Drunken Exquisiteness

The court meeting on this day did not dissociate until late in the afternoon. After retiring from the court, Ye Tianzhan was not as busy as everyone imagined. He only confessed to Liu Guangyu with the next sentence "Come to see me in the palace before returning to Dingzhou", and he fought back House.

Liu Guangyu went to Zhiyuan Hall to see him separately, and after detailed the current situation in Dingzhou, he planned to rush back overnight. Before leaving, remember the instructions of King Cham, rush to the palace of Cham first.

After waiting in the hall for only a moment, Qin Yue, the servant at the side of King Zhan, greeted him with a smile and said, "Please, Mrs. Liu, please, our lord is waiting for the adults in the study."

Liu Guangyu followed Qin Yue to the inner courtyard of the palace, along the snowy and thin Xianyu Lake, and entered the Yanbo to send Shuangzhai. It was winter, and the study was facing the lake and near the water. It was supposed to be an exceptionally deserted place, but because of the heated floor, people could not feel the chill of deep winter at all. There was a light scent of sandalwood around it that was urged to float in the air by the warmth, and when I walked in, there was a collection of calligraphy and paintings, which was quite dizzying.

Liu Guangyu was originally a civil official and was proficient in calligraphy and painting. He walked while admiring his eyes. He couldn't help lamenting that the grace of King Cham was well-deserved. When he reached a quiet room, Qin Yue raised his hand to invite him inside, while he stayed outside.

It was very quiet inside. Liu Guangyu saw Wang Zhan closed and half lying on a soft chair. The room was so warm that people couldn't wear the outer robe, but he was still covered with a silver-grey fur. Liu Guangyu felt that King Zhan at this time seemed different from before. When he saw him in the Taiji Hall, even under the circumstances at that time, he always had that kind of outstanding and noble look, and he was as stunning as a pearl and beautiful jade. But it seemed to be a little tired, and his tight eyebrows made people intuitively feel that he did not want to be disturbed, so Liu Guangyu hesitated to speak.

He was hesitating, Ye Tianzhan had opened his eyes and looked at him. As he lifted his eyes, Liu Guangyu saw only the sharp and bright rays of the black jade-like eyes, like the dazzling light of black gems under the sun, but in a blink of an eye they were replaced by calm and tiredness.

"Lord."

"Oh, you are here." Ye Tianzhan sat up and pointed to the two letters on the nearby bookcase. "Before you return to Dingzhou, take these two letters to the Yuzhou inspector Linlu and Songzhou. Transshipment envoy He Li, Dingzhou's military rations will be temporarily transferred from them, and will arrive within five or six days at most."

Liu Guangyu took the letter under his sign, but saw that it was not Prince Yuxi, but the private seal of King Zhan, on the seal, that he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. With these two private letters, can it mobilize millions of military rations in Yu and Song states? He couldn't help asking: "Just take these two letters?"

Ye Tianzhan could naturally see his doubts, and did not say much, but said lightly: "Enough."

Although Liu Guangyu is stationed in Dingzhou, he has a general understanding of the recent situation in Tiandu. Hearing what he said, he knew that the shortage of military supplies in northern Xinjiang was caused by King Zhan's cut off the source of the treasury, but he did not understand that King Zhan was so. , Why do you need to help Dingzhou at this critical juncture. I wanted to return, but of course I couldn't ask, so he said, "The first official on behalf of Dingzhou soldiers thanked the prince."

Ye Tianzhan was silent for a while, sighed lightly, and said, "Sit down."

Liu Guangyu took a seat on the side, and Ye Tianzhan asked about the situation in Dingzhou. After listening to it, his expression became worse. He got up and walked for a few steps, and said to Liu Guangyu: "In this way, if you go to Yuzhou, first let Linlu go out of the warehouse to buy the urgently needed medicinal materials and send them to Dingzhou. I will try to add more military rations. For special needs, you can send me a letter directly, and you must control the situation in Dingzhou so that no more troubles can occur."

Liu Guangyu said: "The next official knows, it should not be too late. If the prince has no other instructions, the next official will leave for Dingzhou."

Ye Tianzhan nodded and said: "Go ahead."

