Time flies, time flies, and five years pass in a flash.

This year, Fang Pei was eighteen years old, and he won the first place in the township examination, leaving only the final palace examination.

At the same time, the situation between the DPRK and China has also undergone an earth-shattering reversal.

Five years ago, Chen Yu made meritorious contributions to the epidemic and was rewarded by the saints, and the queen personally asked for a decree to give her youngest daughter, Princess Wanyi, to marry the prince of the Guogong Mansion as his wife.

This is a great honor, but after Chen Yu left Zhaojia Town, he did not return to Beijing, but went to Mobei alone, Chen Guogong sent countless messengers out, and even the queen also made an edict, but Chen Yu turned a blind eye and insisted on refusing to return to Beijing.

The prince knows his cousin's character very well, he remains neutral, and the two do not help each other, neither persuading Chen Yu to return to Beijing, nor persuading his sister to give up, after all, the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, he is sandwiched in the middle, and both ends are very difficult, and it is the best choice to remain neutral.

In the end, because of Princess Wanyi's insistence on marrying, the Chen family had to hold a wedding without the groom attending on the original date, explaining to the outside world that the groom was in the border to resist foreign enemies and return to Beijing flawlessly.

Princess Wanyi waited for five years before her husband returned to Beijing.

In the past few years, too many things have happened, first the four princes returned to Beijing with their biological mother's relics, and the saint reversed the case for Qin Guifei, and also named the four princes as King An, and gave the daughter of the general to be Princess An, and the four princes lived in the court.

Without Chen Yu by his side. The prince became more and more irritable as if he were facing a great enemy, and in the end he even instructed people to poison the saint and guide the dragon to control Bintian, and the prince ended up apologizing for his crimes.

A year ago, the saint died, the prince killed himself, Chen Yu, who had been away from the capital for five years, finally returned to Beijing to preside over the overall situation, although the strength of the Anwang Mansion should not be underestimated, but Chen Jiajun and Chen Yu's 100,000 army were not vegetarians, plus the saint was poisoned and assassinated. Failed to leave a testament. The Queen's words became a testament.

As a result, the eight-year-old youngest son under the queen's name succeeded to the throne and became the new emperor.

But An Wang's party is not a vegetarian, as the only remaining son of the first emperor. The only older brother of the new emperor. In the case of the new emperor at a young age. King An took on the important task of supervising the country, made the regent 9,000 years old, and co-presided over the court with the Empress Dowager Chen, who listened to the government.

The forces of the DPRK and China are now divided into two factions. One is subordinate to the new emperor and the Chen family's party, and the other is the Anwang party, the two sides are evenly matched, and it is difficult to fight, and the palace test in the new year has become a new battlefield for the two parties to compete for talents.

After returning to Beijing, Chen Yu did not live in the Guogong Mansion, nor did he live in the General's Mansion, but lived in a private house, and sent heavy troops to guard it, without his permission, not to mention Princess Wanyi, the princess, even if Chen Guogong came to the door in person, don't want to break in.

Chen Guogong knew that his son was not satisfied with this marriage, so he turned a blind eye and let him go, anyway, as long as he still remembered the affairs of the court, the Guogong Mansion would be inherited by him sooner or later, and it was impossible to gamble for a lifetime, and one day he would return to the Gongfu.

After the palace test, the eunuch next to the queen mother quietly left the palace, appeared in Chen Yu's house, took out a list from his sleeve, handed it to Chen Yu with both hands, and advised: "General, this is the result of this year's palace test, and the list will be released in three days." ”

"yes, got it." Chen Yu stretched out his hand to take it and casually threw it on the bookcase.

The chamberlain was a little embarrassed, laughed dryly, stepped forward to open the list that had just been thrown away by Chen Yu, pointed to one of the names, and said: "General, this is this year's champion candidate, the Queen Mother originally arranged our own people, but the Regent's party tried to protect this person, and this person was indeed outstanding, and the Queen Mother had to compromise." ”

Chen Yu glanced at it casually, but he couldn't take his eyes off it, his gaze stayed on the place where the waiter's finger pointed to his name, and the word Fang Pei, like a dazzling light, firmly attracted his sight.

"Fang Pei." Chen Yu pronounced the name in a low voice.

"That's the man." Seeing that he finally got into his mind about this matter, the chamberlain immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "What the queen mother means is that this person cannot be allowed to live until the day of release, but the regent and his party strictly protect him, and it is difficult to start, and I am afraid that no one can do this except for the general." ”

After staring at the name for a while, under the urging of the waiter, he casually said 'I know', and then raised his voice and said outside: "Come on, send off guests!" ”

After sending the waiter away, Cheng Qi entered the study and arched his hand: "Eldest prince, what do you command?" Now Cheng Qi is already a four-rank loyal general, but he is still used to taking Chen Yu as the leader.

