Ouchi of the Imperial Palace.

The moonlight outside is like washing, the heavy snow in the middle of winter will cover the green tiles and red walls of the city, and the two sides of the palace eaves corridor are full of lights and shadows.

The inside and outside of the imperial study are all ministers, Zhao Yuanzhi untied the thick cloak, he looked at the old ministers of the Qing School who trusted him, and the cloak in his hand was made by Yang Baodai for him for half a month, and he was very warm, even if it was this ghost weather, there was this thing, even if he stood outside all night, it would not be cold.

He stood quietly outside for a long time, and did not even hear the celebrant and eunuch call him in.

The old emperor was inside, his face was full of anger, and he was kneeling at the heads of several Qing schools before the imperial case, watching Zhao Yuanzhi come in, the old emperor pulled the fold and smashed it on his face, and his tone was extremely angry: "What, you have to come to intercede too!" See what your teachers have done! Corruption and bribery! Sell officials and sell knights! Shielding the clan smugglers in salt, and daring, and daring to move the idea of military salaries at the border gates! ”

"Your Majesty, Zhang Ge Lao has a clean breeze on his sleeves, how could he do such a dirty thing, I implore Your Majesty to see what is going on, don't let the villain secretly rejoice, the court can't do without Zhang Ge Lao, the prince can't be young without the guidance of a famous teacher, Zhang Ge Lao is a veteran of the two dynasties, he is about sixty people, he can't stand such a frame!"

Several ministers knelt and kowtowed to Zhang Ge Lao to intercede.

Zhao Yuanzhi's forehead was slightly bruised, looking at the pleading that kneeling outside one by one was comparable to persecution, and lowered his eyes deeply, he even closed his eyes and didn't look, he didn't listen, he was Zhang Ge's most proud student, and he was the most middle force of the Qing School, but now His Majesty has been furious, the people in the secret are menacing, and the evidence can't find the slightest flaw, and the people behind him will use these stupid Qingliu death advice skills to force the old emperor to anger and make them lose their sacred hearts.

He won't intercede.

His intercession will only hasten his own death.

No matter what happens, only by surviving peacefully can there be a possibility of counterattack.

The old emperor asked him to get out, in the end, the sacred heart was unpredictable, and many people looked at Zhao Yuanzhi's eyes full of disgust and anger.

Walking out of the imperial study, Zhao Yuanzhi pinched his cloak and walked down the steps, the cold wind blowing on his face.

"Zhao Yuanzhen! ——”

Sheng Heng ran forward panting, looked at the courtier who kowtowed to ask for his life in the imperial study, and looked at the person who came out coldly as if he didn't care about his own business, his face was pale, and he said sharply: "Zhao Yuanzhi, Beizhen Fusi has already surrounded the old mansion, and Your Majesty has already made a murderous intention!" You and I both know that Ge Lao is a person, if he really dies like this, you! ”

He gritted his teeth and whispered: "How good Elder Zhang is to you, you can even see a dog, how can you be afraid that your power will be taken away!" I used to tell me that only when people are alive is everything, is Zhao Yuanzhi dead! ”

Zhao Yuanzhi's eyes were indifferent, and he raised his hand to drop the cloak on his shoulder.

Look, it's another righteous indignation who ran away to force the emperor's subordinates to show mercy.

Sheng Heng saw that he was about to leave by mistake, pulled his arm, and couldn't help but be angry: "You look like a wolf, are you still a person!" Teacher is such a good person, what is your heart made of! ”

When Zhao Yuanzhi heard this, he gathered his cloak, glanced at Sheng Heng deeply, and said coldly: "How many of them are clean in this court?" He was frank and unrestrained, the prince's palace change back then, but his handwriting and acquiescence, when I was framed and criticized over the years, where was he? All he thinks is that I will be hard-hitting, and let those forces against the second prince hit me on my head? ”

"You didn't use your pig brain to think about it, why did Elder Zhang Ge accept us as disciples, and everyone outside said that you had the shadow of Elder Ge when he was young, I might as well tell you that the person who wants to support him into the cabinet in his heart is you, just because he sees clearly that I will not move you, and will even raise your status at all costs, so he changed his mind and promoted me, Sheng Heng, listen to me, don't die, otherwise, the teacher will die in vain."

"If I don't go through this, it's better to be a pig and a dog, and it's to let the teacher die in vain!" Sheng Heng said coldly.

Zhao Yuanzhi turned his face and walked outside, and someone from the palace came to light the way for him.

He looked sideways at Sheng Heng who was kneeling down there, and remembered the quarrel with Yang Baodai just now, he had heard that heart-wrenching sentence more than once or twice over the years, and it could come out of the mouth of the person next to the pillow, what it tasted like······ He couldn't help but feel a chill in his palms.

He stood for half a cup of tea, listening to the voice of the old emperor who was angry and wanted to kill, and then said to the palace man: "Lead the way." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi got out of the palace and got into the carriage and headed towards the edict.

