It was night, the lights were brightly lit in the Qianqing Palace. Gao Decai stirred the charcoal fire in the brazier, carefully held a bowl of medicine and walked to the soft couch, calling softly to the emperor who was lying on the bed, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to drink the medicine."
"Put it there first." The emperor coughed for a while before waving his hand.
"Your Majesty, the dragon body is important. You'd better get up and drink the medicine first." Gao Decai had no intention of leaving.
The room was quiet for a while, and then there was the sound of someone getting up. The emperor sat up from the soft couch, looked up at Gao Decai, and saw him frowning slightly and gritting his teeth, "Decai, what's wrong with you?"
"Your Majesty, please drink the medicine." Gao Decai handed the medicine bowl in his hand to the coffee table in front of the emperor. The emperor was about to get the medicine bowl when Gao Decai called out urgently, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
The emperor frowned slightly and looked at Gao Decai holding a piece of handkerchief, wrapping the bottom of the bowl before handing it to the emperor's hand and said: "Your Majesty, you can drink this time."
"The bowl is very hot. Just now you have been standing behind me holding the medicine bowl?" He glanced at Gao Decai's hand and saw that his palm was red.
"Your Majesty, your servant was stupid and brought the medicine to you without warming it up." Gao Decai said cautiously.
"It's okay, haven't you always said that medicine should be drunk while it's hot to be effective?" After saying that, he blew on the medicine in the bowl and slowly put it into his mouth until he drank the last sip of medicine.
Gao Decai immediately handed the snacks to him and said, "Your Majesty, eat some snacks, otherwise your mouth will be bitter."
"That's it, I don't want to eat these, so take them all away." He put the medicine bowl on the coffee table and lay down on the soft couch again. Gao Decai had no choice but to call the palace maid to take everything away again.
After a while, the emperor, who was lying on the soft couch, said, "Decai, do you think I am a foolish king?"
Before he finished speaking, Gao Decai knelt down on the ground with a plop and said anxiously: "I'm scared, Your Majesty, why do you say this? Everyone in the world knows that Your Majesty is a wise king, and the people all love you."
"Get up and talk. I didn't say anything to you. Why are you kneeling on the ground?"
Gao Decai secretly wiped his sweat, stood up from the ground, and looked at the emperor on the soft couch. Although he had been with him for decades and had understood his temperament, he still felt the same as when he first met him. I was always afraid. I also felt a little nervous. After being aloof and powerful for a long time, the emperor unconsciously had a unique arrogant elegance. When he was silent, he really made the people around him feel deeply. to the terrible majesty of the body itself.
This is an emperor with domineering power that shocks the world.
After a long time, the emperor, who was lying on the soft couch, finally spoke, "I can't even manage my own sons, so how can I manage the entire world?"
"Your Majesty, none of the common people in the Daxing Dynasty are grateful to you, Your Majesty, because Your Majesty, they have all lived a peaceful life." Gao Decai was secretly shocked in his heart. Now that the seventh elder brother Qi Feng is in prison, the Emperor is worried. He was angry and uncomfortable. He didn't believe that his favorite son would hide weapons secretly, but the fact was before his eyes and he had to face this fact.
After all, he still cared about the person he loved most in his heart, Concubine Feng. Even in such a situation where the evidence was conclusive, he just locked his favorite son in prison and prevented everyone from visiting him in prison. I just want Brother Qi to be quiet for a few days and sort out all his thoughts. Only when he is sober can he think of a solution.
He couldn't save his son, so he could only try to let the seventh prince save himself.
The emperor sighed, suddenly stood up and walked to the window. Hearing a "pop" sound, he broke off a branch of the plum blossom that was leaning through the window.
When Gao Decai saw this, he immediately took out all the flowers in the vase and handed the vase to him. The emperor did not put the plum blossoms into the vase, but just took the flowers and sat next to the brazier.
"Your Majesty?" Gao Decai stood beside him cautiously, watching him pluck the plum blossoms in his hand one by one and throw them into the fire until only the bare dead branches were left.
"Decai, what do you think this dead branch can be used for?" The emperor smiled and raised his head, raising the dead branch in his hand to Gao Decai's eyes.
"This slave is stupid and doesn't understand what your Majesty means?"
"Haha!" The aloof emperor laughed and suddenly stood up and walked out. Gao Decai immediately caught up with him and said anxiously, "Your Majesty, it's getting late. Where are you going? I will prepare a chariot for you right now.
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After saying that, Gao Decai was about to walk out. The emperor immediately stopped him and said, "No, I want to walk by myself."
Gao Decai walked carefully beside the emperor. After a long time, he asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
The emperor did not speak, and Gao Decai had no choice but to shut up and follow him. He had already guessed in his mind where the emperor was going, and the direction of this road only led to one place.
"Stop, this is a prison cell. The Emperor has ordered that no one is allowed to enter." A guard suddenly stopped in front of them, with a fierce look on his face.
