My country, you can pinch it

After the changes in the palace, the court returned to silence, and Emperor Shun's hand, Si Ting Hou, seemed to have frightened Liu Ke. This dishonest and secretly provocative prince calmed down and focused on handling state affairs diligently.

Emperor Shun, who has been through many trials and hardships, knows best the thoughts of these courtiers avoiding disasters and seeking blessings. As long as Liu Ke doesn't replace this group of people, no matter how good he does, don't try to make people give up.

In this way, there is nothing wrong with each other until spring and autumn come, and it will be another year in a blink of an eye.

The rumored Duke of Xiling, who died not long after his death, was still alive, hanging on his life tremblingly.

The Xiongnu waited for him to die, until the end of autumn and winter, when the wind and snow came, and finally the bad weather was not good enough to go south, so the Xiongnu could only give up and wait for the coming year.

And this year's New Year's Eve banquet, it is rare for the capital to be peaceful, and the prince dominates the coquettishness, sitting under the emperor.

Liu Ke was rebellious, and it was more difficult to control than other sons. Seeing that the court was stable, Emperor Shun began to think of abolishing it, otherwise he was really afraid that if Liu Ke was given more time, his power would be emptied.

It's just that although Liu Ke is unscrupulous and always does things that are ridiculous, it is still a bit difficult to abolish him who has made outstanding contributions without legitimate reasons.

For no reason, the officials will not agree.

Emperor Shun watched the singing and dancing, his eyes fell on Liu Ke who was careless, holding a wine glass in his hand, thinking that this son really has no weaknesses?

A court lady was pouring wine for Liu Ke shyly and timidly, making the nearby clan laugh. Although she didn't know what she said, there was a hint of ridicule in her eyes.

Suddenly, the concubine's laughter came from the ear, the whisper was not true, but the eyes went to the prince intentionally or unintentionally, Emperor Shun rarely turned his head, and said gently: "What are the concubines talking about?"

Although Emperor Shun can take both men and women, he obviously prefers beautiful young men, and the women in the harem are not favored much, even the concubine at the beginning was only given more attention because of being in a mess.

This question immediately made them turn pale with shock, and each of them hesitated to say anything.

"But it's okay to say." Emperor Shun's smile was a little cold, which showed that his patience was limited.

How dare the concubines disobey the order, one of them is the oldest in the concubine position and has to say: "Reporting to the emperor, the concubine is just chatting with the younger sisters out of curiosity...His Royal Highness is nearly thirty years old, but still..." She was apprehensive, so she bit the bullet and continued, "Still alone..."

After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but look up at the emperor, who looked vague and unhappy.She suddenly thought that the prince has no concubine, isn't it because the emperor didn't designate marriage?Immediately her face turned pale with fright, she got up and pleaded guilty: "This concubine has criticized the prince arbitrarily, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The concubines next to her didn't dare to show their anger, and knelt down together, but they heard the emperor smiled shortly, "What's the crime? There is no need to be too formal at the New Year's Eve feast. Let's all get up."

The concubines immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, Your Majesty." They returned to their original positions with the help of the palace maids, but they didn't dare to say another word.

Liu Ke glanced at it, but didn't hear what he said clearly. Yu Jia was surrounded by concubines, it was impossible for him to get close to him, and he was a little far away.

This episode did not receive too much attention, and Emperor Shun seemed to have forgotten it, and concentrated on watching the singing and dancing, but his fingers tapped the handrail one after another, Zhu Yuanfeng watched, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

Suddenly, Emperor Shun called out, "Yuan'er."

Zhu Yuanfeng's heart skipped a beat, and he leaned in front of Emperor Shun, "Your Majesty."

"I didn't pay attention to it before, but the prince is already 29 years old."

Zhu Yuanfeng paused, and replied: "The emperor did not make a mistake."

"Does he have a concubine by his side?"

Zhu Yuanfeng was stunned, drooping his eyes and pondering slightly, frowned and said, "I don't know about it." The prince's backyard has really never heard of it.

Emperor Shun took a sip of his wine, "Go and check."

Zhu Yuanfeng suddenly had a bad feeling, but he didn't ask any more questions, but said respectfully, "Yes."

