When the ministers dispersed, it was already dark. Zhu Yunwen went to Wenyuan Pavilion to get Fang Xiaoru's draft edict, and discussed with his beloved Mr. Fang for a while about the new taxes and ancient poems of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, had dinner together, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace.

"Shanshou, you go to Kunning Palace, tell the queen mother, say that I will go over for a while, and spend the night in Kunning Palace tonight, so that she doesn't have to come."

Yamashou received the emperor's order and left in a hurry. Shen Ruoyu asked:

"She's coming, what's different about you? You didn't hide Jiaojiao in the golden house in the Qianqing Palace. ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "It's so cold outside, and the middle palace is weak, I'm afraid that she will suffer from the cold." ”

"You are really a good husband," Shen Ruoyu sighed, "The emperor has been a year, and I haven't seen you accept a concubine, but fortunately a palace maid." is so diligent and thrifty, but it is very similar to the style of your rebellious Four Emperor Uncles, do you know? ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "Yes, the fourth emperor uncle has a very stoic personality, if the imperial grandfather passed the throne to him at the beginning, he would definitely become a great emperor, and the situation would not be what it is today." I can't compare to him, my self-control is actually very poor, but I don't have the mind right now. What's more, the prince is still too young. I don't want anyone to have the idea of taking the heir. ”

"Do you think that if you guard a queen alone, no one will grab the throne? Don't forget that your Fourth Emperor Uncle and your Father Emperor are also brothers. You can't help the queen mother give birth to a younger brother to the little prince, right? ”

Zhu Yunwen looked at him strangely, hesitated, looked left and right, and said in a low voice:

"Actually, the uncle of the Four Emperors and the father are not flesh and blood."

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Yunwen lowered his head and said: "The Fourth Emperor Uncle and the Fifth Emperor Uncle are actually not born to the imperial grandmother, but to the concubine. The imperial grandfather declared to the public that they were the concubines of the imperial grandmother, just to prevent the concubine from having the idea of seizing the heir. However, Concubine Qi is a fresh person, her status in the palace is very low, and she is not used to life, so she died of depression not long after giving birth to a child. The two uncles have always been raised by the imperial grandmother. The two uncles were very smart and studious, and the imperial grandmother treated them as if they were her own, just like her father. ”

Shen Ruoyu listened to it and felt cold from head to toe.

"Who told you this? Dowager? ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his head: "The queen mother herself doesn't know. This is what the imperial grandfather told me before he died. ”

"Emperor Gao...... Before dying? How did he remember to tell you this? ”

Zhu Yunwen let out a long sigh and was worried: "Grandpa Huang has a premonition. ”

“…… Foreboding? ”

"Yes; When the imperial grandfather was dying, he gave Mei Yin, the concubine, a secret edict, and then let Mei Yin leave, and sent away all the people who served around him, leaving me alone. He told me that the King of Qin and the King of Jin are gone, and the King of Yan must be on guard when sitting in the world. If one day in the future, King Yan rises up to usurp the throne, he will definitely play the banner of Queen Gao's concubine, and ask me to tell the world that King Yan is not a son-in-law, so as to cut his power and win his heart. ”

Shen Ruoyu suddenly remembered that when he followed King Yan into Beijing to congratulate the Son of Heaven at the beginning of the year, he once argued with the roadside vendor selling duck soup powder whether King Yan was a concubine or a concubine, and King Yan's reaction at that time was very strange, reversing the calm and deep normality, such anxiety, and the complaint he made to himself, and asked himself what he would think if he was really born to Concubine Xian. Thinking about it now, it really has a deep meaning, but I didn't realize it at the time.

