On June 18, the fourth year of Qingyuan, the carriage driven by Xu Han followed behind another carriage, and the robes on his body were already completely soaked at this time, and the oncoming rain also made his vision slightly blocked, but he could still vaguely see that there were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the front and back of today's holy carriage, including people from the Imperial City Division and people from the Guard Division.

Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing in the carriage looked at each other and smiled, but it was obvious that Xie Daoqing's interest was much more excited than Ye Qing's.

When he met Ningmen for the first time today, Xie Daoqing obviously didn't expect that it would be Ye Qing who would swim in the rain with the saint today, so even in front of Zhao Kuo and Han Ying, Xie Daoqing still couldn't hide his surprise when he saw Ye Qing.

On the contrary, when Ye Qing saw Xie Daoqing, he didn't feel surprised because he already knew the reason why someone would accompany him today.

Therefore, Xie Daoqing's surprise and Ye Qing's calmness, this scene will naturally fall in the eyes of Zhao Kuo and Han Ying.

As the carriage began to drive out of the Hening Gate, unlike the relaxed freehand in Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing's carriage, the atmosphere in Zhao Kuo and Han Ying's carriage was a little dull.

"It seems that Ye Qing already knew that the Holy Lord had summoned Xie Daoqing to accompany him, otherwise, Ye Qing just saw Xie Daoqing's expression today, and he shouldn't be so calm, as if he was expected." Han Ying frowned and said to Zhao Kuo, who was also a little frowning.

"It seems that Ye Qing should have realized something, otherwise, he would never be so calm. Even Xie Shenfu said that Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing are in love, and now the two have not seen each other for a long time, and when they meet today, they should both show excitement and joy. Although Ye Qing is no longer at the age of a child's love, when he sees the woman he likes, he behaves so calmly and without concealing it, even ....... Zhao Kuo frowned, recalling the scene at the Hening Gate just now.

"Holy ...... What do you mean...... Ye Qing did it on purpose, just hoping that the Holy Lord would know that he had already known that he would be accompanied by Xie Daoqing today? Since leaving the palace, Han Ying has no longer been as respectful to Zhao Kuo as she was in the palace, and naturally, the relationship between the two seems to have returned to when Zhao Kuo concealed his identity.

"Not impossible." Zhao Kuo looked at Han Ying and made a helpless expression, and then said, "Who is Ye Qing?" Even if he has been away from Lin'an for many years, I am afraid that there are still a lot of his eyeliners in Lin'an City. Over the years, no one has been able to successfully suppress him, which is enough to prove that Ye Qing must have his uniqueness. ”

With Han Ying, who was swaying slightly with the carriage, looked at Zhao Kuo's solemn expression, and suddenly looked like a deflated fur, and sighed: "Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui must have a perfect method, and with you personally leading him into the palace, I think Ye Qing should be unable to fly." Can...... But that's not what I'm worried about, it's ...... What to do with the Queen Mother? Once the queen mother knows, aren't you afraid that the queen mother will reprimand you? Causing her old man to be furious? ”

"If it succeeds, the big deal is that the queen mother reprimands her severely, and it is not enough to be afraid compared to removing a major disaster in the court." Zhao Kuo's body still reflected the tension in his heart after all, and his hands unconsciously rubbed together.

Looking at Han Ying, who had bright eyes and bright teeth, looking at him, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but sigh, and then continued: "What worries me more now is not in the city, but in ...... Northland. ”

"Northland?" Han Ying asked with some confusion.

"If you are not in your position, you are not in the government, from your point of view, it is natural to look at the things at hand. And how can I be like you, in that case, I'm afraid that my Da Song will be dangerous! Zhao Kuo looked at Han Ying, who was a little dazed, and after laughing, he explained: "The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun are now my Great Song Territory after all, if Ye Qing is ambushed, what I am most worried about is whether the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun can still be firmly controlled by us." On other roads in the north, there are already officials from the imperial court to send them, so there is no need to worry too much, but if the sixteen states of Yanyun are taken away by the Jin people, it will be a heavy loss for the imperial court. ”

"That'...... So what to do? Han Ying's heart was shocked, but for this kind of thing, she really didn't have any clear concept in her heart, what was about to happen in Lin'an City was already the biggest and most important thing in the world in her opinion, and nothing could be bigger than what was about to happen today.

