Su Buwei stood outside the side hall, looking at the gray sky and frowning. His face was a little dignified, as if there was something in his mind that he couldn't understand.
In the past, the emperor would not shy away from him no matter what he said, but this time the emperor let him out.
General Liu Enjing of Zuo Wuwei and General Xu Xiaogong of You Zuowei, these two people were summoned by His Majesty the most when they were in the capital. Su Buwei thought about it carefully, and suddenly found that the emperor summoned these two people many times because he was not in Dongnuange when. I didn't notice it before, but now that I think about it, it's not that the emperor doesn't shy away from him, but that he always arranges something for him in advance to make him leave.
If the emperor hadn't asked him to come out today, he wouldn't have thought of this detail.
Thinking of this, the corner of the eunuch's mouth, who was always leaning slightly forward, couldn't help but twitched.
He sighed, and walked away.
The emperor's condition, no one knows better than him except the emperor himself. The medicine the emperor took was all fried by him, and he didn't even summon the imperial doctor. It is said that the old perverted Wan Xingchen in the Yanwu Academy opened the prescription himself, without the hands of another person, so Su Buwei also knew that the emperor didn't trust him from this point of view.
But what exactly did the emperor arrange, and he didn't even tell him
Luo Weiran was demoted, and after leaving Chang'an City, Su Buwei was in charge of the entire palace, and his dark guards gradually moved from the dark to the bright. The once domineering and domineering Ouchi bodyguard is in the Feiyu robe, and when he sees Jinyi School, he also behaves with his tail between his legs. Ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, the once glorious Feiyupao seems to be fading out of the stage of history.
So, when was he abandoned by the emperor
Su Buwei knew very well that Luo Weiran was no less loyal to the emperor than he was. But the emperor seemed to reject him from the beginning to the end, and handed over the Ouchi Guard Office to him. At the beginning, he arranged for Hou Wenji to sit on an equal footing with Luo Weiran. After Hou Wenji defected, he became the one who restrained Luo Weiran.
The emperor never seemed to really trust anyone. If he was the person the emperor used to monitor Luo Weiran all along, is there anyone who has been monitoring him
Thinking of this, Su Buwei's back felt a little cold.
He glanced back, fear flickering in his eyes.
He wandered outside for a long time before the two generals came out of the side hall. Su Buwei looked at their expressions, trying to see something from them, but found nothing. For these two people, Xu Xiaogong has been a general for a long time, and his qualifications in the army are only slightly lower than Luo Yao's. Although Liu Enjing was promoted before the Western Expedition, she is also an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years.
It's hard to see anything from the faces of these two people.
Su Buwei didn't deliberately say anything, he knew that Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing would definitely be on guard at this time. This will be a cliché, even if you have no problems, you will become a problem. After seeing off the two generals, when Su Buwei returned to the side hall, the emperor had already lay down again.
Su Buwei hurried over and took out a new brocade quilt from the box to put on for the emperor.
The emperor nodded to him, pointed to the chair next to the kang and said seriously: "Su Buwei, sit down and talk."
Su Buwei was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head: "In front of Your Majesty, how dare a servant be presumptuous."
"In the past few years, you have been standing behind me. No matter what I ask you to do, you have never let me down. I know that many people say that you are my shadow in private, and you will be there wherever I am Where. Since Wu Accompanied Sheng left the capital, although you have not been with me for many days, I am extremely satisfied with your trust. You are the most convenient person for me to order, no one else can compare to this."
"Your Majesty, this is the blessing of slaves."
Su Buwei bowed his head and said.
"sit down."
The emperor pointed to the chair again: "I want to see what you look like when you are not standing behind me. I have never given you any rewards, and you have never asked for any rewards. Sit down in front of me once. It’s not the last time, I just want you to experience the feeling of those courtiers who can sit in front of me.”
"Doing things for His Majesty is the duty of a servant."
"Do you want me to say it a third time?"
The emperor glanced at him, and there seemed to be some displeasure in his eyes. Su Buwei didn't dare to refuse any more, and sat down on the chair with a bent body. But no matter what, he felt unprecedentedly awkward. I don't know what happened, but after sitting down, he felt uncomfortable all over. He subconsciously glanced at the position where he was used to standing, and suddenly realized that standing was far more comfortable than sitting.
"How do you feel?"
The emperor asked with a smile.
"Slave, don't be steadfast..."
"That's because you didn't sit still."
The emperor smiled and shook his head: "I said before, if you are not an eunuch, I would even think of letting you enter the court as an official, and if you want to do it, you will be a high-ranking official. I also said that there are so many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty. No one is more thoughtful than you. If you let you go out, even if you are a feudal official, I will rest assured."
"The life of this servant belongs to His Majesty."
Su Buwei wanted to stand up, but was suppressed by the emperor's gesture.
"Is there any resentment?"
the emperor asked him.
"ah?"
Su Buwei was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand what the emperor meant.
"Don't pretend to be stupid with me, people like you will never be able to pretend to be stupid."
"The slaves dare not."
"Didn't dare, didn't I..."
The emperor tightened the quilt, and after a moment of silence, he said: "I know you won't be dissatisfied, but you must be apprehensive. You may think that I don't trust you because I told Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing to do things but let you avoid them. And although You think like this, but you still force yourself not to think about it... Is my guess right?"
Su Buwei quickly stood up, then knelt down on the ground: "It's because the slave girl's heart is becoming less and less stable, and she is becoming less and less aware of her identity."
"I don't tell you because it is necessary not to tell you."
