The Northern Qi Emperor in the mountain pavilion suddenly dissipated the smile on his face and returned to the silence he had always held when he was alone. He grew up in the palace since he was a child, and when his father was first mourned, he faced the most difficult test in his life, although with the strong support of the bitter lotus national teacher, the queen mother carried him through the suffering, but such a beginning, destined his imperial career will be very unsmooth.

Yes, there are many reasons for the disobedience, but the most important one is naturally hidden in his heart, in the heart of the Queen Mother, and in the heart of the bitter lotus national teacher, the secret that can never be declared.

For this secret, the Emperor of Northern Qi has paid too many sacrifices, made too many changes that are somewhat distorted, he can't have a close relationship with too many people, can't be too affectionate with his sisters, can't do whatever he wants, just do what he wants, for more than ten years, the people around him have never changed, taking a bath is like a close seal like a great enemy, and the side concubines in the harem are still complaining...... In order to distract Nanqing's attention and make the ministers of the court wake up, he and his mother have been acting in the drama of mother-son incompatibility for so many years, which is really hard.

He didn't want to bear this, but since he had already taken on it, as a descendant of the war family, he had to do his best as he did his grandfather's ambition and will to sweep the world back then.

I must admit that he has done a very good job over the years, and no one can find too many faults with the little emperor. He connived and even secretly induced the Uesugi Tiger to kill Shen Chong on a rainy night, confiscated the Shen family, firmly controlled the entire Jinyi Guard in the hands of the royal family, put the Uesugi Tiger under house arrest for a year to cut his spirit, and then let the tiger out of the sheng to suppress the aggressive Qing ** team in the south. suppressed Haoqiang in the border, and colluded with Fan Xian outside the border.

One tsubaki and one tsubaki means to connect ...... In the past two years, under his care, the government of the Northern Qi Dynasty has become more and more organized, especially the affairs in Jiangnan, which proves the little emperor's foresight and resourcefulness.

Even if the person in charge of Jiangnan Neiku is not Fan Xian, he must have the ability to secretly seek some benefits. But the Emperor of Northern Qi knew in his heart that there were many levels of benefits, and no matter how he imagined it, he never thought that he could seek so many benefits for his court through Guò Fan Xian.

He patted the railing gently, looked at the clear flowing water in the mountain stream, sighed, and whispered to himself: "But why did you come? Why did you give me all those benefits?" A cold and mocking smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "The illegitimate son of Emperor Qingguo...... How much difference can he have from his father?"

During the years of studying to become an emperor, the only object that the Northern Qi Emperor could find in this life was, of course, the powerful monarch of Nanqing, who knew how ambitious and ambitious his peer was, but who was good at forbearance.

"You will be old after all, and you are already old...... Emperor of Northern Qi frowned slightly, turned his eyes slightly, looked at the far south, thought of the recent dispute between the royal family of Nanqing and Kyoto, and said softly: "Even if you were a lion back then, the Great Wei that fought fell apart, and I beat my Great Qi for a long time, but after all, you are old, and the whole person is full of a smell of decay, I really hope that you can continue to rot like this and force him to come over." ”

These few words seem to be sighing at every detail of history, and seem to increase their confidence, because everyone knows how sensitive and suspicious the emperor of Qingguo is, but history only believes in history itself, and past history has proved that the emperor of Qingguo is the only victor in the world in the past thirty years.

The eyes of the little emperor of Northern Qi narrowed, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he muttered to himself: "I, I hope you can survive this time, so that I can defeat you on the stage of the world openly." ”

............ He couldn't understand Fan Xian, but in fact, Fan Xian couldn't see him clearly.

As an emperor, no matter what kind of face the heart in his body is, his first consideration is, of course, his first consideration is his throne and the world, if Fan Xian's relationship with him can always maintain peace and complementary interests, the Northern Qi Emperor will meet Fan Xian's requirements at any cost, such as Begonia, such as Fan Ruoruo's apprenticeship.

But in the future, if Fan Xian threatens Northern Qi, the Emperor of Northern Qi will definitely use all the power at hand to eliminate Fan Xian unusually indifferently and ruthlessly.

It has nothing to do with emotion, it has nothing to do with the country, it has nothing to do with men and women.

In this world, there are only three kinds of people - men, women, and emperors.

The flowing water in the stream under the ―――――――――――――――――――――― Pavilion flows down the mountain, flows to the side of the palace group at the bottom of the bottom, and converges into a pool of clear water at the foot of the mountain, there is a small gap made of white stone in the west of the clear water, and the bubbling clear water comes out of this gap, but it has not caused the slightest movement in the pond.

