In the east room of Yiku Palace, the Lunar New Year film "The Legend of White Snake" produced by Xu Brothers Film was officially released.
This year's film is projected on a screen that is two meters long and one and a half meters wide. The picture is larger, clearer and the colors are brighter than last year.
The little fat boy lay in the palace maid's arms, eating popcorn and drinking orange soda. He watched the green snake and the white snake, who had not been seen for a year, transform into human forms and appear by the West Lake, twisting and turning... He was so happy that he couldn't close his legs.
"Hehe, haha, hehe..."
Amid the obscene laughter of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zhao Hao and Feng Bao celebrated in the room.
"This time it is all thanks to you, Master. Although I dare not express my gratitude for your great kindness, I still have to express my gratitude to you." Feng Bao cried and wished he could kneel down to Master Zhao.
God knows what kind of life he has been living since the death of the Concubine Chen. During the day, if he heard any noise, he would think someone was coming to take him away. At night, he had nightmares one after another and couldn't sleep all night. He was really worried that if this continued, he would scare himself to death.
In fact, even if Zhao Hao ignored him, he would not be finished. Because Young Master Zhao had already deeply realized the powerful inertia of the wheel of history. If nothing unexpected happened, there would be another ten years of glorious days waiting for Eunuch Feng!
But if Feng Bao escaped this disaster because of a major change in the court, he would not be grateful to anyone.
The story of Eunuch Feng and his father-in-law later showed that he was still very sentimental and loyal. In fact, many eunuchs were more humane than well-read civil servants. This was not surprising, because before the birth of capitalists, there was no dirtier profession in the world than being a politician.
So Zhao Hao thought about it and decided to sell it to him.
This was not a difficult matter, because the nostalgic Emperor Longqing was still undecided about how to deal with this old man in his palace. The following year, the emperor fell ill and had no energy to care about other things.
So for Eunuch Feng, if Zhao Hao didn't help, he would be unscathed. If Zhao Hao helped, he would lose his military power...
But in order to gain the gratitude of Eunuch Feng, Master Zhao still helped him plan without hesitation!
First, let Feng Bao stir up trouble at Minister Gao’s birthday banquet and raise a bribery scandal, and then arrange for someone to impeach him!
Zhao Hao told Feng Bao that the purpose of doing this was to make Gao Gong absent from today's court session and to alienate Gao Gong and his group of disciples.
Unexpectedly, after the disturbance caused by the Senior Chancellor, Gao Ge Lao submitted his own resignation, thus saving the need to sacrifice another chess piece.
Then he played the prince card - whether from the perspective of a father or an emperor, Emperor Longqing would be very happy to see the prince's progress. So Zhao Hao asked Feng Bao to go back and ask the prince to help him act out a play.
In the third part, please invite Zhang Juzheng to cooperate with the performance, all done!
In fact, the questions raised by Prime Minister Zhang today were all told to Feng Bao by Zhao Hao a long time ago, asking him to prepare the answers in advance and teach them to the prince to recite.
He was really worried that the little fat boy might cheat and not answer well. But fortunately, the prince was really smart and had a good memory, so he memorized all the content.
The reason why the willful and lazy Zhu Yijun cooperated so well was naturally because Feng Bao, following Zhao Hao's instruction, took out the ultimate magic weapon to deal with the fat otaku - threatening him that he would not be able to watch anime, drink happy water, or play with figurines...
When Feng Bao returned that day, he cried to the prince and said that he was going to die and would never be able to accompany His Highness again.
The prince didn't care and said, then let someone else play with me.
Feng Bao cursed the little heartless man in his heart, but cried, "If I'm done, Master Zhao will also be in trouble. Then no one will give His Highness good food, drinks and fun things to eat and have fun."
The prince was really anxious, and he jumped up and cried, "That won't do!"
He decisively agreed to help, and with great perseverance, he memorized so many lines. And just in case, Feng Bao actually read the weekly diary to him again... On New Year's Eve, both the master and the servant were busy cramming!
Anyway, this stage was finally passed. Eunuch Feng relaxed and lit a cigarette, clinked glasses with Zhao Hao and said, "No more words, it's all in the wine!"
"Cheers!" Zhao Hao also clinked glasses with him with a smile and drank the sparkling water in one gulp.
The young master has closed the mountains to cultivate forests, and doesn't smoke or drink...
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The two-hour performance of "White Snake and Green Snake" was over quickly.
The prince was furious at the ending of "White Snake imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda forever", but this time he learned his lesson and patiently watched to the end, and sure enough, there was an easter egg.
The content of the easter egg is that Xu Xian suddenly regretted his actions and searched everywhere for a way to rescue White Snake from under the Leifeng Pagoda. He searched so much that his hair turned white.
The Green Snake originally planned to kill Xu Xian for revenge, but was moved by his infatuation, so she appeared and told him that if he wanted to overthrow Leifeng Pagoda, he must defeat Fahai first.
And that Fahai is the incarnation of the Vajra Gourd Boy. In order to defeat him, one must find the other gourd seed that was thrown to the coast of the East China Sea when the Gourd Mountain exploded!
So the Green Snake and Xu Xian embarked on the arduous journey to the Aolai Kingdom in the Dongsheng Shenzhou...
