The fact that the emperor rewarded Chu Shangshu and transferred Chu Ze to the imperial court kept many ministers awake, and they guessed the meaning of the emperor's move all night with the disciples. On the surface, Chu Xiang saved the emperor, and it is normal for the emperor to reward the Chu family, which makes perfect sense, but because there is a regent who has been restraining the emperor, the officials have to think more about whether his move has a deeper meaning up.
Including Chu Shangshu and Chu Ze also discussed in the study for a long time. Chu Shangshu has always been a staunch neutral party to protect the safety of his son and daughter.
But Chu Ze was young and full of energy, and had nowhere to show his ambitions. This time he was appointed as the imperial commander and became a close minister of the emperor, which instantly ignited the fire in his heart.
He looked at Chu Shangshu earnestly and persuaded: "Father, sooner or later the battle between the emperor and the regent will come to the point of life and death. As a second-rank official, you can't hide. Our family wants to be wise and safe, but the emperor and the regent are both Won't let us avoid it.
Besides, the younger sister is still in the palace, she is the imperial concubine, and then the empress. If someone else takes the throne, she will be inferior to others, and she does not have the support of a strong natal family. With her kind character, how can she be safe? Father, even if you want to protect your sister, you still have to choose the emperor. "
Chu Shang's expression was serious, and he didn't speak for a long time.
They didn't know that Chu Xiang was going to fake death and leave the palace. Thinking of the status of the imperial concubine of Chu Xiang, they should really fight for it. This time Chu Xiang has made such a great contribution and won such a great favor from the emperor. If her family drags her back, they will be too sorry for her.
Seeing that Chu Shangshu's attitude was loose, Chu Ze lowered his voice and said, "The regent is narrow-minded, nepotism, and great success. He is not on the right path. If he gains power one day, how many talents will be suppressed? And how many traitors will appear? At that time, the government will be chaotic, the people will suffer, and the world will perish!"
The word "death" is deafening. Who has never dreamed of serving the country? The same is true for Chu Shangshu, but the regent king is powerful and the emperor has not shown too much strength, so he will protect himself wisely to protect the entire family.
Although it is said that he has been pushed into the game step by step and is about to confront the regent king, isn't this an opportunity? Good men should be loyal to the emperor, patriotic, and serve the country. Whenever the emperor shows them a little hope, they are willing to devote themselves to it. What's more, Chu Xiang is still the imperial concubine, no matter whether it is for the country or the family, they can no longer be neutral!
The father and son decided to assist the emperor, and the first thing they discussed was to test the depth of the emperor. If the emperor is incompetent, they have no ambitions and nowhere to display them. Then there are the concealment of the power in the family, how Chu Ze will act after becoming the imperial commander, and how Chu Shangshu will regain the power that has been emptied, and so on.
The two talked at night while holding candles, and the study was lit up all night.
If you want to say that the ones who had the best rest this night were Chu Xiang and Xiao Yuanzhao. Both of them had their own plans, their arrangements and plans went well, and they had nothing to worry about, so they naturally slept peacefully.
On the second day, Chu Ze made a handover in the Jingwei Camp, and entered the palace to take over the post of Imperial Commander, guarding Xiao Yuanzhao's safety by his side.
Chu Shangshu now has very little power in his hands, and the regent ordered all the ministers not to enter the palace to disturb the emperor's recovery, so he has no chance to see the emperor to test the emperor's thoughts. So the matter of testing fell on Chu Ze, who spent the whole day thinking about how to test the depth of the emperor naturally.
Unexpectedly, before he took action, Xiao Yuanzhao gave him a surprise first.
After Xiao Yuanzhao finished reviewing the memorial, he took Chu Ze directly to the Taihe Palace and let his brother and sister talk. Although outsiders are not allowed to walk around in the harem, the identity of the commander of the imperial guards is different, and with Xiao Yuanzhao accompanying him, no one can say that there is nothing wrong with it.
The little eunuch went to the Taihe Palace to report the letter first, and gave Chu Xiang time to change clothes and prepare. Chu Xiang was surprised, the emperor treated her so preferentially, if she didn't see love in the emperor's eyes, she would think that the emperor was tempted by her.
Thinking of the scene when the emperor summoned the dark guards at night, she sneered, she probably used their Chu family as a cover. Put on a dazed look, doting on her because of one thing, and attaching importance to her family. Outsiders only see the surface, so they will inevitably relax their vigilance. Didn't she also think about whether the emperor is stupid before
Before the emperor overthrew the regent, it was the most correct thing to do, but from Chu Xiang's point of view, the regent failed in the assassination, and he hated her. Now her family has been reused by the emperor and has become a vested interest Well, the regent hasn't pulled them out like a thorn in his side or a thorn in his flesh
Let their family attract firepower, the emperor has a good idea! She insisted on finding a way to make him dislike her, so she couldn't go down this road.
Chu Xiang made up his mind, of course, he was rushing to do whatever he could to make the emperor displeased. Normal concubines have to dress up carefully when they see the emperor, at least they have to be neatly dressed in palace attire, and their hair, hair, and makeup should also be more formal. Chu Xiang was more casual, she didn't even change her clothes, and only asked Qingzhu to tie her hair into a loose bun.
While braiding her hair, Qingzhu whispered her worries, "Your Majesty, the emperor has allowed the young master to come to see you, because he values you. Your Majesty, why don't you put on a new palace dress, and this servant will tidy up for you again. The bun, the emperor will like it when he sees it, and it will appear that the empress values the emperor."
