Emperor's Trophy

Yun Zhen took advantage of the emperor to go to court early in the morning. After Doctor Jun gave him acupuncture, he begged Doctor Jun once, and promised not to drink alcohol. After getting permission, he left the palace in a hurry.

After returning to the Hou's mansion, Si Yan took the box and said, "The carrier pigeons brought back the day before yesterday, some from General Zhu, some from Brother Jiang Ning, and some secret letters, all of which have been ciphered and re-copied for you to see, Mr. Hou. gone."

Yun Zhen took out the secret letter and turned it over carefully, and then took Jiang Ning's letter to read first.

Jiang Ning said in his letter that everything was fine with him, and King Changguang appointed him as his son, and also asked him about his knowledge and martial arts, and found that he was good in everything, so he was very happy.The young master Beiqi admired him very much, and the Queen Mother Beiqi gave him a lot of things.

Yun Zhen couldn't figure it out. It seemed that King Changguang loved his son quite a lot. How did he get to the point where he killed his father?Yun Zhen didn't suspect that Ji Huaiqing was lying, he didn't lie, he just didn't take the initiative, didn't refuse, and wasn't responsible, but he never lied in front of him.

Yun Zhen thought in his heart, then read Zhu Jiang's letter, Zhu Jiang's letter was also full of joy, and wrote about how his life was after he was promoted to the admiral of the three towns, and only mentioned one sentence at the end of the letter: How has the emperor treated you recently?

Yun Zhen felt a little strange, but put it aside, thought carefully and wrote a letter to Jiang Ning, asking him to be careful about whether Young Master Beiqi was dissatisfied with the Queen Mother and King Changguang.He also quietly and implicitly reminded him that King Changguang and the Empress Dowager had selfishness, and told him not to be plotted against by the Empress Dowager, so he had to beware.Finally, let him be more careful.

After processing the information from all over the place, Simo came in with a post with a smile in his hand: "Master Hou, the King of Qingyang sent a servant to guard our door, knowing that you are leaving the palace, he quickly sent a post in, saying that it is today. There is a treasure appraisal meeting in the Golden Sunflower Garden, please go and see it together."

Yun Zhen took the post and said with a smile: "I can't wait so much, does it mean that I really want his cousin to be my concubine, so how good is he to accept it?"

Si Mo smiled and said: "Master Hou, you don't know, don't talk about the king of Qingyang County, there are quite a few people in our village and shopkeeper who want to send you a service, you don't know that you have So hot."

Yun Zhen smiled and stood up, no matter what he had to explain to Ji Huaisheng, he said, "Arrange a car, I'll go to the Golden Sunflower Garden."

Sure enough, in the Golden Sunflower Garden, an ancient painting is being displayed on the stage in full swing: "Zeng Tingyun's "Snow Manting the Garden with Bananas" is out of print. It has been appraised for authenticity. It is currently estimated at 5 taels of silver."

Yun Zhen stopped to look at it, and Ji Huaisheng was already standing beside him and said with a smile, "Do you like it? If you like it, let them stay and don't sell it."

Yun Zhen asked: "The emperor likes it, so keep it for me? I'll get someone to give you money later."

Ji Huaisheng said: "Okay." Turning around, he greeted a young man to explain a few words, and then accompanied him to the private room upstairs, smiling all the way: "It's too difficult to guard you, are you really sick? See It seems to be a little lighter. I told you not to drink so much that day, is it better now?"

Yun Zhen said: "Hey, I caught a cold and burned all night. The emperor kept me in the palace to be treated by the imperial doctor. Is it because of your cousin that you are looking for me so urgently?"

Ji Huaisheng chuckled twice: "You're drunk and confused, I have to ask for something right? Otherwise, you and my cousin? If you really don't like it, I won't force you to match me up."

The two entered the private room and sat down, Yunzhen said: "I really can't drink today, I'd like to have some tea." Then he said to Ji Huaisheng: "I'm your brother, so I'll be honest, little brother, I'm Good Longyang, so I dare not waste your cousin's youth, so I ask you to pick another talent."

Ji Huaisheng was dumbfounded, and seeing that he had indeed said such a thing, it was obvious that it was not going to happen, so he sighed: "I am also anxious about my cousin's future, and I want to send you to your house first. You are always kind, and I think it can be regarded as temperamental." Xiangyi, I didn't expect...you...can't see it normally?"

He suddenly thought of someone, and stammered: "Could it be that Zhu Wulang..."

Yun Zhen patted him on the shoulder: "Don't guess, rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests, I'm not interested in brothers." But he thought to himself that Ji Huaisheng is really shrewd.

