Cunning Rabbit and White Fox
"My dear ministers, do you have anything to report?"
In the Golden Palace.
Su Junrou forced a yawn, wanting to stretch but not daring to be too obvious, fearing these ministers would find something wrong with him and then bombard him with a ton of memorials, none of which contained anything important, just frivolous pieces of advice and criticism...
Su Junrou also learned her lesson.
When I first ascended the throne...
He felt that he could do whatever he wanted without any rules because he had power.
But it's less than half a year.
This bunch of black-hearted court officials, who were as cunning as thousand-year-old tortoises, had forced him into a corner.
He thought he was the emperor...
Just do whatever you want and you will get whatever you want.
But when he really became emperor.
He just discovered.
It turns out that I have to be cautious in everything, and I have to observe people's words and expressions and weigh the pros and cons of everything.
It’s not that he dares not offend these ministers, but that he requires these ministers to do everything.
In the past.
He was too lazy to even read the arrogant articles written by the court officials, but now he had to review and reflect on them one by one.
Then he understood.
When you have done something wrong.
Not only would he be scolded by the ministers, he would also have to scold himself countless times...
Until those memorials that scolded him were delivered.
It counts only after all the approvals are completed.
Su Junrou has a very important thing to announce today at the noon court.
If it were normal times...
Naturally, there is no need for this.
But Bo Xiangqian was the daughter of a criminal after all, and had already been taken to the execution ground.
Even if he didn't say it himself.
Ministers should know this.
The imperial concubine that Wang Xixi had told them about in the morning was actually the daughter of the treacherous Grand Tutor Bo Shoushan.
Bo Xiangqian...
Su Juanrou didn't need to think about it.
One can imagine how angry and furious the ministers will be when they know the truth.
For them.
This is nothing but a great mockery and humiliation to them...
However.
Su Junrou had just come out of the Liangyuan Hall where Bo Xiangqian was temporarily housed.
There wasn't a single moment when he didn't think about her.
Su Junrou had already thought of it when she was riding in the imperial carriage on the way to the Golden Palace.
How to give Bo Xiangqian...
This person pulled him out of the snowy streets when he was still the sixth prince.
The little girl carried him back to the palace.
The greatest favor and honor.
Moreover, it was because of him that Bo Xiangqian contracted typhoid fever, although no serious illness could be diagnosed.
But since then...
Bo Xiangqian's health became increasingly weaker.
He had already planned it.
Find a suitable opportunity to bring her into the palace.
But he didn't expect it.
Bo Xiangqian's father, the powerful minister Bo Shoushan, actually gave Bo Xiangqian the medicine he wanted to drink.
Secretly replaced with Chun Yao.
have no choice……
He could only punish Bo Shoushan for the crime of deceiving the emperor and plotting treason.
Because Su Juanrou really couldn't bear to...
His beloved little girl.
He could even be his savior, but he was implicated by her foolish father.
And the young eunuch that Wang Xixi arranged for him to take over...
Unfortunately, he was made a scapegoat.
"Golden branches and jade leaves, a perfect match, little golden branches, a golden palace..."
Su Junrou was immersed in the warmth and joy brought to him by Bo Xiangqian, and did not pay attention to what the court officials said.
"His Majesty……"
Prime Minister Gao Bangliang saw that Su Junrou was absent-minded and in a trance, so he raised his tablet and reminded her in a low voice.
"Oh! My dear ministers, where were we just talking about? Didn't I say that I would build a Golden Jade Palace for the Imperial Concubine on the basis of the current Liangyuan Palace?
But after all, my concubine has just entered the palace.
Let her live somewhere else.
I am also worried, but I can't let my concubine live in this golden palace, right?"
Su Juanrou suddenly sat up straight, her fingernails secretly scratching the dragon pattern on the armrest of the dragon throne. "Since my beloved concubine cannot move to the Golden Palace to spend the night, naturally I have to build a golden and jade palace for my beloved concubine.
What do you think, my dear ministers?
Does my action violate ancestral rules? Does it conform to the relevant etiquette and regulations of the old court?
If you, my dear ministers, have no objection.
Then I will order the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Works to select a date to break ground and begin construction!"
Gao Bangliang asked the ministers of rites, revenue, and works some specific questions, then replied to Su Junrou, "Your Majesty, there is nothing wrong with your majesty taking in a new concubine and building a palace. It all follows the old rules. We have no objection, but... General Ye just recently demanded military pay from the court.
The court was also required to allocate military rations before the end of the month to ensure the smooth progress of the war on the front, and food and military supplies were the top priority.
We, the ministers, dare not make any rash comments on the affairs of Your Majesty's inner palace.
But Your Majesty, please think carefully.
This is a crucial point and must not be taken lightly, lest it destabilize the people and endanger the country!"
After hearing this, Su Junrou couldn't help but be secretly shocked, "Oh, is it really that serious! But as far as I know, in the past ten years, in addition to the rebellion colluded by the two states of Yongyi during the reign of the previous emperor, which was suppressed by the troops sent by my father, and the leader of the northwestern barbarian Kel'aqi tribe, Jiaye Nantu, colluded with other barbarian tribes, intending to invade our Yujin northwest border area.
There are no other major threats or powerful enemies.
Why did General Ye personally lead the army to the south to attack Jiang Tang this time?
How could such a tiny country that was separatist in the south and stubbornly resisting be so difficult to conquer for so long?
Could it be that General Ye is taking advantage of his age and being lazy, clinging to his military power and hoping to use it to challenge the imperial court...
To me...!
Are you using your military power to gain credit for yourself?"
Gao Bangliang and the court officials were shocked when they heard that Su Junrou had actually brought the Southern Zhen General Ye Shengyuan...
He spoke like a traitor who wanted to rebel.
