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Yedu is located in the north, and in early spring, it is also light snow. Situ Yanruo looked at the sky outside, sighed a little exaggeratedly, reached out and picked up the curtain, walked down from the chariot, and the personal guard straightened the mink on his neckline, and then led the way to the inner palace by the little eunuch.

Along the way, when the palace people saw him, they all knelt on the ground and saluted, Situ Yanruo didn't speak, only smiled for three points, and walked without squinting, but he hooked the soul of this palace woman.

"Brother Huang." When he arrived in the warm pavilion of the emperor's bedroom, if Situ Yan untied the big straps on his body and threw it to the people behind him, he went straight to his seat, "Summoning his ministers into the palace in this weather, I think there is a big event." ”

Emperor Situ Yanqing was looking down at the music in his hand, and when he heard him talking, he raised his head and smiled at him, and his cold face was a lot more vivid. Situ Yanqing has only been on the throne for five years, but he has already killed his brothers of the same generation, only Situ Yanruo is still safe and sound, and he still holds the military and political power of the border pass, which really makes the courtiers of the Zhou State deeply admire this prince.

Situ Yanruo blinked his peach blossom eyes, which were the same as Situ Yanqing, took the piece of paper in his hand, and said for a while: "This Nalan Rui is a ruthless person. ”

Situ Yanqing smiled and said, "I see that the new lord of the Chu State is indeed a good person, and the thunder means have controlled the court. Now that he has only been the crown prince for less than half a month, he has forced the courtiers to give his mother a correct position. ”

"Brother Huang thinks he has met an opponent in chess?" Situ Yanruo also smiled comfortably, and leaned back on the chair, "In a few days, the State of Chu will send a letter of state to inform the enthronement ceremony, who does the imperial brother want to call this time?" ”

"I'd like to go on my own." Situ Yanqing rubbed the corners of his forehead, "It's just that the spring sacrifice is coming from the high priest's side, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to get out." ”

"Only the younger brother is most impatient with this high priest." Situ Yanruo smiled slightly, "If my brother feels sorry for me, then send my brother as an envoy." ”

"I have the same intentions." Situ Yanqing nodded, and didn't care about the disdain for the high priest in his words, "It's just that Chu and Zhou are constantly fighting, and Su Lan, who you deal with the most, is now the first-class hero under Nalan Rui, but I'm worried that you will be tied up by the Chu people." ”

"Brother Huang, don't make fun of your brother." Situ Yanruo also laughed when he heard his brother's rare witticism, "Brother Chen feels that the two countries have fought a lot of battles in the past few years, except for fulfilling Nalan Rui's grasp of military power, we haven't really curried favor." It is better to test the attitude of the new emperor by taking advantage of the incident, if he can fight a few battles, his subordinates can also suffer less crimes at the border. ”

Situ Yanqing glanced at him with a smile, as if he was weighing the truth of his words, if Situ Yan knew his brother better, he also smiled quietly, with an innocent and sincere expression.

"I will give you full authority to deal with the matter of the field." Situ Yanqing didn't hesitate too much, "Just one sentence, you have to restrain your temperament on this trip, in the end." ”

"Brother's provincial."

Out of the warm pavilion, he was blown by the cold wind, and Situ Yanruo was blown up. With a low sigh in his heart, still with a smile on his face, Situ Yanruo pulled his neckline up and covered most of his face, only a pair of amber eyes were reflected by the palace lights.

"Lord Rui." On the palace road, Situ Yanruo and Lian Qingzheng, the high priest of the Zhou Kingdom, met Lian Qingzheng, who was dressed in a black robe, only showed half of his face, and the whole person looked more and more mysterious in the night.

Situ Yanruo didn't have much contact with him in private, but he really didn't like him, but he smiled slightly and said, "It's really hard for the high priest to come into the palace at night like this. ”

"The spring sacrifice is coming, Your Majesty attaches great importance to it, and the ministers must not slack off." Lian Qing's voice was as flat and depressed as a human, but at this time, it was full of rare kindness, "Recently, I have rarely seen Your Highness, I don't know the medicine you asked for last time?" ”

"High priest Lao bothered, this medicine is very good." Situ Yanruo smiled, "It's hard to travel on a snowy night, the high priest should be careful, this king will take the first step." ”

Lian Qing also nodded, until Situ Yanruo's purple robe disappeared from this official road, and Lian Qing slowly said to the attendant in the guide: "Let's go." ”

The Zhou State is different from the other two countries, from the emperor to the people all believe in the sun god, so there are more temples outside the national body, and the priests are in charge of the temples at all levels, and the high priest is the head of the priests, and the status in the Zhou State is high, although he does not participate in politics, but he has a huge influence on the imperial court, and he is deeply respected by the people, and he is devout to the temple and even the priests. The high priest is not hereditary, but a group of the most "divine" among the children selected by the previous priests, raised in the temple from an early age, and when they reached adulthood, they chose the best of them, gave them a surname, and succeeded them as priests. The temple has its own inheritance system, and the royal family can intervene, but it has no right to interfere and cannot decide the next generation of priests. The high power of the temple lies in the fact that the emperor of Zhou calls himself the son of the sun, and who does this throne fall on, but also asks the priest to speak, if there is no temple to recognize this throne, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit steadily.

According to common sense, no emperor likes to have such an influence on his side, but Situ Yanqing has great trust in Lian Qing and is also extremely devout to the temple, which makes Lian Qing even hotter. In the past five years, the government and the opposition have become popular for a while. Although Situ Yan scoffed at this, he had to pretend to be pious. It's just that he has no friendship with Lian Qingben and doesn't like him, but Lian Qing is quite kind to him for no reason, and his kindness is even worse than that of Situ Yanqing.

Commanded to drive, Situ Yanruo leaned on the cushion in the middle of the carriage, and his expression became cold in an instant. If Nalan Rui is from a humble background, I am afraid that he is even more humble. He is the son of an alien dancer, the product of his father's drunkenness. His amber pupils and extraordinary complexion remind everyone of his origins. Since he was a child, he had to rely on Situ Yanqing for ten years, and finally survived until Situ Yanqing ascended the throne, and he cleaned up the other brothers and sisters along the way, and quietly held the power that cannot be underestimated. But he couldn't know that with the expansion of power, Situ Yanqing's jealousy of him was only afraid that there would be no dead prince. Now his situation seems to be smooth, but in fact he is walking on thin ice.

The chariot stopped in an alley in Yedu, and Situ Yan got out of the car and turned into a tavern. The curfew is approaching, there are few people in this tavern, under the dim light, Situ Yanruo, black hair and purple clothes, picturesque eyebrows, with the unique beauty of the Situ family, peach blossom eyes turn, is the elegance of the sky.

"Is there alcohol now?" Situ Yanruo stood in front of the shopkeeper and smiled slightly.

"Guest officer, please go upstairs." The shopkeeper bowed slightly, as if he was oblivious to his face.