Reborn as the favorite of the cold-faced general

After sealing the seal on the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor gave a banquet to the officials in the palace.

The outside of the hall is covered with silver, and the inside of the hall is warm and fragrant.

After the banquet, there will be more than ten days of annual leave that all officials, big and small, are looking forward to.But at this year's year-end palace banquet, there was a seat, and no one was seated for a long time.

It was only halfway through the banquet when the servants shouted "Changxin Wang Ye Huaizhang enters the palace to see you" from outside the hall.

Ye Huaiyun exchanged a glance with Chu Tingyun, who was next in line, and then said calmly, "Broadcast."

Immediately afterwards, a burly middle-aged man strode into the hall.

Although Ye Huaiyun and him were half-brothers, but one was the eldest son of the former emperor and the other was the youngest son, and the age difference was more than 20 years.From the appearance alone, they look more like uncles and nephews of the next generation.

After a simple salute, King Chang Xin took out the treasure hunting written in the memorial as an excuse, and asked His Majesty's forgiveness for not being able to make it to the banquet without sincerity.

The festive season is rare, so Ye Huaiyun naturally couldn't blame him, otherwise he would appear stingy.

At the table, there was someone who was doing something good, drank a few more glasses of wine, stood up with the wine cup and said: "If you dare to ask what treasure the prince is looking for, you might as well bring it out, so that the humble ministers can also see it."

Hearing this, Ye Huaiyun's eyes darkened.

A few days ago, the shadow guards he sent had figured out what the treasure that King Chang Xin had found was.In his heart, Ye Huaiyun didn't want those "treasures" to be presented in full view.But presenting treasures in court is a long-standing tradition, and he really has no reason to reject it.

So in the next second, I saw his big brother raised his hand and clapped twice, and a group of singing and dancing people swarmed in outside the hall.

Ye Huaiyun had never been very interested in dancing, and only occasionally glanced symbolically, to save him face.

When the song and dance came to an end, four of the dancers suddenly took off their water-sleeved dance skirts, revealing the unique clothes of the Southwest Domain inside, and led the music again.

The appearance of these four people is extremely coquettish, but at this time, because their smooth limbs and navels are exposed under the warm red palace lanterns, they only use some golden scales to cover their private places, and they make melodious bells and bells along with the dance steps, making them even more charming , Attracting the attention of many ministers.

But Ye Huaiyun glanced at Chu Tingyun, and this man's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

"My lord has seen that since your majesty ascended the throne, the harem has been empty, which is really not conducive to the continuation of the royal heirs." Chang Xin Wang Zhengyi said solemnly, but his eyes glanced in Chu Tingyun's direction from time to time.

"As the elder brother, I should have worried a little bit about His Majesty. When I came to Beijing this time, I made my own decision and found a few beautiful women with decent backgrounds to dedicate to the emperor's brother to fill the harem."

This clearly shows that they are alienating the relationship between Ye Huaiyun and Chu Tingyun.

It seems that the play of the two people pretending to be against each other before spread to King Chang Xin's ears, so they did this on purpose to make both of them feel uncomfortable.

Ye Huaiyun tried his best to avoid the four women standing in front of the hall, his face was already a little red.It's not just because of sex, but these people each wear two strings of bells on their ankles, which jingle when they walk.

It made him inexplicably recall some... indescribable things he had done.

"Cough——" Ye Huaiyun looked into the palace with a gloomy face under Chu Tingyun's displeased gaze, "I appreciate King Chang Xin's kindness. But now that I have just ascended the throne, there is nothing left to do. Focus on other things. So this treasure, please ask King Chang Xin to take it back."

King Chang Xin shook his head and said: "Your Majesty's words are wrong. This is a ceremony carefully selected by the minister for His Majesty. There is no reason to take it back."

"Since that's the case..." Ye Huaiyun looked around at several ministers with shining eyes in the hall, and said, "In the Spring Festival, I have no plans to reward you for your assistance over the past few months. These beauties If you guys like it, Ji, you can take it back to the mansion, which can be regarded as a small favor from me."

As he spoke, he stood up from the dragon chair again, "I'm going to retire from the banquet first, you can do whatever you want."

