Fan Xian sat on the couch and gently held Nǎinǎi's hand, and found that the wrinkles on Nǎinǎi's hand were getting deeper and deeper, and there was a palpitation feeling that he was about to be separated from his flesh and bones. After checking the pulse, he found that nǎinǎi only occasionally suffered from wind cold, and his body was fine, however...... After all, when you get older, the oil will run out, the lights will dry up, and you don't know how many years you can survive.

The thought of this lowered his mood, and the shock of the emperor who was downstairs at this time made him fall into silence.

After a long silence on the second floor, the old lady sighed and said, "What are you worried about?"

"I don't know what to do in the future?" Fan Xian looked at Nǎinǎi's Yan Sù face and said with a smile, he knew that under Nǎinǎi Yan Sù's face, there was a gentle heart hidden.

"You've been doing well in the last few years. The old lady's voice was a little low, although the conversation between their grandfather and grandson could certainly not be heard downstairs. She smiled kindly and rubbed Fan Xian's head, her tone and expression were full of pride and relief.

With the status and reputation that Fan Xian has achieved in the past three years, the old lady who taught this grandson single-handedly certainly has enough reasons to be proud.

"Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety. Fan Xian patted his head self-deprecatingly and said, "I'm afraid that my head will suddenly fall off when I am halfway there." ”

The old lady looked at her grandson quietly, and said softly after a while: "Is it that Your Majesty came to Shanzhou and gave you some unlucky thoughts?"

Fan Xian lowered his head and thought for a long time, confirming what his previous spontaneous love was, and then nodded solemnly.

The old lady looked into his eyes and whispered, "You are also old, but there are some things I must warn you of." ”

"nǎinǎi please speak. ”

"Our Fan family has never needed to stand in line...... And you don't need to stand in line, because we have always stood in front of His Majesty. The old lady said sternly and seriously: "As long as you guarantee this, then you will never make a mistake." ”

There are countless meanings implied in this sentence, but they are all based on the strongest trust in the emperor, Fan Xian glanced at nǎinǎi with some doubts, but he didn't dare to ask out loud.

"What has been proven in thirty years, there is no need to doubt it. ”

Fan Xian doesn't think so, he thinks that what history proves will often be overturned by the future in the end. He thought for a moment and said, "But in such a situation, it is too risky for His Majesty to leave Kyoto. ”

"You're going to give advice later?" said the old lady, looking at her grandson with a smile.

Fan Xian thought for a while and nodded: "It should be too late to rush back at this time." In fact, this is also a false statement, he knows that since the emperor came to Shanzhou at this time, he must have a very important idea in his heart, not that he can rush back with a few words, but as a courtier, especially to disguise a loyal minister and filial son, he must say some things to his face.

The old lady smiled and said, "Then you go, otherwise Your Majesty will be in a hurry." ”

Fan Xian also smiled, but did not leave immediately, and carefully used Tianyi's true qi to probe into nǎinǎi's body, checked the old man's physical condition, left a few prescriptions, and accompanied nǎinǎi to gossip for a while, until the old man began to be sleepy at noon, he pulled up a thin towel for nǎinǎi and tiptoed downstairs.

............ Going down to the first floor, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites in the building, Qin Tianjian Zheng, Eunuch Yao, those people looked at Fan Xian with a strange look in their eyes. These people didn't expect that Lord Xiao Fan would be so bold and stay on the second floor for so long, leaving His Majesty the Emperor waiting to talk to him for a long time.

In this world, the person who dared to make Emperor Qingguo wait for so long was probably only Fan Xian. These bigwigs are wondering in their hearts that His Majesty's love for this illegitimate son is really exaggerated.

Fan Xian saluted these people, smiled and asked, "What about Your Majesty?"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu smiled bitterly, glanced out with his eyes, and pointed him the way. Eunuch Yao couldn't help but laugh and led Fan Xian out of the door, saying, "Look at the osmanthus flowers in the garden." ”

The most famous thing in Lanzhou is flower tea, Fan Shangshu and Fan Xian both like this mouthful, and every year the old house will be sent to Kyoto, and some of it is paid into the palace. Although the garden in the old house is not big, there is a corner that was also separated by Fan Xian back then, and some osmanthus flowers were planted for the purpose of mixing tea.

Walking outside the corner of the garden, Eunuch Yao leaned down and retreated, Fan Xian felt a little strange in his heart, the eunuch who was the leader of the imperial study was not serving by His Majesty's side, why did he run away? While thinking, his footsteps had already stepped into the garden and saw the emperor under the tree.

And the old guy next to the emperor.

