Chang'an Youth Tour

If it was said that the prince had left some leeway before and did not take the lead in the open battle, once this incident happened, it would have shown Donggong's position.

The main battle of the East Palace.Not only for the main battle, but also for Li Daoyong to survive.

September 28 was a peaceful day, like the calm before the storm.

On the 29th, Taixue went on strike. Thousands of Taixue students gathered at Xuanwumen, sat quietly at the palace gate, and pleaded for Li Daoyong. Mingzheng Palace can hear it.

It's a pity that Emperor Qingde is not in the Mingzheng Hall, but in the Yangxin Pavilion.

When the news came, Duan Changfu, the head of the imperial court, was serving Emperor Qingde to drink the medicine. As soon as the guard named Suzaku knelt and told the news, Emperor Qingde raised his hand and threw the medicine bowl over.

"Bastard! They think I'm Sima Zhao!"

Suzaku's forehead was smashed and medicine was poured all over his body, but he still knelt upright and didn't move.Everyone in the room knelt on the ground, even a few veterans who were waiting in front of the imperial court were slowly about to kneel, only Duan Changfu saw the opportunity, and flattered him: "They are just scholars who have read rotten books. It is important for your majesty to take care of yourself." .”

What Emperor Qingde said was that Ji Kang, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, was involved in the Lu An case, and Sima Zhao, who had long wanted to kill him, ordered Ji Kang to be executed under the advice of Zhong Hui.On the day of execution, three thousand Tai students petitioned for Ji Kang, which is similar to Li Daoyong's situation today.

As an eunuch, Duan Changfu couldn't read, so naturally he didn't know the meaning of the allusion, and he didn't persuade him to the point. He only heard Emperor Qingde sneer and said: "They should think of Li Daoyong and Ji Kang, and they should also think about Ji Kang's end! "

The record in the Jin book is that "Ji Zhongsan was facing the punishment of Dongshi, and his expression remained unchanged. He played the piano and played Guangling San. At the end of the song, he said: "Yuan Xiaoni tried to learn this San, but I Jin Gu did not agree with it. Guangling San It's gone now!'"

Three thousand imperial disciples failed to save Ji Kang, and Guangling San became a masterpiece ever since.Emperor Qingde's words still made him want to kill.

However, after he finished speaking, he saw that the old ministers below were only fighting in fear, but no one answered his words, and immediately sneered angrily, "I want to be Sima Zhao, but it's a pity that no one will be Zhonghui."

As soon as these words came out, the servants below had no choice but to answer, and the Right Minister Yong Hanhai suddenly said tremblingly: "Although your Majesty is joking, I am afraid that someone will take it seriously, and that minister is really beyond redemption."

This was tactful. Emperor Qingde didn't need to worry about scholars, but they all came from scientific research. Even if they became prime ministers, their descendants would still have to study.In addition, each has a teacher and disciple, and the high-ranking family is the family. The first three hang four, and there are many scruples. Who dares to come to Zhonghui and bear this eternal infamy.

Emperor Qingde didn't count on them either, but he vented his anger and just let out a cold snort, saying: "We've already hit the palace gate, so the guards are trash too?"

Ao Zhong, the general of the garrison army, has just returned from a victorious battle in southern Xinjiang. He has a good reputation and has always been loyal. Although he has a son in the East Palace, the relationship between father and son has been weak for many years, so this sentence is a false curse.

Emperor Qingde likes to use balance, and it is common to talk in clouds and fog. The veterans and Duan Changfu all know it, and they dare not intervene. So wait patiently for Emperor Qingde to assign.Who knew that there was a human being on the ground who said: "The servant is willing to do the work of a dog and a horse for the Holy One."

The person who spoke was none other than Duan Changfu's godson Suzaku, who was originally the deputy chief of the Jingwei.Can't wait for the distribution, so I recommend myself first.It really hit Emperor Qingde's heart, the elderly emperor on the sickbed looked at him sullenly, the young eunuch in red clothes fell on the ground with a thin back, making the beautiful birds on it even more lifelike.

Splendid plumes and feathers were often used on eunuchs' clothing, which at first glance looked like civil servants' clothing.In fact, they often did what civil servants should do for Emperor Qingde. There is a bottom line for civil servants to cater to the holy will.The eunuchs didn't have such scruples, and they didn't have to worry about the family's reputation. All the dirty work was left to them.

