Reborn as the favorite of the cold-faced general

Everyone said that after Tian's family came back from the palace that night, their faces were extremely pale.After a long period of time, the number of summons to General Chu decreased, and even if he was alone occasionally, it always ended in discord.

In the Taiji Hall, the charcoal fire burning in the copper furnace shot out sparks, Chu Tingyun covered his knees with a mink blanket, and flipped through a book in his hand.

At this time, he was facing Xie Lan's face, and asked Ye Huaiyun with a smile: "I heard that His Majesty has annoyed Senior Brother recently, I wonder if it is true or not?"

"...Don't be silly." Ye Huaiyun closed the memorial and glanced at him, "The few traitors you caught in Fengxian Tower last time have all been sent to prison. But how to fill these positions, I will tell you. I can't think of a good way so far."

Chu Tingyun handed him the book he was reading, "Look at this."

"An anecdote from the previous dynasty?" Ye Huaiyun read out the title of the book in doubt.

The word "anecdotal" is often accompanied by interesting stories, but Chu Tingyun dare not read the books he likes casually and boldly.I'm afraid that it will be like those picture albums before, all the descriptions are romantic affairs.

Ye Huaiyun opened the book cover, he thought, the first page is always safe.

However...he was careless.

Ye Huaiyun closed the book with a "snap" and glared at him reproachfully.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm really talking about business." Chu Tingyun hurriedly followed suit: "Although the male protagonist here is a bit promiscuous, he has gone through various inspections in selecting each woman. First, he uses martial arts to test his physical strength. Then test the style with literary talent..."

Ye Huaiyun blushed at first, but then suddenly realized what he wanted to express.

Officials in the DPRK and China can also use various examinations to judge character and ability, and the most suitable one wins.This is better than the bribed Zhongzheng always recommending some incompetent dandies, and the courtiers who have already been in Cao Ying's heart.

"But..." Although Ye Huaiyun admitted that this method is excellent, he still hesitated, "Will the minions of King Chang Xin headed by the prime minister agree?"

In this way, it will be difficult for them to push their own people into the court.

"Of course they don't agree, but I have a way to make them nod." Chu Tingyun smiled, leaned close to Ye Huaiyun's ear, and said something in a low voice.

After thinking for a while, Ye Huaiyun nodded in approval, then looked at the gradually darkening sky outside the window, and said: "It's getting late, you should go back to your house, remember to put Xie Lan will change back."

"You really can't stay?" Chu Tingyun looked at him with his chin propped up.

Ye Huaiyun thought for a while and said, "Keep the book, you can't keep it."

Chu Tingyun sighed, people are not as good as books!

In the early morning of the next day, Ye Huaiyun raised the matter at the Jinluan Hall, but as expected, he was unanimously opposed by many ministers.But he wasn't too annoyed. Since Zuo Zuo took the throne, he has been bound by all kinds of sanctimonious reasons of these old slickers. There are far more people who have opinions than those who have no opinions.

And this matter has to be carried out, and it depends on Chu Tingyun's side.

After walking through the mysterious secret passage of Fengxian Tower that day, Ye Huaiyun suddenly came up with a bold idea after returning to the palace.A secret passage was also built in the palace, leading from the Taiji Hall to the outside of the palace, so that he could travel secretly.

And after Chu Tingyun knew about this idea, he forced the shadow guard who practiced Taoism to extend the other end of the secret road to his general's mansion.

At this time, Ye Huaiyun changed into casual clothes, disguised himself as an ordinary person, and walked towards the long and secret road.

Night pearls were scattered on both sides of the dark passage, emitting a transparent light blue light.When Ye Huaiyun finally came to the end, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes to adapt to the light.

And when he opened his eyes again, he saw Chu Tingyun was holding a small kettle to add water to the magnolia outside the window, and there was a plate of seasonal plum blossom cakes at hand, only the last piece was left.

Ye Huaiyun walked to his side and said, "Let's go."

Chu Tingyun put down the kettle to look at him, but said, "No."

"What's wrong?" Ye Huaiyun asked.

