To Rule in a Turbulent World

At the second watch, the courtyard was quiet and the moon was as cool as water.

"I'm hungry." You Miao said.

Li Zhifeng got up to serve the porridge, opened the food box, and there were some side dishes inside. He put the porridge on the small stove to heat up, and You Miao got up blankly, and lay down on the table to watch Li Zhifeng's back.

The aroma of rice porridge spread, and You Miao cheered up and pulled it with chopsticks. Li Zhifeng suddenly noticed something, stood up, and someone tapped lightly on the window pane.

You Miao: "Who?"

Zhao Chao: "Me."

You Miao was shocked, and hurriedly got up to open the door. Zhao Chao came in, looked at Li Zhifeng when he came in, and said in a low voice, "You...you have such a heavy punch."

Li Zhifeng said: "What are you going to do?"

You Miao said: "He didn't come to fight, Li Zhifeng, help me watch the door inside, don't let anyone come in."

Li Zhifeng was still not at ease, You Miao said: "It's okay, listen to me."

Li Zhifeng left the room and sat in front of the screen outside, raising his head from time to time to look at Zhao Chao.

It turned out that everything during the day was acting, and You Miao immediately couldn't laugh or cry.Zhao Chao motioned him to sit down, and You Miao sat down.Zhao Chao was punched by Li Zhifeng until his left eye was bruised, and the corner of his eye was covered with medicine, while You Miao was beaten by Zhao Chao until his right eye was bruised, and some ointment was applied.

The two looked at each other, and neither of them spoke for a while, but You Miao really understood everything at this moment.

After a long time, Zhao Chao sighed, bowed and took You Miao's hand, buried his face in his hand, and couldn't stop rubbing it, You Miao felt as uncomfortable as being cut by a knife.

"Brother lost the battle." Zhao Chao whimpered, "The lives of a hundred thousand soldiers are gone. I killed 10 people..."

"One hundred thousand lives..."

"I'm sorry for their family..."

Zhao Chao's voice suppressed anger and pain, like a desperate young tiger.With tears in her eyes, You Miao held Zhao Chao in her arms and patted his back.

After a long time, Zhao Chao finally calmed down, and You Miao said, "What kind of medicine did you apply?"

"In the army, you are the one who treats injuries." Zhao Chao said, "Li Zhifeng, you beat up well. I wanted to act in a play this morning. Fortunately, I didn't say hello to you first. This is very interesting. The entire Imperial College knows it. Those bastards in the Six Books of History also need to know."

"You are acting." Li Zhifeng said.

Zhao Chao hummed in satisfaction.

Li Zhifeng glanced back, then ignored him, leaned against the door and looked sideways at the moonlight in the courtyard.

You Miao found some ointment and said, "Wipe it off, apply this to me."

Zhao Chao got up by himself and wiped the medicine with a towel. You Miao picked out some ointment and applied it around his eyes, gave him the ointment, and said, "Does it hurt when you hit your head against the wall?"

Zhao Chao put away the ointment and replied: "I will take a nap in the afternoon, and I asked the doctor to prescribe some medicine. It's much better. Have you taken it? I brought you something to eat. Li Zhifeng, come over and take it too."

Li Zhifeng didn't speak, but glanced at You Miao.

You Miao said: "Leave half of it for him, let's eat first, I'm starving to death, and I have a terrible headache all afternoon."

Zhao Chao patted You Miao's head and said, "It's okay, I'm afraid you'll be angry."

You Miao said unhappily: "I'm just angry with you, I thought how to change my appearance..."

Zhao Chao laughed, You Miao sighed again, and divided the porridge into Zhao Chao's half bowl. Zhao Chao washed his hands and tore the chicken in half. Tear it into pieces for You Miao and soak it in the porridge.

"What are your plans?" You Miao asked.

"You have to go out before the crown prince ascends the throne." Zhao Chao said: "Otherwise, you will have to wait for him to kill you. Don't be troubled by me. I'm afraid that Li Yan will be suspicious of you if you act like this today. So swaggeringly, I went to accept his invitation. I was afraid that my performance would not be enough, but today I was beaten up by Li Zhifeng, and now no one will suspect that you and I have turned against each other. By the way, can you win the number one prize?"

You Miao smiled bitterly: "You want to crush me to death."

Zhao Chaodao: "I see that when you wrote the letter, the article was well written. The gentleman you followed was Sun Yu. When my father demoted him, I often talked about it in the harem, but I wanted to save face and refused to call him back to the capital... ..."

You Miao said: "I know that Mr. is not young, but it has nothing to do with me."

Zhao Chao: "Why doesn't it matter? When he sees your article, he will ask you who taught it. If you say it is Sun Yu, he will pay more attention to it. Sun Yu is a political adviser, and the emperor wants to compensate him. "

You Miao nodded, with a slight worry in her eyes, and said, "I also think I can pass the test. The palace test is a bit mysterious."

"It doesn't matter if you will take the test, even if you fail the test, you will stay in Beijing." Zhao Chao said: "This year, Enke will be opened, and I know you have to go to Beijing. I have made a clear plan for you. Just listen and keep it in your heart. .”

Zhao Chao kept his voice very low, and said earnestly: "Currently, when we come to Beijing, we brothers have nothing, no backing, and it's all up to you."

You Miao: "I'm very nervous when you say that..."

Zhao Chao: "Don't be afraid, it's up to you to curry favor with Li Yan, if you don't curry favor with them, it will be difficult for us to move an inch in the court."

You Miao: "I thought so too, but what position should I take? Will Li Yan talk to me?"

Zhao Chao: "You just need to listen to him, he knows that we have turned our backs, and you are Sun Yu's student, you can please my father, it's too late for Li Yan to spoil you, but you can't follow the prince, otherwise you will be fighting for Li Yan. Yan's pet, understand?"

You Miao nodded slowly.

"If my father asks you to be the prince's servant, you must not agree." Zhao Chao said: "Once you agree, you will be in trouble. At that time, you will have no power or power, so you have to fight Li Yan in advance."

You Miao started to have a headache again, and said, "Then your father and brother are interested in me, should I ignore them?"

Zhao Chao said: "If you don't talk, you will be fine. My father just wants to make alchemy to live forever. The crown prince sees your toughness, so he will not force you."

You Miao said: "What's next?"

Zhao Chao said: "Let's just take one step at a time. I haven't made up my mind about the next thing. Seeing that you don't agree, Li Yan will win you over and follow him. If there is any arrangement, I will come to you in private. , let's find a way to get Nie Dan back first. With him around, everything is easy to talk about. I'm just too conceited. I thought I could win the first battle of Korea, but I didn't expect to fall into their trap. Those people in the household department were killed by Li Yan They bribed and killed so many people..."

You Miao: "Nie Dan is with you, the prince is not afraid of him?"

Zhao Chaodao: "He doesn't dare. Few people dare to provoke Nie Dan now. We can only suppress him with his official position, and we still have to rely on him to guard the frontier."

You Miao thought of fear in his heart, and whispered: "What do you want to do? Do you want to..."

The two were relatively speechless, Zhao Chao gave him a slap on the head, and said, "Are you an idiot? Even if I want to get the prince to come down and become the emperor, can Nie Dan agree? That guy is loyal and loyal, protecting me and protecting me." I won't touch the prince's finger."