The days when I was imprisoned in the harem by the enemy monarch
Chapter 13 Forgive me
Hengwu Hall
Probably because he said to Bai Yixiao during the day, "The family is gone", Lin Jian had a dream in a daze at night.
Lin Jian dreamed of the time when his "home" was still there.
At that time, Lin Jian was still a small group.
The imperial brothers pushed Lin Jian to the ground and kicked and beat him. They surrounded Lin Jian, poking their fingers at Lin Jian and chirping and cursing:
"What's so great about the prince, my mother and concubine told me that he is the son of a vixen!"
"It's because of his vixen mother who confused the royal father, so the royal father will always look towards him and won't come to see us!"
"Look at his eyes, only goblins have this color! It's disgusting!"
"Hit him! Don't play with him!"
"..."
"Lin Hongjian, die to me!" The fourth prince's raised slap hadn't landed on Lin Jian's face before he was grabbed by a big hand.
A deep voice said: "Stop!"
"Hmph, I thought who it was, isn't this Lin Muchen?" The fourth prince sneered, pulled back his hand, turned around and said to the other princes, "Let me introduce you, this is the second prince, Lin Muchen. I heard that two days ago was his mother's concubine's birthday, so he knelt in front of his father's study for a whole day, begging his father to see his mother. As a result, his father came out, but he didn't know who he was..."
"Hahahahahahaha..." The princes burst into laughter.
Lin Muchen was tall and thin, wearing a plain light blue gown. Under the sleeves of the gown, his secretly clenched hands trembled uncontrollably.
"That's not enough, you don't know, Lin Muchen, do you?" The fourth prince laughed so hard that tears burst from the corners of his eyes, he approached Lin Muchen and said, "Father, he told you that the state affairs were busy, and we will talk about it next time when we have time. He took his precious Lin Hongjian to play with the cats in the back garden, did you know? Haha—”
"Ah!" Before the Fourth Prince could finish laughing, the laughter stopped abruptly and turned into a scream, and he was punched and fell to the ground on his back.
Seeing this, the other princes were stunned for a moment, and one after another stepped forward to fight Lin Muchen, but Lin Muchen threw them to the ground.
"Lin Muchen, you're pretty good at following others. You want to curry favor with Lin Hongjian and become his running dog, right? Okay, let's wait and see!" The fourth prince wiped his nosebleeds, turned around and fled with the other princes.
Lin Muchen lowered his head, glanced at Xiaotuanzi sitting on the ground, squatted down, and stretched out a hand to Lin Jian.
The white and tender Xiaotuanzi raised her long eyelashes, looked at Lin Muchen with her big watery eyes, hugged Lin Muchen's hand with her two small hands, and rubbed her face like a cat.
Lin Muchen raised his lips slightly: "You trust others so easily? Are you afraid that I will beat you too?"
The little Lin Jian blinked his eyes, was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Lin Muchen with a look of bewilderment.
Lin Muchen smiled, picked Lin Jian up from the ground, put him on the side of the corridor and sat down, held his thin arms, and opened his sleeves.
On the delicate little arms, there were bruises and bruises, and a large area of red abrasions. It was not the first time he had been beaten.
Lin Muchen frowned slightly, and asked, "Are they always bullying you? Why didn't you tell Father? Why didn't you give me some medicine?"
Lin Jian looked at Lin Muchen, and replied childishly: "If I go to find medicine, my father will know that I am injured. If my father blames them, they will hate me even more."
Lin Muchen looked at Lin Jian and asked, "Then why don't you know how to fight back, so you just let them fight?"
Lin Jian blinked, with an innocent and honest look on his face: "I'm afraid... I'll beat them up..."
Lin Muchen: "..."
Lin Muchen stared at Lin Jian with gloomy eyes, and unconsciously clenched the thin arms in his hands.
That's right, his father has been invincible all his life, and he only treats the little boy in front of him as a treasure. He has always taught him martial arts and swordsmanship hand in hand.Although this kid spoke a little honestly, if he really wanted to strike, a kid of this age didn't know how to do it properly, and he could really maim those brothers who didn't know how to live or die.
Lin Jian's wrist hurt from being held by Lin Muchen, he raised his eyes and asked cautiously, "Second brother?"
Lin Muchen was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly let go of his hand, and what he saw was the arm that was pinched red by himself, and the scars all over his arm.
Lin Muchen looked at the injuries on his arm and asked, "You have suffered so many injuries, the infection will be serious. Don't you feel pain?"
"It's okay." Lin Jian lowered his eyes and whispered as if he had done something wrong, "I'll be fine by myself...it's always been like this before."
"Come here, I'll rub some medicine for you." Lin Muchen took Lin Jian's small hand and brought him back to Zhilan Palace.
From then on, Lin Jian clinged to Lin Muchen like a kitten.
Lin Jian's mother passed away early. Although the emperor tried his best to take care of her, the state affairs were busy after all, and there were times when she couldn't take care of her.Concubine Lan, Lin Muchen's mother, also liked Lin Jian very much, and often asked Lin Jian to come to Zhilan Palace and let Lin Muchen play with him.
Lin Muchen concentrates on studying every day, regardless of the cold or heat.In summer, Lin Jian would just fan him, and in winter, he would catch a kitten or a bird from somewhere and put it on the table from time to time, rubbing Lin Muchen with its warm little fluffy: "Second brother, play with me for a while." , just for a while."
Lin Muchen always said: "Okay, wait until I finish this chapter."
Lin Jian wouldn't act like a baby all the time. Hearing Lin Muchen's words, he sat quietly by the side, resting his chin on Lin Muchen's reading, and waited for him to finish this chapter.
Lin Muchen rarely saw Lin Jian studying. Unless his father was free to watch him personally, he would just run around catching birds and teasing cats. If he could be lazy with his homework, he would be lazy.But Lin Jian likes to take Lin Muchen's homework to show off how good his second brother is in front of his father, and beg his father to praise his second brother. From then on, that father who couldn't remember Lin Muchen's name before would praise Lin Muchen every time. He even rewarded Zhilan Palace with countless treasures and silks with a big wave of his hand.
……
That was the only time when Lin Muchen had the chance to see his father's smile, although the indifferent eyes that had seen all the prosperity and decline, there was always a tenderness like water, but there could only be one person's figure forever.
But that person seems to have a kind of magical power, which makes Lin Muchen willing to protect him all his life like his father.
Lin Muchen likes spring days. He holds unknown small wild flowers and puts them in a vase at the corner of the table, and runs around in front of the desk with an old orange cat that is almost as big as himself, making the boring study room full of vitality .
Sitting on the porch in front of the hall in summer, Lin Muchen counted the stars in the sky with him and told him stories.Lin Muchen likes to see his little face full of anticipation and admiration, and then falls asleep in his arms.
When hunting in autumn, he always hits a perfect shot, but he stuffs all the prey he got into Lin Muchen's hands. Seeing Lin Muchen being rewarded by his father, he stands aside and smiles happier than anyone else.
In winter, the heavy snow pressed the bamboo leaves to the window, and Lin Muchen lay on the bed with him, listening to the sound of snow outside the window.
Lin Muchen was deeply attached to all these things, but he also destroyed everything with his own hands.
Lin Muchen couldn't forget Lin Jian's cold and disappointed eyes when he heard the last edict to abolish the crown prince and make the second prince the emperor. Lin Jian looked at Lin Muchen and asked coldly, "Is this what you want? I'll give it to you."
