My lord, your plan is too obvious

After dinner, Ruohua was urged by Si Nian to go back to her room to rest due to her traveling overnight.Si Nian sent someone into the palace to hand over the interview papers, and then went to the study to take out a wooden box with a cast padlock, and wiped the dust off it.

After thinking for a while, he took the wooden box and left the study.

The person who sent the message came back soon, saying that he could enter the palace immediately.

Si Nian changed into the county king's uniform that he wore when he was crowned the grand ceremony.Standing in front of the mirror, it feels like going back to that year again.

Ruohua couldn't let go of his mind at all, he turned several times on the bed but couldn't fall asleep, so he just got up and came to look for Sinian.As soon as he opened the door, he saw Si Nian in a costume standing with his back to him.

Ruohua saw Si Nian standing alone in front of the mirror, somehow felt a slight pain in his heart.There is no light in the house, only the dim moonlight falling into it.Si Nian just stood there in the darkness, obviously unable to see his expression, but it made people feel extremely lonely.

He walked lightly behind Si Nian and hugged Si Nian from behind.Then he put his head on Si Nian's back and said nothing.

Si Nian didn't speak either, but just held the hands that were crossed in front of him.

After a while, Ruohua took the hair crown that was put aside, and slightly stood on tiptoe to fix it on Si Nian's hair with a hairpin. Although the movements were very rusty, they were very meticulous.The young man's slender hand passed through the black hair, and then touched the side face of the person in front of him.

With a slight force, he turned Si Nian's face over and kissed Si Nian's lips.Licking gently, as if asking for something, but also as if comforting the person in front of him.

Si Nian clasped Ruohua's head back, deepening the kiss, and the lingering and lengthy intertwining between their lips and tongue.Until the two of them gasped in embarrassment, Cai ended the kiss.

"I want to eat Sheng Xiju's fried cake tomorrow morning." Ruohua didn't say much or ask, he knew that Si Nian would definitely solve it.The two of them didn't have so much worry and worry at all, just like Si Nian never treated him as a weak person, and he also believed in everything Si Nian did.

"Okay, I'll buy it for you in the morning." Sinian smiled slightly and patted Ruohua's head.

"I'm going to bed."

"En." Si Nian bowed his head and kissed Ruohua's forehead, "Wait for me to come back."

After Si Nian walked out of the room, he looked back.The young man leaned against the door with his long hair hanging loose, his skin looked a little pale under the moonlight, his body with gradually stretched muscles and bones was between the young man and the man, and his eyes narrowed slightly to look at him.

The night was dark, but where Ruohua stood was reflecting the moonlight and stars.

Si Nian smiled, sure enough, this person is the glimmer of light in the long darkness, it has nothing to do with being charming and graceful, nor is it about the elegance of the wind and the moon, the blooming of Qionghua, the halo of magnolia, it doesn't matter what, as long as there is one person for company, So the world is returning home.

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Si Nian walked into the hall, there was silence, all the palace people were condemned, Si Nian walked to the middle of the hall step by step, knelt down and worshiped:

"Brother, please greet the emperor."

"Get up." The person on the throne said.

Si Nian got up, then looked at the emperor, pursed his lips slightly but did not speak.

"It's been a long time since I and you have talked alone like this." The emperor said.

"Emperor brother is busy with court affairs."

"You still have such a temper," the emperor chuckled softly, "but what happened when you went to Liunan this time?"

"If my brother says it, will the emperor believe it?" Si Nian asked rhetorically.

The emperor didn't expect Si Nian to say such a thing, he was slightly taken aback, and then the two fell into silence.

Chu Sinian was the most beloved son of the late emperor. When the late emperor was seriously ill, although Si Nian was still young, people in the court speculated whether the late emperor would pass the throne to this youngest son.

But what everyone didn't expect was that the late emperor would go west before issuing the imperial edict.Among the several princes at that time, Chu Weixuan, who is now the emperor, held the military power and was decent in civil and military affairs, so he was pushed to the big position logically.

But Chu Weixuan knew that Chu Sinian was indeed the one who the late emperor wanted to inherit the throne, and it was said that he had issued a secret edict, but the so-called secret edict was nowhere to be found.

In addition, the former emperor had mentioned when he was still in good health that when Chu Sinian reached the crown, he would hand over the military power in his hands to him.

