Self-cultivation of male support

The emperor made it clear that he was fishing to enforce the law. Recently, some people in the court seem to put away their cautious thoughts on the surface, and they all look very cute, but in fact they are doing a lot of little tricks behind the scenes.

Not only was there no shortage, but because Shi Yan was pressing ahead, those people had the tendency to jump over the wall in a hurry.

This is also the tacit understanding between the father and son. Neither of them discussed with the other, and they cooperated so well as soon as they got started.

Before the matter, there was no problem between the two of them. Until today, regarding the emperor's fishing law enforcement, according to Shi Yan's meaning: "You want to clean up people without delaying your childbirth, regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl. After all, how many children are going to be born?"

Otherwise, can you really hope that you will fail to have a son?He couldn't promise his father what he couldn't be sure of himself.Not as efficient as his father himself was born.

Zong Chixian didn't think so, and just shook his head when he heard the words: "No, because of the grievances between your father and your mother, you have a dishonorable background. Although our own family doesn't care, others always talk about it , very annoying.

So before you are firmly established as the crown prince, or before the people in the previous dynasty fully recognize the reality, Dad will not give birth to a child to drag you down. "

Shi Yanxin said: I beg you to hurry up and find someone who will hinder you, I don't mind being hindered at all.

But on the surface he is very reasonable: "You count on your fingers. You are 35 this year. You are in the prime of life. My son is [-] this year. It is a good time to make progress.

As far as your body is concerned, the old injuries have not healed, and the illness is not very healthy at first glance. What will it look like when you are fifty or sixty?

And what was I like at that time?

Just thinking about it, aren't you afraid at all?It's better to have a few more children, and when you get old, you may be able to take over your class at just the right time. "

In fact, what Shi Yan wanted to say more was that there was a 22-year age gap between them. Zong Chixian looked sick and weak, but he was not short-lived. Prince, what are you drawing?

If you really want to enjoy yourself as an emperor, Shi Yan would rather take Hang Yunsan to conquer a country outside the Great Wall. Wouldn't it be more comfortable to be a free and easy emperor?

Father and son can't always agree on this point.

So the topic returned to the matter about the emperor's fishing law enforcement: "Recently, you first acted like you were frustrated, showing that you were hit by your father having another child."

After thinking about it, the emperor gave up hope for his son's character and acting talent, and said, "Otherwise, you can just stay in the East Palace for two days and don't join the courtiers.

Wait until this matter is over and come out, then there will be no such chattering people in the hall, and you won't have to carry a loudspeaker around to offend people and ruin your reputation. "

Okay, Shi Yan didn't explain it, he didn't do it entirely to cooperate with the emperor's settlement action, half of it was because he was really bored and wanted to have some fun.

I feel that I am a very worry-free person. After I have done what I should do, I will leave the rest of the matter to the emperor, and he will take people to the East Palace to hide.

If you don't want to be nestled, you can't live in peace. No, I just practiced for an hour with a dozen or so former masters, and I beat up all the masters until their noses and faces were swollen. I don't have the dignity of a master at all, especially when I was on the top of Ulan Mountain before. Yan, an old acquaintance whose arm was broken by an orange, had not recovered from his injury for a few days, and then his leg was broken by Shi Yan, and he was lamenting in his heart that it was his unlucky time.

Shi Yan wiped away the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, and then he heard Hang Yunsan tell from the side: "Mrs. Ding has entered the capital. About one incense stick, she came to the gate of the palace, waiting for your majesty to summon her."

After Hang Yunsan finished speaking, he straightened up, trying to reduce his sense of existence, and his breathing became a little lighter. At this time, he didn't want to be remembered by Shi Yan at all.

It can be seen from this that in the eyes of others, Ding Wan's matter is an unspeakable taboo for Shi Yan. There is a mother with a bad reputation, or a mother with a bad reputation that is known to the whole world. If everyone wants to come, Shi Yan should Feel very embarrassed.

But if it weren't for that mother's shameless behavior, he wouldn't be the current crown prince, which made it even more difficult for Shi Yan, who has vested interests.

In fact, as a family of three involved, they didn't have the kind of complex emotions that the whole world thought about. Shi Yan simply disliked Ding Wan, and Ding Wan deeply hated Zong Chixian and Shi Yan, while Zong Chixian was very simple. I hate Ding Wan.

