In the imperial study, Emperor Lizhi's face showed a sickly dull yellow, he wore a difficult bright yellow undershirt, and his shoulders were draped with dragon mink fur.

"Ahem. With his left hand clenched into a fist on his lips, Emperor Lizhi kept coughing, and the eunuch Gong Xi was carefully patting his back on the side.

The twists and turns on the table are like mountains and seas, and his white fingertips twist a book at will, open it, and the dense words can dazzle people.

Emperor Lizhi sighed heavily, pointed to a few closed windows and said, "Gong Xi, go and close the doors and windows tightly." ”

"Yes. ”

Gong Xi walked over and pressed the closed window a few more times, and when he arrived at the door, he was about to close the door, when he vaguely saw a cold figure, he squinted, and made sure that the person who came was overjoyed, and turned his head to Emperor Lizhi and said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid saw that the prime minister was coming." ”

"Yes. Emperor Lizhi gathered his shawl, and his tense face loosened a little.

The cold wind overturned the corners of the white-clothed prime minister's clothes, and he suddenly looked like a fairy.

After Jiang Yan finished arranging the affairs of the imperial court, he rushed to the imperial study without stopping.

Outside the palace gate, under the corner of the red wall, headed by the crown prince Xuanyuan Ling, dozens of court ministers knelt neatly on the cold and hard bluestone bricks.

Jiang Yan lowered his eyes, his gaze was more fierce than the cold wind of late autumn. Soon, he withdrew his gaze and walked straight past the embarrassed group of officials.

"Prime Minister Jiang, please stop. ”

Xuanyuan Ling's slightly embarrassed voice came from under his feet, and Jiang Yan paused and stopped in place.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what are you doing?" Jiang Yan said coldly.

A group of *** who knelt on the ground and hung their heads couldn't help but look up, and suddenly felt that Prime Minister Jiang Yan seemed to be more like the prince.

Xuanyuan Ling hesitated, but still said: "Father Emperor refused to see Gu, and asked Lord Jiang to say a few words for Gu." ”

The treasury is empty, there is a reason for it, and the sin of Prince Xuanyuan Ling is great.

It's just that Emperor Lizhi did not put the felony on the crown prince's head in order to save a little bit of face for the prince in the court, and there was such a little selfishness.

If you want to say, it is also to blame that Emperor Lizhi has a thin dragon under his knees, there are three princes, in addition to the crown prince Xuanyuan Ling born to Queen Cui, there are also Zhaowang Xuanyuan Wen and Wang Xuanyuan Mu.

The mothers of these two kings are all ordinary families, and their own talents are mediocre, so they can't make big waves at all.

Zhaowang Xuanyuan Wen has been in poor health since he was a child, and he is raised in his own palace almost all day long, he doesn't go out of the court, the sky is falling, and Xuanyuan Wen is also nesting alone in the small Zhaowang Mansion, it seems that Xuanyuan Wen is ready to live in this way.

It is even more strange from Wang Xuanyuan Mu.

When he was a teenager, Xuanyuan Mu was extremely withdrawn, and because of this, he was often punished by Emperor Lizhi, and later, for some reason, Xuanyuan Mu took the initiative to ask Emperor Lizhi to cut off his title, and went to the east somewhere in the mountains to become an ordinary monk.

Emperor Lizhi was so angry, he didn't care about this son originally, but if he was gone, he would be gone, so he simply waved his hand and called Qin Tianjian to remove Xuanyuan Mu from the list of princes and grandsons.

Since then, the temple has more monks who don't know where they came from, and Sheng Jing has lost the name of a prisoner bird trapped in the whirlpool of red walls and bricks and fame and fortune conspiracy.

Xuanyuan Ling is not excellent among the princes of Dayan in the past dynasties, but at least he is still ambitious, and under the spur of Empress Cui, he strives to get closer to that position step by step.

At this time, Xuanyuan Ling's eyes were very complicated, both self-reproach and injustice. It is clear that he is the only crown prince in the entire Dayan, his status is noble, and he should be worshiped by his subjects and appreciated by his father.

