The peace negotiation of the Beiwang Mansion is not sincere in the true sense, and the fundamental reason is that the Beiwang Mansion has no choice in the face of the front and back attacks. The way of negotiating peace is not complicated, and it requires the imperial court to return the territory of the Northern Wangfu that it occupied before, and at the same time, the Northern Wangfu also made a decision to rejoin the imperial court and continue to serve Yang Rui as the main master.

Many things are logical, there is nothing fancy, and since the Northern Wangfu sent his brother-in-law as an envoy this time, he has already made a similar explanation to him.

However, in terms of the officials of the imperial court, their attitude is much more "tough", but this kind of toughness is just a paper tiger, and it can't scare the people of the Northern Palace. After a simple round of negotiations, Han Jian transcribed the results of the negotiations, and he did not make any comments on the matter of peace negotiations from beginning to end. He did this as if to say that the matter had nothing to do with him, but from the moment he was present, the matter was dominated by his own power, and he couldn't shirk it.

"King Dong, this time the peace negotiation will come to such a result? Good work you guys have done! ”

In the Ye'an Pavilion, Yang Rui read the content of the peace proposal submitted by Han Jian, and slapped the transcription in his hand on the table like a rage. She didn't show Han Jian an attitude, there were other officials of the Ministry of Rites who participated in the peace discussion, including Lin Ke, who was ordered by Yang Rui to observe this time. Yang Rui didn't just lose his temper with Han Jian alone, but with everyone.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger." Han Jian didn't speak, but Lin Ke on the side persuaded Yang Rui first as if he was a nobody.

"Lin Shilang, what you said is quite easy." Yang Rui glared at Lin Ke and said, "You were there at the time, even if you can't ask about these things, can't you mention Dongwang?" Now it seems that it is really useless for the court to feed your group of people! ”

Lin Ke was furious, which made the officials present a little unpredictable.

Originally, Han Jian went to negotiate peace. It was as a prisoner. And Yang Rui should have a detailed explanation beforehand, how could there be poor communication in the end, or even the result of no communication?

Han Jian, who was the party concerned, stood still and did not speak.

From the beginning, Yang Rui had opinions on this discussion, and he was very clear. Yang Rui lost his temper in front of so many people, and he didn't discuss it with him in advance. Yang Rui may be expressing his dissatisfaction in this way. Because in front of him, he always has to take into account the affection between some husband and wife, and in the court, she can openly express her attitude with the king's frame, and he can't interfere if he wants to.

"What other advice does Your Majesty have? If he can, the old minister can act as the king of the east and continue to deal with the people who oppose the party of the king of the north. Lin Ke volunteered.

In Lin Ke's opinion, Han Jian messed things up. If it does not conform to the will of the Son of Heaven, it will inevitably be alienated by the Son of Heaven. As the "close minister" of the Son of Heaven, it is necessary for him to stand up and step on Han Jian's foot, although he himself knows that doing so is tantamount to lifting a stone to hit his own feet. But he still has to do this, otherwise how can he let Yang Rui know his "loyalty"?

"Lin Shilang has been quite idle lately?" Yang Rui asked coldly at Lin Ke.

"This ......" Lin Ke was speechless.

Yang Rui said angrily: "Lin Shilang, just do your own things well, and as for the matter of peace, it is still up to the East King to be responsible." Dongwang is busy with a lot of things every day, and you are subordinates. Can't you help Dongwang share more? ”

None of the people present dared to speak casually.

"Alright. I still have something to say privately to the king of the east about this peace negotiation. You can step down. Yang Rui seemed to be a little impatient and said, "As for the people of the Northern Palace, you are going to appease now, even if you want to negotiate peace, you are not in a hurry, and it is good to give them a lesson on the battlefield." ”

Speaking of the battlefield, Yang Rui naturally glanced at Han Jian. Because the battle on the front line is not commanded and dispatched by the palace. The military department has no right to say anything, and Han Jian, who is the king of the east, is in charge. Han Jian said that he wanted Su Tingxia to stop the army, and Su Tingxia was also ordered by the Eastern Palace, and he categorically would not enter the army. Unless Su Tingxia wants to rebel.

