I'm so hard

Chapter 14 Your Majesty is Missing Spring

The next day, it was bright.

Zhao Yan slowly got up from the dragon bed. When he saw himself in the copper mirror, he wished he could find a crack in the wall and slip in.

His handsome face was completely swollen, the bruise on the bridge of the nose was particularly obvious, and there were a few minor abrasions on his cheeks.

Without three or five days, it will not get better at all.

At this time, the eunuch Xizi came to Zhao Yan with several peeled boiled eggs, and rolled the eggs on Zhao Yan's face to help reduce the swelling.

Xizi still doesn't know how Zhao Yan became like this when he left the palace, but he dare not ask.

After all, there are some things that are better not known.

Zhao Yan looked at his face in the mirror and asked, "Xizi, if I say that the injury on my face was caused by a fall, would you believe it?"

Xizi hesitated for a moment, then said shrewdly: "Of course the slaves believe it, but the gentlemen in the court probably don't believe it."

Zhao Yan rolled his eyes at him and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

If it is said that the injury on the face was caused by a fall, let alone an adult, even a sensible child would not believe it.

If you don't fall seventy or eighty times, you can't fall so well, and only when you fall at an extremely tricky angle can you scratch the sides of your cheeks.

At this moment, the eunuch outside the gate came to report that Xiao Jingye and Cai You, Minister of Rites, were already at the gate of the Chui Gong Hall, and they had something important to report.

Zhao Yan touched the bridge of his bruised nose, looked at the bronze mirror again, and said with a narcissistic expression: "I'm still handsome!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yan tied a pale gold long scarf on his face, exposing only two eyes, and rushed to the Chuigong Hall.

As a face value control, Zhao Yan will never let others see his ugly side, and as an emperor, no one dares to untie his long scarf.

As for why he wears a long scarf, Zhao Yan has countless explanations, such as: I like it, I am happy, you care about me, I need you to care about me!

Being an emperor should be so capricious.

In the vertical arch hall.

"My minister, Shen..." Xiao Jingye and Cai You were about to bow to Zhao Yan, when they suddenly saw the emperor covering most of his face, they couldn't help but be taken aback.

Xiao Jingye looked puzzled, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, why are you covering your face?"

"Well...well... I feel a little cold, and I'm afraid of infecting others." Zhao Yan thought for a while, and still gave a more plausible excuse.

"Xizi, Your Majesty's wind and cold entered the body, how did you take care of it, why didn't you invite the imperial physician?" Xiao Jingye stared at Xizi who was at the side.

Xizi panicked immediately, and said, "Master Xiang, slave... slave... I..."

Zhao Yan took the words and said: "It's nothing to do with Xizi, it's because I didn't let him ask the imperial doctor. I'm fine, just rest for two days and I'll be fine."

"Your Majesty, your dragon body is very important. I suggest that you should let the imperial doctor come to check your pulse immediately!" Xiao Jingye said.

In ancient times, a small illness could kill a person, so Xiao Jingye was very cautious.

"No, I don't need it if I say I don't need it. If I want to call the imperial doctor, I will call it myself. What do you have to report?" Zhao Yan said in a slightly serious tone. Once the imperial doctor is called, the matter of going out of the palace to fight leaked.

Zhao Yan couldn't afford to lose this person.

Xiao Jingye was puzzled, and was about to ask about his condition again, but Cai You pulled the hem of his clothes and shook his head at him.

Xiao Jingye looked confused, always felt that something was wrong, but immediately stopped asking.

Cai You, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, in this year's Great Court Meeting, in addition to Vientiane, Xilimu, Heihan, Goryeo, and Liuhai, the Five Kingdoms will come to pay tribute, and Northern Mongolia will also send envoys to pay tribute. How should we entertain the envoys from Northern Mongolia?"

The so-called Dachaohui means that a banquet will be held on the first day of the Lunar New Year, during the Great Zhou Dynasty. One is to promote the prestige of the country, and the other is to give blood to all civil and military officials, so that everyone can serve the country well in the new year.

Every year, the surrounding countries of Dazhou will come to pay tribute.This is not because Da Zhou is popular or powerful, but because he is profitable.

The tributes from various countries brought local specialties to Da Zhou, which were not worth much at all.

However, in return from Da Zhou, apart from huge amounts of gold and silver treasures, there were also valuables such as tea, silk, and porcelain.

Every year at the Great Court Meeting, the Great Zhou gave millions of taels of gifts to all countries in return.

It can be said that when the surrounding countries come to worship, they are attacking local tyrants in disguise.

Of course, Da Zhou is not a fool. The reason why he throws money out is to use money to buy peace, hoping that in the coming year, all countries can coexist peacefully and not cause war.

But this way of using money to maintain dignity will only make people look down on it. Every year, neighboring countries rob Dazhou's borders, but Dazhou is too tolerant, and a few words of verbal condemnation will pass.

But now, Zhao Yan became the emperor, so naturally he couldn't go on like this anymore.

"Cough cough..."

Zhao Yan coughed dryly and said: "I have said that since I ascended the throne, there will be no marriage, no compensation, no land, and no new year's coins. This year's Great Court Meeting, countries will come, we only care about the lunch of the day, other things, eat Take care of yourself. As for the return gift, I don’t need to please anyone in Dazhou. Cai Shangshu, you can figure it out. The budget of each country does not exceed 20 taels. As for Beimeng, they come whenever they come. We can still manage lunch."

"Ah?" Cai You was a little dumbfounded, the foreign envoys came to court, and they only had lunch, and they still wouldn't make those envoys mad!

Zhao Yan straightened his chest, and said, "What? You think it's wrong, we've all driven Beimeng away, and we're still afraid of those small countries?"

Cai You rolled her eyes, and said excitedly: "Sure, I think it's very appropriate. In the past, I have been careful to serve those envoys. This year, I can finally stand up!"

In the past few years, he has also been very aggrieved. Now that he has changed to a tough emperor, he is very happy.

Xiao Jingye on the side also felt that there was no problem. Since the victory at the mouth of the Yellow River, his confidence had increased greatly, and it was time for Da Zhou to be tough.

"If there is nothing else, the two of you should step back, I'm going to rest!" Zhao Yan pretended to cough twice and said.

Immediately, Xiao Jingye and Cai You withdrew.

in the hallway.

Xiao Jingye walked side by side with Cai You, and asked suspiciously: "Lord Cai, why did you stop me just now? Your Majesty is sick, so naturally he must ask the imperial physician to treat him!"

Cai You smiled slightly and said: "Master Xiang doesn't know, the situation just now of His Majesty doesn't seem to be caused by wind and cold at all. I observed two small bubbles on his forehead. If I expected it, His Majesty got Huaichun." Pox, how can such an embarrassing thing be publicized?"

The ancients didn't know what acne was, and because it was usually obtained by unmarried older men, it was named Huai acne.Under normal circumstances, wheezing on the face means that the anger is strong, and only marriage can solve it.

Xiao Jingye was suddenly stunned, and exclaimed: It turns out that His Majesty is Sichun, and at this age, it is normal!
"Lord Cai, this old man is one step ahead. The emperor's marriage must be put on the agenda. It's not good to hold back!" Xiao Jingye looked excited, and walked quickly towards Empress Dowager Zhang's Ciyuan Hall.

(End of this chapter)