Linque

Forget the World Tea House.

Xiao Gaomin and Su Lang knocked on the door of the private room, and the emperor was already sitting inside waiting for them.

The two saluted, and the emperor seemed to be in a good mood. With a slight smile on his face, he glanced at Xiao Gaomin and said, "This time you provoked first."

The prince had no excuses, he nodded and admitted without blinking an eye, and then said: "I have offended King Shenjun, and I want to ask His Majesty for grace, and I beg His Majesty to help me mediate and settle it."

Ye Shuli listened from the side, his eyeballs were about to fall off when he heard that, Shizi's words were a bit too straightforward, this is not a small county king, he can't afford to be confronted.

Fortunately, the emperor was not angry, he just looked at Xiao Gaomin calmly, was silent for a moment, and nodded in response.

Ling Ye didn't keep them any longer. After drinking tea, he said a few words and let them leave.

The door of the private room was closed again, Chu Heng took Qingyan to the table, took a piece of rose cake and handed it to him, and let the dumpling eat and play by himself.He raised his hand to refill Ling Ye's tea, and said calmly: "In this world, favors are the hardest to repay."

But in Yong'an Hou Shizi's place, the human relationship couldn't be better.

"He did it on purpose." Ling Ye nodded and said, "You were also there that day. I asked Xiaohou to help stir up the muddy water. Like Lishan, the Yichong Xiao family has always been independent and not involved in party disputes. But the day before yesterday At the Great Court Meeting, Xiao Hou's words were obviously to excuse Yan Xiang, and more or less offended several clan members, especially the Qingzhou Family Clan headed by the Yanhe Shen family. Xiao Hou is a favor."

Then today, Xiao Gaomin, the eldest son of the Marquis of Yong'an, offended the King of Shenjun when he went out. Just now, the emperor returned the favor without any effort.

In this world, everyone knows how precious the emperor's favor is. Let His Majesty write down a good deed, and everything will be much easier in the future. Even at critical times, the emperor's favor is a gold medal for saving lives and avoiding disasters.

Of course Xiao Gaomin also understood.

Yong'an Hou Shizi is more special than any of Dayin's princely heirs, but at the same time it is more difficult.

What hereditary succession brings to him is not to protect his ancestors and enjoy his success. On the contrary, when other sons who have descended from generation to generation and died for five generations are striving to be strong and make contributions in order to continue the family's favor, Xiao Gaomin needs to pay the same amount as them. Effort, while not allowing this effort to "go beyond the bounds".

Empress Xiao Mingtang, the great ancestor Zhaoyi who was in Mahayana realm, left her family with an incomparably abundant shelter, but whether she can keep it or not depends on the ability of future generations.

Hereditary, the Xiao clan of Yichong no longer needs to be the emperor's saddle, and can extend the family's fortune; Yishan Academy, which has a thousand-year-old martial arts heritage, makes the Xiao clan of Yichong have a weight that cannot be underestimated in the Dayin army; The head of the [-]th family of Yin Kaiguo, the Patriarch of the Yichong Xiao family has always occupied a place in Taiwei City...

There is no gain in vain in this world, the emperor has benefited all the people in the world, and they have too much to rely on. The Yi Chong Xiao family no longer needs to rely on the grace of future emperors, which makes them inherently opposed to the emperors of Dayin's descendants.

As the son of the Marquis of Yong'an, Xiao Gaomin has always been on the edge of the emperor's fear. He must be good enough so that he can protect the family's glory and not be manipulated by others; Chongde is a great man, he should not be exquisite in all aspects, and he should not have too many personal acquaintances, otherwise Xiao's family background will definitely arouse the suspicion of the owner.

Dayin doesn't have a king with a different surname, and he is a super-rank duke in the end. The Xiao family is hereditary, and the ancestors resigned from the duke without accepting it, in order to leave a way out for the descendants.As a minister, the most taboo is that there is no reward and no reward.

