Placid Chang'an

After the court meeting, Su Cen walked out of Longwei Road, and as soon as he left the Danfeng Gate, he saw a canopy carriage waiting outside the door, with the bamboo curtain hanging down, a silhouette inside the carriage could be vaguely seen.

Su Cen came under the car, raised the curtain to enter, and saw Li Shi was sitting with a cup of hot tea leaning against the embroidered quilt, and when he came in, he raised his eyes and said, "Why are you so slow?"

Su Cen smiled at people after sitting down, "I knew you would wait for me, and you specially waited until the end before coming out."

The carriage started slowly, Su Cen took the tea handed over by Li Shi, skimmed off the foam and took a sip, then raised his head and said, "Actually, it's not the last, there are two people left, I really can't consume them, let's go first." Out."

He smiled slyly again: "Who do you think these two people are?"

Li Shi took a sip of tea from his teacup and said casually, "Liu Yu and Cui Hao."

"It's really boring," Su Cen pouted, and then said again: "Today's morning will be interesting, like a group of demons dancing."

Li Shi asked, "What do you see?"

Su Cen said with a smile: "Liu Xiang's temper has improved, and he should have flung his sleeves and left long ago."

Li Shi also laughed, "That's all?"

"Of course there are other things." Su Cen withdrew a laughing expression, and said seriously: "It has been a few months since the matter of the Yicang, and it was only because of these people's vigorous efforts that it was implemented. It is obvious that someone deliberately guided it. The Empress Dowager Chu said that she would no longer protect Liu Xiang should be serious, and judging from the attitude of the ministers today, it should not be as simple as not protecting Liu Xiang."

Su Cen frowned: "She probably wants to give up on Liu Xiang."

Li Shifang put down his teacup and nodded, "They wouldn't dare to do that without the Empress Dowager Chu's order."

"Liu Xiang has been pushed out to confront you since the late emperor's funeral. In fact, the foundation is not deep. Except for one Cui Hao, it is all supported by the Empress Dowager Chu, and there are many people who are jealous. Now the Empress Dowager Chu has withdrawn. Let's go, the wall is falling and everyone is pushing, so this end is really helpless." Su Cen frowned as he spoke, "But what I don't understand is, what is the opportunity for the Empress Dowager Chu to choose to give up Liu Yu? She put Liu Yu What good is it good for her to send him away?"

Li Shi rubbed his fingers and said, "Didn't you say before that there may be two reasons why the Empress Dowager Chu assured you to investigate Tian Pingzhi's case. One is that Liu Zhen is indeed innocent and she is not afraid of your investigation; Someone who replaces Liu Zhen."

Su Cen was silent for a moment, then pursed her lips: "From now on, it looks like two."

It was already late at night when Liu Zhen returned to the mansion. He had already adapted to the darkness in front of him. As soon as he turned into his alley, he was suddenly caught by a red lantern in front of the door.

Liu Zhen was stunned for a moment, followed the light, and when he got closer, he found a man standing behind the lantern. His shadow was pulled by the candlelight. A candle in the lantern was almost burned out. I don’t know how long he had been waiting for him. up.

Seeing the man coming back, Cui Hao finally put his heart back into his stomach, and hurried forward to meet him, and frowned when he leaned close to Liu Zhen, "Have you been drinking?"

Liu Jue raised his hand to push the person away, but couldn't control his strength for a while, and pushed Cui Hao staggeringly.Just about to stretch out his hand to pull it, his hand froze in mid-air, then slowly retracted it, and said angrily, "What are you doing here?"

The candlelight in the lantern flickered and almost went out, and the faint light magnified Cui Hao's grievance: "I don't trust you."

"I'm not a child anymore, so there's nothing to worry about," Liu Jue looked away, ignoring the expression on Cui Hao's face, and staggered into the gate of the mansion by himself, tripped over the threshold, and nearly fell to the ground.

Liu Yu immediately flew into a rage, "Who did this? What is the purpose of such a high threshold?"

When the servants heard the sound and rushed over, they couldn't help being wronged: "Isn't this the master's favorite threshold?"

A wealthy family with a scorching posture, the Liu Mansion back then was truly magnificent, and anyone passing by would have to admire it.It's just that today is different from the past, the glory of the day has now turned into a mouth, slapped back mercilessly,

"Get it all out, get out!" Liu Zhen flicked his sleeves, flew into a rage, and kicked the threshold a few more times before leaving angrily.

The servants didn't know what to do, so they could only look at Cui Hao as if asking for advice.Seeing the person nod, he immediately started to remove the high threshold.

Seeing Liu Zhen walking away again, Cui Hao hurriedly chased after him, but was thrown away several times when he tried to step forward to support him.The night was dark and windy, and Cui Hao felt that every brick and stone on the ground was an obstacle, so he simply threw the lantern on the ground and picked him up from behind.

