"I didn't expect that my father just dismissed a few servants from the household department, and the third child's power in the ministry has not been disintegrated, since my father has the intention to suppress the third child and has a good opportunity, why is he silent again?" Zhao Yan drank a glass of wine, his resolute face was a little puzzled, the third child's hand was stretched out too long, so that his father was jealous, he should cut off his henchmen! ”

"If the action is too big, it will cause a rebound!" Zhao Ling smiled slightly, as if things were as he expected, "What Your Majesty wants to do is just to slowly figure it out with a simmer, why are you in a hurry!" And the slower Your Majesty moves, the better it will be for you, if you cut off the wings of the third child early, then who will Your Majesty be staring at next? ”

Zhao Yan stared at the wine jug in front of him and was silent, but his face became more and more solemn and resolute, and his eyes revealed a trace of helplessness and confusion that could not be caught in the depths of perseverance.

"Your Highness, I don't know if you can understand what I mean, Your Majesty is now in its prime...... Our current opponent is not the third child at all, and we are trying to maintain some kind of delicate balance with the third child! The corners of Zhao Ling's mouth hooked up a shallow smile, and there was a sense of helplessness in his eyes, being in the emperor's house, fortunately? Misfortune call?

Zhao Yan got up and looked out the window at Zhao Ling, the dark clouds were heavy and the wind was gusting, which was the precursor to the heavy rain.

"I have never had an obsession with the throne, when the prince's brother was still alive, I rode horses and shot arrows with him, he was the person I admired the most in my life, at that time he was the prince, and I regarded him as my future allegiance to the lord......" He closed his eyes, a heavy flash flashed on his face, "The cup of poisoned wine ten years ago will end everything!" ”

He opened his eyes again: "In order to change my ambitions, I learned the art of war and led the troops to fight, just to protect the peace of the Great Zhou, and at the same time to fulfill the promise to the prince's brother, as a member of the royal family, I must have my own responsibilities for the benefit of the dawn!" ”

Zhao Ling looked at Zhao Yan's back quietly, the smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to have never disappeared, it was not the first time he heard Zhao Yan say these words, but every time he would listen carefully, he knew that those words were from the bottom of his heart.

"I don't want to be the emperor, but five years ago, when my father summoned me back to the capital with an edict, my fate can no longer be decided by myself, I don't fight, I only have a way to die, I'm not afraid of death, but I don't dare to die, I carry too many people's lives and honors, they trust me to follow me, I can't compensate them too!"

He turned around, the doubt in the deepest part of his eyes disappeared, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was mixed with a little bitterness: "When you don't want to leave, there will always be someone pushing forward!" The third is my brother and my enemy, and this is the choice I have to make! But what I don't understand is, where is the end of my victory, is it really to sit on that dragon chair? What will I become when that day comes? ”

"Your Majesty's handling of the Ministry of Officials is not painful, this may give the Ministry of Criminal Affairs some unrealistic illusions, I am a little worried about Jiang Weiran now!" Zhao Ling did not answer Zhao Yan's words, but pulled the topic back to the current situation.

"Are you afraid that they will make a trick against Jiang Weiran and then splash sewage on us?"

"The Pingjin Marquis Mansion is like a mountain of ironclad evidence, even if Jiang Weiran entered the Xiao Cavalry Camp, Jiang Shuai personally saw it, I am not afraid of this, but ...... If they kill people, I'm sorry for Jiang Weiran! Zhao Ling said lightly, the tail of his eyebrows suddenly raised, and then smiled slightly, "Tomorrow Lin Xuan plans to send his sister to Canghao Mountain to recuperate, there is nothing big in Beijing recently, you might as well go and play together for a few days!" ”

"My father recently wants to rebuild a few types of troops, and he wants me to discuss with a few colleagues in the military department to come up with a good plan, are you like you and have nothing to do?" Zhao Yan said slightly sarcastically.

Zhao Ling approached Zhao Yan and smiled evilly: "How else to say that we are brothers, brother, I have already told you to take leave in front of Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will allow you to rest on the mountain for three days!" ”

Zhao Yan smiled helplessly: "You don't always consult with me when you do things!" ”

As we entered May, the weather gradually became hotter. Jiang Xiaoyu's body was already cold, but he didn't feel difficult in the summer, but Yanyan often had beads of sweat on her face.

The Jiang family seemed to be calm in the past two days, but gradually they were able to smell some unusual smells from this calm.

The old lady asked the third aunt to assist in managing the affairs of the family on the grounds that the eldest lady was unwell, this old lady's political sense of smell is extremely sensitive, isn't she already planning to separate from the Qin family, since she was able to resolutely give up her mother's family back then, today's move is not unusual.

It's just that the eldest lady always represents the Qin family behind her, a family that has not yet reached a desperate situation, will she be willing to become someone else's abandoned son?

Although the third aunt was indisputable in the past, she was a downright smart person, although she had never had experience in managing a big family, but with the support of the old lady, she got started very quickly.

