254, I Am a Good Emperor (End) (1/2)

Miss Fan ran all the way back to Fan's house, covering both sides of her face with her hands to prevent passers-by from seeing the tears on her face.

When she entered the courtyard, she ignored the surprised and worried inquiries from the maids and went straight into the house. With trembling hands, she picked up the bronze mirror.

In the bronze mirror, her face has long lost the beauty of her youth. Because of the wasted years in her husband's family and the recent worry about being betrayed by the principal wife, Miss Fan has not slept well for more than a month. At this moment, Two large black eye bags, coupled with the fine lines at the corners of the eyes, cannot be covered even by unclear bronze mirrors.

However, the Zhao Shuqing we saw just now was still as tall as a weak crown, with a long body and a majestic appearance. The years had left no trace on his body.

No wonder he called her aunt.

If once, she did not break off the engagement because of being smart, but smoothly married into the Zhao family, then now, she is Mrs. Shangshu, the wife of such a handsome man.

But where did the past come from? Now she is just a concubine who lost her husband.

--Snapped!

The bronze mirror fell to the ground and made a muffled cracking sound. Miss Fan knelt on the ground weakly and burst into tears.

I don't know whether I regret my past love and vanity, or whether I should regret seducing her dead husband in order to enter the palace.

****

The news of Miss Fan's return did not make waves in Beijing. Even Zhao Shuqing, who had met her once, did not know that the suspected aunt was his former fiancée.

After she was silently arranged by Mrs. Fan to marry a scholar who had repeatedly failed the exam, there was no news about her in Beijing.

The imperial court soon fell into more busyness, and even the people in the capital were extremely happy all day long.

Although most of it was because the department store had put up a banner: [His Majesty is getting married, all products are 20% off], but no matter what, the atmosphere in Beijing is good.

Today's wedding between His Majesty and Miss Zhao will be held as scheduled.

This engagement, made when the woman was ten years old, was as grand as most people had imagined.

On that day, Zhao Shujiu was put on a red hijab. Her mother stood aside and warned her in a tearful voice, telling her not to be afraid.

Zhao Shujiu thought that she was not afraid. Although she and His Majesty were very different in age, they had always gotten along well. They had the same interests and both loved flowers. They had been together for so many years. How could she be afraid?

She put on her wedding dress, got on the sedan, and was carried all the way to the palace.

After sitting in the room, the hijab was lifted up little by little, Zhao Shujiu raised his eyes slightly, and the handsome face of the man in front of him also smiled after seeing her movements.

"Jiu'er, from now on, I will be your husband."

***

Zhao Shuqing felt very sad for a while after marrying his sister. He didn't know whether it was because he missed his sister, or he was a little sad that in the future the undisciplined emperor would no longer come to their house and lead Jiu'er around.

He was on vacation that day. He originally brought a book, thinking of sitting on the swing and reading the book that he hadn't had time to pick up for more than a month. But as soon as he picked it up, his mind was disturbed. , I can’t see it at all.

I don't know if Jiu'er gets along well with the emperor in the palace.

He sighed, finally put down the book in his hand, and went to water his flowers.

While watering, my head was suddenly patted.

Zhao Shuqing frowned and turned around, facing the handsome emperor with eyes full of smiles.

"Shu Qing, I and Jiu'er have just gotten married. We plan to go to Jiangnan for a tour. I will leave the court to you and your father-in-law."

***

His Majesty went to Jiangnan for inspection and handed over all the affairs of the court to himself. This should be the most worthy of showing off and proud of Prime Minister Zhao, who has become a grandfather.

If not for His Majesty's trust, would he have received such honor?

What's more, now that His Majesty is getting married, there is only Jiu'er in the palace. Although as a courtier, he has the obligation to advise His Majesty to open up the harem and have more children, Jiu'er is his own daughter, and he has doted on her since she was a child. The big one, secondly, is that His Majesty has become more and more sophisticated in the past six years. If any minister dares to dissuade him, he can really do something to give up the throne.

