The princes entered the six departments to help, and they were far from the status of going to court every day, but they added to the trivial matters every day, and they couldn't fall behind in learning martial arts, and almost squeezed out too much leisure time before.

Wei Zishan is smart and clear-minded, no matter what he does, he can quickly do it, and adjust the plan in the shortest possible time.

Wei Ziling is diligent, willing to endure hardships, he will not do it a few more times at a time, and he will always gain something by asking for advice everywhere with a cheeky face.

Wei Zice is cunning and good at intersection, the Jiang family and the Luo family are distressed and spoiled, among all the princes, he has the most comfortable life and the most abundant money, and using silver as a stepping stone is also a kind of ability.

It's just that Wei Zijue, who has been doing things for two months, is still stuck and at a loss.

In the past, studying was the most difficult time, but now the time when he dared to go to the sixth department after studying has become the thing that Wei Zijue is most afraid of.

He squatted in the small garden of Yufu and sighed, the stones at his feet were moved around by him with tree branches, and he could finally have a few days of respite, otherwise Wei Zijue would have collapsed long ago.

Yu Lei heard the little guy in the house say that he didn't see the five princes leave the house, he was afraid that he was lost, Yu Lei waved his hand and asked them not to look for him with great fanfare, he knew where he was, this little guy has no eyesight, anyone can get lost in Yu Mansion, Wei Zijue can't get lost, this kid must be holding back his stomach again, and he is hiding in a corner and is silent.

Speaking of which, among the princes in the palace, Yu Lei's favorite is Wei Zijue, Yu Lanqing is his aunt, and Wei Zijue is his cousin, so the relationship between cousins has always been very good.

He has reverence for Wei Zishan, a close friend of Wei Ziling, an enemy of Wei Zice, and a love for Wei Zijue, this kid is good at everything, but he doesn't like to talk about things when he encounters them, he hides in a muffled voice, and always thinks that he can solve them, but in fact, he can't solve most of the troubles in the officialdom.

Yu Lei easily found Wei Zijue in the small garden, walked over lightly, squatted down and patted Wei Zijue's shoulder: "What do you want?" ”

Wei Zijue was startled, turned his head to see Yu Lei's face clearly, and lowered his eyes again: "It's nothing... ”

"Then why don't you go back?" Yu Lei dragged him by the arm, pulled him up from the ground and sat on the low stone beside him, "How long have you been here?" It's time for your legs to go numb, right? ”

It was squatting and numb, Wei Zijue's ears turned red, and he responded: "It's been a while." ”

"What's upset?" Yu Lei came up to him and stared at his eyes carefully, Wei Zijue couldn't lie the most, he was looked at like this, he stumbled for a while, and he didn't say the word 'no', Yu Lei grinned, "That's something to worry about, you tell me, I know about you anyway." ”

Wei Zijue sighed: "Cousin Yu, I was originally interested in following my brothers to do things, but I can't do it well, that place... It's not at all what I imagined. ”

Yu Lei raised his eyebrows: "Most things in this world are different from imagination, don't you twist your temperament too much, wouldn't it be good to change the imagination in your head?" ”

Wei Zijue turned his head to look at Yu Lei and blinked: "How can civil officials and military officials be so different?" ”

Yu Lei frowned: "The soldiers are naturally different. ”

"If I can't do things well, they won't punish me, those people, always smiling, as long as I frown, someone will definitely help me do everything well, and then put it in front of me, as if this is what I did, but that wasn't what I did, cousin Yu, if I did something wrong, shouldn't I be criticized? Shouldn't I be taught what is right? Wei Zijue was puzzled, every smiling face of the people there made him extremely uncomfortable, especially after seeing that scene...

Yu Lei also froze when he heard this: "What does this mean?" If you can't do it well, no one will teach you? ”

Wei Zijue nodded: "I thought that everyone was like this, although I felt uncomfortable, I didn't have the opportunity to ask the big brother who was too busy, but when I saw the second brother yesterday, I realized that not all of them were like me, and I felt uncomfortable and uncomfortable." ”

As soon as Yu Lei heard him mention Wei Ziling, his brows locked tighter, the life of the palace was indeed very difficult, the four palaces in the capital, whether it was in terms of personnel scheduling or silver expenses, belonged to the palace of the king of the most scarce, if it wasn't for the queen to give some subsidies from time to time, I was afraid that even the people's use would not be able to fill it, Wei Ziling was grateful to the queen for her kindness, and he was unwilling to alarm the palace in such a thing, so the subordinates also cut a wave, if there was no Yu Lei to go in and out of the palace from time to time to support, Wei Ziling has long been a blatant joke on the streets.

