country are not paid in gold and silver? Do you know that a memorial needs to be paid back and forth?" How long will it take? Do you know that Jiangzuo Wuzhou is one of the richest places in the country?"

Zhi Fei shook his head, before he went to court, he had only read books on this subject when he was doing policy theory, and he didn't know the specifics.

He made a decision on his own to let those taxes that need to be turned over to the treasury go to the disaster relief first. Although it was not safe, Zhi Fei didn't know that Yin Wuyao would be so angry.

Could it be that he was too self-righteous, and only remembered what Chang Xiangli had warned him about early in the morning, that being with a king is like being with a tiger, maybe he accidentally touched the emperor's scales.

Zhi Fei buried his head low, suppressing the uneasiness in his heart.The emperor's steady breathing sounded in front of him, but he couldn't see his expression, so he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.

Yin Wuyao looked at Zhifei who carefully lowered his eyebrows and pleasing to the eye, curled the corner of his mouth, he stretched out his hand to touch Zhifei's smooth cheek, but finally landed on the top of Zhifei's head, rubbing his soft black hair, the emperor sighed In one breath, "Xiaoqi thinks I'm angry?"

Zhi Fei raised his head in surprise, his eyes were full of "isn't it?"

Yin Wuyao smiled, "Xiaoqi's idea is very good, when the taxed food enters the national treasury and then distributed to the disaster area, I don't know how many victims will starve to death, 'The soldiers and horses are not moved, the food and grass go first', you Saved a lot of people."

After speaking, he vigorously rubbed Zhi Fei's hair, and let out a hearty laugh.

After lunch, Eunuch Zuo led the young eunuchs to remove the memorials on the desk.

It is said that there is still another stack in the afternoon, Zhi Fei looked at their busy figures, feeling a little helpless.

"What? Xiaoqi feels tired?" Yin Wuyao picked up a black piece and landed it on the chessboard, scratching his head, randomly picking up a piece and stuffing it in the blank space, which instead made his own layout difficult. The chaos gave Heizi an opportunity to take advantage of, and Yin Wuyao saw that the opportunity must be missed, and another Heizi landed, deciding the outcome.

Zhi Fei looked at the chessboard, then at Yin Wuyao, and smiled mischievously, "I lost."

This is already the seventh defeat, seven defeats in seven games.

Zhi Fei is not good at chess, but he had to study it for a while because of the Taixue courses, but he was powerless against the emperor.

He stared at Yin Wuyao angrily, the man said before that he was "just dabbling in chess, not deep learning." But he actually believed him...

That stare made Yin Wuyao feel a little inexplicably guilty. He turned his eyes to the side, and the emperor said in a low and confusing voice, "Xiao Qi handled those memorials well. What reward do you want from Father?"

Zhi Fei blinked, and looked at him with a little confusion, "I don't need a reward..."

Yin Wuyao smiled mysteriously, "Doesn't Xiao Qi want to see the concubine mother?"

Back to the cold palace again, it has been an unknown how long.The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, worshiping the imperial mausoleum, touring the imperial capital, and then going to the court to listen to the government, how many days in total, I can't count the exact number of days.

The mother and concubine looked good, and she was watering the newly planted beans in the yard. When she saw Zhi Fei, she hurriedly dragged him into the inner room. Questions piled up one after another, Zhi Fei didn't even know which question to answer first.

To Zhi Fei's surprise, the person the emperor father promised to send to protect the concubine mother and Lufang turned out to be Song Jingman.

Song Jingman, who was dressed in bodyguard armor, silently hid himself in a dark corner, and when he saw Zhibai's eyes full of questions, he said unwillingly, "The minister is now a bodyguard."

Zhi Fei didn't know what happened, but Song Jingman's martial arts skills were so strong that it was reassuring for him to protect the mother and concubine.

Concubine Mu took Zhifei's hand, stared carefully at Zhifei's face left and right, and then said with a smile: "Huo'er is doing well, so Concubine Mu can rest assured."

Zhi Fei lowered his head, "I'm sorry... I couldn't let Concubine Mu leave here..."

"Silly boy, where can mother and concubine go after leaving here?" He held up Zhi Po's face that was somewhat similar to himself, and the lonely but happy smile of the little woman was reflected in his big peach eyes, "Mother Concubine knows that she has compromised with your royal father on the grounds of protecting me, but..."

As if thinking of something, Concubine Mu's eyelashes flickered, but she didn't say the last words of the word "but".

When Zhi Fei returned to Duanju Palace, it was already late, he was lying on a bed that was much bigger than before, but he couldn't fall asleep anyway.

What did the concubine mother want to tell herself at that time?

The novelty of becoming a crown prince is over. Recently, what can be called a major event in the palace is the fact that the eldest prince was named King Zhong and left the palace to build a mansion.

On a sunny afternoon, Zhi Fei was "invited" by Zhi Qing Zhi Zhu's two imperial brothers to Prince Zhong's Mansion.

The princes are not allowed to leave the palace at will, but the emperor has allowed this matter.

I don't know what the unpredictable father is thinking, but Zhifei followed them.The newly built Prince Zhong's Mansion is very magnificent, its resplendent appearance is no less than that of the imperial palace, but it is much smaller than the imperial palace, and has a bit more scholarly flavor.

When Zhi Zhong saw Zhi Fei, he couldn't hide the joy on his face, even his words were a little clumsy, he smiled shyly, arranged a banquet for them, and took them to a lake in the suburbs.

The sparkling surface of the lake is like shattered reflective glass, and the fingers of the hand are lightly gliding across the surface of the water, stirring up the water once and for all.

Zhizhong and Zhiqing Zhizhu were happily chatting, when they suddenly caught sight of Zhibao who was doing nothing, he asked him worriedly, "Are you not used to riding a boat?"

Zhibai's voice was muffled, "Maybe..."

"Then, shall we turn around and go back to the pier now?" Zhi Zhong carefully brushed away the hair in front of Zhi Fei, his fingers touched Zhi Fei's slightly pale cheeks and he couldn't help trembling.

"Ah, no need," Zhi Fei raised his eyes and looked at the sky, "There is a small boat tied to the stern, I'll use that to go back."

Zhi Zhong looked at him worriedly, Mu Ao went behind Zhi Fei to help him up, and slightly nodded at Zhi Zhong, "It is enough for Your Highness to have me."

After finishing speaking, he helped Zhibao out of the cabin, Zhiqing and Zhizhu drank too much wine, originally they were just fighting, but in the end they almost drew their swords, Zhizhong rushed up to try to break the fight, but he didn't have time to take care of Zhibao who left the scene halfway.

Walking on the busy street with Mu Ao, Mu Ao looked at Zhi Po with some puzzlement, "I never knew His Highness was seasick."

Zhi Fei stuck out his tongue and smiled lightly, "It's just that I'm not used to that kind of environment, I can't understand the elegance of the royal brothers."

Mu Ao stared at him thoughtfully, then turned his gaze away.

From spring to winter, Zhiqin and Zhiyu were named kings one after another, and they built mansions in the imperial capital, and they were called King Qin and King Yu respectively.

When Zhiyu left the palace, he left a large bag of dried peach blossoms for Zhifei, and Zhiyu smiled gracefully, "The garden full of peach blossoms was originally planted so that Zhifei could drink the freshest peach blossoms every year. For peach blossom tea, scented tea cannot be stored for a long time, it is easy to go bad, only freshly picked ones have the most fragrance."

Zhi Fei looked at the peach blossoms in his arms and sighed softly.