Although everyone does not believe that His Majesty can really give up the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, if word spreads, wouldn't it mean that they are forcing His Majesty to abdicate?

Under such a situation, the DPRK and the Central Government basically have whatever His Majesty says.

Normally, Prime Minister Zhao would still be worried about whether this situation would cause some bad consequences, but with their Majesty, he didn't have to worry at all. His Majesty has a somewhat lazy temperament, and unless they made him unhappy, he wouldn't do it. Will interfere with North Korea and China.

In the past, Prime Minister Zhao's idea of ​​a wise king was either one that was diligent and self-denial, or someone who was loyal to his relatives and disobedient to his ministers. But now, he actually thinks that His Majesty is quite good like this.

At least, the Liu Kingdom is getting richer and stronger day by day.

After waiting to show off to a few old friends, Prime Minister Zhao happily returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion with his hands behind his back. His eldest son had just returned to Beijing some time ago, and he also brought back his three-year-old grandson. Prime Minister Zhao is now But he loves his grandson very much and is not strict with his sons at all.

He was so happy every day that he made his family happy. The only one who was unhappy was Zhao Shuqing.

The old man was not satisfied with his grandson. While holding his grandson and teasing him, he turned his attention to Zhao Shuqing, an "elderly young man" who was not yet married. He sighed when he saw the sky. If Zhao Shuqing hadn't stopped him, he might have taken him with him. Mrs. Zhao selected a noble girl for him, and they got engaged, married and had children in one step.

It is precisely because Zhao Shuqing has always insisted on not accepting a blind marriage that he has been reduced from a "treasure son" to a "disobedient son" in the eyes of his father.

Both sides are very troubled by this.

***

The reason why Zhao Shuqing doesn't want to get married is simple, because he always feels that he is a modern person and is different from these ancient people.

What's more, he is only in his twenties. In modern times, he is not married yet at the age of thirty, so there is no need to worry in his twenties.

The most important thing is that Zhao Shuqing has always had some resentment in his heart. Most of the noble girls in the capital get married when they are sixteen, seventy or eight years old, and there are few who are over 20 who are not yet married. His parents will not allow him to marry a mature man. Dear woman.

Zhao Shuqing lived in his early thirties in modern times and lived for more than twenty years in ancient times. Together, in his mind, he was already in his fifties.

Although on the outside he respects the old and loves the young, deep down, Zhao Shuqing feels that he is the oldest one. Didn't he see that his own father has become a grandfather in his fifties?

Even if others didn't know, Zhao Shuqing would feel uncomfortable if he was old enough to be someone's grandfather and then married someone else's teenage girl.

He didn't want to get married, and Prime Minister Zhao was anxious at first. Later, Mrs. Zhao asked her husband to analyze it, and finally came to the conclusion that "it was the Miss Fan family who brought a shadow to her son." The two of them were angry and aggrieved. But she didn't dare to show it to her son, so she could only coax her carefully and never mention anything about getting married again.

So it went, until when Zhao Shuqing was thirty years old in ancient times, he suddenly announced that he would resign and retire to the mountains.

The point is, even though he is resigning, he is still not married.

Zhao Shuqing, who was sixty years old in two lifetimes, had a sudden enlightenment.

He is an unmarried person.

***

The news that Zhao Shuqing, who had enriched the Liu State's treasury, was resigning was too shocking.

I was so shocked that I went on a trip outside the customs this year. No, the emperors and empresses who went to inspect the Huns who had been defeated hurried back.

The two took turns persuading, but they could not persuade Zhao Shuqing, who was determined to be a sixty-year-old hermit. In the end, they had to let him go.

The mountain forest that Zhao Shuqing chose was not far from the capital, nor was it close, but it was just the right distance. The first thing he did when he arrived at his destination was to plant mosquito-repelling trees nearby.

After that, I started building a modern equipment house that I had been thinking about for several years.

Zhao Shuqing's job as minister for more than ten years was not in vain. He prepared a small box with just the drawings. In addition, although he resigned, he was not short of money. The craftsmen worked hard and spent a whole It took half a year to build Zhao Shuqing's dream house.

