Jun You Ji Fou

The thin sun melts into the Weiyang Palace, under the blue tiles and vermilion walls, on the palace road, Liao Ran is peaceful.

Su Shiyu suddenly heard someone calling him from behind, approaching from a distance, the tone was slightly drawn out, with a smile, and he was extremely familiar.

"Master Su—"

He turned around and saw that Chu Mingyun came forward and walked side by side with him, "Sure enough, I can meet you sooner."

Su Shiyu was puzzled and asked, "Master Chu has something to do with me?"

"Can't I just want to see you more?" Chu Mingyun asked back.

"On this day of every month, you and I have to go to the Imperial Study to report our affairs. We will see each other sooner or later." Su Shiyu said with a light smile.

"Then it doesn't matter if we meet earlier." Chu Mingyun slightly raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you allowed to look at you more?"

Su Shiyu looked at him with a helpless smile, but suddenly lowered his voice, reminding him, "King of Xiling."

Chu Mingyun turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a middle-aged man in the king's python robe walking towards him.

There are many princes in the royal family of the Li family, and the most stable and obedient among them is Li Chenghua, the king of Xiling.Moreover, he is kind and generous, and has made many friends. Not only has he never been underestimated among the feudal lords, but he is quite prestigious, and even the original Huainan King can associate with him.As the leader of the Tweet Order, it is indeed perfect.

After meeting each other, Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu said politely: "See you, my lord."

"Okay, okay." Li Chenghua raised his hand again and again, and looked at the two people in front of him with a smile, "It's rare to be in Beijing once, and I plan to visit the two adults in time, this is a coincidence." He looked at Chu Mingyun, "Master Chu, do you still remember?" Don’t remember me? You killed dozens of people with a broken sword on the Northwest battlefield, and pierced the throat of the enemy general with the last blow. At that time, the general thought you were cruel and planned to punish you, but I told you for you Affection."

Chu Mingyun thought for a while, "I have no impression." He paused for a while, and then said, "But I vaguely remember that the general hated me for stealing his military achievements."

"That's right, that's the man." Li Chenghua said with a smile, "He was misbehaving in the first place, and no one felt sorry for him when he suddenly died in an accident. You just happened to take his place. I heard that the soldiers in the camp were very happy. Very." He couldn't help feeling, "At that time, I felt that Mr. Chu was different from ordinary people, and he was going to achieve great things. Looking at it now, my vision is really not bad."

"Really?" Chu Mingyun laughed inexplicably, "Thank you, my lord, for your appreciation."

Li Chenghua responded with a smile, and his eyes turned to Su Shiyu, "I haven't seen you for so many years, Mr. Su really looks more and more handsome as he grows."

Su Shiyu frowned, held back after a short pause, and said with a soft smile: "My lord is still as funny as before."

"What do you mean, you are old after all." Li Chenghua sighed, looking at the blue sky from a distance, feeling a little disappointed, "In a blink of an eye, General Su left, and you supported the Su family all by yourself, even Che'er was as good as the crown." years."

Su Shiyu smiled and said, "Is your son okay?"

"It's still the same, hesitant to do things and can't be cruel," Li Chenghua shook his head and said, "If Che'er can be a little bit like you, I will be more relieved."

Su Shiyu closed his eyes and smiled softly, "My son values ​​affection, so naturally he is good, so why come to be like me."

Li Chenghua smiled and didn't say much.He didn't reminisce much about the old days, he said goodbye and left after a few more greetings, his figure turned and disappeared behind the green shade at the corner, leaving a mottled shadow on the bluestone board.

Su Shiyu turned his gaze back and met Chu Mingyun's gaze, "...what's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Chu Mingyun raised the corners of his lips and said slowly, "I want to take a closer look at the handsome Mr. Su."

Su Shiyu laughed helplessly, "It's far less handsome than Mr. Chu."

"Oh—?" Chu Mingyun turned his head to look at him, bent his eyebrows and smiled, "Since I was born handsome and at the right age, when do you plan to take me back to the mansion, my lord?" The ending sound gradually lowered, At the end of the sentence, a bit of a thick smile made his heart tighten slightly.

Su Shiyu took a deep look at him, then looked away again, paused, and then said with a smile: "My Su family is poor, I'm afraid I can't accept Mr. Chu."

"..." Chu Mingyun was silent for a moment, and suddenly understood the meaning of Su Shiyu's words, "...Master Su, I don't always eat."

Su Shiyu couldn't help laughing out loud.

In the imperial study room, Li Yanzhen was concentrating on looking at the wooden carvings, and after he casually agreed to Gong'e's report, he suddenly thought of something, turned around and saw Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu entering the hall, and immediately smiled: "It's just right for Aiqing to come!"

