Force a good concubine

The winter hunt finally ended with a big banquet, and the scene was extremely grand.The emperor and his ministers enjoyed themselves for three days in a row. The envoys from the foreign vassals set off to return to the country, and Dajia also returned to the palace to preside over the literary examination of the Chengjue Kao.At the fifth watch of the imperial camp, the camp stood up, and when the lanterns were lighted, it happened to be on the Zhuangzi of Prince Qing's mansion.The specifications for receiving the driver were rehearsed in advance. The first is the steward, followed by a group of Zhuang Ding slaves, all waiting at the gate of the Zhuangzi.

The emperor was in a very good mood, smiling and pointing at the horse with his whip: "It's cold, everyone get up and go to work." Then he said to King Qing, "Today is a family banquet, so you don't have to be too formal, Brother Wang."

Only when things came to an end did I realize that lifting weights as lightly as possible is a hugely difficult task.King Qing was relaxed on the face, but on the inside he was so nervous that his hands trembled slightly, and he was worried that the emperor would see some flaws, so he gritted his teeth and forced a smile: "There is such a difference between the monarch and the minister. Although the minister is good at martial arts, he doesn't want to be called wrong You reckless man who knows etiquette, please let your Majesty complete your minister."

The emperor smiled slightly: "How can it be done? Brother Wang, is he going to compose a poem on the spur of the moment?"

"That's too much trouble, how can I do it?" King Qing led the emperor into the main hall, where a carpet with red background and white hearts and eight treasures was spread on the floor. There were many lacquer plates floating in the boiling water, and there were wine glasses of various colors on the plates. The emperor sat down on the yellow silk cloud dragon pattern seat felt in the middle, looked into the copper basin, and smiled: "I have only heard of wine pools. , but I haven’t seen it, I don’t want to open my eyes today with Brother Wang.”

The emperor's face was full of curiosity, not the slightest bit of wariness. King Qing heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing that the important ministers around the emperor also sat down without any grievances, he was completely relieved. He sat down under the emperor's hands and explained to the emperor and everyone: "How dare I do such a thing? Not to mention that the censor knew about it, even if the empress dowager knew about it, she would not be able to forgive me. This is just a trick for wine orders thought up by one of the minister's staff, written in advance on the bottom of the lacquer plate. I read all kinds of riddles and couplets," he said, waving his hands, and the maids serving wine by the brazier each picked up a cup, turned it over the bottom of the lacquered plate, and showed it to everyone, "Everyone takes a cup, and those who can't answer will be punished." Three glasses of wine."

"This is interesting." The emperor took a cup casually, and after everyone had taken it, he turned over the lacquer plate and glanced at it, then frowned and said, "I'm not good at pairing—what is Brother Wang's?"

"The minister's question is a riddle." Since the emperor was in trouble, the courtiers should throw a brick to attract the jade. Lin Yuan winked at King Qing, and the people at the banquet answered the questions on the lacquer plate one by one, but the emperor still stared at the question with a frown. Lacquer didn't say a word, obviously very embarrassed.

King Qing personally checked each of the topics on the lacquer plate. Since there were many military officials at the banquet, the topics were all simple and interesting, and no uncommon allusions were used.King Qing felt even more disdainful for the emperor to be in such a difficult situation. He wished to watch the emperor make a fool of himself. He clutched the wine glass and thought about it, but finally made things right for the emperor against his will: "But the words on the lacquer plate are blurred? Would you like a different glass, Your Majesty? "

The emperor's brows loosened, and he nodded happily to King Qing: "This time, I will come by myself to change my luck."

Before King Qing could stop him, the emperor had already got up and left the table, went to the copper basin, and looked inside carefully, as if trying to guess which lacquer plate inside would suit his own wishes.King Qing's hand holding the wine glass loosened, and then stopped: the emperor is far away from the table at this moment, if there is trouble, it may not be possible to capture the emperor in one fell swoop.Why didn't I think that there would be a few people here in the copper basin?He stared at the emperor's back with a little annoyance and thought, otherwise, someone with a little bit of strength could lift the emperor's whole body into the copper basin. In such boiling water, a layer of skin would have to be completely peeled off if he didn't die, right? How much easier is it than a sword?

He was still thinking about it, the emperor had already selected a cup, two maids fished up the lacquer plate with a special copper strainer, drained the warm water again, and then wiped it dry and knelt down and offered it to the emperor.The emperor looked at it in his hand, and before he could speak, Xu Huan came in from the outside holding the document box, as if he had run all the way, his face was sweaty: "Your Majesty, the documents that have been stepped up for six hundred miles in Haizhou, the cabinet will automatically It was sent from Beijing, please dismantle it as soon as you see it!"

There is a system in the country's courier system, six hundred li is tightened, and it is not allowed to be used for anything other than a major event. King Qing's heart was moved when he heard that the emperor opened the box from Xu Huan's hand, took the document and read it, and put it back in the box. The wind didn't move, without any special expression, wishing he could grab the memorial and take a look: "Your Majesty?"

"It seems that I can't bother you any more today." The emperor held the glass of wine in his hand, glanced at King Qing, and then at Lin Yuan, "It's just that Brother Wang is very kind, and this banquet of wine will let the Luanyi Bureau Take it for me!" She said as she threw the wine glass and wine into the copper basin, turned around and walked out.

