Rebirth of the Faint Lord

Shen Nian's excited mood only lasted until Qi Junmu went to court, it was not because he had more than enough energy, but because he was forced by the emperor to go back and have a good rest.

Shen Nian didn't feel so tired, he was used to it.

In the northern border, sometimes in order to kill the enemy, they will raise the knife for a long period of time, cut down, pull out and then raise the knife.These actions were repeated dully and numbly, and they had no chance to breathe until the enemy beat their drums to retreat.

Kill the enemy during the day, and dare not fall asleep for fear of an enemy attack at night. After a long time, I have learned the ability to stay up all night and still be refreshed the next day.

Although he returned to the capital and lived the most stable life now, his problem of being unable to sleep has not changed whenever something happens.Occasionally at night, when Shen Nian woke up with palpitations from dreaming about the past, he looked at the beam above his head with a dazed expression.

It will be a long time before I realize, oh, I am in the capital city, not the northern border.

Shen Nian was quite aware of his physical condition, so when he heard the emperor told him to go back to rest, his first reaction was to refuse, and he felt that he could still persist.

Qi Junmu has always thought that he is a particularly naughty person, but now seeing someone who is even more naughty than himself, his mood suddenly became bad, and he said: "Look at your face, it seems that you are fine. Zhen Letting you go back to rest is not to deduct your salary, what are you worried about."

Qi Junmu thought, Shen Nian probably didn't look in the mirror, he was indeed in good spirits, but after all he hadn't slept all night and his complexion was not very good-looking.

The emperor's words have reached this point, Shen Nian didn't insist anymore, he smiled shyly and said: "My humble servant, thank the emperor for his compassion."

Qi Junmu nodded, thought for a while, and for the sake of Zhenbeihou's body, he asked Ruan Jiqing to take a thousand-year-old ginseng from the warehouse for Shen Nian to take back to make up for it.

Shen Nian naturally refused, and the emperor couldn't help but said: "Take it back, there are better ones in my storeroom. The body is yours, if you don't cherish it, you will have to bear it yourself if you get sick from working hard in the future. "

Since Shen Yi passed away, it was the first time for Shen Nian to hear such straightforward words of concern.

Needless to say, the Shen family, Mrs. Shen had been ill for a while because of grief before he returned to Beijing, and the Wen family didn't take him seriously at all, let alone whether he was tired or not.

Of course, many people in the Northern Frontier Army, including those close to Cheng Jin, cared about him very much, but they would not say that, for fear of making him sad, and because they were also sad.

In front of these people, Shen Nian is a banner erected there, no matter how sad he is, he will never show it.

Maybe it's because he didn't sleep all night and his head was so dizzy and heavy, Shen Nian's heart instantly felt sour after being so lightly cared by the emperor.

Qi Junmu looked at the reddish eye circles of the person in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, Shen Nian had always been refined and gentle, everything seemed to be under his control, and now he looked extraordinarily fragile.

The emperor staggered his eyes and pretended not to see, "I will send you back."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Nian lowered his head and said in a slow tone.

The emperor thought to himself, the burden on Shen Nian's shoulders was too heavy, and he was too tired.

He knew that the Shen family didn't value Shen Nian very much, and now Mrs. Shen was ill again, and the family was in a mess.In order to avoid some short-sighted people in the Shen family from causing trouble to Shen Nian, the emperor ordered Ruan Jiqing to send them back to settle in person.

Ruan Jiqing likes to do this kind of work very much. When he is out of the palace, he represents the emperor's face. What he says and does, others can only listen and watch, and he has to endure his displeasure.

Seeing those arrogant and domineering people not feel at ease, Ruan Jiqing felt at ease.

So he promised the emperor: "The slave will definitely settle the Lord Hou before returning to the palace."

Seeing his appearance, Qi Junmu couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, and waved him to leave quickly.

Shen Nian looked at it amusedly, and his expression became much clearer.

Ruan Jiqing sent Shen Nian back in a sedan chair, and he himself was also in a sedan chair.Shen Nian actually doesn't like to sit on this thing, it's too wobbly and soft, it's not as comfortable as riding a horse.

However, he did not persist in this aspect, after all, Ruan Jiqing was also doing it for his own good, so he couldn't help but recognize good people.

When they arrived at Zhenbeihou's Mansion, the maids and servants in the mansion all called out to Lord Marquis after seeing Shen Nian, their attitude was still respectful and nothing was wrong.

But who is Ruan Jiqing, he climbed from the bottom of the palace to his current position, not only relying on the emperor's favor, but also his own ability.

