The afterglow of the setting sun shone on the two monarchs and ministers.

The golden glow was mixed with a hint of red sun.

It's obviously warm to some ambiguous tones, but it can't hide the glacial atmosphere between the two monarchs and ministers.

"The minister didn't mean that......" Lu Yanchen noticed the chill in Ye Tianhuai's eyes, his expression immediately panicked, and he lowered his head and replied.

Ye Tianhuai interrupted him: "Sir, you taught me to play chess. When chess is at a disadvantage, no pawn cannot be abandoned, and no pawn cannot be used. But when it comes to advantage, there is no profit to fight, and there is no child to protect. ”

"I want to revive our dynasty, and in order to achieve this goal, I can do anything, and anyone can be sacrificed, including myself."

Lu Yanchen's eyes flashed with surprise, and he was about to say a word of advice, but he heard Ye Tianhuai continue: "However, unless I have to, I will not sacrifice the people around me. Even if there is only one hope, I will fight for it. Whether it is Qin Baozhu or Lin Yuxiu, in my heart, they have never been chess pieces, but comrades-in-arms of the same comrades. ”

Ye Tianhuai looked at Lu Yanchen's eyes with a complicated sadness: "Sir, anyone in this world can question me, they can not believe me, I don't care." But you, sir, you can't disbelieve me. ”

Her words were strong, but there was a little sadness on her face.

Lu Yanchen's heart tightened, and he felt like he had been stabbed by something.

That's not what the minister meant. Your Majesty is kind-hearted, and the minister knows best. Lu Yanchen hurriedly said, "The minister didn't mean anything else when he mentioned Lin Yuxiu, but he ......."

Lu Yanchen frowned, and finally sighed and said, "Your Majesty has not had much contact with him, and I don't know much about him. He was straightforward, and he was afraid that he would collide with His Majesty in the future, so he said this more. ”

His answer surprised Ye Tianhuai a little.

Lu Yanchen has always been silent, and he will not take the initiative to say it if she doesn't ask, and today's move can be described as abnormal.

Looking at Ye Tian's puzzled look, Lu Yanchen didn't explain more, and said, "It's the minister who has said a lot, please forgive your majesty." ”

With that, he bowed.

Ye Tianhuai looked at him and was silent for a while, and said, "I promise you, no matter when, I will remember his original intention of reusing him today." ”

She lowered her eyes, as if she remembered something, and said, "Idealism is not easy. I always take Mr.'s teachings to heart. ”

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On the first day of the fifth month, the spring festival was released.

Ye Tianhuai's left arm, which had been hanging for a month and a half, finally removed the bandage and put it down.

Today, she deliberately took a break from the early dynasty, and passed the roll call in the Taihe Hall in the morning, hand-picking the first, second and third top in the spring festival.

After the parade was released, one hundred and twenty jinshi bowed in the Taihe Hall to thank the emperor.

It wasn't until the afternoon that the whole process was finished.

According to the usual practice, the nominees on the list have to entertain guests and friends at home or in the restaurant that night, thank the teacher the next day, and toss back and forth for a few days.

Not to mention the champions.

But Lin Yuxiu failed to set up a banquet that night.

Because he was summoned to the palace by the emperor.

"Lin Qing, I have been trying to summon you since I read your strategy. It's a pity that you are still in the scientific examination, and I can't see you. As soon as Zhuang Yuanlang saw the ceremony, Ye Tianhuai immediately entered the topic.

She unfolded the article that Lin Yu had handed in in the temple test in front of the desk in front of her, pointed to the seat opposite and said to him, "Sit down." The three points you mentioned in your policy treatise are: solid state, Zhen Jigang, and the rule of inspectors. I have a few questions I would like to discuss with you. ”

Lin Yuxiu was a little surprised. This was the first time he had been alone with the Emperor, and he had been a little apprehensive before meeting the saint today.

The last time I met the emperor, I was in the palace test of the Taihe Palace.

Before the palace test, Lu Yanchen had made a special trip to find him, and he hoped that he would be more restrained in the center of the palace test, and not be as sharp as in the tribute test.

Lin Yuxiu understood that Lu Yanchen's advice was not only for him, but also for the emperor.

He didn't want to embarrass the emperor.

Lin Yuxiu understood his good intentions and felt that what he said was reasonable.

Therefore, before the entrance examination, Lin Yuxiu actually prepared some moderation to deal with the emperor's problems.

But when he stepped into the gate of the Taihe Hall and raised his eyes to see the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, the figure in the yellow robe sitting straight seemed to overlap with the figure in the black robe and fighting with the sword outside the Chengtian Gate.

Those black eyes were filled with scorching fire and a strong will.

Every time he saw Ye Tianhuai's eyes, it would make Lin Yuxiu's heart warm.

So much so that in an instant, he left behind all the words he had prepared before going to the temple.

It was as if he had turned back into the young man who beat the drum in front of the Chengtian Gate with his white body as the world's master.

is not a promising tribute student in the imperial examination high school, nor is he a master who has half a foot in the officialdom.

He stepped into the examination room to enter the official career, but he did not enter the official career to sing the praises of this splendid temple. He had come to speak for the bones of the gold that was all over the place.

He believed in the young emperor who was still childish in front of him.

He believed that the new emperor was different. He believed that the new emperor would not ignore the suffering of the people, and that he believed in his will and determination.

That being the case, if the emperor needed a knife, he was willing to be the one in his hand.

Therefore, he made that astonishing policy in public in the Taihe Temple.

He knew that he had a problem for the emperor.

But he also knows that such difficulties are only the beginning of what he wants to do in the future.

The emperor did not make a decision immediately, but asked him to present the article, and let him go back.

Lin Yuxiu's heart cooled.

He was a little suspicious that he had made a mistake. The emperor may not be what he thinks.

In the days when he was waiting for the release of the list in the academy, Lin Yuxiu was even ready to go to prison.

However, he waited for the title of champion of the red-robed horse.

The moment he saw the list, Lin Yuxiu felt a lot of emotion in his heart and wet his eyes.

He knows what the court situation is like, and he also knows how unfavorable his background is. So he also knew how much pressure the emperor needed to appoint himself as the champion.

Lin Yuxiu has a feeling of "keeping the clouds open and seeing the moon".

After ten years of hard study, he thought that in this dark world, what he had learned would be useless, and he could only watch the country fall.

But God gave Dajing a new emperor named Ye Qianhuai at this time.

This little-known fourth prince made the flame of hope that had long been extinguished in Lin Yuxiu's eyes rekindle again.

To Lin Yuxiu's surprise, Ye Tianhuai saw him alone for the first time, and neither asked him about Chengtianmen, nor did he ask him about his family background, and he didn't even have a homely polite word, so he wanted to discuss with him when he came up.

This is already seeing him as one of their own.

Zhuang Yuanlang, who was dressed in a red robe, looked at the emperor's focused side face of the strategy, and after a long time, he knelt down in the robe, and said: "Weichen Lin Yuxiu, thank Your Majesty for your kindness, and I am willing to lead the horse and fall into the stirrups for Your Majesty, and serve you to the death." ”

After saying that, he prostrated himself to the ground.

Happy New Year to all!!