The prince is hard to serve

"Humble, what did you say just now?"

Yan Wenhao was a little dazed, but when he realized it, his expression became agitated, but he didn't do anything, but cautiously asked again.

He was afraid that it was just that he had heard it wrong just now, and it wasn't true.

Mu Ziling took a look at him, seeing that he was only a little excited, but more of fear and worry, and the way he was cautiously asking himself with full of expectations, he couldn't help but feel soft and bent over. Curving the corner of his mouth, he repeated the words again.

"I said, between us, just follow what you said before, let it take its course... I am willing to give us each other a possibility to start."

Hearing this, Yan Wenhao's eyes became brighter and brighter, and the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably, showing a silly smile. After a while, he could no longer restrain his excitement, so he couldn't help it. He stretched out his hand, and pulled Mu Ziling, who was close at hand, into his arms.

Unexpectedly, he was embraced by the other party, and Mu Ziling's body stiffened for a moment.

Wrapping his hands around Mu Ziling's waist and burying his face into Mu Ziling's neck, Yan Wenhao greedily breathed in the smell that belonged to Mu Ziling, his eyes were a little moist, and even his voice was There was a faint sob: "Qian He, thank you for giving me another chance, Qian He is sorry, thank you..." He was so happy that he was a little incoherent.

He has been waiting for this moment for too long, so long that he has become accustomed to waiting, and even if there is only a little response, he will be overwhelmed with joy and joy.

Hearing Yan Wenhao's words into his ears, Mu Ziling was quiet for a while, but his body slowly relaxed, his eyes softened a lot, he raised his hand, and hugged him with his backhand The person in the room pondered for a moment, and said softly: "Let the past things pass away, let's just look at the future, that matter... I'm relieved, and I won't pursue it anymore."

The hand holding him tightened again, and after a while, Yan Wenhao's muffled voice came, and he said in a low voice: "In that case, why don't you call me Wenhao from now on?"

Mu Ziling pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, in the future, if there is no one, I will call you like this." This is always in the palace, and he can't give others the excuse.

Lifting his head from Mu Ziling's neck, Yan Wenhao brought his face closer, smiling openly, the joy between his eyes was beyond words, his eyes were bright, and he said happily: "Then Qianhe, you call me now." How about just me?"

Startled by Yan Wenhao's suddenly approaching face, Mu Ziling subconsciously wanted to back away, but unexpectedly, his waist was imprisoned by a pair of hands, and he couldn't move at all, so he could only stare blankly at the enlarged Yes, a handsome and extraordinary face that could compete with the sun and the moon, and it took a long time to recover.

"Your Highness, you..."

"Modest." Interrupting what Mu Ziling was about to say, Yan Wenhao leaned forward again, rubbed his cheek with the tip of his nose, stared at him, and said softly: "There is no one else in the hall now, only You and I, you just promised that when there is no one, you will call me Wen Hao."

Yan Wenhao's intimate and natural movements made Mu Ziling's cheeks turn red. He was a little embarrassed and shy, so he couldn't help lowering his head to avoid those gentle eyes. After a while, he called out softly. One voice: "Wen Hao."

"Well, I'm here."

Responding softly, Yan Wenhao looked at the young man in his arms with a smile, his eyes were full of satisfaction, he had finally waited until this day.

Raising his head, Mu Ziling glanced at him, and when he saw the deep satisfaction in his eyes, he finally couldn't help it, frowned and smiled.

He thought, this is really good.

Looking at Mu Ziling's sincere smile to him, Yan Wenhao finally couldn't help it. He leaned forward and planted a light kiss on Mu Ziling's forehead without lust. Afterwards, he He hugged the young man tightly in his arms again, and whispered in his ear: "Sleep modestly, it's late."

This sudden kiss made Mu Ziling's eyes wide open, and he was stunned. After he realized it, a blush quickly covered his entire face, and even the roots of his ears turned a beautiful crimson.

Somewhat at a loss, he looked away, and when he heard Yan Wenhao's low laughter, Mu Ziling puffed up his cheeks depressedly. After a long while, he nodded slightly and said A "good" word, and then in the posture of being hugged, he moved forward a little bit, leaning against Yan Wenhao's chest, and then closed his eyes.

Mu Ziling thought that he would still be unable to fall asleep for a long time as before, but the fact was the opposite. He leaned against Yan Wenhao's arms, and fell asleep after only a while.

Yan Wenhao lowered his head, stretched out his hand and carefully described the eyebrows and eyes of the person in his arms, his expression was gentle and full of affection, and listening to the incomparably even breathing of the person in his arms, a pair of beautiful eyes , the smile is flowing.

He just watched it quietly for a long time, until the sound of the watchmen's drumming came from outside again, then he closed his eyes, hugged the young man in his arms, and fell asleep slowly.

That night, they just slept in each other's arms, with the corners of their mouths raised.

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The words are divided into two parts.

The concubine Liang committed suicide, Duke Huai was bestowed with death, and even the fifth prince, Yan Wenzhi, suddenly contracted a strange disease that night. There was no cure for it, and he died a few hours later.

The ministers in the court even went through a big reshuffle. After the banquet, many court officials were all imprisoned in Dali Temple. They might still want to argue for themselves, but those words of refutation could not be accepted at all. Da Tian listened, so he could only stay in the prison with a frown, waiting for the final verdict, which would never return to its former glory.

This night, it almost changed the sky.

After one night, the next day.