Zhao Kuo sighed again with some melancholy: "Originally, I wanted to secretly send Uncle Qing Wang to Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures to stabilize the morale of the army, after all, King Qing has a great influence both in terms of his relationship with Ye Qing and in the Northland, so even if he can't deter the ambitions of the wolf son of Jin and the Mongols, at least they can hold the passes, and they will not be easily seized by the Jin State or the Mongols." ”

"King Keqing...... Now it's a sudden northward ....... Han Ying's little face looked a little pale.

"Uncle Qing Wang suddenly went north without a sound, and I am afraid that Ye Qing's obstruction is indispensable. So at the moment, I don't know who to secretly send to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to stabilize the morale of the army. Zhao Kuanyue said that his brows became more and more wrinkled: "Although Uncle Qing has a good relationship with Ye Qing, Uncle Qing has always been loyal and has no ambitions, whether it is when my father is on the throne or after my reign, Uncle Qing Wang is selfless for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty." Opposite...... Whether it is Zhao Shikui, the Duke of Rongguo, or Zhao Shichun, the King of Wu, they are by no means the best candidates for me. ”

"The reason why Zhao Shichun, the king of Wu, was promoted to the king of Wu was because the queen mother gave Ye Qing enough face in order to marry Ye Qing, and the so-called family is right. But Rong Guogong, you won't and can't believe it, right? After all, you wouldn't be able to ...... if it weren't for him. Han Ying asked cautiously, obviously she didn't expect that Zhao Kuo, who got along day and night, still had so many secrets and precautions in her heart.

After mentioning Rong Guogong, a sneer couldn't help but appear at the corner of Zhao Kuo's mouth, and he shook his head and said: "Rong Guogong's city government is too shallow, and the reason why he tries his best to suppress Ye Qing is completely because he is jealous of Ye Qing's being named King of Yan by Jin, and he wants to emulate Zhao Ruyu to become the right minister of the court." ”

"But have you forgotten that Rong Guogong once said that when the palace changed, Ye Qing was actually the traitor, not Han Yanxuan, all of this was actually a good ...... between Emperor Xiaozong and Han Yanxuan." Han Ying blinked her bright eyes and reminded with some incredulity.

"You won't be naïve enough to take seriously what Rong Guogong said about the secret of the night of the palace change, right?" Zhao Kuo looked at Han Ying in surprise, and said with a slight hint of meaning in his expression: "Think about it, if he doesn't say so, how can he convince me to agree to move Ye Qing?" ”

"So you're ......." Han Ying looked at the sinister smile on Zhao Kuo's face in surprise, and was stunned for a long time and said, "You did it on purpose?" In fact, are you using Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui? ”

"How can there be stupid people above the court, naturally, except for Rong Guogong." Zhao Kuo said with emotion: "If I take the initiative to suppress Ye Qing, do you think that Zhao Shikui, the Duke of Rongguo, will make conditions to me because of his court ambitions?" If he had asked me to be sent by his right hand, would I not have fallen into passivity? What's more, I am the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, if I take the initiative to suppress a meritorious minister, and I am also a courtier of Ye Qing's status, how will the people of the world think of me? What will the officials of the court think of me? Will it be because of the suppression of Ye Qing that everyone in the court is in danger? ”

"So ......." Han Ying looked at Zhao Kuo with some incredulity, almost unable to believe that the young man in front of him was the same young man who had secretly held hands with him in Lin'an City, and then walked around the entire Lin'an City: "So even after today's deed, you won't ...... Won't you reward Rong Guogong? ”

"Not only will it not be rewarded, but if it is forced by the situation, I also need to punish Rong Guogong to avenge Ye Qing, and even rehabilitate the military and people's hearts in the northern land, after all, I don't have a suitable candidate to replace Ye Qing in the northern land now, but Ye Qing ...... I have to get rid of it, otherwise, I, the emperor, will not sleep well, and I will worry every day whether Ye Qing will rebel. Zhao Kuo was a little helpless, the court was completely different from what he imagined before he succeeded to the throne, and after succeeding to the throne, he found that there was really no happiness at all when he was the emperor.