Because of this, when he knew that Wei Ziling could also enter the officialdom with other brothers to compete fairly, Yu Lei was so happy that he didn't sleep all night, and the two drank in the courtyard of the palace under the moonlight, and talked all night.

Wei Ziling always said that he was very good, everything was difficult at the beginning, and he wanted to fight by himself, even if he knew that the final result would have nothing to do with him, but the valuable experience in the process was also very important.

Yu Lei naturally supported him, but he worked very hard and was busy all day long, and the two basically didn't see each other in the past two months except when they were studying.

"What's wrong with him?" Yu Lei propped himself up and sat up straight.

"The second brother has been raised outside the palace before, and many things are actually not known to me by the second brother, those people... But only smiled at me, not at the second brother, the second brother seemed to have done something wrong yesterday, and couldn't find the direction of how to do it, these little things, but just mention a few words, but I saw that they just blamed with a cold face, the second brother asked questions, and I also heard them shouting at the second brother, but when I stepped forward, the faces of those people who were disgusted and impatient changed completely, although the second brother didn't say anything, but I knew that the second brother must be very sad, if the second brother also has a mother like us, there is a family, do these people dare to do this? Wei Zijue clenched his fists, "I hate it, I hate those people, I... I still prefer to practice martial arts. ”

Yu Lei paused for a moment, and then got up angrily: "Go." ”

Wei Zijue also subconsciously stood up and followed Yu Lei out: "Where are you going?" ”

"Go get my sword! Lao Tzu cut down those guys who looked down on people with dogs' eyes! "Yu Lei exploded, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, these people turned against the sky and didn't get the king's law, what is it to be a prince? What is the king of the king? Dare to call around like a dog?!

Wei Zijue was startled, and hurriedly grabbed Yu Lei's arm: "Cousin Yu, if you go like this, you will beat the court officials, not only will you not change anything, but you will also have to be reprimanded by your father, and the second brother will still have to do things there at that time, and in the future, they will definitely make a trip for the second brother in the dark!" ”

Yu Lei was stunned, and his heart burned panic.

Wei Zijue is right, between military attachés, on the martial arts training ground, everyone talks with their fists, but it can be said that the officials are in the court, intertwined, and it is difficult to move, and the fists not only cannot solve things, but most of the time they will intensify the contradictions.

"He didn't tell me anything." Yu Lei sighed, a little self-reproachful, "I thought it was the emperor's favor, those people didn't dare to do anything blatantly, but I didn't expect it to be like that." ”

They expected that Wei Ziling would not complain in front of anyone, and if he knelt in front of Wei Li, he might be disqualified because he couldn't endure hardship.

In the name of teaching, doing humiliating things, Yu Lei was so angry that he couldn't get out of his anger, he was really going to suffocate to death.

was persuaded by Wei Zijue, and the two of them stood silent, and after half a sound, Yu Lei relieved his breath: "That's it, Ziling also has his own thoughts when he thinks about it, since he doesn't want to say it, let's not ask too much, so as not to hurt him instead." ”

"It's you." Yu Lei turned around and looked at Wei Zijue, who still couldn't get rid of the worries in his eyes, "What do you think yourself?" ”

Wei Zijue blinked, and after half a ring, he said: "I don't know, the queen mother said that there is no need to force everything, but my father has expectations for me, and I know it." ”

"My aunt has to be strong in her life, but she has never forced it on you, if you don't understand, it's better to go into the palace to accompany your aunt." Yu Lei glanced at him and looked at his expression, he didn't want to make Yu Lanqing worried, "Or follow me to the martial arts training ground and vent, it can be much better." ”

Wei Zijue smiled: "I'll go with you." ”

The two of them prepared their horses to go out, in order to take care of Wei Zijue just learned to ride a horse, Yu Lei rode slowly, the two of them trotted slowly on the streets of the capital, Yu Jiajun's martial arts training ground is in the open area on the outskirts of Tokyo, obviously not far away, but the atmosphere here is always unique.

