The loyal minister was forced to marry the traitor

Bai Yan and the others divided into three groups, and got the news the next day that the letter that Bai Yan imitated the handwriting of the prefect of Guixi was successfully delivered to the emperor.

The content of the letter was known only to the emperor except for Bai Yan and the three of them, but the emperor was furious about this, and everyone knew about Yun Zhong's entry into the palace at night.

When Bai Yan came back from the restaurant, Uncle Xiao told him that Huai Chun had been waiting in the mansion for more than half an hour.

He was not surprised when he heard the words, he went in with Uncle Xiao, Huai Chun was standing in the pavilion feeding the fish.

"Coming?" Huai Chun turned his back to Bai Yan, but could hear his footsteps.

It's ironic to say that the two met each other when they were most embarrassed, but now they are both in positions of power, but they find that their positions are out of balance.

"It is said that people can share adversity, but not wealth. It turns out that it is not a joke." Huai Chun waited for a long time before Bai Yan could speak, so he simply threw away the remaining fish food in his hand, clapped his hands and turned around To see him.

Hearing this, Bai Yan didn't reply. He sat down at the stone table, raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea, then picked up a piece of snack and ate slowly.

His indifferent appearance is too common, but it is a bit rare for Yu Huaichun, so Eunuch Huaichun's heart was slightly disturbed, but he still suppressed it, and laughed again, "I heard from Uncle Xiao that you went to a banquet. , Why did you come back hungry for most of the day?"

After Bai Yan took the last sip, he took another sip of the tea, "I didn't go here to fill my stomach. I don't believe you don't know anything, so is it interesting to talk about these nonsensical things now?"

These words were a bit ruthless, now Bai Yan was running for Xiao Jiuqin in his eyes and heart, every time Huai Chun tried again, he felt more responsive.

Huai Chun's eyes dimmed, and he added some water to Bai Yan's cup, "Do you think Yun Zhong can be overthrown so easily?"

"From the very beginning, I never thought of bringing him down." Bai Yan didn't touch the tea, but raised his eyes instead, "You keep staring at me like this, because you are afraid that if I pull Yun Zhong down, no one will fight with the emperor." ?”

Huai Chun was silent.

Bai Yan's heart felt cold, but his face didn't show the slightest bit, "Wu Li can't get up early, you don't have to hide and wait for me to guess when you come to my house, tell me, what do you want from me... so as not to be with Xiao Jiuqin?" something to stop me?"

"Yun Zhong can't move yet." Huai Chun simply stopped hiding.

Although Bai Yan had expected it early in the morning, he couldn't help feeling cold.Even if the two had a quarrel, he still had scruples about Huai Chun when dealing with affairs, even when he sent a false letter to the palace the day before, he avoided Huai Chun for fear that he would be implicated.

But now, Huai Chun knew how important Xiao Jiuqin was to him, but he still used it to force him.

"Are you really just doing it for revenge?" Bai Yan felt more and more that he couldn't see through Huai Chun. He clearly used to talk about everything, but now it was you guarding me and I guarding you...

"Nothing will happen to Xiao Jiuqin, I assure you." Huai Chun thought he had taken a big step back, but Bai Yan laughed, "Then I can also guarantee that Wei Chengdan will ascend to the throne sooner or later."

Huai Chun's face was not very good-looking, but Bai Yan continued to add fuel to the flames as if he didn't see it, "If this is not enough, I can guarantee that the emperor will not end well. As for when to let you deal with it, It’s hard to say.”

"Bai Yan!"

"Don't like to hear it?" Bai Yan snorted softly, "But this is what I mean, if you stop me from saving Xiao Jiuqin, then you won't be able to rest easy, Wei Chengtan knows that you and Song Que are secretly friends ?"

As soon as this remark came out, Huai Chun took a step forward abruptly, accidentally knocked down the cup with his wide sleeve, and the porcelain cup shattered on the floor.

