The daily life of the eldest son

Because they were riding horses, the mighty group of people arrived at the foot of Mount Tai within an hour. At that time, the officials of Taichang Temple had already set up a square altar at the foot of Mount Tai, but the altar looked bigger than Ye Yi expected. The ones are a bit more spectacular, and seem to have surpassed the regulations of ordinary mountain and river sacrifices.

After dismounting from the horse, the emperor looked at the square altar from afar, and smiled very satisfied. In a blink of an eye, he saw Ye Yi unconsciously showing some confusion, and became interested, and asked: " Ye Shaoqing seems to think there is something wrong?"

Ye Yi came back to his senses, bowed in a panic, and said: "I dare not, I just secretly rejoiced that I brought the dress with me when I came, and luckily I didn't neglect such a great gift."

"Oh?" The emperor smiled, "You know it's a great gift just by looking at the altar? You really know a lot."

"I'm not talented, but I know a thing or two, which made His Majesty laugh."

Someone approached quickly with a chariot, and after the emperor entered the chariot, he greeted Ye Yi and said, "You stay by my side and chat with me."

"Yes."

So Ye Yi silently followed the emperor's imperial chariot with 1 reluctances.

"Ye Shaoqing." They had already followed the imperial chariot to the halfway up the mountain before Ye Yi heard the emperor's voice coming from the imperial chariot.

Ye Yi hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, the minister is here."

"Ye Shaoqing just said that today's sacrifice is a big ceremony, so does Ye Shaoqing know what kind of sacrifice is going to be held today?"

Ye Yi thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I see that there is a square altar at the foot of the mountain to worship the ground, and now we are walking all the way to the top of the mountain, and there are occasional officials from Taichang Temple on the nearby forest path There must be a round altar on the top of the mountain to worship the sky, above Mount Tai to worship the sky, and below Mount Tai to worship the earth, but today His Majesty wants to enshrine Zen?"

The emperor in the royal chariot laughed loudly and said, "You are indeed the son of Ye Chengqian, you really know a lot."

Ye Yi smiled lightly and said: "My father is good at reading, and I have been studying with my father since I was young, but I am dull by nature, so far I can only follow the scriptures."

"Then, Aiqing also knows the meaning of Feng Chan?" The emperor in the imperial chariot suddenly sighed.

Across the imperial chariot, Ye Yi could only hear the emperor's voice but not his expression, so he couldn't judge the emperor's mood, and he didn't know whether the emperor was happy or worried at this time, whether he was looking forward to the upcoming ceremony of enshrining Zen, or in his heart. perturbed.

"Heaven's mandate is the king, so that all people can live, proclaim peace to the sky, and repay the merits of the gods. Build an altar on the top of the mountain to worship the sky, and repay the merits of the sky, so it is called Feng. Remove the earth at the foot of the mountain, and repay the merits of the earth. That's why it's called Zen." Ye Yi memorized the words and sentences in the book in a regular manner.

The emperor chuckled lightly, and said, "Well, you memorized the book well. But if you recite the book again, I will punish you."

"...I dare not." Ye Yi touched his nose.

"Don't you dare?" The emperor chuckled, "You are much more cunning than your father and grandfather. Let me ask you, since you know the books by heart, you must also remember the ancestor emperor who enshrined Zen in Mount Tai. What do you think? How is it compared to them?"

...Your Majesty really asked a question that could kill someone.That's all, self-inflicted, can't live, he has already attracted His Majesty's attention, presumably he will not be able to get away unscathed no matter what, it is better to show well, His Majesty's attention is sometimes a kind of protection, it depends on how much His Majesty's attention can be obtained .

Ye Yi rolled his eyes, and replied: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty, I don't think they can be compared."

Before the end of the words had finished, Ye Yi suddenly felt the cold air around him, and even Zhao Kang looked at him with horror written in his eyes.

Without waiting for the emperor in the imperial chariot to get angry, Ye Yi continued: "The times are different and the circumstances are different. The ancestors had their difficulties, and your majesty has your majesty's considerations. It is an achievement to rule the world in times of war and chaos. Why is it not a great achievement to order the Quartet to come to court? Your Majesty is the monarch of the living in this world, a person whom the minister respects and admires, and in the heart of the minister, no one can compare, how can the dead be compared?"

Zhao Kang was startled, and suddenly heaved a long sigh of relief, secretly thinking that Ye Yi's flattery was too roundabout, but it scared half of his life.

In the imperial chariot, the emperor was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"You, you, I said you are slippery, and you are still panting. If you flatter me in such a corner, you are not afraid that I will not hear you, and you will be punished for disrespect?"

"Your Majesty is the Holy Master Mingjun, and I am never afraid that His Majesty will handle things unfairly." Ye Yi said the pleasant words one after another, but he secretly groaned in his heart.

It's not easy to flatter him, he's exhausted.

I don't know if it was because of Ye Yi's words that he untied the knot in his heart, and then the emperor and Ye Yi chatted about some easy things. It was not until he reached the top of Mount Tai that Ye Yi was released by the emperor and returned to the ranks of officials middle.

"Hello!" Just after returning to the team, Ye Yi was stopped by Chen Siming, "What's the matter with you? I'm still regretting that you are on business in Puzhou and can't accompany you to travel around the mountains and rivers, but you ran away as soon as you appeared I went to the place closest to His Majesty, what happened?"

Ye Yi sighed, and replied in a low voice: "You have committed your own crimes, you can't live."

"What's going on?" Ye Yi's words made Chen Siming hold Ye Yi's wrist tightly, his eyes widened.

Seeing that Chen Siming was so frightened, Ye Yi remembered that his so-called sin was a great blessing to others, so he changed his words with a smile: "Don't worry, I didn't make a mistake, I just swayed in front of His Majesty when I was escorting the prisoner." , His Majesty remembered this again, it can be regarded as reminiscing about the old days..."

When he was the prince's accompanying student, Ye Yi often followed the prince to the emperor to be questioned about his studies. Coupled with the relationship between his father and grandfather, Ye Yi and the emperor were considered acquaintances. After many years, he has become a person who is both familiar and unfamiliar to the emperor, so the emperor would want to have a heart-to-heart chat with him.

It's not that Ye Yi can't understand why the emperor insisted on talking to him. After all, the feeling of inferiority that he feels inferior to others cannot be easily revealed to the prince and courtiers. It just happened to appear in front of the emperor at the right time, and it became the object that the emperor sought to dispel the depression in his heart. Some words are easier to speak to people who are not familiar with them.And it seems not an exaggeration to call such a meaningless conversation a reminiscence.

Only then did Chen Siming breathe a sigh of relief, and said, "It made me worry for nothing. But you'd better be careful, in the end... the heart of the king is unpredictable." Chen Siming said the last four words in a very low voice.

"I know, thanks." Ye Yi smiled.

Chen Siming raised his chin, and gave Ye Yi a smile of "Which of us is with whom?", then corrected his expression, stood side by side with Ye Yi, and started the tedious and boring sacrificial ceremony.