When Chen Kaizhi arrived at Wanshou Palace, he saw the Empress Dowager sitting in the courtyard, surrounded by people, and she was wearing a big hat, showing grace and luxury.

The sun shone obliquely on her, and the cage became more and more extravagant.

Chen Wuji hugged her, the Empress Dowager's eyebrows were a little sparse, but she could still get a glimpse of the appearance of her willow eyebrows when she was young and prosperous.

Chen Kai stepped forward, and the Empress Dowager raised her eyes, glanced at him, and couldn't help sighing.

"Kaizhi, are you here? The mourning family has been waiting for a long time. ”

Chen Kaizhi saluted her slightly, and then said: "When the minister heard the call, he immediately rushed here, Niangniang, it is freezing today, why should Niangniang blow the wind outside, it is better to go to the dormitory to rest." ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head gently: "Don't go, just stay here, the more it is winter, the more the mourning family thinks of themselves, many years ago, the mourning family liked the winter, there is snow in winter, but now, it is afraid of the cold winter, because where." She shook her body, looked back at Chen Kai, and smiled: "Because every time it is winter, the mourning family knows that the mourning family is in this world, and there is one less year, and the mourning family has passed the most prosperous time of life, and now it is dying, just like this cold winter, along with the winter wind, sooner or later it will wither with all things, wither and wither, but there is nothing, the past is like smoke, and all honor and disgrace are turned into ashes." ”

Chen Kaizhi guessed the Empress Dowager's thoughts in his heart, but he just listened intently on his face.

When the Empress Dowager saw him listening with a deep frown, she smiled and said, "I think you don't understand, after all, you have never reached the age of the mourning family, so you may not be able to understand it." Who ...... people" She smiled sadly: "You have fought for me all your life, you have tried your best to schem and hollow out your mind, what is it for, and in the end, isn't everything in vain?" Chen Kaizhi, what do you think? ”

Chen Kaizhi hesitated: "The minister doesn't understand either. ”

He is cautious, perhaps because of his fear of the Empress Dowager, and always has hidden things.

The Empress Dowager was angry, but she smiled, and she looked old in the sparkling sunshine.

"No, the mourners know that you are different from others, and your heart is different from others."

Chen Kaizhi chuckled in his heart, and became more and more vigilant, how could he ...... What did the Empress Dowager notice? So, what does she mean, the hand hidden in her sleeve, Chen Kaizhi actually subconsciously clenched it, just hoping that once there is a change, he will try his best to kill it.

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Chen Kaizhi, her face still kept smiling, and said lightly: "I heard that on Feiyu Peak, you set up a stone tablet, which reads: Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations; You're not small-hearted. ”

Chen Kaizhi sighed in his heart, but said with a smile: "The minister is a scholar, a scholar, probably thinks so." ”

The Empress Dowager shook her head: "Scholars can only say and think, but nine times out of ten, they refuse to put down their bodies to do it, let alone try, this is ...... It's the difference between you and those who read. The mourning family heard that you recruited the clan to study in the mountain, but there is this? ”

Chen Kaizhi listened to it and felt that the Empress Dowager seemed to see through people's hearts, yes, how many slogans there are in this world, there are those who make people's blood boil, and there are also those who make people feel very touched, but after all, the world shouts a lot, but there are very few people who are really willing to lean over to do it.

The Empress Dowager finally mentioned the affairs of the clan, and she knew how much she knew, which made Chen Kaizhi more and more cautious, but she still smiled faintly at the Empress Dowager: "Yes, the ministers are also from poor backgrounds, and they know their difficulties well, and now they are finally loved by Niangniang and Your Majesty, and they have no worries about food and clothing, so they think that if they can, they must always help, so they recruited the children of the clan to study in the mountains." ”

This explanation, Chen Kaizhi has already made a draft, and it is stable, and there will be no mistakes.

The Empress Dowager stared at Chen Kaizhi with a smile and said, "But the mourning family heard that they were actually incorporated into the warrior camp. ”

Chen Kaizhi still maintained a humble smile on his face, but he seemed to know something in his heart.

Although everyone knows that the clan is allowed to go up the mountain to study, but after the clan goes up the mountain in the past few days, the Flying Fish Peak is closed, and ordinary people have no way of knowing what the clan has done on the mountain, but the Empress Dowager is aware of this, which shows that the Empress Dowager is very concerned about herself.

And there should be someone from the Empress Dowager on this Flying Fish Peak, otherwise how could she know the news so quickly.

