kill that paranoid emperor

It was said to be a palace banquet, but it was actually a family banquet set up by Yue Sheng.

Fu Shuigan is the nephew of the first empress, and the third in the Fu family.

Although the first emperor had no feelings for his queen, he valued Fu Shuigan very much.

Perhaps it was because Fu Shuigan was handsome, with a free and easy temperament, and he made great contributions to the Great Yin's pacification of the war in the Southwest.

Sometimes Su Rong even felt that the first emperor treated Fu Shuigan much better than his own son.

After the late emperor passed away, Yue Sheng ascended the throne, and Fu Shuigan's position gradually became awkward.

The first emperor relied too much on the Fu family, but there were faint signs of trouble with his relatives. After Yue Sheng came to power, Su Rong assisted him to suppress the Fu family several times quietly, so Fu Shuigan was always dissatisfied.

There was dissatisfaction in his heart, but he couldn't show it to the emperor on the throne, so Fu Shuigan turned to tripping Su Rong repeatedly.

In Su Rong's memory, Fu Shuigan did everything from refuting his own remarks at the court to throwing beetles into Su's mansion viciously and naively, and it was bound to make Su Rong disgust him.

How Fang Xuelan fell in love with such a person, Su Rong didn't quite understand.

It can be seen that Fang Xuelan's taste is really bad.

Yue Sheng didn't pay much attention to the rules of the palace banquet, but naturally the more lively the better, Fu Shuigan just came back from the border, even if Yue Sheng was reluctant, he still had to give the world a friendly appearance.

Su Rong followed the flow of people into the main hall and scanned around.

Glazed lamps were hung high, golden couches were displayed, and elegantly dressed court maids kept coming and going with drinks and drinks. At this time, many courtiers and their families had already taken their seats, but there was still no one on the throne.

Yue Sheng probably would be the last to come out, Su Rong looked away, was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly realized that he and Fang Yi had separated.

... There is no other way, Su Rong has never been in the habit of walking behind others obediently when going to banquets.

It took only two days to be reborn in the blink of an eye, and Su Rong hadn't been able to adapt immediately.

He turned around and was about to find out where he was, when he took two steps in the crowd, he almost bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry." Su Rong didn't even look at who it was, first bowed his head slightly and apologized, then bypassed this person, and prepared to go to the row of seats behind.

"Stop." The man said suddenly.

Su Rong stopped and looked up.

Oh, what a coincidence, it's Fu Shuigan.

Fu Shuiqian wore a formal general's official robe today. The deep dark purple suppressed his temperament by two points, and he looked much more mature and stable.

At this time, his eyes were full of anger, and he said to Su Rong angrily: "Fang Xuelan, what did you buy and you made a huge bill for my family?"

"..." Su Rong didn't expect him to find out so soon, unless Fu Shuigan checked his month-end account book every day, then he sent someone to keep an eye on Fang Xuelan.

"Lend a little money to General Fu temporarily," Su Rong said, "I will pay you back in a few days."

Fu Shuiqian couldn't believe it: "You call that a little money?"

Su Rong thought about it, he really didn't know how much a painting of Miao Danqing cost, but at most it was ten thousand taels of gold.

When Su Rong was young, he was high-spirited and spent a lot of money while talking and laughing, so he didn't quite understand why Fu Shuigan was so shocked.

Su Rong: "I will return it to you."

Fu Shuiqian sneered, and Ruyu's face was full of sarcasm:

"Fang Xuelan, don't think I don't remember. Last year you stalked me and lent me 30 taels of silver, and you came to my house to pay back the money in [-] times, one tael at a time. This time you are going to divide it into several times. return?"

Su Rong: "..."

Fu Shuiqian was about to mock the shameless person in front of him a few more times, when he suddenly heard Su Rong say: "Once, I will pay you back twice."

Fu Shuiqian: "...that account is 3000 taels of silver."

Su Rong: "I can pay you back."

Fu Shuigan choked for a while, and then doubted after a while: "You lied to me? You can't make it in a few days, and let me go to your house to see you?"

Su Rong suddenly felt that it was not easy for Fu Shuiqian these years.

Fang Xuelan's entanglement seemed to have caused him great trouble, and he became neurotic.

But Su Rong thought about it for a while, if his money was poached by someone, it is really possible that he would not be able to repay Fu Shuigan's money in a short time.

So Su Rong was silent for a while, and said, "If I can't pay you back..."

Fu Shuigan crossed his arms and squinted at him.

