A gentleman takes revenge, relying on his face for ten years

The moonlight is sparse and the stars are sparse.The night sky was as deep as a piece of solidified ink.

In the dark and gloomy underground stone room, the wall of the blue lamp is cold, the wick of the candle is like a bean, and the air is so humid that water can be squeezed out.

The two girls huddled in a corner.The older princess was trembling and sobbing. Although the six-year-old Chen Yuan looked panicked, she bit her lower lip tightly, refusing to shed a single tear.

"Sure enough, he trained it. Courage is different." A joking voice came from outside the iron prison.

Chen Yuan looked at the strange and charming man, and kept silent.Mulan raised her teardrop face and summoned up her courage to threaten: "Who are you? How dare you kidnap this princess, I'm not afraid that the emperor will chop off your head!"

"I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid." The other party tapped the fan in his hand, showing a frivolous smile, "So I won't let him know where you are." A secret mechanism comparable to the secret passage of the palace was installed.Not to mention the two girls, even flies and mosquitoes can't fly out.

Mulan grew up held in the palm of the emperor's hand since she was a child, where did she suffer such grievances?Immediately crying: "I want to go home...I want my concubine...Can you let me go? Do you want money or an official position? The emperor will give it to you!"

Tan Taiye was not interested in talking to fools, and turned to look at the quiet Chen Yuan: "Why don't you ask me to let you go?"

Chen Yuan rolled her black eyes and replied, "If you want to let us go, you won't let us see your face."

"Smart." Tan Taiye looked at the crescent moon on her forehead and said, "It's a pity that your mother is not half as smart as you."

Chen Yuan frowned: "Do you know my mother?"

Tan Taiye opened his folding fan and said with a smile, "I should be the only one in this world who knows your life experience."

Twenty years ago, the former crown prince Liang Xu competed with Chen Wang Liang Zhen for the throne, and Liang Xu was defeated and died.That night, a bizarre fire broke out in the East Palace, which burned until midnight. Except for the eldest daughter Liang Xuan who had married into Dongjiang, none of the prince's family members survived.

Liang Xuan is Liang Xu's only bloodline. His mother was born in a foreign race in the Southern Wilderness, and she was born with a crescent birthmark on her forehead. When she was four years old, Emperor Chunwen proclaimed her the title of Princess Xuanyue.After Liang Zhen came to the throne, Xuanyue vowed to avenge her family, but she was a girl and could not support her alone, so she could only turn to her husband's family at that time, the Tantai family.

Tantaiye's biological mother passed away early, and Princess Xuanyue is his father's successor. His evaluation of this beautiful stepmother is only four words: boobs but no brains.

Tantai's family belonged to Liang Xu's party, but because Tantaihao became an official early, he was not implicated by the downfall of the former prince.However, Xuanyue's bedside wind blew away the Patriarch's IQ.Emperor Xuan had been holding back his energy to clean up the Tantai family, but Tantai Hao still hooked up with He Jun, and the emperor found a way to turn the pancakes over, cleaning out the power of the Tantai family from the political center.

Having lost everything in the game, Xuanyue is still dishonest, and has close contacts with Chen Yan's family in the name of recuperating her illness.The Meridian Hall is a pillar placed by Tantai's family in Dongdu, and it is specially guarding the exit of the palace's secret passage.That secret path was dug up by the ancestors of Tantai, and it was also Tantai's trump card to restrain Liang's, so it cannot fall into the hands of outsiders.That's why Tan Taiye had long since had murderous intentions towards Xuan Yue, but at that time Tan Tai Hao was still alive, so it was difficult for him to attack his stepmother.

Even if the sky wanted to protect her, Xuanyue couldn't stop herself from committing suicide.After staying in Meridian Hall for a long time, she secretly conceived with the Chen family's son.

As soon as the hat on his head turned green, Patriarch Tantai's IQ, which had been offline for many years, finally came online.Tan Taihao was so angry that he was seriously ill and was bedridden. Before he died, he left a piece of paper to reconcile, and completely cut off the marriage with Xuanyue.

Xuanyue thought about it, washed off the birthmark with water, changed her name and surname, and married into the Chen family in a fair manner.

Tan Taiye prepared to send this shameless woman to hell after finishing the funeral, but before he could do anything, the whole Chen family was wiped out by King Qing.

From then on, Tantaiye began to pay attention to that humble second prince.

Liang Sheng is weak, disabled, smart, lonely, beautiful, and most importantly, he is as scheming and cunning as him.

When the same kind sees the same kind, the more they look at each other, the more they see each other.

After reminiscing about the beauty kept in the golden cage, Tantaiye stared at Chen Yuan's Xuanyue-like face in disgust: "Do you understand now? The late emperor killed your grandparents' family. King Qing killed your grandparents." And father and mother. Both today and the princess next to you are your enemies, and only you and I have no grievances."

Chen Yuan's face was pale, as if she was shocked by the sudden truth.I thought it was absurd to recognize a thief as my father for six years, but I didn't expect that the friend I just made was also the queen of the enemy.

