Loyalty Hou Tiansheng rebellious

The Laba palace banquet in the first year of Yongjia was half a month before the rebellion.

Chen Hen entered the palace anxiously, full of worries.

He originally wanted to say that he was sick, but before he had time to put on an appearance, Wu Duan came to the Zhongyihou Mansion, and half coaxed and half persuaded him to get on the horse.

It wasn't until he reached the gate of the palace that Chen Hen realized belatedly—he was going to see Li Yan.

Counting the days, he will rebel in half a month.

How dare, how dare he go to see Li Yan?

Thinking of Li Yan, Chen Hen unconsciously tightened the reins of the horse, reined in the horse, and wanted to turn around and run back.

"Li Ting!" Wu Duan exclaimed in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Chen Hen was stunned: "I..."

"With such a bad complexion, it must be true illness?" Wu Duan said as he was about to reach out to try his forehead.

"I'm fine." Chen Hen drove the horse to the side, "No horses are allowed in the palace, I... I'm ready."

He dismounted and landed, his feet on the thin snow.

Hou Wang's clothes were heavy, when Wu Duan got off his horse, he ran up and patted him on the back, it was not heavy, but it startled him.Chen Hen took a big step to the side and looked back at him abruptly.

Wu Duan was also taken aback by him, and asked: "What's the matter with you recently? You're always in the mansion, not going anywhere because you're always startled."

"I'm not..." Chen Hen lowered his voice, and made some nonsense, "Are you afraid that the censor will be involved in a book?"

"What are you thinking? The emperor doesn't listen to them."

"I'm not afraid of the emperor, I'm afraid of the people around me."

No, Chen Hen shook his head secretly, thinking, that's not the case, he is not afraid of others at all, he is afraid of the emperor.

When he was in a trance, Wu Duan secretly touched his hand with his elbow: "Hey, isn't that your opponent? Why does he dislike you?"

Wu Duan was talking about Xu Xing, who got off the carriage in front of the palace gate and stood not far away.

The official red robe, Xu Xing dressed in a red robe with a strong character, like a jagged red plum.He was also afraid of the cold, so he put on a jade-colored outer garment, which looked like red plums covered with white snow.

"It's not him." Chen Hen shook his head, it wasn't Xu Xing who offered to join him in the summer, but Master Zhao whom he didn't recognize.

But Xu Xing walked towards them, Chen Hen said to Wu Duan: "Go first, Xu Zhenmian is probably looking for me."

"How can that be done?" Wu Duan blurted out, "I assure the emperor that I will take you there tonight."

Chen Hen suddenly realized that it was Li Yan who ordered him, no wonder Wu Duan wanted to drag him here.But if it wasn't for Wu Duan, I'm afraid he wouldn't come today.

Li Yan could see through him.

Consciously saying something wrong, Wu Duan wanted to run away, and hurriedly said: "I can go first, you must go, don't just turn around and run back, the emperor is still waiting for you. Entering the palace, even if the emperor summons you, you don’t go, and there is no one around him to talk, it’s quite depressing.”

Chen Hen nodded, and said yes softly.

Wu Duan gave him a few more instructions, and when he left, Xu Xing also came forward.

Xu Xing still looked the same, his face was white and his lips were red, which was an uncomfortable color.From time to time, he covered it with his sleeve and suppressed two light coughs.

Xu Xing's clothes were turned up and down, and he bowed to him: "Master Hou."

Chen Hen nodded slightly: "Master Xu."

He walked forward, and Xu Xing followed slowly.

Chen Hen slowed down and only walked side by side with him.Before Xu Xing opened his mouth first, he turned to look at him and said, "Master Xu...what's the matter?"

"The book from last time—" Xu Xing coughed twice, and explained, "It didn't mean that the subordinate official, it was a few colleagues talking in private, the wine started, the subordinate drank two cups, and he spoke unrestrainedly. I said a few more words. Mr. Zhao, who was seated at the same table, would have misunderstood it. He was a newcomer to Yushitai the year before last. He was young and vigorous, and he was not smart enough to do things. When he went back, he wrote the scriptures, and the next official didn't know about it until later. , I have explained it clearly to him..."

Xu Xing thought that because of this incident, he had been staying in the mansion recently, so he came to him to explain.

Chen Hen smiled with the corners of his mouth pulled, and said, "No hindrance."

Xu Xing probably felt that he was still angry, and his tone of explanation was a little hasty: "That's not what I mean, I don't think of Lord Marquis that way. I just think you shouldn't be this loyal Marquis, you..."

