Beyond Gold and Jade [Rebirth]

At this time, the Xiangfu was gloomy and gloomy.

An's wiped her tears with her handkerchief, and said sadly: "You all hid such a big matter from me. If it wasn't for Xia He's slip of the tongue, I wouldn't have known. Ah Jin, my heart, has been taken care of." I went to the man-eating palace, if something happened to me, I would die..."

Ye Chonghui said expressionlessly: "Father didn't let me say it."

Ye Yanbai had a headache, glared at his son, turned around to comfort his wife, "Ma'am, don't worry, Ah Jin is not a child, and His Majesty treats Ah Jin very well. The two of them haven't seen each other for many years, let's catch up It’s also human nature.”

An Shi was still crying, but in a blink of an eye the veil was wet, as if the sky had fallen, and said: "What can I say? When Your Majesty left Beijing, my family, A Jin, was only seven years old. If you can remember anything, it will take one night to leave. , it’s still uncertain what the situation will be.”

As he spoke, he cried more and more bleakly.

Although she is a woman from the back house, she has some knowledge. I heard Mrs. Luo say a few days ago that men's sex is prevalent in Goulan Washeli today. She is called a young lady who can recite poems, paint pictures, play the piano and dance. In fact, Just doing that dirty thing, many men have lost their souls, throwing a lot of money into it, like losing their minds, they don't care about their wives and children at home, and some more absurd ones are raised in their own yards.

I heard that these people are best young and beautiful boys.

An Shi thought, no matter how beautiful a boy is, how can he be prettier than her family, A Jin?The new emperor was much older than Ah Jin, and he had been ambiguous in previous years. He had been in Saibei all these years, and he still couldn't forget it. He sent a lot of things back, so it turned out that he had such thoughts in mind.

Now that he is the emperor, no one can control him anymore. Her baby boy has just grown up, like a young shoot that has just broken through the ground, and it is about to be folded in the hands of the Raksha emperor.

The more she cried, the more sad she became, and she listened to the people: "Master, madam, young master, our young master is back!"

An's face showed joy, he quickly wiped away his tears, and walked out quickly, followed by Ye Chonghui.

But Ye Yanbai stood where he was, sighed, and asked the boy: "Young Master, you didn't come back by yourself, did you?"

The young man said: "Returning to the master, there is an adult who is with the young master and has not revealed his identity. Judging from the nobleness all over his body, he should have a good status."

Ye Yanbai waved the person back and sighed, it was more than impressive.

Ye Chongjin turned around the corridor when he saw his mother and elder brother coming towards him, his eyes flashed softly, and he called out, "Mother, elder brother."

An's eyes were red, she took her precious son into her arms, and looked him up and down again. Seeing that everything was going well, she breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "My darling, as long as it's fine, as long as it's fine, don't scare him any more." Mother is dead, no matter where you go in the future, it is always right to bring a few more nursing homes, who would have thought that there would be people doing such looting at the foot of the imperial city, there is really no law for the king."

Ye Chongjin tugged on her sleeve, and said in a low voice, "Mother, there are still people..."

An's watery eyes flicked to the side, and he saw a tall man in black leaning on the railing, with a resolute and handsome face, a pair of deep black eyes that were ancient and calm, without anger and majesty, and his whole body was full of evil spirits.

Although she had never seen Gu Chen as an adult, in her memory, she had vaguely seen such a young man with the same deep eyebrows and eyes, and a smile that often twitched at the corner of her mouth, which made her feel chilly all over.

——The former prince, now Emperor Huanyuan.

Her delicate body shook, subconsciously hugged her son tightly, blocked him behind her, and bent down, said: "My wife has seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Gu Chen supported her, and said: "Mrs. Ye is not polite." After saying that, he looked at Ye Chonghui, who was indifferent, and said, "You don't need to be too polite, Qing Ye. I am wearing casual clothes. trace, but will punish you for the crime."

Ye Chonghui then raised his hand to dismiss the servants, saying: "Since Your Majesty has waived the customary etiquette, I dare to offend you. Yesterday, Your Majesty pretended to be a bandit and kidnapped my brother-in-law. Today, I came to the door ostentatiously. Dare to ask Your Majesty, and tell Daegu's royal law?" What do you think of, and what do you think of the rules of etiquette created by Emperor Taizong?"

Gu Chen lowered his eyes and smiled lowly.

"I haven't seen her for many years, but Ye Qing's eloquence is getting better and better."

"Your Majesty is honored."

Fearing that the emperor would punish him, An yelled, "Hui'er, how can you be rude!"