He hurried forward and knelt down to make a plea.
"Your Majesty, we beg you to be careful with your words! General Ye has fought hard for the country and made great contributions. How could he have second thoughts and plot rebellion? Your Majesty must not be suspicious of General Ye without any evidence, which will make General Ye sad and the morale of the soldiers at the front unstable!" Gao Bangliang.
"Your Majesty, what the Prime Minister said makes sense. We implore Your Majesty to be careful with your words! Your Majesty, please be careful with your words!" the court officials said.
"That's fine. But there should be no problem with this golden palace of my beloved concubine..." Su Junrou.
"Your Majesty, the soldiers at the front are fighting bravely for Your Majesty and the court and sacrificing their lives for their country. Can the matter of building the Golden Jade Palace for the Imperial Concubine be postponed?" Gao Bangliang said.
"Fighting bloody battles, sacrificing one's life for the country? Did anyone see that? I have given General Ye plenty of time. When he led his army south, he said it would only take a year to conquer the tiny country of Jiang Tang. But now General Ye has already spent three years. Am I not compassionate and forgiving enough?
If General Ye is really old.
It is difficult for him to continue to be competent for the heavy responsibility of commanding the three armies, so it is better to stop the war and return to the court to enjoy his retirement.
I can also provide for you nearby.
This old father-in-law of the state, who has fought and fought hard throughout his life and made great contributions!"
After a while.
There was deathly silence in the Golden Palace.
"If not, how could I continue to tolerate bias and allow General Ye to continue wasting time with me? Do I have to bear the stigma of warmongering and suffer shame for their incompetence?"
Gao Bangliang and other court officials knew that the emperor's wrath could not be violated, but they had to remonstrate, "Your Majesty..."
"Pass on my decree that the Golden Jade Palace must be completed within three months.
Again……
Pass on my military orders.
The small country of Jiangtang must be conquered within three months! Otherwise, my father-in-law...
He voluntarily handed over his military power.
Bring your head to me!"
Gao Bangliang and the ministers in the court had no idea what Su Junrou was up to.
But Su Junrou finished speaking.
He stood up, left his seat and walked away.
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
Su Junrou smiled ruefully, thinking, "Think twice! How could I not know about the natural fortifications of Jiangtang? I initially tried to dissuade him by claiming that Old Man Ye was too old to lead the army south, but after he insisted on leading the army south, I gave him a one-year deadline. If he still hasn't conquered Jiangtang by the end of the year, then I'll have no choice but to temporarily lead the army, bearing the brunt of the crime."
Now two years have passed.
He still couldn't do it.
Then the Ye family’s fate has come to an end. They have been given three years.
I, Su Juanrou, have been magnanimous and benevolent towards the Ye family."
Suddenly.
Su Junrou looked at the outside of the Golden Palace, where the clouds were gathering and the thunder was roaring like a torrential rain.
He couldn't help but look sad and gloomy...
"Back then, it was raining heavily outside the Golden Palace. I kowtowed from the Taihe Gate outside the Golden Palace all the way to His Majesty the Golden Palace, until my hands were covered in blood and my head was broken. However, I was unable to prevent my father from stripping my third brother of his military power and having him dismissed and executed.
Later, even his mother was implicated and died by drinking poison.
I, Su Juanrou, have been walking on a path stained with regrets and blood and tears.
The only brother who was the best to me, the Third Prince, is no longer with us.
Xirui is gone too.
now……
Besides Xi'er, who else do I have?
Su Junrou recalled the day when Bo Xiangqian carried him on her back, walking through the snow-covered streets.
In the crystal clear snowflakes...
She carried him on her back.
Falling to the ground again and again.
The fall hurt him terribly.
Several times his bones were almost broken, but he was dizzy and unable to speak.
I finally used up my last bit of strength...
Shouting!
In fact, I was begging her...
She might as well just put him down and let him freeze to death on the street.
It also saves the trouble of wasting a good coffin.
Even if he really froze to death.
That's better than being thrown to death by Bo Xiangqian again and again.
At least……
It would be better to die quickly and peacefully.
But Bo Xiangqian didn't hear what he said at all, and even she herself seemed confused and didn't understand what he said.
Su Juanrou really had no choice...
He could only drag his sick and frail body.
Do you raise your finger...
Show her the way.
Fortunately, although Bo Xiangqian was a little directionally challenged, she eventually carried him back to the palace.
Whenever Su Juanrou thought of the scene that day, she couldn't help but laugh secretly.
But he thought this little white rabbit...
Only after he brought this cute little white rabbit into the palace did he realize that it was not a little white rabbit at all.
It's clearly God-sent...
To bring disaster to his country and his people, and to destroy his golden dragon body and his black ice heart.
To seduce his soul and seize his will...
Little white fox!
"Bo Xiangqian, my little golden branch and little white rabbit, I want to see whether you are a little white rabbit that I will risk my life to protect, or a little white fox that will make me stupid, cruel and merciless?
But anyway..."
Su Junrou suddenly clenched her fists and looked up at the palaces in the heavy rain.
His eyes were stern and he laughed coldly.
"You belong only to me! In life you are my person, in death... you can only be my ghost!"
But Su Junrou didn't know.
When Bo Xiangqian is cute, she will be a little white fox that is cuter, softer, softer and clingier than a little white rabbit.
But when she gets cunning...
But it will also be a little white rabbit that is more cunning and dangerous than the little white fox, and even one that strangers should stay away from.
However, it is difficult to distinguish between the cunning rabbit and the white fox.
Very easy to confuse.
If you don't get close and take a closer look, who can really recognize it?
Besides Bo Xiangqian...
Ye Xirui!
Also...waiting for him.
And she is in Bo Xiangqian's body.
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