"Do you know the details of this Fang Pei?" Chen Yu raised his chin, motioned for him to step forward, and pointed to the fold brought by the waiter above the bookcase.

Cheng Qi glanced at it, nodded, and replied to him succinctly and clearly: "I know, he is the descendant of the Fang family." After a pause, seeing that Chen Yu was silent, he added: "This person is a young talent, outstanding in writing, and now it has spread all over the capital, and there must be this person in the top three, but this person is quite close to the regent and his party, eldest prince, you suddenly care about the results of the imperial examination, but what does the queen mother say?" ”

Chen Yu nodded, sighed, and said, "The list in your hand is the result of this year's palace examination, and the list will be released in three days." ”

Cheng Qi was shocked, and couldn't help but pick up the list and read it carefully.

Fang Pei's name is at the front, if there is no accident, this year's champion candidate is him, but Fang Pei is a member of the regent party, the Queen Mother must not tolerate him winning the first place, since this list has been sent to Chen Yu, I am afraid that the Queen Mother already wants to deal with Fang Pei.

But Fang Pei is Fang Fei's only younger brother, Fang Fei's death back then, how injured Chen Yu was, no one can know better than Cheng Qi, a person who has held a grudge for many years, always looking forward to her death, but when that moment really came, he found that his heart hurt as if someone had taken a piece of it!

Fang Fei used his own life in exchange for Chen Yu's lingering guilt, who won and lost in this contest. It doesn't matter anymore, after all, people die like lights going out.

Now that the Queen Mother has asked Chen Yu to deal with Fang Pei, I'm afraid she will be disappointed.

"Eldest Prince, what are you going to do?" Cheng Qi frowned, quietly staring at Chen Yu, who was as quiet as a statue behind the bookcase, and couldn't help but be a little worried.

Five years, time flies, and even he feels a lot older, but for Chen Yu, time has no way to deal with him. Five years of time. failed to leave the slightest trace on his young and handsome face, still like a crown of jade, handsome and handsome, like a young man who was seventeen or eighteen years old and just in his youth. But it is more arrogant and cold than the young man.

There was silence in the study. The warm afternoon sun shines through the windows. Shining on the exquisite outline of Chen Yu's knife and axe, it is so beautiful that it is like a dream, and people can't bear to break this tranquil beauty.

Cheng Qi secretly guessed in his heart what kind of task the Queen Mother gave Chen Yu. Secretly thinking about how to do it, this time I can do it without disappointing the Queen Mother, but also not embarrass Chen Yu, the best of both worlds, is the best way, but it is obvious that this idea is not in line with reality.

After a long silence, Chen Yu suddenly got up, gently pulled out the small fold from Cheng Qi's hand, held it in his hand and put his hand behind his back, and said lightly: "It's nothing, help me pay attention to Fang Pei's movements, if someone is not good for him, solve it secretly." ”

Cheng Qi was stunned for a while, and helplessly clenched his fists in response, 'yes', and withdrew from the study with a lot of concern, the person the eldest prince wants to protect, I'm afraid no one can move, but how should the Queen Mother explain?

When Cheng Qi came out of Chen Yu's private house, Princess Wanyi was entangled with the guards in front of the door, Cheng Qi was full of worries along the way, and only found out after stepping out of the door, and hurriedly retreated behind the door, but it was still a step too late.

"General Cheng Xiao!" Princess Wanyi had obviously seen him a long time ago, and shouted loudly, "What do you mean when you see this princess and hide?" ”

Cheng Qi couldn't, so he stepped forward with a smile, saluted her, and said: "The princess forgives her sins, she is clumsy, I didn't see the princess just now, please punish the princess!" ”

"The general doesn't have to be polite." Princess Wanyi stepped forward with a smile and said gently, "Why did General Shicai retreat to the door when he saw the palace?" Could it be that this palace is a poisonous snake and a beast? It made the general so afraid. ”

Cheng Qi secretly wiped a cold sweat, laughed dryly, and explained: "The princess misunderstood, her subordinates just remembered that they forgot to tell the eldest prince, so they wanted to go back, not deliberately avoiding the princess." ”

Princess Wanyi listened, covered her smile, and stepped forward and said: "General Cheng is too careful, this palace is just a casual remark, the general should not be surprised, it just so happens that this palace also has something to see the prince, so let's go in with the general." ”

So saying, he went to the door.

