Nishikawa, night.
"His Royal Highness." Zheng Yan came over lazily and said, "I'm going to leave tomorrow, so I'll go to bed early."
Cai Yan sat behind the desk, facing the stack of memorials, glanced at Zheng Yan, and politely replied, "Zheng Qing, please rest."
"Still waiting for someone?" Zheng Yan was always open to mention which pot, and he kept his mouth open. Sometimes Cai Yan really wanted Wu Du to poison Zheng Yan to death.
"Who are you waiting for?" Cai Yan asked back with a smile, "I don't have anyone to wait for. Who is Zheng Qing waiting for?"
"Oh - that's naturally waiting for the body?" Zheng Yan said.
Cai Yan couldn't laugh anymore, his face was extremely ugly, Zheng Yan smiled and said, "I saw your fourth uncle go and have a drink with him, but your Royal Highness will not go? It is expected that the body will not come back in a while."
Cai Yan had to say stiffly, "Zheng Qing is joking."
"Tomorrow will give amnesty to the world." Zheng Yan held the cup, shook it, and said, "I heard that a group of little bastards must be released. It seems that His Highness is quite benevolent."
Cai Yan was stiff again, and said perfunctorily: "Sin is not enough to die. Now is the time when people are lacking. Could it be that Zheng Qing has something else to say to 'Feng'?"
Zheng Yan smiled and looked at Cai Yan up and down.
"You're not like your father." Zheng Yan said.
At that moment, Cai Yan's complexion changed instantly, it became extremely ugly, as if he had murderous intentions, Zheng Yan said lazily: "Life is too short, you have to be happy in time."
"Zheng Qing." Cai Yan's voice trembled, as if with uncontrollable anger, and said, "Go back and rest, the sacrificial day is over, don't ask me again, tired."
Zheng Yan did not leave, but sat down on the steps in front of Cai Yan's case, turned his back to the current crown prince, and said to himself, "This world is a big dye vat. become someone."
Cai Yan said bluntly, "What is Zheng Qing trying to say? Should I beware of 'Feng'?"
Zheng Yan said: "Feng's ingenuity is indeed sinister, but it is all conspiracy, not a conspiracy, and it is not enough to need special precautions. It just suddenly reminds me of the late emperor."
"The world is full of colors, and there are too many colors. Whoever is in any position will be dyed that color; only the late emperor is another color." When he said this, Zheng Yan got up and looked towards Cai. Yan smiled and said: "Both black or white, the late emperor held a handful of mountains and rivers, but he was always unmoved. After following him for a long time, he actually returned to his original state. , there is such a little glimpse of the meaning of 'the way of heaven', I hope Your Highness will also remember this."
Cai Yan was a little stunned for a while, Zheng Yan bowed slightly to Cai Yan, no longer drunk before, the robe was raised, Shi Shiran left, and the rest of Cai Yan was in a daze in the hall.
The autumn wind blew, the leaves were full, and there were only a few people left in the palace, ready to set off tomorrow.
Li Yanqiu was sitting in the hall, staring at the scenery in the courtyard in a daze. Queen Mu Jinzhi had already left with the herdsman's migration team. There was a huge palace, empty and depressing, and there was a bowl of medicine in front of the desk. , has cooled down.
Zheng Yan passed along the corridor, looking like he couldn't sleep, and sat down beside Li Yanqiu.
"Drink!" Zheng Yan held the bottle of wine and motioned to Li Yanqiu, "I drink, you drink medicine."
Li Yanqiu took the medicine bowl and touched Zheng Yan a little.
"Just came over from the East Palace?" Li Yanqiu asked.
"Your Majesty's heart is still in the Eastern Palace to critique books." Zheng Yan leaned back, leaned his back on the edge of the low couch, and said, "Looking at that appearance, it looks a bit like you, not like the emperor."
