To allow Emperor Yuantai to entrust Beiyan's military power, not hesitate to send him to the temple, and even use him as the emperor's spokesperson in the Yinghua Temple to check and balance several princes - this is not just reuse, it is almost catching up with half of his own family. .
Fu Shen doubted: "Actually, you are the emperor's own son, right?"
Yan Xiaohan laughed and deliberately teased him, "If I were really His Majesty's parent, then your Fu family would have two princesses."
Fu Shen: "..."
Yan Xiaohan raised the pot to refill himself a cup of tea, put away the joke, and said seriously, "Jingyuan, do you know who the emperor trusts the most?"
Fu Shen said without hesitation, "himself."
Yan Xiaohan originally planned to analyze it in detail with him in a serious and serious manner, but was amused by Fu Shen's answer. He clearly noticed that the dark shadow cast on his heart by the past was slowly fading, it seemed that the big things could be laughed at in front of this person.
"Apart from himself?" Yan Xiaohan asked.
Fu Shen was really stopped by the question.
Emperor Yuantai was so suspicious that he did not believe in military generals with military power in his hands, brothers with blood ties, sons staring at the throne, and civil servants standing in secret... After thinking about it, he couldn't find a single one. available person. The corner of Fu Shen's mouth twitched, and he thought that Emperor Yuantai, who was the emperor, was really a loner.
Yan Xiaohan said leisurely, "He trusts military generals more than civilian officials; he trusts people under his own eyes more than generals stationed on one side. So he trusts me more than you."
Fu Shen gestured and raised his hand to slap him, Yan Xiaohan smiled, grabbed his hand, and shook it gently: "Feilongwei and the Beiya Imperial Army have always been his killers. Next are the five major Beijing camps, because Beijing camps Admiral Wang Zhen is a lonely minister who doesn't stand in line. The Imperial City's soldiers and horses will not work. Then there is the King of Xiping County. He has been quiet and unassuming over the years, so the emperor is more at ease with the old ministers."
The person he mentioned, Fu Shen, was of course no strangers. There are rumors in the world that there are "four kingdoms pillars", that is, the four most famous generals who are guarding all sides in Dazhou. They are Fu Shen, the commander of the Beiyan Iron Cavalry, Duan Guihong, the king of Xiping County, Sa Zhimu, the Admiral of the East China Sea, and Beijing. The battalion commander Wang Zhen.
Wang Zhen has always been a low-key person, even more low-key than Duan Guihong—the Prince of Xiping County is not well-known in the capital because of his remote location and difficult news. Wang Zhen was stationed in Xishan, not far from the capital. After so many years, there has been no movement. Many people only know Jingying, and when they mention the Admiral of Jingying, they have to rack their brains for a while to think of the name.
However, it was the Beiyan Iron Cavalry, the five major capital camps and the Imperial City Imperial Army that constituted the triple barrier to guard the capital.
"So?" Fu Shen asked, "What do you want to explain?"
"People who can gain the emperor's trust must not take credit, not stand in line, and behave in a low-key manner. It is best to be an old minister," Yan Xiaohan asked with a smile, "Have you not thought of it yet?"
Fu Shen gave up: "You said."
Yan Xiaohan said, "Eunuch."
Fu Shen's first reaction was to look down and glance at Yan Xiaohan's lower body: "No, it's quite normal?"
Yan Xiaohan: "…"
It took a moment for Fu Shen to realize that he was thinking crooked, so embarrassed he raised his hands to cover his face. Yan Xiaohan suppressed a smile, grabbed the armrest of the wheelchair and pulled him in front of him, knees to knees, he said solemnly, "Don't be ashamed, we are both old couples, what's there to be ashamed of... Take your hands off. Lord Hou, when are you going to check if I am normal?"
Fu Shen gritted his teeth and said, "I'm going to let you try the family method first."
Yan Xiaohan laughed, Fu Shen held on for a while, but couldn't help laughing: "...I'm not serious, this is serious business, get up for me."
"Do you still remember Duan Linglong?" Yan Xiaohan laughed enough, still holding him sticky and refusing to let go, "At that time, you hadn't entered the court, and you haven't seen him cover the sky with one hand, that's why you're called Jane Zai. The heart of the emperor, the honor and favor will not fail."
"The eunuch has no children. When he entered the palace since he was a child, his only reliance was the emperor's favor, so Duan Linglong was really loyal to the emperor. If the emperor in this world has ever trusted anyone with all his heart, he is the only one." Yan Xiaohan said, "Maybe no one will believe it, but when Duan Linglong passed away, His Majesty did shed tears for him."
"After I was born, I was abandoned at the entrance of the Wanxiang Temple. The Wanxiang Temple is a royal monastery, and it is filled with concubines who have become monks and practiced. They have been with the ancient Buddha of Qingdeng all the year round. Seeing my pity, I felt sorry for me and left me there. Raised in a temple."
"The Wanxiang Temple does not allow the people to enter. They guessed which palace maid had an illegitimate child. They were worried that they would not be able to feed themselves after birth, and that they would be strangled to death, so they sent me to the Wanxiang Temple. It may be from the blood of the heavenly family, the emperor believes me, purely because my adoptive father is Duan Linglong."
Fu Shenting's heart tensed, he hesitated for a while, then raised his hand and patted the back of his hand lightly.
