Several Mobei courtiers came here in high spirits, but when they went out, they had their own thoughts and kept silent about what happened today.

Funanyin only asked that one question before and after, and after Chao Yu answered, he never broke his promise, and he really folded his sleeves and made tea in the front hall under the watchful eyes of everyone.

At that time, everyone was still waiting to see his jokes, but it was a pity that the Mobei people had never seen the tea ceremony in the Central Plains, so they thought this matter too simply.It took a quarter of an hour just to boil the water, and then watched Fu Nanyin calmly grind the tea, fry it on fire, and then there were a few steps that even they couldn't understand. The interest wears off.

Fortunately, Funanyin "accidentally" revealed to them a few interesting things in Chang'an when he was frying tea, Prime Minister Right's downcast face relaxed, and he originally told General Chao that King Linzi's affair was considered a secret in the court The anger also subsided a little.

"Li Jiao was awarded the title of Linzi at the age of 15. Before that, he was spoiled and spoiled in the palace. He had never been in a military camp, let alone lead soldiers."

Funanyin poured the fried tea powder into the Luo sieve, looked up at Chao Yu, the General of the Imperial Guard who hadn't heard the clue yet,

"He wanted to take Li Pei's position as the crown prince, and he already had many supporters in the court. Unfortunately, he didn't have any military achievements, so he was always behind. So..."

If he wanted to grab it openly, Li Jiao couldn't.Either it will make Li Pei completely lose the Sacred Heart and public opinion, and the crown prince will be kicked out of the court; or, it will be to see if he can take a step ahead of Li Pei in the next battle with Mobei and bring this crumbling Power is in the bag.

"So the opportunity for the battle between Mobei and the Central Plains... lies with King Linzi?"

It was Prime Minister Right who was the first to get some meaning out of Fu Nanyin's words.In the past, he always regarded this national teacher as his leader. Even though the two people's identities were switched at this moment, he still subconsciously followed Fu Nanyin's words and asked.

Funanyin paused her hands and smiled.

"Now the person who makes decisions for Mobei is the prime minister. I just said it casually, and I dare not overstep it."

After finally waiting for the tea to come into the bowl, he got up and handed the half-hot green soup to Prime Minister Right. When he saw the latter stretching out his hand, his face really showed some unconcealable joy.

"It's just that when I was in Chang'an, I was lucky enough to have contact with King Linzi a few times, and I gave him a little push in terms of the court prestige he wanted."

After he finished speaking, he turned his eyes away, his eyes passed Li Pei and fell on the other courtiers present,

"Do you want to try it too?"

After waiting for so long, Chao Yu was naturally unwilling to give up this opportunity to humiliate Fu Nanyin.But just as he was about to speak, he felt someone beside him put a hand on his shoulder.When he looked up again, he really saw Prime Minister Right's eyes with some deep meaning.

Then he left in a hurry, some were full of ambition, some were inexplicable, some obviously didn't enjoy themselves to the fullest, but they didn't dare to act rashly because of the right minister's face.

But after going out, Prime Minister Right's expression finally changed a bit, he took out the brocade handkerchief handed over by the servant, and wiped his mouth vigorously.

The National Teacher's Mansion finally calmed down again.

Funanyin sat on the cushion with her legs bent, as if she was very interested in the Sencha.Li Pei watched him scoop out a spoonful of tea soup from the tea pot, carefully put it in another tea bowl at hand, sniffed it carefully, and then handed it to him with both hands.

"Your Highness, please."

Li Pei stood still.

He looked at the smile on Funanyin's face, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he reached out to take it and took a sip.

He had never seen Fu Nanyin Jiancha before. Li Pei even caught a glimpse of his eyebrows twitching when Prime Minister You took the first sip of the tea soup. Although he quickly covered up the strange color, Li Pei still guessed that. The tea will definitely not taste good.

He guessed wrong.

It is astringent at first and then sweet, leaving a strong fragrance on the tip of the tongue. It is a good tea and a good craftsmanship.

Li Pei raised his eyebrows, seeing Fu Nanyin drinking tea leisurely, he was suddenly taken aback.

"The right minister drank..."

"It's tea dregs."

Listening to his tone of course, Li Pei sighed.

Should have thought of it earlier.

It's just that the good atmosphere didn't last along with the tea fragrance and curling heat in the hall.Funanyin just took a sip of tea casually and put the tea bowl on the low table, the smile on his face also restrained a bit.

"There is something to ask in advance."

Li Pei raised his head, it was rare for him to have such a serious expression when he was alone with Fu Nanyin.

"You ask."

"The king of Linzi intends to seize the heir, do you know?"

Li Pei didn't seem to expect that he would ask about Li Jiao, so he hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"Most of the courtiers who opposed me in the court sided with Xiaoliu. Ke Shunzhe wanted to support him as the new heir. Unfortunately, the situation was pressing. He was born in the royal family and he had no choice."

Funanyin looked at him for a while, and couldn't help frowning.

After a while, he smiled lightly.

"Throw aside the court battle, you have a very good relationship with him."

Li Pei did not deny it, and replied: "In the past, I was indeed closer than other brothers, but I haven't seen him for many years, and he was only ten years old when he left the palace..."

Li Jiao is the youngest son of a sage, and he grew up surrounded by thousands of dotes on him. At that time, he was well-behaved and clingy, and he liked to follow behind Li Pei very much.It's just that Li Pei's eyes sank again when he thought of what he said when he stopped him in front of the East Palace gate not long ago.

As a person grows up, there are more distracting thoughts in his mind.

He thought too much, and didn't notice Fu Nanyin's expression when he was talking, but when he wanted to look at it, the latter's expression was already normal.

