Man Xilan

What does it have to do with the Fourth Emperor? "

"Of course he is different from all of us. Don't you think he is a person who just needs to stop there and say a few words to the postman, and the postman will accept the letter without saying a word..." Liu Jiyun looked at Su Ruizhi's expression gradually became more concentrated, and he continued, "Think about it carefully, isn't that the case? Furthermore, how many people around you will go through life and death for you, even disregarding their lives? Someone who would give his life for me, but now, at least I can guarantee that my son can die for him..."

Su Ruizhi pondered Liu Jiyun's words carefully, and after a while, he said sadly: "It's not just my cousin, I can give my cousin a series of lists..." The little girl beside the fourth emperor's brother is one of them. Mr. Fuer counted as one, the national teacher counted as one, and even the second brother who smiled like an idiot when he mentioned the fourth brother should also be counted as one.

"As soon as I got in touch with the fourth prince yesterday, I immediately understood that the fourth prince is different from us. We are used to solving problems with power and profit, and he can solve them with the word 'love'..." Liu Jiyun sighed: "Forgive me Frankly speaking, Ruizhi, you and the fourth prince are not in the same rank at all..."

Hearing this, Su Ruizhi looked at Liu Jiyun with a smile that was not a smile: "What's the purpose of my cousin's words?"

"In the current situation, it is best for everyone to be happy. After waiting for a while, the crown prince will definitely not fall into the hands of others. Remember, you must stay calm..."

"How dare Ruizhi refuse to follow my cousin's words? I'm also happy for my cousin and the fourth younger brother when they get along well..." Su Ruizhi said as he picked up his wine glass and drank it down in one gulp.

The two drank a few more glasses of wine, and Liu Jiyun asked, "A few days ago, there was a lot of rumors about the national teacher. Does Rui Zhi know what's going on?"

Why did the national teacher, who has always been treated with courtesy by the emperor, suddenly resign from the position of national teacher and go away?

The emperor's list said that the national teacher is not suitable for taking on heavy duties because of his inconvenient health, and leaving Qingguo is just to go to other countries to improve his health. However, it is okay to fool ordinary people with this reason, but it is still impossible to deceive Liu Jiyun .

Su Ruizhi said: "Isn't it because she made an accident? I heard rumors in the palace that this national teacher is not a disciple of the old man Tianji at all. For so many years, he has been using all kinds of tricks to keep his father in the dark..."

"Listen to gossip from the palace?" Liu Jiyun was deeply surprised: "Could it be that the matter of the state teacher has nothing to do with Ruizhi?"

"How could it be me?" Su Ruizhi also had a surprised expression on his face, as if wondering why Liu Jiyun could ask such a question: "When this matter was found out, I was helping my father supervise the country, and I was very busy every day. How can I have time to care about the identity of the national teacher..."

Liu Jiyun looked at the child he had taught by himself, and suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart.

Back then, Su Ruizhi looked cowardly and incompetent, like a sheep. I taught him little by little, telling him that when His Majesty talked about flowers and plants, he should answer that plum blossoms were his favorite, and that when His Majesty was in a bad mood, he would give them to him. When drinking a cup of oolong tea, it is necessary to reveal the thought of putting all the people of the world first... and this kind of expression must not be deliberate, it must look natural...

Time flies, that poor little prince climbed up step by step, and finally bloomed his own light.

Liu Jiyun felt that he was gradually losing control of him.

Among the many princes back then, the little sheep that was selected out of thousands of choices to be easy to control, will it grow into a wolf now?

Thinking of this, Liu Jiyun called out, "Ruizhi."

"Ok?"

"Your cousin has been away from me for eight years. After he came back, he has become farther away from me than before. In my heart, I have always regarded you as my own son."

"My cousin's kindness, of course Ruizhi also remembers." Su Ruizhi also said seriously: "Although my father is very good to me, in my heart, my cousin has always been like a father, teaching me and supporting me. Given the opportunity, Ruizhi will definitely repay Biaojiu's great kindness."

