The fifth day of the first lunar month.
On the first day of work in the new year, Rong Baichuan packed up and went out early.
The road was sparsely populated and quiet.
He wondered, "Did I get up too early? Why didn't I meet anyone else today?"
All the way to the Golden Palace, I only met a few people.
Seeing Qin Taifu and Qin Zhongshu walking in front, Rong Baichuan stepped forward quickly.
The two were also talking about how today was the first day of court, and how everyone dared to be so negligent?
The door of the main hall opened, and the eunuch announced that the court could enter. The few court officials who came to attend the court entered the hall.
After waiting for a while, the emperor finally arrived.
And he was helped up by two fathers-in-law?
"Your Majesty, is your health unwell?" Taifu Qin asked with concern.
The emperor raised his tired eyes and said, "It's nothing, my leg is injured, it will be fine after some rest..."
He waved weakly to Fuling, who immediately began the morning court process.
We were originally planning to say some New Year's greetings, but ended up asking for leave for others.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Works broke his leg when he went out on the second day of the Lunar New Year and is now unable to get out of bed."
"Your Majesty, Zong Zhengqing's leg was broken by a horse when he went out on the third day of the New Year. He is now recuperating at home..."
After the two court officials asked for leave for someone else, the other people in the court looked at each other in confusion.
"Your Majesty, General Zongwu also had his leg broken by a horse on the third day of the Lunar New Year..."
"The same is true for the Junior Minister of Rites..."
"Tan... Young Supervisor Tan is also..."
The courtiers' voices became quieter as they moved further back.
The emperor's face grew darker as he listened.
"They want to skip court. Isn't this excuse too lame? Couldn't they have discussed it in advance?" Rong Baichuan whispered to his colleagues.
"...No, why do you look so bad?"
Colleagues glanced at Rong Baichuan, who looked as if he had lost all hope in life.
"My wife is pregnant..."
"Isn't this a good thing?" Rong Baichuan asked in confusion, "Why do you look like the sky is falling?"
"The Madam and her six concubines became pregnant at the same time. Eight months later, seven children were born. Seven..."
It makes me collapse just thinking about it.
"Uh..." Rong Baichuan patted his shoulder to comfort him.
At this time, an announcement came from outside the palace that Emperor Shang Zhou wanted to see him.
Lord Zhou started crying before he even entered the hall.
"Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, please make the decision for the common people..."
The little old man stumbled into the hall and immediately knelt down to cry out for justice.
"Those adults are really going too far!"
It was the second day of the Chinese New Year, and his carriage was moving normally on the street, but at an extremely slow pace.
Suddenly a man rushed under the wheels.
I thought it was some desperate beggar trying to extort money.
But he didn't expect that it was an official in the court, and his leg was broken.
When the driver noticed someone rushing out, he immediately reined in his horse, and he did not feel the bumpy sensation of running over a foreign object while sitting in the carriage.
But the onlookers confirmed that they heard the sound of broken bones when he fell under the carriage.
And the carriage did not run over it.
It is unknown how he broke his leg.
Because he was an official in the court and it was the New Year.
Mr. Zhou did not want to cause any disputes, so he paid the compensation directly.
but……!
Starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, whenever the Zhou family went out, they would encounter blackmailers.
They were all officials in the court, and their positions were not low.
"Your Majesty, you must stand up for me. They definitely planned to extort money!"
Lord Zhou was very angry.
"In the past three days, I have already paid out one million taels of silver..."
"Even...even on the way to the palace just now, that Imperial Censor Xu rammed my carriage..."
As he spoke, tears and snot fell down.
"..." Rong Baichuan opened his mouth in surprise, "So their legs really were broken? Or was it broken at the hands of the same family?"
When the emperor heard this and thought about what happened to him, he felt that something was wrong.
"Have the wishes made by the nobles at the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony been fulfilled?"
The court officials were stunned when they heard this, and they all said that it had been achieved.
It’s just that the implementation process is not very beautiful.
Someone wants to find a good-looking wife.
As a result, the next day a "beautiful woman" came to his door and said she wanted to marry him.
The beauty is beautiful, but he is a man!
Some people hope that their parents will stop arguing and their children will be quiet so that the family can have peace and quiet.
As a result, the father suffered a stroke the next day and could not speak; the children at home ate too much and had diarrhea until they were exhausted and had no energy to make a fuss.
These two days have been so quiet that it doesn’t feel like Chinese New Year at all.
Some people wish to make a small fortune.
As a result, several banknotes were found in the gap between the wardrobes that night.
The next day I remembered that it was my own pocket money that I had forgotten where it was.
Some people wish for the good health of the elderly in their family.
The next day, he was diagnosed with a serious illness. Fortunately, it was discovered early and he was able to recover; if it had been discovered a few days later, he would have been too sick to recover.
And so on...
"Those adults whose legs were broken were not trying to get rich, were they?" someone thought.
The emperor held his forehead and smiled bitterly.
"Chao Xi, I asked you to fulfill your wish, but I didn't ask you to fulfill it this way..."
On the second day of the New Year, the emperor and the empress were walking in the imperial garden.
The queen almost fell down, and subconsciously reached out and pushed the emperor in front of her, causing the emperor to sprain his foot.
This sprain should have healed in two days, but it hasn't healed yet.
And my ankle is getting more and more swollen.
The queen felt extremely guilty about this and had been very attentive and gentle to him these past few days.
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