Sir, don't shoot! [Quick Transmigration]

According to the rules in the palace, the concubines who had their brands turned over would finish their grooming after nightfall, and would be searched by the eunuch in charge before being led into the emperor's bedroom wrapped in single clothes.

Li Yuanyin was still the prince back then, but when he was in his early ten years, he mischievously dragged Zhou Lancang, who had just entered the palace, lurking outside the late emperor's palace to peek at the concubine's bedside.

The dragon bed was covered by curtains and screens, so of course they didn't have the chance to witness the scenery with their own eyes.

However, the scene of several servants walking along the corridor surrounded by the concubines wrapped in light gauze remained in his memory.

'You are a prince, you can accept concubines after you ascend the throne, and you will have thousands of beauties in the harem. '

The young Zhou Lancang and Li Yuanyin were lying together among the flowers, and when the sleeping palace concubine passed by them, they brought a faint fragrance different from the fragrance of flowers.

Zhou Lancang sniffed the aroma, and said without thinking.

His breathing became a little short of tension.Although since entering the palace, the Taifu seldom beat him, and at most punished him to copy and endorse, but if the incident of breaking into the palace at night came to his father's ears, a whip would definitely be inevitable.

'What do you know?There are thousands of beauties in the harem, and not all of them were selected by the emperor himself. Li Yuanyin curled his lips in disdain and gave him a sidelong glance.

'So what, there are so many beautiful concubines, there will always be one you like, right? Zhou Lancang turned his head and looked at Li Yuanyin with bright black eyes.In the night, his pupils reflected the moonlight, and his long and curly eyelashes fluttered.Because he deliberately lowered his voice, the distance between him and Li Yuanyin was very close, and he could always feel the breath of the other party between the words.

'In short, you don't understand what's going on in the palace. Li Yuanyin froze for a moment, frowned, and said gritting his teeth angrily.

'Why don't I understand? Zhou Lancang held his breath, his cheeks bulging like buns.

Li Yuanyin didn't want to argue with him, so he pushed him into the flower bushes, and the young leaves and petals with slender fluff shook down on the two of them.

'Hey, hey, what's the matter? Zhou Lancang, who was held down by Li Yuanyin, panicked for a while, thinking that the whereabouts of the two had been discovered, and turned his head to look around, making the branches and leaves rustle.

'Hush -- it's not all because you speak too loudly. Li Yuanyin covered Zhou Lancang's mouth with his hand. 'If anyone finds us both, it will be your fault. '

Obviously, the volume of the two people's voices is about the same.

Unconvinced, Zhou Lancang raised his eyebrows and opened his mouth to bite the opponent's hand.In the middle of the action, he remembered the other party's identity, so he had no choice but to give up the idea, and licked the other party's palm mischievously.

There was a tingling sensation in the palm, which felt similar to teasing the little puppy raised by the concubine.

Li Yuanyin suddenly withdrew his hand and looked at Zhou Lancang in surprise.The latter grinned, with only a playful smile in his eyes, without any malice or calculation.

At the end of the corridor in the distance, the palace lantern in the hand of the servant flickered on and off.A bright moon hangs high in the sky, and it is exactly the full moon.

The day Zhou Lancang got the sign from the waiter happened to be full moon at night.

Since he left the palace and returned to Shangshu's mansion, he has been absent-minded, and his parents' questions are not answered.His father only thought that he was overjoyed all of a sudden because he was rewarded and loved by the Holy One, so he didn't get to the bottom of it.

Zhou Lancang didn't dare to let others see the green-headed card, so he carefully kept it in his sleeve, and didn't take it out until he was alone in the study.

The wooden sign has a warm texture, and the font on it is vigorous and atmospheric.

He held it in his palm and looked over and over again, only thinking that this was a joke Li Yuanyin made on him.

There are many concubines in the inner court, and all of them are one-of-a-kind beauties, including noble daughters from aristocratic families, and some small family jaspers sent from remote provinces and counties.No matter how vigorous Li Yuanyin was, so many concubines would never fail to satisfy him.Why did he call himself into the palace to serve his bed?

Even though Li Yuanyin showed his favor to Zhou Lancang in various ways, he still subconsciously couldn't believe that the other party was really in love with him.

Zhou Lancang intuitively believed that half of Li Yuanyin's attention and indulgence to him was based on the past relationship between the two, and the other half was to reward himself for his role in eliminating Zuo Cheng's chaotic party.

