The imperial palace is the place where the most power in the world is concentrated, and of course it is also the most mysterious place. All the people in the world are proud to be able to enter the palace to have an audience. However, for Xiao Wei, the palace is really not a big deal, let alone when his predecessor was young.
He often ran wild in the palace. Even in the years after Xiao Wei traveled through time, he often walked back and forth to the palace several times during the holidays. Not only could he get some red envelopes from the concubines in the harem,
Gifts and the like, and by the way, you can cheat some of the prince's cousins and cheat them out of some money. However, when you meet them on the ground for a serious pilgrimage, it is still the first time for a big girl to get on the sedan chair. To say that you are not nervous is definitely a lie.
Not to mention that Xiao Wei has something on his mind at the moment, and it is inevitable to feel uneasy. Fortunately, the person next to Xiao Wei may not be good, but he is absolutely thick-skinned. Even though he is extremely nervous, from the appearance
Look, he was very calm and calm, with a smile on his face and a decent manner. He walked on the way to the palace, his steps were steady and strong. His calmness made Li Shun and several other accompanying eunuchs secretly
I admire you endlessly.
"My young prince, please wait a moment. Please allow me to enter the palace and report." The group of people walked along the palace avenue to the front of the Taiji Palace. Li Shun, who was always walking cautiously behind Xiao Wei, hurriedly took a few steps.
, rushed in front of Xiao Wei and made a very respectful statement.
"Thank you, Eunuch Li." Looking at the majestic Tai Chi Hall, Xiao Wei's inner nervousness reached its limit. Hearing Li Shun's report, he was stunned for a while, and then he raised his hand and replied politely.
He said something, but the smile originally hanging on his face couldn't help but look a little stiff.
Seeing the stiff smile on Xiao Wei's face, Li Shun smiled with relief, nodded knowingly, and without any further words, he led several of his eunuchs up the steps in front of the hall and hurried in.
In the main hall, Xiao Wei was allowed to stand alone under the main hall. Li Shun and others did not see anyone coming out to greet Xiao Wei for nearly half an hour, as if His Majesty just asked Xiao Wei to be summoned this time.
I'm afraid of standing in front of this palace.[
If it were another person, being left aside like this, I'm afraid he would have become upset, and his spirit might have completely collapsed. However, Xiao Wei calmed down, and not only did the stiff smile on his face relax, but even
I also had time to enjoy the scenery of Tai Chi Hall - Tai Chi Hall, one of the most important main halls in the palace. The whole hall is made of wooden structure, carved with dragons and phoenixes, decorated with gold paint, gold foil, and gold brick paving.
It is also covered with yellow glazed tiles. From a distance, the golden light is bright, so it is also called Jinluan Hall. It was the place where the emperors of the Dayin Dynasty held grand ceremonies and court meetings. In the past three years, Xiao Wei has also visited this hall several times.
This time, but in the past, his mind was not on the main hall itself, and he really had not taken a closer look at the architecture of this hall. Now, while waiting, he really enjoyed it, firstly to kill the waiting time for chatting, and secondly.
Come on, I also took advantage of this opportunity to relax my tense nerves, and I didn’t feel like the waiting was so hard.
"Your Majesty has a decree, and Xiao Wei, the third son of King Xiang, is here to see you!" Just as Xiao Wei was counting the eaves on the top of the hall, he saw Li Shun hurriedly walked out of the hall and stood tall.
On the steps, Emperor Hongxuan's oral edict was solemnly announced.
Ha, we are finally here, the "grandmother", "grandmother", dead or alive! Xiao Wei thanked him as usual, shook his large sleeves nonchalantly, and climbed up the steps with easy steps.
The group marched into the hall in a relaxed and contented manner, paying no attention to the attention of the princes and courtiers standing on the left and right sides of the hall. They walked up to the imperial chariot without looking away, knelt down on the ground and loudly reported:
"Your Majesty, Xiao Wei, goes to see the Emperor."
Seeing Xiao Wei wandering into the hall like a normal person, Emperor Hongxuan, who was sitting high on the throne, frowned slightly without anyone noticing, and his eyes flashed quickly.
There was a flash of brilliance, but his face was very calm. He raised his hand slightly and said calmly: "No need."
"I thank you, Lord, for your kindness. Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Xiao Wei thanked him calmly, then stood up and stood like a businessman, pretending to listen to the holy teachings at any time.
When he saw Xiao Wei pretending to be such a good baby, Emperor Hongxuan shook his head angrily and amusedly. He really didn't know what to do with this naughty boy - Xiao Wei was the one Emperor Hongxuan watched grow up.
Yes, how could you not know his real background? He is just a little guy who likes to play around. He has never had a peaceful life since he was a child. He is the number one dude in the capital. He spends all his time messing around, not playing.
He killed the son of his employer, beat up the grandson of the Xi family, or cheated several royal brothers out of their money. This boy has never done any good things, but he has done many bad things. Of course, those are small things, although there are
For the sake of King Xiang's hard work and great achievements, Emperor Hongxuan just turned a blind eye and pretended not to notice the loss of royal dignity, but this time it was no ordinary child's play -
- It's a trivial matter to boast that you can buy good horses, but it's unbearable to encourage a group of princes to follow suit, let alone to the extent that the eldest prince leads his troops to beat up the court ministers in public just to stand up for him. This is far beyond the point.
It was beyond the limit of what Emperor Hongxuan could tolerate, but Xiao Wei, the culprit, actually pretended to be a good boy in front of him, which was really the most ridiculous thing in the world.
