The days when I was imprisoned in the harem by the enemy monarch

shang kingdom palace at night

According to the etiquette of the Shang Dynasty, after such a big ceremony as the Queen's Seal, there must be a banquet of the highest standard in the Jiying Hall.

Luan Yunye asked Lin Jian to stay in the bedroom to rest because Lin Jian was tired all morning, and because Lin Jian felt that the phoenix crown dress was too heavy and uncomfortable, and it was inevitable that many ministers would toast at the dinner.

Lin Jian really wished he could not deal with those ministers.And Lin Jian also had his own worries. His cough was better during the day, but he always felt a little uncomfortable at night, and his cough would get worse. On such a formal occasion, it was not good for him to attend like this.

So Luan Yunye went out alone to give a banquet and drink with him, and Lin Jian was happy to stay in the palace alone to rest.

Eunuch Gao was left to serve, fearing that Lin Jian would be bored, so he found a bunch of idle books to pass the time for Lin Jian.

Lin Jian had never seen these books brought by Eunuch Gao before, and the names were all weird.So he leaned on the reclining chair, held the cat in his arms, picked up a book and flipped through it, and saw that the title of the book read "The Picture of a Hundred Ghosts at Night", and the stories in it were about a young man who killed ghosts and some ghosts. Ghostly things.

Lin Jian flipped through the book and asked, "Is it okay if I don't go?"

Eunuch Gao stood aside and replied: "With His Majesty here, they dare not say anything. You can just rest here at ease. You read these books, His Majesty specially selected them for you."

"The book in your hand—" Eunuch Gao glanced at the contents of the book, and said, "This book is good-looking, but there are ghosts in it, and it looks scary."

"Have you read it too?" Lin Jian turned the book from the first page, and while reading the content curiously, replied, "It's okay, I'm not afraid of ghosts."

"Staying by His Majesty's side, it's natural to learn a lot. When Your Majesty reads it, this old servant also reads it." Eunuch Gao stared at the book in Lin Jian's hand, and leaned forward to remind him in a low voice, "In this, the protagonist Although the boy is a ghost killer, he will like a ghost later."

Lin Jian leaned his index finger on his lips: "Shh, don't tell me what happened next."

Eunuch Gao shut his mouth for a while, but he seemed still not at ease, and stepped forward again to remind him: "I think I should remind you more, that ghost is also a man, in this book there will be two men who like each other... ..."

"Thank you for reminding me." Lin Jian stopped turning over the book, put the book down, raised his head and smiled politely at Eunuch Gao, "I was shocked."

"I'm afraid that you won't be able to accept half of it, so I would like to remind you." Eunuch Gao looked at the books piled up beside Lin Jian, and smiled flatteringly, "There are all such books here. Your Majesty asked the slaves to give them Take a look and learn a lot."

Lin Jian was a little surprised why Luan Yunye, as an emperor, had to read this kind of book, and why he had to gain such knowledge for himself.Thinking about it, I felt that my reaction just now was a bit too much, and I picked up the book again and said, "I don't mean anything else, I respect other people's choices. Since Your Majesty said so, I'd better take a look..."

Lin Jian only read a few pages. He had just seen the young man encounter a ghost, and before he had time to ponder the relationship between them carefully, he heard the orderly voice of the palace servants outside the door:

"See Your Majesty."

Originally thought that Luan Yunye would be dragged into the middle of the night by the ministers, and he could still read for a while, but he didn't expect him to come back so soon.

Lin Jian hastily put down the book in his hand, and hastily said "I'm asleep" to Eunuch Gao. Before Eunuch Gao and the surrounding palace people could react, he hugged the big white cat and lay down on the bed. The quilt covered him from head to toe.

No matter how you say it, tonight was Luan Yunye's wedding night, Lin Jian was really afraid that if he made any weird requests for feeding in front of everyone, he simply chose to pretend to be asleep.

Lin Jian hugged Dabai and lay motionless on the bed with his eyes closed.Luan Yunye's footsteps were so soft that he could hardly hear him, only his low voice was pressed down very lightly, as if he was asking the palace servants beside him: "Is the empress asleep?"

Only Eunuch Gao replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty is tired from reading and just fell asleep. Your Majesty and him have not drunk the wine yet, do you want to call him..."

