When Jiang Zhe returned to Hongdexuan, it was already dark. He sat on the dragon chair sadly, feeling sour in his heart. He felt like there were thousands of pounds weighing down his body on his shoulders.
It's a bit sinking. I have finally adapted to time travel and recognized my identity as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, but I don't feel relaxed at all.
The Western Turkic army is pressing down on the border, and the court is full of treacherous and mediocre ministers. My full ambitions cannot be realized, and now I have to look at the face of the Queen Mother after beating a eunuch. I am full of grievances and fatigue, and I can't even speak.
There are no objects for resolution.
"Damn it, which emperor is as useless as me?" Jiang Zhe became angrier as he thought about it. He reached out to pick up the paperweight on the dragon desk and threw it out. The maid under the pillar was not surprised by this gentle and elegant man who had been behaved since he ascended the throne.
The emperor suddenly became angry, so that everyone looked at each other in fear, lowered their hands and lowered their heads, not knowing who or what had offended the master.
Zhao Neng stretched out his head behind the curtain and quickly retracted it, but he didn't want to be seen by Jiang Zhe. Jiang Zhe was already angry with the eunuch, and now seeing Zhao Neng like this, his face turned red with anger, and his forehead
The tendons in his front were so swollen that he shouted viciously: "Get out."
Zhao Neng hurriedly opened the curtain and came in. He took two steps and fell to his knees on the ground.
"What are you doing sneakily behind there? Do you want to spy on me or plot to assassinate me?" Jiang Zhe was furious, and his words were filled with murderous intent.
Although Zhao Neng is a member of Li Gang's interest group and has always been domineering, but at this time, three souls were scared away and two souls were scared away, because Jiang Zhe is still the emperor today, whether he is spying on the emperor or plotting to assassinate the emperor.
, that is a crime of beheading. If the master is unhappy and gives himself a beating, it will be tragic.
At that moment, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I will never dare to have such a heart." He is the eunuch in charge of Hong Dexuan. He knows exactly which gold brick in the palace makes a louder sound when kowtowed.
I was really scared now. I didn’t even bother to find a place, I just kept banging on the spot. The sound of the banging sound was like beating a drum, and my forehead turned blue on the spot.
After all, Jiang Zhe had traveled from modern times, and he still believed that everyone was equal in his heart. When he saw his words, Zhao Neng was so frightened that his head swelled up, and he couldn't bear it in his heart. He said in a slightly slower tone: "You are behind the curtain.
What are you doing poking around?"
Zhao Neng hurriedly replied: "I want to come in and ask the emperor if he wants to pass on the dinner. There is also Zhang Wei waiting outside the palace to be summoned."
Jiang Zhe then remembered that he had told Zhang Xiao that he would summon him alone, but he was unwilling to let Zhao Neng go and continued to reprimand: "The sage said, 'A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always worried.' I have something to report to you.
Just come in and report openly, how can you be so sneaky?"
Zhao Neng heard Jiang Zhe's change of subject and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty is teaching me a lesson. I must pay attention to it in the future."
Jiang Zhe paused for a moment and said, "Go and ask Zhang Xiao to come in. In addition, tell the imperial kitchen to cook a few dishes and bring them here. Zhang Xiao and I will eat together. When you're done, call Baili Hongyu in."
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"Baili Hongyu?" Zhao Neng didn't know who Baili Hongyu was. At first glance, he muttered it unconsciously.
"He was the one who took my bath in the morning." Jiang Zhe said angrily, "from the Department of Shangfu. I really don't know how you became the eunuch Bingbi."
This sentence frightened Zhao Neng so much that he hurriedly kowtowed again and again: "I am stupid, I hope your Majesty will forgive you."
"Go." Jiang Zhe waved his sleeves impatiently.
"Yes, yes. This slave will go and deliver the order right now." Zhao Neng walked out almost crawling on his feet.
"Come back." Jiang Zhe shouted again.
Zhao Neng was already frightened and knelt down on the spot as he heard the words.
Jiang Zhezhen felt a little angry and funny. He pointed at the paperweight on the ground and said, "It's a worthless thing! Pick up the paperweight for me."
"Hey, I obey." Zhao Neng hurriedly picked up the paperweight and placed it on Long's desk, then walked out the door backwards.
After a while, someone outside the palace loudly reported: "The imperial guard Zhang Xiao, who is wearing a sword, has an audience with the emperor!"
Jiang Zhe straightened his body and said in a deep voice: "Come in!"
Zhang Xiao ducked into the hall. This was his first formal audience. He immediately knelt three times and kowtowed nine times in accordance with the prescribed audience etiquette, and then raised his head.
Jiang Zhe sat upright and received the ceremony, with a solemn look on his face. The events that happened one after another made him understand that life after time travel is not as simple as imagined, and it is not as easy as written in some time travel novels.
Even though he is now a noble man, it is hard to predict what consequences one wrong move will have. The heroic man kneeling in front of him now is the first confidant he plans to recruit.
