Cars and horses traveled along the river bank and left Xinglin Shifang without any hurry. Qing Chen let go of the car curtain, turned his head and asked, "Fourth brother, Jin Guan, the Imperial College's sacrificial wine, is to blame for this incident, but you keep using him, I wonder what he will think?"
Ye Tianling said calmly: "It doesn't matter what he thinks, the key is not with him."
Qing Chen and Ye Tianling's eyes met, and the bottomless eyes met, like a cold pool, with the color of icy ink, and it was difficult for spring to enter it. She was speechless when she reached her mouth. Ye Tianling took advantage of the situation and used it for his own purposes, and there was still room for it from the beginning to the end. This is his one-word promise to her, and it is also his long-sighted expectation for the country and the people. But how long can this only tolerance last under the ensuing shocks? What reason is there to maintain? Going on like this step by step, she can already foresee the result, but she can't do it.
In fact, it was very clear from the very beginning that this was an unbalanced situation. It's like a dying patient who can only delay his weakening by acupuncture, and finally has to face death after all. At this moment, she seemed to have touched the breath of the ending in advance, and the cold taste quietly rose from her fingertips, gradually spreading into sadness and loss. She involuntarily put her hands on her lips and took a breath of warm air, as if she was talking to herself: "Yeah, the key is not with him. But there is nothing I can do."
Ye Tianling suddenly smiled when she heard this, and held her hand: "There's still me."
Qing Chen looked up, only to see the almost conceited pride on his face, with a touch of chicness on his face. He looked down at her, his thin lips slightly raised. If you can't do anything, you still have him; if you can't get anything, you still have him; if you feel tired, tired, and disappointed, you still have him.
No matter when, there is him.
Qing Chen looked up at him. Ever since that accident, she always felt that he was a little different from before, but she couldn't say exactly what was different.
Yesterday at Tsinghua Terrace, she leaned beside him and flipped through the books, and asked unintentionally, "In ancient times, the beacon fire drama was played by the princes, and I don't know what kind of scene it was. What do you think is so funny?" He put down what he was doing and bowed his head and answered "If you don't laugh someday, I'll show you the show too, to see if you laugh or not." Qing Chen said: "You have withdrawn all the princes in the four directions, so how can there be any drama? You first ask someone to tear some silk." Come to listen to the silk, maybe I will laugh?" Who knows that Ye Tianling ordered Yan Xi to fetch the silk, and Qing Chen laughed angrily, "You really think I am the concubine of the subjugated country!" Ye Tian Ling said: "What can you do if you insist on being such a queen? I have no choice but to accompany you as a faint king."
Although it was a joke, Qing Chen thought about it for a long time afterwards. Would he have said such things in the past
Under his pampering, she almost did whatever she wanted, just beside him, she indulged her emotions, right in front of her, he was the one that no one could see. She likes that feeling, he is him, regardless of any other identity, she is also her, his Qinger, his woman.
She was a little distracted for a while, and suddenly a slender hand in front of her raised her head up. Ye Tianling looked at her for a while with judgment and deep thought: "What are you thinking?"
Qing Chen saw his own shadow reflected in his deep eyes, slightly shining through the light. She also looked at him like this, and under his gaze, she smiled faintly: "Actually, I don't want anything, I only want you. No matter what, I only want you."
The hand pinching his chin tightened slightly, but Ye Tianling's lips curled into a smile, and he narrowed his eyes: "Can't you?"
Qing Chen sighed, and fell obediently into his arms, hiding his shrinkage and boredom under his warmth, like a little animal escaping the cold. After a while, she said, "Fourth Brother, shall we go to Wuying Garden?"
Wuying Garden has always maintained its original appearance, and there is no difference between the stones, springs, plants, and trees from when Eleven was there. Find a path and enter, and you can see peachy spots in the distance, green branches and thousands of trees, and clouds spreading, which are better than back then.
With pavilions, towers and pavilions, and laughter still ringing in my ears, Ye Tianling accompanied Qing Chen as he walked slowly into the depths of the garden, feeling a little emotional in his heart. It's only been a few years, things are different and people are different, how many people in this world can be called brothers, have a good time with wine and chat about world affairs? There used to be a feast of peaches and plums, a feast of wine and wine, and a group of seasons sitting around, talking, laughing and composing poems, but now there is only this garden left lonely. He sighed softly, raised his head unintentionally, and suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Qing Chen turned his head, followed his gaze, and unexpectedly found that Ye Tianzhan was sitting there alone in the octagonal pavilion on the side of the mountain in front of him.
An old tree with strong, curly branches grows from the cracks in the mountain rocks. The trunk stretches obliquely, like an umbrella like a cover on the half-covered pavilion. Falling flowers are on the side of the mountain, in the pavilion, and go away in a flash while the clothes are fluttering. One day, when the flowers rain, the people in white clothes in the pavilion look into the distance, and they are full of unspeakable loneliness and depression.