Ji Huaisheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's right, brother, brothers are like this."

Yun Zhen grinned as he saw a boy holding the painting just now and showed it to him. He ordered Simo to take it, rewarded the boy and sent him away. Then he said to Ji Huaisheng: "I have to go back to the palace quickly today. Look. See if you have anything else to do."

Ji Huaisheng said: "One more thing..." He was a bit embarrassed, but he still said: "Hejian County King has always treated you kindly, why did he suddenly bump into you the day before yesterday? Although I know you always think he is not very friendly It's pleasing to the eye, but he really cares about you, and if there is something wrong, you can still give him a chance to correct it..."

Yun Zhen was startled: "When did he bump into me?"

Ji Huaisheng was also stunned, seeing him blurted out: "You don't know?"

Yun Zhen thought about the fact that he and Ji Huaisu broke up unhappy the day before yesterday, so Ji Huaisu wouldn't be careless to go and say something to Ji Huaisheng, right?He sneered, "What did he tell you?"

Ji Huaisheng saw that he didn't seem to know, and sighed: "There's no need for him to say, the whole capital knows that the king of Hejian county offended you because of his words, the emperor ordered him to be punished by palming his mouth during the Xiaochao meeting, and he was still punished by kneeling at the gate. After waiting for an hour, I put it back in the mansion, and spent a month of contemplation behind closed doors."

Yun Zhen was dumbfounded: "The emperor punished him?"

Ji Huaisheng smiled wryly: "You really don't know? The emperor is clearly doing this for you. Believe it or not, now that you go out, everyone will greet you with smiles, and no one will dare to provoke you."

Yun Zhen thought about it for a while and fell ill when he returned to the palace, and Jun's genius doctor said in front of the emperor that he had become ill due to depression, which probably scared the emperor, and it was probably because of the schedule.Ji Huaisu looked for him, no matter it was the servants or the guards at the gate of the yamen, they all saw it, but they didn't know how Ji Huaisu prevaricated in front of the emperor, probably because he admitted that his words offended.

Thinking of this, his heart felt sour, and Ji Huaisheng looked at his expression, obviously there seemed to be something hidden, so he didn't dare to ask again.But he suddenly remembered something, Yun Zhen had always been honest with Ji Huaisu in the past, but Ji Huaisu had been lying low in front of him, he had never understood where Yun Zhen's inexplicable disgust came from.After all, the Hejian County King is really praised by everyone for being a man, no matter how humble and elegant he is, he is a gentleman, gentle as jade, and he is a popular candidate for the reserve position.

But today Yun Zhen suddenly told him about Long Yang frankly - the hickeys he saw the day before yesterday, with such force, there is no doubt that the lover is a man.

Looking at Yunzhen's innocent and cute temperament, his heroic appearance and handsome appearance, if Longyang is really good, he should be very popular.There are many high school students in Beijing who love Longyang, but most of them have good wives and concubines. After all, the family is restrained by elders, and Yunzhen is not restrained by elders, so I don't know who led him astray.

Could it be that Ji Huaisu also acted rudely towards Yun Zhen?

Ji Huaisu is also very indifferent to women's sex on weekdays, and he is cold and alienated to other people, but to Yunzhen, no matter how cold Yunzhen treats each other, he smiles as before, even when he is kicked, Also busy admitting it.

In this way, the inexplicable fight between Zhu Jiang and him last time, now it's reminiscent...

So in the end, Hulu brought the case to a close. Now that the emperor is so angry and still uses such a humiliating method, if it is really because the king of Hejian County was rude to Zhao Xinhou, and the emperor has always regarded Zhao Xinhou as his own son, how can he not be angry? ?

Ji Huaisheng broke out in a drop of cold sweat, and suddenly decided not to ask this matter again, what a stupid fool he is!

Ji Huaisheng chuckled and started to gossip. Yun Zhen didn't take it seriously, and was thinking that it was time to leave, but when the curtain was lifted, the boy came in and reported, "His Royal Highness, Cheng Enbo asks to see you."

Ji Huaisheng was startled: "Did you say something? Just say that I am accompanying a guest, and I will come to visit in person later."

The boy said: "The old uncle said that he likes the painting of Zeng Tingyun very much. He heard that the prince stayed and wanted to ask the prince for favors, and begged the prince to cut his love."

Ji Huaisheng laughed and said, "Just tell my uncle that unfortunately I just gave it away to someone...I'll buy another one and give it to my uncle some other day."

Yun Zhen hurriedly said: "Just let him, come and send this painting to Cheng Enbo."

