After finishing speaking, he clapped his hands and laughed and ran up the high steps, and shouted loudly at the hundred officials as he ran: "Zhong Aiqing, I know that you are thinking about your heart, and I am worried that the ambition of the wolf son of Wangshulou will be detrimental to my young talent in Dachang, and some people think that I am using this opportunity to do those dirty things of revenge. ”

The ministers gathered outside the hall, and when they heard this, they hurriedly bowed their heads and saluted, saying that they did not dare.

The emperor clutched his chest and spat in grief, and then said: "Zhong Aiqing has misunderstood me! I am wronged! I think this is a great opportunity to experience, as for the safety issue, Zhong Aiqing does not have to worry, in order to ensure the safety of the people who entered the building to test, I have successively asked the Spirit Academy and Commander Lin and his Zhennan Army to accompany him to protect him. Even if he is as strong as Wangshu Lou, what can he do? If he really dares to be unfavorable to all Aiqing's children, I will definitely raise the strength of the whole country to level his Taiyin Mountain!"

An emperor is embarrassed to even say the word wronged, but others can't say that he is not wronged.

It is not said that he is wronged, and it is not true that he is not wronged, and the hundred officials can only kneel outside the hall and salute.

Facing the wind and snow in the spring and autumn, looking at the entrance of the hall in the distance, looking up and down, as if the wind and snow were crying out for him, His Majesty the Emperor, listened to those heartfelt words, shook his head and chuckled and said: "Our Majesty is really not simple. ”

Bi Siqian smiled bitterly and did not reply.

"Lord Si Zheng, how many fools did you say could stand at the door of that hall?" asked Chunqiu as he pointed to the officials outside the hall who were being lifted up by the emperor one by one.

"This, the eldest prince has tormented the old minister. Bi Siqian hurriedly saluted and bowed his head.

Lord Si Zheng didn't dare to say it, so the boy was blunt. The fools were trampled under the feet of those people, stepped into the dirt, and those who could go up that step were those who understood. Of course, our majesty is not a fool, he is just a threat. ”

Chunqiu frowned slightly, as if he felt that the emperor's operation might be a little troublesome for him.

He naturally knew that the Zhennan Army and the Spirit Academy would not stand in line, but the officials did not think that this threat was just a threat.

The nice thing to say is to let Lin Pinggui and the Spirit Academy go with him to protect, to put it bluntly, he is in his own hands as a hostage, since I can use these two people to protect them, then I can also use these two people to make them never come back.

Whether it is a threat or a fact is only a matter of the officials' thoughts.

The Emperor raised his sleeve and wiped away the tears that didn't exist at all, and after picking up the last official, he continued: "I know that everyone wants to have a good New Year, so I set up a banquet at noon this year to reward all Aiqing, in order not to delay Aiqing's reunion at night, so it seems that I still think about it lightly." Anyway, today's banquet will be dispersed, and Zhong Aiqing should go back to reunite with his family as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

The hundred officials began to leave, and when they walked out of the palace gate, they greeted the eldest prince one after another.

After everyone walked out, the emperor summoned the eldest prince and Bi Si to move into the palace.

When the three of them entered the palace, the snow on their bodies immediately melted into snow droplets and fell into the clean hall, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair, rubbing his hands and muttering: "It's still warm on this chair." ”

Then he looked at the soaked clothes in the spring and autumn season, and asked with interest: "Does the eldest brother know why he left you two alone?"

Chunqiu looked down at his soaked clothes, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty naturally doesn't want to freeze to death the two of us." ”

The emperor slapped his legs and laughed, "Big brother is really good at laughing, if you freeze to death in this palace, those officials can't find me to fight hard?"

"Your Majesty is serious. ”

The emperor nodded, "It's a bit serious, the eldest brother personally went to the southern border to welcome Lin to return to the capital this time, it is really hard, and it should be rewarded." ”

"If you fail to live up to your majesty's trust, you must not be rewarded. ”

"What should I reward you?" the emperor waved his hand, then looked left and right, covered his head and sighed: "I have forgotten, the eldest brother is now lacking only this chair, so I will not reward it." ”

The emperor looked at Bi Siqian's appearance, and asked after a while, "Aiqing has something to say?"

Bi Siqian took a step forward, but stopped talking.

The emperor nodded and said with a smile: "Big brother, do you want to go to Zhaoyang Palace and wait for me first?"

"The minister retired. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is old, and he has been thinking hard for a long time, and it is useless to stay in the court, and he can't help His Majesty, so the minister implores to resign and return to old age!" said Bi Siqian on his knees.

The emperor hurriedly ran down the steps, and helped Bi Siqian with both hands, "Aiqing must not leave me!"

Bi Siqian smiled bitterly, and was about to open his mouth when he was interrupted by the emperor.

"I understand Aiqing's hard work, but now that the first emperor has just gone, the court is still unstable, and I Beichang is at a time of internal and external troubles, and everything depends on Aiqing. The emperor took a deep breath and looked up at the sky and said.

The old minister was terrified. Bi Siqian lowered his head and said bitterly.