He absolutely dare not accept the people sent by King Chang Xin, not to mention whether these femme fatales will poison him with strange poisons that cannot be solved, and end up in a sudden death.Just based on Chu Tingyun's eyes just now, Ye Huaiyun has no doubt that he will make blood splash on the Golden Luan Hall on the spot.

After Ye Huaiyun left, Chu Tingyun also stood up amidst the sound of kneeling and bowing "Farewell Your Majesty" in the hall.

He purposely walked around behind King Chang Xin, and whispered sadly beside him: "There are some things, I don't need to bother the prince. Thinking that the first emperor had no children in his life, there is someone who can take the position of crown prince."

"What's more..." Chu Tingyun let out an inexplicable laugh from his throat, "Among His Majesty's brothers, the prince is the leader, you should be happy."

King Chang Xin gouged out his eyes fiercely.

He hated Chu Tingyun so much, it was this person who stayed by Ye Huaiyun's side all the way from Tongpeng City to Luxia City, then to Zhiyang County and Jingzhong Chaotang, ruining all his good deeds.

But Chu Tingyun didn't care about his suppressed anger at all, and followed Ye Huaiyun loosely.Because of this, he missed the cunning in King Chang Xin's eyes.

There was heavy snow falling outside the hall, reflecting the sky a little orange red.

Chu Tingyun held the umbrella for him, and the two of them walked in the snow step by step, making extremely synchronized rustling sounds.

"Are you really angry just now?" Ye Huaiyun spoke first.

"Hmph." Chu Tingyun's tone was cold, "I'm not as knowledgeable as that kind of person."

Ye Huaiyun looked at his slightly frowning side face, and expressed deep doubts about what he said.

Sensing his gaze, Chu Tingyun simply said, "I'm worried about what he said."

"This old slicker is clearly convinced of the character of the ministers in the court who love to take care of the emperor's harem." Chu Tingyun said: "Believe it or not, with what he said today, when the affairs of the court and the court are settled down in the coming year, those old men They all began to persuade you to choose a concubine."

"So..." Ye Huaiyun seemed to hear what he meant, "What are you worried about?"

While talking, the two had already walked to the front of Tai Chi Hall.

As the festival approached, Ye Huaiyun asked the waiters to go down early to rest.At this time, the palace was pitch-black, only a few red gauze lanterns hanging on the palace corridor illuminated each other's eyebrows and filled their pupils.

Chu Tingyun casually dropped his umbrella on the snow, pulled him into the hall, and put him behind the door.

"Huaiyun..." Chu Tingyun was taller than him, and pinched Ye Huaiyun's chin with his two fingers this morning, making him look up at him slightly, solemnly: "You belong to me, Chu Tingyun."

"I also thought about it, you are the emperor, it is inevitable that you will accept one or two concubines for your children. Even if I can't tolerate sand in my eyes, I will not cut off the royal blood willfully." Chu Tingyun's voice became deeper and deeper, "But just now After seeing those pickled bastards, I regretted it."

"I don't allow other people around you, and I don't allow you to look at others. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I will do what I said in the prime minister's mansion."

——I want him to not have the common people's society in his heart, and not to have three thousand weak waters in his eyes.Even if imprisoned, it can only belong to me alone.

Words that sounded crazy, but were suppressed by his deep eyes that were getting closer and closer, a dark paranoia like abyss was suppressed.

Seeing his stubborn look, Ye Huaiyun couldn't feel the slightest resentment, but a trace of peace of mind filled his chest, and suddenly lowered his eyes and let out a low laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Chu Tingyun looked at him strangely.

Ye Huaiyun pursed her lips into a smile, "When did you become as sentimental as a boudoir?"

Hearing this, Chu Tingyun finally let go of the hand that clamped his chin, feeling a little bit emotional: "Who made you the emperor who belongs to the common people in the world."

"Boom-"

Suddenly, something seemed to have fallen to the ground in the inner hall, and there was a muffled sound.

The two people who were looking at each other affectionately a second ago suddenly became vigilant.

The doors and windows of the entire Tai Chi Hall were tightly closed, it was absolutely impossible that the wind had blown away something, then... there were people in the hall.

Chu Tingyun gestured to him with his finger to his lips, Ye Huaiyun immediately understood and fell silent.