Throughout the dynasties, there have been kings who favor and trust officials, and they have their own reasons.

"Tell me, what are you going to do?"

Suzaku fell on the ground and replied respectfully: "I have heard the saying that the rulers of heaven and earth are relatives and teachers, and the ruler is in front of the master. If the emperor's students offend the king, it must be because the master did not teach well, and the sage taught it on his behalf."

He was really young, after saying this, he felt his heart pounding and blood rushing to his face, he just lay down on the ground, waiting for Emperor Qingde to deal with him.

Emperor Qingde smiled and looked at Duan Changfu.

"You old eunuch, after taking in so many godsons, you finally taught him something useful."

On the evening of the 29th, at the third quarter of Youzheng, Tai students still gathered at the gate of Xuanwu Gate, refusing to leave.Suzaku, the deputy leader of the Jingwei, ordered to lock the inner and outer palace gates. Hundreds of Jingwei under him, armed with long whips, whipped the scholars wantonly and injured several people.

When the news spread, the whole country was in an uproar.The Great Zhou Dynasty had only been established for a hundred years, and Emperor Qingde’s actions immediately aroused the fear of the eunuch’s dominance in the last years of the previous dynasty. The scholars were divided into two factions. Li Daoyong lived and died on his own.

The situation was at a stalemate like this. Li Daoyong was neither killed nor released, and was locked up in the palace again, but he was changed from a prison to a clean guard.It doesn't look like it's going to be life-threatening for the time being.Originally, those companions who helped Li Daoyong escape from prison were all detained, but a savior came.

The Seventh Prince Xiao Xu stepped forward, claiming that he was involved in it, that he was the mastermind, and that it had nothing to do with the East Palace.

He is really confident, Xiao Xu has always been in a detached position among the princes, all the rewards and treatment are almost on par with the crown prince, if he is not too young, he is almost in danger of seizing the heir.

This move really confuses everyone. He has no relationship with civil servants, doesn't know Li Daoyong, and has a mediocre relationship with Donggong... But his status is really high, and he can't recognize it with nonsense. Startled, he didn't dare to touch him, and quietly sent the confession to the imperial court. When Emperor Qingde heard that it was him, he didn't even look at it, and said: "Then release all the companions, and don't embarrass Xiaoqi."

Jing Wei didn't dare to "difficult" him, so he had no choice but to respectfully send this little ancestor back to the palace. He worked so hard to capture so many companions, but he had to let them all go.Everyone else was fine, but Pang Jing was so angry that his wound burst open, and he vomited two mouthfuls of blood.

When the news reached the East Palace, the prince was still in the hunting grounds. Ye Xuanji didn't say much when she received the news, and sent a letter directly, which contained only three words "not me".

With such a cup bow and snake shadow, Xiao Jingyan was afraid that Xiao Jingyan would think that she had manipulated Xiao Xu. Obviously, the dispute in Sihongtang last time hurt his heart, and he was also holding his breath, so he took the opportunity to attack.People from the Ye family have always been temperamental.

When Xiao Jingyan saw it, he didn't say anything. He handed the letter to his companion to read, and said, "Burn it."

The first day of October is the Cold Clothes Festival. When the prince returned to the palace, he first sacrificed to the ancestors and burned the cold clothes before returning to the East Palace.

Yan Junyu's wound was scabbed and his whole body was itching. I really don't know if Suzaku kept his hand or not. He said he didn't keep his hand, but in fact he didn't hurt a bone, it was just a flesh wound.Said that the hand was kept, and there was no good meat on his back from the beating. Yun Lan felt sorry for him, and bought a lot of medicine, saying that it would not leave scars.When he was free, he also sat by his bed and told him about the situation in the court.

When Xiao Jingyan came back, he was tossing and turning on the bed, itchy, but he didn't dare to rub it, like a grandson who had been chanted a magic spell, he almost rolled over, his ivory silk shirt was wrinkled, his eyes were red when he saw Xiao Jingyan , I wish I could bite him twice.

Xiao Jingyan teased him: "Shall I read to Xiaoyan?"

He was teasing Yan Junyu in the courtyard where he was reading, but the reading companions were all in Sihong Hall.Just as Yun Lan finished talking with Rong Hao, she came out and saw that Ao Ji was sitting on the porch, wiping her sword.Yu Yanran was beside him, chatting with him about something.