The dust was thick and close, and the air was filled with the smell of viscous sweat.

When Yu Jiajun saw Yu Lei, he called his master, and then respectfully hugged his fists and called the five princes.

Yu Lei grinned, let them not worry about themselves, led Wei Zijue to shuttle between the tents, found a vacant place where no one was, brought two spears, and handed them to Wei Zijue: "Practice!" ”

Wei Zijue took it, the three words 'can't beat' didn't jump out, the smile on Yu Lei's face was retracted, his eyes were sharp, and the tip of the gun was in front of him in the blink of an eye, Wei Zijue hurriedly flashed two steps, remembering that Yu Lei was really fighting with a gun, this kid is a martial arts idiot, just like his father, don't look at Su Rili is out of tune, when he really comes to the martial arts training ground, no one can compare to him seriously.

The spear rolled up in the air, fast and accurate, the spear stabbed out was Wei Zijue's weakness, and Wei Zijue had no power to fight back within ten moves, so he could only desperately concentrate on blocking Yu Lei's spear, his ability was praised by his father a few years ago, and now it has reached a higher level, both in strength and skill.

Blindly defending, using improper force is the easiest to lose strength, and was picked by Yu Lei's backhand, and the spear fell to the ground with a bang.

Yu Lei was okay, but Wei Zijue was panting heavily, and he was even more tired when he was beaten passively, which was really unreasonable.

"How's it going, are you comfortable?" Yu Lei slammed the spear to the ground and suddenly laughed, "Doesn't it feel good to sweat?" ”

Saying this, Wei Zijue also laughed, although he was defeated when he competed with Yu Lei just now, he didn't feel anything to be frustrated, but felt that he was more motivated to go to the next level, and the irritability in his heart gradually calmed down.

Really... He still prefers this place, the world of freedom.

Yu Lei also picked up the spears lying on the ground, put the two spears back on the martial arts frame, turned his head, and looked at Wei Zijue: "Actually, it is already great to be able to do a good job, and most people often don't understand this, Zijue, the choice is very difficult, but if you try your best to do it, you can't do it well, then there is no need to persevere, the emperor let you go through a few years, if you don't want to live up to the emperor's expectations, then try your best to do it, if you still feel pain after a few years, then make a choice." , Life is still long, my father said, you have to do what you like, otherwise there will be no happiness at all. ”

Wei Zijue pursed her lips and nodded slowly.

The sunlight on the martial arts training ground shone down, stretching the shadows of the two of them into a long line.

And time flies, hurrying by.

After going through six departments, joining the army as a lieutenant, to the supervisory organization, and inspecting various places, it has been three years.

In the past three years, Wei Zijue was inspired by Yu Lei, and when he was upset, he went to the martial arts training ground to vent, and the competition has grown a lot in the past three years, and the officialdom has finally made a big breakthrough in dealing with it.

His progress is certainly very obvious compared to his own, but compared to the other three brothers, it seems too insignificant.

Wei Zishan tossed and turned various departments and positions, everywhere he went, he could only use the word perfect to summarize, whether it was interpersonal processing, or real talent and real learning, Wei Zishan always achieved a balance, but he always remembered Wei Li's teachings in the Qianming Palace that day, only do what should be done, what should not be done, never involved, in the excerpts reported on time every month, he also wrote a lot of his own insights and opinions, and later, he was even able to point out the deficiencies and put forward a lot of improvement methods, Wei Li picked a few points to implement, and the effect was also excellent, for this reason, I have praised Wei Zishan several times.

Wei Ziling relied on his tenacious willpower, the iron spirit of not admitting defeat, and also practiced a strategic mind, not only established a preliminary intelligence team by himself, but also gradually established a reputation and prestige with the help of Yu Lei, at least today's palace is more worthy of the name than three years ago, although the officials in Beijing cannot say that they support Wei Ziling, but they no longer discriminate and bully excessively, Wei Ziling's transformation is the most difficult and painful, but he has come over, and he is also the child who makes Wei Li's eyes shine the most.

Wei Zice went smoothly all the way, but he didn't like to listen to Wei Zishan's words, and he mingled in various party occasions, mingling with the sons and brothers of famous families in Beijing.

