Every few days, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew that the emperor frequently summoned Pei Youan to the imperial study to discuss matters. When he was eating, he even divided soup and drank it, and ate it in one bowl. This is an omen that he is about to use his mourning for less than half a year.
Such an honor has once again verified one thing that has always been done: the harmony between the ruler and the minister, and the emperor's reliance and trust in Pei You'an is extraordinary.
After Pei Youan returned to Beijing, he still kept a low profile. Except for being called to the palace, he rarely interacted with his colleagues, and most of the time he stayed behind closed doors in the palace. However, there has always been a rumor that he has a friendship with Hanzhen's female Guanzi in Baihe Temple. In addition to seeing a doctor for that female Guanzi's younger brother, he also has an elegant past with Shi Yingfu. Jing, has also been seen to go to Guanzhong.
One is a legendary woman with jade bones and fragrance, different from common customs, and the other is a suave gentleman with amazing talent and great power. It is unavoidable, and Pei You'an must not be spared from the commonplace, but when everyone mentions it, they are envious.
In the White Crane Temple, Pei You'an finished diagnosing Chi Hanzhen's pulse and checking the disease.
It's been a long time since I hadn't seen the real person Chi Han, who was sicker than Huang Hua, and was so sick that he was coughing so badly. At this moment, the blush on his cheeks had not yet subsided. I have been ill for some time, and I have seen several doctors, but they have not recovered, and the condition is even more lingering. The imperial doctor in the palace, who came here before, was ordered to see a doctor for my brother, and now I do not dare to ask the imperial doctor any more. Broken body, it is not a pity to die, but if I have a bad thing, I will leave my younger brother unattended, so I have to be cheeky and annoy the adults again."
Pei Youan wrote the recipe, and after the ink was dry, he handed it over to another little Taoist nun who was standing beside him, turned to Chi Hanzhen, and said warmly: "Why did you say this? I told you before, no matter what, if you have any If you are in trouble, just come and look for me, not to mention your body? Your illness is not light this time. Apart from your frail body, you are also thinking too much about it. If you interact with the inside and the outside, you can’t afford the illness. In addition to taking medicine according to the prescription, you need more Relax your mind and don’t do unnecessary thoughts.”
Tears flashed in Chi Hanzhen's eyes, and nodded in agreement.
Pei You'an looked around and saw that the walls were in vain, and the furnishings were much emptier than before.
"When I just entered the view, I heard Taoist Gu Xin clearly say, you have been a lot of objects recently?"
Chi Hanzhen said: "This is the view of women. My brother is in good health. After all, there are differences between men and women, and I am also dependent on others, so I asked him to move out and entrusted it to a fellow villager. People are extremely trustworthy, only A-di's daily food and clothing expenses require some money, and I don't have much savings on hand, so I packed up some things outside my body, or ditched it, which made the adults laugh."
Pei You'an said, "Can you help me for a week or two?"
Chi Hanzhen hurriedly shook his head: "It's absolutely impossible, my lord. I just don't want to be rewarded by outsiders, so that's what I have to do. The adults have helped me a lot, I just hate to be thankful, how can I do it again? Want adults to help me?"
Pei You'an nodded slightly: "Qi is clean and pure. It's okay, I won't force you to insult you with vulgar things. It's just that in the future, if you are really in trouble, you don't need to be restrained, just let me know."
Chi Hanzhen lowered her eyebrows and thanked him deeply.
Pei Youan packed up the medical box he brought and said goodbye. Chi Hanzhen took him to the hospital in person, regardless of his frail health.
Pei You'an told her to stay, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly thought of something, hesitantly, turned around, and whispered: "Your grandfather was a master of calligraphy and painting, I remember that the emperor Tianxi used to write an inscription, and even covered the emperor's private seal. I don't know if those calligraphy and paintings are still preserved today?"
Chi Hanzhen recalled the past, and his eyes were sullen: "It's hard to remember grandfather's calligraphy and painting. When there was an accident at home, people could not protect themselves, let alone other things. At that time, grandfather was also grateful for the grace of the late emperor, because there were some pictures of the late emperor on it. The royal brush, so I kept it in advance and quietly entrusted it to a close friend. Now it has come back to me. There are only a few calligraphy and paintings left, and I can only think about it. I don’t know why the adults asked, why? If there is a need, the adults wait a moment , I will take it here, and the adults will take it."