Fan Xian secretly took a breath of cold air, no wonder Eunuch Yao didn't need to be by the emperor's side, it turned out that there was another father-in-law by his side. He stepped forward and saluted the emperor, and at the same time turned to the side, and said to the eunuch as politely as possible without being abrupt: "Gong Hong's public security is good. ”

In front of the emperor, showing favor to the eunuch was something that should never have happened. But Fan Xian knew that Gonggong Hong was not an ordinary person, and the emperor would also give him three points of respect, and it should be nothing to say hello to him.

Hong Siitch smiled slightly, glanced at Fan Xian, didn't say anything, and retreated behind the emperor.

The emperor took his eyes off the laurel tree in the garden, clapped his hands, turned back to Fan Xian and said, "I heard that you moved in and planted these trees?"

Fan Xian responded: "Yes, the garden of the old house is not big, there were no trees planted in it before, and it looks a little boring, especially in the summer, when the outside is tall and flowery, but the inside is too quiet, so a few trees were moved." ”

"Looks like you kid still have a little bit of fun. The emperor smiled and said, "When I lived in this courtyard, there were also trees, but they were all discounted by my people's martial arts practice." ”

Fan Xian secretly said to himself, he had lived in this house for sixteen years, but he never knew that the emperor had also lived here back then, and the old lady's mouth was really tight.

He suddenly thought of the past that his father and King Jing had mentioned, when His Majesty had taken Chen Pingping and his father to play in Shanzhou, when His Majesty was just a well-known son. And it is in Shanzhou...... They met their mother and Uncle Wuzhu, so when the emperor lived in the old mansion, that is, ...... Well, the moment when the wheels of history began to turn?

Walking in the garden, gossiping with the emperor, Fan Xian's mood gradually became a little anxious, and he didn't know what opportunity to find to speak, persuading the emperor to return to Beijing quickly, and the expression on his face began to look a little unnatural.

"I'm not a micro-service. As if guessing what Fan Xian was thinking, the emperor said with a slight mockery: "After I left Kyoto, I have already announced to the world, so you don't have too much heart." ”

Fan Xian's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Your Majesty...... Everybody knows you're here?"

"No, everyone knows that I am going to worship the heavens. The Emperor glanced at him, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the garden first.

Fan Xian glanced at Gonggong Hong with some doubts, and hurriedly followed, following behind the emperor and asking, "Your Majesty, why doesn't the minister know about this matter?"

The emperor did not stop, and said with a sneer: "Lord Qincha, you have a good time at sea, how can you receive the will sent by me to Hangzhou?"

Fan Xian was embarrassed and didn't dare to answer.

The emperor paused, and said with some annoyance: "After all, you are a dignified and all the way to the court, how can you leave your post without permission?" I have already issued an order to let you meet with the heavenly sacrifice procession, and after returning to Hangzhou, you will take these rules and regulations. ”

Fan Xian was slightly shocked after being embarrassed, it turned out that His Majesty's will had already been made clear to the world, and let himself, the Qin Mission, join the team of worshipping the heavens, no wonder those officials along the coast would guess the people on the boat. It's just that what the emperor said earlier was obviously covering himself...... Hey, it seems that a few months after the incident in Kyoto, His Majesty's mood doesn't seem to be so bad.

Seeing the emperor's footsteps step out of the wooden door of the old mansion, the guards hidden in the shadows around and the officials in the courtyard followed, and for a while the scene was extremely lively, Fan Xian couldn't help it anymore, caught up with a few steps, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty...... The situation in Kyoto is undecided, that is, it is a sacrifice to the sky, and the minister will escort His Majesty back to Beijing. ”

The emperor stopped, looked back at him with a smile, and said, "Since it is a sacrifice to the heavens, why do you want to go back to Beijing?"

Fan Xian replied slightly: "Worshipping the sky is naturally in the Qing Temple. ”

"There is more than one temple in Qingmiao. The emperor said lightly: "There is also a temple on Dadong Mountain. ”

Fan Xian's heart was shocked, and he couldn't speak for a long time, the emperor actually came all the way to Dadong Mountain to worship the heavens! No wonder there were very few scholars in the attendants with him, but the guys from the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Temple, and Qintian Supervisor followed...... It is true that these people are needed to sacrifice to the heavens, but why don't you do this in Kyoto, but you have to run to the coast of the East China Sea? Isn't the emperor worried at all...... "I know what you're worried about." The emperor's expression was a little soft, as if he felt that this son was always thinking about the safety of his father, and his heart was commendable, and after thinking about it, he smiled and said: "Since you can't control your worries, well, the safety of my trip is all in your responsibility." ”

Fan Xian was shocked again, smiled bitterly again and again, thinking about how to get such a drudgery for himself, but at this time, he couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to thank him.

