Chapter 10: Not even allowed to take off clothes
Xiao Yu was in a very bad mood today because he had been listening to the ministers arguing about disaster relief for the entire morning, and it gave him a splitting headache.
After finally seeing off the ministers, he went to the training ground to practice riding and archery. He was sweating all over. When he returned to the palace at noon, he did not have lunch immediately. Instead, he took a shower and changed his clothes to wash off the sweat.
Behind the bedroom is a hot spring pool with a constant temperature all year round, paved with green jade, surrounded by green plants, and with lingering smoke.
Xiao Yu walked barefoot to the hot spring pool, and his bright yellow robe slipped off, revealing his strong and sturdy body, broad shoulders and narrow waist, and thin long muscles like an elegant cheetah in the jungle.
It seems non-aggressive, but it contains powerful explosive power.
Xiao Yu stepped into the hot spring pool, the warm water wrapped around his whole body. He closed his eyes slightly and tilted his head back comfortably.
Suddenly, everything went dark before my eyes, and I found myself standing by the hot spring, with a bright yellow robe falling at my feet.
Xiao Yu, "..."
here we go again……
His vision went dark again, and the bright yellow robe that had fallen to the ground was put on him.
Xiao Yu, "..."
Not only are you not allowed to take a bath, you are not even allowed to take off your clothes, right?
Everything went dark before his eyes again, and Xiao Yu stood in the training ground, sweating profusely, holding a longbow in his hand.
Xiao Yu's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, "Yingyi, go see what Liu Zhiyuan is doing!"
He is a little scared now. Once that witch Liu Zhiyuan casts a spell, there will be no end to it. She will never give up until she achieves her goal!
After what happened yesterday, Liu Dehai was much calmer and was not surprised to see Xiao Yu suddenly concerned about Liu Zhiyuan.
Seeing Xiao Yu throw away the longbow in his hand, he carefully handed over the yellow silk handkerchief and said, "Your Majesty, would you like to bathe in the hot spring?"
"No."
Why go? Who knows what Liu Zhiyuan is doing? What if she hasn't finished casting the spell yet? I will be sent back if I go. It's better to just wait here.
Liu Dehai didn't dare to say much and handed over a cup of tea.
After a while, Yingyi came back.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Liu is not in the cold palace."
Xiao Yujian frowned, "Not in the cold palace? Then where is she?"
The witch is indeed restless!
"Today is the day Minister Liu will be executed. Under the Prime Minister's arrangement, Concubine Liu has left the palace to deliver the Liu family's final meal."
Pop.
Xiao Yu crushed the teacup in his hand. "Chen Jianzhang, the Chen family, actually reached out to my harem. Good, very good!"
Liu Dehai and others lowered their heads in fear and trepidation, not daring to breathe.
The conflict between imperial power and prime ministerial power has a long history and is a problem left by the late emperor. When the late emperor ascended the throne, he relied on the support of the late queen, who is also the current empress dowager's family.
It would be more accurate to say it was control rather than support. At that time, the imperial court was plagued by internal and external troubles, and the competition for the crown prince was very fierce. The late emperor was just an unfavored prince who grew up in the cold palace. He was supported by the Chen family to ascend to the throne and became a puppet emperor. He never got rid of the control of the Chen family in his entire life.
With the interference of foreign relatives in government affairs, the Chen family's ambition and power grew.
It would be more appropriate to say that Dayong’s surname was Chen rather than Xiao.
This situation continued until the previous emperor passed away and the new emperor ascended the throne.
After the emperor ascended the throne, he chopped up his two younger brothers, the two princes supported by the Chen family. He really chopped them into meat paste.
He used thundering means to suppress the Chen family and break up the Chen family's power. In the end, the imperial power and the power of the prime minister were maintained in a delicate balance. No matter how turbulent the undercurrents were behind the scenes, no one broke this balance in public.
Prime Minister Chen was afraid of the emperor's brutal methods and had restrained himself a lot in recent years. Unexpectedly, he suddenly extended his hands to the harem this time and ignored the palace rules. Isn't he afraid of angering the emperor?
