In the capital, in a secret mansion somewhere, the king of Chu and the king of Wei actually sat together, but their faces were very ugly.

King Chu glared at King Wei who was sitting opposite him with sharp eyes, and his tone was full of warnings and threats: "If something happens to the tenth brother, I will never let you go!" ”

When the King of Wei heard the King of Chu say this, he knew that the King of Chu already knew that the Southern Wei people wanted to frame Zhao Yao.

"Nothing will happen to the tenth brother."

"Nothing will happen?" As if he had heard some funny joke, the King of Chu let out a sneer from his mouth, "The Southern Wei people under your command framed the tenth brother to become the murderer of the eldest brother's family, and you actually said that nothing would happen!" ”

King Wei looked at King Chu coldly, "I will never let anyone hurt the tenth brother!" ”

The King of Chu didn't believe King Wei's words, "If you can't control the Southern Wei people, I don't mind helping you take care of it." "The reason why the King of Chu has not moved the Southern Wei people is because of the King of Wei." Your Southern Wei people have already set their sights on the tenth brother, and something like this will happen again in the future. ”

"No!" King Wei said in a deep voice, "With me, they will never dare to be unfavorable to the tenth brother again." ”

The King of Chu glanced at the King of Wei, who had sworn by him, and said sarcastically: "You'd better do what you say, otherwise you'll ......" King Chu's words were not finished, but the meaning was obvious.

"My people, I don't need you to worry about it." King Wei sneered, "You better take care of your own people." ”

The King of Chu said coldly: "My people don't need you to talk too much. ”

King Wei stood up and looked at the expressionless King of Chu with cold eyes.

"I won't let my people hurt the tenth brother, and you'd better too." After saying that, he turned around and left, not wanting to stay with the king of Chu for a moment.

King Chu looked at the back of King Wei leaving, squinted slightly, and a touch of darkness crossed his eyes.

Wei Mian, who was guarding the door, saw King Wei come out, and immediately turned around and walked into the house. Seeing King Chu's gloomy face, he hurriedly asked with concern, "Your Highness, is King Wei angry with you?" ”

King Chu said: "He doesn't have this ability. With that, he stood up and walked out, and Wei Mian hurriedly followed.

Back at the Chu Palace, he asked Wei Mian to invite Yang Ling.

Yang Ling is the advisor of the King of Chu, has always followed the King of Chu, and has always lived in the palace of the King of Chu. Of course, he lived in the front yard of the Chu Palace.

Walking into the study, Yang Ling found that King Chu's face was not good-looking, his heart sank slightly, and he hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, is something wrong?" ”

The king of Chu first invited Yang Ling to sit down, and then said, "This king has something to discuss with Mr. ”

"Your Highness, please speak."

The King of Chu whispered something to Yang Ling. After Yang Ling listened, a look of extreme surprise appeared on his face at first, and then he quickly returned to his nature.

"This matter can only be left to the gentleman."

Yang Ling stood up, saluted the King of Chu, and said solemnly: "Your Highness trusts him so much, his subordinates will definitely do their best to do it well." ”

"With Mr.'s words, I feel relieved."

Yang Ling looked at King Chu and hesitated to speak: "Your Highness, your subordinates have always been curious about what is so special about His Royal Highness King Han that makes you care so much about protecting him?" As soon as he finished speaking, he remembered that there was another person who was the same as the King of Chu, "and the same is true of the King of Wei." "His Royal Highness the King of Han and His Royal Highness the King of Chu, as well as His Royal Highness the King of Wei, are not brothers of the same mother, but the King of Chu and the King of Wei regard the King of Han as their own brothers, and they are reluctant to be bullied and wronged by the King of Han, and they are even more reluctant to be hurt by the King of Han.

King Chu smiled slightly: "The tenth brother is different. ”

"What's the difference?" Yang Ling said again, "King Han is indeed very talented, but King Han is not used by you or King Wei. ”

"Sir, do you think that King Wei and I are too fond of the tenth brother, but the tenth brother is not so kind to us?"

Yang Ling bowed slightly: "That's right." He added, "The King of Han is not as innocent as he appears on the surface. Before he went to Lingnan, he planned a lot of things, and he kept it from you and King Wei. After he went to Lingnan, he must have done a lot of things, but he didn't say a word about you. So he is wary of you. "Actually, King Wei defended King Han, and he still had some understanding. I heard that King Wei was often bullied in the palace before, and Concubine Liang and King Han helped him a lot. However, when the King of Chu was in the palace before, he was not helped by the King of Han and his mother and son, on the contrary, the King of Chu and his mother and son secretly helped them.

"Sir, do you still think that the tenth brother is scheming?"

Yang Ling nodded admittedly: "That's right." In my opinion, the scheming city of the Han king is unfathomable. "Maybe the scheming of the King of Han is deeper than that of the King of Chu and the King of Wei.