Ji Huaisheng said: "Aren't you going to send the emperor off?"

Yun Zhen said: "Cheng En Bo must also be sent to the emperor, it's the same."

Ji Huaisheng laughed and said, "You know how to be human."

Yun Zhen stuck out his tongue: "I have won my brother's heart. This favor is yours. You have won the favor of me and Cheng Enbo for a painting. It couldn't be more cost-effective."

Seeing how cute he is, Ji Huaisheng couldn't help stretching out his hand to pinch his cheeks, regretful: "What's so good about Longyang, whoever taught you to ruin you, brother, I really want to beat him up, why don't I take you to see him?" The benefits of seeing warm and fragrant nephrite and getting to know women..."

Yun Zhen covered his face and said with a smile: "Hey hey hey, it's innate, you don't understand. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first, and I'll invite you back another day."

Ji Huaisheng sighed, "Okay, I'll see you off."

Yun Zhen got up, straightened his clothes and went out. Congren was busy drawing the curtains for them, and Ji Huaisheng followed him. As soon as the two of them came out, they met Cheng Enbo face to face.

Cheng Enbo looked at them with surprise on his face: "Young Master Zhou?"

However, when he saw Ji Huaisheng behind him, wearing a purple and gold double dragon crown, and wearing an extraordinary brocade robe, he immediately reacted, and bowed deeply: "It turned out that the person I met the day before yesterday was the king of Qingyang County. I'm even more sorry for letting go of love and painting."

Ji Huaisheng was also stunned: "It turned out to be the old man, we were the ones who took the liberty at the time - I actually gave this painting to Hou Zhaoxin, and Zhaoxin Hou gave it to you."

The people next to him hurriedly said: "Boss Cheng Enbo is saying that he is coming to thank you for cutting off the ancient painting, and the younger ones are about to report. I don't think the prince and master just came out."

Cheng Enbo looked up at Yun Zhen: "Master Hou?"

Yun Zhen's face was flushed, and he gave a deep bow: "Junior Yun Zhen, I have seen Uncle."

Now it's Cheng Enbo's turn to be ashamed, and he bowed his hands in embarrassment: "It turns out that it is Zhao Xinhou, and I will take care of you in the middle of the night. I have been thinking about asking for your name and surname when I came to Beijing, and I want to compensate you for your fur clothes." Never would have guessed that it was the two nobles who were traveling, talking about someone being offended and negligent."

Yunzhen's embarrassment is no less than that of Cheng Enbo. Is there anything more terrifying than hearing the emperor's gossip under an assumed name, and now being found out that he knows the emperor?When he thought of Cheng Enbo being so keen, he would suspect that he had already guessed that the junior was the emperor.

I don't know how to hate myself when I go back!What's more, he was also very unhappy with his grandchildren.

I saw Cheng Enbo earnestly said: "Previously, the younger generation of my family took care of and rescued me more. I was about to come to thank you. I heard that Lord Hou had a cold and stayed in the palace to recuperate. It is really a blessing to see Lord Hou today." , I hope Lord Hou can take the time to listen to what I have to say."

Yun Zhen saw Cheng Enbo as the emperor's elder, but he spoke so modestly, which was very different from those junior talkers. He couldn't say a word well. He looked at Ji Huaisheng, but Ji Huaisheng was a wise and intelligent person. He clasped his hands and said with a smile: "If Master Yun is free, please invite uncle to the private room to talk. Xiao Wang still has some things to do, so he will leave first."

Yun Zhen said: "Uncle, please take your seat."

Since the people rushed up to replace the bowls and teacups, etc., and the tea was served, Cheng Enbo said: "I also ask Lord Hou to dismiss the servants so that there will be no confusion."

Yun Zhen waved his hand to let people go down, but he thought in his heart that Cheng Enbo should be afraid that he would speak nonsense, so he wanted to warn himself, alas, but how to convince him that he would never speak nonsense?Annoyed secretly.

Seeing that everyone went down, Cheng Enbo said to Yun Zhen: "Yesterday I entered the palace to pay my respects to the emperor, but the emperor has already told me that Lord Hou has already been canonized as a male queen."

Yun Zhen blushed, turned his face slightly and did not speak, and secretly blamed Ji Bingyuan in his heart, but Cheng Enbo said: "Originally, it was a mistake on my part, and I didn't think carefully, so I proposed to the emperor whether I would consider making Tan's daughter a queen again." , my own family can cover it up for him, he is a good male favorite, it doesn't matter, there are many emperors who are good male favorites in the history books, not to mention that my family will naturally cover up for him, and it will definitely make the emperor wise No problem, the history books will flow."