Cheng Qi was a little embarrassed, everyone knew that Chen Yu was not satisfied with this family business, he did not live in the Guogong Mansion, nor did he live in the General's Mansion, but lived in a private house, in order to avoid Princess Wanyi, Princess Wanyi This is not the first time she has come to the door, but every time she is told that Chen Yu is not in the mansion, she is blocked back, and now she is entangled with Cheng Qi, Cheng Qi can't help but feel a little big.

The guards at the door, you look at me, I look at you, and they collectively looked at Cheng Qi, not knowing whether to stop people or not.

"Let's go, General Cheng." Princess Wanyi saw that he was standing still, so she urged with a smile.

"......" Cheng Qi was stunned, his brain was spinning fast, racking his brains to think about what excuse to refuse, in order to give the princess face, and not to offend her, at a critical juncture, he suddenly saw his entourage leading the horse from the corner gate, Cheng Qi was like a pardon, hurriedly turned his back, and while gesturing at him, he stepped forward with a smile, and walked towards the gate with Princess Wanyi.

When Xiao Si saw this, he understood, and when he was about to throw the reins in his hand, he rushed over in a hurry, and ran and shouted: "General! Checkmate! Oh no, the old lady told you to go back quickly! ”

Cheng Qi was overjoyed, but he tried his best to keep his face tight, make a stern gesture, and asked eagerly, "What's wrong?" What's wrong with the old man? ”

Cheng Qi's father is an old man in the Guogong Mansion, he has been a steward of the Chen family for decades, and he is also a well-known figure when he goes out, and now his son is a four-grade general, and his father is naturally not good to live in the Guogong Mansion anymore, although he has moved to Cheng Qi's General's Mansion, he still often returns to the Guogong Mansion to visit Chen Guogong, he used to be a housekeeper, and now he is Chen Guogong's guest, and his status in the Chen family has increased unabated.

Princess Wanyi, as Chen Guogong's daughter-in-law, naturally wanted to give her father-in-law's friend some face, so she followed up and asked, "Why are you so panicked?" But what happened to your master? ”

That Xiao Si stared at Cheng Qi and raised an eyebrow at him.

Cheng Qi hurriedly didn't start, with an expression of what you see me doing, and said, "What did the old lady call me to do back?" ”

That Xiao Si coughed and said: "The old lady said, the general, you are not too young, and you will not marry a daughter-in-law until now, the old lady is in a hurry, today I found a matchmaker to come to your door to say goodbye, let you go back quickly!" ”

"......" Cheng Qi was full of black lines, gritted his teeth and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, this kid!" ”

Princess Wanyi frowned, and also said on the side: "Yes, you slave don't want to talk nonsense, General Cheng still has important military affairs to discuss with the prince, these trivial things, just let your master make his own decisions, don't disturb your general." ”

It's all about military affairs, and Cheng Qi can't say anything more, so he has to keep a straight face and say: "What the princess said is that General Ben still has important matters to discuss with the prince, you go back and tell the old lady and let him make his own decisions, just discuss it when I go back!" ”

That Xiao Si smiled, rubbed his hands and said: "Young master, since the princess said let the master call the shots for you, then I will go back and talk back, you slowly discuss national affairs, when you will go back after the discussion, the family affairs, the master will give you the master, you don't have to worry about it, the little one will retire." ”

After saying that, he walked back with a smile on his face, as if he had become a thief.

Cheng Qi took a closer look, and then saw that there was Xiao Si standing next to his mount, which was next to his father......

Cheng Qi was shocked, could it be that what the kid just said really couldn't be true? Hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "Xiao Jiu, you come back for me!" ”

Seeing this, Princess Wanyi stepped forward to stop and said, "General Cheng, let him go, we should go in to see the prince." ”

Cheng Qi rode a tiger and was in a dilemma, a sergeant came out of the gate, made a military salute to Cheng Qi, and said: "General Cheng, the prince has already gone out if there is something, let his subordinates tell you, Baishan filial piety is the first, please go back immediately and discuss lifelong matters with Mrs. Cheng, the prince also said, if you don't discuss the results, let you not come to see him!" ”

After Cheng Qi listened, the corners of his lips twitched, and it took him a long time to react, and he said sneeringly: "Yes......" After speaking, he turned around and glanced at Princess Wanyi, and said: "Princess, since the prince is no longer in the mansion, the subordinates will not go in, and the subordinates will leave." ”

After speaking, a stack of robes ran away, leaving Princess Wanyi standing alone at the door, neither entering nor retreating. (To be continued......)