I don't read sage books

The author has something to say: Xiao Chu: I drank it, I pretended it.

The palace banquet on New Year's Eve was very lively. Groups of palace maids walked gracefully with meals like fairies in the sky. Everywhere they passed, one could smell the elegant and delicate fragrance. Chu Yan and his father, King Nanling, were seated very close to the front of the palace. All the people who came to the palace banquet were clan nobles, and the atmosphere was harmonious and harmonious.

Chu Yanduan sat in his seat, but he was thinking about what Lin Qingyu would be doing at this time. He specially ordered people to send a lot of firecrackers and fireworks to the Shizi Mansion. He must be playing with Lin Jingyun and He Tang now. .

He couldn't forget the New Year's Eve of the year before last. At that time, he still wanted to stay with Lin Qingyu, but he didn't expect that, due to the tricks of the world, he would unintentionally become the executioner who got rid of the Lin family. Qingyu can still return to his side.

The corners of Chu Yan's lips were smiling, and suddenly he felt a vague look on him. He raised his eyes, and it was indeed his little emperor uncle Yuan Ze. He didn't dodge or twitch. Then he made a toast to a glass of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Yuan Ze took a sip of the sake in a face-saving manner, and invited his servants to whisper. After a while, Ampere, who grew up with Yuan Ze, quietly walked around the crowd and came to Chu Yan. Chu Yan was not surprised, and listened to Ampere's words. , "The Holy Majesty invited His Royal Highness to have a narration in the Chengming Hall after the banquet."

Chu Yan put down the porcelain cup lightly, and said with a smile, "Understood, thank you, Father-in-law."

He didn't pay attention to the silk and bamboo music at the banquet, and only drank wine glass by glass, and he was slightly drunk, and his thoughts could not help but drift away.

The brotherhood of the royal family is the weakest. In order to protect himself, Chu Yan's father never took the initiative to get involved in the dispute over the succession, so Chu Yan and Yuan Ze were able to make friends.

Although Chu Yan and Yuan Ze were uncles and nephews, Yuan Ze was only four years older than him. He called Yuan Ze a little uncle, but he regarded Yuan Ze as his elder brother in his heart. In his eyes, he sympathized with Yuan Ze who couldn't help himself, and was willing to seek for Yuan Ze the country that should belong to the Yuan family.

The scene when Yuan Ze ascended the throne seems to be still vivid in his memory. He is already the most noble existence in the world, but Chu Yan saw in him the sluggishness like carrion. The 15-year-old boy has no real power in his hands, so he can only At the mercy of others, the Su family, the Jiang family, and the Queen Mother, the three great mountains weighed heavily on Yuan Ze, and he had to live in humiliation.

Chu Yan has seen his embarrassment and pain, and it is precisely because of this that he understands more deeply than anyone else what kind of person Yuan Ze is.

People who have been suppressed for a long time are probably somewhat distorted, and so is Yuan Ze. He is jealous and suspicious, and cannot tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes. He also couldn't completely trust Chu Yan like before.

After returning to Beijing, Chu Yan had to endure Yuan Ze's suspicion while working for Yuan Ze. He was restricted in everything, and had already had a rift with Yuan Ze. If Lin Qingyu hadn't appeared in the capital, this rift might still be in the eradication of Jiang. After that, the family disappeared day by day, but up to now, Chu Yan has given up such hope.

The youthful friendship of the past, like the wind blowing up, scattered all over the place.

Chu Yan invited his father to meet Ming Sheng, and handed over the two-petal white jade bracelet tied around his neck to his father, solemnly enjoining him, "If I can't walk out of this palace gate tomorrow, I will trouble my father to send this jade bracelet to your son." In the hands of Qingyu."

His expression didn't change at all, but the King of Nanling held his wrist and said sadly, "I advised you many times to stay away from court disputes, why did you just refuse to listen?"

Chu Yan looked at the sky, the bright moon was covered, but the dark clouds would recede one day, he looked at his father's old face, and said with a smile, "If all the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are those who seek comfort and are greedy for life and fear of death, then the Ming Dynasty must Death."

Nanling King's old eyes turned red.

Chu Yan bowed deeply to the old man, "It's snowing heavily, father, please go back."

He bent his waist and did not stand up until the staggering Nanling King walked out of the palace.

Amped came up to meet him, "Your Highness, Your Majesty is already waiting at Chengming Hall."

Chu Yan took a step without looking back.

All the secrets of the palace are hidden together with the closed palace gate.

On the round table in the Chengming Palace, there was a jug engraved with a nine-clawed golden dragon. Yuan Ze sat at the table, and Chu Yan lifted his robe and knelt down to Yuan Ze to perform the ceremony of a monarch and minister.

But it has been a long time since he received the words of the emperor's permission to get up.

"Xiao Yan," Yuan Ze called softly, "you can call me Yuan again."