The last time I saw him was after he came to the palace to rescue him. Lin Muchen heard that the queen mother had summoned him alone, so he was worried and hurried to find him.At that time, his car was already ready to leave in front of the palace gate. Lin Muchen caught up with him and asked him if he had been embarrassed. He just sat in the car and looked at Lin Muchen, and said coldly that he was going back to rest, and ordered someone to put the car curtain down. down.
Lin Muchen stood at the gate of the palace, watching his car drift away, his favorite brown sugar cake was cold in his hand, and he didn't have the face to hand it out again.
Thousands of miles away, in Liang's palace, the emperor in a dragon pattern nightgown woke up from the same dream.
Lin Muchen opened his eyes, and the only thing that caught his eyes was the cold golden bed curtain, and he called softly, "Hongjian..."
No longer a bright smiling face ran to the front and called "Second Brother".
"Your Majesty." Only a tall and thin servant stepped forward, handed a handkerchief to Lin Muchen, and asked, "Has Your Majesty dreamed of His Highness again?"
"Hung-chien..." Lin Muchen sat up from the bed, wiped the sweat off his brow with a handkerchief, and asked, "Has Hung-chien come back?"
The servant shook his head, and replied: "The newly sent envoys haven't come back yet, so your Highness should still be in the Kingdom of Shang."
"What exactly does Luan Yunye want..." Lin Muchen frowned, got up from the bed, asked the servant to change clothes, and said to himself, "As long as he let Hongjian come back, I can agree to anything, why does he not ask for any conditions?" Don't mention it?"
While changing Lin Muchen's clothes, the servant asked, "Your Majesty, if there is one thing that can be exchanged for your Highness, will you agree?"
Lin Muchen asked, "What?"
"Your life!" Behind Lin Muchen, a dagger suddenly appeared in the sleeve of the maid who was wearing a belt, and stabbed Lin Muchen in the back.
Lin Muchen dodged it in a flash, and subconsciously shouted to the door: "Escort!"
Before the guards had time to come in, the assassin pretending to be a servant did not miss the opportunity, and quickly stabbed Lin Muchen with his backhand, which happened to hit Lin Muchen's left shoulder.
Lin Muchen held the blade in one hand, raised his eyes to carefully identify the assassin in front of him, and said lightly: "Xu Youqing."
Xu Youqing, the prince's accompanist, was a talented and knowledgeable official who served as a Hanlin bachelor. Three months ago, he suspected that the edict was fake and resigned in anger.
A person who is usually refined, gentle and courteous, now described as haggard with bloodshot eyes, as desolate as a geese lost in the flock.
"Lin Muchen, do you still have the face to dream about your Highness?! Do you think he still has brotherly feelings for you? Stop dreaming!" Xu Youqing held the handle of the knife in one hand, and stabbed the dagger hard at Lin Muchen's shoulder Deeper, "He doesn't fight with you, but he doesn't want to fight with you and cause a mess of life. He has already given up on you!"
Lin Muchen's shoulders and hands were bleeding profusely, and his eyes flickered slightly.
"Do you think he was really lazy and playful since he was a child? He made himself look like he didn't want to make progress, just so that the late emperor could see more of you!" Xu Youqing held Lin Muchen down with one hand, and shouted at him, "To make you look Better than him, he was often scolded by the late emperor, don't you know that he is also most afraid of seeing the late emperor disappointed in him?!"
"Also, do you think that your Highness and even the first emperor can't see that you and Concubine Lan are using him to plot against him? The late emperor has left him countless chips that can kill you. If your highness doesn't protect you, you and Concubine Lan Concubine Lan died ten thousand times long ago!"
While speaking, the guards rushed in and surrounded the two of them.Lin Muchen frowned tightly, and raised his hand to signal the guards not to come forward.
"Do you think he is ruthless and ruthless by all means? He has already thought about how to abdicate and hand over the throne to you, but you can't wait to seek power and usurp the throne!" Continue to yell at Lin Muchen, "He takes you so seriously, what do you think of him? How did you treat him?!"
"He fought hard at the border for three months just to give you the right to negotiate a peace with Shang Guo, so as to leave you with a stable border. You heard Lan Fei's demonic words and thought he was going to collude with the enemy and betray the country to harm you. Dozens of envoys intercepted him, so that he would not dare to stay on the road for a moment and collapse in Shang Kingdom?!"
"Ask yourself, are you still human?!" Xu Youqing pulled out the dagger that had been stuck in Lin Muchen's shoulder, and stabbed it in the heart.
Lin Muchen stared at the bloody dagger in the assassin's hand, his eyes froze, and he raised his hand as fast as lightning, and fell down, instantly and accurately knocked down the dagger that was close at hand.
The knife just now was too dangerous, and the surrounding guards didn't care about Lin Muchen's order not to allow them to go forward, and rushed forward to restrain the assassin.
Xu Youqing looked up at Lin Muchen in disbelief, then suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha, this is the second brother who has no strength to restrain him under the little highness and wants him to risk his life to protect... Hahahaha Haha... Lin Muchen, have you ever told him the truth?!"
Lin Muchen opened his eyes, covered the wound on his shoulder with one hand, and said hoarsely, "Let him go out of the palace."
The guard was stunned for a moment, but still answered "Yes", and took out the assassin who was struggling and scolding Lin Muchen.
"Is Your Majesty okay?!" There was an old palace man who rushed in with the guards just now, and the old palace man stepped forward to check Lin Muchen's injuries, then turned around and said, "This old slave is going to teach the imperial physician!"
"Wait." Lin Muchen covered the wound on his shoulder, and slowly sat down on the stool, "No need to go, there is a bottle of wound medicine on the second shelf on the west shelf, just take it."
The old palace man hurriedly fetched the wound medicine and handed it to Lin Muchen, looked at the wound on Lin Muchen's body distressedly, and said earnestly: "Why does Your Majesty put himself in danger? If the assassin stabs His Majesty with the last knife, it is not a joke. Just for fun."
Lin Muchen paused the hand that was spraying medicine on the wound, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I just want to hear how much I still owe Hung-chien."
"This old slave has been with His Majesty for so many years, and I have never seen His Majesty pay more attention to anyone than your little Highness." The old palace man sighed, "Your Majesty don't have to blame yourself for everything, and you can't blame everything for some things." , why make things difficult for yourself..."
Lin Muchen lowered his eyes and covered the medicine bottle without answering.
Outside the sleeping hall, several young eunuchs were whispering: "It's only been three months, and I'm already the No. 19 assassin... If you want to talk about the Seventh Highness, oh no, he should be called King Ning now, what magic power does he have? It's amazing."
"And even His Majesty is possessed by demons. King Ning's subordinates rebelled and did not pursue it. As assassins, they all let it go. Maybe the alien with those glazed eyes is really like the Queen Mother often said, a goblin who confuses people's hearts. Bar……"
"What nonsense are you talking about! Have you seen how good Your Highness is!..."
Outside the palace gate, the little eunuch's whispering stopped abruptly, and he quickly stood up straight without daring to raise his head.
A middle-aged woman wearing a golden phoenix crown and a dark blue embroidered gold palace dress stood in front of the palace gate, glanced at the eunuch at the gate with an unfriendly expression, and pushed the door into Lin Muchen's bedroom.
