In Chang'an in October, the light and cold lingered, and the bleakness was full of bleakness.
As many people were promoted, so many people were demoted, but no matter how much the prince struggled, Emperor Cheng Yuan still practiced in seclusion, and even connected several concubines from the harem to the Taoist temple.
Everything you do is wrong.
Although the current chaos in the court seems to have nothing to do with the deep-rooted Zhenguo Gongfu, Lu Yan knows that the military power held by the Lu family is enough to make the future new monarch fearful...
It's just that he didn't expect that his hidden worries would come so unexpectedly.
On October 27th, the snow fell to the ground and turned into frost.
Early in the morning, Eunuch Fan, who was beside Emperor Cheng Yuan, smiled and sent an imperial decree to Eunuch Township.
In the absence of Duke Zhen, Princess Jing'an and Lu Yan, dressed in crowns, stood in front of the incense table, preparing to receive the order.
The Northern Territory has been uneasy recently. The eldest princess thought that the saint was going to send Lu Jun to lead the army, but she did not expect that this imperial decree was actually an imperial decree for marriage.
Eunuch Fan said with a smile: "Congratulations to the eldest princess, the marriage between Shi Ziye and Xu Qiniang was the one that the sage asked Ge Tianshi to personally calculate.
As soon as the words fell, Lu Yan took the imperial decree with a calm face, and even Xie En's words seemed to be quenched by ice.
The night dew was heavy, and the eldest princess was full of fatigue, her index finger touched her forehead, and she rubbed her temples heavily.
The grandmother on the side whispered: "The prince is here."
Princess Jing'an took a long breath and whispered, "Call him in."
Although the eldest princess had a good impression of Xu Qiniang, she still felt a little dissatisfied when others interfered in her son's marriage.
But no matter how dissatisfied he is, the imperial decree has already been issued, and no one can change Jinkou Yuyan.
Lu Yan walked in, pursed her thin lips slightly, and sat down directly.
Seeing his expression, the eldest princess couldn't help but sigh, "It's so late, what's the matter with you?"
Lu Yan picked up the teapot in front of him, raised it high, slowly poured the tea into the cup, and handed it to the eldest princess, saying, "Please let mother help me drag this marriage to the end of the year. Mother will just pretend to be sick."
"What do you mean?" The eldest princess frowned.
"Auntie, my son has someone he wants to marry."
This remark was like a thunderclap.
The eldest princess froze for a while while holding the tea cup. After a while, she asked anxiously, "Who is it?"
Lu Yan clenched the wrench on his hand and said, "Shen Wenqi's daughter, the third mother of the Shen family, Shen Zhen."
The tea cup fell with a "dang" sound, made a circle on the ground, and the water splashed on the ground.
"Who are you talking about? You say it again?"
Lu Yan tickled the corners of his mouth as if mocking himself, and said word by word, "The son said it clearly enough. If mother still wants to hear it, then I will say it again. The third mother of the Shen family, Shen Zhen."
"Go out for me! I don't think I heard anything today." The anger in the princess' eyes was clear.
The eldest princess twitched her fingers and quickly recalled what Lu Yan had done in the past few months.
Shen Family Shen San…
No wonder, no wonder he, a son who has always been pure-hearted and few desires, suddenly raised a singer in Pingkangfang regardless of his reputation.
Using the first-brand flower prostitute as a shield, how could he think of it
The eldest princess got up and said, "Aren't you going out yet?"
Lu Yan bent down and picked up the tea cup.
The eldest princess' voice became lower, but she carried a majesty that could not be resisted, "Lu Shiyan, for a woman, you even lied to A-niang?"
Lu Yan said: "It's my son's fault to betray my mother's trust."
"Do you want me to find her in person?" The eldest princess sneered with red eyes, "Shen's daughter is really good, before there was Xuanping Hou Shizi who was drunk for Shen Yao, and later there was Dali Si Qing who took care of Shen Jiao. I have a great future, but Lu Yan, I didn't expect that there is another you!"
Lu Yan got up, lifted his robe, knelt straight in front of the eldest princess, and said in a hoarse voice, "She is naive and ignorant of world affairs. I forced her to be with me."
