Chapter 4 The Emperor's Mind Under the Trick
"Yes, His Royal Highness descended from Weichen, which is a blessing for Weichen's life." Autumn leaves white lowered her eyes and said quietly.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the young man in front of him, and suddenly patted the armrest, his expression turned cold: "You are lying!" ”
His voice was not high, but his voice was cold and abnormal, with the power of a thunderbolt coming, Qiu Yebai suddenly felt the pressure in front of him, and the chill was cold, and he couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, but he didn't flinch, he only landed on one knee, raised his hand and clenched his fist: "Your Majesty is angry, Weichen has never lied." ”
The emperor suddenly sneered: "Yes, you haven't lied, so you are telling me that you plan to accompany the regent for a long time as a man?" ”
As a 'man'......
She chuckled in her heart, what does the emperor mean by this, she suddenly thought that Qiuyunshang was waiting for the emperor to summon her outside, could it be that the emperor already knew that she was a daughter?
Akihabai's heart tightened, but the next moment she felt a little strange.
No, it's not!
If His Majesty the Emperor knew that she was his daughter, then it would be impossible for him not to know anything from Ah Chu, and if the Emperor really knew her identity and did not agree, then it must not be such a pomp waiting for him.
She hesitated for a moment, and then she heard the emperor's cold voice sound above: "Do you know what the crime of bullying the king should be?" ”
As she spoke, two columns of guards suddenly rushed in from outside the door, rubbing their long swords out of their sheaths, and several long swords shining with cold light surrounded her.
The air instantly froze and became heavy, as if as long as the emperor gave an order in displeasure, she would be killed on the spot, and blood would be splattered.
Although the Son of Heaven has not been in court for a long time, the Son of Heaven is angry and still has millions of corpses, not to mention that she is just such a courtier.
It is even more that only the monarch and the minister die, and the minister has to die.
The cold light flashed in Qiu Yebai's eyes, she did not bow her head this time, but suddenly raised her head directly, looked at the emperor through the sword, and said word by word: "Weichen's heart to His Highness, the sun and the moon can be learned, if there is a heart for His Highness, there is no place to die!" ”
The emperor looked at Qiu Yebai's gaze, and was suddenly shocked, and he was a little suspicious that he had seen the wrong eye, he hesitated for a moment, and waved his hand: "Go down, you can't enter unless you are summoned." ”
The head of the Purple Gold Palace, who was waiting, was stunned for a moment, and hesitated a little: "Your Majesty xià ......." ”
But when he saw the unmoved face of His Majesty the Emperor, he had to nod: "Yes." ”
Then the chief steward led all the guards to retreat, and not even the little eunuch who served the tea was left, and only the emperor and Akiba Bai kneeling on one knee above the empty main hall remained.
"Akibabai, do you know what you're talking about?" The emperor was silent for a while, and then suddenly asked.
Qiu Yebai only looked at the Ninety-Five Venerable who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said quietly: "Weichen is telling the truth. ”
The emperor's expression became a little complicated, he hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said, "You really ...... Ze'er." ”
He paused, and put it another way: "You really have admiration for Ze'er. ”
This is an affirmative sentence, not an interrogative sentence.
This is the judgment of His Majesty the Emperor.
She looked at the emperor, but said calmly: "Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen knows the identity of His Highness, admires His Highness, and does not think it is a crime, and is willing to smear His Highness." ”
Baili Chu is her man, he can do so many things for her, he wants to get her at any cost, she is also devoted to him, and she is willing to trust life and death, and plan carefully, this statement is not a lie.
The emperor looked at Qiu Yebai kneeling in front of him, his eyes were complicated, and there was a faint flicker, he was the emperor, even if he had not been in court for many years, the so-called emperor's mental skills had been cultivated since childhood, which was enough for him to understand that the person in front of him was not lying.
Today's layout, he originally only wanted to test the loyalty of the young man in front of him to Ze'er, after all, those entanglements back then must not make him doubt ...... heart.
