Chapter 668: Sixty strikes with the knife every day!
Shen Conglian skillfully stuffed a few silver bills into the white-faced eunuch's hand.
The white-faced eunuch raised his lips and said, "Your Majesty is really busy. After all, he has to go on a southern tour after the New Year! Every day, I stay up late with Your Majesty until late at night. If I don't put some powder on my face, I'm too embarrassed to go out and see people."
When Shen Yuanhao heard this was the reason, his expression improved a lot.
"Eunuch, please tell His Majesty to take good care of himself!"
The white-faced eunuch said: "Of course I will return to report immediately."
"Your Majesty is used to using the ink that I grind for you, and you are not used to using the ink that others grind for you!"
Shen Congli and Shen Congli hurriedly sent the eunuch out in a flattering manner.
Shen Yuanhao's face looked bad again.
"You are just a eunuch, and you dare to show off in front of us."
Shen Conglian hurriedly persuaded him: "As a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, I would rather offend a gentleman than a villain. He is a favorite of the emperor. Not to mention me, even the prime minister has to be respectful when he sees him."
Shen Yuanhao has been at the border for many years and found it difficult to adapt for a while.
They are your Majesty's closest people. Does your Majesty know that the eunuchs around him treat them like this?
She definitely doesn't know, so he will definitely tell His Majesty the next time he goes to the palace.
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"Your Majesty, I'm back to report." The white-faced eunuch looked around carefully, and seeing that there was no one else in the room, he took two steps towards the dragon throne.
Shen Lanxi's eyes were deep: "Do you think I am cold-blooded and heartless?"
The white-faced eunuch took two steps forward, until he got the ink stick in his hand, and then he said respectfully: "Your Majesty is the ruler of a country, so you should make decisions by killing and punishing people."
The words "womanly kindness" are a disgrace to Your Majesty.
"Your Majesty is very busy every day. You have been protecting the Shen family for so long. It is impossible for them to keep being protected by Your Majesty. What Your Majesty is doing now is a wise move."
Shen Lanxi smiled: "I sent you to Guigu for a few years, and you learned a lot."
The white-faced eunuch laughed a rare innocent laugh: "It's all because of your majesty's wisdom."
Shen Lanxi suddenly asked: "Am I old?"
The white-faced eunuch's brows twitched as if he was frightened, his face turned pale, and he fell to his knees with a plop.
"Your Majesty is in the prime of your life. Don't let the gossip of the previous dynasty disturb your mind."
She laughed.
"If you don't think about the future, you will have immediate worries. I just want to kill some ideas in the cradle."
As for how to cut it, our ancestors have already left examples.
As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Shen Lanxi had already stood up.
A hand stretched out from the tent, trying to get up.
"You continue to sleep. I will get up early at this time every day from now on."
Cheng Zheng didn't listen and insisted on getting up.
The white-faced eunuch's voice sounded: "Your Majesty went to bed at three o'clock last night. It's not time for the morning court yet. Can you sleep a little longer?"
Shen Lanxi: “No need.”
After getting dressed, Shen Lanxi took the two of them to the martial arts training ground.
The Moon-Ban Knife hummed in the cold wind. Although it was still extremely sharp, it had more craftsmanship and less murderous aura because the owner of the knife had not used it for a long time.
"How long has it been since I last came to this martial arts arena?" Shen Lanxi asked the two to wait here, and she walked forward alone with a smile.
Cheng Zheng knows His Majesty's feelings for this sword better than the white-faced eunuch. This sword has accompanied His Majesty in battle, and after the war, it has been here to guard the country.
Your Majesty has been busy with government affairs and has not practiced martial arts for a long time, let alone touched the Companion Star Sword for an even longer time.
Although the white-faced eunuch had never seen His Majesty’s heroic battles with his own eyes, he was very envious of them.
At this moment, both of them looked at the man who pulled out the Companion Star Sword with one hand with excitement, and their eyes couldn't help but turn red.
A person not only cries when he is sad, but also can't help but shed tears when he is excited.
One knife, two knives, three knives...sixty knives.
His Majesty swung the long sword, which weighed more than a thousand pounds, sixty times, and each time the sword broke through the air. His body was steady and as fast as lightning.
"From now on, I will go to the martial arts arena every day and chop the sword sixty times."
There was no movement in the court on the first day. When the court was held again on the second day, all the civil and military officials in the court knew that His Majesty had been struck with the sword sixty times.
On the third day, the news spread throughout the capital.
Those who had previously been muttering behind the scenes that His Majesty was getting older and that if he wanted to keep his throne stable he must appoint a crown prince as soon as possible, all fell silent.
Even if there were strong men in their prime, it would take six men to lift that knife.
Your Majesty is busy with state affairs every day, but his martial arts have not been neglected.
The voice of establishing a crown prince was extinguished like a candle flame.
According to Your Majesty's current physical condition, you can still reign for at least another 20 years.
With the two sons of the Shen family returning one after another, the New Year has arrived.
On the last day of the New Year, Shen Lanxi summoned the Shen family.
Shen Conglian and Shen Congli brought Shen Yuanxu, Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanhao into the palace.
"Your Majesty, long live your Majesty..."
Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Stand up, we are all family, there is no need to pay attention to those empty formalities."
Although these words were spoken in a friendly manner, the Shen family had already sensed something different.
Shen Congli and Shen Congli forced themselves to smile but didn't know how to respond.
The three sons of the Shen family have been away all the time. They have not experienced the deaths of Shen Congyi, Old Madam Shen, and Zhou Xinrou, and have not truly experienced the oppressive feeling of having a knife hanging over their heads. Their expressions are much more relaxed than those of Shen Conglian and Shen Congli.
Shen Yuanxu: "Your Majesty is the king, and we are the subjects. The country comes first, and then the family. The etiquette of kowtow and respect is naturally indispensable."
Shen Yuanjing: "Your Majesty, now the four seas are subject to you, and the people are loyal to you. They all rely on your Majesty to govern. Your Majesty must be very hard, right?"
Shen Yuanhao: "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."
Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Although the world has been stabilized, we cannot relax. I have only been in power for a few years, so I cannot be like the previous emperors who were content with pleasure. No matter when, I always remember the four words "be prepared for danger in times of peace."
Shen Yuanjing was looking forward to the reunion of his siblings and the family, but he didn't expect to hear such polite words. For a moment, he felt that the people in front of him were a little strange.
"Your Majesty, I heard that you are going to tour the south after the New Year?" Shen Yuanxu asked.
Shen Lanxi: "Yes, I have made some arrangements for you. After the New Year, one of you will accompany me on my southern tour, and the other two will stay in the capital. As for the selection, we will decide after the New Year."
The three sons of the Shen family instantly forgot about their distance and started to have other thoughts.
"Now that the border is stable, you three brothers should stay in the capital from now on, serve the elders at home, and teach the children!"
Shen Yuanhao and Shen Yuanjing both found excuses to come back, but Shen Yuanxu found a clear way out, received an imperial decree, and officially stayed in the capital.
Yuan Hao and Yuan Jing breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this.
Now they don’t have to find excuses to stay in the capital.
Your Majesty, when you say this, does it mean that you still care about your family and want your relatives to stay by your side?
No matter how strong a woman appears, she will always be soft-hearted towards her family.
Shen Yuanxu thinks more long-term than Shen Yuanjing and Shen Yuanhao. When he gave up his military power at the border, he was worried that he would no longer have real power. Now it seems that he still has to rely on them, the brothers, to help defend this country!
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