Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

In a formation drawn with unknown paint, Monk Wen Jue murmured something that might be a rune or a mantra, Shui Zhan reached out and stroked Yucun's already warm cheek, saying: "Hurry up, Yucun, just wait a little longer, it will be almost here..."

Seven times

"The Supreme Emperor has passed away—"

Li Dequan sang with a long voice full of grief, like a sharp knife, pierced through the seemingly peaceful disguise in the Forbidden City. The princes and princes who had been holding back under the pressure of the former emperor began to move around. Soldiers on patrol passed by every quarter of an hour, and the people living at the foot of the Forbidden City were all smart, and they would shrink back into their shells at the slightest sign of trouble, not to mention such a big movement, so even though it was midsummer However, the street is deserted.

The body of the first emperor was placed in the middle of the XX hall, and the cold jade bed in Jiayu village is no longer there.Shui Zhan knelt before the coffin, his face turning slightly blue.Rows of eunuchs waited outside the hall, nominally for the princes and princes to mourn, and fearing that they would be exhausted, it was stipulated that when the princes and princes went out, even if it was convenient for them to go to the toilet, they had to be supported by two eunuchs.In this way, those royal relatives with ulterior motives, not to mention whispering, can't even exchange glances with each other, which makes the eighth and ninth princes so angry that they are half dead, but there are people in the palace. The emperor was watching in person, and the eunuchs who came out of the palace were even more attentive, so what can they say!Just being angry!

The Eighth Prince and Ninth Prince are in a hurry, but why is Shui Zhan not in a hurry? The astrology change brought about by the death of the former emperor interrupted Monk Wenjue's spellcasting. When he left in the morning, Yucun was still not awake. That Jia Baoyu was fine with him. Like a child!

A bright yellow dragon robe was covered by a thin layer of sackcloth, and the muscles of Shui Zhan's cheeks were tense. They were slightly sunken due to thinness, but they were so fierce that people dare not look directly at them.Even Su Peisheng, an old man who has been with Shui Zhan for decades, has to bow his head and carefully wait beside him at this moment.

"How is Prince An?" Shui Zhan asked when his eyes suddenly went dark for a moment, and he stopped and pressed his temple.

Seeing this, Su Peisheng opened his mouth, but finally he still didn't say the words of persuasion, he hesitated to say: "Return to Your Majesty, the prince is still the same, it's just...Mr. Jia is a little strange!"

Su Peisheng closed his eyes, and said like a broken pot, of course he was not stupid enough to say that Jia Baoyu seemed to be possessed by Prince An!

Shui Zhan was startled when he heard the words, and immediately walked from the mourning hall to the house where Yucun's body was temporarily placed. They were all spent before the imperial case in the Qianqing Palace.For Shui Zhan, Yucun is more important than state affairs.In a sense, Shui Zhan can be said to love Jiangshan more than beautiful people, but Yucun is not like Daji and Baosi!

When Shui Zhan entered the heavily guarded palace, what he saw was a young man in a thin red shirt and a red ribbon, who was lazily reading a book on the imperial concubine's bed by the window, obviously Yucun's body was in the ice coffin next to him Lying lifelessly on it, but Shui Zhan's eyes were all taken away by the young man reading, Shui Zhan frowned, and stopped in his tracks. Just at this time, the young man in red raised his head and said with a smile:

"Shui Zhan, I heard that Qinghai won the battle?"

After speaking, seeing Shui Zhan in filial piety, he thought for a while and said, "But the Supreme Emperor died?"

Shui Zhan looked at the boy's mouth opening and closing, but didn't hear what he said at all. At the moment, Shui Zhan only had one thought in his head, that was his Yucun...

"Yucun." Shui Zhan looked at the young man who was walking towards him, and just stood where he was, with a calm tone, but the temperature in the whole room was a little higher.

"Please trouble Eunuch Su to prepare plain clothes for me." Outside Yucun, he said to Su Peisheng, stretched out his hand to touch Shui Zhan's slightly sunken cheek, and felt distressed: "How can you be so thin like this!"

Shui Zhan didn't say a word, just stared at the strange face in front of him, suddenly hugged the young man into his arms, his arms became tighter and tighter, until there was a muffled groan in his arms, then he let go a little bit, saying: " Since you can come out, why don't you come back earlier!"

Hearing this, Yucun sighed softly, the arms that were hanging lightly at the side slowly raised up, hugged the thin waist under the toga, and said: "I only remember that my eyes were dark that day, and I was here when I woke up. "

Jia Baoyu's body was a head shorter than Shui Zhan's, and when he was held in Shui Zhan's arms, he was really petite and dainty, and all the thoughts that Shui Zhan hadn't seen for many days flooded up, and he rouneled up and down on this body unconsciously.

Yucun naturally felt Shui Zhan's reaction. He had seen such a reaction not once. Naturally, he knew what Shui Zhan wanted to do, so he pushed Shui Zhan away without refusal. Yucun turned to the other side and pretended to be transparent. Su Peisheng said, "Grandpa Su, I'm sorry."

