Dongyin

?It was the third day of the twelfth lunar month, and it had been several days since the concubine moved out of the palace. There were two less lords in the palace, so it was naturally quite deserted.After the morning court, Duan Hong was bored and wandered around the palace.

It was a cloudy day with heavy fog, and the bluestone under my feet was cold and stiff.Duan Hong stands in front of the corridor, looking around, he can see cherry red inlaid in the blue sky everywhere, pines and cypresses standing upright and winter plums in full bloom, and the green color adds to the coolness.As he was staring, he suddenly smelled the fragrance of plum blossoms. Duan Hong came back to his senses, but saw that Li Zhuo had picked off a few wet plum blossoms.Dui laughed and said, "Seeing His Majesty staring at the plum tree in a daze, the servant broke off a few branches without authorization. I heard that Princess Mingyan also likes plum blossoms. If Your Majesty thinks it is good, the servant will also break some."

Duan Hong didn't answer, he just stretched out his hand to pick up one flower, the tentacles were cold, he was about to speak, and behind him came a panting and joyful voice, "Your Majesty, there is a messenger from the front of the battle to report that Chen Guo will have a sign ten days ago. The army has besieged the Chen Palace."

Hearing this, Duan Hong slowly let go of his hand, turned around and glanced, only to see the eunuch was sweating and his face was full of joy.Duan Hong was not overjoyed, so he responded.Later, I heard about the messenger, and when I asked, it was true, so I sent someone to inform the ministers of the DPRK and China and the state capitals.

After everything is over, all the cabinet ministers suggested that Duan Yu be added as a nobleman to promote his military prestige.Duan Hong agreed, so everyone drafted the holy book in the cabinet.

Duan Hong sat alone in the study, took a short rest, and suddenly asked someone to fetch the jade scroll.Seeing this, the waiter secretly wondered why Duan Hong didn't discuss it with the cabinet ministers because he had an important order.While thinking about it, Duan Hong has already completed the seal of the imperial decree and asked someone to seal it up.

Let's say that Duan Hong went back to rest after finishing the drafting.Within an hour, someone came to report that Su Jiali had something urgent to see.Duan Hong changed his clothes and rushed to the study room. Seeing that Su's family ceremony also seemed to have arrived in a hurry, he asked in surprise, "Is there anything the Prime Minister wants to play?"

"Your Majesty" said politely at home, "I heard that Your Majesty wants to pardon Wei Ming privately, so he will come back after his death, and come to face the Holy Spirit."

Duan Hong was taken aback for a moment before he sat down and asked, "... how did the prime minister know?"

"Your Majesty may wish to reply to the minister first, is there such a thing?"

Duan Hong was speechless.

Su Jiali was silent for a moment, and then said, "Why does Your Majesty want to pardon the King of Wei?" Duan Hong did not answer, and then Su Jiali said, "Wei Ming is a remnant of the previous dynasty. The negligence of King Wu back then caused the war for several seasons, causing casualties. Countless. The King of Wei is brave, resourceful, intelligent and resolute, and once he has the opportunity to take advantage of it, it will be another catastrophe. Your Majesty must know the truth of cutting grass and roots."

"..." Duan Hong hesitated to speak, but finally did not speak.In fact, she didn't know these truths, it was just that Ying Baiyan was the first, and then she was lucky.

Seeing this, Su Jiali didn't speak any more, and just knelt straight before the case.

Duan Hong was taken aback and had no time to stop "Prime Minister..."

"Your Majesty is stubborn by nature and insists on this. I have nothing to say." Su Jiali said, "But I have accepted the will of Zhuang Xiang and must do my best to assist Your Majesty. How can I just sit and watch. I can only kneel here, hoping that Your Majesty will change his mind."

Isn't this a rogue?Duan Hong was impatient and tried to persuade him to get up, but he was also stubborn.Seeing that an hour had passed, Su Jiali was still kneeling on the spot motionless. From this appearance, if she didn't agree, he really couldn't get up.Duan Hong had no choice but to beg, "Prime Minister, I know that what I did was wrong, can you... do it one last time."

