Willing to be hired by Jiangshan

Unspeakable hidden

Yu Hui covered the vermilion palace walls with a layer of light gold, and the palace, which was as dense as covering the sky and the sun, also had a touch of warmth.After passing through several palace gates, Yan Xi couldn't help it, "Elder-in-law, why did the emperor summon me?"

Eunuch Zhou had an inscrutable expression on his face: "You will know if Mr. Yan has gone."

"Eunuch is really loyal." He kept his tone very well.Yan Xiyan praised insincerely.

After entering the Hall of Peace, Lin Rongchen was admiring the paintings.Yan Xi heaved a sigh of relief, presumably he was invited to appreciate the painting together?Approaching the painting on the rice paper, he raised his voice again in one breath, and said calmly, "Your Majesty is so elegant!"

"What do Master Yan think of this painting?" Lin Rongchen looked at him with burning eyes, as if looking forward to what he would say next.

Yan Xi walked around the painting circle after circle, choking out a few words, "Yes...not bad...very good!"

Lin Rongchen waited for another long while, but didn't see him speak again, frowned and said, "No more?"

Yan Xi nodded seriously, "It's gone."

"..."

"I remember that the painting you sent was also made by this person when it was Taifu's birthday. At that time, your insights were not usually unique." Lin Rongchen bit the four words of insight and uniqueness very seriously.

Are you going to turn over the old account again?Yan Xi supported his forehead, "Ah... I was young at the time, and I didn't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, so the emperor just..."

"Then don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth again." Lin Rongchen was determined not to let him be fooled.

Yan Xi's back began to break out in cold sweat, why did he feel that every frown and smile of Lin Rongchen carried some indescribable deep meaning?

Yan Xi walked back and forth along the book case for several times, and then said, "This painting opens and closes wide, the brush strokes are vigorous, old-fashioned and simple. Where it needs to be delicate, it is like the silent misty rain that moistens things in March in the south of the Yangtze River. It is rough but not rough. It loses its essence, shows its beauty without losing its elegance, and pays attention to the contrast of shades, dryness and wetness, which cannot be obtained without many years of skill. I think the painter should be an old man." The evaluation is fair, neither too much praise, nor wholeheartedly belittled.But he was deliberately misleading Lin Rongchen in the wrong direction—the person who painted was definitely not a young man.

"Really?" Lin Rongchen didn't seem to believe the last sentence, "Do you know him?"

"How could it be?" Yan Xi's eyelids twitched, pretending to smile, "It would be great if I have such an honor."

"I really don't know him?" Lin Rongchen raised his eyebrows, and there was an imperceptible smile on his usually expressionless face, "But I do know him."

"Haha..." Yan Xi's smile was almost unstoppable, "Really? The emperor will introduce you to this minister someday." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he wanted to bite his tongue regretfully.

"Yes." Lin Rongchen agreed very readily, but he couldn't hide a hint of teasing in his eyes, "But are you sure Yan Qing wants to see him?"

"Ah..." Yan Xi's eyes wandered around, "I thought about it for a while, most of these high-level people are relatively withdrawn, it's better not to see. If the emperor has nothing else, I will leave first." At this time, he quickly wiped the soles of his feet Oil, slip away.

Fortunately, Lin Rongchen accepted the painting, and did not use this topic to continue probing, "I am very curious... Even if you are very talented, it is almost impossible to be the leader of the high school in one year, not to mention that everyone in Gusu knows the name of the Li family. The little boy is stubborn and not inferior, with a lot of evil deeds... How did you do it?"

"This..." Yan Xi racked his brains to find an excuse, but Lin Rongchen leisurely added, "Before you speak, Lord Yan, you should think about whether you can bear the crime of deceiving the emperor."

"..."

Yan Xi closed her lips tightly.

Lin Rongchen couldn't wait any longer, "Why didn't you answer?"

"The humble minister is afraid of committing the crime of deceiving the emperor." Yan Xi cherishes words like gold.

"..."

"You are talented, why did you hide it from your grandfather?" If Li Xingzhi knew about it earlier, he would surely feel at ease.

