Second minister and thief

The Chongguang Hall was the same as before, solemn and quiet, without a trace of vitality.The Son of Heaven just sat there in the lingering smoke, holding Ruyi in his hand, and kept tapping on the armrest beside him, making a dull sound.

He narrowed his eyes and looked at the two people under the steps carefully, the corners of his mouth suddenly raised abruptly, showing a strange smile, "I heard that you are sick."

"It's not enough for His Majesty to worry about being exposed to wind and cold." Chu Linqiu raised his eyelids, glanced lazily at Yan Zheng who was standing behind the emperor with his head bowed, and coughed again while speaking.Seeing this, Xiao Cen hurriedly sat over, supported his shoulders to let him lean in his arms, and fed him a cup of hot tea.

Emperor Wu'an saw that the two of them were so affectionate, their gestures were as familiar and harmonious as husband and wife for many years, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Dingnanhou, I entrusted Jiushang to you, you have to take good care of him for me."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. As a minister, you should follow the example of Hongyan and regard Jiushang as a lifelong partner. In the future, you will always respect him, love him, and protect him." Xiao Cen turned his head, staring at Chu Linqiu's pale face with tenderness and tenderness. side face, said these words slowly.From the perspective of the emperor, the obsession that flashed in his eyes can just be captured.

He suddenly smiled knowingly, handed Ruyi in his hand to Yan Zheng, and then said slowly, "The prince did something wrong yesterday, and I have ordered him to be confined in the East Palace for three days, so that he can reflect on himself. What does Er Qing think?" ?”

"..." Xiao Cen was about to stand up and argue, but was held down by Chu Linqiu under the table.Chu Linqiu's strength at this time was extremely strong, he probably pinched Xiao Cen's veins, and unexpectedly made a general with superb martial arts unable to move.

"Your Majesty has punished you too severely."

"Oh?"

"What did you say?!" Xiao Cen really admired Chu Linqiu's ability to open his eyes and speak nonsense without changing his expression. In his eyes, what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did yesterday could be considered intentional to hurt someone.Although his right hand was not seriously injured, at least a few drops of blood had actually flowed out, not to mention that Chu Linqiu was really frightened, so he got wind and fever at night.How could this account be settled so easily?

"Your Highness also kindly wished to congratulate Chen on his wedding, and he didn't want the palace teacher to make arrogance and self-defeating. If this caused a rift between father and son, and created a rift between the monarch and his ministers, then even if the minister died, he could hardly escape the blame." Chu Linqiu's words were extreme. He has a level, and after a while, the emperor's expression is a little pale, but Xiao Cen always feels that something is wrong.After careful consideration, he realized that he had used the teaching of assisting the prince in arranging yesterday's dance as a scapegoat.

Although Xiao Cen didn't believe that the teaching was completely innocent, Chu Linqiu's attitude of being so reasonable still made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Hahaha, I really deserve to be my Nine Merchants." Emperor Wu'an kept looking at Chu Linqiu with meaningful eyes, and even Xiao Cen, who was affected by it, felt awkward and couldn't help but move to the side.But Chu Linqiu's expression was still calm and unaffected except for the increasing amount of cold sweat on his forehead.

"Chu Qing, I will compensate you in other ways. What do you want? But it doesn't matter."

Xiao Cen thought that in order to be good to the emperor, Chu Linqiu should say that he didn't ask for anything, but this time he wanted to go wrong again.

Chu Linqiu bowed his head and pondered for a while, then got up directly, walked to the center of the hall, knelt down, and said slowly, "I really want to ask His Majesty for a favor."

"Jiu Shang, you..." Xiao Cen stood up from his seat in shock, he was worried that Chu Linqiu's weak body could not withstand his tossing.Sure enough, shortly after Chu Linqiu knelt down, Xiao Cen found that his upper body was gradually shaking, as if he was about to fall to the side in the next moment.

"What's the matter?" Emperor Wu'an was also a little surprised. In his impression, Chu Linqiu had never done anything so solemn except for giving him a marriage last time.If he hadn't had a big appetite now, relying on his favor, he really wanted to make some unreasonable demands.

Thinking like this, Emperor Wu'an's falcon-like eyes narrowed dangerously again, looking at the battle, he seemed to be planning to throw the things at hand down the steps at any time.He vaguely felt that since he let Chu Linqiu do that secretly, some things gradually got out of control.

"The Jury now has no leader, and everything cannot be done, so I want to recommend someone..."

Before the words fell, the tone that the emperor had been raising all the time dissipated, and he stroked his beard and said to Yan Zheng with emotion, "Jiu Shang will do this kind of thing now. Tell me, who is that person's name and where he was originally?" Appointment? What benefits do you promise?"

The last sentence is of course a joke, if it wasn't for someone close to him, the emperor wouldn't even mention it, so he would be beaten out with sticks.Just because Chu Linqiu is his most convenient tool, a "minister" who is good at sharing his worries, he certainly does not hesitate to give others some sweets.Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Chu Linqiu actually kowtowed three times and said "Damn".

Emperor Wu'an was not angry when he saw this, on the contrary he laughed more happily.His laughter could even pass through the closed palace gates and reach the ears of passing palace people.Everyone who heard this laughter, without exception, had a layer of white sweat on their backs.

After laughing enough, the Son of Heaven leaned on the dragon seat very leisurely, tapped his forehead and asked, "Tell me. Who is this person? If he is really capable, I will consider it myself."

"This person's surname is Yu Mingchi, and his surname is Youtang. He is from Xichuan."

"Yu Chi... Yu Youtang... What is the relationship between this person and Yu Younian?!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, these two are brothers."

"Chu Linqiu! You are so courageous!"

"Your Majesty!" Just when the Son of Heaven was about to lose his temper, Xiao Cen suddenly walked up to Chu Linqiu's side and knelt down beside him.Using the cover of his wide sleeves, he secretly stretched out his hand behind Chu Linqiu's back and gave it a firm hand, which saved Chu Linqiu from the fate of falling to the ground in public.

"Your Majesty," Xiao Cen took a deep breath and said, "Jiu Shang is not feeling well, can you let him get up first?"

However, the emperor directly ignored his words, instead he casually picked up a memorial on the case and threw it on the ground, saying softly, "Open it and have a look."

"I receive several such papers every day. There are those who impeach Yu Sui from Yushitai, and there are also those from various places who want to convict the culprit as soon as possible. And now you want to recommend his elder brother as the governor of the court. Chu Lin Qiu, tell me, what are you planning?"

"Could it be that just because he helped you set up a game in prison, you really thought he was on your side?"

"Chu Qing, I believe you don't think so."

It was rare for Emperor Wu'an to say such a long speech, but Chu Linqiu couldn't answer a single word.In fact, he was prostrate on the ground, already in a daze, and couldn't even hear Xiao Cen's whispered calls beside him clearly.