Chapter Ninety-One: Heart
In the Cuibai Palace in Luoyang, Yuan Rui rested his head on Sun Qian's knees, temporarily abandoning his troubles, lazily enjoying the warm atmosphere exuded by Sun Qian when he plucked his ears.
"Today is the day when butterflies leave Beijing, and Your Majesty really doesn't want to send off old friends?" Sun Qian stroked Yuan Rui's cheek and said softly.
"Hey!" Yuan Rui sighed, "What can I do when I see it, it's just to increase my sadness." ”
Sun Qian shook her head slightly, took out the ear spoon, and patted Yuan Rui's forehead: "Your Majesty turn your head, let's change our ears." ”
Just as Yuan Rui was about to get up, Xu Yicheng's hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door: "Your Majesty, the slave finally knows why General Hua is guilty of murder!" ”
Yuan Rui stood up suddenly: "Come in and speak!" ”
Xu Yicheng saluted the two: "According to the report of the person sent by the slave to spy on Han Yan, Han Yan took General Hua's daughter Hua Yiyi out of the mansion early this morning. ”
"Despicable villain! actually used the daughter that the butterfly cared about the most as a threat to force him to comply. Yuan Rui was indignant, "Hurry up and prepare the horse, I want to go to see the butterfly, I don't know if it's too late to set off at this moment." ”
"Just in time! Make it! Xu Yicheng replied busily.
"Father-in-law Xu stays!" Sun Qian stopped Xu Yicheng, who turned around and wanted to leave, "Substitute for Ben...... The main palace also has a horse, and the main palace will go with it! Until now, she was still not used to the title "Hongu". "Your Majesty, is that okay?" Suddenly it occurred to me that I hadn't gotten permission from Yuan Rui yet.
"Okay, let's go together!" Anyway, Sun Qian and Hanako are also old acquaintances, and Yuan Rui agreed without thinking about it.
When Yuan Rui and the three of them came to the Luoyang City Gate, Hanako had not yet arrived. After a long time, a carriage came slowly, and the flowers in the car saw the three Yuan Rui who were waiting on the side of the road, and hurriedly jumped out of the car with Hua Yiyi in their arms: "Your Majesty...... You're still here to send the sinner......"
"Uncle Wang!" When Hua Yiyi saw Yuan Rui, she excitedly opened her hands and begged him for a hug.
"Yiyi, now I'm going to call Your Majesty." Hanako hurriedly corrected.
Hua Yiyi blinked her eyes, as if she didn't understand: "Your Majesty, Yiyi was caught by the bad guys." As he spoke, he threw himself into Yuan Rui's arms.
Looking at Hua Yiyi's lovely face, Yuan Rui sighed infinitely, and he didn't know if she had suffered in the past few days, whether it would leave a wound in her young heart, and she couldn't help but wet her eyes.
"Your Majesty, here's the thing......" Hanako adjusted her mentality, ready to explain the cause and effect to Yuan Rui clearly.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Rui stopped him from talking: "Butterfly, if you don't say it, I can guess it, I don't blame you." Handing over Hua Yiyi to Sun Qian, he pondered for a moment and said, "The reason why we are human beings is precisely because we have more emotions and six desires, grievances and hatreds than beasts, we have courage because we have ideals in our hearts, and similarly, we have weakness because we have concerns in our hearts, the sword of killing is too rigid and easy to break, only the sword of protection can be gentle and long-lasting, and the auxiliary minister I need is a flesh-and-blood 'person' like you, so you don't have to feel guilty and blame yourself." ”
After listening to Yuan Rui's words, Hanako couldn't help but burst into tears: "Your Majesty, although the criminal minister is temporarily leaving, when the criminal minister settles down and calms down the border troubles, he will definitely lead the army into Beijing and sweep away the traitorous ministers on his side for Your Majesty." Now that Sun Rong is powerful, please also ask Your Majesty to keep his eyes on his glory and not fight with him without authorization until the time is ripe. ”
Yuan Rui held Hanako's hands tightly and was very excited: "I am waiting for you!" ”
Sending you a thousand miles must be goodbye in the end, even if Yuan Rui is reluctant to give up, Hanako is still gone after all. Until his carriage had turned into a speck of dust and disappeared into the distance, Yuan Rui and the three of them were still standing at the head of the city, looking far away, unwilling to leave for a long time, as if they could immediately usher in the army of King Qin of Hanakodu.
"Your Majesty, let's go back to the palace!" Xu Yicheng reminded Yuan Ruidao.
"No!" Yuan Rui had other plans, "Now that we have left the palace, let's go to the Chongxin Marquis Mansion again, I haven't seen this old friend for a long time, and some words are not unpleasant." ”
"Okay!" As soon as Xu Yicheng answered, Yuan Rui had already turned the horse's head and galloped first.
Before arriving at the Chongxin Marquis's Mansion, I saw the street where it was located from a distance, full of traffic, and people came and went. Yuan Rui was surprised, and pulled a passer-by to inquire, only to know that Cui Mingyou also left Beijing with his family today and moved back to his hometown in Qinghe, and the carriages that came and went on the road were all hired by him to carry his belongings.
"This guy wants to get away too!" Yuan Rui didn't wait for the doorman to report, raised his leg and broke in.
