Chronicle of Emperor Jing

"This plum blossom vase is a bit more plain, let's change it."

"Yes."

After eating and washing, Wei Yan took off his outer robe while the emperor was still talking to Director Gao, and was served by the waiter, and lay down on the bed first, closing his eyes.

Not long after, he felt his side sink, and the emperor also lay down.

Wei Yan tried his best to restrain the thought of just rolling into the emperor's arms, still lying on his back upright, with his hands on his abdomen, breathing softly, pretending that he was asleep.

"Wei Yan?" The emperor leaned over and whispered in his ear, lowering his voice, as if afraid of waking him up.

Wei Yan hesitated for a while, for some reason, felt a little sorry, and whispered "um".

The emperor finally confirmed that he was awake, laughed, dragged him into his arms, lowered his head, and began to kiss him.

"Your Majesty..." Wei Yan tried his best to keep his mind clear, and wanted to say something, but soon, the emperor's actions made him confused.

Afterwards, he fell asleep.

When he woke up, it was already more than an hour later.

The hall was very quiet, and the emperor next to him didn't move at all, obviously still asleep.

Wei Yan was afraid of alarming the emperor, so he didn't move much, but slowly opened his eyes, looked around for a while, and his eyes fell on the tent.

He seems to remember, two days ago, the tent should not be this color, when did it become a red tent?

He was confused for a while, then suddenly remembered that when he returned to the palace just now, Director Gao was looking for someone to change the decorations, so it turned out that the decorations were changed here!

"Are you awake?" When Jing Li woke up, he saw Wei Yan staring at one place. He tilted his head and followed Wei Yan's gaze. He saw nothing but the curtain. Asked in confusion, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing." Wei Yan shook his head.

He was wondering just now why the nails were embroidered on the dragon claws on the tent.Of course, this kind of question was inexplicable, and he didn't want to tell the emperor, lest the emperor would think he was stupid again.

Jing Li just asked casually, not intending to get to the bottom of it.

Wei Yan wanted to say it, so he would naturally say it.Even if Wei Yan didn't want to say it, he wanted to know, and there was a way to know.

After he fell asleep, he figured out how to deal with Zhao Shi.

"Wei Yan, I remember, Zhao Shi still lives in your mansion, right?"

"Well, didn't your majesty let him live in the mansion to protect the minister?" Wei Yan didn't know the emperor's intention of asking this, and was a little strange.

"Originally, he was your official, so naturally he should live in your mansion, but now, he is a guard of the Guards Battalion, how can he continue to live in your mansion? Does he have a residence, is he married, and where is his family? Have you cared about all of this? That’s not what a boss does, you have to learn to care about your subordinates, you know?” Jing Li taught him a lesson.

Wei Yan felt that what the emperor said was right, and wanted to nod, but he couldn't continue nodding after half the nod.

"Your Majesty, isn't Zhao Shi one of your people? Can I be so kind to you?"

Jing Li paused for a moment when he asked, and almost couldn't continue.

Since you know that it is not good to be kind to my people, why were you able to discuss with me with confidence some time ago to transfer Zhao Shi to the guard camp?Don't you think that by doing this, you are not doing favors to others?

Jing Li really wanted to ask Wei Yan this way, but if he asked, Wei Yan would definitely quarrel with him about whether he was kind, and felt aggrieved that he had wronged him, and the topic would be taken away by himself, so he Taking a slow breath, he refrained from questioning Wei Yan.

"In the past, he belonged to me, but now, isn't he yours?"

Hmph, Zhao Shi is so partial to Wei Yan that he dares to disobey his orders. Jing Li feels that putting Wei Yan's stamp on him does not wrong him at all. Now, let him enjoy Wei Yan's life. care about it.

"Oh, that's right." Wei Yan thought for a while, and finally nodded in agreement, "After the New Year, I will go and take good care of him."

"This is very important, don't forget it." Jing Li was a little worried and told him.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will never forget."

After Wei Yan said that, Jing Li assumed that he had remembered it. If he really couldn’t remember it, he would remind him when the time came.

He put down the matter, hugged Wei Yan, and the two of them got together, whispering gossip for a while.

"Your Majesty, the hour is almost here." Gao Yong saw that the hour was almost here, the emperor and Marquis Yongning never got up, so he came in to wake him up.

Today's palace banquet is starting, slightly earlier than usual.Shenshi, known as Fushi in ancient times, is the time for meals, but the ancients mostly had two meals, and there was a full hour difference between Shenshizheng and Shenshimo. Nowadays, most people eat at Shenmo.

On weekdays, the emperor had dinner, and it was also at the end of the Shen Dynasty. The banquet was held so early today, naturally for the sake of the people who attended the palace banquet, lest the banquet was too late, and it would be inconvenient for these people to go back.

This year's [-]th banquet was the same as in previous years, and it was placed in the Palace of Preserving Harmony.

The Hall of Preserving Harmony is one of the three main halls of the Outer Court. It is the place where the emperor held various ceremonies, and occasionally gave banquets here.

Today's banquet is said to be a family banquet, but there are also other courtiers participating. The Wei family's participation is not too abrupt. As for the seating, it has been arranged early.

The emperor gave banquets to the princes and ministers in the main hall, and as for the wives inside and outside, they gave banquets in the warm pavilion.

