[Yongzheng x Nian Gengyao] overwhelmed the world

During the Battle of Qinghai, Nian Gengyao's name spread throughout the streets and alleys.

Whether it is a babbling child, or an old man with gray temples, everyone knows, everyone knows.

In the days that followed, extraordinary things such as double-eyed peacock feathers, four dragon suits, yellow belts, purple bridles, and gold coins were continuously given, and Nian Gengyao's limelight was second to none in the capital.

Even the Nian family shines because of this.

Yinzhen not only treated Nian Gengyao very well, but also treated his family with the utmost care, sending people to visit him from time to time.

Nian Gengyao had an old arm disease due to the wind and cold outside the Great Wall, and Yinzhen was concerned about it, so he sent some of the best imperial doctors to treat him.

The leading doctor Hu was an old man from the Imperial Hospital. When Nian Gengyao saw him, he was already gray-haired and approached him tremblingly.

Nian Gengyao couldn't bear it, and said: "Physician Hu, you are too old, so don't come here."

Imperial Physician Hu smiled and shook his hands, and said, "I'm old, but I'm not a useless person. Besides, in the entire imperial hospital, who can compete with my medical skills."

Nian Gengyao smiled: "My little injury is nothing at all, there is no need to be so laborious."

Physician Hu said very seriously: "You can't say that, this kind of old injury is nothing now, and you will suffer in the future."

Looking at the recruits practicing outside the camp, Nian Gengyao sighed, "I was born to conquer the battlefield, so injuries are inevitable. Besides, I never thought about the future."

Seeing the sadness in his words, Imperial Physician Hu hurriedly said: "General Nian, don't think wildly, the emperor will rely on you."

Seeing that Imperial Physician Hu was serious, Nian Gengyao explained: "I just expressed my feelings casually, and Imperial Physician Hu doesn't need to worry."

Seeing that his brows stretched, Imperial Physician Hu said happily again: "You don't know, the emperor really has nothing to say to you."

"How to say?" Nian Gengyao was puzzled.

"The emperor is going to make a special 'annual election' for you." Imperial Physician Hu said with joy.

"What is 'annual selection of officials'?" Nian Gengyao was still at a loss.

"In the future, the officials in the imperial court will not be decided by the emperor, nor will they be determined by the imperial examinations. As long as you give the order of General Nian, anyone who wants to become an official will be able to do so. Don't say that I made the decision. , The emperor said that the imperial decree has not yet been issued, and I want to give you a surprise." Doctor Hu became more and more excited as he spoke.

As soon as Imperial Physician Hu left, Yue Zhongqi came in to report the military situation. Nian Gengyao was hesitating whether to tell Yue Zhongqi about "Nian's selection of officials", someone came to report: "General Nian, an old friend of yours wants to see you."

"Old friend?"

"Yes, he said his name is He Cheng."

Hearing the name "He Cheng", both Nian Gengyao and Yue Zhongqi laughed.

"Invite him in now."

A bearded man walked in outside the door, dressed in coarse cloth and slightly hunchbacked.

Nian Gengyao said in surprise, "You are He Cheng?"

"It's the villain." He Cheng lowered his head and dodged his eyes.

"How did you become like this?" Yue Zhongqi asked in disbelief.

"You two masters don't know, since you left, I stopped working in the yamen, and now I set up a small stall on the street, selling sesame seed cakes." He Cheng became more respectful.

Seeing him like this, Nian Gengyao felt sour in his heart, and said, "How could this be?"

He Cheng looked at Yue Zhongqi, Yue Zhongqi seemed to understand something, she cupped her hands to Nian Gengyao and said, "I still have important things to do, so I will take a step ahead and leave."

Seeing Yue Zhongqi go out, He Cheng stammered: "My lord, you know that I was your right-hand man back then. That old fellow Yue Shenglong couldn't do anything to you, but how could he let me go? The governor of Sichuan who took over is exactly His protégé, once emperor and courtier, I..."