In Zhao Kuo's eyes, the court is like a wild beast infested in the mountains and forests, and although he is the person in charge of the mountains and forests, he needs to let these beasts in the mountains and forests must stay in the mountains and forests honestly and listen to his own words.

"But if you are really worried about the stability of the Northland, once Ye Qing is ambushed, this matter will obviously not be able to be concealed for a long time, in case Ye Qing's henchmen who are in the Northland at that time ......." Han Ying's face became even paler, everything that Zhao Kuo revealed today had not been mentioned before, if it wasn't for Zhao Kuo saying it today, she would not have imagined that Zhao Kuo would have thought about it so long-term, and it seemed that he had obviously been planning in his heart for a long, long time!

"Qian Xiangzu, the secretary of the military department, and Zhao Shichun, the king of Wu, have already set off for the north today with my secret decree, and Li Lifang, the secretary of the household department, has also set off for Huainan Road today, including Xie Shenfu...... I am also going to Jinan Mansion today. Zhao Kuo's eyes began to gradually become cold.

Han Ying unconsciously looked behind her when Zhao Kuo mentioned Xie Shenfu, and said with a nervous expression: "What if Xie Daoqing unconsciously tells Ye Qing about Xie Shenfu's going to Jinan Mansion now?" ”

"For Ye Qing, it's too late now. Even if he knew it now, he ...... now As long as I don't nod, can he leave? And what can he do? Zhao Kuo said with a sneer.

And the speed of the carriage also began to slow down slowly, Han Ying suddenly lifted the curtain next to him and looked out, but after a moment's effort, when he recognized the building next to him, not going to the temple, he turned his head to look at Zhao Kuo and said in shock: "The carriage is going straight to the Xinwang Mansion?" ”

"The carriage is going straight to the palace of King Xin." Just before Han Ying realized that the carriage was heading straight for King Xin's mansion, Xie Daoqing, who was in the carriage behind, also looked at Ye Qing with some confusion and said.

"Perhaps...... Is the Holy One going to entertain you, the matchmaker, in the palace of King Xin? Ye Qing's expression was still very relaxed, and he looked at Xie Daoqing with a smile and replied.

"But...... Didn't you say that you would go to the temple first to make a wish? Then he had to take a boat to enjoy the rain, and Han Ying said that the saint would personally touch the qin ....... Xie Daoqing frowned and said with some puzzlement.

"Maybe the saint didn't bring a piano." Ye Qing swayed rhythmically with the carriage, lifted the curtain and glanced outside, "The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, maybe it's not a good time to make a wish, maybe the saint has already made a wish." ”

"I knew today

The rain will become so heavy, you should ask the Holy Decree to go to Jinan Mansion a few days later. Xie Daoqing frowned, looking a little unhappy and worried.

Ye Qing still looked calm, and asked quietly, "What is my grandfather doing in Jinan Mansion?" ”

"I don't know, yesterday when Han Ying came to the house to inform me that when I accompanied them to Lin'an today, I secretly told my grandfather, if it wasn't for my grandfather packing his bags after Han Ying left and letting his subordinates prepare the car, I would still be kept in the dark." Ye Qing's pupils unconsciously contracted slightly, but Xie Daoqing obviously didn't notice it, and his face was full of worry about Xie Shenfu.

"Has anyone in the house ever seen your grandfather today?" Ye Qing still asked quietly.

Xie Daoqing was still unaware, and said a little sullenly: "Well, this morning, my grandfather went out, and several commanders of the forbidden army rushed to see him off, and he closed the door in the hall and muttered for a long time, and then my grandfather set off, but the rain was not so heavy at that time." ”

As soon as Xie Daoqing finished speaking, Ye Qing immediately knocked on the carriage, and then said to Xu Han in a low voice: "After arriving at the Xinwang Mansion, immediately order the Hua family army to enter the city, no matter what the method is." ”

"Yes, the Admiral knows." Xu Han's voice sounded outside: "My lord, it's time to get there." ”

Although Xie Daoqing was confused, she didn't think much about it at this time, let alone thought that in today's rather poetic rainy day, there was a trace of murder and weirdness everywhere.

