Shaodi Chunxin

Fu Yuanqing lay down for a while, and was about to get up when Debao had already come in: "Old Ancestor, you should rest for a while."

"what happened?"

"The master said that Yumen was exempted from listening to the government today."

Fu Yuanqing was startled: "Master, why..."

"My master is not very safe this morning." Debao said, "Gang Mu Lixin has come to ask for a pulse, but he is a little tired. I guess it is due to the recent government affairs."

Is there anything for the young emperor to do recently?

"I'd better go over and have a look..." Fu Yuanqing wanted to get out of bed, but Debao hurriedly stopped him.

"Old ancestor, you don't have good legs and feet, so don't get up. The master fell asleep again, and said that Yang Lingxue is here, so you can go there." Debao hesitated, "Master also said, said that anyway, he is just a fool , it's always the same when you wake up..."

Fu Yuanqing was at a loss for words by the young emperor's forceful words.

He remembered the time after the first emperor left.

It was still dark, and the young emperor struggled to get up from the bed, no matter how windy or rainy, he would get up early no matter how uncomfortable he was.

At that time, he was no more than waist-high, wearing a small but heavy Yishan crown, wearing a five-clawed dragon suit, and he tied a ribbon and a jade pendant around his waist.

Every time he washed his face, he was yawning and rubbing his eyes, his eyes were sleepy, and he looked very pitiful.

After getting off the chariot, he took his hand and walked across the Huangji Hall. The bluestone steps were a little undulating, and he would often step on empty space, so Fu Yuanqing walked with him on the last part of the way.In the light, pushed open the Huangji Gate, lit the palace lanterns, and waited for the ministers to report.

When the cabinet made a decision, the young emperor always asked him cautiously: "Father, what do you think?"

The ministers stared angrily.

The Son of Heaven is the sovereign father of the world, an eunuch who is above him, and who is called Father by the Son of Heaven and asks his opinion on everything.

Thinking about it now... probably since then, he has been a thorn in the side of Confucian scholars all over the world.

Later, the young emperor grew taller, and finally taller than himself at the age of 16, and then...he didn't call him "Father" for many years, and he didn't ask his opinion much.

Until recently...they suddenly became intimate.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Fu Yuanqing sighed, bowed and said, "Fu Yuanqing complies."

At three o'clock in Yinshi, Fu Yuanqing finished a bowl of millet porridge, and asked Debao again: "Is the master up?"

Debao said: "No, I feel unwell in the morning, it seems that I have heart palpitations, and Mu Lixin is asking for pulse."

Fu Yuanqing was taken aback again: "Didn't you say you never had heart palpitations last time? Why did it happen again. I'll go over now."

"Young Emperor said he couldn't see you." Debao said, "Young Emperor said that he is very annoyed now and doesn't want to be taught."

"...Master is angry with yesterday?" Fu Yuanqing was a little confused, "It's been too long."

Debao said again: "Master, I'm really uncomfortable. Don't go, old ancestor. Master wants you to go to Wenyuan Pavilion and discuss the Queen's matter with the ministers in the cabinet. He will ask later."

"Okay. I'll go right away."

Fu Yuanqing got up and put on the official uniform, washed himself up, asked Debao to comb his hair and put on a crown, and then pushed the door out. His legs and feet still hurt a little, but they were better than the day before.

When he walked to the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he remembered what happened when Chen Jing entered last night, and glanced at Debao who sent him off.

Debao looked at him innocently: "Old ancestor?"

Obviously pretending to be confused.

Fu Yuanqing's heart softened, and he sighed: "That's all."

He went out to sit on a stool, and then went to Wenyuan Pavilion, where the cabinet was located.

When he arrived, the sky was just dawning, the courtiers had just left the Huangji Gate, and there was still no one in the cabinet.It was dark again, and the imperial guards on both sides were standing. They were all from the Four Guards Battalion under Liu Jiu's imperial horse supervision, and the only commander was Cao Ban'an's subordinates.

The chiefs below waited, and when they saw him coming, they quickly saluted.

"Why did the old ancestor come here?" Director Xu asked respectfully, "My lords are still at Huangji Gate and have not returned to the cabinet."

"The master has not listened to the government recently, so he should return soon." Fu Yuanqing said.

"Then wait inside the old ancestor."

"I'll wait outside the door." Fu Yuanqing shook his head, "The cabinet is an important place for confidentiality, so it's inappropriate for me to go in."

"But when the little father-in-law under Liu Changchen came to get the ticket, he would sit inside by himself, waiting for someone to serve tea." The director complained.

Fu Yuanqing glanced at him.

The director bowed his head a little bit ashamed and said: "Old ancestor, Liu Jiu is so domineering. He has never been to Wenyuan Pavilion once when he got a batch of red rights. He sent the firemen under him to get the tickets, and sometimes passed them on for the master. The purpose is to find someone with a small fire, and leave as soon as you say it verbally. Who knows if it’s true or not. The small ones can’t be seen long ago. Cheng Chuang brought someone over just now, and took it away casually.”

"Speak carefully." Fu Yuanqing criticized.

Xu Zhangsi was a little aggrieved, but the obedient one stopped talking.

After a while, I heard someone crying and begging for mercy at the corner of the road.

The eunuch carrying the sedan chair whispered: "Old ancestor, it seems that someone has been bullied."