The Li family established the country with martial arts and passed it down from generation to generation. They were not very strict in terms of etiquette. Li Yanqiu was also quite casual with his courtiers. Zheng Yan had a special identity.
"I don't have the temper of the emperor's brother." Li Yanqiu sighed, shook his head, and said, "I have a good heart, and she must be like my emperor's sister-in-law."
Zheng Yan looked at the clear sky outside thoughtfully, and Li Yanqiu said again, "I just slept for a while, but I actually dreamed of the emperor's brother. He didn't come for the sacrificial day, but he came now."
Zheng Yan didn't answer, and took another sip of wine casually.
"I dreamed of being on a bridge." Li Yanqiu said, "I expected that the other side would no longer be a human world, and the moonlight would be under the bridge. He said to me, 'The emperor is back, it's time to move the capital, it's another year'. "
Only at this time did Zheng Yan say: "The matter of amnesty for the world, His Majesty has to think about it again. When Feng Yi was released, he said that there will be chaos in the world. The East Palace is even more short of people. If the former emperor is still there, the minister is not worried. Lord, is the future king of a country, Your Majesty..."
"The amnesty order has already been issued." Li Yanqiu sighed, "You have no joke, can you still take it back? As for Feng, it was specially requested by Rong Er, and you must know the pros and cons. Feng has been a staff member of the film team for many years. , Although he was convicted of his father's crime and put on death row, he was still loyal to me."
Zheng Yan shook his head and sighed.
"But you're right." Li Yanqiu said, "It's not right for the East Palace to have no guests of the prince yet. In the most half year since Rong'er's return, Wuluohoumu has been watching over him, and there are so many trivial matters in the court. Gu Shang. After the capital move this time, he must make good arrangements."
"Excuse me to be blunt." Zheng Yan drank his wine and said casually, "Now the East Palace always feels that something is missing."
"I'm missing a breath." Li Yanqiu said, "Rong'er is a talented person. Sitting in that position, he knows what he should do, and he has done a good job in approving memorials and reviewing people's livelihood. He didn't realize something, it was his heritage, and he couldn't let go of it."
"Or say that." Li Yanqiu held up the medicine bowl and stared at his face reflected in the dark medicine soup, as if another familiar person was watching him in the reflection, "He hasn't seen himself as Li The people of the family, to settle political affairs, and to control the court, are still helping me, not for himself."
"However, being too sharp is not a good thing after all." Li Yanqiu drank the medicine, frowned slightly, and said, "Zheng Yan, you go and arrange for me, the prince still needs to be accompanied by a student, so I will use the name of a guest. solicit."
The footsteps sounded in a hurry.
"Prince asks to see you." The outside guards announced.
Li Yanqiu raised his brows slightly and looked at the corridor with Zheng Yan. Cai Yan hurriedly turned out, smiling brightly.
Cai Yan bowed first, and then another person appeared behind him, it was Lang Junxia, who was busy.
"Wuluo Houmu?" Li Yanqiu frowned, "You left without saying goodbye, and you haven't been cured of your crime of leaving without permission. Where did you go?"
"Uncle." Cai Yan came over and sat down and said, "Let's see what he brought back."
Lang Junxia glanced at Zheng Yan, who had never met each other, but already knew each other's names.
"You're here." Lang Junxia said.
Zheng Yanpi smiled and said, "I'm here."
Lang Junxia took off the long sword from his back, and placed it flat on the table with both hands. On the scabbard, there was a statue of Da Shizhi Bodhisattva slaying demons and slaying demons, and a white tiger was placed in front of him. Shelley.
"Fortunately not to be humiliated." Lang Junxia replied, then withdrew and listened to orders outside the door.
Li Yanqiu pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand, and drew the sword out, making a low sound.
It was sunny and windy in the early morning, and the farmers on the terraced fields across the mountain were busy with the autumn harvest.
Duan Ling stood outside the inn door in Linjiang, stretched out, asked Xiao Er for a bucket, fetched water, and boiled water for Wu Du to drink tea and change the medicine.
