I don't know how long it took for us to go to the imperial study.

I also forgot how long I stood in the ice and snow, his heavy coat has been draped over my shoulders, the warmth is indeed not cold, but there is a chill from the deepest part of the chest to spread outward, slowly the whole person is frozen, no matter what he tells me, what I do, I forget to react.

Until he took my hand.

This time his hands were cold, and there was an almost biting cold from the fingertips holding me, I shivered, looked up at him, he didn't say anything, his face was pale because it was too cold, only the red lips were the only bright color on that face, and the cold hand led me until I walked to the door of the imperial study.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Qing Han standing in the corner of the imperial study, looking down and flipping through the booklet.

Hearing the sound of pushing the door, he raised his head and saluted Pei Yuanhao calmly: "Weichen greets the emperor." ”

However, Pei Yuanhao stood at the door with some surprise, as if he didn't expect it at all, after seeing the scene just now, after the emperor took me to stay outside for so long, he would really stay in the imperial study, the whole person was as calm as an ice lake in the wind and snow, although the storm and snow were shaky, he was always calm as before, without the slightest wavering.

Grabbed tighter by that cold hand, Pei Yuanhao led me in: "Are you still there?" ”

"The emperor summoned his ministers to discuss the matter of Enke's topic this time, and Weichen did not dare to slack off."

Pei Yuanhao frowned slightly and looked at him for a while, and then a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Okay." After speaking, he took me to the table, and Liu Qinghan also walked over. Pei Yuanhao unfolded the scroll on the case, which clearly stated the list of invigilators and examiners of the imperial examination this time, including the guards in the examination room, but it was detailed and clear, and I saw Liu Qinghan's name at a glance-

Lieutenant of the light car?

Did he assign Liu Qinghan as a guard in the examination room?

My eyebrows furrowed, and before I could say anything, Pei Yuanhao had already spoken: "Why didn't Fu Qing come?" ”

"It's snowing and cold, the teacher's old illness is broken, and he can't get up, and I hope the emperor will forgive him."

"Oh, I'm sorry for him."

"Don't dare. This is the previous emperor's order, let the teacher for this scientific examination to draw up the topic, please the emperor to take a look. ”

Pei Yuanhao stretched out his hand to take the scroll he served, opened the strip and unfolded it, a smile flashed in his eyes.

I subconsciously glanced at it, and there were a few simple words written on it - if you don't have the right heart, you will be killed.

My heart moved slightly, "If the heart is not right, you will be killed", this is the words in "Corpse", but it is not a classic sentence, if you want to say a classic sentence, this sentence is before and after, but Fu Badai chose such a sentence.

However, I immediately understood.

The beginning of the calamity is also easy to get rid of, and it is removed. If you can't, avoid it. and its success, you can't get rid of it, you can't avoid it.

I couldn't help but smile in my heart.

Fu Badai's eyes are blind, and he is far away in the Jixian Palace, but it doesn't mean that he can't see anything, on the contrary, he can see it more clearly and even more thoroughly than others.

When Pei Yuanhao ascended the throne, he did rely on Lord Taifu, so he continued to favor the Shen family over the years, and even Shen Rou could argue with the queen in the harem, but now, Shen Taifu's power leaned towards the government and the opposition, and Shen Guifei gave birth to the second son of the royal family, and the Shen family has reached the peak of its prime, and this time is often the most sensitive period for the emperor.

Shen Taifu formed a party in the court to run a party for personal gain, prevented the emperor's political revolution in the south, and increased taxes in Jiangnan, in fact, he had already touched the emperor's scales, and if he didn't take action, Pei Yuanhao would be hindered one by one what he wanted to do next.

The calamity of relatives is not the beginning, but it cannot be avoided, and it must be removed!

Fu Badai's question is not only for those students.

"Fu Qing's question is interesting."

Pei Yuanhao looked at those words, and said with a smile, Liu Qinghan said calmly: "The emperor's selection of talents from the new science and technology scholars is a major national event, so the teacher also thought twice about the topic this time, and then made a decision, just to live up to the emperor's trust." ”

"Hmm." Pei Yuanhao nodded, but his eyes fell on the other roll of paper in his hand: "What's that?" ”

Liu Qinghan hesitated for a moment before saying, "This is the topic that Weichen thinks. ”

"Oh?" Pei Yuanhao raised his eyebrows, but said with some interest: "I didn't expect Liu Qing to be so diligent and worry about me." Show me. ”

He stretched out his hand, hesitated for a moment, and finally lowered his head and handed over the scroll: "Weichen is panicked. ”

Pei Yuanhao opened it and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

I don't know what he wrote in it, although I wanted to read it, but because he wrote it, I didn't dare to look at it rashly, but Pei Yuanhao pondered for a while, and handed me the note: "Qingying, you can also take a look." ”

"Yes."

I took it uncertainly, and when I unfolded it, there were only two simple words on it, but it made my heart skip a beat.

Go strong.

Looking at these two words, my heart is beating suddenly.