He spoke in a hurry, Xu Xing coughed again before he finished speaking.

This time he coughed badly. He stood on the spot with his back hunched, with one hand on his knees, barely supporting his body, and he covered his mouth with the other hand, for fear of revealing anything other than the sound of coughing.

But he almost coughed out his heart and lungs.

Chen Hen bent down and raised his hand to pat his back.Xu Xing turned his head away, not looking at him.

Chen Hen asked him, "Is Master Xu all right?"

Xu Xing didn't answer, but closed his eyes and regained his composure.Standing firmly in front of him, he said to him again: "Master Hou really shouldn't be this loyal Marquis."

Chen Hen sighed, flicked his sleeves and said, "I can't help it."

At that time, the system wanted him to be a loyal prince, and he had to be; now the system still wants him to rebel, and he had to rebel.

As for Xu Xing, Chen Hen glanced at Xu Xing beside him. He was probably worried that he would not be able to sit in this position for long, that Li Yan would turn his back on him in the future, or that one day he would sacrifice his life for the reputation of loyalty.

He couldn't see through this Xu Xing.

Xu Xing said firmly: "Master Hou has a plan, Master Hou should go back to the south of the Yangtze River with them from the very beginning."

"Yes, Jiangnan is so nice." Chen Hen flicked his sleeves again, put his hands behind his back, and only pretended to be indifferent, "My mother also left me a boat in Jiangnan. Wen, how nice it is to float around in a boat."

"If Lord Hou wants to go back..."

Chen Hen interrupted him: "I can't go back, I have no other choice."

"you……"

Chen Hen paced forward, helplessly said: "Master Xu, please worry about it, but I really can't help it."

After a while, Xu Xing seemed to be distracted, and unconsciously called him: "Li Ting."

"Eh."

"If you have something to do, why not..."

In the past, the two of them had quarreled over Zhongyihou's matter, and they were considered friends, but not close friends.

Xu Xing was calm and thoughtful. Even if he lost his mind for a moment and had already spoken half a sentence, he should have reacted.

He stopped talking.

Chen Hen didn't know what he was going to say, so he shouldn't.

All the way to the Hall of Harmony, Xu Xing's fellow censors bowed to Xu Xing, and Wu Duan also waved to Chen Hen.The two of them will return to their respective places.

When they were about to part, Chen Hen suddenly tugged at Xu Xing's sleeve, approached, and asked softly, "Master Xu, are you... hiding something from me?"

"There is nothing that Lord Hou should know about this place." Xu Xing quickly changed the subject, "Master Zhao went to the Imperial Academy, is it probably Lord Hou's idea?"

"Yes." At that time, Li Yan handed him the notebook and asked him what to do. He said casually that the notebook was well written, so it would be better to transfer the person who wrote the notebook to the Imperial Academy.Who knew that Li Yan would really follow suit?

Xu Xing smiled, pulled his sleeve from his hand, and walked away on his own, laughing twice: "I can tell that this kind of unreliable thing is your idea as soon as I guess it."

The Laba palace banquet is really meaningless.

Chen Hen had long thought that he would not come because he was sick, but Wu Duan ordered him to come.

He fiddled with the dishes on the table with his chopsticks without much interest, and lowered his head, not daring to look around.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he would see Li Yan looking at him intently, on the ninth white jade step, his inquiring eyes fell on him undiminished, asking him why he didn't come into the palace to see him recently.

Chen Hen was upset, how could he dare to look at him?

According to the old practice, after seven rounds of drinking at the palace banquet, they can be dispersed.

When he was about to pass the fourth round, Eunuch Gao, who was beside Li Yan, approached and whispered something in Chen Hen's ear.It just so happened that at this moment, the sound of silk and bamboo was moving, and Chen Hen didn't hear it clearly. He just raised his eyes and met Li Yan's gaze.

Li Yan stroked the wine glass and smiled at him.

Chen Hen didn't dare to look any further, and quickly withdrew his gaze.When he lowered his eyes, he saw the lights shining in the wine.

Xi San, Chen Hen left the hall with all the ministers, but Wu Duan said that he had left his cloak in the hall and asked him to wait for him.

Chen Hen waited for him in front of the hall, but he didn't come out after waiting for a long time, so he wandered around in front of the corridor.

He counted the icicles formed under the eaves, and every time he counted one, he kicked the hem of his clothes and took a step forward.