But it would be too much to say that this brand is also one of the rewards.

There are too many things that Li Yuanyin can reward for high-ranking officials, golden jade and secret treasures.Zhou Lancang's credit is far from the point where there is no reward, so the green head card must be a prank on Li Yuanyin's whim, just like they always liked to play tricks on each other when they were young.

But what if it wasn't a prank?

Zhou Lancang looked at the wooden sign in his hand, his heart beat involuntarily.

He recalled the scene of the concubines sleeping in the bedroom when he was young, the palace lantern in the servant's hand flickered like a firefly, the fragrance was floating, the moonlight was beautiful, and the sleeping hall at the end of the veranda shone with warm yellow light.

Will Li Yuanyin wait for him in the bedroom like that?

Zhou Lancang stayed in the mansion from day to night, entangled repeatedly on whether to enter the palace or not.

Out of reason and reason, he felt that he should not even enter the palace. Tonight he was not in charge of night guard duty. Entering the palace rashly for no reason would not only break the rules, but might even offend the emperor.

But Li Yuanyin knew what he was thinking and made such a joke, how could he be expected to be indifferent.

He put the wooden sign in his pocket, put on the bed with his clothes, closed his eyes and recovered his mind, hoping that he was lucky enough to fall asleep right away, and when the next day dawned, all troubles and entanglements would be gone.

But in the darkness, the various scenes of getting along with Li Yuanyin intensified, and scenes flashed before his eyes.

Outside the mansion, watchmen walked around the streets and beat clappers, and the long rhythm echoed in the night, reaching Zhou Lancang's ears.

As if awakened from a dream, he realized that he absolutely couldn't pretend that nothing had happened and just fell asleep peacefully.

Zhou Lancang turned over and got out of bed, adjusted his clothes a little, and went straight to the stables in the mansion.

His father, Zhou Bingde, was about to go to bed. When he heard the movement, he came out to check and found that his son was wearing a school uniform. He got on his horse and ran towards Miyagi, thinking that Zhou Lancang had received some urgent errand.

Father Zhou was a little worried at first, but then he gradually let go.Zhou Lancang didn't like reading when he was young, so I don't know how much trouble he had to worry about. He didn't want to grow up, but he built a lot of martial arts, and was reused by the Holy One, and held an important position in the inner court.It seems that my son is getting older, and after all, he has matured a lot and is promising.

Zhou Bingde smiled gratifiedly, turned and entered the inner room.

The rapid sound of horseshoes knocked in the alleyway with few pedestrians.

In less than a cup of tea, Zhou Lancang drove his horse from the Shangshu Mansion to the outside of the palace wall.

He reined in the reins of his mount in front of the dismounting stele, and the steed raised its front hooves, and the neighing sound attracted the night steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Where did you come from? Do you dare to gallop in the palace without knowing the rules?"

The eunuch in charge came out cursing with a lantern. He raised the lantern and saw Zhou Lancang's school uniform, so he swallowed the second half of his words.

"Isn't this the Commander? Who summoned you to enter the palace so late?" The eunuch asked stealthily at the token on Zhou Lancang's waist, took the bridle and rubbed his hands.Although his attitude was respectful, he had no intention of letting Zhou Lancang in.

Only then did Zhou Lancang realize that according to the rules, when entering the palace at night for an audience, there must be a summons document as evidence.

Of course, in his capacity, if there is an emergency, he must make an exception, and he will not be punished afterwards.

But he entered the palace this time, and even he himself couldn't explain the important reason for it.I can't tell the steward on duty that I am just thinking about the Holy Majesty, so I want to come into the palace in the middle of the night to say hello to him.

The eunuch in charge was still waiting for his answer, and the two of them just stared at each other, stalemate outside the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

At this time, another servant came out of the House of Internal Affairs, no matter in terms of age or rank, he was one level higher than the steward in front of Zhou Lancang.

"Isn't this Master Zhou, Commander Zhou of the Procuratorate?" He recognized Zhou Lancang's appearance, turned around and reprimanded the steward on duty at night. "Could it be that you don't have eyes and are good-looking, what are you doing to stop Mr. Zhou here?"

"According to the rules, you need to prepare an edict to enter the palace at night. No, you are waiting for Mr. Zhou to get the summoning document."