"The night before the sage came looking for me, the King of Linzi went to the Proton Mansion and said he wanted to let me go."

When Fu Nanyin said this sentence, his tone was very flat, as if he was talking about a very common thing, but Li Pei habitually explored its deep meaning, and always felt that Fu Nanyin said this sentence at this time with the intention of It won't be that simple.

"You can also understand it as..."

Funanyin looked at Li Pei's half-closed narrow eyes, and the corner of her mouth curved into a sarcastic arc.

"The king of Linzi knew about my 'deal' with Ke Shunzhe, and regarded me as a scourge around you, so he sent me away to...help you."

As it should be.

Li Pei lowered his eyes, and carefully straightened out the previous matter in his heart, just like what Fu Nanyin said, there was no flaw.

But he instinctively felt a little weird.

"The question is over, and there is one more request."

The temperature in the room was not high at all, but after a while, the tea soup on the table was already cold.Fu Nanyin stood up slowly with his hands on the low table—I don't know when he even started to struggle to sit up. In the past four or five months, Fu Nanyin didn't show it in front of others except for some pregnancy reactions. What is it, but as the month gets older, not to mention that the lower abdomen becomes more and more obvious, and even the movement becomes inconvenient.

Li Pei was not sitting close to him, and wanted to reach out to help him, but Funanyin was quicker after all.Standing still, looking at Li Pei's hand that hadn't reached out in the future, he wanted to show a smile, but in the end he sighed softly.

"Let's go back to Chang'an tomorrow, His Royal Highness."

"What do you mean?"

Li Pei didn't seem to understand this sentence, and looked up at Fu Nanyin with some puzzlement, but the slightly shaking teacup in his hand revealed his uneasiness at this moment.

"Is this your request?"

"If you are worried about the fetus in my womb, there will be medical workers Liu here, and nothing will happen. If you are worried about me..." Fu Nanyin staggered his eyes and looked at the spruce tree that had sprouted outside the door.

"The fire from the Central Plains court hall has not been extinguished, and the crown prince condescends to follow me as a servant, isn't it ironic?"

Seeing that spring has begun in Mobei, without the harsh winter as a natural barrier, the iron hooves of the Central Plains Army will soon go one step further.

Li Pei also stood up.

He walked up to Funanyin, who didn't look at him, but he wanted to stare at those eyes that he pretended not to care about.

"I said, I am willing to stay. I have already made arrangements for the affairs of the court, so don't worry. But it is not easy for you to win the king's seal of Mobei. I can help..."

"Help me?" Fu Nanyin was finally willing to look at him, "Do you know what I said to those people just now?"

When Li Pei choked, his voice dropped a little unconsciously.

"I can learn Mughal."

"You don't understand anything, and I can't help you at all here, but I have to worry every day whether your identity will be found out by King Mobei and others. If you want to help, the hidden guards I raise seem to be more powerful than His Highness." Useful."

As if to verify what Funanyin said, at that time, a white dove fluttering its wings and landed on the window lattice. He gave Li Pei half a look.

He knew that Li Pei was waiting for him to translate the contents of the secret document to him as usual.

But this time, Funanyin threw the note into the fire beside him in front of him, and his actions were as crisp as the words in his mouth, without any room for a word.

"Let's go, you can't do meaningless things at this juncture."

Li Pei's throat moved, and he swallowed so many words that were hard to say at that moment.

Before stepping into this room, Li Pei never thought that Fu Nanyin would say such words in such a helpless and mocking tone.He suddenly remembered that when the Xu family was about to be executed and his mother was forced to hand over the phoenix seal, he had knelt in the Lizheng Hall for three days and three nights, and wanted to ask his father to retry the Xu family's injustice case and return his mother's family's innocence. His father, who had always been generous and loving to him, just sent a word to Feng Neishi——

"Have you finished annotating today's memorial?"

Until the last day, he took out his only remaining crown prince and threatened him. When the saint came out of the palace to meet him, he also said something similar to Fu Nanyin.

What they carry on their backs is the community of the world, and they are not qualified to be distracted by meaningless things.

At that moment, Li Pei realized that Yuan's wife, who seemed to be loving in every possible way, was actually a meaningless person. It was meaningless to show justice and innocence to the millions of people in the Central Plains. Only the supreme authority is the ultimate goal. Something to hold in your hand.

But what he looked up to since he was a child was the harmony of his parents and the respect of brothers and friends; what he learned was the righteous way of the emperor;Even if there is no lack of conspiracy and tactics in the middle, they always end up with the former by different routes.

If you don't become a prince...

He had struggled with this idea for five years.If there was a moment during the period when he only strongly wanted to hold power in his hands, it was when Funanyin left without saying goodbye half a year ago. At that time, he even had the idea of ​​using force to find someone and keep him by his side.

"If..." Li Pei's voice was very soft, "What if I didn't keep that seat?"

Funanyin was startled, as if she was really thinking about this question.

He had never tested Li Pei's attitude towards the crown prince, but at this moment he felt some subtle rejection in his heart.

"Let's not talk about whether the King of Linzi will give me a way to survive. I will risk my life and go back to Mobei. There is absolutely no reason to make a wedding dress for others. So if you lose to Li Jiao..."

Funanyin raised her head, and suddenly saw Li Pei's eyes sinking a little bit, and her mind was in a mess.

"Win the king and lose the bandit, when he brings a large army to the city, maybe I can only jump from the high city..."

But there was a crisp sound, and the tea bowl in Li Pei's hand fell to the ground, and a trickle of liquid seeped out. It was obviously green, but it looked like red blood in the eyes of the two of them.

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