Chapter 11 Being Beaten in a Dream
In Taiji Palace, after His Majesty the Emperor finished taking a medicinal bath, Sun Fu helped him lie down and rest.
The emperor suddenly asked, "Is the Yong'an Palace open?"
Sun Fu glanced at Li Yueyao, who was sitting next to him reading a memorial, and said, "Your Majesty, have someone climb into Qianlou and open the door from the inside.
Then he conveyed the oral order of Her Royal Highness the Grand Princess, saying that if the door was closed again, all the doors of Yong'an Palace would be demolished.
The virtuous concubine came out and received the imperial edict smoothly."
The emperor chuckled and said, "If I had known this trick would work, I would have used it sooner."
Li Yueyao heard this and sneered, "I don't know you well enough, can't you imagine? You're just too proud to admit it."
The emperor muttered softly, "Aunt, why do you have to tell me so?"
"You've been like this since you were little. Sometimes you clearly want something, but you're just too stubborn to say it out loud and insist on being coaxed into asking for it.
You're already an adult, aren't you childish?"
"Aunt, I just had a few arguments with her. Who knew she would get so angry?"
"You were like this when you were little. If you said something nice, you would say the opposite. I would beat you if you made me angry. Don't you remember that?"
The emperor heard this and recalled the beatings he received as a child. He laughed and said, "Aunt is my aunt, she is different from other people."
Li Yueyao put the memorial in her hand aside after writing her comments in red ink.
"As you grow older, you no longer notice these minor flaws.
Then you ascended the throne and became emperor. Over the years, everything seemed fine, and I was very relieved. Who knew you still had this problem?"
The emperor listened in silence.
"In the past, the virtuous concubine would advise you, but now the six ministries and the harem are all subservient to you. No one dares to oppose you. Is this normal?"
The emperor sighed and said, "Some people oppose me. In the previous dynasty, there was a right prime minister who often opposed me and made it difficult for me to step down.
The harem is the virtuous concubine, who is angry for not seeing me for five years."
"Look, these are all people of integrity. Honest advice may be unpleasant to the ear, but it is beneficial to one's conduct. You already knew this when you were three years old. Do you still need me to teach you now?
Are those who blindly follow your lead truly doing it for your own good? "
The emperor remained silent.
Li Yueyao stopped talking, and the room fell into silence.
After a long time, Li Yueyao heard the emperor's even breathing, so she walked forward to check and found that he had no fever or other conditions.
She quietly took off the Blood Phoenix bracelet on her hand, placed it on the emperor's hand, and covered it with a quilt.
Then he sat back and continued reading the memorial.
A few days ago was Li Yueyao's 27th birthday. On a whim, she went to the warehouse and found a blood phoenix bracelet left by her mother.
The sunlight that day shone in, and the phoenix on the Blood Phoenix Bracelet looked lifelike, and the small circle of white jade was shining with a warm luster.
Li Yueyao put the bracelet on her hand as if possessed by some mysterious force.
That night, the ancestor appeared in my dream.
According to Cuiwei's observation, every time Li Yueyao dreams of her ancestors, the Blood Phoenix bracelet on her wrist will emit a dim red light.
This made her realize that this Blood Phoenix Bracelet might be the medium through which her ancestors entered her dreams.
Today I thought of letting the emperor try it out to see if he could confirm my guess.
Sure enough, not long after, the emperor began talking in his sleep: "Grandfather, Grandfather, I know I was wrong..."
Sun Fu heard this and wanted to go forward to wake the emperor, but was stopped by Li Yueyao.
"Don't worry about it. My father is chatting with His Majesty."
After hearing this, Sun Fu didn't dare to say anything and just stood silently by.
I only heard His Majesty continue to say: "Father, I was wrong, I was wrong, please stop hitting me, please stop hitting me..."
Sun Fu couldn't help but wanted to step forward again, but was stopped by Li Yueyao's cold eyes.
"Ah... Grandfather, I was wrong. I will change. I will change... Ah... Father, please don't hit me..."
This went on for about a cup of tea, and then the emperor suddenly shouted, "Father, Grandfather... Father... Don't go... Don't leave me behind..."
Li Yueyao slowly stood up and walked forward, quietly taking the Blood Phoenix Bracelet from the emperor's hand, and then she shouted slowly:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I had a nightmare..."
The emperor suddenly woke up, sweating profusely, his pupils slightly dilated. He looked at the bright yellow curtain and muttered:
"Aunt, I dreamed of my father and grandfather."