Liu Guangyu put the letter in his arms and said goodbye. It was still Qin Yue who sent him out of the mansion himself, and in a hurry, he left the side door of the Cham Palace. Qin Yue sent Liu Guangyu away. When he turned around, he saw a light oil truck parked in front of the door. He was startled when he saw the person next to the car, who smiled at him and nodded, "Duke Qin."

Qin Yue looked inside the car in doubt, stepped forward and said, "Commander Wei, this is..."

Wei Changzheng said: "Duke Qin, can the prince be in the mansion?"

Qin Yue said: "Yes."

Wei Changzheng went to the front of the car and said something in a low voice. The door opened slightly, and a delicate young man in a light white coat and a satin scarf walked down. Qin Yue's surprise was not trivial, and he blurted out, "Niang Niang!"

Qing Chen raised his hand to stop him from saluting: "Take me to see your prince."

Qin Yue quickly leaned over to invite her into the house, wondering whether the queen's dressing was because she didn't want too many people to know that she was here, so she chose a less crowded road to Yanbo to send Shuangzhai.

After Liu Guangyu left, Ye Tianzhan lay back on the soft chair. Today, when he returned from the palace, there was an unspeakable exhaustion. The familiar chill came up, and his body was chilly. He knew that this was a vague sign that the old illness had not healed, but he could not rest still. Before Liu Guangyu came, Jianzheng Yin had just left from the Palace of Cham. He came here to talk about the matter of going up early.

Ye Tianzhan had already expected the Yin Jianzheng meeting to come, and he knew better than Yin Jianzheng that the accident in Dingzhou was an excellent time for him to gain the upper hand in the contest with Ye Tianling. He should watch from the sidelines, watching the treasury stretched out and fires everywhere, but he didn't. In the Taiji Hall, he thought of hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border through Liu Guangyu's indignation. He once saw them in northern Xinjiang, not afraid of wind and sand, not afraid of severe cold, wielding their swords, and guarding the border. The night is cold, thirsty for blood, the kind of hardship and heroism that ordinary people can't imagine, make the zheng men's blood boil, and make everyone who is on the scene awe.

He had to admit that he had sincere admiration for these lieutenants and even the Four Emperor Brothers who had been fighting **** battles against foreign enemies. That is a man's appreciation and respect for a man, and it does not differ according to identity, status or position. So facing up this morning, he took that risky move.

He didn't tell Yin Jianzheng about all this, he didn't want to say it, and there was no need to say it. When Yanbo Songshuangzhai was left alone, an inexplicable feeling of loneliness spread in his heart without warning, and was immersed in the limbs along with the cold.

Yes, alone. Although tens of thousands of people are by the side, they are alone and alone. I don't know when he started to feel this way, and the feeling became stronger and stronger as the road went further and further. Perhaps when he took the first step, he did not know that this was such a lonely road.

However, what he didn't expect in any way was that standing on Dan Bi's side today, at the juncture of several confrontations with Ye Tianling, the two of them would each take a step back in different ways for the same purpose. At that moment, it seemed that there was a tacit understanding of different paths to the same goal. Why on earth he did Ye Tianling seemed to know, and he also made a decision about it. This idea is ridiculous, but it is so real.

He raised his hand in confusion and pressed his aching forehead. Why? The sudden confusion caused a trace of fear in his heart. He worked hard but lost his true purpose. He didn't know why it was such a terrible thing to live. He never wants to be trapped in such a quagmire, like his father and queen, who got all but nothing; like his mother and queen, who is struggling to pursue but lost in it without knowing it.

If he can't give up some things, he may not get what he wants, but if he gives up what he insists on and gets it, what's the point?

At this moment, all kinds of thoughts flooded in my heart, just like the fierce battle between heaven and man in the Tai Chi Temple. He tried his best to suppress the thoughts that had just come up. As long as there was a slight wave of vacillation, perhaps the catastrophe would follow. How could he resist that person if he didn't get up to 120,000 points of energy...no, yes Those two people.

His head gradually hurt, making him a little irritable. At this moment, he heard someone enter the quiet room, and it was Qin Yue's voice that whispered, "Lord."