Lin Ke and the others bowed in fear and left. When only Han Jian and Yang Rui were left in Ye'an Pavilion, Han Jian still chose to remain silent and not speak.

Yang Rui sometimes has an odd temperament. will even take advantage of some of the moments when he is caught off guard to "start", which he has also learned before. It's just that he didn't expect Yang Rui to express his dissatisfaction like this time, originally he thought that he had reached a consensus with Yang Rui.

"What, don't you speak?" Yang Rui saw that Han Jian was standing there like a wooden man, and asked in a relatively easy-going tone.

"Did you ask the wrong person?" Han Jian cross-examined.

Yang Rui sighed lightly: "You should also know what I mean, even if you want to negotiate peace, you can't retreat a hundred miles, I will retreat a hundred miles, and negotiate peace with each other without incident." Do you want the woes of the north to last forever? Isn't it enough that the people have suffered all these years? Will the Wei Dynasty continue to be so divided? ”

As soon as Yang Rui picked up the big truth to speak, Han Jian felt that she wanted to "convince people with reason", in other words, she wanted to convince people with her own experience. But the biggest problem is that two people think differently. The first thing Yang Rui thinks about is not what the world is, those are too ethereal, it is simply that Yang Rui cares about the Yang family's temple and thinks that the orthodoxy of the royal family cannot be broken in her hands.

Perhaps it is precisely for this reason that Yang Rui chose to commit himself to him, and he also wanted to make a comeback with the power of the East Palace.

Han Jian said: "Today's peace negotiation is just a formality, and the key content has not been mentioned. His Majesty is so impatient, I'm afraid he has other plans. ”

"Something else?" When Yang Rui heard this, her expression was also a little angry, but she quickly suppressed it and said, "It's okay, you can say whatever you like." Originally, I thought that if the troubles of the Northern Wangfu were not eliminated, the world would not be stable. It's up to you how you like to do it, but later, I hope you can still think about it for the court, not just for you. ”

After saying these things, Yang Rui seemed to be very tired.

Han Jian knew it was time for him to leave. He quarreled with Yang Rui again this time.

Originally, between husband and wife, it was inevitable to quarrel, but he and Yang Rui were different from ordinary ordinary couples. One is the lord of the north, and the other is in power. It can be said that it is a marriage between the emperor and the minister, and a slight discord may affect the trend of the world. Han Jian also knew this truth, so he didn't continue to argue with Yang Rui.

"The minister retired." Han Jian saluted.

Yang Rui glanced at Han Jian angrily, as if he felt that Han Jian was a little disregarding the relationship between husband and wife. Now she has to excuse herself to leave if she has a slight disagreement, but she doesn't take into account the loss in her heart.

It's not that Han Jian doesn't want to stay. It was he who wanted to give time for Yang Rui to calm down. Yang Rui is too persistent in the matter of peace negotiation, and obstructs everywhere, in order to complete the peace negotiation, he must not communicate with Yang Rui for the time being, otherwise Yang Rui will use various methods to persuade him to put the matter of peace on hold.

This is also a kind of obsession of Yang Rui, since Yang Rui ascended the throne, the disaster of the Northern Wangfu has continued to exist. Over the years, Yang Rui has worked hard to get rid of the North Prince's Mansion as soon as possible, and as for the South Prince's Mansion, the West Prince's Mansion, and even the East Prince's Mansion, she didn't pay much attention to it. Once you become obsessed, you will think about things more extremely.

Han Jian left the palace and returned directly to the East Palace. At this time, the car of the North King Mansion was in front of the East King Mansion, as if the North King had sent someone to give him Han Jian a gift.

Han Jian stepped forward, and the intellectuals and guards of the East Wangfu immediately came forward, and Han Jian roughly asked, and it was indeed the case. What he didn't expect was even more unexpected. Unexpectedly, Han Song's family accepted the gift of the Northern Wangfu on his behalf, but as for what kind of gift it was, he had no intention of asking. Han Jian knew that Han Song's family had also had a lot of opinions about Yang Rui recently, mainly because Yang Rui's marriage to Fa Yi had angered her and made her feel that this emperor was a little domineering.

