My country, you can pinch it

After staying in Yongliang for three days, Zhu Yuanfeng waited for another five days, and went to Prince Ning's mansion every day to make a full gesture of persuasion.

At first Liu Ke would show good looks, but then he became impatient and didn't even bother to see anyone, so he just called him sick and asked the housekeeper to dismiss him at the door.

Such arrogance, before Zhu Yuanfeng got angry, the deputy commander beside him became irritable, and said directly to Zhu Yuanfeng: "Eunuch Zhu, since His Royal Highness King Ning is determined now, I will go back to Beijing directly, and report everything to God." , has its own imperial order."

What Zhu Yuanfeng waited for was his words. Although he was extremely happy in his heart, he still felt troubled on the face, and said sadly, "Wouldn't this be a disappointment to the emperor's trust?"

"But Mr. Zhu, that requires the cooperation of King Ning. If he doesn't want to, it's useless for us to talk about it! Besides..." The deputy commander looked at the gate of the mansion and pulled him aside, "If he returns to Beijing, It's also a hassle."

Zhu Yuanfeng's heart moved, and he couldn't help asking: "How do you say that?"

"Think about it, in this capital, except for the emperor, who wants him to go back, father-in-law, if you really persuade him to go back, you will be in trouble, and you will really offend those two." The deputy commander looked angry, but there was something in his words, which made Zhu Yuanfeng uneasy Not thinking deeply, "You are..."

"Father-in-law, go back. The Emperor knows King Ning's temper well, so we can't blame you or me."

Zhu Yuanfeng looked at him, and after some final hesitation, he nodded: "Okay." It was impolite, and then he said to Xiao Qi, "You stay and tell King Ning that the miscellaneous family will return to Beijing tomorrow, please think again, Mo To live up to the emperor's favor."

"Yes."

As soon as Zhu Yuanfeng left, Xiao Qi was welcomed into Prince Ning's mansion. When he saw Liu Ke, who was supposed to be recuperating on the bed, but was actually eating melon seeds and reading a small story book, with his feet still on the desk, the latter didn't turn his head back. : "Finally leaving?"

"Yes, Eunuch Zhu asked the servant to come and talk to you."

Liu Ke didn't take his eyes off the script, but just waved his hand, "Okay, I understand."

But Xiao Qi didn't leave in a hurry, and stayed where he was still waiting for him.

With a crisp click, Liu Ke smashed the skin of the melon seeds, rolled his tongue over the flesh of the melon seeds nimbly, and spit out the shell again. After finishing the process in one go, he chewed the melon seeds and asked him, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Yes."

"Go ahead."

Xiao Qi cupped his hands and said: "My father-in-law said, Mr. Shang is amazingly talented, it shouldn't be difficult to pass the Jinshi exam, but it's a pity, it's better to concentrate on it for another three years."

As soon as the words fell, Liu Ke was originally indifferent, but everyone's face froze in an instant, and his eyes were like a bone scraping knife wrapped in cold wind. It's like being drained, making people feel stuffy and suffocating.

But that was only for a moment, as if it was an illusion, because soon, he returned to his original lazy and shapeless appearance, and the crisp sound of cracking melon seeds broke the silence in the room.

Xiao Tuanzi, who had just walked into the room, comforted the frizzy hairs on his hands, and heard Liu Ke say, "Tuanzi, send this little Qi Gonggong off for this king."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"This favor from your father-in-law Zhu, I will keep it in my heart. When I return to Beijing, I will return it tenfold."

After hearing this, Xiao Qi immediately saluted and said, "Your Highness, you are welcome."

"Please."

Xiaotuanzi sent him out politely, then turned his chubby body nimbly and ran back.

In less than a cup of tea, when he returned to Liu Ke, the latter had smashed a pile of melon seeds, like a small pile of dirt, but the book was thrown aside, and the whole person seemed to be Sitting upright, staring at the pair of melon seeds closely, as if facing an enemy, irritable like a crazy horse whose head has been trampled on sore feet, but it can't break through the fence, and can only use melon seeds one after another to make myself clam down.

Xiaotuanzi was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"Close the door."

Liu Ke made a sharp look at the knife, Xiaotuanzi's heart tightened, and he immediately turned around and closed the door. Before that, he was still looking at the door for fear that someone might hear him.

At this moment, Liu Ke ate half of a plate of melon seeds, and Xiao Tuanzi handed him a cup of tea. Liu Ke took a big sip, then waved to him, "Stay away."

"Oh……"

Xiaotuanzi shrank obediently to the corner, and then saw Liu Ke raised the teacup in his hand high, and smashed it down hard against the floor tiles, that force seemed to be revenge against a sea of ​​blood——

"Pa——" Xiaotuanzi's face trembled with fat on his loud face, his small eyes were round and round, and his heart, liver, spleen and lungs trembled with fright.

