Ascension

Xiang Gu sat on the chair with half of his buttocks, a piece of underwear on the back was already sticking to his body with sweat, and it felt cold when he moved.

Qin'er, the grand maid of Changpei Palace, came once, dressed in the clothes of an ordinary court lady, and lit candles in the palace.Knowing that she was sent by Princess Xiang'an, Xiang Gu had himself in the corner of his eye, so he didn't dare to move rashly.

Ever since the emperor issued an order to reduce the cost of the Changpei Palace, eight out of ten palace servants have been employed in the palace. The remaining snakes and scorpions could no longer hide, and they all brandished poisonous tail needles to defend their masters.

Xiang Gu was terrified, especially in this great hall for hospitality, he was almost trembling with fear.

No one knew why he was afraid, he didn't share this horrible story with anyone, he just came, sat here, secretly sweating under his official uniform.

Suddenly, Xiang Gu felt something, and his eyes flickered outside the hall.

Changpei Palace is the quietest place in the imperial palace. Even if dozens of palace people came around Yan Siyu, they could not hear any footsteps, only the maids in pink skirts and the eunuchs in purple round neck shirts could be seen. The pair walked in, and when the palace people stood still, Xiang Gu discovered that Princess Xiang'an had already sat on the main seat at some point.

Yan Siyu wore a brocade train with dark red embroidered and white peony patterns, and her hair was a simple cloud bun. It was obvious that she had bathed and changed clothes before coming here, and had carefully dressed up.

"Xiang Gu, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, has a meeting with Her Royal Highness Princess Xiang'an. Your Highness is a thousand years old."

Xiang Gu knelt down on the ground, speaking very slowly, as if every word had been chewed in his mouth for a long time before he spit it out carefully.

"Get up." Yan Siyu was also looking at Xiang Gu.

Fair skin, a pair of black and white peach blossom eyes, a typical scholar's appearance, but wrinkles formed early on between the eyebrows, and the hair is not completely black, there are strands of white mixed in it.

Even though he was just an ordinary courtier, Yan Siyu stared at his face in a daze, always feeling familiar.

He stood up, lowered his head and walked around Xiang Gu, saying:

"You became a Jinshi five years ago, but it was three years ago that you really showed your talents. At that time, the emperor purged a lot of deposed emperors and old ministers, and those important departments were temporarily replaced. How to go to court. But you are different, you know how to be an official, you can even be said to be proficient, there are so many officials in this court, and you can be praised by all the forces, you are the only one!"

"His Royal Highness has too much reputation, and I am ashamed to be an official."

Xiang Gu calmed down instead, because he noticed Princess Xiang'an's abnormality.

Many people like to talk when they are irritable, but Yan Siyu himself has not noticed that he also has this stupid habit, after all, there are too few things that can make him irritable.

"You came to find me, why?"

Xiang Gu raised his eyes slightly from the ground, and the first thing he saw was a strand of long hair floating on Princess Xiang'an's chest, then a pointed chin, and finally a pair of deep eyes.

Princess Xiang'an was bending over and staring at him.

Subconsciously, he trembled, and said softly: "Your Majesty, I am here to ask, is there still a shortage of people in the Palace?"

Shortage?Yan Siyu was stunned, stood up straight and waved his hands: "There are not enough people in such a big palace. But this year, the emperor has reduced the expenses of the palace. If it weren't for the palace, I have some savings, I'm afraid it will be a waste of time. Alone, where is the money to recruit people?"

"Everyone in the court said that His Royal Highness lives a fine life, and that the lower officials have lived a clumsy life for a long time. If you want to come to Your Highness's Palace to learn the skills of a housekeeper, it doesn't matter if you don't have money."

Governing the country is like a housekeeper, this flattery is excellent.

Yan Siyu covered her lips with a smile, and said: "You don't want to be paid yourself, but also think about your wives at home, you can't let them drink the northwest wind with you."

Xiang Gu's wife was the daughter of the editor of the Hanlin Academy when the emperor was abolished, and his son was the posthumous son of the same family when he was young.When Yan Siyu just got the news, she was thinking, if this person is not a sincere gentleman who is truly benevolent and righteous, he is a villain who is treacherous and evil.

Xiang Gu respectfully said: "Your Highness is blessed with the same blessings as the heavens, and the family of Xiaguan will surely prosper under His Highness's blessing."

This is too false.

Yan Siyu turned around and sat down, picked up the teacup, first used the lid to filter off the tea powder on the surface, pondered for a while in the faint tea fragrance, took a sip, then raised her eyes and made up her mind, put down the teacup and said: "You My wife, how can I have the reason to protect you? If you can cultivate yourself, regulate your family, rule the country and the world, if you can really help me to bring peace to the world, then naturally I will not treat your family badly. If you can’t, I will be in trouble. Do you think you can escape?"

The implication is that they disdain to use women and children as hostages.

Even if Xiang Gu had expected it a long time ago, he couldn't help kowtowing sincerely at this moment: "Your Highness is wise."