Yun Zhen looked at him in astonishment, and Cheng Enbo said with a slumped face: "The emperor is very disappointed. He told me that he has already established you as the empress, and there is no need to sacrifice the daughter of the Tan family. , how can I justify this old man? I am only ashamed to leave the palace.”

Cheng Enbo said: "When I saw Zhao Xinhou today, I realized that I was the same person as the heroic, loyal, considerate and kind-hearted Young Master Zhou, and I became more and more ashamed. No wonder the emperor values ​​you so much. I can't help but not love. The old man really did something wrong. Before the emperor, there is no excuse. After all, the old man does have selfish intentions in his heart. He hopes that the Tanfu can produce another queen and continue the glory of the past."

Cheng Enbo looked at Yun Zhen, with some regret in his eyes: "Zhao Xinhou kept this painting today for the emperor, right? The emperor has loved Zeng Tingyun's paintings since he was a child, and copied them repeatedly. I also want to buy it today and give it to the emperor. , so that the emperor can calm down his anger, now it seems that I have a good relationship with Lord Hou, and I was thinking about having nowhere to confess in front of the emperor, so I met Lord Hou."

He looked at Yunzhen and just sighed: "Master Hou, you have also read all the history books. In this history, there are many emperors who are good at Longyang, and there is no one who established a male empress. There is a Han Zigao who almost became a male empress. In the end, the ministers remonstrated against them. It is said that two male unicorns were specially built in front of the tomb of Emperor Chen Wen, and they were willing to live and die in the same cave with Han Zigao. False rebellion, executed overnight, only [-] years old."

"When he met Emperor Chen Wen, he was still young. Lord Yun, you are now eighteen years old, the emperor favors you, and now he favors you, just as Emperor Chen Wen favored Han Zigao back then. You humiliated the king of Hejian County before. Now, for your long-term plan, you are about to select an heir to be recorded in your name, but do you know that after the death of Emperor Chen Wen, the successor is his own son, and he still cannot tolerate Han Zigao, accusing him of rebellion, It was executed that day. What will the heir with another parent do? How will you deal with yourself then? Have you thought about the future?"

Yun Zhen's complexion darkened, and his heart was already furious, but because Cheng Enbo was an elder, it was not easy to turn against him face to face. Cheng Enbo knew that he was displeased, so he still said earnestly: "Speaking of the matter of breaking the sleeve and dividing the peaches again, I'm not happy with you." Falling in love, time changes, not to mention that Doctor Jun is also coming to Beijing now. I have met that Doctor Jun. He has a strong and arrogant personality, and he is not easy to tolerate. He also has an old relationship with the emperor. It's hard to beat them..."

Yun Zhen suddenly said: "Does the old uncle want to say that I can't last long with the emperor, and it will also harm the emperor's future history books and insult the sage. If you don't want to invite Miss Tan to enter the palace and help me, the emperor can do it again." Being wise and powerful, I will be famous forever, and I can get the help of the Tan family and be favored by the emperor?"

Cheng Enbo saw that Yun Zhen spoke so straightforwardly, so he had no choice but to say softly, "When we talk about family, we will always fully support Lord Hou."

Yun Zhen sneered and said, "Wait, I've been on the golden book. Miss Tan entered the palace, is it for the empress? Is it for the concubine?"

Cheng Enbo was dumb, he naturally felt that the male queen was fooling around, and naturally he wanted to make a female queen properly, but now that Yunzhen's voice is not good, naturally it is better to win over, and said tactfully: "You are here The front, naturally you are the queen, and she is the concubine."

Yun Zhen asked him: "So, will she come to pay my respects to my male queen? We serve a husband together, how do we arrange the day of becoming a favor, what time does she have on my first and fifteenth day? How will Tong Shi record it? In the future, the ministers will know , will you suspect that I am messing up the harem and that Concubine Tan is innocent?"

Cheng Enbo was completely stuck.

Yun Zhen sneered and said: "Uncle, if I didn't see you as an elder, I would really want to slap you. You really underestimate the emperor, no wonder the emperor is disappointed, it is really disrespectful and disrespectful for the old, I am really sad for the emperor !"

"You don't have to worry about my fate. The emperor is dead, and I will die for him! It's no one else's turn to be my lord."

"Guess if I beat you here, will the emperor blame me?"

"You also know what happened to King Hejian, right?"

"Get out! What bastards. No wonder the grandchildren of the Tan family are so stupid. It turns out that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Didn't they tell you how self-willed and arrogant I am? They still want to coax and look at me from me Am I so deceitful?"

