"You know what? Actually, I wanted to be a benevolent emperor at the beginning."
The old emperor stood in front of the huge palace gate, his back revealing loneliness.
"The last emperor of the previous dynasty was cruel and ruthless. I actually had many brothers and sisters, but they all starved to death."
"So after I came to power, I exempted the agricultural tax and focused on recuperating the people, but why can't I get rid of all the damn bad officials?"
No one in the huge Purple Palace dared to respond to the old emperor.
Chen Decai followed behind the old emperor, stammering for a moment, not knowing what to say.
So he simply looked at Zhang Sheren secretly.
Zhang Sheren: ???
Look at me doing something!
He quickly looked at Shen Zhiyi again.
Well, the expression on this guy's face is clearly empty.
[It is normal for people to feel sad about the passing of spring when they are old. I don’t know why the great scholar is so afraid.]
[However, the old emperor was really ruthless this time. He chopped off all the members of the Gao family. The bloody smell in the vegetable market didn't dissipate for three days and three nights.]
The old emperor snorted coldly.
If we are not ruthless, it will be the end of Daye if the emperor in the future comes from the Gao family.
Originally, he planned to save King Rui's life.
But the incident with the escort agency in the end gave him a warning.
It’s better to kill it cleanly.
If you don't remove the roots of the grass, it will grow again in the spring breeze.
Shen Zhiyi pinched his nose and continued to empty his mind.
[The Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple has been on leave for several days in a row. Tsk tsk tsk, if this continues, he will die the same way as the late emperor, right? ]
[It's strange. The Left Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple has cheated on his wife so many times, but why doesn't his wife want to divorce him? ]
Daye was much more tolerant towards women than previous dynasties, allowing divorce and remarriage.
There's no need to guard that damn chastity arch.
The old emperor didn't like that.
But the ideas accumulated over a dynasty are not so easy to liberate.
[Well, I am narrow-minded. I thought his wife didn't want to divorce because of feudal dregs. It seems that Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple is a scapegoat.]
The old emperor, who was originally a little sad, was no longer sad in an instant.
What, the one who takes over!
He winked at Chen Decai.
Chen Decai began to perform a one-man show to prevent Shen Zhiyi from noticing that something was wrong.
[The family of Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple was extremely poor, and he didn't even have the money to marry a wife.]
How can you still study when you don’t even have money to marry a wife?
Zhang Sheren stopped writing, feeling a little curious.
[Speaking of which, Zuo Shaoqing's wife was also considered his benefactor. At that time, she made a small mistake and accidentally had a child, but she was reluctant to abort the child. ]
Shen Zhiyi sighed softly.
[If you ask me, why keep the scumbag's child? 】
After seeing the scumbag’s face.
[Forget it, it's better to keep it, just as a way to improve the genes of future generations. ]
[The lady, who was reluctant to abort the child, decided to find a scapegoat while the baby was still young, and the scapegoat turned out to be Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple.]
The old emperor was very excited after hearing this and wished he could hold a handful of melon seeds in his hands right now.
[The family of the wife of Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple provided him with money and found a teacher. They did not expect the teacher to be very successful, but they did not expect that he would actually pass the exam.]
[After becoming an official, he rose to the fifth rank of the Left Junior Official of the Honglu Temple. He became a little wild, but deep down he was still afraid of his wife, so he secretly kept a mistress outside.]
After hearing this, the old emperor rubbed his cheeks and suppressed his smile.
He actually doesn't mind being a scapegoat.
But I mind being kept in the dark and becoming the scapegoat.
There is a big difference between active and passive.
The old emperor suddenly asked Chen Decai, "Has the Zuo Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple been taking a lot of leave recently?"
"Your Majesty, this is what happened."
"Well, then give him some more vacation time. Anyway, the Honglu Temple has nothing to do recently."
“Yes.”
[The old emperor is so easy to talk to. Can you give me a few days off? ]
[Ahhhh, I feel like I've been working for who knows how many days. ]
[As soon as I open my eyes, I have to work like a beast of burden. Who could be more miserable than me? ]
Zhang Sheren cried: "I! I am even more miserable than you."
Although their working hours are the same, his workload is N times that of Shen Zhiyi.
The old emperor listened to Shen Zhiyi's wailing, and thought that he really hadn't relaxed for a long time.
He looked outside and was slightly stunned, not knowing when the snow had begun to fall.
“It’s already November.”
Chen Decai smiled and said, "This is the first snow of the year. It's a good sign."
However, the old emperor frowned.
"Winter is coming, and many people will freeze to death again."
[It is so cold in the north without heating. My feet are still cold when I wake up in the morning after sleeping at night.]
The old emperor turned his head and looked at Shen Zhiyi.
“Chen Zhiyi, didn’t you find a big sister?”
"yes."
Shen Zhiyi replied subconsciously, and was stunned after replying: “Your Majesty, how do you know.”
[Oh, look at what I said, there is nothing that the old emperor doesn't know. ]
Old Emperor: There are so many things I don’t know.
"Since you've found the eldest sister, you should ask her to be careful. Don't you think about the weather today and why are you dressed like this?"
"Your Majesty is right."
[Wow, who knew that the eldest sister I had been looking for for so long would be found by her distant relatives, and then she abandoned me and went to live with her relatives.]
[Wow, I will never forgive her, ahhhh, she even took away a month's salary from me. If I had known, I would not have paid her in advance.]
The old emperor's eyes twitched.
I helplessly muttered to myself: "He is a fool."
Shen Zhiyi was immersed in sorrow, mourning for his lost silver.
"When will the prince be back?"
Chen Decai said, "Maybe the prince will come back during the Chinese New Year?"
[He can’t make it back in time. He plans to stay in Jiangnan and come back next year when the crops grow.]
The old emperor deeply suspected that the prince had let himself go over there and didn't want to come back.
[What a good excuse! The old emperor certainly didn't expect that the prince had been in a state of complete chaos since he passed away. Eh? It doesn't matter when the prince passed away. What matters is that he really didn't take a bath after he passed away.]
"puff!"
The old emperor couldn't help it.
Shen Zhiyi looked up and wrote hurriedly.
【November of the 20th year of Emperor Taizong’s reign.】
[On the second day, Guiwei, the emperor said: Puff.]
Old Emperor: ...
All this written?
Forget it, just be happy.
"Ahem, the prince won't come back this year. How about this? Tomorrow, we will invite officials above the sixth rank to enjoy the snow at Longshou Pond."
"Well, I will arrange it right away."
[Watching the snow? That means there’s food to eat? Great! ]
Zhang Sheren looked at Shen Zhiyi, who was unable to suppress her smile, with a hint of pity in his eyes.
Chen Lang is well versed in poetry and songs, so is he sure he can perform at the snow-viewing banquet?
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