The past flashed through my mind like lightning.

I remember that the two were still young at that time, and they had already said that she was in the second year of studying with her grandfather in the palace. It's easy to get her birthday, and my grandfather originally wanted to celebrate her birthday, but because he had something important to do, he couldn't be empty.

And when Ye Linchen learned that no one accompanied her for her birthday, she quietly invited her to the palace to celebrate her birthday, and the two avoided the patrolling guards, bypassed the green bamboo, and walked on the snow for half a pillar of incense before arriving at a plum forest in the northwest corner of the palace.

The plum garden on that day was dark and fragrant. The red and white snow are particularly beautiful against each other.

"Brother Chen, what are you doing with me here?" She curled up under her bright red cloak, and Joan was sprinkled on it. Raising his eyes, he looked at Ye Linchen suspiciously, "Aren't you cold here?" ”

Ye Linchen smiled, looked at the lovely person in front of him with soft eyes, and said, "I asked the imperial brother where the plum blossoms are beautiful." The royal brother told me that the plum blossoms here are good, and I thought I must take you to see them. Do you like it here? ”

"Hee-hee, it's nice here. I loved it!" Hearing this, she couldn't help but be happy, so she grabbed Ye Linchen's arm and asked, "Then if Brother Chen has other girls he likes in the future, will he bring her here too?" ”

"Nope! Rest assured, this is our little secret. If you don't believe me, I'll hook up with you! Promise not to lie to you!" Unexpectedly, Ye Linchen, who heard this, hid his face and smiled, and stretched out his hand to swear with her.

Solemnly stretched out his hand, raised his lips and smiled: "My aunt is teasing Brother Chen!" But what kind of girl will Brother Chen marry as a princess in the future? Talk to me!"

"Why do I tell you? You ghost know, maybe you want to talk nonsense again" Ye Linchen couldn't help but blush, and wanted to pinch her face, she was still young and stubborn, and she didn't want to listen to an answer at the moment, but Ye Linchen, who couldn't resist her, had to whisper: "Same as you." ”

Without waiting for her to react, he pulled her and ran inside.

"Auntie, you wait for me to be older. So I went to my father and asked him to allow me to leave the palace and open the palace. When the time comes, I can open up a vacant space for you in the house, and in the future, I will plant a plum tree for you every year on your birthday, and the previous ones will be counted. After you are ready, I will ask Mrs. Gu to marry you!" Ye Linchen said as he took her hand and ran to a plum tree, and broke off a plum blossom for her and inserted it in her hair.

She remembered that after she was stunned when she heard this, she made fun of Ye Linchen: "Then don't break your word." ”

It's just! In the end, she didn't wait for her Linchen, all she waited for was the destruction of the Gu family.

Thinking of this, Xie Yaoguang showed a shallow smile on her face, but her eyes were empty as if she had lost her soul, she narrowed her eyes and chuckled, "I really didn't expect His Highness to be an infatuated person." These plum trees ......"

Seeing that she raised her hand and seemed to count the plum trees in the yard seriously, "one, two, three, four, five...... Twenty. Exactly 20 plants. ”

Xie Yaoguang restrained his melancholy emotions, and then moved to the plum tree to stand side by side with Ye Linchen, raised his hand to caress the bare branches like him, sighed, and said: "Twenty plum trees, the person I want to come to His Highness's admiration is as big as me, but I don't know if I can meet ......." ”

"If she's still ...... I'm sure I'll love you, too. Ye Lin took a short pause and continued to smile: "This king's study is here, Miss Xie, please come with me." ”

Hearing the abruptly changed title and perceiving the sorrow emerging from the other party, Xie Yaoguang shook his head helplessly and sighed and walked into the study with him.

Ye Linchen's study was no different from what she imagined, as ornately furnished as King Shou's, and there was no superfluous decoration in the entire study, except for a pair of swords hanging staggered on the wall. However, what stunned Xie Yaoguang the most was the guqin placed on the low cabinet on the side of the bookcase, and the silk cloth covering it covered the appearance of the guqin. But Xie Yaoguang still recognized what the guqin was like.

Quietly hide the sudden complexion back to normal.

"Miss Xie, please have tea." After pouring a cup of tea and pushing it to his hand, Ye Linchen said, "I don't know what happened to Miss Xie coming to me today?"

"I came to His Highness for King Shou this time, and King Shou asked me to tell His Highness. There is no need to ignore his feelings, although punish those people. Xie Yao looked at her, her hair swaying slightly.

Ye Linchen raised his head when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "I will naturally do my best to investigate this matter, and King Shou can rest assured." ”

"Then how can Your Highness do it? Since the evidence is conclusive, His Highness can let it go. Wanli tilted her lips, and her lips sneered, "I told King Shou that this matter is very likely to be ordered by the emperor to investigate it, and if you protect Bai Caishu, you will undoubtedly kill yourself." King Shou has some scruples about this matter. ”

"I probably have an idea, and a few days ago, my father sent a decree to let me assist in this case. By the way, the evidence found by Wu Hook Terrace and Yu Shi Terrace was also handed over to me. I thought we had enough, but I didn't expect it to be just the tip of the iceberg. When Ye Linchen said this, a trace of indignation slipped across his face.

Take the strings. Xie Yaoguang's eyes lifted slightly, and the corners of his lips rubbed a smile, "Yes." Since it is at the will of His Majesty, the people below naturally dare not slack off. It's just that there is still a point that this time the case is too extensive, in order not to cause turmoil in the government and the opposition. Your Majesty will probably only pick a few people to deal with it. ”

It makes sense. Ye Lin also understood this truth, but when he thought that there were still so many people in the world who were in the midst of water and fire due to improper selection of officials, at least one of the people was in the midst of water and fire, and he inevitably felt depressed and indignant in his heart.

Those people are like rotten flesh attached to the body of the Great Calendar, slowly eroding the shell. If it is easily eradicated, it will inevitably be a river of blood, and if he is allowed to develop, he may have endless troubles in the future.

And the emperors wanted to be clear and clean, and they also wanted the court to weigh it.

"With these evidences, I am not afraid of Bai Caishu, they will not confess, and it will take more time to bring down Bai Caishu. At the moment, although there are still some people who can't move, at least it can make them restrain somewhat. He sneered, and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes.

Xie Yaoguang raised his hand to brush the broken hair at the corner of his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, since you have thought about everything, what Yaoguang wants to ask you is if you will offend those gate valve families because of this matter?" ”

"These bells are ringing, and the gate valve families are all mediocre and incompetent. If it weren't for the shadow of the ancestors' exploits, how could they enter and leave the court. Ye Linchen looked at Xie Yaoguang and suddenly sighed, "These people are moths in the court. ”

Xie Yaoguang was silent for a while before he looked up at Ye Linchen and said, "Your Highness's desire to clean up these gate valve families is not something that can be done overnight, even if their interior is already decaying. However, there are still some loyal people. Naturally, they should not be treated equally, and the rewards and punishments should be clear. Only by doing so will you not deviate from the path of His Majesty's imagination, and you will also be favored by His Majesty. Now that the matter of the family's purchase of officials has been revealed, more dark things are bound to surface. Can Your Highness figure out how to deal with all this? ”