Record of ups and downs in troubled times

"What do you say?"

What else can he say? !

He wants to leave the court.

If he leaves here, all the embarrassments before will fade away with time, and there will always be a day when he will forget them; if he leaves here, he will no longer have to worry about the eyes of others, regain his martial arts, and return to his life with the sword. Chic days.And these, aren't they what he should have, what he should have obtained?

"The Ai family can help you," the queen mother saw the struggle in his eyes, smiled, and said softly, "However, I just need a little return from you. The Tan family has been in charge of the Habayashi Army for nearly 20 years, so it should be changed." It's fresh, I don't know what the Second Young Master Tan wants?"

It turned out to be for the Habayashi Army!

As we all know, the imperial guards are the gatekeepers of the imperial palace, and among them, the best ones can count as ten.Habayashi and Huben are the two most important branches of the imperial guards. They are like stone lions in front of the gate. There is a long-standing saying that "you must break the Yulin before entering the capital, and you must subdue the tiger before entering the imperial palace." He is called "Eagle Dog of the Court" and "Minion of the Imperial Capital". Although the tone of his voice is contemptuous, his heroic demeanor may be seen.

So, is the Cheng family planning to attack Habayashi Nakaro?

"If my Tan family doesn't agree..."

"If you don't agree, it doesn't matter. If the father goes to Huangquan Road first, he won't see the despicable things his son does. Someone will always do it for you." The Queen Mother smiled. Lovely, in Tan Yangui's eyes, she is a tigress with a mouth full of blood and a mouth full of stench.

This tigress is now turning her big black mouth towards his family.

"It's okay, Second Young Master Tan, don't be impatient. You can discuss it with your father. When you have a conclusion, it's not too late to talk about your business with Ai's family." "I just don't know, after the Second Young Master Tan left the Longevity Palace of the Ai Family, did he leave the palace and return to the Tan Mansion, or went to the Changle Palace?"

There was this profound smile on her face, until the white dress flicked away and disappeared before her eyes, then she lowered her head and took a sip of tea, moistened her mouth, and said to the empty Changshou Palace hall in front of her: "Zhou Changshi, what do you think of this play?"

After a step by step behind the screen, an old man with gray forehead moved out. It turned out to be Zhou Zheng.Zhou Zheng didn't change his face, and replied flatly: "The queen mother arranged it herself, so it's naturally good."

"Pu'er cares about him." The queen mother ignored the hint of sarcasm in Zhou Zheng's tone, and said again: "Just after noon, you are worried that I won't let him go here, and Baba sent you to get him?"

"Second Master Tan is not an uninhibited person. Your Majesty is not worried about him." Zhou Zheng used his unique skills and began to talk nonsense with his eyes open. The spotted pipa fruit that came as a tribute is your favorite, so I ordered all the servants to bring it to the Longevity Palace and present it to you."

"Tsk." The Empress Dowager obviously didn't believe it, seeing that the palace servants really came in with a plate of juicy pipa fruits, but couldn't find fault with Zhou Zheng, an old slippery man, so she had to go with the flow: "There is Lao Pu'er's filial piety. However, Zhou Changshi has gone back, how should I report to His Majesty?"

Truth is best.

Just let the emperor know how much Tan Yangui, whom he was talking about with all his heart, wanted to leave him.

"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, I still know what to say and what not to say." Zhou Zheng bowed and lowered his head.

"What should be said, what should not be said? Is it up to you, an old slave, to decide?!" Hearing his answer, the queen mother knew that this old man was not on the same path as herself.In a moment of anger, he raised his tone and reprimanded: "What are you?! If it weren't for seeing that you have served the emperor for a long time, I would definitely punish you for the crime of 'deceiving the superior and concealing the inferior'! It is best not to be smart!"

"Alas." Zhou Zheng is an old man in the palace after all, so he was not deceived by these words at all, he only smacked his lips a few times, and replied with a sigh: "You should also know that no matter which side I stand on, I just want to It is useless for me to speak ill of Second Young Master Tan in front of His Majesty."

"Your Majesty likes Mr. Tan Er, not because others say that Mr. Tan Er is good, so he thinks he is good; on the other hand, no matter how much I say about Mr. Tan Er's badness, His Majesty will not alienate Tan Er just because of others' words." Young Master, if I go back today, if I say that the Empress Dowager ordered my servant to eavesdrop behind a screen, and no matter if I don’t get any good fruit, I’m afraid it will hurt His Majesty’s heart, and the relationship between you and Your Majesty will be even more precarious. From this we can see , I also hope that the queen mother will not act like this."

"You bastard, you actually taught me a lesson!" The queen mother cursed back, but then sat back on the soft couch, with some imperceptible grievances in her tone, "Who else in the world is worse than Aijia?" I wish him well? If all the ministers know that he has short sleeves, he will abdicate in the future and become a prince, and it will be difficult to live in the countryside in an ordinary way!"

The two have a silence, but the reasons for their silence are different.

The queen mother was sad because the emperor didn't understand her heart, while Zhou Zheng kept silent because he felt sorry for the emperor.

Your Majesty is a very strong person, if you want him to really live in the countryside and listen to others dominating him, it is wishful thinking, it is simply wishful thinking that his life would be worse than death.With such a temper, how could he listen to what the queen mother said and be controlled by the Cheng family obediently?

What's more, it's fine if others don't believe in the ambition of establishing the emperor's hegemony one day. My own mother still doesn't believe it, but instead helps others to suppress him. This is what makes the emperor feel the most chilling, right?Looking at the current situation, I am afraid that Second Young Master Tan will not be able to stay for long. After he leaves, what should His Majesty do...

"Actually, I don't blame her," Zhou Zheng recalled a sentence the emperor said when he was young. "It's human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. It's just because she chose the Cheng family and happened to be my mother."