Yan Xiaohan: "Duan Linglong has a relationship with a nun in the temple. He often goes to the Wanxiang Temple in private. He heard that an abandoned baby was picked up in the temple. He taught me martial arts for many years, and until I was seventeen, he brought me directly into the Imperial Army."
Over the years, Yan Xiaohan has been criticized the most for two things, one is that he acts strangely and his methods are ruthless. Then he worshipped the eunuch as his adoptive father, and was accused of clinging to power and being a traitor.
Rao is that Fu Shen didn't care about the rumors about him for a long time.
He did not gently pull Yan Xiaohan into his arms, but he felt that everything he said seemed pale and powerless. I can't wait to go back to the past and hug the still immature little boy like this.
Yan Xiaohan let him hold her and said softly, "Don't pity me."
"Well, it's not pitiful." Fu Shen said, "Then may I love you? Since I can't be a princess, you have to be Mrs. Jingning Hou honestly for me, okay?"
Yan Xiaohan smiled silently, and continued, "The emperor knew about Duan Linglong and the nun, and naturally he knew about me. When Duan Linglong was seriously ill, he made me swear before his sickbed that he would not leave any children in his life, and he would be wholehearted. Report to the king. After he died, the emperor promoted me to be the envoy of the Flying Dragon Guard."
Although Yan Xiaohan is not of the blood of the heavenly family, he is almost born from the emperor's eyes. His background determines that he will be isolated by the civil servants, and he is the heir taught by Duan Linglong himself. , of course, Emperor Yuantai dared to use him with confidence.
"Why did you promise him?" Fu Shen asked, "If you don't enter Feilongwei, you can still live very well. There are thousands of roads in the world, why do you have to choose the most difficult one?"
Yan Xiaohan asked back, "That year when the Eastern Tartars invaded the border, why did you promise them to go to the battlefield?"
Fu Shen said, "Is that what I want? I was forced."
After being silent for a long time, Yan Xiaohan seemed to have made up his mind, and said with difficulty, "There is a person I may never be able to stand by my side in my whole life, but I can keep him in my heart, look at him from a distance, and occasionally say a few words. In other words, that's fine."
Fu Shen didn't know what he was going to say next, but he seemed to have a premonition, and his heart was beating wildly.
"But later, he was forced to go to the northern front."
Fu Shen's mind went blank.
It seems to be expected, and completely unexpected,
"Everyone knows that the war is dangerous, and this trip must have no return, but none of the princes in the court came forward to stop this terrible errand for him." Yan Xiaohan said, "That's when I learned that people are soft-spoken, and even Xiao Xiang is not qualified."
He laughed at himself: "So it's okay to be infatuated, it's okay to have no heirs, as long as I can climb up, I can agree to anything."
"Don't say it..." Fu Shen's chest heaved violently, he held him down with one hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "Brother Yan, I understand, stop saying it..."
"It's all right, it's all in the past," Yan Xiaohan got up and hugged him, gently following his tense back, "I'm here to talk about it. Don't feel burdened. Being able to get to where I am today proves that I didn't make the wrong choice back then."
"If I had known..."
Yan Xiaohan imagined the scene: "If you know, I'm afraid a bunch of scumbags will gather and kill me on the spot."
When the gate of the city passed by, and with a startling glance, he threw a branch and a lotus, but it brought out the longing and sweetness of his life.
The common weal and woe under the cliff, the unexpected quarrel, the break, and the reconciliation... For seven years, they have been separated and everywhere. They have walked from far away to each other. Although the journey is long, they are finally able to meet. He once thought that walking side by side, which he had never hoped for in his life, was now within his grasp.
"When you went to the battlefield, I couldn't do anything," Yan Xiaohan said comfortingly, "Fortunately, you later became an envoy of the Kipchak. When the emperor gave you a marriage, the first consideration was me. You see, this is called sincerity. To, the stone is open."
"..." Fu Shen couldn't help being serious: "What if the emperor doesn't grant marriage?"
Yan Xiaohan looked at him and smiled, "Master Hou, I'm not an upright gentleman like you. Since I've tried my best to become an envoy, even if the emperor doesn't allow me, I have to take you back by force. A lackey in the court. If you don’t harm Zhongliang, how can you be worthy of the world?”
Fu Shen knew that he was talking nonsense as soon as he heard it, but he still felt distressed. He raised his hand and tapped him on the back: "Bai Bing has a good face, why is he so determined."
Yan Xiaohan said leisurely, "When I see that Fu Lang has lost his life, what can I do?"
The words he didn't say were hidden in the gentle gaze when he smiled.
If Emperor Yuantai hadn't given him a marriage, Yan Xiaohan probably wouldn't have been able to forcefully rob Jing Ninghou, and perhaps he would have to pretend to be the same for the rest of his life, like a stranger.
When I saw Fu Lang, he was mistaken for life. Fu Shen can miss his life, but he can't miss Fu Shen's life.
"Okay." Yan Xiaohan let go of him and was about to step back when he suddenly froze and someone grabbed the collar out of thin air.
"I'm really sorry for delaying your life," Fu Shen relaxed and leaned back, raised the corner of his mouth, and said generously, "Come on, you can come back late now."
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[Volume 2]