His eyes are sharp, and he can tell at a glance that the people in this house are respectful to Shen Nian, but this respect is based on fear.When these servants saw Shen Nian's eyes, they unconsciously showed panic, as if they wanted to escape, as if he had done something heinous.

Ruan Jiqing felt that the Zhenbeihou's Mansion was really interesting, the Shen family had to hate Shen Nian so much that they made the servants like this.

The most important thing is Shen Nian's attitude, as if he doesn't care at all.

Of course, Ruan Jiqing didn't ask too much, he sent Shen Nian back to his residence.

Shen Nian's courtyard is very quiet, there are no beautiful maids, and the servants are all waiting outside, the whole courtyard is deserted, not quite like a home.

Shen Nian didn't let Ruan Jiqing leave directly, but said that he wanted to buy him a cup of tea, Ruan Jiqing naturally agreed.

Shen Nian's tea in the yard is cold, and the servants will prepare this kind of thing soon after ordering it down.

The servant who brought the tea went down, Shen Nian poured Ruan Jiqing a cup himself and said with a smile: "Eunuch Ruan, look, there are many people in Zhenbeihou's Mansion who think that I grew up eating human flesh in the northern border, and they fear me from the bottom of their hearts. But even if they are afraid in their hearts, no one dares to neglect my affairs."

Ruan Jiqing understood the implication, and Shen Nian knew the situation of Zhenbei Hou Mansion well, but he didn't care.

Whether these people were afraid of him or flattered him, he didn't take it to heart.Anyway, no matter what, he is Lord Hou, and these people depend on him to survive.

Shen Nian opened his mouth to speak plainly, because he wanted to use Ruan Jiqing's mouth to tell the emperor these things, so that the emperor would not have to worry.

Ruan Jiqing nodded with a deeper smile on his face, he said: "Master Hou is worthy of being Lord Hou, so the emperor doesn't have to worry too much."

Shen Nian smiled slightly.

Ruan Jiqing finished his cup of tea before resigning. He resolutely did not let Shen Nian send him away. He said this: "Shen Houye, the emperor ordered the servant to send you back to rest. If you are sending the servant out, the emperor will If you know it, you don’t want to peel off the skin of the servant.”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Nian didn't insist and watched him leave the yard.

When Ruan Jiqing came, he didn't meet the other masters of Zhenbeihou Mansion, but when he left, he met Wen's.

Seeing that scene, Wen Shi came to look for Shen Nian, she had a complicated expression on her face, she seemed unwilling to come but couldn't help being curious.

Seeing Ruan Jiqing, Wen changed his face and stepped forward with a smile: "Who are you?"

The smile on Ruan Jiqing's face remained unchanged, and he said: "The slave is serving the emperor. The last time I came with the master, the Marquis of Zhenbei was still kneeling in front of the gate. The master was not in a good mood at that time, nor Step into the Beihou Mansion of this town."

Wen's face changed when he heard the first sentence, he was a little guilty and flustered, and he almost couldn't stand when he heard the rest.

She tightly held the hand of the girl next to her, with a frightened expression on her face, and she stammered, "It turns out...it turns out to be the father-in-law in the palace, why...how come..."

"Master Hou has been working hard in the palace these days. The emperor ordered the servants to personally send Lord Hou back to the mansion so that Lord Hou can have a good rest. The emperor loves Lord Hou from the bottom of his heart." Ruan Jiqing continued to say in a normal way: "The slave looks at you Are you going to see Master Hou? Master Hou has already fallen asleep, if you are not in a hurry, why don't you just wait? "

"It's... nothing wrong." Wen said dryly, "If he's tired, let's rest."

Ruan Jiqing smiled: "That's good. The emperor must be happy to hear that. The servant heard from Lord Hou that the old lady in the house was ill, and the emperor knew about it. Originally, the servant was supposed to visit the old lady, but the emperor waited. The slave will be reinstated, so I won’t be going today, please help Madam with some words.”

Wen said hurriedly: "My father-in-law is busy, so I won't waste your time. My second son has been taking care of the old lady, but he is very careful."

Ruan Jiqing glanced at her, not sure whether this Wen family was really stupid or just pretending to be stupid.

He talked about this point, and he kept mentioning the emperor, but Wen's was good, and he kept showing merit for Shen Qing.

This is not even a place to put Shen Nian in his fingernails, let alone in his heart.

Thinking about it this way, Ruan Jiqing didn't want to say anything more to Wen Shi, so he led the people away.

Wen Shi stood there watching his leaving back, feeling very uncomfortable, then gritted his teeth and turned to look for Shen Qing.

The emperor valued Shen Nian so much, wouldn't Shen Qing be trampled even more in the future?

