Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, this taste Chen Yan is not qualified to receive. Because from the beginning of his duty, it was just a big xiǎo dynasty meeting, and he was on duty in front of the Qianqing Palace, even if he saw the emperor, he only glanced at it from afar, even when he followed the eldest princess of An Guo to learn martial arts in the past, it was much stronger than now. Not only that, but he has also suffered a lot in learning martial arts, riding horses, etc., and he has worked hard to get his muscles and bones, but it is still a great torture to consume it all day long. In front of those lieutenants, he had no heart or lungs, but at night when he lay down on the chase bunk in the straight room of the outer imperial city, he couldn't help tossing and turning.

Could it be that he worked so hard and so desperately, just to be so ineffective and idle now?

With thoughts in his heart and tiredness, it snowed again in the sky this morning, and standing in the heavy snow, he naturally gradually became in a trance, and it didn't take long for him to feel stiff. It wasn't until he heard a voice that seemed to be far away that he barely came back to his senses, and when he looked closely, he found that it was the imperial eunuch Eunuch Xia himself.

"Ah, Grandpa Xia!"

Eunuch Xia looked at the birth year in front of him, and sighed in his heart, but his face did not show it at all. After nodding with a smile, he said softly: "Okay, come with our family, the emperor wants to see you." As soon as these words came out, Chen Yan was stunned for a while, and it took a long time to react. After agreeing, he wanted to walk, but he didn't listen to the call, and the whole person fell forward. Fortunately, Eunuch Xia quickly held it up next to him, and then he held the person steadily, and then he didn't let go, so he walked forward.

"Father-in-law, thank you for letting go, I can ...... myself"

"Okay, what's polite to our family!" Eunuch Xia turned his head sideways and looked at Chen Yan, who was full of embarrassment, and said with a smile, "You, you are probably not used to being pestled in front of the palace on this cold day."

Although they can't move, those captains have all been trained, just like you said that although you said that the wind and rain came and went when you practiced martial arts, you never had such a fight after all. It's really not easy to marry to this point, not to mention that you are standing in that tuyere. Just have a number in your heart, you get along well with others these days, and this most bitter place is given to you, not intentionally embarrassing you are ordered by the emperor. ”

"Huh?"

Seeing that Chen Yan opened his mouth wide and his face was full of disbelief, Eunuch Xia smiled and added a lot of strength to his hand, and said in a low voice: "Originally, our family was for your sister's sake, and she would take care of you when she was not there, but after fighting with you in the past few years, I feel that you are different from those noble sons in Beijing, especially this anger in my heart." This is a good thing, but everything can't just rely on qi, just like a knife that is too sharp, who doesn't hide from the edge first? ”

Although his body was still cold to the bone, Chen Yan had already suddenly woken up. He rubbed his hands vigorously and took a deep breath of the cold air, and then said to Eunuch Xia, "Thank you for reminding Grandpa Xia." If it weren't for your words, I wouldn't have been able to sleep well for a long time. "We know! Seeing that you have lost a lot of weight this month, and you still have dark circles under your eyes every day, who doesn't know that you are up and down in your heart? Okay, okay, when you are in front of the emperor, play jīng god, and show your usual courage! Having said that, when he really arrived in front of the emperor, Chen Yan felt an indescribable nervousness. After all, in the past, when he saw that the emperor was either in Xiyuan or in the eldest princess's mansion, most of the eldest princesses of Anguo were next to him, no matter what he said, someone would mention it or go over, so he didn't have to think too much about it at all. But at this moment, there were only two people in the huge room, he and the emperor, and the quiet and solemn atmosphere pressed on him, even if the room was as warm as chūn, it was still a little overwhelming.

After saluting, he waited for a long time, but there was still not a word from above, and he felt even more worried in his heart. But after a while, he noticed a sound of footsteps, and suddenly there was an extra pair of feet in front of his head.

"Let's be flat."

Chen Yan hesitated for a moment before standing up. Sure enough, as his gaze moved up, he was the emperor in front of him. Different from the dragon robe woven with brocade and silver at the Great Xiǎo Dynasty on weekdays, the emperor was dressed in a celestial blue sè regular robe, with no embroidery on it, no hat on his bare head, and even a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, if it weren't for the fact that his eyes were the same as usual, he would never recognize the wrong person, and he would almost think that there was an uncle next door in front of him.

"Do you know why I summoned you?" This sounds simple, but it is a lot of work to answer. Chen Yan, who hung his head, just thought about it quickly for a moment, and replied honestly: "I didn't know, but Father-in-law Xia mentioned a few more words on the way, so the minister guessed some." The emperor must have felt that the ministers had won famous teachers in civil and military affairs over the years, and their actions were too flamboyant, and they had never really suffered hardships, so they had today's arrangements. "Xia He didn't see the wrong person. The emperor looked at the young man in front of him, who was less than his shoulder, and nodded slightly approvingly, "If I hadn't warned him, he would have talked to you a long time ago." Have you seen the strip that Xia He asked people to bring to you? What do you think? Even the note given to him by the eunuch Xia was also the emperor's instructions? Or is the emperor cheating him?