Ye Tianzhan still closed his eyes, knowing that someone is coming again, and said impatiently, "No matter who it is, no one."

"Wang..." Qin Yue's voice seemed to be interrupted, followed by the sound of his withdrawal. As he calmed down again, Ye Tianzhan felt that someone was still in the room, and a strange feeling arose spontaneously. He frowned and opened his eyes, but when he saw the person coming, he straightened up from the soft chair, his body half falling to the ground.

In front of him, Qing Chen stood with a smile, dressed in a man's robe, which looked very similar to what she used to be when she was going out of the palace to play. He almost blurted out and asked her whether she was going to listen to the lecture or visit Xishan today. If he had free time, he would go with her. But at such a distance, he could see clearly, there was a charming tenderness between her eyebrows and eyes, which was strange to him, reminding him that although people are there, they had rested yesterday.

The joy that had just appeared in his eyes fell instantly, and Qing Chen looked at his face carefully and stretched out a hand to him. He leaned back, his tone indifferent: "The lady is here today, and what do you want from the minister?"

Qing Chen sighed lightly and knelt beside him: "Give me your hand."

Ye Tianzhan didn't move, Qing Chen put the slid Diao Qiu on him again, held his wrist flat, and put his fingers between his veins. She turned her head on her side, her eyebrows tightened, and after a while, she needed to change her other hand to re-check her pulse. Ye Tianzhan suddenly buckled her wrist with her backhand, and the cold and snowy breath on his body filled her heart, The hot breath is close at hand.

"What are you doing here?"

His hand is not light, Qing Chen frowned, but did not struggle, let the cold and shaved hands clamp her tightly, and said: "Song Defang is hard to see you, do you have no medicine? Use it? No wonder the fourth brother said that you look bad, if I don't come, you just go on like this, don't you really care about your body?"

Ye Tianzhan said: "He asked you to come?"

Qing Chen said: "Yes."

Ye Tianzhan let go of her hand and said indifferently: "Go back and tell him, I can't die, please don't worry."

Qing Chen had never seen him look so cold, his brows were silent, and he was silent. She turned to study ink and write, think carefully, and take the prescription as soon as she wrote, then got up and walked to the door: "Qin Yue."

Qin Yue had been waiting outside, hearing the sound. Qing Chen said: "According to this, I will decoct the medicine. In addition, I will send someone to the Muyuantang to tell Zhang Dingshui, that I will ask him to come to the Cham Palace every three days to check the pulse for the prince."

Qin Yue agreed to leave, Qing Chen returned to Ye Tianzhan, stood quietly for a while, and took out two rolls of paper from his sleeve to give him. Ye Tianzhan didn't want to look at it, but Qing Chen stubbornly delivered the thing to his eyes, and he finally took it. When he opened one of the volumes and looked at it, he suddenly changed his color slightly, and gradually sat up, staring at his hands, and quickly flipping through it. After reading it, he suddenly turned his head: "What is this!"

Qing Chen looked at his pale face due to fright, and replied: "This is the confession of the female officials and the maid in Qingquan Palace on the night of Niang Niang Yin's death. The other one was left by the Queen Mother. The emperor’s decree."

Ye Tianzhan couldn't help shaking his hands, of course he could see what these were. In his mind, he had also thought that the execution of Empress Yin might not be what Ye Tianling meant. He always thought Empress Yin was seeking death on his own. But from these confessions, it can be seen that it was the Wei family who directed the matter first, and it was Empress Yin herself who was cooperating with the Wei family to complete the matter.

The Wei family arranged for the waiter in the palace to send the cup of poisonous wine for the death of Queen Yin, and Queen Yin had known the love in advance. Prior to this, Wei Yan had a secret letter with Queen Yin, saying that the reason why King Zhan stayed still was entirely because she was in the palace. In other words, Queen Yin has become the biggest stumbling block for King Zhan. Empress Yin was already arrogant, plus what the Empress Dowager said that night, the more she thought about it, the more frustrated she became, and she was already unbearable in confinement, so she willingly committed suicide by drinking poison.

