I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

At this time, the Guangling Palace was brightly lit.

Since Xue Yan officially took office in the court last summer, he has been crowned king and left the palace to open a mansion.

Now the emperor is in good health and has not established a prince, so the titles of several of their princes are not princes, but county kings, without exception.

Although the grades are the same, no one in the court knows that Guangling County Prince's Mansion is the most eye-catching place in Chang'an City besides the imperial city.

King Guangling has only been in the court for one year, and he shines brilliantly. Even ordinary court officials are not as reliable as him.In addition, Emperor Qingping suddenly favored him. In the past year, he has easily changed from an unknown prince to the most popular prince in the court.

In addition, the second prince is not favored now, and the birth mother of the fourth prince is immoral. Although the sixth prince is the son of the middle palace, he has no ambitions in the court, and he refuses to come out once he goes to the Ministry of War.Now, the court couldn't even find a prince who could compete with him.

All of a sudden, the eyes of those who were spying, those who took refuge, those who waited and watched, all the officials in the court fell on the palace.

However, even so, as the most secretive existence in the imperial city, Dongchang can still come in and out freely here.

Xue Yan sat in front of the desk, and the lamp on the desk flickered lightly.He also held an envelope in his hand, which was a secret letter from Dongchang.

A month ago, he received such a letter, saying that many officials in the court had secretly reported to Emperor Qingping, saying that Duke Yongning had a close relationship with Taifu Jiang, and that Taifu Jiang came from Linjiang Academy in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not appropriate for Yongning Gong to invigilate the exam in Jiangnan.

After all, Mrs. Yongning and Jiang Taifu's daughter were good friends in the boudoir in the early years, and they have some personal friendships, which is known to everyone in the court.

One after another, the secret performances were presented, and Emperor Qingping, who had no doubts at first, was also a little shaken.

So, he summoned a group of officials to discuss how to deal with this matter - after all, it was related to Jiang Taifu, the group of officials who were born in civilian imperial examinations, he didn't call anyone, only met the officials of the family in the court.

So after deliberation, Emperor Qingping decided to pick out a reassuring official from the family, secretly lead the decree, and go south to supervise.

Xue Yan knew at a glance that this was a trick set up by the officials of the Xu family's faction.

They didn't want to let Lord Yongning be the chief examiner of Jiangnan, so they wanted to arouse Emperor Qingping's suspicion first, and then send their own people to do it secretly.

This is the second time that the Xu family dared to touch someone from the Jun family under his nose.

Xue Yan knew that they couldn't sit still.In the past, there were only two factions of Jiang and Xu in the court, one was from the aristocratic family, and the other was from the commoner. Although there were constant struggles, they were considered balanced.

But now, if he was killed halfway, he not only won the Sacred Heart, but also took control of the Jinyiwei.Jin Yiwei has the right to supervise all officials, and his deterrent power is extremely strong, immediately breaking the balance.

The Xu family wanted to prevent him from becoming too big, but also to prevent the Jiang family from overpowering them. They jumped over the wall in a hurry, so they set their sights on Yongning Gong.

After all, Duke Yongning does not belong to any faction.

For Xue Yan, this matter couldn't be resolved easily.Even subconsciously, he was more than happy to settle the matter himself.

Because Jun Huailang is in Jiangnan.

This year, he kept himself as busy as possible and taught himself that he had no time to distract himself from thinking about him.But what to do every day can be controlled, but who to think about can't be stopped.

His heart has been empty for a whole year.

If he had never met Jun Huailang, it would not be difficult for him.But the warm wind blew past, melted the ice, and left him in the cold night again. This kind of cold that he was used to became extremely difficult.

Even after that, his situation improved a lot.Emperor Qingping no longer feared him, and the ministers in the court also began to fawn on him, but in his eyes, these only made him feel disgusted and troublesome.

Zhuyu is the first, how could he pay attention to other things.

So, without hesitation, he casually mentioned this matter when Emperor Qingping summoned him.

Over the past year, Emperor Qingping trusted him more and more.Coupled with the fact that nothing went wrong, Xie Xing's assertion seemed to be self-defeating, and Emperor Qingping got closer to him.

Sure enough, Emperor Qingping told him about his plan.

