Chronicle of Emperor Jing

At three o'clock on the second day, Weifu received a letter sent by someone from the palace.

According to the servant who delivered the letter, this letter from home was presented last night along with Wei Yan's letter of asking for peace.The emperor was sympathetic to all the people in the mansion who were worried about Wei Yan's recent situation, so he ordered someone to send it to Wei Mansion early in the morning.

At that time, the men in the Wei Mansion went to court, and those who went to the Yamen went to the Yamen. Only women, children, old and young were left in the mansion.The eldest lady accepted the letter, and ordered someone to reward the servant who came to deliver the letter, and handed the letter to Mrs. Liu who came in a hurry to open it for reading.

Wei Yan's letter is very simple. In the letter, he said that he was sent by the emperor to go out to work in Beijing, and he would not be able to return for a period of time. Then he explained his current situation and hoped that his family would not worry about him. He also asked his parents and everyone in the house Say hello.

There are only a few words on a thin piece of paper, but Liu Shi read it carefully over and over again, with a look of joy and sadness.

After Old Master Wei returned to his residence, he took the letter and read it again and again, finally let go of the heart that had been hanging in the air for many days.

"Huiniang, you should relax. Judging from this letter, Yan'er has not suffered any grievances." Wei Yan wrote a correct lower case script. The letters on this letter are all powerful and penetrating. Moreover, upon careful observation, the handwriting on the letter does not have the slightest meaning of vain and chaotic. It is obvious that Wei Yan was in good mood and in good health when writing, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Moreover, the emperor is willing to give an excuse for this matter so that there will be a step down in the future, and he is willing to let Wei Yan come forward to make this excuse look like that, which is enough to show that the emperor has no intention of severely punishing Wei Yan, at most he cannot swallow it for a while this tone.

"Now Yan'er may not have suffered any grievances, but Lord Hou can guarantee that things will not change if this drags on?" After receiving Wei Yan's letter, Liu's worries for many days eased a little, but left thinking right Thinking about it, I still couldn't let go of that worrying heart.

As a king, he is moody and unpredictable, and Yan'er stays by his side, who knows if catastrophe will strike one day?Besides, even if Yan'er has not been wronged physically these days, she must have suffered a lot in her heart.

This is a piece of flesh that fell from her body. She was pregnant for ten months and gave birth desperately, and took care of him every day to raise the small and weak him to such a big age. How could she not understand him?On weekdays, Yan'er has suffered a little bit of grievance, and she can't help being coquettish to her, and she can only be happy if she coaxes her. Now that she has suffered such a big grievance, no one in that place will coax him, even if It's a big grievance, and he can only bear it by himself. How will he live this day?

"Huiniang, I've tried my best." Old Master Wei really had no choice. The Queen Mother had come forward to this matter, but the emperor still denied it and insisted on his ridiculously clumsy excuse. It's shameless. Others still have What method, is it necessary to compare with the emperor, who is more shameless?

Moreover, Old Master Wei is now wary of rats, and this matter has become a public quarrel, no one has any good fruit to eat, for the sake of Yan'er's reputation, he must not openly quarrel with the emperor, he can only fight hard secretly.

But the emperor didn't intend to save face, and those who wanted face could only lose in front of him.

As a minister, the last king you wish to meet is probably someone as shameless as the emperor.An emperor, as long as he cares about his reputation in his lifetime and makes a conclusion after his death, which is the so-called saving face, he will not do many things. , then he can let himself go as he pleases, as a courtier, it will be difficult to stop him.

Just looking at Hui Niang who was worried about Yan'er, Old Hou Wei also felt extremely uncomfortable.

The last time Shen Mo was charged with negligence by the Queen Mother, although he was very emotional at the time of "June Snow", but looking back, he still did what he was supposed to do, and he was serious about being his royal servant. , eating his royal meal, and had no intention of going to the emperor to do anything to persuade him.

But later, seeing the emperor getting more and more mischievous, he finally couldn't sit still.

Everyone has a different definition of the word bullshit.

The Empress Dowager felt that the emperor dragged his ministers onto the dragon couch, and those who refused to be ministers or concubines would hinder the dignity of the royal family and damage the reputation of the Tian family. It's nonsense; but for Shen Mo, it is only when the emperor's behavior may endanger his own safety, it is called nonsense.

As an important minister in charge of the emperor's security and defense, as Wei Yan's boss, the emperor could not and would not hide many things from him, so Shen Mo knew about it on the second day after the emperor dragged him to the dragon couch. But he didn't say much at the time.

What has happened is useless to say anything.Shen Mo has worked in the palace for more than 30 years from the lowest guard to his current position. He has long understood that this kind of thing is not so rare in the palace. Every emperor in the Jing Dynasty has probably experienced this kind of thing. Ridiculous, the young emperor was just repeating some of the hobbies of his grandparents.

Anyway, no matter how infatuated the emperor is with a man, it will only last for a while. When the initial novelty passes and the best years pass, the emperor's interest will naturally fade.At that time, whether to kill or let go depends on the emperor's mood.