Is there a place to live in this world?She is only six years old, and she just wants to live like an ordinary family's daughter!

"I don't believe it, you are lying, don't slander my father!" Mu Lan was also shocked.Her father always smiled kindly in front of her, no matter how mischievous and coquettish she was, she never got angry, how could she be so cruel to her brother?

"How the late emperor treated Liang Xu, and how your elder brother treated his two elder brothers, the world knows." Tan Taiye sneered, "If you fail to seize the heir, you will only die. Why pretend to be blind?"

"But this is all the grievances of the previous generation, what does it have to do with Chen Yuan?"

"How can it be okay..." Chen Yuan suddenly laughed, "Princess, if my father and brother killed your whole family, would you think it's okay?"

"I..." Mulan was at a loss for words for a moment.

"Ding Lingling." A vial with a cork was thrown into the iron grid, fell on the cold ground, and rolled a few times.

Tan Taiye waved his fan lightly: "You two, only one can live. No matter who dies, I will let the other go."

"Crack!" The thunder exploded, and the sky in the dark night was split open by a huge silver blade, reflecting the clouds brightly.The sound of drizzling gradually sounded outside the window, and the imperial city ushered in the first spring rain.

The cool wind came in through the gaps in the bamboo curtains, causing the people on the couch to shiver and wake up suddenly.

Liang Sheng touched the wet cold sweat on his neck, and wrapped the brocade quilt tightly.

Close your eyes again, but no sleep at all.

At some point, the chill mixed with moisture disappeared, and the wind could not be felt on the head.Liang Sheng opened his eyes and saw a figure in front of the bed.

Tantaiye remained motionless, standing silently like a tree under the window root, blocking the wind and rain outside with his body.

If he hadn't seen it in time, would this person have to stand like this all night?

Seeing that pair of pupils in the darkness blinking, glowing faintly like a spring in the night.Tantaiye grinned, and smiled lewdly: "Beauty, have you discovered all this?"

Liang Sheng: "..." The slightest liking for a certain person disappeared in an instant.

"Go to sleep, it's not yet dawn." Tantaiye said indifferently, "The matter of those two girls has been dealt with."

Liang Sheng sat up in shock when he heard the words: "You won't really kill them, will you?"

Tan Taiye shook his head, walked to the couch, and stuck close to him like a boneless chicken: "Is he so cruel?"

Liang Sheng trembled all over, and silently pushed him away by an arm's length.

"Ah, it's because my clothes are too wet and cold..." The other party took off the coat courteously, licked his face and approached, "Do you still feel cold?"

Liang Sheng didn't want to talk.

"I'm still angry." Tantai Ye sighed, "I was wrong during the day. But if I didn't do that, the officers and soldiers might not be suspicious. If you are found out, wouldn't it be a big deal?"

"Hehe, thank you, Young Master Tantai, for saving me..." Liang Sheng gritted his teeth.Everyone understands the truth, but as a man, he was taken advantage of by a beast as a woman, so why can't he have emotions? !

"It's easy to say, you're welcome." Tantaiye was a snake crawling along the pole, and immediately climbed up his nose and face, and leaned over to hug the other's thin body, "If Madam still feels cold, I can warm the bed for my husband for free."

"Snapped!"

An hour later, Tantaiye walked into the examination room with a light gown, a chic and suave look, and a look of Wuzhishan.

The invigilator took the roll call at the outer prison, and after being searched by the officers and soldiers, the examiner from the Ministry of Rites shouted loudly that there was no fault in the search, and all the officials filed in from the Longmen with their own examination baskets.

Inside the Gongyuan, the path is divided into east and west, and the two rows of bungalows are all narrow rooms.Half of the walls of the small room are open, and you can see the felt, sitting, sleeping and drowning barrels at a glance. All candidates have to live in it for two days and one night until they accept the papers before they can sign out.

After everyone entered according to their number, the examiner took the test questions from the open paper place and handed out the test papers by name.

Wearing a mask and official sleeves, Yan Chongjin stood in front of the key-sealed dragon gate and watched coldly.

These seemingly comprehensive examination room links are actually quite tricky.

Body search is the first step. People who are promoted to officers and soldiers are often checked loosely, and it is not difficult to fish in troubled waters.The second hurdle is to hand out the papers. The examiner will contact the candidates, and it is possible to pass them along.The third level is inspection. Officials from the Ritual System Department of the Ministry of Etiquette will be divided into four groups, two by two, and patrol in shifts.But this depends entirely on the self-consciousness of the officials. If there are fraudsters for personal gain, it will be difficult for others to catch them.

Liang Hao knew in his heart that fraud in the examination room was unavoidable in all dynasties. Even if the examination room system was revised, these people would have policies and countermeasures.So he didn't let Yan Chongjin grab the bag on the spot, but taught him a sinister trick: fishing to enforce the law.

So, in the middle of the night, each small room was thrown into a small paper bag, with four clear characters on the surface: "standard answer."