It doesn’t matter if Chen is seeking death himself, but he should not implicate others!
Now Prime Minister Chen is nowhere to be found, so they don’t have to bear the emperor’s wrath on the spot, but they are right in front of the emperor, and they are definitely walking into trouble!
Xiao Yu's sinister gaze swept across everyone's faces, as if he was looking for some unlucky guy's braid to pull out and vent his anger.
Finally, his gaze fell on the imperial guard Wang Zheng, and he spoke in a long tone, "My dear."
Wang Zheng broke out in a cold sweat instantly, and quickly thought about whether he had done anything inconsiderate recently that the emperor could use to make trouble.
I wasn't very hungry after dinner last night, so I left half a bowl of food and threw it away. Now there is a famine in Yuzhou and the refugees are starving. Does this count as a waste of food?
When I got up this morning, I practiced a set of boxing and worked up a sweat, but I was in a hurry so I didn't take a shower or change clothes before going to court. I wonder if the smell of my sweat has bothered the emperor.
Oh, by the way, I saw a beautiful palace maid on the way to the training ground. I couldn’t help but take a few more glances at her. I don’t know if the emperor noticed.
The more Wang Zheng thought about it, the more frightened he became. Cold sweat rolled down his forehead. It was not that he was making a fuss, but serving the king was like serving a tiger, especially a tiger with unpredictable moods. As long as the king was unhappy, even if you farted, you would be wrong!
Previously, there was a minister who wore a pair of old shoes when he went to see the emperor. The emperor happened to have a headache at that time, so he was beaten with thirty sticks for the crime of being disrespectful in front of the emperor. He had to stay in bed for half a month before he could get out of bed.
Xiao Yu was in a really bad mood right now, and was just looking for someone to beat up to vent his anger, but he had just called out a name when everything in front of him suddenly went dark. He was already sitting in the imperial study, and in his ears he could hear the ministers discussing disaster relief in Yuzhou.
Xiao Yu, "..."
Very good, let’s go back to this morning. He wants to listen to the annoying discussion again. Liu Zhiyuan, you are really great!
The Minister of Personnel stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Yuzhou is experiencing a drought that occurs only once in a century. It has not rained for three consecutive years, and the crops have been completely destroyed. The situation is critical, and the most urgent task is to save lives. I believe that the national treasury should be opened immediately to allocate funds for disaster relief so that the victims can have a meal of hot porridge to fill their stomachs and alleviate their immediate needs."
The Imperial Inspector sneered, "Minister Li, that's not easy to say. In recent years, Great Yong has been plagued by natural disasters, and the treasury is empty. The two million taels of silver allocated a while ago were embezzled by Liu Zhongyuan, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Where will the money come from to allocate funds again?"
The Censor of the Metropolitan Censorate echoed, "Yes, Minister Li's love for the people is certainly commendable, but we must not act too hastily, lest it lead to future troubles. Not to mention whether the national treasury can allocate more funds, a hasty release of grain will easily lead to looting, hoarding, and even collusion between officials and businessmen to embezzle disaster relief funds again."
The Minister of Personnel refused to give in. "The disaster in Yuzhou cannot be delayed any longer. If we delay for even a day, countless civilians will be killed or injured. If we are afraid of causing chaos, we can send local officials and imperial envoys to suppress the situation. As the national treasury is empty, we can first transfer stored grain from neighboring prefectures, or raise funds in other prefectures..."
Several people argued fiercely, and the noise made Xiao Yu's head buzz.
He had a splitting headache and rubbed his eyebrows irritably, with faint red bloodshot eyes.
Every time he discussed state affairs with these people, they would inevitably engage in long arguments, which gave him a headache.
They argued for two hours this morning, but in the end there was no result. He finally listened to them finish arguing, and now he was sent back by that witch Liu Zhiyuan, and he had to go through it all over again!
What a nemesis!
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