"Aiqing misunderstood what I meant outside the palace, Aiqing went to the south naturally I agreed, and Commander Lin left his post without permission. ”

That's not what the minister meant. ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and patted Bi Siqian's right shoulder, and said softly: "Aiqing is busy with official business and is injured, so it is my neglect to travel thousands of miles, so I will go home early to recuperate for a while, and as for the resignation, I must not mention it again." ”

"The old minister retired. ”

Walking out of the palace gate, seeing that there was no one around, the old man gasped in the wind and snow, and then trembled and raised his hand to support his right shoulder, wiping the cold sweat oozing from his forehead.

A eunuch stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, can the matter of Commander Lin leave his post without permission needs to be dealt with?"

The emperor was furious and scolded: "Bastard, you dare to provoke the relationship between me and the monarch and the minister of Commander Lin, what kind of crime do you think you should be guilty of?!"

The eunuch hurriedly knelt on the ground and repeated: "The old slave deserves to die, the old slave deserves to die." ”

The Emperor nodded, shook his head and said, "Damn, well, damn good, then I'll remember it first." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty. Before he could finish speaking, the head fell to the ground.

One of the guards put away his knife and returned to the background, his face expressionless.

In Zhaoyang Palace, the banquet has been arranged, but all the officials have dispersed, so only the eldest prince and the emperor went to the banquet.

While eating, the emperor said indistinctly: "Big brother, let's talk about some serious things." ”

......

One of these brothers is the emperor and the other is the eldest prince, and they each shoulder such a heavy responsibility, but the two of them really rarely talked about anything serious when they met.

Chunqiu nodded and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear." ”

"If the two countries of Qi and Chu are at war, what does the eldest brother think?" the emperor asked without raising his head, tearing a crab in his hand.

"The country of Qi will be defeated. ”

The thick shell has faded, leaving only the beautiful and attractive crab roe in it, His Majesty the Emperor stared at the crab roe and nodded with a little satisfaction and said, "If Qi Guo wants to make peace, what does the eldest brother think I should do?"

"Presumably, Your Majesty should have an idea in his heart, and the minister does not dare to say anything. ”

The emperor put the crab roe on the plate, waved his hand and said, "Eh, just help me come up with an idea, not a lie." ”

"Refuse and pro. Chunqiu said bluntly.

The emperor couldn't help laughing, picked up the bamboo chopsticks, and mashed the crab roe on the plate, obviously satisfied with the eldest prince's proposal.

But he still asked suspiciously: "Don't you know the truth of the cold lips and teeth?"

"The breeze of Chu State can't blow this iron tooth of my Dachang. ”

The emperor clapped his hands and applauded loudly, and then said: "But I am still ready to send troops, do you know why, eldest brother?"

Chunqiu frowned slightly, and hurriedly saluted and persuaded him: "The state of Chu can't be destroyed, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, "I didn't expect that the eldest brother is indeed still thinking about this dynasty, and the Chu State really can't be destroyed." ”

"It's just the duty of a courtier. ”

Then the emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as he looked at the snow outside the hall, and then muttered to himself: "It seems that few people can have a good life this year." ”

"It's been a great year! ha!"

The dean sat in the room, looked at the hot pot that was slowly boiling and bubbling in front of him, and said with chopsticks in his eyes.

The students of the Spirit Academy had already gone home from vacation, and the dean, who was already idle, was even more bored, and began to eat hot pot in the house.

There are a few vegetable leaves floating in the copper pot, and the peppercorns and the sliced mutton keep colliding and intertwining with each other with the small bubbles that bubble up, wanting to refuse and welcome.

Ju An sat on the side, added some charcoal fire to the pot from time to time, looked up and asked, "Teacher, it should be okay, don't burn the house." ”

The dean was displeased, "You just have to add it, when will this little fire be able to boil this pot of soup?"

The woman in red sat on the other side, smoked by the steaming steam in the room, and she was already sleepy, she took a nap with her rice bowl, not caring about what the two of them were busy with.

Ju An smiled: "If the fire is not extinguished, the water will always boil, so don't be anxious." ”

The dean nodded, staring at the snowflakes fluttering outside the room, and then looked at the red-clothed girl who kept kowtowing up and down, put down her chopsticks and asked softly, "When will Xiao Jiu come back?"

"The entrance test is at the beginning of February, and if you come back at the end, it should be in the fall. Since coming to the Spirit Academy, Xiao Jiu has gone out for the New Year for the first time, and I don't know if he has a good year. ”

"As long as he doesn't stop, there will always be a time to come back. The dean walked out of the house and looked at the nest above his head, his brow furrowed slightly.

The nest under the eaves was still stable, and the wind and snow could not blow in, but the swallow still had to go.

"Are you leaving?" asked the dean, standing still.

Ju An stopped his movements and looked at the girl in red opposite.

The girl in red was napping, her forehead touched the edge of the bowl and slowly woke up, raised her hand and rubbed it gently, yawned and said, "I want to go." ”

The dean looked at the snowstorm in the courtyard and looked up and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"I don't know. ”

"Where are you going?"

"Didn't think about it. ”

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Listening to the questions and answers of the two, Ju An thought that his teacher should not help but lose his temper, but he didn't expect the dean to just turn around and smile: "Then think slowly, don't worry, remember to tell me your name when you want to leave." ”

The girl in red nodded, then lifted her chopsticks and took a piece of mutton and put it in her mouth and chewed it slowly.

Ju An couldn't help but laugh.