"Then have a drink for the friendship between us." Liu Jiyun raised his glass and drank it first.

Su Ruizhi also immediately picked up his wine glass to kill him.

Towards evening, the meal was over.

The two of them walked out of the plum hall together, arrived at the entrance of the restaurant, and prepared to leave by car.

After saying goodbye to each other, the two sat in the carriage respectively, and with an order, the carriage drove forward.

It's just the direction of progress, one is going south and the other is going north.

It's like the idea of ​​two people who were originally completely consistent, but now they have run counter to each other.

Time to Return Man Xilan Volume 24 Homecoming Chapter [-] Perfect Answers

Inside the imperial study

Su Xuan sat at the desk, looked at the pile of memorials in front of him, and sighed.

In the recent period of time, Su Xuan could know what was written in these memorials without having to read them one by one.

The first category, it must be full of articles saying that this year's Qingguo is in good weather, and it is a year of great abundance. This is because the emperor is wise and has been protected by the heavens. The tax revenue has increased by [-]% compared with last year, the people live and work in peace and contentment, xx new houses have been built, xx new roads have been built... either singing praises or reporting good news.

The second category is the unchanging theme of those stubborn old ministers. They first rambled a bunch of irrelevant words, and finally said lightly that no one is in charge of the harem, hoping that His Majesty can establish a queen as soon as possible.It seems that whenever those old ministers can't find something to report, they will bring up the matter of Li Hou again. This trick has been played for more than ten years, and they haven't gotten tired of it.

The third category is the most sensitive crown prince position.As the princes grew up one after another, the prince's problem, which was originally in the dark, also moved to the surface.In the recent period, whether it is insinuating or expressing one's feelings directly, there have been a lot of praises for the third prince.

The fourth category is the marriage of the princes.Counting, the top four princes have all reached the age of marrying wives, but only the eldest prince Su Lianzhi honestly married a granddaughter of the old man and gave birth to a beautiful little princess. Nothing happened.How can such a situation not worry those ministers?

For the first type of notebook, Su Xuan roughly read it, and then put it aside.The second type of notebooks were all thrown aside without even reading them.The third category of notebooks, Su Xuan read carefully, stamped a seal on each notebook, indicating that he had read it, but did not express his attitude at all about the contents of the notebooks.

As for the fourth category, Su Xuan looked over and over again.

Especially about the fourth prince's marriage, Su Xuan stared straight at it, as if his eyes could see through the paper.

It turned out that before he knew it, he had also reached the age of marrying a wife...

While he was concentrating, the voice of Eunuch Fuer came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the third prince asks to see you."

Hearing this, Su Xuan immediately put down the memorial in his hand, and shouted: "Quickly declare."

After a while, Su Ruizhi, dressed in fine clothes, opened the door and entered.

Just as Su Ruizhi wanted to salute, Su Xuan laughed and said, "There is no outsider present, so Ruizhi doesn't need to salute much."

Su Ruizhi said, and the minister obeyed.After speaking, he graciously settled down on the chair below.

"Why did Ruizhi come today?" Su Xuan asked.

"Father has not been to the morning court for five consecutive days, and my son is very worried, so come and have a look." Su Ruizhi frowned, showing a very worried look, and asked cautiously: "Father has never been to the morning court for such a long time, is it... Are you feeling unwell? A few days ago, I happened to know a divine doctor, if my father allows, I can let him come into the palace to see my father."

Su Xuan smiled and said: "You child, you really have a heart. But this time, it's not because of my physical discomfort."

"That is…"

"It's Concubine Ye. She came all the way from Qi Country, so it's inevitable that she won't be acclimatized, so I stayed with her for a few days. Now she's fine."

Su Ruizhi breathed a sigh of relief: "Since the father is in good health, and the minister has nothing to do there, I will leave first." After saying that, he stood up and asked to resign.