At this time, in the woods behind this pool of clear water, there was a large group of eunuchs and palace maids waiting with their heads bowed, no one knew that the emperor was in a daze in the pavilion on the mountainside at this time, they only knew that the two most noble people in the entire Northern Qi except for the emperor were in a daze beside the pool at this time.

A national teacher Kuhe, who was dressed in sackcloth, wearing a hat, and had two feet, looked like an ascetic, was sitting on the stone on the side of Qingtan at this time, holding a fishing rod in his hand.

And the Empress Dowager of the Northern Qi Dynasty, this woman who didn't know how much effort she had put into order to make her son sit firmly on the throne, and how much she had endured in the name of arbitrary power and disorderly government, sat beside Master Kuhe with a smile, and her eyebrows and eyes were full of peace and quiet.

At that time, the warlord from the chaos of the world, forcibly inherited the Great Wei Tianbao with military strength, but the war continued for many years, and there were many fierce generals in the army in the royal family, all of whom died in the fierce and ferocious offensive of the Nanqing Emperor.

At that time, the political situation in the Northern Dynasty was turbulent, the princes and nobles were clamoring, and the situation in the palace was precarious, but under such circumstances, the woman still let her son sit firmly on the dragon chair.

The most important thing is, of course, the tough statement of the great national teacher beside her at this time. But at the same time, it also proves that this queen mother is definitely not as mediocre as she seems on the surface.

Kuhe's eyes looked quietly at the rippling water.

The Queen Mother smiled slightly, but remembered the changes in the capital in more than a year, when the palace changed, she let the Marquis of Changning risk death out of the palace, and asked Shen Chong to bring people to help, Shen Chong and Jinyiwei made great contributions, but once the emperor grew up, he couldn't tolerate Shen Chong to continue to be arrogant, so he moved his mind.

The Queen Mother felt guilty in her heart, but her son's mind had been decided, and she knew that she could not be persuaded to do so, so she acquiesced in the occurrence of this matter - the people of the Zhan family seem to be always so persistent, and it is impossible to be influenced and changed by other people, such as her son, such as the one next to her.

However, she still wanted to continue her efforts, because the Emperor of Northern Qi had a long talk with her all night last night, and always felt that this matter was not as beautiful as she imagined, and asked her to persuade the Kuhe National Teacher-that's why she had a greeting by the pond today.

"I haven't met Li Yunrui, but I have a lot of secret messages with her. The Empress Dowager of Northern Qi said gently, in front of Kuhe, she naturally would not call herself a mourner, although her face was still dignified, but her tone of voice was like she was just a little girl who was not very sensible.

Kuhe smiled and said, "The three kingdoms are far apart, and when Zhuang Mohan was invited to go south, he had never seen the face of the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty. ”

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "So everyone in Zhuang has left a lifelong regret. ”

Kuhe shook his head: "But I have seen the eldest princess, so I know that this woman is not simple, and the change in Kyoto in the Southern Dynasty happened so quickly, and there was no movement at all, it was really unexpected to me." ”

"Doudou means ......" The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said: "The confrontation between the two countries is still a battle of national strength after all, and it is better not to take risks." ”

"Why didn't he come and tell me, the ancestor, in person?" Kuhe smiled: "After all, the child is still young, and he probably doesn't understand why we old guys are still so jǐngti after all these years of Emperor Qingguo's mess." ”

He continued: "Because I know, and you know, that the emperor of Qingguo is really not an ordinary person. In the second generation, there was not a single great master, but there was an emperor who used his soldiers like a god......" His brow furrowed, "The longer he endured, the more uneasy I felt. ”

The Empress Dowager of Northern Qi sighed and said, "Even so, there is no such thing as a good way. ”

The old man smiled, took off his hat, revealed his big bald head, and said happily: "I remember that Ye Liuyun also likes to run around the world wearing a hat...... Even such a person can be used by Li Yunrui, I believe that this eldest princess will think of a way. ”

At this point, the Queen Mother knew that she could no longer persuade the national teacher to change her mind, and said respectfully: "Uncle, let's take a look at it more, the affairs of the Southern Dynasty, let them make trouble by themselves, it will always be good for us." ”

"Time is running out. The fishing rod in Kuhe's hand did not tremble at all, and said slowly: "If we can't solve this problem when we old guys are alive, who can solve it in the future?"

How consistent this was with what the great master in the grass house said.

The Queen Mother's hand trembled slightly, and she said with a smile: "What about this girl Begonia......? There is also a fan Xian in the south. ”

Kuhe laughed and said: "Fan Xian, this young man will depend on his creation, if he is smart and strong enough, this time, I think he will seek the greatest benefit, and it can be regarded as a gift from my dynasty to him, with this young man's heart, since he has inherited such a great love from Doudou, he will always think of me in the future." ”

In the final analysis, these people in power in the Northern Qi Dynasty know that in terms of national strength, in a short period of time, the Northern Qi that has accumulated shortcomings for a long time is still unable to catch up with or surpass Nanqing.