The emperor's eyes flashed dark, and he didn't recall it anymore, but said lightly: "Sit down, get up and talk." ”
Qiu Yebai listened to the emperor's tone softened a little, and his heart was slightly relieved, so he also got up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”
If she hadn't misjudged, the emperor wouldn't have known the truth about her identity, and he wouldn't really want to kill her, Fang Cai's appearance was just a way to test her loyalty, after all, her identity as the son of Qiuyun was already special and complicated enough.
Qiu Yunshang was the core figure of the royalist faction back then, but now she is the only one who survives, and she has joined the Du family's camp, and on the surface, she is still carried by the Du family and the Queen Mother.
Although Ah Chu had told her that she wanted to descend to her as His Royal Highness the Regent, he had already informed the Emperor that she was his person.
But the emperor is still here today, which shows how serious this majesty's suspicion is, and it can be seen that his retreat to the 'behind-the-scenes' and 'not to the court' is just a last resort.
He has never given up the coercion of the Du family, perhaps...... He didn't even give up hope of regaining imperial power.
Qiu Yebai's heart was slightly cold, Ah Chu and Ah Ze have such a father, and they are really on par with Qiu Yunshang.
"You and Ze'er ......." The Emperor spoke hesitantly.
Qiu Yebai lowered his eyes, and suddenly interrupted him: "Every national teacher will not live to be thirty-seven, can Your Majesty know?" ”
To reassure a suspicious monarch, it is natural to let him see his true heart, and she let the emperor see her sincerity towards Ah Chu, which is to let him understand that he is now the same as the 'Concubine Chen' back then, and only by virtue of an emotion for Ah Chu, he can become a helper and will never betray.
Even if she is a 'man' at the moment, there is no good man among the nobles in Shangjing, although she is not on the stage, it is not a shocking thing.
The emperor was stunned: "You ......." ”
Ze'er even told Akiba Bai about this?
The emperor's expression became more and more complicated, looking at Qiu Yebai, as if he was struggling with the fact that his favorite prince was really married to a 'man' who admired him, and this 'man' did not shy away from being honest about his love for the prince, this kind of thing was really .......
"In the end, you are young and frivolous, Autumn Leaves White, you are really bold and reckless." His Majesty the Emperor frowned slightly, his expression was strange, but he did not mean to be angry.
After all, if Autumn Leaf White can say this sentence, it shows that this person really belongs to Ze'er's henchmen.
Autumn leaves said quietly: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, but Weichen feels that life is short, why bother to be bound by the world's etiquette, love what I love, and be loyal to my heart, so I don't regret it." ”
The emperor was stunned, narrowed his eyes and looked at Qiu Yebai, and said in a deep voice: "You are loyal to Ze'er, but it is not in vain that he personally came to ask me for this family business. ”
Qiu Ye Bai didn't say much, only said: "Thank you for your majesty." ”
The emperor paused, and suddenly said with some self-deprecation: "It makes no difference to Ze'er whether my father is perfect or not. ”
She was silent, she saw this, when Baili first came to tell her that she was going to marry her, she only said that she went to inform the emperor.
The emperor suddenly began to cough again: "Cough, cough, cough......." ”
Autumn leaves' white eyelashes were lifted lightly, and she listened to the coughing sound with a lung rale, and she could know that the emperor's illness was not as disguised as she thought, he was really sick, and listening to the coughing sound was very similar - tuberculosis.
In this day and age, this is truly an incurable disease.
"Your Majesty, you need someone to come in and serve." Akiba Bai looked at the emperor and said.
"Ahem...... No, you don't. The emperor coughed for a while, habitually wiped his lips with a handkerchief, and then raised his head to look at her, the fatigue in his expression was difficult to hide: "What you said is not wrong, life is short, I don't want to go against Ze'er's will, since you are Ze'er's confidant, I want you to know some things, I have something to say to you when I summoned you alone this time." ”
Qiu Ye Bai saw that the emperor suddenly stopped holding the shelf, and actually looked like he wanted to speak directly with her, and his heart was slightly cold, it seemed that the emperor's majesty might not be able to support his body for too long, so he was going to go straight in.