Chu Yan was still on his knees, his face was cold when he heard the words, and he only said, "The sage is the king, and Chu Yan is the minister, and the rules must not be exceeded."

A sharp light flashed in Yuan Ze's eyes. He was handsome, but he still did not lose the majesty of an emperor. If the person kneeling in front of him was an ordinary minister, he would have begged for mercy because of his eyes, but Chu Yan knew that he might No matter what he will face, he will not change his face, following the so-called etiquette of the monarch and his ministers.

"Since the emperor has orders, the minister never obeys?" Yuan Ze got up and stood in front of Chu Yan.

A small half shadow shrouded Chu Yan, he raised his long and narrow eyes, and said indifferently, "If it is for the benefit of the common people and the society, I will die, but if it is just for the Holy One's own desires, even if I die in Chengming Palace, I will never give up." Don't be that foolish and loyal person."

Yuan Ze seemed to be angry, his facial features were slightly distorted, he knelt down to be at eye level with Chu Yan, looked at the face that grew up with him since childhood, and said coldly, "You know what I want."

Chu Yan looked at him fearlessly, "I'm going to remind you what you want and what you don't want."

Before waiting for Yuan Ze to refute, Chu Yan suddenly took out a blood book from his arms and spread it out for Yuan Ze to read. He threw the floor and said loudly, "This is a joint petition obtained by the minister from visiting the people. It is written in the book that the people Clothes were scant, food was scarce, some men sold their wives and children, some young sons starved to death on the streets, hundreds of families broke their hands and pressed their bloodstains, accusing the Jiang family of being in power and the Holy One for dereliction of duty. The CUHK held a banquet, the court lady was like a goddess, and the delicacies were like running water, but these hundreds of families were still in dire straits, and like these hundreds of families, there were thousands of people of Ming Dynasty. In this world, there is me , He can see the blood and tears of the people at the bottom, but you are the only one who can really save them!"

Chu Yan threw the blood book to the ground, and with an angry face, he raised his voice, "But the great cause has not been accomplished, what are you doing, my sage? The sage can indeed keep the minister in Chengming Palace tonight. I will never do it because of my old affection." I hurt the Holy One a bit, but I have the guts to remonstrate. I also hope that the Holy One will open his eyes to see the flesh and blood of the people of Ming Dynasty and listen to the wailing of the people of Ming Dynasty when he abused the imperial power for the sake of his children. The day is restless, minister Chu Yan, I beg the sage, get rid of the Jiang family, save the people, and don't waste any thoughts you shouldn't have on your body."

Yuan Ze's face can be described as horrifying. He stood condescendingly against Chu Yan, as if he would execute Chu Yan on the spot in the next moment, but under such strong pressure, Chu Yan was still neither humble nor overbearing, and there was a lot of blood spattering on Cheng Ming. The spirit of the temple.

"Little Emperor," Chu Yan sighed, "Don't make our old youthful friendship unbearable."

Yuan Ze gritted his teeth as if hit by his words, in extreme pain.

Chu Yan lowered his eyes and smiled, then suddenly got up and rushed towards the round table, lifting the jug on the table, Yuan Ze's face turned pale instantly, and he shouted, "Put it down!"

"Isn't this what little uncle wants?" Chu Yan looked at Yuan Ze clearly, "Everyone thinks that little uncle is cowardly, but I know that you are decisive and ruthless, even in adversity you can kill a bloody road Come on, the secretly cultivated Dixuanmen is the best proof. I don’t know what kind of poison is in this wine, but if my death can allow me and my little uncle to retain a trace of the dignity of the royal family, Chu Yan is willing to die .”

As he said that, he raised his head and was about to drink, Yuan Ze strode forward, knocked over the jug viciously, and held Chu Yan until he pressed against the wall, his delicate facial features were filled with extreme anger He panicked slightly ferociously, "Are you threatening me with death?"

"The king wants the minister to die, but the minister dare not not die," Chu Yan slammed his head on the wall, a little dizzy, and smiled, "But I never thought that the little emperor uncle I was close to since childhood would want my life. "

Yuan Ze trembled all over. He gritted his teeth and looked at Chu Yan with a sad face. Finally, he seemed powerless, let go of his hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "Let's go, before I change my mind."

Chu Yan took a deep breath, stood up straight and saluted, "The minister will leave."

He walked out of Chengming Hall step by step, and heard the sound of Yuan Ze sitting on a chair with all his strength behind him.

It was snowing heavily outside the house, and Ampere didn't seem to have expected that Chu Yan would come out safe and sound. After being surprised, he went forward to salute.

Chu Yan waved his hand, walked towards the heavy snow, and walked under the moonlight, he spread his snow-white hand, turned it over and looked, a fleeting smile flashed across his face, and finally turned into a yell. Sigh of surprise.

Fortunately, he was not wrong.