He was very satisfied and moved in.

From then on, he was a sixty-year-old hermit.

The emperor, who was visiting with the queen and the young prince, curiously leaned on the so-called bar and asked Zhao Shuqing, who was bartending, "You don't want to be a prince anymore?"

Zhao Shuqing raised his head silently and looked at Wei Mingyan calmly, "Your Majesty, since the establishment of our dynasty, there has never been a king with a different surname."

The emperor who was holding the little prince laughed loudly, "When did you know this? I plan to trick you for a while longer."

Huh, do you think that he has been serving as minister for all these years in vain?

After the emperor took the queen with one hand and the prince with the other and left, Zhao Shuqing reacted belatedly.

It seems that he has never told that inconspicuous emperor that he wants to be a prince, right?

Could it be that I didn’t remember what I said?

Just as he was thinking about it, the prepared wine was ready. The former minister, who still looked young and handsome, raised his glass and took a sip. It tasted mellow and excellent.

After finishing the glass, Zhao Shuqing went to mix other drinks with great interest.

He thought that in such a fresh and natural environment, completely free of smog and radiation, he might be able to live to be two hundred years old or something.

***

In modern times, if a person does not get married, he will always be bombarded. No matter you are a man or a woman, not getting married is a serious crime of life and death. Even if your parents forgive you, your neighbors will not forgive you.

But in ancient times, Zhao Shuqing's unmarried life was quite smooth.

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that although he hid himself in the ravine, he still had some new inventions that benefited the country and the people from time to time.

It seemed that everyone agreed that Zhao Shuqing did not get married for the sake of the country and the country. No one laughed at him, but was filled with admiration and praise.

Mrs. Zhao was still worried that her son would not have a good successor. His eldest brother and younger brother were both willing to adopt their son to Zhao Shuqing, but Zhao Shuqing rejected them both.

He is too old to bear the troubles of his children.

Anyway, based on current contributions, modern society is not worried about having no one to support the elderly. As a former minister who has made great contributions to the country, even if he became a hermit, there are still no less than thirty protectors hidden around him. It is not an exaggeration. He said that even if he ate an orange, it would have been washed at least ten times before being served by the servants.

Unlike his otaku uncle who squatted in the mountains and nourished a mountain of flowers, Wei Mingyan was an emperor who liked to run around. It just so happened that the queen he married also liked the mountains and rivers outside.

Wei Mingyan succeeded to the throne at the age of ten and lived to be over ninety years old. During these ninety years, less than half of them were spent in the imperial city. The rest of them were spent traveling around with his queen.

In theory, their behavior was a waste of money and labor, but this emperor was different from those coquettish women outside. When he went out of Kyoto, he used his own private treasury for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and never used the money in the national treasury. What else could others say?

The whole world knew that the one sitting on the dragon throne had the most money. The glass recipe, department store, and pigeon station were the ones that made a lot of money. The most important thing was the merchant ships sent out by Wei Mingyan after the lifting of the maritime ban.

After the lifting of the maritime ban, merchants or officials who knew that there were lucrative profits in it could not wait to send out a lot of merchant ships, but they were thinking about the goods of foreign countries, while Wei Mingyan was targeting ships.

Over the years, the largest ship in Liu State belonged to this emperor.

Although his money was not as much as in the national treasury, it was not much different. Anyway, it was enough for him to happily play with the queen for so many years, and he could also leave a prosperous and rich national treasury for the prince.

Of course, many inside stories were gradually revealed in later generations when people found Zhao Shuqing's diary.

For example, the second richest person in the whole Liu Kingdom was Zhao Shuqing, who resigned from his official position at the age of 30 and returned to the mountains and forests, and became a hermit for his whole life.

Who let these ideas come from him to the emperor?

***

Wei Qin was born as a prince.

When Zhao Shujiu found out that she was pregnant, they were on their way back to Beijing. Because of this child, the emperor and empress stayed in Kyoto for several years. It was not until Wei Qin grew up that their activities began to move around Kyoto.