When Ruan Jiqing returned to the palace, he told the emperor everything that happened in the Shen family. There was no bias in his words, and he said what he saw.

But in my heart, I couldn't help complaining about whether Wen's brain was wrong.

She didn't like that Shen Nian valued Shen Qing, but now that Shen Nian was the Marquis of Zhenbei, he was the real master of the Marquis of Zhenbei's mansion.As for Shen Qing, he's a dude with no fame, but a mediocre reputation.

How can Shen Qing compare with Shen Nian?Take Wen's name as Zhenbeihou's mother?

If the Wen family is really good for Shen Qing, he should try to resolve the resentment in Shen Nian's heart now, so that the two brothers can live in harmony, so that Shen Nian will help Shen Qing in the future.

Qi Junmu's thinking is the same as Ruan Jiqing's, it was like this in his previous life.

Since Shen Nian returned to the capital, Wen's tried every means to tarnish Shen Nian's reputation, fight for Shen Qing's family property, and wanted to drive Shen Nian away.

It is well known that the Wen family is partial to Shen Qing and everyone in the capital does not say it on the surface, but in their hearts they feel that Wen family is a little too much. What's more, Shen Nian is also Shen's eldest son, and she is her own. Doing things so ruthlessly will really affect the reputation of the Shen family.

Shen Qing didn't have any brains, he just felt that he was being favored and complacent.

Afterwards, when everyone knew what happened, Shen Nian resigned all his official titles, packed up his bags and left Beijing to wander around the world as his home, leaving Wen Shi and Shen Qing, mother and son, staring at each other in the capital.

When others were saying that Wen Shi had no brains, Qi Junmu still talked about it privately to Lin Xiao, saying that Shen Nian was probably not born by Wen Shi, otherwise how could such a thing be done.

Lin Xiao educated him on the spot, saying that as an emperor, he should not be like an ignorant woman in the inner house, talking about everything.In the end, Lin Xiao couldn't help gossiping, Shen Nian is naturally his own, and looks like Shen Yi and Wen's.

It's just that there is a shallow relationship between mother and child, Shen Nian regards her as a mother, and she treats Shen Nian as a debt collector, and she despises her everywhere.

At that time, Qi Junmu felt that Lin Xiao's words were very reasonable, and now he also feels that these words are quite sincere, telling the truth.

These thoughts just wandered around in Qi Junmu's mind, and he didn't intend to interfere with the Shen family's affairs.Just like what Shen Nian said, he can handle the matters of the Shen family by himself.

Of course, Shen Nian helped him a lot after returning to Beijing. Although he was passive, he was still willing to let Shen Nian do some things in the Shen family in the name of emperor.

Shen Nian's reputation as a favored minister must be implemented.

After thinking about it, Qi Junmu said: "Don't mention Shen Nian's matter too much, I believe he can handle it well."

Ruan Jiqing responded and said he understood.

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When Shen Nian was absent, the emperor summoned Yang Jinglei.

It wasn't because of Shen Nian's absence that the emperor summoned him, it was his intention in the first place.

But in the eyes of caring people, this is a signal, a signal that Shen Nian is making a wedding dress for someone else.

Shen Nian is still quite responsible in the palace these days, he has fought in wars, and he doesn't take unusual paths when training the imperial guards, often succeeding in sneak attacks, arousing the vigilance of the imperial guards.

He often pointed out various loopholes when he was patrolling the imperial guards. Although he was merciless when reprimanding the imperial guards, he made up for the shortcomings of the imperial guards.

Now that Yang Jinglei is back, the emperor can't let Yang Jinglei give Shen Nianteng the position of the left commander, Shen Nian should also have self-knowledge.

After much deliberation, it was Shen Nian who gave Yang Jinglei his place.

Anyway, no matter how you think about it, Shen Nian might not be able to stay in this palace any longer.

Most civil and military officials are happy to see the upcoming scene.

This time, there were no rumors that Shen Nian fell out of favor, but there were quite a few people who said that he would leave voluntarily if he had a little shame.

Qi Junmu didn't care what others thought, but he himself never thought about letting Shen Nian leave.

As for Yang Jinglei, he had already arranged for this person. The Beishan Imperial Guard Office lacks a general now. In his previous life, Yang Jinglei went to Beishan after Wang Yi was killed by him.

Although it was more than a year earlier this time, the emperor felt that Yang Jinglei was still competent.

After Yang Jinglei entered the palace, the emperor gave him a seat.

Yang Jinglei Xie En sat down, the emperor would not speak directly if he had any plans, he said: "Is the trip to Qingzhou going well this time?"

