My country, you can pinch it

The fairyland is ethereal, like the Xihe Garden in the sky. After New Year's Eve, the emperor has never been there. Although the imperial concubine has been promoted to a higher level and has the power of the harem, her Luoying Palace also feels that there are very few saints coming.

As for the New Deal, which was hoped by the imperial court, after Yang Shenxing killed Liang Chengye, the prefect of Yunzhou, and reused Gao Zixiu's son to enter the Third Department of Regulations, King Duan and the current chief assistant were no longer inseparable. This gap is getting bigger and bigger, and the direction of the New Deal is worrying.

The trip to Yunzhou let Yang Shenxing know clearly that if he followed King Duan to intervene in the Division of the Third Department of Regulations, used the new law to fill his own pockets, and fattened a bunch of rats on the chain, there would be no second Yushan Layman to give him a chance .

Sitting in front of King Duan, he was facing a table full of delicacies from mountains and seas. No matter how dignified King Duan was, this polite and corporal attitude was always very good, and literati always followed him.

But Yang Shenxing couldn't swallow it, he didn't even pick up his chopsticks, and waited for Duan Wang, who was drinking lightly, to express his opinion.

"Which official from the Third Department of Regulations did not obey Master Yang's order? Your Excellency can investigate him, behead him or exile, there is no need to argue with me. However, replace him from the top down...Master Yang, are you planning to fight with me?" The king parted ways! How do you think this king will gain a foothold in the court in the future?"

Duan Wang's eyes were cold, and finally he couldn't hold on to that literati face.

Yang Shenxing said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the New Deal is your greatest achievement. If you do well, you are not far from that position. But if you fail, it is not a pity to die as an inferior official. However, how do you deal with yourself in front of the emperor? What's the use of putting more money and more people?"

"Are you threatening this king?"

Yang Shenxing shook his head, "Your Highness, the New Deal is not as easy as you imagined. During the trip to Yunzhou, the officials almost ruined it."

When mentioning Yunzhou, King Duan waved his hand and said: "It's just a few scholars, you value them too much, since there is turmoil, it's up to you to send troops to suppress it, who can pick the wrong one? Even the emperor has something to say."

Having said that, Yang Shenxing's heart became colder and colder, he could hardly sit still, and said a little dumbly: "Your Highness, the official said very clearly that shocking with soldiers will only arouse greater public resentment, just like digging one's own grave , when the time comes, we will be devastated, and the cheap one will be someone else."

Duan Wang sneered, "You're talking about the sixth son? Just that Xihe Garden is enough to scare father, not to be afraid of."

Yang Shenxing shook his head, "What about His Royal Highness Prince Ning?"

"Old Seven?" Duan Wang thought it was a joke, "Do you think this king has too few opponents, so you can just choose one? He is a prince who was demoted. Who in the court remembers him? Yang Shenxing, you should know you Today, it is the king who supports me, otherwise your whole family would still be building the city wall in the southwest!"

"Your Highness!"

"Don't put on an air of selflessness, you haven't forgotten the 10 taels from the Shang family, have you?"

Embarrassment appeared on Yang Shenxing's face.

At this moment, suddenly a servant hurried in, "Your Highness, there is a letter from the palace."

"what's up?"

"The emperor called His Royal Highness Prince Ning back to Beijing."

At that moment, King Duan suddenly turned to Yang Shenxing, who sighed softly, "Your Highness, the emperor can choose not only you and King Jing."

The emperor's decree shocked the government and the public. There is no doubt that whether it was a temptation or a sincere desire for his son, in short, this imperial decree expressed dissatisfaction with the two kings in Liujing.

And if King Ning returns to the capital according to the imperial edict, then Emperor Shun will no longer leave him alone, and ignore him as a troublesome son, so he must be reused.

All eyes followed the imperial decree to go to Yongliang, guessing that after King Ning returned to the capital, the situation in the court was changing, and some people with active minds had already begun to plan how to be one step ahead.

This trip lasted for three months, whether it was King Duan or King Jing, it was enough for them to be prepared to deal with this younger brother.

however……

The Xuanzhi eunuch who returned to Beijing knelt on the main hall, "Report to the emperor, His Royal Highness King Ning... refuses to obey the imperial edict."

In an instant, all the courtiers had unified expressions of doubt, as if they were hallucinating.Even the emperor on the dragon chair didn't come back to his senses, Qin Hai was stunned, and couldn't help saying: "Say it again."