Although Jiang Xiaoyu was very close to the third aunt for a period of time, although the relationship between the two was not broken due to the poisoning of the fish soup last time, she was not close, but she was careful everywhere in her diet, and the meaning of flattery was obvious.

However, the sixth aunt still often comes to Taoyao Courtyard to sit down, teach Jiang Xiaoyu some manual work, pass the time, and then come to see Yueyue, seeing Yueyue and the people in Taoyao Courtyard, she feels more and more that she is right to send her here.

On this day, the two chatted for a while, and Yanyan sent an invitation.

Jiang Xiaoyu opened it and glanced at it, frowning slightly: "Cangyun Villa? ”

"Cangyun Villa in Canghao Mountain, it's a royal palace!" Hearing this, the sixth aunt raised her eyes and said, "Is this invitation sent by the prince?" ”

"No, it's Miss Lin from the Prime Minister's Mansion, she asked me to go to Cangyun Villa to stay for a few days!"

"Miss Lin from the Prime Minister's Mansion? I heard that this Miss Lin has been frail and sick since she was a child, and she will be sent to Canghao Mountain to recuperate every summer. Although I am in the depths of the boudoir, I have not heard a lot of rumors about Prime Minister Lin, but Your Majesty really favors the Prime Minister, you can live in the royal courtyard at will, this is not something that ordinary people can do! When the sixth aunt spoke, there was a hint of yearning in her eyes, and the expression on her face seemed to be a little more confident.

Jiang Xiaoyu looked at the sixth aunt twice: "I didn't expect you to know a lot!" ”

"Master often likes to say a few words in my ear, and after listening to it a lot, I will write it down!"

On the third day, Jiang Xiaoyu went to Canghao Mountain as promised, and agreed with the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion to meet at the city gate.

Lin Xuan has always doted on his lovely sister, Lin Ruoruo's body is weak, and she often loses her appetite in summer, causing her body to become weaker and weaker, so every year in summer, she will be sent to Canghao Mountain, and she will be picked up in autumn, and almost every year's pick-up and drop-off is Lin Xuan's own person.

Jiang Xiaoyu came earlier, bored and waited for a while, only to see the carriage of the Prime Minister's Mansion coming slowly. Ruoruo had already opened the curtain of the car and waved hello to her, Lin Xuan sat in the car expressionlessly, but when he saw the three girls in the car opposite, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know who it was.

Jiang Xiaoyu knew Yueyue's thoughts, and made a prank look at her, this big grinning little girl really lowered her head with a red face, Yan Yan shouted: "Yueyue, are you not feeling well?" Why is your face so hot? ”

"Thank you Miss Lin for the invitation, I have long heard that the scenery of Canghao Mountain is pleasant, and Miss To's blessing is finally able to open my eyes!" Jiang Xiaoyu said with a slight smile.

"It's because I think the mountain is too boring, so I want to invite Sister Jiang to play together, and by the way, accompany me to relieve my boredom, I hope my sister won't blame me for being too abrupt!" Lin Ruoruo said a little embarrassed.

Jiang Xiaoyu greeted the people in the car opposite, and was about to tell the coachman to set off, Lin Xuan said, "Wait, there are still people!" ”

After waiting for a while, he saw a man rushing to the horse, he grabbed the reins of the horse, the horse's front hooves were raised high, and he smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, I have some things delayed, so you have been waiting for a long time!" ”

"It turned out to be the son of the world!" Yan Yan said excitedly in Jiang Xiaoyu's ear, "Miss and Shizi have not had many opportunities to meet recently, and with this trip to Canghao Mountain, the relationship between Miss and Shizi will be closer!" ”

Zhao Ling raised his hand to cover the sun, and simply got off the horse and squeezed into the Jiang family's carriage, startling the three girls in the car.

Jiang Xiaoyu hurriedly said: "You don't go to ride your tall horse, why are you crammed into a small carriage with our three girls' families?" ”

"It's a big day outside, you don't feel sorry for me, but you want to kick me out!" Zhao Ling lazily moved his shoulders, yawned and said, "In order to accompany you to Cangyun Villa today, I haven't slept all night to deal with government affairs, I'm very sleepy and tired at this time, how to ride a horse?" ”

He just sat next to Jiang Xiaoyu by himself, and had to put his head on her shoulder inch by inch, yawned and said, "I'll raise my mind for a while, and when it's time, call me again!" ”

Yanyan and Yueyue lowered their heads and pretended to be asleep at the same time, pretending not to see anything, but there was a snicker on the corner of their mouths.

In the other carriage, Lin Ruoruo looked at his cold brother with one hand on his chin, and asked a little strangely, "Did my brother encounter anything happy today?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"Didn't my brother find himself laughing?" Lin Ruoruo smiled, "Something must have happened!" ”

"Really?" Lin Xuan touched the corners of his mouth, and then returned to an expressionless appearance, "You think too much, talk less and take a break, there is still a long way to go!" ”

"Got it!" Lin Ruoruo stuck out her tongue, her eyes were rolling, and she didn't know what she was thinking.