Chapter 31 Cracks
In an instant, a feeling of emptyness arose in the heart of Emperor Yingtian Shenlong Li Xian.
Although the Two Saints were dealt with by himself, and his physical condition had long been allowed to continue to work hard on the government, and although Empress Wei would ask him for advice on most of the things in the court so far, when he saw his wife being swearing by the ministers like he was back then, the feeling of loss in his heart was still uncontrollable.
"The Lord is in good health today? I just heard the thunder sounds in the Imperial Garden, and I knew that it must be the Lord who was trying out the fire thunder bomb. Come and see, it was true!" Empress Wei also discovered the existence of her husband, threw away her daughter and minister, and walked towards the four-wheeler with a spring breeze on her face.
"It's much better, but I still can't stand up." Li Xian smiled reluctantly. He originally wanted to call his wife's name, but the words came to his mouth, but it changed to a formal name. "Is the Holy Queen okay in the court today? Why did she bring a large group of ministers to the Imperial Garden?"
"Isn't the movement that the emperor made was too great that the court congress could not be sustained?" As if he had not noticed Li Xian's mentality change at all, Wei Wushuang responded with a smile, "So, I had to bring several important officials of the humerus to the Imperial Garden. First, let them pay a visit to the emperor so that they would not be worried about the emperor all day long. Second, let them see with their own eyes why the thunder arose."
"Yeah—" Li Xian's mood became much more relaxed in an instant, and he stroked his beard and nodded slightly.
"My son pays homage to my father, my father is healthy!" Princess Anle and Wu Yanxiu also stepped forward and saluted Li Xian. Each face was full of happy and satisfied smiles.
Although he didn't like Wu Yanxiu from the bottom of his heart, Li Xian's mood was still much better when he saw his daughter being so refreshed like a flower stained with dew after marriage.
He stretched out his hands forward, and he smiled and said, "No gift? No gift! This is not in the court, why are you two? Why are you there any time to go to the palace to see your father today?"
"Is it the lotus seeds from Qujiangchi? So I specially picked some and sent them to the palace to honor my father." Princess Anle's mouth was as sweet as if she was smearing honey. Every sentence was so sweet. "Although it is not as good as the tributes in the father's palace, it is better than fresh. Pick them in the morning? You can eat them at noon."
"Can I eat lotus seeds?" Li Xian was stunned? �
‘It’s already midsummer, you hand over the government to the queen? It’s been more than eight months!’ Xue Sijian secretly muttered in her heart. She was full of sympathy for Li Xian’s confusion. However, her eyes were filled with worship at the same time.
"The father is blessed, so you don't have to worry about everything? So life passes quickly." Princess Anle reacted very quickly? Following Li Xian's words, she flattered her mother, "Come on, let the son-in-law push you. Our family of four washes hands and eats lotus seeds. Husband, come and help me!"
"I, hey! Master, please forgive me for being arrogant!" Wu Yanxiu was stunned, then was surprised and happy. He decisively claimed his crime to Li Xian, and then quickly walked towards the four-wheeler.
"No, the ministers are waiting to see the gunpowder bullet!" Wei Wushuang felt as refreshed as if he had drunk ice water. He smiled and glanced at Princess Anle, and whispered a lesson. "You can push your father, and then we have three and four family to see the gunpowder bullets."
"Yes!" Princess Anle's purpose was not to give Li Xian and Wei Wushuang lotus seeds. She agreed, pulled Wu Yanxiu up and walked quickly behind Li Xian.
Xue Sijian and Gao Yanfu quickly gave up their seats and handed over the four-wheeled car to the princess and the prince-consort. Xiao Zhizhong, Zong Chuke, Dou Huaizhen, Cen Xi and other ministers came forward together to meet Li Xian.
Only Zhaorong Shangguan Wan'er was unable to find her place beside Li Xian, nor could she be considered a vicious official. For a moment, she was neither forward nor hiding, but she was actually alone.
"Shangguan Zhaorong, come here too and hold an umbrella for the emperor." Wei Wushuang was in a good mood recently and had no intention of rejecting Shangguan Wan'er, who was not favored and could give advice to him. Instead, she smiled and took the initiative to find a way for the other party.
"Yes, Saint Queen!" Shangguan Wan'er was older than Empress Wei, but because she had never suffered any bumps since she became an adult, she had never given birth to a child, and looked a few years younger than Empress Wei. Hearing the former's instructions, she immediately agreed gently and gently, then took a parasol from the palace maid, walked quickly to Li Xian's four-wheeler, and gently stretched out her hands.