"Report to the emperor, His Royal Highness Prince Ning does not want to return to Beijing."

Alright, now it's clear. King Jing and King Duan, who had never dealt with each other subconsciously looked at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes.

Do not return to Beijing!

it is ridiculous!

"Is Lao Qi crazy?" King Jing whispered to himself, "Such a good opportunity..."

Emperor Shun's will is not just to call, but to invite, which implies the emperor's promise to fight against the two elder brothers in court!

King Duan suddenly came back to his senses, and he asked the eunuch, "What did King Ning say?"

The beautiful and prosperous capital does not want to go back, but prefers to stay in the small land over there. What is wrong with this?

Emperor Shun narrowed his eyes at King Duan's words, and his eyes were sharp and majestic after he was crowned. The eunuch took out a booklet from his bosom and presented it to the top of his head, "Your Highness just asked the slave to ask a question. Does the Emperor still remember when he left?" What did you say at the time of Jing?"

Qin Hai went down Danbi and took the booklet.

Emperor Shun was stunned, he frowned, thinking back.

The stubborn boy knelt on the cold floor, his knees were bent, but his back was as straight as a green pine, and the father and son were at war with each other. Under the firm eyebrows, he let out a roar from the bottom of his heart—then kick me out, what the hell? When Zhaoxue comes, I will return to Beijing anytime!

Emperor Shun always thought that sentence was an angry sentence, but he never thought that the brat who does everything foolishly is engraved in his heart.

"Your Majesty." Qin Hai bent down, called softly, and then handed over the copy.

A needle could be heard in the silent hall, and all eyes were boldly watching the emperor's movements, as if they could see the reason for King Ning's hysteria from the book.

However, there is only a request in the booklet to exempt tax money for the construction of the North-South Official Road, without any explanation.

Liu Ke himself remembered that sentence, and he also felt that the emperor should remember it.

Emperor Shun closed his eyes and exhaled coldly. He thought it was thunder coming, but he suddenly laughed, "Okay, kind."

After this sentence, he had no further comments on King Ning's intention to resist the decree, but this letter was handed over to the cabinet, and he only heard the emperor's voice, "Yes."

Yang Shenxing didn't even look at it, he bowed his head and said, "Observe the order."

"Retreat."

It is impossible to know the words of King Ning's departure from the capital from the mouth of the emperor. There is a Qin Hai who has a half-knowledge, no matter how bold he is, he dare not reveal it.

Therefore, everyone was guessing at this sentence, so that Emperor Shun was so daring to resist the decree that Emperor Shun never got angry and punished, and even approved King Ning's memorial.

Of course, when the contents of the memorial are in the cabinet, it is not something that needs to be kept secret - tax exemption to cultivate official career.

"Could it be that Lao Qi is really happy in that ghost place and doesn't have any thoughts about the capital?" King Jing stood behind the imperial concubine and gently pressed two points on his mother's forehead.

The imperial concubine closed her eyes and fell asleep. Hearing this, she couldn't help but chuckled, "How is that possible."

"Mother concubine means..."

"You and I were both wrong." The imperial concubine raised her hand and waved lightly, "Okay, be careful." She looked at the chair next to her, and King Jing sat down obediently.

The palace people presented a cup of tea, and then stepped back lightly.

King Jing was holding the tea, but instead of drinking it, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"I thought that Yongliang was demoted by the emperor in a fit of anger, but now that I think about it, I'm afraid that brat chose it himself."

King Jing frowned, "My concubine is saying that he purposely used that absurd thing to anger father, so that he could avoid leaving Beijing earlier?"

The imperial concubine nodded, "If the emperor is angry again, he is also his own son. There are not many princes standing, how could he be relegated to such a place full of yellow sand, and even almost died there?"

"Yongliang... what do you choose there?"

"Duke Xiling."

Hearing this, King Jing's heart twitched, but he laughed again in a blink of an eye and said, "But Lord Xiling has lost his military power now. This time when the Huns invaded, General Qi blocked the enemy outside the Shamen Pass. Everyone in the government and the public praised him as the Duke of Xiling. Second, father will never return the military power back."

The imperial concubine said: "Then either the brat miscalculated, or he has other plans." She stood up slowly as she spoke, with a solemn expression, "What I care about is that sentence instead."

King Jing was startled, "Don't you know?"

