Golden Stage

As the most powerful minister with a foreign surname in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yan Xiaohan has always been surrounded by many rumors, saying that he has everything.In the imagination of outsiders, ordinary people have twelve hours in a day, and Yan Xiaohan has 24 hours in a day. Because of the deep deterrence, he dared not do anything.

There is also a famous "secret story" circulating in the palace. It is said that the new lord, Chengming Emperor, was young and very dependent on his uncle Jing Guogong, often holding his thigh and refusing to let go.Yan Xiaohan is like a weasel squatting outside the chicken coop. He has no good intentions for this family. If he is not careful, he will stretch his claws at the little emperor and repeatedly speak out to provoke the relationship between the emperor and Duke Jing.

One day, near dusk, Fu Shen should have resigned from the palace, but the little emperor was so clingy that he refused to let him go.Seeing this, Yan Xiaohan jokingly asked him, "Duke Jingguo is a member of the minister's family. If His Majesty insists on keeping him, what will he give in exchange?"

Although the little emperor now only knows how to eat, sleep and play, he is worthy of being a nobleman. He has shown extraordinary courage since he was a child, and he opened his mouth and said, "Jiangshan Yuqing."

Empress Dowager Fu lost her hand when she heard the words, and buckled a bowl of tea on her skirt.

Yan Xiaohan's momentary blunder was recorded exactly by the living man, and the next day, countless impeachment excerpts flew onto the emperor's desk like a snowflake, denouncing Yan Xiaohan for disregarding rules and regulations, bullying the young master, having no distinction between superiors and inferiors, and conspiracy The heart of rebellion is obvious, if these rebellious officials and thieves are allowed to control the government, sooner or later the country and society will be ruined in his hands.

The courtiers once again issued a dying cry: If this person is not eliminated, sooner or later he will become a confidant!

Gu Shanlu, who is also the Minister of Gu Ming, was forced to be the first and the second big by his colleagues, and privately went to Fu Shen to complain: "Master Guo, you can take care of him, the procuratorate will soon be unable to hold him back, and they Even the suicide note has been written, and we are waiting for the death of the emperor tomorrow. You can take pity on me and let Mr. Yan live in peace for two months to avoid the limelight, okay?"

Fu Shen snorted: "What a fuss, are you going to die heroically? I didn't say that, the princes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are also quite old, why are you still so overwhelmed?"

Knowing that he was protecting his weaknesses, Gu Shanlu grabbed his hand and pleaded solemnly and painfully: "General, it is about the stability of the court and the stability of the country. It all depends on you!"

Fu Shen: "...Then what, you let go first, let him see me and I can't explain clearly."

Like a thief, he retreated three feet away from Gu Shanlu, almost jumped onto the beam, and said with lingering fear: "If you have something to say, don't do it."

Gu Xueshi has also cultivated to become a human being in the past two years. He pretended not to hear Fu Shen blurt out something extraordinary, but he smiled and bowed his hands to him, signaling to trouble you.

Fu Shen's scalp was numb from his half-smiling eyes, and he always felt that Gu Shanlu seemed to have misunderstood something.

The two stared at each other for a moment, Fu Shen waved his hands resignedly, and gave in angrily, "Understood, I will leave in a few days, and I will never stay in the court to hinder everyone's eyes, are you satisfied? Satisfied?" Hurry up and get out."

Gu Xueshi, a fellow Taoist and a poor fellow, solved a big and difficult problem without bloodshed, and left contentedly without Fu Shen sending him off.

After the guests left, Fu Shen leisurely strolled back to the backyard.Hearing his footsteps, Yan Xiaohan was about to turn his head when he suddenly felt a chill on his temples, a sweet scent of flowers wafted past him faintly, and a huge pink-rimmed white rose brushed his face and handed it to his eyes.

He turned around reluctantly, and said sullenly, "What are you doing?"

"Look at the flowers blooming."

The white rose frivolously slid against his side face until it reached the chin, and with a slight hook on the chin, the person holding the flower was honest and sincere: "It's better to match it with a beauty."

Yan Xiaohan took a deep breath: "..."

Fu Shen smiled and said, "Madam doesn't like it?"

"Madam" said coldly: "I don't like it."

The soft petals tapped gently on his lips, as if punishing him for his duplicity.

Fu Shen took the flower back calmly, lowered his head and smelled it, and his lips touched the edge of the petal unintentionally: "Don't you like it? Forget it, I'll find a place to insert it back." ..."

Before he finished speaking, Lianhua and others hugged him together.

"I like it, I really like it, okay?" Yan Xiaohan said angrily, "Come back, don't spoil my flowers."

Fu Shen: "Speak up, say it again, what do you like?"

"I like you," Yan Xiaohan lowered his head and pulled out the flower in his hand, without changing his face, he said, "I like you very much."

Many people don't know that there is actually a second half of the rebellious dialogue that spread to the court and China.

After the little emperor said "Jiangshan Yuqing", not only Empress Dowager Fu exploded, Yan Xiaohan also exploded.

He was even more rascal than the emperor. He grabbed Fu Shen's hand, and the villain complained first, and said repeatedly: "Look, your Majesty has even surrendered the country to others for fun. What's the matter? What are the Taifu scholars doing?" What? How do you usually reason with His Majesty? And you, you are usually too accommodating to His Majesty..."

