Ye Tianhuai was silent, Tao Yuan's question made it difficult for her to answer.

She can't say that it's because in her previous life, Lu Yanchen once raised an anti-flag and forced her to commit suicide in the palace.

So, she chose to answer questions with questions.

"In your eyes, what kind of person is Lu Yanchen?" Ye Qianhuai asked.

Tao Yuan pondered for a moment and replied, "In the eyes of his subordinates, he has no second thoughts about His Majesty. Your Majesty may not know something, but in fact, when Your Majesty first ascended the throne and was not yet in power, Lu Yanchen wanted to hand over the Eagle Guard to you. It was his subordinates who stopped him. ”

Ye Tianhuai looked at Tao Yuan in some surprise, and after a while, he asked, "Why?" Didn't the Eagle Guard be loyal to the Emperor throughout the ages? Why do you want to stop him? ”

Tao Yuan also looked back at her frankly and replied, "Yes." But the subordinates don't want the Eagle Guard to become a toy in the hands of ignorant children. ”

Ye Tianhuai was stunned for a moment, and instead of being angry, he smiled and said, "Ignorant children...... It turns out that I was like this in your eyes at that time. ”

Tao Yuan lowered his head and said, "But when my subordinates saw His Majesty raise the Longyuan Sword outside the Chengtian Gate, they knew how wrong they were. ”

Ye Tianhuai smiled bitterly.

In a sense, Tao Yuan didn't misunderstand her, she was indeed a shallow and ignorant child in her previous life.

"Your Majesty, if your Majesty can't even believe Lu Yanchen, then I'm afraid there is no one in this world that Your Majesty can trust. Moreover, the first emperor probably didn't want His Majesty to be so suspicious of Lu Yanchen. Tao Yuandao.

When he received Ye Qianhuai's secret order to monitor Lu Yanchen, he immediately felt worthless for Lu Yanchen.

For his loyalty, and the trust in the emperor is not worth it.

He couldn't understand what Lu Yanchen had done to make the emperor so suspicious of him.

"Do you think that Lu Yanchen is brave and good at fighting, and he is loyal, and anyone in the world can rebel, but it is not his turn to rebel?" Ye Qian said, she seemed to be asking Tao Yuan, and she seemed to be muttering to herself, "I used to think so." ”

Ye Tianhuai smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "It's ridiculous to say, I once had a dream, a very real dream. In that dream, Lu Yanchen not only betrayed me, but also rebelled against the leader of the party, he led his troops into the Taihe Palace, and forced me to kill myself in the palace. ”

The emperor's jealousy of his courtiers because of a dream is also a bridge section exclusive to the faint monarch in the history books.

After Ye Tianhuai finished speaking, he looked at Tao Yuan, his eyes showed a little timidity, and said, "Do you think it's ridiculous?" But the dream was too real, and the pain was too real......"

Ye Qianhuai said, the corners of her eyes twitched, but soon, her expression returned to normal.

"Tao Yuan, Lu Yanchen handed over the Eagle Guard to me, and I know what it means. He has saved me in danger several times, and I don't need to say it, but I know his loyalty. I'm just afraid, things in my dreams...... The mistakes of the past will be repeated. I have to guard against it. ”

Ye Tianhuai and Tao Yuan have known each other for a few months, and they have always been in a relationship between superiors and subordinates, and this is the first time she has shown her emotions in front of Tao Yuan.

But what she said was absurd and outrageous, like a faint gentleman who inexplicably doubted his loyalty.

However, to Ye Tianhuai's surprise, Tao Yuan did not show a confused expression.

He put away his usual cynical appearance, looked at Ye Tianhuai very seriously, and there was no smile in the peach blossom eyes that were always smiling.

He looked at Ye Qianhuai, as if he was seeing her for the first time.

After a long while, he asked a question that Ye Qianhuai hadn't thought of.

"In that dream of Your Majesty, did there also exist subordinates?"

Ye Tianhuai paused and said, "Yes." ”

"In Your Majesty's dream, is your subordinate's name Tao Erlong?"

Ye Qianhuai suddenly remembered that when she and Tao Yuan met for the first time, because she blurted out the name "Tao Erlong", there was almost a bloody case, and in the end, she still took out Li Baoquan as a shield to fool the past.

Thinking about it now, Tao Yuan cares so much about the name "Tao Erlong", I'm afraid Li Baoquan has never heard of his name.

But Tao Yuan still didn't dwell on it at that time, but was very cooperative in obscuring the matter.

However, that doesn't mean he doesn't care about it.

Ye Tianhuai looked at his serious peach blossom eyes and said, "Yes." ”

After receiving her reply, Tao Yuan withdrew his gaze, and he said thoughtfully: "My subordinates understand why Your Majesty is so jealous of Lu Yanchen. His subordinates will keep an eye on him for His Majesty, and if he makes any changes, they will definitely capture him and hand him over to His Majesty. ”

Ye Tianhuai was a little surprised that Tao Yuan believed her words so easily, and his attitude towards spying on Lu Yanchen immediately took a 180-degree turn.

She couldn't help but squint her eyes in confusion and asked, "Doesn't Commander Tao think I'm an ignorant child now?" ”

Tao Yuan returned to his usual appearance, and said with a smile: "Lu Yanchen always said that if there is another person in this world who can be the emperor of the great scene, it can only be Your Majesty." The subordinate used to think that his brain was filled with paste. But now, the subordinates feel that he is right. ”

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After coming out of Huisheng's pawn, it was still early, and Ye Tianhuai decided to take a detour to Chongyifang Lu Zhai.

She was suddenly a little curious if the small portrait of Lu Yanchen she painted was still hanging in his old mansion. If it's still there, she wants to take it back to the palace.

Perhaps because of the war, the fireworks in Qinglong Temple were much more prosperous, and even the entire Chongyi Square was full of people.

Lu Yanchen's house still looks so ordinary, with a simple lock hanging on the courtyard door.

Ye Tianhuai and Li Baoquan were based outside the house, and Li Baoquan immediately took out the key and stepped forward to open the lock.

When they passed by Wenxin Hall before they came, they went in to find Uncle Hu and asked for the key.

Uncle Hu said that since Lu Yanchen left, he moved all the books in Lu's house to Wenxintang, and then locked the courtyard, and he has not had time to take care of it, and I am afraid that there is some dust in the courtyard.

The narrow door slowly opened, and Ye Tianhuai stepped into the courtyard gate with the hem of his clothes.

The last time she came here was when Lu Yanchen's life and death were uncertain after the Chengtianmen incident.

Now, in a blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

The furnishings in the courtyard have not changed, but the bookshelves in the west wing are empty, and there are no more valuable belongings in this small house.

Ye Qianhuai pushed open the door of the main house.

The scene that caught her eye made her look abrupt.

The red bamboo that had been resting on the main table in the main hall was shattered to the ground. The mud mixed with the fragments of the clay pot was sprinkled on the ground, and the bamboo joints and leaves of the red bamboo seemed to have been trampled on a few times, and the branches and leaves were shattered.

The couplet inscribed "The breeze is selfless and elegant and self-loving, and the bamboo is long and long" was also torn to pieces, mixed in the soil on the ground, and it was a mess.

(End of chapter)