After finishing speaking, he took the filial gown that Su Peisheng was holding in his hand, and walked to the bedroom next to him. When he was about to reach the door of the bedroom, he paused for a step, turned his head and smiled at Shui Zhan who was standing there frowning: " It's not that I intend to refuse, it's just that this body belongs to that child after all."

As soon as the voice fell, the boy's figure disappeared behind the bead curtain, and Shui Zhan's face changed from blue to purple, from purple to black, changing several times like a palette, and he vowed with gritted teeth that he would wait for Yucun to return to the original place. He must be cleaned up after he is in his body.

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Yucun and Shui Zhan, who came out after changing their filial piety clothes, sat opposite each other on both sides of the low couch. Hearing what Shui Zhan said about what happened in the past two days, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty's actions these days are really too aggressive. I'm afraid there will be more in the future." There will be future troubles!"

Abolish lowly status, pay taxes for both officials and gentry, and allow women to participate in the imperial examinations. These are all must be implemented, and they are also good ways to eradicate the ills. It’s just that the stronger the medicine, the more severe the side effects, not to mention the fact that Shui Zhan has no Concerned about the voices of opposition from the court and the people, all relying on iron and blood methods to suppress it forcefully, fearing that there will be serious troubles in the future!

Shui Zhan heard the words, and said: "I will deploy these things as soon as possible while the father is still on top. I am afraid that the old eight and the old nine will make trouble behind their backs. Now that I think about it, I still haven't thought it through."

Yucun took a sip of tea, and seemed to think of something suddenly, and said, "Your Majesty, Qinghai has won a great victory, can Nian Gengyao report his merits?"

Shui Zhan thought for a while when he heard the words, and said, "Not yet."

"Oops!" Yucun immediately stood up from his seat and said, "Your Majesty, how did the capital defend itself when the Supreme Emperor passed away?"

"What's the matter?!" Shui Zhan asked quickly when he saw that Yucun's expression was not right.

Yucun looked anxious, and said: "Nian Gengyao is so overjoyed, how could it be possible that he won the battle for so long and hasn't published the scriptures to the Ming court? I heard a rumor in the palace that Nian Gengyao was defeated and died in battle, and some people said He has committed suicide!"

Shui Zhan was startled, and hurriedly asked, "You mean..."

"The military newspaper came a long time ago, but it was detained!" Yucun said anxiously, someone was surprised to take advantage of the chaos and insert his hand into the military department. Does it mean that at this moment, the capital is no longer safe?

Seven times down

"Then according to you, what should we do?" Shui Zhan stared at Yucun and asked.

"Defense!" Yucun spat out a word lightly, these days he was not around Shui Zhan, so many things happened, although he knew that it was all caused by his restless brothers, but he still had some complaints about Shui Zhan in his heart , so I only said this one appetizing thing, and didn't say much.

In an instant, Shui Zhan's face seemed to have broken the paint plate. Various colors changed back and forth, and finally stayed on a cold face. He solved it perfectly, didn't he?As for the process, Shui Zhan only believes that Yucun's decision must be the best.

Shui Zhan subconsciously wanted to hug Yucun into his arms, but panicked at Jia Baoyu's awkwardness, so he waved his outstretched arm awkwardly in the air, and said, "Su Peisheng, go and call Zhang Tingyu here! "

Zhang Tingyu came soon. He was covered with snow all over his face, but he couldn't shake it off in front of Shui Zhan. After knocking on Shui Zhan, he said, "Your Majesty, why don't you call your ministers here late at night?" thing?"

Shui Zhan looked at Zhang Tingyu's face which was no longer young and was bruised from the cold. It was impossible to say that he would not be moved. He was just about to order Su Peisheng to bring Zhang Tingyu a basin of hot water. The minister is already so old, and he must not work as hard as a young man in the future."

Looking at the steaming towel in front of him, Zhang Tingyu was stunned for a moment, and asked hesitantly, "Yucun?"

Yucun nodded with a smile when he heard the words, and saw that Zhang Tingyu was only holding a towel and didn't do anything, so he ordered the little eunuch beside him to wipe off the snow on Zhang Tingyu's head and body.

Shui Zhan knew about the friendship between Yucun and Zhang Tingyu, but seeing that Yucun cared so much about another person, he couldn't help feeling depressed, so he coughed heavily:

"cough!"

Zhang Tingyu is such an astute person, he had already guessed the matter in a blink of an eye, and hurriedly bowed to Shui Zhan, saying: "My humble minister is disrespectful!"

Seeing that Shui Zhan was putting on airs because of such a trivial matter, Yucun glared at Shui Zhan.

After receiving the awkward look, the emperor turned back to sit on the couch, and said to Zhang Tingyu: "Prince An is right, you are also very old, hold an extra umbrella and everyone will pick your rules! I summon you, I'm here to discuss the deployment of the capital's defenses. Now you draft a letter and pass it on immediately.