The Lama Temple is as good as before, but in winter, everything is slaughtered, and there is goose feather snow in the sky, so it looks extremely deserted.

Pushing open the door of the temple and entering, there was a cold wind behind the ridge, but the heat that filled the face was full of agarwood.

Xu Yan's cloak was already covered with snow, and he casually handed it to the little eunuch at the door, bypassing the large screen to block the cold, and Emperor Huiping in it changed his lazy attitude in the past, and at this time he was pacing on the ground, obviously hiding something in his heart.

After Xu Yan knelt down to say hello, Emperor Huiping asked people to withdraw, and even Duan Bao did not ask him to stay.

Xu Yan rarely encountered such a situation, so he couldn't help but tense his spirits and asked, "The imperial brother urgently summoned his subordinates into the palace, there is something important. ”

"Very urgent." Emperor Huiping turned his head to look at him, "The Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion has a connection with Ye Qin!" ”

Xu Yan's face was surprised, and he couldn't help but blurt out: "How-" In the end, he swallowed the words that followed, his face was solemn, "Is the imperial brother convinced?" ”

"I'm sure of it." Emperor Huiping paced to the edge of the imperial case, and clasped a letter on the case with his fingers, "In May, someone reported this matter to me secretly, and I secretly sent Tsing Yi to investigate, and I found that the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion and the fifth prince of Yeqin, Xuanyi, had colluded for several years!" ”

Emperor Huiping was extremely calm at this time, and his voice became more and more sophisticated, "Not only that, but they also interfered in the affairs of the Wulin Sect, and even the generals I sent to guard the western region actually colluded with him!" ”

Xu Yan listened quietly, his fists gradually clenched.

In May, Emperor Huiping was given the secret that he deliberately asked someone to leak the news to the reliable Tsing Yi, and then sent it to the imperial front. Although he turned around a little, he could only do so - Emperor Huiping has always been suspicious, even if he has a special preference for his younger brother who was raised by his own hands, he always remains a little wary. If this matter was found out by Xu Yan and reported, Emperor Huiping might not believe it, but if he ordered it to be investigated, it would have become a great conviction.

Most of the things that Emperor Huiping found out, Xu Yan probably knew, but he went back and forth with the Wulin Sect several times, and he didn't know that there were border generals colluding with the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion!

"Who is that person?" Xu Yan bluntly expressed his doubts.

"Wei Meng's lieutenant, Liu Ping."

"Liu Ping!" Xu Yan was very surprised, and then Emperor Huiping's words turned it into surprise-

"Liu Ping was inconspicuous in his early years, and I don't know until today that he was once a guard in the palace of Prince Zhaoming! It's just that Prince Zhaoming was transferred to another place before the case, and later performed military merits to defend one side. ”

When he said this, Emperor Huiping's face was already very gloomy, and he walked up to Xu Yan and said slowly: "Fifth brother, there are too few people in this court who can do this. You have to do it for me. ”

"The younger brother will definitely do his best to share the worries of the royal brother!" Xu Yan realized the weight of these words and knelt down to promise.

Emperor Huiping helped him up, "I also told you before that the case of Jiang Ge Lao and the case of King Wei were all involved in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion. Ningyuan Marquis Cui Xuanli's ability is very clear, relying on being the younger brother of the concubine, selling official positions and deducting military funds, although the people's hearts are greedy, they have no great ability. These things must have come from the hands of the eldest princess of Leyang. ”

Xu Yan still knelt on the ground, listening to his continued instructions.

"I will assign fifty famous Tsing Yi to you, and you will check three things for me. First, where did Cui Xuanli's military postures go. I didn't investigate it deeply before, but now that I think about it, so much military money is allocated every year, which adds up to not a small amount. Second, you said before that there seems to be a copper mine in the deep mountains of the Wulin Sect, and you must find out if there is such a mine, whether anyone is mining it, and who is making profits. Third-" He slowly helped Xu Yan up, and the force on Xu Yan's arm was extremely heavy, "You must find out Leyang's purpose!" ”

Among the Tsing Yi are all top masters, fifty Tsing Yi dialed over, it is an extremely powerful force.

And Emperor Huiping's willingness to entrust such a force to him, the prince, can also show his trust.

Xu Yan replied solemnly: "Brother minister, I will live up to the trust of the imperial brother!" ”

"Remember not to startle the snake. I will transfer the matter of the "Siku Canon" to someone else to deal with, you are still the prince of leisure, don't make people suspicious. ”

After thinking about it, Emperor Huiping still changed his mind, "I will leak some news from the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, and you should pay attention to their reactions." If...... You may want to get close to him and find out what you want to do. ”

"Brother I understand." Xu Yan's voice paused, and after thinking about it, he added: "The imperial brother is the imperial brother, and the younger brother has always kept it in mind." ”

It was night when Xu Yan was sitting alone in the study, and the deputy commander of Tsing Yi Wei avoided the eyes and ears of others and came at night to ask to see Xu Yan.

Tsing Yi Wei was originally the emperor's relied on the guards, and most of them were disciples of families with strong martial arts. Because of the personal protection of the emperor's safety, most of them were people who were very trusted by the emperor, and later they were gradually given the positions of torture and investigation, and the piles were all over the place, and now, the number of people in the Tsing Yi Guard has reached tens of thousands.

This deputy commander is inferior to Qin Xiong in terms of grade, but in terms of the emperor's regeneration and his own skills, he is many times more powerful than Qin Xiong.