Chu Tingyun dipped his fingers in the dew, and put a little on the tip of his nose, "You are going to pretend to be my bodyguard for a while, there is no bodyguard who looks as elegant as you."

"You want me to be ugly?" Ye Huaiyun frowned.

Although a little reluctant, but still silently agreed.

Ye Huaiyun watched himself in the bronze mirror turn black, fat and ugly little by little, and couldn't help but secretly blushed. He really lost all face in front of Chu Tingyun.

She played women's clothing in Zhiyang County, and played the role of a young lady in Fengxianlou.Now, in order to follow Chu Tingyun to the prime minister's mansion, he has to condescend again and pretend to be a bodyguard.

After being redressed, Ye Huaiyun left the mansion side by side with Chu Tingyun.

It wasn't until he was approaching the gate of the prime minister's mansion that he was half a step behind, playing the role of the general's bodyguard who said nothing and had no expression on his face.

Prime Minister Yao had just passed his fiftieth birthday this year, his temples were a little gray, and he was sitting in the octagonal pavilion listening to the maid playing the piano.

"What kind of wind brought General Chu here?" Prime Minister Yao raised his head when he heard the footsteps of the two.

"This morning, Your Majesty mentioned the wind of holding a test." Chu Tingyun said as he sat down at another table without feeling that he was an uninvited guest.

"Examination?" Prime Minister Yao seemed to recall it for a moment before remembering, "It's not that Man Chao Dachen rejected it, so what else can I say."

"No." Chu Tingyun shook his head, and seeing Ye Huaiyun still standing outside the pavilion, he stopped talking and waved to him first.

Ye Huaiyun was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.Walked up to him stiffly, and asked stiffly, "What orders does the general have?"

Chu Tingyun didn't answer, but pulled his hand that was chilled by the cold wind, and sat down beside her.

Ye Huaiyun struggled a little awkwardly. He is now a bodyguard. Would it really be possible for him to overstep the rules?

The weird behavior of the two really caught Prime Minister Yao's attention, and he couldn't help asking, "Who is this?"

Chu Tingyun smiled, "My new love."

"..." Ye Huaiyun tried his best to keep his eyes from being speechless, he didn't remember that he still had such an identity.

Prime Minister Yao looked at Ye Huaiyun with a strange smile as if knowing it, then stopped paying attention to him, and asked Chu Tingyun instead: "General Chu just said no, what does that mean?"

Chu Tingyun said: "Naturally, I think it's worth a try."

"So General Chu came to be a lobbyist for His Majesty?" Prime Minister Yao disagreed.

"No, I'm here to make money for the prime minister." Chu Tingyun said.

"As soon as this test is prepared, with Master Yao's influence in the court, it is not easy to get the test questions? At that time, whether you want to sell the test questions or the answers, not only can you still guarantee to enter the court, it is yours. Students, you can still make a lot of money, so why not do it?"

Ye Huaiyun observed carefully that Prime Minister Yao's eyes lit up when Chu Tingyun said this, and he immediately raised his hand to let the maid playing the piano back down, but his words were still high-sounding: "If General Chu wants to do some dirty tricks, then today I'm afraid I came here by mistake. The truth is clear, and I never do anything against my will!"

Ye Huaiyun happened to be sitting next to Chu Tingyun, and he could vaguely see the look of disdain under that cold mask.

But this person actually smiled at him calmly, "Honey, take out the thing I gave you just before going out, and show Master Yao."

"..." Ye Huaiyun glared at Prime Minister Yao from an angle he couldn't see, acting should be enough!

Besides, what do you want him to take?The man obviously only gave him half a piece of plum cake before going out.

Chu Tingyun took Ye Huaiyun's hand indifferently, and wrote a word in his palm calmly: letter.

Ye Huaiyun understood his plan, and immediately took out the letters collected from Yanchang County.

"Master Yao, you don't need to test me." Chu Tingyun brushed off the letter paper with one hand, and said directly, "I came to the prime minister's mansion today to conspire with Master Yao and the master behind you."

Prime Minister Yao was not too surprised when he saw the letter, "I don't believe it. General Chu has fame and wealth, why would he do such a conspiracy."

