comeback [rebirth]

As soon as this remark came out, all the officials were in an uproar.

Cen Yuan was also stunned, he did not expect that Emperor Ning would openly solicit the opinions of civil and military officials in the early court.He didn't look around secretly any more, he just turned his head and looked aside.

——At the distance of two arms, I saw Yan Xuan's gaze quietly falling on him, with a calm expression on his face, obviously he had already known about it.

It seems that when Yan Xuan entered the palace yesterday, Emperor Ning had indeed mentioned this marriage to him.

At this moment, a clear voice came from behind Cen Yuan: "Father."

He looked back and was not surprised to see the fifth prince stepping out of the queue.

——The fifth prince Cen Yi, the only son of Duan Zhaoyi, is also the grandson of the current prime minister.

Seeing Cen Yi frowned slightly, she bowed and said, "Father, my son thinks it's inappropriate."

"Oh?" Emperor Ning seemed a little surprised, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he rubbed the armrest of the dragon chair with one hand, "Why?"

Cen Yi said: "Throughout the ages, there has never been a precedent of a man marrying a man, which is inconsistent with reason. Furthermore, the emperor's brother is the prince of a dynasty, and the jade is pure gold; while General Yan is the empress of the Taiwei, with outstanding military exploits, loyalty and wisdom, It is not appropriate to combine the two to test the new law while still holding an important position."

Every word he spoke was sonorous and forceful, and every word seemed to express his resentment at this proposal.

Emperor Ning was not annoyed when he heard the words, but smiled: "After what Lao Wu said, I feel more and more that these two people are a match made in heaven."

Cen Yi said: "Father!"

He pursed his lips and looked up at Emperor Ning presumptuously, but after shouting these two words, he suddenly fell silent.

What is the intention of my own emperor's father?

Although he didn't speak out, and he didn't dare to speak out, but in his opinion, this marriage was too absurd.

On one side is the prince who may be crowned prince, the future emperor;Once the two parties combine, there will only be two endings - first, the second prince, Cen Yuan, will no longer have the high position in the palace, and the Yan family can avoid becoming the emperor's suspicion; on the contrary, the second is the Yan family. Every step of the way, he will soon become the bayonet on the side of Emperor Ning's couch, and for a long time, it may be a double-edged sword for Daning.

His emperor's father was not a fool, so it was impossible for him not to know the meaning behind this marriage, so why did he make such a proposal at this time?

Cen Yi lowered her head, raised her hands high in front of her body, her attitude was obvious.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Ning ignored him at all, and let him stand there as a salute, his eyes turned around the two people headed by the side of the officials, and turned to the people behind him.

"What do the rest of you think?"

"Your Majesty." At this time, someone came out and shouted, "I think that there is nothing wrong with this matter."

Cen Yuan didn't turn his head back, just listening to the voice, he knew that the speaker was Duan Meng, Lieutenant of the Northern Army.

Duan Mengdao: "Just as the fifth highness said just now, Lord Yan and the second highness are both civil and military people. If they form a good relationship, it must be a good story. Besides, it is not uncommon for a man to fall in love with a man. , This matter can also show His Majesty's heart to accept all rivers and rivers, and it is what the people want."

Soon someone said again: "Your Majesty, I also think this proposal is acceptable."

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All of a sudden, all civil and military officials were chattering, bowing to each other to express their thoughts.Cen Yuan didn't say anything, he just counted silently in his heart, except for the neutral opinions, the majority of people who agreed to the marriage accounted for the majority, which was within his expectation.

In the middle of the hall, above the high position, the king looked at the divergent opinions in the audience, and a slight smile slowly appeared on his mouth.

During the debate, apart from the two parties involved, only the two who stood at the head of the hundred officials remained silent.

Prime Minister Duan Deye looked sideways slightly, and asked with a smile: "What is Mr. Yan not saying?"

Beside him is Yan Hexuan, Yan Xuan's father.

Yan Hexuan is a pure Han Chinese, his age and the scars left by the battlefield have carved countless dust on his eyebrows and temples, making his face look extremely tough.Just standing so straight among the ministers seems to give people a condescending pressure.

He stared ahead and said calmly, "I will obey your Majesty's orders."

"Haha." Prime Minister Duan laughed, "It's really good to obey!"

One of them had a solemn face, and the other smiled calmly, but the expressions in their eyes were equally calm and at ease under the majesty of the emperor.

I don't know how long it took, the voices from the audience gradually weakened, and the crisp birdsong was carried by the breeze, slowly blowing in from the main entrance of the main hall.

Emperor Ning coughed lightly, and everyone in the hall fell silent.

On the side, Eunuch Rong hurried forward and put on a big cloak for Emperor Ning.

"Everyone expresses their own opinions, and I naturally listened to every suggestion of yours." After a long while, Emperor Ning said softly, "But in summary, there are still many ministers who hold my opinion on this proposal. Controversy, I don't want to make a rash decision like this, let's postpone this matter for the time being."

Now that Emperor Ning had said so, the ministers didn't say anything nonsense.Immediately afterwards, Emperor Ning picked out a book from the pile of books in front of him: "Yan Qing, you should also withdraw first."

As one of the parties involved, Yan Xuan always stood silently in his original position, tall and straight like a pine, no matter how the surrounding arguments were.Even the gaze that fell on Cen Yuan was taken away by him, and instead fell on the brick surface of the main hall.

