Layers of clouds surrounded a full moon, and the moonlight was like a deep well slurry, splitting his head and covering his face on the silent palace.

"Your Highness," Zhong Si bowed to a person, "Your Majesty has already settled." Please come back tomorrow, Your Highness. ”

The man turned around, revealing a face that was seven points similar to Concubine Xu's.

Yan Wang Gu Huaiheng.

"In that case, the king also went to rest first. When my father woke up, please announce that my father had come. "King Yan was rejected from the palace, and there was no change in mood. As a matter of routine, he took out a small purse from his sleeve and placed it in Zhong Si's hand.

Zhong Si was not polite, and after accepting it, he saluted him again.

"No, the old slave wrote it down. ”

King Yan nodded, turned around and slowly walked down the stairs.

Zhong Si stood in front of the steps, hunched his back to see off the guests, until the figure of King Yan was no longer visible, and then straightened up.

"Alas. Princes and grandchildren, none of them can be offended. He tapped himself on the back and whispered.

"Master," a young waiter in Tsing Yi leaned over, "are you going to rest?" ”

Zhong Si shook his hand: "Your Majesty hasn't stopped yet, I don't know when someone will be served." You can't get in. ”

The little waiter in Tsing Yi said respectfully: "Your Majesty still can't leave you." ”

Zhong Sihe, took out the purse he had just accepted, and threw it to the young man in Tsing Yi: "You, be clever in everything." The master is old, this position is waiting for you to take over. ”

The little waiter in Tsing Yi was sincerely afraid to take it and did not dare to refuse. After thinking about it, he said, "Master, the apprentice doesn't understand a little, so I ask the master for guidance." ”

Zhong Si lifted his eyelids, glanced at him, and said, "You are also a human being, what else can you not understand?"

The little waiter in Tsing Yi hurriedly said: "The apprentice is dull, and the master has to adjust (teach) well." ”

Zhong Si smiled and said, "Come on." If you don't understand anything, just say it, no one can teach you except your master. ”

The young waiter in Tsing Yi said: "That's right, apprentice Master Xie has mercy." He kept bending over, making sure he was two heads lower than Zhong Si. "What the apprentice doesn't understand is that His Majesty just announced the promotion of Zhao Niangniang to Concubine Shu today, so Zhao Niangniang sent someone just now, why didn't the master let people in?"

"Open your eyes a little," Zhong Si said earnestly, "don't just stare at the idea of the inner palace. This lady of the Zhao family, blessing is still to come. She, she just opened her mind a few days ago, so she didn't want to do it against His Majesty. But is Your Majesty an ordinary man? ”

The little waiter in Tsing Yi lowered his head: "The master taught it." ”

Zhong thought about it for a while, and said: "In the future, Zhao Niangniang will send people to be polite to people." It's one thing to put it in or not, and it's another thing to put Zhao Niangniang's decency. I know that you are small, and you are used to giving people a look on your face. But remember, inside and outside the court, there are some people who can't afford to provoke even if they don't have any rank on their bodies. ”

The little waiter in Tsing Yi chattered, and promised that no one would stumble on the Zhao family.

Zhong Si looked at him, and decided in his heart that he would keep an eye on him a little closer.

Suddenly, there was a sound in the hall, and Zhong Si heard it, and walked towards the heavy curtains.

Zhong Si hurriedly glanced back and saw the young man in Tsing Yi standing at the door, feeling out the contents of the purse, which was a bright and restrained pearl of the East China Sea.

In the center of the main hall, there are buildings of lights and shadows, and the emperor is sitting on the stairs, and there is a mess in front of him. The sand table fell to the ground, and the sand was everywhere, like gold.

"Your Majesty......" Zhong Si wanted to help, but was waved back by the emperor.

Zhong Si had no choice but to stand aside.

The emperor stayed by himself for a while and asked, "Has King Yan been here?"

Zhong Si said: "Yes." I waited outside the temple for a while. The slave told His Highness that His Majesty had placed him, and His Highness left. ”

The Emperor nodded.