"I still have something to discuss with you." Su Xuan called to Su Ruizhi, reached out and took out a few memorials and handed them to him, saying: "Recently, many ministers have mentioned the matter of marrying your brother to the prince's concubine. What do you think?"

Su Ruizhi casually flipped through the memorial that Su Xuan handed over, and replied: "Of course, the matter of marriage is entirely up to the father and emperor, and my son has no objection."

Su Xuandao: "That's the reason, but getting a wife is a big deal after all, and you have to refer to your own opinion. What I mean is, when the ministers hand in the picture albums of women of the right age at home, you can choose the prince and concubine from among them." good?"

"It couldn't have been better."

After solving this, Su Xuan took out a few memorials from the request to stand up and handed them to Su Ruizhi.

Su Ruizhi took the memorial with both hands, but he didn't open it. Instead, he raised his head and asked, "I don't know about the fourth brother's marriage, how does the emperor plan to arrange it?"

"Of course he must be consulted on this matter."

Su Ruizhi nodded, lowered his head to read the memorial, and replied: "I think that what these ministers said is very true, even if it is for the stability of the harem, the father should indeed be a queen."

Without saying a word, Su Xuan took out another copy from the eulogizing memorial and handed it to Su Ruizhi, and asked, "What does Ruizhi think about such a thing?"

After reading the memorial, Su Ruizhi said: "The weather is good, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, which is really a blessing for our Qing country. Naturally, my son and minister are also happy for the father."

"Then what does Ruizhi think of these memorials?"

The last thing Su Xuan handed over was a note requesting the establishment of the crown prince.

Su Ruizhi flipped through it, raised his head and said to Su Xuan, "It's inconvenient for me to express my opinion on this matter."

Su Xuan knocked on the table with his hands, and said solemnly: "This is a rare opportunity, Ruizhi but it doesn't matter what you say."

Suri's silence.

"Who does Ruizhi think is the best candidate for the crown prince?"

Then silence.

"Okay then, let me change the question, what if I want to make you the crown prince?"

"The minister there will definitely abide by the duty of the prince."

"What if I want to make your fourth brother the crown prince?"

"The minister there will try his best to assist the fourth emperor brother."

Hearing this, Su Xuan waved his hand, indicating that Su Ruizhi could go down.

Time to Return Man Xilan Volume 25 Homecoming Chapter [-] Unprepared

The next day, in the royal study

It was the same scene as yesterday, except that the person sitting in front of Su Xuan was replaced by Su Qizhi.

After sorting out the memorials by category, Su Xuan pushed them in front of Su Qi.

Su Qizhi glanced casually, raised his head and asked, "Father, what does this mean?"

"I want to hear your opinion on these things."

"This is a memorial..."

"There are topics that are directly related to Qizhi, so I naturally want to hear your opinion."

Su Qizhi randomly pulled out a book about Lihou.

He raised his eyebrows and said, "What does the matter after Li have to do with me?"

The other one is the excerpt that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Su Qizhi said: "What's the value of writing such a thing?"

Pulling out the third book, Su Qizhi opened it and saw the word "Prince" shining brightly, didn't even read the rest of the content, and put the memorial back to its original place: "This matter has nothing to do with me. "

"As long as you are still the prince, it matters."

"Prince?" Su Qizhi sneered.

Su Xuan ignored the mockery in the words, and continued: "Who does Qi Zhi think can take on the role of crown prince?"

"Brother Three Emperors."

"What if I want to pass on the crown prince to him?

"Congratulations to him."

"What if I want to pass on the crown prince to you?"

"I do not want."

"What if I have to pass it on to you?"

Su Qizhi glanced at Su Xuan, and the suspicion and disdain in it were obvious, "Would you do it?"

The straightforward answer made Su Xuan angry, and after a while, he snorted coldly: "Of course I will not hand over the world to you, a lonely ghost."

"What exactly are you going to say?" Su Qizhi became impatient, and sent someone to take him into the palace early in the morning, just to say these inexplicable words?

Su Xuan raised his eyes to look at Su Qizhi, and said, "I plan to make your third brother the crown prince."