"He's tired today, don't disturb him." Luan Yunye said softly in a low voice, "It doesn't matter if you don't drink wine, you all go back."

Lin Jian only heard the rustling footsteps of the palace people, the sound was very soft, and after a while, the door of the bedroom was gently closed.

Now only himself and Luan Yunye were left in the room, Lin Jian secretly clenched the brocade quilt with his hands, nervously raised his guard.

There was only a crisp sound coming from behind, it was the sound of wine being poured into a small cup.

"Yue'er, tonight is your and my wedding night. Although you are asleep, I should do my duty as a husband." Behind Lin Jian's invisible back, Luan Yunye half-kneeled in front of the bed with his robe lifted.

Lin Jian only heard Luan Yunye's deep voice ringing in his ears, although it was very soft, but very serious: "This cup, I promise you to be happy and honest, and never ask."

"This cup, I promise you will never leave it, and will accompany you through life and death." Luan Yunye's deep and pleasant voice was extraordinarily solemn and gentle.

Lin Jian gasped for breath and felt as if his heart had missed a beat.

"The third cup, I would like to exchange the rest of my life for your growth and health."

Lin Jian's hands unconsciously gripped the brocade quilt even tighter. For some reason, his cheeks were so hot that they almost heated up.

If Luan Yunye did something he shouldn't do while he was asleep, Lin Jian would feel at ease that it was a wise choice for him to avoid Luan Yunye and pretend to sleep on his wedding night.

But in a place where he seemed to be asleep or could not hear or see at all, he revealed his heart so sincerely and made a solemn and serious promise. The heart of a man judges the belly of a gentleman, and it is superfluous to be on guard.

Is he really sincere to Lin Yue'er?If he really had other intentions, Lin Jian really couldn't find a reason for him to be so sincere in a place where no one was around.

Is Luan Yunye serious?Lin Jian was suddenly at a loss, not knowing where to put his hands and feet.

There was the sound of a wine glass being gently put down on the table behind him.Lin Jian felt that Luan Yunye was leaning over and approaching, and his heart was secretly raised.

Luan Yunye looked at the person lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his whole body was wrapped in the quilt, only his hands were outside the quilt, holding the quilt tightly, and there was a big snow-white cat lying between his arms.

The big white cat and the human were sleeping face to face, the human's face was slightly buried in the white cat's long down, which slightly covered the fair skin, and the snow-white down intertwined with the long crow-colored eyelashes.

When An Jing fell asleep, she was three points more well-behaved than the white cat in his arms.

Luan Yunye leaned over slightly, a little warmth and softness fell on Lin Jian's forehead, and he just touched it lightly.

Lin Jian's cheeks became even hotter. He clenched the quilt tightly and buried his face in the cat's fur unconsciously. There was an indescribable itching feeling in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was.

A warm hand gently held Lin Jian's hand, stuffed it under the quilt and covered it.

With the soft sound of pearls and emeralds behind him, it was the sound of the bead curtains on the bed being lowered.

After a while, Lin Jian's eyes dimmed, and the lights in the room went out.

Lin Jian opened his eyes and saw the sleeping white cat in front of him, with soft down covering his face.

In order not to disturb the sleeping cat in his arms, Lin Jian carefully raised his left hand and touched his forehead lightly.It was here just now, and it felt the same as when it fell on my ear in the morning, warm and soft, crisp and numb.

Not daring to think about what happened, Lin Jian cautiously turned around and glanced outside the bed through the half-transparent bed curtain and bead curtain.

The sleeping hall was empty, and there was no one in sight.

Only outside the carved window not far away, a bit of cold moonlight shone into the bedroom, half falling on the black gold wood carved screen.

The night is just right.

It seems that Luan Yunye really went to sleep outside the screen alone.

With no threat around him, Lin Jian should have had a good night's sleep, but Lin Jian couldn't.

According to the etiquette, the queen needs to get up early to meet the queen mother on the second day after she is sealed up, and accept the pilgrimage of the concubines in the harem.

However, because Luan Yunye killed the late Empress He, although the birth mother had been posthumously named Empress Dowager, and the ministers believed that Empress He was the first wife of the late Emperor, most of them asked the new empress to pay homage to the late Empress He. This procedure was directly discarded by Luan Yunye.