The woman in blue asked loudly as she pushed the door open: "Did you let that group of rebels treat the besieged monarch and assassinate the emperor as a family drink?!"
"Mother's Queen." Lin Muchen stood up respectfully and saluted, and asked, "Why is Mother's Queen here?"
"If the Ai family doesn't come, just watch my son hit the assassin's knife and die?" Queen Mother Lan turned her head to the old man next to Lin Muchen and said, "You are also a useless thing. It is in vain that you have been with Chen'er for so many years. , even an assassin can't tell the difference, and they are arranged by his side?!"
The old palace man quickly knelt down: "This old slave should die!"
Lin Muchen said: "You all go out first."
The attendants in the hall withdrew one after another, and the old palace servants quickly followed suit.
After all the people in the palace left, the Empress Dowager Lan sighed, approached Lin Muchen and said, "I told you at the beginning that I was just using Lin Hongjian. Fortunately, you are really interested in him if the fake show comes true." Forget it, you still take him so seriously, you can even give up your life because of him, and let those rebellious officials and thieves come to harm you because of him."
"You are just afraid that he will hate you because of this, so these rebellious officials and thieves under him are arrogant and domineering, and you dare not touch any of them, do you?"
Lin Muchen's handsome eyebrows and eyes were outlined in ink, but at this moment his face was as pale as snow, standing upright like a green pine covered with ice and snow, his eyes drooping and silent.
"Do you feel guilty? What are you guilty of?!"
"He is so proud of the spring breeze, and the mother and son are all favored. Why don't you think about it when your mother and you are alone in the Zhilan Palace?"
"No matter how well you do, you never get a look from the late emperor. You kneel in front of the late emperor's door for a day, and it's not as light as Lin Hongjian's words. Why don't you think about it?!"
Under the sleeves, Lin Muchen's hands clenched into fists unconsciously.
Empress Dowager Lan looked at Lin Muchen, with tears in her eyes: "When Concubine Yang was here, the late emperor only had her in his heart. I thought that you should be looking forward to being the emperor when you become an emperor, but who knows that you only think about Lin Hong in your heart?" Jian's little favors to you, do you want to be trampled on by him for the rest of your life?!"
"What kind of magic do their mother and son have to confuse you all like this?! Look at how many people are still determined to kill you because of him even now that the others are gone? You don't want to think about how to use Luan Yunye's hand Get rid of him, and you want to get him back?!"
"What is he holding in his hand? Want him back, are you planning to give your life to him?!"
"Mother's queen..." Lin Muchen's tone was still submissive, and he said in a deep voice, "But Hung-chien is not wrong."
"He was not wrong? Well, then I was wrong! I was too small-minded to allow him to kill him! But don't forget, the late emperor would kill a hundred of you and me for his sake! You are a pile of mud under his feet!"
"Since you would rather die than protect him, well, I will die with you at the worst!" Queen Mother Lan wept and rushed towards the pillar in the palace while making gestures, "I will bump my head to death now, lest I die on that In the hands of the son of the demon concubine!"
"Mother's mother, mother's queen can't." Lin Muchen quickly grabbed the sleeve of Queen Mother Lan, knelt down, and sighed, "Whatever orders from mother's mother, I will obey."
"You call back the envoy now, write a letter and send it to Shang Guo." Queen Mother Lan stopped, looked down at Lin Muchen, and said, "Lin Jianxing's assassination of Shang Emperor is a disgrace to the mission. From now on, Liang Guo will no longer care about life and death. If you want to kill, you must cut it into pieces." , be happy with Emperor Shang!"
Lin Muchen raised his head and hurriedly said: "Mother..."
"My mother has been kind enough to him." Empress Dowager Lan interrupted Lin Muchen, and said, "If no one reveals his true identity, Luan Yunye will leave him with a dead body anyway."
"Come on, bring a pen, the Ai family must write it himself!"
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One day and one night later, in the Imperial Palace of the Shang Kingdom, the Imperial Study Room
"Your Majesty asked the minister to stare at him day and night outside the Hengwu Hall because he was worried that someone would harm him." Bai Yixiao sat beside Luan Yunye and asked, "Do you want the minister to arrest them all one by one?"
"No." Luan Yunye said, "Let them succeed."
Bai Yixiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a sudden realization, and gave Luan Yunye a thumbs up: "Your Majesty's method is really surprising and thoughtful."
"Lin Jian is 'dead', those people should shut up, His Majesty can also be clean, and you can turn around..."
"Okay." Luan Yunye interrupted Bai Yixiao, looked at Bai Yixiao worriedly, and confirmed again worryingly, "Stay outside all the time, don't go in."
"Am I like the kind of person who guards and steals?" Bai Yixiao smiled, "Your Majesty, don't worry, although I am not reliable, I have messed up the things you told me before, but this time I am very serious. Take care, if..."
"If something unexpected happens that I don't want to see." Luan Yunye looked at Bai Yixiao and said in a deep voice, "You just come to see me."
"Yes……"
"Meow~" Bai Yixiao hadn't finished answering, when a cat meowed from behind the curtain on the side of the study.
Bai Yixiao pricked up her ears and asked, "Is there a cat?"
Luan Yunye didn't answer, he didn't say whether or not.
Bai Yixiao turned her head to look in the direction of the cat's sound, and saw a mass of snow-white fur behind the golden curtain.
Bai Yixiao got up and ran down the steps, picked up the fluffy mass, and saw that it was a snow-white Persian cat, the long fur in his arms was softer than clouds, and in a pair of round cats, the same eye There are two colors of gold and green, and under the night light, the gold and green are intertwined and radiant. At first glance, it is a rare big baby cat.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, Your Majesty has no interest in furry things, but hides such a superb cat in the study?" Bai Yixiao stroked the cat, and returned to sit next to Luan Yunye, "Look at the minister so much. Day and night, I will give you a reward for your hard work and guarding the people, shall I reward you?"
Luan Yunye's eyes fell on a letter placed on the corner table, he picked up the letter on the table and opened it, while reading it, he replied coldly: "No."
"Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, Your Majesty had someone collect cats in the imperial capital and nearby cities. Yesterday, I personally selected this cat all day long. I said that I would give it to the empress to relieve her boredom." Eunuch Gao Standing aside, afraid of disturbing Luan Yunye's reading of the letter, he whispered to Bai Yixiao, "If you like it, the old slave left two good ones and sent them to your house?"
"Oh~" Bai Yixiao gave a meaningful "oh", then licked the cat's head again, and said regretfully, "It turns out that it is something the empress likes, and the minister can't grab it. But I am very dedicated, and the rest I don't need cats anymore."
"Hey, since the cats are all ready, when will His Majesty plan to deliver them?"
Luan Yunye didn't answer, staring at the letter in his hand, suddenly frowned tightly.
Bai Yixiao put the cat down, and wanted to take a look at it, but Luan Yunye had already handed the letter to Bai Yixiao one step earlier: "Look."
Bai Yixiao took the letter that Luan Yunye handed over, looked at it, and felt her brows furrowed, her internal organs were about to explode with anger, she threw the letter on the table and said, "What a wolf-hearted thing!"
"Didn't you pretend to beg His Majesty to let you go a few days ago, and you can't bear to show your white-eyed wolf tail so quickly and want to put him to death?"