After so many years, when Liu Ke has learned to cover up his emotions, he has seldom vented hysterically like this. Fortunately, he still has reason and knows to let the most loyal servant avoid it first, otherwise he will just look at the hole made on the ground , Xiao Tuanzi has a life.

However, he also wondered what news Zhu Yuanfeng had brought to make Liu Ke so furious.

After Liu Ke finished smashing the teacup, he took a deep breath and let out a heavy breath, as if he had suppressed the anger, and the violence that was boiling all over his body also slowly dissipated, so Xiaotuanzi dared to leave He moved out from the corner of the wall and whispered: "Your Highness..." His eyes were full of worry.

"My lord is fine." Liu Ke sat back on the chair, but kept tapping with three fingers on the table, reflecting his irritability that could not be vented.

"Your Highness, what happened?"

Liu Ke glanced at him, and said in a low voice, "Zhu Yuanfeng asked Ling Ling not to participate in next year's Spring Festival temporarily."

Xiaotuanzi was taken aback, there were not many people in this world who could make Liu Ke angry, and Shang Jinling was what he cared most about now, so Xiaotuanzi was not surprised about Shang Jinling, but he couldn't figure it out...

"Eunuch Zhu is very concerned about the young master, but he doesn't know..." Seeing Liu Ke looking over, Xiao Tuanzi couldn't help but wonder, "Why did you tell His Highness?" It was clear that Liu Ke didn't care about Shang Jinling's imperial examination. I can't make the decision, and...Liu Ke would be so angry.

"Yeah, why do you think he told this king?" Liu Ke laughed lowly, picking up scattered melon seeds and playing with them in his hands.

Layman Yushan said this, and Yun Zhishen also said this, but they all considered Shang Jinling's future and fame.

But what did Zhu Yuanfeng mean by saying that?

He is the eunuch next to the emperor, and he is no longer on par with the imperial examination, so he is meddling in his own business?

Wait, Emperor!

Xiaotuanzi suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at Liu Ke in horror, "This..."

"Hehe, that old bastard has half his neck buried in the grave, and he wants to harm one after another. How dare he put his idea on Ling Ling's head!" Liu Ke gritted his teeth, the hatred in his eyes seemed to want to Condensed into substance, finally clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, "Dream!"

After Xiaotuanzi guessed it, he understood why Liu Ke lost his composure.

He felt sorry for Shang Jinling for a long time even if he lost a hair, and in recent years, he cherished it even more. He didn't even dare to say a word about Meng Lang, for fear of annoying the latter and ignoring him again. I can't stand it.With Shang Jinling like this, Liu Ke didn't dare to think about those thoughts, others... he didn't dare to think about them.

But soon Xiaotuanzi wondered: "But how does the emperor know the young master?" Far away in Yongliang, Emperor Shun had never seen Shang Jinling at all, so why did he think so?

"That's why I said don't let Ling Ling go to participate in Chunwei. With his appearance and talent, as long as he stands on the Golden Luan Hall, who else can surpass Ling Ling in that class? What's more, Zhu Yuanfeng knows what that bastard likes. "The more Liu Ke talked, the more he felt right. How could he not have thought of this?

As long as he thinks that Shang Jinling entered the palace and ended up like Zhu Yuanfeng, the violence in his whole body will rise again.

"Then, you have to remind the young master!" Xiaotuanzi shouted.

However, this kind of talk is hard for Liu Ke to say no matter how shameless he is, it is simply filthy, and Zhu Yuanfeng chose to remind him that he hopes to protect it on the premise of non-interference, after all, this kind of thing is uncertain.

Besides, Shang Jinling was devoted to the imperial examination. If he missed the examination due to this reason, Liu Ke would feel regretful and owed.

"Even if there is no imperial examination, Lingling will follow me to the capital. Escape is not an option." According to his and Shang Jinling's original idea, after Zhu Yuanfeng returns to his command, Emperor Shun will start to give Liu Ke an explanation, which happens to be around next year You can go back to Beijing.But there are even more ghosts and monsters in the capital. In order to deal with Liu Ke, they will use any tricks. Shang Jinling is the closest to Liu Ke, and it happens to be a tie between Xiling Palace and King Ning, even if it is only ten thousandth. Most likely, Liu Ke didn't want to use Shang Jinling to gamble on the character of his two older brothers.

What Zhu Yuanfeng said was not only about the danger from the emperor, but more about reminding him whether he was fully prepared to protect the people around him when he returned to Beijing.

Thinking of this, even though he hadn't returned to Beijing yet, the shadow of swords and swords seemed to be right in front of Liu Ke's eyes.