He slowed down and said: "Auntie has seen her and once praised her for her eloquence. If it wasn't for the downfall of the family and the decline of the family, she would not be committed to me. You know the temper of my son, if it wasn't for me. If I want, no one can count me."
As soon as these words came out, the eldest princess couldn't help but take a step back.
As a mother, she knows what her son's temperament is. She doesn't say she is ruthless, but she also has a heart of stone, so she can protect him for this sake...
I'm afraid it's really moving.
The eldest princess took a breath and said in a trembling voice, "Are you out of your mind! Can't you see the situation in Great Jin now?"
Lu Yan laughed, how could he not see that he had been an official for several years
Some things seem to be foggy, but if you want to know the truth, you just need to see who benefits the most. That Ge Tianshi has the ability to be true, after all, everything he expected happened one by one.
However, what is really worth thinking about is: Why is it that when Ge Tianshi enters Beijing, all the benefits are from the Xu family
Up to now, many people can guess the relationship between Ge Tianshi and Empress Xu.
As for why everyone pretended to be confused and acted with Empress Xu, there was only one reason. The prince in the palace died and was disabled, the first prince died of illness, the third prince committed a serious crime, the seventh prince got smallpox, and the ninth prince only five years old...
If there is no rebellion, apart from the current prince, Dajin will never find a second prince who can be the heir.
"Auntie" Lu Yan said, "My son is clear."
What he was doing, he knew all too well.
But what can he do
If he really married Xu Qiniang, I'm afraid he would never be able to look directly at those clear and translucent eyes again in his life.
How could he say that, Shen Zhen, I'm getting married...
After a long while, the eldest princess said: "Do you still know your identity? The prince of the Duke's Mansion, behind the entire Lu family, the future of the second and third rooms is in your hands, you are wrong, what will they do? "
Lu Yan raised his head and said word by word, "My son will find a way to make the sage take back his life in person, and he will never harm the Lu family."
The eldest princess' eyes were flushed, and she choked: "For the past few months, I have been going to Changqing Temple almost every day to see the saint, but there are heavy guards in front of the gate of Changqing Temple. I can't get in at all, and the saint can't even see me. How can you meet?"
"At the end of the year, when all states come to the court, the saint will definitely come out." Lu Yan said again: "My son knows, and A-Niang doesn't like being at the mercy of the queen."
Princess Jing'an gave a "ho", and then said: "Have you already calculated it? Even I have calculated it, haven't you! Well, since this is the case, then I ask you, if you want it, can't it be done? ?"
"If that's the case, my son recognizes it..."
If he exhausted all his means and still couldn't marry her, then it should be that he, Lu Yan, owed her.
The eldest princess stared at her only son, and after a long time, she said, "I have a headache, you will find me a doctor tomorrow."
"My son thanked my mother." Lu Yan said.
The eldest princess pointed at the door and scolded him angrily: "Get out! You go out for me now!"
Early the next morning, Lu Yan was on duty.
Sun Xu saw him and raised his hand to salute, "Master Lu, congratulations."
Lu Yan's expression darkened, he could only grit his teeth and nodded.
Yang Zong said in a low voice: "Master, the news of the saint's marriage has spread widely, and no one in the capital does not know about it, no one knows about it, Miss Shen's side... What should my subordinates say?" Right now, even Yang Zong can't tell Madam called out.
Lu Yan raised his head, for the first time in his life, he was ashamed and heart-wrenchingly ashamed.
Although he did not treat her well, he never deceived her.
His Adam's apple moved slightly, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Hide it, don't let her know."
=================
"My lord, my lord!"
"Sir, wake up!"
Shen Zhen's voice approached from afar, and Lu Yan suddenly had a nauseating feeling of spinning around the world.
Suddenly opened his eyes.
Breathing heavily.
Only then did he find that he was still sitting in the tub, and the water in the tub had already become cold. He shuddered and woke up completely.
Memories of past lives flooded into my mind like a revolving lantern.
In June, Ge Tianshi entered the capital, and the sage entered the contemplation of Taoism...
In October, Shen Yu accidentally murdered and Zhou Shuan was imprisoned...
And he, on October 27, was given marriage...
Who would believe that Chang'an, which was calm in June, will experience earth-shaking changes in less than half a year.
