Pick all the cold branches

"Even you think I'm a villain." The corners of his lips twitched slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes for a moment, "It doesn't matter. Anyway, apart from me, who of you is willing to be this villain?"

He stared at his brother who was many years younger than himself, and after a while, he suddenly let go of his hand and turned around with some disgust.

The inexplicably lonely figure walking down the steps caused Jiashou's heart to tremble suddenly.

"Fourth Brother!"

He wanted to explain something, but he didn't know where to start, so he called out sadly, and quickly chased after him again.

Shiro and Qilang almost got into a fight as soon as they left the gate of Qianqing Palace. This news is really not worry-free.

Jiafei rubbed his aching forehead sadly, and hurriedly ordered the servant who came back to go to the imperial hospital to invite the imperial doctor who often consulted His Highness King Rong to the Prince Rong's mansion, and waited until he heard back to confirm the person. There was no damage, but he was a little depressed, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

From the beginning to the end, Zhen Xian sat quietly watching him, watching the slight expression on his face change from tense to relaxed.

Your Majesty really loves His Highness Jiayu.There is no doubt about it.

Zhen Xian even felt that instead, the young emperor in front of him was relying on his seemingly weak and arrogant younger brother intentionally or unintentionally.

There was nothing wrong with this.

However, if this love and dependence are too much...

Zhen Xian suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

It's not that I'm jealous of this natural closeness.

Rather than being a younger brother, His Highness Jiayu is more like an "exit" of His Majesty the Emperor, who has no choice but to willingly carry the turbulent undercurrent that his elder brother cannot reveal as a king.

Rong Wang Jiayu is the person who stands in the shadow of today's world.

And the emperor he followed gave him all the light to Zhen Xian, but cast all the boundless darkness on his younger brother behind him.

The taller and more perfect His Majesty he saw in his eyes meant that the shadow he couldn't see, or in other words, the shadow that His Majesty didn't want him to see, would be so dark and lengthy.

But this is not acceptable.It's not fair either.

This point, Zhen Xian thought, even if His Majesty would never admit it, he knew it clearly in his heart.Therefore, he pampered this younger brother as if he wanted to make up for his debt.

So much favor, once flooded, it will be a monstrous disaster.

Especially His Royal Highness Jiayu is only one person after all.

How much gloomy and cold can a living person bear?And how to never get lost in this long night of extinction?

too difficult.

Of course Zhen Xian knew what His Majesty was doing with His Highness Jiayu.

Looking through the annals of history, throughout the ages, there are often emperors who play games with powerful ministers, and those who cut expenses and attack the old nobles are common. Those who are so thunderous and fast-moving are rare.

How can you not be counterattacked when you snatch food from the tiger's mouth?

What's more, cutting off people's wealth is a hundred times more dangerous than snatching food from the mouth of a tiger.

They are all raptors and beasts that have been around for many years, who doesn't have their own party roots?

How did His Majesty manage every step of the way, everything he did, and everyone he captured since he ascended the throne?

He is the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who is in charge of the judiciary, and the closest cabinet minister to His Majesty the Emperor. He has heard and seen more clearly than anyone else.

In fact, there are many things that His Majesty deliberately hides from him.

But he is not stupid, although he does not know the details, but he can guess one or two.

Now His Majesty is relying not only on the law of the country, but also on the imperial power, the Xiuchun Sword, and His Royal Highness King Rong who is in charge of the Jinyiwei as his younger brother.

Jin Yiwei can get evidence that the Sanfa Division cannot grasp, and Jin Yiwei can move people who cannot be moved by the Sanfa Division.Gradually, the government and the public began to whisper that Jinyiwei today is not much different from the Dongchang in the past. The so-called factory guards are still one family after all.

So how is the future King Rong Jiayu compared to the former Governor Chen?

His Royal Highness Jia Yu just openly said that His Majesty will bestow the death of the Supreme Emperor's successor Zheng, it was not a momentary rumor, nor was it accidental.

Every time Zhen Xian thinks about it, he feels flustered.

To this day, he still does not feel that His Royal Highness Jia Yu will be detrimental to His Majesty.

But he really couldn't help worrying, let alone thinking, if this continues, what kind of situation His Highness Jia Yu will go one day, and what kind of impact it will have on His Majesty and even the world.

He really would rather worry about himself.

His Majesty left him alone today because he planned to say something to him, and he probably knew it in his heart.

But there are some words that must be said, and some words that I still don't know how to say.

The best result is probably to take a step back.

Zhen Xian couldn't help but subconsciously sighed.