The Xiao family in Yichong had already been cooking with fire, and the flowers were blooming. When there were too many bargaining chips in their hands, which could arouse the emperor's murderous intentions, the fate of the whole family would come to an end.

Therefore, if you help, you will help, and offending several aristocratic families in Qingzhou is not necessarily a bad thing for the Yi Chong Xiao family who needs to be alone.As for the favor recorded by the emperor because of reciting meritorious deeds, at least for now, Xiao Gaomin dare not ask for it. Even if he didn't happen to meet King Shenjun today, he would make other mistakes to smooth out this favor.

"You just said it directly?" Ye Shuli finally couldn't help asking after leaving the private room and walking all the way to the railing on the second floor.

"Otherwise?" Xiao Gaomin looked up at him.

"..." Ye Shuli met Xiao Gaomin's gaze, was silent for a while, and finally looked away, without saying anything to refute.

They stood there for a while, when a shadow guard of the Son of Heaven came up from downstairs, the three stepped aside to get out of the way, the shadow guard nodded to them, and went inside.

Xiao Gaomin glanced at the back of the shadow guard. He once heard his father Yonganhou say that the group of emperor shadow guards always has the style of each generation. The shadow guard left behind the title of "stopping blood to stop killing".

But here today, the shadow guards I often see are humble, low-key, gentle and resolute. No one will question the strength of the shadow guards of the Son of Heaven, but they seem to seldom show their sharp insides, so that they are like It is covered with a layer of veil, and the shadows are indistinct.

This is very similar to the current emperor.

Including Marquis Yong'an, until today, many people still can't figure out the true temperament of Emperor Xuanxi.The emperor was gentle and restrained most of the time, he seldom lost his temper, he would not criticize his courtiers at will, and even if he was angry, he would not show it.

But Yu Qianlu is right, there are too many people who are frightened by the emperor's fluttering eyes and tremble on the ground.

No one dared to forget the rainy summer night in the sixth year of Xuanxi. Once the young emperor who had been silent all day long made a move, the Queen Mother's six-year plan was turned into a joke overnight.No one knows when he started the layout, and even the Queen Mother's eldest son, King Qi, couldn't figure it out until his death. What kind of tricks did the emperor, who seemed almost emptied, rely on to encircle the Queen Mother and King Qi from inside and outside? Out of the fight.

It seemed that the world changed with just a snap of the fingers. On the second day of the court meeting, all the officials bowed their heads, and the phoenix seat bead curtain was no longer seen on the Danbi of the Xuanzheng Hall, and only a dragon chair was left.

In the following two years, the emperor came to power, but his temperament seemed to have remained the same as when the empress dowager came to the court, but because of this, many people unconsciously felt 12 points of fear and trembling when facing him.

The unknown is the scariest thing, no matter whether it is the emperor's temper or his tolerance limit, no one can afford to test it.

Xiao Gaomin didn't dare to gamble. The Xiao family in Yichong is powerful, but unlike the Gu family in the north, it has the advantage of relatives from the emperor's mother's family.It has only been two years so far, and he still doesn't know whether the emperor's gentleness and tolerance are just appearances, or whether he can really treat people other than his relatives with no doubts and merits.

So favors cannot be kept.

With the emperor's sleight of hand, in front of him, all the cover-ups and calculations will be futile in the end. Some things, since we know each other well, it's better to say it directly.

Xiao Gaomin and Ye Shuli stood facing each other, they didn't speak, they just looked at each other like this, their minds were distracted, and they didn't know where Hun'er flew to.

If you don't know about the holidays between them, just look at the two people standing here with jade faces and pine bodies looking at each other, like a quiet painting, indescribably harmonious.

Su Lang scanned the faces of the two people back and forth a few times, seeing the weird atmosphere between them, he didn't want to stand here like an extra pillar for a moment, he endured and endured, and finally said: " Can't you two get through?"