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After diagnosing King Xu, Banrong decided to administer acupuncture to stabilize the condition first, as for the craniotomy, he still needs to think deeply, and King Xu's biological mother Concubine Hui did not dare to alarm the emperor at the moment, so she could only ask Banrong to hide the illness first.

In addition, he repaired a book and passed it to his own brother, Zhu Yun, the general of Pingnan who guarded the Qi State, hoping that he would get an idea as soon as possible after seeing the letter.

In the letter, King Xu's illness was explained very clearly, and there was a half-tolerant sentence that even if he was cured, he would never live to be twenty years old.

Although their Zhu family is not as powerful as King Qing's mother, the Liu family, they still have a certain status in the court, and all the princes have the idea of competing for the throne, and their family is naturally no exception.

It's a pity that Concubine Hui gave birth late, and she suffered a big loss in terms of age compared to Liu Yan and Liu Shao and other princes, but King Xu was born sick, which is really a big drawback for their Zhu family.

On this day, it was a day of heavy snowfall, and Liu Zhengsheng, the newly promoted head of the household department, suddenly came to visit, Liu Yan knew that he was here to express his gratitude, so he followed Chu Shenxia's suggestion and ordered Lu Zhi to send him away on the grounds that he was busy with official business.

Unexpectedly, Liu Zhengsheng actually learned "Chengmen Lixue", and Lai did not leave at the gate of the East Palace, claiming that he was willing to wait until Liu Yan finished handling official business before asking to see him.

Liu Yan was moved by his thoughts, and said with emotion: "If the virtuous people in the court have such thoughts as him, then my Southern Song Dynasty is just around the corner."

Chu Shenxia, who was reading a book on the side, couldn't help laughing, Liu Yan turned his head to look at him, puzzled: "What are you laughing at?" Am I not right? ”

"No...... His Highness is right, I laugh because His Highness is too easily satisfied, but a household book is enough to make His Highness so happy. Chu Shenxia put down the book in his hand and looked out the door.

Liu Yan also followed and looked out the door, the snow seemed to be bigger than just now, Liu Yan's eyes were attached to those snowflakes, and he muttered, "I see almost, Lu Zhi." Go and invite him in. ”

"Your Highness, it's only been an hour, why not let him wait a little longer?" Chu Shenxia hurriedly objected, and stretched out one hand to stop Lu Zhi.

Liu Yan's tone was a little anxious. Obviously, he couldn't hold his breath at the moment, and said hurriedly: "Aren't I afraid of freezing him?" On such a cold day, he came to visit on a special basis, I didn't let him enter the palace gate, and now he is still standing in the snow and being devastated by the cold wind. People who don't know think I'm punishing him. ”

"Isn't this just a good test of how determined he is to join His Highness? Lu Zhi had clearly told him at that time that His Royal Highness was busy with official business and could not receive him, and he insisted on standing at the gate of the palace himself, and no one forced him. Chu Shenxia leisurely picked up the teacup in front of him, took a shallow sip, and spit out a circle of white gas.

Liu Yan hesitated for a while, but finally sat down and compromised: "Then wait another quarter of an hour." ”

"An hour."

"Chu Shenxia!" Liu Yan stood up again and walked quickly in front of him. I couldn't bear it anymore, "Don't scare away my Tobe Shangshu!" ”

"Although it is just an excuse to be busy with official business, but Your Highness don't forget, there are really a lot of official documents waiting for His Highness to review on the table behind His Highness, and when His Highness sees Liu Zhengsheng, I estimate that I have to talk for three or four hours, what time does Your Highness have to deal with official documents?"

Chu Shenxia closed the book in his hand, put it down completely, skillfully took the crutches on the side, and turned to a pile of letters. While rummaging, he said: "There are so many letters from King Qin here, I don't have time to read them alone, Your Highness has this idle time to feel sorry for Liu Zhengsheng, it is better to feel sorry for me." Show me it. ”

Liu Yan sighed lightly, and strode towards the table, at first after approving a copy, he looked up at the door, and later, he really put himself in. I was engrossed in reading one after another, and even forgot the time, and when I finished the last one, I was surprised to find that Liu Zhengsheng was still waiting at the door.

Suddenly raised his head, Chu Shenxia was already gone, and he hurriedly called Lu Zhi to ask the hour, just one hour, Liu Yan hurriedly walked to take the coat on the hanger, and went to the palace gate in person.

From a distance, I saw a person in a gray cotton coat standing in the snow, constantly rubbing his hands and stomping his feet, obviously it was too cold to be good, although Liu Yan felt sorry for Liu Zhengsheng, he still couldn't help but smile, he looked really funny.

Liu Yan stepped up to him, saw him trembling lips and was about to salute, hurriedly raised his hand to stop it, and then personally dusted off the snow on his robe, and personally put on his robe, and said sincerely: "Today's official business is busy, I originally sent someone out to inform Lord Shangshu, but I didn't expect that Lord Liu was so persistent, and actually stood in the snow waiting for me, I am really guilty." ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't say that, the lower officials are afraid, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to recommend the lower officials above the court, how could the lower officials have room to display their ambitions?" Liu Zhengsheng's face turned purple, and his whole person trembled slightly, but the strength of his speech was well controlled.