The emperor was silent for a while and said: "Do you still remember the allusion of Emperor Zheng Huizong of the previous dynasty and the chief eunuch Yan Sanlei?"
Su Buwei's expression changed, and he lowered his head deeply: "Servant, thank you for your kindness!"
The emperor waved his hand: "You should rest too, I'm tired."
Su Buwei got up, bowed his body and backed out, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief when he went out, only to find that the clothes on his back had already stuck to his body.
When Zheng Huizong was in the previous dynasty, the person Zheng Huizong trusted most was Yan Sanlei, the chief servant and eunuch. No matter what Zheng Huizong wanted to do, he would discuss it with Yan Sanlei first. After a long time, Yan Sanlei inevitably gradually became domineering. Later, even the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty would salute him when they saw him. A eunuch from the sixth rank, just like the prime minister of the dynasty. Although there are also some unruly things that officials participated in Yan Sanlei, but Zheng Huizong still trusts him.
Later, because of the monopoly of foreign relatives, the emperor wanted to abolish the queen and suppress the descendants, but the descendants were too powerful, and even Zheng Huizong could not make a decision easily, so he handed over this matter to Yan Sanlei. Yan Sanlei tried his best to find a handsome young man to hook up with the queen, and let people accuse the uncle of the country of stealing and selling the country's stockpile. Zheng Huizong took the opportunity to depose the queen, and then cut off all the people in the queen's line who controlled the government.
Because of this incident, many people were involved. But it is precisely because of this that Zheng Huizong can truly hold the power of the court in his own hands.
One day after suppressing the descendants, Zheng Huizong asked Yan Sanlei to drink with him. After drinking for three rounds, Zheng Huizong suddenly burst into tears. Yan Sanlei was puzzled and asked the emperor why he was sad. Zheng Huizong said, you are the person I trust the most. I have never doubted you. No one knows about the empress except you. I know you will never tell, but if you are drunk, What if you talk in your sleep? But you are the person I trust the most, even if you tell the truth, I will not punish you.
Yan Sanlei turned pale after hearing this, and hesitated for a long time after returning to his residence. He cut off his tongue that night, and then resigned and went back to his hometown to recuperate.
Zheng Huizong repeatedly asked to stay, but Yan Sanbai just refused. The emperor allowed him to return home and rewarded him generously.
Then... Yan Sanlei met bandits on the way back home. Zheng Huizong wept bitterly when he heard the news of Yan Sanlei's death, but he couldn't go to court early for three days. Three days later, Zheng Huizong decreed that all the local officials in the place where Yan Sanlei was killed were beheaded and buried with Yan Sanlei, and then, regardless of the objections of the ministers, Yan Sanlei was posthumously named Marquis.
Thinking of this allusion, how could Su Buwei not be afraid
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The emperor's sleep became less and less. Although he was already deliberately forcing himself to sleep for a while, even if he fell asleep, he would wake up within two hours at most, and it was extremely difficult to fall asleep again. In the past, the emperor would get up and continue to deal with state affairs. But since the imperial conquest, the emperor seems to be much lazy. Even if he couldn't sleep, he would lie down until dawn.
When the sun rose from the east, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief, then got up, threw the handkerchief he had wiped his mouth last night into the stove and burned it, and it took four yuan.
In recent days, he has been vomiting blood every night.
Wan Xingchen's medicine became less and less effective.
But today, the emperor wakes up in good spirits. Or because of what Xu Xiaogong and Liu Enjing were arranged to do, or because of what he said to Su Buwei.
Su Buwei hurried in when he heard the movement, and waited for the emperor to wash up.
"Send someone back to the capital to deliver the decree. Yang Kai, the king of Xujun, was conferred the title of second-rank protector of the country, and the title of prince of Jin, hereditary. His eldest son entered the East Palace to accompany him, and his second son was named the king of Guojun..."
The emperor was silent for a while, waved his hands and said: "The people who go back tell the prince that if anyone in the courtiers objects, they will slap their mouths in court. If anyone dares to say it again, they will be punished with fifty sticks. If they say anything else, they will be killed without pardon. I have already written a Send a letter to the prince, and you send someone to take it back to the prince with your own hands. If someone dances too hard, I don’t mind letting the prince show off his knife in advance."
Su Buwei's heart was shocked, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "Your servant has made a note."
"A while ago, I heard you say that Fang Jie ran out from the left avant-garde and took people to the Wolf's Milk Mountain?"
"yes."
Su Buwei said: "The dark guards only reported back a few days ago."
"Send a competent person to the Langru Mountain to pass the decree. Fang Xie said that from the fourth grade Xiong Weilang general, Jin first-class county magistrate, I will hand over the people and horses of Langru Mountain to him. Tell him, don't lose my face. , and don’t lose the face of King Xu Jun! If he doesn’t overthrow the rebel Xi Daying camp, he won’t have to go back to the court to see me!”
"Your Majesty..."
Su Buwei pondered for a while and asked: "Master Xiao Fang has not done an inch of merit, and the ranks are added too fast, which may attract criticism..."
"Su Buwei."
The emperor glanced at him: "Do I need to say it again?"
"The slave is guilty."
Su Buwei quickly bowed his head: "This servant will arrange for someone to go to Langru Mountain to pass the decree."
"Besides... Since King Xujun's men and horses were always on the side of Langru Mountain, I gave them a name, called the Killing Wolf Army, and allowed them to hold the black flag and form a single guard. The Ministry of War restraint, told Fang Xie that he could fight however he wanted, the only thing was the same, if he lost, it would be embarrassing, and I delayed him!"