Ye Chonghui still has a cold appearance, he has such a temper, right is right, wrong is wrong, he would rather bend than bend.

Seeing that Anshi was about to shed tears, Ye Chongjin frowned, raised his eyes, and stared at the leisurely emperor, Gu Chen caught his angry gaze, and sighed in his heart, he knew that he would suffer anger when he came here today.

Reluctantly said: "It's okay, Ye Qing is upright, how can I blame him."

Ye Chonghui sneered, and said sarcastically, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, and thank you for returning the kindness to my younger brother."

"I said I would return it?"

Gu Chen pursed his lips, strode forward, held Ye Chongjin's hand in front of the mother and son, and said, "Come in, Ye Xiang should have prepared some tea."

Ye Chongjin struggled, but said in a low voice, "My brother and mother are watching."

"So what, I want to abduct you in front of them."

Ye Chonghui looked at the hands that the two held, feeling extremely dazzling, and An's dizziness became even more dizzy, and the tears that had just stopped were about to fall again, and Ye Chonghui helped him into the room.

Prime Minister Ye dismissed the servants early, prepared hot tea, saluted again, and took their seats.

Gu Chen was in the honored seat, followed by the elders of the Ye family, Ye Chonghui was behind, Ye Chongjin was supposed to be beside his brother, but Gu Chen led him straight into the upper seat.

The emperor poured a cup of tea by himself, and stuffed it into the hand of the young man beside him. Seeing him rejecting, disappointment flashed across his eyes, and he drank the cup of tea in a fit of anger, and even showed him the empty cup, feeling aggrieved. The meaning is beyond words.

The corners of Ye Chongjin's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his head away from looking.

Gu Chen put down his cup and said, "I came today to discuss two things with Ye Xiang."

Ye Yanbai nodded and said: "I know."

Gu Chen raised his eyebrows, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "Oh? Ye Xiang knows?"

Ye Yanbai nodded again, he stood up slowly, and called out: "Ye San, present the things."

A man in a blue shirt stepped into the room with steady steps, holding a mahogany tray covered with red silk, placed it on the table in front of Gu Chen, and then stepped back respectfully.

A ray of breeze brings the fragrance of flowers into the room, and the fragrance is pleasant.

The emperor finally suppressed his smile, raised his hand and lifted the red silk, only to see two things on the tray.The first one is a piece of exquisite Panlong jade pendant, exquisitely carved, rare crescent white jade, which shows its priceless value; the other one is a bright yellow imperial decree.

Gu Chen glanced at it, picked up the jade pendant, rubbed it in his palm, warm and cool, he raised his eyes and asked, "What does Ye Xiang mean?"

Ye Yanbai said: "Firstly, I hope His Majesty will take back the imperial decree. When His Majesty gave this thing back then, he was only eight years old, and now it has been many years. You should know that this thing is precious. My family, A Jin, was weak and unable to bear it. With this kind of blessing, if His Majesty really cherishes him, he should give him peace and happiness instead of oppressing others with power."

Gu Chen was noncommittal, and said, "Continue."

"Secondly, this imperial decree has been stamped with a seal, but it has not been written. It was entrusted to the ministers by the late emperor before his death. The late emperor has something to say, and the ministers can write whatever they want, as evidenced by Prince Sheng and King Xiaoyao. If your majesty is willing to take it back The emperor's decree and the imperial decree will be entrusted to His Majesty, and His Majesty can sit back and relax, if His Majesty is unwilling..."

Gu Chen's expression froze, his stern face seemed to be frozen into ice, and he said coldly: "If I don't want to, the Prime Minister will use this imperial decree to force me to submit, right?"

Ye Yanbai looked indifferent, and said: "I don't dare, but I have been an official for twenty years. I think I am worthy of the people of the world, my ancestors, and the Gu family. Only this youngest son, I feel ashamed in my heart. I don't know how to make up for it." , as long as I can protect him, I am willing to pay any price, I hope His Majesty will take pity on you and love your son."

Gu Chen held the jade pendant tightly, for a long time, and said quietly: "I pity you, who will pity me?"

Ye Chongjin sat aside, lowered his eyebrows, as if he was listening to something that had nothing to do with him.

What does an imperial decree that can be written at will mean to the Ye family? He is very clear. His father has been looking forward to it for so many years, and what he wants is nothing more than this. At this age, the old man does not know whether he can wait for the next imperial decree to appear. , but now, for him, they just sent it out so easily.

Parents, elder brother, and grandfather, the whole Ye family, are protecting him in their own way, but they don't know that he is not worth it at all.

The child they were sorry for had already entered reincarnation. He was just a despicable thief who stole everything from "Ye Chongjin".