"That'...... Then why didn't you listen to him? I'm just now aware that you're just talking to me. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed again. "The imperial grandmother snatched Concubine Concubine's child, which is not a glorious thing in itself. If the truth is revealed to the world, it will make my royal family embarrassed, maybe not only will it not hit the Four Emperor Uncles, but it will win the sympathy of the people for him, and he will feel that the imperial court is inherently unkind, and the Four Emperor Uncles are the first. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "I don't think so." If King Yan had raised the banner at the beginning to seek justice for his biological mother, what you said might still be possible; But the inscription on his army kept saying, 'I am the concubine of Queen Gao', obviously he knew in his heart that he was just a palace concubine. It was he who couldn't stand first. ”

Zhu Yunwen said: "Actually, I have already warned him. At the beginning of the cutting of the domain, I was the first to take the knife opened by the Fifth Emperor Uncle, ostensibly because the Fifth Emperor Uncle was the only remaining sibling of the Fourth Emperor Uncle, but in fact, the Fourth Emperor Uncle had only such a younger brother, and he must have understood my intentions in his heart. ”

"What's the use of knowing in your heart? You should let the whole world know. ”

Zhu Yunwen shook his head and smiled weakly: "Forget it, anyway, the battle has already been fought to this point." Wouldn't it be more convincing for me to defeat him on the battlefield than any other method? ”

"Then why did you resign the official positions of Qi and Huang, and send a white-haired old scholar to Beiping to make peace? Not to mention the tax cut, the imperial army is outside, what do you rely on to support the army if you don't increase the service? ”

Zhu Yunwen made him desperate, and raised his hand to hold his forehead:

"Forget it, I can't talk about you. However, I still can't be too kind to the Four Emperor Uncles. I have done my best to be benevolent and righteous, and no matter whether I succeed or fail, I will not ruin my reputation. Go home, it's getting late and it's so cold outside. I'm going to Kunning Palace too. ”

"I'll accompany you, and then I'll stand outside to keep a vigil for you and your mother."

"How's that going to work? Go home, I've always been safe, don't bother you. ”

"What is this called? Then I won't be a royal guard who eats dry rice for nothing. I haven't kept a vigil for you once. Don't worry, I will never break in and ruin the good things for you and my mother. ”

Zhu Yunwen blushed and complained: "That's what I meant. I've already caused you to kneel all night in the cold, and I can't let you blow the cold wind outside anymore. ”

"I'm fine; I'm fine. I'll have something to do when I get home. I don't have a woman to give me a warm kang head, what's the point of me going back? ”

He wept and mourned; Zhu Yunwen was also a little embarrassed. The kind-hearted emperor thought for a moment and said:

"Otherwise, I will let Shanshou choose a good-looking palace maid to take home for you, right? Anyway, I always felt that there were too many people in the palace, and it was really a burden. ”

"I beg you, what kind of moth can you think of? Hurry up and go to Kunning Palace. ”

"If you don't go home, I won't go. You feel lonely, let's sleep together in the Qianqing Palace. ”

"Shame on you? It's still the emperor. Let's go, I'm waiting for you. ”

"No; I won't arrange you to go anywhere. I can't leave you alone in the cold night. Zhu Yunwen was very resolute this time.

Shen Ruoyu looked at him helplessly: "Okay, okay, I won't give you a vigil, I'll go to Dong Pingshan, right?" He is lonely enough to live alone in the barracks all year round, and it is just right for me to accompany him. ”

Zhu Yunwen was stunned. "You're really not going home? Are you really going to find Dong Pingshan? ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "Yes, it is enough for him to accompany me." Don't worry. ”

Zhu Yunwen thought about it hesitantly.

"That'...... That's fine. Tomorrow morning, you can also sleep a little longer, closer than at home. If you don't feel warm in the barracks, you look for Shanshou. ”

"It won't be cold, don't worry, the care of the Son of Heaven makes me feel like a spring breeze."

He sent Zhu Yunwen to the gate of Kunning Palace, watched the Son of Heaven enter, turned around and left, and found the Yulin Left Guard barracks.

Dong Yuan's barracks is in the left guard of Yulin. There was a faint light in the barracks, and in the cold night, it looked extremely bleak and lonely. Shen Ruoyu couldn't help but think of the hot roasted sweet potato that this old man held to his mouth on the night of the punishment. A warm current wells up in my chest. He strode to the door and pushed it open.

There was an exclamation, and it was inaudible whether it was a man or a woman. Dong Yuan sat up on the bed, looked at the uninvited guest who broke in a panic, grabbed the quilt on his body tightly with one hand, and the woman on the bed with the other, as if he wanted to stuff her into the quilt and hide it. The woman's long hair covered her face, she couldn't see her face, only saw a bare shoulder trembling outside the quilt, obviously curled up, desperately hiding under Dong Yuan's arm.