Duan Ling slept on the safest night of the year, but Wu Du had no sleep, tossed and turned, and fell asleep at dawn. Not long after he fell asleep, he heard Duan Ling's sound of boiling water, and he was dying in shock. He sat up, stunned, his palms between his eyebrows, his head irritated.
"What time is it?" Wu Du asked this sentence, but he felt it was wrong. How could a courtier ask the prince the time? I should have gotten up earlier to serve me, but it's all like this, what else can I do
"It's dawn." Duan Ling said, "Are you all right? Not feeling well?"
Wu Du's eyes were red, he looked at Duan Ling for a while, and said, "I will do these trivial matters in the future. No... If I don't treat you as your highness, I should take care of you on weekdays. That's what I thought when I came out of Tongguan that day. Not to mention that you didn't have a good life with me for a few days..."
Duan Ling knew that Wu Du had probably figured it out, and said, "What's the problem? If you didn't know that Cai Yan was a fake and came out to follow him, would you say the same?"
Wu Du said: "Of course not, but you are different from him."
Duan Ling yesterday|Chao Wu poured out a lot of words alone, thinking about it a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Then if... the person who Wuluohoumu brought back to the DPRK is me, we have met in different identities, Do you think so too?"
Wu Du had never thought about this. In this way, his mind was full of chaos. If Duan Ling was not the current Wang Shan, they would get along alone, and relying on their usual indifferent temper, He definitely wouldn't take a heart out of Duan Ling. At most, he felt sorry for him, and he was especially close to him. Of course, all this was on the premise that the "Prince" treated him sincerely.
After thinking about it for a while, Wu Du had to admit it, and he had to say, "Okay." So relieved, looking at Duan Ling, the two laughed.
"I was thinking about you last night." Wu Du said.
Duan Ling untied the bandage on Wu Du's hand, changed his dressing, and said "um" without raising his head.
Wu Du: "There is a person, I can take you to see him, called Xie You, as long as you are sure of your identity, Xie You will protect you even if he sacrifices his life."
"I know him." Duan Ling said, "He is loyal to the emperor, isn't he? But now the emperor is my fourth uncle."
Wu Du frowned slightly and said nothing.
Duan Ling added: "As long as the fourth uncle recognizes me, Cai Yan does not pose any threat at all."
Wu Du nodded and said: "There is one more thing, it is still too dangerous for you to come forward now. I have always suspected that the minister will deal with the fake and His Majesty. He never said who the medicine was given before. Yes, maybe it's a fake."
Duan Ling changed the medicine for Wu Du, Wu Du leaned down, and Duan Ling put on his boots, Wu Du looked down at Duan Ling's every move, Duan Ling did it very naturally, and then let Wu Du put his hand on his shoulder , help him out.
In the autumn, the sky is clear and the air is fresh. Duan Ling squatted by the river to wash his face, and said to Wu Du, "The worst case is that the fourth uncle doesn't believe that I am me and locks me up. If we have no evidence, then it will be completely It's over."
"That's what I said." When Wu Du thought about it now, it was also very dangerous, and the element of luck was too great.
"The best situation." Duan Ling said, "The fourth uncle recognized me and killed Wuluohou Mu and Cai Yan together, but what happened next?"
Next, what he has to face is the turbulent power whirlpool in the imperial court - Mu Kuangda is likely to find ways to poison himself. Of course, with Wu Du, he doesn't have to be afraid of anyone poisoning him. But what does Mu Kuangda want to do
"Next." Wu Du said seriously to Duan Ling, "I want to tell you something, but you must not show any clues about this matter in front of the minister, otherwise it will lead to death for both of us... hey But nothing."
Duan Ling: "..."
"But if it's really exposed, they will come to kill you." Wu Du said, "Then we have to take the risk, let it go, and poison them all to death."
Duan Ling said: "You... you first talk about what the hell is going on."