What's more, he has been using the Ye family's love and backing to escape Gu Chen's feelings.

He was afraid of the uncertainty of the future. He was abandoned by his biological parents and castrated in his previous life. The inferiority complex of becoming an eunuch went deep into his bone marrow. The first one who was willing to treat him well and treat him as a human being was the little highness, but that child also abandoned him. Even if he picked it up again in the end, who knows if it was just another teasing.

How can you believe the emperor's affection?

Master Kong Chen told him that the third way to cross the river is to cross the river with others.

He didn't have the guts to get on Gu Chen's boat, fearing that he would drive him off the boat on the way, and then be swallowed by the raging river, but he couldn't let go of the people on the boat, so he huddled on the Ye family's boat, waiting for them to take him away, so that , he does not have to endure the pain of choice.

No matter how hard he tries to be Ye Chongjin, his essence is still Song Li - cowardly, selfish, mean.

Not only hurt the Ye family, but also hurt Gu Chen.

He suddenly thought of Lu Ziyan.Before he passed away in the previous life, Lu Ziyan and Lu Lin were already godly couples. Lu Ziyan said, so what if he likes men, so what if he likes his uncle, they have no blood relationship, but they love each other sincerely, why can't they be together.

It turned out that he didn't like Lu Ziyan, not because he hated his nonsense, not because he hated his presumptuousness, but because he was jealous, jealous of his fearlessness, jealous of his ability to do whatever he wanted, disregarding worldly views, and live a more comfortable life than anyone else.

Ye Chongjin remembered that in the past, when this man was deeply in love, he repeatedly asked him, why didn't he love him?

How did he answer?

He didn't answer anything, because there was no need to answer.

Because he is an emperor, he is an eunuch; because he is a master, he is a slave; because with a single word from him, he can make himself fall into the dust from a high place, and be smashed to pieces.

In the final analysis, because he was afraid of being abandoned again.

It's ridiculous that Song Li has lived two lives, but he has never understood it.

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Xiangfu, tea room.

Gu Chen spread his palms, and the exquisite jade pendant lay obediently in his palm. He asked, "Ah Jin, do you want me to take it back?"

Ye Chongjin looked up at him, the man lowered his eyebrows, looked cautious and serious, and said: "To me, it is not an imperial decree, but a promise from me to Ah Jin. Since it is my promise, it has nothing to do with others , unless Ah Jin doesn’t want it, I won’t take it back.”

The implication is that he can obey the imperial decree of the first emperor if he wants to, and no one can force him if he doesn't want to.

Ye Yanbai's expression suddenly changed, his expression was solemn, Ye Chonghui also lightly raised his eyes, looking at his younger brother, only An Shi breathed a sigh of relief.

In her heart, her son has always been well-behaved and sensible, he knows what to take and what not to take.

A few eyes focused on him, either urging, nervous, or expecting, Ye Chongjin's head was dizzy, now, who is persecuting whom?

It was he who forced his father to take out the last emperor's will and make a deal with Gu Chen, and his father forced Gu Chen to give up on him, and now, they are forcing him together.

Anshi said anxiously: "Ah Jin, hurry up and answer, why are you hesitating?"

What are you hesitating about?This jade pendant was Gu Chen's betrothal gift, he took it back, and since then, it has nothing to do with him, isn't this exactly what he wants, why hesitate.

Ye Chongjin trembled, and slowly grasped the jade pendant, the cool touch in the palm was mixed with a hint of warmth, which was Gu Chen's body temperature.

The pattern on the jade pendant is the dragon-shaped imprint that he is familiar with. He hung it on his waist for more than ten years in his previous life. Even with his eyes closed, he can easily trace its shape.

He slowed down, and asked: "Your Majesty's words are true?"

Gu Chen said in a hoarse voice: "I saw you crying last night. I stayed up all night and thought about it a lot."

"All along, I have never given you a chance to choose. I treat you self-righteously, but never consider whether you want it or not."

He caressed the boy's cheek, and his rough fingertips brushed across the corners of his eyes, leaving a trace of red marks on the tender skin, which made the skin whiter like snow.

"Look, no matter how careful I am, I will inadvertently hurt you. You are such a delicate and fragile child, the more you want to hold on tightly, the easier it is to get hurt. I don't want to see Ah Jin cry again."

As he spoke, he leaned into the young man's ear and said softly, "Song Li, you only have this one chance to escape from me."

It wasn't Ye Chongjin, it was Song Li.

