Willing to be hired by Jiangshan

embarrassing task

After leaving the secret room, Eunuch Zhou hadn't recovered from the shock just now. In this way, it's no wonder that Zhao Xun stayed outside every time the emperor went to bed.

"Your Majesty, this move is too inappropriate. There may be someone from Fu Zhuo in the Hall of Anhe. If they are discovered, the consequences will be disastrous."

"I have my own measure." I dare not say it in other places, at least there will be absolutely no Fu Zhuo in the Anhe Palace.I didn't want to tell Eunuch Zhou before because I didn't trust him. After all, I have been with him for more than ten years.He just felt that the fewer people who knew about it, the better, but now he couldn't hide it, so he simply spread it out.

The more Eunuch Zhou thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, "Your Majesty, the people in that prison just now looked familiar..."

"Like who?" Lin Rongchen leaned against the dragon chair, closed his eyes and fell asleep, and asked casually.

Eunuch Zhou paused for a while, seeing Lin Rongchen leisurely waiting for his reply, Fang said, "Like... Li Lin."

The Li Lin he was talking about was the prime minister during the reign of the first emperor, who conspired with the great general Sima Yi to rebel, and was later beheaded by Gu Tingzhi.Eunuch Zhou knew that Li Lin had a son, Lin Rongchen, who was two years old, very pampered and spoiled.Later, Li Lin was beheaded by the whole family, and the son was also beheaded.

"It's very similar... I remember that when I went to Gusu to celebrate the birthday of the Taifu, the late emperor was still very healthy. Do you know why he fell ill later?"

How could he not know this?If Li Lin hadn't secretly instigated the imperial physician to inject chronic poison into the tonic decoction every day, how could the first emperor return home at the age of forty?

Lin Rongchen said flatly: "Then do you know that Fu Zhuo, who was the deputy general back then, had secretly betrothed Hu Qingqing to Li Lin's son?"

Eunuch Zhou was stunned, "This..." He really didn't know.Didn't Fu Zhuo always stand by the emperor's side during the last chaos suppression?How could you have two minds?

"Huh!" Lin Rongchen sneered, "This double-faced and three-faced grasshopper, he secretly stalked Li Lin, hoping that he would ascend to the throne of God. He had a bright future, but he was afraid of failure, so he left behind and asked Hu Qingqing to follow him to Suzhou. , and I met by chance. I will do whatever I can...Since Hu Qingqing wanted to marry him back then, I will fulfill them."

"..." No wonder Lin Rongchen didn't like Hu Qingqing very much, it turned out that there were such twists and turns in the middle. "Concubine Yi's child..."

"Keep it for now! It might be useful." Lin Rongchen pursed his lips.

Not long after, Zhao Xun came out, "Report to the emperor, the general has already taken the person away." The secret room was connected to an abandoned cold palace, and Zhao Xun took the person to the cold palace.

"En." Lin Rongchen said, "I'll leave the rest to you."

Concubine Yi was Lin Rongchen's first concubine. There were very few concubines in the harem, and there were no more than three of them. One fell ill as soon as she was named, and died a month later; She is obedient and never dares to compete for favor, and the only one who really serves the bed is Concubine Yi.

Zhao Xun said: "If the emperor doesn't want Concubine Yi to get pregnant, there are many ways. Why must it be so risky?"

Eunuch Zhou felt that Zhao Xun was too dull. After following him for so many years, he didn't even notice such an obvious thing.

Lin Rongchen said: "You will know in the future. Yuanzheng, go ask the household department, how are you preparing for the election of the concubine?"

"Choose a concubine?" Zhao Xun almost bit his tongue, "The emperor wants to choose a concubine?"

"What? No way?" Lin Rongchen tilted his head and asked in doubt.

"No... I was just surprised for a moment." Then he added something that made Lin Rongchen very headache, "Does Master Yan know?"

Lin Rongchen glanced at him, "Why did you mention Yan Xi?" Has he been so obvious now?Has it reached the point where everyone knows it?

Yes, at this time, how could he mention Yan Xi! "I...don't know either."

Lin Rongchen heaved a sigh of relief, he was the one who lost everything. "Of course he knows."

Zhao Xun understood, "No wonder Lord Yan looks very unhappy."

"Unhappy..." Lin Rongchen frowned, no wonder he was happy.

The two exchanged their hearts only yesterday, although Yan Xi was in a state of intoxication, completely unaware of what happened, and today they just made such a fuss.

Lin Rongchen wanted to kill someone.

"On the way here, I met Mr. Yan, walking in a hurry, with a serious face, which is rare."

Lin Rongchen sighed, remembering the woman from last night, and confessed: "You send a few secret guards to protect Yan Xi's safety at any time, I don't want any accidents to happen to him, remember, it's anything!"

After returning to the Imperial Academy, seeing that Yan Xi was not as happy as before, Lu Bin leaned over and said, "Isn't the Emperor Long Yan Dayue today? Did you make things difficult for you again?"

"No." Yan Xi sat down, opened the file, and pretended not to care about him.

"Then why does Master Yan have such an expression?" Lu Bin continued to ask without winking.

"The emperor praised me for speaking well today, I am so happy."

"..." Lu Bin rolled his eyes and returned to his seat resentfully.Is this when he is stupid?

Fortunately, Yan Xi forgot Lin Rongchen as soon as he opened the book.In the past few days, he heard that other people in the courtyard discussed that this annals might need to be rewritten, so he familiarized himself with these several times in advance to save time from being in a hurry.

The rumor soon became a fact.

Every morning on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year is just a formality for Yan Xi, but today he has become the protagonist.