This sigh, imbued with so much worry, fell into the ears of His Majesty the Emperor who was also full of worries.

Jia Fei immediately raised his head to look at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Yesterday Li Yuanju told me that you stopped the medicine again?"

But it's an expected start.

Zhen Xian casually replied in a low voice, "I'm busy with business these days." It doesn't matter.Anyway, His Majesty at this time just wanted to find someone who could suppress him first, and what he really cared about was not what he was doing recently.It's just that between him and His Majesty, he has to play with such tricks every now and then, which makes him quite depressed.

Sure enough, Jiafei didn't ask any more questions, instead he put on a straight face, pretending to be angry and said: "No matter how busy you are, you still have to take medicine. How can you take it intermittently? Do you need someone to watch this matter every day? After stopping the medicine, drag out the responsible person and beat him to death, so you are willing to take it seriously?"

About today, it is not a big deal to kill a servant who has not fulfilled his duty.

Although more than half of them were deliberately said to scare him, they didn't really intend to kill anyone.

Zhen Xian understood clearly in his heart.

But this kind of rhetoric still made him stunned for a moment.

The former Prince Jing knew his temper, and would never provoke him with such words, not even as a joke.

Sure enough, the one who is talking to him now is no longer His Royal Highness, but the Son of Heaven, who has the imperial power.

I can't tell what it feels like, it's a bit bitter, and it's even harder to describe.

Zhen Xian was in a daze for a while, then sighed and said, "Actually, I've gotten much better recently, and I don't cough and chill much. It's my negligence. Your Majesty, don't joke, don't say such nonsense." I didn't realize that my voice was hoarse the chill.

Jiafei was secretly startled when he heard the sound, even though he was prepared, a layer of cold sweat still broke out on his palms.

Xiaoxian had never talked to him in such a cold tone, even if he was very angry, at most he would just avoid him and ignore him, and it would be fine when the anger subsided.But there seemed to be a thousand tiredness in the few words just now, as if after being extremely disappointed, he finally gave up.

However, how could Xiaoxian give up on him...?

Jiafei moved his throat and subconsciously tightened the five fingers hidden behind his back.

It was not the first time he brought up the matter of "taking medicine".Xiaoxian has always been like this. When he is busy, he often forgets to eat, let alone medicine. A recuperation prescription is always taken on and off, and it will stop after a little improvement, unless he suffers from an old illness and cannot get up in bed. body, otherwise it will be difficult to take medicine on time for a while.If not, how could this old injury last until today.

But there is nothing to talk about about this matter, anyway, even if you say it, that person will not change it.Fortunately, he took care of it himself, delivered it to his mouth on time and drank it.

Originally, he just wanted Zhen Xian to be subdued.

Unexpectedly, he was pushed back coldly.

It seems that Xiaoxian was really angry this time, if he doesn't hurry up and put out the anger, he doesn't know how long he will be angry with him.

But it's easy to say to turn off the flame, but it may not be so easy to do it.

If it's someone else, it's fine, just fool around casually, and just coax it over.

It happened to be Xiaoxian.

At a loss for words, Jia Fei didn't know how to continue the conversation. After a long silence, he went straight to Zhen Xian's side, sat down next to him, and asked, "Are you angry with Shiro just now?"

Zhen Xian lowered his head slightly, without raising his eyes, he responded: "I don't have any."

Jiafei had no choice but to coax softly: "He is like that, after all these years, it's not like you don't know, so don't argue with him."

Zhen Xian still lowered his eyes, "I dare not argue with His Royal Highness King Rong."

This scene is really embarrassing.

His Majesty the Emperor had already lowered his body and spoke softly and softly, but the one who was being coaxed still had a hard and cold face, his mouth was obviously full of anger, but his face showed no expression at all. Give.

Jia Fei felt that his head was getting dizzy twice, but he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak in a low voice:

"I'm thinking, anyway, the Shouchang Palace on the west side is empty, and it's not adjacent to the east side. Otherwise, it's better to let Zheng Hou move there. It's just that Shiro and Concubine Wan still need to be enlightened slowly. It cannot be rushed."

He brought it up first.

Presumably, they both know each other too well, know how to advance and retreat, know each other's thoughts, know what to say at this time, and what can be said.

But he was always only willing to address her as "Empress Zheng", completely ignoring that she was his nominal stepmother after all.

Zhen Xian was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and then laughed out loud.

"Didn't His Majesty ask us to 'stop talking', why did you say it yourself?"

He didn't even look at the begging person, so he asked a question in an understatement.With just one sentence, Jia Fei was so choked that he couldn't recover for a while.

