It is not easy to be a wise and decisive emperor, but it is easy to be a foolish emperor who indulges in pleasure. However, in just one month, Wei Xicheng had tasted all the delicacies inside and outside the palace and was tired of all the toys that could entertain him.
"Little Taozi!" Wei Xicheng pulled the reins and jumped off the horse, which made Little Taozi's heart beat fast. "Since the day I asked you to count the days, how many days have you counted?"
"Hey, Your Majesty, please be careful. Forty-five days have passed since that day." Xiao Taozi supported Wei Xicheng who had stood firmly, and stretched out his hand to turn the book over and over again.
Wei Xicheng knocked his claws away, then leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Tell me, why hasn't my general returned yet?"
"This...how would I know this?" Xiao Taozi's face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum shape. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that the emperor had become more difficult to serve in the past month.
"Do you think Yan Bei wants to rebel?" Wei Xicheng said seriously with a stern face, as if he really thought so.
"Your Majesty, please be careful with your words." Little Taozi lowered his voice and looked around. He actually wanted to cover his master's mouth. How could he talk nonsense about this matter? The emperor himself has a childish mind, but he is not. There are countless eyes and ears around watching the emperor, so he can't let anything go wrong at this moment.
"Hmph, I don't think he would dare to do that." Wei Xicheng put down his rolled-up sleeves and strode towards the exit. Xiao Taozi hurriedly trotted after him.
As expected, the emperor's words seemed to have wings and flew not only to the empress dowager's bedroom, but also to the court in front.
All the utensils on the table were swept off the table and fell to the ground with a crackling sound, followed by a woman's angry shout.
"Stupid thing!"
"Queen Mother, calm down!"
"How can you calm down! I have put so much effort into letting him sit in this position. But he is so good! Before Yan Bei's military token is handed over, he already said such heart-breaking and disgusting nonsense! Is he complaining that he is sitting too firmly on the throne?"
The Queen Mother took a deep breath and pressed her throbbing temples with her fingers. The sharp armor extended from the corners of her eyes to her forehead.
"Where is the emperor? Ask him to come over. I am not feeling well."
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Although the Queen Mother was in power, she still did not dare to interfere in government affairs in the harem. At this time, she could not reach into the imperial study. However, the Queen Mother was not there, and Wei Xicheng was not very comfortable facing several white-bearded old men.
The earnest exhortations and the disappointment and regret in his eyes all made Wei Xicheng feel depressed. This was not Wei Xicheng's emotion, but the emotion of the original owner that still remained in this body.
With the emergence of this unfamiliar emotion, Wei Xicheng was startled and immediately perked up, looking at the people below.
The old ministers were so angry that they blew their beards and glared. They were too lazy to teach the young and ignorant emperor a lesson. They just shook their heads and looked at each other, whispering, "This child is incorrigible."
Wei Xicheng leaned back in his chair. When he couldn't see Yu Beiyan, he wouldn't do anything that might put himself in danger. Anyway, he was an incorrigible idiot in everyone's eyes, so it didn't matter if he worked a little longer or a little later.
"Have you said enough?" Wei Xicheng stretched and slowly walked down from the dragon throne. His lazy posture and beautiful face made the important officials below look away uncomfortably.
Seeing that several people didn't dare to look directly at him, Wei Xicheng smiled with satisfaction, "Since you have finished talking, I will leave first."
"Your Majesty..." When everyone looked up, the bright yellow figure had already disappeared around the corner.
"Alas, my country is in misfortune..."
Wei Xicheng could no longer hear the gossip behind his back, and he had to rush to the Queen Mother's palace to listen to a scolding. No wonder the original owner didn't want to be the emperor. He must have calluses on his ears after hearing this every day. It would be strange if he felt comfortable.
"Your Highness~"
But halfway through the journey, he was stopped by a group of graceful women.
Wei Xicheng frowned. The plot didn't say that the original owner had such a large number of concubines.
He was right. These people were not the original owner's concubines, but all concubines. Although the original owner often mingled with the noble son of the Wang family in various places of fireworks and gossip, those who I took him to play with never dared to let him do real work. They were afraid that if the higher-ups blamed them, these people would be in trouble.
After all, the original owner was apparently a doted little prince.
The Queen Mother didn't care much about these things. She just needed to know that this prince didn't have the ability to stop her future son from ascending the throne. She didn't care how he played outside.
It was only after the late emperor passed away that she felt even more grateful that she had not given the child a push and let him know the situation in advance. Otherwise, there would be one more thing to criticize about the current situation.
The previous emperor passed away early, leaving behind a large number of beautiful concubines in their prime. They had nothing to do, so naturally they had some random ideas.
Wei Xicheng didn't need to speak to these women who had no status but ulterior motives. Xiao Taozi beside him said coldly, "The emperor is in a hurry to pay his respects to the empress dowager. You guys..."