"Xiao Wei, after this year, you should be sixteen?" Emperor Hongxuan stared at Xiao Wei for a long time with a straight face, and his aura was very chilling. Unfortunately, all his efforts were in vain. Xiao Wei
Still standing honestly, unmoved at all, his well-behaved look made Emperor Hongxuan couldn't help but smile, and spoke softly, and actually started to make a routine, which made the whole palace full of people.
The courtiers were all dumbfounded. You must know that before Xiao Wei entered the palace, the hall was filled with the smell of gunpowder. The ministers were divided into two groups, and they fought with each other. In the end, they got into a big fight. Only then did it happen.
After hearing that Emperor Hongxuan summoned Xiao Wei, the chief culprit, to appear before him, everyone originally thought that Emperor Hongxuan would punish Xiao Wei severely to settle the dispute. However, unexpectedly, Emperor Hongxuan actually asked about Xiao Wei's age. Isn't this aggressive?
Something strange?
"As far as Uncle Huang is concerned, that is indeed the case." Xiao Wei continued to act like a good boy and replied with a serious look on his face.
"Well, I'm sixteen, okay, you have all grown up, and I will be old in this generation." Emperor Hongxuan seemed to remember the scene when he was young, and then sighed with a smile.
"Your Majesty, the dragon body is in good health. It is the time when the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak. It is too early to say what the old man said. Please forgive me for not agreeing with Xiao Wei." Upon hearing what Emperor Hongxuan said, Xiao Wei hurriedly bowed and patted Hong.
Emperor Xuan flattered him.
"Oh? Hahaha... You Xiao Wei, you can really say with this mouth, OK, I'll lend you your blessing." Emperor Hongxuan was amused by Xiao Wei's words and burst out laughing.
"Your Majesty, I am telling the truth, and I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty with lies." Since it was a flattery, he naturally followed it to the end. Xiao Wei continued to slap him without any courtesy, and his serious look was quite a bit like a master of flattery.
When the courtiers saw his demeanor, they were filled with emotion like the waves behind the Yangtze River.
"Okay, let me tell you the truth. Now let me ask you, how busy have you been these days?" Emperor Hongxuan laughed for a while, suddenly his smile faded, and he asked with a serious look on his face.
Here it comes, finally here! Although Xiao Wei had been mentally prepared before entering the palace, when he saw Emperor Hongxuan turning his back faster than flipping through a book, he couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. Fortunately, Xiao Wei was brave enough and was not fooled.
Overwhelmed by Emperor Hongxuan's momentum, he raised his head and replied with an innocent face: "Returning to Uncle Huang, Xiaowei is actually not busy with anything. He is just doing some small business. Uncle Huang, you know
Yes, my nephew is about to turn sixteen, and everything he does always goes wrong, so he is thinking of finding something to do and has other thoughts. I would like to ask Uncle Huang for his advice."
Well, Emperor Hongxuan just asked one question, and Xiao Wei answered a series of small business questions, as if Xiao Wei was a pure lamb. He immediately heard the black line on Emperor Hongxuan's forehead and couldn't help but sigh.
A few more popped up - horse trading and other major matters related to the government have become a small business in Xiao Wei's words, so what is a big business? Could it be that raising an army to usurp the throne is a big business? This is obviously
Emperor Hongxuan didn't like to hear it, but he didn't want to get angry on the spot, so he had to ask with a straight face: "I ask you, what kind of business do you do in this small business?"
Activities? Hehe, this word is not nice. Do you understand that this is called industry? "Miscellaneous", "Miscellaneous", it seems that this old boy is deliberately trying to take advantage of me in order to calm down the confrontation between the DPRK and China. Hey, I can think of it.
How beautiful! Xiao Wei is very clever. As soon as he heard Emperor Hongxuan's words, he already guessed Emperor Hongxuan's thoughts. He didn't want Emperor Hongxuan's big slap to hit him on the butt. He rolled his eyes.
The bad water came up, and he replied with an innocent look on his face: "Returning to the emperor's uncle, the small business of the nephew is actually nothing to talk about. I just think about Magui in the Central Plains, so I plan to find some ways.
Get some horses. Brother Meng, the second brother, and the fourth brother are not giving up. They are willing to work with my nephew. The nephew thought that if brothers work together, they can make more money, so they agreed. The business is still under preparation. The nephew
I don’t dare to deceive the emperor’s uncle, so I ask the emperor’s uncle to investigate clearly.”
As soon as Xiao Wei said these words, it was like opening Pandora's box. The courtiers all over the hall immediately started talking, completely forgetting the serious crime of disrespect before the emperor - what kind of person Xiao Wei is, the whole court
How could Wen and Wu not know that he was a nonsense master? When the eldest prince and Chen Mingyuan were involved in the imperial court case, he mentioned that Xiao Wei was the host of the horse-trading incident. In fact, the courtiers did not believe it at all, and most of them thought that the eldest prince was the master of the horse-trading business.
The prince was making trouble with a story, and his purpose was to cut the prince's face and clear the way for him to exclude the prince. Now when he heard that what Xiao Wei said seemed to be true, there was no reason not to be in an uproar.
You must know that in order to obtain horses from the Eight Domains, the imperial court has never spent a lot of money. It has tried all kinds of methods, including smuggling, bribery of the generals of the Eight Domains, etc. Unfortunately, the results have been minimal.
Hearing Xiao Wei claim that he could get horses was enough to surprise all the ministers, not to mention that Xiao Wei actually told the whole story about the princes' partnership in court, which was quite shocking.