Cai Xun sighed and said, "Of course you don't know, that kind of loneliness can be experienced by others." Today's emperor has only one friend, one relative, do you know who it is?"

Cai Liancheng was full of doubts in his heart, so he asked: "One friend is enough, how can the Son of Heaven have too many friends." As for his relatives, he has many concubines, his own mother, the Empress Dowager Huayi, and countless princes and princesses, how can he have only one relative?"

"This is the sorrow of being the first person in the United States, and it is the same for eternity. The emperor ascended the great treasure in the bloody storm, he hid too much in his heart, carried too much, and betrayed too much. These things accumulate for a long time, and they will drive people crazy. So sometimes he would confide in his friend, and that friend was the current Holy Master Pudu Cihang. ”

"How would my father know?"

"Because the emperor also wanted to confide in me, but I scrupulously adhered to my duty as a courtier, and I politely refused in disguise. ”

"Why?" At this time, even Yun Zhen'er, who had been silent on the side, couldn't help asking.

"Because it's too hard to be the emperor's friend, you need to give up too many things. The reason why the emperor confides in you is because you are not a threat to him, so after you become the emperor's friend, you must give up your power, wealth, and ambition. Like Purdue Cihang. ”

Yun Zhen'er said thoughtfully: "So only the Holy Master can persuade the emperor, because the emperor only believes in him." ”

Cai Xun stopped pacing and sat down again, he raised the teacup, but he didn't drink it.

Seeing this, Cai Liancheng asked, "Father, who is the emperor's only relative?"

Cai Xun listened, came back to his senses from his stunned state, and he took a sip of tea and said: "Who else can there be?" In this world, except for Gaoyang Princess Yang Yaxin, who else can be his relative!"

"The emperor's own mother, can't the Empress Dowager Huayi?"

"No, because Yang Yixin is the only one in the world who doesn't regard him as an emperor. Many years ago, there was also a woman who was reckless but considerate, and really regarded him as a person, so the emperor's favorite person is this dead woman. ”

"The former queen who has died, Yang Yuxin's biological mother, Wan Yanrong. Yun Zhen'er said.

"Exactly. Now that the emperor has brought the Great Jing Dynasty to an unprecedented height, he will be even more lonely in his heart, and there are not many things that can be valued by him. ”

"Princess Gaoyang is his maintenance and memory of Wan's feelings, don't touch this bottom line. This time, Gao Yang was kidnapped, it happened suddenly, even I never thought of it, it seems that the situation is far more complicated than we imagined. As soon as you returned to the capital, and the emperor didn't ask Qin Shiyao for surgery, I knew that you were going to be unlucky. ”

"Why can Qin Shiyao get such preferential treatment?" Cai Liancheng asked puzzled.

"Because his ideas are simple enough, his methods are ruthless enough, they are desperate enough, and they are ruthless enough. ”

"Is that the case?!" Cai Liancheng asked in surprise.

"There are too many capable ministers in the world, and it is difficult to find a courtier who can do things well and regardless of personal consequences. Qin Shiyao can stand out from tens of millions of people, and naturally he has his favored strengths. He inspected the salt and iron taxes on behalf of the Son of Heaven in the Jianghuai area, how many people he killed, and how much silver he helped the imperial court recover, do you ever know?"

"How much?"

"The stolen silver alone can be worth one-fifth of the annual tax revenue of the state treasury, and a total of ninety-eight officials, big and small, were killed along the way, and all of them were executed. The lawless heroes along the way were almost swept away. With such a momentum, are you embarrassed to say that he is afraid of the enemy like a mouse? Such a great achievement, how can the emperor be embarrassed to punish him, besides, he has done a good job of the princess, at least he is bold enough, if he hadn't been in a hurry to go to the doctor, and find Duan Qianqiu to heal, the princess might be a soul corpse now. Do you have the courage to do that?"

Cai Liancheng said unconvinced: "His move is purely a reckless decision, and there is nothing to boast about." ”

"You're right, the reason why the emperor reuses him is because he is stupid enough, and only those who are stupid enough can do things hard. This is also the reason why the prince will hold him in high esteem so much. As long as it is something that the emperor likes, the prince will put him on the royal case, even if it is a big thing in the world, he will not hesitate to do it. ”

"Qin Shiyao has meritorious service in patrolling salt, this is true. But it is also true that the princess is not able to protect the princess, and if the princess is really ruined, or dies unexpectedly, won't he have to accept the guilt? The prince can save him. ”

"Alas, if Gao Yang is really dead, or if it has a slightly better ending, but the reputation is ruined, then all of you don't have to live, and maybe even the later Pudu Cihang will not be spared. Because Yang Heng will go crazy, a crazy emperor, think about it yourself. Therefore, the biggest mistake of your trip is to get the focus wrong, lose the criminal or physical evidence, at most accept the crime, lose Yang Yuxin, and you will all be killed. ”

"The boy understood. But my father participated in my book, can't the emperor see through it? Doesn't this make it even more obvious that our Cai Mansion is too fake?" Cai Liancheng said.

"Since the emperor doesn't want to punish Qin Shiyao, he must find a scapegoat to set an example, and you are the most suitable. The reason why my father wants to join you is to cooperate with the emperor and let him have a step to go down, otherwise every official will not take the emperor's princess seriously in the future, wouldn't it be a mess. Cai Xun said seductively: "Cheng'er, do you know why I have to hold this cleansing banquet for you to get out of prison?"

Cai Liancheng shook his head and said: "The child just thinks that this is too public, I'm afraid the emperor will be suspicious of you because of this." ”

Cai Xun smiled and said: "In front of the emperor today, you should be sad when you should be sad, happy when you should be happy, don't pretend to be too deep in the city." As long as you don't steal things from him, the rest is easy to say. Do you understand? When a child who has been wrongfully imprisoned comes home, can't a father set up a few tables to celebrate with a banquet? It's just human nature, and I've always been like this in front of the emperor, so this time is no exception, because the emperor will be unhappy, do you understand?"

Cai Xun asked two "Do you understand?", Cai Liancheng nodded frequently, indicating that he understood, but in fact, he didn't understand in his heart.

Just as he didn't understand his father, there were actually very few people in the world who could understand Yang Heng.

At this time, he thought of a question, so he asked: "Father, all kinds of things this time are too coincidental, and all the focus is focused on Huaiyin Mansion and Caodu Mansion in an instant, I think there must be someone behind it, and the biggest possibility of this force is the prince, because he is the biggest beneficiary." There is just one thing that the child doesn't understand, if the prince wants to use Yang Yuxin to attack us, why Qin Shiyao seems to be completely unaware. That attack, if it wasn't for the Holy Master's action, he would have almost died. ”

"The world is like chess, and how can people be spared. With Qin Shiyao's qualifications, no matter where he puts it, he is at best just a chess piece at the mercy of others, who uses it or not?! It doesn't matter whether he is the prince's person or not, or whether the prince treats him as his own person, what matters is how much impact he has on the situation after he has done so many things?"

Cai Liancheng didn't understand.

When facing his father, he didn't understand too much.

It was painful for him.