After all, all that Chu Weixuan had in his hands back then was because Chu Sinian hadn't grown up yet.

So even when he did sit in this position, he never let go of his guard against the youngest brother.He first broke Chu Sinian's biological mother's family, and then repeatedly emptied Chu Sinian's power.

Even though he knew that Chu Sinian had no intention of taking the throne, the more he did so, the more uneasy he felt.

Until the Queen Mother reminded slightly, don't suppress Chu Sinian too much.The few veteran officials who had followed the late emperor in the court were dissatisfied, so Chu Weixuan restrained himself a little.

In Chu Sinian and the year before Guan Guan, he secretly assigned part of the military power and secret agents to Chu Sinian, and chose him to work secretly for him.Only the two of them knew about it.The reason why he did that was because he wanted to have some clues against Chu Sinian. After all, a prince secretly manipulating spies, and when others knew about this, they would probably think that the prince had the intention of treason, and they could threaten each other in the future.

Back then, Chu Sinian still had some enthusiasm, so he happily accepted it.

I have to admit that Chu Sinian is very good.The sluggish army has yet to take shape of the court spies in just one year.Chu Sinian managed to keep things in order.At that time, there was chaos on the border, and Si Nian's spies brought back a lot of useful news, and the iron cavalry he trained also achieved great victories.

But the better Chu Sinian was, the more uneasy Chu Weixuan became.The year of Chu Si and the year of Guan Guan are approaching. According to what the first emperor said, the military power in the court should be handed over to him.

Chu Weixuan knew the importance of military power, if he handed over the military power, what would Chu Sinian do if he wanted to get back this position?He didn't believe that as a child of the royal family, he would covet the throne.

So he asked Chu Sinian to reach the crown and break his wings.Let this emperor's younger brother never have the possibility of succession.

Around Chu Sinian, there were several people he had placed beside him, and they were quite trusted by Chu Sinian.So he asked those people to release false news that there seemed to be assassins in the palace who had sneaked in and stunned the emperor, but it seemed that the next step had not been taken, so the secret guards in the palace did not dare to easily decide what to do.In addition, he had previously allowed Chu Sinian to enter and leave the palace at will in times of crisis.

So Chu Sinian drove the assassin into a hurry and directly injured the emperor in order to prevent the surprise.So he brought a few elite soldiers privately and entered the palace intending to protect the emperor.

But Chu Sinian never thought that just after he sent someone to take care of him, Chu Weixuan came out of the house and said angrily:

"What are you going to do? Lead troops to force the palace?"

Chu Sinian was stunned for a moment, and then repeated what the spy had said.

Chu Weixuan sneered and said:

"Dizzy? What kind of assassin can have such ability to stun me in this palace?"

Si Nian called his subordinates to testify, but they all said that they never said anything.

"You can't wait to grab the throne with me."

"My brother dare not, my brother..."

"Do you know what crime it is to bring troops into the palace privately?"

"The younger brother is only worried about the safety of the emperor."

"Worried about my safety? So you surrounded my study with elite soldiers?"

"Brother..."

Before Chu Sinian finished speaking, Chu Weixuan threw a dagger in front of Chu Sinian.Then looked at him coldly.

When Chu Sinian saw the dagger, he understood that the scene from beginning to end was just about getting rid of himself.No matter how he defended himself, the emperor would not listen to half of it.He never thought that he would be betrayed by the people around him, and be so jealous of his imperial brother.

He thought that the emperor's brother was willing to hand over power to him, so he trusted him.At least he was willing to use him to defend the country, but he never thought that he had already stepped into this trap from the very beginning.

As long as he has the possibility of succeeding to the throne, the emperor will not trust him for a day, and will only regard himself as a thorn in his side.

He also understood the dagger thrown by the emperor, and he didn't need to die, but he couldn't be the emperor just because he was disabled.

But Sinian hesitated when he picked up the dagger. Although he didn't want to be an emperor, he didn't want to become a useless person because of it.He still wants to protect the safety of this country, if the emperor just wants to cut off the possibility of him being emperor, then——

So Chu Sinian said:

"Yanwang Chu Sinian, good Longyang, will never have any heirs in this life, and will not inherit the great line."

Chu Weixuan looked at Si Nian, no matter whether this emperor's younger brother is really good at Longyang, as long as he has no heirs, he will not be able to inherit the rule.

So without saying anything else, he turned and left.

