Although it was the emperor's study, it was often used by the emperor as a place for court discussions. At this moment, the emperor sat on the dragon chair, and there was an inviolable majesty on his emaciated face.

He only had a slight smile on his face when he heard Xiao Zicheng sign up for singing, and the rest of the time, he sat on the dragon chair with dignity.

He had been in this position for two hours, and for two hours he had not eaten or drunk, and had just sat on the dragon chair and waited.

The crimson official uniform appeared outside the hidden door of the imperial study, and Xiao Zicheng's voice sounded again: "Minister Xiao Zicheng asks to see Your Majesty." ”

The emperor stroked the dragon robe and said loudly: "Xuan!" After finishing, the emperor picked up the tea cup on the table and drank it all.

The lieutenant sang loudly again: "Xuan Hu Guogong, university scholar Xiao Zicheng is coming to see you~!"

The door of the imperial study was pushed open, and Xiao Zicheng saw the emperor sitting on the throne, and tears welled up for a while. Then he walked quickly, stood in the center of the temple, and then raised the wat board, pushed the golden mountain and fell to the jade pillar to the ground, knelt three times and knocked nine times, and shouted long live.

Xiao Wu was in the side hall, with fragrant tea on his side, and Zhao Tian was waiting heartily. Xiao Wu's divine sense has always locked on the imperial study, and when he saw his father paying a big salute, he already understood something in his heart.

The emperor was motionless, and received Xiao Zicheng's great gift majestically, and then said loudly: "Xiao Aiqing, flat body." Bestow the seat. ”

The old eunuch brought a brocade pier and placed it in the middle of the order.

The emperor said to the old eunuch: "Stand down, outside the palace, you don't need to guard it." ”

The old eunuch had tears in his eyes, but he didn't do anything, knelt down to the emperor and saluted, said "yes", and withdrew.

The emperor stood up, walked down the imperial steps, and pointed to the study couch where he usually rested, where a square table had been placed, and he smiled: "Xiao Aiqing, are you willing to talk with me for a game?"

Xiao Zicheng stood up and bowed: "Obey." ”

The two sat on both sides, the emperor held the hundred sons, and Xiao Zicheng held the sunspots. Both of them stopped talking, but slowly got off chess.

Xiao Wu didn't understand Go, and he couldn't understand the meaning of the two of them, until the emperor threw Bai Zi and messed up the chess game, he didn't know that this was the emperor losing.

The emperor slowly picked up the messy chess pieces one by one, and then said leisurely: "Elder Xiao Ge, what I don't love the most is to play chess with you." Dongfang Yan plays chess better than you, but he loses two pieces every time. Do you know why?"

Xiao Zicheng also slowly picked up the chess pieces, and said in a calm voice: "Why?"

The emperor smiled: "Dongfang Yan is a capable minister, but he is only my courtier, the lord is weak and the minister is strong, he doesn't dare to do it." ”

Xiao Zicheng nodded, waiting for the emperor to continue.

The Emperor continued: "Yang Qinghe, that old thing, every time he plays chess, he always steals my chess pieces, I see that he also plays chess well, so I ask him why he always does this, guess him?"

Xiao Zicheng didn't answer, but the emperor continued: "He, it's uncertain whether he wins chess or not, but according to the rules, His Majesty will definitely not lose." ”

At the end, the emperor laughed, "Haha, hahaha! The old chess of Yu Jie's chess is too stinky, and there is really nothing to play." It's just you, you're the only one who will fight me, and I can't win every time. ”

Xiao Zicheng shook his head and replied softly: "Your Majesty, Scholar Yu's chess is actually very good, but he is always pulled by His Majesty to play chess, Dongfang Pavilion is too tired, Yang Qinghe is too fake, and Weichen is too offended, so he thought of a way, he doesn't have to accompany His Majesty to play chess." ”

I thought that the emperor would be embarrassed, but I didn't expect it to continue with a burst of laughter, "Hahaha!

After laughing for a long time, the emperor stopped, "I'm just it! My bachelors are all scholars from the latitude and warp land, and this chess will always be bad." ”

After that, the emperor looked up at Xiao Zicheng opposite, "Scholar Xiao, my Xiao Aiqing, why can you be so careless?

Xiao Zicheng did not pay a big salute this time, and there was no such as panic. Instead, he raised his head and looked at the emperor, but there was no aggressiveness in his eyes as the emperor expected, but sincerity.

The emperor looked at the star-like eyes, and the haze in his heart seemed to be much less.

Xiao Zicheng and the emperor looked at each other, and then said slowly as firm as iron: "The minister, he is the courtier of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

The emperor stared at him, and then replied word by word: "But the Great Song Dynasty is my subordinate." ”

Xiao Zicheng shook his head slowly, and replied in a deep voice again: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

The emperor's eyes shrank slightly, fell into silence for a moment, and then said, "Under the general, it is not the king's land. ”

Xiao Zicheng said slowly: "The Great Song Dynasty was founded nearly three hundred years ago, three hundred years ago, whose next is this?"

The emperor did not refute this time, but looked at Xiao Zicheng and said: "Scholar Xiao is very knowledgeable, you, whose subordinate is you?"

Xiao Zicheng lifted the chess box and sent it to the emperor, among which there were countless sunspots, and they were disorganized. But he heard Xiao Zicheng say: "Down, always under the subordinate." ”

The emperor looked at the box of chess pieces, his eyes showed fierceness again, and a few words were squeezed out between his teeth, "Xiao Zicheng, you are really bold!"

Xiao Zicheng put down the chess box, and then knelt on the ground again, and took out a letter from his sleeve, which was actually written in the demon world. He said slowly: "Weichen has a book. ”

The emperor habitually wanted the eunuch to take it, but suddenly remembered that he had already retired everyone. So he stepped forward and took Xiao Zicheng's notebook, which was written in a standard pavilion style: "The ruling book of the cabinet of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

The emperor didn't want to look at it, but threw it on the chessboard and said gloomily: "Elder Xiao Ge, are you a loyal minister or a traitor? Do you have to be so powerful? Do you want to become the emperor of the Song Dynasty for 300 years and lose the imperial power during his reign?"

Xiao Zicheng kowtowed to the ground, and the voice came out from under itself, with some urn voice: "The old minister is a loyal minister of the Great Song Dynasty, but the major affairs of the country cannot be placed in the hands of one person, the virtuous and foolish of one person, and the rise and fall of a country is not like child's play?

The emperor picked up the notebook, stood up at once, he pointed at Xiao Zicheng with the notebook, his lips trembled a little, and said: "Xiao Zicheng, you tell me, if there are ministers who want to rebel? What if you want to be the emperor after Xiao Zicheng monopolizes power? Will my descendants be like meat on the chopping board and chess pieces on the chessboard, at your mercy?"

Xiao Wu also nodded slightly when he heard this, it is easy to establish a constitutional monarchy, but how can you ensure that no one wants to be the emperor? Even if you are not the emperor, will you also have the treatment of an emperor after monopolizing power? The rise and fall of a country depends on one person...... How many wise kings have been in a mess in their later years, and even brought disaster to the country and the people? After all, this is not the era when democracy is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people on the earth, did he point out a fire pit road to my father?

Xiao Zicheng looked up at the emperor, his eyes flashed with bright light, this problem that has plagued the emperor for countless years is reluctance and helplessness, but in Xiao Zicheng's eyes, it is not a problem. Xiao Zicheng slowly said something, the emperor was shocked, and Xiao Wu also laughed.