Gao Decai's whole body was shaken and he said sharply: "Bold slave, do you know this is..."
"Decai!" The emperor immediately interrupted him and looked at the guard with a smile, "You are new here. I just want to go in and have a look. Please be accommodating. I will go over and take a look and come out immediately."
"No!" the guard shouted loudly, "No one can enter here. Judging from your appearance, you must be a certain minister. The seventh brother who is locked up here has been ordered by the emperor not to visit the prison. Let you go.
If you go in, then who will save my life? Leave quickly. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude to you. Even if the emperor knows about this, he can't blame us. We are just following orders."
Gao Decai, who was standing aside, glared at the guard angrily, secretly squeezing his sweat for him. When the guard saw Gao Decai staring at him, he said angrily: "If you don't leave quickly, do you want me to drive you away?"
The emperor wanted to try this guard, and wanted to take some silver from his body to test him. Only then did he realize that he never had to bring any silver with him. After touching for a long time, he only found a jade pendant on his body. Although it was just a jade pendant, it was extremely valuable.
He hurriedly pulled off the jade pendant on his body, handed it to the guard, and whispered in a low voice: "A little care, please be accommodating. I will only go in for a while and I will come out soon."
The guard knew that the jade pendant in front of him was valuable at the first glance. His eyes shone brightly, and the hand holding the jade pendant was soaked with sweat. Suddenly something occurred to him, and he immediately threw the jade pendant into the emperor's hand and said angrily:
"What are you doing? Leave quickly. If you don't leave, don't blame me for being rude."
As he said that, the guard raised the whip in his hand. Gao Decai immediately stood in front of the emperor and shouted loudly: "Bold slave, you dare to hold a whip in front of the emperor, you are seeking death!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the guard's legs went weak, and he immediately knelt on the ground with an "ordinary" sound, shouting tremblingly, "Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, please spare my life, this slave deserves to die, Your Majesty, please spare my life."
The guard knelt on the ground, trembling and crying. The other guards in the cell ran out immediately after hearing the sound. The leader seemed to recognize the emperor. At the same time, they all fell to their knees with a few "plops".
"I didn't know that the emperor was coming, so I missed your welcome. I hope the emperor will forgive you." The leading guard shivered. The rest of the guards had never seen the emperor and had no idea that the emperor would come here. They were all trembling with fear.
And from time to time, I want to take a sneak peek at what the aloof emperor looks like.
"Everyone, get up, I'm here temporarily too." The emperor shouted loudly.
All the people kneeling on the ground staggered up, but the guard holding the whip was still shaking on the ground and did not dare to get up. Gao Decai glared at the man and said sharply: "Get up, the emperor wants you to get up, don't you think so?"
Do you still want to resist the decree and disrespect it?"
The emperor glanced at the man and asked, "What is your name?"
"Back to the emperor, my servant's name is Pan Baoguo."
"Pan Baoguo?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. This slave's father hopes that I will be a good soldier who will be loyal to the emperor and serve the country, so he named the slave Pan Baoguo."
The emperor smiled and said, "Okay, you were right to hold me back just now."
The guard couldn't help but be shocked when he thought of that scene. Fortunately, the whip was not struck, otherwise, he would have been on the road to hell now.
Everyone followed the emperor without making a sound. The leading guard followed carefully, turning his head from time to time to glare at the previous guard. The guard was already sweating profusely and was scared to death. At this time, he was not
He came over slowly. When he saw the leader glaring at him, he had to lower his head and did not dare to raise his head again.
"Your Majesty, it's cold and damp inside the cell. I'll go and bring Brother Seven out." The leading guard bowed.
The emperor immediately stopped him, and let him lead the way, quietly walking towards the place where Qi Feng was being held. The further he walked in, the colder he felt. Gao Decai put the cloak he had prepared on the emperor, and the emperor took it off. It was not until the emperor took it off.
When I reached the end of the cell, I saw a white figure lying there.
Hearing the sound, the white figure moved, but did not turn around, "Get out of here."
"Do you want me to get out too?"
Hearing the sound, the white figure immediately jumped down from the kang and whispered: "Father, why are you in a place like this? I thought it was those dog slaves."
The emperor walked to the kang without any expression. Gao Decai immediately swept away the ashes on the kang with his sleeves. The emperor then sat down, looked at Qi Feng who was kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Come here."
Qi Feng walked toward him with some confusion. As soon as he approached him, he was suddenly hit by the emperor with a dead branch. He immediately jumped back instinctively, looked at the emperor sitting on the kang, and shouted: "Father--"
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"Today, I asked Gao Decai, what is the use of dead branches without plum blossoms? Suddenly, I felt that these dead branches can be used by father to teach his son. Your mother likes plums the most. Today, I will use the plum branches that your mother loved most when she was alive to teach you.
You. Let you know that your mother knows something underground and will be very disappointed in you."