"Huh? What does the Xianggong have to say to the concubine? Yan Mengyun's eyes widened with a cute expression. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Uh...", Peng Yue saw Yan Mengyun's appearance, and suddenly didn't know how to speak.

"Mengyun, there is an old man named Xia Yan... Did You Know? Peng Yue said with a somewhat sneering expression, "He has now been recalled by the emperor to the court..."

Peng Yue hesitated for a long time, and finally went around this matter.

"Oh, the concubine knows about him...", Yan Mengyun muttered a little carelessly, "Daddy doesn't seem to like him very much... However, he is back, what does it have to do with us? ”

"Hmm... Lord Xia wasn't the head of the cabinet before, so after he came back...", Peng Yue really didn't know how to say it further, this should have been a very happy thing, but in the face of Yan Mengyun, it was so difficult to speak, "That is... Now that the emperor has restored all the previous official positions of Lord Xia, he has replaced... In place of his father-in-law, he is back in charge..."

"So that's the case...", Yan Mengyun pulled the rice bowl a little unhappily, "What about Daddy?" ”

"Father-in-law has nothing to do, it's just that Lord Xia will return to the dynasty to govern." , Peng Yue hurriedly explained.

"Then it's fine...", Yan Mengyun showed a smiling face, "I thought what happened to my father..."

"Not really, it's... But this matter started because of me...", Peng Yue thought to himself that what Yan Mengyun wanted to know in the end anyway, it was better to tell her happily now.

"Huh? Why is it because of you? Yan Mengyun looked suspicious.

"Uh... Because of the Datong mutiny, it was because... There is a shortage of food and wages allocated by the household department. So...", Peng Yue said in a huff. "The shortage of food is... Father-in-law... Withheld..."

"Is Daddy okay?" , Yan Mengyun suddenly asked with concern.

"Not really. It was just a summons for Xia Yan to return to the dynasty to govern, and it didn't... punish your father-in-law...", Peng Yue was originally angry because Zhu Houxi did not punish Yan Song, but he explained it with Yan Mengyun with some trepidation.

"That's good... As long as Daddy is not punished...", Yan Mengyun said lightly, "But Daddy did it... It's a bit excessive... Even the army's food and salary...", Yan Mengyun paused, embarrassed to continue.

Suddenly, Yan Mengyun seemed to think of something. "Are you okay then? The household is short of food and salary, didn't the emperor punish you? ”

"It's... It's not... Because it's me... Found out... The truth, the criminal officer... It was sent by my father-in-law...", Peng Yue lowered his head a little ashamedly.

"It's good if you're okay...", Yan Mengyun smiled sweetly, "Daddy... It's time for a lesson... Anyway, if you're okay with Daddy, that's good. ”

Peng Yue didn't expect Yan Mengyun to have this attitude, but Peng Yue also understood. Whether he said that he had privately exposed and sued Yan Song, Yan Mengyun naturally didn't care.

Yes, for her, husband. It doesn't matter if my father is in power or not, as long as they are all safe. Peng Yue decided not to say anything else, maybe Yan Song really thought that the matter of deducting food and salary was found out. That's why Xia Yan returned to the court.

Now that Yan Song has not been brought down, it is better not to tear his face with Yan Song. But if Yan Song was not brought down this time, will there be a good chance in the future? Peng Yue couldn't help but think of what Huang Jin said to himself...

"Master Peng. Don't you know... The Yan family made friends with the emperor's servants on weekdays with generous profits, and when they served in Yan Song's mansion on weekdays, the Yan family treated each other with courtesy, so they often said good things about Yan by the emperor's side. The emperor is also getting older, so he is more and more obedient to the words of the people who take care of him around him, and Lord Xia has never paid attention to this, and even many of the emperor's close attendants have been scolded by him, do you think they can have no resentment in their stomachs? ”

"What Lord Peng said today also hit the nail on the head, but although the emperor was angry, he still thought of Yan's goodness in his heart..."

"Yan listened to the emperor's words too much, he had already mastered the emperor's mind, and he even did the thing of tasting the pill for the emperor on weekdays, and he himself often made alchemy for the emperor and offered the pill. The emperor is also accustomed to his service, and they are already to some extent... Friends..."

In fact, listening to Huang Jin's chatter at that time, Peng Yue gradually understood what the problem was.

He couldn't unconditionally curry favor with Zhu Houxi like Yan Song, so he couldn't become the emperor's closest friend. He understood the emperor's mind from the beginning, and he also knew why many emperors favored the eunuchs around him. They played with the emperor since childhood, accompanied the emperor to climb trees, dig birds' nests, rode horses for the emperor, let the emperor make a small temperament, obeyed the emperor's words, and never dared to be disobedient...

The ministers are different, they are just people who work for the emperor to some extent, they will oppose the emperor's opinions, they will make the emperor angry, and even dare to argue with the emperor in public, the emperor will naturally not be close to them in his heart, the emperor just needs them to do things for himself.

And Yan Song just assumed the dual role of chamberlain and minister, he not only did things for the emperor, but also never disobeyed the emperor's will, no matter whether the emperor was right or wrong. On weekdays, he is close to the emperor, and sometimes he is not even socializing with Zhu Houyu as a courtier, he will refine the elixir for Zhu Houxi, taste the elixir, and accompany Zhu Houyu to do what he likes. In this way, Zhu Houxi naturally has close trust in Yan Song, and naturally he can't do without him.

But there are too few ministers who have reached this point, first, they need to climb to the top of power, and second, they need to abandon all bottom lines and even moral conscience. Peng Yue asked himself if he could do this, because Peng Yue always remembered Yang Yiqing's teaching to him, two things must not be lost, one is an ideal and the other is a conscience, he always remembers it and does not dare to forget it.

But what is ironic is that sometimes good people often can't fight bad people because they are tied, is it really a corrupt official and a traitor, and a clean official should be even more traitorous?

"Xianggong, what's wrong?" Yan Mengyun shook the chopsticks in her hand, "Are you unhappy about something?" ”

"Uh... No, hehe... No...", Peng Yue came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly at Yan Mengyun, and then buried his head in eating his own food.

"Mengyun, if... If I did something I'm sorry for you, would you leave me? ”

"Huh? What did Xianggong do... I'm sorry about the concubine? Yan Mengyun was subconsciously startled, but when she saw Peng Yue's cramped eyes and thought about what he said just now, she understood what he meant.

I saw Yan Mengyun smile and said softly to Peng Yue, "Don't worry, my father won't blame you for this incident, after all, you are officials in the court, and you all have your own hardships." Besides, it's Daddy's fault in the first place, as long as you and Daddy are okay, the concubine will be satisfied..."

"Hmm... Thank you...", Peng Yue sighed and sniffed, "Mengyun, try this..."

"Thank you, Xianggong...", Yan Mengyun was still smiling like a flower, but there were waves in her heart: in fact, she was suspicious of Peng Yue's words, she didn't believe that Peng Yue had to sacrifice her father's interests to protect herself, and Peng Yue couldn't do this kind of villain-like behavior.

In this way, there is only one explanation, the relationship between her husband and her father, there is a dislike between them. If that's the case, what should you do? It must be difficult to be caught in the middle, and for a while, Yan Mengyun's heart turned a thousand times, as if he was in a desperate situation.

Originally, Yan Mengyun planned to tell Peng Yue about her possible pregnancy after a while, but now that she thinks about it, she doesn't have that mood anymore... (To be continued.) )