Tang Thirty-Six walked into the hall and yelled at Chen Changsheng, "What does that sentence mean?"
Chen Changsheng said, "It means exactly what it says."
Tang Thirty-Six froze and asked, "Why?"
Chen Changsheng said, "I suddenly thought that his way of thinking might be correct."
Tang Thirty-Six waved his hand and said, "In the past, we discussed this by the lake. Being young is correct!"
Chen Changsheng said seriously, "This sentence itself is not correct."
Tang Thirty-Six said angrily, "Are you saying that sentence of yours is correct?"
Chen Changsheng was quiet for a while, then said, "I was a little angry at the time."
Tang Thirty-Six said, "So you said those words out of anger?"
Chen Changsheng replied, "You can say that."
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Since they were words out of anger, they naturally don't count."
Chen Changsheng very seriously asked for guidance, "Why?"
Tang Thirty-Six said, "You and I are people. People's anger is a fart, and words spoken out of anger are farts. How can farts be taken seriously?"
Chen Changsheng said, "Farts have a smell, but air doesn't necessarily have a smell."
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Whether it has a smell or not, it definitely won't have the unpleasant smell of old people on their bodies."
Chen Changsheng remembered that Su Li had said something similar to him in the past.
"I have to think of a way to get those believers outside the Li Palace to rise up."
He stopped thinking about these problems and said to Tang Thirty-Six, "Do you have any good ideas?"
Tang Thirty-Six said unhappily, "You were the one who tied the bell, so why do I have to think?"
Chen Changsheng said, "I'm not good at these things."
Tang Thirty-Six looked around and asked, "Where's Xu You Rong?"
Chen Changsheng said, "She went to the Imperial Palace."
Tang Thirty-Six's expression changed slightly at these words.
Chen Changsheng asked, "What's wrong?"
"She just returned to the capital yesterday. Today, she first saw Prince Chen Liu and then Mo Yu, and now she's going to see His Majesty."
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Why did she see so many people? Don't you find it strange? "
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The Emperor of the Great Zhou was very young and very low-key. He was extremely inconspicuous, and was even often forgotten by the common people.
Up until now, his existence was like a fog to the people of the Zhou Dynasty. Not many people knew that his name was Chen Yuren.
At present, Shang Xingzhou very rarely expressed his opinions on the important matters of the state. He even spent the majority of his time not in the capital, but in the Monastery of Eternal Spring in Luoyang. Everyone knew that he was making preparations for his return to government. Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to resolve the problem of the Orthodoxy, but as long as that day had not yet arrived, he was still the most powerful person in the Great Zhou.
As for the important affairs of the Imperial Court, they were also controlled by the princes of the Chen clan, the Tianhai clan, and other nobles.
The only thing the young emperor did was to review the memorials sent into the palace by the various prefectures.
He also rarely summoned officials to the palace. Even Mo Yu, whom he had personally summoned back to Jingdou, had only entered the palace three times.
Many people thought that this was because His Majesty was cold and eccentric, unwilling to meet people.
Why? Because he was handicapped.
He could not speak, he could not see with one eye, he was missing an ear, he was lame in one leg, and he had a broken hand.
With such a heavy handicap, it would not be an exaggeration to call him a cripple.
But this cripple had become the Emperor of the Great Zhou.
Because of Shang Xingzhou, no one dared to stand up and say anything, much less express their opposition. But their thoughts could not be changed.
Ever since Yu Ren ascended to the throne, countless rumors and slanders had spread within and without the palace.
Some said that he had a cruel and tyrannical personality, that he delighted in beating palace maids to death.
Some said that he had a timid and introverted personality, that he spent every day in the palace being ridden by palace maids.
But these people had forgotten a very important matter.
The young emperor only reviewed memorials and resided deep in the palace.
But in the three years since he ascended to the throne, he had swiftly stabilized the chaotic situation in the Tianhai Dynasty.
The decrees of the Imperial Court were unimpeded, politics grew clearer by the day, the situation stabilized. Harsh laws were abolished while lax laws continued to be enforced, and the lives of the people grew better and better.
The current Great Zhou could truly be described as a calm sea and clear river.
How could such an emperor be a tyrannical and incapable ruler, and how could he be a timid and mediocre person?
Many important figures, including the White Emperor, were well aware that this emperor's ability to govern and wisdom was absolutely extraordinary.
Yes, how could the only son of Emperor Xian and the Tianhai Divine Empress, the person Shang Xingzhou had placed all of his dreams on, be an ordinary person?
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Xu Yourong naturally did not believe that the young emperor was as the rumors described him to be.
She was also very curious as to what sort of person he was.
Before the young emperor returned to the capital and ascended to the throne, she had heard his name many times.
In those conversations, the young emperor was addressed as' Senior Brother 'or' Senior Yu Ren '.
In the snowy temple and mausoleum in the Garden of Zhou, Chen Changsheng had mentioned his senior brother many times.
At the time, Chen Changsheng still did not know that she was Xu Yourong, so he was naturally hiding something or concealing something.
In those conversations, she could hear absolute closeness and trust.
Even though it had been many years since he had left Xining Village, three years since he had left the capital, Chen Changsheng's trust in his senior brother remained unchanged.
Even though other than that night in the Mausoleum of Books, these two brothers had never met again.
The question was, could people really not change?
Xu Yourong did not believe it, especially since she was keenly aware of the power of that chair.
It was precisely the chair that Yu Ren was currently sitting on.
For the sake of that chair, Emperor Taizong had become callous and cruel, killing his brother and forcing his father.
The Divine Empress was the same.
The young emperor was a descendant of the Chen clan, the Divine Empress's own son, so how could he be someone who believed in emotions?
Xu Yourong felt somewhat uneasy.
Many of the things she wanted to do were founded on Chen Changsheng's trust in Yu Ren.
So she wanted to see for herself what sort of person this young emperor was.
The eunuchs and maids escorted her to the door, then bowed and withdrew.
Xu Yourong noticed that those eunuchs and maids gazed at the light in the depths of the hall with eyes brimming with respect and love.
As a child, she had often entered the Imperial Palace, and there was even a palace here that belonged to her. She was extremely familiar with this place, but she was extremely unfamiliar with this sort of gaze.
This sort of gaze should not belong in a place as deep and serene as the Imperial Palace.
The light in the depths of the great hall came from the Night Pearl embedded in the vermillion pillar.
The ancient floorboards had been polished until they shone so brightly that a person's figure could be seen.
The young emperor was sitting behind a desk, reading a memorial to the throne.
He was dressed in bright yellow clothes, one of his sleeves empty.
His hair had been combed neatly, not purposely hanging down to hide that blind eye.
Xu Yourong walked to the desk.
The young emperor raised his head.
His expression was very gentle, his eyes very calm, but they gave off an unswerving and clear feeling.
Xu Yourong found him rather familiar, and then for some reason, she felt a sense of closeness.
Was it because he was the Empress's own son? Or was it because his eyes and expression seemed to be carved from the same mold as Chen Changsheng's?
Xu Yourong had a deep understanding of the Tianhai Divine Empress, and she also had a deep understanding of Chen Changsheng.
Without the need for words, she knew what the Divine Empress and Chen Changsheng were thinking.
At this moment, she also knew what the young emperor was thinking.
Xu Yourong asked, "Why doesn't His Majesty like me?"
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