The Queen Mother's birthday is on the agenda.The Ministry of Rites is naturally responsible for all matters related to birthday celebrations, but Yun Chu advocates filial piety first, and Lin Rongchen decreed that the Imperial Academy recompile the Royal Chronicle in the name of the Queen Mother, and also included the Code, Mountain and Sea Chronicles, Agricultural Chronicles, Medical Divination, Astronomy, Water conservancy and anthology, etc. are also compiled into volumes.This matter should have been undertaken by the Hanlin Academy, and the Hanlin Bachelors would check and verify it, but Huang Jingchun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, recommended Yan Xi.

Lin Rongchen vetoed it outright, "This matter is no small matter, Yan Xi has little experience, so it is an embarrassing task."

Yan Xi nodded secretly, feeling that Lin Rongchen was right this time!He wanted to be promoted, but not in such a heart-wrenching way.

But the group in Piaoxianglou didn't seem to intend to let him go.Even Fu Zhuo came out to join in the fun, "Master Yan is well-versed in the past and the present, and he is the number one scholar in the new discipline handpicked by the emperor. Since the new compilation will naturally have new ideas and ideas, the brains of young people must be more pedantic than us. Your Majesty Yan will not disappoint the Emperor's painstaking efforts. What's more, with the assistance of Ji Xueshi, Zhang Xueshi and others, the Emperor can rest assured."

How does Lin Rongchen not know why these people are holding on to Yan Xi?Those who hold power in the Hanlin Academy are a group of old bones that are difficult to crack. The literati are lofty and arrogant, and they do not want to join forces with him.If Yan Xi can successfully complete the work of compiling the history books this time, it is necessary to go up. Their ultimate goal is to control the Imperial Academy by controlling Yan Xi.

Non-Hanlin is not a prime minister.

Lin Rongchen knew very well that the post of prime minister would eventually be restored.If Gu Tingzhi had not left the capital, it cannot be denied that he had plans to leave the prime minister position to him.But Fu Zhuo seems to have forgotten that Gu Tingzhi became Gu Tingzhi because Lin Rongchen gave him this right.Now that he is impatient to win over Yan Xi, does he really think that he will sit and wait to die?

As soon as Fu Zhuo's voice fell, most of the people agreed with him. Although some Xiang Jiayan, He Shuyue and others strongly opposed it, and some Hanlin scholars made their case one by one and analyzed their interests, but the matter has been settled.

Lin Rongchen shook his sleeves angrily and left.The embarrassment on his face made Yan Xi feel that disaster came from the sky, and the days to come would be sad.

As soon as the court was over, Qiu Zhonghai called "Congratulations, my dear brother" very affectionately, and even dragged him to thank Fu Zhuo.Fu Zhuo clapped his palms and laughed, "Master Yan is young, and his future is boundless!"

Yan Xi sneered, "We still have to rely on the support of the grand master!"

This conversation attracted attention, and many people cast dismissive glances, and even whispered sarcasm.Yan Xi just doesn't know people very well, she is not deaf, and she doesn't say a word about what she should hear and what she shouldn't.If the grandfather is still there, knowing that one day he will be poked at the back and scolded, he will die of anger.

Huang Jingchun also said with a smile: "With Mr. Yan here, I won't be afraid of those old scholars chattering anymore... Every time they can read it, my ears get callused."

Qiu Zhonghai felt the same way, "When the time comes, let's see my virtuous brothers fighting with the Confucians!"

"It's easy to say, easy to say!" Yan Xi felt that he couldn't even fake a smile.This pit is unusually deep, and the gang of academicians in the Hanlin Academy may wish to eat its flesh and blood at this moment.

After finally getting rid of those people, as soon as his arms tightened, he was dragged aside, "Brother Yunxin, why did you get together with those people from the Grand Master?"

Faced with Yu Junyuan's puzzlement and questioning, Yan Xi felt that he couldn't explain it. He couldn't say that he worked carefully, or knew himself and the enemy, so that he could win every battle. Not to mention Yu Junyuan, even he himself didn't believe it.But why?Yan Xi herself didn't understand, she only knew that Lin Rongchen's tired and lonely face appeared in her mind when she made this decision.

"He who understands current affairs is a hero." Yan Xi ended Yu Junyuan's question with these seven words.

Yu Junyuan did not give up, "You are not that kind of person!"

But I heard someone from the side sneering, "It's really stupid to put such a thick thigh and not hug it, and switch to Fu Zhuo..."

Yu Junyuan: "..."

Yan Xi: "..."

"Cough cough!" Eunuch Zhou coughed lightly behind several people, and they backed away knowingly.

Yan Xi turned around and was taken aback, "Eunuch Zhou?" He hadn't seen Lin Rongchen since he left Wenqing Pavilion last time.

After Yu Junyuan and others left, Duke Zhou immediately changed his smile, "Master Yan, the emperor has summoned you."

The face turned too fast.

"Can I not go?" Yan Xi didn't want to see Lin Rongchen very much, so he wanted to ask the teacher for a crime?Even with his eyes closed, he could still think of Lin Rongchen's expression and what he was about to say.

Eunuch Zhou wondered: "Master Yan, if you don't go, you will be rebelling against the order."

"Then... how does the emperor feel?" He was mentally prepared.

"No... how about it." Eunuch Zhou was also an honest man, and he couldn't bear to deceive him.

"Sure enough." Yan Xi supported his forehead. "Let's go!"

It is estimated that this time Lin Rongchen was so angry that Eunuch Zhou didn't even dare to enter the main hall.Walking to the door, he bent down and saluted and said: "Master Yan, please." After speaking, he waited at the door and did not move.

"..." Yan Xi felt a little regretful, why didn't he faint just now?