After Yan Kun retreated, the little emperor glanced at Bai You, the eunuch who was holding the pen, and asked, "What do you think of Lord Yan?" ”

Bai You thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, he is a pure person, a person who was born only to be an official. ”

When the little emperor heard this, he became interested, and hurriedly asked, "What do you say?" You told me to bring it up and scare him, but I don't know what happened? ”

Bai You thought about it seriously and explained to the little emperor: "This Yan Kun was one of the richest businessmen in Fengling City before he bought the official, and his life was rich and nourishing, but he exhausted his family wealth in order to be an official, and even after becoming the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, he directly gave up his business for the sake of his official reputation, and he also did his due diligence in the affairs of his duties. ”

"Oh? So why did he go to great lengths to buy this official? The little emperor was puzzled.

Bai You smiled slightly and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave feels that the vast majority of people in this world can't escape the word "greed", some people are greedy for money, some people are greedy for sex, some people are greedy for ......power, and some people are greedy for power."

"And what is he greedy for?" The little emperor asked.

Bai You continued: "Back to Your Majesty, the old slave feels that judging from the fact that he has scattered all his family wealth, he is not a greedy and lustful person, and he has never used his identity for personal gain in the Ministry of Rites, so it can be seen that he may not be greedy for power. He should be greedy for the word "name". ”

"Name?"

"Yes, the name before and after death." Bai You said respectfully.

The little emperor laughed when he heard this, raised his eyebrows and said, "Haha...... Interesting! It's so interesting, I can't imagine that a businessman would have this kind of awareness? But why would I be so fond of such a person? ”

Bai You also laughed along, and said in a sinister voice: "Because such a person is the safest to use, it is precisely because he likes his name and wants to leave his name in the annals of history, so he will not betray His Majesty, this is not to say how loyal he is to His Majesty, but he is very loyal to his name, and he can't tolerate the existence of stains on it." ”

"Makes sense! Now I can use him more confidently. ”

The little emperor muttered to himself, and suddenly his tone changed and asked casually, "What about you, Gonggong Bai?" Lord Yan is loyal to his name, and what are you loyal to? ”

The little emperor seemed to say a word casually, but Bai You was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground, "The old slave is only loyal to Your Majesty." ”

"Father-in-law Bai, what are you doing here? I'm just asking casually, and I know your loyalty. The little emperor said innocently: "Hurry up, now that this big tiger and wolf are looking around, I always feel like a prey, and I still expect you to assist me well." ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty can rest assured, as long as the old slave lives for a day, His Majesty will definitely be protected." Bai You said respectfully, raised his head and glanced at the little emperor carelessly, only to see that the little emperor's face was sincere and did not seem to be fake, as if the sentence just now was really an unintentional question.

But Bai You didn't dare to think so, but a chill arose in the back of his neck, he who had spent most of his life in this deep palace, understood the truth of "accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger" better than anyone else. "The emperor is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed, and blood flows thousands of miles" It seems that it is not appropriate to apply this sentence to the little emperor now, but the little emperor is angry and makes himself "move his head, blood splash seven steps, and no one is sued", and he still has the right.

From the Bingbi eunuch in the period of Emperor Longshuo to the CRRC Mansion Order as the little emperor, Bai You, who has served the two emperors, has actually secretly compared the little emperor with Emperor Longshuo in his heart. But the answer he came up with was that he was shocked, and he found that the little emperor and the first emperor were actually very similar. Although the little emperor got along very well with his courtiers when he first ascended the throne, and it seemed that his temper and personality were better than those of the first emperor, Bai You himself secretly saw that this was not the true nature of the little emperor, it was forced by the situation, and the little emperor was disguising himself...... Although the little emperor is still young, he cannot be regarded as a child, because he still has the name "emperor". The emperor often compares himself to the true dragon son of heaven, because the dragon can be big and small, and can rise and hide; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; The rising is soaring between the universe, and the hidden is lurking in the waves...... That is, the dragon must be above all living beings, which means that after sitting in the position of emperor, no matter what others think, at least as a person in charge, he will no longer regard himself as a human being.

The little emperor is also like this, it seems that he treats his courtiers with great respect, but in fact he is just forced by the situation. It's only strange that Emperor Longshuo died suddenly, and he hasn't been able to give him enough chance to grow up, although he is a "dragon", but after all, he is too young, and he is far from growing strong and sharp claws, far enough to make people feel afraid. And the old lady of the "auspicious clouds" who could have allowed him to avoid growing up was also dispersed very early...... In this way, before he grew into a terrifying "dragon", the little emperor was forced to walk in front of people, so what could he do? can only temporarily put away Jianlin's claws, disguise himself as no threat to others, and buy himself enough time to grow slowly, and when he grows into a dragon, he can naturally take over the world with a dragon body.

Unfortunately, the idea is good, but the timing is not right. In fact, the disaster has been buried six hundred years ago, and everything stems from the prophecy of the real person of Longhu Mountain Boya back then, "Fen VI and the country will become a country, and the ten jiazi should change the sky." "If Emperor Longshuo is still alive, I'm afraid that no one will dare to mention this prophecy, maybe after the Great You Empire has been evenly spread for six hundred years, everyone will hear this prophecy as soon as they mention it, and by the way, make fun of the nonsense of the Taoists of Longhu Mountain. But now, from the time when Emperor Longshuo suddenly died in his prime, leaving only the young emperor, it seems that the prophecy has begun to go on the road to fulfillment, so there will be an old lady who has passed away, the Xiahou family is in charge of the government alone, the Marquis of Dongche rebelled, and the other princes began to refuse to show ...... The occurrence of this series of events, all of which seems to show that the Great Shadow Empire is about to run out, and it can change the day as soon as the time comes.