What happened later was somewhat out of his expectation. For example, the emperor found Wei Yan to be unexpectedly important. For example, the emperor intended to cultivate Wei Yan as a candidate for an important minister who was willing to give his life to trust in the future. However, these things, For Shen Mo, it's not a nonsense.

For Shen Mo, the real nonsense is as it is now, while cuddling with the person next to him, and sleeping with him on the same couch.Probably only the emperor would dare to do such a mindless thing. He is not afraid of really bullying people hard, and one day he will lose his head for no reason?

Of course, Shen Mo couldn't just sit back and watch this kind of thing happen, even if it was possible, he would nip it in the bud, so in the end he embarked on the journey of persuading the emperor.

After he entered the palace, he didn't talk nonsense with the emperor, and directly analyzed how dangerous the current situation was for the emperor, and then gave the emperor two choices: either reconcile, the two of them can sleep as they like; or sleep separately, The two of them can quarrel as much as they like.

"Commander Shen, it's not that I don't want to reconcile with him." Emperor Jing felt that he was wronged. Of course, in front of Shen Mo, it was absolutely harmless for him to be wronged and weak occasionally, so he stood up resolutely. From his own standpoint, he narrated the grievance that no matter how much he coaxed him, it didn't work.

"Your Majesty, how long has it been since you visited Liu Jieyu? If you have time, you might as well visit Liu Jieyu, or go out for a stroll. If you are too busy, it would be good to find someone to play chess with." Shen Mo is not good at coaxing people. , especially when the object is still a man, I really can't give the emperor any useful advice.

However, Shen Mo thinks that there is another way to try to deal with those hard and soft people who don't eat oil and salt, and that is - cold treatment.How could the emperor achieve his goal by pampering him with a coaxing sentence? If he really wanted to achieve his goal, he would not dare to do this if he was left alone for a while.

Emperor Jing is not in the mood.Ever since he had a falling out with Wei Yan, he was not in the mood to visit Liu Jieyu in the harem, nor was he in the mood to go out to play in the palace. He was not interested in doing anything except political affairs. Except when Yan lowered his head.

"The commander-in-chief is talking about playing chess?" Emperor Jing didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly laughed, "Thank you for reminding me, the commander-in-chief, I have a solution."

"Your Majesty, what did the minister just say?"

"Don't worry, Commander, I promise I won't bully him again in the future, so he will never do stupid things in anger because of being bullied too hard." Emperor Jing vowed, as for how much he could do, Only he himself knows.

The reason why he agreed so easily was because he didn't take Shen Mo's worries to heart at all.

At the beginning, when Wei Yan was very unwilling to serve, he was obedient and obedient, doing whatever he was asked to do.Now Wei Yan is just quarreling with him, wanting him to coax him, trying to force him to give in.Under such circumstances, Emperor Jing certainly wasn't worried that Wei Yan would do anything stupid.

However, he remembered Shen Mo's suggestion of calling people to play chess.

As mentioned above, Emperor Jing is very diligent in political affairs these days.Originally, the emperor was diligent in political affairs, which was definitely a gratifying and congratulatory thing for the country and the people, but the emperor was so diligent in political affairs to a certain extent that it was definitely not a blessing for his courtiers.

Moreover, the courtiers in the Jingchao court, after being tormented by the emperor's diligence in political affairs for more than ten days, were suddenly troubled by the emperor's willingness to call people into the palace to play chess.

The first minister to be abused in the chess-playing incident was Xiao Yue, Shangshu of the household department.

Playing chess with the emperor is a very nerve-wracking chore. If you win, you must never win. If you lose, you must lose without a trace. If you lose beautifully, you must believe that you will definitely lose. You must not let the emperor Winning is easy, winning is boring, winning and finding that the opponent is letting go, which really tests the chess and acting skills of the accompanying players.

But this kind of opportunity to get close to the emperor is also rare. Some things were ruthlessly dismissed by the emperor when they were discussing in the court, but maybe when the emperor was happy on the chessboard, there would be a turning point, so the emperor's courtiers , usually when receiving such an edict, the mood is absolutely painful and happy.

Xiao Yue was originally a close minister of the emperor, and played chess with the emperor quite a few times in his early years. After he was in a high position, he often went in and out of the inner court.So when he was summoned for the first time, he didn't think much about it, but after a day, when he was called again, he suddenly realized that something was wrong. The drunken man's intention is not to drink.

It was the second time that Xiao Yue was summoned to play chess with the emperor in the palace. At the end of the ceremony, he suddenly felt blessed and found that the place where the emperor summoned him to play chess twice was the same place - the emperor's bedroom.

Xiao Yue has been a close minister of the emperor for many years, so of course he knows that the emperor's bedroom is divided into the inner hall and the outer hall. Fuck, the place where they play chess now is such a living place.

However, the emperor's favorite place to invite his courtiers to accompany him was Zhaoren Hall, and in such a beautiful spring season when flowers were in full bloom, the garden pavilion outside was a more normal place to relax than to hide indoors.