"I think we should really send someone to look at it," he said. "I can rest assured."

"How does Royal Father conclude that officials who have received secret decrees are reliable?" Xue Yan said. "If it's an official of the court, there will be news of leaving the capital. If it's not an official of the court, one is that the rank is not enough, and it is difficult to solve the problem, and the other is that they don't know the bottom line, and it is difficult for the father to rest assured."

When Emperor Qingping heard the words, he fell into deep thought.

Xue Yan said again: "If the father secretly detects Duke Yongning and let him find out, it will surely chill the hearts of the courtiers. Why not send officials to the south in an open and honest way? Even if Duke Yongning wanted to do something, he would not dare."

As expected, Emperor Qingping nodded in agreement: "It's just that the Duke of Yongning is high, so who is the right person to send?"

Hearing this, Xue Yan slightly pursed his lips.

"My son is willing to go," he said.

So, within a few days, the imperial edict to send Xue Yan to the south for inspection was issued. Not long after, Dongchang couldn't sit still, and sent a letter a few days before his departure.

This letter naturally advised Xue Yan to find a way to keep it.His current influence in Beijing has just been established and is not yet stable. Apart from Yongning Gong, there are not many officials worth wooing in the south of the Yangtze River.What's more, he is here to inspect, maybe he won't be able to win over, and it will arouse Yongning's guards and fears.

Holding the secret letter in his hand, Xue Yan smiled slightly.

Dongchang is not what it used to be.Originally, they wanted to win over Xue Yan secretly, send charcoal in the snow, and then slowly train him, but they didn't expect Xue Yan to be so lucky, and suddenly got the favor of Emperor Qingping because of a blessing in disguise.

Now, instead, Dongchang was reluctant to part with his big tree, and began to curry favor with him by taking advantage of his previous kindness of "sending charcoal in the snow".

After all, these eunuchs are different from officials, and they can only be domineering if they attach to the imperial power.Xue Yan gave them enough face again, there is no more suitable backer than Xue Yan.

"I don't want to go either, but the emperor's order is hard to disobey, and it's not easy to resist the order." Xue Yan put away the letter, raised his eyes to the Dongchang fan who delivered the letter, and said calmly. "When the autumn is over, the king will be able to come back, and I will trouble Eunuch Duan to worry about the affairs in Beijing."

Even if he leaves, he is at ease.Dongchang is here, and will obediently monitor the movement in Beijing for him. After all, they can't bear to part with him as a big tree.

And with Xue Yan's words, all the news in Chang'an was delivered to him through Dongchang's hands, which also showed his love and trust in Dongchang, and made those eunuchs feel more at ease.

It is also interesting to think about it.Although Jinyiwei supervises all officials, it is an independent institution and belongs to the imperial court. Only Dongchang is directly under the imperial power and is the emperor's closest eyeliner.

However, Emperor Qingping insisted on favoring the eunuchs who served him, and allowed them to crowd out Dongchang, forcing Dongchang to go elsewhere to recognize the master.

Hearing the words, the son didn't persuade him much. He clasped his fists and said, "My lord, Mr. Duan said that if you insist on going, he won't be able to stop you. However, the mountain is high and the road is far away. Please take Duan Shishi with you." Come on, it’s better to take care of it.”

Xue Yan knew that this was a competition for favor.

Now that Jin Yiwei is under his command, he will bring some of Jin Yiwei's entourage with him when he goes south this time.The factory guards have always been fighting endlessly, this time Duan Chong must put someone close to him by his side, so that he can rest assured.

This period of fourteen is Duan Chong's adoptive son.

Back then, he secretly raised twenty orphans, under the name of numbers, and trained them in a unified way, and then put them together to kill each other, and finally left one, who was adopted by him as his adopted son.

"Duan Shishi is just over 12 this year, right?" Xue Yan raised his eyelids first and asked.

That fan said: "Yes. But Eunuch Duan said, you don't have to worry about his young age. Duan Shishi handles things very quickly and won't drag you down."

Hearing this, Xue Yan nodded with a half-smile.

"Then I would like to thank Eunuch Duan for his kindness." He said.

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That night, after Jun Huailang finished writing the letter, he had a dream at night.