"What are you doing?!" Liu Zhen struggled, but Cui Hao was young and strong, holding him in his arms like a pair of copper and iron, despite Liu Zhen's punches and kicks, he still walked steadily and his feet were windy.

It wasn't until Yu Guang saw that the door of his house was closed that Liu Zhen slowly gave up struggling. He was anxious just now, but now he was so dizzy that he couldn't struggle left and right, so he simply leaned against the person's chest to rest.

When Cui Hao sent the man to the bedroom, Liu Zhen was almost asleep. Just as he put the man back on the bed, Liu Zhen frowned and showed signs of waking up again. Cui Hao didn't dare to get up until he calmed down again. It was only when he moved that he realized that Liu Zhen was firmly grasping his chest collar with one hand, even if he fell asleep, he didn't intend to let go.

Cui Haoning looked at it for a while and couldn't help laughing, then lay down next to the man, and kissed the man's temples lightly.

He didn't know that Liu Zhen stayed away from him because he was afraid of implicating him, but if there is no such person in the huge city of Chang'an, what's the point of staying by himself?

Liu Zhen woke up in the middle of the night and stared blankly at the darkness for a while before he felt a splitting headache, as if there was smoke in his throat.As soon as he got up, a bowl of water was brought to his mouth in good time. Liu Jue was taken aback for a moment before he opened his mouth to sip it. It was lukewarm, sweet and refreshing, obviously it had been prepared for a long time.

Liu Zhen finished drinking a bowl of hangover soup before raising his head, sized up the person in front of him in the darkness, cleared his throat after a while, and said hoarsely, "Why haven't you left yet?"

"Who will take care of you when I'm gone?" Cui Hao took the empty bowl and handed over a handkerchief. Seeing Liu Zhen wiped the corners of his mouth and closed his eyes, he asked in a low voice, "Is it better?"

"I'm fine, you're leaving," Liu Zhen waved his hands with his eyes closed, and then ordered: "Remember to go out through the back door, don't be watched by others."

Cui Hao stood still, and then asked: "What did the Queen Mother tell you?"

When the Empress Dowager Chu was mentioned, Liu Yu frowned again, "Is this something you should care about?"

The tone became a bit serious, and the room fell silent for a while, Liu Zhen opened his eyes slightly, he knew that he was holding his breath in his heart, and he also knew that this anger should not be directed at Cui Hao, but when his temper came up, he couldn't control it.Just as he was about to slow down his tone and say a few words of comfort, Cui Hao suddenly whispered: "I know I shouldn't care about these things, and I don't want to. I just want to tell you that if you are unhappy in Chang'an City No, let's leave, even if it's in a village, I don't care as long as I have you. I'll submit my resignation letter tomorrow..."

Liu Yu opened his eyes fiercely, and jumped up from the bed: "Resignation? What resignation? Who asked you to hand in your resignation!"

Cui Hao frowned slightly: "Zhong Pei..."

The repressed fire in Liu Yu's heart was completely ignited, and he pointed at Cui Hao's nose and cursed: "I tried my best to promote you, and let you become a master step by step, just to let you sit in a high position and then leave? You Did that blind old mother weave a fishing net for you to come to Chang’an City, did she ask you to submit your resignation letter?!”

Cui Hao blurted out: "If I don't go by myself, am I waiting for others to chase me away?!"

As soon as the words came out, the room fell silent for an instant.

Cui Hao regretted that it was too late, so he gave a helpless smile, "The remonstrance court said that one person will be appointed to Huizhou to serve as Sima. Although the imperial decree has not yet come down, it is probably me."

"Huizhou? Sima?"

Huizhou is located in the south of the Five Ridges, which is a land of miasma and barrenness. It has always been a place where officials who have made serious mistakes and relegated.The person he worked so hard to promote, the best in the imperial examination, the dragon and the phoenix among the people, how could he go to that kind of place!

But when he was angry, he suddenly woke up. The remonstrance court belongs to the Ministry of the Ministry of Education. Now the Ministry of Education does not need to go through him for any rulings and orders. He is still a puppet in name only. Who else is he trying to protect?

After a long while, Liu Zhen pressed the center of his brows, and could only say: "Sima... It's okay, you are still young, and there is always a chance to be promoted again. After a few years of grievances, it will be..."

"Zhongpei," Cui Hao interrupted, "It doesn't matter where you go, I don't care what kind of official you are, I care about you!"

After being stunned for a moment, Liu Yu couldn't help laughing, "The queen mother said that the emperor is young, and she wants me to stay in the court for reuse. How can I go to Huizhou with you?"

"Stay in court for reuse?" Cui Hao repeated, and stared at Liu Yu for a while with an expression of disbelief. Finally, he couldn't find any flaws, so he could only ask again: "Are you serious?"

Liu Jue's back was stiff, but he forced himself to stand upright, "The queen mother's order is naturally taken seriously."

After a while of silence, Cui Hao suddenly raised his lips and smiled, "Okay, then Huizhou is Huizhou, I will come back to you one day."