Lin Jian didn't have the queen mother to meet, so he skipped the step of meeting the queen mother in the morning.Because he ate and didn't fall asleep last night, he slept late in the morning and got up late, until Luan Yunye went down to the court at about six o'clock, he woke up leisurely, had breakfast and medicine, and was going to see Luan Yunye's concubine in the harem.

Luan Yunye waited for the people to drink the medicine, raised his hand to screen away the court ladies who wanted to come up to make up Lin Jian, and personally haired Lin Jianwan in front of the dressing table.

Lin Jian didn't use makeup or powder on weekdays, and only combed his hair.Luan Yunye didn't know how to do complicated hairstyles, so he set aside the heavy golden phoenix crown that the court lady brought forward, and only used a small golden crown for Lin Jian to tie his hair well.

"Your Majesty, today the concubines in the harem pay homage to the queen, and the concubines will all dress grandly and gorgeously." The maid on the side reminded in a low voice, "Should the empress wear more gorgeous clothes, so as to reflect the demeanor of the empress and the master of the harem."

Luan Yunye straightened Lin Jian's broken hair seriously, and replied coldly without raising his head: "The queen doesn't see them."

"But... this is a rule handed down in the palace." The maid said, "And the concubines are all dressed up, and they have been waiting for the empress in Ziyun Palace since the time of Chen."

"Your Majesty, after all, the empress will be in charge of the harem for your majesty in the future, so she must meet all the concubines first and get familiar with the environment of the harem." Eunuch Gao also persuaded, "You can't let the empress stay in your majesty's bedroom all the time. , Don’t step out of the gate, don’t step out of the second door, don’t ask about the harem.”

Luan Yunye asked back: "Why not?"

Lin Jian also didn't want to see Luan Yunye's harem concubines, but since these palace people said it was a rule in the palace, if Luan Yunye didn't let him see the harem concubines today, he would inevitably be harassed and advised by the ministers in the hall tomorrow.

Moreover, she is Luan Yunye's queen in name after all, if she doesn't abide by the rules, she will inevitably be criticized.Lin Jian raised his head and said to Luan Yunye: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for being considerate of my concubine. But since the rules in the palace are like this, you should go."

Luan Yunye used a small hairpin to gently fasten a lock of Lin Jian's hair. Hearing the sound, the hand that was arranging the hair paused, looked down into Lin Jian's eyes, and asked, "Aren't you going to stay with me?"

"Your Majesty is busy with state affairs every day, and my concubines also want to get acquainted with the affairs of the harem, hoping to share your worries for Your Majesty in the future." Lin Jian looked at Luan Yunye and said, "Your Majesty still spends a lot of time with your concubines, and this is not the time."

Luan Yunye stared into Lin Jian's eyes, remembering the despair in his eyes and the shaky look in his eyes when he faced the attack of the officials yesterday, and said softly: "You don't need to worry about the harem affairs, you can deal with anyone who dares to offend you. "

"The only thing you have to do from now on is to stay by my side."

Lin Jian blinked.Unexpectedly, although Luan Yunye was named empress, he didn't need to manage the harem by himself.Lin Jian had seen the harassment of the harem since he was a child, and if he could really let go of it, it would be his wish.

"Your Majesty, this..." Seeing that Luan Yunye had no intention of letting Lin Jian go to see the concubines in the harem, Eunuch Gao asked very sensibly, "The old slave is going to the Ziyun Palace to pass the decree. Go away?"

Luan Ye nodded.

Eunuch Gao immediately turned around and left the bedroom.

Luan Yunye handed Lin Jian his hand, "Come with me to the study."

Lin Jian glanced at the hand that was handed to him, and in front of so many palace people around him, he still consciously handed it to Luan Yunye, and followed Luan Yunye to the imperial study.

Two ministers had already been waiting in the imperial study room, seeing Luan Yunye brought Lin Jian in, the two ministers hurriedly saluted.

Lin Jian didn't take a close look at the two ministers, but they all had black marks around their eyes, as if they hadn't closed their eyes all night and lacked sleep.

Luan Yunye took Lin Jian to sit down first, and said, "Let's talk."