This banquet was prepared by Honglu Temple.

Minister of Honglu Temple, these days, for this banquet and to satisfy the emperor's wishes, I have also sweated all over.

Others are the usual practice in previous years, but this year, the emperor's confidant servant suddenly mentioned him, saying that the emperor had a small wish that could not be fulfilled, and he was a little worried.

The servants in the palace, even if they say a gossip, they don't just say it casually, but rather have a deep meaning.

Of course, Honglu Temple Minister understands this truth, if the king has worries, he will naturally share them for the king.

The emperor's wish, to put it bluntly, was very simple, he just hoped that Yongninghou would sit closer to the throne during the banquet.

However, the princes and ministers attending the banquet today have a higher title than the Marquis of Yongning, some of them have a higher rank than the deputy commander of the Guards Battalion, and some of them, how to make the Marquis of Yongning sit close to the emperor, the minister of Honglu Temple thinks so hard It took a lot of effort to arrange this position.

On this day, the princes and ministers who came to the banquet discovered an interesting thing.Today's banquet ranking is very different from previous years.

In previous years, they were either ranked by title or rank, but this year, Honglu Temple came up with a new trick.

The seats on the left were occupied by courtiers, and the seats on the right were occupied by princes and dukes. That's right, they were arranged like this in the past, but the seats on both sides were arranged again according to title and rank.

That is to say, the ranking of those who have titles and official positions on both sides has risen compared to previous years.

Through such a sharp operation, Honglu Temple surprised the Marquis of Yongning to the first seat on the left, only a few steps away from the emperor's throne. As for the second seat, it was directly separated from the first seat. for a long distance.

Because the left and right sides of Honglu Temple are arranged like this, other people know that there are ghosts, so they can't say anything. , even those who don't understand the mystery of it any more, have to understand it.

"Your Majesty's doing this is simply..." A prince of the clan was dissatisfied when he saw this situation, and whispered to others.

Just what, but he didn't go on.

"I'm afraid that Honglu Temple wanted to please His Majesty and came up with such an idea on its own initiative." The people next to him did not dare to accept his words, so they pushed the responsibility to Honglu Temple.

Although he knew very well in his heart that without the emperor's order, Honglu Temple would never dare to act like this, but even if he understood, he couldn't say that, otherwise these words would be passed on and fell into the emperor's ears, but Without his good fruit to eat.

"If the minister of Honglu Temple is a loyal minister, he shouldn't do such things." The prince was still a little dissatisfied, but he also came back to his senses and pointed the finger at Honglu Temple.

Even if the emperor signaled so, if the minister of Honglu Temple was a loyal minister, he should persuade him, this is the way of loyalty to the emperor, and one should not blindly flatter and let the emperor mess around.

"Your Majesty, there are some things that cannot be said, that cannot be said!" The other person shook his head, "The Queen Mother has not said anything, let's just watch slowly. Maybe Your Majesty is just a whim, and it will fade after a few years. If There are many people who oppose it, and His Majesty will insist on going his own way."

The prince thought about it, and the reason was indeed the same.

However, only naive teenagers would like to fight against others, but after today, it will be the new year, and the emperor will be thirty, so is there still such a naive temper?

"That man is not a smart man either. If he is a smart man, even if His Majesty favors him, he shouldn't be so arrogant, stay out of the table for a long time, and openly sit in front of other courtiers." The prince continued to mutter.

"Don't worry, just watch." The other person continued to persuade.

For this kind of banquet, the person with the highest status will appear last, so the emperor must be the last to arrive, but the fact that Marquis Yongning has not been seen for a long time is indeed a big mistake.

Not to mention the others, even Old Master Wei and Wei Ze were anxious about why Wei Yan never showed up.

Wei Yan didn't see anyone for a long time, naturally it was because the emperor held him back.

The emperor first thought that this dress was not good, and that dress was not right. After tossing with him for a long time, he finally picked out the clothes for the banquet, and then he started to pick and choose the clothes to wear.

He picked a few pieces of jade pendants for Wei Yan with his own hands, but felt dissatisfied, so he changed and changed for a long time before he chose the first one.

"Your Majesty, it's almost time, and it's time for the minister to go to the table." Wei Yan couldn't help but said while waiting impatiently.

"What's the rush?" Jing Li slowly helped him fasten the jade pendant, looked at it carefully, then pushed Wei Yan for a few steps, turned around and let him go.

When he dawdled here and picked a thorn there, time slipped away quickly.

Originally, Gao Yong reserved enough time for them, but the emperor was there to make trouble, so Wei Yan could only rush to the Hall of Preservation with the emperor. Guided by the little servant, he took a seat on the empty seat, without noticing that he was sitting as the chief.

As soon as he sat down, he heard the muezzin shout: "The emperor is here!"

All the people in the hall stood up together, lowered their heads, and greeted the emperor.

The emperor ascended the throne, and everyone saluted before taking their seats one by one.

"Let's have a feast!"

As soon as the emperor gave the order, there was a sound of drums and music, and the maids of the court came in one after another to serve the dishes.

It wasn't until this time that Wei Yan realized that he was sitting closest to the emperor, but the banquet had already begun, and no matter how many opinions he had, it was too late now.

Of course, at this time, he also understood why the emperor had delayed so long and prevented him from taking the seat early.