Zhang Ge Lao was used in criminal law, maybe the old emperor didn't believe that this person who supported his government and government, and was also a teacher, a friend and a minister, would do these things, Zhao Yuanzhi looked at the teacher lying on the straw, his eyes flickered slightly, Zhang Ge Lao was obviously much more tragic than he thought.

When he heard that he had been tortured this morning, he really dared to do it.

Today's edict is all Gou Er's three years of training and bribery henchmen, Zhao Yuanzhi threw out five thousand taels of silver tickets to the Jinyi guard who opened the door, walked to Zhang Ge Lao and untied his cloak to pull him on, but watched Zhang Ge Lao raise his hand and wave, so he listened to him: "I've come to the end, what are you still going to do, the old man was beaten with forty rods in order to protect your cub." ”

"Who is it?" Zhao Yuanzhi lowered his body, he was too late.

Zhang Ge Lao raised his head and said reluctantly: "You don't know, I don't know either, Yuan Zhen, assist the prince well, the country can't die in your hands, you and Sheng Heng have different political opinions, although he is older than you, in the end he lacks experience, if you let him out for a few years, he will understand the bitterness." ”

Otherwise, Sheng Heng's upright temperament is going to be Zhao Yuanzhi's way.

Zhang Ge Lao grabbed Zhao Yuanzhi's hand: "The teacher can not plan much for you, being an official, whether it is good or bad is long-lasting, you can't be soft when you should be ruthless, and you must put down the butcher knife when you should let it go, I am too old, I can't suppress the super outline, Your Majesty will be suspicious of the court, and will think that you control the court, so don't kill all the people who oppose you·····"

Zhang Ge Lao spit out blood as he spoke, ordinary people can't stand forty rods, let alone someone his age.

Zhao Yuanzhi knew that Zhang Ge was always waiting for him, and he still had something to explain to him.

"As long as Gui'er lives, you don't have to ask about the rest."

Zhao Yuanzhi was held by him, and when he heard this, he knelt down on one knee and slowly knelt down: "Don't say it, who tortured you, tell the student that there is still an hour before noon, and the student must be ······." Zhao Yuanzhi's tone was already a rare pleading: "Everyone outside says that students are not as good as bastards, teacher, do you really want me to be bastard?" ”

How could he not want to save Zhang Ge Lao, it was this person who didn't want to live anymore!

It's not that he doesn't help, the people behind this matter, he is even more stupid and doesn't know who it is, or if there is a suspect in it, he can't find out with three heads and six arms, but Zhang Ge Lao is unwilling to tell him about the people behind him.

"Help me save your child's life······" Zhang Ge Lao pulled Zhao Yuanzhi's hand: "I can only protect you one last time, you have to carry the lamp on all roads in the future, see clearly before leaving, and if you step on the wrong step, there will be no old thing like me to protect you······"

Zhang Ge Lao slowly closed his eyes, and his hand slowly fell.

"Teacher!" Zhao Yuanzhi's voice became hoarse.

"You're alright." Zhang Ge Lao muttered at the end.

Zhao Yuanzhi raised his hand and closed the corner of his eyes for Zhang Gelao, his gaze was calm and terrifying, and finally kowtowed to his teacher three times.

Zhao Yuanzhi walked out of the edict prison and stood outside silently.

He recalled Zhang Gelao's last words.

In the future, only he protects others, and even if he is tired, there is no possibility of rest.

Next to him, Li Ming walked over and said a string of words in his ear.

It snowed again in the dark night, and on the long street, you could listen to the crying and aggrieved sound from the old mansion.

There are many secret passages in the Ouchi Imperial Palace, which is convenient for the palace people to steal treasures and exchange money, and it is also convenient for the harem ladies to communicate with their families privately.

Queen's Palace

Empress Zhen looked at Zhao Yuanzhi, who suddenly arrived, and hurriedly came out in a gorgeous and semi-transparent red dress, and looked at the man standing outside, raised his hand and hugged him from behind, and his face was pressed against his back: "My lord is finally willing to come to see me, Your Majesty is not embarrassed for you, it's late at night——"

Empress Zhen likes Zhao Yuanzhi, a man like Zhao Yuanzhi, there are women who are not obsessed with madness, she is still young, he doesn't want to die early in this cold palace, she needs a man to appease her heart, the person in front of her is his light and warmth, although in the past three years, this person has not even wanted to give her a hug.

Zhao Yuanzhi turned to look at Queen Zhen in front of him, and his tone was very cold: "Is the queen so grateful to Weichen for your support?" "His position was earned for her!