Zhao Kuo, who got out of the carriage, had returned to normal at this time, and with a smile on his face, under the huge oil-paper umbrella held by Wei Jing, he walked into the Xinwang Mansion with Han Ying.

Ye Qing and Xie Daoqing followed behind him, and the dozen or so palace guards who accompanied him quickly closed the vermilion door of King Xin's Mansion tightly after Ye Qing and the others entered.

Xie Daoqing, who heard the sound behind him, unconsciously looked back, a little curious why he had to close the door so quickly.

Zhao Kuo turned his head and looked at Ye Qing with a calm face, his heart was slightly shocked, Ye Qing's calm and relaxation were completely beyond his expectations, he thought that when the gate of the palace was closed, when he turned around, Ye Qing's expression would be a little nervous anyway.

But at this moment, Ye Qing was unaware, his expression was calm and calm, the oil-paper umbrella in his hand had just been put away at this time, and he was smiling and saying to Xie Daoqing: "I haven't been here for a long time, and now I am visiting the old place again, but I feel quite emotional." ”

"Did King Yan come here a lot before?" Zhao Kuo's expression quickly returned to normal, and he asked Ye Qing with a smile.

"I don't come often, but I'm familiar with it." Ye Qing and Zhao Kuo walked side by side in the corridor, while Han Ying had already begun to let the palace maids and eunuchs start to arrange tea and snacks in the corridor pavilion in the back garden.

Ye Qing didn't say a word about why he went directly to King Xin's Mansion, and his expression was extremely calm and relaxed, which made Zhao Kuo next to him look a little nervous, and quickly looked around from time to time.

"Because of Zhong Qing's relationship, I am not familiar with this letter palace, but I am not unfamiliar with it." Ye Qing took the initiative to speak: "But such a good mansion has been empty, and it is indeed a bit wasteful, and the university scholar Yan Keji really has a vision." ”

"So, King Yan has no opinion that the university scholar has taken a fancy to this mansion?" Zhao Kuo unconsciously began to change from active to passive, although the two of them walked in the corridor, Ye Qing was still slightly behind him by half a step, but at this time, the invisible atmosphere had quietly changed.

"It can only show that Lord Yan has a unique vision, and this is indeed a treasure land of feng shui. However, now that Lord Yan is a relative of the emperor, he can naturally live there. Otherwise, this mansion has been empty, wouldn't it be a bit of a tyrannical thing. Ye Qing also looked around calmly and said.

From time to time, palace maids and eunuchs walked back and forth, but all of them lowered their heads and looked hurried.

The relationship between the rainy days in the back garden, the purple and red petals and a few old trees not far away, look vibrant on rainy days at the moment, and look much quieter than usual, which makes people's hearts unconsciously feel comfortable.

A faint green smoke rose from the incense burner, and the smell of sandalwood gradually spread in the humid air, Zhao Kuo, who took the lead in sitting down, looked at the rain curtain outside the pavilion, and the sound of continuous raindrops sounded in his ears, and after sighing slightly, he asked: "King Yan can now explain to me, why did the Mongols bring back so many classics?" Do you admire my Great Song Dynasty culture, or do you have other intentions? ”

"Holy Sage, I really can't hide it from you. Yes, the Mongols asked for so many texts because they wanted to use them elsewhere. Even if Ye Qing sat down under Zhao Kuo at this moment, the whole person was still the focus of the pavilion, whether it was Han Ying or Xie Daoqing next to him, he would unconsciously take the lead in looking at Ye Qing for the first time, and then look at Zhao Kuo.

With a slight groan, Ye Qing looked at Zhao Kuo's still slightly immature face and asked, "Does the Holy Lord know where Tubo is?" ”

"Yes, but ...... It doesn't seem to have much contact with my Great Song Dynasty now. And I remember ....... Zhao Kuo raised his head and thought for a moment and said, "I remember that you once mentioned in the recital, although it is now called Tubo, but the princes are divided and there are many contradictions, and there are often conflicts between various tribes. ”