Only Wei Zijue, although he walks steadily and steadily, but in the art of power and strategy, he has no talent at all, although diligence can make up for his clumsiness, but under the backdrop of Wei Zishan, Wei Zijue's light is really weak, if it is not for the title of the concubine of the middle palace, I am afraid that it will be more unoptimistic than Wei Ziling, who came later.

At the end of the three-year period, Wei Li finally stopped this competition after the inspection of the supervision agency.

In the past three years, as Wei Zishan thought, every department they have been to and the corners they have walked through have hidden Wei Li's eyeliner.

Even in the mansion, there are many royal people.

From the central officials to the beggars in the alleys, where there are people, there are eyes, where there are eyes, there is intelligence, Wei Li has not only the side of his sons that he sees in front of him, not only the good or bad reports they have written, Wei Li sees through these eyes, what his sons have done behind the scenes.

What he saw was that Wei Zishan was good at helping the poor and treating his subjects well.

What he saw was Wei Ziling's unremitting self-improvement and enduring humiliation.

What he saw was that Wei Zice made friends and formed a party for personal gain.

What he saw was Wei Zijue struggling and trying to move forward.

Everyone, can't escape his eyes, and every voice in the court can't hide from Wei Li's ears.

He glanced at the big box that had been placed next to him for three years, and in this box, it was full of excerpts sent by his sons in the past three years, their political achievements, and the other box was all the information sent by the eyeliner and the people in his heart handed by the courtiers.

No matter how you look at it, the most suitable candidate is Wei Zishan.

He stood in the Qianming Palace, looked at the plaque of diligent government for the people, and was stunned all morning.

Zhao An waited on the side, and didn't dare to persuade Wei Li to sit down and rest, Wei Li's brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

After a long time, Wei Li finally sighed heavily, he turned around and walked out, Zhao An hurriedly followed, and asked in a low voice, "Is the emperor going to the queen's mother?" ”

Wei Li shook his head, and after a long time, he said a place that he hadn't mentioned again for more than ten years: "Go to Yukun Palace." ”

Zhao An was stunned for a moment, lowered his eyes in a panic, didn't dare to ask more, followed behind the emperor, didn't let anyone accompany him, just the two of them, and went to a place in the palace that was more taboo than the cold palace.

The palace gate of Yukun Palace has been closed since the death of Concubine De.

Except for the necessary cleaning, everything inside was still the same as it was eleven years ago, and no one dared to touch anything inside.

Wei Li stood still in front of the gate of Yukun Palace, and Zhao An asked if he wanted to open the door and go in, Wei Li waved his hand and did not speak.

He has ... Some forgot.

Su Yaoyao's appearance was very vague, and she couldn't remember it from the depths of her memory, but she suddenly remembered that she tugged at her sleeve and said that she wanted to live.

Said he wanted to see his children.

She lied to him for ten years.

He took her life.

After all, he still owes her.

Zishan is very good, raised under the queen's knee since he was a child, and now, he is a good child with good character.

If she is still here, Zishan may not be able to achieve today's achievements.

So Wei Li can't say such a thing, there's no way to say it, look at your son, you're about to convince the world.

But there was no way to convince him.

Because such an excellent son was raised by Qing'er, not Su Yaoyao.

There was a dazzling sun, Wei Li took a deep breath, and after a long sound, he stepped forward and touched the weasel red door.

"How can you pay back what you owe?" Wei Li muttered.

"My queen is Qing'er's, even if a hundred years later, there can only be Qing'er on the throne of the queen mother, you... Got it? Wei Li squinted, "Even if you leave such a son, it is not yours, and it will never be yours, if I don't give it, you are not worthy." ”

It was eerily quiet, and the wind blew through the alley, bringing a whimper, as if her ghost was hovering here, still quibbling that it was all hers.

Wei Li withdrew his hand, he didn't want to enter this place, it seemed like he said it to her, it was more like saying it to himself, he turned around and left, without a little nostalgia, walked back to the Qianming Palace, and ordered Zhao'an to immediately announce Wei Zijue into the palace.

Zhao An should be ordered and hurriedly go to do it.

When Wei Zijue hurried to the Qianming Palace, Wei Li stood with his back to him, and when he heard footsteps, he turned around, glanced at him, and asked him to come with him.