And Chu Sinian knelt there for a long time.It wasn't until it was dark that Chu Sinian got up and walked slowly outside the palace.

That part of the road was long and dark.

Then Chu Sinian and Guan asked to take over the Ministry of Rites, causing an uproar in the court.Since then, I have been silent, and it has been more than five years.

And today, the two of them talked alone again.

After a long time, the emperor said:

"You blame me?"

Si Nian pursed his lips, but did not speak.

"That's right, how could you not resent me," Chu Weixuan seemed to mutter to himself, "But in this position, there are some things I have to do."

"When the first emperor was still alive, you were the most favored. It's even better than being promised military power when you were only seven years old."

"I have to be careful, too many people are staring at the position of being a royal child."

"So the emperor did not hesitate to put on a play to frame his younger brother." Si Nian looked at Chu Weixuan.

"Haven't you been dealing with me all the time, acting like you're not interested in the throne at all?" Chu Weixuan sneered.

"Not everyone wants to be an emperor."

"Perhaps, but I don't believe it never occurred to you."

Si Nian took out the wooden box, and said:

"If my brother wants to be the emperor, he will not cast this lock to death."

"What is this?" Chu Weixuan had a bad feeling and stared at the wooden box vigilantly.

"Brother Huang has been looking for the imperial father's secret edict." Si Nian lifted the box, "it's inside."

"How do you..."

"Before my brother and the crown, someone handed this secret edict into my hands. My brother never opened it, and cast the padlock to death."

"Why did you do that?" Chu Weixuan looked at the wooden box, it was the thing that kept him from sleeping peacefully every day, he was always afraid that someone would see this secret edict, but it was actually in Chu Sinian's hands all along.

"I only want the Chuping court to be stable and the people to be happy. If the younger brother takes the emperor's brother and replaces him, there will be another turmoil in the court."

"Then why did you take him out today, and what do you want to do?"

"I just want Brother Huang to trust me once, and I also want Brother Huang to protect the great cause of Chu Ping."

Then Si Nian handed over the many border reports he had found over the years, along with the affairs of the court and ministers, to the emperor.

After the emperor took it, he opened several of them and looked at them. After a long time, he opened his mouth and said:

"what do you want."

Chu Sinian kowtowed and said:

"My brother is willing to guard the border of Chuping far away, so as to protect the safety of one side."

Chu Weixuan looked at Si Nian and felt very complicated, not to mention that Chu Sinian actually handed over the secret edict on his own initiative.Just looking at the information, one can tell that if this person really has the intention of treason, he might not be able to sit on the throne for so long.

And up to now, this emperor brother of his own has actually asked himself to stay away from the capital and go to the border.Does he really have no idea about the throne?After so many years, was it all my own suspicion?

After a while, Chu Weixuan opened his mouth and said:

"I'm sure."

"Brother Xie."

After Chu Sinian got up, Chu Weixuan hesitated and said:

"You are not young anymore, do you have a woman you like? I can propose a marriage for you before you leave the capital."

Chu Weixuan felt a little guilty at this moment, and wanted to give Chu Sinian some compensation, but he also knew that his younger brother didn't like money and jewelry.Thinking of what happened in the year when he reached the crown, he thought that at least Chu Sinian would have a marriage, at least there would be someone who would succeed him.

When Chu Sinian heard what Chu Weixuan said, he smiled instead, then saluted, and said what Ji Guan said that year:

"Yan Wang Chu Sinian, fell in love with Xiang Ruohua, has no heirs in this life, and will not inherit the great rule."

After saluting, he turned and left the hall.

Only Chu Weixuan was left looking at the cast wooden box, and those thick letterheads were left alone in the hall.

Chu Sinian left the hall and walked outside the palace.The scenery along this section of road is the same as five years ago, but there is warmth in his heart.As long as I think about that person, it seems that no matter where I am, I feel soft in my heart.

On the way back, Si Nian went to Sheng Xiju to buy Ruohua's favorite food, and then brought them back to the palace.

Si Nian pushed open the door and saw the man sitting beside the bed and fell asleep.Thinking about it, he must be worrying about himself, so he sat on the side of the bed all night and couldn't fall asleep.

Si Nian took Ruohua into his arms, kissed his forehead lightly, and said softly:

"I am back."

The author has something to say: ahhhhh, the card was finally sent out before twelve o'clock.