Parasols are new products from Liushen Commercial Bank in summer. Duan Huaijian, one of the major shareholders, specially sent a batch to the palace and asked His Majesty the Emperor to "try it out".
The umbrella surface is very large, but the skeleton uses a thin hollow iron pipe, so it is much lighter than the common bamboo umbrellas and the special umbrellas used in the palace. Even if a weak and beautiful woman like Shangguan Wan'er is hit in her hands, it does not seem heavy, but instead adds a little more charm to her.
A humid and hot impulse suddenly surged deep in Li Xian's heart. However, he was a self-disciplined emperor after all, and he couldn't do anything ridiculous about dragging the beauty into the palace to be happy immediately. Therefore, he took a few deep breaths and ordered Xiao Zhizhong and other important officials to avoid courtesy. Then he smiled and waved his hand to Shangguan Wan'er, "No need to hit me. I want to bask in the sun. I didn't let Gao Yanfu and the others hold an umbrella before. You just follow the queen. If she needs it, you can call her."
"Yes!" Shangguan Wan'er bowed gently, then moved the umbrella to the top of Queen Wei's head.
Queen Wei was born fair and tender. Although she was old, she still didn't want to tan herself. Therefore, she did not stop Shangguan Wan'er from holding an umbrella for herself, but just nodded to the other party with a smile.
The family of four quickly became a family of five. Princess Anle suddenly felt very uncomfortable. However, she knew the weight of Shangguan Wan'er in her father and mother. Therefore, she suppressed her unhappiness and asked Li Xian with a smile, "Father, where do you want to go? Erchen pushes you? Just like when Erchen was a child, she pushed Erchen!"
The desire in Li Xian's heart was quickly dispelled by the affection of licking the baby. He smiled and responded softly, "Your mother wants to see the power of gunpowder bullets. I was just about to fire it with my own hands. The catapult is there, push me over!"
"Master, no!" Xiao Zhizhong was shocked and instinctively spoke to dissuade him. "Gunpowder bullets are weapons, and I am not familiar with the situation. You are the magistrate of the Nine Five, so you must not be in danger!"
"Master, please listen to what I said. Just leave it to the martial arts man with a clumsy thing like using a catapult. There is no need for the master to do it yourself!" Zong Chuke was unwilling to fall behind, and immediately stepped forward and stood in front of the four-wheeler.
Ji Chune, Dou Huaizhen, Cen Xi, Wei Wen and others looked at each other and kept up silently. Although they did not speak, their attitude was very clear. They were unwilling to use dangerous weapons such as catapults and gunpowder bullets, so as not to push themselves into desperate situations if they were not bad.
"Hmm?" Li Xian's brows immediately frowned, and dark clouds rolled on his face.
However, before he could get angry, Queen Wei's voice was already heard quickly by his side, "Go relax, with Xue Sijian and Gao Yanfu here, the emperor must be fine!"
Then, she gently held one of Li Xian's hand, and she added with a smile, "Master, I will go with you. You can put the first one, I will put the second one!"
"Wushuang really knows me!" Li Xian's anger was quickly extinguished by tenderness, and his title of wife unknowingly changed back to his previous habits.
"Master, I have always been one." Empress Wei took the conversation and answered extremely gentlely.
The just-occurrence between the couple was relieved in a blink of an eye. Whether it was Shangguan Wan'er holding an umbrella or Princess Anle who was pushing a cart, they all admired them so much that they could not bear to be overwhelmed.
Although Xiao Zhizhong, Zong Chuke and others were still worried, they also knew that if they continued to stop him, they would not have any effect except to make Li Xian feel disappointed. Therefore, they could only give up their way and followed the four-wheeler with a worried look on their faces.
Wei Wushuang glanced at everyone and began to issue orders decisively.
"Xue Sijian, go check the gunpowder bullet and prepare in advance!"
"Gao Yanfu, you have been serving the Lord for a long time. Wait a while and the Lord will cast gunpowder bullets, and you will take action next to you!"
"Zongpushe, you are also a military general and serve as the Minister of War. Let's put the third one!"
"General Wei, let me release the fourth one!"
"Wu Yanxiu, come the fifth one!"
Although it was the first time she came into contact with gunpowder bullets, her arrangements were impeccable. After hearing this, everyone took the order with a stern look and then began to be busy.