"Early before I went to Yongzhou Mansion, you were in contact with Song Que. The Fu Huolei in his hand was written by you... and Fang Yue, Jin Yiwei went to Yongzhou Mansion many times. Do you know about this?"

Bai Yan asked again and again, Huai Chun frowned, "Fang Yue, doesn't he..."

"Do you know or not?" Bai Yan raised his voice.

"Yes." Huai Chun's face turned pale, "But I never thought of harming you from the beginning to the end."

"It didn't hurt me, so how about using it?"

In a word, Huai Chun was stunned on the spot.

"Even now, Xiao Jiuqin doesn't want me to know this. Even he knows how important you are to me. Why do you keep hiding it?"

Bai Yan was very disappointed. He thought about countless possibilities, but he never thought that the two of them would come to this point.

"The person behind Fang Yue is not me," Huai Chun didn't know what he was stubborn about, but Bai Yan didn't want to continue talking, he stretched out his arm, "Differences do not conspire, from now on we don't care what you and I are conspiring Why, there is no discussion."

"please."

Huai Chun's expression turned ugly as Bai Yan showed off his guests, he hesitated for a while and finally left.

As soon as the people left, Bai Yan sat down on the stone bench, his hands under his sleeves curled tightly.

These hurtful words should not be said, but he knew that it would happen sooner or later.

What followed was a vicious battle, the less people involved the better, Bai Yan knew that he couldn't protect so many people, so in the end he had no choice but to take Huai Chun away first.

Now there are people from the emperor everywhere around the Bai mansion, presumably someone had already delivered a message to the emperor when Huai Chun left.

He leaned against the railing, his eyes fell on the fish in the lake, and he sighed for a long time.

On the fourth day after Xiao Jiuqin was thrown into imperial prison, an urgent military situation came from the northeast.

Beidi sent troops to the south.

The magistrate who was stationed in Guixi Mansion fled in a hurry, leaving behind the gates of the city full of people, and no one knew how long the people inside could last.

It has been a few days since the last court, the emperor reopened in Taoist robes, all the ministers whispered, Bai Yan stood in the crowd, watching the emperor from a distance sitting on the dragon chair with a tired face.

He clenched his fists, and countless emotions flashed through his heart.

"Your Majesty, the barbarian soldiers from Beidi approached the city, but the prefect of Guixi fled the battle. He ignored the people, which is dereliction of duty." When one person came out, he opened his mouth to impeach the prefect of Guixi.

The emperor was out of his mind, and it took a long time before he hummed.

Bai Yan glanced at the few ministers in front of him, and the next moment he stood up again, "The magistrate of Guixi left his post without permission, and the charges are indisputable, but the most urgent task is to send the army to the northeast as soon as possible, otherwise it will be dangerous to approach those prefectures and counties." Slaughtered by those savages!"

The emperor nodded slowly when he heard this, "What Aiqing said makes sense."

"It's just the person to lead the army..." Finally, someone spoke.

Bai Yan's fingers moved slightly.

The emperor frowned and looked down, his gaze passed over a group of generals, and finally fell on Bai Yan for some reason.

"Bai Qing, who do you think is the most suitable leader of the army?"

Bai Yan knelt down, "I don't understand military affairs, but if we want to save the people of Guixi Mansion in time, we must draw troops from the neighboring mansions. Otherwise, it will be useless until the army is deployed."

The emperor was testing him, but Bai Yan turned the question in another direction.

No matter who asked Xiao Jiuqin to lead the troops, he couldn't be the one who spoke.

Sure enough, the emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "What Bai Qing said is very true."

Bai Yan failed to fall into the obvious trap, and the emperor once again turned his attention to Yun Zhong, "What does the Grand Master think?"

Yun Zhong was "seriously ill" before, but now he walks tremblingly, he hunched over and said slowly, "I think... the matter of leading the troops should be left to an experienced general, why not... let Marquis Pingjin take the blame and make meritorious service ?”