This is the second thing. What makes Ye Tianzhan angry most is that Wei Yan has always used the name of the Zhan Palace to persuade Queen Yin to take care of the overall situation. For Queen Yin, this deadly glass of poisonous wine is tantamount to her son making the last choice between the throne and his mother. Whether she is willing to drink the glass or not, she is the last in this world What was your mood at the moment?

Several confessions were held tightly by Ye Tianzhan, and the pieces fell and were completely destroyed in his fingers. There was a sudden rush of grief and indignation in his heart, resisting nowhere to vent, slammed his head, and a series of violent coughs burst from his lips. Qing Chen hurriedly helped him, but he flicked her away with force, and his sleeve robe passed her in front of her, it was already a little scarlet.

Qing Chen said in surprise: "How are you?"

Ye Tianzhan raised his hand and slowly wiped the blood from his lips. The deep cold in his eyes was a killing intent with hatred, but his heart was more awake than ever. The emperor left Wei's family still at first, and then told him the truth about Empress Yin's death at this juncture. He was certain that he would never tolerate Wei's family anymore. This is forcing him to act on the Wei family, to clear the way to check the deficit with his own hands, and to open the gap in the power of the clan, it will be out of control.

His heart was like burning fire, and suddenly he was stuffed with a handful of piercing ice and snow, the fire and ice churned, tormenting the bone marrow. He tried his best to stabilize his voice, waved away the dilapidated confession and the decree: "Take it, I don't believe it."

Qing Chen allowed those things to fall on the ground without looking at them: "I didn't lie to you, you believe it or not."

Ye Tianzhan suddenly tightened his eyes, turned his head to look at her, and gave a sneer: "Okay, then I ask you something. If you dare to tell me the truth, I will believe you."

"You ask."

"Is Ye Tianling the father's son?"

Qing Chen tightened her eyebrows, but her eyes remained as quiet as before. After a long time, she faintly said two words: "No."

Her answer really surprised Ye Tianzhan. He raised his eyes and asked: "Do you know what these two words mean from your mouth?"

Qing Chen said: "It means that what I have said, I will never deceive you in my life. You know in your heart that if you keep the Wei family, you will get disaster sooner or later. Longer pain is worse than short-term pain."

Ye Tianzhan said: "Wei family, I can't tolerate it, and he can't tolerate it either. You know my patience is not bad, and I can afford to wait. If he wants to do things, he will do it before me. But don't blame me for not reminding me that this is an enemy of the world's nobles. If there is any carelessness, I will not let go of a second chance."

Qing Chen said: "What is he going to do? You know better than me. Don't you see how many of these were your ideas? Your own ambitions, you said in this Yanbo Shuangzhai If you forget, I haven’t forgotten, I don’t believe you are really willing to let him fall short!"

Ye Tianzhan's body shook slightly, but his face was as indifferent as before: "You just have to believe that I can."

Qing Chen shook his head and said: "Don't entangle him over the treasury and deficits. You can't really force him to the end. Besides, I won't just sit idly by."

Ye Tianzhan said: "What can you do?"

His eyes were sharp and indifferent, revealing a determination that was as hard as iron. The cold center seemed to be a bottomless black hole, getting deeper and wider, making Qingchen shocked. Her fine eyelashes suddenly lifted, and she said four words that shocked anyone: "Royal treasure house."

There was a sudden wave in Ye Tianzhan's eyes: "What did you say?"

Qing Chen only quietly looked at him: "If you get to that point, it will really be irreparable. As you have imagined, it is a situation that will hurt both sides and will inevitably harm the entire celestial dynasty. Just like today, no matter how much you conquer Military rations, no matter how many cures and detoxifications I teach the imperial hospital, 37 soldiers in Dingzhou are dead, and we are ashamed of them."

Ye Tianzhan stared at her for a long while, then suddenly leaned back into the soft chair weakly, and sighed: "Qing Chen, what do you want? You made suggestions for him, but now you are helping me, telling everything frankly, what are you going to do? "

After hearing this, Qing Chen sat down beside him, hugged her knees, looked away, and shook her head slowly: "I don't know, how do I want to be useful in this situation? , I will help him; if he makes you tight, I will help you, what else can I do? Can any of you let go? Even I can't let go."

Ye Tianzhan asked calmly, "What if one day divides life and death?"