Thinking of this, Chen Kaizhi couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, this woman has a good means, but he already has a rhetoric, so he said lightly to the Empress Dowager: "The minister teaches people to read, it must be two-pronged, if you don't practice, you can't sharpen its temperament, this book, there is no benefit after reading, the civil and military are complementary to each other, so the minister will be incorporated into the warrior camp, in order to let them study better." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded: "How to read, the mourning family actually doesn't understand, you are a scholar, I want to come to these but understand, the mourning family just asks you, you don't have to be afraid, speaking of which, you can go to great lengths to spend so much manpower and material resources for the sake of the clan's study, making up for the lack of the imperial court, the mourning family is too late to be happy, the mourning family called you, not to tell you about it, but there is something to tell you." ”

Chen Kai's heart was shocked, and he couldn't figure her out anymore, but as long as he didn't deliberately trouble himself, he said solemnly: "Listen." ”

The Empress Dowager glanced at him lightly, and said lightly: "In two days, the envoys of the Chu State will enter Beijing, do you know what it is for?" ”

Chen Kaizhi shook his head: "I don't know." ”

In fact, Chen Kaizhi had heard about the envoys of Chu State entering Beijing, after all, he was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, but sometimes, it was good to pretend to be confused, after all, he had been sharp recently, and it was good to hide it.

The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "Princess Zhao is originally from the Chu State clan, you know this." ”

"Yes." Chen Kaizhi nodded.

The Empress Dowager looked into the distance, seemed to be looking at the scenery, and seemed to just glance at it inadvertently, raised her eyebrows, and then said lightly: "Your Majesty's mother is a native of Chu, and now, Your Majesty is nearly eight years old, and her age is not young, therefore, the Chu people intend to marry their princess into my Da Chen, this family business, of course, will not be so urgent, but this time Chu envoy came far away, its purpose is to first set this family business, this is a good thing, Chen and Chu have always been peaceful, and now, they want to marry Qin and Jin again. The mourning family attaches great importance to this marriage. In addition, the princess of Chu will also enter Beijing, in the name, she is here to visit her aunt, that is, Princess Zhao, but in fact, she is here to take a look at the palace, and she must have some in her heart, isn't it? ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded, but shook his head again: "The minister actually doesn't understand the matter of marriage." ”

The Empress Dowager's eyes turned back to Chen Kaizhi, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she smiled and said: "Yes, you are a man, if you know everything about this, the mourning family will be suspicious, but you don't need to understand this, when the time comes, the car of the Chu people will drive into Beijing, and you will be responsible for greeting and protecting the safety of the Chu people." The last time, the son of Yan Shenggong was attacked, and it almost caused an unpredictable consequence, and if something happened again this time, it would be bad. ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded: "Yes, the minister understands." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction, and then did not forget to remind Chen Kaizhi: "In short, be careful, be careful." ”

"The minister must live up to his mission." Chen Kaizhi nodded.

The Empress Dowager waved at him and smiled: "Actually, what you said is very right, mourning the family...... It is true that you shouldn't have been fighting outside for a long time, but now that the cold wind is blowing, you feel a little unwell, the mourning family should take a rest, you and Wuji, both retreat. ”

After that, she glanced at Chen Wuji, put her hand on the eunuch on the side, and Xu Bu took a group of palace ladies and went towards the dormitory.

Chen Kaizhi and Chen Wuji glanced at each other.

Chen Wuji smiled and took the lead in speaking: "Protector, let's go out of the palace together." ”

Chen Kaizhi nodded and walked side by side with him, but he ...... But he found that he didn't know what to say, so he walked in silence, and Chen Wuji, who had been looking introverted recently, suddenly said: "The imperial grandmother has explained you so many things, which shows that she values you?" ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled in his heart, he valued it but not necessarily, who knows what it is? This woman's mind is terrifying, he will never understand her intentions, but Chen Kaizhi did not expose it, but smiled and said: "Yes, the Empress Dowager is so lovely, it really teaches people not to accept it." ”

Chen Wuji smiled: "This is a blessing, how can you not dare to accept the reason, Protector of the country, you have accepted the clan, not only won the hearts of the clan, but also expanded the warrior camp for this purpose, this is killing two birds with one stone, sophistication, it is really admirable." ”

Chen Kaizhi stopped suddenly, he raised his eyes to look at Chen Wouji, this extremely good-looking face, his mouth was pursed, and he also looked at himself with a smile.

Chen Kaizhi said: "Where is it, His Royal Highness Wuji's words, I don't quite understand." ”

Chen Wuji stared at Chen Kaizhi for a long time, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "The Protector has changed." ”

"Huh?" Chen Kaizhi made a nasal voice.

Chen Wuji sighed: "It has become different from the original protector, I remember that the original protector was not like this kind of precaution against people, but now it ......."

Chen Kaizhi breathed white air in his mouth, but his body didn't feel cold, he just looked ahead, and walked forward again, and said slowly: "Everyone will change, everyone will change, but some people look back at their former selves, and they will feel emotion and guilt in their hearts, thinking that today's self is exactly what they hated in the past; But there are also people, looking back, although the way of doing things has changed a lot, but the original intention has not been forgotten, even if I look back on the past, I don't feel any regrets, I think I am the latter, so I don't have any feelings about such a change. ”