Su Rong spread his hands: "Then what do you want to do?"

Fu Shuiqian: "..."

He discovered that Fang Xuelan was really thick-skinned.

If Fang Xuelan is unwilling to pay back her own money, what can Fu Shuigan do?

Looking for Fangfu to make a big fuss?Fang Xuelan's father might return the money to him, but it would be too embarrassing.

What's more, Fu Shuigan suspected that this was another farce staged by Fang Xuelan, the purpose was to make him come to the door on his own initiative, so that he could pester him to meet.

Fu Shuigan was silent for a while, and there were fewer and fewer people around. Most of the courtiers had already sat down, and they were looking at this side curiously at this moment.

Fu Shuiqian felt a headache when he heard the buzzing sound, so he said: "You don't need to pay it back, just stay away from me."

After speaking, he turned around and strode away without waiting for Su Rong's reaction.

Su Rong looked at his back thoughtfully, and he thought... Maybe he could blackmail Fu Shuigan more in the future, in order to get revenge for the shit that this person did to him.

After Su Rong finally found a seat and sat down, Fang Yi put on a dark face, lowered his voice and said to his son, "Are you looking for General Fu again on purpose?"

Su Rong retorted subconsciously: "No, it was an accident."

It was indeed an accident that he bumped into Fu Shuiqian today.

Fang Yi made it clear that he didn't believe him, but the people sitting around him were all colleagues, and Fang Yi couldn't get angry, so he could only say angrily: "Be honest! Don't make a fool of yourself in front of Your Majesty!"

"..." Su Rong said, "Okay."

It's funny to say, this is the first time Su Rong heard from others, "Don't make a fool of yourself in front of Yue Sheng".

Counting it down, Su Rong felt that he had never made a fool of himself in front of Yue Sheng, nor had he done anything out of the ordinary.

As the prince's teacher and an important minister in the court, Su Rong should not only lead by example and teach Yue Sheng the rules in all aspects, but also pay attention to his own etiquette at all times, so as not to be caught by others. .

But... there is one incident in the past that makes Su Rong quite concerned.

When Yue Sheng was still the crown prince, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Su Rong was thinking about the relatives Yue Sheng didn't know well, so he went to the palace at night to accompany him to celebrate the moon.

At that time, Yue Sheng was more lively than now, at least he wouldn't be expressionless all day long, and he still had a youthful air that hadn't faded away.

After Su Rong entered the palace, he found a remote and deserted small hall, filled the courtyard with sweet-scented osmanthus wine and pastries, and strung delicate lamps hanging on the treetops, swaying gently in the wind, The reflection makes the courtyard warm and harmonious.

Su Rong wondered: "But the two of us, why bother so much."

After Yue Sheng became the crown prince, the first emperor was seriously ill and was bedridden, and the court affairs were all on Yue Sheng.

The young prince is busy with his feet not touching the ground every day, how can he find the time to arrange this thing?Su Rong naturally because he asked his servants to get it.

Yue Sheng sat at the white jade table, looking a little imperceptibly tense: "...Because there are only two of us, so we need to put more thought into it."

Su Rong shook his head, not understanding what a child like Yue Sheng was obsessed with, and just said: "Just keep it simple next time, and don't let the palace people do such troublesome things."

Yue Sheng was silent for a while before saying, "I did it myself."

Su Rong said unexpectedly: "So you still like such gadgets?"

Yue Sheng opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just said, "Let's have a drink."

Su Rong likes wine, Yue Sheng knows it.

When the two of them are together, Su Rong always talks a lot, and Yue Sheng is usually quiet and serious, staring at Su Rong's side face without knowing what he is looking at.

Su Rong was very casual when chatting. He traveled all over the country with his teacher when he was young, and he was very knowledgeable, ranging from folk customs to other countries' political affairs and court secrets.

Yue Sheng likes the time when the two of them get along quietly, and often prevents Su Rong from leaving, forcing him to stay in the palace.

On Mid-Autumn Festival, Su Rong was chatting with Yue Sheng while casually drinking one cup after another. When he was halfway through drinking, Su Rong realized something was wrong.

Osmanthus wine is sweet and not easy to get drunk, that's why Su Rong drank so recklessly, but now he feels a little dizzy.

"...Where did you get this wine?" Su Rong turned his head and asked Yue Sheng.

Yue Cheng was stunned for a moment, under the bright moonlight, he saw the dense water mist in Su Rong's eyes, broken with little light, and the slender eyelashes blinked twice, as if they could suck people in.