"The tenth brother is scheming, and there is nothing wrong with planning for himself." The king of Chu is not afraid that Zhao Yao is scheming, but he is afraid that Zhao Yao is not scheming. If Zhao Yao didn't have a little scheming, he was really worried that Zhao Yao would be deceived in Lingnan, especially since there were characters like He Lianfang by his side. "There's nothing wrong with the tenth brother not telling us what he did, because we didn't tell him what we did."

Yang Ling thought to herself that this was different.

"Sir, the tenth brother didn't help me or King Wei because he didn't need to intervene in the affairs between me and King Wei." King Chu smiled, "No matter what the tenth brother does in Lingnan, I believe he will not harm me or King Wei." ”

"Your Highness, are you so sure that the King of Han will not be unfavorable to you or the King of Wei in the future?" What kind of ecstasy soup did the King of Han pour into the King of Chu and the King of Wei to make them believe in him so much and defend him.

It's not that Yang Ling hasn't seen Zhao Yao, he has also been in contact with Zhao Yao before, and he didn't find anything outstanding about Zhao Yao.

King Chu's expression suddenly became very serious: "Sir, if I lose to King Wei in the end, the tenth brother will be my life talisman." ”

When Yang Ling heard this, he was taken aback, and then he said: "Your Highness, the last person to lose must be King Wei, not you." ”

"I believe it was me who won in the end." King Chu said, "What I said just now was an accident. ”

Yang Ling understood what King Chu meant, and said with a sudden expression: "Your Highness, is it because you and King Wei don't let King Han interfere in your affairs?" ”

"There are reasons for this, but the most important reason is that we want the tenth brother to do what he wants to do."

Yang Ling still didn't understand. However, he knew that no matter what he said, the King of Chu would not believe that the King of Han would be against him.

"My subordinates really want to have a good chat with His Royal Highness King Han and see what kind of charm he has that makes you and King Wei love him so much."

"Next spring, the tenth brother will return to Beijing, and you can have a good chat with him then." When King Chu thought that Zhao Yao was going to get married next year, he unconsciously showed a loving smile like an old father on his face, "The tenth brother will get married next year." ”

"Your Highness, is Princess Han really the young lady of the Li Mansion?" Yang Ling always felt that King Han's marriage was not simple. If Princess Han is really the young lady of the Li Mansion, there is no need for the emperor to delay the decree of marriage. King Han will return to Beijing next year to get married, but he doesn't know who Princess Han is, this matter is too weird.

"Quite possibly."

Yang Ling pondered for a while and said, "What if Princess Han is He Xiang or the young lady of Taishi Liu's family?" ”

"No matter what the prime minister is, or the daughter of Mrs. Liu's family, it is a good marriage for the tenth brother."

"Your Royal Highness, if Princess Han is from the family of several ministers whom the emperor values and trusts the most, then the subordinates' previous guesses are correct." Yang Ling's expression was unprecedentedly solemn, "The emperor values the King of Han, not His Royal Highness." ”

King Chu smiled and did not speak.

"Your Highness still doesn't believe me?" Yang Ling snorted lightly and said, "Your Highness, you wait and see." ”

King Chu smiled lightly: "Okay, I'll wait and see." ”

"Your Highness, if the person the emperor values is really the King of Han, what are you going to do?" Yang Ling asked, "Are you planning to withdraw directly and give up the throne to the King of Han, or get rid of the King of Han?" ”

The king of Chu did not speak.

Yang Ling saw that the King of Chu was silent, and he was relieved. He was really afraid that the king of Chu would reply that he would give up the throne to the king of Han.

"Your Highness, it's not too early, and your subordinates will retire first."

"Sir, walk slowly."

Wei Mian saw Yang Ling walking out of the study with a smile on his face, and he was very curious.

What did His Highness say to Mr. Yang that made Mr. Yang so happy?

It was the first time he had seen Mr. Yang so happy.

Walking into the study, Wei Mian asked curiously, "Your Highness, what did you say to Mr. Yang to make him so happy?" ”

"Didn't say anything." After the king of Chu finished speaking, he suddenly let out a chuckle.

"Your Highness, what are you laughing at?" How do you feel that His Highness and Mr. Yang are weird.

"I laugh at Mr. Yang for not knowing the tenth brother." Even if the person that his father likes is the tenth brother, he will not get rid of the tenth brother, because the tenth brother is unwilling to sit in that position. Mr. Yang would never believe that if it really came to that time, the tenth brother would throw the throne to him.

Mr. Yang always felt that his last enemy was the tenth brother, but in fact it was not. The tenth brother can never be his enemy, and his last enemy will only be the King of Wei.

"Mr. Yang doesn't know His Royal Highness the King of Han?" Wei Mian asked with a blank face, "Did His Royal Highness the King of Han do something to make Mr. Yang misunderstand?" ”

King Chu shook his head lightly and did not say any more.