, but it is still unknown whether he is worthy of his sincerity. I hope that the decision I am about to make is right.
Jiang Zhe said nothing, and Zhang Xiao also said nothing, quietly listening to Emperor Qianwei's edict.
After a long time, Jiang Zhefang picked up a pen and started writing on a piece of paper. After writing, he stood up and walked to Zhang Xiao, saying word by word: "Zhang Xiao, how do I treat you?"
Zhang Xiao didn't expect that the emperor's first question was to ask this, so why bother saying it? He kowtowed three times and replied: "I am a martial artist, and I have not done any merit, but the emperor will not abandon me and promote me."
As a bodyguard with a sword in front of the emperor, the emperor treats his ministers with great kindness. Even though I am so heartbroken, it is difficult to repay him!"
Jiang Zhe breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "If I have something to do for you, can you do it?"
Zhang Xiao suddenly straightened his upper body and replied categorically: "As a minister, you should be loyal to me in life and live up to your integrity in death."
Jiang Zhe shook his head and said: "I don't want you to die, I want you to live well and do things for me."
Zhang Xiao solemnly said: "I will protect the emperor to the death!"
Jiang Zhe nodded and said: "Protecting my safety is your duty, but I have more important things to leave to you."
Zhang Xiao's expression also became serious, and he replied in a deep voice: "Please give me your orders, Your Majesty."
Jiang Zhe waved his hand to the maids in the palace and said: "You all go down. No one is allowed to step into Hongdexuan without my order." He had to be cautious. The eunuchs and maids around the emperors in the past dynasties were all forces spying on the emperor.
The best candidate for the news. There is no guarantee that the maids in this palace are not also working as spies.
When only he and Zhang Xiao were left in the palace, Jiang Zhe turned around and took off the sword on the wall, handed it to Zhang Xiao with both hands and said: "I now give you the Emperor's Sword, and you are allowed to follow me during court meetings, enter and exit the palace, and the sword armor does not understand."
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"Ah?" Zhang Xiao didn't expect that the emperor would suddenly give him such great power. This was the second time he saw the emperor, and he didn't dare to pick up the sword.
"Giving the sword to the martyrs, are you going to live up to my trust?" Jiang Zhe asked.
Zhang Xiao raised his hands and took the sword, and replied with a choked voice: "Thank you!" Hot tears had already flowed down his cheeks, but he wanted to speak, but felt sore and hot in his chest that he couldn't say a word.
Jiang Zhe also felt that his eyes were a little wet, so he turned away, calmed his mind a little, and said: "Since I regard you as my confidant, I have nothing to hide from you. Although I am a noble person, there are treacherous officials in the court.
, even my surroundings are densely covered with eyeliners. If the troubles in my confidants are not cured, the disease in my elbows and armpits will also become a risk."
Zhang Xiao broke into cold sweat after hearing these words. If the emperor hadn't said it himself, he would never have imagined that the emperor was in such a situation.
Jiang Zhe turned around, looked directly at Zhang Xiao, and said: "I can't live without someone of my own, so I hope you can be the first of my own. What I'm telling you next is to leave my life and property to you.
I hope you can live up to my trust in this important matter."
Zhang Xiao understood that it was unnecessary to say anything now, so he just looked directly at Jiang Zhe, his eyes full of loyalty and perseverance.
"Okay." Jiang Zhe nodded, picked up the piece of paper he had just written on the Long Book Desk, and said, "The first thing I want you to do is to secretly investigate among the imperial guards and find out who among them is loyal.
Whoever is traitorous will select a group of chivalrous martyrs, who will be commanded by you personally and will not be controlled by anyone. After that, they will slowly and gradually change the defense of the inner court. This is my personal secret order for your convenience."
Zhang Xiao received the secret edict and read on it: "The emperor ordered Zhang Xiao to be the commander of the imperial guards of the inner court, and to form an inner guard to ensure the safety and stability of the inner court. He is directly under my command and has the power of life and death." The paper was printed on the paper.
With the emperor's private seal as "Master of Hongdexuan", he folded the secret edict properly, put it carefully into his arms, and kowtowed three times silently.
Jiang Zhe then reached out to help Zhang Xiao up and said, "Get up. Come have something to eat with me."
Zhao Neng really has the ability to serve people. The food he ordered the imperial kitchen to cook today was just to Jiang Zhe's taste. There was not a single delicacy in the dazzling array in the past, only a pot of millet porridge and four side dishes, one plate.
Crystal three-flavor dishes, a plate of raw shredded lettuce, a plate of spicy dried tofu, and a plate of spiced peanuts.
Jiang Zhe is a child who came from the countryside. He ate these things a lot when he was a child. Now that these items are placed in front of him, he is immediately aroused. It can be said that this is the most delicious food Jiang Zhe has eaten since he traveled through time.
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Zhang Xiao didn't know why. He thought the emperor had always been so frugal. Jiang Zhe's greedy eating habits were not fake. After the meal, he was so moved that he cried several times.
She didn't cry out, so she drank back her tears with millet porridge.
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