The way Han Song fought back, first went to the palace to protest silently, and now took the initiative to break it with the people of the Northern Palace. It's like suing Yang Rui. Seeing that the head of the East Wangfu does not have the same heart as you, who can you count on!

"Young boy!"

"Young boy Ann!"

I saw Han Jian come back. The people in the East Prince's Mansion were a little nervous.

Although most of these are just the subordinates of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, the general simple political principles are still understood. Now the imperial court is at war with the Northern Palace, and there is a meaning of peace, but it has not been implemented after all. As the person in charge of the imperial court to negotiate peace, and the supervisor appointed by Yang Rui himself, Han Jian represented the imperial court in this matter. Now he openly has a private dismissal with the people of the Northern Palace. And accepted the gift of the North Palace, which made outsiders have something to say.

When the matter spreads, people all over the world will naturally think that Dongwang Yihe has his own selfish desires. And the people of the court, including Yang Rui, who is the emperor. will also think that in fact, Dongwangzhi is not assisting Sheji, but just wants to coerce the princes of the Son of Heaven.

Han Jian entered the courtyard, but saw a lot of gifts in the main courtyard. There are a lot of large and small boxes, and they all look very valuable. Han Jian stepped forward, the person in charge of looking at the gift was not from the East Palace, and he was a little inexplicable when he saw Han Jian, but when he saw Han Jian followed by a vote of people, he also guessed the probability, and retreated to the side and did not dare to block the way.

Han Jian entered the main hall, but saw Han Song looking at the list. The list of gifts is very thick, with more than a dozen pages, which also shows that the Northern Wangfu spent blood to provoke the relationship between the Eastern Wangfu and the imperial court this time. Moreover, because of the contradiction between Han Song and Yang Rui, as well as the difference of opinion between Han Jian and Yang Rui on the matter of peace, it also made the Beiwang Mansion's sowing discord this time very "effective" for the time being.

"Jian'er, it's just right to come back. I'll introduce you to someone. ”

When Han Song saw Han Jian coming back, he went to the door with a smile with the list and said to Han Jian.

At this time, Han Jian also noticed that there was a woman in the hall, this woman looked to be about thirty years old, but she was also graceful. A long dress looks very decent, but there is one problem, that is, this person's bearing. has the bearing of an ordinary noble woman, as if she is outside the Lord, but she is not the kind of housewife in the Lord.

"Oh? I don't know who Erniang is talking about? Han Jian looked at Han Song and asked.

Han Songshi smiled: "Speaking of which, this is Erniang's old man. According to the seniority, you should also call your aunt. ”

"Auntie?"

Han Jian frowned slightly, his uncle was quite a few. But they are all nominal uncles, after all, his aunts have large and small families in Luoyang City, whether they are distant relatives or close relatives. He couldn't see him for three days and three nights. But for Han Song's family background, Han Jianke is also very clear, the Song family used to be a dignitary in Luoyang City, but the Song family behind Han Song's family and those prominent Song families are already just a little kinship. The Han Song clan itself has no relatives, but just hangs the name of the old noble. Han Song's family was able to be sent to Jiangdu by Yang Rui, mainly because she was a female official in the palace and won Yang Rui's trust.

But now it seems that Yang Rui no longer trusts Han Song's too much. Between the two, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister is still there, but the appearance is detached.

"Don't dare to be. The maiden saw His Royal Highness the King of the East. The woman saluted Han Jian respectfully, but she didn't kneel, she only bowed slightly, and she looked a little delicate.

Han Jian smiled, he didn't want to recognize this relative. Random people say that it is his elder or aunt. The relationship was a bit complicated for him.

Since my aunt is here, which one is my uncle?

"Alright." Han Songshi didn't seem to notice Han Jian's inner unhappiness, but was happy to pull Han Jian to the chair and said, "Jian'er, you sit first." Your aunt this time, oh no, what should I call it? ”

"The people's daughter Xu Fang's clan." The woman replied.

"It's too outward. Jian'er, she is here to give gifts, look at this gift list, if you accept it, then Erniang will accept it on your behalf. ”

Han Jian's heart was full of questions.