One of the ministers immediately reported: "The minister investigated the murder of Concubine Ruo yesterday overnight. Concubine Ruo was poisoned in advance, but the time when Concubine Ruo took the poison should be around Si o'clock yesterday. The palace people said that the empress was putting on makeup at that time, and she was with her." Your Majesty being together is enough to prove the empress's innocence. As for the person who poisoned her, the investigation is still underway."

Another minister immediately followed up with the report: "Yesterday, An Lehou said that the empress had not registered her household registration because she had lived in seclusion for a long time. I have already arranged the household registration of the empress overnight. No one will gossip about it in the future."

Lin Jian looked back at Luan Yunye in surprise.I'm afraid he didn't go to sleep on the couch outside the screen last night, did he not sleep all night?

Luan Yunye supported the table with one hand, and his eyes were also fixed on Lin Jian.

Lin Jian's eyes met Luan Yunye's, and he felt his cheeks heat up, so he quickly avoided his gaze: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian and said, "You don't need to say thank you."

Lin Jian turned to the two ministers and nodded, "Thanks for your hard work, my lords."

The two ministers hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, you are being polite, it's all a matter of ministers' duty."

Luan Yunye said: "You all have worked hard, go back and rest."

"Resignation." The two ministers respectfully and cautiously exited the Imperial Study Room as if they were relieved.

After the two ministers left, Lin Jian turned to look at Luan Yunye.Although he couldn't tell that he was tired from his usual calm and indifferent expression, he must have been tired: "Your Majesty, please rest for a while."

Luan Yunye pointed to the memorial on the table: "Today is a bit busy, I'm afraid I won't be able to rest."

Lin Jiandao: "If your majesty trusts my concubine, you can take a nap first. Concubine will help your majesty prepare a reply, please wake up and have a look."

Lin Jian knew that his proposal was wrong.This is not when he was the prince of the Liang Kingdom, how could the king of a country trust outsiders to approve the memorials in the hands of others, and what is his status now, it is a taboo for Luan Yunye to meddle in the harem.

But Lin Jian didn't need to speculate on his intention to please Luan Yunye, his life would not last long, so he would naturally say whatever he wanted.Lin Jian was willing to help him approve the memorial, so he mentioned it. As for Luan Yunye's ignorance, or even anger, let him go.

"Okay, help me." Luan Yunye got up and said, "I'll sleep for a while."

Lin Jian was a little surprised, he didn't expect Luan Yunye to agree so simply.

Luan Yunye went straight to the small couch beside him, maybe he was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the couch.

Lin Jian thought to himself, Luan Yunye must be exhausted these days.I had just finished preparing for the post-sealing gift, and I had to personally check everything, handle government affairs, and even "clean up my grievances" overnight. I'm afraid I haven't had a good night's sleep in the past ten days.

How did he see that he was most afraid of those slanders and slanders that took his mother's life the most in his life, and why did he treat them so hard and kill them overnight?

It is said that the most important thing in life is the intimacy, even if it is my father and elder brother, who once gave him all the glory and love, how did he ever notice these inner pains.

But after a few days of acquaintance, how could Luan Yunye do this?

Lin Jian stepped forward lightly, unfolded the blanket next to the couch, and gently covered Luan Yunye.

Luan Yunye was already sound asleep, lying on his side on the couch with his eyes closed.Even if he is taking a nap in a place where no one is around, he is still dressed neatly, and the aura between his brows is as cold and majestic as usual.

However, Lin Jian felt that there was a subtle change somewhere compared to before. Seeing that Luan Yunye was no longer just an enemy monarch who was hard to get close to, but he didn't know what the change was. He stared at him for a long time before walking back to the table. Take out one book from the mountain of memorials and look at it.

Criticizing the memorials was not a problem for Lin Jian. When Lin Jian was the Prince of Liang, he often read the memorials for the late emperor.

Lin Jian flipped through a few memorials that Luan Yunye had approved, and imitated a few lines of writing on the blank rice paper.

Luan Yunye has a good handwriting, the words are as proud as a person, and the writing is vigorous and powerful. It seems to be sharp, but in fact it is hidden. It is easy to imitate the shape but not the spirit.

Fortunately, Lin Jian was experienced and adapted quickly to the imitation of handwriting. He imitated Luan Yunye's handwriting and carefully reviewed the memorials one by one for him. He couldn't help turning his head to look at Luan Yunye lying on the couch .

