[Rebirth] The lord wants a minister to die

He Zhan had to stay in Qingfeng Taoist Temple to recuperate.

Emperor Jing Zhao visited He Zhan before returning to the palace, and ordered the Xiaodao boys who were serving him to use the most precious medicinal materials.

"No matter how rare and expensive medicinal materials are, I can find them for Aiqing."

He Zhan expressed that he was flattered and said: "The arrow didn't hurt the vital point, so the emperor doesn't have to worry, but it makes the ministers panic."

Emperor Jing Zhao was silent for a while, then screened away all the people in the Taoist room, leaving only him and He Zhan.He Zhan waited quietly for Emperor Jing Zhao's order, but unexpectedly, Emperor Jing Zhao asked him: "Aiqing can't eat seafood, why didn't I say that that day?"

He Zhan thought about it and said: "The emperor's order must not be violated. It is a minor matter for the minister to be unwell, but a major cause for damage to the emperor's majesty." At that time, he was only afraid that Emperor Jing Zhao would send him aside in a fit of anger, so that he could not implement the subsequent plan.

"...You are very similar to your father." Yu Zhong, stupid beyond compare.

He Zhan smiled, thinking to himself that he was nothing like his father.His father is very loyal, loyal to death.

Emperor Jing Zhao's voice was as deep as a bell: "Aiqing grew up with the prince and King An since childhood, and is most familiar with their temperament. The prince respects you like a brother. I have always wanted you to assist him. The prince is still young, so it is inevitable that you will have trouble doing things." There are omissions, but he is talented and kind-hearted, and he will be a wise monarch."

"Your Majesty, I have no talent or virtue..."

"He Zhan, I know what you did in Yongzhou. You understand what I mean."

Enwei is both soft and hard, making it impossible to say no.What's more, He Zhan didn't want to refuse: "I obey the order."

Emperor Jing Zhao patted He Zhan's hand: "Then, I will wait for Aiqing to return to the palace."

Ning You wanted to stay and take care of He Zhan, but Emperor Jing Zhao refused, leaving thirty soldiers to guard and serve He Zhan in the Taoist temple. Ning You had no choice but to return to Beijing with Emperor Jing Zhao.

The Imperial Forest Army who surrounded the Qingfeng Taoist Temple so that even a wild bird could not fly in finally returned to the court with the Son of Heaven in their arms.

Even if the wind and rain are turbulent outside, they can't blow the breeze to the mountains.

He Zhan was recuperating in the Taoist temple with peace of mind. Xuanjizi said that the root cause of the disease might fall. He Zhan didn't believe it at first. It wasn't until he tried to hold the teacup with his left hand that he realized that Xuanjizi hadn't lied to him.

Can't pick it up.

He Zhan asked Xuanjizi calmly, and Xuanjizi said that no matter how well he recovered, he could no longer hold a sword with his left hand, but light things were still acceptable.However, He Zhan didn't need to hold a sword with his left hand, so he was very pleased with this result.

After recuperating for a month, He Zhan was able to chase and beat the ferret with a wooden stick in his left hand.

It can't be blamed for He Zhan's cruelty.

As soon as he woke up every day, a big white buttock fell on his face, and the shiny white hair blocked his breathing.

Xuanjizi, the old mink slave, actually fed the little ferret the size of a palm into a big fat man. His previous cuteness was gone, and he became a domineering uncle.

This fat snowman did all sorts of bad things in the Taoist temple, such as plunging headlong into the pile of fallen leaves that the Taoist boy had just swept, and then turning somersaults in the pile of fallen leaves like waves; At night, he ran in through the window and climbed the wall and lay on the chest, wishing everyone in the Taoist temple could feel its weight.

Originally, He Zhan still endured it, until one day, he saw Fatty Xue and Wolf Cub together.The wolf cub was the one that Ning Qi took out from the wolf den, and was entrusted to the Taoist temple to be raised.

Xue Pang pressed on the wolf cub, arched his body, and bit the wolf cub's ear, ignoring the wolf cub's howling.The picture was so rough that He Zhan couldn't bear to look directly at it. He finally picked up a bamboo stick and swept Xue Pang off the wolf cub with one stick, vowing to defend the holy place of Taoism to the death.

