Holding hands to see the world

Chapter 148 The Storm 7
Yan Xi knew that this gift must be given right after seeing his expression at night, so he naturally wanted to say something nice for his master, so he said immediately: "The emperor wanted to give it to the master as a congratulatory gift on the day the master moved to the palace. Yes, it's just that the emperor felt that the painting was not good, so he kept procrastinating until yesterday, and today he sent the lantern after it was installed. Seeing that the master likes it so much, the emperor's painstaking efforts are worthwhile. It’s not in vain.”

Night smiled lightly, and said slowly: "The emperor is interested, and the concubine is naturally very happy. You go back and tell the emperor, I will wait for the emperor to have dinner."

Yan Xi naturally knew what it meant, so he hurriedly left with a smile on his face.

When Yan Xi returned to the Mingguang Palace, Mu Yuanche was talking to Wang Zimo. Wang Zimo looked solemn and angry, and said angrily: "It's a big joke to slip the world. The emperor's age is just right, so why worry about heirs. Xue Changshan To actually ask the emperor to appoint Mu Xun, the son of the King of Han, to be the crown prince is clearly outrageous! Establishing a crown prince is the foundation of the country, and it needs to be done with caution. After many years of school examinations, he is so ambitious, is he afraid that others will not know?"

Yan Xi was startled when he heard this, and hurriedly stood aside with his head down, not daring to vent his breath.

Mu Yuanche listened to Wang Zimo's words, and said slowly: "Why are you so angry? From this, it can be seen that the King of Han has been restless in the past few years. Xue Changshan has always been a hero under the King of Han. He was escaped by him back then. One catastrophe, after all, it is a problem of breeding tigers."

"The King of Han used to be the crown prince established by the first emperor, but he was deposed later. After he ascended the throne, the emperor was generous and cared for him, and he was named King of Han. Not only did he not want to repay his kindness, but he still had such thoughts, which is really indignant. "Prince Mo Nu, if I knew this earlier, I should have given him a rope in the first place, so as not to add to my worries today.

"It has been seven years since I ascended the throne, and now I have only one daughter under my knees. It is no wonder that others have two minds." Mu Yuanche sighed softly. After all, an heir is the foundation of an emperor. If there is no heir, look at a little Han King Dare to point fingers at him.

"Serving the emperor should be loyal. The emperor has not passed the year of his birth. It is too early to talk about the fact of establishing an heir. Talking about the foundation of the country early is fundamentally treasonous and immoral, and his crime should be punished. I think that the emperor should immediately dismiss Xue Changshan. Escorted back to the capital, strict interrogation to suppress the court. Don't be merciless, such traitors are unbearable." Wang Zimo paused here, and said slowly: "I request an order, personally go to Bingzhou General Xue Changshan Lock it back to Beijing."

However, Mu Yuanche said: "The reason why the King of Han was established as the crown prince was not just because his mother, Concubine Lin, was favored. The King of Han himself also had a great strategy, but it was a pity that he was betrayed back then and ended up being deposed. Just look at the fact that Xue Changshan has proposed the establishment of an heir now, why didn't he mention it sooner or later, but why did he mention it at this time?"

After Mu Yuanche finished speaking, he signaled Wang Zimo to step forward, and Wang Zimo strode forward, only to see the cowhide map on the imperial table, this map is very familiar, it was drawn by Empress Xiaoyuan himself, and now the corners have long been covered. Worn, with the breath of time.

Sighing inwardly, I saw Mu Yuanche pointing his finger at Bingzhou, the fiefdom of the King of Han, and heard him say: "The King of Han is in Bingzhou, and he has not dared to make any changes for seven years, all because Bingzhou is adjacent to Sizhou in the south and Yanzhou in the west. Feng Sizhao, the guard general of Yanzhou, and Yang Qi, the guard general of Sizhou, are all my confidantes, so the King of Han has never dared to make any changes. Now that the mission has disappeared, I sent Feng Sizhao to the border of Qizhou to help, and there are only a few left in Yanzhou. There are few defenders of the city. Yanzhou and Sizhou are my confidantes except Yanzhou and Sizhou around Bingzhou. Sui An, the general of Jizhou, is the former Ministry of the Han Dynasty. Yanzhou, although Sima He, the general guard of Yanzhou, is one of our people, but he is sandwiched between Sui An in the north and Liu Ju in Qingzhou in the south, so he dare not act rashly. The timing chosen by the King of Han was absolutely correct."