It took Yue Sheng a long time to react: "I bought it from outside, don't you like strong alcohol?"

Su Rong shook the cup and sighed, "I seem to have drunk too much."

The feeling of dizziness surged with the aftertaste of the wine, Su Rong threw the wine glass casually, and poured it on Yue Sheng's body, with a helpless tone, the ending was still a little light: "I'm afraid I won't be able to go back today."

Yue Sheng's body tensed up, and he asked unconsciously, "Then what should we do?"

Su Rong's memory only stayed on this sentence, what happened afterwards, Su Rong really couldn't remember clearly after drinking too much.

All I know is that after the second day, Yue Sheng refused to drink a drop of wine even if he said anything. On weekdays, the palace banquets were all replaced by green tea.

Su Rong wondered if he had done something to Yue Sheng while he was drunk.

That's why the little wolf cub reacted so strongly that he didn't even dare to drink alcohol.

Not long after Su Rong sat down, he saw a little eunuch above him changing the wine cups in front of the throne, the surroundings gradually became quiet, Yue Sheng should be here soon.

Su Rong was idle and bored at the bottom, flipped the glazed cup on the table with one hand, turned his eyes around twice, carefully identified the faces of the courtiers who came to the banquet, and found that he recognized only a small number of them.

At that time, the power of Prime Minister Su's faction was running out.

Back then, Su Rong was arrogant and disdainful of some insidious means, and did not establish his own network of relationships, but now he has suffered backlash.

It seems that in the past three years, Yue Sheng has cleaned up the forces in North Korea and China.

Back then, his own existence was indeed a great threat to Yue Sheng.

Fu Shuigan sat at the front, and people kept coming up to chat with him. Fu Shuigan was a little impatient, and blocked them all.

Seeing his impatient look, the others knew that he was in a bad mood, so they wisely stopped approaching him.

Fu Shuigan was very depressed at this time, he felt that as long as Fang Xuelan was around, he would feel uncomfortable.

Fang Xuelan stared at him with burning eyes forever, and Fu Shuigan even suspected that as long as he took the order, Fang Xuelan would rush to take his clothes off.

...it's not like this never happened.

Fu Shuigan drank two sips of wine, and accidentally bumped into Su Rong who was diagonally opposite.

In Fu Shuigan's eyes, Fang Xuelan is not the same today as usual, and he can't tell exactly what is different, but today this person is obviously much more pleasing to the eye.

Fu Shuigan stared at Su Rong for a while, then gradually frowned.

Su Rong was shaking the wine glass absent-mindedly, his eyes flicked around, his pair of slightly raised peach blossom eyes were full of energy, from such a long distance, Fu Shuigan seemed to be able to clearly see the red mole at the end of his eyes, which was extremely bright.

God is really fair, Fu Shuigan thought to himself.

God gave Fang Xuelan a good skin, and then took away his brains and sense of shame, that's all for an idiot beauty.

Su Rong was originally looking at the courtiers sitting everywhere, guessing the current camp of these people from their expressions and movements, as well as part of the conversation.

Yue Sheng seems to have been the emperor in the past few years, and the phenomenon of forming cliques among courtiers is much less. Compared with Su Rong in the past, the courtiers now dare not even speak more with their colleagues at the banquet.

Recalling when Su Rong was in power, as long as there was a palace banquet, a special seat was basically set up for him at a high position, and the surrounding area was vacant, and everyone else sat far away.

——There is no special reason, it's just that there are too many people who come to Su Rong to toast, and there can't be so many people in the ordinary seats.

Su Rong looked away, but found that someone seemed to be staring at him. He was quite sensitive to other people's gaze, so he immediately looked up.

Fu Shuigan on the opposite side immediately turned his head away and poured himself a glass of wine pretending not to care.

Su Rong: ...

"Your Majesty is here—" a eunuch shouted in a sharp voice, pulling back Su Rong's mind.

He looked up, and saw Yue Sheng wearing a black dragon robe, stepping out of the side hall expressionlessly, and finally sat on the throne.

With such an evil god sitting on it, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to be a little more solemn. Su Rong noticed that the people around him shut their mouths unconsciously, and everything was quiet.

After all the ministers saluted, it took Yue Sheng a while to pick up the wine glass, and said lightly: "I respect General Fu."

Su Rong sat down with one hand on his chin. There were many people nearby, and he was not worried that Yue Cheng would notice him, so he glanced lazily at the emperor sitting above him.

