"Yingge Temple?" I asked uncertainly.

He nodded and sighed slightly, "Your Majesty, he is indeed a very powerful emperor, and he is resolute in everything, I didn't know about it originally, but recently I heard rumors in the court, and I don't know if it's true or not, so I wanted to ask my sister, but I didn't expect it to be true." ”

Yingge Academy is still in use by Xiao Jincheng now, which makes me a little surprised, after all, there are not a few people who know Yingge Academy now, and Yeluqi is one of them.

"Tianyan, the last time you said that your father died in the riot, you told me what happened?" I don't want to continue to talk about Xiao Jincheng, so I changed the topic lightly, since Xiao Jincheng stayed in Yingge Academy, there must be a reason for him to stay.

I now want to know more about Mu Tianyan, but only now do I realize that I know very little about him.

As soon as Mu Tianyan heard me mention my father, his whole body tensed, because the room was gloomy, I couldn't see his expression clearly, but I could clearly feel the sadness emanating from his body.

I patted the back of his hand gently, "Tianyan, what's going on, let's hear ......"

"It's all those dog officials in the court!" Hearing my question, he suddenly slammed the table angrily and made a muffled sound, "As the saying goes, officials and officials are mutually exalted!"

"In the drought of that year, there was no grain harvest, and the imperial court allocated 30 large boatloads of grain for disaster relief, but in the hands of that group of corrupt officials, they held on to it. If you want food, you have to pay for it, and the price of that food has increased tenfold compared to before! Where can we buy it from our poor family, we can only be filled with public grievances, and the righteous indignation is difficult to fill, so we organized a riot, and beat the dog official with a blue nose and swollen face, so as not to be embarrassed. And we also grabbed the food in our hands to relieve the food and clothing for a while. However, the group of dog officials reported the matter to the imperial court, saying that we were unruly, and launched a riot and chaos when we were distributing rice for disaster relief, and snatched all the food. Without any investigation, the imperial court privately sent troops to suppress it, and there were countless casualties in that riot, and my father also died in that riot...... And before he died, he also handed me the one hundred taels of silver that he had worked so hard to accumulate, and instructed me to be sure to pass the imperial examination and seek justice for all the people who died in vain. At that time, I hated the imperial court, I wanted to give up the road of the imperial examination, but I thought of my sister, you are in dire straits, and I thought of my father's words before he died, and I thought of the corruption of the group of dog officials, so I persevered on the way and fortunately got the help of nobles, I quickly got the emperor's appreciation when I came to the court, I once thought that the responsibility for the riot was completely attributed to the emperor, but when I learned that the emperor did not know about the riot at all, I was surprised, after many days of getting along, I found that the emperor was really a good emperor, although he was ruthless, but his heart takes care of the world, his long-cherished wish is to rule the world, and he wants to make the divided country no longer have turmoil. ”

A few emotional words made me fall into silence, this official collusion with each other has always existed in the imperial court, but now I still feel a lot when I hear it with my own ears.

It turned out that Mu Tianyan would become so ruthless because of such a riot and his father's death...... And Xiao Jincheng, he is a good emperor...... I've always known this, and I've never doubted it.

But his methods are too tough and vicious, in order to unify the world, there will be a river of blood when the time comes!

I don't know if our subtle conversation was too loud, and Chunlan knocked softly on the door outside, "Master, haven't you slept yet?" ”

As soon as I heard Chunlan's voice, Mu Tianyan and I were immediately silenced, it must have been caused by Mu Tianyan's emotional words just now, and the voice gradually amplified, and we both held our breath, wandering around in the dark.

Then I heard the voice of Ning Xiang outside, "You are suspicious, of course the master has gone to bed so late." ”

"No, I'll have to go in and see." Chunlan was a little suspicious.

Ning Xiang lowered her voice and reprimanded, "You be quiet, don't wake up the master, you can stand it if you wake her up." ”

Gradually, the sound outside gradually faded away, and Mu Tianyan and I moved to the back window, and the snowflakes outside flew like goose feathers.

He rolled over one by one, and the snow fell all over his body, "Sister take care, brother will come to see you in a few days." ”

I nodded solemnly, "The court is turbulent, you should be careful in everything." After that, he immediately whispered in his ear, "Tomorrow you will send someone to the imperial dining room to do something for me."

I said softly and said the matter simply and clearly, but Mu Tianyan just nodded and didn't ask more.

Watching him gradually walk away, the sad back gradually drowned in the snowflakes, and then he closed the window lightly. Walked over to the couch and buried his whole body in it. Thoughts drifted to Chunlan, Xinyue and Chunlan were monitoring my every move, especially recently, Chunlan's movements have become more and more unrestrained.

She has to keep vigil for me every night, isn't her purpose just to keep an eye on me? It's like this at night, and she's not stared at during the day. I've got to find a way to get rid of her, I have to.

His thoughts gradually began to wander, and his eyelids began to fight, and finally he quietly closed his eyes and sank into the dream.