Yang Jinglei cupped his hands and said: "Except for the assassination of Prince Jin, everything else went smoothly, and Prince Ping was cooperative along the way."

Hearing this, Qi Junmu raised his eyebrows, turned his mind and said with a smile: "Tell me about the things along the way carefully, you know Prince Jin's temper, and he always reports good things but not bad things, this booklet It’s not as good as what the real person says.”

"Yes." Yang Jinglei said respectfully, starting from leaving the capital and talking about their return to Beijing.

During this period, the expression on the emperor's face has not changed much. Yang Jinglei spoke in great detail, and the emperor listened carefully.

After he finished speaking, the emperor smiled and said: "Aiqing has worked hard on this journey, go back and have a good rest."

Yang Jinglei was stunned for a moment, he was naturally not a fool to be able to sit in the position of commander of the imperial guards.

When he entered the palace, he obviously felt that the emperor was happy. In his assumption, after he finished reporting the Qingzhou affairs, the emperor should tell him when to enter the palace and continue to take charge of the guards.

But now the emperor's face remained the same, but he obviously felt that something was wrong, the emperor was a little cold to him and didn't say anything, asked him to go back to rest but didn't give a deadline, why is that?

Don't you plan to let him enter the palace?

Yang Jinglei couldn't figure out what was going on here, but he was not the kind of person who would question the emperor, so even though he was puzzled, he stood up respectfully and bowed before stepping back.

After the people left, Qi Junmu's face suddenly sank, and he took out the imperial decree that he had prepared a long time ago. Yang Jinglei's whereabouts had already been written on it, and it was only a matter of affixing the seal.

It's a pity that this seal no longer needs to be affixed.

Thinking of this, Qi Junmu raised his voice and called Ruan Jiqing, threw the imperial decree at his feet and said coldly: "Take a brazier and burn it here."

Ruan Jiqing was stunned for a moment, seeing the emperor's expression, he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly found a brazier and burned the undelivered imperial edict.Seeing that everything in the brazier was reduced to ashes, he was relieved.

"Don't talk too much about this." Qi Junmu ordered again when Ruan Jiqing stepped back with the brazier in hand.

Ruan Jiqing agreed, thinking in his heart, he didn't know how Yang Jinglei offended the emperor, and the position of general of Beishan imperial guard slipped out of his hands just like that.

The fate of people sometimes turns in unexpected places.

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Ruan Jiqing sighed blindly in this room, while Yang Jinglei, who was leaving the palace in the other room, looked very gloomy.

He felt that the matter this time was not simple, but he couldn't think of what went wrong, or was he thinking too much?

Yang Jinglei shook his head quickly in his heart. It was not pure luck that he was able to sit in this position today.He is loyal, capable, and straightforward, but he also knows how to avoid disasters, which is why he can stand firm in the palace.

He instinctively wanted to find out the reason for the emperor's sudden change of attitude as soon as possible, otherwise he might no longer have a place in the palace.

Yang Jinglei's personal servant, Yang Lei, grew up with him. The two of them have a very good relationship, and there are not so many rules when talking on weekdays. He looked at Yang Jinglei with a solemn expression, and said, "Master, what's wrong with you? It's so ugly, does the emperor blame you?"

Yang Jinglei shook his head, and he said: "Don't tell your mother and wife." His father had died of illness, leaving his mother and wife in the family. The wife is virtuous, and their lives are quite stable.

Yang Lei said: "Master, even if I don't tell you, you can't hide your expression from the old lady. If she knows that you are being angry with the emperor, she will definitely be worried."

After saying this, Yang Lei looked around and lowered his voice: "The old lady and the lady are both worried that Zhenbei Hou will listen to the emperor and replace you in the palace."

Yang Jinglei felt that this statement was absurd, he frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" Also, in this world, the only person who can listen to the emperor's ears is the person next to the pillow. up.

Seeing that he was really angry, Yang Lei was also a little scared. He said: "It's not like our family said that. You see, who in the capital doesn't know that Zhenbeihou is the emperor's favorite. Those storytellers are saying that Zhenbeihou must have loved him in his previous life. It's a fox with a seven-apertured exquisite heart, which can understand the emperor's thoughts clearly, and its honor will never fade."

This was originally a passage from a restaurant, a satirical remark by a storyteller, and I don't know how it got passed down like this later.

The old ladies in the inner courtyard really liked to hear this, and Mrs. Yang's attention was purely due to the competition between Shen Nian and Yang Jinglei.Shen Nian won the emperor's eyes, which meant that Yang Jinglei was less in the emperor's eyes.

Yang Jinglei ignored Yang Lei's absurd words, but after hearing the last, he hesitated for a while, looking thoughtful.

