I'm still so majestic

Time flies, and March is coming to an end.

No major incidents happened this month, Yan Ji lived a very comfortable life, bickering with the court, living a shameful daily life with Fu Zhihuai and Xie Wenzhuo, and occasionally went to the imperial garden for a walk with the two dogs, with eyebrows and eyes all day long. smiling.

Chaotang Yan Zhou sent all the officials to look at Yan Ji because of the Nine Kingdoms Banquet, but later saw that the emperor was still as usual, and slowly, it was only due to the nature of the emperor's family. It's just a flash in the pan, nothing to be afraid of.

Yan Zhou was still as gentle and kind as before, but no one knew what was going on in his mind.

The days passed slowly.

At the beginning of April, news came from Jiangnan that Jiang Baili planned for January and led the army to fight in the mountains on March 27. It lasted three days and three nights, and the rebels either died or surrendered. Disturb the people in the south of the Yangtze River.

The emperor was very happy when the memorial was handed over to the case. He bestowed the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, rewarded fertile land and beautiful jade, and allowed him to go to court.

The second day of April.

Jiang Baili entered the capital, ascended the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and bowed: "Your Majesty, it is fortunate that I did not disgrace my life."

Yan Ji smiled: "This is a happy event. Jiang Qing has worked hard all the way."

Jiang Baili bowed again, and explained the deployment of the past month in detail. After he finished speaking, Yan Ji clapped his hands: "Smart and brave man, reward."

All the officials in the court also bowed to congratulate each other, especially Su Mo's faction. While congratulating, they remained calm and sarcastically sarcastically.

Yan Zhou's recent life is indeed not going well. The Jiangnan incident was slapped in the face, and some errands promised by Yan Ji also went a little bit wrong. The original plan was completely disrupted, and Yan Zhou had a headache.

Especially Chi Fangguo, since the Nine Kingdoms Banquet, he has written many times, and the impatience in the letters has increased, and it even vaguely reveals a sense of his incompetence.

The first time he noticed it, Yan Zhou smashed the teacup in his hand.

All his life, he hated others to say that he was incompetent.

But now... all the voices in his ears came to his ears, Yan Zhou's face was still gentle, but his heart was already filled with gloom and anger.

In the past, others said that he was not as good as the first emperor, but now the one above is just a pampered dude, how can he compare with him?

Thinking of this, Yan Zhou lowered his head and gathered his hands tightly.

Yan Ji sat on top, saw his movements from the corner of his eye, and smiled silently.

Downwards.

Lin Prince's Mansion.

Yan Zhou went back to the study, carefully closed the door and window, turned around and pressed in the gap on the left side of the bookshelf, and then took down the hanging picture on the wall next to it, there was a secret passage behind.

He walked in holding the candlestick, and soon, a secret room appeared in front of him. There were already many people sitting in the secret room, some of them were courtiers from the last prince's faction, and some had red faces.

Seeing him coming in, the leader of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry stood up: "My lord."

Yan Zhou sat down and looked at them: "What do you think of the recent events?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry was silent for a moment, and said, "My lord, it is absolutely impossible for the matter to be as simple as an accident."

Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites continued his words next to him: "My lord, do you still have no clue about the people behind these things?"

Yan Zhou frowned: "This month, you all know how Yan Ji is in the court. Su Mou and others who may be helping him have placed eyeliner, but there has been nothing unusual. A mistake made Cha In the past, there were also people from the rivers and lakes, and there is no trace of them."

The crowd fell silent for a long time before hesitatingly opening their mouths: "My lord, maybe the source of everything is not in other people, but in...the one in the palace?"

Yan Zhou didn't speak, frowning in thought, his eyes darkened.

It's not that he didn't doubt it, but he knew Yan Ji's character too well, even if it changed, it couldn't happen overnight.

And... Just such a pampered dandy who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, a useless person who will get close to others with a little drama, can he really hide behind and plan all this?

Yan Zhou clenched his hands unconsciously: "No way..."

He raised his head: "I have tried many times overtly and secretly in this month, and his words and deeds are no different from usual, and he has approved all the scriptures I submitted these days, and it is not too much to be with Su Mou in the court." Great exchange...”

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head, not knowing whether he was telling others or persuading himself, he murmured in a low voice: "No, no..."

All the ministers looked at him with hesitation in their eyes, and in the silence, the minister standing at the end lowered his head and said, "But, my lord, haven't you noticed that although all the papers handed in were approved, almost all of them were rejected?" There was a mistake, we have been busy for more than a month, and only a few moderate official positions were placed in the Six Departments, the original plan was not only disrupted, but also many people were lost."

Yan Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he raised his head abruptly.

Everyone was startled by his gaze, and tremblingly lowered their heads.

There was silence all around.

After a long time like this, the ministers heard Yan Zhou's voice hoarse and said: "My nephew, who has been blinded since he was a child, is able to get close to me because he was taken care of by me when he was seriously ill, and he likes to follow him ever since. I."

"The patient's mind is fragile, and he is the most defenseless. This may be the only way to see through him." Yan Zhou's eyes darkened: "The plan I told you before... let's advance it."

The faces of all the ministers flashed in astonishment, and they didn't speak until Yan Zhou looked over with gloomy eyes, and hurriedly lowered his head and cupped his hands: "...Yes."