She was well raised since she was a child, and she never had any worries after entering the palace. There were also imperial doctors who looked after her from time to time. The days of pregnancy were not difficult. Instead, she gave birth to this child who was named the prince as soon as she was born smoothly.

Wei Mingyan named him Wei Qin, saying jokingly that his father loved to play and make trouble and didn't like to work hard, and hoped that this child would be more diligent in the future and become a diligent emperor.

Wei Qin's childhood memory is from the Lantern Festival, where people holding lanterns and smiling faces were everywhere. He sat on his father's neck, waving his chubby hands to reach the lanterns on the stalls, and his mother bought them. After returning to the palace, he even asked the eunuch to bring the lanterns to the bedside before he would close his eyes.

He is indeed very diligent. Unlike his father who seems to be lazy by nature, Wei Qin likes to read books and handle government affairs. When he was young, Wei Mingyan would hold him and read memorials together, teaching him how to do it.

Wei Qin was somewhat shocked by his father's skillful review of memorials. He raised his slightly round face and said in a childish voice, "Father, why don't you usually do these things?"

"Father doesn't do them because someone else has done them for him."

Although he was over 30 years old, he smiled at the still young emperor and rubbed the little prince's head, "If father had shown that he could do it earlier, how could they be willing to do it for him all the time?"

The little prince Wei Qin, who was still ignorant, didn't quite understand, but he still learned obediently. Unlike his father who only wanted to play around, he wanted to manage the government well.

When Wei Qin was eight years old, he was brought to the court as a prince to handle government affairs on behalf of his father.

He was not afraid of handling these things, but he was a little nervous. Fortunately, his mother comforted him for a long time, and his father took him to the court personally by holding his hand. Wei Qin seemed to be emboldened and was not so afraid anymore.

Afterwards, the father asked him if he wanted to go out with them, or stay as the crown prince to supervise the country. Wei Qin chose to supervise the country, he wanted to do better.

After the father and the queen mother left, Wei Qin was not afraid, but handled the political affairs skillfully. He did not push himself too hard, learning from the father, and rested when he felt tired. After all, he was the crown prince, and no one dared to force him to do anything.

The year of his coming of age, Wei Qin was no longer the crown prince.

The father directly passed the throne to him, and he became the emperor, and continued to travel with the queen mother.

Wei Qin was of course happy to be the emperor, but at the same time he was a little melancholy in his heart. When he read the history books, the emperors of all dynasties were unwilling to abdicate voluntarily. Even if there was a crown prince, they would never give up power so easily.

But on second thought, the father was so lazy that he might have planned to give him the throne when he came of age.

Thinking about it this way, the excitement of becoming the master of the world seemed to fade.

He should try to be a good emperor.

***

The emperor and the queen mother died in the same year.

Before they left, they specially called Zhao Shuqing.

He is really an old man now, but because he has been insisting on keeping healthy, he is in a good mood every day. Even at such an old age, he is still a beautiful grandfather.

The beautiful grandfather Zhao Shuqing held his sister's hand and shed tears for the first time in so many years.

Zhao Shujiu was still comforting him, saying that he was so old, it was a happy funeral.

Zhao Shuqing didn't listen, and still shed tears silently like a child.

While crying, a hand forced into the hands of Zhao Shuqing and Zhao Shujiu.

Wei Mingyan laughed, "I feel like I'm going to die, please shed some tears for me."

Zhao Shuqing silently wiped away his tears and suddenly uttered, "I remember."

"At the beginning, you cheated me of a lot of flowers."

As he got older, his memory was getting better and better.

The former His Majesty and now the Supreme Emperor are still very shameless, "What I am most proud of is that I deceived the most beautiful flower."

Zhao Shuqing immediately began to search in his brain. The potted flower he had raised was the most beautiful but was deceived by the person in front of him.

As soon as I had this idea, I saw the Supreme Emperor throwing away his hand, holding hands with Zhao Shujiu alone, smiling proudly at him, "Jiu'er, the most beautiful flower, has stayed with me all my life."