That's it.

Hearing the words, he only said indifferently: "If you want to come to the emperor's side to make arrangements, I will not interfere in this matter."

He didn't even lift his eyes.

After hearing this, Hang Yunsan said in his heart that this family is, to some extent, ruthless.

But some things cannot be achieved by Shi Yan unilaterally cutting off contact, at least not with Ding Wan.

Ever since Ding Wan guessed that the emperor in the capital city was Immortal Zongchi, she had been trying to find a way to contact outsiders to help her enter the capital, but before she could come up with a solution, the emperor who was said to have had an affair with her sent someone to pick her up.

She thought very clearly that after entering Beijing, she would be alone and helpless. At this time, those who have common interests are friends. For example, Zong Chijian and his wife can stand on the same front with her. The person who was begging for benefits, so he also asked to bring Zong Chijian and his wife to Beijing together.

The three of them negotiated a solution to deal with Zong Zhixian along the way: "Second brother is the most soft-hearted person, let's reason with him and talk about our difficulties, as long as what we want is not too much, the second brother wants to avoid Trouble, nothing should be done."

In their memory, the second brother Zong Chixian had such a temperament.

But what if?

What if the second brother has experienced something in the past five years and changed his temper?

The method is very simple: "Second brother can make up a story about cheating and get Shi Yan to be the prince, which means that his previous identity cannot be known.

This is the trump card in our hands. I don't want to take this step unless it is a last resort. After all, once I open my mouth, the years of brotherhood between me and my second brother will be completely gone. "

The few people thought very well, and prepared a lot of words along the way, thinking that when they met Zong Chixian, all the expressions, manners, movements, demeanor, what they said, how they cried, they all went through their hearts several times, and guaranteed With confidence in my heart and confidence on the surface, I was a little relieved.

Unexpectedly, after the guides brought them into the palace, they changed hands a few times, and finally left them in a very desolate and remote courtyard with overgrown weeds and a big wolf dog staring at them outside. When the wind blew, the leaves on the tree fell down, and the door frame of the house fell in response to Ding Wan's screams.

Looking into the leaky room, there is a set of tables and chairs with missing legs, a hard board bed without a bed curtain, and only a tattered quilt and a moldy mattress on it.

As for other daily necessities, heh, let’s find a way to pick them out from the pile of junk in the corner. At least there is a well in the yard that can be used by people, isn’t it?

They only had a small meal every day, and the palace servants who delivered the meals were very irregular in bringing them meals that had long since cooled down and were mixed with gravel.

They can't get out, and others can't get in, which makes the world ineffective every day.First, he cursed at the emperor who didn't know where he was at ease, but after it didn't work, he began to cry and beg to the palace man who delivered the food.

In the end, there was no other way, and the three of them began to complain to each other. Zong Chijian and his wife had the same point of view: "It must be you who offended the second brother, the wicked woman. The second brother has been very displeased with you since he got married. I didn't expect so many years to pass. , his attitude towards you is still the same, he just wants to lock you up in the back house and not let you go free!

That being the case, you shouldn't let us go to Beijing with you, and we will also make the second brother unhappy! "

Ding Wan didn't have the upper hand in numbers, but he was not weak at all, and snorted coldly: "You guys don't know what attitude the second brother treats me? He doesn't like me, and he doesn't seem to have the slightest affection for you. If you really have you in your heart and want to take you to enjoy the glory and wealth, someone would have let you out long ago."

The three of them lived here for half a month.

The news of Ding Wan's entry into the palace attracted the attention of almost the entire court. The front court and harem were well aware of what happened to her being imprisoned in the most desolate cold palace. When everyone saw the emperor's attitude towards her, they thought about that The little prince in the empress's belly became more determined and fiery.

The prince is not irreplaceable, nor is the emperor obliged to be the prince. It was just an expedient measure for His Majesty to become the prince immediately before!Thinking of the prince's disgraceful birth, His Majesty is also very unhappy!

Then our actions can be properly accelerated!

His Majesty was really unhappy in his heart, playing chess with his son on the same couch, half of the country was eaten by his son, he took a deep breath in distress, knowing that there was no chance of turning the game today, he threw the chess piece on the chessboard at random, and began to act stiffly Changing the topic: "Father has heard people say, what kind of life have you lived in Folding Sword Villa in the past few years without father.