She arched her hand to show respect: "Your Majesty, please command." ”
The emperor looked at him, and his eyes flashed: "There is about to be a battle in Southern Xinjiang Province, and His Royal Highness is about to go on an expedition, you should understand." ”
Qiu Yebai had some doubts in his heart about what this matter had to do with her, so he heard the emperor continue: "I will issue an order to promote you to the first seat of the celebrant supervisor, the eighth is about to lead a large army to the battle, and you, the governor, are the chief supervisor." ”
Her eyebrows jumped, and she couldn't help but be stunned: "Your Majesty, how can Weichen take on this responsibility?" ”
"Historical Records: The Biography of Sima Sui Tho": I wish to win the favor of the king, the respect of the country, and the supervision of the army.
The so-called supervising army is that the emperor sends his close attendants and favored ministers to supervise the generals and assist in military affairs when the army goes out.
Although the prison army represents the will of the king, there are many prison soldiers in history who have been beheaded by the generals because they held the generals hostage and performed their duties.
She and Baili Lingfeng are also mortal enemies, and she almost imprisoned Baili Lingfeng with her own hands, and now that he will go on the expedition, she will be his supervisor?
The emperor looked at Qiu Yebai and sighed lightly: "That's right, the eighth is a capable person, but his identity is there, and he has to suffer some grievances, I don't want to see him do something that shouldn't be done under his resentment, especially Long Wei, which should be the sword of the empire and cannot be abolished." ”
Qiu Yebai understood that His Majesty the Emperor wanted her to hold Baili Lingfeng hostage, lest he rebel or support his own army, to put it bluntly, he hoped that Baili Lingfeng would go and how to return.
His Majesty the Emperor really looked up to her so much, he treated the eighth child of his family as Han Xin, and then treated her as Xiao He?
Qiu Yebai could even vaguely see the light flashing in the emperor's eyes, and she had some sneering scorn in her heart, the emperor's majesty was really as deep as she thought, and this time she had probably begun to calculate how much her loyalty could bring to the royal family.
She said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has never been in the army, and he has no ability to Xiao He, I'm afraid it will be difficult to chase Han Xin under the moon." ”
Ah Chu wouldn't like her to leave him so far, not to mention that since Ah Chu dared to let go and let Baili Lingfeng lead the troops, he must have his certainty.
The emperor looked at her and said lightly: "Autumn leaf white, this is the holy decree." ”
Qiu Ye pale and frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness has a holiday with Weichen, and your arrangement may make Your Highness even more disgusted." ”
The emperor looked at her and suddenly said, "Ahem...... Cough...... Autumn Leaf White, since you are the son of the clouds, you should understand that the empire does not need to have an emperor with a big tail and no relatives. ”
Qiu Yebai was startled for a moment, and a thin sweat broke out on his forehead, the emperor's words clearly meant...... It is clearly vaguely revealed that he has selected Baili Lingfeng as his heir, so he wants to preserve Baili Lingfeng's qualifications to become the heir, that is-to make military merits without rebellion?
"But Your Majesty, you can directly reveal this meaning to the Eighth Prince, I believe Your Highness will understand your painstaking efforts." Akiba Bai hesitated for a moment.
The emperor suddenly let out a short laugh, a little helpless and astringent: "The eighth is a smart person, but he is too smart, so sometimes I have to prevent him from being smart." ”
Qiu Yebai listened to the emperor's words, and suddenly there was an inexplicable breath in her heart, and she didn't know where it came from, so she couldn't help but suddenly raised her head and said coldly: "Weichen heard that His Majesty Xià once promised Concubine Chen that this world will be shared with Concubine Chen, do you remember?" ”
Ah Chu is also a prince, even if he is not rare to take the throne, but the emperor has never thought of letting Ah Chu inherit the throne?
When the emperor heard this, he froze instantly, looked at Qiu Ye Bai, and a killing intent appeared on his face: "Presumptuous, criticize the emperor's unification, who gave you such courage in Qiu Ye Bai!" ”
She knew that she was too impulsive, but she was unhappy in her heart, and she looked at the God King with neither humility nor arrogance: "Weichen just knows that you have no jokes." ”
The emperor seemed to be trembling a little with anger, and forcibly resisted coughing to make his face pale, but looking at her appearance, he didn't know what memories touched him, and his face gradually turned pale again.