The imperial concubine shook her head, "I asked Qin Hai, but he didn't say anything."

"That old thing has taken so many benefits from us, why don't you say anything?"

The imperial concubine's gaze was deep and deep, as if there was an undercurrent surging, "I'm afraid that these words have something to do with me."

"Mother concubine?"

"I seem to be old, and I have been dreaming recently, and there is always her in the dream."

King Jing paused, "Her?"

"My elder sister, no matter what I was doing in the dream, she was looking at me from a distance, and she refused to leave no matter what. Her gaze was still gentle, but I looked at it very creepy." The imperial concubine closed her eyes. Eyes, red lips murmured, "She's back."

It is clearly a spacious and splendid Luoying Hall, in broad daylight, but there is a sense of eerie horror for no reason, making the imperial concubine subconsciously hug her body, like a helpless little girl back then.

King Jing stepped forward and hugged her, "Mother!" He was still young at that time, but he was only a few years old. After leaving the Leng Palace, the high-spirited champion who was always by the king's side was imprisoned for the crime of fornicating the palace, and soon committed suicide in the prison.Then the entire imperial palace began to be cleaned, and palace people were often dragged away by the Department of Punishment, never to return.

Everything is rushed.

"Mom, what happened at that time?" He couldn't help asking.

However, the imperial concubine didn't answer him, and she didn't seem to feel any warmth, she still huddled in a ball by herself, but her eyes looked in the direction of Dacheng Palace through the palace, with a trace of warmth on her pale face. With a strange interest, he asked in a low voice, "Lang'er, my sister has come to look for me, so will you go to him?"

The Emperor had a nightmare.

I don't know if that sentence was too dazed, the man's voice, face and smile were clearly blurred in memory, but he broke into the dream for no reason, stood in front of him beautifully, and called "brother-in-law" .

In an instant, the blood all over his body flowed backwards, like a fish short of water, almost suffocated.

Emperor Shun opened his eyes suddenly, panting heavily, his whole body seemed to have just been picked up from the water, and his whole body was soaked in sweat.

The sky was already slightly bright, and the morning light came in through the window. He raised his hand and pushed aside the bed curtain, only to see that the gilded incense burner carved with a lion chasing a hydrangea was still curling up fine smoke, slowly dissipating in the air.

"Come on!"

Emperor Shun shouted in a hoarse voice, and Zhu Yuanfeng pushed the door open, "Your Majesty."

When Emperor Shun saw him, he narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Where's Wei Hai?"

Zhu Yuanfeng was slightly stunned, he didn't dare to say anything, and immediately said: "Slave asked Mr. Wei to serve you." Seeing that Emperor Shun didn't object, he immediately went down.

Wei Hai ran in flattered, "Your Majesty, the servant is here."

"That censer, take it and check it out." Emperor Shun leaned against the head of the bed, closed his eyes and pointed at the stove not far away.

Wei Hai looked over in astonishment, then nodded solemnly, "Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Yongliang, Prince Ning's Mansion

The specialty of Yongliang is white pears, which clear the mouth when eaten. Once the winter comes, the ice and snow will condense, and then melt on the kang, leaving only sweet juice, which is comfortable to drink when poured into a cup.

Shang Jinling likes the sweet and sour taste very much.

For convenience, he simply found a reed stalk, inserted it into the frozen pear, and drank it one mouthful at a time.

But pears are cool, don't eat too much, in Xiling Duke's mansion, Youshang looked at them lightly, usually only tasted a couple of mouthfuls, and the servants took them away mercilessly.

Only in Prince Ning's Mansion, Liu Ke can't control him, can he be unscrupulous with his little temper, but at most he can only eat one a day, one for you and one for me.

Shang Jinling took the last sip, pulled out the reed, glanced at Liu Ke who was reading the letter opposite, and saw that this person was frowning and concentrating, so he secretly reached out his hand to the plate, and reached out to the one belonging to Liu Ke.

It's a pity that just touched it, a big hand pressed down, and as soon as he grabbed it, Liu Ke put down the letter and looked at him with raised eyebrows, "Lingling, how do you say those four words, enough is enough."

Shang Jinling opened his eyes, without a sense of embarrassment of being caught, but frowned, "Let go, you hurt me."

That's okay, Liu Ke let go subconsciously, "Your hand is weaker than a girl's, I didn't even use my strength."

"Oh, have you pinched the girl's hand?"