The next day, Ning Xiang came in early to freshen up for me, and I sat in front of the dressing table in a wrap dress, letting Ning Xiang comb my hair with ivory jade and brush it through and straighten it out.

At the door, Chunlan brought in a basin of hot water at a suitable temperature, "Did the master sleep well last night?" ”

I stared at myself and smiled, "I slept well." ”

"That's the minions are suspicious. Last night, I heard a man's voice in the master's house in a trance, so I must have heard it wrong. Chunlan asked quietly, and gently put the basin aside.

I calmly stroked my black hair, "You girl really likes to laugh, how can there be a man in the deep palace compound." ”

And Ning Xiang was also very calm, after straightening my hair, I combed the ivory jade into the makeup box, and then walked to the golden kitchen and took out a rose pale red Qianni dress, and a hundred birds contended for the blue moon skirt, "Master, quickly change into clothes and have breakfast." ”

I nodded, "Chunlan, go and help Xinyue Zhang Luo have breakfast, I have enough incense." ”

"Ning Xiang is really pleasing the master now, nothing can be separated from her, and Xinyue has also pleased the master before! I'm clumsy...... Otherwise, in the future, I will also learn how to serve the master, so that even if I change to a new master, I can be liked. She laughed more and more presumptuously, and then walked away with a slight stride.

Ning Xiang snorted coldly, "They are so arrogant in front of their masters." ”

"No way, who called me a master who has no grade." I smiled lightly and tied a bow knot around my waist.

"Let the minions teach her a lesson." Her lips arced, smiling but not smiling.

"I have my own way to clean her up, there is absolutely no room for so many spies around me, and I must cultivate my own power." Put on the clothes on his body, turned around and walked towards the outside of the dormitory, "By the way, Ning Xiang, you go and find a book for me, the book "Records of Clearing Grievances" written by Song Ci, the criminal officer of the Song Dynasty." ”

At noon, heavy snow fell as usual, covering the trail in all directions.

The minions were all carrying shovels and brooms to clear the snow from the officials, and the straight path was barely visible, and the road seemed to be a little slippery from the cold. Clusters of white snow, dark fragrance floating, and the vast expanse of the sky seems to be the ice and jade of the dormitory.

Xiao Jincheng came to my palace too early, and seeing that he often came here in the heavy snow, I couldn't help but feel gloomy in my heart, and after retiring the minions around me, I slowly sat in front of the window with him to enjoy the snow and drink tea.

"Xin'er, what's wrong with you, you always seem to be in a fugue today?" He sucked a dragon well, and then rubbed his forehead, it seemed that he had not slept well last night.

I pointed to a pot of green and shiny Junzi Landau on the windowsill, "This flower is like you, subtle and deep, elegant and solemn, strong and resolute." ”

He smiled faintly and said casually, "It also symbolizes wealth, prosperity, and happiness." ”

Seeing the tenderness slowly emerging in his eyes, my heart moved.

'Wealth and auspiciousness' alludes to me and his noble status, 'prosperity' means the strength of the country, and 'happiness' refers to us at this time?

Is this really the so-called happiness now? It turned out that in his eyes, this was happiness.

I folded off the blooming Shengze Junzi Orchid, picked up Dingrui and put it between my fingers and gently rotated it a few times, "But sooner or later, this flower will wither." ”

He was silent for a moment, and then took the bundle of Junzi Lan from my hand, "Xin'er, I know that I have wronged you, and I can't even give you a name." Soon...... Soon ......" his voice lingered over the word 'soon' but did not continue.

I smiled and said, "Jincheng, I've always wanted to ask you a question, what is Su Qiaoyun's position in your heart." ”

He was stunned for a moment when he heard my words, as if he was thinking about the meaning of my words.

Seeing that he was silent, I said, "You seem to be very tired of her in front of me, but you tolerate her a lot." The identity of a spy and a brutal character. And you trusted her, didn't even hurt her, and you never seemed to do this to me. ”

I paused, then added, "Moreover, you have left a spy sent by an enemy country by your pillow, and she may kill you at any moment." ”

My long list of words drew a chuckle from him, and I frowned and said, "You're still laughing?" If you don't explain your feelings for her today, you won't want to eat. ”

When he heard this, his laughter widened, and the sound of shade filled the room. He took my hand and, with a little force, dragged me into his arms, and I leaned in.

He dropped a kiss on my cheek, "You're worried about me." But I'm going to tell you, I'm definitely not going to have an accident! I knew that he would have something to say to me below, so I leaned quietly into his arms and listened to him speak quietly, like a mirror.

"About two years ago, two assassins appeared in the Dragon Yin Palace, if it weren't for Su Qiaoyun and Ah Qi, I am afraid I would have died under the sword of the assassins. That's when I realized how important it was to cultivate a group of guards to protect myself. In the past two years, I have not only expanded the Yingge Academy, but also selected a group of people there to train them to become dead soldiers, which are divided into three major organizations. "Listening to him talk about the assassins of the Dragon Yin Temple, my heart jumped.