No matter how much the world rumors that he is cruel and ruthless, he is still a human being after all.You will also know the temperature of others, you will be considerate, you will feel exhausted, and your palm will feel hot when you hold your hand.

Thinking of this, Lin Jian suddenly felt terrible again.It was obviously just to deal with him pretending to be husband and wife with Luan Yunye for the sake of peace and stability, and he wanted to be careful and guard against him, but after a few days, I don't know why I suddenly had such a strange idea in my heart.

Lin Jian didn't dare to think about it any further, and lowered his head to look at the memorial in his hand seriously.

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Ever since they got married, Luan Yunye had to sit by Lin Jian's side every day when he reviewed the memorials, and Lin Jian usually sat beside him with a book in his hand to read.

It was common for Luan Yunye to be busy dealing with government affairs until late at night, and Lin Jian was unwilling to ask Lin Jian to go back to rest earlier.However, being by Luan Yunye's side, Lin Jian would often fall asleep lying down beside the table due to exhaustion, and every time he woke up, he was already lying on the bed in the bedroom.

Lin Jian also couldn't figure out why he was more and more willing to stay with Luan Yunye, maybe it was because he had no relatives or friends in the palace, and now Luan Yunye was the only person he knew best.Moreover, although Luan Yunye's methods seemed to be tyrannical, in fact, he was often busy until late at night on weekdays, and he could be called a good emperor who was diligent in governing and caring for the people.

If it weren't for his identity and standpoint, Lin Jian would be very willing to make friends with someone like him.

The days passed peacefully for half a month.

At night, Luan Yunye was still busy with government affairs, Lin Jian sat next to Luan Yunye and read a book as usual.

Luan Yunye looked up from time to time, as if to confirm that his baby was still there.

Lin Jian read a few pages and couldn't help but secretly raised his eyes to take a look at Luan Yunye, and just happened to meet Luan Yunye's eyes, so he quickly lowered his head and pretended not to see it.

Luan Yunye stared at Lin Jian's blushing cheeks, and slightly curled his lips.

Lin Jian stared down at the book in his hand, but couldn't read a single word, and his heart was very confused.

Wanting to pretend nothing happened, he coughed uncontrollably.

"Cough..." Every night, I always cough more than during the day.Lin Jian raised his hand to cover his mouth and tried to lower his voice so as not to disturb Luan Yunye, when suddenly a glass of water was handed to him.

Lin Jian raised his eyes and glanced at Luan Yunye, then took the water glass: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"How many times have you said it? I don't need to say thank you." Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian and said warmly, "Drink some water."

Lin Jian held the cup and took a sip of hot water. He heard the palace people outside call "Hou Ye", and raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw Bai Yixiao walking into the imperial study.

Whenever a minister came into the imperial study to discuss matters, no matter who or what it was, Lin Jian would take the initiative to avoid it before, but Luan Yunye always pulled Lin Jian to stay. Listen attentively.

But when Luan Yunye was discussing matters with others, it was not polite to sit on the sidelines and drink water by himself.Seeing Bai Yixiao coming in, Lin Jian carefully put down the cup in his hand.

Luan Yunye said: "It's nothing, you drink."

Bai Yixiao glanced at Lin Jian, raised an eyebrow at him, turned to Luan Yunye and said, "Your Majesty, I have arranged for Liang Guo's envoy to stay at the post house. When is it convenient for Your Majesty to meet with you?"

Lin Jian was drinking water. Hearing the sound, he raised his head and looked at Bai Yixiao, holding a mouthful of water in his mouth before he could swallow it.

Bai Yixiao turned to look at Lin Jian and explained: "More than half a month ago, His Majesty sent someone to send wedding invitations to Liang Guo, and now Liang Guo sent envoys to return the gift and congratulate him."

"They told me that they came this time, of course to congratulate His Majesty on his new marriage and to meet the Queen." Bai Yixiao said to Luan Yunye, "Secondly, they still want to see theirs—General Lin."

Lin Jian's eyes moved slightly.

It seems that Luan Yunye sealed the news of his "death" and did not disclose it to Liang Guo.But they passed the wedding invitation to Liang Guo, wondering if the second elder brother noticed the name "Lin Yue'er" or doubted it.