After the two of them finished discussing in the study, they made careful arrangements, and when everything was decided, it was already past the time.

The deputy commander's skills were much higher than those of Gu An, and he quietly disappeared into the dark night, and there was no movement at all.

Xu Yan spent a long time thinking about it, and felt a little headache when he went out.

In the evening, the snow that had just stopped drifted down intermittently, and there were no stars and moons in the sky, only the various palace lights of the palace were lit, reflecting the crystal snowflakes.

Xu Yan was strong and not afraid of the cold, so he stood in the cold wind for a while. In the cold night wind, my mind gradually cleared up a lot.

He glanced at it and felt that it was not too late, so he summoned Gu An to discuss the matter, and returned to the Shaking Light Courtyard to rest after half an hour.

Because he often comes back late at night, Shen Yan has always had the habit of lighting all the palace lamps outside the courtyard at night, at this time the lights are swaying, stepping on the thick snow on the ground to go back, Xu Yan is light and good, leaving only a row of shallow footprints, but it will be covered by new snow in a moment.

Except for the mother-in-law who was on duty at night, there was no other figure in the courtyard.

The snow fell silently, covering the eaves tiles, covering all traces, and he suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief as he looked at the faint candlelight that was faintly shining through the room.

Since he was sensible, he knew that he was born in the royal family, and his words and deeds were different from ordinary people.

At that time, Wei Rong was his companion, and he often told many interesting things at home, saying that the harmony of his parents and the noisy quarrel of his brothers and sisters, he would be punished by his father to kneel in the ancestral hall if he got into trouble, and he could be coquettish in his mother's arms if he was wronged. Every time he sneaked out of the house to play, and when he slipped back to the yard late at night, his mother always lit all the lamps in his house and sat in the hall waiting for him.

Even though Wei Rong had suffered a lot for this, the dim candlelight waiting for him to go back in the middle of the night still made him miss it many years later.

At that time, Xu Yan was very envious of Wei Rong.

He was taken to Duanwang's Mansion when he was very young, and he never lied in Concubine Cui's arms, let alone saw Concubine Cui waiting for him to come back. At that time, Emperor Huiping was still a prince, and there were a bunch of concubines and side concubines around him, as well as two children, Chengen and Cheng'an, even if he was particularly distressed by this younger brother, he never waited for him.

Every time Xu Yan sneaked back, only Mama Kang sat in front of the door and waited for him, but she had always had a calm face, and she had never had such a warm candlelight.

Now standing in the Shaking Light Courtyard, the dim yellow light came out through the screen window, the snowflakes fluttered in front of me, but there was a sudden courage and soft warmth in my heart.

It's like fighting on the battlefield for days, and soaking in a warm bathtub while tired makes people feel comfortable.

couldn't help but put his footsteps more lightly, Xu Yan waved his hand to avoid the salute of the woman on duty, gently pushed the door in, and saw that Sui Zhu was still waiting for him to return. It's just that it's late at night, after all, I can't stay up, and I'm leaning against the door to nap, and when I saw him, I hurriedly caught up and wanted to catch the cloak.

Xu Yan waved her hand and told her to withdraw, untied her cloak by herself, for fear of waking up Shen Yan, so she hurriedly wiped her hands and face in the inner room, changed into a middle coat and walked to the couch.

He stayed in the cold and snow for a long time, his hands and face were cold, and when he touched Shen Yan's face, she shrank her neck in her sleep, and drilled into the quilt as if she was afraid of the cold.

Xu Yan smiled, put his hand into the quilt and covered it for a while, then got into the quilt and stretched out his arm to take her into his arms.

Shen Yan seemed to know that he was back, although she was still asleep, she still drilled into his arms like a little fox, and found a comfortable position to continue sleeping. Xu Yan was a little upset in her heart, and looked at her delicate face by the faint candlelight that entered through the brocade tent.

This face is always tired of looking at it, not only because of the delicate facial features and white skin, but also because of the agility everywhere.

Even if he fell asleep quietly like this, his lips were restless, and the corners of his lips were hooked from time to time, as if he had dreamed of something beautiful. His eyes swept over her eyelashes and nose, and in front of her was her wrinkled nose and coquettish appearance, her cunning appearance with blinking eyes, her frowning and begging for mercy, and her sultry appearance when her lips were slightly open and her eyes flowed through.

It was the vividness and gentleness that Xu Yan had never experienced in the first 20 years.

Kissing her lightly on the forehead, he stretched out his arm around her waist and hugged each other.

The palm wind swept by, and the candle flame outside flickered, and then it fell into darkness and silence—

Since getting married, Shen Yan has gradually stopped being afraid of the dark, and when she sleeps with Xu Yan, she never needs to light the lamp.

As if he were there, there was nothing to fear.

When Shen Yan woke up the next morning, Xu Yan was still asleep, she yawned, lay down with her eyes open for a while, and became restless. Every part of Xu Yan's body seems to be fun, the cyan stubble on his cheeks in the early morning, the Adam's apple around his neck, the muscles on his chest and his thin waist, and even the scar seem to have a different taste.

She saw that it was still dark in the room, but it was still early, so she couldn't help but touch his face, rubbed against his chest, and his palms swam to his waist again, which was completely different from hers, and made people blush and heartbeat when they thought about it.

Thinking for a while, she was secretly shy and buried her head in his arms.

The palm that stayed on his waist just wanted to be withdrawn, but was suddenly held down by Xu Yan.

When he first woke up in the morning, his voice was hoarse, "Why did you stop, huh?" ”