In an instant, the sky fell apart, and something seemed to explode in his mind, making Ye Chongjin's turbulent thoughts disappear, leaving only a blank space. He clutched his chest, and some kind of consciousness hidden in the corner of his body was crazily fleeing, Get out of this body!Escape from the distress in front of you!

he knows! !

When was it discovered?Now that you know he is Song Li, and know that he is the Song Li from the previous life, why have you kept refusing to mention it?Knowing that he is pretending to be stupid, but acting with me?

It's incredible that Gu Chen has learned to endure so far...

After a long silence, he smiled lightly, parted his cherry lips, and asked, "Are you willing?"

The arrogant and provocative tone was not the innocent voice of a young man, it was the charm that belonged to Song Li, which once confused Gu Chen to the point of losing all reason.

"Reluctance, so, before I regret it..."

Ye Chongjin stood up suddenly, hung the jade pendant on his waist, glanced at Gu Chen, and said, "Since you let me choose, I should decide when to answer. Before that, you are not allowed to force me."

After finishing speaking, he strode out of the tea room.

Gu Chen looked at his back, then at his empty palm, and couldn't help laughing.

"I knew you couldn't bear it."

He stood up leisurely, straightened his sleeves, and said to Ye Yanbai: "It's time for me to return to the palace. As for the imperial decree, it was a gift from the late emperor, so Ye Xianghao just keep it."

Said he left in a good mood.

Sitting in a daze in the distance, An shi said, "What, what does this mean? Why did Ah Jin accept the jade pendant with dragon patterns? Well, doesn't he know that the jade pendant is..."

Ye Yanbai stroked his beard, shook his head, and said, "Ma'am, we Ajin, I'm afraid we won't be able to stay here."

"..."

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Back in the yard, Xia He was cleaning the yard. Seeing Ye Chongjin rushing forward to greet him, suddenly there was a roar of a tiger, and a strong white tiger flew towards him, circling around him, rubbing its head against his palm .

Ye Chongjin knelt down and stroked its fur, "I haven't seen you for a day, so you miss me?"

Xia He said: "Isn't that right? The master has always taken it to sleep. Last night when the master was not there, it jumped up and down and made a fuss, making the whole yard unsafe."

Ye Chongjin hugged its big furry head and rubbed it lightly.

"A Jin."

Ye Chongjin turned around and saw that it was his brother, so he asked, "Brother wants to ask something just now?"

Ye Chonghui didn't answer, and went straight forward, grabbed his wrist, led him into the back room, and closed the door with a bang.

The servants in the courtyard were all shocked, although the Eldest Young Master had a bad temper, but he had never lost his temper with the Young Young Master, why did he get angry today.

Trapped by him in the corner, Ye Chongjin inevitably felt uncomfortable facing that handsome face, and tried to get out under his arms, but he immediately pushed him back.

With a cold face, Ye Chonghui asked, "What is the relationship between Ah Jin and His Majesty?"

Ye Chongjin was taken aback for a moment, then pretended to smile relaxedly, and said, "He and I are debts from the previous life, and enemies in the present life. We are constantly cutting, and the reasoning is still chaotic."

He asked: "Brother, do you think that His Majesty treats Ajin just like my brother treats Ajin, and it's a brotherhood."

Ye Chonghui closed his eyes, his jade-like face showed a bit of confusion, and said: "You are a man, I never thought that he would have such thoughts about you."

"That's right, brother is so stupid, how can he think wrong." Ye Chongjin teased him: "Brother should ask Brother Luo's family. He must know what a good place is the deepest flower house in Yanliu Lane in the south of the city."

"Where is it going?"

Ye Chongjin leaned close to his ear and whispered, "I dare not talk about such a dirty place."

"...Don't dare to say, how do you know?"

"It's not Lu Ziyan. When his uncle investigated the case, he joined in the fun and said that there are many handsome men, all talented and beautiful, with a romantic figure, and seductive like a vixen. Lu Ziyan also said that he will take me to Chang'an gain knowledge."

Seeing that Ye Chonghui's face became more and more ugly, he hurriedly said: "Of course I don't want to. No matter how good-looking she is, can she still be better-looking than my brother?"

As he said that, he took Ye Chonghui's hand, and said earnestly: "Brother, don't be too hard-headed to join in the fun. If you go whoring there, they will still make money for you. If you go back and go out, I want to cover you up." Putting on the veil, it’s not cheap for outsiders."

With a cold face, Ye Chonghui said: "It coincides with my brother's thoughts. When Ah Jin goes out, my brother wants to tie a chain with you, so that if you don't look back, you will be abducted by someone."

"..."

Ye Chongjin felt that his brother's idea was a bit dangerous.