"Since father has made up his mind, why do you still ask my opinion?"

"I found that Ruizhi is not as good as you in some aspects..."

"so?"

"You know, it is impossible for me to hand over this world to you." This country belongs to the Su family, even if it is handed over to the fools of the Su family, it cannot be taken advantage of by outsiders.

"Of course I know, what exactly do you want to say?"

"If you think about it in the future, what will you do with the dispute with Rui?"

Su Qizhi couldn't help laughing: "You really think too much."

Su Xuan was a little emotional: "It's not like this kind of thing has happened before. It's impossible for me to risk this country..."

"Not everyone is as interested in that position as you are."

"But not everyone is like you, so capable... so threatening..." Su Xuan said meaningfully: "You know, you were taught by me alone."

"Then what does His Majesty plan to do?" Su Qizhi looked directly at Su Xuan, his tone full of sarcasm.

"Many ministers are still playing, asking for instructions on the prince's marriage." Su Xuandao: "I want to betroth two of Ruizhi's distant cousins ​​to you..."

"But I don't want to marry."

"I have a second plan..." Su Xuan suddenly stepped forward, reaching out to touch Su Qizhi's cheek: "If you belong to me..."

With a crisp 'pop', Su Xuan's hand was mercilessly knocked off.

Su Qizhi said coldly: "Your Majesty need not say such things."

"So Qi Zhi accepted the first one?"

"What if neither is accepted?"

'Papa papa' Su Xuan clapped his palms three times, and a young eunuch came out from behind, holding two glasses of wine in his hands.

Su Xuan took a cup and casually sprinkled it in the flowerpot beside the desk.

The blooming and gorgeous precious flowers, as long as they were touched by the wine, white smoke all rose, and then, the emerald green leaves and bright petals all turned brown.The toxicity of this wine is evident.

Su Xuan pointed to the remaining glass of wine in the little eunuch's hand and said, "Qi Zhi, what do you think of this wine?"

Su Qizhi said with a smile: "Today's play really caught people off guard."

"How can it be my turn to be careless when it comes to the inheritance of the country? I don't want to leave any trouble..." Su Xuan sighed: "Qizhi, in fact, you are really special to me... Even if I have these three thousand beauties, I still don't want to leave you alone. With Concubine Ye, you are always different... I have been thinking about it for a long time recently, and I don't want to let you go... No matter what happened before, I never want to let you go... If you choose the second option..."

"But I don't want to get close to you anymore," Su Qizhi said seriously, "so I won't choose the second option."

"It's because you have empathized with each other..." Su Xuan said, "The one named Liu Lan, do you think I don't know?"

"You sent someone to spy on me?"

Su Xuan just smiled and said nothing.

Does this kind of thing still need to be monitored?

Naturally, someone will take the initiative to talk to me.

After being silent for a while, Su Qizhi smiled and said, "It seems that I can only choose the third one."

Saying that, Su Qizhi walked towards the trembling little eunuch, reached out to pick up the wine glass, and said: "This wine has a nice color, how does it taste?"

Su Xuan watched Su Qizhi walk towards the glass of poisoned wine step by step, his heart ached, and he clenched his fists tightly without knowing it.

Trying to restrain his urge to go forward and knock down the wine glass, Su Xuan understood that this was not the time for him to be soft-hearted.

Last time, the person who should have been strangled to death had so many troubles because of his soft heart.

This time, no matter how reluctant you are, you must be ruthless.

Because he had to pave the way for the future crown prince.

Otherwise... just like back then... endless troubles...

Su Xuan closed his eyes, trying to escape the facts in front of him.

At this critical moment, Father Faur's voice suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Report to Your Majesty, the Fifth Prince of Qi Kingdom seeks an audience."

"Hurry up!" Su Xuan blurted out loudly like instinct.

In the next second, the door of the imperial study room opened.

The shocking wine glass was finally put down.