"Your Majesty!" Seeing the emperor leaving the main hall without looking back, King Qing couldn't stop him. He felt a sense of loss in his heart, but he couldn't get into a fit. He forced a smile to persuade Lin Yuan to drink, but he saw that Lin Yuan had already gone to court. She raised her glass to herself: "Your Highness is so kind, I am ashamed of myself, but before this glass of wine, I have something else I want to ask Your Highness." She winked to the left and right, and saw that the guards had quietly locked the door of the hall, and went on. Pointing to his feet, "The strong men in the secret passage, do you want to invite them up for a drink?"

The dead soldiers outside the hall of King Qing's Mansion were all captured by the Beijing camp long before Xu Huan entered, and the people inside were equally vulnerable. For a moment, looking at King Qing with a pale face, Lin Yuan was almost amused: With such a little skill, he also wants to usurp the throne, isn't it wishful thinking!

It is not something worth publicizing that the clans are fighting against each other, and the emperor chose to launch an attack in the courtyard of King Qing's Manor, which also has the meaning of not wanting to attract people's attention.According to the emperor's plan in advance, Lin Yuan assigned people to select the relevant people separately and detain them on the spot, and sent someone to rush to Beijing to search the Qing Palace. After the list was sorted out by the documents, he put it in his sleeve and went to the big tent to meet the emperor. .

Cui Chengxiu stood guard at the door of the tent, and when she saw Lin Yuan, she was relieved. With a bow, she lowered her voice and said, "I'm angry, and I haven't had any food. Master Lin, please be gentle."

Lin Yuan nodded, and raised the curtain to enter the account. He saw the emperor sitting behind the imperial case, holding the Haizhou Qingyu document in his hand, comparing it with the booklet. Hearing the sound, he raised his head to look at Lin Yuan, and then his eyes fell back on the document. : "It's over?"

The emperor's voice was so calm that it was almost dull, and it was obvious that he was in a bad mood. Lin Yuan thought for a while, then skipped the long passage, and said: "All the bandits have been captured, and the minister has checked the list, and no one slipped through the net. Qing The king was going to fight to the death, but he was arrested when he heard that His Majesty promised him a way out. The minister had already sent people to Beijing to search according to the previous order, and the other criminals were temporarily locked up in Zhuangzi. King Qing shouted to see His Majesty to distinguish, Your Majesty Want to see you?"

"Jumping beam clown, I don't have that skill." The emperor didn't lift his head, "immediately the court sent Fu Zhao, telling him not to go back to Beijing, but to go to Changle Mansion, Haizhou, to see what's going on, and report back according to the truth!"

"Yes." Lin Yuan hesitated for a while, "Can you specify what you want him to investigate?"

"Where is the need to write?" The emperor sneered slightly, "The refugees in Haizhou are so hungry that they eat each other. The whole world knows, only I don't know!"

"What?" Lin Yuan couldn't help being surprised, "Although Haizhou was hit by a disaster, the imperial court has already exempted taxes and distributed food relief, and there are no refugees in other prefectural capitals. How could it be—"

"Everywhere has been sent troops to control, and the victims are not allowed to go out to eat, so the other state capitals naturally don't know." The emperor sneered slightly, and his voice gradually became louder, "I know that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and my imperial decree may not be counted. , Those memorials are all deceiving me, but I still think, if I approve it earlier, and give food to the silver with wider fingers, the people will always be less hungry. Those censors in the court are noisy every day, for a little I will scold me for trivial things, and I can bear it, thinking of their gossip, and occasionally telling some low-level truths, but, why did such a thing happen?!" She raised her hand, and there was a stack of words on the case. All the papers were swept to the ground by her, "The cabinet, Luan Yisi, and Shibosi, in private, don't they all have contacts with Haizhou! Are you like me, who are deceived and manipulated without knowing it, or do you know it clearly? , are still pretending to be deaf and dumb!"

"Every day, every day, from morning to night, I critique papers and meet people to do business," recalling that I compared the map household registration booklet with the water and land map, discussed with the cabinet ministers and Luan Yisi several times, and then returned to Haizhou The emperor trembled with anger at the many approvals from the Chief Secretary, "Why don't you tell me half a word of the truth? The ministers in the court are like this, and the local officials are even more unscrupulous! , Go shopping in the playground, play tea circles, play horses, Fighting cocks and running dogs raise concubines! They don’t need to worry about it at all, it’s the common people who starve to death, and it’s me who goes into the history books!”

In fact, the Luanyi Bureau is in charge of the guards of the Forbidden City, which has nothing to do with Haizhou. However, the emperor was furious, and Lin Yuan couldn't tell the difference. Yuan had already come in with a tea tray, delivered it to the emperor's desk, leaned over to pick up the memorials one by one, and said to the emperor in a low voice: "My lord, the former emperor issued an order that the Luan Yi Bureau is not allowed to make friends with foreign ministers."

The emperor pursed his lips, his expression calmed down, and he waved Lin Yuan to stand up: "I lost my mouth in a moment of anger, please don't take it to heart. Prince Qing's matter was settled neatly, so let's do it first, and it won't be too late when I return to Beijing to deal with it." The situation in Haizhou is very urgent now. I heard that there are already several refugees who have rebelled. I have ordered Luan Yisi and the cabinet ministers to immediately dispatch people to adjust food and calm down first." She said and glanced at Gu Yan again, "Now Water transportation takes too long, I heard that sea transportation is faster, I don’t know if it’s right?”