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A beautiful courtyard surrounded by mountains and rivers is located among the green pines and cypresses. Although it is almost early spring, the dark green branches and leaves are still covered with thin white snow, shining crystal light in the morning sun.

What a peaceful scene...

Ling Feng walked through the cedar trees with emotion, and the lightly raised snow mist wet his black clothes.He silently raised his eyes and looked forward, only to see a wisp of cooking smoke slowly rising from the wing in the small courtyard surrounded by fences.

"Ling Feng?"

Lan Xuan was cooking porridge in front of the stove at the moment, when she looked up, she saw Ling Feng standing in front of her holding the door with one hand, she couldn't help wondering, "Why are you here? Did something happen to Lan Jing?"

"My lord is fine." Ling Feng shook his head hastily, took out a thick letter from his arms, handed it to Lan Xuan with both hands, and said in a low voice, "My lord said that after you read it, if there is anything he needs to do , and wrote him a reply."

"Uh...ok..." Lan Xuan hesitated for a moment, then quickly wiped her hands with a cloth, and took the thick stack of letters.For some reason, a bad premonition suddenly came to my mind, "You wait here for a while."

What he didn't expect was that although the seal on the envelope was undoubtedly Lan Jing's, there wasn't a word in his handwriting inside.The entire ten pages are the confession of interrogating Yuan Ming transcribed by the document.

Lan Xuan looked carefully at each word in the morning light, but the white fingers holding the letter gradually began to tremble until the whole paper trembled...

Ling Feng looked at Lan Xuan quietly, his thin body was always facing away from him, and he couldn't see his appearance clearly at the moment, but Ling Feng could imagine how much shock the contents of the letter would bring to him.

Killing, collaborating with the enemy.

Lan Xuan felt a pang in his heart.

I once thought that he had done all the bad things, but in the end he was the one who bore all the crimes alone, only keeping himself in the dark...

Unexpected ending.

"I... have nothing for him to do." Lan Xuan finished reading the letter, but did not turn around for a long time, but her voice suddenly became a little hoarse.Ling Feng knew that it was because he didn't want to let himself see his fragile appearance at the moment, but the slightly shrugged shoulders betrayed his pain, "Go back."

"...Yes." Ling Feng kowtowed behind him knowingly, and seeing that he really didn't want to say any more, he disappeared into the vast sky for a while.

"Uncle Emperor..." Lan Xuan pressed her chest tightly, leaning against the wall weakly alone, raised her head, but tears were streaming down her face.

The hazy morning light shines softly on the ground through the window edge, projecting his lonely figure.Just like for so many years, he put himself in a coerced role to escape the sin of this unethical love, hate him, blame him, and walk alone.

……

The new emperor ascended the throne, and the courtiers changed.Lan Jing used the fastest speed to get rid of those civil servants and military generals who were stalking around Lan Zheng, added an imperial examination, selected talents, and reused many capable ministers and wise men.

However, Zhao Jianyong, the governor of the four counties who had made great contributions to defeating the enemy, refused the decree of being a prime minister, and still sat firmly in the four counties, refusing to leave.

Lian Jingzhi, the commander-in-chief of the south of the Yangtze River, was wearing armor and a golden helmet, and strode through the beautifully furnished courtyard of the Governor's Mansion to the outside of Zhao Jianyong's bedroom.

The guard at the gate looked at the person standing outside the gate, immediately saluted as usual, and reported loudly: "The company commander is here!"

"Jingzhi is here?" A clear voice slowly floated out from the hall, with a little laziness when waking up in the morning, "Come in quickly."

Lian Jingzhi nodded to the guard, then walked into the hall door alone, hung the cloak on the dragon door frame in the corridor, and walked towards the inner hall.

Zhao Jianyong was always afraid of the cold, and the earth dragon was always burning in the room. Lian Jingzhi opened the thick satin curtain of the inner hall, and the warmth mixed with a touch of sandalwood came over his face.

"Just woke up in the morning?" Lian Jingzhi raised his eyebrows and looked.

At this moment, Zhao Jianyong was wearing a cotton pajamas and reclining on the mahogany couch, with a thin blanket covering his knees, and the Dragon Well before the rain on the low table was steaming with heat.

"Well, let's take a rest today." Zhao Jianyong slowly put down the scroll in his hand, raised his chin towards the cushion beside the couch, and said with pursed lips, "Why are you dressed like this?"

"Just brought a nest of water bandit remnants." Lian Jingzhi smiled, picked up Zhao Jianyong's teacup and took a sip, and continued, "Shuilong Village has been completely wiped out this time."

"Thanks for your hard work." Zhao Jianyong straightened up a little, picked up the teapot and poured him a new cup of tea, and said with a slight smile, "Shuilongzhai, which the imperial court has been helpless for so many years, you managed to tidy it up neatly in just over a month, really amazing."

"Where~" Hearing Zhao Jianyong's compliment, even though Lian Jingzhi spoke politely, he was very grateful in his heart, and said with a loud smile, "It's just that those people took black-hearted money before and didn't really go out to suppress the bandits."

"I respect you for this cup." Zhao Jianyong took another blue and white teacup, poured himself some tea, touched Lian Jingzhi's cup with his lower hand, and said with a smile, "I'm warm, so I'll stay here today Let's rest."

"Okay." Lian Jingzhi nodded happily, and continued to ask as if thinking of something suddenly, "I heard that the imperial court intends to transfer you back to serve as prime minister. Why did you refuse such a good job?"

"A good thing?" Zhao Jianyong snorted coldly, glanced at Lian Jingzhi lightly, and said with a raised lip, "Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, how can the prime minister's bowl of rice be so delicious?! Now I am alone here As long as you pay enough taxes and tributes from the imperial court every year, and take good care of the people in our four counties, no one will be able to say anything!"

Zhao Jianyong lightly placed his finger on the back of Lian Jingzhi's hand, and murmured: "Furthermore, if I return to the capital, but you cannot be transferred, wouldn't we be separated from each other?"

"Reluctant to part with me?" Lian Jingzhi leaned over to him and teased with a happy heart.

"In this life, I will always think about anyone and everything." Zhao Jianyong raised his hand and pinched his sharp chin, smiled slightly and bent his eyebrows, "Only for you, but never..."