Ye Tianzhan turned his head when he heard the footsteps, and suddenly saw Ye Tianling and Qing Chen, he was stunned for a moment, then he stood up with his lapel flapped, and bowed lightly: "I have seen the emperor and the empress."
Elegant and elegant posture, calm and calm words, the breeze blowing against his face, and his sleeves fluttering slightly brought him a slightly bitter fragrance of medicine mixed with a clear smell of alcohol. Youzhou "Liequan" is the favorite of the eleven. fine wine.
On the table in the pavilion, there were a few red wine bottles placed there, two of which were already empty. Qing Chen asked, "Why are you here?"
Ye Tianzhan slightly raised his eyes, and replied, "Tomorrow is the eleventh brother's birthday." Originally, he wanted to avoid others, but who knew that such a coincidence should come, but he couldn't avoid it.
Qing Chen looked at Ye Tianling who was standing beside him indifferently, and then turned his gaze back to Ye Tianzhan. Ye Tianzhan's eyes touched her slightly, with a gentle brilliance like jade. Because of the wine, his face was quite suave, but the smile was forced.
Ye Tianling sat down at the table, picked up the wine, "I don't want you to know that Brother Eleven likes this Youzhou Liequan."
Ye Tianzhan said: "When I was in Beijiang, I drank it with my eleventh brother. He thought Tiandu Taoyao was too mellow and lost the spirit of the wine, and said that only the strong and lingering wine was the most suitable for him. "
Ye Tianling pointed down slightly, pinched the mud seal, raised his head and poured the wine into his throat, "It's clear with the air of ice and snow, thick with the soul of wind and flames, it's good wine, I still owe my eleventh brother a drunk, until now Never paid him back."
Qing Chen's eyes suddenly turned sour, and the peach forest in front of him was in full bloom, rouge-colored, as bright as a cloud, and turned into a blurred floating shadow.
Surrounded by a silent silence, the wind blows in front of the pavilion, and the flowers fall like rain.
In front of Baizhangyuan, brothers lost their brothers, brothers turned against each other, and swords met. Since then, no one has mentioned this matter, and everyone seems to be avoiding something, but even if they don't want to mention it, they don't want to mention it, but this is always on their minds.
Gratitude and resentment became deeply entangled, but no one could tell clearly, right and wrong, success or failure, right or wrong, had long been hard to say.
Ye Tianzhan raised his hand to take a sip of the wine, his slender fingers gripped the neck of the bottle slightly pale, with tight force, it seemed that with any more effort, the bottle would shatter in his fingers. "Fourth brother, I'm sorry." His voice was very light, and he seemed to be looking at the peach grove when he spoke, his eyes fell far outside the pavilion, and the corners of his lips were slightly pursed.
Ye Tianling didn't look at him, but suddenly drank the wine in his hand. When he put down the bottle, he looked ahead and said the same two words, "Sorry."
Qing Chen looked at the two of them in surprise, and after a while, she took a step back and said softly, "You guys talk, I'll go downstairs for a walk."
Ye Tianling and Ye Tianzhan glanced at her at the same time, but neither spoke.
Wuying Garden, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, has green peaks on half of the side, strange rocks and peaks, and two waterfalls, hanging from the rocks, flowing into the deep pool below. The blue water in the pool is surging, like emerald jade, and the wind blows through the hair, and the water mist hits the face one after another, like light rain all over the sky.
The pool was bottomless, reflecting Qingchen's white clothes, she was fascinated by the splashing waterfall, the sound of water was faint in her ears, but it seemed to be suffocatingly quiet, and she couldn't hear any other sounds.
Between men and men, they have their own ways of handling things, and she doesn't want to get involved at this time. She hoped that they could have an in-depth conversation, but there was an extremely long silence in the pavilion, and after an unknown period of time, the voices of the two people finally came faintly. At first, the tone was still calm, and then they spoke faster and faster, and gradually became There was a fierce quarrel.
Ye Tianling's voice was deep and sharp, and Ye Tianzhan's voice was cold and sharp. Both of them lost their usual calmness and patience, and they each held their own opinions and spoke sharply.
Before Lintai, an unprecedented debate was going on in the founding of the Chinese Empire, and in the Wuying Garden, two men who controlled the rise and fall of the Chinese Empire were also facing each other.
It is a monarch, a brother, an opponent, and a friend. It is the mind of a gentleman, it is the bearing of a king, it is to look at the common people, and it is to have the world in mind.
They used to read together in the same class, once they were kings in one dynasty, and they fought side by side, under the battle of dragons and tigers, which is the deep understanding of each other. In a person's life, if there is no equal opponent, no confidant who cherishes each other, a hero will be lonely, and his ambition will be lonely.
Qing Chen raised his head and closed his eyes, letting the spray of water spray all over his body, a little bit of coolness eased the roiling anxiety in his heart. Her shaved nails dug right into her palms without feeling any pain. The shadow of the sun is fading to the west, and the clear waterfall in front of me is gradually dyed in the color of amber. The time is difficult every moment, as if thousands of years can't be finished, and the end can't be waited.