The emperor pointed out that Wen Wen's son Wen sneaked into the palace to accompany the prince to read, so that anyone with a discerning eye could see that temperature was controlled.Yan Siyu is just a precarious eldest princess, but she is far better than the current emperor in terms of bearing.

Yan Siyu smiled and said to Xiang Gu: "Go back to the mansion and wait for the imperial decree, Minister of Rites, Mr. Xiang."

It was the end of Yan Ye's first year as the throne, his first year.

He was very happy, because Changpei Palace's power in the court was almost wiped out by him, and his brother who should have died long ago seemed to have no danger of resurgence.

However, in the third year, he discovered that he was still too immature in the battle for power.

Taifu is also a human being, a man, and every man has ambitions.

Even if he is dead and old, he still has sons, sons of sons, sons of sons of sons.

The people with Chang Pei were dragged out of Beijing, and Yan Ye personally gave the vacant seats to the disciples of the Taifu.

If Yan Ye was a stupid person, he would not have discovered Taifu's plan; if Yan Ye was a smart person, he would not have allowed Taifu to become bigger.

"My Majesty understands what the emperor means." Yan Siyu knelt down on the ground to draw a map except for her shoes and socks. There were many manuscripts scattered around her. Under the bone peony, with the owner's movements, the fine beads falling from the hair step by step collide with the hairpin, charming like a princess living at home.

"What does Her Royal Highness mean?"

"There are a total of 14 civil servants who Changpei stayed in Beijing, and five of them are highly respected. They only need an imperial decree from the emperor to return to the court immediately." Yan Siyu smiled slightly, "Of course, the premise is that the emperor will help you." There are still officials to seal."

"Your Highness was joking." Yan Ye's confidant looked embarrassed, but most of the civil servants in the emperor's hands were recommended by the Taifu.

Yan Siyu propped herself up lazily with one hand, and lay down on the ground. With the other hand, she pointed at the two counselors standing beside Gong Jin. She seemed to be hesitating on Dong Yan, and finally pointed at Xiang Gu: "You talk to him. Well, I have to finish this picture before autumn, so I don't have time to worry about it."

Three years ago, Xilu Xianggu was mildly assassinated, and he was seriously injured and fell off the horse. He has not recovered yet, so the war between the two countries has dragged on until today, and I am afraid it cannot be delayed any longer.Yan Siyu was not surprised by Taifu's scheming, he just focused his attention elsewhere.

Xiang Gu bowed to take the order, carefully walked around the huge map, and led Yan Ye's confidants to the side hall.

Dong Yan looked at their backs with a very gloomy expression.

Yan Siyu saw it, and said lightly: "Your city is not as deep as Xiang Gu, and it will be a disadvantage to the emperor. It's better not to participate in it from the beginning."

"The subordinates don't understand." Dong Yan's words showed edges and corners as soon as he uttered it, and he noticed it himself, and added, "Xiang Gu's character is too weak, and the subordinates are afraid that he won't get what we want."

Yan Siyu was tired from painting, her wrists and upper arms were sore, she said: "It's not as easy as you think. After all, the emperor is the elder brother of this palace. His father has trained him for so many years. In terms of scheming and means, he may not Weaker than you. He was just crushed by this palace, and he would be a little overwhelmed if he turned over rarely, and the Tai Tuo was the assistant person assigned to him by the emperor, so he was less prepared."

Dong Yan naturally didn't believe it, and said: "If the emperor really has such abilities, how can he not find out that we have concentrated our forces in the north?"

"The Jiangbei army is in the north, just like you would suspect that the emperor built a palace next to the Huainan army?"

"The north is so big..."

"Enough!" Yan Siyu interrupted him, finally getting impatient with the arrogant and complacent counselor, "How about Wen Wen?"

"Wenwen is very familiar with the action habits of assassins. He found out several times before and escaped, or the assassin failed and was killed by him instead." Dong Yan spoke with less energy than before, and knew that this matter would not be done well. Pretty, bowed her head and said, "This subordinate is incompetent, please punish me, Your Highness."

The fact that Wen Wen assisted Xi Zuo in stealing the soldier talisman was finally discovered, and Bai Qingyun left a message for Xi Longyou before leaving.Although it had been a long time since Xi Longyou realized it, Wen Wen had no intention of betraying Chang Pei after all, he didn't even run away seriously, and would deliberately leave traces every once in a while for Chang Pei's people to catch up.On the contrary, this kind of behavior is what Dong Yan can't stand the most. He feels that gentleness is playing tricks on himself.

"Is he still looking for a soldier talisman?" Yan Siyu was mild-mannered and rebellious at the beginning. After such a long time, knowing that he was still perseveringly looking for a soldier talisman in the pursuit of all parties, he also knew that he really regretted it. After a moment of hesitation Shaking his head, he said, "There's no need to waste manpower anymore. Anyway, the emperor, Taifu and people from the Jianghu are chasing and killing him. It's his luck to survive."

I read it for the sake of a tree with snow-white flowers in late autumn that year.

The author has something to say: "Control the temperature"...

I really want to complain about it myself!

It's hard to confuse such a distinctive name.