Fu Yuanqing stood up from the stool, turned around and walked into the narrow alley, turned a corner, and saw two eunuchs pressing down on a man, pulling his hair and raising his face, and Cheng Chuang, the horse guard, was holding his whisk and shaking his face .

The little eunuch's face was covered with blood beads, it was rotten and swollen, and he wanted to cry but didn't dare to cry.

"Tell you to be lazy again! Lazy again! You deserve it! You deserve it!"

Fu Yuanqing stepped forward in two steps: "Stop!"

Cheng Chuang and the others let go, and turned around to see the handprint of the Supervisor of Rites. The two accomplices quickly knelt down. Although Cheng Chuang also knelt down, there was a disrespectful smile on his face.

The crying little Huangmen lay on the ground and trembled all over: "Eunuch, Eunuch, save me!"

Xu Zhangsi said: "This is the handprint of the Supervisor of Rituals, why don't you call it the old ancestor."

Xiao Huangmen called out quickly: "Old ancestor!"

Fu Yuanqing squatted down, took out a handkerchief to hold the small wound on his face, and asked softly, "Don't be afraid, what's your name? What's wrong?"

Xiao Huangmen said: "The maidservant is called Ji Ru. She is the fire master of the Yumajian. In the morning, he followed Cheng Shaojian to get the ticket from last night. He carried the ticket and went to the sidewalk and didn't see it... and fell asleep. The dew was too heavy. The grown-ups’ handwriting is blurred. The slaves are useless, please forgive me.”

Having said that, he couldn't help crying again.

Cheng Chuang said angrily: "You also know that you are a useless slave! You can't walk a few steps! So many important national events are included in this memorial, and they are all included in this proposal. Dare to throw it away! You must be killed with a stick!"

Ji Ru cried even harder, and kowtowed non-stop: "I beg my ancestors to spare my life. I beg Master Cheng to spare my life!"

Fu Yuanqing glanced at the memorabilia that was scattered in front of the steps and said, "Xu Zhangsi, and you guys, pack up the memorabilia first."

A few people kowtowed and began to tidy up the memorial.

Fu Yuanqing pulled Ji Ru up, and said to Cheng Chuang: "Young Supervisor Cheng, if you remember correctly all the harsh punishment rules in the palace, I will abolish them one by one during the period when I am in charge. If there are any mistakes and omissions, you can review them with the Supervisor of Rites, and do not execute them in private. You can Remember."

Cheng Chuang sneered: "Old ancestor, of course I remember the rules. It's just that this little servant is a servant of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and he made such a big mistake. If I kill him, it's none of the business of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, right?"

"The supervisor of ceremonies is the head of the internal supervisors." Fu Yuanqing said, "this has not changed. I am the third-rank palm seal of the first emperor, and I am also the leader of the internal servants. Even you Liu Changgong, the rank is only from the beginning. Three grades."

Cheng Chuang's brows furrowed with dissatisfaction: "Mr. Liu took the right to grant approval, and the matter of drafting cabinet votes is out of your hands."

"Oh?" Fu Yuanqing's eyebrows turned cold, "Really?"

"nature."

"Then I would like to ask you, there are so many votes drawn up by the ministers of the cabinet, how can the little fireman get them with bare hands? According to the routine rules of the internal prison, palace servants from the fifth rank and above should collect them in person. They should be collected in yellow Seal the package with a yellow strip and send it to the Supervisor of Rituals for personal inspection by the eunuch Bingbi before unpacking it and sending it to His Majesty's Imperial Palace for approval!"

Cheng Chuang's eyebrows twitched.

Fu Yuanqing asked: "Cheng Shaojian ranks fifth grade, you should receive the ticket in person. Now that the ticket is scattered and illegible, delaying the military and state affairs, the first thing to ask is your crime of dereliction of duty. Not only that, the right to approve red Although it has been accepted by Liu Jiu, the rule that the seal of the yellow suitcase should be inspected by the eunuch holding the pen and inspected by the supervisor of ceremonies has not changed. I don’t know if Mr. Liu of your family has acted according to the rules after he granted the red right? If not, I can punish him too!"

Cheng Chuang's face turned pale and trembled like a sieve. As soon as he finished speaking, he fell to his knees and begged in a miserable voice: "My ancestor, please forgive me! Please forgive me, my ancestor!"

Fu Yuanqing tucked his sleeves in his hands, and his brows were cold: "Xu Zhangsi, it is said that Jin Yiwei is on duty at Zuoshunmen, come over to beat the board. Twenty."

Xu Zhangsi hurriedly said: "Yes! I'm going to go now, young one, and ask the old ancestor how to fight."

"Really fight."

Cheng Chuang cried: "Old ancestor!"

"In addition, send a message to Cao Ban'an: the guards of the Four Guards at the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion were improperly guarded, and they will also be replaced. The relevant hundred households, thousand households, and battalion commanders will be fined for three months." Fu Yuanqing said, "Choose some capable ones from Jinyiwei. Come over to the Cabinet."

Director Xu said happily: "Yes, I'll tell Cao Bingbi the little one!"

After everything was properly arranged, Fu Yuanqing said to Ji Ru: "You can transfer to the supervisor of ceremonies and work with Fang Jing."

Ji Ru's eyes were swollen from crying, and he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, ancestor! Thank you, ancestor for saving your life!"