Don't worry about your mother's affairs, let them live in the yard for a while, it's a small reward, and when the matter of the previous court is resolved, father will be free to clean them up. "

Zong Chixian said this lightly, but Shi Yan saw a flash of coldness from the bottom of his eyes.

He usually looks silent, and he didn't mention the things of the previous few years in front of Shi Yan. In fact, this is what he really remembered in his heart.

Shi Yan thought it was funny: "It's not easy to find such a courtyard in the palace."

It is indeed not easy, but looking for the entire palace, there are indeed some desolate palaces that have not been lived in for many years, but in the end, the former emperor was very happy, and the palace has to be rebuilt every two years, no matter how dilapidated it can be. where to go?Looking for such a yard is simply difficult for the people who work below.

In the end, the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs started working overnight, and built such a courtyard in a remote corner according to the emperor's request.

Really wasted a lot of thought.

But these emperors would not say to their sons.

After being silent for a while, Zong Chixian still explained to his son: "At the time when that incident happened, Dad had only time to make hasty arrangements for you. Firstly, he thought it was a fake death after all, and when things on Dad's side fell behind, It's not too late to say anything else.

Secondly, because of your mother's existence, even if your uncle and the others change their attitude, they won't treat you too badly on the surface. Even for the sake of the property left by your father, they should treat you How polite.

As long as we get through that period of time... who would want to..."

Zong Chixian felt a little depressed: "It's because my father doesn't know people well, which made you suffer."

Shi Yan didn't think there was anything wrong, and it wasn't him who suffered, it didn't matter what he thought, so the father and son ate dinner in silence.

The father and son have a lot of secrets about each other. It is enough for the two to respect each other and not to disturb each other.

A few days later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was rumored to be neglected by the emperor, was leisurely fishing in the East Palace, so he heard the rumor from the little eunuch that it was General Cheng who asked to see him.

For a moment, Shi Yan really didn't remember who this General Cheng was.

You must know that after he came to the capital, the people he had dealt with the most were those who had been visiting him all day long. Shi Yan had a very good memory, and there was no such person at all.

Hang Yunsan prided himself as Shi Yan's father's number one confidant, and his ability to observe words and demeanor has improved recently, so he told Shi Yan in a timely manner: "He is the new general promoted by His Majesty in the past few days. His Majesty values ​​him very much. He is serving in the Imperial Forest Army and can accompany His Majesty around. , called Cheng Yuhua."

Shi Yan hadn't heard of it before, so he couldn't figure out why everyone was avoiding him at this time, what was the reason for this upstart coming to the door, and ordered: "Go and ask why? If there is nothing wrong, send someone Let's go, just say that I'm not feeling well and it's inconvenient to see guests."

Hang Yun went out for a while and came back again, very speechless: "The man said that he has just entered the court and doesn't understand anything, and he wants to ask His Highness the Crown Prince about something."

Hang Yunsan was the first person who didn't believe this. He couldn't be more clear about what Shi Yan had done these days. He came to ask Shi Yan how to be an official. I'm afraid he thought death was too slow, and he wanted to seek a quick way to die!

There are thousands of ways to die, why bother to challenge the most difficult one?

But the person was still invited in, who knew that as soon as the person came in, he kept staring at Shi Yan's face, the emotions in his eyes were very complicated, and it was difficult for people to explain clearly for a while.

Shi Yan half-lyed on the rocking chair with his feet upturned to fish, allowing the visitors to look at him, pointing to the previous position of Hang Yunsan and said: "Sit down, and go fishing with Gu."

The man was not polite, he sat beside him with a straight back, and the comfortable and relaxing reclining chair gave him the illusion of a big red sandalwood chair in the main hall.

Hang Yunsan dismissed all the people around him, and stood behind Shi Yan to observe this person.To be able to be so arrogant in front of Shi Yan without being broken by Shi Yan, to be honest, Hang Yunsan has only seen this one before.

Unexpectedly, what the man said next almost made Hang Yunsan choke.

"Your Highness, Cheng Yuhua, the official, logically speaking, you should call the official uncle." Cheng Yuhua didn't show any expression on his face, as if he said it casually.

So Shi Yan replied "Oh?" as if chatting, indicating that he was listening.