Compared with Fu Badai's question, these two words are already clearly admonishing, but these two words appear in the imperial examination questions, and the waves caused by them are by no means weaker than my current heartbeat. In the end, he is still young, he doesn't understand many things in the court, and he doesn't know how to do things in a roundabout way.

Pei Yuanhao said with a little smile: "Qingying, what do you think of Liu Qing's topic?" ”

I didn't dare to look at the man next to me, but I could feel that his breathing was clearly confused.

And Pei Yuanhao looked at me with a smile.

I was silent for a long time, and finally said softly: "Weichen thinks...... It's a little more radical. ”

As soon as these words came out, the roots of his ears turned red, and I was about to say something, but I heard him say softly: "What Lord Yue said is that this topic is indeed presumptuous, and I hope that the emperor will forgive him." ”

Pei Yuanhao smiled faintly: "What is there to blame?" You can share my worries like this, and I am very relieved. ”

Liu Qinghan's face turned a little redder, and his head hung lower.

I stood next to me, although it was not a cold bystander, but I could see it a little clearly, this time the imperial examination was caused by everyone's attention, including Fu Badai, who had made a lot of efforts, it was obvious that they all wanted to absorb their own forces through the imperial examination this time, if Shen Taifu and Guò strengthened his henchmen this time, then it was almost impossible to bring him down again, so this time it can almost be said to be a key move.

The problem is that Shen Taifu has formed a party for personal gain, and the corpses of the old ministers in the DPRK and China are vegetarian, even if there are young officials like Huo Liancheng, Qi Fang, and Gao Tianzhang, they are firmly suppressed by Shen Taifu, and even if the new officials are strong, they are not enough to deal with the big tiger.

But—

I looked up at the two men in front of me.

Pei Yuanhao and Liu Qinghan, they were facing each other on both sides of the bookcase, a gentleman and a minister looked at the booklet in their respective hands, compared with the wind and snow outside, it was really rare calm here; Although there weren't many words, I seemed to see some undercurrents surging in every word and every look in their eyes.

I vaguely felt something.

At this moment, the sound of people walking through the snow came from the sound of the wind and snow outside, and before I could raise my head, I heard the voice of Father-in-law Yu sounding outside-

"Your Majesty, Lord Shen is here."

Shen Gongyi?

The three of us raised their heads, Liu Qinghan's face immediately showed a look of disgust, and his dark eyebrows were wrinkled together, I subconsciously glanced at him, he also looked at me, and immediately lowered his head.

Pei Yuanhao smiled slightly and said, "Xuan." ”

The next moment, I saw someone walk in from the outside.

He is also a very human minister now, the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, but he is still thin, perhaps because he has spent too much energy, and he is also wearing a heavy coat, which makes his sharp head and towering cheekbones a little funny, Yu Gonggong took off his coat for him, and immediately came over and knelt down and said: "Weichen meets the emperor." ”

"Taifu Ping."

"Your Majesty." He stood up slowly, and his restrained eyes immediately looked at me and Liu Qinghan, perhaps because he still had the smell of ice and snow outside, and the ensuing chill made my heart tremble, and I immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Meet Master Taifu." ”

"Hmm."

He glanced at us, although he was not tall, half a head shorter than Qinghan, but he had a condescending sense of arrogance, Liu Qinghan just lowered his head, didn't even look at him, and was about to withdraw, I was about to go out, when I heard Pei Yuanhao say: "You two should retreat first, I and Master Taifu still have something to discuss." By the way, Liu Qing-"

"Yes."

He smiled slightly, "Don't forget what I just told you. ”

Qing Han's face suddenly faded with blood, almost blending into the snow outside, and slowly leaned over and said, "...... Be. ”

After he withdrew, I also retreated, and after stepping out of the threshold, as soon as I subconsciously turned around, I saw Mrs. Shen walking to the front of the case, as if he was about to say something to Pei Yuanhao, and he raised his head and looked at me almost without a trace.

That glance, like the cold wind that immediately came outside the door, made me shiver.

The door is closed.

The snow outside is falling more urgently, there has never been such a big snow at this time, it seems that there is only this snow-white cold thing left in every day and place, I saw that Liu Qinghan had walked forward without looking back, except for the footprints of Shen Taifu on the snow, it was the footprints of his walk towards Shen Taifu when he came, step by step, so clear.

I subconsciously said, "Light cold." ”

He paused, stopped, and looked back at me.

The snow fell, and he stood in the middle of the snow, his cyan robe looked so thin, but there was a sense of stubbornness and isolation, and his clear eyes became more and more silent.

The uneasiness in my heart became heavier and heavier, and I subconsciously said, "You and the emperor—"

As soon as the words came out, I stopped myself.

It's really crazy, how can you ask him this question in this place.

I bit my lower lip and said, "Do you remember Huang Ye?" ”

As soon as he heard the words Huang Ye, his face showed a look of surprise, I don't know why I suddenly mentioned this old man, I was about to walk over and say something, when I saw behind him, in the snow, a red and dazzling figure walked over: "Light cold!" ”

It was Pei Yuanzhen, who walked over with a smile with an oil-paper umbrella.