At the court meeting, Emperor Yan was expressionless and majestic sitting on the dragon chair. He looked around at the kneeling courtiers, and did not let them be free from courtesy as usual, but ordered Fuxi to read out Several major crimes against Duke Huai.

Fuxi nodded respectfully, then took a step forward and read out loudly.

All the crimes he read out were serious crimes enough to cause death, and the courtiers who were kneeling down listened to them with their heads bowed, not daring to say anything, their faces were covered with sweat, and at the same time they were grateful in their hearts, Fortunately, I withstood the temptation at that time, and didn't twitch my head to participate.

After Fuxi finished reading, Emperor Yan said in a deep voice: "I didn't want to kill my brothers, but all the crimes committed by King Huai are capital crimes. If I don't execute him, it's really unreasonable Allow--"

He paused for a while, with a straight face and a very cold voice, he continued: "Last night, I have given the Duke Huai to death, and a group of his subordinates will be beheaded outside the Meridian Gate at noon today. As a warning, don’t commit such serious crimes again.”

When all the officials heard the words, they didn't dare to do other reactions, they only dared to bend down and kowtow, shouting long live.

Glancing at them again, he saw that they were all terrified, with fear and panic still remaining on their faces, and vaguely rejoicing that they were still alive. Emperor Yan was satisfied, he nodded slightly, and then said in a soft voice: "Everyone is welcome. , get up."

At this time, everyone stood up, but they still bowed, trembling and respectful.

After that, Emperor Yan rewarded everyone for meritorious deeds.

However, Yun Chen, Yan Wenhao and others who made the most contributions were not suitable for further promotion, so they rewarded each of them with a thousand taels of gold and several rare antiques, while Xie Jingyu was an official plus a rank , and gave a hundred taels of gold, and a pair of jade Ruyi.

As for the other contributors, they were all rewarded one by one, and none of them were left behind.

After rewarding these meritorious officials, Emperor Yan announced at the court meeting that Qin Jiang would succeed Li Zezhang as the new minister of the Ministry of Rites. replaced by others.

The candidates to replace these positions, without exception, were all officials who had been selected by Yan Wenhao and who had worked with him on the Li Zezhang case.

These officials are all talented and have their own perseverance. It is only because they do not want to join forces that they will do nothing and have been mediocre for decades. However, today, they can finally be reused, so one by one , are excited.

Of course, they were also grateful to Yan Wenhao.

After the court meeting was over, they called Yan Wenhao outside the hall and expressed their gratitude to Yan Wenhao.

After Yan Wenhao listened to their words quietly, he kept smiling, and after a while, he said slowly: "The only thing I did was to give you a chance to prove yourself, because you already have the strength , shouldn’t be buried, otherwise even if you have this opportunity, it’s useless, so you don’t have to be grateful to me.”

After a pause, Mu Ziling thought about it silently, and then said seriously: "If you really want to thank me, just like what I said before, even if you are in high positions today, you will not forget yourself. In the beginning, I will do my best for the people, and I will do my best for Dayan, so don't let me just look away."

Although Yan Wenhao said these words very calmly and concisely, every word and every sentence struck the hearts of every official present, shocking them unceasingly.

They looked at each other, and quickly suppressed the smiles on their faces, then raised their hands and bowed to Yan Wenhao, lowered their heads, and said solemnly: "Your Highness, please rest assured, I will wait for you." I will not disappoint His Majesty's expectations."

After looking at them, Yan Wenhao's expression remained the same, he nodded slightly and said: "That's good, that's fine, you all go back." After the words fell, he turned and left on his own.

Qin Jiang looked at Yan Wenhao's back as he went away, and his expression froze, as if he had finally made up his mind. The other ministers saw him standing still, and asked in a low voice, "Master Qin, what do you think?"

They thought that Yan Wenhao would at least indirectly imply that they were in favor of the faction when they saw that they had all been promoted, and their positions were not low, but the result was beyond their expectations.

When he came back to his senses, Qin Jiang shook his head, thought for a while, and said: "I think this Second Highness is indeed not the kind of person we thought. In the future, don't try again. Let's see, if Where we need our help in the future, as long as it does not violate morality, violates laws and disciplines, or violates conscience, we will do our best to help."

Several officials made sense after hearing this, and nodded their heads one by one, and then they left the palace together, full of ambitions for the future, in a happy mood.

On the other side, Yan Wenhao had just walked a few steps when he was stopped by Fu Xi who came in a hurry, "His Royal Highness, please wait a moment."

Hearing the sound, Yan Wenhao stopped, turned sideways to look at Fuxi, and asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Fu?"

Fu Xi trotted all the way, ran in front of him, took a breath, squinted his eyes, and said with a smile: "Second Highness, Your Majesty invites you to go to the imperial study."

Yan Wenyuan happened to pass by their side. Hearing this, he turned his head and glanced at Yan Wenhao. The expression in his eyes was very complicated, but he didn't really show anything. In a friendly manner, he greeted Yan Wenhao with a smile and left directly.

Yan Wenhao didn't care too much about Yan Wenyuan's attitude, he knew that neither Yan Wenyuan nor Concubine De Gui would take any action yet.

Withdrawing his gaze, Yan Wenhao looked at Fuxi, was silent for a moment, and asked in a soft voice, "Mr. Fu, do you know why your father is looking for me?"

Fu Xi wrinkled his old face, wondering: "This... this old slave doesn't know, Your Highness should go with this old slave, don't make His Majesty wait too long."

Yan Wenhao frowned, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded, "So, let Eunuch Fu lead the way."

He might be able to guess why his father was looking for him.