The unfinished words were very obvious, and hearing the words "Empress Dowager" made them want to back out. Then they saw that the little emperor also looked impatient, so they decided not to bother with this anymore.
Seeing the two people walking away, the leading women's faces turned cold. "Well, the late emperor was ruthless and left early. We have to obey even a dog in this palace. In my opinion, we might as well follow the late emperor."
"Sister, be careful with your words!"
"I know, I'm just upset."
"I just got a pot of good tea. Why don't you all come over to my place and have a seat?"
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
Everyone was chatting and laughing, forgetting what had just happened. After they walked away, a tall man appeared behind a fake rock on the side of the road.
He looked in the direction where the emperor was walking away, then stood up and jumped away.
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Wei Xicheng looked at the livid empress dowager. To be honest, the empress dowager was not old, only in her early thirties. Before her, the previous queen died of childbirth, and she took over. But after she entered the palace, beauties were frequently sent to the palace, so she became the empress dowager before she had time to have a child. How could she not feel resentful? Even if she was the most honorable position, how much power could a woman have in this deep palace?
Even though she is young, there are subtle traces of time in the corners of her eyes.
"Emperor, you disappoint me so much."
Unexpectedly, this time there was no roar at the top of his lungs, but a light sigh.
"I originally thought that you were just playful, but I didn't expect you to say something so outrageous."
Wei Xicheng sat aside with his head down, not saying a word.
"Emperor, Yan Bei holds the military token in his hand. You are so obviously suspicious of him, he..."
"Mother, I know."
"You..." The Queen Mother was choked and could not maintain the illusion. Her tone became sharp, "You know that and you still say it?!"
"Mother, I am not stupid. The border war is over, why is Yan Bei so reluctant to return to the capital? Isn't it because he is too careless? I will use these words to force him to come back! If he still cares about his reputation, he will definitely return within half a month and hand in the tiger talisman."
Wei Xicheng's words were spoken passionately, with full confidence and assurance.
But the Queen Mother, who was sitting on the soft chair, was not feeling so good. She felt her eyes go dark. Isn't this stupid?!
Taking a peek at the Queen Mother's expression, Wei Xicheng felt better. The original owner was an emperor, but he was made so depressed by these people. He wanted to give them something back and let them have a taste of his feelings.
Even if the original owner was not a wise monarch, this matter was not something the original owner could decide. From beginning to end, no one ever asked for the original owner's opinion. They took great pains to raise him, and then he ascended the throne, but in the end, they pulled him down because of a disagreement.
From the beginning to the end, the original owner was treated like a chess piece, being pulled around by others and unable to make any decisions for himself.
"Do you know that if Yan Bei really rebelled, your words could serve as a legitimate excuse for him?" The empress dowager stroked her chest with her hand, and the nanny behind her quickly handed her tea.
Wei Xicheng took two sips of tea and said, "General Yan will not rebel."
"Get out." The queen mother picked up the teacup and slammed it on the leg of the table and chair next to her. "Get out!"
"Take care of yourself, mother. I'll leave first." Wei Xicheng stretched out his hand to call Xiao Taozi, and strode away, leaving the empress dowager in her bedroom, feeling upset.
"Your Majesty, you just..."
"What's wrong?" Wei Xicheng glanced at Xiao Taozi, and this glance scared Xiao Taozi so much that he didn't dare to say anything more.
"Come out." Wei Xicheng said lightly. As early as when he was stopped by the concubines just now, he saw a familiar energy fluctuation around him through the system.
"Your Majesty, who is it?" Little Taozi took half a step forward, blocking half of Wei Xicheng's body, and looked around vigilantly.
Wei Xicheng ignored him and looked straight in the direction of the fake stone.
"If you don't come out, I'll go over." Wei Xicheng took a step forward but was stopped by Xiao Taozi beside him.
Xiao Taozi swallowed his saliva and said, "Your Majesty, I'd better go and take a look."
Wei Xicheng did not stop. Just as he was about to see what was behind the fake stone, suddenly a group of birds were startled from the tree behind the fake stone and flew away with fluttering wings.
Wei Xicheng looked at the birds in the sky and smiled faintly.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw a dark shadow flash across the fake stone.
"There is an assassin - catch the assassin!" Xiao Taozi's voice resounded through the sky for a moment, alarming the entire palace.
The author has something to say: On the day when Taiping returns, I will take off my battle robes with you. -- "Farewell to Mao Bowen"
Hahaha~
Wei Xicheng: As long as General Yan does not rebel, I will take off his battle robe for him~
Ministers: Your Majesty, you can’t do that! It will make General Yan suspicious!
Yu Beiyan: This general is looking forward to it.
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