Luan Yunye glanced at Bai Yixiao indifferently, then looked down at the table.
The white cat didn't know when it had already jumped onto the table, squatting on the letter and licking its fur.
Luan Yunye stared at the letter on the table that was pressed down by the cat, and said to Eunuch Gao, "Take it and place it in Hengwu Palace."
"Hey, Your Majesty?" Bai Yixiao got up and followed out, and asked, "Can't wait anymore? Changed your mind?"
Luan Yunye stepped out of the study door and said, "As long as he is willing."
Bai Yixiao sighed: "It's good to meet each other with sincerity, at least he doesn't have to pretend to cover up in front of you all day long, but even if Lin Muchen has done this, he still doesn't want to."
Walking to the front of Hengwu Hall, the lights inside were still on, Luan Yunye signaled the guards at the door to be quiet, and pushed the door open by himself.
Lin Jian was sitting at the table reading a book, when he heard the door open, he asked without raising his head, "Bai Yixiao, what's the matter with you so late..."
Luan Yunye turned his head and gave Bai Yixiao a gloomy look.
Bai Yixiao quickly lowered her head and pretended not to know anything.
Lin Jian felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere. He raised his head and looked out the door. He was slightly stunned for a moment, then quickly put down the book in his hand, knelt down and saluted: "See Your Majesty."
Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian closely, and asked, "Bai Yixiao often visits you?"
Bai Yixiao secretly winked at Lin Jian and shook her head vigorously.
The more Bai Yixiao shook his head, it seemed that he would offend Luan Yunye if he came to visit him often, Lin Jianyue didn't like it, and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for allowing Marquis Anle to visit him every day."
"Very good." Luan Yunye's deep and cold voice was mixed with emotion, "Do your best, and you will be rewarded later."
Bai Yixiao made a sad face to Lin Jian.
Lin Jian blinked.
Luan Yunye went to the place where Lin Jian was reading and sat down, glanced at the book Lin Jian was reading, and saw a poem on the page: "Surprised that lovesickness does not reveal."
It was a sentence I had read.
Luan Yunye seemed to be scratched by a soft feather in his heart, and said to Lin Jian, "Come and sit."
"Yes."
Lin Jian got up and walked in front of Luan Yunye. He didn't want to sit too close to him. It would be impolite to sit too far away, so he found a seat with a relatively suitable distance.
Lin Jian sat down at the table, glanced at the page of the book he had opened, and quickly lowered his head, lest Luan Yunye's eyes fall on his face, if he saw something—for example, he thought of something he shouldn't have thought of, The future "Queen" who just disappeared a few days ago.
Ever since Luan Yunye walked into the room, he had always only had Lin Jian in his eyes, and said to Eunuch Gao without raising his head, "Give it to him."
Eunuch Gao stepped forward and stuffed a snow-white cat into Lin Jian's hand.
Lin Jian: "...???"
Lin Jian hugged the fluffy cat, looked down at the snow-white fur ball in his arms, not knowing what Luan Yunye meant, he liked it and was very surprised: "...Thank you, Your Majesty."
Luan Yunye: "..."
Bai Yixiao hurriedly covered her mouth, almost not laughing out loud.
Eunuch Gao saw that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately realized that he had made a mistake in his work. Fortunately, he was prepared and brought the letter under the cat along with him, and quickly handed the letter to Lin Jian.
Lin Jian held the cat in his arms, took the letter with both hands, opened it and read it carefully.
Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian, his eyes were lowered, his long eyelashes covered his talking eyes, only the corners of his lips curled slightly.
Although it is a smile, but this self-deprecating smile is as lonely as it is.
Luan Yunye felt as if a knife had been stabbed into his heart, and suddenly his heart ached so badly that he couldn't breathe.
After Lin Jian finished reading the letter, he handed the letter back to Eunuch Gao with both hands. He lowered his eyes and smiled, and asked, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for agreeing to the peace with the minister regardless of past suspicions. Although it is easy for your Majesty to execute the minister, for the sake of your majesty's reputation, your majesty needs Is the minister self-judgmental?"
Bai Yixiao stood at the side and held his forehead. This kid was a bit too good at some aspects, but he didn't know anything about some aspects. All he was thinking about was messy things.
Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian, frowned unknowingly, fell silent for a moment, and said, "Although you have many conflicts with Shang Guo, I always cherish talents. Now that Lin Muchen's friendship with you as a monarch and minister has been exhausted, if you are willing to stay What I use, you and I can ignore the previous suspicions and entrust them with important tasks."
"What Liang Guo can give you, I can give you, and there will only be more. Whatever you want, you can just ask."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, but one minister does not matter to two masters." Lin Jian put down the cat in his arms, got up and knelt down in front of Luan Yunye.
The person kneeling in front of Luan Yunye had his back straight, and his glazed eyes were filled with unshakable determination: "I'm sorry."
No one had ever dared to directly reject His Majesty like this, and he couldn't even speak euphemistically. Eunuch Gao was so frightened that he quickly turned his head to look at Luan Yunye's face.
Luan Yunye frowned even tighter, but there was no anger in his eyes when he looked at Lin Jian. Instead, he persuaded: "Since Shang and Liang have negotiated a peace, we should regard the interests of the two countries as one, and take it as our duty for the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment. Where does the theory of two masters come from?"
"Seeing that you don't love war, and your heart is for peace, I think you are also an open-minded person, why should you be bound by national boundaries?"
Lin Jian thought to himself, it really takes the monarch's extraordinary courage to use such an enemy country's commander who once beheaded his generals and damaged his army regardless of past suspicions.
If he was just an ordinary courtier of the Liang Kingdom at this moment, since he has become an abandoned son of the old country, a monarch like Luan Yunye who has always been iron-blooded can still patiently persuade these words. It is understandable for one person to choose another Mingzhu.
At this time, anyone can agree to Luan Yunye, but only the royal family of Liang State can't, let alone the prince who was the most important prince of Liang State's first emperor.
Lin Jiandao: "Your Majesty's words are true. I'm narrow-minded, but I really can't do it."
"Have you thought about it clearly?" Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian and said in a deep voice, "Given what you have done to the Shang country, if you refuse to stay by my side and pay off your merits, I, as the monarch of the Shang country, make an order It is not too much to kill you ten thousand times."
"I'm at your majesty's discretion. Cough..." Lin Jian coughed twice, and said, "I just hope that your majesty will not regret the contract. Cough..."
Luan Yunye gave Eunuch Gao a wink.
Eunuch Gao quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Lin Jian.
Eunuch Gao took care of me when I was pretending to be a court lady, but now he is so kind. Could it be that he is so warm to everyone?Lin Jian raised his head and glanced at Luan Yunye.
Luan Yunye nodded slightly, watched Lin Jian slowly drink the water in front of him, and said, "Don't rush to make a decision, I can give you time to think it over slowly. I am waiting for you."
"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. You don't need to think about it any more. I've already thought it through very clearly." Lin Jian stood up without waiting for Luan Yunye to speak, and put the empty cup on the table.
Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian without saying a word.
Lin Jian stood in front of Luan Yunye, dressed in green clothes and tall and tall, like the green pines and cypresses bullied by snow and frost in severe winter, looked at Luan Yunye and asked: "May I ask your Majesty to go directly to the gate of Wuchao now, or Go to jail and be convicted first?"