Pei You'an smiled and said: "You misunderstood. I saw you as a weak girl, taking care of your younger brother alone. The situation is difficult, and you don't want to be favored by others, so I want to remind you that those few paintings with the inscription of the late emperor. If you are here, take good care of it, and in the future, you will be hard to find."
Chi Hanzhen's eyes showed confusion: "I am a little puzzled by the meaning of your lord. Why will it be hard to find a thousand dollars in the future?"
Pei You'an smiled slightly: "Just remember what I said. I'll leave first. If your condition recurs after taking the medicine, don't worry, just ask someone to tell me."
He nodded towards Chi Hanzhen, then turned to leave, his clothes slightly brushed, and his steps were steady.
Chi Hanzhen looked at the back that was gradually receding in front of her, and her eyes gradually showed pain, she was actually crazy.
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In June, the supervisor of Shanglin Garden was giving a performance. Four new gates were opened in Shanglin Garden. The expansion has been completed. Now it covers an area of more than hundreds of miles. There are mountains in the middle, lakes and springs facing each other. Everything is complete, just wait for the emperor to visit in person to check the results.
Shanglin Garden is located in the west of the city, dozens of miles away from the city, and its management is extremely strict. Xiao Lie has been fond of hunting since he was young. He still remembers that when he was sixteen years old, he secretly brought a few people into the garden to go hunting. I love this young son, but in order to be vigilant, I have no choice but to punish him according to the rules. At that time, I was so embarrassed that I became the laughing stock of my brothers. At the age of twenty, after I was sent to Yunnan, for decades, whenever I was depressed, I would often To shoot hunting to send arms. Now that he has ascended the throne as the emperor, Ren Xian has reformed, and he has made great efforts to manage. After they entered the capital, they chose a date, ordered to stop for one day, and moved the Wuju Palace Examination to Shanglin Garden. All officials at or above the fourth rank in Beijing would go on a hunt, and they would also be assessed to obtain scholars. It can be said that killing two birds with one stone.
After Xiao Lie ascended the throne, he was diligent in his administration, regardless of whether it was summer or winter. Almost every morning, the tired civil and military officials also turned around like a spinning top. There is no peace, the emperor calls him to go, and he dare not relax. Hearing that he can finally stop the day and go hunting in Shanglin Garden. They are all delighted. On the eve of departure, they all relax and accompany the ministers, each preparing to set off with the emperor tomorrow. , The guards began to settle in Shanglin Garden a few days ago. The generals of the Han, the avant-garde of the government, the sword officers, the Shenshu camp, etc., led the general and commanders, and led their respective subordinates to clean up the hunting grounds and the school grounds, and prepare to welcome the emperor.
The moon this night was a little weird, like a night snow fell in June, the white moonlight sprinkled on the glazed tiles of the East Palace, and a cold and dark resentment appeared.
That night, Prince Xiao Yintang's heart seemed to be cut into two by a sharp blade. Half of it is like fire, stirring, jumping, and burning, making the bottom of his eyes glow with red light, and the blood in his veins is surging.
His father Xiao Lie, the supreme emperor of the empire, finally disappointed him completely.
That night, he had brought the news to him with an excited heart. But his reaction disappointed him, even resentment.
Before that, he had never thought that his father, the emperor, had really thought of giving up the throne to others. Even after that night, he still couldn't believe it. After thinking about it carefully, I even felt that it might just be a test for him at that time.
Until that day, the crown princess turned the meeting between Nu Guanzi and Pei You'an and all the words he had said to him.
Why did Pei You'an remind the female crown to keep the calligraphy and painting with the Tianxi Emperor's inscription? He said that in the future, these paintings will be hard to find. What does it mean
If you want to understand, everything will be solved.
Xiao Yu is still alive. Pei You'an, an old minister of the Tianxi Dynasty, not only has a close relationship with him, but also must have a feeling for the Tianxi Dynasty that no one else can understand.
It is very likely that he was lobbying Xiao Lie to honor his original promise and welcome the return of the young emperor.
Xiao Yintang is not sure whether his father was really persuaded by him, but Xiao Yintang believes that, as he knew in his dream, the emperor's feelings for Pei You'an, a son who cannot be known, are far away. better than himself. The emperor's trust and reliance on this son is beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
With Pei You'an's palace, he should not persuade the emperor to abdicate himself. However, if he spoke in front of the emperor for a long time, persuading the emperor to designate his successor as the young emperor, so that he could be famous in the history books and immortalized through the ages, this might not be unattractive to the emperor.
