Chapter 270 Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger
Ever since he tasted Liu Rushi's tenderness, Emperor Xiao Zhu began to appreciate her, almost to the point of favoring her every night.
At this moment, the huge palace was completely silent, with only the sound of heavy breathing remaining.
Under the light, inside the curtains, Liu Rushi was lying quietly in Zhu Cixiang's arms. Just as he was about to lightly open his lips, there was movement from outside.
"Your Majesty, there are two urgent documents from the Anton Protectorate that are six hundred miles away."
"Oh, two servings?"
Zhu Cixiang, who was reminiscing, opened his eyes suddenly and said in surprise.
Liu Rushi also quickly supported his weak body and helped him sit up.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The lights in the palace were very bright, and the female general stood at a distance, looking intently, and answered concisely and clearly.
"Send it in."
Zhu Cixiang was not angry, but rather curious.
"yes!"
The female general also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately turned around and left the inner room, but her legs were slightly weak. Apparently, she had waited until the movement inside stopped before choosing to come in to report.
After a while, the female officer was brought in, nervous and apprehensive, but also with a hint of curiosity and expectation.
Although it is too cruel to make peace with the emperor and be thrown into the cold palace.
But it cannot completely eliminate the phenomenon of moths flying into flames. Apparently this female officer is one of them.
There are strict regulations in the palace. Female soldiers and generals are only responsible for guarding safety. They can only make notifications and cannot directly deliver official documents. Therefore, the female officers must submit the reports to the emperor in person.
"Your Majesty, the chief envoy of the Andong Protectorate, Hou Xun, and the deputy envoy Huang Degong have sent two urgent memorials of six hundred miles each."
The female officer had already been carefully searched outside, so after being brought in, she went directly to the dragon bed to report the matter.
Zhu Cixiang sat on the dragon couch and stretched out one hand to take the memorial, while Liu Rushi hid under the quilt.
The female officer stood aside respectfully, but her eyes glanced inward from time to time. The female general on the side also quickly brought a glass lamp to serve.
After Zhu Cihong read the two memorials, he also smiled bitterly, secretly thinking that his negligence had caused civil and military discord in the Anton Governor's Mansion.
But he also knew that this was Hou Xun. If he were the civil servants in the south, he would definitely choose to be patient and not do so many things.
"Your Majesty, something big happened again on the grassland?"
Seeing the strange expression on the little emperor's face, Liu Rushi forced herself out of the bed and asked curiously.
Although she became the emperor's wife, she was still nominally the chief steward of the inner court and the closest female officer to the emperor. She did not need to avoid suspicion in all military and political affairs. She was accessible, but only to the extent of contact. Except for royal matters, other
You cannot interfere in military and political affairs, not even the three factories and one guard in the inner court.
"It's not a big deal, you can see for yourself."
Zhu Cihong handed the memorial to her without paying attention to her curiosity.
He knew that Liu Rushi was actually very keen on the general trend of the world. When he was in Jiangnan, he often talked about the current situation with those talented people. After Qian Qianyi disappeared in North Korea, he also often interfered with Shi Kefa, Hou Xun and other Donglin officials.
Together, we are busy making plans and analyzing the current situation, which is a lot of fun.
Sure enough, after reading the two memorials, Liu Rushi opened her mouth and wanted to express her opinion. Fortunately, she remembered her identity and held it back in time, and handed the memorial back to Zhu Cihong with some embarrassment.
Zhu Cixiang saw that she was holding back her words and was feeling uncomfortable, so he just smiled and said to the female officer: "You guys should step aside first!"
"yes!"
The two of them didn't say much. They took the memorial and left. One was secretly happy, the other was slightly disappointed.
"Why, madam, do you have any opinions or suggestions on this matter?"
"I don't dare to make any rash remarks."
Liu Rushi said in a low voice, although she wanted to say something fair for Hou Xun, but she was not sure whether the little emperor was deliberately testing her.
"I just don't dare to make unreasonable opinions, but I still have opinions, right?" Zhu Cixiang still stared at her with a half-smile.
"I...I deserve to be punished. Your Majesty, please convict me."
Liu Rushi immediately panicked when he was staring at her. She quickly got up and knelt down to apologize.
"I know that this is a habit of yours, but you have to know that you are the chief steward of the royal inner court. What you should worry about is whether anyone in the prisons is engaging in corruption for personal gain. How can the royal industry and commerce grow? Are all the rules and regulations reasonable? Yes.
No loopholes?
Instead of spending your mind on these military and national affairs, you will forget after reading these memorials from now on. The duties of the Supervisor of Ceremonies are only to pass on and draft my orders."
Seeing that she was so frightened, Zhu Cixiang finally stopped smiling and started beating her in a rather stern tone.
There was no way around it. Although Liu Rushi was very capable, he didn't pay much attention to royal affairs. Instead, he was very enthusiastic about military affairs.
Whenever memorials were sent from various places, the female official in charge of the rites department could send them directly, but she had to send them in person.
Although he never said much, his desire was clearly there. He obviously wanted to wait for the opportunity to ask her, and then tell her his thoughts.
In the past, he just ignored her and turned a blind eye, but now that she has become his own woman and his future concubine, this habit and thinking must be changed.
Not to mention she is the chief steward of the inner court, he will be the emperor in the future. After the various systems are perfected, he will only guide but not interfere too much in specific military and national affairs.
Because in the future, all specific military matters will be handed over to the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and the left and right governors and about ten governors will each perform their duties. The emperor will only be in charge of the general and sign various orders.
Similarly, all government affairs will be handed over to the eight ministries of the cabinet, and judicial matters will be handed over to independent departments. The emperor will only be responsible for supervision, and the supervisory departments are mainly Dongchang and Jinyiwei.
The emperor or the royal family will focus on business development, technological development, cultural development, engineering construction, etc. in the future.
Of course, if you want to achieve the point that Zhu Cixi expected, you have to wait for at least another twenty or thirty years, wait for him to perfect all the systems, wait for him to train a large number of new talents, and more importantly, wait for him to
Only when he reverses the structure and thinking of the entire society will the emperor begin to delegate power.
Although he will not implement a complete constitutional monarchy by then, it is still very necessary to establish some constitutions that everyone, including the emperor, must abide by.
"I must keep this in mind and never dare to do it again in the future."
Liu Rushi replied with a pale face.
"Okay, get up, be careful if you catch a cold."
Seeing that she had understood what he meant and the seriousness of the problem, Zhu Cixiang softened his tone, pulled her up, held her in his arms, and covered her with a quilt.
Seeing her trembling in his arms like a frightened little rabbit, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Do you feel that accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger? Do you regret that you went to my dragon bed?"
"No, it was me who betrayed your majesty's trust. She didn't understand clearly what she should do and what she shouldn't do. She even got carried away relying on your majesty's favor. Your majesty's ability to remind me today shows that your majesty cares about you.
As for my concubine, it’s too late for me to be happy, so how can I regret it..."
Liu Rushi shook his head, whispered, and hugged Zhu Cixiang tightly at the end.
It was obvious that she was really frightened just now. Of course, what she was afraid of was not that her life was in danger, but that she would fall out of favor and lose the favor of the little emperor.
"well!"
Seeing her saying this but her body still shaking uncontrollably, Zhu Cixi sighed.