"We've been hiding things about Lin Jian from Liang Guo, and no one in Liang Guo knows about it yet." Bai Yixiao glanced at Lin Jian and said, "But people can't be resurrected after death, and now they're coming to see Lin Jian, where are we going?" Find another Lin Jian to come out and tell them the truth?"

Lin Jian frowned slightly. If Liang Guo found out that he was dead, they didn't know what would happen. It's better to keep it a secret, so as not to cause trouble.

"No." Luan Yunye said.

"Lin Jian is already 'dead', and Liang Guo also said that it doesn't matter if he lives or dies, it won't matter if he wants to know the truth." Bai Yixiao asked, "What is His Majesty's concern now...?"

"Naturally, I'm not afraid of Liang Guo." Luan Yunye said, "I heard that Lin Jian never belonged to any party in Liang Guo's court. One is to use my sword to kill people, and the other is to pass on to him the disputes within the Liang Kingdom."

"Lin Jian's death is fulfilling Lin Muchen's wish, but I will not let him do so."

Lin Jian silently swallowed the tea in his mouth: ... Is this why he didn't kill himself when he offended Luan Yunye like that?I know enough news, and I have considered it thoroughly.

Bai Yixiao asked curiously: "Oh? I don't know what your Majesty's opinion is?"

"I've always felt that the Empress looks somewhat similar to Yi." Luan Yunye turned his head and looked at Lin Jian.

Lin Jian blinked.

Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jian and asked, "Is the queen willing to do my husband a favor?"

Lin Jian: "Your Majesty?"

Luan Yunye said, "I want you to pretend to be Lin Jian."

Lin Jian: "..."

Bai Yixiao glanced at Lin Jian's expression, gave Luan Yunye a thumbs up, and praised with a smile, "Your Majesty is brilliant."

Lin Jian thought to himself, although this is a way to kill multiple birds with one stone, Luan Yunye can achieve his goal without destroying the peace between the two countries. Isn't it just letting himself go to court with his prison clothes in shackles and chains stained with blood, using his current Does the "miserable situation" interpret the fate of opposing Luan Yunye?As long as Liang Guo knew that he was still alive, it would be worthwhile to sell it miserably.

But Luan Yunye allowed himself to "pretend" Lin Jian, and those ministers in the Shang Kingdom who had never seen his true face could still say that Luan Yunye had met him face to face, even if he was blind and couldn't remember, he put on men's clothes again and stood in front of him , I'm afraid it's hard not to be recognized at a glance.Losing his life didn't count, it made Luan Yunye furious, and the painstaking efforts to negotiate a peace were turned into ashes in a blink of an eye.

Lin Jian evaded and said, "Your Majesty, there are no very similar people in the world. There must be many differences between my concubine and Lin Jian, and my concubine is afraid that I won't look like it."

"Don't worry." Luan Yunye looked at Lin Jiandao, "I know that there are no very similar people in the world, but there is one thing that can be used by you and me."

Luan Yunye gave Eunuch Gao a wink, and Eunuch Gao quickly turned around and went to the apse. After a while, he took out a carved lacquer box and presented it to Luan Yunye.

Luan Yunye raised his hand to open the lacquer box, took out a silver mask from it, and placed it on the table in front of Lin Jian.

Lin Jian: "..." Isn't this mask hidden in the general's mansion of the Liang Kingdom?

Probably because he was afraid that his empress would not understand, Luan Yunye explained patiently: "It is said that Lin Jian wears this thing on his face, and he never took it off even when he went to the court of Liang State, and few people in Liang State have seen his true face. "

"This was taken from Liang Guo a few days ago, and it is just available now."

Lin Jian thought to himself, "Take it" as it sounds so nicely, but actually ordered someone to steal it, right?

Probably the day Luan Yunye wanted to recruit him, he was already ready to make him treasonously loyal to him, and even stole this mask from Liang Guo, he was really confident enough.

Indeed, if it were someone else who worked hard for the country and fought hard at the border, and fell into the enemy's prison, instead of trying to rescue them, their own country would not care about life and death, and they would have been disheartened.At this time, Luan Yunye promised to be a high-ranking official with a generous salary, so he probably "became another master of the Ming Dynasty".