"I thought that the crown prince or the second child of the Southern Dynasty had a better chance. The Queen Mother frowned and said.

Kuhe shook his head: "Fan Xian is so good at killing people who are afraid of death, how can he give them a chance to take the position, if there is really such a possibility, do you think he is really reluctant to kill...... In the whole world, there are only a few people who can be immortal under Fan Xian's murderous intent. ”

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned, she didn't expect that the national teacher's assessment of Fan Xian's strength would be so strong.

"Don't forget, there is a blind man behind him, but it is impossible for Ye Liuyun to be a bodyguard for those princes of the Southern Dynasty. ”

Kuhe smiled and lifted the fishing rod in his hand, with a thin line tied to the hook, and did not fish with a rope as boringly as some people do.

The fish hook out of the water, dripping a few drops of clear pearls, fell into the water again, the clear water in the palace of this pool, but seemed to be disturbed by these few drops of clear pearls excited, a loud water wave, the bottom of the water green water grass helplessly swayed.

Countless fish, golden or blue, leaped out of the water, leaping with joy and slapping on the surface of the water, as if to express gratitude to the ascetic with the rod in hand.

............ The sound of the water gradually returned to quiet, flowing outward from the gap in the clear pool, flowing into a white jade, and then running half of the hill, along the waterway of Shiche, flowing out of the palace wall, and flowing into the Yuquan River. The stream in the palace is only a tributary of the Yuquan River, but in fact, the reason why the Yuquan River got its name is because of the name of the stream on the green mountain in the palace - Yuquan, Yuquan.

The water of the Yuquan River flows into the upper capital, not far from the palace wall, passing through a garden.

This is the garden of the Begonia girl, looking for tranquility in the bustling area of Shangjing, which is really a rare and good place. So in the past, Fan Xian had ridiculed her for being famous, but he didn't think that this kind of countryside was secretly full of nobility, how could it be half rural.

At this time, two girls came out of the garden, boarded the carriage outside the garden, and marched towards the city.

It didn't take long for the carriage to come to the busiest area of Shangjing, and the speed of the carriage naturally slowed down, and when passing by an antique shop, the coachman seemed to hear the call of the woman in the carriage and stopped.

Haitang put down his right hand that pulled up the curtain, turned his head to Fan Ruoruo and said, "It's your brother, do you want to go down and say hello?"

Fan Ruoruo smiled and said, "Since it's his treat today, let's not meet in advance, let's go shopping in the capital first." ”

Begonia nodded, and the carriage started again, without alerting the people in the antique shop.

In the antique shop, a slightly chubby young man was looking down at the goods inside, this person was not an outsider, it was Fan Xian who kicked him to Shangjing, and suffered countless hardships under Haitang's hands, and finally came out and took over the second young master of the Fan family on the northern route of the Cui family, Fan Sixuan.

I don't know if it's because of the disguise, or if the life away from home makes this young man a little precocious, at this time his eyebrows and eyes are all calm, and there is no arrogance and arrogance of the year, which makes people look much more mature than his real age.

He was at the Beijing branch banquet on the Baoyue upstairs tonight, and he knew in advance that his sister and Begonia, the two people he was most afraid of, were coming, so he came out in advance to buy gifts in the antique store, and he was sure to make these two happy, but he looked at it for a long time, and even asked the store owner to take all the hidden goods to see, but he still didn't find something satisfactory, which made him feel a little unhappy.

Behind him are still those Northern Qi master bodyguards who wear scimitars at their waists, although the Fan brothers know that this must be the surveillance crowd of the Northern Qi royal family, but Fan Sizhen is as bold as Fan Xian, and he still uses it casually, and he has not changed people.

There are other people in the store looking at the goods, and it can be seen from those people's clothes that they are either rich or expensive, this antique shop is very famous, and the goods sold are also extremely expensive, so the people who dare to come in and pick things are all big people in the Northern Qi Dynasty, either giants or powerful.

These people didn't know Fan Sizhe, but seeing that he brought four master guards, they secretly guessed that this young man must be a son who doesn't like to be in the limelight.

At this time, the shopkeeper walked in with a wooden plate covered with a red cloth very solemnly, leaned over to Fan Sizhen and said, "Childe, if you want to be a pair, that's all." ”

Fan Sizhen picked up the corner of the red cloth, and saw a pair of jade lions on the plate, the carving was excellent, the lion head and tiger brain, very cute, he couldn't help laughing, and thought that he would give this pair to his sister and begonia, which was indeed appropriate to the occasion, and also had some meaning to be angry with himself.