Xiao Yintang knew that Pei Youan couldn't bear him, just like he couldn't bear him. Between the two, you are dead and alive. They know this well in their hearts.
Once, Xiao Yintang thought he was just the emperor's only son. Now he knew it was just a joke.
Over the past twenty years, the emperor has not only had another son that he truly loves, but maybe there will be more sons in the near future.
Even if Pei You'an did not get his wish in the end, when the emperor has those sons, with the separation of his father and son today, how long will he be able to sit on the throne of the prince
Xiao Yintang was drenched in cold sweat.
Everything today is completely different from the scene in his dream.
But he stubbornly believed that everything he had seen in his dreams was what he should have been in this life.
Zhen Shi was indeed his woman, and he was indeed the emperor of this world.
Everything is different in reality, and the only variable is Pei You'an alone.
It was he who took his woman, and now he will take his throne.
In this world, the only person who can make Pei Youan fight against himself is the emperor.
As long as the emperor is gone, Pei You'an in this life, waiting for his end, will just be alone and die outside the Great Wall by a bowl of poison.
Just now, the emperor and his son, the two of them are facing themselves, sharpening their knives, and approaching step by step.
There is not much time left for him. He has to fight for himself.
In the killing of the emperor, Pei Youan and his three people, he was the one who had the last laugh.
…
Early the next day, the capital was clearing the road. The guards, under the command of the Marquis of Anyuan and Liu Jiushao, the governor of the Central Army, guarded the emperor, followed by hundreds of officials. Amidst the kneeling and worship of the people beside the road, they went out of the city to Shanglin Garden.
Pei Youan also traveled with the emperor, but since a few days ago, Chi Hanzhen's illness has worsened again. Last night, he had a high fever, and he was unconscious. The situation was extremely dangerous. Pei Youan heard the news and told the emperor about a vacancy, so he called out urgently. An imperial doctor, who also rushed there himself, was sleepless all night. Until this morning, Chi Hanzhen's high fever finally subsided, but the person was still lethargic.
The imperial physician was old and had spent the night and was exhausted. Pei Youan asked the imperial doctor to rest, and walked to a stone pavilion in the hospital.
The stone pavilion is neat and tidy, with a stone table and a stone drum. There are several volumes of the Yellow Sutra on the table, and there is a pair of pen, ink, paper and inkstone beside it. I think it is another place for Chi Hanzhen to read and write in his spare time on weekdays.
Pei Youan went up to the stone pavilion, took the Daojing scripture, flipped through it for a while, and then put it down, as if he was excited, he began to slowly spread the paper, grind it, pick up a silver penny on the pen holder, dip it in enough Ink, hanging on the wrist and writing.
He hadn't slept all night, and there were a few light bloodshots in his eyes, but his figure was still like a bamboo in the snow, tall and straight, and he didn't show any fatigue. He just stood by the stone table, bowed his head slightly, swiped ink, and concentrated on writing. .
The morning sun was slowly rising, and a ray of golden light suddenly passed through the oleander branches by the pavilion, projected into the pavilion, and shone on him. A tube of sleeves, and the arm and wrist that moved with the ink, fluttered slightly in the cool morning breeze.
Chi Hanzhen quietly stood behind the window, staring at the man in the pavilion with his sleeves full of breeze, he couldn't bear it any longer, he pulled down the little Taoist nun and twisted the ice handkerchief attached to his forehead, With a "crash", he pushed open the door and walked out, under the surprised gaze of the little Taoist nun, and hurried towards the stone pavilion.
She was really seriously ill, her face was sallow, and she only walked these ten paces. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, she stretched out her hand to support a pavilion, took two breaths, and said, "Master Pei, don't worry about me. Go! Go wherever you should go today! Don’t delay major events because of me!”
Pei You'an glanced at her without stopping: "Are you awake? Go back to your room and rest."
"Master Pei!"
Chi Hanzhen's face was frightened, and he raised his legs and walked over. When his legs became weak, he fell on the pavilion steps, struggled to get up and sat up, and said, "Master Pei, go away! Leave me alone!"
Pei You'an remained motionless, finished writing the last word, read it again, put the pen tube slowly back on the pen holder, Fang turned around, and looked at Chi Hanzhen, who was kneeling on the stone steps, with a calm expression, without saying a word.
