[Comprehensive martial arts] Hundreds of no taboos

Gao left.

I still hid from the sidelines and watched Gaotang handle his official duties.

Gao Tang's speed is not fast, almost two copies of a cup of tea are processed, and some papers with a lot of words will take longer to read, almost every paper has to reply several lines, and he doesn't know how to be lazy at all.

I took a quick look and found that there are about twenty copies of the papers that have been processed, and those that have not been processed on the side are piles of different colors according to the official ranks, especially the blue-green papers at the grassroots level. It adds up to about sixty or seventy copies.

Really a very honest little emperor.

I became curious and took a closer look.

It just so happened that Gao Tang read through a copy carefully, then swiped the ink pen, and commented underneath: "I don't know what you are talking about."

I looked at the booklet that he casually threw aside. The densely packed handwriting on it looked a bit beautiful, but the content was full of praises, and it was really incomprehensible.

Then Gao Tang opened the next book, which was a brochure requesting to behead a murderer. The case was submitted by the local county magistrate, the magistrate stamped the official seal, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice reviewed it correctly. Ordinary lives can be judged life and death.

So although the imperial court here is strict, I really like this strictness.

Gao Tang took it much more seriously than before, read the case statement several times, thought for a while, and then slowly replied: "Murder because of the wife's humiliation, there is a reason for the incident, it should not be treated in the same way as ordinary cases, retrial."

He put this booklet on the sorted side, took a sip of tea, the tea was cold, he frowned a little, but he didn't speak, put down the teacup, and continued to deal with official business.

Gao Tang approved another ten or so books. He looked too serious, like a student who wrote big characters in a private school. He was not at all domineering like an emperor, and his words were even gentle. "Unintelligible".

I came here after lunch, and when all the papers were approved, it was already evening, and Gaotang put the pen back on the pen holder in a regular manner, and then he lay back on the chair as if limp, The eunuch who had been standing all afternoon took the time to yawn.

I glanced at the eunuch in displeasure. He didn't do anything except stand, but he was tired of it.

Not long after Gao Tang had rested, he stretched and stood up, and said, "Changing clothes, if the queen mother sends someone to ask after a while, tell her that I have left the palace to go to miss Qi."

The eunuch complied, and after a while a few palace servants came in and changed Gaotang into bamboo green and white clothes, probably because he was afraid that he would look too tired, so Gaotang washed his face with cold water before leaving, and looked at him. From the withered small hay to the juicy cabbage.

Thinking of how I had to "punish" him a few times every time he came late... I felt my conscience ache.

The weather is not too hot now, I rushed home before Gao Tang arrived, I thought he would come soon, I didn't want him to come until the sun went down.

He was still carrying two large packages of pastries from Hefangzhai.

There is no need to open a pack of lotus paste soufflé, and a pack of jujube cake with golden shreds, I can already smell it.

Gao Tang looked at me with bright eyes, and his smile was sweeter than the pastry in his hand, he said: "I'm late again, so I want to say that it's already late, why don't I bring you something to eat?"

His appearance suddenly reminded me of the little emperor who was sitting at the imperial table in the south study in the afternoon and was serious about his official duties.

I suddenly understood Fang Ying's bad attitude.

The more dignified you are, the more you want him to be slutty, the more serious you are, the more you want him to be absurd, and the more transparent a person is, the more interesting it is to defile him.

I threw the pastry out the door and dragged Gaotang into the room.

Cui Cui quickly ran out of the inner courtyard with the confused Hong Hong, and I pushed Gao Tang onto the bed.

The next day he left by leaning on the wall.

The day before the Queen's order was issued, I met Gao Tang's mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Li, in the Central Palace of the Forbidden City.

Empress Dowager Li looks very young, only in her thirties, but it is said that her actual age is almost forty, and she is far from the kind image described by Gao Tang and me. , different from the thin and white aesthetics of this era, this is a beauty with a Tang style, which fits my eyes very well, but his face is cold, and he doesn't usually smile.

As soon as I walked in, she raised her starry eyes, which were very similar to Gao Tang's, and her eyes were full of scrutiny.

I stood where I was, and let Empress Dowager Li look at me calmly.

Empress Dowager Li's gaze was obviously very different from that of her son's. There was a bit of hesitation in her eyes, but she did not comment on my appearance. Instead, she patted the embroidered stool in front of her and said in a homely tone: "Come, sit down." , let's talk."

At the moment Gaotang is still in the Fengtian Hall, he nervously told me a lot about his mother the night before, but I didn't pay attention to it at all, now he nodded his head normally and sat down On the embroidered stool.