Hearing this, Prince Mo pointed to several places on the map and said, "Qizhou, Yanzhou, Yongzhou, and Pingzhou were all sent by the emperor to search for the disappearance of the embassy, ​​so the four states were all empty. Your Majesty really knows how to choose the right time, so what do you plan to do, Your Majesty?"

Mu Yuanche looked solemn, and said slowly: "At present, there is no news from the court at this time, but Xue Changshan's personal envoy will definitely publicize this matter in the court hall tomorrow. How the family behaves."

Wang Zimo was silent, and after a long time he said, "Do you want me to meet Prime Minister Li in advance?"

Mu Yuanche shook his head, "No, Li Xiang alone has some ideas, even if he wants to do something, it will not run counter to the overall interests of the family. In the past, when Xuewawa was around, he would do his best to lobby for his daughter. , Now that the snow baby is no longer there, Prime Minister Li may not be willing to be the obstacle of the family."

This is also true. When Empress Li was here, she was a link between the aristocratic family and the imperial power. Now... It is also true that Prime Minister Li may not try his best again.

"Do we have to wait like this?" Wang Zimo said, his handsome face was full of annoyance, secretly hating the King of Han for his cunning.

"Let me think about this matter again. You want to go back and rest. I'm afraid there will be another tough battle tomorrow morning." Mu Yuanche fixed his eyes on the map, and waved to Wang Zimo.

Wang Zimo had no choice but to say: "My minister will leave first."

After Wang Zimo left, the hall was completely empty. Mu Yuanche stared at the map and pointed, with a solemn expression and frowning. He didn't straighten up until the sky darkened, "Yanxi, tea."

Yan Xi immediately served the tea that had been changed four or five times in his hand, carefully looked at Mu Yuanche's expression, thinking about whether he should return to Roufu Palace at this time.

When Yan Xi was hesitating, he heard Mu Yuanche ask: "Does she still like the things I sent to Roufu Palace?"

When Yan Xi heard it, his brows were filled with joy, and he immediately bent down and replied: "Master Rong Hua likes it very much if you go back to the emperor. I said that I will have dinner with you. I wonder if the master will go there tonight?"

Mu Yuanche looked up at the hourglass, pondered for a while before saying, "Show me."

Yan Xi yelled immediately, and the little eunuch outside the door quickly got busy, and when Mu Yuanche walked outside the main hall, the preparations had already been made.Sit on the shoulder seat, and then go all the way to Roufu Palace.At this time, Xia Yinyue came with the money of the two maids, and just met Mu Yuanche's support, so she immediately bowed and said, "Concubine sees the emperor."

Yan Xi immediately ordered people to stop relying on him, and stood aside with his hands down, but said in his heart, it was a coincidence that Mrs. Gan came.The most important thing to be a slave is to know how to look at colors and know how to advance and retreat. For example, at this moment, Yan Xi would never take the initiative to say a word unless His Majesty ordered it.

"Why is my concubine here?" Mu Yuanche looked at Xia Yinyue and said slowly.

Today's Xia Yinyue is wearing a purple palace attire. The floor-length skirt is embroidered with intricate patterns, outlined with gold threads and drawn with silver threads. It looks rich and gorgeous.At this time, the golden crow was falling to the west, and the afterglow sprinkled on Xia Yinyue's body gave him a more peaceful feeling.

Xia Yinyue took a step forward and looked at Mu Yuanche with a slight smile, "I know that the emperor is very busy with state affairs these days, so I specially made soup here, but I didn't expect the emperor to go out."