Fu Shen couldn't listen anymore, so he secretly twisted his waist, and said in a low voice, "Fart, do you still dare to say that I accommodate him? Shameless?"

"..." Yan Xiaohan said without reddening his heart, "Anyway, the king of the world should never be so trifling with words. It's because of us courtiers who are ineffective and negligent that the emperor said such words. Your Majesty dares to ask the Empress Dowager for an edict. From tomorrow onwards, Lord Jingguo will no longer enter the palace to accompany the emperor every day. Instead, three scholars, Gu, Li, and Yang, will take turns entering the edict every day to teach His Majesty the knowledge of ancient and modern sages and the ways of emperors. road."

The Empress Dowager Fu's dress was still dripping, she was taken aback by his thoughtful and honest words, and said falteringly: "This..."

She looked at her elder brother inquiringly, but saw that he was holding his forehead with his hand, with "I can't control" written all over his face, and he didn't want to talk at all.

Empress Dowager Fu reluctantly agreed: "Then let's do this."

Yan Xiaohan got the Empress Dowager's order, and before he had time to be happy, he heard a loud wail suddenly broke out in the hall, the emperor hugged Fu Shen's thigh and cried, "I want uncle!"

Fu Shen was willing to let him cry like this, and immediately bent down to pick up the child.But as soon as his body moved, he felt Yan Xiaohan holding him, stepped forward, half-kneeled down in front of the little emperor, and gently but could not refuse, opened his delicate and short fingers one by one.

He said something in a low voice to the wailing little emperor, the deafening cry first paused, and then suddenly raised a tone, almost breaking the palace beams with his voice.

Fu Shen only vaguely heard a few words, wondering how this ancestor provoked that little ancestor, and said angrily: "You still tease him..."

Yan Xiaohan suddenly turned his head and gave him a deep look.

His eyes were cold, there was no smile in them, but there was an indescribable hardness, inexplicably reminiscent of cold iron stones and frozen lakes.

Fu Shen seemed to be caught by his gaze, and couldn't help but startled.

Before he could grasp the deep meaning from this sudden look, Yan Xiaohan stood up on his own, saluted the Queen Mother, and pulled him away.

As a result, from that day on, the man had been at odds with him for four full days.

Master Yan refused to admit that he was jealous of the child, but Fu Shen had already seen through him.Moreover, Yan Xiaohan belongs to that kind of childish ghost who is particularly difficult to coax. His way of revenge is very unique, that is, he hides Fu Shen's boots and wheelchair, and makes him scream every day so that he can't take care of himself. He can succumb to the power of lust and let this treacherous lackey play tricks on him and do whatever he wants.

After finally coaxing him to be happy today, Fu Shen talked about the result of the discussion with Gu Shanlu just now: "...I don't think the imperial court needs the two of us right now, why don't you find a reason to go out of Beijing for a while, how about you? Do you want to go south or north?"

"Jingyuan." Yan Xiaohan didn't answer him, but suddenly said in a rambling manner: "I never wanted you to get too close to the Emperor. Although he is your nephew, after ten or twenty years, he will take over again. Daquan, can he still treat you as before? Will he be full of jealousy towards you and me like his father and grandfather?"

"I know," Fu Shen said inexplicably, "What's the matter? You can't beat it, so what are you talking about?"

Yan Xiaohan held his shoulders, lowered his upper body slightly, stared into his eyes, and said seriously: "Those worries are just fantasies, and they may not come true in the future. Even if they come true, I can cover them for you." I don't need you to choose between me and the emperor, and I don't have to force you to leave the capital and stay away from the palace. So... the matter of leaving the capital will be discussed later, you should think about it carefully, and don't wrong yourself for me, okay? ?”

Fu Shen opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, he sighed faintly, "You."

He said: "From the day I joined the army, I have embraced the idea of ​​sacrificing myself to the country and shrouding my body in horse leather. Unexpectedly, luck made people—"

Yan Xiaohan curled up his fingers, subconsciously feeling that the next thing might not be good.Unexpectedly, Fu Shen took a look at him, and the emotion on the tip of his tongue turned into a light and flirtatious joke: "The country is not promised, but it is easy for you."

There seemed to be a certain string in my heart that "clanked" clearly, bringing out a long trembling echo.

"For so many years, so many things, even if I'm an elm lump, I should look away." Fu Shen took his hand and interlocked his fingers. , I’m not a bodhisattva, can I still worry about the affairs of the world for the rest of my life? It’s enough to worry about you alone.”

The rest of the words are submerged in the delicate kisses and the sweet aroma of rose flowers.

In the summer of the fourth year of Chengming, Fu Shen and Yan Xiaohan were ordered to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, and left Beijing for the south in early June.

The little emperor bitterly followed the Taifu to study and practice calligraphy, and sometimes asked the palace servants to write letters to his uncle, asking him when he would come back, and wanted to show him the newly planted lotus in the imperial garden.

Although he never asked Yan Xiaohan a single word, he never forgot that stingy aunt who was okay with him but just couldn't be liked.

Later, until Emperor Chengming grew up and became the lord of the world and became rich all over the world, he still firmly remembered what Yan Xiaohan said to him in the palace that day.

"He's mine. Take your country back, don't change it."