"Stop talking—" Nian Gengyao stopped him.

"He Cheng, don't worry, I won't just watch my brother who helped me end up like this." Nian Gengyao said firmly to He Cheng.

He Cheng was so grateful that he almost knelt down, but Nian Gengyao hurriedly helped him up.

"By the way, what does your lord want me to do in the barracks? I'm old and useless. I'm afraid I can't do many things." He Cheng hesitated.

"Don't worry, I won't let you suffer in the military camp." Nian Gengyao himself didn't expect that the "annual selection of officials" he just learned would come in handy so soon.

He Cheng knelt down and kept kowtowing to Nian Gengyao, barely giving him his life.

Nian Gengyao had both sympathy and guilt for He Cheng, and when the imperial decree came, he couldn't wait to write a letter requesting that He Cheng be assigned a fourth-rank idle position.

Nian Gengyao thought that after a few days, there would be an approval document, and then everything would be fine.

He Cheng got Nian Gengyao's consent and went home happily.

Nian Gengyao knew that all these years, He Cheng had followed him by his side. Although he hadn't accompanied him through life and death, he had confided his heart to him.In this world, apart from his relatives, Yinzhen and Yue Zhongqi, He Cheng is his closest relative.

In fact, He Cheng may be the one who can really understand him among these people.

Now, everything has been settled.

But what happened next was beyond his expectations.

The gears of fate turned quietly, but Nian Gengyao didn't know it, and it was precisely from this that it began and destined his future ending.

"Impossible! Something must have gone wrong, how could the emperor not approve?" Nian Gengyao was surprised and angry when he heard that Yinzhen had rejected his application for He Cheng.

"General, that's right, the emperor did not agree—" Seeing that Nian Gengyao's face turned from red to green and then from green to black, his subordinates dared not continue.

"It's not good, it's not good." Nian Gengyao saw that someone came to report again, and there was an ominous sign in his heart.

The man really said in a panic: "He Cheng was taken away by blood drops from the capital."

Without saying a word, Nian Gengyao immediately sent people to prepare horses and go to Beijing.

He couldn't figure it out, Yinzhen had given him so much favor and so much power, he had never asked for anything, and he had never asked for anything, but this time, he just couldn't satisfy his wish .

Yue Zhongqi saw that Nian Gengyao had galloped away, so she hurriedly rode her horse and chased after him.

Seeing him following closely all the way, Nian Gengyao finally stopped and said, "Nobody cares about the barracks, why don't you hurry back!"

Yue Zhongqi jumped off the horse and dragged Nian Gengyao off the horse.

This was the first time since Nian Gengyao met Yue Zhongqi that he was so angry.

"What are you doing, talk about it if you have something to say." Nian Gengyao subconsciously pushed Yue Zhongqi away.

"You still have the face to say, you also know that there can be no commander in the barracks, and you just leave like this, are you still worthy of being General Fuyuan?" Yue Zhongqi was anxious and angry, and a tear was drawn on her face.

"I'm sorry, but this matter is very important to me. I have to go to Beijing. I will leave it to you. I trust you." Nian Gengyao patted Yue Zhongqi on the shoulder.

"Nian Gengyao, do you know what you're doing? Why didn't you tell me about the 'Nian's selection of officials'? Is He Cheng so important to you?" Yue Zhongqi asked in one breath.

"You ask so many questions, how can I answer you?" Nian Gengyao softened his tone, "In short, I know what I'm doing, and this matter is really important to me, not only related to He Cheng .”

Yue Zhongqi finally couldn't control her emotions anymore, she couldn't hold back her tears, "Shuangfeng, I know you can do anything for Yinzhen, even your life. But Yinzhen is the emperor after all, he may not treat you like this. Listen to me, what happened this time was just to test you, and you actually used your power to push some "year-selected officials" to go up. He arrested He Cheng just to warn you, you still have to vote for yourself Snare. I beg you, don't go?"

