He snorted, his tone was indignant, "I saw that he had uncomfortable back pain and inconvenience in moving, so I made a chair with my own hands, and I have been tinkering with the mechanism of the chair for a long time, but it can be straight and bent, if his back disease is committed, he can directly put down the back of the chair, and the person can lie down and rest." I tried so hard that my fingers were bleeding, but instead of appreciating it, he scolded me for being an unrighteous person, and ordered the chair to be smashed. ”

Xiyue saw that his hands were really full of scabs, and she was also sorry for him, but he was a dignified prince of Jin, and he always did wood work like a craftsman, which was really inappropriate, "Don't take it too seriously, I think Your Majesty knows your filial piety, but he is not safe now...... I said something arrogant, His Majesty was afraid that he knew that his limit was not far away, but Wei Di had not yet surrendered, so he was anxious. You are the crown prince, if you can share his worries more in the court, he will be truly happy. The matter of the expedition is imminent at the moment, and if you want to fulfill your filial piety, you might as well put more thought into this matter. ”

Yan Min sighed, looked at Xiyue and said, "Why are you the same as Zishuo thinks?" ”

Xiyue was surprised, "Zishuo? ”

He nodded, and the yin owl aura on his face was swept away, "That's right, what you just said, Zishuo has already told me." He glanced left and right, saw that there was no one around, and said in a low voice: "He also said that now Yan Xu is in charge of the army, and he is too powerful, in case his father has an accident when he goes out to fight, he has troops outside, if he has a different heart, it is easy to do things." ”

Xiyue was taken aback, "He said that to you?" Did he give you any ideas? ”

"Not really." Yan Min saw that her face was uncertain, and said, "You are Yan Xu's person, I shouldn't have sued you." But when Zishuo said this, he was actually just kindly reminding me. Don't worry, if I am suspicious of Yan Xu, how can I tell you this? ”

"Then I'll also give you a reminder, in my opinion, Zishuo is afraid that this person is not so simple, as a Ming Yan envoy, if he is a person who knows the law and abides by etiquette and remembers his identity, he should not say these words to you at all. He is talking to you now, and I don't know what his intentions are, just forget what he said, don't take it seriously. ”

He knew that she had a prejudice against Zishuo, so he only said, "I know." In fact, he is a little arrogant, don't look at his usual wildness, in fact, he is the same as me, he is a cold-faced and hot-hearted person. ”

Although Yan Min was not favored by Emperor Jin since he was a child, he was a noble prince, and the people around him were either submissive echo worms, or sycophants who saw the wind and steered the rudder, although he was arrogant, but he was not a fool, he could see the hypocrisy of these people, the more they flattered and flattered, the more disgusted he became, so he changed his way to be difficult and mean, and gradually fell into a bad and moody notoriety.

But Xiyue is different from others, she never hides her feelings and likes and dislikes in front of him, she dares to express her true emotions to him, and even dares to provoke him, such a true temperament arouses his favor. After the two gradually got acquainted, she no longer had any scruples in front of him, although her words were sometimes ugly, but she was thinking about him everywhere, which was especially similar to his sister who died in childbirth, which made him feel a little more intimate. Only with her can he let down his guard, no longer have to disguise himself, and he can speak freely.

The fate of people is sometimes so wonderful, and in a short period of time, the two have found a tacit understanding to get along. The only fly in the ointment is that she loves the cousin who is stronger than herself.

While the two were talking, another palace person came to report that the lord of Hua Yuan was coming. Before Hua Yuan came, she obviously didn't know that Yan Min was also there, but when she saw Yan Min after coming in, her face became unnatural. And Yan Min saw Hua Yuan, and her face was also a little strange.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, Hua Yuan got up to say goodbye after chatting a few words, Yan Min lost the interest of staying any longer at this time, and also got up and left. Xiyue was a little inexplicable, and asked Yunzhu Fangzhi that Hua Yuan actually wanted to come to see Yan Xu at the beginning, and knew that Yan Xu was not there, so she changed to see her, but unexpectedly, the prince was also there.

She asked again, "What about the prince?" It's not that they don't know each other, they used to play together. ”

Yunzhu blinked and thought for a while, "I'm afraid it's because I'm too familiar that I'm embarrassed." His Majesty recently wanted to marry a concubine for the crown prince, and I heard that the person who belonged to Italy was the lord of Hua Yuan. "But no one in the palace knows, the county lord likes the prince, Yun Zhu added in his heart.

Yun Zhu felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he was unhappy for his master. The Queen Mother was born in a hairpin family, when her family was meritorious from the dragon, her great-grandfather was named the Marquis of Ping'an, and she has always held heavy troops to guard the Tongguan in the west of Jinxi. The county lord of Hua Yuan is the niece of the queen mother's mother, and her father is the youngest brother of the queen mother and the current Ping'an Marquis. The Queen Mother likes girls, and Hua Yuan has lived in the palace for the past two years. It is said that after the death of the princess, the queen mother intended to let Yan Xu marry Hua Yuan, although even if the Queen Mother proposed it, Yan Xu would not agree, but Jin Shang has always been unclear about this matter, and now looking at his meaning, Hua Yuan is left to the prince.

