The end of the year is approaching in a blink of an eye, and the one-year national mourning period is finally over. The capital, which has been depressed for a long time, is bustling again. The big thing waiting is to prepare for the New Year's Day celebration.
As usual, the first New Year's Day after the national mourning period is to be organized in a big way. The fiefdoms of the vassal kings and the vassal states on the border will send people to congratulate and pay tribute and pay homage to the new emperor. It is truly a visit from all nations.
On New Year's Day, the emperor ascended to the throne in Fengtian Hall, received worship from civil and military officials and envoys from various vassal states, and bestowed rewards. Zhu Yunxuan, who was sitting on the throne, now has more and more majesty of an emperor, at least on the surface, his gaze slowly swept across the crowd, and calmly wrote down every unfamiliar picture. face.
In the evening, he will also hold a state banquet in the Long En Hall, and feast all the ministers to show his favor.
That whole day, Zhu Yunxuan was so busy that he didn't even touch the ground. He didn't have a chance to catch his breath until the state banquet started. When Liang Zhen came over, he was being changed by the eunuchs. His already outstanding face was even more beautiful.
Liang Zhen stopped in his tracks, squinted his eyes and looked aside for a while, the emperor in the eyes of others was sacred and inviolable, he looked at Zhu Yunxuan like this, but all he could think of was the little emperor's white, beautiful and soft body under his clothes.
Zhu Yunxuan didn't know what he was thinking, so he just asked casually, "Why is there that high-nosed and deep-eyed foreigner among those who came to worship this morning?"
He originally wanted to ask someone from the Ministry of Rites to come over to ask questions, but he was so busy all day today that he didn't have any free time, and now he remembered it when he saw Liang Zhen. know things.
Sure enough, Liang Zhen smiled and answered him: "Those are all foreigners from the western mainland, occupying many Nanyang island countries. This time, they came to Dayan to beg His Majesty to do business with their two countries in the name of congratulations."
Zhu Yunxuan frowned: "Why didn't the Ministry of Rites report this matter to me?"
"They just arrived two days ago, and the Ministry of Rituals probably hasn't had time to report the matter, but that old Yan Ge is also capable, and he can persuade those arrogant foreigners to bow their heads and pay respects to His Majesty in a respectful manner. , Your Majesty has found a good husband."
Yan Shixue joined the cabinet and still served as Minister of Rites. As Liang Zhen said, he is indeed a capable minister, but every time Liang Zhen mentioned him, his half-smile tone always made Zhu Yunxuan feel particularly uncomfortable.
"After the Ministry of Rites reports this matter, let the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs decide." Zhu Yunxuan brought the topic lightly.
Liang Zhen just laughed and said nothing.
At the time of the unitary year, Zhu Yunxuan arrived at the Long En Hall, gave wine to the ministers, and the state banquet officially began.
There was an intertwining of toasts, singing and dancing, and the Long En Palace was very lively for a while. Zhu Yunxuan drank a little too much. Princes, nobles, ministers of civil and military affairs, and foreign envoys came to toast with him in turn. He could only drink one cup after another. Looking at it next time, I couldn't help but sigh, the little emperor was still too honest, he lost all his rebellious and clever temperament before, and now he looks more and more like a decent and well-behaved emperor.
In addition to respecting the emperor, the courtiers were also very enthusiastic among the courtiers, Yan Shixue was surrounded by a circle of people, who didn't know that this was the hottest person around the new emperor, and whoever he would curry favor with. Liang Zhen's gaze swept over him, and then he heard someone beside him whispering about the elder Yan Ge.
"Old Yan Ge is not very good now, let's not say that today's state banquet is organized by him, and when he is the chief examiner of next month's general examination, he will be the first batch of new scholars after His Majesty ascended the throne. His disciple is really envious of others."
Another person also answered sourly: "No, he was lucky after all, but the late emperor pointed out his daughter to His Majesty. I heard that the Ministry of Rites has already started to prepare for His Majesty's wedding. I'm afraid it will be too late." In less than two months, I will change my name and call him the head of the country."
"Is it going to be done so soon? That's right... His Majesty has passed the age of being a weak crown, and there is not even a single person in the harem."
"Yeah, he married Yan Shixue's daughter, and he will organize the wedding. At that time, it won't be so high-profile or beautiful, and I will only be envious... By the way, brother Zhang, there is a young man in your family who looks like a flower." Is it Yu's girl? This can't be the empress of the palace, but it's still possible to be a concubine?"
"Go, go, don't think of me as the person who sells out her daughter for the sake of wealth and future. In this palace, you really treat me so well..."
The two people who spoke seemed to be drunk, a little unrestrained, and realized that they should not talk anymore after speaking, they both closed their mouths and changed the topic, Liang Zhen looked up at Zhu Yunxuan who was talking affectionately with Yan Shixue, His eyes darkened, and he gradually squeezed the wine glass tightly in his hand.
After drinking for three rounds, a new round of singing and dancing was presented. Those graceful girls were all hot and charming. They were tattooed with gorgeous blooming flowers from their necks to the exposed half of their chests, which made people stand out even more. They are more beautiful and delicate than flowers. I saw them dancing to the sound of music and drums, and their eyes were full of ecstasy and affectionate charm. They were extraordinarily bold, and they looked like foreign women. All the officials in the hall who had drunk too much looked straight at him, even Zhu Yunxuan who was sitting on the throne took a rare look.