"What documents do you want? Your Majesty has a decree for a long time. If Master Zhou comes to the palace, pass it on and lead him to meet the emperor." The older servant gave the steward a hard look, and apologized to Zhou Lancang with a smile , "The people below are too inexperienced, old and undisciplined, if you offend me, please forgive me."

The eunuch signaled to the steward to put the mount in place for Zhou Lancang, while he led him towards the emperor's bedroom.

Zhou Lancang was calm on the surface, but he was in a panic in his heart.

According to the eunuch, Li Yuanyin had expected that he would enter the palace, and even greeted the people below in advance.He looked up to the front, and there was a faint yellow light in the bedroom.

Does Li Yuanyin mean that he is seriously planning to let him sleep in bed?

Before they reached the bedroom, they ran into two eunuchs, who seemed to be coming from the direction of the bedroom to watch the night.

The servant who led the way for Zhou Lancang stepped forward to say hello, the three of them bumped into each other and whispered to each other for a while, then the eunuch turned back and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I pointed you in the wrong direction earlier, the emperor arranged to see you." The location should go here."

Following the direction of his finger, you can see the building complex of the side hall, and the heavy cornices piled up shadows in the night.

Zhou Lancang followed him and turned a corner, leaving the wide brick road. The surrounding palace lanterns also changed from one for five steps to one for ten steps. Going further, the shadows of the lights became more sparse and the path became darker.

Doubts gradually arose in Zhou Lancang's heart.What time is it, Li Yuanyin wants to see him, even if he is not in the bedroom, it should not be arranged in such a remote place.

"Dare to ask my father-in-law, where are we going?"

"This... Mr. Zhou will find out when he gets there."

The eunuch who led the way refused to answer, so Zhou Lancang had to find a way to identify the route they were taking.

As a courtier, it is impossible for him to wander around the deep palace forbidden courtyard as his own garden on weekdays. Apart from the Hall of Supreme Harmony where the early courts discussed affairs, the only place he frequently set foot in is the Wenhua Hall where the emperor privately received courtiers.

But at this time, he was a little surprised to find that the flower and grass pavilions in front of him looked very familiar.

The empty but magnificent palace building stands in the darkness, evoking a long-lasting impression.

Zhou Lancang suddenly remembered that this is the East Palace, where the princes of the dynasty lived.It is also the place where he has lived as a servant for nearly seven years.

After the death of the first emperor, the crown prince ascended the throne as Emperor Yanxi.With a change of identity, the place of residence has to be changed accordingly. The maids, eunuchs and even the guards who were originally on the side were moved from the East Palace.

Originally, according to the empress dowager's meaning, she hoped that Li Yuanyin would establish a concubine and empress as soon as possible, and give birth to a son of the heavenly family.But Li Yuanyin was not interested in the concubine chosen for him by the queen mother at all. If he was not reviewing memorials until late at night every day, he would hang out in prostitutes outside the palace.Therefore, the position of queen has always been vacant, and the East Palace has always been unoccupied.

Compared with the bustling scenes of palace servants and servants shuttling back and forth in the past, the current East Palace is deserted, leaving only a small team of guards to watch the night, and some old and decrepit maids stay in the palace to do some daily cleaning and cleaning work.

The eunuch leading the way walked past the dripping eaves, and there was a pane of light in front of it.Based on his past impressions, Zhou Lancang guessed that it was the location of the study.

Li Yuanyin sent someone to lead the way for him, but he didn't go to the sleeping hall, nor did he take him to the Wenhua Hall, which was often used for business discussions, but brought him to the deserted East Palace. What exactly was he trying to do?

The uneasiness in my heart is like ink stained on white paper, expanding and getting bigger and bigger.A vague guess loomed, but he tried his best not to think in that direction.

Since ancient times, the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden.Most of these people who work for the emperor, especially those who are not on the table, will not end well.The purpose of killing heroes is firstly to silence them, so as not to have long nights and dreams. Second, the rewards that can be given have already come to an end.

Although Zhou Lancang didn't like reading, he was forced by the Taifu to read all the history books of previous dynasties. There are too many examples of making great achievements but not ending well.But Li Yuanyin is different from the emperors of the past dynasties, and he is different from the tyrants who do anything to seek power.

Li Yuanyin would not treat him like this.

Zhou Lancang took a deep breath, suppressed the anxiety in his heart, and stepped into the study under the guidance of the eunuch.

Unlike the dark night outside, the study room is brightly lit with candles, plus a dozen or so luminous pearls hanging on the wall, making the room as bright as day.