The two monarchs and ministers were in a stalemate for a while, and the emperor suddenly closed his eyes and laughed helplessly: "Hehe...... In the end, it is the son of the clouds, and there are really some of his newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, if it weren't for the sincerity in your eyes, it was for Ze'er's grievances, I would think that you were selfish, after all, if you can become the emperor's humerus, you can indeed enjoy all the glory. ”
He paused, coughed again, and then said in a hoarse voice: "Do you and I think I haven't considered letting Ze'er enjoy the country, but didn't you just tell me that none of my previous national teachers has lived for thirty-seven...... Although I have already asked for medicine for Ze'er, how can I lose the great plan of the country. ”
Autumn leaves were silent, although the emperor was not wrong to consider, but she could not let go of her heart.
Why?
All the hardships and hardships were borne by Ah Chu and Ah Ze, and the price of the country was his health, mind and life, while others could sit back and enjoy it.
Why!
"I asked you to keep an eye on the eighth child, and I also hope that you will become the minister of the humerus of the future emperor, and you can also enjoy glory and wealth."
The emperor's words instantly made Akiba Bai look up in disbelief again: "Your Majesty?!" ”
The emperor actually planned to let her betray Ah Chu?
The emperor looked at Qiu Yebai's expression, and his eyes were slightly gloomy: "This is not a betrayal of Ze'er, this is for Ze'er's consideration, although the world calls me long live, but from the first emperor to the present thousands of years, who can really live long?" ”
He stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows a little tiredly: "My time is running out, if the eighth child ascends to the throne, if he is an excellent emperor, even if Ze'er is a woman, he should not leave Ze'er's life, not to mention that once Ze'er's identity is exposed, it will be more difficult to save his life, but if you can become the eighth child's henchman, I believe you can think of ways to save Ze'er's life." ”
Successive new emperors ascended the throne, but no one could tolerate the person who once overrode him to live well, even if he got the credit of that person.
This is the emperor.
Qiu Yebai suddenly smiled, and his smile was cold: "Your Majesty, is this a way back for His Royal Highness the Regent, hehe?" ”
Let her proud Ah Chu beg for others?
How could a smart person like the emperor hear the sarcasm in Qiu Yebai's smile, he didn't get angry, but looked at Qiu Yebai calmly: "Do you think that my family affection is weak and mean?" ”
"I was born in the Du family, but the tail of the Du family is too big to fall, making me a lonely family and a sinner in the world."
He paused, and pain flashed in his eyes: "Even sacrificing Ze'er's mother...... And Ze'er, if he will become another save-eyed being, what is the meaning of everyone's sacrifice and patience, including his mother and Ze'er's initial sacrifice? ”
The corners of Autumn Leaves' white lips were pursed, and he lowered his eyes, hiding the ridicule and coldness under his eyes, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, can Weichen burst into foul language?" ”
The emperor was stunned, and some didn't react, so he saw that she seemed to ask herself and answered: "If you can't, Weichen has nothing to say." ”
Although the emperor has never lived in the people, he doesn't understand what Akiba Bai's first sentence means, but when he sees her like that, he can also understand three points.
He frowned slightly: "Ze'er is my favorite prince, and he is also the child I owe the most, I have prepared a peaceful back road for him to enjoy glory and peace for the rest of his life, you only need to do what I asked you to do, so that after the eighth child ascends the throne, Ze'er will retreat." ”
Hearing this, the cold light in her eyes was even worse, she slowly clenched her fists, then raised her hand and nodded on one knee: "Yes." ”
The emperor looked at her deferential and calm appearance, and nodded with satisfaction and tiredness: "Very good, you go, you can climb to today's position at such a young age, and you are also a smart person, today I have a heart-to-heart with you, that is, I regard you as the pillar of the future revitalization of the imperial court, and I also hope that you understand my painstaking efforts, some things, should not be told to others, should be left in the bottom of my heart." ”
Autumn Leaf Bai continued to bow his head and said in a deep voice: "Weichen thank Lord Longen." ”
Then she got up and left the main hall.