Yan Xi's eyes turned to the back at this time, and he saw that Birou was holding a hollowed-out and painted round food box in his hand.

"My concubine has a heart." Mu Yuanche said with a smile, "Yan Xi will accept the soup."

"Yes." Yan Xi responded immediately, took a step forward to take the food box from Birou's hand, and then retreated back to the side of the sedan chair, lowering his eyebrows and eyes, without looking sideways.

Mu Yuanche's eyes swept over Yan Xi lightly, Yan Xi subconsciously straightened his back, covered in cold sweat, the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor were so terrifying and sharp.Ke Su, Your Majesty the Emperor, this slave really doesn't want to be hated by Er Guliang, so what... Mrs. Gan is obviously talking to you, isn't it obvious that I, a slave, stepped forward to make a word?
So, I am sorry for you, slave.

Xia Yinyue smiled lightly, looked at Mu Yuanche with the same look in her eyes, and said with a light smile, "Since the emperor has something else to do, the concubine will not bother her."

Mu Yuanche smiled, "I promised Xue Ronghua to finish the meal with her, and now that the time has come, I don't want to break my promise, and I will accompany my concubine another day."

"The concubine sends the emperor respectfully."

Xia Yinyue bent down to salute, watched Yizhang gradually walk away, and then slowly put away the gentleness on her face.Under the calm expression, no waves could be seen.

Birou took a careful look, and then comforted her in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't be angry, the Emperor is in high spirits now, so it doesn't matter how much you dote on Xue Ronghua. Your Majesty has Her Royal Highness, and no one in this palace can't let your Majesty go. Why do you bother to be so sad for a little glory."

Xia Yinyue raised her feet and walked forward. The wide platform of the Mingguang Hall was extremely lonely, and the night slowly invaded, and the residual heat of the day continued to evaporate from the ground.

"I'm not worried. Who in this harem can surpass the former queen? Now Xue Ronghua doesn't know, but one day she will understand how cold-blooded and ruthless the emperor is." Xia Yinyue sneered and looked up Looking at the clouds in the sky that were gradually being swallowed up by the darkness, the soft brows and eyes in the past suddenly burst out with hatred that they had never seen before, and gradually returned to calm, and the smile on the corner of the mouth curved again.

"The emperor is different from the empress after all."

"Different?" Xia Yinyue repeated and sneered, but she didn't speak any more, her beautiful figure gradually disappeared in the darkness.

At night, I looked at the beauties in the glazed lantern with my chin resting on my chin. No matter how hard I looked at them, I didn’t seem to get tired of watching them. At first, I just felt the novelty and moved me.At this time, turn on the lamp, and look at the painting of beauties in the mezzanine through the light. Under the illumination of the light, I realized that Mu Yuanche's painting of her was so lifelike.Her eyebrows, her eyes, her mouth.When she smiles, her eyebrows are soft with a gentle arc. When she is expressionless, they are as sharp as a sword out of its sheath. When she cries, the tip of her eyebrows droops slightly. Even at night, she doesn't know that her eyebrows will be so sharp. There are so many different variations.

But the person who drew the picture grasped it so meticulously and depicted it so vividly.Ye Ye is good at painting, knows how to draw, and knows that only by observing the subtleties can he have such a foundation, even if he doesn't look at himself, he can draw people as if they are alive.

Thinking of this, my heart was pounding, and I felt my heart beating violently at night.Pressing down hard with his hand, secretly scolding himself for being worthless, to be tempted so easily?Have you forgotten how you managed to die?
In such a self-struggle, Mu Yuanche came.

As soon as Mu Yuanche entered the door, he saw the extremely rich expressions on Ye Ye's face. He smiled for a while, and was angry for a while. When he smiled, he was like a blooming flower, shining brightly.When she was angry, her willow eyebrows formed a thin line, like a sword, and she had never seen anyone with richer facial expressions than her.

(End of this chapter)