It has been a year, and for the first time, he dreamed that he had returned to Mingluan Palace.He was still the same as every day before, he got up early in the morning, tidied up, and Xue Yunhuan was waiting for him in the front hall of his palace.

"Where is His Highness Fifth?" Jun Huailang came out and asked quite naturally.

However, Xue Yunhuan showed a puzzled expression: "What is the Fifth Highness?"

Then, as if he suddenly remembered, he said, "Oh, that evil star. Why is he here? Who knows where he was driven by the emperor. What did you ask him for?"

Jun Huailang paused, turned around and walked out.

Xue Yunhuan quickly caught up: "What are you doing?"

Jun Huailang said: "I'll go find him."

Afterwards, Xue Yunhuan didn't seem to keep up, but he searched all over the palace, but couldn't find where Xue Yan was.

Until the sky broke and Jun Huailang woke up.

He lay quietly on the bed before recovering from his dream.

In the dream, what he thought of was not that Xue Yan would repeat the same mistakes and do things in his previous life again, but was worried about how he would be bullied if he was not in Mingluan Palace and had no one to protect him.

After recovering, Jun Huailang smiled helplessly.

I am really worrying about myself.Not to mention that the current Xue Yan would never be bullied again, just talking about himself, how could he have the ability to protect him in the palace?

But after thinking about it, Jun Huailang thought of something else.

For example, when he was in Mingluan Palace, Xue Yan solemnly promised to be Ling Huan’s elder brother, for example, the large stack of banknotes he stuffed for himself during the Chinese New Year, for example, the glass lamp in front of his house, and when he fell into the water, he dropped it wet. that tear.

Thinking about it, the corners of Jun Huailang's lips curled up involuntarily.

It's okay to think about these things, but once he started, Jun Huailang realized that he clearly remembered them all.

It was rare for him to stay in bed this day, until Fuyi came to wake him up, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

After that, Jun Huailang took precautions and began to go to Linjiang Academy to attend every now and then.

Fortunately, now that summer is about to enter, students from all over the south of the Yangtze River rushed to Jinling one after another and gathered near Linjiang Academy.There are new students coming to Linjiang Academy every day, and the academy also has a tradition of accepting students, so Jun Huailang's move is not abrupt.

Whenever he had the opportunity, he often went to the river embankment to have a look and check.

But Shen Liufeng was quite happy, he really thought that Jun Huailang was here to study, and he reserved a seat for him every day, so that he could teach him to study with him.

Jun Huailang didn't reject his kindness either, he traveled between government offices and Linjiang Academy on weekdays, secretly listed all the research he had learned, including the memories and experiences of his previous life, and compared and analyzed them back and forth.

It's summer just by looking at it.

In summer, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River is even more abundant.It was raining continuously, and even the corners of the academy were covered with moss.

The rain for several days has made Shen Liufeng bitter.He just felt trapped by the continuous rain, and finally found a clear day, before taking a rest, he dragged Jun Huailang away after class in the daytime.

"Nowhere to go today," he said. "I've already sent someone to charter a cruise ship on the East Lake, and I'm going to eat boat dishes with me tonight."

People in the south of the Yangtze River have the custom of "don't eat from time to time", and they always pay attention to what season they eat.There is plenty of water in the south of the Yangtze River. In summer, there are abundant freshwater fish. There is a custom in the south of the Yangtze River. Fisheries are salvaged from the lake and cooked and eaten on the boat, which is called "boat food".

The East Lake is in the eastern suburbs of Jinling, connected to the Yangtze River, and connected to the canal in the north.East Lake has a wide surface and gentle water flow, and a pier is built on the north side.Ships going south or coming from the east must berth at the wharf of the East Lake if they want to stop in Jinling.

Except for the routes and docks, they are all places to play.

The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, especially in Jinling. At night, the East Lake is full of pleasure boats and boats. When the lights are lit at night, the bustling reflections on the lake become a piece of sparkling light. You can hear the sound of singing and music curling up on the lake.

Jun Huailang didn't have anything else to do today, so he never declined after hearing the words.

But neither of them knew that there was a huge official ship from Chang'an, sailing quietly along the canal going south to Jinling.

Just tonight, it will be moored on the East Lake.