"Oh, they appeared in your dream tonight? What did they say?" Li Yueyao pretended to be surprised.
"The emperor said that if the kingdom is destroyed in my hands, he will kill me. But how could our kingdom be destroyed in such a good state?"
Li Yueyao snorted in her heart, you ask me, and I also want to ask you.
"So what did your father say?"
"My father said I was a rebellious son and chased me and beat me, but he didn't say anything else."
After the emperor finished speaking, he reached out and touched his arm, as if his arm was still hurting.
Li Yueyao looked at the emperor coldly and asked, "Then what are you going to do, Your Majesty?"
The emperor's gaze was far-reaching and profound. After a long pause, he said, "The ancestors have issued warnings twice today. I'm afraid there really is a problem. What do you think we should do, aunt?"
After hearing this, Li Yueyao wanted to hit the emperor on the head.
He said unhappily, "You ask me, are you the emperor or am I the emperor?"
The emperor came back to his senses and reached out to pull Li Yueyao's sleeve: "Aunt, I'm still poisoned and my body hasn't fully recovered yet. You have to help me."
Li Yueyao saw that the emperor was pulling her to ask for help just like he did when he was a child.
She glared at him and said, "I still need time to understand the court situation. I also have to help you deal with the backlog of memorials, and I also have to detoxify you and Concubine Shu. I'm too busy.
Leave the harem to the virtuous concubine to handle. She will report whatever she finds out. You should not interfere.
Don't be soft-hearted and scold the virtuous concubine just because she found out about your beloved concubines, talented women, and beauties, and they came to you crying and complaining.
Let me tell you, the virtuous concubine hasn't come to see you yet, which means she is still angry. You'd better not provoke her again.
If you piss her off again this time, you'll never see her again in this life."
The emperor curled his lips after hearing this, very dissatisfied.
"Don't be so unconvinced. Who made you blind at the time? I told you to choose her, but you refused and insisted on choosing Xie Wanrou... You deserve it.
If you had chosen her at that time, would your harem be in such chaos now, and would you and Concubine Shu be poisoned one after another?
It’s not unreasonable for the emperor to beat you in his dream.
Who knows, I might appear in your dreams every day and beat you up in the next few days."
When the emperor heard this, he felt both happy and scared at the thought that his father would appear in his dreams every day and beat him.
Of course I was happy to see my father and grandfather, but I was also scared to be chased and beaten all the time.
Li Yueyao didn't care what he thought and continued, "Just now I heard you say that the Right Prime Minister often refutes you, but what about the Fengshen Jade?"
"Yes, it's him."
Li Yueyao listened and thought carefully: "He came to the court after I went to Chunshan, right?"
"Yes," the emperor replied.
"I've only heard of him, but never seen him. I've only heard that he's handsome, a close disciple of Grand Tutor Su, and rose to the rank of Right Prime Minister after seven years in the imperial court.
This promotion speed is probably the fastest in our dynasty."
When the emperor heard Li Yueyao's question, he frowned and said, "He's a hard person to tell."
"Why is it so difficult?"
The emperor sighed and said, "You say he is an upright official, but the censors accused him of living a life of debauchery and frequenting singing and dancing venues.
You say he is a treacherous villain, but judging from the cases he handled, he was able to eliminate harm for the people and enjoyed a high reputation among the people.
You say he is forming a clique for personal gain, and he impeaches one person at one moment and then takes action against another.
In short, it’s hard to say; this person is both good and evil.”
Li Yueyao frowned as she listened. "The old Grand Tutor was the foundation of the nation. He was always upright and honest during his lifetime. How could he have taught such a disciple?"
The emperor shook his head after hearing this.
Li Yueyao asked again, "Everyone says he lives up to his name, with a handsome appearance and a graceful demeanor. Is that true?"
The emperor nodded and said, “Yes, he is indeed of extraordinary appearance, tall, and a clothes hanger.
Whether it's crimson or purple, he looks even better in it."
"Then why is he still unmarried? Does he have a hidden illness?" Li Yueyao asked.
The emperor looked at Li Yueyao with a strange expression on his face after hearing this. "Aunt, why are you so concerned about Fengshenyu? Do you have any feelings for him?"
After hearing the emperor's ridiculous question, Li Yueyao reached out and hit his arm and said:
"Think of something. I was just thinking that if he really had a hidden illness, maybe I could cure him and form an alliance with him."
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