No one knew what the result would be. She had no choice but to trust these two men.
Suddenly, the voice above stopped, and Qing Chen raised his head involuntarily. After a while, after hearing a few low coughs, Ye Tianzhan's voice sounded again: "Indeed, I know exactly what the states have to deal with the investigation. If the fourth brother wants to know, I'm not afraid to tell the truth Tell each other. But if you know, you know, how easy is it to make them spit out the money they swallowed?"
Ye Tianling said in a deep voice: "It's easy to say, but it's easy to let them continue to embezzle the treasury and exploit the people. It's a pity that others can tolerate it, but I can't."
Ye Tianzhan said: "Being responsible for the state's private interests is difficult to tolerate in the law, and his heart can be punished, and no one can tolerate it! The fourth brother wants to investigate the deficit, but I have to ask first, how far did the investigation go? If it is only to solve a temporary difficulty, like It’s better to stop as early as before.”
Ye Tianling said: "To what extent have you found out? If you find out that there are no officials in the world, and if you find out that the national treasury is full, you will return the people to prosperity. If you don't achieve your goal, I won't let you go!"
Ye Tianzhan paused for a moment, then said slowly: "A thorough investigation of all the officials in the world will surely draw the public's anger, but I don't know if you deserve the reputation of being harsh, ungrateful, ruthless?"
Ye Tianling sneered: "So what if you are mean and ungrateful? How can I use tolerance and nurturing to win the name of the wise king? Today I will say it first. If you are afraid of offending the world's officials, you can stay out of it. I don't have much patience and patience." You circle around!"
Ye Tianzhan's voice raised slightly: "Joke! I'm afraid of offending them? If the fourth brother wants to see, we might as well compete. You check the center, I check the place, and after three years, let's see who can do it thoroughly!"
"Okay!" Ye Tianling also raised his voice, "Three years is a period, so what if we can compete? I'm afraid you won't be able to do it."
Ye Tianzhan calmed down: "I will know when I can't do it, but I have a condition first."
"explain."
"Fourth brother, dare to promise me that I will decide who to use and who to use in each state and government?"
This sentence is about the right to appoint and remove officials from the thirty-six states in the world. The blood in Qing Chen's body froze for a moment. As expected of King Zhan, he was not in a moment of enthusiasm, let alone compromised with his opponent. Outside the imperial capital, he can stop fighting and retreat to advance; above the court, he can abandon the past and take care of the overall situation. In this contest, he was deliberate, willing to take risks, and decided to give it a go.
Then the emperor, is he also willing to go here to gamble and give life to this dead end
Will he say yes
A long silence returned to the surroundings, Qing Chen didn't listen any more, and walked slowly into the peach forest, his smile reflected the peach blossoms.
The golden bird falls in the west, and the bright moon rises in the east.
At some point outside the Wuying Garden, Xuanjia imperial guards were silently filled, standing awe-inspiringly under the deepening night, ten steps at a whistle.
Ye Tianling and Ye Tianzhan walked down the pavilion together, already feeling a little drunk. The moon was bright and the sky was clear, and the breeze was blowing on the face, and the two of them felt a sense of comfort in their hearts. Ye Tianling walked slowly with his hands behind his hands, looking at the black jade-like sky, suddenly smiled faintly, turned his head and said, "I don't know what happened to the lotus flowers on Xianyu Lake this year, it seems that we haven't seen each other for many years."
A touch of moonlight fell on Ye Tian's elegant face, clear and bright, he seemed to sigh lightly, and said: "For so many years, the lotus is in full bloom every year. If the emperor is interested, I will prepare some wine to welcome you." Holy driver."
Ye Tianling nodded: "I remember that the lotus leaf wine in your mansion seems to be good, you might as well ask your eldest brother and twelfth younger brother to try it."
Ye Tian raised his Zhanjun eyes lightly, and paused for a while, "My brother obeys the order." He stopped suddenly when he said this, and he saw Qing Chen.
In front of the peach forest and beside the moon lake, a beautiful figure faced the bright moon alone, and prayed silently in front of the palms together.
Thousands of trees and peach blossoms are shining all over the sky. The night wind wrinkled the light and light shadows in the lake, blowing her clothes like the wind, and fluttering her sleeves. Her half-upturned beauty was bathed in the moonlight, and her hair fluttered lightly, as if she was about to ride the wind to go home.
In the middle of the month, the flowers fall lightly, and the forest is empty and the people are quiet. At that moment, time slowly stopped, and in his eyes and mind, there was only her shadow.
Getting to know each other is just a dream in the world of mortals.
The love thread is boundless, the youth of several generations, love and hate, and the love and moon all the time, just like floating clouds and smoke.
When he heard Ye Tianling call her name, the moment she looked back, the moonlight flowed, and the lake light was like a dream. It seemed that after a thousand years, her eyes finally passed Ye Tianling's shoulders, looking through the rain of flowers all over the sky. to him.
Looking at each other for a moment, he smiled at her indifferently, and turned around gracefully before seeing her tears.