……

The little emperor and Bai You were both thoughtful, and they didn't say anything for a long time, only the gradually lightening lamp oil in the oil lamp in the upper study proved that time was losing bit by bit.

"Father-in-law Bai, do you know what is the purpose of summoning the princes' children into Beijing?" The little emperor suddenly asked.

Bai You himself was thinking elsewhere just now, and at this time, he was frightened by the little emperor's sudden question.

But the little emperor took his trembling into his eyes, thinking that he had guessed his thoughts, and there was an indescribable smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, the old slave is ignorant, and he just thinks that His Majesty is following the ancestral system." Bai You whispered, in fact, he really didn't guess what the little emperor was thinking in his own heart.

The little emperor glanced at him with a strange face, and said leisurely: "Father-in-law Bai, I treat you like my father treats you, so I also hope that you can treat me like my father." ”

Bai You was directly frightened half to death when he heard this, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, and showed his heart hysterically with a sharp voice.

Because this sentence is heavier than the previous sentence, if the previous sentence is just the unintentional words of the little emperor, then this sentence is that the little emperor is very clearly doubting his loyalty to himself.

"The old slave is really ignorant, and he has no second thoughts about His Majesty! The old slave swore that the old slave's respect for His Majesty was the same as that for the first emperor, if the old slave had half a lie, the old slave would still be a pickled person in the next life......" Bai You was frightened and turned pale, and directly swore a heavy oath.

The little emperor looked at Bai You carefully, and after making sure that he really didn't guess it, and wasn't pretending on purpose, he couldn't help but smile and said calmly: "Okay, you don't have to say it, I believe you."

"Your Majesty is Shengming, the old slave's loyalty to Your Majesty can be learned." Bai You raised his head and continued.

"Okay, now you can guess what my intentions are?"

The little emperor looked at him with a smile and continued: "I dare to let you participate in political affairs regardless of the laws of my ancestors, in addition to valuing your loyalty, I also value your ability, I hope you will not let me down. ”

"Yes, yes, thank you, old slave, Your Majesty." Bai You bowed his head and thanked him.

"Guess! I give you a pillar of incense time, if you can't understand my heart after this pillar of incense is burned, then you should go and accompany the emperor. After the little emperor finished speaking, he picked up a pillar of fire and lit a pillar of incense.

"The old slave obeys." Bai You's back was already wet with cold sweat at this time, and his eyes swept over the burning incense. The incense that was originally used to calm the gods not only failed to calm the gods at this time, but instead became a life-urging evil ghost in Bai You's eyes.

"What is Your Majesty's purpose in doing this?" Bai You closed his eyes and thought hard, and began to recall the cause and effect of the little emperor Xia Zhao letting the princes' children enter Beijing, but the incense was already half burned, Bai You hadn't thought of an eyebrow yet, and couldn't help but sweat profusely, although he had served two generations of emperors and would have some understanding of the emperor's temperament, but this little emperor was different from the first emperor, because he was just a child, so his starting point of thinking was naturally different from that of adults, and there would always be some whimsical and bold ideas, that is to say, the little emperor's mind is actually nowhere to be found.

Seeing that the incense was about to burn out, Bai You's face was already frightened, and he deliberately made things difficult when the little emperor was murderous to him?

Seeing that Bai You still didn't understand his thoughts, the little emperor couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said in his heart: "How can this slave be stupid? Could it be that I really want to kill him? No, if you kill him, I'll really have no one to use...... But you don't joke, I've already said it, if I just let him go, how can I convince the public? ……”

Bai You had lost hope at this time, and no longer thought about the little emperor's intentions, but began to think back to his life, when he entered the palace at the age of seven, and suffered from bullying all the way...... In the end, he was fortunate enough to become the eunuch of the first emperor, and later he was left by the little emperor's side, and the little emperor dared to risk the world's disapproval to let himself participate in politics as a eunuch...... I can grow from an orphan to the present, what is not satisfied?

Just when Bai You had already given up resistance in his heart, the incense had just burned out.

"It's time, have you guessed my mind?" The little emperor pretended to be calm, but asked anxiously.

Bai You glanced at the little emperor, and was about to give up the ambush, but suddenly felt as if he had caught something? A glimmer of life was rekindled in my heart.

"No matter, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor!" After Bai You made up his mind, he cautiously tentatively said, "Your Majesty wants to reuse your relatives?" ”

The little emperor breathed a sigh of relief after listening to his answer, "Father-in-law Bai is really sympathetic, do you think this method is feasible?" ”

Bai You listened to the little emperor ask himself, and he secretly complained in his heart, "relatives entering Beijing" and "official eunuchs interfering in politics" are the same as "official eunuchs interfering in politics", both of which have a bad influence and are not recognized by the courtiers. But looking at the little emperor in front of him, Bai You couldn't say anything else, because he was an official eunuch himself...... Since the little emperor dares to let the eunuchs interfere in politics, it is naturally not an incomprehensible thing to let his relatives enter Beijing? It's not so much asking yourself, it's better to let yourself take the blame for him, no matter what happens in the future, the evaluation of the history books may only write one sentence: "The emperor is young, and he is deceived by the eunuchs......

"Alas......"

Bai You sighed deeply, and said helplessly in his heart: "Since you don't have to choose to be a slave, you naturally have to do your duty as a slave...... Besides, is there a choice for yourself as a pickled product? ”

Thinking of this, Bai You stepped forward and knelt on the ground......