"Master Pei, I don't want to lie to you anymore. A few days ago, my brother was picked up. Someone threatened me with him and asked me to spy on you. I didn't dare to disobey, so I could only lie to you against my heart. When I was sick, I soaked myself in ice water, and I didn't take the medicine you prescribed. A few days ago, I was told that I must keep you in the meditation today, and I can't ask you to leave half a step, otherwise, Adi will will die..."
Chi Hanzhen burst into tears.
"Is that person the Crown Princess?" Pei You'an asked lightly.
Chi Hanzhen closed his eyes: "Yes!"
"Everyone praises my integrity, but no one knows it. I also have muddy water in my heart, and I am not willing to live in Taoism for the rest of my life. At the time when the Crown Princess and I contacted, I hesitated, but in order to raise my worth, I was still reluctant to cut off the world. Unexpectedly, he has now become a cocoon and has fallen to the point where he is today!"
She burst into tears.
"... Mr. Pei, how could I deserve such a compliment when you called me clean and pure that day? You remember the friendship between my grandfather and your teachers and students, and I was so affectionate, yet I deceived you so much. Hurry up, go wherever you want to go today! If you don't go, I'm afraid something big will happen!"
She threw herself on the steps and wept bitterly.
Pei You'an looked down at her for a moment, came down from the pavilion steps, and walked out.
After a long time, the little Taoist nun finally approached with courage, lifted her up from the ground, and sat on the nearby stone drum.
Chi Hanzhen looked at the piece of ink that was still spread on the stone table.
"Thousands of poems, thousands of wines. I have looked at Hou Wang, Jade Tower and Jinque went back carelessly, and planted plum blossoms to get drunk in Luoyang."
"The Marquis of Qiancheng, the King of Wancheng. The wind is blowing, the jade flute and plum are just falling, the wine is full of gold and the moon is not yet close, and the Qiulong of Jiuyuan is full of marquis and kings."
The first half was taken from Zhu Yangu's Partridge Sky, and the second half was taken out of the Spring and Night legacy of Liu Chang'an of the former Tang Dynasty.
A ray of rising sun sprinkled on the dripping handwriting that was still wet with ink.
Chi Hanzhen had tears in his eyes, muttered chanting, turned his head to look for the figure again, and the figure had long since disappeared outside the courtyard gate.
…
That day, a piece of news shook the court and the opposition.
Today, I was hunting in Shanglin Garden, and I was trying martial arts in the hall. I was assassinated by an assassin in the middle. The situation at that time was extremely dangerous. Fortunately, Liu Jiushao was so careful that he actually told him to detect the plot in advance. Before the assassin was close, he was arrested by Liu Jiushao. Frightened, he ordered the first trial on the spot. He learned that it was the work of the king of Shun'an, Yu Dang. edict.
Gui Ji edict stated that I and King Shun An were originally brothers, with the same ancestor and father, and were connected by blood and blood, but unexpectedly, when we were brothers and feet, I did not take care of Tang Di's feelings, so that the disaster was deeply provoked and the clan was shamed. Last night, I dreamed of the ancestors scolding, I woke up in fear, fearing that I would be shameless to see my ancestors underground in the future, I should have personally returned to the ancestral land of Gengzhou to guard the mausoleum and thought about it. , as a commoner, on behalf of his father, he returned to his ancestral land to guard the mausoleum, with full filial piety.
As soon as this crime was announced, there was an uproar in the whole court. Zhang Lao and Zhou Xing asked to see the emperor. When they came out, their faces were ashen, and they could hardly walk unless they were supported by their entourage.
Two days later, Zhang Lao, on the grounds that he was old and frail, asked to return to his hometown, and the emperor would make a recitation. The Zhou family was not so lucky. Zhou Jin was expelled for the crime of cronyism, and then feared the crime and committed suicide in the Dali Temple prison. In this case, dozens of officials were implicated.
In less than half a month, such an earth-shaking drastic change has taken place in the imperial court. At the moment, the winds are full of turmoil, civil and military officials, everyone is in danger, and the surface is turned upside down. Deliver quickly.
It is said that the assassination incident in Shanglinyuan that day was found to be the accomplice of the prince and Zhou Jin. The emperor was extremely angry, killed Zhou Jin, abolished the prince, and ordered him to be imprisoned in his ancestral land.
This is the emperor's death order, and there is absolutely no possibility of changing it.