Speaking of this, Yan Xi also felt guilty, Lin Rongchen glanced at him, and took out a pen case carved with camphor wood from the bookshelf, Yan Xi recognized that it was the Zihao. "Didn't the emperor give it away?"

"The sword is given to the hero." Lin Rongchen handed him the pencil case, "The red powder is given to the beauties."

Yan Xi didn't dare to think carefully about the meaning of this sentence, so he quickly took the pencil case to express his thanks.

Lin Rongchen seemed to think of something, and suddenly asked: "In Gusu, why did you fail to recognize me several times?"

"Wei Chen is not very good at recognizing people." Yan Xi thought that Lin Rongchen was referring to the matter of snatching this Zihao from the Shui Mo Xuan.

"You and I met for the first time... At Liuyun Tower, you paid for my meal, that unicorn jade pendant..."

"No wonder that jade pendant looks familiar, so that young master is the emperor..." Recalling that he had robbed him of wine, Yan Xi lamented that the past was unbearable.

Lin Rongchen didn't believe what he said was "not good at recognizing people", it was obvious that if he didn't open his mouth, he wouldn't recognize people at all. "What are you hiding?"

"It's not hard to tell, but I can't remember everyone's face. Recognizing people depends on movements, footsteps, clothes and voices... You have to get along with each other for a long time before you can recognize them." Yan Xi played with Zihao in his hand, saying that so easy.

"..." Lin Rongchen was dumbfounded.Is there such a disease in this world? "Why is this so?"

"I don't know." Yan Xi smiled wryly, "If you offended the emperor at that time, please forgive me!"

"If I don't forgive your crime, I would have beheaded you long ago! Forget it, I'll see the imperial physician later." Lin Rongchen turned back and said, "Yuanzheng, pass on the meal!"

Chuanshan... Does that mean he can leave?To be honest, he was really under pressure in front of Lin Rongchen, especially if he did something wrong, he was always worried about being found out.

But Lin Rongchen sat upright, as motionless as a mountain, and as silent as a mountain.

Yan Xi piled a smile on his face, and tentatively asked, "Resignation?"

Lin Rongchen didn't even lift his eyelids, the ink pen in his hand was outlining the memorial, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

Is this the default?Yan Xi lifted the hem of his clothes and walked out in small steps. Before he could step out of He'an Palace with one foot, Eunuch Zhou led a group of young eunuchs to pass the meal, and accidentally knocked him in again.

Perhaps there was a bit of commotion, Lin Rongchen finally raised his head to look at him, and said flatly: "Since you don't want to leave, stay and have dinner with me."

"..." When did he not want to leave?When do you not want to leave!

The people passing the meal came in one after another, Yan Xi felt that no matter where he stood, he would be in the way, so he took a step back, and then took a step back, until Lin Rongchen couldn't see him until he retreated behind the pillar.

"What are you still doing?" Lin Rongchen held up the silver chopsticks, the implication could not be more obvious.

Yan Xi slandered: Where is eating with him?Obviously serving him a meal.

Lin Rongchen has always insisted on not talking when eating or sleeping, and every time Eunuch Zhou served him meals, he would prepare dishes according to the subtle expressions on his face.

Obviously Yan Xi does not have this kind of talent.

Eunuch Zhou was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. Just now, the emperor clearly saw pine nut fish and rice, not squirrel fish... The emperor frowned when he ate sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root. The imperial chef must have put too much honey. Try it... The emperor took a small piece of the lion's head with crab powder and tasted it, and finished it in two bites.

The dishes in Lin Rongchen's bowl didn't move much, Yan Xi was very puzzled, "Is the emperor not hungry?"

Eunuch Zhou hesitated for a moment, "How about...the old slave come?"

"No need." Lin Rongchen finished all the dishes in the bowl and put down his chopsticks, "I'm full, let's go."

Eunuch Zhou was so distressed, he ate so much, how could he be full?There is still a mountain of notebooks on the desk, and it will be four o'clock tonight before I can sleep, so what can I do if I don't eat more? "The old slave asked the imperial chef to make some tea cakes and mung bean cakes, and Zhuangyuan Lang is also here, just in time to drink tea and play chess with the emperor."