After that, he arranged for the next thing, and the ministers left.

Only Yan Zhou was left in the secret room.

Yan Zhou sat for a while with a sullen face, got up and walked to the end of the secret room, twisted the beads in the corner, and the shelf slowly moved away, revealing a small study that even his confidants didn't know about.

Yan Zhou went in and sat down behind the desk. There were many boxes on the desk, which contained letters between him and Chifangguo and various plans for Daqi.

He opened the latest letterhead, looked down at each word and line, his eyes became darker, and he was silent for a long time before writing a letter to reply.

After finishing writing, Yan Zhou sealed the letterhead, leaned on the back of the chair and rubbed his temples, his brows still tightly furrowed.

There are some things that he can't see through, and now he has to test them thoroughly before he can feel at ease.

There is no other way.

……

In the Xuanjing Hall, Yan Ji was sitting on the couch holding the candied fruit brought by Xie Wenzhuo, and Er Gouzi was squatting beside him, watching eagerly.

Yan Ji moved his eyes away from the page, looked at it and couldn't help laughing, shaking the candied fruit in his hand: "Want to eat?"

Er Gouzi wrinkled his nose.

Yan Ji reached out and took a piece to feed him, Er Gouzi happily grabbed it, took a bite, was so sour that he burst into tears, and groaned at Yan Ji.

The owner was very unconscionable and laughed beside him: "I'm crying sourly, I'm useless."

When Xie Wenzhuo came in, he saw the scene of Yan Ji bullying the animals, stepped forward and smiled: "Your Majesty."

Yan Ji saw him and moved inside: "Teacher, come and sit down."

Xie Wenzhuo sat down as he said, and then there were two people who bullied the animals.

Er Gouzi squatted there obediently and let them rub it. Its temperament is actually not as wild as the rumors, but it is a bit more aggressive towards people with unruly thoughts. It is usually very docile, with fluffy hair, and looks very poignant. .

After ravaging Er Gouzi, it was time for lunch, so Yan Ji ate some casually and went to the inner hall for a lunch break.Er Gouzi shook his ears and wanted to go in and sleep with Yan Ji, but Xie Wenzhuo smiled and shrank away to the side.

Yan Ji lay down on the couch, and suddenly found that there were two more books next to the pillow at some point. He picked it up curiously and opened it, and found some interesting books on it. After flipping through a few pages, he felt that it was not bad, so he opened it again. next one.

Caught off guard in a word.

Yanji: "..."

It's okay to break the shame at night, but now it's like this in broad daylight!

The image of Xie Wenzhuo's abstinence-type high-altitude flower collapsed in Yan Ji's heart again.

Yan Ji took a deep breath, but uncontrollably looked at the indescribable picture on the page of the book. After realizing it, he choked, quickly closed the book, and stuffed it under the pillow.

The image in my mind is lingering.

Yan Ji pulled up the quilt to cover her face, thought wildly for a long time, and fell into a deep sleep.

It was dusk outside when I woke up.

The Xuanjing Hall lit the lamps, and the smoke in the corners faintly diffused, making it dark and quiet.

Yan Ji regained his composure, put on a coat, got up and went to the outer hall.Shao He was not there, Xie Wenzhuo sat behind the table looking down at a volume of books, his face was hidden in the gloom, a gentleman was dignified, as gentle as jade.

But Yan Ji always felt that what Xie Wenzhuo was reading now might not be a serious book.

Sure enough, it is easy to change from clean to dirty.

He touched his nose, walked forward, heard the voice, Xie Wenzhuo raised his head, his eyes were calm: "Your Majesty."

Yan Ji hummed, sat down in front of him, and glanced at the books on the table calmly, noticing his movements, Xie Wenzhuo smiled, "Is your majesty still going to the imperial study today?"

"It's too late, so I won't go, it's no big deal after all."

Seeing the extremely serious policy theory on the pages of the book, Yan Ji rubbed his nose: "But... speaking of big things, one will happen tonight."

"Ok?"

Yan Ji hooked his fingers at Xie Wenzhuo, who smiled and listened to him.Yan Ji told him everything one by one, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly: "So, I will trouble the master tonight."

After the words fell, before Xie Wenzhuo could react, he felt something was wrong no matter how he heard the words. He raised his head subconsciously, and Xie Wenzhuo stood there nodding his head, his smile still fresh.

It seems that the only one with dirty thoughts is himself.

Realizing this, His Majesty was in a very complicated mood. He glanced at Xie Wenzhuo quietly, picked up the peach blossom tea, turned and walked towards the inner hall, and decided to wait for the night with peace of mind.

Xie Wenzhuo stood behind and looked at his back, the corners of his lips slowly curled up.

Ten, points, mild, and.

……

At night, everything is silent.

The lights of Xuanjing Hall were scattered, and the surrounding area was dark.The inner hall was lit with tranquilizing incense, and the bed curtain was lowered, and the sleeping figure could be vaguely seen inside.

The moonlight in the sky was light, and in the corner, a black figure walked along the wall and sneaked into the Xuanjing Hall.After an extremely slight sound, the door of the inner hall was pushed open, and a person approached the couch lightly, leaned over slowly, and clenched the dagger in his hand.

Then, towards the heart of the person on the couch, he stabbed fiercely.