I don't have much to say about the origin of this Xu Fang's clan, he is a person from the Northern Palace, and he is a clear-eyed person who knows it at a glance, after all, he is the one who comes with Xu Fang's to give gifts. They are all dressed in the special military uniforms of the North Palace. No matter how blind others are, they will not turn their ears back. Now that Luoyang City has no martial law, aren't these things going to spread throughout Luoyang or even Jiangbei soon?

"I don't look at it. Erniang is responsible. Han Jian smiled.

"I'll just say that the athlete knows the most." Han Songshi praised with a smile, turned to look at Xu Fang's and said, "Sister Fang, I don't know if Gongzi Ling is okay now." I saw it at first. It's just that you sent him to Jiangdu to do business, and I helped a little more at that time. ”

"Sister Song still has a heart." Xu Fangshi said with a smile.

The two of them began to talk about things that had nothing to do with the gift-giving. But let Han Jian know some general things.

This Xu Fang's family is not from the official eunuch of the Northern Prince's Mansion, but seems to be a businessman. It's just because it's close to the North Palace. She will do the gift giving this time. As for the specific relationship between Xu Fang's family and Han Song's family, Han Jian can't find out yet, after all, this involves the issue of "historical legacy". At the beginning, Han Jian's family background was somewhat understood, but when Han Song's character Luoyang City was a female official, it was difficult to check, and there was no way to check it at all.

Han Songshi probably thought that it was not good to leave Han Jian aside, so he said with a smile: "Jian'er, don't blame Erniang for talking to the old man more." Your aunt used to know me when she was a female official in the palace, and later she married to the north, and she hadn't seen each other for many years. ”

Han Jian was even more puzzling now.

was originally still "aunt", but now she has become "Aunt Fang" again. Whether it was Han Song's husband who had a connection with Xu Fang's family, or whether it was because Xu Fang's knew her husband, this question made him a little entangled. Anyway, this is a married woman, and the son seems to be quite old, at least he can go out to do business.

As for when this Xu Fang's son went to Jiangdu to do business, he had no way of hearing about it, and he thought that it might have been a few years ago. But the problem comes again, this Xu Fang's family looks no more than thirty years old, and Han Song's family also calls her a younger sister, which means that even if Xu Fang's family gave birth to a child at the age of fourteen or fifteen, his son is only sixteen or seventeen years old now. A few years ago, he was able to travel from Beichuan to Jiangdu to do business, and this Xu Fang's son was also "precocious" enough.

Or, Han Jian thought about it from a different angle. Maybe this qiē is just a rhetoric between Xu Fang's clan and Han Song's clan, at all, there is not so much connection between these two people, just to deceive him and make him feel that the two are old acquaintances, so it is logical to receive gifts. Han Song's clan just wanted to take revenge on Yang Rui's unauthorized claims, and also wanted to make Han Jian completely deviate from the imperial court.

In fact, secretly, Han Song had already told Han Jian about the problem at this level. Han Song thought that there was no need for Han Jian to be attached to the imperial court all the time, and now that the Eastern Prince's Mansion was in full swing, even if there was a shortage of soldiers and food, he could still win on the battlefield. As long as we wait for this grain to be harvested and plan for another year or two, it will not be difficult to pacify the north. With such a good opportunity, there is no need to prop up an old regime.

Of course, this qiē was denied by Han Jian. It's not that Han Jian has deep feelings for Yang Rui and doesn't want to usurp the throne, but that Han Jian feels that being an emperor is too tiring. He still wants to settle down and do his own thing more comfortably, but he also has a precondition, that is, as an emperor, he can't interfere with his peaceful life. In this case, it seems that letting your own woman be the emperor is the most reassuring thing in the world.

"Erniang said it was an old acquaintance?" Han Jian still raised his own questions and said with a smile, "I don't know this ...... Who is Aunt Fang's father-in-law? ”

Han Jian didn't know how to describe it.

It's awkward to ask this question, it's a relative, but they've never met. But maybe there is no need to meet at all. has been able to climb relatives, in this era of focusing on the countryside and clan, this kind of thing is not uncommon. As long as it is the same surname, it was the same family 500 years ago, it is also very cordial. There is even the principle of not marrying with the same surname, which is as if to say. Those with the same surname are all brothers and sisters, and they can't even get married.