Li Xian suddenly felt a little disappointed again. However, he decisively suppressed this loss himself.
The wife assigned tasks to everyone for his safety. Although she was a little arbitrary, the starting point was correct. He handed over the power himself, so he couldn't blame his wife. If he was angry even such a small matter, why did he help his wife up and handle the government affairs for himself?
While comforting himself silently, all preparations were ready. Xue Sijian and Gao Yanfu returned quickly to report.
Li Xian let out a long sigh and vented the unhappiness in his heart. Then, under Gao Yanfu's hand-held service, he successfully lit the lead of the gunpowder bullet. He watched with his own eyes that the smoke was blown up by the blowout. He leaned his body on the back of the four-wheeler chair with satisfaction and looked around.
He saw his wife, daughter and Shangguan Zhaorong, who were so scared that he covered his ears by the explosion of gunpowder bullets.
He saw Xiao Zhizhong, Zong Chuke and other important officials instinctively leaning back, their mouths wide open, and their hands and feet tremble uncontrollably.
He saw the carved beams and painted buildings in the palace and trembled in the echo of the explosion.
He saw the sun shining from the sky, illuminating every grass and tree around him extremely brightly.
This is my minister, who presented it to me! Suddenly, he felt very proud and confident.
Even if he could not stand up, even if he did not have the energy and energy to manage the government, the Tang Dynasty was still his, and he still firmly controlled the overall situation.
He has the loyal Zhang Renyuan, he has the loyal Niu Shi Award, and he has the mature and steadfast Yang Sheng who does things without missing a trace. He also has the rising star Zhang Qian who is enough to create miracles and is willing to constantly create miracles for him!
Suddenly, he felt that there seemed to be someone missing around him today. Li Xian was stunned and asked hesitantly, "Wu Shuang, why didn't Yang Zhongshu enter the palace? I haven't seen him for a while?"
Wei Wushuang covered her ears with her hands and did not hear her husband's question. It was not until Li Xian asked again that, at Shangguan Wan'er's reminder, she let go of her hand and responded with a smile.
"When the emperor returned to the emperor, Yang Sheng was bedridden for a long time and could not go to court. So he wrote a memorial a while ago to pray for the bones! After discussing with Xiao Pushe, Zong Pushe and others, I felt that it was a bit unkind to continue to force him to work for the country. So, he approved his memorial and appointed him as Duke of Zheng, so that he would go home to enjoy his old age."
"What? You are sure of Yang Zaisi's confession? Why don't you ask me? Just make a decision without authorization?" Li Xian was shocked and asked loudly regardless of the ministers.
"The Master said that I can decide on anything in the court myself! Did the Master forget it?" Wei Wushuang immediately felt a little embarrassed, blushed and asked in a low voice. "And I didn't treat Yang Sheng badly, and even transferred his eldest son Yang Ju back to Chang'an from Shanzhou to serve as the governor of the Wanqi Left Camp so that their father and son could meet each other every day!" (Note: Wanqi Camp is part of the Imperial Guard and is divided into two left and right battalions.)
"You..." Li Xian wanted to tell his wife that she was a big mistake in doing this. However, she found that this matter could not be explained clearly in just one or two sentences.
And in front of so many important officials of the humeral bones, he didn't want to damage his wife's prestige. Therefore, he hesitated and shook his head, "I haven't forgotten. But Yang Zaisi has served the country for more than 40 years. He retired and returned home to raise his family. I feel very reluctant. The Holy Queen did it in general, but there are some flaws. As the saying goes, relatives from generation to generation, Yang Qi may be closer to him than his eldest son. You can give another decree and let his grandchildren go home to accompany him. No matter where you are now, even in my palace."
"What the emperor said is, I didn't expect it to be so deep before!" Wei Wushuang felt very uncomfortable, but forced a smile to agree.
"The Lord is so kind to the minister, we all want to be the Lord!" Dou Huaizhen reacted quickly and immediately bowed to Li Xian next to him.
"I am grateful to the emperor for his compassion for his compassion! I am willing to be the emperor!" Zong Chuke, Ji Chune and others also followed up decisively and praised him. In a blink of an eye, another dispute was covered up without any trace.
"Yeah!" Li Xian nodded with a smile, and Empress Wei nodded slightly. Then, the latter also picked up the moxa velvet and lit the second gunpowder bullet.
"Boom!" The gunpowder bullet landed a hundred steps away, and the explosion sounded like thunder.
Chapter completed!