As soon as he stepped into the room, he was taken aback.Looking further, I was even more surprised and puzzled.

Li Yuanyin didn't know how to order, but actually arranged the whole study room as they did when they were teenagers studying. Whether it was the furnishings in the room, the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, or even the classics on the shelf, they all matched his memory completely. .

Zhou Lancang was fascinated by picking up a square inkstone on the Duobaoge shelf to play with. The purple gold stone inkstone was obtained from his father's collection and privately given to Li Yuanyin.Li Yuanyin didn't use it and kept it on the shelf.Later, the study changed its furnishings several times, and Duobaoge was also put away.He thought that the inkstone must be lost, but he didn't expect it to be well preserved.

Going forward, there is a stack of milky white sprinkled golden palace papers scattered on the desk. The paper is of high quality, but upon closer inspection, the edges are slightly yellowed, which seems to have been around for many years.

Curiously, he picked up the paper and checked it. He was so shocked that he loosened his hand and almost scattered the entire stack of paper on the ground.

The paper was full of his own ink blots.There are chapters and sentences of sages who were punished by the Taifu, and there are also exercises for practicing calligraphy in his own spare time.He can't write neatly, no matter how he writes, he can't meet the standard. When he is upset, he will scribble on the edge of the page.In the end, Li Yuanyin had to teach him how to write.

He looked at a turtle scribbled on the paper, and the paper was full of clumsy and immature words, thinking of his bad deeds in the past, he was ashamed and funny.

He was so immersed in his memories that he didn't notice the door quietly opening behind him.

The father-in-law who led the way for him entered the room, followed by another servant, who was the chief housekeeper of the emperor's bedroom and one of Li Yuanyin's confidantes.

"Master Zhou."

The old voice brought him back to reality.

Zhou Lancang suddenly turned around and saw the chief eunuch holding a thing in his hand.

It seems that Li Yuanyin finally sent someone to deliver the decree.Send someone to deliver the message instead of meeting him in person, and in this way, his expectation of seeing the other party will be frustrated.But it's more comfortable to fail to hope than to be in the fog from beginning to end and not be able to figure out the other party's intentions.

So Zhou Lancang knelt down quietly, waiting for the chief eunuch to read the emperor's will to him.

"...Master Zhou."

After waiting for a long while, the other party did not announce the decree, but called him again, with the meaning of urging.

He raised his head and found that the head of internal affairs was holding a wooden plate with no imperial decree on it, only a glass of wine.

"What does this mean!?" Zhou Lancang stood up slowly, feeling that his breathing was trembling. "The Holy Majesty just asked you to bring this to me, nothing else? What else did the Holy Majesty say?"

The Son of Heaven bestows wine, and it is disrespectful not to drink it.

But it has only been heard of giving wine during a banquet, and never heard of leading people to a side hall in the middle of the night before giving wine.

Unless this glass of wine is poisoned wine, unless Li Yuanyin really intends to attack him.

"The emperor just said, let you drink this glass of wine." The chief eunuch stepped forward, bent down, and brought the wine glass to his eyes, "Lord Zhou, don't disobey His Majesty's wishes, please."

Zhou Lancang's throat moved and he swallowed.The wine is clear and yellow, with a tangy aroma. It can be judged to be a high-quality wine, but it is probably mixed with broken intestines.

After Li Yuanyin plotted against his uncle and mother, he regained power. There is nothing to criticize in terms of emotion and reason, but it is not a glorious thing for those who are good at things. In the big world, they can even be called unfilial.Therefore, for Zhou Lancang, who participated in the whole conspiracy, it is perfectly normal for Li Yuanyin to want to poison him to silence him.

"I don't understand what His Majesty means."

It's just that Zhou Lancang couldn't accept the facts.

Li Yuanyin waited for him to enter the palace late at night, and led him to a secluded place. Because he was concerned about his past relationship, he couldn't bear to let him see blood, and he didn't want to accuse him of slandering his reputation. Instead, he chose to let him be surrounded by two people. Die peacefully and dignifiedly in the place of memories.

Explained in this way, all kinds of strange things become much more reasonable.

The king is ruthless, just because Li Yuanyin still remembers the time they spent together when they were young, he is already a mighty holy family, and his deep gratitude is hard to repay.But Zhou Lancang is still not reconciled, he still feels that he and the other party should not stop at this.