Wei Zijue walked two steps quickly, followed Wei Li's footsteps, passed through the corridor outside the Qianming Palace, and arrived at Wei Li's own unique study, which had a secret door to enter the bedroom, but only Wei Li knew about it.

He closed the door to his study, drew up the curtains, and sat down in a chair beside him.

Wei Zijue looked around, he hadn't been here yet, in addition to the dense books around here, there were large vasks and low tables containing picture scrolls.

"Father." Wei Zijue retracted his gaze and said softly, "You let Erchen come, is there anything important?" ”

Wei Li pointed to the chair next to him and asked Wei Zijue to sit down and speak.

Wei Zijue was a little apprehensive in his heart, and after sitting aside, he didn't feel any relaxed.

The father and son were silent for a long time, Wei Li's fingers rubbed the armrest of the chair, and said softly: "How do you feel in the past few years?" ”

Wei Zijue lowered his eyes: "It's not as good as a few brothers, but martial arts are rising." ”

Wei Li chuckled: "It's very open-minded." ”

Seeing Wei Li smiling, Wei Zijue himself smiled embarrassedly: "Erchen really can't get around so many Jiuqu hearts, and he is very tired." ”

"yes." Wei Li nodded, agreeing with this statement, "Ten thousand people are at the peak, they are indeed too tired, sitting in this position, there is no time to relax, how can Jiuqu's heart be enough?" They are nine-hearted, and you have to be one-hundred-hearted to be able to deal with it easily and earn yourself a little breathing space. ”

"Erchen... Can't do it. Wei Zijue bit his lip, and after a while, he spoke honestly, he couldn't even say something like trying to do this, because he really couldn't do it.

Wei Li didn't seem to hear it, and continued to himself: "As an emperor, I have more things to take care of, the officials of the former dynasty, the concubines of the harem, the personnel scheduling, the balance of praise and disapproval, everything, must be done well." ”

Wei Zijue was silent and clenched his fists.

"If you can't do it, then who do you think?" Wei Li turned his head and glanced at Wei Zijue.

Wei Zijue didn't dare to look at Wei Li, and almost didn't think about it, so he blurted out: "These things, the eldest brother has done a good job, can't my father and emperor see it?" ”

Yes, of course he can see, not only can he see, but he can see it more clearly than anyone else.

"What if I don't want to see it?" Wei Li sighed and stared at Wei Zijue's face, "What if, I hope that person will be you?" ”

Wei Zijue's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Wei Li's eyes in a panic, and after feeling that Wei Li was not joking, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Erchen... Live up to my father's expectations, sons... didn't do a good job, but Erchen really worked hard, father, in the past three years, Erchen has really done his best. ”

Wei Zijue choked in his throat, tears fell big and big, he really worked hard.

He also expects that he can become a person who has made leaps and bounds in the past three years and leaped beyond his big brother, but because of his talent, he just can't become the kind of person who leaps into the sky.

Kingship strategy really requires talent.

He didn't.

So is that wrong?

Wei Li's expression shook for a moment, he reached out and pulled Wei Zijue up from the ground, in the past three years, it can be seen that Wei Zijue is indeed very aggrieved, and he didn't smile when he saw himself, he was extremely restrained, in the past... He is the prince who likes to stick to himself the most.

"Let's go back first." Wei Li patted him on the shoulder, "Now that the burden is off, you can rest for a few days, go out with friends, relax, don't stretch yourself." ”

Wei Li's tone softened instantly, Wei Zijue wiped the tears off his face, and saw that Wei Li's expression was gone, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and the whole person was a little more relaxed.

When he stepped out of the Qianming Palace, Wei Zijue's eyes were still a little red, Zhao An saw it, and asked a few words with great concern, seeing Wei Zijue smiling, he was more relaxed than when he entered the palace.

But Wei Li, who was still sitting silently, was not so relaxed.

He has another thing to worry about, Wei Zice has been too lively over the years, speaking of which, Wei Zishan has never seen Su Yaoyao, Wei Ziling has never seen Li Lerong, only Wei Zice has been raised by Nanhuazhu, and the bad roots of his biological mother are still planted in the depths of his heart after all, and the more he grows up, the more obvious it is exposed.

It's time to clean up.