I don't know if Xue Pang went to file a complaint, but when Xuanjizi changed He Zhan's dressing that day, his methods were extremely cruel.

He Zhan gasped: "Master Dao, if you continue to take personal revenge like this, I will sue you! Be careful that you have no one to take care of you!"

Xuan Jizi said: "It's better to count on the poor man Diaoer than Ning Jin's white-eyed wolf."

He Zhan said sadly: "You are a cultivator, and you actually speak ill of others behind your back..."

Xuanjizi: "..."

He Zhan laughed a few times.Xuanjizi quickly changed the medicine for him, and moaned and chirped: "Your injury is almost healed. Be careful in winter to protect yourself from the cold."

The little wolf pushed open the door, ran up to He Zhan's feet, and lay down on He Zhan's feet, humming like a Xuanji.

He Zhan picked it up with his left hand without much effort.He stroked the little wolf's fur and sighed a few times: "Maybe I can come to the Taoist temple in the future and take care of the little beasts in the backyard for the Taoist priest. These little things are really cute." Except for Xue Pang, it is not Small.

Xuanjizi didn't take it seriously, and asked inadvertently: "You are in the court, how can you come to watch?"

The words were casual, but He Zhan heard it in his heart.He pondered for a moment, then asked: "Does Taoism have... atonement?"

"Uneasy?"

Uneasy?

He Zhan put the little wolf on the ground, kicked its little butt lightly, and the little wolf ran out the door.After staring at the door for a while, He Zhan said, "I don't feel uneasy. Think about it, a person's life is only a moment, and in the end it will all be smoke. Where is the Tao?"

Xuanjizi smiled slightly: "The general is only in the body, and the gods are not far away from the square inch. Everything is done with integrity and sincerity, so the way is in the heart."

He Zhan didn't speak any more, just nodded to be taught.

When the maple leaves of Qingfeng Mountain turned red in the middle of the mountain, Ning Jin returned to the temple, and King Fengming came with him.Ning Jin came to see He Zhan; Fengming King came because he was ordered by the emperor to pick He Zhan back to Beijing and to protect Prince Rui's safety.

Prince Rui didn't want him to protect him.

When the two came, He Zhan was teaching two little Taoist boys to pick sweet-scented osmanthus flowers. The little Taoist boy picked them up, and he took them all by himself, intending to salt them into sweet osmanthus flowers and bring them back to Duke Zhongguo's mansion.It's a pity to let the flowers of a good sweet-scented osmanthus tree fall.

"uncle."

He Zhan hugged a basket of sweet-scented osmanthus, turned around and saw Ning Jin and Ning Qi walking through the octagonal gate one after the other.He collected his expression, bent over and saluted: "Prince Rui, King Fengming." With a precise distance, his tone was just alienated.

Ning Qi spoke first: "The emperor calls you back to the palace."

He Zhan said: "It is not necessary for the prince to come here in person."

Ning Qi would not think that it was He Zhan talking to him, and He Zhan would not call him the prince so seriously.

"Uncle, you don't have to be so polite. I... am worried about you."

This hesitant tone... well acted.

He Zhan said: "Thank you, my lord, for your concern. Your subject is fine. Please wait a moment longer."

He Zhan bowed briefly and retreated on his own.

Ning Qi looked at Ning Jin's stiff back and said, "I'm going to help him."

Ning Qi then followed He Zhan and walked towards the kitchen with him.

The scent of sweet-scented osmanthus was a bit strong, which made Ning Qi frowned, and moved a little away from He Zhan: "What's wrong with you?"

He Zhan wondered: "What's wrong?"

"You and Prince Rui."

He Zhan stopped in his tracks: "When did King Fengming become meddling?"

Ning Qi replied: "It's nothing to do with Prince Rui. You are a close vassal of Prince Rui, and you can only rely on him in the court. Having a quarrel with him will only allow the enemy to take advantage of it, and the gains outweigh the losses."

Walking into the kitchen, He Zhan took out a small clay pot and poured all the sweet-scented osmanthus into it: "Before the emperor left, he patted my hand and told me that he wanted me to assist the prince." Ning Qi frowned slowly.However, He Zhan still acted foolishly: "You said that I am just a loyal Duke with a false title. I have little talent and learning, and I can't see clearly the ways of the capital, and I don't want to provoke. A close minister...? If you are far away, you will not be close." .”

