Linque

The ones who came in were Chu Heng and Gao Bandit, Imperial Attendant Mo and Jingcheng Palace Master, they were the two closest to the emperor in the Outer Court and the Inner Court respectively.

Since he is a close minister among the close ministers, it seems reasonable to grant temporary permission to enter and exit the back door to do something according to His Majesty's orders.

Chu Heng walked in front, holding a jade seal in his hand, Gao Bandit slightly bowed and held a mahogany tray a few steps behind him, on which were placed carving knives, printing beds, printing, water sandpaper and other things for seal carving.

——It really looks like he came back from an errand, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, but the problem is that everyone knows that serving Mo in front of the imperial court is not the emperor's joy.

And who is Gao Bandit?The chief servant who has served the emperor for more than 20 years, is the fourth-rank chief inspector of the inner court, and even a county king like Ling Qiran is polite when talking to him, let alone order him to do things easily.

But now, all the work is done by high bandits.

Shen Yingbai looked at Chu Heng calmly, his eyes swept over him quickly - one hand, without a tray, judging by the posture of his back straight when he entered the door, with only his right arm raised, it was not so much holding a tray. , "Playing with" may be more appropriate.To be allowed to enter and leave the back door of the study must be to fetch things under the emperor's order, but he dared to enter in this manner, this imperial servant Mo who "is not pleased by the emperor" is really brave enough.

Shen Yingbo lowered his eyelashes, the expression in his eyes was unclear, his face was still as respectful as ever, decent and courteous, nothing unusual could be seen.

It was already noon at this moment, and the two people who came in did not expect that there were still foreign ministers in the study. Chu Heng glanced over King Shen and Shen Yingbai, and reacted quickly.

He lowered his eyebrows, bowed with Gao Bandit, bowed his head and said in a respectful voice: "Your Majesty, the jade seal has been brought."

Ling Ye let out a "hmm" and said lightly, "Bring it to me to have a look."

The imperial servant Mo was a close minister, and there was no need for the servant to present it. Chu Heng got up and walked forward to Ling Ye's side, and placed the jade seal on it with both hands, waiting for orders.

When summoned last night, the emperor said "as soon as possible", the jade craftsmen of the Shanggong Bureau did not dare to delay, so they called people to discuss and ponder together that night after returning home. The jade seal was sent to Mingcheng Hall.

The carved suet white jade was as crystal clear as creamy fat, and its appearance was excellent. Ling Ye picked it up and looked at it, rubbed it in his palm for a while, and then put it back into Chu Heng's hand.He scratched Chu Heng's palm with his fingertips through the movement of releasing the jade, his face was still very calm, and he said casually: "I gave you the jade, let's engrave it now, give it to me more carefully, if the engraving is not good..."

The emperor didn't say the latter words, but everyone knew what it meant.Shen Yingbai raised his eyes slightly, and noticed that Yuqian Mo's face was pale, his body trembled, and he answered "I obey the order" in extreme fear, even his voice trembled.

At the moment, it seems that he is really not happy for Di.

The corners of Shen Yingbai's lips moved slightly, thinking so.

After being interrupted by Chu Heng, Ling Ye's anger also disappeared, and he looked at Ling Qiran: "Convicted, right? Then tell me, what's wrong with you?"

The little county king's heart suddenly rose to his throat, he swallowed, and said in a timid voice: "My brother is not strict, the guards in the house are disrespectful and offended the emperor's brother, and..." He glanced at the jade seal that was being carved. Chu Heng lowered his head and continued: "The person who kidnapped the emperor again, the younger brother is guilty."

Ling Ye knew that he would say this, Chu Heng begged him for it that day, and the bruises on his wrist disappeared, Ling Ye just nodded and said in a low voice: "Those who don't know are not guilty, I don't blame this matter You, think again."

Ling Qiran was suddenly at a loss, wringing his hands at a loss, he couldn't help but glanced sideways at Shen Yingbai, but for some reason, his cousin was sitting upright, looking ahead, neither giving hints nor words of help, just letting him alone It was very ruthless to bear the anger of the emperor's cousin.

The little county king had no choice but to turn around and think again and again, sweating on his brow with anxiety, finally he had a flash of inspiration and suddenly realized: "Your brother should not put on a guard of honor when he enters the capital."

The emperor looked expressionless, glanced at him, and picked up the teacup.

Ling Qiran shrunk his neck, and looked at Shen Yingbai incomprehensibly.

Shen Yingbai looked at the emperor's expression, turned his head and said helplessly: "...My lord, you are the king of the county, and you have not returned to Beijing for two years, even if you put on a full set of ceremonies for the king of the county, you should."