"Your Majesty," Su Jiali sighed, "I really can't do anything. If you abandon the army and return to Qi, I can serve as the commander of the Chinese army for you. If you go out to visit friends in the palace, I can control the government for you. But there is always something you can do. What's more, if Wei Ming escapes from birth, the consequences will be unimaginable. Now Your Majesty regards state affairs as a trifle, which is the fault of the previous king's excessive favor, and it is also the fault of our powerful ministers' connivance. But Your Majesty will be self-willed thousands of times, please also" Just be self-willed once."

Speaking of this, Duan Hong has nothing to say.She was extremely helpless, she raised her forehead and thought deeply, thinking that Bai Yan didn't know anyway, and even if she knew, it was common for swords to have no eyes, so she picked up a pen and rewrote a decree to secretly order Wei Ming to death.

When the ink was dry, Duan Hong personally brought it to Su Jiali.

Su Jiali only looked at it for a while, then stood up on his knees, and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your fulfillment. It is approaching noon, and I will leave." After that, he limped out and went out.

Duan Hong watched him go out, a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground, but she couldn't relax, she asked someone to pass on the imperial decree, she didn't even pass on the lunch, she just sat on the seat in a daze.I don't want to sit and fall asleep on the table, but I have no dreams.

When Duan Hong remembered again, he vaguely heard a blocking sound outside the door.

"Princess, Your Majesty is asleep..."

Is Bai Yan here?A footstep gradually approached, Duan Hong opened his eyes in confusion, and a heavy object fell to the side.Duan Hong stood up and saw that it was the imperial decree passed down just now.Suddenly no sleepiness, Duan Hong was startled, raised his eyes to look at the frosty woman in front of him, completely at a loss, "Yan'er..."

Bai Yan just stared at her coldly, for a long time, squeezed out two words "Liar!" After saying that, she left decisively.

Duan Hong didn't seem to have reacted yet, he just stared blankly at the jade axis in a daze.

"His Majesty……"

The eunuch on the side looked at her worriedly.

Duan Hong closed his eyes and endured his anger for a long time, and said, "Who are the gang of eunuchs who took over the imperial decree? They dragged them all out and beat them to death with sticks."

There was an instant silence in the room.It was getting late, but Duan Hong was still sitting in the study, as if in a state of tranquility.

"His Majesty"

Hearing someone's call in a trance, Duan Hong came back to his senses, and saw that the lamp was lit at some time in the room, and the yellowed candlelight hit the old eunuch's face, which was extraordinarily unreal.

"Your Majesty, it's time for dinner. You haven't had your lunch yet, so the Eucharist is the most important thing in your mind."

"..." Duan Hong responded in silence, moved his stiff arm after a while, and took out a jade scroll again, hesitating for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote a book.

All in one go.Duan Hong didn't pass on the dinner, he just held the jade scroll in his hand and called him back to Wensi Hall.

The winter night came very early, before Xu time, and all the palace could see was the lanterns descending the stairs.The stone beasts in front of the Wensi Hall were half-covered by night, and the golden plaque looked dim under the two high hanging lanterns.

Duan Hong got down from the chariot, and the eunuchs and maids who came out to greet him bowed their heads Nuo Nuo, completely devoid of anger.Looking around, it was the first time for Duan Hong to feel that everything was coming to an end.

The side room was silent, except for the lights.Duan Hong stood outside the door, the long window was half open, and the cold wind swept in. Bai Yan stood in front of the window, her figure blended with the night, faintly visible.After standing quietly like this for a while, Duan Hong stepped forward, closed the door, walked softly behind Bai Yan, raised his hand and pulled her sleeve, and said, "Yan'er..."

Bai Yan didn't turn around, nor did she answer.

Duan Hong's tone was quite aggrieved, the moment she spoke, even she was shocked.Su Jiali felt wronged, Bai Yan felt wronged, but why did she also feel wronged?Before he had time to think about it, Duan Hong put on a joyful tone and said, "Yan'er, I have drawn up a new copy, please take a look." Then he stuffed the jade scroll into Bai Yan's hand.