The two made the sound of their footsteps almost silent, and walked towards the inner hall.

The hidden person should be a martial artist, Ye Huaiyun didn't hear the sound of regular breathing, until he saw a natural wood carving falling by the table, Chu Tingyun suddenly raised his hand, and split the wooden table beside him with his palm.

The person hiding under the table was immediately exposed. Before he could dodge, Chu Tingyun grabbed his neck and had difficulty breathing.

Ye Huaiyun lit the long burning lamp on one side, and the man's appearance was instantly illuminated.

"It's you?" Ye Huaiyun looked at him in surprise.

It was when Chu Tingyun went to Yanchang County to do business some time ago, he summoned the young man who played chess with him in the Tai Chi Hall.

"Tsk, it seems that the lessons learned last time were not enough." Chu Tingyun let go impatiently, and threw him heavily to the ground.

He went to the front hall to have a banquet today, and the Xuanyi sword was placed in the Tai Chi hall, and this morning he just pulled it out and pressed it against the young man's neck.

"Tell me, sneaky, what are you doing sneaking into His Majesty's bedroom."

Ye Huaiyun noticed that the young man glanced at him, but naturally he couldn't speak out to save him.

And in the next second, the young man turned his head, moved towards Chu Tingyun's sword, and slashed heavily.

"You—" Ye Huaiyun was a little unexpected, and went forward to test his breath, but he had already passed away.

Chu Tingyun mercilessly cut and peeled his clothes with the blade of his sword, and searched carefully. He didn't steal anything from the Tai Chi Hall, but found a small crumpled paper bag in his sleeve, which looked like... ...what medicine was given.

Ye Huaiyun immediately ordered someone to summon Zhao Chuyang to come over and carefully inspect all the items in the Tai Chi Hall.

In the end, a very small amount of white powder was found on the ink stick of the imperial table, which was poison.

"He really hasn't stopped for a moment." Ye Huaiyun cleaned his hands in the basin, "I really thought that with such a small trick, I could make me fall ill, so I justifiably stayed in the palace to serve the sick, and took the opportunity to seek power ?”

"Pack this up and send it to King Chang Xin. Say it's a New Year's gift for my brother." Ye Huaiyun pointed to the ink stick and said to Xie Lan.

Xie Lan responded, and was about to take out the things when Ye Huaiyun said again: "Give me that inkstone as well."

Following his line of sight, it is a Duanshi inkstone of good material.The style is very simple, the most well-regulated square is engraved with four-cornered taotie patterns, and only a circle is carved out in the middle for grinding.

"The inkstone is a Duanshi, the outside is square and the inside is round; gluttony is called gluttony, and greedy money is called gluttony." Chu Tingyun raised his eyebrows, "Are you trying to warn him to keep his own place?"

Ye Huaiyun said "Yes", "This time the feudal lord is going to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, but he is the only one who didn't bring his son with him, and he doesn't know what he's plotting in the southwest."

What's more, Ye Huaiyun remembered that in the past few years, since Prince Chang Xin was enshrined, he would follow him into the palace every time, which was not a good thing.

Because of his words, Chu Tingyun seemed to think of something suddenly, and suddenly said: "The son of Chang Xin, he is dead."

"Did you die?" Ye Huaiyun was taken aback, wondering if he heard it wrong.

Chu Tingyun nodded to his surprised gaze, "The news I just got two days ago, I forgot to tell you when I got busy."

"It is said that King Changxin had an illegitimate child with a prostitute in his early years, but because of his low status, he has not been able to enter the clan's name." Chu Tingyun said: "And my spies came to report, the illegitimate child was very scheming, and he had some tricks." In just a few years, many brothers have been dealt with one after another."

"Until some time ago, he even dragged the son off the horse. I'm afraid that King Chang Xin is unwilling now, so he has to recognize his ancestor and return to his clan."

Ye Huaiyun listened to him, "This man is quite interesting."

Chu Tingyun smiled, "The most interesting thing is not this." He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you know who the illegitimate child is?"

Ye Huaiyun was suspicious, "I recognize it?"

Chu Tingyun said: "It's half an acquaintance."

Ye Huaiyun suddenly had a guess in his mind, and asked uncertainly, "Duan Ye?"