Although he did not intend to have imperial power back then, it was the first emperor who insisted on demoting the first prince to King Rui and pushing Jinshang to the throne, but in the end he still took the country from the hands of others and sat on the throne of the Ninety-Five, even if he was reluctant at first, but this country has been sitting for so many years, and it has already become his own bag, how can he allow others to covet it? Even if others just think about it, they deserve death. Therefore, no matter how much Yan Xu is valued in Jinshang, he is still guarding against him in his heart, and he will never let the Ping'an Marquis Mansion, which has the military power in Jinxi, marry with the Rui Wangfu.

The Queen Mother is 60 years old this year, and now for the grand event, a grand birthday banquet was held in the palace, and King Rui was specially summoned to Yicheng to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday. The last time Yan Xu saw his father King Rui was three years ago, when he took several Yunwei disguised as businessmen to Zheng, Liang, and Wei to secretly inspect, during which he learned that his mother was sick, and he was worried for a while, so he secretly went to King Rui's fiefdom Shuo'an to visit, but was scolded by King Rui.

"If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, I have done so much for you, and the success or failure in the future depends on you. You are a person who wants to do great things, and you must plan everything before you act, how can you lose the big because of the small? Do you think that if you are appreciated by your majesty, you can let your guard down? He reuses you, and it seems that because the prince is not successful, he can get a meritocracy name, but you don't want to think about it, if he didn't have suspicion of our father and son, he would have let you go back to Shuo'an a long time ago. As the emperor, the most jealous of the subordinates have different intentions, you come back privately, if he learns, no matter what your intentions are, he will only think in the worst, you and I have done before, all of them will be burned. ”

He was sent away by King Rui without even seeing his mother, and since then, all his contacts with King Rui's Mansion have been secretly conveyed by Yunwei. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's birthday, I don't know when I would be able to see King Rui, but unfortunately Princess Rui has always been unhealthy and can't stand the long journey, so I couldn't enter Beijing with King Rui this time.

The birthday banquet was extremely luxurious, and there were many guests invited to the banquet, and it was not easy to get the wine to pass three rounds, and Yan Xu found a gap to go to the garden to breathe. After a while, Yun Wen came to report that King Rui was already waiting in the peony garden.

King Rui had arrived in Yicheng yesterday, and when he entered the palace to meet him, there were palace people on the left and right, and the father and son were not easy to say. The peony garden in the cold winter season is deserted and secluded, which is a good place for secret conversations. Yan Xu came to the peony garden along the remote path, Tong Mo was stepping out of the garden, the two saw each other from a distance, and they didn't stop talking, but nodded slightly when they staggered by. After all, it was a private meeting, if it was broken by outsiders, the father and son had not seen each other for many years, and it was reasonable to lick the calf, but if a prince who was released met privately with the head of the Ming Yan Division, it would make people suspicious.

Yan Xu entered the garden, King Rui was looking up at the moon with his hands in his hands, and at the age of more than forty, he still maintained a thin and straight figure. He looked at it from afar, and his father's back was like his childhood memory, like a high mountain, and there was no one to replace it. His chest was slightly hot, but he had been accustomed to not revealing his feelings for many years, so he did not step forward immediately, and stood silently for a while.

King Rui turned around and looked at him silently. Both father and son are indifferent, they haven't seen each other for several years, and they finally see each other, and they only say "You're here." Yan Xu stepped forward to ask for peace, asked Princess Rui about the current situation, and talked about some lock matters in the palace before turning the topic to business.

King Rui asked, "Is there any progress in the matter of Fuxi's gossip?" ”

Yan Xu lowered his eyes and said respectfully: "The Great Compassion Temple has been aware of it, and the precautions are very tight, and the children dare not take too much risk to break into the temple and seize it, so as not to startle the snake, it will take some time." ”

King Rui's expression was a little uncertain, "We spent countless efforts to find the land of the ten directions, and now the alien blood and the sacrifices are in your hands, only the gossip is owed, and the fifteenth day of September next year is the day of extreme yin, less than a year ago, the time is pressing, and success or failure is only in this move." The next day of extreme yin is after a jiazi, if you miss this day of extreme yin, you will have a lifetime, and I don't know if you can wait. Before September next year, the Fuxi gossip must be in hand, otherwise all the previous efforts will be wasted. ”

Yan Xu nodded, "Father, please rest assured, the matter of Fuxi's gossip has been accomplished, and he will not teach his father to be disappointed." ”

King Rui was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Lord Tong just said, have you recently seen the monk named Yili in the Great Compassion Temple?" ”

Yan Xu's heart jumped, but the people of Mingyan Division have always been everywhere, and it is not strange to know about it, not to mention that he has his plan, and he is not afraid of being known, so he said calmly: "Yes, it was the child who deliberately released the news, and the alien blood was in the hands of the child, so that he could leave the mountain." ”