Yang Jae-en put down the candlestick and hurriedly went out of the pavilion to deliver a message. Unexpectedly, a moment later, the palace eunuch rushed in again, saying that he would not leave.

"He said that there is something important, and he must ask to see His Majesty!"

Yang Jae-eun began to feel bad in his heart.

He turned his head uneasily to look in, and saw that the emperor had opened his eyes, sat up with a gloomy face, and swept his gaze over the little painter who was still in the pavilion, and spoke.

"Pass him in!"

Chapter 48

Pei Xiaoyuan suddenly rushed to the Ziyun Palace at this time to ask for a meeting, and the purpose, as the emperor expected, was for the little painter who had been summoned into the palace.

After Su Yu was passed away by Cao Eun, Qingtou, who had been instructed before, hurriedly went out to find him and inform him of the news.

He didn't know why the emperor had summoned her suddenly. Something to do with the arrest of Li Yan that day? Checking her for the Qujiang Pool Banquet? Or did the Emperor find out who she was? It was because he didn't know anything that he was even more worried.

Today's emperor has an unpredictable temperament and difficult methods, and he has long understood it. Afraid that the emperor would not know the truth and would be unfavorable to her, and even more afraid that her stubbornness would cause irreparable consequences, the more she thought about it, the more anxious she became, and insisted on seeing her desperately. At this moment, he finally got permission, and under the guidance of the palace eunuch, he hurried into the west hall, and saw the emperor sitting alone on a bed in the middle of the hall, and the chamberlain Yang Zaien standing beside him. Looking around quickly, she was surrounded by forests, but she was nowhere to be seen, I didn't know where she was sent by the emperor and how to deal with it, and I couldn't help but panic in my heart.

At this time, he cast two heavy glances at the emperor, and tried his best to resist the urge to ask where she was going at once, and went up to meet her as usual.

The emperor ordered him to be flat.

"What's going on? Are you going to see me? He asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, Wechen has been in office for several months, and has been deeply favored by His Majesty, but because of Wechen's incompetence, he has never been able to make an inch, and His Majesty will not give up, and he will not dare to slack off. Please be informed. ”

When the emperor heard this, two eyes swept coldly across his face and nodded.

"Good! It's a great thing! No wonder Pei Qing didn't leave, he was going to see me. If I don't see it, I'm afraid I'm going to break into the inner palace? ”

Pei Xiaoyuan pressed down the anxiety in his heart that was almost boiling, and knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives you." Wechen's survey of the athletes, with ability as the only criterion, so many of them have either been involved in lawsuits, or are notorious in the community. And this department is the Son of Heaven arch guard, Chongqing honors the honor, the minister is afraid of tarnishing the name of the Son of Heaven, this is not a trivial matter, so I dare not tell it, please Your Majesty's permission. ”

The emperor seemed to be choked by something for a moment, paused, his face became more and more gloomy, and finally he snorted coldly from his nostrils: "I know!" Go down! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan finally entered, but he didn't achieve his goal, how could he quit like this, hesitated, and finally couldn't help it: "Your Majesty, I heard that Ye Xuyu, the painter of the Zhiyuan, was called into the palace today?" ”

The emperor glanced at him: "Why, I can't summon him to paint for me?" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan hurriedly kowtowed: "How dare the minister be so arrogant." It is really the painter is the old friend of the minister, like a brother, she rescued the two county lords in the danger of the boat capsizing yesterday, but she was immersed in the water and drifted all night, the physical wear and tear was too great, and the body was extremely weak. Meng Zhiyuan sympathetically allowed her to take a three-day vacation, and today was only the first day, and the minister was a little relieved, so he dared to ask, if Your Majesty is okay here, the minister will take her back so that she can continue to recuperate. ”

The emperor let out a strange laugh, turned his face to the eunuch standing on the edge of the bed, pointed at Pei Xiaoyuan and said, "Pei Jia'er is scolding me for not knowing compassion and forcing people to do things?" He's in charge of me? Yang Zaien, listen up, I heard you right, right? ”

Yang Zaien hurriedly walked to the emperor and knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the slave is stupid, and the slave can't hear it." Or Pei Erlangjun and Naye Painter have a deep brotherly relationship, and if they care about it, they will be chaotic, so they will say nonsense, I hope that Your Majesty will not be like them, and your dragon body is important! ”

After hearing this, the emperor looked at Pei Xiaoyuan and smiled: "What a Pei Er, even my people speak for you?" It seems that I really have a bad day. ”

Yang Jae-eun just kept kowtowing.

The emperor stared at Pei Xiaoyuan, and the smile on his face disappeared: "If I don't release people today, are you planning to overturn my Purple Cloud Palace?" ”

Pei Xiaoyuan kowtowed again and said respectfully: "How dare Weichen?" Just asking to see is another matter. ”

"What?"

"It's related to King Ning. King Ning set up a banquet in Qujiang Pond, and repeatedly had accidents, which damaged people's lives, and wanted to sacrifice by the river, so he needed to draw a face, and wanted to be written by Ye Xuyu. ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes: "King Ning wants to use people, call him himself!" ”

"Your Majesty, King Ning has already come, and he is outside the palace at the moment."