Everything abnormal is a demon.Although Xiao Yue couldn't figure out the emperor's purpose for a while, he immediately realized keenly that this matter might have something to do with the royal family's internal affairs, so he decided not to go into this troubled water again.

On the second day, Xiao Yue took the initiative to submit a booklet, asking to lead the officials of the household department to sort out some old files of the household department. Continue the idea of ​​calling him into the palace.

The same was buried in a pit, compared to being pushed into an unknown deep pit by the emperor, falling head to toe and bleeding without knowing the reason, Xiao Yue still felt that the pit he dug himself was safer to jump up.

Xiao Yue couldn't do it, so the emperor's eyes were naturally on the officials.However, with Xiao Dashangshu’s lessons learned from the past, the smart people among the ministers were fooled at most once, and immediately learned Xiao Dashangshu’s approach. The wind of politics emerges spontaneously, which is indeed a blessing for the country and the people.

The days when the ministers were busy on the surface but anxious in the dark came to an end when the emperor's eyes fell on this year's new champion one day.

This new champion is surnamed Sun, and he is from Jingzhou. He is in his twenties this year, and his writing skills are first-rate. The current champion and the second rank are very favored by the emperor. , but has the responsibility of participating in the list, and can be regarded as one of the upstarts in the court.

Wei Yan was in Youzhou in March, and he was very busy after returning to Beijing. He didn't have much impression of this Sun Sheren, so Director Gao kindly summed it up in twelve words, which helped him deepen his impression a little.

"Incomparably handsome, stunningly talented, knowledgeable and interesting", this is what Director Gao said to that Sun Sheren.

"Master Wei, if you continue to quarrel with His Majesty, if His Majesty doesn't like you anymore and wants to like that Sun Sheren, what should you do?" According to human logic, it is only logical that the emperor likes that Sun Sheren.

And that Sun Sheren is wonderful in the point of "knowledge and understanding". Now, although he is in the attitude of a gentleman, he is there to accompany the driver in a decent manner, and he will not do the thing of asking for favors by recommending himself as a pillow, but Gao Yong dared to assert that as long as the emperor revealed such an indescribable meaning, Mr. Sun would happily climb up to the emperor's dragon couch, and would never push back.

It's not like the Lord in front of me, who is obviously doted on by the emperor in every possible way, but always looks sad.

"Did your lord think that if His Majesty goes down to like that Sun Sheren and doesn't want to see you again, he will let you go, and then you can go home, marry a wife and have children. Under normal circumstances, It is possible for His Majesty to empathize with someone else, but in the current situation, His Majesty is angry, and the old slave thought that if His Majesty fell in love with someone else, he would just change the place and continue to lock him up. For a lifetime."

It's not that Gao Yong wanted to scare him. According to the rules in the palace, people who have been favored by the emperor and then fell out of favor are usually locked up in the Leng Palace.It may not be appropriate to put a man in the cold palace, but there are plenty of places in the palace, the emperor randomly picks a place to lock him up, and because he has a new love, he will be forgotten, and there will be no place for him to cry cry.

Don't think that the emperor has made a promise, so he will definitely keep it. The promise when he likes it, and the disposition after he doesn't like it are two different things, and it is the emperor. Even if he really breaks his promise, Wei Yan has nowhere to find someone to reason with.

Wei Yan pulled the quilt over, covered his body, turned around, and said that he was going to rest, and asked Mr. Gao to take care of himself.Since he was locked up and the emperor sent Director Gao to serve him, Director Gao has devoted himself to the role of lobbyist.

And ever since the emperor started calling people to play chess, Manager Gao's words became even more tiresome.When that Sun Sheren was summoned into the palace for three days in a row, Wei Yan already knew enough from Mr. Gao, not to mention the sounds he heard from the outer hall while he was lying here. .

He doesn't want to hear these words, and there is no need to listen to them. The relationship between him and the emperor, between monarchs and ministers, between men, is just a relationship between being lucky and being lucky, just being forced and being forced. If the emperor likes him, how could the emperor be like that? Like him, how can anyone like him so much?

The emperor knew that he didn't want to, but he continued to favor him. Does this mean he likes him?

It is obvious that he is not wrong, the emperor has admitted it himself, all this is the emperor's fault, and he still uses his family to manipulate him, make him obedient, and continue to be favored by the emperor, does this mean he likes him?

Knowing that it is wrong to lock him up like this, not to let him go home, not to let him marry a wife, the emperor still acted recklessly, regardless of his embarrassment, his responsibility, is this liking him?

If this is liking, who would dare to bear this kind of liking?

Even if the emperor had occasional tender feelings, it was probably only out of fascination with his body, and his heart softened for a while.If this kind of obsession with the body is liking, then he doesn't care for such liking. Whoever wants it can just please the emperor. Anyway, this kind of thing is not worth his troubles.

Wei Yan wanted to think so, but his heart seemed to be filled with a heavy weight, which made him feel unbearable even when kicked.