Wei Mian wanted to know, but he didn't dare to continue asking.

The King of Chu raised his eyes to look at Wei Mian and ordered: "Continue to keep an eye on the Southern Wei people, and if they do anything unfavorable to the tenth brother again, they will do it." ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

At this time, in the imperial study, the emperor was still reviewing the folds.

Sun Kui walked in with a cup of ginseng tea. He whispered, "Your Majesty, take a sip of tea and rest." ”

The emperor put down the fold in his hand, raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, and asked in a somewhat tired tone, "What time is it?" ”

"It's almost time." Sun Kui reminded, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to rest." ”

The emperor took the teacup from Sun Kui's hand, took two sips of ginseng tea, and immediately said with resentment: "I also want to go to sleep as soon as the time comes, but look at the folds on this table. "Although the cabinet has been set up, the cabinet does not have the right to decide, and the emperor still has to read the preliminary review of the cabinet before making the final decision. Fortunately, the emperor doesn't need to correct some trivial twists and turns now, but some important matters still have to be handled by him personally.

Sun Kui didn't dare to persuade the emperor not to approve the book, "Your Majesty, are you hungry, do you want to eat something?" ”

"Don't eat it." The emperor did not have the habit of eating supper, unless he was really hungry.

As soon as Sun Kui wanted to say something more, he saw the Dark Guard Armor walk in quietly.

The Dark Guard first saluted the emperor, and then handed the secret fold in his hand to Sun Kui.

Sun Kui hurriedly took it, and then put his hands in front of the emperor.

When the emperor saw that it was Zhao Yao's secret fold, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to open it. After reading it, the emperor excitedly shouted several hellos.

"Go and call He Xiang, Liu Taishi, and Hubu Shangshu."

"Huh?" Sun Kui was shocked, and immediately reminded the emperor, "Your Majesty, it's all too late, and they are probably asleep." Moreover, the palace gate was also closed. ”

"I haven't slept, what do they sleep, you go and call them yourself." The emperor looked tired when he read the criticism, but he was very energetic, as if he had drunk wine.

"Your Majesty, are you really going to call He Xiang and them, aren't you going to sleep tonight?" Although I don't know what the emperor called them to enter the palace, it is definitely not a trivial matter to see the emperor's excited appearance. Once the emperor discussed a major matter with Taishi Liu, it would be as short as two hours and as long as several hours. It's already late now, and the emperor is likely to discuss it until dawn tomorrow.

"Don't sleep, I'm not sleepy at all now, you go and call them quickly."

Sun Kui sympathized with Taishi Liu and them fiercely in his heart. The emperor himself doesn't sleep, and he also harms the household department Shangshu and they can't sleep.

was expected by Sun Kui, and He Xiang and they had already fallen asleep.

He Xiang is glad that it is not winter now, otherwise it would be really cold to get up in the middle of the night and enter the palace.

Sun Kui first went to pick up He Xiang, and then went to pick up Liu Taishi and Hubu Shangshu.

The three adults sat in a carriage, their faces full of haggard and helplessness when they were called.

"What is the emperor crazy about, calling us to the palace in the middle of the night?" Tobe Shangshu yawned as he spoke.

"Big deal." Not long after He Xianggang fell asleep, he was suddenly woken up, but he was not very sleepy. "It's not a big deal, the emperor won't call us into the palace in the middle of the night."

"What's the big deal that makes us enter the palace in the middle of the night?" Hubu Shangshu complained, "Even if someone forces the palace, it's useless to call the three of us into the palace." ”

Taishi Liu had a dark face, gritted his teeth and said, "He'd better have something big." ”

After a while, He Xiang and the three of them appeared in the imperial study.

When the emperor saw them coming, he hurriedly showed them Zhao Yao's secret fold.

After reading the secret fold, Taishi Liu and the others finally understood why the emperor was in a hurry to call them into the palace in the middle of the night.

Hubu Shangshu was originally very sleepy, but after reading Zhao Yao's secret fold, the sleepiness disappeared completely, and his mood became the same as the emperor, very excited.

His Royal Highness the King of Han always surprises them, and they are more and more shocked every time.

It turns out that the new tax policy proposed by His Royal Highness the King of Han is called apportionment into the mu, which is very appropriate.

It's surprising enough to come up with the policy of apportioning the land into the mu, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness the King of Han to want to pay the grain to the public and the gentry in one place, which is ...... can only be described as "shocking".

The emperor smiled and asked, "Are you still asleep?" ”

He Xiang smiled and said: "Seeing this secret fold of His Royal Highness the King of Han, who can still sleep." ”

Hubu Shangshu said: "The minister is not sleepy at all now. ”

Liu Taishi said eagerly: "Your Majesty, tomorrow we will promulgate the apportionment of the land into the mu, and the fire consumption will be returned to the public and the official gentry to pay the grain in one." ”