"The maiden's husband died early." Xu Fangshi said with a smile.

Han Jianxin said that this is very similar to the situation of Mrs. Luo.

However, Mrs. Luo's is just a rhetoric at all, although both are in business, but obviously this Xu Fang's family is not as famous and prestigious as Mrs. Luo. But in terms of complex background, it is also roughly comparable.

Behind Mrs. Luo is the old department of Xiliang, as well as his Dongwang Mansion. And this Xu Fang clan is close to the Beiwang Mansion, otherwise how could Yang Ke let her come over to give gifts? Or how much connection does Xu Fang's really have with Han Song's. But this connection is already very indifferent, it's just that Han Song needs such an opportunity to express his attitude of deviating from Yang Rui, so he will choose to come to receive gifts, for Han Jian's words, this is an old man to give gifts, not any connection with the Northern Palace.

"Oh." Han Jian nodded, but didn't ask any more.

Since he probably guessed that Han Song's motives were bad, it would be in vain for him to ask any further. Unless he wanted to be in front of an outsider in this Xu Fang clan. Tear your face with Han Song's family. He is not aware of the discord between himself and the Han Song clan, and although the Han Song clan is stubborn in some things. But after all, it is for the sake of the East Palace, and it is also for him to take charge of the East Mansion and even the world in the future, and he can't complain about her.

Han Jianren is a young man, but his heart is old. Some things are more thorough, so there is not so much to say.

"Erniang meets the old man, am I ...... Want to dodge it? Han Jian asked.

"No, I don't. No, I'll see it and leave. After all, your aunt is a widow, and it is inconvenient to go out, and she can't stay in the Dongwang Mansion for a long time. ”

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded, and accepted Han Song's lame rhetoric.

Sure enough, as Han Song said. Not long after, Han Song sent Xu Fang away.

At this time, Han Jian was still looking at the gift list. After all, he still didn't object to Han Song's acceptance of these gifts.

Since Han Song's family can accept the gift of the Northern Palace, he doesn't need to go into hiding. It's hard for outsiders to know about this kind of thing, and it's better to make it public directly than to let outsiders speculate for no reason. This makes people feel that he is open and has nothing to hide. However, he also knew that when the matter came to Yang Rui, it was easy to say and accept after all.

"Jian'er, are you still looking at the gift list?" Han Song walked in the door and looked at Han Jian with a smile.

Han Jian picked her beauty, put down the gift list, and got up, but she shook her head helplessly.

Han Songshi knew that there were some things that could not be treated as Han Jian as a child, and since she had done this kind of thing, she was not afraid to admit it.

"Jian'er, if you want to scold, just scold. These things that Erniang did were wrong, so why should you tolerate them? Han Songshi seemed to say it very calmly.

"Oh? Did Erniang do something wrong? It's because ...... That uncle's question? Han Jian asked with a smile.

Han Songshi was stunned, and then he realized that what Han Jian said was not a good thing.

"If you're not serious, don't you wonder, why do you have such an aunt?" Han Songshi asked as if he was afraid that Han Jian would not know the ins and outs of the matter.

Han Jian let out a long sigh, he didn't want to ask about this kind of thing.

He was more concerned about letting Yang Rui know about this matter and how to explain it to Yang Rui.

Say he doesn't know? He had already returned when he received the gift, and the gift had not been returned, so it didn't make sense to say that he didn't know. Directly saying that this matter has nothing to do with you is also more complicated.

It's just that he felt that Han Song's actions were not for his own selfish desires, so he didn't stop it, and he disapproved of it a hundred times in this matter of receiving gifts.

"Maybe Erniang used to make a lot of friends. I'm tired, and now I'm resting in the inner courtyard, if there is anything wrong with Erniang, I'll send someone to spread the word, and I don't have time to come out tonight. After Han Jian finished speaking, he didn't look back and went in the direction of the inner courtyard.

Han Songshi looked at Han Jian's back, but still lowered his head. She knew that she was doing something wrong, and it might also break Han Jian's heart. (To be continued......)