The emperor was stunned.

"Fang Caichen happened to meet King Ning on the road, and he knew that the minister also entered the palace, so he didn't ask to see him, thinking that if the minister could lead Ye Xuyu out, he would pick him up by the way, so as not to disturb His Majesty's tranquility more." Pei Xiaoyuan explained.

Yang Zaien forgot to kowtow when he heard this, and looked at Pei Jiazi who was kneeling with him uneasily and unexpectedly, suddenly came back to his senses, and then quietly looked ahead, only to see that the emperor's face was quite ugly, and he didn't say a word.

With a slightly hurried sound of boots stomping on the ground, King Ning's figure hurriedly appeared in the hall.

He had a close relationship with the emperor and was older than the emperor, so he was extremely honored and favored, and there was no need to bow down when he saw him.

After the regular ceremony, sure enough, he asked the little painter that the time of the sacrifice had been set, and that tonight, he hoped that His Majesty the Emperor would borrow someone from him here first.

"The minister hopes to use this to appease the spirits of the dead and dispel evil spirits. Ye Suyu is not only a painter, but also a blessed person who made miraculous achievements that day, and the minister felt that she would paint that square face, or it would be more effective. ”

The so-called Fang Xiang is a god believed by the people, which can appease the dead and drive away plague and evil spirits.

King Ning is superstitious, this is not a lie, but he really thinks so, and bows solemnly after speaking.

After a long silence, Yang had the courage to peek in.

The emperor finally moved on the bed: "In this case, take it away!" ”

Yang Jae-eun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thanking God in his heart. Fortunately, King Ning came to intervene in the end, otherwise I was afraid that I didn't know how to end the situation.

He hurriedly got up from the ground, walked quickly to the small pavilion, and pushed the door in.

As soon as Su Yu heard Pei Xiaoyuan ask to see him, he knew that he must be relieved to come for himself.

For some reason, she felt that her emperor Aya seemed to be extremely unhappy about this, so he didn't allow her to show her face and locked her in the cabinet. Through the door, the conversations in the hall floated into her ears one by one, she was so anxious that she couldn't help it, and in the end, she almost couldn't help but go out, so that Pei Xiaoyuan could rest assured, but she didn't expect the peak to turn around, and suddenly came to the rescue of King Ning.

At this moment, when Yang Zaien finally came to release the person, she walked out quickly.

When he appeared, he saw Pei Xiaoyuan looking up at him.

She immediately caught his gaze, nodded slightly, and signaled that she was fine, but she didn't know that the silent communication with him, who had met with four eyes, had already fallen into a pair of gloomy eyes.

Pei Xiaoyuan didn't stay any longer, got up to thank him and left the palace, and King Ning also hurriedly led people away.

In the silence of the hall like stagnant water, the eunuch Yang Zaien watched the emperor being left alone on the sitting bed, and he didn't know what to think, his face became more and more ugly, and suddenly, he picked up a jade gui in his hand and slammed it on the ground.

With the sound of the phoenix chirping of the broken jade, Gui split into several sections, flying in all directions, bluffing Yang Zaien, who was peeping, struck a spirit, and the palace eunuchs in the distance hurriedly knelt on the ground.

The emperor stood up, put his hands behind his back, stepped over the fragment of Yugui, and went without saying a word.

At night of the same day, King Ning's sacrifice by the Qujiang Beyuan River ended successfully, and he was slightly relieved to see the colored paper flower boat with Fang Xiang and a group of sacrifices gradually disappearing with the waves and disappearing in the center of the river.

Due to the rush of time, Su Yu came to paint on the spot, and the people have not left at the moment. Pei Xiaoyuan stayed with him.

When the sacrifice was over, King Ning turned to Pei Xiaoyuan to speak.

In today's sacrifice, he didn't expect to ask Su Yu to paint. It was during the day that Pei Xiaoyuan suddenly found him to remind him, and his thoughts were quite reasonable, so he hurriedly entered the palace with Pei Xiaoyuan to dignitaries.

Pei Xiaoyuan motioned to Su Yu to wait, and he invited King Ning to a place where no one was, lifted up his clothes and bowed to him.

King Ning was puzzled, and stepped forward to help him get up: "What's wrong with you?" Do you want to bow down to me? ”

"I acted recklessly and offended Tianwei, if it weren't for King Ning today, Your Majesty would be afraid to blame me, and I wouldn't be able to get out of the door of Ziyun Palace."

King Ning is kind-hearted, but at this age, he is naturally not a person who knows nothing, although he is still a little ignorant about today's affairs, but when he sees this situation, he also knows it in his heart.

Pei Jiazi deliberately asked him to designate a small painter to paint, but it turned out that he had another picture, that is, he had the intention of going to save the scene with him.

Although it was designed, Pei Jiazi turned around and took the initiative to make amends, with a sincere attitude, he was not surprised, shook his head and sighed with a smile, pointed, and complained, "I was actually made by a small child", so he gave up, ordered Pei Xiaoyuan to get up, and then asked: "What the hell is going on?" I'm even more confused! ”

The inside story, Pei Xiaoyuan is naturally inconvenient to say, only said that Ye Xuyu consumed too much physical strength yesterday, and before he came back from recuperation, the emperor passed the person over, and he couldn't rest assured, so he wanted to pick up the person back.