Bai Yan remained indifferent, only holding the jade shaft tightly, as if she was enduring something.

Seeing this, Duan Hong became a little anxious, and said, "Yan'er, I know I was wrong. I originally wanted to pardon Wei Ming, but the prime minister, he...don't be angry."

"Hong'er" Bai Yan's voice trembled a little, she took a deep breath, put the jade scroll aside, turned around and stared at Duan Hong.In fact, at that time, the lights were dark, and only the silhouette could be seen vaguely. The two faced each other for a long time, and Bai Yan sighed, "I don't want to be angry with you."

Duan Hong was surprised, and then Bai Yan said, "You have your position, and I have mine. But Hong Er, your mistake is that you shouldn't agree to me."

Duan Hong was speechless.

"Prime Minister Su's concerns are natural." Bai Yan asked her, "But if I say that I know Brother Huang well, there is no chance of it happening again, do you believe it?"

Duan Hong was still speechless.

Seeing this, Bai Yan said, "Then I'll ask you again now, do you agree?"

Duan Hong hesitated for a while, and said, "...I promise you"

Seeing her hesitation in her tone, Bai Yan said helplessly, "Hong'er, I'm not forcing you to do anything. You have to think clearly, because I, like you, hate cheating the most in my life." Because even if Duan Hong refuses, she has nothing to blame.

At this time, Duan Hong asked uncertainly, "Will Wei Ming really feel at ease as an ordinary child?"

"Hong'er" Bai Yan's thoughts drifted away, "In your eyes, the emperor's brother may be a person who will go all out to win the throne, but in my opinion, he is always in danger of the people. The people of the world are tired of wars, and the emperor Brother also feels guilty in his heart that he can't sleep at night, but the family hates the country and has to avenge it."

It's like this again, every time Bai Yan mentions him, she always inadvertently reveals an expression of pride and pity.This made Duan Hong very dissatisfied, Wei Ming felt guilty that he could not sleep at night, what did it matter to her?

Bai Yan wanted to say more, but suddenly felt that something was wrong with Duan Hong, and was about to ask, when someone circled her waist vigorously, and then Duan Hong came closer.At that time, Bai Yan had a lot of emotions in her heart, she had everything, except that she didn't have any thoughts of love. Why did Duan Hong suddenly...closed his eyes hastily, only to feel someone lightly touch his lips, and then a burst of love came from his ears? "Yan'er, I want you, now!"

What? !Bai Yan's heart was shocked, she opened her eyes abruptly, she was taken aback for a while, and then said, "...Is this an exchange?"

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Let's say that when Ling came to the army, Jia Duan was praised as the great general of hussars, and all the generals congratulated him one after another.As Duan Yuqian thanked each other, a servant quietly came behind him and whispered, Your Majesty still has a secret decree.Duan Yu was stunned for a moment, and released it to the eunuch delivering the decree, and saw that the other party was gesturing with his eyes.

Duan Yu understood, so he dispersed the military officers.

The eunuch presented the jade scroll, Duan Yu looked at it, his color changed drastically, he gripped the scroll tightly and remained silent for a while.The eunuch inspected his color and took a step forward, "Lord Hou."

"Is this... His Majesty's meaning?"

"Your Majesty, don't blame the slave for talking too much." The eunuch seemed to be waiting for him to ask this question, and said, "Your Majesty originally intended to kill the remnants of the previous dynasty, but for some reason, he came out of Princess Mingyan's room on the second day and changed his mind."

"Heh..." It seems that there is no cure, Duan Yu sneered in a low voice, fourth brother, fourth brother, don't blame the sixth brother for disregarding brotherhood, because he threw the scroll book into the brazier, "There is a decree from the sage to take the head of Xiangshang, king of Wei. Hurry up and order [-] troops, and follow me into the palace to arrest Wei Ming."