"Haha, good!" The prince couldn't help but look forward to the third Lunar New Year film, so he naturally stopped getting angry. Then he decisively started watching it for the second time.
"Play it again! I want to see the Green Snake and the White Snake twisting their bodies!"
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Seeing that the prince would no longer lose his temper, Zhao Hao prepared to leave.
Unexpectedly, before he left the Yikun Palace, a young eunuch from the Qianqing Palace came to invite him and said that the emperor had summoned him to an audience.
Zhao Hao looked at Feng Bao, and when he saw Eunuch Feng nod slightly, he hurriedly followed him.
When he followed him into the western warm room of the Qianqing Palace, he found that his father-in-law had left and only Longqing was in the warm room.
Master Zhao quickly kowtowed to the emperor and wished him a happy new year.
"Get up." Longqing said softly.
When Zhao Hao stood up, he saw the emperor standing in front of a portrait of a woman from the Western Regions, with a sad and nostalgic look on his face. After a while, he said to him, "This is my concubine, Huahua Nuer. Isn't she beautiful?"
"She is truly the most beautiful woman in the world." Young Master Zhao looked at the dancing Hu Ji in the portrait. She had deep blue eyes, skin as white as cream, a graceful figure, and a fiery and unrestrained temperament. She was indeed completely different from the women of the Ming Dynasty and was a refreshing sight. No wonder Longqing could not forget her.
"Pretty is secondary. The key is that she doesn't treat me as an emperor who can do whatever he wants, but as an ordinary man..." Longqing said with a face full of nostalgia. Suddenly, he remembered that Zhao Hao was just an ordinary person. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "You won't understand even if I tell you. Anyway, she is my... Li Ping'er!"
Zhao Hao was stunned for a moment before he remembered who Li Ping'er was. She was Ximen Qing's only true love.
"But when she died, my heart seemed to die with her..." Longqing did not feel that there was anything wrong with comparing himself to Ximen Daguanren, and was still immersed in his own world. He shed sad tears and said, "I don't even want to go back to Qinghe County now, let alone stay in this lonely and cold Qianqing Palace. Even if I am rich, without Huahua Nuer, everything is meaningless..."
Zhao Hao lowered his head as low as he could. Humans' feelings are not always the same. For someone like him who has long been determined to devote himself to a great cause, it is difficult to understand why an emperor would be so depressed because of a woman.
But Zhao Hao would not advise him, because you don't know how painful it is to hurt someone else.
"..." Seeing that he didn't say anything, Long Qing laughed and said, "I forgot that you just got married and today is New Year. I shouldn't tell you these things."
"Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. I just don't know how to comfort Your Majesty. I am extremely frightened." Zhao Hao hurriedly explained.
"You have a way to comfort me." Long Qing turned around, looked at him intently and said, "That's the moving picture you showed the prince!"
"What does your majesty mean?" Zhao Hao understood and looked at Nuer Huahua in the portrait.
"Not bad." Long Qing murmured, "I want to see her voice and smile again, appreciate her hot dance, and live a shameless life with her in Qinghe County... Can you satisfy me?"
"I will do my best." Zhao Hao hurriedly responded. "It is my honor to be able to relieve your majesty's worries."
"Okay, you are very good and never let me down." Longqing called Meng Chong in, carefully took the painting off the wall, put it in a box and handed it to Zhao Hao.
After finishing the matter, he did not let Zhao Hao leave immediately, but talked about another matter and said: "Also, I have heard about your affair with Lord Gao."
"I am sorry for causing trouble for your Majesty." Zhao Hao said anxiously, "I will deal with this matter as soon as possible. Your Majesty, please take care of your health. There is no need to worry about such a small matter."
"Hey, I have been holding shares for these years, how can I just take the money and not do anything? Wouldn't that make me a fool?" Long Qing sat down with the help of Meng Chong, waved his hand tiredly and said, "After the new year, I will find a chance to talk to Gao Ge Lao to see if there is a way to have the best of both worlds. Although we are all working for the court, we have to eat from different pots, and we can't always think about scooping spoons from other people's pots... Ahem, in my opinion, the court should just collect taxes, and there is no need to interfere. It's not that I look down on those guys who are incapable of doing anything, but they can't get anything good out of interfering, and if they are not careful, everyone will have nothing to eat in the end."
"Yes, I will obey your Majesty." Zhao Hao suddenly burst into tears and couldn't stop them.
"Look at how Master Gao bullied this child." Longqing said to Meng Chong, "Go and help my nephew-in-law up."
"Mr. Zhao, please get up quickly." Meng Chong quickly helped Zhao Hao up.
Zhao Hao finally stopped crying. Longqing comforted him a few more words and rewarded each of his five wives with a set of jewelry from the palace before letting Zhao Hao go back.
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Zhao Hao walked all the way to Jingyun Gate before he turned back to look at the Qianqing Palace. The tall red walls blocked the magnificent yet slightly dilapidated palace, revealing only the yellow glazed tile roof, which flickered in the setting sun.
Although the goodness or badness of an emperor should never be judged by his character, Longqing was undoubtedly a good person, and he was very good to everyone around him.
Even though he suffered injustice and abuse for half his life, he still responded to the world with kindness.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hao felt like a huge rock was pressing on his heart. His nose felt sore and he almost cried again.
Because this good man only has half a year left to live...
ps. No more tonight.
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