Rule the Roost in the Tang Dynasty: Nine Hundred and Thirty-two The trouble of the chimney

"Your Majesty said that when this year is over, the remaining budget from the User Department and the Ministry of Engineering will be used to pay the bank account, but... the servant feels that your majesty’s words are not credible. He is trying to prevaricate you and me, waiting for next year After the new budgets of the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry are finalized, the unfinished budgets of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households will certainly be invested elsewhere by His Majesty as in previous years." Bai Chun wrinkled his snow-white forehead and pouted. Said somewhat depressed.

People say that the king has no jokes, all his words, and the golden mouth, but it seems that these words have nothing to do with the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor of the present Tang Dynasty is a shameless skin, and he does not care about yours. Every time at the end of the year, his mouth is as sweet as wiping honey, but in a blink of an eye he will move the remaining budgets of Zhongshu, Menxia, ​​Three Provinces and six departments to other places. As for paying back the money, he has never Really thought about it yet.

"You expect him to pay you back, unless, ah, tomorrow the sun will come out from the west. You too, don’t remember, he said you believe it, he was eaten to death, for so many years, you have been helping He is in charge of the money, can't he be hard-pressed? Then Pei Wanying can't count on it, that's a submissive lord, and count on her to control her emperor, then it will be time to see the sun at night. In the entire harem, He can listen to your words a little bit. Don’t care about it now. When I follow the first emperor, this great Tang... Who else can I expect from the palace to watch him?" Wu Mei sighed helplessly. Chun, this is not the first time she has said this to Bai Chun.

But Bai Chun, who has always been shrewd and capable, quite independent, as long as he gets in front of the prodigal son, he loses his temper and principles. He simply allows the prodigal son to bully her, do whatever he wants, without principle. shrewd.

"The slave and maidservant may not be able to do it, but the slave and maid think...the imperial concubine of Shangguan may have such potential..."

"It's her? It looks like that on the surface, but if Li Hong cares about it, huh, she doesn't know if he was sold by Li Hong, she might even help Li Hong count the money happily, with Li Lingyue. In this way, she is stupid in front of Li Hong like a pig." Wu Mei ridiculed her daughter-in-law without mercy, and naturally scolded Her Royal Highness who had been with her daughter-in-law since childhood.

After the two nagging for a long time, it is naturally difficult for the emperor who has already left the palace to be restrained, so now they can only stay in the palace and wait, otherwise, they have to go out of the palace in person, but so At first, Wu Mei was afraid that after seeing what Li Hong was tossing about, she might faint with anger.

"By the way, the empress dowager, can you tell me about it?" Bai Chun accompanies Wu Mei to drink tea in silence, but suddenly remembered that there is something about him today, so he put down his tea cup and looked at Wu who was looking out the window. Mei asked.

"What's the matter?" Wu Mei put away her thoughts, and slowly turned her head back, asking somewhat blankly.

"It's the matter between Princess Yeyue and Princess Dalai. Your Majesty did not give them a clear answer. Princess Yeyue and Princess Dalai were uneasy, so they found the servant girl and came here." Bai Chun Looking at Wu Mei's expression, with a trace of grievances unique to her mother-in-law, she said with a relaxed smile.

"The two came to ask Ann just now, why didn’t they ask themselves? I can still eat them? One is for the elder brother, the other is for the younger brother, and he is the imperial concubine of Datang, in the eyes of outsiders It seems to be supreme, but who knows that behind the noble, there are also a lot of difficulties for outsiders. Alas...Forget it, don't worry, let them continue to find Li Hong, Li Hong does not say, Naturally, there is his reason." Wu Mei sighed again, others couldn't tell, but as the emperor's mother, how could he not know what Li Hong's calculations were.

The eldest son of the emperor is not young anymore, and it is reasonable to say that he should be the crown prince, but Li Hong is unmoved, and has no idea of ​​establishing a prince, even if he is advised by the officials, Li Hong opposes the prince. For one thing, it seems that there is not much interest.

Fortunately, Li Hong is still young and vigorous. It doesn't matter if he sets up a reserve later, as it will not affect the stability of the Tang Dynasty and the ancestral temple.

"But... does your Majesty... really have such ambitions? If so, Princess Dalai and Princess Yeyue... I'm afraid that it is not a quarrel before your Majesty." Bai After thinking for a while, I was still not sure about Li Hong's ultimate strategy for the big food and the Japanese kingdom.

"This is where the prodigal son is wise. When the time comes, they will be their own brothers and brothers, and their own princes on the other. They cannot and are not qualified to be made the prince of my Datang. It depends on how Ye Yue and the Dalai Empress made their own decisions." Wu Mei languidly slumped on the sofa. Although her figure has gone out of shape over the years, she still has some charm, and she looks a lot younger than her actual age.

"It would be nice if Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje can do the same. In this way, the world will be truly peaceful. The princes will be responsible for all the surrounding areas of the Tang Dynasty. Great things that are beneficial to me.” Bai Chun said with some longing in his expression.