Time to Return Man Xilan Volume 26 Homecoming Chapter [-] Love Hurt

Ye Wenzhao came in and saw that Su Qizhi was there, a gleam of joy flashed across his face, but then he thought of the dispirited scene of the father and son that he saw in Qiguo Palace that day, the joy faded away immediately, and the expression on his face became very complicated. He saluted respectfully: "See His Majesty Xuandi."

"The fifth prince doesn't need to be too polite."

"Fourth prince, long time no see, how are you doing now?" After saluting with Su Xuan, Ye Wenzhao greeted Su Qizhi again.

Su Qizhi smiled and said, "Not bad."

Ye Wenzhao looked at the wine on the table next to Su Qizhi, feeling surprised, but out of politeness, he didn't have the nerve to ask.

After Su Xuan sat back at the desk, he glanced at the pot of flowers that had completely withered, and said casually: "This damn servant can't even keep potted flowers alive, so what's the use of keeping them? Someone, drag them out and chop them up."

Several tall guards immediately entered the house and dragged away the innocent little eunuch who was so frightened that he was unconscious.

An innocent life just withered in the palace.

Su Xuan said to Ye Wenzhao: "This little eunuch is so incompetent, it really made the fifth prince laugh."

"Where, His Majesty Xuandi really has a good command."

"I don't know why the Fifth Prince came here today?"

"Oh, I'm here to resign. Send Yuanluo here safely, and it's time for me to go back and report to my father."

"The fifth prince must thank His Majesty Emperor Xuan on my behalf, Princess Yuanluo of your country is indeed like that pearl."

"Keep in mind. Our convoy is scheduled to leave tomorrow morning."

"I understand," Su Xuandao said, "The Minister of Rituals will arrange for you related matters such as exiting the customs, and the Fifth Prince does not need to worry."

"Thank you His Majesty Xuandi, then Wenzhao will step down first." Ye Wenzhao said and saluted again, intending to leave.

When Ye Wenzhao was about to go out, Su Qizhi suddenly said from the side: "Father, since the matter has been discussed, I will go out with the fifth prince."

Su Xuan looked up at Su Qizhi, and Su Qizhi also looked back at Su Xuan.

The four eyes meet, Su Xuan's eyes are full of remorse, pain, anger...

But Su Qizhi's eyes were only cold.

After a long while, Su Xuan finally agreed: "Okay, then Qizhi will go with the Fifth Prince."

The sound of 'creaking' doors.

The footsteps of the two people became farther and farther away.

Su Xuan sat on the chair blankly. After a while, he even made a movement that was extremely inconsistent with his status and image, and slid off the chair. Su Xuan leaned against the desk.

No one knew what kind of joy flashed in Su Xuan's heart when the news of Ye Wenzhao's meeting came.

If he is really his son, even if the dispute between him and Rui ends in bloodshed, so what?

No matter who is the winner, the people of the Su family are in charge of this country.

Too bad he's not...

As the reigning emperor, he must pave the way for the prince.

For the sake of the overall situation, such a person must not be allowed to stay.

But emotionally speaking, Su Xuan really didn't want him to disappear.

For the first time, I was reluctant...

The second time, it was an outsider who came to disrupt the situation...

What about the third time?Su Xuan wondered if he could still make up his mind, could he have the courage to do it a third time?

Su Xuan found a reason for himself, in fact, it was predestined by God, that person cannot leave in this way.

The room was silent, Su Xuan was leaning against the desk like a stray dog.

Su Qizhi can do it without hesitation, but Su Xuan can only struggle.

It seemed that Su Xuan took the initiative, but he knew that he was never the one who took the initiative. If Ye Wen couldn't show up just now, Su Xuan couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't rush to knock down the glass of wine.

Su Xuan thought of the person who had already dismissed him, and said to himself: "What else do you want? I have tasted bitterness, anger, and regret for you, and I even pleaded in a low voice, even I got a slap...Even now, the scene just now will only be ten times more painful than you...I can't let it go, I can't get it, how far do you want to push me?...And I can do it to which step?