Why, what he longed for, this white-clothed prime minister who came out of thin air, could get it with a light grip. In addition to having royal blood, Xuanyuan Ling found that he couldn't match Jiang Yan anywhere, and even the woman he liked was also devoted to Jiang Yan.

Xuanyuan Ling even believed that when he ascended to the throne, the first thing he would do was to get rid of this eye-catching guy with his own hands.

Jiang Yan looked over, and there was another look in his cold eyes.

Xuanyuan Ling couldn't see through it, and felt that the courtier in front of him was mocking him with his eyes. The hand unconsciously grasped the hem of the clothes, and the green tendons rose, crumpling the corner of the ordinary and gorgeous prince's court clothes.

"Do your best. ”

Jiang Yan was concise and to the point, no longer paying attention to Xuanyuan Ling, and went away with the cold wind as when he came.

From a distance, Jiang Yan saw the old eunuch Gong Xi showing a smiling face and greeted him: "Slave and maid, see the adult, you are finally here, the emperor can wait for the adult!"

Jiang Yan nodded and stepped into the imperial study.

"The minister will see the emperor. He bowed slightly, and his back was straight.

Emperor Lizhi looked up from the bookcase and sighed: "Jiang Aiqing, have you noticed that this year's winter is coming quickly, and the late autumn has not yet passed, and the weather is as cold as the middle of winter, and the hearts of the cold people are cold." ”

Jiang Yan smiled: "Back to the emperor, this way of heaven is not controlled by man, and people's hearts can." ”

"Well, Jiang Aiqing will talk about it. I'm listening. ”

When Emperor Lizhi said this, Gong Xi's body trembled.

Jiang Yan arched his hand and said slowly: "Don't think about danger in peace, quit luxury and frugality, don't deal with virtue, love is overwhelming, Si Yi cut roots to seek Mu Mao, plug the source and want to be long." The emperor is the backbone of my Dayan Dynasty, he governs the country well, and he is the Ming monarch of the people, but he has been too merciful to the children of the family and the court officials in recent years. The root cause of the disaster is to solve the problem, and the fundamental way to solve the problem is to start from these corrupt officials. ”

The study was silent for a moment.

After a long time, Emperor Lizhi smiled and said: "Jiang Aiqing is still reasonable, I have no rebuttal, resulting in the emptiness of this treasury, I am also responsible, fortunately, I have a right-hand man by my side, this matter will be handed over to Jiang Aiqing to deal with with it all, I believe that the person who can solve this matter is Jiang Aiqing alone." ”

This old fox!

Jiang Yan scolded in his heart, and said with a little respect on his face: "The minister will definitely live up to the emperor's trust." ”

When he walked out of the palace gate, Jiang Yan was still blowing a cold wind.

Xuanyi ushered in, as Jiang Yan's confidant, he quickly saw that the master was not very happy, and the facts confirmed that on the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Jiang Yan sat in the carriage without saying a word, if he couldn't feel the breath, Xuanyi even thought that there was no one inside.

At this moment, Xuanyi actually hoped that Xie Changyu would stay in the house obediently, and it would be better if he could provoke something like chickens and dogs, in this way, the master would have a change in his expression, he would be angry, and he would scare people.

It is no different from when the Imperial Lord was alive.

Agarwood Garden.

The magpie was like an old mother, wherever Xie Changyu went, she followed: "Miss, it's cold, you put on a thick coat." ”

The other hand was still holding a bowl of steaming fish soup, and after Xie Changyu reluctantly changed his coat, the magpie immediately handed it over with both hands: "Miss, if you don't drink it again, the fish soup will be cold." ”

Xie Changyu sat in the pavilion with wind on all sides, simply borrowed the porcelain bowl, and drank it all, this bold way of drinking is not at all like the young lady who is raised in the deep boudoir, and it is not like the gentle and tender lady in the house.

"You stupid girl, it's cold and you come into the house by yourself, and you come with me when I come out to blow the wind?"

Magpie smiled honestly: "Miss, isn't the slave afraid that you will be bored, follow you and wait for someone~"