He glanced sideways at Shen Zhen, then looked outside, and said, "Now, what month and day?"
"May 27." Shen Zhen touched his forehead, and his black and white eyes couldn't help blinking, "Sir, are you not burning?"
With a solemn face, Lu Yan stood up abruptly from the tub, water splashed, and Shen Zhen took a step back.
She turned her back and handed him the towel with her back hand, "You wipe your body first, don't get caught in the cold."
Lu Yan took it, and after a while, he came over, lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "I still have something to do, I'll go out to the study first."
Seeing that he was wearing clothes, bare feet and wet hair, Shen Zhen was about to leave, and grabbed his hand, "Sir."
"Anything else?" Lu Yan asked.
"Your hair is still wet, no matter how busy you are, can't you twist your hair dry before leaving?" Shen Zhen's mouth was soft, but his hands were strained, "You don't wear shoes. "
The man paused, looked at her, and smiled relievedly.
Shen Zhen wringed his hair for him.
With a lamp in his hand, Lu Yan looked at her and said, "Come to the study with me?"
"Together?" Shen Zhen looked at him in surprise, "Don't you have something important to do, my lord? It's not in line with the rules..."
Lu Yan glanced at her and sneered: "You know less? Let's go and study ink for me."
No one knew, Master Lu had a hard time swallowing the sentence "When have you ever been in line with me?"
The two walked to the study, and Shen Zhen stood aside, looking down to study ink for him, her thin white wrists kept turning.
Lu Yan raised his eyes and was stunned.
For a time, the scene in the dream seemed to overlap with the scene in front of him.
He suddenly felt happy.
fine.
Fortunately, those things in the dream have not happened yet, and her temperament, looking at it, is more lively than in the dream...
He picked up a wolf cent and dipped it in ink, then slowly started to write.
[In June of the seventeenth year of Qingyuan, a plague broke out in Chang'an City.
In July, there will be floods along the Yellow River.
In September, there was another earthquake in Shu.]
After stopping writing, Lu Yan put the letter in front of Shen Zhen, "Look at it."
Shen Zhen's eyes were already big, but this stare made them bigger and rounder.
She bit her head and persuaded her: "Sir... How can you write this? Making rumors and causing trouble is also a violation of Jin's law..."
Lu Yan couldn't help laughing, raised his eyebrows and said, "Is this a rumor?"
Shen Zhen nodded.
Lu Yan's expression was dim, yes, no one would believe such a bizarre prophecy, but it was precisely because no one believed it that after it happened one by one, the whole dynasty did not dare to say a word about Ge Tianshi.
"Go and call Yang Zong in." Lu Yan looked at her and said.
Shen Zhen hesitated for a moment, then nodded and turned to go out.
Even though Yang Zong had been with Lu Yan since he was a child, and had always regarded his words as his standard, he was still shocked when he saw the absurd remarks in front of him.
He subconsciously said: "Master is going to arrest this person who spread rumors and cause trouble?"
"no."
"Then the master is...?"
"Find me a reliable old Taoist first, if you can't find the real one, find a fake one." Lu Yan pointed at the table with his index finger, and then said, "I will recite the above words to ensure that the fourth day of June In the evening, it can spread throughout Chang'an."
He remembered very clearly that on the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, Ge Tianshi was going to Qingyun Temple to "practice".
He wanted to see how he could confuse the saint if even the children in Chang'an knew these words.
After the lights went out at night, Shen Zhen felt uneasy. She leaned over to the man and whispered, "Why did your lord write such words?"
Lu Yan said the truth, "I had a dream just now, and those things all appeared in a dream."
"that's it?"
"Yeah, that's it."
Shen Zhen's mouth twitched slightly.
Reaching out and touching his forehead again, "I still think, Sir, you shouldn't take that cold shower."
"Shen Zhen, if I said, all the things I dreamed would happen, do you believe me?" Lu Yan stared at her with burning eyes.
His voice was low, with a hint of bewitching, knowing that it was impossible, Shen Zhen nodded inexplicably, "Letter."
Lu Yan said again: "I still dreamed that you belonged in your heart, left me, and married someone else."
"This is impossible."
The voice fell to the ground, and the little girl's face was dyed crimson in the dark night.
The man glanced at her with a smile, "Well, remember what you said."