"Everything has advantages and disadvantages. We don’t understand these. Ye Yue’s son will take over the food in the future, and the son of the Dalai emperor will take over the Japanese kingdom. Not surprisingly, Pei Wanying’s son is naturally the prince of Datang. This right is compared with brotherhood. Sometimes, I’m not sure which is more attractive, but no matter what, it’s my kind of Datang and even Huaxia. The big circle of Huaxia people, Li Hong seems to do it. It's settled." Wu Mei mentioned Li Hong, no matter when, she still sighed a lot.

At this moment, Wang Lou suddenly ran in and looked at the Empress Dowager and Ye Yue who were chatting freely, and hurriedly said respectfully: "The Empress Dowager, Your Majesty is about to return to the palace, but... According to those who have already returned, your Majesty’s mood... doesn’t seem to be very good. What’s more, the thing called an internal combustion engine can run by itself, it’s loud and scary, and the black smoke is said to be sitting in the carriage. , I can’t even see who the opposite person is."

This is what Wang Lou said. Wu Mei and Bai Chun, who were still lazily lying on the sofa, immediately became energetic, their eyes began to shine, and Wu Mei even straightened up. , Looked at Wang Lou and asked: "So that means it has not succeeded yet, and failed again?"

"This...the slave and maid only understand this one-sidedly, and the specifics are not clear..." Wang Lou thought about it, but still didn't dare to talk nonsense, he could only hesitate. ..

"Walk around, Bai Chun, are you going or not, look at the excitement." Wu Meichong said while still sitting on the sofa with Bai Chun waving.

"This...Isn't it appropriate for the servant to go, after all, your Majesty just encountered a setback, if the servant goes..."

"What are you afraid of, are you afraid of him if you have this palace here? Besides, for so many years, he, the emperor, has been running smoothly, and his five surnames and seven hopes were all combined by him and Di Renjie and others. No more. At this time, there should be some frustration to remind him, otherwise, in the future, Taiyi City, you may have to continue to provide him with endless money." Wu Mei is extremely excited, her recent fun Not much anymore, but Li Hong’s flatness is definitely one of her favorite pleasures.

When Bai Chun heard Wu Mei talk about Taiyi City and money, he immediately moved her heart. Facing Wu Mei, Bai Chun was still a little tenderer, so two words provoked her curiosity. .

So the two women, accompanied by Wang Lou, several other court ladies and eunuchs, quickly walked towards the front of the Zichen Temple.

What made the two women surprised and delighted was that when the two of them had just arrived at the Zichen Hall, His Majesty the Emperor had just entered the palace gate, so it took a while to reach the Zichen Hall, so Wu Mei motioned to Bai Chun to hide with her stand up.

The maids and eunuchs in the Zichen Palace saw the empress dowager and Miss Bai coming at the same time, and they were even more nervous and focused than seeing the emperor, but after receiving the empress dowager’s decree, they immediately pretended that there was no empress dowager and Bai The young lady stood quietly where she should be standing, waiting for your majesty and the courtiers to return.

A group of dozens of horses drove from the front gate of the palace at high speed. If the Central Army had not received the news of your Majesty’s return to the palace, I was afraid that it would have been caught by the flames. They could not see their faces. Embarrassed, like a remnant and defeated cavalry shot.

A group of dozens of riders, and only Li Hong dared to ride a horse and ran wild after entering the palace, while the guards, Wei Tu Qi and others, including some ministers, jumped from their horses immediately after entering the palace gate. After he got down, he immediately turned his two legs upside down, chasing the four-legged war horse and ran into the palace.

Li Zhe and Li Dan didn’t care about what they were guilty of riding horses in the palace, and no matter whether they would be held accountable afterwards~ IndoMTL.com~ The two horses followed Li Hong closely. , Snow-white teeth leaked out of the mouth from time to time, and I don’t know what to explain to Li Hong.

No one can see the expressions on the faces of the three of them, because not only the three of them, but also the panting, sweating, and weak legs of the ministers running behind are the same as the three of them. His face seemed to have been smoked, and it was all black, and even the clothes were covered with black smoke and wrinkles. It seemed like he had gone to a coal pile and ran out.

Besides being able to see the white eyeballs and the teeth exposed when speaking, whether it is Li Hong, Li Zhe, or Li Dan, the faces of the three of them are all black.

"What's the accident? It's hard to get it right, so you gave me this moth? It's a nest after less than two miles, in the carriage... the black smoke in this special carriage ...You moved the boiler into the carriage, right?" Li Hong, who turned over from his horse, walking on the steps was obviously dissatisfied with the efficiency of Li Zhe and Li Dan. There was no expression on the shiny face, only the three-character scripture in the tone, drilling into the Zichen Hall from the steps of the Zichen Hall.

"Unexpectedly, who knew it would be like this, the chimney has been changed after your prompt, but who knows that after running, the black soot is so big..."

"And you, the power plant is set up, and the electricity is generated? You can't deliver to Chang'an City, and electrocute dozens of cattle. You said... dozens of them are so extraordinary. How do you pay for the cow? You think Yushitai will not impeach me, right? It's...it's a waste of you two."

Wu Mei and Bai Chun hiding in the Zichen Hall, listening to Li Hong's angry words from outside the Zichen Hall, opened their mouths involuntarily in surprise. It was the first time they saw Li Hong tell Li Dan and Li Zhefa in recent years. Such a big temper.