Probably because he said to Bai Yixiao during the day, "The family is gone", Lin Jian had a dream in a daze at night.
Lin Jian dreamed of the time when his "home" was still there.
At that time, Lin Jian was still a small group.
The imperial brothers pushed Lin Jian to the ground and kicked and beat him. They surrounded Lin Jian, poking their fingers at Lin Jian and chirping and cursing:
"What's so great about the prince, my mother and concubine told me that he is the son of a vixen!"
"It's because of his vixen mother who confused the royal father, so the royal father will always look towards him and won't come to see us!"
"Look at his eyes, only goblins have this color! It's disgusting!"
"Hit him! Don't play with him!"
"..."
"Lin Hongjian, die to me!" The fourth prince's raised slap hadn't landed on Lin Jian's face before he was grabbed by a big hand.
A deep voice said: "Stop!"
"Hmph, I thought who it was, isn't this Lin Muchen?" The fourth prince sneered, pulled back his hand, turned around and said to the other princes, "Let me introduce you, this is the second prince, Lin Muchen. I heard that two days ago was his mother's concubine's birthday, so he knelt in front of his father's study for a whole day, begging his father to see his mother. As a result, his father came out, but he didn't know who he was..."
"Hahahahahahaha..." The princes burst into laughter.
Lin Muchen was tall and thin, wearing a plain light blue gown. Under the sleeves of the gown, his secretly clenched hands trembled uncontrollably.
"That's not enough, you don't know, Lin Muchen, do you?" The fourth prince laughed so hard that tears burst from the corners of his eyes, he approached Lin Muchen and said, "Father, he told you that the state affairs were busy, and we will talk about it next time when we have time. He took his precious Lin Hongjian to play with the cats in the back garden, did you know? Haha—”
"Ah!" Before the Fourth Prince could finish laughing, the laughter stopped abruptly and turned into a scream, and he was punched and fell to the ground on his back.
Seeing this, the other princes were stunned for a moment, and one after another stepped forward to fight Lin Muchen, but Lin Muchen threw them to the ground.
"Lin Muchen, you're pretty good at following others. You want to curry favor with Lin Hongjian and become his running dog, right? Okay, let's wait and see!" The fourth prince wiped his nosebleeds, turned around and fled with the other princes.
Lin Muchen lowered his head, glanced at Xiaotuanzi sitting on the ground, squatted down, and stretched out a hand to Lin Jian.
The white and tender Xiaotuanzi raised her long eyelashes, looked at Lin Muchen with her big watery eyes, hugged Lin Muchen's hand with her two small hands, and rubbed her face like a cat.
Lin Muchen raised his lips slightly: "You trust others so easily? Are you afraid that I will beat you too?"
The little Lin Jian blinked his eyes, was stunned for a moment, and looked up at Lin Muchen with a look of bewilderment.
Lin Muchen smiled, picked Lin Jian up from the ground, put him on the side of the corridor and sat down, held his thin arms, and opened his sleeves.
On the delicate little arms, there were bruises and bruises, and a large area of red abrasions. It was not the first time he had been beaten.
Lin Muchen frowned slightly, and asked, "Are they always bullying you? Why didn't you tell Father? Why didn't you give me some medicine?"
Lin Jian looked at Lin Muchen, and replied childishly: "If I go to find medicine, my father will know that I am injured. If my father blames them, they will hate me even more."
Lin Muchen looked at Lin Jian and asked, "Then why don't you know how to fight back, so you just let them fight?"
Lin Jian blinked, with an innocent and honest look on his face: "I'm afraid... I'll beat them up..."
Lin Muchen: "..."
Lin Muchen stared at Lin Jian with gloomy eyes, and unconsciously clenched the thin arms in his hands.
That's right, his father has been invincible all his life, and he only treats the little boy in front of him as a treasure. He has always taught him martial arts and swordsmanship hand in hand.Although this kid spoke a little honestly, if he really wanted to strike, a kid of this age didn't know how to do it properly, and he could really maim those brothers who didn't know how to live or die.
Lin Jian's wrist hurt from being held by Lin Muchen, he raised his eyes and asked cautiously, "Second brother?"
Lin Muchen was stunned, and when he came back to his senses, he quickly let go of his hand, and what he saw was the arm that was pinched red by himself, and the scars all over his arm.
Lin Muchen looked at the injuries on his arm and asked, "You have suffered so many injuries, the infection will be serious. Don't you feel pain?"
"It's okay." Lin Jian lowered his eyes and whispered as if he had done something wrong, "I'll be fine by myself...it's always been like this before."
"Come here, I'll rub some medicine for you." Lin Muchen took Lin Jian's small hand and brought him back to Zhilan Palace.
From then on, Lin Jian clinged to Lin Muchen like a kitten.
Lin Jian's mother passed away early. Although the emperor tried his best to take care of her, the state affairs were busy after all, and there were times when she couldn't take care of her.Concubine Lan, Lin Muchen's mother, also liked Lin Jian very much, and often asked Lin Jian to come to Zhilan Palace and let Lin Muchen play with him.
Lin Muchen concentrates on studying every day, regardless of the cold or heat.In summer, Lin Jian would just fan him, and in winter, he would catch a kitten or a bird from somewhere and put it on the table from time to time, rubbing Lin Muchen with its warm little fluffy: "Second brother, play with me for a while." , just for a while."
Lin Muchen always said: "Okay, wait until I finish this chapter."
Lin Jian wouldn't act like a baby all the time. Hearing Lin Muchen's words, he sat quietly by the side, resting his chin on Lin Muchen's reading, and waited for him to finish this chapter.
Lin Muchen rarely saw Lin Jian studying. Unless his father was free to watch him personally, he would just run around catching birds and teasing cats. If he could be lazy with his homework, he would be lazy.But Lin Jian likes to take Lin Muchen's homework to show off how good his second brother is in front of his father, and beg his father to praise his second brother. From then on, that father who couldn't remember Lin Muchen's name before would praise Lin Muchen every time. He even rewarded Zhilan Palace with countless treasures and silks with a big wave of his hand.
……
That was the only time when Lin Muchen had the chance to see his father's smile, although the indifferent eyes that had seen all the prosperity and decline, there was always a tenderness like water, but there could only be one person's figure forever.
But that person seems to have a kind of magical power, which makes Lin Muchen willing to protect him all his life like his father.
Lin Muchen likes spring days. He holds unknown small wild flowers and puts them in a vase at the corner of the table, and runs around in front of the desk with an old orange cat that is almost as big as himself, making the boring study room full of vitality .
Sitting on the porch in front of the hall in summer, Lin Muchen counted the stars in the sky with him and told him stories.Lin Muchen likes to see his little face full of anticipation and admiration, and then falls asleep in his arms.
When hunting in autumn, he always hits a perfect shot, but he stuffs all the prey he got into Lin Muchen's hands. Seeing Lin Muchen being rewarded by his father, he stands aside and smiles happier than anyone else.
In winter, the heavy snow pressed the bamboo leaves to the window, and Lin Muchen lay on the bed with him, listening to the sound of snow outside the window.
Lin Muchen was deeply attached to all these things, but he also destroyed everything with his own hands.
Lin Muchen couldn't forget Lin Jian's cold and disappointed eyes when he heard the last edict to abolish the crown prince and make the second prince the emperor. Lin Jian looked at Lin Muchen and asked coldly, "Is this what you want? I'll give it to you."