Chu Mingyun saw the woodcarving woman at a glance, halfway through the heavy veils in the hall, the sunlight fell on the woodcarving through the window panes with scattered patterns, and the outline was vaguely blurred.An inexplicable feeling came suddenly, but he couldn't figure it out for a while. He unconsciously frowned and looked carefully.

Su Shiyu was stunned when he saw the tall wood carving, and then he saw Li Yanzhen quickly approaching, "...Your Majesty?"

"Aiqing, can you stretch out your hand?" Li Yanzhen asked earnestly.

Su Shiyu looked at him inexplicably, then exchanged glances with Chu Mingyun, slowly raised his hands, and spread them apart.

Li Yanzhen stared at his hands, thought about it and said: "What is Aiqing's fingering when playing the piano?"

With the carving knife still in their hands, they now understood what Li Yanzhen wanted to do.

Su Shiyu flexed his fingers, and plucked the string twice out of thin air, hooked and turned his handsome fingers, elegant and self-contained, there was a piano sound like flowing water gurgling from under his fingers in a trance.

Li Yanzhen stared at Su Shiyu's hand, as if glowing under the warm sunlight, he stared at it for a long time, then stretched out his hand involuntarily.

Chu Mingyun coughed lightly, stepped forward and grabbed Su Shiyu's hand and pressed him back lightly, then inserted himself between the two of them sideways, and smiled at Li Yanzhen who hadn't recovered, "Since your majesty wants to carve a woman, Naturally, we have to look for a woman's hand. Even if Mr. Su can play the piano well, what's so good about a man's hand?"

Having said that, he himself held that unattractive hand very tightly.

Su Shiyu struggled silently, but failed to break free. Fortunately, he was blocked by Chu Mingyun's figure and no one saw him.

Li Yanzhen stared blankly at Chu Mingyun, and was about to speak, but was cut off by him directly: "Your Majesty just met the King of Xiling?"

Li Yanzhen just came to her senses and returned to her seat, "I did see the emperor just now."

Hearing this, Su Shiyu pulled Chu Mingyun's hand and walked out from behind him, "Did your Majesty mention the Tweet Order to the prince?"

"It's already agreed." Li Yanzhen said.

"Already accepted?" Su Shiyu said, "Did Your Majesty show the prince the draft of the twitter decree that I submitted earlier?"

"He didn't put forward any conditions?" Chu Mingyun asked.

"This..." Li Yanzhen avoided their eyes and hesitated a little, "Uncle Huang has read the content of the Tweet Order and has no objection."

"What about the terms of the promise?" Chu Mingyun looked straight at him with firm words, "What did His Majesty promise to him?"

Li Yanzhen glanced at them and said, "I have given the Huainan King his original fief."

Chu Mingyun laughed without emotion, "His majesty was interested in the covenant of land cession by the Huns before, but now the king of Xiling has obtained the fiefdom of Huainan as soon as he arrived in Chang'an. It seems that the nine princes are right, and your majesty is indeed generous." He paused slightly, " It’s just such an important matter, I think His Majesty should wait until tomorrow morning to make a decision, and it’s better not to make a decision arbitrarily.”

After a moment of silence, Li Yanzhen said: "I understand what Aiqing said, but the order to extend grace is ultimately an act of cutting down the vassal. If it weren't for this, I'm afraid the emperor would be dissatisfied."

"Your Majesty should be aware of the vast territory of the Huainan Kingdom, and your majesty is also aware that the Tweeting Order is an act of reducing the vassal. So does your majesty think that the power of King Xiling has increased or decreased?" Chu Mingyun said in a slightly cold tone.

Li Yanzhen was speechless.

There was a moment of silence in the hall, almost deadlocked.

"That's all." Su Shiyu sighed softly, "Your Majesty never regrets what he said. The matter has come to this point, so there is no need for Master Chu to say more."

Chu Mingyun turned his eyes away and stopped making a sound.

"...Su Aiqing?" Li Yanzhen looked at him.

"Your Majesty will ask for something. I have already prepared for it. What His Majesty did is not unreasonable." Su Shiyu closed his eyes and pondered: "After King Huainan subdued the princes and kings, there was a state of turmoil, and the order of grace will definitely trigger a wave of turmoil." In the uproar, his attitude is the key. Now he is willing to respond readily, after all, it is good."

Having said that, it is useless to say more.

After simply reporting the political affairs, they resigned and left. Su Shiyu went ahead and left the palace gate.

Suddenly, a sentence as light as a sigh rose with the breeze, passed by the curtain and fell into Chu Mingyun's ears, almost inaudible.

"It would be great if Su Aiqing was a woman."

He paused in his footsteps, turned around to look, his eyes passed Li Yanzhen's back and landed on the wooden sculpture, and finally realized that the faint familiarity in the outline was not an illusion.