Ning Qi's voice was a bit cold: "He Zhan, you have no choice and you can't see clearly, so go learn and watch."

He Zhan hugged the sweet-scented osmanthus jar in his arms, and half-truthfully said: "I'm busy with these things, so I don't have time to look."

Ning Qi snatched the pot from his hand and threw it to the ground, the clay pot shattered: "Your father died because he couldn't see clearly! He Zhan, you..."

He Zhan said angrily, "Thank you, King Fengming, for reminding me!"

"This king is just..."

"Go back to Beijing." He Zhan spat out these two words, and he didn't want the sweet-scented osmanthus jar.

Saying goodbye to Xuanjizi, Xue Pang bit the corner of Ning Jin's clothes and refused to let him go. He Zhan looked at it at this moment and felt a little cute.As for the little wolf, Ning Qi carried it back.

The three of them were speechless along the way, and it was already night when they arrived in Kyoto, so He Zhan simply bid farewell to them and went back to his mansion.

The next day.

He Zhan didn't need to go to court at all, he left Duke Zhongguo's mansion for many days, although the flowers and plants in the flower hall were looked after by a gardener, but Zhan didn't take care of them himself, he got up early in the morning, playing with mud all over, suddenly someone came from the palace Xuan He Zhan enters the palace.

He Zhan hurriedly changed into the court clothes, wondering all the way, but couldn't figure out why the emperor called him into the palace.

Hundreds of civil and military officials were listed on the left and right, and He Zhan knelt down with his robe pulled back. The emperor decreed that He Zhan be the "Prince Taishi" in Jingguo in front of the officials. .

"The minister leads the decree to thank you."

Taishi, a false title, commonly known as the babysitter.After He Zhan received the order, he almost shed tears in the court, but he didn't expect that he was shot by the arrow and still couldn't get rid of the fate of looking after the child.

After coming down to court, He Zhan wiped bitter tears secretly, thanked those who congratulated him one by one, and called him "Grand Master" one by one, so that he wished he could kick his legs and fall into the coffin.

Emperor Jing Zhao played this trick very well.

He Zhan bears the first-rank false title, the reward is in place, and the defense is also in place.Emperor Jing Zhao not only wanted He Zhan to help the prince, but also showed his attitude towards the assassination without any trace—the prince made a mistake, but he can make up for it again, and the position of the crown prince will not change at all.

In the early years, Emperor Jingzhao experienced a struggle for succession. After supporting the Supreme Emperor to ascend the throne, the Supreme Emperor was extremely wary of him, and even did not hesitate to manipulate the life and death of his heirs to contain the power in his hands.Brother Jingzhao had always been concerned about brotherhood, so after he ascended the throne, he appointed Ning Zuo as the crown prince, and all adult heirs were crowned kings, so he dispelled the idea of ​​the other princes fighting for power early on.

Now that Ning Zuo was caught because of Qiushou, many officials in the early court criticized him for this and questioned the crown prince. Therefore, Emperor Jingzhao summoned He Zhan and named him the prince and grand teacher, expressing his determination to make Ning Zuo the prince. On the left is the crown prince.

A reward blocked the mouths of Youyou.

He Zhan wore the grand master's hat so that his neck was sore. After returning home, he fell on the bed and listened to the report on the enlightenment of the prince in the palace.

Emperor Jingzhao had a son in his old age. Except for Ning Zuo, Ning You and Ning Jin, only the fourth prince, Ning Ke, could already read and write.Ning Ke's mother and concubine is Concubine Shu. He Zhan once went to Ning Ke's hundred-day banquet, and Concubine Shu was just a concubine at that time.

The fifth and sixth princes who were further down were either those who couldn't even walk steadily, or those who hadn't even weaned their milk.Emperor Jing Zhao also has two little princesses, both born of concubines, and now they are waiting for marriage.

After the new year, when the spring breeze blows the hibiscus flowers, the palace will hold a new round of drafts.Perhaps within a year, He Zhan will see the birth of a new prince again.He Zhan only felt that the future was gloomy, and even the injury on his shoulder began to ache.

He buried his head in the soft pillow, and the face that emerged from the darkness was

Fourth Prince Ning Ke...

He Zhan hasn't seen this child for a long time.

In the past, he was only Ning Ke's young master.