The last time I saw him was after he came to the palace to rescue him. Lin Muchen heard that the queen mother had summoned him alone, so he was worried and hurried to find him.At that time, his car was already ready to leave in front of the palace gate. Lin Muchen caught up with him and asked him if he had been embarrassed. He just sat in the car and looked at Lin Muchen, and said coldly that he was going back to rest, and ordered someone to put the car curtain down. down.
Lin Muchen stood at the gate of the palace, watching his car drift away, his favorite brown sugar cake was cold in his hand, and he didn't have the face to hand it out again.
Thousands of miles away, in Liang's palace, the emperor in a dragon pattern nightgown woke up from the same dream.
Lin Muchen opened his eyes, and the only thing that caught his eyes was the cold golden bed curtain, and he called softly, "Hongjian..."
No longer a bright smiling face ran to the front and called "Second Brother".
"Your Majesty." Only a tall and thin servant stepped forward, handed a handkerchief to Lin Muchen, and asked, "Has Your Majesty dreamed of His Highness again?"
"Hung-chien..." Lin Muchen sat up from the bed, wiped the sweat off his brow with a handkerchief, and asked, "Has Hung-chien come back?"
The servant shook his head, and replied: "The newly sent envoys haven't come back yet, so your Highness should still be in the Kingdom of Shang."
"What exactly does Luan Yunye want..." Lin Muchen frowned, got up from the bed, asked the servant to change clothes, and said to himself, "As long as he let Hongjian come back, I can agree to anything, why does he not ask for any conditions?" Don't mention it?"
While changing Lin Muchen's clothes, the servant asked, "Your Majesty, if there is one thing that can be exchanged for your Highness, will you agree?"
Lin Muchen asked, "What?"
"Your life!" Behind Lin Muchen, a dagger suddenly appeared in the sleeve of the maid who was wearing a belt, and stabbed Lin Muchen in the back.
Lin Muchen dodged it in a flash, and subconsciously shouted to the door: "Escort!"
Before the guards had time to come in, the assassin pretending to be a servant did not miss the opportunity, and quickly stabbed Lin Muchen with his backhand, which happened to hit Lin Muchen's left shoulder.
Lin Muchen held the blade in one hand, raised his eyes to carefully identify the assassin in front of him, and said lightly: "Xu Youqing."
Xu Youqing, the prince's accompanist, was a talented and knowledgeable official who served as a Hanlin bachelor. Three months ago, he suspected that the edict was fake and resigned in anger.
A person who is usually refined, gentle and courteous, now described as haggard with bloodshot eyes, as desolate as a geese lost in the flock.
"Lin Muchen, do you still have the face to dream about your Highness?! Do you think he still has brotherly feelings for you? Stop dreaming!" Xu Youqing held the handle of the knife in one hand, and stabbed the dagger hard at Lin Muchen's shoulder Deeper, "He doesn't fight with you, but he doesn't want to fight with you and cause a mess of life. He has already given up on you!"
Lin Muchen's shoulders and hands were bleeding profusely, and his eyes flickered slightly.
"Do you think he was really lazy and playful since he was a child? He made himself look like he didn't want to make progress, just so that the late emperor could see more of you!" Xu Youqing held Lin Muchen down with one hand, and shouted at him, "To make you look Better than him, he was often scolded by the late emperor, don't you know that he is also most afraid of seeing the late emperor disappointed in him?!"
"Also, do you think that your Highness and even the first emperor can't see that you and Concubine Lan are using him to plot against him? The late emperor has left him countless chips that can kill you. If your highness doesn't protect you, you and Concubine Lan Concubine Lan died ten thousand times long ago!"
While speaking, the guards rushed in and surrounded the two of them.Lin Muchen frowned tightly, and raised his hand to signal the guards not to come forward.
"Do you think he is ruthless and ruthless by all means? He has already thought about how to abdicate and hand over the throne to you, but you can't wait to seek power and usurp the throne!" Continue to yell at Lin Muchen, "He takes you so seriously, what do you think of him? How did you treat him?!"
"He fought hard at the border for three months just to give you the right to negotiate a peace with Shang Guo, so as to leave you with a stable border. You heard Lan Fei's demonic words and thought he was going to collude with the enemy and betray the country to harm you. Dozens of envoys intercepted him, so that he would not dare to stay on the road for a moment and collapse in Shang Kingdom?!"
"Ask yourself, are you still human?!" Xu Youqing pulled out the dagger that had been stuck in Lin Muchen's shoulder, and stabbed it in the heart.
Lin Muchen stared at the bloody dagger in the assassin's hand, his eyes froze, and he raised his hand as fast as lightning, and fell down, instantly and accurately knocked down the dagger that was close at hand.
The knife just now was too dangerous, and the surrounding guards didn't care about Lin Muchen's order not to allow them to go forward, and rushed forward to restrain the assassin.
Xu Youqing looked up at Lin Muchen in disbelief, then suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha, this is the second brother who has no strength to restrain him under the little highness and wants him to risk his life to protect... Hahahaha Haha... Lin Muchen, have you ever told him the truth?!"
Lin Muchen opened his eyes, covered the wound on his shoulder with one hand, and said hoarsely, "Let him go out of the palace."
The guard was stunned for a moment, but still answered "Yes", and took out the assassin who was struggling and scolding Lin Muchen.
"Is Your Majesty okay?!" There was an old palace man who rushed in with the guards just now, and the old palace man stepped forward to check Lin Muchen's injuries, then turned around and said, "This old slave is going to teach the imperial physician!"
"Wait." Lin Muchen covered the wound on his shoulder, and slowly sat down on the stool, "No need to go, there is a bottle of wound medicine on the second shelf on the west shelf, just take it."
The old palace man hurriedly fetched the wound medicine and handed it to Lin Muchen, looked at the wound on Lin Muchen's body distressedly, and said earnestly: "Why does Your Majesty put himself in danger? If the assassin stabs His Majesty with the last knife, it is not a joke. Just for fun."
Lin Muchen paused the hand that was spraying medicine on the wound, and after a moment of silence, he said, "I just want to hear how much I still owe Hung-chien."
"This old slave has been with His Majesty for so many years, and I have never seen His Majesty pay more attention to anyone than your little Highness." The old palace man sighed, "Your Majesty don't have to blame yourself for everything, and you can't blame everything for some things." , why make things difficult for yourself..."
Lin Muchen lowered his eyes and covered the medicine bottle without answering.
Outside the sleeping hall, several young eunuchs were whispering: "It's only been three months, and I'm already the No. 19 assassin... If you want to talk about the Seventh Highness, oh no, he should be called King Ning now, what magic power does he have? It's amazing."
"And even His Majesty is possessed by demons. King Ning's subordinates rebelled and did not pursue it. As assassins, they all let it go. Maybe the alien with those glazed eyes is really like the Queen Mother often said, a goblin who confuses people's hearts. Bar……"
"What nonsense are you talking about! Have you seen how good Your Highness is!..."
Outside the palace gate, the little eunuch's whispering stopped abruptly, and he quickly stood up straight without daring to raise his head.
A middle-aged woman wearing a golden phoenix crown and a dark blue embroidered gold palace dress stood in front of the palace gate, glanced at the eunuch at the gate with an unfriendly expression, and pushed the door into Lin Muchen's bedroom.