"I'll see you on the docks later. The emperor knew what Fan Xian was going to do next, and after saying a word, he walked out of the mansion with Gonggong Hong and got into the carriage. Eunuch Yao and a group of attendants and ministers also followed.

Fan Xian stood at the gate of the mansion, looking at the slightly changing light around the street, knowing that the tiger guard and the swordsmen of the Supervision Yuan who accompanied him had followed, and he was slightly relieved. He summoned his hand, and Wang Qinian ran over from across the street, and said to Fan Xian with a shocked face: "My lord, it was ...... who went before."

Fan Xian nodded.

Wang Qinian swallowed his saliva with difficulty, lowered his voice and said, "Why did this master come here?"

Fan Xian's face sank slightly, and he muttered: "No one knows why, but I only know that if something happens to him, I will be finished." ”

If the emperor suffered an accident in the process of worshipping the heavens, Fan Xian, who was the secretary of the Supervision Yuan and now had the important task of guarding, would naturally die an ugly death, at least those people in Kyoto would definitely put this black pot on Fan Xian's head, but they themselves sat on the chair with a smile.

Fan Xian clenched his fists, smiled bitterly and laughed at himself, and said, "I don't want to be a sword...... Passing the order of the hospital, all the personnel in the hospital stationed on Shandong Road were mobilized, and they all woke me up, if anyone is close to Dadong Mountain within fifty miles, the first level will be reported. ”

Wang Qinian should go down.

Fan Xian said again: "Send an order to Jiangbei, let Jing Ge take five hundred black cavalry to help Dongshan Road overnight, deploy defenses along the northwest line, and cooperate with the local state army, so as to ensure that there is no problem...... If there is any abnormal movement, it will not be counted. ”

Wang Qinian glanced up at the adult, the northwest of Dongshan Road pointed directly to Yanjing Cangzhou, which was where Yan Xiaoyi's camp was located, but the two places were far apart, if Yan Xiaoyi really had the courage to rebel and kill the king, there was no way to move the army so far, and it would not alarm the imperial court.

"It's always best to be careful. Fan Xian lowered his head and said, extremely annoyed in his heart, the emperor played such a play, I don't know how many people will be frightened.

Wang Qinian took the order and left, and at this time, a man in a cloth robe walked to Fan Xian's side, bowed and saluted: "At the will of Your Majesty, please command." ”

Fan Xian glanced at this person and said gently: "Deputy Commander, Your Majesty's personal defense is still familiar to you, if there is anything inappropriate, we will discuss it again." ”

The security of the Qingguo Palace is responsible for the forbidden army and the inner guards, the two systems were basically a set of teams back then, a few years ago, the internal guards were led by Yan Xiaoyi, and the deputy commander was the palace coder, commanding the forbidden army and the guards.

After Fan Xian visited the palace at night in the fifth year of Qingli, the security and defense arrangements of the palace underwent a major change, Yan Xiaoyi was transferred to the governor of the northern capital, and the forbidden army and the guards were also divided into two pieces, and now the prince is in charge of the forbidden army, and the guards in the palace are held by the eunuch Yao.

The person who was talking to Fan Xian at this time was none other than the deputy of the eldest prince, the deputy commander of the forbidden army. Fan Xian naturally spoke to him politely, but he didn't have to be cold, and asked directly: "How many people are coming from the forbidden army?"

"Two thousand. The deputy commander of the forbidden army replied respectfully: "They are all on duty outside the city of Shanzhou." ”

Fan Xian nodded, thinking that with two thousand forbidden troops, plus those Rulin masters around the emperor, the safety should be guaranteed.

He glanced back at the two-story building in the corner of the old mansion, and was slightly distracted, thinking that when he left Lanzhou for the first time, nǎinǎi had said that he had made himself more ruthless, and at the same time, he also thought that nǎinǎi had said that his mother would die because she was too gentle.

Fan Xian even thought of the words he had said when he was a child, those hidden truths, and suddenly, his heart moved—but he immediately suppressed it, sighed and shook his head.

The father-in-law Hong beside His Majesty is unfathomable, Uncle Wuzhu is not around, Shadow and Begonia are not there, he plus Wang Shisanlang, his strength is not strong enough, and he is far away in Shanzhou, he can't control the movements in Kyoto, the most important thing is ...... Fan Xian must admit that until now, Emperor Lao Tzu has treated himself quite well.

He smiled self-deprecatingly, thinking that this intention was waving out of his mind.

The deputy commander of the forbidden army didn't know that he was thinking about something rebellious in his heart, thinking that Lord Xiao Fan was worried about His Majesty's safety, so he had to persuade a few words, patting his chest to express his confidence.