After an unknown amount of time, the voice of the little eunuch came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Ye has made cakes in her bedroom, and I would like to invite Your Majesty to taste them."

Su Xuan didn't want to pay attention.

After a while, another voice came from outside the door.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Ye said, please go enjoy the flowers in the afternoon."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Ye said..."

Su Xuan was furious immediately, got up and opened the door, and grabbed the little eunuch who had come by order: "Go back and tell that concubine Ye that I don't want to see her within a month."

After sending away those little eunuchs who were frightened to death, Su Xuan slammed the door hard, and then, there was an endless sound of breaking things from inside the house, which made people tremble with fear.

The eunuchs and guards kneeling on the ground outside the house, but no one dared to speak out.

After venting/venting for a long time, Su Xuan looked at the messy memorials on the ground, and casually opened a book asking for the establishment of a prince. Character.

That's it, Su Ruizhi will never know that he has been infinitely close to that position, but in the end, he still lost to the word 'love' that Su Qizhi once gave.

Ye Wenzhao and Su Qizhi left the imperial study room side by side, and walked towards the gate of the palace.

Along the way, Ye Wenzhao secretly watched Su Qizhi's face, knowing that he was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to speak.

However, if I don't say these words now, I don't know how many years we can wait for the next meeting.

When he was about to reach the door, Ye Wenzhao plucked up his courage and broke the silence: "Fourth Prince."

"Ok?"

"Seeing you this time, I think you look much better than last time."

"Well, everyone said so." Su Qizhi also felt that he had been fattened up by Liu Lan recently.

After chatting for a few words, Ye Wenzhao said: "Actually, it was not my turn to escort Yuanluo to Qingguo this time. It was I who won it from my father. I came here this time." , I just want to meet the Fourth Prince."

"You want to see me?"

Ye Wenzhao nodded vigorously: "Even if you and His Majesty Xuandi...But I...Actually, what I want to say is...We met when we were young, and that's when I...I really..."

He talked incoherently, and said something incoherently, but he still couldn't express one ten-thousandth of his heart.

Ye Wenzhao was sweating profusely, and Su Qizhi was also confused.

"what do you want to say in the end?"

Ye Wenzhao mustered up all the courage in his life, and handed over a piece of jade pendant, the last relic of his mother and concubine that he had held in his hands for a long time: "Fourth prince, I want you to accept this, I really..."

"Lan..." When Su Qizhi saw Liu Lan coming to pick him up, he ignored Ye Wenzhao who was beside him and hurried towards Liu Lan.

Although we had only been separated for a whole morning, Su Qizhi, who had walked through the ghost gate once, saw Liu Lan again, and it felt like three autumns away.

Hugging Liu Lan and smelling the familiar smell, Su Qizhi sighed contentedly.

Although she didn't understand why Su Qizhi was so excited, Liu Lan still hugged Su Qizhi tightly and said with a smile, "Is it like three autumns since I haven't seen me all morning?"

Su Qizhi didn't speak, but just rubbed Liu Lan's face affectionately. Until this moment, he finally felt relaxed and relieved.

Ye Wenzhao stood aside, looking at the two people embracing each other, and realized that what he said was meaningless.

Facing the exhaustion in that room, Ye Wenzhao was still able to speak out what he had finally determined.

But now, facing the warmth in front of him, Ye Wenzhao couldn't speak anymore anyway.

He had never seen the fourth prince who smiled so happily, but it was such a bright smile that did not belong to him, representing his lifetime of emotional pain.

He nodded to Liu Lan who was facing him as a greeting.

Ye Wenzhao tightened his grip on the jade pendant, then turned and left.

Until the end, even Breeze didn't hear his unfinished sentence: "Fourth prince... I really... like you very much..."

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Thank you for your support, the fourth volume of "Returning to Manxi Lan" is finished

Time to Return Man Xilan Volume 1 Stormy Storms Chapter [-] Big Wedding