Qing Chen smiled silently: "He died, I will follow him."

"What if it was me?"

"I'm defending it desperately."

Ye Tianzhan was slightly moved, and Qing Chen suddenly smiled after speaking, "It's strange, how come it sounds like I am dead on both sides."

Ye Tianzhan frowned tightly: "Stop saying this word, I don't want to hear it."

Qing Chen said: "You said it first."

Ye Tianzhan didn't discuss this with her, he suddenly looked at her intently, as if he had never seen her before.

The sharp edge in his eyes gradually faded, and the ink color was rippling, and the clearness was like the darkest night and the deepest ocean, slowly flowing strong colors. "Qing Chen," he whispered her name, "be my woman, I let it go, as long as you are."

This is not like what he would say, the deep softness, the tired warmth, the slightest sadness, but sincerely from the heart.

He looked at her for a moment, waiting for her answer. Qing Chen looked back at him, her Dan lips lightly opened: "Is it possible?"

Her eyes were reflected in the bottom of Ye Tianzhan's eyes, quiet and clear, calm and beautiful, he saw everything from this almost maddening calmness. After a while, Ye Tianzhan suddenly laughed softly, but his expression was extremely lonely. He finally looked away, looked at the empty space in front of him, and shook his head slowly.

Qing Chen was quiet for a while, and said, "I am his wife."

Ye Tianzhan said: "I know."

Then neither of them spoke again, one lying down and the other sitting down. The room is so quiet that you can hear the flow of air, through the curtain screen, through the warm fragrance of sandalwood branches. Qing Chen turned his head, and suddenly found that everything on Ye Tianzhan's book case was as before, unchanged. It was the Fang Qilin Ruichi inkstone, or the Xue Taobing silk paper, a pot of elegant daffodils on the left, and a few purple jade stones that she threw in the transparent flower ice cup. A yellow jade bamboo carving pen is his habit. It has always been placed on the right side of the pen holder. A crystal-clear jade bell was hung by her at the beginning, and it is still hanging there.

She reached out and touched the bell gently, and the thin jade rang slightly, crisp and moist. Hearing the sound, Ye Tianzhan smiled faintly: "When you are upset, listen to the ringtone, and your troubles will disappear. This is what you said."

"Does it work?"

"Ok."

Qing Chen also smiled and rang the bell frequently. The clanging jade sound filled the room, suddenly making people forget all the things in front of them, only the red furnace painting screen, fragrant warm and snow light, people like jade, smiling like flowers, Ye Tianzhan looked at Qing Chen and sighed, but he looked Pleasure gradually emerged from time to time.

Qing Chen leaned her head on her knees, touching his eyes, her eyes bright. At this moment, the room seemed particularly warm. She looked at him, and he looked at her, time seemed to go back quietly, back to a moment that was many years ago, back to a scene long in memory. Scenes from scenes to scenes of déjà vu, entanglement of several lifetimes, seem to have all kinds of thoughts flowing slowly in my heart, so thick that it is sigh. Familiar faces, faint peace and smile settled in their eyes.

At this time, Qin Yue said through the curtain outside: "Niang, prince, the medicine is ready."

Qing Chen turned his head and said, "Take it in."

Qin Yue entered the house and put the medicine next to him, and then drew away wittily. After walking a few steps after exiting the door, he met Wei Yan entering the waterside pavilion and hurriedly stopped: "Wang Hao!"

Wei Yan didn't look at him, and walked forward, asking, "What are you doing?"

Qin Yue said: "I just sent medicine to the prince."

"Why do you offer medicine at this time? Who is the lord here?"

Qin Yue thought that now the prince would definitely not want to be disturbed, but there was no reason to stop Wei Yan, and he said: "It's a new recipe... the prince... uh..."

"What's the matter?" Wei Yan was suddenly unhappy when he saw him hesitating, so she opened the curtain and stepped into the quiet room. Before Qin Yue could stop her, he hurriedly followed behind and shouted: "The prince, the princess is here."

Wei Yan turned the screens of smoky waters and flowing clouds, and suddenly saw Qing Chen dressed in men's clothing, and suddenly stopped. Ye Tianzhan frowned when he saw her, and his face sank instantly.