Emperor Shun squinted his eyes at Liu Ke, and suddenly thought of something.

At the beginning of last year, when he and Liu Ke were still like father and son, many ministers wrote letters to marry the prince.

Liu Ke has not yet married at this age, if he were placed in an ordinary family, he would have died of anxiety.It was because Emperor Shun didn't care about the crown prince and didn't want to point him to an in-law to help him, so he didn't press the button.

But Liu Ke was not in a hurry, which was a bit intriguing.

Liu Ke could completely instruct the courtiers to bring it up in the court, and even the candidates could be arranged in advance. The prince's marriage was a matter of course. Even if Emperor Shun didn't want to, there was no way to stop him, and he couldn't just point out one.

Thinking about it this way... Emperor Shun couldn't help but relax and lean on the dragon chair, smiling.

After three rounds of drinking and singing and dancing, he raised his hand, and the audience was quiet.

Liu Ke was very bored to sit with this old thing on New Year's Eve, why not go back home and talk to Shang Jinling next to him, he was thinking about whether to get angry with this bastard, so that when the dinner ended early, he would listen When the emperor called him, "Prince."

Liu Ke collected his attention, and replied calmly, "Father."

"I have received congratulatory gifts from King Duan, and one of them is quite special. Do you know what it is?"

This sudden and thoughtless question made Liu Ke vigilant. He looked at Emperor Shun with a kind smile and a very malicious intention, so he asked, "I don't know, please give me your advice."

"Brother Duan Wang added a son, and became a grandfather again."

At Wang Duan's age, it's normal to be a grandfather, but he's not the first grandson. Is it necessary to talk about it?

Liu Ke twitched the corner of his mouth, and said insincerely: "That is indeed a good thing, you are a great-grandfather again."

All the good words from Liu Ke's mouth were presumably given to Shang Jinling, and he was always sarcastic towards others.

This is a disguised reminder that Emperor Shun is old and it is time to abdicate.

The courtiers were silent, but put down the wine glasses or chopsticks in their hands in unison, fearing that they would lose their composure later and harm the fish in the pond.

This prince can't change his eating shit, no, his nature is hard to change, and he probably won't have a good time tonight.

For some reason, the courtiers have turned from a place of apprehension to a glimmer of expectation.Every time I watch songs and dances on New Year's Eve, the night is long, which is actually quite boring.

Emperor Shun's face darkened, it was indeed a harbinger of anger, and the most detestable thing for His Majesty today is old age, frailty, powerlessness and other related meanings.

But miraculously, he calmed down, and instead said: "I was negligent before, and didn't notice that the crown prince is still alone. You sent a letter from brother Wang to remind me, crown prince, you should have married a concubine long ago, and continue to have an heir."

His eyes were not sharp, but he stared at Liu Ke through Yan Mian without blinking. The latter paused slightly, and then picked up the wine glass.

As soon as Liu Ke said this, before Liu Ke said anything, the officials couldn't help whispering. They thought that the father and son should choke again, but they didn't expect the emperor to mention the matter of the crown princess, which is really surprising.They thought that the prince would have to wait until he was imprisoned to marry a concubine, or he could only be named a queen directly.

But this is a good thing, everyone has eagerness in their eyes, and they can't help but look at the prince.

Liu Ke knew that this old thing can't fart well, but other things can object, and this matter is a bit troublesome. He thought for a while, and said slowly: "It turns out that the father still remembers the son, it is really touching, the son The ministers are all planning to fight bachelors to the end, dare I ask whose family do you fancy?"

The ball was kicked back, Liu Ke didn't think the emperor would really point out a good marriage for him, it was probably a temptation.

Emperor Shun was not a vegetarian either. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "The prince has always been a maverick. If you are not satisfied with the person I point out, you may have to find another dog and set up a mourning hall. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the royal family?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden chuckle in the hall, thinking of the absurd dog princess several years ago.

"Young and frivolous, my sons almost forget it, but my father still remembers it." Liu Ke has such a thick skin, he can do such a thing, so naturally he won't feel embarrassed, but Emperor Shun mentioned it with a small belly.

Emperor Shun was not annoyed, "Does the prince have something in his heart?" Then his eyes swept over everyone in the hall one by one, "The ministers are here, if the prince is interested, it's okay."