It's a pity that no matter how many calculations Luan Yunye made, he still had a big secret that he didn't know.

Lin Jian's slender fingers slid across the cold mask, secretly weighing it in his heart.If he insisted on refusing, even if Luan Yunye didn't continue to force himself, Shang Guo would at least have to inform Liang Guo that he was "dead".

If he really found out that he "died" in Shang Kingdom, even though Liang Guo said that he would not ask about his life or death, whether he really asked or not is not decided by a letter from a diplomatic exchange. Tilting and changing, I'm afraid that the newly concluded contract will be in jeopardy again, or even go to waste.

It's better to agree for the time being, at least not let Liang Guo's envoy go back and say that he has "dead".As for whether he would see through wearing men's clothing, at least he had this mask now, so he had to be more careful and cover up the face under the mask so that he wouldn't see it directly.

Lin Jian picked up the mask from the table, stared at the golden mask in his hand that reflected the candlelight, and asked calmly, "When does Your Majesty need your concubine to come forward?"

Luan Yunye said: "Three days later, Hanyuan Hall."

Three days later, the Imperial Palace of Shang Dynasty, Hanyuan Hall

Since the Shang Kingdom has continued to expand its borders and crush the surrounding small countries since Luan Yunye came to the throne, most of the surrounding countries regard the Shang Kingdom as their suzerain. In addition to sending envoys to worship and worship every year, they must also send envoys to congratulate on important events such as conferring .

The two kingdoms of Shang and Liang have been separated from the north and the south for a long time. They have faced a stalemate for a hundred years. Their forces have ebbed and flowed. Lest the sincerity is not enough, it will become the next food in the mouth of a big country.

In addition to the country of Liang, small countries such as the remote Dongpu and Siam all sent envoys to congratulate and send generous gifts of the highest standard.

Unexpectedly, Liang Guo attached great importance to Luan Yunye's wedding, and sent more than a dozen envoys to congratulate him, and the gifts they gave were even richer. The princess of the country is usually given as a dowry.

In the court hall, the ministers of the Shang Kingdom lined up on both sides of the hall, and the envoys from various countries went to the hall to congratulate them one by one.

After meeting the envoys from various countries, Luan Yunye said: "Today, since the envoys from various countries and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are witnessing together, it is better to celebrate one more thing."

A minister asked: "I wonder what His Majesty is referring to...?"

Luan Yunye said: "Since I ascended the throne, I have never been as satisfied as I am today. Now I have a queen to serve me, and I have a minister of a pillar outside. It can be said to be perfect, and it is indeed worthy of congratulations."

The envoys from various countries and the ministers in the court all looked at each other, they only knew that His Majesty was celebrating with the newly married empress, but they didn't know who Luan Yunye was referring to as the "minister of the pillars" of Xide who was going to celebrate today.

"But I don't know where the person His Majesty is referring to is now?"

Luan Yunye said: "Tell Lin Jian."

Hearing the word "Lin Jian", Liang Guo's envoys stared in surprise and looked out of the hall.

Many people in other small countries had heard of Lin Jian's name, and they all looked out curiously.

The ministers of the Shang Kingdom also whispered:

"Lin Jian? Wasn't he set on fire by Lan Shilang? Didn't Lan Shilang get fired because he was found out?!" A minister asked beside him.

"Your Majesty must have a reason." Another minister said softly, "Don't make wild guesses."

The morning sun shines in from outside the hall, laying a layer of golden carpet in the center of the hall.

A dark blue leather boot embellished with silver stepped across the threshold, shining in the golden sunlight.

All the ministers looked up, and it was a tall and straight figure who stepped into the hall with the backlight.

The man was wearing a light blue gown with gold thread woven on the skirt, a leather belt around his waist with pure gold inlaid with white coral and a deep-sea pearl buckle, a clump of gold silk and emerald bamboo embroidered on the hem of the gown, and silvery white tassels on the light blue cloak. Gold, silver, pearls and jade are used as decorations, but they have the atmosphere of clouds, waters, mountains and forests, elegant and dignified.

It seems to be a fairy coming out of the painting.If you retreat, you can live in the deep mountains and forests, with mountains, cranes and plum streams as companions; if you advance, you can stand in the court hall, like Zhilan Yushu grows on the steps of the courtyard.