Yan Xi pulled his face and muttered, "You are full, I am still hungry, how can I have the heart to play chess?"

Lin Rongchen seemed to have finally thought of him, "Yuanzheng, prepare another pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Yan Xi pulled back his chair in joy, he was already too hungry.Yuchu, how many times can you eat in a lifetime?The last time he drank Zhuangyuanhong, the Suzhou cuisine made him feel that the previous four years in Suzhou were wasted.

"Your majesty...this is not in line with etiquette...how can there be any reason for ministers to eat at the same table with the emperor?" If the officials found out, they would definitely chatter, chattering about the royal ancestors' precepts and emperor's etiquette.

It's not right for Yan Xi to sit with his butt pouted, and it's not right if he doesn't sit. At the time when heaven and man were fighting, Lin Rongchen pushed the bowl and chopsticks to him, and said to Duke Zhou: "Go out, close the door!"

"?" Is this sharing a pair of bowls and chopsticks?

Seeing his hesitation, Lin Rongchen said, "Do you think I used it?"

Yan Xi shook his head immediately, afraid that if he shook his head too slowly, Long Yan would be furious, "How come? This is my honor. Not to mention bowls and chopsticks, even the emperor's saliva, I will eat it without hesitation."

"Drool?" Lin Rongchen's expression was complicated.

This sentence is easy to be ambiguous, Yan Xi didn't know why he thought of what happened in Yingtian Mansion that day, his face was burning like fire for no reason, he lowered his head and ate hungrily.

Apart from the sound of chewing and swallowing, one could hear even a needle being dropped in the quiet hall.Yan Xi looked up at Lin Rongchen, he was buried in a pile of official documents, he had no time to take care of himself, but slowly relaxed.After belching a few times, he put down his chopsticks.

"Finish?" Lin Rongchen asked without raising his head.

"En!" Yan Xi walked to the desk, waiting for Lin Rongchen's order.

"I remember your "Governance Policy" saying that if you govern the country first, you should first enrich the people, and if you first enrich the people, you don't need to increase taxes, and you don't violate the farming season..." He handed him a red memorial surrounded by a cinnabar pen, "I want to know, if you were you, how would you 'govern officials'?"

Li Yuan, the royal censor of Zuodu, impeached Huang Jingchun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials: because of public favoritism, selling officials and nobles, embezzlement and bribery, forming a party for personal gain... "There are really many crimes." Yan Xi was speechless, "Fortunately, I didn't become Du Jun's son-in-law Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to jump around for a few days."

"..."

"Throughout the ages, corrupt and bribery officials have been repeatedly banned. If the emperor wants to vent his anger, the easiest and quickest way is to make an example of others." Yan Xi said it very lightly, anyway, the matter has nothing to do with him.

Lin Rongchen rubbed his forehead, "Kill one to warn others? You also said that corrupt officials have been banned repeatedly, and you can kill them all? What's more, do you know why he dares to be so unscrupulous when he knows that I hate officials' corruption the most? Because behind him is a powerful man Fu Zhuo, if I turn my back on him, it would be the same as tearing the face off with Fu Zhuo. Three points of the world's military strength, Fu Zhuo monopolizes two points, how can I kill one to warn the hundred?" Lin Rongchen sighed, and extremely unwillingly approved two "read" Words, "Forget it, in the current situation, I am burdened by the enemy and alone and helpless. How can you, a scholar, break through?"

"Your Majesty didn't hear it, 'If you want to take it, you must give it first'?" Just now he wanted to leave, and saw that his brows were deeply furrowed, and he couldn't bear to comfort him, "Your Majesty, don't worry too much, maybe one day these problems will come to an end. Can it be solved easily? Didn’t Eunuch Zhou say to play chess? Although I’m not good at chess, I hope to spend half a day’s leisure with the emperor.”

From the initial retreat to the final collapse, Yan Xi felt more and more boring as he went down. On the contrary, Lin Rongchen seemed to be able to benefit from the game without any suspense, until Eunuch Zhou came in and informed that the palace gate was about to be locked. That's why he was allowed to leave.