Gu Cheng's head was dazed, knowing that he was a little out of shape. However, the painting was too eye-catching, like a love affair from another world, and once again it suddenly crashed into his life.

Regarding this painting, he once promised Shen Huan that he would redeem it for her one day. Now the promise has not been fulfilled, but it turns out that it has long been occupied by her enemies!

What belonged to her now, right in front of his eyes, could be seen, but could not be touched. It hung there as if to remind him of how incompetent he really was.

I don't remember how to answer the other party's question about piano skills, but I just said two insincere words. He lowered his eyes and stopped looking at the painting.

He covered it up well, only loneliness, no unnecessary unwillingness or indignation. Chang Quanyi saw it and guessed that the young man's sadness was probably because Xiao wanted such a hand-me-down work, which caused a moment of sadness.

It's good, it's more like a flesh-and-blood human being. He didn't like Gu Cheng's previous appearance of being high and unwanted, that kind of appearance made people unable to grasp and control.

When you have distracting thoughts in your heart, it becomes easier and more convenient to talk about the next thing.

Chang Quanyi did not shy away from his admiration for him, and he sued Gu Cheng just because they were all people who did not believe in ghosts and gods.

He spoke in a gentle tone, telling Gu Cheng that he and the current saint had always been in agreement in terms of political views, so he had been able to exercise power instead of the emperor for more than ten years. But the emperor believed in Taoism, and did not hesitate to use gold and stone as medicine, and wanted to live forever wholeheartedly. For this, he felt both sad and ridiculous.

"Become an immortal, immortal?" He looked sarcastic, but he was full of helplessness, "Polluted with power, full of **, can't let go of liberation, what else can you talk about cultivation?" The benefits of the world are all taken by one person, how is this possible? It's just a dream! Among the emperors of all dynasties who wanted to live forever on pills, which one died right. Our family has served Wan Sui Ye for more than ten years, and he is considered to have received the emperor's grace, so we can't watch him fall in. But it is useless to persuade alone, the emperor is a person who has an idea, and the medicine that should be taken is still not left behind. ”

He looked at Gu Cheng and raised his jaw, "That thing is poisonous, you can't let Banzai Ye take it again, you have to think of replacing it." The wine bags and rice bags in the Tai Hospital don't have this ability, even if they do, I don't worry about handing them over. There have always been many people in the palace, and one accidentally reached the ears of the Long Live Lord, and he had to get sick with anger. Holy bow is important, our family can't take this risk. ”

"I came to you to do this, not only to exchange the elixir of the Long Live Lord, but also to be exquisite, in exchange for the health of the dragon. If the emperor does not get sick in the future, and he will last for a long time until the dragon controls Bintian, you will be the hero of the dynasty, the medicine king of the world, and the good doctor who will leave a name in history. In a word, your benefits are indispensable here. ”

Gu Cheng's mind turned quickly, it turned out that Chang Quanyi's procurement of medicine was just a pretext, and the ultimate goal was to replace the emperor's elixir. Almost immediately, he sensed the vague meaning of Fang Cai's words—there were still people in the Imperial Hospital or the Forbidden Court who had not returned to the full righteousness of normality, and it was not that he could completely cover the sky with one hand.

After all, there are queens in the harem, concubines, and relatives. Everyone's position and ultimate goal is different. Chang Quanyi knows very well that his biggest backer in this life is the emperor, and only by letting the emperor live in peace can he have his own power to deter the government and the opposition.

This is Chang Quanyi's opportunity, and it is also his chance. Without hesitation, he responded in one bite, and then lost no time in expressing that he wanted a well-deserved fame and fortune.

Chang Quanyi smiled happily, "Young people don't have to be impatient, everything that should be yours is indispensable, it's like being an imperial businessman, dedicated to the court." With a name, you will naturally not worry about future transactions. Besides, you have plenty of money, and in three or five years, it will be enough for you to become one of the richest businessmen in Beijing. ”

There is a response to the request, mutual benefit. Before Gu Cheng said goodbye, he had a satisfied smile on his face. His gaze lingered on the painting for a moment, and then he hurriedly lowered his eyes again.

