Placid Chang'an

After noon, Zheng Yang came back again. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Su Cen and Qu Ling'er each on a reclining chair, with the same posture and the same expression, lying on their backs in the middle of the courtyard with their eyes closed.

The warm sun in winter is no longer as intimidating as summer. It hit Su Cen softly on the side of the face, weakening a little bit of the usual sharpness, and bringing in a bit of luster like jade porcelain. Two words - Zhilan Yushu, Longzi Fengzhang.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Su Cen opened his eyes a little, saw the person coming and immediately sat up from the recliner, and said to the person, "You're finally here."

Only then did Zheng Yang come back to his senses, and smiled and said, "Did you bother me?"

Su Cen shook his head to show that he was okay, stood up and led Zheng Yang in, "Go into the room and talk."

Qu Ling'er also wanted to get up, but Su Cen raised her hand and pointed, "Keep drying, when the pickled smell has dissipated before coming in."

Qu Ling'er curled her lips, she had no choice but to lie back reluctantly, thinking to herself why did she become nasty?His brother Qi didn't dislike him at all!

When the two entered the room, Su Cen closed the door, pushed them back on the chair, stared at Zheng Yang and asked, "Before, there were so many people at the gate of the prison, you don't want to tell me, now you should tell me what happened." Is something wrong? Why did the scheduled execution suddenly stop? What’s going on now? Has something happened to the court?”

Zheng Yang smiled helplessly, "You ask so many questions in one go, which one should I answer first?"

"The ministers in the DPRK are all as timid as a mouse. They finally found someone who is willing to stand up and take advantage of them. They can't wait to bite me one by one to prove their innocence. How could they agree to let me go?"

"Do you still know that you are being taken advantage of?" Zheng Yang snorted softly, "If you insist on taking other people's affairs on yourself, you must stand on the opposite side of everyone. People have been dead for decades and no one cares about them. Just a fool like you rushing up and down."

After a while, he sighed again: "It would be great if there were more fools like you in Da Zhou."

Su Cen pursed his lips lightly, and then asked, "How did Xiang Liu and Tian Pingzhi decide in the end?"

Zheng Yang rolled his eyes, thinking that this man is really hopeless, he just got out of prison and was worried about this mess, he said angrily: "Tian Pingzhi's case, after investigation, it was found that Zhang He, the chief examiner, was jealous and used People's lives are ignored because of the convenience of public office. Zhang He was dismissed and sent to fill the state. The rest of the people were demoted, demoted, and punished with fines. None of them were related to the scientific examination that year. Sacrifice, enter the Zhu Kingdom, posthumously Wengong, give the shrine in his hometown Youzhou, and offer sacrifices every year."

I thought that Su Cen should get his wish, but when he looked at the past, he saw that his brows were still slightly frowned. Zheng Yang couldn't help sitting up straight: "Aren't you still thinking of holding the royal family accountable? You can do this It’s already very difficult, what you said is impossible to be made public, and if you don’t talk about rehabilitating Liu Xiang, the world will be in chaos.”

"I didn't say I was dissatisfied." Su Cen shook his head lightly, "I just don't understand. They agreed to rehabilitate Liu Xiang and Tian Pingzhi, but let me go. I don't think they can do that. Dadu, unless it is the prince..."

As soon as the words were finished, Qu Ling'er suddenly broke into the door, Su Cen frowned slightly, then turned around and said, "Didn't I not let you in?"

Qu Ling'er pointed to the door with some difficulty, "Brother Su, someone is here."

The person who came was a stranger, he was dressed like a palace eunuch, holding a foot of yellow silk in his hand, and when he saw Su Cen come out and shouted "Su Cen accepts the order", he pointed his nostrils to the sky An incomparable look.

Su Cen and Zheng Yang glanced at each other before they both knelt down.The eunuch who announced the decree shook his toes high and shook his head, and read with a pinch of his throat: "The sinner Su Cen disregarded legal rites, vainly cared about the grace of God, uttered nonsense in the hall, slandered the late emperor, stirred people's hearts, and aroused the anger of all the ministers. This is an unforgivable crime. But I am grateful for the kindness of the late emperor, upholding the aspirations of the ancestors, thinking of the merits of his descendants in welcoming Chongde back, and offsetting the merits and demerits, degrading the post for the people, and never hiring. I respect this.”

Su Cen couldn't kneel before he finished reading the imperial decree. What does it mean to ignore the etiquette?What is nonsense?What is meritorious service for welcoming back Chongde descendants? !Every sentence was aimed at his pain points, this decree was not made by Li Shi, nor did it seem to be made by the little emperor, but it seemed to be deliberately taunting him.He wanted to stand up several times, but was pulled back by Zheng Yang. The last clothes were almost torn, and the knees would stick to the ground.

After the eunuch announced the decree, he glanced down and smiled meaningfully: "Su Cen, accept the decree and thank you."

Su Cen closed her lips tightly and said nothing.