Yes, most of the unbearable things in the world can find a justifiable and unjustifiable reason.

Wouldn't it be better to talk about it than to feel sorry for yourself?

The weather in autumn is cool, the days are getting cooler, and it seems that the time is much better.In the blink of an eye, nearly two months have passed, and before you know it, autumn is getting deeper and winter is getting closer.

It was late at night, but there was still a bright lamp burning in Jingren Palace.That halo of light floating in the darkness inexplicably caused a lot of sadness in people's hearts for no reason.

"Your Majesty?" Zhou Zheng gently shook off a thin blanket, and put it on the shoulders of the emperor who couldn't help but close his eyes.

"Well," the emperor woke up from his precarious drowsiness, rubbed his eyes, continued to read the memorial in his hand intently, and asked habitually, "Did anyone find it?"

This sentence has almost become the emperor's mantra recently.

The disaster in the South China Sea a few months ago has gradually subsided.However, although the turbulent river was calm, a side branch appeared at this juncture: King Xiaoxiang, Prince Regent, and even Zhu Qi, who were supposed to arrive in the capital seven days ago, all disappeared inexplicably!

Let's talk about going to the South China Sea for disaster relief. The regent was sent by his emperor's edict, but King Xiaoxiang volunteered: he took the initiative to go to the South China Sea to make amends on the grounds that he accidentally injured the regent at Baibuting.These two were of high status, it was absolutely impossible for the two of them to really go to Nanhai County to take risks, so they stopped in Qianzhong County as early as possible.

It's just that I didn't expect that there was a flood in Qianzhong County.

According to those who escaped to heaven, when Zishui broke the embankment, the regent King Yundian and King Xiaoxiang happened to stand on the embankment hand in hand to inspect the water situation.All of a sudden, the flood broke the embankment, and it was very close to where the two were standing. Even a bird with wings would probably have no chance of escaping. up.

Could it be that he drowned?

Better to drown!Among these three people, only one Zhu Qi made him feel a little pity, and the other two were stupid, and death was not a pity.The only trouble is that this merciful little King Xiang has many friends, not to mention that there are eighteen sons in the mansion, who cry every day and ask to send troops to look for him. It is really unbearable!

To make matters worse, less than half a month ago, the frontier reported that there was a mutiny in Fanguo, and General A Nuogu killed the lord Xiao Jinzhi and ascended the throne to usurp the throne!

Princess Yonglin, who was married to the Kingdom of Fan before, became the queen of the Xiao family, and together with the entire Qili City, the capital of the Kingdom of Fan, belonged to A Nuogu overnight!

For a while, the courtiers were divided into several factions.Some proposed to win over A Nuogu, some admonished and sent soldiers to sneak in, some reprimanded the princess for remarrying as a shame for the country, and some asked Ying to take the princess back...

There are so many things, it's annoying.

Liu Pu scratched the volume in front of him a few times. The writing was extremely beautiful, but the entire page was full of words, "Princess must not be remarried! The clan marriage tree has been recorded in Xiao's name. If you want to remarry, do you have to change the marriage history? The ancestors' rules, How can it be in vain?" Nonsense like that.Turning to the end again, there are indeed eight small characters: Zong Zhengqing, Fu Xiyuan, Sincerely.

The emperor took two deep breaths, but finally couldn't hold back, he raised his hand and smashed the memorial to the ground.

"Zhou Zheng! Next time there is such a matter of admonishing 'what should the princess do', throw it away! Don't put it in front of me again!"

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Zheng repeatedly agreed, while tidying up the scrolls that fell on the ground, he comforted the emperor, "The princess is smart, she will be fine."

"Well, it would be great if she was really smart. Tomorrow, you send people to keep an eye on Fan Guo's movements. If Yonglin's life is in danger, help her." Liu Pu opened the next memoir and instructed Zhou Zheng "Also, keep an eye on the Empress Dowager, don't teach her to trouble the Tan family all the time. As for Yan Gui, she is not allowed to leave the palace city for even half a step. If she can leave Changle Palace, don't leave Changle Palace. Be careful in everything."

"Yes." Zhou Zheng saw that Liu Pu was so tired that he just kept rubbing his forehead, so he wanted to tell him something happy, "The last time I sent food to Changle Palace, I caught a glimpse of the second young master Tan looking at him. What about a sword manual? Maybe there is an idea of ​​picking up swordsmanship again?"

"Really?" Hearing this, Liu Pu raised his head from the pile of papers and said with a smile, "Then you prepare those things for him first. Oh, yes, do you still remember his seven-inch sword?" I put it in the box under the bed, the innermost box. You pack it up and put it in a convenient place for him, in case he needs to use it.”

"Yes." Zhou Zheng also replied with a smile, lines of laughter appeared in the corners of his eyes, "Your Majesty is still thoughtful. Servant..."

"Hush!" Liu Pu suddenly opened his eyes wide, and raised an index finger to signal Zhou Zheng to keep silent.He turned his head slowly and cautiously, moved his eyes inch by inch along the window, and moved the tips of his ears slightly a few times.

In the main hall shrouded in candlelight, there were only the two of them.

Suddenly, there were several chaotic gasps, even Zhou Zheng, who had never practiced martial arts, noticed it.

Immediately afterwards, the window sash on the shady side was slightly pushed a few times, but it did not open.

The emperor and Zhou Zheng looked at each other, Zhou Zheng nodded, slowly approached the window sash, stretched his arms, and gently pushed it away.

The two shutters slid open silently, revealing the dark night outside the window.

The two of them stared out the window with their eyes wide open as if facing a formidable enemy.In Liu Pu's hand, he even held a finger-length dagger hidden under the grid of the desk.

With a "plop", a man in black rolled over and fell to the ground.