He guessed that Yue Sheng would not say more than five sentences at the banquet tonight.

Holding the wine glass in one hand, Fu Shuigan stood up, tall and tall, respected Yue Sheng from a distance, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I wish your Majesty a healthy dragon body and a long life."

Yue Sheng never reacted to such polite words, he just nodded casually, and drank the tea in his cup in one gulp.

There was a smile on the corner of Fu Shuigan's lips, and the expression on his face looked very sincere. The palace was filled with a peaceful scene of monarchs and ministers.

Su Rong looked at this and then at that, and felt that Yue Sheng had really grown up in the past two years.

If it were him before, Yue Sheng wouldn't give Fu Shui a look at all, let alone spend a lot of time in organizing a celebration banquet for him, and deliberately showing intimacy at the banquet.

Yue Sheng put down the cup, and suddenly frowned very slightly.

He noticed that someone was staring at him unscrupulously from below.

Yue Sheng swept down, most of the courtiers lowered their heads slightly, not daring to look at him, except for the one on the right hand side who was particularly conspicuous.

Su Rong sat there with a relaxed and leisurely posture, not like a family member brought by an ordinary courtier, but more like a relaxed demeanor raised by a long-term superior.

Yue Cheng's eyes gradually darkened, with a little thought.

Fang Xuelan gave him a very strange feeling.

He has investigated this person, but his subordinates reported that Fang Xuelan chased Fu Shui and caused all kinds of scandals.

Yue Cheng was impatient to see the lunatic go berserk, glanced hastily, and gave up when he saw that there were no clues.

Last night, Yue Sheng thought for a while, but still summoned his subordinates and asked, "What was Fang Xuelan doing the other day?"

The subordinate flipped through the information in his hand, and replied respectfully: "Mr. Fang was rejected when he gave General Fu a gift six days ago. He was too sad. He closed the door to thank guests. He stayed in the mansion for five days and did not go out."

Yue Sheng: "..."

He originally thought that something unusual happened, but it turned out that maybe he was overwhelmed.

He can only blame himself, three years later, now everyone is the shadow of Su Rong back then.

Yue Sheng withdrew his gaze from below, and stared down at the tea liquid on the table for a while.

The lights in the main hall were dazzling, and the smell of various wines and vegetables floated in the air. The courtiers below dared not move. The atmosphere was oppressive and silent, making people restless for no reason.

Yue Sheng stood up suddenly, and left the table without saying a word.

All the officials below were stunned for a moment, but quickly realized that Yue Sheng had never followed the rules of etiquette, and it was common for him to leave directly at the banquet.

With Yue Sheng's departure, the sense of urgency disappeared, and the hall gradually became lively. Su Rong glanced at the toasting crowd, and asked Fang Yi in a low voice, "Why is the chief on the right empty?"

Fang Yi paused for a moment when he heard the words, and said in a low voice: "I told you to know more about the government and don't listen to it. That's Prime Minister Su's seat, which His Majesty specially reserved."

Su Rong frowned beautifully: "But, Prime Minister, hasn't he already..."

Fang Yi sighed: "Your Majesty misses the old days. Since Prime Minister Su passed away, the position of Prime Minister has always been vacant."

Of course it will be empty, Su Rong thought casually, Yue Sheng no longer needs a second official to restrain him.

Halfway through the palace banquet, Su Rong watched everything he needed to see and asked all the questions he needed to ask, and began to feel bored.

If he was still Prime Minister Su, he should have gone back at this time, and there was no need to stay with the smiling face until the last moment.

But Su Rong glanced at Fang Yi who was next to him. As Fang Yi was a minister of the Ministry of Rites, there were naturally many people who came to flatter him.

Su Rong saw that he was so busy that sweat broke out on his forehead, and he probably didn't have time to take care of himself, so he got up and went outside the hall to ventilate.

The layout of the palace was the same as before. Based on his impression, Su Rong bypassed several patrolling Imperial Guards, walked for about a cup of tea, and suddenly heard a vaguely familiar voice.

Turning around a clump of low bushes, Su Rong saw Yue Sheng standing in front of a side hall, waving his hand to let the surrounding guards leave, and then stood at the entrance of the hall for a long time before finally pushing the door in.

The moonlight was hazy and gentle, but the side hall was deserted. Su Rong looked at the faint light in the corridor from a distance, and felt that the scene in front of him was very familiar.

This used to be the residence of Yue Sheng when he was young.

——It was also the place where Su Rong died three years ago.

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