"...Oh." Wrong again, Ling Qiran lowered his head.

The first Ling Ye put down the teacup, and said patiently: "Think again."

It's the second time.

There was a moment of silence in the study, the ticking sound in the corner matched his heartbeat, Ling Qiran's back was tense, his palms were clenched with sweat, he really didn't know what to say, seeing the time of silence getting worse As it got longer and longer, the emperor's patience was about to run out, so he gritted his teeth and said in a trembling voice: "My brother...I don't know my brother, please show me the emperor's brother."

Ling Ye was not surprised at all, this cousin's innocence was probably the only one among the children of the royal family.

"You and Xiao Gaomin have conflicts, why do you always suffer, have you ever thought about it?"

Ling Qiran was taken aback for a moment, he never thought that the "wrong" the emperor said would be this, it was obviously Xiao Gaomin who provoked him first, so why is it his fault?

As soon as Xiaojun Wang heard the word "Xiao Gaomin", his mind, which was not very bright, was so wronged that he couldn't turn it. He obviously misunderstood the emperor's intentions, bowed his head in silence for a while, lowered his eyelashes and said softly: "He is the son of Marquis Yong'an, I shouldn't have conflicted with him, I know my mistake, I won't do it in the future."

Shen Yingbo's face changed in surprise, and he looked sideways at him, his heart sank to the bottom in an instant.

And these words completely ignited the emperor's anger, Ling Ye slapped the imperial case with a "bang", the bowl in the saucer was shaken up, this sudden sound made everyone in the study turn pale, From King Shen to the little eunuch sweeping outside, everyone knelt down together, shaking with their foreheads touching the ground.

The emperor looked at King Shenjun coldly, without saying a word.

In such extremely depressing silence, the sound of the carving knife scraping on the jade became especially clear.Shen Yingbo's ears moved slightly, and he confirmed again and again that he was not hallucinating, even if he had suspicions in his heart, he couldn't believe that when the emperor Longyan was furious, that imperial servant Mo was still continuing to carve seals as if nothing had happened.

Among the people who knelt down, Chu Heng was not included.

Even if it was Su Langlai who had a friendship with the emperor, he would not have the courage to do so.

Chu Heng quickly realized that something was wrong. He was engraving the first crucial stroke on the seal just now, and he was so focused that he didn't even hear the noise in the study room. Now it's too late to recover after heaving a sigh of relief.

So Shen Yingbo noticed that Mo, the imperial attendant who was half a beat away, looked at His Majesty timidly, just as he put down the carving knife and wanted to kneel down with the crowd, the emperor turned his gaze coldly, and asked him coldly: "Have you carved it? "

The Imperial Attendant Mo Deng was so frightened that he could hardly speak, he shook his head and whispered: "No..."

The emperor was so strict that it made people feel chills. He said casually, "I didn't see the jade seal tonight, so you can go and receive the punishment yourself."

This was obviously an act of venting anger and making things difficult for him, and even if he was killed, he would not be able to engrave it. Imperial servant Mo trembled fiercely, his expression was extremely bleak, and he hurriedly begged: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

The emperor looked at him unmoved, and said coldly, "Come here—"

The poor imperial servant Mo didn't dare to delay any longer, he quickly picked up the carving knife, and immediately began to make a second stroke on the jade seal.

After tidying up the imperial servant Mo, the emperor turned his head again, looked at Ling Qiran who was kneeling on the ground, and restrained his anger and said: "He is the prince of Yong'an Hou, and you are still the super-grade county king appointed by the imperial decree!"

Ling Qiran was stunned for a moment, and his mind turned belatedly. Didn't the emperor blame him for having a conflict with Xiao Gaomin?Then why did you help Yong'an Hou Shizi on Xuanping Street yesterday?

Seeing his ignorance, Ling Ye no longer expected him to think for himself, and said in a cold voice, "Every time I was led by others, I still blamed me for not being with you. Go back and start from "Zhaoming Minutes". Take a good look at the history of the country, grow your brains, and get lost."

Ling Qiran and Shen Yingbai both thanked En and resigned, the door of the study was closed again, Ling Ye suppressed the coldness between his brows and eyes, got up and walked to the table in front of the window, Chu Heng was writing the third stroke.

He held the knife horizontally in his right hand, and pressed his left hand on the side of the jade seal. Ling Ye watched from the side, and reminded him aloud: "Hand carefully, carve slowly."