Zhao Shuqing: ...No matter how many years pass, human nature will never change.

That night, the Emperor, who had a short reign but lived a long life, closed his eyes with the Queen Mother.

***

n years later, modern

[Who is most like a time traveler in ancient times?]

Floor 1: I knew what you were going to say before I clicked on this post. Okay, I’ll say it for you, Zhao Shuqing!

2nd Floor: Can you leave some suspense upstairs? I haven’t guessed yet at the bottom.

Floor 3: Zhao Shuqing! Zhao Shuqing!

4th floor: Stop talking nonsense on the 2nd floor. There is no need for suspense. Even elementary school students know it is Zhao Shuqing.

Floor 5: Well, Zhao Shuqing, with his own power, persuaded the emperor to lift the maritime ban, built big ships, bought glass formula, and opened a department store. He cheated all the way, who else could he be if he wasn't it?

Floor 6: To be honest, I think Fan Yuancai is quite similar. If you look at the history books, he was clearly a playboy before he was a teenager. He couldn't bear hardships and could not bear any crime. He just went out to play in the streets every day, but in the end he was imprisoned by the emperor. After staying in the enemy's house for such a short period of time, he suddenly changed his temperament. He was able to endure hardships and endure hardships, and he even fought his way to the position of general. When he was fighting against the Huns, wasn't he the one who cut off the head of the Xiongnu Khan? Great achievement?

7th Floor: I vote for Fan Yuancai. Zhao Shuqing is the smooth sailing type, but Fan Yuancai is the counterattack hero. No matter how you look at it, it’s him.

Floor 8: Why are you talking about the one who is not married? Why don't you talk about Lang Su? Isn't he cheating all the time?

9th Floor: I see that all the people upstairs except the 8th floor are single people, just staring at people who have never been married.

Floor 10: Why don’t you talk about Wei Mingyan? He was only with the queen for the rest of his life, and he abdicated when the prince just came of age. Throughout the ages, he is the only emperor who has done this.

11th Floor: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha why is Emperor Tianwu involved? Anyone can be a time traveler, but he is the least likely. Let’s not talk about it at all. Let’s just talk about laziness. If he really is a time traveler, why not? What a big fight, eh, put it this way, I think the Tianshun Emperor's military service is a bit similar. Didn't he just send a ship to defeat the Fanbang at that time? This guy who is expanding his territory is definitely the male lead of the channel!

Floor 123: No, I won’t talk to you anymore. It’s time to go to class. The teacher in this class is so strict!

The student put down his cell phone and walked into the classroom without noticing that the teacher standing on the podium was also looking at his cell phone.

He had a handsome appearance and wore a pair of glasses. He looked very elegant and a little cold. When he saw the post that speculated that Emperor Tianwu was a time traveler, he sneered softly and put down his phone.

That shameless ancient emperor is a time traveler?

Today’s children really dare to guess.

***

【Ding! The vacation world has been separated, please choose: 1, vacation, 2, continue the mission]

【Continue the mission】

As soon as Wei Mingyan opened his eyes, he faced the math problems written on the big blackboard.

There was a bald math teacher wearing a striped shirt holding a ruler and typing on the blackboard.

"This class of students! This is the worst class I have ever taught!"

"What are you looking at, Wei Mingyan, I'm talking about you! Did I move you to this position to make you look at me big and small? Why don't you hurry up and copy the questions!"

Wei Mingyan shrugged and lowered his head obediently to copy the questions.

Bad student?

He's good at it.

The author has something to say: [Your class is the worst class I have ever led! ! 】Since the third grade, I seem to get this sentence every time I have a new teacher. I always thought that the class I was in was really the worst. But when I grew up, I discovered that all the teachers would say this sentence when they met the new class. Words╮(╯▽╰)╭

The first ten little angels in this chapter will give out red envelopes. In the next chapter of the new world, a hundred random little angels will give out red envelopes. Good night everyone.