Country is the most important

Gao Yan was extremely irritable and tossed and turned all night. When he felt sleepy the next morning, he heard Liu Quan outside the door shouting out of breath, "Your Highness, Your Highness!"

"What are you shouting about early in the morning!"

"Your Highness! Something serious has happened!"

"what's up?"

"General Tan sent someone to deliver a letter to the servant this morning."

Gao Yan turned over and got out of bed. Before he could get dressed, he opened the door, pulled the letter from Liu Quan's hand, and hurriedly opened it to read.

Liu Quan saw that the letter in Gao Yan's hand was wrinkled into a ball, and then saw that his eyes were slowly seeping red blood, and the expression on his face changed from panic at the beginning to pain.In the end, I just heard Gao Yan say weakly, "Tan Zhen is leaving."

"Your Highness?" Liu Quan called out eagerly in a low voice.

"Let's go, let him go." Gao Yan closed his eyes and said in a barely audible voice.

"Your Highness!" Liu Quan wanted to ask more questions, but seeing Gao Yan's distorted face due to extreme depression, he immediately stopped asking.

"Tell Tan Zhen that the king approves his resignation." After Gao Yan finished speaking, he let go of the crumpled letter, walked into the house alone and closed the door.

Liu Quan quickly ran over to pick it up and glanced at it:

Despicable Tanzhen:

Tan Zhen, a low-ranking official, came to Pingyang from the capital when he was 19 years old. He has been cared by His Royal Highness Pingyang King for four years, and the humble job is nothing to repay.Now that the war in the northwest is urgent, I wish to go there, and I look forward to your highness's merciless request.

Xuanfu four years, November [-]th.

Tan Zhen's farewell letter made Gao Yan feel suddenly lost.

Gao Yan knew what Tan Zhen thought of him, so he had been testing Tan Zhen intentionally or unintentionally, and every time he saw Tan Zhen always blushed because of his deliberate teasing, a sense of satisfaction filled his whole body.In Gao Yan's eyes, Tanzhen is the object of his amusement when he is in a good mood, and it is also a very good chess piece, but it just so happens that this chess piece has a special liking for him, so why not do it?

However, maybe even Gao Yan dare not ask himself, does he really have no real affection for Tan Zhen?

Until yesterday, Tan Zhen saw him whispering to another man with his own eyes.

The moment he saw Tan Zhen, Gao Yan panicked, and a moment later he transformed this panic into anger, an anger that he didn't know why.

Gao Yan didn't want to explain, he felt that he didn't need to explain anything at all, he liked men himself, who doesn't know in Pingyang City?And who is Tan Zhen?At best, Tan Zhen was just a soldier under his command, and was never someone of Gao Yan's!Tanzhen has always been interested in him, and that is Tanzhen's own business. Why does he need to explain to Tanzhen?

Besides, who can be sure that Tan Zhen's feelings are really pure?Or maybe even Tan Zhen's feelings for him were deliberately tripped up by the emperor?

What reason does he have to explain to an enemy spy?

……

But when he received Tan Zhen's farewell letter this morning, Gao Yan's long-term psychological defense collapsed.

Where is Northwest?The war continued, and the Tatars plundered and looted in the northwest for many months. Many generals of the imperial court had died under the iron hooves of the Tatars.

Did you even care about your life because you were sad?

It was the first time for Gao Yan to face Tan Zhen's heart without any pretense. From those words, he felt that Tan Zhen's feelings for him seemed to be more than he could imagine.

But this is precisely what Gao Yan is worried about and afraid of.He needs Tan Zhen. Feelings are one aspect. More importantly, just like the purpose of his win over Tan Zhen at the beginning was to serve him and work hard for him in the future. Tan Zhen has always been his right-hand assistant. Losing such a powerful warrior who was loyal to him.

So Gao Yan has always maintained a nonchalant attitude towards Tan Zhen, neither too close nor too distant.Especially at this critical moment, he needs to hide, disguise, and deal with the person on the throne!Therefore, Tan Yu must be used to confuse people in the capital!He can only do this!He must do the same! For the sake of power and status, and for himself to live safely, he can only temporarily put Tan Zhen down.

Let Tan Zhen leave for a while.It might also be a kind of protection for him.

Gao Yan locked himself in the study all day, and only at night did he come out alone to the kitchen to find something to eat.I accidentally caught a glimpse of half a box of osmanthus cakes left in the kitchen, and casually took a piece into my mouth, feeling a sour taste from the tip of my nose, "Tan Zhen, you must give me a safe return!"

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After Tan Zhen came back from the palace that day, he lay down on the bed numbly, and it took a long time for the feeling in his whole body to slowly return.What lingers in my mind is that my third brother is lying in the arms of the person I love the most. The two of them look as sweet as they want. Piercing, the pain made the whole body tremble.

Tan Zhen felt that he was so stupid. From Lou Zhiqing to Tan Yu, in Gao Yan's eyes, he had never had anything to do with Tan Zhen. Sure enough, he had always been self-indulgent.Gao Yan never said the word "like" to himself from the beginning to the end, so why should he think that he has feelings for him?All along, he just lied to himself because of Gao Yan's occasional gentleness.