The woman in blue asked loudly as she pushed the door open: "Did you let that group of rebels treat the besieged monarch and assassinate the emperor as a family drink?!"
"Mother's Queen." Lin Muchen stood up respectfully and saluted, and asked, "Why is Mother's Queen here?"
"If the Ai family doesn't come, just watch my son hit the assassin's knife and die?" Queen Mother Lan turned her head to the old man next to Lin Muchen and said, "You are also a useless thing. It is in vain that you have been with Chen'er for so many years. , even an assassin can't tell the difference, and they are arranged by his side?!"
The old palace man quickly knelt down: "This old slave should die!"
Lin Muchen said: "You all go out first."
The attendants in the hall withdrew one after another, and the old palace servants quickly followed suit.
After all the people in the palace left, the Empress Dowager Lan sighed, approached Lin Muchen and said, "I told you at the beginning that I was just using Lin Hongjian. Fortunately, you are really interested in him if the fake show comes true." Forget it, you still take him so seriously, you can even give up your life because of him, and let those rebellious officials and thieves come to harm you because of him."
"You are just afraid that he will hate you because of this, so these rebellious officials and thieves under him are arrogant and domineering, and you dare not touch any of them, do you?"
Lin Muchen's handsome eyebrows and eyes were outlined in ink, but at this moment his face was as pale as snow, standing upright like a green pine covered with ice and snow, his eyes drooping and silent.
"Do you feel guilty? What are you guilty of?!"
"He is so proud of the spring breeze, and the mother and son are all favored. Why don't you think about it when your mother and you are alone in the Zhilan Palace?"
"No matter how well you do, you never get a look from the late emperor. You kneel in front of the late emperor's door for a day, and it's not as light as Lin Hongjian's words. Why don't you think about it?!"
Under the sleeves, Lin Muchen's hands clenched into fists unconsciously.
Empress Dowager Lan looked at Lin Muchen, with tears in her eyes: "When Concubine Yang was here, the late emperor only had her in his heart. I thought that you should be looking forward to being the emperor when you become an emperor, but who knows that you only think about Lin Hong in your heart?" Jian's little favors to you, do you want to be trampled on by him for the rest of your life?!"
"What kind of magic do their mother and son have to confuse you all like this?! Look at how many people are still determined to kill you because of him even now that the others are gone? You don't want to think about how to use Luan Yunye's hand Get rid of him, and you want to get him back?!"
"What is he holding in his hand? Want him back, are you planning to give your life to him?!"
"Mother's queen..." Lin Muchen's tone was still submissive, and he said in a deep voice, "But Hung-chien is not wrong."
"He was not wrong? Well, then I was wrong! I was too small-minded to allow him to kill him! But don't forget, the late emperor would kill a hundred of you and me for his sake! You are a pile of mud under his feet!"
"Since you would rather die than protect him, well, I will die with you at the worst!" Queen Mother Lan wept and rushed towards the pillar in the palace while making gestures, "I will bump my head to death now, lest I die on that In the hands of the son of the demon concubine!"
"Mother's mother, mother's queen can't." Lin Muchen quickly grabbed the sleeve of Queen Mother Lan, knelt down, and sighed, "Whatever orders from mother's mother, I will obey."
"You call back the envoy now, write a letter and send it to Shang Guo." Queen Mother Lan stopped, looked down at Lin Muchen, and said, "Lin Jianxing's assassination of Shang Emperor is a disgrace to the mission. From now on, Liang Guo will no longer care about life and death. If you want to kill, you must cut it into pieces." , be happy with Emperor Shang!"
Lin Muchen raised his head and hurriedly said: "Mother..."
"My mother has been kind enough to him." Empress Dowager Lan interrupted Lin Muchen, and said, "If no one reveals his true identity, Luan Yunye will leave him with a dead body anyway."
"Come on, bring a pen, the Ai family must write it himself!"
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One day and one night later, in the Imperial Palace of the Shang Kingdom, the Imperial Study Room
"Your Majesty asked the minister to stare at him day and night outside the Hengwu Hall because he was worried that someone would harm him." Bai Yixiao sat beside Luan Yunye and asked, "Do you want the minister to arrest them all one by one?"
"No." Luan Yunye said, "Let them succeed."
Bai Yixiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a sudden realization, and gave Luan Yunye a thumbs up: "Your Majesty's method is really surprising and thoughtful."
"Lin Jian is 'dead', those people should shut up, His Majesty can also be clean, and you can turn around..."
"Okay." Luan Yunye interrupted Bai Yixiao, looked at Bai Yixiao worriedly, and confirmed again worryingly, "Stay outside all the time, don't go in."
"Am I like the kind of person who guards and steals?" Bai Yixiao smiled, "Your Majesty, don't worry, although I am not reliable, I have messed up the things you told me before, but this time I am very serious. Take care, if..."
"If something unexpected happens that I don't want to see." Luan Yunye looked at Bai Yixiao and said in a deep voice, "You just come to see me."
"Yes……"
"Meow~" Bai Yixiao hadn't finished answering, when a cat meowed from behind the curtain on the side of the study.
Bai Yixiao pricked up her ears and asked, "Is there a cat?"
Luan Yunye didn't answer, he didn't say whether or not.
Bai Yixiao turned her head to look in the direction of the cat's sound, and saw a mass of snow-white fur behind the golden curtain.
Bai Yixiao got up and ran down the steps, picked up the fluffy mass, and saw that it was a snow-white Persian cat, the long fur in his arms was softer than clouds, and in a pair of round cats, the same eye There are two colors of gold and green, and under the night light, the gold and green are intertwined and radiant. At first glance, it is a rare big baby cat.
"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha, Your Majesty has no interest in furry things, but hides such a superb cat in the study?" Bai Yixiao stroked the cat, and returned to sit next to Luan Yunye, "Look at the minister so much. Day and night, I will give you a reward for your hard work and guarding the people, shall I reward you?"
Luan Yunye's eyes fell on a letter placed on the corner table, he picked up the letter on the table and opened it, while reading it, he replied coldly: "No."
"Your Majesty, the day before yesterday, Your Majesty had someone collect cats in the imperial capital and nearby cities. Yesterday, I personally selected this cat all day long. I said that I would give it to the empress to relieve her boredom." Eunuch Gao Standing aside, afraid of disturbing Luan Yunye's reading of the letter, he whispered to Bai Yixiao, "If you like it, the old slave left two good ones and sent them to your house?"
"Oh~" Bai Yixiao gave a meaningful "oh", then licked the cat's head again, and said regretfully, "It turns out that it is something the empress likes, and the minister can't grab it. But I am very dedicated, and the rest I don't need cats anymore."
"Hey, since the cats are all ready, when will His Majesty plan to deliver them?"
Luan Yunye didn't answer, staring at the letter in his hand, suddenly frowned tightly.
Bai Yixiao put the cat down, and wanted to take a look at it, but Luan Yunye had already handed the letter to Bai Yixiao one step earlier: "Look."
Bai Yixiao took the letter that Luan Yunye handed over, looked at it, and felt her brows furrowed, her internal organs were about to explode with anger, she threw the letter on the table and said, "What a wolf-hearted thing!"
"Didn't you pretend to beg His Majesty to let you go a few days ago, and you can't bear to show your white-eyed wolf tail so quickly and want to put him to death?"
