Xiao Hou and Xiao Yao came to the imperial study. They did not see the elder brother who was immersed in reviewing the memorial. The two looked at each other and were a little puzzled. At this time, the father-in-law on the side said with a smile, "Your Majesty is in the imperial garden now, the two of you. this way please."
Xiao Hou was taken aback for a moment, did the emperor know that they would come to him, and specially arranged for someone to wait here
Without doubt of him, the two followed behind the father-in-law with an idea.
Walking through the winding corridor, wearing flowers and willows, a beautiful pavilion appeared in front of the group, the father-in-law bent over and stretched out his hand, "Your Majesty is in the pavilion, the two of you please."
The two nodded, walked through the stone path, climbed two or three steps, and saw the person pouring and drinking.
Xiao Xu has always been self-disciplined. Unless he needs to, he will not drink a drop of alcohol. Now that Chu Qingyan is pregnant, he will not touch alcohol. Now it seems that he is really troubled.
As soon as the two of them thought of what happened in the court, and the imminent delivery of the emperor's wife, the former was abusive, and the latter was worried about the abuse. From dealing with the death of the father and emperor, to the enthronement, the emperor's brother never rested well, and he was tough. People can't stand it either.
Xiao Yao walked up, filled up a glass and handed it to Xiao Hou, poured another glass for himself, and sat down, without the politeness between monarchs and ministers in the past, like a normal brother, drinking and drinking, "Come on. , toast, a toast to this day-to-day thing I don't know about!"
Xiao Xu raised his glass, and the three of them clinked and drank it all.
"Brother Huang, you didn't see it, my dear, after you left, the faces of those courtiers were colorful, even more beautiful and beautiful than Dyefang. It's rare to see it in a hundred years!" Xiao Yao intentionally mobilized the atmosphere, deliberately Imitating the appearance of several ministers, as funny as they are.
Xiao Hou was amused, but when he turned his head, he saw that although the emperor's brows were stretched, he was still uneasy.
"Brother Huang, when you catch the culprit behind the scenes, the rumors will naturally fall apart, so don't worry." Xiao Hou said with relief.
Xiao Yao, who was on the side, shook his head, "No, this is not as simple as the rumor that the emperor's brother falsely spread the imperial edict before. This time, the people behind the scenes are using the people's belief in the sky, even if the culprit is now revealed to the people to tell the people that someone is spreading rumors. When things go wrong, they may be suspicious at the time, but when a natural disaster occurs, they will feel that the evil spirits are at fault, and in the final analysis, it is human nature that is at fault!"
As soon as these words fell, the temperature in the pavilion dropped several degrees.
Xiao Hou raised his forehead, these two brothers really don't mention which pot, aren't they here to cause trouble
Xiao Yao also felt the condensed eyes of the emperor's brother for a moment, and immediately picked up the jug to cover his face, really wanted to slap himself a few ears, it was too much mouth!
"Second brother is right, you don't have to think about how to comfort me, this is the end, it's not a good move to deceive yourself." Xiao Xu took a sip of wine and said in a flat voice.
Only then did Xiao Yao dare to put down the jug and leaned over, "Then according to the emperor's opinion, is there any way to deal with it?"
As soon as these words fell, he only got a cool glance from the emperor's brother, and he couldn't help but wonder, what did he say wrong
Xiao Hou shook his head in disgust, "If Brother Huang had a solution, he wouldn't drink here." He really had no vision.
Xiao Yao touched his nose, didn't he care if he messed up
But this reminded him of one thing, "Brother Huang, you are really powerful today. Although there is nothing you can do at the moment, as long as you continue to be like an emperor today, I believe those people in the court will not dare to say anything!"
"This is not a solution." Xiao Hou shook his head.
At this time, Xiao Xu was playing with the wine glass, leaning lazily on the back of the chair. He lost the appearance of being an emperor during this period of time, and he was a little more evil, "Do you think I am joking?"
The two of them didn't hear clearly, and they seemed to be in disbelief, "Brother Huang, what did you mean by what you just said?"
Xiao Xu snorted softly, "I have to take this throne, not want to take it. If either of you wants to take over, say, the edict of abdication, and I can give it to you immediately."
Xiao Yao shook his body, Xiao Hou twitched the corners of his mouth, both of them had a word floating in their minds at this time, the emperor was joking!
As if seeing what the two were thinking, Xiao Xu said directly, "I'm not joking."
"The weather is so nice, it's very suitable for enjoying flowers and drinking!" Xiao Yao shook his head with a smile, using his hand as a fan.
"Second brother is right, why don't we go to the garden to have a look? I don't know how that peony is growing." Xiao Hou said with great interest on his face.
Just when the two brothers were about to escape from the pavilion, a cool voice came from behind, "Come back."
The two let go of each other with a bit of frustration, and turned around with a bitter look.
"Okay, let's put this aside for now, let's talk about the rumors." Xiao Xu knew that these two people are also lazy and tight, and the headache of other royal families is how all princes want to be emperors, but when they come to him, they become Why don't all princes want to be emperors? Others flocked to it, and they avoided it like a tiger. He really regretted taking over this mess.
Seeing that the emperor no longer mentioned the matter, Xiao Yao's head immediately became smart, "Check the source first, since this matter will be worn so quickly, there should be other factors besides some people's help, otherwise it will not be Such a mighty situation was formed in a short period of time.”
Xiao Hou agreed with this, he thought carefully about the results of the recent investigation, and reported one of them, "I heard that someone took out the eight characters of the birthday of the emperor's wife and gave it to an eminent monk to calculate, and he was convinced of the emperor's birthday. There is a rumor that my sister-in-law is possessed by evil spirits, but I ordered someone to find this eminent monk, but there is no news so far, it is very likely that someone is pretending to be used to confuse the public and aggravate the authenticity of the rumor."
Often people only want to hear what they want to hear, and whether it is true or false is not so important anymore.
Xiao Xu narrowed his eyes, as if he had found an entry point, "Since they believe so much in the words of the eminent monk, then we will find a more famous eminent monk to defuse this rumor."
Xiao Yao and Xiao Hou's eyes lit up, they were indeed the eldest brother, and with just a little hint, they would be able to figure out the solution.
"Okay, third child, I'll leave this matter to you. It must be completed in the next few days." The rumors can no longer be delayed.
Xiao Hou nodded, the emperor is so busy now, they should share a little more, it is understandable.
Seeing that things had taken shape, Xiao Xu threw the glass of wine and planned to go back to accompany his wife, but just left a sentence before leaving, "As for my proposal just now, you can come to me anytime you have an idea."
Xiao Hou and Xiao Yao immediately fled.
No idea, never will!
The sun was shining brightly and the wind was gentle. A monk wearing a hat and holding a Buddhist bead appeared at the bustling city gate, and behind him, followed by two little monks.
He raised his head and glanced at the street where people came and went, the corners of his lips curved, showing a sympathetic smile, and then walked towards the direction of the palace.