Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

The young man in front of me looks about 30 years old. He has difficulty walking and seems to have foot problems.Although he is wearing a simple and worn Taoist robe, he is polite and polite, and his movements are gentle. He does not have the fairy-like temperament of Lan Wenyong. He does not look like a Taoist priest, but like a Confucian scholar who has read the books of sages.

Emperor Jingfeng looked him up and down: "Are you Lan Wenyong's junior brother?"

Bai Shiji nodded: "Yes, your majesty, I am Lan Wenyong's junior brother Bai Shiji. Before he left, senior brother had entrusted me with all the alchemy services in the palace. From now on, Pindao will be responsible for your majesty's elixirs."

As he said that, he took out a small brocade box and handed it to Cheng Yan who was standing aside: "I heard that Your Majesty was frightened and was lying in bed, so he refined this spiritual energy pill. It has the effect of calming the mind, condensing energy, and nourishing the spirit. It should be It is more symptomatic than the elixir Your Majesty took before."

Emperor Jingfeng received the spiritual energy pill from Cheng Yan, put it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it, and found that not only was there no pungent smell from the cinnabar and other substances in the previous pills, but there was also a strong medicinal fragrance, just by smelling it. , I feel that my mind is much more relaxed and makes me want to have a good sleep.

Emperor Jingfeng was very satisfied with this. After taking the elixir, he said to Bai Shiji: "Yes, since he is Lan Warlock's junior brother, he must be very capable. Go down and receive the reward."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Bai Shiji thanked him without being humble or overbearing, and then withdrew.

Emperor Jingfeng was in a rare mood. He thought about the recent situation in the DPRK. After thinking about it, he said to Cheng Yan: "The prince and the East Palace party are in jail. People in the DPRK must be panicked. Fang Shu, the chief minister of the cabinet, submitted his resignation two days ago. The official statement said that he was suffering from a sudden illness and could no longer serve."

"There is no one in charge in the cabinet now, and I can't appoint officials at will. I might as well ask you, Cheng Yan, to work hard and go to the cabinet to help stabilize the situation."

After saying that, Emperor Jingfeng thought for a while: "But you are now the Minister of Wenxuan, with a rank of the fifth rank, so you will inevitably be despised by others... Well, I will promote you to the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and you will enter the cabinet as Wenyuan from now on. The Grand Master of the Cabinet will assist the other cabinet ministers in handling government affairs."

Cheng Yan lifted up his robe and knelt down: "Wei Chen accepts the order."

Perhaps it was because he had just taken the elixir, and he felt sleepy gradually. Emperor Jingfeng waved his hand: "Well, if you have nothing to do, please leave now. I am tired."

"Wei Chen retire."

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Walking out of Emperor Jingfeng's palace, the respect on Cheng Yan's face gradually faded away, replaced by indifference.

"Bai Shiji" who should have left long ago was waiting in a secluded place, carefully checked that there was no one around, and then limped forward: "Sir."

Cheng Yan gave a faint hum and said: "You have behaved well just now. Now that you are a full-time warlock who makes elixirs for His Majesty, you can come in and out of the palace at will from now on, and it will be much more convenient for you to do things."

The alchemist named "Bai Shiji" was Bai Xingjia. Thinking of his next plan, he still hesitated in his heart: "...Sir, after all, he is the emperor. Is it too risky for us to do this?"

"So what about the Emperor?" Cheng Yan smiled sarcastically, and said something quite rebellious, "Now that the matter has come to this, if we don't do this, are we going to watch that idiot King Wu ascend to the throne and mess up the court situation?" Bai Xingjia had long been accustomed to other people's arrogant words. He lowered his eyes silently and did not respond.

Cheng Yan did not force him to give any answer. He took care of his messy cuffs and said in a contemptuous but extremely presumptuous tone: "Our Majesty was a wise king in the early years. In recent years, he has become more and more mature." Confused, suspicious all day long, the prince was imprisoned for a baseless case of tiger wounding."

"If this continues, will he depose the crown prince and make King Wu the heir apparent?" Cheng Yan shook his head and smiled, "King Wu is impetuous and eager for quick success. If Daxia falls into his hands, it will be short-lived by at least 50 years. In the year of national fortune, Li Zheng is the only one who is not clear-headed, so he treats him as a treasure."

"Although the prince is not very good, he is still much better than King Wu. Being a conservative king in the future is not a problem. Since Li Zheng is confused, let him give up the throne as soon as possible and give this position to a more suitable person."

Cheng Yan patted Bai Xingjia on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't have too much psychological burden. We call this 'choosing a wise king to act', and it can be regarded as benefiting the people of the world."

This joke was not really funny. Bai Xingjia suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion in his heart. He felt it was ridiculous and ironic. He didn't know what to say, so he could only shake his head and smile in response.

Skipping this topic, Cheng Yan put away his casual expression and said seriously: "How is the situation handled by the animal trainers in Southern Xinjiang?"

Bai Xingjia lowered his voice: "It has been cleaned up. I guarantee that the Feiyu Guards will not find any clues. I'm afraid that King Wu and his party still think that they are lucky and found the right tiger easily. They don't know this at all." We sent it up on purpose.”

"It's still a pity." Cheng Yan said regretfully, "I originally wanted to use the trick and let the tiger kill Li Zheng, so as to encourage the ministers to support the crown prince's succession, so there wouldn't be so many troubles, but it's a pity that we were one step short in the end."

Bai Xingjia said helplessly: "There is no way, Mr. Gu is so loyal and quick to react. The last time he saved the prince was not enough, so this time he had to save the emperor again to feel comfortable. He actually hit the tiger's head so accurately. Eyes, even if you are as brave as the Duke of the country, you may not have such vision and skills."

Mentioning this, Cheng Yan laughed and felt quite happy: "Yunji's accuracy has always been very good. When he was a student at Luxi Academy, he was always accurate when throwing pots. Not many in the academy could win against him."

Bai Xingjia sighed: "It's just not easy to find the tiger. The trainer trained it for more than half a month before teaching it to pounce as soon as it saw the yellow robe. Otherwise, it would not be able to accurately find the emperor in the crowd."

"It's just a beast. There's nothing to be reluctant to part with. At most, it took a little effort." Cheng Yan didn't care very much, "It's a good deal to exchange a tiger for Yun Ji's highlight in the history books. Now it's just a little more troublesome. The result is still the same, just different paths to the same destination.”

With that said, Cheng Yan told Bai Xingjia: "These days, you should use the name of alchemy to stay in the palace as much as possible and gain his trust as soon as possible. We don't have much time left."

"Also, send two more people to the prince's side to keep an eye on the prince. Don't allow others to take advantage of it. Now is the time when King Wu's party is proud. Be careful not to let them get angry and attack the prince. Then we will fall short. ”

Bai Xingjia responded one by one: "Don't worry, sir, I know everything."