Empress Dowager Li paused and said, "You... think very differently from me."

I answered politely, "What's the difference?"

Empress Dowager Li raised the corners of her mouth that didn't smile often, and said, "I've seen many, many girls from the folk. Heads down and drifting with the tide, some are cautious and dare not say a word, and some are ambitious, exuding a kind of greed from the bottom of their bones."

I thought about it and said, "That's because of awe."

If I hadn't been from the rivers and lakes, hadn't experienced troubled times, hadn't seen with my own eyes the buildings collapsed, and the descendants of phoenixes and dragons had fallen into common people, I would probably have had the slightest awe of the imperial power, but if I have seen it, I am doomed My vision is different from others, it's not because I'm smarter or more detached than others, it's just... I'm getting older.

Empress Dowager Li had probably never seen me chatting like this before, she choked for a while, and then said: "Tang'er is a very good boy, in my opinion, he is worthy of any girl in this world, he likes you very much."

I said, "I also feel that I am worthy of any man in the world."

Seeing Empress Dowager Li's slightly green face, I thought for a while and added: "I like him very much, too."

Empress Dowager Li finally breathed a sigh of relief. She has probably found out a little bit of the mentality of being a mother-in-law at the moment, and said to me: "Miss Qi was born in the Jianghu, and I understand the other things. How many girls in the folk can be like everyone's ladies?" Proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Just one thing, you will be lonely for a long time after entering the palace, you must not bring in the habits of the rivers and lakes, don't touch those knives and swords."

I nodded, I didn't really like walking around with such a heavy sword.

Empress Dowager Li said again: "It's autumn now, and this year's draft will not be successful. From now to early summer next year, you should have a baby. Next year, choose a few more concubines to spread more branches and leaves for Tang'er." , I won’t bother you in the future.”

I thought for a while and said, "Choose a concubine for the late emperor?"

Empress Dowager Li's eyes widened, she looked a bit like Gao Tang when she was a fool, I couldn't feel any hostility towards her for some reason.

But for the sake of my mood, I still said coldly: "I have no opinion on the draft, I have no opinion at all, but if it is to choose a woman for Gaotang, I am not like Qi Guifei, who only knows how to toss women, if Gaotang It's fine if you don't touch it, it's just an extra pair of chopsticks to eat, if he touches it, and it's so unlucky that I find out, I will kill him."

Empress Dowager Li's lips trembled, and before I could speak, I stood up and said, "Empress Dowager, you still have one night to persuade Gao Tang to give up on marrying me. No loss."

Empress Dowager Li said in surprise: "Since you both, all, and Tang'er slept...why did you leave?"

I think Gaotang's mother's focus is wrong, what I just said is that Gaotang will kill him for cheating.

But I still patiently explained: "I really like him very much. After I like him, I will sleep with him, and then I will sleep with him for the rest of my life. But if he must have another woman, I will sleep with me after sleeping with someone else. , I will never want to sleep with him again for the rest of my life."

Empress Dowager Li's eyes widened again, out of a little sympathy for the old sister who had been trapped in the palace for most of her life, I said again: "In my opinion, men and women are the same, although most of the time men The status of women is higher than that of women, but this depends on the fact that most men have bigger fists than women. In the same way, once a woman has a fist bigger than a man, she should have a higher status than a man. Fist can be replaced by martial arts Status and power, just like the queen mother, you are no longer under one person, but above ten thousand people, the emperor is your son, and he is also under your feet, you can do whatever you want."

Empress Dowager Li stammered: "Bi, for example... sleep with a man too?"

I raised my eyebrows in surprise, but still nodded, and said, "Before Wu Zetian became emperor, there were male favorites. Which princess in the Tang Dynasty didn't have many faces? Why should she live as a widow when she comes to the Queen Mother? You I haven't reached the age of 40, so at least two or thirty years from now, is it just waiting to die in the palace? Gao Tang is very reasonable, I think the matter of the draft can be changed, and it can be replaced by choosing the first face for the empress dowager."

Empress Dowager Li took several breaths before she recovered. Although her well-maintained face was flushed red and her eyes were filled with throbbing tears, she still said righteously: "Stop talking nonsense! Selected, drafted." Since you don't agree with the matter, then go discuss it with Tang'er yourself, and don't make fun of the queen mother!"

Both the mother and the queen were spoken.

I looked suspiciously at the blush on Empress Dowager Li's face, which was as touching as a peach blossom dipped in water, and I could vaguely see the shadow of Gao Tang when he was in love.

I wisely kept silent and withdrew.