"Then I advise you not to give away any paintings, the emperor won't accept them, so hurry back to Jiangnan."

Cheng Enbo's face was blue and white, and he was extremely embarrassed. Yun Zhen got up and walked away. Before he left, he patted the dust on his body: "Unlucky!"

After entering the palace, Yun Zhen was still furious, but at a glance, he saw Jun Yubai playing chess with Ji Bingyuan in the Nuan Pavilion. The two looked handsome and pleasing to the eye. He couldn't help staring at them by the window, I thought to myself, no wonder the sages and sages have been lonely since ancient times. Some people have maliciously speculated about what the emperor will do. Why don't you believe that the emperor is such a wise, graceful, and magnanimous person?

If the emperor really dislikes me, I will never blame the emperor, and the emperor will never embarrass me.

Ji Bingyuan raised his eyes to see him, Yun Zhen quickly smiled at him, but Ji Bingyuan was puzzled: "Where did you get angry again?"

Yun Zhen smiled and said: "No, today I saw a painting by Zeng Tingyun and wanted to take a picture of it for the emperor, but it just didn't work."

Jun Yubai beckoned and said, "You said you were going back to the mansion to deal with things, why did you go to take pictures again? Come here and I'll give you a medical examination to see if you've been drinking secretly."

Yun Zhen honestly went over and stretched out his hand to see him, flattering him: "I really didn't drink, and I met Ji Huaisheng. He asked me for something, so I couldn't push it, so I went to Xiajinkui Garden."

Jun Yubai consulted for a while and said: "I didn't drink alcohol, but how can I be so aggressive when I am so active and take a picture? I think you haven't seen good things, right? I'll do acupuncture for you tonight. "

Ji Bingyuan looked at him, Yun Zhen saw that he couldn't hide it, so he had to say: "I met Cheng Enbo, he told me not to be Han Zigao, I was a little angry, but I didn't let him please, and scolded him away gone."

Ji Bingyuan threw the chess piece in his hand into the chess box, his eyes were full of anger, but his expression was fine, but Jun Yubai said: "Your Majesty, I would rather you be like Lord Yun. When it flares up, you restrain your anger, restrain yourself and be cautious about your independence. The so-called gentleman's way is all for yourself, so why bother."

Ji Bingyuan glanced at him, didn't say anything, turned around and called Mo Ju: "Let Gao Xin take people to Cheng Enbo's mansion immediately, and let Cheng Enbo take his grandson back to Jiangnan immediately."

Jun Yubai chuckled: "It's the New Year's Eve, and the Chinese New Year will be here soon. Cheng Enbo will go back to Jiangnan directly, and he will really lose his old face for several lifetimes."

Ji Bingyuan said indifferently: "The old uncle is old. I was young in the past, and he raised me on behalf of my mother. After a long time, he thought he was qualified to teach me how to do things."

"It's time to let them know what Thunder's Wrath is. Tan Wenwei and Tan Wenbao will be dismissed from prison immediately."

Jun Yubai said: "That's the way to get rid of the Guozijian's entry. It will be difficult for them to enter the court in the future."

Yun Zhen hurriedly said: "Is it possible to take the imperial examination? So many children from poor families can enter the imperial court through the imperial examination.

Jun Yubai said: "The scientific examination in the south of the Yangtze River has always been more difficult. Most of the people in the world are in the south of the Yangtze River. If they could take the test, they would have taken the test a long time ago. Why do they still come to the emperor in desperation until now? They were originally from the Imperial Academy. It’s also very good, but unfortunately, it was taken away again.”

Ji Bingyuan said lightly: "Let's eat."

In the evening, Ji Bingyuan took a rest with Yun Zhen, and Yun Zhen noticed that Ji Bingyuan talked less than before, knowing that he was also beaten by Cheng Enbo, so he stretched out his hand to gently rub his chest and said, "The emperor is still angry? It's all my fault, I shouldn't have said it, it made you angry."

Ji Bingyuan said: "No, I'm just thinking again, if I were King Chen Wen, how would I keep Han Zigao safe and long-term? He holds the military power in his hand, but he can't protect himself."

Yun Zhen said don't worry, I went with you, but he still smiled: "If Han Zigao had decided to hide his name and flee to the rivers and lakes with a huge fortune, who would find him? Wouldn't it be fun to go boating in the rivers and seas? The world is so big, where can't I go? Why do you want to cling to power and cause disasters?"

Ji Bingyuan stroked his hair and thought: It would be better to let Han Zigao be the emperor.