"Okay, I'll drink. But before that, I want to see the Holy One." He collected himself, wiped his face, and said in a choked voice.

"Lord Zhou, it's impossible." The manager looked at him and shook his head slowly. "If you have anything to say, you have to drink it before talking." The implication is that if the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die.

Zhou Lancang's eyes turned red all of a sudden.

Li Yuanyin didn't even leave him a choice, and he didn't even plan to see him for the last time.

"In this case, you can give me a sentence, can you?"

Zhou Lancang looked at the expression of the chief eunuch, only to see that the other party hesitated for a moment, then nodded slightly.

He breathed a sigh of relief, forced a smile, and began to search his guts, thinking about what to ask the other party to bring to Li Yuanyin.

If Li Yuanyin was right in front of him, what would he want to say to him?

Complaints must be indispensable.If he was worried about leaking the news, Li Yuanyin could have asked him to resign directly and let him go back to his hometown for the rest of his life, but now he is preparing poisoned wine to seal his mouth. Could it be that in the other party's heart, he is so unreliable and cannot be trusted wholeheartedly? ?

Despite the complaints, Li Yuanyin really treated him kindly in terms of the separation of monarch and minister, and he has always been highly valued by him.Even after he expressed his thoughts of exceeding the rules, Li Yuanyin did not have any intention of insulting him, but gave him the opportunity to show his talents.

Therefore, the only shortcoming is that I have never received a clear response to my feelings for the other party.

But although Zhou Lancang was not able to be in love with Li Yuanyin, at least Li Yuanyin was very indulgent to him, so that he didn't need to restrain his emotions too much in private.

As a courtier, he had a heart of admiration for the Holy One, which was originally out of courtesy.Li Yuanyin never scolded him from beginning to end.

Thinking about it this way, Zhou Lancang felt that he had let go of the final outcome.

"If you see the Holy Majesty, bring this sentence for me." Zhou Lancang picked up the wine glass, and made a toast in the direction of the emperor's bedroom, frowning and drank all the wine in the glass.

The smell of alcohol billowed in his stomach.With a crisp sound, he put the white jade cup back on the wooden tray.

"May I ask what the adults are going to bring?"

"……I do not regret."

……

The head of housekeeping confirmed that there was not a single drop left in the cup, so he saluted Zhou Lancang and resigned.

Zhou Lancang leaned on the edge of the table, waiting for the poison of the medicinal wine to take hold.

He has never personally seen a person killed by poisonous alcohol, but he heard his father say when he was young that the sex of poisonous birds is extremely fast, and some people who eat the poison are already angry before they have swallowed it completely. Absolutely.

Even if you cut corners a little and the medicine is almost ineffective, you will die after a while.

But he waited for a long time, except for the alcoholic attack, the whole person was a little dizzy, and there was no discomfort.At the same time, there was a surge of hot air in the abdomen.

Maybe what Li Yuanyin gave him was not poison, but other drugs, but his knowledge was so shallow that he couldn't distinguish the types of drugs.So far, it doesn't matter what kind of medicine you take.

Holding the edge of the table with both hands, he felt that his body temperature was getting higher and higher, his vision gradually blurred, and his physical sensations seemed to be gradually out of control, but his mood was surprisingly calm.

He looked at the yellowed manuscript in front of him, and remembered that Li Yuanyin was on this table back then, holding his wrist and teaching him how to use the pen.

'Yu Chuan, use both front and side, fingers and wrists together.Like this, do you understand? '

clear.

The door of the study room opened, and the cold wind came in through the gap, but Zhou Lancang didn't notice it.

He smelled a familiar aroma, a fine agarwood, with a long and quiet fragrance.If one dies in the midst of this fragrance, it seems to be a worthy death.

Someone grabbed his waist from behind, held his wrist, and pressed him against the table.He didn't know whether it was caused by the medicine or the alcohol, but he was powerless to struggle, and he didn't think about resisting at all.

"Your Majesty," he murmured.

Why did Li Yuanyin come to see him in person again? He had no time to think about what was in the glass of wine brought by the manager.Only the aroma lingering at the tip of his nose and the other person's body temperature occupied all his thoughts.

As the two of them moved, the pages of paper were blown up by the evening wind and fell to the ground one after another.

Li Yuanyin spoke against his ear, and his deep and hoarse voice made his heart tremble.

"Yu Chuan, until now, do you understand my intentions or not?"

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