"I heard that Lord Ao won a bloody horse in a contest with the people of Xirong?"

"That's it," Yu Yanran answered, "Did Rong Hao win more than this?"

Yun Lan was surprised: "Rong Hao can also ride and shoot?"

"He gambled with people off the field, and he won four or five of them just with the machete. By the way, he said he would give me a share. I almost forgot."

Yu Yanran got up to trouble Rong Hao, and there were only the two of them left in the corridor.

Standing in the moonlight, Yun Lan felt that this scene seemed familiar.

Yu Yan was easy to manipulate, although Rong Hao was somewhat bookish, he was finally persuaded, only this one in front of him was an invincible fortress no matter what.Donggong's companions are all one in a thousand, and he was the best among the best back then. It's a waste of time to waste like this.

"I heard that Aunt Yunlan is angry with His Highness?" Ao Ji wiped the edge of the sword with a soft cloth, and said coldly.

When she was kneeling in the porch, everyone in the palace saw her.The prince didn't punish people easily, it is only possible that she retreated to advance and set her anger with the prince.He Gong saw it, but no one asked, even Nie Biao, who has always been a "proud" person, had a sense of propriety, so he just pretended not to know.

But he wanted to ask, like a knight in a storybook, who is not used to seeing injustice.

The sword theory that Li Daoyong and Xiaoyan talked about sounds absurd, but besides Xiaoyan, Donggong actually has a sword.But he is more embarrassing than Xiaoyan, and he has sunk longer. Xiaoyan just broke into here by mistake, and he can get away with him.But he was born with a knife, and everyone around him, those he loves and those who love him, all want him to be a sword.

There is no place for him, everyone wants to obliterate his sharpness, he was also sharp when he was young, and he couldn't cut through the intricate knots, so he simply rusted his blade. The only son of the Ao family in Lingyan Pavilion, he worked as a guard in Donggongquan.

Yun Lan felt sad in her heart, but said without hesitation, "Your Highness is angry with me."

"Oh? Let's hear it."

"Do you really want to hear it?"

"I really want to listen."

He thought Yun Lan didn't dare to say anything.

"After Xiaoyan was captured by the Jingwei, it was I who reported the letter to the Crown Princess."

He paused for a moment as he wiped the edge of the sword, and then continued.Perhaps the name should be mentioned, Yun Lan thought, not for any reason, just to see if he would cut his hand.

Although Jingwei arrests people arrogantly, he is an eunuch after all, and he is used to keeping a low profile. If she wanted to hide it, Ye Xuanji would not have arrived so soon.And she was afraid that Ye Xuanji wouldn't understand her attitude just because she didn't hide it, so she asked someone to report it.

Ye Xuanji tamed Yan Junyu to show favor to the prince, and the signal that made her decide to show favor was given by Yun Lan.

So the crown prince wants to teach her kindness and how to treat young people. She is a person from the Jiaofang Division, and she learned early that all emotions are worthless, so Xiao Jingyan has no choice but to use Li Yu to teach her.

She liked Yan Junyu, and even put all her feelings for the younger brother who "died young" on him, but this did not affect her attempt to tame Yan Junyu to be suitable for the East Palace when she had the opportunity.

The alias of a young man is trouble. He is so evasive, so ignorant of the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth. Sooner or later, he will cause a catastrophe that cannot be dealt with. People who plan strategies hate variables the most.

What's more, he has become His Highness' weakness.

Ao Ji didn't speak for a long time, he was very focused on wiping the edge of the sword.

"I heard that Xiaoyan was forced to the top of the pavilion that night?" He asked suddenly.

"She kept her hand."

This is the truth, if it wasn't for the concern about the prince, it would not be impossible to force Yan Junyu to jump into the lake with Ye Xuanji's means.

Ao Ji continued to polish his sword, then raised his eyes, looked at Yun Lan, and said "oh".

"It was for me," he said.

Although Ye Xuanji's methods were ruthless, but a good temptation, it is absolutely impossible to cause any irreparable damage to Yan Junyu.Then why didn't Yun Lan come by herself?Because what she wanted to tame was not Yan Junyu at all.

She wanted Ye Xuanji to tame Yan Junyu and show him.

Xiangzhuang's sword dance is intended for Peigong.

She wants to make him die.

