Fu Shen didn't know whether Gu Shanlu planned to invite him to dinner, or made a special trip to block him. Anyway, when he finally came out of the restaurant, full of alcohol and fire, he was forcibly pulled into the carriage by a roadblocker who had been waiting for a long time.
"Okay," Yan Xiaohan gritted his teeth and said sullenly, "Coax me to wait for you at home, and run out to drink with others..."
Fu Shen opened his arms silently, pressed the whole person over, and hugged him heavily.
"..." Yan Xiaohan's threatening ending was instantly out of tune, and he coughed dryly, "What are you doing, don't think it's useful to be coquettish... What's the matter, you're still unhappy after drinking?"
"Dream," he muttered.
One wave after another, the emperor changed two, but still the same suspicion and suspicion. "Gong Gao Zhenzhu" is like a dark cloud covering the top all the year round. As long as Fu Shen is still alive in this world for one day, he will never be able to get out of this dark cloud.
This voice made Yan Xiaohan's heart feel like it was being scratched by a cat. He stopped sneering, and was no longer angry. He lifted him up carefully: "Huh? Tell me, what happened?"
Fu Shen didn't want to speak, and suddenly felt a little sad, so he hugged Yan Xiaohan tighter.
Yan Xiaohan saw that he didn't say a word, just blindly digging into people's arms, looking aggrieved, he couldn't help but let out a low laugh, and said in a helpless tone of helplessness, "Okay, I don't want to. Don't tell me. Are you tired? Get some sleep first."
The carriage was bumpy, his embrace was warm, and he was drunk, Fu Shen fell asleep in a trance of despair.
When he woke up in the middle of the night, he found himself lying on the couch peacefully, his body was clean and fresh, there was no smell of alcohol, and there was the sound of another person's even and long breathing beside the pillow. Yan Xiaohan faced him sideways, and put one hand on his waist with the quilt placed on his waist. Through the dim light outside the bed tent, Fu Shen could clearly see his peaceful sleeping face.
When people woke up, and alcohol also woke up, Fu Shen stretched his breathing and slowly settled down in the quiet late night. At this time, when I recalled Emperor Changzhi's notification and Gu Shanlu's reminder this afternoon, my mood became less intense.
He even thought it was a bit ridiculous. Back then, Emperor Yuantai first assassinated and then bestowed his marriage. Various means took turns to go into battle, and the thunderbolts came one after another. Didn't they end up with each other? How could the situation change over time, he stood taller, but he was not as good as before, so he was so worried about acting like a spoiled brat with Yan Xiaohan because of this trivial matter
It's all down to Yan Xiaohan!
Fu Shen is really at ease around him. He has never absorbed such a strong sense of security from other people. If he doesn't say anything else, when someone is around, Fu Shen will never fall asleep after drinking, and be moved in the middle. Moving up and down, changing clothes and bathing, I didn't wake up after all the tossing.
The emperor has only just thought of it, and there are still many hurdles to put it into practice, and the real war may be the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. Even if Yan Yingdian nodded and let go, if he really wanted to lead his troops to the expedition, he could go to the southwest to discuss with Duan Guihong slowly, and the big deal would drag him out for a year or two.
What is there to worry about
Loyalty is the shackles he uses to bind himself, not the shackles that are sent into the hands of others to be driven. Fu Shen found that he was indeed more open-minded than before. He had probably even experienced the destruction of his country and his family. This kind of open and secret struggle in the court seemed extremely low-level, as if he had been fed up.
Sometimes the "end of the road" is not really no way back, but because the bottom line is too high. Facing Emperor Yuantai, Fu Shen still has some scruples, but if Emperor Changzhi really pushes him into that situation one day, of course Fu Shen doesn't mind making plans for the world, and then give this imperial city a deep palace and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. A new emperor.
He was engrossed in his thoughts, and turned over without paying attention. As a result, with just such a small movement, Yan Xiaohan actually woke up and asked in a daze, "Jingyuan?"
"It's okay, you sleep." Fu Shen was in good spirits and pulled the thin quilt a little higher for him. Yan Xiaohan gave a soft "um", and seemed to have fallen into a dream again. After a while, he opened his eyes again and looked over with clear eyes, "Are you sober?"
"Well," Fu Shen picked up a lock of his long hair from the pillow and wrapped it between his fingers, "don't worry about me, sleep with you."
"You're all awake, why am I sleeping?" Yan Xiaohan got out of bed in his clothes, poured two cups of tea and brought it back, the two of them moistened their throats silently, Yan Xiaohan lit the lamp, and lay back on the bed: "Now Can you tell me?"
Fu Shen: "What?"
"The emperor asked you to enter the palace in the afternoon, did he say something about the southwest?" Yan Xiaohan put his arms around him loosely, "Gu Shanlu asked you about the same thing at night? It makes our grandfather worry. "
Fu Shen hadn't learned the skills of this Feilongwei leader for several years, and he was incredulous for a while: "How do you know? I put you in my purse when I went out?"
"What's the matter," Yan Xiaohan said with a smile, "It's just my old skill."
It is familiar and pervasive. Emperor Yuantai raised something, and even his own son could not escape the trap.
Although Feilongwei has been abolished, the original team is still there, and after returning to Beijing, the defense of the Imperial Guard is still in the hands of Yan Xiaohan, and countless bright and dark lines have been laid long ago. Emperor Changzhi became suspicious of him after going through the gathering at the Golden Terrace, and Xue Sheng and others fanned the flames every day, not as trustworthy as before. However, the talents available to the emperor's subordinates were really limited. Except for Yan Xiaohan, he couldn't find anyone else who could command the Imperial Army, so he had to hold his nose and continue to use him.