"Where is it, Lord Liu is a bright and upright person, and he knows so much about the household, I just told the truth in front of my father." Liu Yan saw that he was really trembling, so he hurriedly said, "Come, Lord Liu, it's cold outside, let's talk about it when you enter the palace." ”

As soon as he entered the hall, before he sat down, Liu Yan turned his head and instructed Lu Zhidao: "Go and get two braziers, in addition, order someone to boil ginger soup and send it quickly, and take a clean cotton coat, Lord Liu's cotton robe is stained with snow, and it is probably wet, but it is my fault to get the wind cold." ”

Seeing Liu Yan doing his best, Liu Zhengsheng's eyes that were red from the cold showed gratitude, and while putting his hand on the brazier in front of him and roasting, he said excitedly: "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, and the lower officials will definitely bow and die as much as possible." ”

"Lord Liu is serious, it's all for the people of the Southern Song Dynasty, there is no need to be like this." Liu Yan smiled faintly and pushed a cup of hot tea in front of him.

Liu Zhengsheng sighed, took the cup of hot tea again, drank it like a sweet spring, and held the cup firmly in his hand, then exhaled and said: "Your Highness, in fact, Your Majesty came today because I want to inform Your Highness about something." ”

"Oh?" Liu Yan picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip slowly, and then asked unhurriedly, "What's the matter?" Unexpectedly, Lord Liu stood in front of the gate of my East Palace for two hours? ”

"It all started five years ago." Liu Zhengsheng said and glanced at Liu Yan, and saw that Liu Yan's expression really changed suddenly, and then said, "Five years ago, Liu Qicheng, the king of Qin, had an affair with the queen Ji, and joined forces to murder the son of the concubine, which shocked Jincheng. ”

Liu Yan saw that he mentioned the most hidden place in his heart, and his heart was already beating suddenly, but his face pretended to be calm, and he asked indifferently, "What do you want to say?" ”

"The Ji clan was also demoted from Jincheng by the emperor at that time, and since then it has declined and disappeared in the market." Liu Zhengsheng paused slightly, deliberately lowered his voice and said, "But Xiaguan recently discovered that the Ji clan has signs of activity in Jiankang, and it seems that they are planning something, and Xiaguan feels that it is necessary to guard against it." ”

"What are they planning?" Liu Yan was a little puzzled.

"In the imperial history, Cheng Chen Xian was young and resistant, extremely disgusted with flattering villains, and had repeatedly impeached officials at all levels in the court, and he and Zhu Yun, the general who guarded the Qi country, were friends of eight worships."

When Lu Zhi sent a brazier and ginger soup, Liu Zhengsheng hurriedly took a few sips of ginger soup before continuing: "When the Ji family was in power, the Zhu family and the Zhu family could be described as the emperor's right-hand man, the queen and Concubine Hui joined forces to govern the harem in an orderly manner, and the Zhu family and the Ji family helped the emperor solve the country's worries. Now that the Ji clan has made a comeback, they have the intention of respecting King Xu's accession to the throne. ”

Liu Yan felt a pang in his heart, and he couldn't say what it felt, but he did remember that the Zhu family back then and the current Zhu family were like two pictures, he pondered for a while, and then asked, "How did Lord Liu know about these things?" ”

"Xia Guan noticed a strange phenomenon, that is, Chen Xian not only did not impeach any officials recently, but got very close to some ministers, and had a great intention of wooing, so Xia Guan followed Chen Xian to investigate and vaguely touched these situations."

Liu Yan understood what he meant, the purpose of his coming to the East Palace today was to belong to himself, since he was attached to himself, he had to put himself in his shoes in everything, and he was afraid that the Zhu family's power would rise secretly and threaten his status, so he hurriedly came to make contributions.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yan asked a question that had nothing to do with Fang Cai, "In addition to the normal household adjustment and land rent and two taxes in the Southern Song Dynasty, there are also many miscellaneous taxes and miscellaneous taxes, how does Lord Liu feel that the miscellaneous taxes are exempted?" ”

Liu Zhengsheng waited for a long time, but when he said this, he was naturally a little disappointed, but he also replied quickly, "If the Southern Song Dynasty did not start such a war, it is not impossible, but in order to issue sufficient military salaries, the treasury is already very tight, if the miscellaneous taxes and miscellaneous adjustments are exempted at this time, I am afraid that the treasury will not be able to bear it for a while." ”

Liu Yan agreed with him very much, everything has to be done slowly, and then asked some questions about military salaries, but nothing else was mentioned, although Liu Zhengsheng was surprised in his heart, he could only answer them one by one.

Later, when it was almost dark, Liu Yan pretended to be a send-off, Liu Zhengsheng understood, immediately got up to say goodbye, and expressed his loyalty.

Liu Yan got up and walked to the door, he couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart, the person who shows his loyalty to me today, he can also become a sharp knife in the hands of others against him in the future.

Chu Shenxia is right, such a person, no matter how good his talent is, can only let him play where he should play, if he has other thoughts, it will be a big disaster for anyone.

It's just that he didn't expect that he sent away a tiger and a lion came, and in the depths of the darkness, there was a jackal rubbing his hands behind his back, and a pair of cunning and dark eyes flashed red from time to time.

(To be continued.) )