"En." Chu Heng responded, but the carving knife in his hand was still drawing very fast and very long. Ling Ye couldn't help but hold his breath and stare closely. At this moment, he suddenly noticed that Chu Heng was holding the carving knife His hands are extremely steady, with an aesthetic feeling of lifting weights lightly.

At this moment, the sharp seal knife seemed to be a part of his finger, and he could strike wherever he wanted, which can be said to be extremely obedient.

But Ling Ye didn't forget that Chu Heng also specially studied the book on seal cutting last night - he is a complete novice.

But it has an extremely stable knife technique comparable to decades of old jade craftsmen.

Ling Ye is a person who has learned martial arts. At this moment, he can almost be sure that swordsmanship is Chu Heng's habit. Such an extremely stable technique must have been practiced hard, at least for several years, or even longer.

After Chu Heng carved this stroke, he put down the seal knife and wiped his hands, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is quite pretending."

Ling Ye came back to his senses, snorted and said, "If you don't get angry and scare him, you won't have a long memory. But Shen Yingbo—"

Ling Ye paused, and said in a deep voice: "He is not a simple person, the children of the sixteenth generation family, in terms of mind, Shen Yingbai is one of the best."

Chu Heng recalled the pale and thin tall young man just now, and frowned slightly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about him." Ling Ye stretched out his hand and rubbed Chu Heng's chest, and asked, "Does it still hurt? You refused to let me see it in the morning. Have you applied the jasper ointment?"

Chu Heng's face turned red in an instant, thinking about the blood jade pendant last night, he knocked off Ling Ye's hand with a "snap", turned around, and ignored him no matter what he said.

It wasn't until he got out of Jingzhang Palace that Ling Qiran's hanging heart came back to reality. He patted his chest, supported Shen Yingbai and said aggrievedly: "Cousin, you scared me to death. Cousin is so fierce."

Shen Yingbo looked at him helplessly, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is doing it for your own good. You should go back and think about what His Majesty said just now."

Ling Qiran bit his lip, and just about to say something, a figure trotted up behind him, and it turned out to be Zhu Geng who was serving by the emperor's side.

Little Eunuch Zhu bowed and gave Ling Qiran a respectful voice, "Young Lord Shen, in a few days it will be the birthday of Princess Changning. Your Majesty orders you to bring your experience after reading the history of the country and present it to the imperial court."

Ling Qiran's face suddenly wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

Shen Yingbo asked from the side: "His Majesty will also be here on the eldest princess's birthday?"

"Yes." Zhu Geng said with a smile, "This is an old practice."

Shen Yingbo nodded and said nothing.

The families of the county prince's mansion and Shen's mansion will be waiting outside the Chongji Gate. Shen Yingbai looked back and saw that Zhu Geng's back had disappeared far away on the palace road. Chu Heng, investigate carefully, especially his affairs in the palace."

The inner city of the imperial capital, Yan Xiangfu.

Sitting in the main hall, Yan Mao watched coldly as Yan Cang hurriedly ordered people to pack old wild ginseng, bee milk, and donkey-hide gelatin from the warehouse, and put stacks of supplements into boxes.

Seeing that he was about to tidy up, Yan Mao poured cold water on him: "Duke Qing's mansion will not be short of him, even if you send them away, they won't accept your kindness."

Yan Cang was helpless immediately, and persuaded: "Master Xiang, the punishment stick is finished, Mr. Yunfei knows he was wrong, should you let go of your anger?"

"Know it?" Yan Mao sneered, and said coolly: "If he knows his mistake, the sun will come out to the west." Then he turned his head to the servant who was packing up: "Okay, send it all back to the warehouse, turn around Let me cook and eat."

"...Master Xiang!" Yan Cang couldn't bear it anymore.

Yan Mao picked up the tea leisurely and waved his hands to signal the servants to go down. Seeing this, Yan Cang stopped him immediately: "Don't send it back." He turned around and stared at Yan Mao unwillingly.

Yan Mao lowered his head and blew his tea. After a while, he suddenly said, "In a few days it will be Princess Changning's birthday. Your Majesty will be there too?"

"...Yes, what's the matter?"

Yan Mao raised his eyes and asked, "Do you want to send some gifts to Yan Yunfei?"

Yan Cang looked at him warily: "...What do you mean?"

Yan Mao twitched the corners of his mouth, put down the teacup and said, "It's nothing, I've been in a good mood these two days, I almost forgot, I still owe Yan Yunfei a big gift, I'm not going to break my promise as a father, you Say it?"

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①Yan Mao wants to give Yun Fei a "big gift", see Chapter 64 Party Struggle

② Junwang Tianzhen IQ Basin