"Wait until dawn to announce him. The Emperor said, "These months have been hard for him." Running so far from north to south. ”

Zhong Si said, and then asked, "Your Majesty, can the slave and maid serve you for a while?"

The emperor said no.

The two of them sat and stood like this, watching the dark night outside the curtain, turning from dark to light.

It was late in the mountains and fields, and when the fish belly was white in the east, King Yan was already waiting at the door of the main hall. When Zhong Si came out, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw him.

"His Royal Highness King Yan," Zhong Si hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Your Majesty has woken up." is sending the old slave to announce His Highness. ”

King Yan nodded: "Thank you, father-in-law." He took out another purse and stuffed it into Zhong Si's hand.

Zhong Si took him to the hall, last night's mess had already been cleaned up, the ground was clean, and there was not half a grain of sand.

The emperor sat by the stove and read a booklet in his hand.

"Coming?" the emperor glanced at King Yan, who was kneeling on the ground and saluting, "Sit down." ”

King Yan cautiously only sat on half of the seat, and said to the emperor at the head of the head: "Father, the son has temporarily pacified King Xiutu, and how to arrange it after that, please ask my father to show me." ”

The emperor took the booklet and knocked it in his hand: "He still wants to marry Taiping?"

King Yan said: "King Hutu said that he needs a child who can inherit the throne immediately, Yongtai is too young. The people of Rouran believed that the Khan must die in a state of tranquility or his successor would be left without an heir forever. The current Rouran Khan has been on the throne for more than four years, and his wife and concubines have had seven or eight children, most of whom have died young, leaving only a young son who was born prematurely, and is frail and sickly. King Hugh Tu saw this as an opportunity. ”

The Emperor looked over: "Do you think those children were cursed by the previous Rouran Khan and died young?"

King Yan raised his eyebrows and said: "The grassland is vast, and it is common for young children to die early. ”

The emperor thought for a while and said, "Tell him that Yongtai is thirteen years old and can already be a Yanshi." The daughter of Da Zhou is only a concubine, not a concubine. It's up to him to decide what to choose. ”

King Yan lowered his eyes and said.

The emperor also said, "I plan to give Jiangdong to Zhao Gou. ”

King Yan paused, his heart turned thousands of thoughts, and finally said: "It's all up to my father's arrangement." ”

The emperor saw that he was obedient and said with satisfaction: "What about you, just stay in Chang'an." ”

Only then did King Yan raise his head: "Father, ......"

"Keep it. The emperor pressed his hand down, signaling that he didn't have to say anything, and showed him the booklet in his hand: "Ji Xiang was driven back to Chang'an by me." It is estimated that it will be chaotic for a while, and he and the Zhao family will guard it, so that I can rest assured. ”

A list of names on the booklet.

Da Sima, the right servant, the left servant, Taichang Siqing......

The emperor rubbed his eyes: "The Gu family's ability is not small, and in just a few months, it will surpass the Zhao family back then." ”

King Yan didn't dare to answer.

The emperor smiled: "The Xu family won't be like this, right?"

King Yan was so frightened that he fell from his seat, knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Father, the emperor!

The emperor shook his hand: "Okay." How can you be scared like this? I just said it casually. He thought for a moment and said, "Does your mother know that you're back?"

King Yan said, "Erchen...... I haven't informed my mother yet. ”

The emperor said, "Then go and tell her that she is safe, so that she can be prepared." I'm tired. ”

King Yan received the eviction order and respectfully retreated.

After Zhong Si saw off King Yan, he walked into the main hall and saw the emperor leaning on the mat in a daze.

"Your Majesty," Zhong Si bowed and said lightly, "King Yan has quietly turned to Chongming Pavilion. ”

The Emperor sighed.

After a while, he sighed: "He still can't hold his breath." is just a Zhao family, and now he is in a hurry to ask for guilt. ”

The emperor looked at the vague shadows of flowers and birds outside the curtain, and said to himself: "If Huaizhang is not from the Gu family......

The warbler pierces the willow leaves and chirps briskly.

The emperor did not speak again.