The consequences of doing this are roughly equivalent to bringing wolves into the room, sending their throats under the fangs of others, and it will be too late to close the door.
Besides, who is Yan Xiaohan? He was taught by Duan Linglong, the first eunuch of the Yuantai Dynasty, by words and deeds. When he was a teenager, he entered the Beiya Imperial Army, guarding the front, and later he became the imperial emissary of Feilongwei. Intrigue and tricks are like eating and drinking for him, it has become an instinct.
Aware of the change in Emperor Changzhi's attitude, he put a little thought into "coaxing the emperor", and sure enough, now Emperor Changzhi is very friendly and reliant on him again.
Fu Shen had to admit that Yan Xiaohan was indeed much better than him in the aspect of "deceiving and abducting", and it was a skill that could not be learned. If Yan Xiaohan was the one who entered the palace this afternoon, he might be able to fool Emperor Changzhi back into his heart.
"The emperor is very persistent in this matter, and I am afraid he will not give up easily."
After listening to Fu Shen's remarks, Yan Xiaohan rejected the idea of "he can persuade the Changzhi Emperor": "You should have seen the emperor's temperament, he can't stand the excitement, and he is very ambitious. Know how to restrain; once you have the world, you will be the only one, and you will be too paranoid."
Mediocrity is not scary, it is terrifying, but stupidity is not scary, but being smart is scary.
"He doesn't have the courage of the Supreme Emperor, but he has to learn the methods of the Supreme Emperor. In the past, he used the old ministers from the north in Jiangnan, but now, for the sake of balance, he intends to elevate the nobles in Jiangnan," Yan Xiaohan said, "Besides this, there is also the issue of national prestige. , the safety of Jiangnan... On the matter of the West Expedition, the emperor and the Jiangnan gentry have the same position, so I can't persuade them.
Fu Shen frowned: "There is no other way but to let him do it?"
"Unless there is an earthquake in Mount Tai, or there is an abnormal astronomical phenomenon, it will be difficult for this matter to turn around." Yan Xiaohan rubbed his shoulders through a layer of clothes, "Gu Shanlu's warning makes sense, you are a thorn in the eyes of many people right now, don't care about it. In the end, if it doesn't work, they will find a way to find your fault, and even take the opportunity to implicate the queen and the prince, you must be careful yourself."
"I know," Fu Shen sighed, "it seems that Yanying Palace can't stop him from dying."
"The rice needs to be eaten one bite at a time, and the new policy must be implemented step by step. What's the hurry?" Yan Xiaohan stretched out his hand to hold his eyebrows, "Come on, don't frown, just smile."
"In the middle of the night, why are you crazy?" Fu Shen said blankly, "Don't laugh. Would you like to give me a smile?"
"Dear me, just laugh," Yan Xiaohan coaxed, "You made me wait all afternoon today, do you have to make some compensation?"
Fu Shen was so harassed by him, and his worries were dissipated. He originally wanted to be more stern, but he couldn't hold back his smile, and he tapped on the small piece of his chest exposed: "Rogue. "
Yan Xiaohan said confidently, "A good man has no good wife, so Lai Han will occupy the flower branch."
"Flower Branch" almost trembled into a dog-beating stick.
After Fu Shen finally caught his breath, Yan Xiaohan pulled him into his arms with the quilt, and declared viciously, "I want to spoil you."
"Hahaha… "
It turned out as they expected. Not long after, Emperor Changzhi proposed to conquer the southwest on the Yanying Palace. Apart from the northern border army who stood by Fu Shen, the other forty court officials, even Yan Xiaohan, agreed with the emperor's proposal.
With such an appearance, the eyes of outsiders looking at the two of them have a deeper meaning - during the Northern Expedition, the Beiyan Army and the Tianfu Army were still advancing and retreating together. It's already on the table.
The country is easy to change, the nature is hard to change, and the traitor is unreliable.
In the spring of the following year, Fu Shen, the Duke of Jingguo, was ordered to lead an army of 100,000 troops to send troops south to attack Duan Guihong, the king of Xiping County.
This time, he was not accompanied by the old Beiyan Iron Cavalry, but an expanded imperial army. The main force was the Jiangnan Army under the command of Zhao Xicheng when he recaptured the Central Plains.
It is still on the golden stage in the suburbs of Beijing, hunting with flags and neighing horses.
Emperor Changzhi went outside the city in person as a farewell for the army, just as Emperor Yuantai led a hundred civil and military officials to send the young generals north to fight the enemy.
Yan Xiaohan stood not far from Emperor Changzhi, his eyes swept over the ministers one by one, and finally landed on Emperor Changzhi's slightly blessed back.
He has no expression and looks indifferent, but it looks more real than the monarchs and ministers who pretend to be emotional.
Fu Shen cast a glance from afar, their eyes met in mid-air, Yan Xiaohan nodded lightly.
He vaguely felt that under the sturdy armor, the man seemed to be smiling.
The night before his departure, Yan Xiaohan said to Fu Shen, "Just go south with peace of mind, I will guard you at the back, so don't worry about anything."
At that time, Fu Shen didn't speak, he just smiled and pulled his chin to kiss him. It seems that he knows nothing, and he seems to have penetrated the truth.
The spring breeze swept across the wilderness, Yan Xiaohan watched the handsome flag drifting away, and silently completed the unfinished words from last night in his heart.
When you come back, I will give you a clean hall back.