Hearing what Emperor Ning said at this time, he bent down to salute, and did not say a word except to respond.It's just that when he retreated, his eyes flicked past Cen Yuan's body.

The latter met his gaze at that moment, and then followed that figure all the way until the other party entered the line before withdrawing.

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Throughout the morning court, Cen Yuan changed his usual style of going out and spent more than half an hour without saying a word.

Under normal circumstances, most of the court affairs do not require him to speak up, so unless he is called by name, he seldom participates in the discussion, let alone after the topic of marriage.

If, yesterday, he thought that this marriage was a personal test by Emperor Ning, then after today's morning court, he can be sure that Emperor Ning wanted to use this excuse to see if his officials stood in line. And how to stand in line.

Since the death of the crown prince a few years ago, the issue of establishing a reserve has always been a key topic of private discussion between the court and the central government.Although Emperor Ning never said anything clearly in court affairs, as the king of a country, how could he not know what his courtiers thought.

Although Cen Yuan still doesn't know why Emperor Ning suddenly thought of giving a marriage, he has to admit that this excuse can be regarded as allowing Emperor Ning to indirectly lay out two options in front of the officials.

But some people really jumped into it actively.

Cen Yuan shook his head sarcastically, then thought again - what is Yan Xuan's attitude towards this matter?

Yesterday, because of his restless emotions, he didn't choose to go directly to Changping Mansion to question the other party, but judging from Yan Xuan's performance this morning, he didn't seem to have any rejection of himself.

Could it be that Yan Xuan...wouldn't feel awkward, wouldn't...feel uncomfortable?

Cen Yuan couldn't figure it out secretly, but at this time the chattering sounds around him gradually faded away, almost no one in the hall retreated, Cen Yuan heard a voice behind him: "Second brother."

He looked back, and saw the fifth prince, Cen Yi, still standing behind him, staring at him.

Cen Yuan nodded in response, and then walked out of the hall, Cen Yi followed behind him one step at a time: "Second brother!"

Cen Yuan slowed down a little: "What's the matter?"

Cen Yi is three years younger than him, and she just came out of the palace this year.

Even in the previous life, Cen Yuan could not talk about heart-to-heart relations with this half-brother, but he had never been mean, because as far as he knew Cen Yi, the character of the fifth brother was similar to that of Prime Minister Duan. It can be said that there is heaven and earth, and it doesn't look like a family at all.

"Second Brother." Cen Yi said, "Tell me, Father asked today for you and..."

He still didn't seem to be used to this statement, he paused before continuing: "For you and General Yan Shao's marriage, what exactly are you doing?"

Cen Yuan grinned and made a relaxed expression, then patted his sleeves disapprovingly: "Your second brother, I don't want to speculate on what Royal Father thinks."

Cen Yi frowned, and suddenly changed the subject: "Second brother, do you still remember Taifu Liu who taught us?"

Before the prince left the palace at the age of 16, he was taught by the Taifu in the Taixuetang.Sometimes, the sons of important ministers were allowed to enter the Imperial Academy to study with the prince, such as Yan Xuan back then.

Cen Yuan replied, "Of course I remember."

"I still remember when I just entered the imperial school, I heard Taifu Liu once praised you." Cen Yi said, "'Poetry is better than Taibai, and writing is better than Zi'."

Cen Yuan smiled and said, "It's just useless ink."

However, Cen Yi turned a deaf ear to his words and continued, "But you changed after the death of the prince's elder brother."

Cen Yuan's footsteps stopped for a moment without a trace.

But that moment passed quickly, he didn't answer, he raised his legs and strode out of the hall.

As soon as they left the hall, the eye-catching light made the eyes of the two people brighten up.

"Second brother!" Cen Yi raised her hand to quickly block the sun, then as if she was afraid of Cen Yuan escaping, she immediately chased after him, and said relentlessly:

"I still remember that after the death of the prince's elder brother, you were the one whom everyone expected. If the father really gave you a marriage with General Yan Shao, then you--"

"Cen Yi!"

Cen Yuan stopped abruptly, almost causing Cen Yi to bump into his shoulder.

At this moment, the relaxed expression on Cen Yuan's face was gone, only a dignified one remained: "Cen Yi, before the main hall, no nonsense is allowed."

Seeing the other party's expression, Cen Yi opened her mouth subconsciously, but behind him, the plaque of "Yichang Hall" seemed to weigh a thousand catties, pressing down on him directly from the top of the hall.

The sun shone on his body, as if it could penetrate layers of clothing and directly erode the skin.

Cen Yi felt that she was sweating.

After what seemed like a long time, Cen Yi pursed her lips, lowered her head and said softly: "My brother made a slip of the tongue."

Cen Yuan narrowed his eyes, looked away from him, turned and left.As a result, as soon as he turned around, he saw a tall, tall and tall black figure standing in the distance in front of him.

And in front of that person was Prime Minister Duan Deye.

The distance was too far, and Cen Yuan couldn't hear what Yan Xuan and Prime Minister Duan were talking about, but this scene made him inexplicably feel anxious for a moment, and even the hand hanging by his side was subconsciously clenched. fist.

Perhaps it was because of his burning eyes that Yan Xuan suddenly pursed his lips, and then looked towards the direction of the main hall.