It doesn't have to be too obvious, as long as the other party sees his small movement, it is enough.

The ministers who led the way were much more polite and enthusiastic than before, and there were questions and answers along the way. Gu Cheng seemed to talk to him casually, "Chitose likes to play the qin on weekdays, and even the pictures hanging on the wall are listening to the qin, which is really chic, I wonder if Chitose also likes other paintings of Emperor Huizong?" ”

The minister thought that he wanted to take the opportunity to curry favor with Chitose, so he came to his own words. Since this person is on the road, it is better to simply point out one or two, "The things of the Northern Song Dynasty painting school, the Chitose master received more than this pair, and he was tired of seeing it for a long time, if it wasn't for listening to the two words of the qin, I was afraid that I would be too lazy to hang it out." Su Ri Chitose has mentioned, in the masterpieces of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Qingming Shanghe picture is the most interesting, his old man saw it once in the Wuying Hall many years ago, and he has never forgotten it since then. It's just a pity that before he could ask for a reward from the Lord of Long Life, he asked others to cut off the beard first. ”

Gu Cheng pretended to be surprised, "Who dares to rob Chitose's favor?" ”

"Well, it's not a big deal." The minister sneered, "Long live the only brother, His Royal Highness the current King Zhong. The painting was given to him by the first emperor so that his fief was close to the former Bianliang City. ”

"But I can't count this time, and I'm about to move back to Beijing when I see other people's fiefdoms."

Gu Cheng was puzzled, "The prince has always been in a foreign city, and he has never used Jingshi as a fief, what do you mean by this?" ”

The minister shook his face with a clever face, and laughed in a low voice as he walked, "You don't know, there is a big reason here. Our emperor has been in power for 12 years, and he has only had two princes. His Royal Highness died early, and His Second Highness is now dying of illness, and he sees that he also has the momentum of following his brother. Someone in the cabinet took advantage of the emperor's weakness and said that he should follow Song Renzong's example and inherit a child from the heir of the sect, and this latest one is not loyal to the prince. The emperor was full of anxiety about his great cause of cultivation and did not care about his heirs. Although the prince has no son at the moment, he will not delay the emperor's speech, and it is a big deal that he will be able to reach his brother in the future. That being said, the Chitose Lord had to remind our emperor that if he really wanted to do this, he couldn't leave the prince in the fiefdom. In the final analysis, the prince and his branch are waiting to be the prince, if something really happens in the future, they are 108,000 miles away, and the emperor is afraid that the whip will not be able to reach him. That's why I called King Zhong's family to Beijing, and when I came back, I naturally didn't have to go anymore. ”

It turned out that King Zhong's entry into Beijing was such a reason, Chang Quanyi was not worried about this prince, and instead of letting him make friends with foreign ministers in the domain, it was better to be confined and guarded under his nose. The capital is full of his ears and eyes of Chang Chitose, and it is indeed relatively easy to control a lonely king who has no military power and no foreign family to take care of him.

But the emperor is still young, only thirty-four this year, and it stands to reason that it is the time when the spring and autumn are in full bloom. No matter how anxious the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are, they will not be able to pass their stepchildren at this time. What did the emperor think? And what does this Chang Chitose think in his heart?

Chang Quanyi will not allow things to go in a direction that is not in his favor! Then there may be only one reason, he doesn't want the emperor's harem to give birth to a prince. The child was born and raised by his mother's side, he couldn't intervene, and the two of them were easy to get apart in the long run, and it was not easy to get close in the future. There were many concubines in the harem who had a dislike for him, and he didn't want to give them a chance.

The children of the vassal kings are different, they are carried into the palace as soon as they land, from the nursing mother to the teaching master, they can be selected and arranged by him. The emperor will not care about these small sections, and the harem women will not care about children who are not raised by themselves. He has become the closest person to the child, he has been used to relying on it since he was a child, and it will not be easy for him to be self-reliant in the future, and he will have to rely on him in everything, so it seems to have become a copy of today's saint.

suddenly thought of the emperor's two sons, who died one after another, and the reason for the situation may not be so simple. He shuddered for a while, looked up at Zhaozhao Spring, and there was still a hidden countercurrent under the Qiankun.

