Follow the shadow

The sun was warm but not warm, Su Yun moved her body slightly and slowly opened her eyes.

Looking at the familiar pattern of flower carvings on one side of the bed, he was a little dazed.

This is the bed he once lay on, the Jingning Emperor's bed.And the person lying here now should be... Qi Yue.

"Are you awake?" Qi Yue's greeting seemed to be a habit for a long time, Su Yun turned away from looking at him, Qi Yue sat beside him, put the brief book he was reading on his lap, leaned over and stretched out his hand to reach him. forehead.

"The fever has subsided."

"Then you can continue playing." Su Yun answered in a bad tone.

Ignoring Su Yun's aggressive tone like a hedgehog, Qi Yue said, "Today, a few senior ministers jointly signed a letter asking me to send troops north to retake the old capital. What do you think?"

"I suggest that you lead the soldiers yourself, and die there immediately after you go there, and let people bury them conveniently, so as not to waste the money in the treasury when the corpses are brought back." Someone grabbed his arm, and Qi Yue easily picked him up and hugged him arms.

Qi Yue was tall and thin, and it was not comfortable to curl up in his arms.Su Yun kept moving in Qi Yue's arms with her mouth pursed in disgust, and because she couldn't break free, she became even more restless.

"Sure enough, you also think that it is not suitable to raise troops to fight again... I brought a million soldiers to the north to conquer the king, and I never thought it would be so smooth... Even so, I lost more than half of the soldiers in the middle of the battle. Now at the beginning of the country We should follow the teachings of Huang Lao to recuperate and recuperate, but there are still people who are unwilling to do so." Qi Yue sighed.

"People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants." Su Yun said lightly, seemingly casually answering, but expressed Qi Yue's heart.

"But you want to be a benevolent monarch of a generation, you can't kill and attack, and you have no reason to prevaricate these meritorious officials. You are thinking about how to make shit up for me."

Qi Yue lowered her head and smoothed Su Yun's hair with her fingers, "Actually, I didn't intend to take your life. At that time, there was a famine in the fief for several years, and the farmers didn't collect grains, but the local officials colluded with each other to destroy the Qi family. In order to occupy his position. The Qi family knew that they were powerless to defend themselves, so they rose up."

"Then you have no choice but to summon the god witch Kai Tianwen now?" Su Yun pulled her hair away from Qi Yue's hands, "There are many unavoidable things in life, some things you will never make a decision for a lifetime, and some But things will be done naturally because of your heart, as for what to say afterwards, it depends on whether this person is eloquent."

"Then how should I face those old ministers who are leading the battle without mentioning Tianwen?" Qi Yue asked softly, persuasively.

Looking up outside the window, the heavy snow has just stopped, and there is silence everywhere, a bright moon hangs high, and there are no stars.

"I'm old, I don't know the process and I'm eager to seek results, and my words are violent but not disloyal. Such people can't be killed, but they can't be allowed to be in charge. They should be worshiped like the ancestors in the shrine, because they are meritorious officials... Then send troops into the tiger's mouth, and there will be no survivors."

What Qi Yue wants is a benevolent ruler, not a wise ruler. A benevolent person will listen to his ministers without distinguishing them, obey them, not kill, punish, levy, or harm.

"It's just a pity for those soldiers who died with me..." Su Yun sighed and said no more.

Qi Yue knew that he was in a bad mood, so she didn't say any more, just hugged Su Yun and looked at the snow outside the window.

If Su Yun restrained his dislike of Qi Yue a little, he might find that Qi Yue chose to resemble himself.

Even though they are destined to be against each other, they somehow agree with each other.