Look up at the eaves, then look down and take a step forward.He didn't look at the road and almost ran into the pillar.

Only then did he realize that he had reached the end of the corridor.

Just when he was about to turn around, someone behind him approached, pulled his wide belt, and gently wrapped his other hand around him, bringing him into his arms.

The man whispered: "I asked you to stay after the banquet, why didn't you stay?"

Who else could it be?

Only then did Chen Hen realize that this was what Eunuch Gao told him, and he scolded Wu Duan again in his heart, thinking about many things for a while.

But he deliberately didn't think about Li Yan behind him.

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Li Yan said again: "Are you angry? I just asked you, why are you angry again? If I hadn't pulled you just now, wouldn't you have bumped into the pillar? You see For the sake of saving you once, don't be angry."

"I dare not."

Li Yan sighed softly: "Why don't you dare? I haven't seen you for a long time again."

Chen Hen only dared to take a quick glance at him when he turned his head, then leaned over and lowered his eyes, only staring at his clothes embroidered with cloud patterns with gold thread.

"Chen...send the emperor back to the Yangju Palace?"

God knows how long it took him to dare to say this.

But after saying this, he regretted it.

How could he have the guts to walk that long palace road with Li Yan?

"Okay, let's go back."

Li Yan stretched out his hand to pull him, but he avoided it.He stepped back half a step, stood behind Li Yan, and asked him to go first.

Snow covered the steps, and at the last step, Chen Hen couldn't see clearly and almost fell down.

And Li Yan finally caught one of his hands by helping him.

Li Yan pressed his hand that was struggling secretly, and asked calmly, "Is it cold?"

Chen Hen shook his head: "I'm not cold."

Li Yan put his hands into his sleeves and sighed helplessly: "You are not cold, but your hands are cold."

"My lord..."

"what happened?"

The warmth that gradually melted in his hand made Chen Hen's heart flutter for a moment, and he tentatively asked: "If one day, the minister made some mistakes, the emperor..."

"That depends on what you have committed, and hit you a few times depending on the situation."

Chen Hen lowered his head, Li Yan saw that he was bored, and smiled again: "I just hit you twice, but you won't even let me hit you?"

"No..." was the mistake he was about to make, worse than any other.

Li Yan raised his hand to caress his temples, and coaxed him: "Okay, okay, I won't hit you, I won't hit you, don't be angry anymore."

Walking all the way to the front of the Yangju Palace, Chen Hen withdrew his hand and said, "Go in, my lord. If you don't go back, the palace gate will be locked."

"You..." Having said that, Li Yan couldn't force him to stay, "Then you go back."

Chen Hen raised his hand and bowed: "I will leave."

But Li Yan grabbed his hand, smoothed away the layers of toga sleeves, and exposed his hand.

Chen Hen's hand is the hand of a literati, he has carried the Huzhou brush and studied the pine smoke ink.The knuckles are distinct, and through the thin skin, they outline the good shape of the underlying muscles and bones.Li Yan grabbed his hand anxiously, before Chen Hen could put down the small hand stove in his hand.

Borrowing the lantern under the eaves of Yangju Hall, Li Yan only glanced at it, and said with a half-smile: "The hand stove you took from me last time?"

"Yes." Chen Hen held the hand stove in his hand, as if he wanted to hide it in his palm.

"Ask Eunuch Gao to add some carbon for you, otherwise it will be cold when you go back."

"No need." Chen Hen suddenly came back to his senses, broke away his hand, took a few steps back, and stepped back to the bottom of a few steps, then bowed to him, "Your Majesty, leave."

As if thinking of something, Chen Hen said again: "My lord, the plum blossoms in the Zhongyihou's mansion are in bloom, New Year's Eve...after the New Year's Eve palace banquet, do you want to go and see the lord?"

He was secretly annoyed, what he said was not good, he should have said that he begged the emperor to show his favor, and no matter how bad it was, he should have said that he asked the emperor to move away another day.

But he asked him directly if he wanted to, as usual.

And it was said quietly.The howling of the north wind was also louder than his voice.

He thought to himself that if he wanted to rebel on New Year's Eve, he would probably need to find another time.Li Yan, you should decline soon.

It's just that the cold wind tightened, and Li Yan agreed with a "yes" when it was sent over.He should be light and delicate, and there is no trace on the snow.

Chen Hen's heart skipped a beat, Li Yan, Li Yan, why are you so unprepared?