As soon as the words were finished, the ministers in the palace sat up straight one after another, and those who had daughters of the right age at home were even more troubled, thinking and not thinking.

As expected, the old man was causing trouble. Liu Ke hid anger in his heart, and really wanted to kill the king and father in a rebellious manner, but he smiled on his face and looked at each of them seriously.

Not to mention, there are really a few families who really want to marry him, especially the nobles who have been on the same boat with him for a long time.

But Liu Ke didn't want to!

He scolded Emperor Shun bloody in his heart, his eyes drifted, and he quickly thought of a countermeasure to get rid of this troublesome thing. Soon, he had an idea, playing with the wine glass and asked: "Father, if your minister is really Said, can you fulfill your wish?"

Emperor Shun smiled, "If it's right, I'll be perfect."

Before, I just said it was okay, but now that Liu Ke really wanted to choose someone, Emperor Shun changed his tone, tsk, do you have the demeanor of an emperor?

"Okay." Liu Ke didn't care about it, and hooked his fingers at the maid serving the wine behind her. The maid was stunned, then walked over, and was about to pour the wine, but Liu Ke took the wine jug instead.

"Let's go." Liu Ke waved his hand, then stood up, twisted his stiff neck after sitting for a long time, and walked directly to the hall, looking in the direction of a group of clan nobles.

Emperor Shun frowned slightly, wondering if he had guessed wrong?

But following his footsteps, the face of the smiling emperor suddenly changed, and then he saw the prince standing in front of a low table, pouring the wine glass on the seat himself, and heard him raise his voice and say: "I heard that the master of Lord Hou's family Zhu, who is virtuous and upright, beautiful and wise, is well-known far and near, and is visiting her husband's family, do you think Gu is worthy of being Ling Qianjin?"

Liu Ke picked up the glass of wine and handed it to Marquis Si Ting with a sincere smile on his face.

All the ministers: "..."

Marquis Si Ting: "..."

Zhu Yuanfeng looked down at Emperor Shun, and the latter's face became gloomy for an instant.

If you ask the ministers of the DPRK who have the seed, the current crown prince is also.

This is a house full of civil and military ministers, anyone's daughter can marry, but the emperor of Si Tinghou's family will never agree. If the prince didn't do it on purpose, all the ministers dare to cut off their heads!

He stepped on Emperor Shun's face, and then slapped him hard... This big one is really exciting.

Si Tinghou looked at the wine in front of him, he didn't pick it up, he didn't pick it up, his thick eyebrows could be tied into a knot, and finally he said: "Thank you for your kindness, but my daughter is only fourteen, and she only knows how to play around, madam You want to stay with me for a few more years, I'm afraid it's not suitable for His Highness."

It's been a while since I got older, it's not an exaggeration to say that Liu Ke is an old cow and eats tender grass!

However, what kind of face is Liu Ke? Just right? Gu Zhenxin asks for marriage, could it be that Marquis Si Ting doesn't like it?"

How dare the Marquis of Si Ting, never mind that Liu Ke is less than [-] years old, even if he is over half a century old, he will still be the Marquis of Si Ting.

Marquis Si Ting froze in place, looking at the emperor on Danbi involuntarily.

Liu Ke seemed to have a sense of it, turned back lazily, and said with a corner of his mouth: "Father, what do you think, the girl of Marquis Si Ting is always worthy of the position of princess?"

If you dare to promise me, you dare to marry me, but His Majesty the Emperor, do you dare?

Finally, this big banquet could not escape the fate of last year and ended halfway.

The imperial physician was hastily announced into the Dacheng Palace to see the unwell emperor.

In fact, there was nothing serious about it, it was nothing more than getting older and tabooing emotional unease. This was purely out of breath, and I didn't bring it up in one breath, so I fell down.

Liu Ke shrugged, still holding the wine glass in his hand, then slowly put it down, facing the frowning Marquis Si Ting, slightly arched his hands, "I offended you so much, don't be offended, Lord Marquis."

"Prince, you are welcome." Si Tinghou said in a low voice.

After Liu Ke finished speaking, he left, Si Tinghou looked at his back with a complicated expression.