Shang Jin Lingqing said a simple sentence, Liu Ke couldn't explain it clearly with ten mouths, "That's not true, absolutely not, as the book says, what is weak and boneless..."

What serious book would describe it like this, Shang Jinling scooped up Liu Ke's pears with his hand, inserted the reed stick, sucked it in, and sighed, "It's delicious."

He has no interest in Liu Ke's 20-plus years of lack of bachelor life, and his goal is just that pear.

It's only two hundred and five, no matter how tight he is, he can't walk back and forth in his hand. Those two pears were named Shang when they were served.

Once Shang Jinling strategizes, he will be like an old man standing upright, watertight.However, when he was childish, even Yang Yang couldn't compare to him, in order to eat one more pear, he resorted to all scheming and tricks.Even in order to prevent Liu Ke from snatching the pear back, he directly asked, "What did the letter say, with such a dignified expression."

Liu Ke's attention was immediately attracted to the letter, and he thought that he could eat one more, what else could he do?

There is a shortage of food in winter, and it is rare to have something you like. It is too inhumane to refuse to eat. Liu Ke was so soft-hearted, he just opened his eyes and closed his eyes to pretend that he didn't see it, and said: "The old bastard has had a nightmare recently."

"Nightmare?"

Liu Ke made a sneer, and handed the letter to Shang Jinling, "Well, I'm questioning the old people in the palace wantonly, don't even think about having a good time in the capital this Spring Festival, it's so lively."

"Old man, how old is he?"

"Nearly 20 years."

After reading the letter, Shang Jinling raised the letter paper in his hand and asked, "Burn it?"

Liu Ke nodded: "Yes."

"Did you do it?"

Liu Ke shook his head, "If I do it, I will tell you first. Besides, I don't have that much power to disturb the harem."

To this day, the two are inseparable, and Shang Jinling believes this, "So, this can't be done by the teacher, so only..."

"My grandfather, who can see the head of the dragon but can't see the end, he is really powerful."

And Master Wang's doing so naturally has a deep meaning.

"In this way, the emperor will not recruit you to Beijing again in a short time."

Emperor Shun is suspicious and sensitive, so he must think that someone among them is obstructing, and only the old people who can stir up the incident 18 years ago.

As an accomplice, the imperial concubine wished that no one would think of it, so she would naturally not dig her own grave. King Duan and King Jing are not popular, and they are not so bold to play tricks in front of the emperor. Then only the Wang family is left. bit long room.

At the beginning, Emperor Shun stretched out his hand to the eldest son of the Wang family not deliberately, but came up with the strength of alcohol. In front of him, he couldn't resist the devil in his heart, and he was in a hurry to cover up afterwards.

Although Mr. Wang looked at his son's body and his daughter's disheveled clothes hugging the students, he didn't say anything, he just pleaded guilty with tears, but would he notice something strange afterwards? Dare to guarantee with his own life, he must have known the truth.

It's just that the scandal came before, and the only son died, and under the pressure of Wang, no amount of words could be said clearly, so he left.

But are you really willing?

The only master Wang who can use it as a chess piece to unravel the truth is Liu Ke.

And when he did this, he wiped away the emperor's hard-won expectations and appreciation for his son, and even Emperor Shun thought that Liu Ke had a hand in it.

There will be no more callings.

"So, my good grandfather made me miserable." Although Liu Ke said so, his expression was not angry at all, and he watched Shang Jinling put the letter on the charcoal with his faint eyes. burn up.

"Isn't it a boost? Going back to Beijing at this time will do you no good."

Indeed, King Jing and King Duan haven't worn away Shun Emperor's dependence and love for them, and they haven't caused King Duan and Yang Shenxing to break up until they are at the end of their ropes. Now they are rushing back to Beijing with the emperor's favor, just as another pawn of the emperor It's all for restriction, what's the point of that?

Although everyone is sorry for Liu Ke, the emperor will never have any friendship with this son other than guilt. The relationship between father and son is separated by the hatred of killing his mother and uncle, that is a joke.

Once Liu Ke told the two princes to be honest, he would be thrown away as a wall ladder.

So, not messy enough.

Then add more firewood, the more the emperor wants to cover up the fact, the more he will turn it up and make a fuss.Suspicious and suspicious, always find a way to make this "truth come out" so that the dust falls.

Liu Ke smiled coldly, "It seems that my sixth brother, who is arrogant and doesn't take anyone seriously, is in trouble."