If the emperor can't pay the job, if he stays here with Gao Yan, it will only increase the humiliation.

Tan Zhen has nowhere to go!

It's better to die on the battlefield and live happily!

Xu Shi's heart was dead, or he was angry with Gao Yan. At dawn, Tan Zhen wrote a letter of resignation and sent it to the palace.

But there is still a little luck in Tan Zhen's heart. He hopes that Gao Yan can reject his resignation, and even come to him and explain to him that he doesn't care even if it's just to lie to him. As long as Gao Yan can come, he will be satisfied.But Gao Yan's attitude made Tan Zhen's heart fall into the cliff.Gao Yan agreed to his resignation, and so quickly.

Did he really hate him that much?

Tan Zhen stepped on the horse, tightened the reins, and took a deep look at Pingyang City behind him, "We are separated here. I don't know when we will see you again. Take care."

Then he took five thousand cavalry and rode towards Dingyuan.

Inside Wenyuan Pavilion:

"Your Majesty, I believe that the princes are self-respecting and self-reliant in their own domains. If they are not sanctioned, they will definitely cause turmoil in the country in the future, and there will be endless troubles."

"The minister reconsidered."

"The minister also reconsidered."

……

"What do you love me think, how should I deal with it?"

"Cutting down the feudal clan! There is no delay!"

Gao Xian was silent for a moment, and then said, "There are as many as sixteen younger brothers of mine, and they hold nearly half of the military power in the imperial court. If we cut down the vassal at the same time, I'm afraid..."

"Your Majesty, can we start with King Pingyang, who has the most powerful army?" a minister said.

"Your Majesty! I think that the weakest seventeenth prince should be cut first. Besides, the Tatars are looting and killing everywhere in the northwest. It is the time when the court urgently needs soldiers. If King Pingyang is cut off, the other vassal kings fighting in the northwest will definitely not fight hard." Killing the enemy is an immeasurable consequence for the court." Another minister interjected.

"Then according to Mr. Zhang's intention, the court should go to win over the vassal kings?!" A minister on the side glared.

"I never said that! I thought it was imperative to cut down the vassals, but we should start with the smallest vassal kings."

"I can't agree with you! I think King Pingyang should be cut first."

"I can't agree with you either! Although King Pingyang has the strongest military force, the first time to cut down the vassals began with King Pingyang. If King Pingyang doesn't cooperate, other princes will definitely respond to King Pingyang, considering their own situation, and the court will be in trouble! , If the other princes are cut off, it is equivalent to cutting off the support of King Pingyang, and it is a plan to delay the army. In the end, even if King Pingyang has a different heart, there will be no big troubles!"

"I can't agree with you! Cut down the prince with the smallest army first, isn't it just to give King Pingyang time to prepare! Master Zhang! What are your intentions?"

"You...you...you spitting blood! Your Majesty! Your servant is so loyal!"

Gao Xian looked at the ministers who were arguing below, and he had no choice but to say, "Stop arguing!"

"Your Majesty! I thought the court could send people to spy on King Pingyang first. If he finds any misconduct, the court will take action immediately!"

After Gao Xian listened, the corners of his mouth raised upwards, and he said in his heart, "Zhen, if you still have to wait for you to give me an idea, then I'm afraid my country would have been handed over to others!" But he said, "Master Zhang, This method is excellent."

At this time, the eunuch came to report, "Your Majesty, a secret letter from Pingyang City."

Gao Xian took the secret letter and quickly opened it, and the ministers all stared at Gao Xian with puzzled eyes.Suddenly Gao Xian put the letter on the table and burst out laughing. "It seems that my emperor's younger brother is also a hero and saddened by beauty! Haha! There is no need to quarrel anymore, I have already made a decision! Follow Master Zhang's plan!"

"Your Majesty!" The ministers next to him quickly knelt down and wanted to say something more.

Gao Xian waved his hand, "There's no need to say any more! I've already made my decision!"

Seeing that Gao Xian had already made a decision, the ministers didn't say any more, and they all bowed and retreated.

Tan Yu!You are right!You did not disappoint me!

Gao Yan, Gao Yan!Why are you so dishonest?A little Tan Yu has made you blind and ignoring government affairs?It seems that Brother Huang really thought highly of you in the past! "Why are you so ambitious? Haha!"

"Is the emperor having any fun?" Seeing Gao Xian laughing alone, the eunuch at the side rushed forward to compliment him.

"You all get out. I'm going to rest!" Gao Xianfang felt that he had lost his composure just now, and hurriedly scolded the eunuchs to back down.

An eunuch at the side invited a gift, glanced at the paper in Gao Xian's hand, and retreated with the servants.

The author has something to say: When a person has been silently loving you, loving you so much that you don't care about your own safety, will you be indifferent?The answer is actually quite obvious.Just like Tan Zhen's love for Gao Yan, Gao Yan also has feelings for Tan Zhen, but his feelings may be mixed with touch, pity and even guilt.But when one person includes all of the above for another person, can you say it's not love?Tan Zhen's feelings cannot be hidden, but Gao Yan buries them deep in his heart~~