Empress Zhen's thin eyebrows were slightly frowned by his cold tone, and she spied on the man in front of her: "Your Majesty is angry with you?" ”

Zhao Yuanzhi raised his hand and slapped it unequivocally, he looked coldly at the stunned person in front of him: "The people who betrayed me have to die, why, do you think you have found a new backer, so you dare to attack the people around me?" This time it's Ge Lao, who will be next time? Sheng Heng? Mu Changping? Or me? ”

"Yuan Zhen, you-" Empress Zhen's nose spurted with anger: "All my relatives have not been killed by the queen first, I just let the prince recognize him as a goduncle, your teacher is going to sue me in front of the emperor, I have no choice, this position is you fought for me, I can't live up to your trust in me." ”

When she was still a palace maid, she worshipped her brother and sister with the guards guarding the noon gate, after she became the imperial concubine, she knew that power was the thing to live in, the old emperor was here, she could still have a guarantee, if the old emperor died, even if he became the queen mother, he would be constrained, so she moved a little and promoted this righteous brother to-

"According to the inspector, I can't imagine that the queen is still very capable, and the next step is to unload the mill and kill the donkey at Weichen, right?" Zhao Yuanzhi looked up and smiled.

"How do you want me to believe you, you never touch me, three years, three full years, you have never spent a night with me, I want you to be my man." Empress Zhen took Zhao Yuanzhi's hand, also with a little madness: "He is dead, you are a member of the cabinet, shouldn't you be happy, I have cleared the obstacles for you, and when the time comes, you will allocate some troops to my brother-in-law, and I will let the prince call you your father-in-law in private, and the country for this is ours!" ”

He never thought of usurping power!

Zhao Yuanzhi's eyes were cold: "Now that Weichen and the queen are already different from each other, the palace will do it well in the future." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Zhao Yuanzhi walked towards the outside of the hall with his hands behind his back, and laughed: "Since the queen already has a new backer, then, please be ready to meet Weichen's crazy revenge." ”

"I'm the Queen! Zhao Yuanzhen, don't think that if this palace likes you, it can allow you to go wild! ”

"Everything the queen has now is from Weichen to help you plan, a small envoy, as far as I am concerned, is just an ant to death."

Zhao Yuanzhi is no longer the Zhao Yuanzhi of the past, although he is a civil official, he has half of the Beizhen Fusi in his hands, and there are many secretly cultivated forces, he is the first person to play with power in the court now.

To put it bluntly, who dares to provoke him, he is not afraid of mutiny!

Zhao Yuanzhi half-closed his eyes, and his face became more and more cold: "When I do things, I used to take into account the eyes of this teacher, but now I ······" There was no one in the court who could suppress him.

The old emperor wants to keep someone for the little prince, and he will only support him for a long time in the future, and will not suppress him.

Empress Zhen was frightened and chased after her: "Zhao Yuanzhi, I just like you too much." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi's voice suddenly became stern: "You also deserve to be liked by me, in the future-"

"Yuan Zhen, don't abandon me, this palace is too cold."

Zhao Yuanzhi smiled: "Over the years, I have found a face for my mother, and I have not served enough, at the beginning, Weichen never said that I wanted to serve in person, you said you wanted a man, I found you a face, you said you want power, I supported you to sit in the back seat, and then, you killed my teacher, very good!" ”

Zhao Yuanzhi walked out, his expression was indifferent, he would get this account back.

The snow at night is getting heavier and heavier, Zhao Yuanzhi returned to the mansion and drank alone by the study, he sat quietly on the steps of the courtyard, looking up at the boxy sky, he drank half a pot of wine, raised his hand to support his head, his fingers did not enter his hair, and the snow fell on his hair and shoulders with the cold wind.

From now on, he'll be a traitorous bastard.

Turning a blind eye to the death of his mentor.

He did not listen to his brother's advice.

Even his beloved wife—

Zhao Yuanzhi suddenly felt a little dazed and helpless.

"Why is it late, why haven't you gone back to the house to sleep?"

At this time, Zhao Yuanzhi was completely stunned, her eyes widened, staring at the gentle wife who was slowly walking in front of her, he suddenly felt that his cheeks were rubbed by a gentle hand, he looked at Yang Baodai who was squatting in front of him, her gaze was unprecedentedly gentle.

Yang Baodai's eyes were extremely warm, looking at the helpless and strong husband in front of her, holding his head against her own head, she said slowly: "I'm here, don't be afraid, the sky is falling, I will accompany you, those words are all nonsense I am angry about, no matter what happens, I will always wait for you to go home." ”

Zhao Yuanzhi seemed to be stabbed in the heart, his fingers trembled and held Yang Baodai's hand, and he put his head against his wife's hand: "The teacher died, and he was hung with forty rods for the last breath, he didn't ask me to adopt Zhang Guier, he ······" His eyes turned red, probably because he was really uncomfortable, he was also a human being, and he was also flesh and blood, how could he have no heart?

Zhao Yuanzhi leaned on his wife's shoulder, and he hugged the person tightly: "I and that woman are just driven by interests, I have never touched her, and I will never see her again in the future, Chaochao, Chaochao·····" His tone was anxious, and he didn't know how to explain: "I'm really drunk, I, I really like it." ”

I really like you, Yang Baodai.