The shopkeeper wiped the sweat on his head with the towel on his shoulder, and today I don't know why, the business of the restaurant is very good, and there is not even an empty table in the restaurant. The shopkeeper respectfully sent away the fifth wave of customers who could not enter the store because they did not have seats, and he couldn't help but look into a corner behind him.

There were two silver-haired old men sitting at this table, and they ordered a pot of wine and two dishes and sat here for nearly an hour! Although these two old men were dressed plainly, they had a terrifying majesty all over their bodies, which made the shopkeeper dare not make a mistake. Otherwise, I'm afraid that the shopkeeper would have stepped forward to bombard people a long time ago.

Looking at the unhurried movements of the two old men, the shopkeeper sighed, shook his head helplessly, and went to work.

The old man picked up a cucumber with chopsticks and said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, Yun people are not romantic, and when Your Majesty was a prince, I never heard that Your Majesty had any confidantes! I was originally amazed that Your Majesty was so young and old, and I was unmoved in the face of the warm fragrant nephrite around me! But I didn't expect that the first thing Your Majesty did when he first ascended the throne was to take a concubine, and the ancients did not deceive me!"

Another old man also sighed with emotion: "Yes! Your Majesty's move is really beyond everyone's expectations! The person Your Majesty married is named Li Xiyun, but I have never heard of this Li Xiyun, and I don't even know her origin at all, just like a person who suddenly appeared! I don't know what happened to this female city mansion? Zining has been a rectum since she was a child, and no matter what matters on her mind, she has written on her face, how can such a scheming protect herself in that intriguing harem!"

Who would have thought that the only two remaining pillars of the Tongtian Empire would sit in such an ordinary restaurant to discuss important matters? These two people are none other than Gong Hanlin and Taifu Ye Jingyi, the priest of the country!

Gong Hanlin put the cucumber in his mouth, closed his eyes and savored the taste, this ordinary cucumber seemed to be some kind of delicacies in his mouth. Ye Jingyi sighed helplessly and said, "Hanlin, Zining has also been raised by you since she was a child, and you have to help her if you say anything!"

Gong Hanlin put down the chopsticks in his hand, shook his head and asked: "Help, help Zi Ning sit on the throne of the queen, you know the rules of the harem if you don't interfere in politics, and you don't interfere with politics! Besides, even if Zi Ning sits in the position of the emperor, if that woman is really very deep, how long do you think Zi Ning can sit in this position? After you and I are a hundred years old, who will take care of Zi Ning? In this world, the sky is unreliable, the earth is unreliable, and the hearts of the people are unreliable, only oneself is the most reliable!"

Looking at Ye Jingyi's sad face, Gong Hanlin smiled and said, "Old Ye, don't hide it, when His Majesty summoned me into the palace a few days ago, I saw the woman named Li Xiyun. Not only did I see him, but I also exchanged a few words with him!"

Ye Jingyi raised his head and exclaimed: "Really?!The face is born from the heart, Hanlin, tell me how the women's city is doing?"

Gong Hanlin shook his head after hesitating for a while, and said in a low voice: "This Li Xiyun's appearance is naturally a first-class asset, and there are few things I have seen in my life that can be compared to it." It's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that this woman always gives me a very familiar feeling, I always feel that I have seen her somewhere! And I have seen her more than once!" Gong Hanlin said in a deep voice.

Ye Jingyi said helplessly: "I'm not asking if you've seen her, but asking you what you think of this person's character!"

Gong Hanlin shook his head and said four words very simply: "I don't know!"

Ye Jingyi couldn't wait to poke the priest wine of the country in front of him with a brush, and his heart was sad, so he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all.

Gong Hanlin smiled and comforted: "Lao Ye, don't think about it too much, children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, it's useless to think so much! Since Your Majesty has decided to accept this girl as a concubine, this matter is already a sure thing, and I noticed that His Majesty's eyes when he looked at Li Xiyun were full of tenderness, and I really wanted to be with him all the time! I am really worried that the king will not be early from now on!"

Ye Jingyi waved his hand and sighed: "Don't say it, don't say it, the more you talk about it, the more upset you become! Hanlin, do you still have more than enough official positions in your hands?"

Gong Hanlin was stunned for a moment, nodded and said: "There are still no suitable candidates for the official positions of the General Political History Department, the Taichang Siqing, the Inspectorate Division, and the Taifu Siqing, and all the other positions have candidates!"

Ye Jingyi smashed his mouth, glanced left and right, and saw that no one was eavesdropping, and asked in a low voice, "Has someone been looking for you privately recently?"

Gong Hanlin's eyes widened instantly when he heard Ye Jingyi's words, and his heart palpitated: "Old Ye! I can tell you, don't be confused! This life of mine was picked up, if I didn't firmly support Your Majesty that day, I was afraid that I would also die like Wang Chuan and them! Now that I can get Your Majesty's trust again, I have thanked Lord Longen, I don't want to make any more taboos and lose this head!"

Ye Jingyi glared at Gong Hanlin, and said angrily: "What do you say! Am I like the kind of person who licks blood from the knife edge! If I really had this courage, I wouldn't have studied and become a chivalrous man back then! Besides, every person you and I have selected must be personally assessed by His Majesty, and only those who pass His Majesty's assessment can wear that black gauze hat! I just want to operate and have no chance!"

"That's... Then why did you suddenly mention this?" Gong Hanlin asked puzzled.

Ye Jingyi's eyes showed a gleam, and he said: "Do you remember Li Yichou? Some time ago, someone offered me 500,000 taels of silver to buy Li Yichou's head, but I refused!"

"What?!, there is such a thing!" Gong Hanlin exclaimed.

Ye Jingyi nodded, paused and continued: "There is one more thing, Li Yichou was dropped in the prison! The one who died was not Li Yichou at all, but a stand-in!"

This time Gong Hanlin was not surprised, but silently poured himself a glass of wine, he raised his glass to Ye Jingyi and then tilted his head and drank it all.

Ye Jingyi smiled slightly, he understood the meaning of Gong Hanlin's cup of wine, it was nothing more than to let him swallow these things into his stomach, say what should be said, and don't say what should not be said, so as not to get sick from the mouth and trouble from the mouth!

However, Ye Jingyi did not intend to stop there, he continued: "Li Yichou has disappeared since he was sent to the prison, and no one has seen him again! I went on the day of the execution, and the person who died had thick bones and a bloated body, although he looked exactly like Li Yichou, but his face could not be faked! That person must not be Li Yichou! Guess, where is Li Yichou now?"

Gong Hanlin's face changed slightly, and his tone became stiff, "Old Ye, for the sake of being an official in the same dynasty for many years, I will advise you again! Confusion is a blessing, ignorance is a blessing! The more you know, the faster you will die! The more confused a person is, the longer you will live! As an official, even more so! Don't make trouble for yourself, I don't want to see you off!"