In the snowy season, the garden is full of jade trees and flowers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The lake water in the info garden has long been frozen into ice, and the sound of the piano under the pavilion continues to swing out, stirring up the snow. The small stove next to the stone table was simmering hot, emitting a sizzling white gas, and the fragrance of tea was waving.

On the branches outside the pavilion, the bare trunks of the trees were crushed by the heavy snow, and with a gentle "click", a puff of white snow was scattered. At the same time, the man in the pavilion who was stroking the piano happened to play a song and stopped the strings.

The people in the audience took a teaspoon and gently scooped it in the stove, while raising his head and said with a smile: "If you are a talented person, you can plan the world by yourself." But here for me to play the qin, I really wronged you. ”

Gong Yixiu said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the dragon among the people, the Ninety-Five Supreme, but he is here to make tea, isn't it even more wronged?" ”

The emperor laughed very heartily, and pushed a freshly boiled tea soup in front of him, the tea soup was clear and translucent, and the color was extremely beautiful.

"That's settled." Gong Ye said with a smile, "You and I are busy making tea and listening to the snow, which is really a beautiful thing." "He had a young and handsome countenance, and in any way he did not look like he was already at his age, but in fact he was thirty-four years old.

Gongyi Xiu took a sip and said with a smile: "This 'little cang' tea can only be obtained through the hands of His Majesty. The minister himself cooks at home, and he always does not want it. ”

Gong Ye said with a smile: "Ordinary good tea, most of them are bitter but not astringent, and the aftertaste is sweet." It's rare that you can taste this unique goodness. ”

Gongyi Xiu said with a smile: "Grandfather warned us when he was there, bitterness may not be able to come willingly, but it can be regarded as a good fit for this tea." ”

"Suffering may not be able to come willingly?"

"Not bad." Gongyi cultivated, "Suffering may not necessarily come willingly, but at least it is not so bitter." Then I have some understanding in my heart, and the aftertaste is endless. It's more evocative and more authentic than mere lusciousness. ”

"This is a wonderful saying, and humility is worthy of being the wise man of the world." Gong Ye sighed softly.

Gongyi Xiu smiled slightly and said no more.

The two were sitting opposite each other drinking tea, but they heard a commotion outside the garden.

Gong Ye frowned. The only henchman standing beside him, the old slave, would have gotten his way. After a while, the old slave returned from outside the garden, and returned that it was the palace of the Four Emperors, clamoring to see his father.

Gong Ye's face stretched out, and he said with a smile: "Then let Yu'er come in." ”

The little prince was five years old, staggering in the snow, accompanied by an old slave, and staggered to the pavilion. First, he happily called his father, and then respectfully saluted and greeted the princess.

Gong Ye held him on his lap and played for a while, and the little prince went satisfied.

Gong Ye glanced back at Gongyi Xiu and said, "What does Xiu Qing think, how is Yu'er?" ”

Gongyi took a sip of hot tea and said, "Acting coolly, smart and quick-witted, excellent." ”

"Then what if he becomes the emperor's heir?"

Gongyi Xiu was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has thought through this question five years ago, so why bother to ask Xiu again." Although His Royal Highness is quite a father, he has a fly in the ointment and is still young. There is also his biological mother, Concubine Xue, who is in the middle of the court. If Your Majesty wants to have a son, he will kill his mother. Even though His Majesty is not afraid to create a precedent for this dynasty, it is bound to force Concubine Xue's brother, Xue Pingxiang and others to rebel under the pretext of rebellion, which also makes the most troublesome military and political contradictions even more intensified. The name of the Fourth Highness is not His Majesty's warning to Concubine Xue's family, which cannot be exceeded? ”

"Cultivating these words is indeed a trade-off in my heart." Gong Ye said, "Then what do you think, what about my eldest son?" ”

"With all due respect. The eldest prince said that he was upright and generous, but he was a little cowardly. "Gongyi Cultivation," if it is put into the peaceful and prosperous world, it may be able to become a Ming monarch for a generation. However, now there are tigers and wolves outside, and there are military and political conflicts inside. Your Majesty naturally has a decision in his heart. ”

"Yes, my sons...... Gong Ye sighed, "Although Yi'er is also smart, she has always been the most lazy, and all her enthusiasm is devoted to calligraphy and painting. He is a very easy person, just like a hermit in this imperial capital, and his ears do not hear what is going on outside the window. ”

Gongyi Xiu chuckled, "The second prince is a blessed man. ”

Gong Ye also smiled, shook his head slightly, and said: "Xun'er's words are bold and brave. But it is more ruthless, but its resourcefulness is slightly insufficient, and it is stubborn and self-serving, so it is unable to take on the big responsibility. ”

Gongyi cultivated: "Your Majesty is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, why worry about the emperor's heir too early? ”

"It's not worry," Gong Ye said, "It's just that I have already made a decision in my heart, and I should confess it to Xiuqing." ”

Although he was decisive, he had already judged each of the four sons, and there was no one to inherit the rule. Gong Yi Xiu only pressed the words and waited for the words to follow.

Gong Ye drank some bitter tea and raised his eyes to look at Gongyi Xiu, "I have always had a doubt in my heart. Qingzhi's temperament is lonely and straightforward, and he ...... at the beginning Why did you choose me? ”

Gongyi Xiu smiled lightly: "Your Majesty thinks that the minister's choice is wrong?" ”

Gong Ye shook his head, "Since I have agreed with you that Heqing Haiyan and the world will be peaceful, then even if I am broken, I will work hard to realize it." ”

Gongyi Xiu smiled: "Then Your Majesty, why do you come here to ask?" ”

Gong Ye said: "Back then, I ...... Killing a brother to seize the throne, if you are ruthless, you will never be under the Gao Tang Dynasty. ”

But when he heard the words "killing his brother and seizing the throne", Gongyi Xiu was not surprised, and said indifferently for a moment: "Xiu has also been confused, and he feels that he is not a good person. However, there was one person who told me that maybe I wasn't a good person, but I must be a good brother. ”

"It's your little sister who said this?"

Gongyi Xiu nodded slightly, "It's a pity...... I'm still not. ”

"But her words still entered your heart."

Gong Yixiu picked up the teaspoon on the table next to the table, gently stirred the tea that had already boiled in the furnace, and said: "Heaven and earth are furnaces, and creation is work; Yin and yang are charcoal, and all things are copper. Some people are refined into steel, and some people are refined into ashes. In fact, when it comes to the tea ceremony, why is it not the case? (To be continued.) )