Waiting for Wei Yan to see that the person in the room is Qing Chen, a look of jealousy flashed across her face, and she bowed forward: "I don't know if the queen empress arrives, there will be a missed welcome. Why didn't the empress let someone inform first? With a bang, the Fuzhong opened the door to welcome you."

Qing Chen raised his eyes and smiled slowly: "No, I just heard that the prince's body is not safe, come and take a look."

Wei Yan's eyes turned between Ye Tianzhan and Qing Chen, and when she saw the medicine cup next to her, she knew that Qin Yue just said that the new medicine must be the prescription Qing Chen had prescribed, and she couldn't help but sneered slightly: "There really is a lady of labor. , Niang Niang prescribes a prescription, how dare we use it?"

Qing Chen heard that there was no other intention in her words, and raised her eyebrows casually: "Really?" She turned her head to look at Ye Tianzhan.

Ye Tianzhan has been staring at her coldly ever since Wei Yan came in. At this time, he did not look away, picked up the medicine cup next to him, raised his head and drank it.

Wei Yan was surprised and angry when he refused to give affection like this: "Master! Why did you drink like this!"

Ye Tianzhan said to her word by word: "I might as well tell you, as long as she gives it, even if it is the poison that penetrates the intestines, I can still drink it!" After he said, he slapped the medicine cup on the ground. With a crisp sound and ice porcelain splashing all over, he suddenly got up and shouted: "Come here!"

Qin Yue led a few servants in immediately, Ye Tianzhan's sleeves hanging down quietly, and said coldly: "Take her back to the residence. From today on, you are not allowed to step out of the house. Who would dare to pass a word outside, don Blame this king for being ruthless!"

Wei Yan didn't expect it, she was frightened there, opened her mouth, and asked with a trembling voice: "Master, what did I do wrong, are you going to do this to me?"

Ye Tianzhan walked slowly to her and sneered like frost. He squeezed her chin and lifted that glamorous face: "What have you done? I know in my heart that one of the greatest failures in this king's life is to marry you, the princess!"

His fingertips were cold, and the sleeves of his shirt had a snowy breath in front of him, mixed with a bitter medicine. Wei Yan looked at him with wide eyes, the chill in his eyes was even stronger than the severe winter, making people like an ice cellar. Such a gentle person, he was angry, his hand slowly moved to her neck, it seemed that just a little bit of force could kill her, she had never thought he was so scary.

Ye Tianzhan's face was almost transparent, with blue veins looming on his forehead, indicating that he was trying his best to control his emotions. He waved his hand to let go of Wei Yan: "Go away!"

The people in the water pavilion are all Ye Tianzhan's close physical and mental abdomen. Usually, she can't bear the anger towards Wei Yan. Because she is the princess, she can barely be considered respectful. Qin Yue stepped forward and said: "Please, princess."

Wei Yan broke away from them angrily, raised her finger at Qing Chen, shaking with anger, and said to Ye Tianzhan: "I know, you...you are for this woman, you are crazy for her, you..."

Before she could finish her words, Qing Chen slowly moved away her hand pointing to her eyes, with a clear light in her eyes: "Wei Yan, you might as well think carefully about what you and Wei Jia have done. If this happens, if you have more In one word, I will let the entire Wei family bury you."

Wei Yan suddenly understood why Ye Tianzhan was so furious today, she looked at the two people in front of her with a pale face. If they join forces to kill Wei's family, there will be no way for Wei's family to survive. The feeling of despair fell from the sky, and she seemed to be strangling her throat, unable to say a word, and she was crumbling. Qin Yue gave a look to the side, and the two servants immediately stepped forward and led her out of the waterside pavilion with a half hold.

Everyone was gone, but Ye Tianzhan stood motionless, his fierce expression was long gone, replaced by a tired sadness. His body shook slightly, and Qing Chen called him worriedly, reaching out to help him, he shook his hand to her: "I'm fine."

He didn't look at her, he turned around and sat down slowly. She was still around, and he could feel her caring gaze. In fact, he wanted to tell her that Wei Yan was right. He was crazy for her. She had made him not him, but he didn't say anything after all.