The saint is not willing to be considerate of others, and King Ning knows this better than anyone else. also knew that the Pei family in front of him seemed to have something to hide, and he didn't explain the real reason to himself, but he didn't ask much, and when he heard it, he was about to ask him to take the little painter back to rest, and suddenly remembered something.

"Yesterday, I took my grandson to look for you to apprentice, and I was interrupted before I finished speaking. At this moment, taking advantage of the convenience, I will ask my grandson again, I wonder if he can enter the eyes of Si Chengfa? King Ning asked with a smile.

Pei Xiaoyuan planned to refuse yesterday, but he didn't expect such a thing to happen today. Before he forcibly broke into the deep palace, he knew that the emperor was not easy to deal with, and he was afraid that he would not be enough alone, so he made a plan to prepare and earn King Ning to accompany him.

owes a favor, and at this moment, King Ning mentioned this matter, so how could he still say no? Chin head: "King Chengning looks high, he is willing to hand over your grandson to me, how dare I not?" I will do my best in the future, and I hope that I will not disappoint King Ning. ”

King Ning actually saw it yesterday, he didn't want to accept the apprentices, so he took the opportunity to mention it again, knowing that he would not be able to refuse, and sure enough, he got his wish, and laughed: "Then it's decided!" To tell you the truth, my little grandson is at home, and I have heard of your name, and I admire you very much, and he said it to me yesterday, and he wants to worship Pei Sicheng as a teacher and learn some riding and archery kung fu. When I go back and tell him the good news, I will lead him to worship the teacher on a certain day. It's not early today, don't dare to delay any longer, you can take Ye Langjun back to rest! ”

Pei Xiaoyuan turned his head to look.

She sat on a river stone by the water, facing the direction of the palace under the night sky in the distance.

resigned, and the two rode home.

Walking to the gate of her residence as usual, Su Yu stopped and turned around to thank him.

On the way back, her mood seemed very low, she didn't say a word, and only at this moment did she smile on her face.

"What's wrong with your hand? Your Majesty summoned you to the palace, what did you do? He asked.

He had already noticed the new injury on her hand, and it should be very inconvenient to make a face for King Ning during the day, but fortunately, the painting was not cumbersome and was completed quickly.

After leaving the palace, things were hectic, and it was not until this moment that he finally got the opportunity to talk to her alone.

Su Yu shook his head: "It's okay, Aya didn't do anything to me, he just ordered me to paint on the west wall." It was I who didn't see the road well when I entered the palace gate, and I fell on the palace steps. I'll take some medicine later, and I'll be fine for two days. ”

"I'll take a look." He said.

After a pause, he finally slowly raised his hand and showed his wrist in front of him.

He looked at the lantern that illuminated the road in front of the courtyard gate.

The bleeding from the wounded wrist was worse than yesterday, and even the cuffs were stained with blood.

Pei Xiaoyuan turned back with the medicine box for treating external injuries, and Su Yu had already gone inside to wash his hands, rolled up his sleeves, and sat in the outhouse waiting for him.

By the light of the white porcelain candlestick on the desk, he drugged her and carefully wrapped her two wounded wrists with a cable tie.

After disposing of it, Su Yu put down his sleeves.

"Thank you for coming to the palace to pick me up today." She said.

Although he was too worried and risked offending the emperor to force himself into the palace to face the saint, her current emperor Aya is indeed not an ordinary person who can be treated with a normal heart.

"Aya also questioned me about many things."

She told her what had happened, including her relationship with Yu Wenzhi and Chengping.

Although he didn't ask again, I know that he didn't completely dispel his doubts, and maybe he would check again one day. At the prince of Xiping, I will send him a letter tomorrow, and if His Majesty asks, please ask him to live for me for the time being. Your uncle and Prince Chengping—"

"Don't worry! Hand it over to me. ”

Su Yu smiled: "I'm tired of you." ”

Pei Xiaoyuan had already put away the medicine box at this time, but he didn't exit immediately, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Have you really made up your mind and don't want to recognize your Aye right now?" ”

The smile on Su Yu's lips gradually disappeared, and his eyes fell on the candlestick, without answering.

After waiting for a while, Pei Xiaoyuan said: "This is a princess's family matter, I am an outsider, and I am a subordinate, and I definitely don't mean to meddle." It's just one thing, since the princess has seen His Majesty's face today, it is not easy to hide it from the princess. ”

Su Yu looked up at him.

"I heard that Your Majesty's dragon is not in good health, and the princess should have seen it with her own eyes today. It is said that since a few months ago, His Majesty has refused to take the Taiyi decoction and the pill offered by the Dao immortals. I am not a doctor, but my uncle is a little bit of Qi Huang, I have heard him talk about it before, the genus of the elixir, the same sex as the tiger wolf, may be able to cure the pain for a while, but in the long run, I am afraid ......"

Su Yu's eyelashes trembled slightly.