The affairs of the heavenly family are complicated, although he has stepped into the circle of right and wrong, but there is not much that can be contaminated after all. conscientiously adjusted the emperor's body, and Chang Quanyi was also very obedient to his contract, and promoted him to be an imperial merchant enshrined in the inner court. He is famous, and the number of people who see a doctor is more than twice as high as before, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is making money every day when business is good.

People came and went, the news spread quickly, King Zhong really went to Beijing, with all his family, and the mansion was arranged near Xiyuan. It was said that it was for the convenience of the court to meet the emperor, but in fact, the number of times the brothers met was limited, and the emperor did not bother to ask this younger brother. The status of the loyal king is embarrassing, which is equivalent to being imprisoned, as if the only role in this life is to give birth to a son, and then wait for the celebrant to come to the door and take the child away.

The prince's situation is miserable, and even a rough man like Qian Zhi sighs when he talks about it. Beizhen Fusi has always known everything, and it didn't take long to hear that the princess was suffering from a head wind, and Zhenri was bedridden. Chang Quanyi is busy supervising the weaving of Jiangnan at the moment, and he has no time to pay attention to some trivial things.

He spent an afternoon thinking about it, and then discussed with the shopkeeper Wu how to come up with acupuncture, or asked Qian Zhi to help release the news to the people of Zhongwangfu. Two days later, the prince Shi personally came to the door and asked him to go to see the princess.

King Zhong has a very close friendship with his wife, and accompanies her throughout the acupuncture. At first, I didn't believe it, but gradually I noticed that the pain had eased, and there was a smile on my clear and gloomy face.

Until the princess recovered, King Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, and with a gentle attitude, he asked Gu Cheng to go outside to talk and offer a thousand gold as a reward. Unexpectedly, the other party didn't look at it, smiled lightly and declined, but the next sentence was amazing, and the reward was not sensitive, but he just wanted to ask for the Qingming Riverside map hidden in the treasury.

King Zhong was stunned, and then he took a good look at the young businessman in front of him. The wind is light and elegant, the eyebrows are moist, and the whole body is not stained with a trace of tackyness.

But the request is a bit excessive, and the loyal king is stunned, "The Qingming Shanghe map was given by the first emperor, and this king loves it like a treasure." Doesn't Mr. Gu feel rude to ask for this? ”

"It depends on whether the princess's weight is as good as a painting in the prince's heart." Gu Cheng smiled kindly, and said again, "I sincerely seek it, and I hope that the prince can cut his love, Gu Cheng is grateful." ”

King Zhong's face was slightly gloomy, "It seems that Mr. Gu has already had this intention, you are an elegant person, and you are worthy of such an elegant work." But this king is curious, Mr. is so obsessed, could it be that he has seen this painting before? ”

Shaking his head, Gu Cheng was shocked again, "Qingming Shanghe map, I don't have a chance to see it below, and I don't want to keep it for myself." Today, if he can get a gift from the prince, he will change hands and enshrine it in the palm print of the celebrant and supervisor, just for him to miss this painting, and he can't ask for it. ”

Zhongwang Yin Yu laughed, "It turned out to be to borrow flowers and offer Buddha!" Mr. Gu is so bold, in front of this king, he said such a thing, don't you feel that you are too deceitful? ”

His hands were hidden in his sleeves, clenched into fists, and trembled slightly. He has no power or power, and although he is a prince, he is like being under house arrest. Well, now, even a businessman dares to bully him so magnificently!

His face was pale, and his eyebrows were furrowed. Gu Cheng was a little embarrassed, bowed his head and said he didn't dare, and then straightened his clothes and bowed.

"What kind of identity is the prince, Gu Cheng will never dare to deceive each other. The reason why he told him frankly was because he had something to say to the prince next, and I implored the prince to listen to it, and then decide whether to believe in Gu Chengren. ”