Yang Lei glanced at him, not knowing what he was thinking, and said: "Master, no matter what happens, let's go home first, the old lady specially asked someone to cook your favorite dish today..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Yang Jinglei: "Go back and tell your mother and wife that I won't be going back today."

Yang Lei saw that he was about to ride away as he spoke, and hurriedly said, "Master, where are you going?"

"Go to visit the Marquis of Zhenbei." After Yang Jinglei finished speaking, he rode away.

Yang Lei was startled when he heard this, and thought, isn't Yang Jinglei going to trouble the Marquis of Zhenbei?

The more he thought about it, the more flustered he became, he slapped himself hard, cursed secretly to make you talk too much, and then hurried towards Yang's house.

For Yang Jinglei to be so impulsive, he must have suffered a great deal of grievance, and the old lady had to step forward to calm down this matter.

Yang Jinglei didn't hide the fact that he went to Zhenbeihou's Mansion when he left the palace, and many people in the capital had inquired about the news.

The voice of Yang Lei was heard closest to Yang's house, saying that Yang Jinglei might have gone to Zhenbei Hou's Mansion to find something, and the Yang Mansion was filled with screams and screams.

When Yang Jinglei was welcomed into Zhenbeihou's mansion, outsiders were already saying that he had been dismissed by the emperor, he was so angry that he became chaotic, and he directly raised his sword to kill Shen Nian, a courtier.

When Shen Nian returned to Beijing, not many people came to visit him, he had no foundation in Beijing, not even his family.

All forces in the capital are watching, Yang Jinglei's sudden visit made Shen Nian very surprised, wondering if there was some misunderstanding.

After seeing Shen Nian, Yang Jinglei felt that he was a bit abrupt, at least he should say goodbye in advance, and wait for the master to agree before he should visit, it seems not good to come so empty-handed.

Seeing Yang Jinglei's somewhat cramped appearance, Shen Nian was relieved, at least from the current point of view, he didn't come here to find fault.

So he said: "Commander Yang just came from the palace?"

Seeing his stable appearance, Yang Jinglei's panic disappeared, he nodded and said: "I came here abruptly this time, Lord Hou forgive me."

Shen Nian said: "It's okay, but what's the matter?"

Yang Jinglei said seriously: "I want to ask Master Hou to help solve the confusion."

"Confused?" Shen Nian was inexplicable, when did he know this?

Yang Jinglei didn't hide it and said: "It's like this, just now in the palace..."

After telling what happened in the palace, he frowned and said, "I'm very puzzled, and I'm a little flustered, I don't know where to annoy the emperor."

Shen Nian did not answer his question, but instead asked: "Why do you want to come here?"

Yang Jinglei's eyes clarified, and he said: "As the left commander of the imperial army, I have a normal relationship with other courtiers. Lord Hou is often in the palace these days and is appreciated by the emperor. I think he can point out a way for me. Besides, my servants Said that Lord Hou is smart and knows the emperor's thoughts best, so I came here in a hurry."

"Aren't you afraid that I won't be happy after hearing this and won't tell you?" Shen Nian said.

Yang Jinglei didn't expect to have such words, he was silent and said: "If Master Hou can tell you, I will naturally be grateful from the bottom of my heart. If Master Hou doesn't want to say it, then I will just leave."

Shen Nian rubbed his forehead, he said: "What do you think of Prince Jin during the trip to Qingzhou?"

"Prince Jin is reticent, he doesn't like to participate in local affairs, and he can't rub the sand in his eyes, and he can't see people who harm the people."

"What about King Ping?"

"King Ping suffered some grievances during this trip. I originally thought he would be unbearable and cause trouble, but I didn't expect him to be convenient from the beginning to the end. It's just that King Ping has always been known as a beautiful gentleman, but this trip has changed a lot. When I returned to Beijing, I was quite restrained, and my words were a bit harsh, but I didn’t yell at them.”

Looking at Yang Jinglei who spoke sincerely, Shen Nian only felt his head hurt even more: "Commander Yang, you are the commander of the imperial guards in the palace, protecting the palace city and the emperor's safety. The emperor wants you to be loyal, and what you want is to be absolutely free from distracting thoughts." loyalty."

Yang Jinglei's face was a little anxious, he said: "I am naturally loyal to the emperor."

"But with King Ping, your loyalty has crossed the line." Shen Nian said lightly.

Yang Jinglei didn't understand, so Shen Nian continued: "To Prince Jin, your words are not biased, but to Prince Ping, you feel in your heart that he has been wronged this time. Not only do you feel that, you also said so in words. In the eyes of the emperor, you have violated a taboo."