The banquet ended after the night was full of wine. Zhu Yunxuan was supported by someone and sent back to the bedroom. As soon as he stepped into the door of the main hall, he fell into a familiar embrace. Bring the water, take everyone down."
Gao An hesitated to speak, gritted his teeth and had to follow his orders.
Zhu Yunxuan was indeed drunk, she was hugged by Liang Zhen and kept laughing against him, Liang Zhen threw him on the bed, went over and pinched his jaw, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you laughing at, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Yunxuan blinked, his eyes were extraordinarily blank, as if he didn't understand what he meant.
"Does Your Majesty know who this minister is?"
"... King Zhao? Liang Zhen... bastard..."
Liang Zhen stopped talking, lowered his head and bit his lips fiercely, his tongue drove straight in, and then bit his tongue fiercely, Zhu Yunxuan grunted in pain, shook his head whimpering and wanted to Dodging, how could Liang Zhen let him succeed, using brute force to completely suppress him, and after pulling away his belt, he directly tore open the red clothes.
The moment he was entered, Zhu Yunxuan burst into tears in pain. It was too painful. It had been a long time since Liang Zhen had treated him so roughly, which made him almost forget the humiliation and embarrassment when they were together in the first place. The body was thrust and ravaged hard, and the man behind him attacked and conquered him mercilessly, venting his anger.
Zhu Yunxuan's drunkenness disappeared, she clenched her teeth but couldn't stop her body from trembling, tears streaming down her face.
An hour later, Zhu Yunxuan was lying on the bed, her sweaty long hair was covered with mottled marks all over her body, she was crying so hard that she almost lost her breath, Liang Zhen finally pressed a kiss on his shoulder, pulled out and backed out, Call Gao An to come in and take away the cold water and replace it with hot water.
Gao An glanced at Zhu Yunxuan, who was only showing half of his body behind the bed curtain, his eyes turned red instantly, and he glared at Liang Zhen angrily. Liang Zhen was unmoved, and only told him: "Move faster."
Helping Zhu Yunxuan wipe his body clean, Liang Zhen's fingers slowly lifted his long hair and twirled around, calling him softly: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Yunxuan closed her eyes and refused to open them. After a long time, she asked in a hoarse voice: "... What exactly do you want?"
Liang Zhen didn't say a word, now that the alcohol had receded, he felt a little regretful: "Is Your Majesty unhappy? Wasn't Your Majesty quite happy before? Are those foreign beauties? How can Your Majesty keep his eyes on it?"
Zhu Yunxuan's heart was cold, Liang Zhen was always like this, he was even more moody than the emperor, what could he say? Said that he just took a second look at the flowers tattooed on those girls' bodies because they thought they were beautiful? Will Liang Zhen believe it? And it doesn't matter whether he believes it or not, no matter what he is thinking or what he wants to do, he can only endure it.
Seeing that Zhu Yunxuan didn't answer, the fire in Liang Zhen's heart that had been burning all night instantly flared up again, and his fingers lightly stroked his smooth back. After a long while, the corners of his lips suddenly curled up, and he smiled strangely.
Gao An was called in again, Liang Zhen finished ordering what he wanted, not only Gao An turned pale with fright, but Zhu Yunxuan's eyes were so red that he could bleed, staring at him fiercely, Liang Zhen didn't care, and rushed to Gao An He raised his chin: "Are you going to do it soon?"
Gao An knelt down, gritted his teeth and said, "Your servant can't."
Liang Zhen snorted lightly, bullied Zhu Yunxuan again, and asked him: "Your Majesty, your people are disobedient, what should we do?"
The water in Zhu Yunxuan's eyes was trembling: "...why do you insist on humiliating me?"
"How can this be humiliation? Don't His Majesty think the tattoos on those girls' bodies are beautiful?"
"I am the emperor!"
Liang Zhen patted his waist lightly, and coaxed him very patiently: "Stay in this position, others won't see it."
"Don't even think about it! You..."
"If Your Majesty is not willing, I will take people to surround Yan Ge's mansion and say that he has liaison with other countries..."
"What the hell are you trying to do?!"
Liang Zhen answered him casually: "I heard people say that Mr. Yan Ge had a close relationship with those foreign people, and he took a lot of benefits from them in private, tsk."
"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhu Yunxuan didn't believe Liang Zhen's words, and he could trust Yan Shixue's character, but if Liang Zhen really went crazy and just fabricated a crime for someone and punished him, he couldn't stop him. He, the emperor, was aggrieved, and there were only a few loyal people around him, Liang Zhen did it on purpose!
Gao An refused to go, so Liang Zhen called other people to fetch the things. There was an old eunuch who was proficient in tattooing in the palace. Liang Zhen only asked people to fetch the tools, and he was already hoarse from crying Zhu Yunxuan whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, why should you be so resistant, don't you like the leopard on your shoulder?"
On Liang Zhen's right shoulder was stabbed a black leopard with its fangs and claws, every time Zhu Yunxuan was in love, he would put his head there and weep softly, Liang Zhen took it for him that he liked it.
"Don't be afraid, the minister knows this, it doesn't hurt."
Zhu Yunxuan just cried, unable to utter a single word and didn't want to say it. Liang Zhen bent down and pressed a light kiss on the side of his waist, and slowly stabbed it with the silver needle in his hand.