"Don't embarrass little uncle anymore!" Zheng Yang buried his head on the ground and almost bit out every word, his mandible was stiff, his teeth were clenched, and the knuckles of the finger that was holding Su Cen tightly were pale.

Su Cen's hostility suddenly dissipated, and he grabbed the ground with both hands, but he didn't catch anything. In the end, he could only let go in vain, and spread his palms upwards: "Leader, thank you."

Su Cen still knelt on the spot and refused to get up until the eunuch swaggered away. Zheng Yang went to pick up the yellow silk in Su Cen's hand, took it a few times but found that Su Cen was holding on tightly and would not let go.

He was only in his early twenties, he was the most handsome and the number one scholar, but he was told that he would "never be hired". This was probably worse than swearing him to death on the spot.Zheng Yang didn't feel well either, he stretched out his hand to pull Su Cen, but was thrown away.

"What does it mean for the descendants of Chongde to return to court?" Su Cen raised his head and looked at Zheng Yang in a daze. Do not you know?!"

"You underestimate yourself," Zheng Yang laughed suddenly, but the scarlet eyes were scary, and it looked uglier than crying, "Do you think you are only worth a Li Sheng return?"

Zheng Yang raised his head and pursed his lower lip fiercely, forced back the hot tears in his eyes, and said after a long time; "In order to save you... little uncle handed over half of the regency power to go out."

Inner Garden of the Imperial Palace, Qingning Palace

In broad daylight, the doors of the two rooms were closed tightly, and the eunuchs and maids were kept far away by the eunuch in charge, but they could still hear the loud noise of throwing tables and bowls inside.

Li Sheng tilted his head to avoid a green jade glass cup flying across, the sharp edges and corners brushed past his face, but it didn't hurt anyone at all.Li Sheng looked at the embarrassed and angry person in front of him with ease, watched the face with exquisite makeup crumble bit by bit, while dealing with all kinds of flying objects, he also had leisure to criticize, no matter how precious and delicate in front of others Those who hold it are no different from the women in the country market when they swear in the street.

"You said that as long as Liu Zhen was pushed out, the first emperor would not be found out, but in the end you personally killed Liu Zhen and forced Su Cen to investigate what happened back then!" Seeing that no one was hit, the Empress Dowager Chu looked The fingertips poked straight into the forehead, "This is what you said that the late emperor entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, and that you said that you would help Zhuo'er to defend the country? You lied to me, and you dared to lie to Aijia!"

Li Sheng raised his hand and pushed away the hand that just wanted to poke into his eyeball, and said with a slight smile: "You asked me to help you deal with Li Shi, I did it, Li Shi has handed over half of the regency power, already You can't threaten your son's country anymore, what else are you dissatisfied with?"

"But you didn't say that you are a descendant of Chongde, and you didn't say that the half of the regency finally fell into your hands!" The Empress Dowager Chu was furious, and she raised her hand and stroked her chest to calm her breath before she stabilized herself , almost passed away with anger, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Don't think that Aijia doesn't know what you are thinking, that dragon chair belongs to me, and your father didn't sit on it even a step away, and you even thought about it." Don't even think about it!"

Li Sheng's eyes froze suddenly, and the Empress Dowager Chu felt chills all over her body in an instant, she shut her mouth resentfully, looked up and unconsciously took two steps back, trembling uncontrollably.

Those eyes are sharp and bloodthirsty, like a beast, more like a snake, icily climbing up along the limbs and bones of a person, spitting out a message and waiting for an opportunity, ready to kill with one blow at any time.

Empress Dowager Chu suddenly remembered Li Shi.

I have to say that these two people are very similar, especially their eyes. Compared with the first emperor, these two people are more like brothers.She had always been afraid of Li Shi's eyes, deep and quiet, unable to see to the end, so she classified Li Shi as an enemy—since she couldn't understand, then she was suspicious.

It wasn't until today that he knew what it was like to show hostility in those eyes. It turned out that she had been jumping up and down all this time being a clown, and Li Shi didn't even bother to fight with her after all.

But Li Sheng is not Li Shi, there is something in these eyes, it is cruelty, loneliness, and naked desire.

What if Li Sheng doesn't stop there... No, it should be said that Li Sheng definitely won't stop here. He has worked so hard for so long and set up such a big game, how could he stop at serving as regent with Li Shi?

"Come on, come on!" Empress Dowager Chu waved her sleeves.

After a while, the eunuch in charge poked his head in, "What orders does the Empress Dowager have?"

"This man is a traitor and traitor! He is ambitious!" The Empress Dowager Chu pointed at Li Sheng and said, "Call the Imperial Army over here, take him down for me, and execute him on the spot!"

There was a silence in the bedroom, the eunuch in charge didn't leave, Li Sheng didn't move, and the atmosphere was weird for a moment.

After a while, Li Sheng smiled softly, "It was windy last night, and your master caught a cold, so please wait for her to rest earlier."

The eunuch in charge lowered his eyes, came in and locked the door behind his back, and replied softly: "Yes."