Shen Ruoyu was dumbfounded, and when he reacted, he immediately turned around and rushed out of the door.

He didn't go far, Dong Yuan had already dressed and chased after him from behind.

"Ruo Few! - You rascal, stop! ”

He had tugged at his sleeve. Shen Ruoyu stopped, a little angry:

"Well, since I'm a rascal, I'm still stopping and waiting to be beaten?"

"You're undergoing a beating," Dong Yuan was unceremonious, and smashed a punch into his face. Shen Ruoyu immediately returned a punch, which made Dong Yuan's eyes glow, and he only felt that the sky was bright for a while. He sat down on the ground and gasped for a while.

Then he scolded: "It's not your wife, what are you trying to catch?" ”

"Bullshit; If it's not my wife, you won't bolt the door? Still lighting the lamp, and blame me? ”

"I know you're calling the door in the middle of the night, huh? You ask who dared to break in without shouting a report when they entered my door? ”

"You think that if someone doesn't go in, you don't know what you're doing? Stealing a bitch from the palace, you dare to commit such a felony of killing your head? What a good example you have set for your brothers in Liangwei. ”

Dong Yuan didn't wait for him to finish, stretched out his legs to hook him to the ground, turned over and pounced on him to suppress him, and asked viciously:

"What's wrong with you? Your role model for Commander Shen is stronger than mine. Aren't you amazing? Aren't you invincible? You only need to bend your little finger, and the entire Yulin Erwei will be turned on your back in front of you; Why did you still fall under my crotch? Well? Like a little bitch in a green building. Where is the martial arts that you Lao Tzu passed on to you, play it out and take a look? ”

Before he finished scolding, Shen Ruoyu grabbed him by the back collar, lifted him off the ground, turned over and pounced, his knees against his ribs, and his innate rogue face was exposed:

"Whose bitch do you look like? It's a pity that there is an extra piece of meat in the crotch. ”

"It's just for your mother-in-law's face-" Dong Yuan reached out and grabbed his shoulder, and the two of them pinched together and rolled around on the ground.

The entire barracks were alarmed. The soldiers rushed out of the barracks, and soon formed a circle of people around the two who were scuffling. Someone came with a long stick to relieve Dong Yuan, but when he looked at the other party, it was his former boss, the current pro-military governor, and the boss of Dong's command, who was dumbfounded for a while, looking at each other, only feeling that it was not a persuasion, and it was not a persuasion, and they didn't know what to do.

But a thin soldier suddenly rushed out of the crowd, holding a basin of water in his hand, rushed to the two people who were fighting over and over again, and poured a basin full of water on their heads.

The entire Yulin Left Guard was stunned. The two people who were fighting stopped, their heads were covered with cold water, and for a while they were both stupid, staring at each other blankly, just like all the soldiers who were watching, they didn't react at all, and they didn't say a word.

Zhong Kexi came back to his senses and realized what he had done, so frightened that the empty basin in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, and he knelt down in front of the two bosses, lying on the ground, not daring to raise his head, trembling all over.

Shen Ruoyu stood up and stretched out his hand to pull Dong Yuan up. The two of them have already scratched each other's hair and clothes in a mess in the fight, and they are all **, and the wolf dam is unbearable.

Shen Ruoyu looked at Zhong Kexi who was trembling on the ground, and the empty water basin with his feet facing the sky on the side was a little incredible:

"Did you splash the water?"

Zhong Kexi trembled: "Yes...... It's the villain...... The subordinates meet the two adults...... No...... Can't get along, and ...... anxious for a while"

"You're not going to tell us it's your footwash at night, are you? Didn't splash it on the ground, it all splashed on our heads? Dong Yuan asked.

Zhong Kexi didn't dare to say anything again. It was indeed the footwash he was about to pour out.

"It's really unseemly," Shen Ruoyu smiled coldly, and all the soldiers present couldn't help but shudder, sweating for Zhong Kexi. "Zhong Kexi, I've always taken you by my side, but I never saw that you still have such ability."