............ On the wharf in Shanzhou, the onlookers have long been evicted and are out of sight, and the fishing boats have already returned to the port, and the whole city seems to have become extremely depressed and awe-inspiring because of the arrival of the middle-aged man in a light yellow robe on the wharf.

Only the clouds in the sky, the foam in the sea, and the seagulls flying between the sky and the water do not seem to feel this pressure, and are still very comfortable floating, floating, flying.

Birds foraging for food at sea let out a shrill call that woke up His Majesty the Emperor, who was meditating on the docks.

He beckoned his hand back and said, "Come to me." ”

Fan Xian, who had been watching the emperor's figure under the plank dock before, heard this, jumped on the plank, walked to the emperor's side, leaned slightly back, and looked forward, looking at the endless sea.

"One step further. The emperor folded his hands and did not look back.

Fan Xian was stunned, took a step further according to the order, and stood side by side with the emperor.

The sea breeze blew, and the hair on the emperor's cheeks swept back, but there was no softness, but a few resolute to the heart's heart. At his feet, the waves were crashing against the reef beneath the planks, turning into one snow, two snows, countless snows.

"Keep your chest up. The emperor looked at the end of the sea and said to Fan Xian beside him, "I don't like you to pretend to be a wretch. ”

Fan Xian smiled slightly, understanding His Majesty's state of mind at this time, and naturally relaxed according to his words, standing side by side with him, and did not speak.

"The last time I came to Shanzhou, I wasn't even a prince. The emperor said slowly: "When Chen Pingping stands behind him like Hong Siqi, your father ...... Fan Jian, just like you at this time, stood side by side with me, bathing in the exceptionally clear sea breeze in Shanzhou. ”

"Since becoming the crown prince, Fan Jian no longer dares to stand side by side with me. ”

Fan Xian tilted his head slightly, and saw a hint of self-deprecation flashing at the corners of His Majesty's lips.

The emperor said with a slight mockery: "When I sit on that chair and fight in the north and south, I don't want to stand, but there will be no one who dares to stand up straight and talk to me." ”

Fan Xian sighed appropriately.

"When the three of us came to Shanzhou to relax, Kyoto was in chaos, and the two princes secretly fought in order to seize the heir, and the first emperor was just an inconspicuous prince of Cheng at that time. The emperor said indifferently: "We, the juniors, have no way to intervene in it, so we have to hide as far away from the land of right and wrong as possible." ”

He glanced at Fan Xian and said, "Actually, it's similar to what you think now, but you are much stronger now than I was back then." ”

Fan Xian smiled and said, "The key is the heart...... Not strong enough, some things, I don't know how to face them. ”

"I can't imagine that you still have a little pity for Cheng Qian. The Emperor turned back and said indifferently, "But it's good...... At that time, the three of us were on this pier, looking at the sea, but there was no pity for anyone in our hearts, all we thought about was how to protect ourselves and how to survive...... I often think that when I look at the sea, maybe I am just hoping that a god will suddenly appear on the sea. ”

Fan Xian was silent, knowing what the emperor would say next.

"There was nothing at sea, just like today. The Emperor said slowly, a smile on his lips again, "But when we turned back, we found that there was one more woman on the dock, and her strange servant. ”

Fan Xian said longingly: "Actually, Erchen has been thinking about how you met your mother back then. ”

The emperor's body shook slightly, and he was shaken a little by Fan Xian's god, only to find that this kid actually said it subconsciously, and his lips couldn't help showing a very relieved smile.

However, he did not continue the topic, but said, "As I told you before, no one has ever dared to stand side by side with me...... But only your mother dares to ...... Whether you are the crown prince or the emperor, your mother dares to stand side by side with me, look at the sea, blow the sea breeze, and don't treat me as a special person at all...... Even, sometimes unceremoniously disdain me. ”

The Emperor laughed at himself: "After her death, there will be no such person in this world anymore...... I don't expect you to inherit a few points from her, but I don't think you should be too cowardly and damage the prestige of me and your mother. ”

Fan Xian smiled bitterly and thought, this is because you are chasing the past and the present, so you allow me to stand for a while, as for the majesty...... It's better to be free, life matters.

"Your Majesty, let's go back to Beijing. Fan Xian finally said what he wanted to say, and said with a little worry: "I have been away from Beijing for too long, and I always ......."

Seeing that he stopped talking, the emperor said coldly: "Say everything you want to say." You just want to say that you are afraid that someone will take advantage of my absence in Kyoto and have bad intentions. ”

The emperor looked at the sea, calm to the point of indifference, and said softly: "I am going to the sea to worship the sky, and I am abandoning the storage in a bright and bright way, just to see, who has the courage and guts, I want to see whose world is the country of Qingguo today." ”