Cui Mingyou, who was in a wheelchair, was very surprised when he saw Yuan Rui suddenly appear, and his lips twitched: "Your Majesty...... How did you get here? ”
Yuan Rui exhaled angrily: "Why did you leave? ”
Cui Mingyou lowered his head, and his voice was like a mosquito fly: "Things have come to such a field, how can the minister have the face to continue to stay in Luoyang?" ”
Yuan Rui: "Then you want to escape?" ”
Cui Mingyou's head hung lower, and he acquiesced without saying a word.
Yuan Rui sighed and said: "No one is a sage or a sage, not to mention that you can't blame you Mingyou for this matter, you never expected that Sun Rong would destroy humanity to this point, you must cheer up!" ”
It is said that men don't flick when they have tears, but before they get to the sad place, Yuan Rui has provoked the dignified seven-foot man to tears for the second time today. Cui Mingyou burst into tears: "But now there are many corpses and bones in Luoyang City, all of which are caused by the ministers, if it weren't for the ministers' private indulgence Sun Rong into the city, General Shangguan and Butterfly would not have died and been degraded because of this, the ministers ...... Minister......"
Yuan Rui pressed his shoulder: "So you shouldn't leave, stay and help me, dare to face your mistakes, and do your best to remedy them, so that you can be a good man's true husband, isn't it?" ”
Cui Mingyou nodded desperately: "Yes!" Be! But by His Majesty's send! Minister, let them stop moving! ”
Yuan Rui pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "Don't stop, you still move your house, and sneak back quietly after leaving the city." In this way, they can avoid their eyes and ears. ”
Cui Mingyou looked up at Yuan Rui: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what can the minister do to make up for his sins?" ”
Yuan Rui: "In the past few days, I have been thinking about how good it would be if I had an army in the shadows, and it was because of the fact that the Butterfly's Yulin Army was assassinated by Sun Rong and Han Yan because they were in the light. Why don't I hand over this task to you, train thousands of daredevils for me in the mountains, you feel guilty for leaving the capital, and you are not good at doing it, they will not notice you, what do you need in the meantime, just ask. ”
Cui Mingyou immediately became arrogant: "Even if you fight for the life of the minister, you will definitely bring this team to Your Majesty." Perhaps for a person like him who blames himself for his past mistakes, the best way to be relieved is not to give him a verbal understanding, but to give him a chance to make up for his mistakes.
Bidding farewell to Cui Mingyou, the three of them were speechless all the way back to the palace, and they all felt heavy and breathless. However, when they walked to the gate, they couldn't help but raise their hearts to their throats again, only to see Sun Rong and Han Yan standing side by side at the door, followed by a group of soldiers, waiting for them to return to the palace.
"Your Majesty is really interested!" Sun Rongpi looked at Yuan Rui with a smile.
Yuan Rui suddenly felt a nameless fire: "What? Do you want to report to the general if you want to spy on a friend? ”
Sun Rong smiled slightly: "Don't dare, the minister is waiting for Your Majesty here, and I have come to bid farewell to Your Majesty." ”
His words were unexpected by Yuan Rui: "The general is finally willing to leave Beijing?" ”
Han Yan took a step forward and said: "Hu Mo has been running the state for more than ten years, and its power has long been intertwined and difficult to eliminate, so please ask Your Majesty to make the general the Duke of Taiyuan, sit in the town and merge the state, and clear the trouble in your Majesty's heart." I hope Your Majesty will agree. ”
Yuan Rui secretly cursed bastard in his heart, isn't it the two of you who are in trouble? However, since he is willing to leave Beijing, he has the opportunity to slowly cultivate his power, and this Taiyuan Duke will give it to him. So he sneered: "The general's request, can I still say no?" ”
Sun Rong gave a military salute: "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister must have done his best for Your Majesty." After a pause, he said, "Actually, the minister still has one thing to show to His Majesty, maybe the minister was the first emperor to slash the enemy, the first emperor a few days ago actually dreamed of the minister, the first emperor complained to the minister in the dream, the person who guarded the tomb for him was very unemperorly, Xu Gonggong served the first emperor for many years, so the first emperor hoped that Xu Gonggong could change with the incompetent generation, and stay in the first emperor's mausoleum to talk to him to relieve boredom. ”
Yuan Rui suddenly burst into green muscles: "Sun Rong! Don't deceive people too much! ”
Sun Qian also pleaded on the side: "Second brother, why is this so?" We're all family! ”
Sun Rong was also "helpless": "Everything is what the first emperor meant, and the minister doesn't want to do it!" ”
Just when Yuan Rui couldn't control himself and was about to break out, Xu Yicheng suddenly reached out and grabbed Yuan Rui's wrist tightly, and said softly: "Your Majesty has forgotten General Hua's words, bear with me." ”
Seeing that Yuan Rui suppressed his anger and no longer resisted, Sun Rong smiled again: "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't have to be angry, the minister also knows that Father-in-law Xu is meticulous, and His Majesty will definitely be uncomfortable everywhere without him, so the minister also specially selected an extremely clever person to serve His Majesty in my old department, this person was purified some time ago, and now he can move freely, and he can immediately fill the vacancy of Father-in-law Xu." After saying that, he shouted behind him, "Come out, you need to serve Your Majesty with your heart in the future!" ”
The crowd parted, and one person walked out from the rear with his head down: "The slave has seen Your Majesty and the Queen!" ”
The voice was actually a little familiar, Yuan Rui squinted his eyes and stared intently: "Raise your head!" ”
The person who came was ordered to raise his head, and at a glance, Yuan Rui and Sun Qian exclaimed in unison: "Regeneration!" ”