Dong Yuan reprimanded: "Lord Shen and I are just learning martial arts, you said you don't sleep well and run out to see what's going on?" ”

"Tell me for yourself how to punish you." Shen Ruoyu said coldly.

Zhong Kexi has already lost his soul: "Ren ...... Any two adults...... Place...... Disposal ......"

"I can punish you again just by saying this," Dong Yuan scolded, "You don't know what military regulations you have committed and what punishment you should receive?" What do you mean to be at our disposal? ”

"Zhong Kexi, when should you keep vigil?" Shen Ruoyu asked.

"Subordinate...... The subordinate is the queen...... The night guard of Bei'anmen the day after tomorrow......"

Shen Ruoyu thought for a while and said, "Listen, Zhong Kexi; Needless to say, you will be punished for committing the crime, and tonight, you will be punished to stand guard at Bei'anmen. In addition, your basin of cold water is a clever trick, if you can come up with such a miracle on the battlefield, you will definitely make a great achievement. You won't have to keep vigil the night after tomorrow, it counts as a reward. Herald, take him to Bei'anmen, and change a brother to come down and guard the post the night after tomorrow. Zhong Kexi, you wear more, don't freeze. ”

The flag school that gave the order took the order and left. Dong Yuan ordered a soldier to boil a kettle of boiling water and bring it over, and then drove everyone back to their respective barracks.

He dragged Shen Ruoyu into his barracks; The lights were still on, and the woman was nowhere to be seen. He saw Shen Ruoliao's expression and said:

"I told her to get back where she came from."

"Then why are you letting someone do it? I didn't let you drive people away. ”

"Say it; What's the matter with you coming to me on the big night? ”

"Catch the traitor."

"Less fart. Get down to business. ”

"It's nothing serious," Shen Ruoyu was listless, "It's just a person who is bored and panicked, looking for you to pass the night." How would I know that you, Dong Pingshan, will also be a prostitute. ”

"What nonsense, I'm not a man? I don't have a wife by my side. As far as you are inexplicable, you don't go home in the cold winter and run to me to go wild. ”

"What do you mean, drive me away?"

"Don't think about leaving when you come; I'll just put you to sleep tonight. ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at him freshly and smiled in surprise: "If you have that ability, you can do it." ”

"Don't say it, if you are really a woman, just lying next to me like this, I really can't hold it. What a great beauty—"

"You are so, why didn't you just take her for yourself when you robbed Liang Rushui that night? That's the country's beauty, and it's hard to find it all over the world. ”

"I'm waiting for the ghost of Liang Guogong to come to me for trouble?" Dong Yuandao.

The orderly brought boiling water in, and the two men washed the dirty water on their heads and bodies, took off their clothes and threw them to the orderly to wash.

"Zhong Kexi, this kid," Dong Yuan sighed, "almost froze me to death." You can do it enough, and you will be rewarded after the punishment, and if you are not tired enough, it is better to just fold the end. ”

"That's not going to work. If the function is broken, the brothers will not have a long memory, and they will think that as long as they have made meritorious service, they can be forgiven for making great mistakes. So what has become of this army? ”

Dong Yuan looked at him and smiled strangely: "Believe it or not, sooner or later, one day, you will receive the sword of the general seal gold medal monk Fang, and under the banner of your Shen Zi, you will lead the army to the battle." ”

Shen Ruoxiao was slightly stunned. "Are you dreaming, how old am I? There are so many heroes and generals in the DPRK, and I can't be ranked among the 800 people. ”

"Heroes? I have already let Emperor Gao kill them all. If you don't believe what I say, let's see. ”

"I thank you for good words; One day, I will transfer you to my side to serve as an orderly for me. ”

Dong Yuan took out two sets of clean clothes, handed them to Shen Ruoyu, and said:

"Do you think I've been reduced to your orderly. Oh, the clothes are washed, let's wear mine first. On this day, your clothes won't be able to dry the day after tomorrow. You seem to have grown a little bit lately, and you shouldn't wear much of mine. ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled: "When did you learn to say 'Tian'er' and 'Individual'?" Southerners don't talk like that, do they? ”

"It's not for you to smoke, 'the one who is close to the ink is black'." Dong Yuan smiled, "By the way, didn't you find out?" The emperor now speaks with a Beiping flavor. Look at you, if you are really King Yan's spy, then you will be too successful. ”

"I said, 'Don't you sleep?' I'm going to go to court tomorrow. ”

Dong Yuan was slightly stunned: "Do you really want to sleep with me?" ”

"You die, you."