The girl who swam side by side with him back then is now forcing the young man under his wings to climb to the top of the pavilion. If he still doesn't understand, she doesn't mind reading to him the original words and sentences from the most beautiful part of the conversation in Sihong Hall that night. listen.

There was sadness in Yun Lan's eyes, real sadness.She always remembered that when she first came to the Eastern Palace, it was a winter, and it snowed heavily in the Eastern Palace, and the plum blossoms were in full bloom. A young man in brocade clothes stood in the snow and was dancing with a sword. He was like the knight in the story, with his sword. Sharp, as if nothing in this world could restrain him.

But none of that matters anymore.

Compared with the only goal in her heart, nothing is important, not even herself. She seems to be playing a chess game that must be won. If there is a fatal gap in the next step, she doesn't mind taking it. Make up for it with your own flesh and blood.

"I know." Ao Ji said.

He put away his sword and left, his back was slender and unrestrained, just like the one in his memory.

Yun Lan didn't know how she got to Yan Junyu's yard. His Royal Highness was standing under a tree, quietly looking at the shadow of the tree, saw the expression on her face, and didn't speak for a long time.

Rong Hao was talking about the blood on his hands with the Xirong man, and the person who really had blood on his face should look like her.Maybe there was some kind of karma, because every time she sent someone away, she felt like a part of herself died forever.

"Now we just need to wait for Yu Yanran's order to come down." She said softly.

His Royal Highness did not speak.

She suddenly felt bitterness in her mouth, and still said with a smile: "I won't make small talk in the future."

"Really?" Xiao Jingyan looked at her calmly.

The moonlight was too dark, perhaps it was because her eyes dimmed for a moment. When was the first time in history that the counselors had a quarrel with the lord?How to explain it?Doing this you can better retain Xiaoyan?This is also better for Xiaoyan?Or, in the current situation, you should find a wife who can support you, preferably a wife like Ye Xuanji.

How would she say it?There is still a clear tooth mark on his wrist.

He has hunted tigers since he was 14 years old, can't he hide?He was willing to bite his wrist.Maybe even smile and say "Xiaoyan's teeth are so pretty".

She could only smile calmly and say: "Your Highness, I want to put Yun Jue in the East Palace and take a job as a bodyguard."

He handed Su Yunjue to her just to let her return it with her own hands, return it to him, and prove her loyalty.Before that, this gap will not be eliminated, and it will become a valley one day.

She can't learn to compare her heart with her heart, and even if she learns, he won't believe it.It's better to hand over your weaknesses and hold him in the palm of your hand, even if the delivery process is like cutting out your heart.This was like punishment, because he handed Yan Junyu to her, and within a day, Yan Junyu sat on the top of the pavilion.

It's also like forgiveness.She taught Rong Hao, persuaded Yu Yanran, and now she has also conquered Ao Ji, as long as she takes this step back, she will still be the mastermind of the Eastern Palace.

"The guard has no free time, let him be with Xiaoyan as a companion." Xiao Jingyan said lightly.

She sacrificed Yun Jue, and he handed Yan Junyu over to her again, and also handed over the power of the Eastern Palace to her, and she was still the one he entrusted to his back.

Is he a little bit happy?Yun Lan couldn't see it, there should be some, his happiness was not for her, he divided himself into many parts, she got the prince, and Yan Junyu got Xiao Pu.

She didn't fall in love with him, so she wasn't sad, only a faint regret.People who are close to the moon will not only be willing to get the moonlight.

She used to think that she didn't want to be like her father, she would choose a wise king, if not, she would retreat unscathed.

Now she is thinking, she should find a reason to clean up the prison.

Otherwise, she will not be used to it when she lives in the future.

Yan Junyu patiently waited and waited until Rong Hao and Yu Yanran had been here for three or four rounds, but Ao Ji still hadn't come to see her.

He was sad and angry, and when he was finally able to walk, he quickly got up, walked slowly into Ao Ji's yard while leaning on the wall.He was ready to get angry with Ao Ji.

But Ao Ji didn't read books, nor did he practice swords, but was sorting things out.

An ominous premonition crossed his mind, and Yan Junyu suddenly panicked.

"What are you doing?"

"tidy up."

"Where to go?"

"Frontier." Ao Ji looked calm: "When Yu Yan is transferred, I will go with him to defend the city in the northern border."