Luan Yunye glanced at Bai Yixiao indifferently, then looked down at the table.
The white cat didn't know when it had already jumped onto the table, squatting on the letter and licking its fur.
Luan Yunye stared at the letter on the table that was pressed down by the cat, and said to Eunuch Gao, "Take it and place it in Hengwu Palace."
"Hey, Your Majesty?" Bai Yixiao got up and followed out, and asked, "Can't wait anymore? Changed your mind?"
Luan Yunye stepped out of the study door and said, "As long as he is willing."
Bai Yixiao sighed: "It's good to meet each other with sincerity, at least he doesn't have to pretend to cover up in front of you all day long, but even if Lin Muchen has done this, he still doesn't want to."
Walking to the front of Hengwu Hall, the lights inside were still on, Luan Yunye signaled the guards at the door to be quiet, and pushed the door open by himself.
Lin Jian was sitting at the table reading a book, when he heard the door open, he asked without raising his head, "Bai Yixiao, what's the matter with you so late..."
Luan Yunye turned his head and gave Bai Yixiao a gloomy look.
Bai Yixiao quickly lowered her head and pretended not to know anything.
Lin Jian felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere. He raised his head and looked out the door. He was slightly stunned for a moment, then quickly put down the book in his hand, knelt down and saluted: "See Your Majesty."
Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian closely, and asked, "Bai Yixiao often visits you?"
Bai Yixiao secretly winked at Lin Jian and shook her head vigorously.
The more Bai Yixiao shook his head, it seemed that he would offend Luan Yunye if he came to visit him often, Lin Jianyue didn't like it, and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for allowing Marquis Anle to visit him every day."
"Very good." Luan Yunye's deep and cold voice was mixed with emotion, "Do your best, and you will be rewarded later."
Bai Yixiao made a sad face to Lin Jian.
Lin Jian blinked.
Luan Yunye went to the place where Lin Jian was reading and sat down, glanced at the book Lin Jian was reading, and saw a poem on the page: "Surprised that lovesickness does not reveal."
It was a sentence I had read.
Luan Yunye seemed to be scratched by a soft feather in his heart, and said to Lin Jian, "Come and sit."
"Yes."
Lin Jian got up and walked in front of Luan Yunye. He didn't want to sit too close to him. It would be impolite to sit too far away, so he found a seat with a relatively suitable distance.
Lin Jian sat down at the table, glanced at the page of the book he had opened, and quickly lowered his head, lest Luan Yunye's eyes fall on his face, if he saw something—for example, he thought of something he shouldn't have thought of, The future "Queen" who just disappeared a few days ago.
Ever since Luan Yunye walked into the room, he had always only had Lin Jian in his eyes, and said to Eunuch Gao without raising his head, "Give it to him."
Eunuch Gao stepped forward and stuffed a snow-white cat into Lin Jian's hand.
Lin Jian: "...???"
Lin Jian hugged the fluffy cat, looked down at the snow-white fur ball in his arms, not knowing what Luan Yunye meant, he liked it and was very surprised: "...Thank you, Your Majesty."
Luan Yunye: "..."
Bai Yixiao hurriedly covered her mouth, almost not laughing out loud.
Eunuch Gao saw that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately realized that he had made a mistake in his work. Fortunately, he was prepared and brought the letter under the cat along with him, and quickly handed the letter to Lin Jian.
Lin Jian held the cat in his arms, took the letter with both hands, opened it and read it carefully.
Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian, his eyes were lowered, his long eyelashes covered his talking eyes, only the corners of his lips curled slightly.
Although it is a smile, but this self-deprecating smile is as lonely as it is.
Luan Yunye felt as if a knife had been stabbed into his heart, and suddenly his heart ached so badly that he couldn't breathe.
After Lin Jian finished reading the letter, he handed the letter back to Eunuch Gao with both hands. He lowered his eyes and smiled, and asked, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for agreeing to the peace with the minister regardless of past suspicions. Although it is easy for your Majesty to execute the minister, for the sake of your majesty's reputation, your majesty needs Is the minister self-judgmental?"
Bai Yixiao stood at the side and held his forehead. This kid was a bit too good at some aspects, but he didn't know anything about some aspects. All he was thinking about was messy things.
Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian, frowned unknowingly, fell silent for a moment, and said, "Although you have many conflicts with Shang Guo, I always cherish talents. Now that Lin Muchen's friendship with you as a monarch and minister has been exhausted, if you are willing to stay What I use, you and I can ignore the previous suspicions and entrust them with important tasks."
"What Liang Guo can give you, I can give you, and there will only be more. Whatever you want, you can just ask."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, but one minister does not matter to two masters." Lin Jian put down the cat in his arms, got up and knelt down in front of Luan Yunye.
The person kneeling in front of Luan Yunye had his back straight, and his glazed eyes were filled with unshakable determination: "I'm sorry."
No one had ever dared to directly reject His Majesty like this, and he couldn't even speak euphemistically. Eunuch Gao was so frightened that he quickly turned his head to look at Luan Yunye's face.
Luan Yunye frowned even tighter, but there was no anger in his eyes when he looked at Lin Jian. Instead, he persuaded: "Since Shang and Liang have negotiated a peace, we should regard the interests of the two countries as one, and take it as our duty for the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment. Where does the theory of two masters come from?"
"Seeing that you don't love war, and your heart is for peace, I think you are also an open-minded person, why should you be bound by national boundaries?"
Lin Jian thought to himself, it really takes the monarch's extraordinary courage to use such an enemy country's commander who once beheaded his generals and damaged his army regardless of past suspicions.
If he was just an ordinary courtier of the Liang Kingdom at this moment, since he has become an abandoned son of the old country, a monarch like Luan Yunye who has always been iron-blooded can still patiently persuade these words. It is understandable for one person to choose another Mingzhu.
At this time, anyone can agree to Luan Yunye, but only the royal family of Liang State can't, let alone the prince who was the most important prince of Liang State's first emperor.
Lin Jiandao: "Your Majesty's words are true. I'm narrow-minded, but I really can't do it."
"Have you thought about it clearly?" Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian and said in a deep voice, "Given what you have done to the Shang country, if you refuse to stay by my side and pay off your merits, I, as the monarch of the Shang country, make an order It is not too much to kill you ten thousand times."
"I'm at your majesty's discretion. Cough..." Lin Jian coughed twice, and said, "I just hope that your majesty will not regret the contract. Cough..."
Luan Yunye gave Eunuch Gao a wink.
Eunuch Gao quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Lin Jian.
Eunuch Gao took care of me when I was pretending to be a court lady, but now he is so kind. Could it be that he is so warm to everyone?Lin Jian raised his head and glanced at Luan Yunye.
Luan Yunye nodded slightly, watched Lin Jian slowly drink the water in front of him, and said, "Don't rush to make a decision, I can give you time to think it over slowly. I am waiting for you."
"Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness. You don't need to think about it any more. I've already thought it through very clearly." Lin Jian stood up without waiting for Luan Yunye to speak, and put the empty cup on the table.
Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian without saying a word.
Lin Jian stood in front of Luan Yunye, dressed in green clothes and tall and tall, like the green pines and cypresses bullied by snow and frost in severe winter, looked at Luan Yunye and asked: "May I ask your Majesty to go directly to the gate of Wuchao now, or Go to jail and be convicted first?"
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