Leaving Beijing vigorously, but returning in a feather, Zhu Yuanfeng knelt in front of Emperor Shun and pleaded guilty, "Your servant is not good at doing things, please forgive me."

The Dacheng Palace was quiet, only the sound of Emperor Shun's footsteps back and forth, the atmosphere was a little depressing, but not so breathless.

Zhu Yuanfeng was facing the floor tiles. Based on his understanding of the emperor, the emperor was more worried than angry at the moment. He obviously expected that Liu Ke would still refuse.

"What did he say?"

"As a son of man, Fang Xiaoti." Zhu Yuanfeng replied.

"Unlearned and incompetent stuff!" Emperor Shun scolded directly.

However, Zhu Yuanfeng felt that this was a wonderful statement, if he couldn't justify his mother, how could he be a son of man, and how could he call it filial piety?

"It's a stubborn donkey who doesn't understand my good intentions at all, it's stubborn, it's simply stubborn!" The emperor's pacing became heavier, "The second and sixth child still know to share the burden for me, this bastard was born Debt collectors!"

It is true that King Jing and King Duan are trying to please, but where does the word "sharing" come from? If they are so caring, do they still need to go to great lengths to invite King Ning?

Zhu Yuanfeng lowered his head and said nothing, but he felt happy in his heart.

At this time, there was a sound of soft footsteps, and a softer voice said: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, drink some tea and calm down first."

The voice was between a boy and an adult, but with an indistinguishable charm, Zhu Yuanfeng immediately understood who it was.

This is the emperor's new spoiled pet, and it was Qin Hai who presented it to the palace according to the old method to give the emperor a taste of it, intending to share Bo Zhu Yuanfeng's favor and suppress him.

Zhu Yuanfeng was already an old man, so naturally there was nothing new about him, and the emperor didn't have any special feelings for him, so the fight quickly became hot.

But not everyone is like Zhu Yuanfeng who just wants to escape from the palace and hates this kind of luck.The emperor's favor is accompanied by the glory and wealth, and the harem and the court are fawning everywhere. As long as you serve someone well, you can get the taste of being a master.

The emperor likes handsome and elegant scholars, and he is keen to crush their scholarly pride, just like taming wild horses. It seems that only in this way can he have the pleasure of conquering. Once the people under him lose that thing and become servile, they will soon get bored.

This is Zhu Yuanfeng's perception after being by the emperor's side for so many years. This kind of integrity is not a fierce resistance that would touch the pillar once he is humiliated, but a human innocence that he still retains despite being in the mud, and A silver lining.The emperor's power cannot be resisted, but the heart is still his own after all, so he knows how to advance and retreat better, so that he can silently guard that ardor when he is powerless to resist.

But obviously, this one is gone, and he can't see his identity clearly. He is petty and coquettish, and he just came in without listening to the announcement.

Zhu Yuanfeng still lay flat on the ground, but sighed slightly in his heart. It was a pity that he had only been away for less than four months... Thinking that after this man died, the emperor would make trouble with him again, and he felt physically and mentally exhausted.

"Come here." Emperor Shun sealed life and death with a single word, "Drag out and die with a stick."

Last night, he was still upside down, but today he will die directly.

With a bang, the teacup brought in shattered to the ground, accidentally splashed on Zhu Yuanfeng's body, and scratched the back of his hand.

He felt no pain and just closed his eyes.

"The emperor spares my life! The emperor spares my life!"

The screaming sound was accompanied by the blunt sound of being dragged, and the originally quiet hall became noisy.

Suddenly Zhu Yuanfeng felt pulled, and when he turned his head, he saw that terrified face, "Eunuch Zhu, help, Eunuch Zhu, I won't dare again—"

Everyone in the Dacheng Palace knew that Zhu Yuanfeng was kind-hearted and cared for the little eunuchs below, and would help out as long as he raised his hand.

Still a half-baby...

Zhu Yuanfeng couldn't help looking at the emperor, and said, "Your Majesty..."

"Yuan'er, why are you making this old mistake again? He will come in without permission, but he just wants to embarrass you, but you still want to save him?" Emperor Shun looked at Zhu Yuanfeng with a half-smile, and then waved his hand. The little eunuch was covered and dragged down.

After killing someone and venting, Emperor Shun seemed to be in a good mood. He helped him up and said: "Why are you still kneeling? It's not your fault. I know it well. You have worked hard all the way, go down and rest, and accompany you at night." I will talk."

"Yes……"

It's harder than driving at night.

When Zhu Yuanfeng receded, Emperor Shun sat down and faced the empty hall, "Son of man, Fang Xiaoti." He repeated, and then laughed, "Okay, then I will do as you wish."