However, when looking closely at him, a silver-white mask covered half of his face, and only light-colored thin lips and a graceful jaw line could be seen.There was a cold light on the face of the mask, and the carved lines were hideous and terrifying, like a bloody Shura ghost.

Elegant and dignified collided with icy blood, which made people gasp.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and all eyes were fixed on one person.

Although there were countless gazes around, Lin Jian naturally walked up to the court hall as if strolling in a courtyard, and directly knelt down to Luan Yunye: "Chen Lin Jian, see Your Majesty."

The Liang Guo envoy's eyes were fixed on Lin Jian, and he scrutinized him carefully from head to toe.

A young minister of the Shang Kingdom looked carefully at Lin Jian, and then carefully at the Liang Kingdom's envoy, then turned his head and whispered to the blue-clothed official beside him at a volume that only two people could hear: "Don't worry, she It's not Lin Jian, it's the empress in disguise."

The blue-clothed official's eyes widened in shock: "...What?!"

"Just look at the Jade Dragon Ring on her hand." The young minister said, "Your Majesty wore it on the Empress's hand in front of us that day. How could it escape Lin Jian's hands? Besides, Lin Jian is dead, so what?" There is a reason for death and resurrection, it seems that His Majesty is trying to tease the envoys of Liang Guo.”

The blue-clothed official looked at Lin Jian's hand, and sure enough, he saw the gold-encrusted emerald dragon pattern ring on the index finger of his left hand, and said with emotion: "The empress looks quite similar, but she doesn't look like the day she was sealed. The same person. If I didn't know that she is a woman, how can I tell that she is pretending?"

"I just found out today that the empress is really good. I wondered when your majesty was named empress. Your majesty is not a king who is greedy for beauty. Why did you choose her? It turns out that the empress has such a good use..."

Luan Ye sat on the dragon seat calmly, his penetrating eyes almost imperceptibly swept over the expressions and movements of everyone in the court hall, and finally fell on Lin Jian: "Pingshen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lin Jian stood up.

"Lin Qing is famous for being good at fighting, and now the world is peaceful and stable, governing the country and governing the army are the same." Luan Yunye said, "I can pray to Tong Zhongshu to make peace, and give the seal in class."

In the Shang Dynasty, "Tongzhong Shumen's affairs are peaceful", high positions and weights are not permanent, and confidant officials are often selected from high-ranking officials to serve temporarily when necessary.

The appointment of Pingzhang is actually to retain the original prime minister and not to appoint another prime minister. In fact, another right-hand man with the same power as the prime minister has been added.

Although Pingzhang is not a prime minister in name, his status, status and power are equal to or even higher than that of the prime minister.

Lin Jian thought to himself, when he discussed with me, he never said that he would pay homage to the prime minister.This move of going to the house and pulling the ladder did not give him a chance to choose or refuse at all. He was simply forcing himself to treason in public and accept his appointment.

After Luan Yunye issued the decree, Eunuch Gao immediately went to Lin Jian with the official seal and appointment documents in both hands.

Lin Jian thought to himself, if he refused to agree and brushed off Luan Yunye's intentions in public, he would inevitably expose Lin Yue'er as Lin Jian and make Luan Yunye furious and repent of the peace agreement.

But once he agrees, he will only bear the name of treason.

Lin Jian took the official seal with both hands, bowed respectfully, and said in a cold voice politely but without any emotion, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."

"Although they were separate countries in the past, but now that the two countries have established diplomatic relations and harmony, we should regard Shang and Liang as one." Luan Yunye raised his hand to signal Lin Jian to get up, "I hope Lin Qing will do her best in the future to share my worries and serve the great merchants. .”

Lin Jian got up indifferently, without a trace of expression on his face: "I will devote myself to your majesty's trust."

The envoys of various countries were silent, and their attitudes were even more respectful.The name of Lin Jian's killing has long been known to all countries in the world. If he is really used by Luan Yunye, the Shang country will really be even more powerful.

The Liang Guo envoy was even more shocked and couldn't believe it.

Only when the officials of the Shang Kingdom saw the Jade Dragon Ring in Lin Jian's hand, most of them had confidence in their hearts, secretly admiring His Majesty's scheming and Queen's