Chu Xiang lazily leaned back in the chair, fiddling with rouge, and vetoed it casually, "No need, I'm hurt. The tossing and tossing back and forth is too tiring, and the wound hurts again. On the contrary, it is not in line with the original intention of the emperor. The emperor misses me, If you care about me, you also want me to recover from my injuries, so you should follow the emperor's wishes and do whatever you want to feel comfortable."
Qingzhu and the palace servants who were waiting on the left and right were startled, so it was like this? Think about it carefully, it seems right. Since the emperor cares so much about his master, he is naturally not willing to let his master go back and forth. Comfort is the most important thing.
It's just that although they accepted this statement, they still felt weird. Who in the palace would know if they should dress more formally when they are going to meet the emperor? Their master is like this, as if he is relaxing in the room when he is free, is it okay to see the emperor like this
No matter what they think in their hearts, no one can change what Chu Xiang has decided. In the end, according to her idea, she only tied up a simple bun and inserted a hosta, which matched her light green dress very well, and she wore small jade drop-shaped earrings, which were also very beautiful.
The palace people couldn't tell what was different about the master, but they just felt that the master was more beautiful than before and became more attractive.
Chu Xiang leaned on the imperial concubine's couch, holding a book of stories to read, the sunlight from outside the window shone in, as if she was emitting a soft halo all over her body, making her look weak and flamboyant, but gentle and graceful, just looking at her, I feel that the years are quiet.
Xiao Yuanzhao still didn't ask anyone to inform him, and he saw Chu Xiang like this when he entered the door. His first reaction was surprise, because no one had ever seen him in such a dress, it was too casual, and he had a feeling of not taking him seriously.
But he didn't feel uncomfortable in his heart. He probably already knew that Chu Xiang had no intention of being interested in him, and he was really indifferent. Seeing Chu Xiang like this, he felt that it was in line with what she thought in his heart, and he didn't pretend too much in front of him.
No one likes people who put on airs and lie in front of them, so seeing Chu Xiang's side today, he has a little more affection for Chu Xiang.
Without waiting for Chu Xiang to raise his head, he walked over with a smile, "Aifei's complexion is much better, how do you feel today?"
Chu Xiang seemed obsessed with reading, so he raised his head in surprise when he heard his voice, "The emperor is here?"
She stood up and frowned slightly, and said in displeasure, "Why didn't these people report back? The concubine didn't go out to meet the emperor." Then she looked at Xiao Yuanzhao anxiously and nervously, and said in a low voice, "Your majesty, my concubine Sorry for being rude, just now I was fascinated by the script, I forgot that the emperor is coming, I beg the emperor to forgive me."
She seemed to be caught off guard and exposed a bit of her nature, and then she was afraid that the emperor would not like it, so she hurriedly changed back to her usual weak appearance in front of the emperor, and her explanation when she was nervous also seemed to have a low IQ, so she just said that she forgot that the emperor came. How big a heart must be and how little attention should be paid to the emperor to be able to do this? The emperor should be angry, right
Stepping on the bottom line of the emperor's anger, no big and small things can be saved without being punished, let the emperor bother her, perfect.
Xiao Yuanzhao had already held her hand, so when he saw her reaction, he also heard her inner voice, and he was speechless. Why doesn't he know that his imperial concubine has so many thoughts? Wasn't it all right at dinner last night? Why did you deliberately annoy him today
Chu Xiang's strange idea suddenly popped up in his mind, saying that he had too many women, forget it.
At that time, he wondered if "forget it" meant that he didn't want to sleep with him? Today, I found out that Chu Xiang wanted to make him disgusted, and immediately confirmed his guess.
This woman, it's fine if she doesn't compete for favor. He thinks it's very good because of her personality, but she doesn't even want to go to bed, as if she dislikes him for being dirty. What is going on in this little head? ! Besides, he has never touched a woman, where is it dirty
Xiao Yuanzhao was pissed off by what he thought, why was he abducted by Chu Xiang? What are you thinking out of nowhere? !
Xiao Yuanzhao's strength in holding Chu Xiang's hands became slightly heavier. Just when Chu Xiang thought he was about to get angry, Xiao Yuanzhao raised his hand and stroked her cheek gently, and said with a gentle smile, "How can I be willing to blame my concubine for such a trivial matter?" ? Aifei was injured because of me, and I love Aifei before it's too late."
Chu Xiang got goosebumps from his nasty look, and when she couldn't make a plan, she thought of another plan in an instant.
"Ah-choo—" she simply sneezed heavily in front of him!
Xiao Yuanzhao's expression froze slightly. She and Chu Xiang were very close. Although she didn't see any unclean things sprayed on her body, she still felt uncomfortable in an instant and wanted to take a bath...
Chu Xiang took out a handkerchief to wipe it for him in trepidation, his voice trembled, "Your Majesty, my concubine, my concubine didn't do it on purpose, my majesty, my majesty, forgive me."
[Should I be angry now? It's best not to come any more.]
Hearing her voice, Xiao Yuanzhao gritted his molars. He didn't let himself take half a step back. Instead, he hugged Chu Xiang and said with concern: "It's nothing, my concubine, don't worry. Is my concubine caught a cold? Liang Zhong, Imperial Physician Xuan is here!"
Then he frowned and glanced at the surrounding palace people, and said coldly: "How do you serve the imperial concubine? You can't do this well, and I don't think you need to serve here anymore!"
Xiao Yuanzhao glanced at Chu Xiang unobtrusively, seeing Chu Xiang froze for a moment, he finally felt a little better. Putting on airs, replacing your people, small punishments and big punishments.
Chu Xiang blinked, [I was looking for an excuse to change the palace, I really dozed off and gave me a pillow!]
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