At that moment, Chen Yan only felt that his brain couldn't turn a little. He is smart, and he has a lot of experience in the past two years, and even a lot of the Hou Mansion has gradually passed through his hands, but he is only fifteen years old after all. Well, he thought about it again, and finally drooped his head and said: "At first, the minister only thought that the third uncle would come back, maybe he would have to embarrass the old lady again, so he had to find a way to let him go back to Gansu again." It's best if he makes any mistakes by being clever again, and the minister can get the title back. ”

Hearing this, the eunuch Xia who was guarding outside the mén couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, and when he heard that the emperor didn't say anything, he raised his hand and wiped his head again, clearly feeling that fine beads of sweat were oozing from his head. Because he saw that there were still two eunuchs standing in this passage, he waved his hand at them angrily, and when he saw that everyone had quietly retreated, he listened attentively.

"And now?" In front of the emperor's words that could not be heard happy and angry, Chen Yan didn't dare to raise his head at all, and it took a while for a while to say: "After listening to the words of Gonggong Xia, the minister was thinking, "Instead of expecting others to make mistakes, it is better to expect yourself to make some achievements...... Otherwise, he will take the title, and in the future, he may be the Marquis of Dongchang, Guangning Bonajiao...... Ah, that's not what the minister meant" The minister wanted to say that even if he wanted to change the title, the emperor would definitely not like to be muddy or bent on camping! Seeing that Chen Yan was still talking with his head down at first, but after a while, he raised his head nervously and happily, and he didn't care about the loss of etiquette and hurriedly explained his defense, and the emperor finally couldn't help it. Seeing that Chen Yan was still stunned, he returned to the desk and sat down with Shi Shiran, and then said with a smile: "I finally understand, it's not in vain to drink the northwest wind this month!" ”

After drinking the northwest wind in the past month, Chen Yan suddenly remembered the scene of standing stupidly in the windy place on all sides: and remembered all kinds of jokes about being surrounded by those rude, straightforward and unruly captains, saying that nv people talk about men, and that meat and vegetarian food are not taboo; I remembered how to prevent sores on my hands and feet in the cold weather, and how to wrap as much thick clothes as possible under the exact same robe...... If all these things are true, the four words blurt out involuntarily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Did Xie Zhen let you drink Xijing Feng?" , "Emperor Xie asked his ministers to know people reasonably. ”

"In the past three years with the eldest princess and Han Mingyi, there is really no vain learning!" The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "Motioning to Chen Yan to take two steps forward, then he said lightly, "This is the duty pillar in the palace, and then you don't have to be yourself, you met your brother-in-law yesterday, I think you should know that your sister has returned, you might as well go and see it after leaving the palace" and then continue to take your civil and martial arts class! It depends on you whether the title belongs to me in a single thought, "but" whether it is like Guangning Bo, whether it is single-minded like the Han Gong, or like the Weiguo Gong Zhen Donghou to guard one side, it depends on you. ”

All the things that should be said have been said, and then, the emperor did not let Chen Yan have a chance to speak again, "and directly ordered him to withdraw." It was only after the young man had saluted and disappeared from the mén curtain that he smiled again.

The child can be taught!

Following Eunuch Xia who withdrew from the Qianqing Palace in a daze, when the cold wind that had just been blocked from the heavy curtains and the warm charcoal fire came again, Chen Yan felt that his muddy head suddenly sobered up.

It's just that while sobering up, he can't help but re-examine his previous words, and then he can't help but feel like dirt.

What did he say, he's really bold!

"Fourth son, fourth son?" , Chen Yan, who came back to his senses, glanced at Eunuch Xia next to him, after all, because there were other people around, it was not good to have any excessive actions, so he had to say with guilt on his face: "Grandpa Xia, just now in front of the emperor, I was so scared that I forgot everything, and I didn't know what I said for a while." I shouldn't ......", "Ha, what do you want to say!" Eunuch Xia couldn't help laughing, if it weren't for this public, he would almost want to slap Chen Yan's head as if he was teaching himself those dry things, "How old are you, and besides, you are answering in front of the palace, it is not easy to talk like this." However, your words do sound frightening at first glance, but the emperor has been paying more attention to you, so he naturally knows that they are all sincere and will not be blamed. ”

"I'm afraid that I will be convicted, and I will not say anything, and I will be affected by the old lady in the family, and Grandpa Xia, you will hand me the ......", Chen Yan's face was full of fear, but Eunuch Xia raised his eyebrows slightly: "You have heard it too, these are the emperor's orders, you just keep it in your heart." Let's find someone to take you back to the straight room, pack up your things and go back to sleep, and think less about those who don't. You're only a few years old, and you're still ahead of you when you're doing great things! ”

"Uh...... Can Grandpa Xia wait for a while? I've been taken care of a lot these days, and before I leave, I still owe them a meal! Eunuch Xia would not refuse when he heard this, and when he saw Chen Yan slip away and go to the straight room where he was resting in his free time, he showed a relieved expression. Just now, the heat in that room and the fact that he listened to the answer in front of the emperor almost made him sweat profusely.

"Sure enough, it's old!" , Eunuch Xia, who was looking up at the sky, muttered to himself, and sighed lightly, "Wait and wait, the time to go back to retire has been pushed back again, or Qu Yong's guy is lucky, so he won't come back in Jiangnan."