After the emperor saw her disappear outside the door, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and then he said lightly: "Summoning the clouds." ”
The voice of the Grand Administrator of the Purple Gold Hall sounded outside the door: "Obey the order." ”
After a while, a figure of cultivation stepped in, and after entering the main hall, he bowed down and saluted the monarch and ministers: "Weichen see Your Majesty." ”
The emperor looked at the autumn clouds under his seat, his expression flashed with complexity, and then he regained his indifference: "On the clouds, you and I haven't seen each other for many years, and they can be regarded as old friends, so there is no need to be restrained." ”
A hint of complexity flashed in Qiu Yunshang's expression, and then he said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen is a criminal minister, not to mention that the ceremony cannot be abolished." ”
The emperor looked at him and said lightly: "Sit down, Yunshang, just because you have given birth to a capable son, I probably shouldn't blame you for many years." ”
The sarcasm in the emperor's voice made Qiu Yunshang's face pale slightly, and he flashed pain, but after hearing the word 'son' again, his eyes flashed slightly, and he didn't refuse again, but sat down.
"Thank you for your praise of the dog, but the dog is incompetent and not enough to serve the dog."
The emperor looked at Qiu Yunshang, but did not answer, but said lightly: "Yunshang, have you ever incense Qingluan after you come back?" ”
Qiu Yun froze again and fell silent.
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After Qiu Ye Bai came out of the Purple Gold Palace, he looked the same, Ning Chun was waiting outside the Purple Gold Palace, but when he saw her expression, he chuckled in his heart, the cold air on his master's body was obviously pressed in his heart.
The master and servant walked all the way towards the Mingguang Palace, but when they took a shortcut and walked to a deserted and barren palace, she suddenly stopped, turned around and kicked viciously on the pillars of the palace.
"Kara!" Where could the pillar withstand the fierce blow of her ten successful powers, and suddenly there was a sound of kela, and after a burst of ash fell, a deep crack suddenly opened.
"Fuck you uncle, get out of the way of your bitch!" She let out a vicious roar.
What kind of bullshit, her Ah Chu is such a noble phoenix, ah, phew, it's a dragon, how can she beg someone to give her a way to live in a low voice.
It is impossible for her to imagine that he, who is as proud as him and peerless, would bow his proud head, and a puppeteer like him, who has long been accustomed to manipulating people's hearts and controlling people's life and death, would bow his head to the puppet?
A Chu ...... Her Ah Chu, even the placket of his clothes was stained with a trace of dust, how could he tolerate other people's boots stepping on his knees.
Sacrifice is noble, but every qiē must be based on the principle of voluntariness.
How could her Ah Chu have volunteered to go to why all beings in the world, why did the new emperor Mingjun sacrifice this?
And in her opinion, a qiē is nothing but the emperor's selfish desires!
Qiu Yebai closed her eyes and endured the anger in her heart, she suddenly understood very well how Bailichu's strange cold and cruel temperament came from, no wonder he likes to watch dramas, likes to watch all living beings struggling, just because he is the one who is suffering in the deepest part of purgatory.
She is also very violent and has the urge to beat the emperor to death directly!
Thinking so, Akiba Bai couldn't help but pound his fist on the red pillar again.
Ning Chun looked at the appearance of his master's head with bruises exposed, and felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he only silently took out the medicine box he carried with him, and used the medicine powder to medicate her injured fist.
"Si Shao, if you hurt yourself, Your Highness will be displeased when you see it."
Qiu Yebai didn't refuse, closed his eyes, and suddenly said, "Get ready, let's go to Pingyun Hall to meet the Eighth Prince later." ”
Since she is going to go out to supervise the army, then maybe it is time to pay a visit to her future 'master', the future emperor of the empire, His Majesty.
Ning Chun was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Yes." ”
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Overtime to drive out the bird ~ begging for a monthly pass, ~== I miss my little meat butt ~:—(I can't see the little point when I get home from overtime.)