"Because I want Ye Huaiyun." Chu Tingyun expressed his paranoid request word by word, and the corners of his mouth also evoked a sinister arc, but the palm that suddenly hugged Ye Huaiyun's waist was gentle, " I want him to have no community in his heart, no weak water in his eyes, and only belong to me."

"As long as your master can give me Ye Huaiyun after he captures the royal city. In the future, I, Chu Tingyun, will be loyal to King Chang Xin."

Ye Huaiyun's whole figure was already stiff. Although he knew that Chu Tingyun made up the words for his own purpose, it didn't sound good.

As soon as he left the prime minister's mansion, Ye Huaiyun took off Chu Tingyun's hand on his waist, and said, "I just discovered today that you have the potential to be a traitor."

Chu Tingyun smiled, "If you consider being a fool, I'll show you a traitor right away."

Ye Huaiyun: "...No need."

While talking and joking, he leaned on the shoulder outside the market, and was suddenly bumped by someone.

Ye Huaiyun looked intently, and it was a young man who ran past just now, yelling: "You little thief, don't let me catch you!"

"It seems that someone lost the money bag." Ye Huaiyun looked around, as if everyone was expecting the boy to catch the thief.

But after a while, the young man walked out of the alley empty-handed, with a dejected look on his face.

Chu Tingyun suddenly called out to him, "Han Jiu, come here!"

"This is the person you brought back from Yanchang County?" Ye Huaiyun suddenly thought when he heard the name was familiar.

Chu Tingyun responded, and Han Jiu had already walked in front of the two of them.

"General, I missed that man." Han Jiu said dejectedly.

Chu Tingyun frowned slightly and looked at him, "Didn't you be asked to learn the art of war with the hidden guards in the house? Why did you run out?"

"I...I just have never been to the capital, and I want to see it." Han Jiu heard the reprimand in his tone, and immediately lowered his head, "But who knows...the little emperor can't manage Yanchang County well, let it be, Even the capital is in chaos."

The little emperor who was named for no reason didn't know what expression to make, so he just asked him: "You said the capital is in a mess?"

"That's right." Han Jiu looked at the unfamiliar person strangely, "There is a wealthy family who forcibly occupied a private house in the west of the city to build another courtyard, and even beat Mr. Private School to death. Isn't it a mess?"

"Then what do you think the capital should be like?" Ye Huaiyun asked again.

"Of course the door is never closed at night, and the road is not picked up." The young man has read a lot of books recently, and he replied without hesitation, smacking his mouth and complaining dissatisfiedly: "In the end, it is the little emperor's mediocrity that makes the officials below... ..."

Ye Huaiyun endured it, but still couldn't help interrupting him: "I am the little emperor you mentioned."

"Ah?" Han Jiu's voice suddenly stuck in his throat, staring at him and stammering, "You...you said you are...really?"

When he couldn't react, Chu Tingyun said: "He is."

Han Jiu suddenly turned his face away, and instead of looking at Ye Huaiyun, he hesitated to Chu Tingyun for a long time: "My lord? He, how could he be so ugly..."

Ye Huaiyun: "..." He is still at the side.

Although this face is disguised, but listening to it... I feel a shock in my heart.

Sure enough, the people Chu Tingyun taught were extremely courageous.

"You know that slandering the Tian family is a crime of losing your head." Ye Huaiyun thought about beating this little kid.

"Don't be afraid!" After being surprised, Han Jiu became hardened when he asked this question, "If your majesty can do a few good things for the people because of my slander, then my death will be worth it!"

Ye Huaiyun stared at this upright young man who was dumbfounded, and for a long time, he looked away and didn't speak anymore.

"Eh? Why are you ignoring me?" Han Jiu persisted.

Chu Tingyun was also a little speechless to him, and said concisely: "This means I promised you."

"Promise me what?" Han Jiu scratched his head.

"..." Chu Tingyun didn't bother to explain anymore, took Ye Huaiyun's hand and walked forward.

Ye Huaiyun: "This kid is a little silly."

Chu Tingyun: "It's a bit gone."