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Of course, among these kinds of rumors and speculations, the most intriguing thing is that the two married one wife one after another, and even had a public case in court for this.

Compared with this, the topic that the new emperor is a lame man, which should be talked about with relish, pales in comparison.

yes.

a lame man.

The common people would not elegantly use "leg disease" or "inconvenience" to describe the new emperor's problems, only the word "lame" is not respectful, but simple enough, and there is a kind of ridicule unique to the market. Feeling, it can make the emperor who was high in the past become like the beggar on the street and can easily ridicule.

Xiao Xun, or Xiao Tingzhi, is well aware of these rumors in the market, and also knows that the storyteller under the overpass must have perfunctory enough stories based on his experience to preach everywhere, just without his name.

In order to please him, the following ministers also handed over books and suggested a ban.

The emperors of all dynasties and dynasties have done this kind of thing all too often, and they have their own taboos, and the name taboo must be avoided, not to mention the disrespectful words of the emperor.

If Xiao Tingzhi wants to do it, no one will criticize him.

But for some unknown reason, after ascending to the throne, walking in this heavy palace ban, he always remembered the days when he was "Xue Tingzhi" in the general's mansion.

Zhezi put on the imperial case for three or two days, but in the end he did not agree, so he drew a four-character Zhu Critic on it, "don't pay attention".

When the cabinet returned the memorial, Gu Juefei saw it.

So he smiled and said to him: "The emperor's temperament is not ordinary."

Xiao Tingzhi returned a lukewarm laugh and said, "I am a 'lame', and there is nothing that can't be said. It is not my fault that I have a disability, and the word 'lame' is not malicious. If I really forbade the world's words, I can't change the fact of this leg disease. Right and wrong, there are other people's opinions. Now that I have just ascended the throne, the world has never seen a lame emperor. Everything has become old news.”

It's like the blood of the old days will eventually dry up.

Gu Juefei should have understood what he said, and there was a slight smile between his eyebrows, but he did not make any refutation, only calmly said "you said it too", then handed the book down and continued to deal with the other side. 's memorial.

It was just that when it was time to retire, Ji Heng, who was on the side, said a few words to Gu Juefei, and then hesitated for a while, but came up to report: "At the beginning of your succession, the emperor said that you would mourn the soldiers who suffered in the Zhengyuan Rebellion. , so I didn't mention the election of the harem, which left the post vacant. Now that the year is coming to an end, I should prepare for this matter when the new year is turned over. I have heard that when you were in the hidden residence, you had a relationship with the former Shuntian mansion. The daughter of the prime minister, Mrs. Sun, had already been hired, but it was delayed because of a chaotic affair. Now, Mrs. Sun does not dare to ask for a marriage, nor to ask the emperor. There should be an accurate word. Let's wait until next spring..."

"All right!"

Ji Heng was still about to say, but Xiao Tingyi's face suddenly turned cold, and he interrupted his former mentor.

"Mr. Ji doesn't need to say more, I have a clear idea in my mind. It's not too late to discuss things in the next year after New Year's Eve. After a busy day, you, Master Gu and the rest of the adults are tired? Go back to rest early and retire. Bar."

"...I will retire."

Ji Heng opened his mouth, vaguely feeling that Xiao Tingzhi's answer was not very appropriate, and showed a rare impatience. He wanted to say it, but Gu Juefei shook his head lightly at him, so he suppressed his voice, Without saying anything, he bowed and retreated with the crowd.

Just after leaving the Qianqing Palace and walking on the palace road, Ji Heng asked him: "Master Gu, why did you stop it? The post has been vacant for nearly a year, and the concubine Jing concubine appointed by the emperor is just a concubine in the former mansion. , can't be on the table. If things go on like this, the ministers in the DPRK and China are bound to criticize. Even if I don't persuade me, I will inevitably be told by others."

Gu Juefei looked at the blue sky with his hands behind his back, Qing Jun's face was calm and calm, and he only laughed when he heard the words, but he said meaningfully: "The emperor has only just reached the crown this year, and his blood and energy are just old, so it is inevitable that some The matter is unclear. You and I, as assistant ministers, should be more concerned. As for the stubbornness of the emperor, it is not a big deal. When you get older and see more clearly, your head hurts, and your mind is dead. Clear."

"..."

Ji Heng only felt that there was something terrifying about what he said, but if he really wanted him to go deeper, he felt that everything he saw was foggy.

And Gu Juefei's expression obviously didn't want him to ask more questions.

So his eyes flickered slightly, and he only said "you said it too", and didn't say much on this topic.

In the blink of an eye, the New Year's Eve is approaching, and it's New Year's Eve.

Xiao Tingzhi had been waiting for this day for a long time, so that when he was talking to the ministers of civil and military affairs in the previous dynasty, he was strangely absent-minded.

He didn't even care about Gu Juefei's rather ugly expression.

During the banquet, he drank a little too much, so he used the excuse of sobering up, and the palace staff held an umbrella, and walked on the palace road between the heavy walls under the heavy snow on New Year's Eve.

The cold wind was blowing, and it should have been sobering up.

But at this time, his heart was actually scorching hot, as if the wine he drank all burned at this moment, making him suddenly become the daring and reckless teenager in the night pavilion that year.

On the side of the Rouyi Palace, he stopped and only allowed the palace servants beside him to enter, calling out the woman who was also drinking during the banquet.

She became pregnant a year ago and gave birth to a pair of children for Gu Juefei.

But now, when he walked out from the inside with slightly drunken cheeks, it was still the same as before. Snow-skinned and flowery, with a moving smile, the bottom of his eyes is as if gathering waves of light from the South China Sea, his brows are as cold as a handful of Kunlun snow, and even the eyes he looks at him are the same as before.

When she came out and saw it was him, she was not surprised, as if she had guessed it long ago, she only came up to bow to him, and said, "The court lady greets the emperor."

Xiao Tingzhi found the word "official wife" harsh.

The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids have long since retreated. He remembered that the government and the public had been forcing him to marry him recently, and he felt tormented.

Even the voice calling her at this time was hoarse: "Lu Jinxi..."

Lu Jinxi raised his eyes and looked at him, looking at the majestic black dragon robe on his body, the dense dragon pattern embroidered on it and the piece of jade hanging around his waist, and finally his eyes were fixed on Between his eyebrows, his smile was rusty and cold: "The emperor used the pretense of letting me out, I don't know if he has something to say?"

"I……"

One word came out, but it felt wrong. Xiao Tingzhi wanted to reach out and pull her, but she avoided it without a trace, so he just stood in front of her like this, and finally opened his mouth.

"I want to ask you, would you like to—"

"Do not care."

Without him finishing the sentence, Lu Jinxi knew what the next half of the sentence was. Although he sighed in his heart, he didn't leave the slightest leeway in what he said. He turned around and wanted to leave.

"If the emperor has nothing to do, the court lady will return to the banquet."

"Lu Jinxi!"

She always ignored him like this, and always treated him like nothing, which finally made Xiao Tingzhi angry. Sitting on the throne this year, it's not that he didn't learn anything. The coldness between his brows and eyes has finally come up, making his face look a little more gloomy.

"I won't let you go!"

"Those who know say that you are the honorable man of the Nine-Five, but those who don't know are afraid that you might think that you are a bandit in that mountain. Now your identity is not the same as it was in the past, and every word and deed are related to the national system. You dare to call me out of the banquet today, if you spread it out, you may not be able to sit firmly on the throne."