"...Are you really angry with me?"

After all, His Majesty is His Majesty, if you become an emperor, you will become arrogant, and even in private, you will start talking about "Zhen".

Hearing this "Zhen", the anger in Zhen Xian's heart surged up, and finally he slowly raised his head, met His Majesty's embarrassing gaze, and chuckled again.

"His Royal Highness is His Majesty's younger brother. If he has any faults, it's not all because of His Majesty's favor. But if it's just that the prince is willful and domineering, that's all. I'm afraid—"

The words that have been lingering in my heart for a long time, I still haven't been able to say them out.

It shouldn't be said at this time.

Zhen Xian knew it in his heart.

There is still room for discussion about Empress Zheng's matter, but there is absolutely no room for His Highness Jia Yu's matter.

Therefore, regarding the matter of Empress Zheng, he could say a thousand words against His Majesty, but he could not say anything bad about His Royal Highness King Rong.

At least before His Majesty took the initiative to speak, he could not break the final balance first.

This is the tacit understanding between him and His Majesty that has not been expressed for a long time.

Can't have both fish and bear's paw.He really can't be too greedy.

Feeling extremely tired, Zhen Xian couldn't help covering his face and holding his breath.

"Actually, His Majesty understands what should be done properly, so there is really no need to say any more. Your Majesty just...willing to do this on purpose."

He looked really tired.

Jia Fei couldn't help feeling a sharp pain in his heart, so he grabbed his hand, opened his mouth and called out: "Xiaoxian..." He wanted to coax him a few more words, but was pushed away.

Zhen Xian quietly withdrew his grasped hand, looked down at the fine lines on his palm and the slight red marks remaining between his grips, and sighed for a long time.

"If you are just an ordinary person, after taking over the family business and moving your stepmother who didn't treat you well to another hospital, as long as it is kind to you, I think there is a reason for it. Anyway, I didn't like each other at first, so I didn't force it together. Necessary under the roof. But you are not an ordinary person. You are the emperor today. Your words and deeds will be magnified and be imitated by the subjects of the world."

He raised his head again, looking straight at the young emperor beside him.

That gaze was too complicated, but it was still clear and bright, making one's cheeks feel hot.

Jiafei raised his hand in embarrassment to touch the tip of his nose, cleared his throat, but did not respond.

Xiaoxian's voice sounded a little far away, but it seemed to be right next to his ears.

"The king of Chu is so thin-waisted, and his subjects are all festivals with one meal; the king of Yue is a brave man, but his people die by jumping into the fire. What is good at the top, will be bad at the bottom. It is the king who says it, and the ministers do it. Your Majesty puts it first. The stepmother is in Xiyuan, and there will be people in the government and the opposition who will drive out the mothers who have lost their support. I personally sorted out and selected the files submitted by the provinces and counties to the judiciary, and specially sent them to the imperial court together with my papers. I've read it. In the past two years, how many incidents have forced widowed mothers to leave their homes? In Shuntian and Yingtian prefectures alone, there are as many as 130 or [-] cases. This is only reported, and the number of suppressed ones is countless Not counting the impeachment of court officials by the Procuratorate's speech officer. Just the day before yesterday, Wang Cheng, the censor of Zuoqin, wrote a letter to impeach Yu Jin, the right servant of the Ministry of officials, for eight major crimes. Unfilial Gaotang abandoned his aunt to the nunnery. This is a Beijing official, a senior member of the third rank. Your majesty has seen all these, but just pretends not to know. But has your majesty ever thought that even if your majesty's stepmother moves to Xiyuan, she can still be rich and beautiful Living in comfort and prosperity, how will those helpless ordinary women live if they are abandoned outside their homes? Even if His Majesty doesn't care about people's words, don't you care about the life and death of Li people?"

The last few sentences were already scolded.

But it's better to be able to scold than to be depressed.

Jia Fei touched his hot earlobe helplessly, and said dumbly: "How could I—"

"Yes, His Majesty won't care. Could it be that His Majesty is really ignorant and needs me to talk more?"

Zhen Xian chuckled lightly, and had already interrupted the conversation without excuse.

"No. Your Majesty, you just... don't want to disobey His Highness King Rong's wishes. Your Majesty's care and reason are not as important as making His Highness Rong happy."

At this point, there is no way to continue talking.

Zhen Xian fell silent suddenly, looked at Jiafei deeply from the side, and smiled wryly for a long time.

"But Your Majesty was not like this before. When did it start and why did it become like this? Has Your Majesty ever thought about it?"