"If you want to go to court, don't forget, I also have to get up early to practice, and when I finish the exercise, it is not yet dawn. I don't want to go to bed early, huh? It's not that you came here at night, I thought you were going to stay up all night with me, and I made a fuss for a long time to find someone to warm the kang head. Go home; Lao Tzu is annoyed when he sees you. ”

"Really drive me away?"

"I have a wife at home, and you came over to disturb my good deeds, why do you say that you are so unauthentic?"

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a while, didn't say anything, got dressed, stood up, took the autumn breeze and walked out. Dong Yuan was stunned and rushed up to stop him.

"I'll just say that, you still take it seriously, how can you be as temperamental as a little girl. I told you, if you come, you won't leave. ”

Shen Ruoyu glanced at him apologetically.

"I really didn't mean to; I'm going to know you've got a woman here—"

"You and I are a horse in heat, can't you live without a mare tonight?" Dong Yuan dragged him back to the bed, snatched his autumn breeze, and stood under the wall next to the bed.

"I said, brother, are you having trouble with my brother and sister?" Dong Yuan sat down beside him and asked.

"No," Shen Ruoyu said absent-mindedly.

"I can see that; Why don't you come here in the middle of the night? Look at your downfall, as for you? If you marry another one and go home, you will be angry with her, and see if she dares to play tricks with you in the future. ”

"What are you talking about?" Shen Ruoyu didn't have a good breath and said, "It's not what you think, don't worry about me." ”

There are some things he can tell Zhu Yunwen unscrupulously, but he doesn't dare to tell Dong Yuan; The Son of Heaven is different from this old man, he is afraid that Dong Yuan will look down on him.

Dong Yuan is not stupid, and he can see at a glance what the problem is.

"I said brother, haven't I been good for you. Come on, I don't want to worry about that. Go to bed early. ”

The lights went out, and the two of them huddled together on a single bunk, a pillow, and a quilt. Shen Ruoyu was a little reluctant.

"It's better if I don't come in the future," he said.

"Regret? It's late. Dong Yuan said.

"I said that I should also set up a barracks in the right guard of Yulin, and I will sleep there in the future. The two of us are exactly one left and one right, saving you from working alone. ”

"How can that be? You are now my boss, the governor of the Twelve Guards, where can you sleep in the barracks of the right guard of Yulin? Let me tell you, a woman's family is so coaxing, just like a child, two days of trouble will pass, and she will stick to you as before. If you don't believe it, if you go home and watch it in two days, you will definitely be well-behaved. When you don't behave, you come to me again, and you can make so much effort to make room for you to come out. I don't hate you for using me as a refuge, but I don't bother to bother with the barracks for you. ”

"Brother Dong, you know women so well, you obviously need one by your side, why don't you marry one now? How old are you? ”

"Dream talk; Shall I marry one and let her live with me in the barracks? You think that everyone is like you, you can leave your subordinates and live outside, and make a home comfortably—"

"You're scolding me again. I don't believe you can't do it; How did your dad give birth to you in the first place? ”

"I have orderlies to wash my clothes, cook and clean the barracks, and when I want a woman, just go out and find one and come back for the night, why should I bother myself to marry a wife."

"Doesn't your Dong family still point to you to pass on the ancestry?"

"That's for later, what's the hurry? Look at you, you married a wife earlier than anyone, and my brother and sister haven't given you a fruit until now; This is called being anxious to eat hot tofu. ”

"You're talking nonsense, I'm not talking to you."

"Look, look, the little girl's temper is here again, right? Just like you, do you still want to cure your wife? I'm too lazy to pay attention to you. Slept. ”

After he finished speaking, he snored, put Shen Ruoliao aside, and stared at the pitch-black roof with big eyes, and was stunned for a while.