Nian Gengyao wiped away the tears from Yue Zhongqi's face with a smile, and said softly, "You are my lieutenant general, and you will take over from me in the future. It's not good to cry like this."

Just as Yue Zhongqi was about to say something, Nian Gengyao had already mounted the horse, rode the horse and swung the whip, and left in the dust.

When Nian Gengyao saw Yinzhen again, it was only a few months since the last time we met.

But Yinzhen seems to have matured a lot overnight.

He was sitting in the resplendent Hall of Mental Cultivation, on that high dragon chair.In a daze, his eyebrows and eyes actually looked a bit like his father - the great king who made all the people submit to him.

Seeing Nian Gengyao coming in, Yinzhen continued to look at the memorial in his hand without raising his head, and said calmly: "If you are pleading for that He Cheng, then you don't have to worry about it, you'd better go back."

Nian Gengyao knelt on the ground, a little at a loss.

Seeing that he was silent, Yinzhen finally stood up and gently helped Nian Gengyao up.

He paused, smiled and said to Nian Gengyao: "Aren't you surprised, why should I do this to He Cheng?"

Nian Gengyao nodded.

"Because - he is Lao Ba's accomplice." When Yinzhen said this, Nian Gengyao was really taken aback.

"Impossible, how could he be the Eighth Prince's accomplice?" Nian Gengyao asked over and over again, as if asking Yinzhen, more like asking himself.

"Actually, I have known about this for a long time. He is the person Lao Ba and the others deliberately sent by your side to monitor your every move." Yinzhen sighed.

"In that case, then He Cheng didn't do anything to apologize to us."

Nian Gengyao clenched his fists.

"That's because he is timid and has some feelings for you, so he always talks about irrelevant things with Lao Ba and the others." Yinzhen turned his head away, playing with the wolf hair on the table.

"You just said that you already knew?" Nian Gengyao's voice trembled, "You, why didn't you tell me?"

"Yeah, from the first time I saw him, I thought he looked familiar. Later, I remembered that he used to be Lao Ba's servant, and I sent someone to investigate, and it turned out to be true. I didn't tell you because I didn't want to scare the snake away." Yinzhen glanced at Nian Gengyao and quickly turned his head away, "With your ability, how can he stand up to you? After you left Sichuan, I managed to get rid of him with Yue Shenglong's hand. Unexpectedly, you -"

Nian Gengyao stared at Yinzhen's unfathomable eyes, bent his knees, and knelt down little by little.

"Your Majesty, He Cheng is timid and fearful. He has never done anything harmful to nature. Even if you can't agree to let him be an official, please hold your hand high and let him go." Nian Gengyao's lips trembled, and Yinzhen's His hands were shaking too.

"I won't let him go? I've already let him go once. If he hadn't been greedy and used you to ask me for an official position, would I have done this?" Yin Zhen broke the wolf hair in his hand into two with all his strength. part.

"Your Majesty, I, I know that you treat me well. I have never begged you for anything. This time, I beg you, you let him go." Nian Gengyao's eyes lit up with a last glimmer of hope.

"Shuangfeng, don't be deceived by him. He has no good intentions at all. The eighth brother and the others do all kinds of evil. They framed the thirteenth brother to keep beekeepers and suffer for ten years, and they forced me into desperation many times. I am the only one related to them. I won’t let them go.” Yinzhen’s every word was resounding.

"Yinzhen—" Nian Gengyao choked up, as if he wanted to say something else.

"Shuangfeng, whatever you want, I will give it to you even if I put all my strength in the world. Whatever you want from me, I will definitely do it for you even if I go through fire and water. It's just this matter, I will definitely not promise you." Yin Yin Zhenzhen was so decisive, which made Nian Gengyao feel a little relieved that his Yinzhen had finally grown into an emperor.

"I have nothing to say, I will leave."

Nian Gengyao bowed deeply, which is the greatest awe a courtier has for the king.