"That's it. He waved.

Unfortunately, the magnates who watched the goods next to him also took a fancy to this pair of jade lions, so they begged Fan Sizhen if he could raise his hand to let him go, and a rich boy brother was even willing to give a red envelope to show his sincerity. In a big place like Shangjing or Kyoto Dongyi Castle, there are generally not too many battles for goods, after all, everyone in the field is either rich or expensive, and no one knows who will offend.

In Shangjing City, Fan Sizhen has always been low-key, and his name is still on Nanqing's sea fishing documents, so except for Jinyiwei and the Qingguo royal family and related officials, few people know his true identity. If it was changed to a gentle request like this rich boy, Fan Sizhen might have agreed, but now he does like this pair of jade lions, so he hesitated and didn't speak.

With this hesitation, the mood of those powerful people became quite unpleasant, thinking that they had already given enough face, if it weren't for the fact that Hou Ye was invited to a very important gathering and handed over the matter of purchasing gifts to Xiao Gongzi, he really needed this pair of precious jade lions as gifts, why would he say to this stranger.

At this moment, those people separated, and a powerful son who was about twelve or thirteen years old walked out, pointed at Fan Sizhe's nose and scolded: "In Shangjing, no one dares to fight with me for things!"

Fan Sizhe's brows furrowed, if it was before, I was afraid that he would have already exhaled with a fist, but as he got older, his heart was much more stable, and he asked, "Your Excellency?"

One person kindly reminded: "This is the little son of the Hou family in Chang'an." ”

The Marquis of Chang'an and the Marquis of Changning are the brothers of the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi, and this identity is indeed noble enough, but Fan Sizhen was slightly stunned, but he laughed hatefully.

"Your dad wants to give a gift tonight, right?" Fan Sizhen no matter how he progressed, but after all, he was a lawless guy back then, gritted his teeth, stared at the child's eyes fiercely, and said, "Little fart!"

As soon as these words came out, the people on the opposite side surrounded them, and the crowd was raging, as if they were ready to make a move.

Fan Sizhen sneered and led the four scimitar guards out of the antique shop.

On the carriage outside the store, a scimitar guard's eyes flashed with a strange sè, and he asked Fan Sizhe: "Boss, do you know that son?"

Fan Sizhen took a sip and scolded: "A little rabbit cub, the eldest brother broke his hand back then, and he didn't grow at all...... If you dare to provoke Lao Tzu again, Lao Tzu pulled his other hand back then!"

In the antique store, everyone also looked at each other, thinking that the guy before was so bold that he dared to scold the son of the Hou family of Chang'an to his face!

Without further ado, the little boy received the gift, held back his anger, happily returned home, followed his father, and came to the newly opened Baoyue Lou branch in Shangjing City, which was less than April, to prepare for this extremely important party.

However, when he entered the building, sat down next to his father, and looked at the fat man who was talking and laughing with his cousin in the first place, he was dumbfounded.

His cousin's name is Wei Hua, and he is the most outstanding young man in the entire Wei family, and now he is deeply appreciated by His Majesty, serving as the important position of the commander of the Jinyi Wei Zhenfu Division, and has extremely terrifying authority in the entire Northern Qi Dynasty.

However, such a powerful person, at this time, he was talking and laughing with that young fat man, just like a friend for many years, and there seemed to be a faint jǐng between his eyebrows.

The little boy of the Hou family in Chang'an looked at this scene stupidly, thinking to himself about the fat brother who scolded his little fart before...... Who the hell is it?

............ Fan Sizhen and Wei Hua were talking, and glanced at the seat with their spare eyes, and found that Chang'an Hou actually came with his unadulterated son, thinking that the old thing was so old, how could he still give birth to such a young son, don't you wear a hat...... He sneered on the one hand, smiled at Chang'an Hou and said hello.

Today's banquet was initiated by him, and no outsiders were invited, all of them were members of the Northern Qi royal family, and the purpose was very simple. The news from the Southern Dynasty is clear, Li Yunrui has fallen, and there seems to be no one in Qingguo who can threaten his brother, so he must seize this opportunity and expand the entire business market a little more.

And doing business with the Northern Qi is actually doing business with the people of the Northern Qi Emperor's family. So I invited everyone from the Wei family, and at the same time invited Begonia and my sister to help me press the table.

What is Fan Sizhen afraid of? All the low-priced goods in the south are in his hands, and the products of the inner library are constantly handed over to him by Xia Mingji, and the people of the Wei family have to rely on him if they want to get rich.

He smiled and looked at the little boy of the Chang'an Hou family who had changed a little, and blinked, the meaning was very clear, what about Lao Tzu's pair of jade lions?