Cheng Yuhua didn't take it seriously, holding the fishing rod in his hand, his eyes couldn't be fixed, he didn't know what he thought of, and said softly: "Ten years ago, Zong Chixian, the number one master in martial arts, made a marriage with my Cheng family. Younger sister Cheng Yumei, probably not many people have heard of her now, but back then, she was a first-class beauty."

It seems that the person who knows the identity of Emperor Zong Chixian may be Zong Chixian's confidant.

Shi Yan pointed out his previous mistakes lightly: "Then you are not my uncle."

Cheng Yuhua shook his head: "No, I am. Although your mother killed my sister and finally made Ji marry your father, the marriage between your family and my Cheng family has never been cancelled."

Hang Yun said casually: If this matter is true, two knives will be cheap if you don't come up to chop, so what relatives do you recognize?If this relative recognizes her, I'm afraid your sister's coffin will be overwhelmed later!

Thinking in this way, Hang Yunsan quietly stepped back a few steps, floating out of sight of the two of them.

He is a qualified dog leg, what should be listened to, what should not be listened to, and what should be treated as if he did not hear, he knows the truth.

Shi Yan followed the good advice: "Then uncle, are you here today to tell my nephew a story?"

Cheng Yuhua finally tilted his head and took a serious look at Shi Yan, he was still slouching like a fool, he didn't know what he saw, and suddenly chuckled: "Your mother never said that she dared not step out of Zhejian Villa all these years the reason?"

Shi Yan told the truth, looking very harmless: "Oh, she doesn't like me, she doesn't get close to me, and sometimes she tells lies to trick me into doing bad things for her, so later, I and She's a lot stranger, presumably she's never said such a private thing to me, right?"

Cheng Yuhua seemed to have heard a joke: "Your mother, Ding Wan, killed the daughter of my Cheng family who grew up in the palm of my hand, and also snatched away her fiancé, so she forged a death feud with my Cheng family.

In the beginning, your father locked her in the backyard of Zhejian Villa to protect her, but she was dissatisfied, wanted to be free, and wanted to show off in front of others.After your father died, she finally had a chance to come out and pretend to be. As soon as she went out, she was ambushed by my Cheng family. She almost lost half her life. Since then, she retreated to Zhejian Villa and never dared to come out again. "

This is something Ding Wan can do.Otherwise, according to Ding Wan's uneasy temperament, it is really unscientific to obediently stay in the small Buddhist hall for a few years.

It should be after that time that Ding Wan tried every means to get away the hidden guards from Shi Yan to protect her safety.

Shi Yan said, "What a pity!"

Cheng Yuhua said: "What a pity?"

"Of course it's a pity that you didn't succeed that time. After my father wakes up, you, as his followers, naturally can't do anything to my mother again."

Shi Yan lay on the rocking chair, tilted his head and smiled at Cheng Yuhua who was looking at him: "If you succeeded at that time, I think my life will be easier in the next few years!"

Shi Yan said sincerely: "Thinking about it, the reason why I lived so hard in the next few years was due to General Cheng's handwriting, right? Although I don't use the trick of lying, it doesn't mean I don't know.

My father was worried about using you, so he would not explain the twists and turns clearly in front of me. He only said that it was his mistake and did not consider the later risks. He was very sorry to me, and I pretended not to understand .

But you ran to me in person to expose your shortcomings and uncover this layer of window paper, what is the reason for it?General Cheng. "

Cheng Yuhua was taken aback, he didn't expect Shi Yan to be so keen, to be honest, Shi Yan grew up under his nose, Zong Chixian was in the capital for the past few years, he was responsible for many things in Zhejian Villa Responsible, he knows exactly what life Shi Yan spent in Zhejian Villa.

If he hadn't been sure that the person had been under his nose all the time, he would have suspected that the person in front of him had been swapped. In fact, the gap between the front and the back was so great that he was a different person.

Shi Yan's right index finger tapped lightly on his thigh, soothing and rhythmic. Hang Yunsan in the distance saw this scene, and his eyelids kept twitching.

He knew that every time he made this action, someone would be in trouble.

So he took a few steps back again to make sure that he not only couldn't hear, but also couldn't see what Shi Yan was doing before he felt relieved.

At the scene, Shi Yan chuckled and looked at Cheng Yuhua: "The general insists on claiming to be an orphaned uncle, and has mentioned many times that the marriage between the two families has never been cancelled. Do you want to renew this engagement?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, Shi Yan asked curiously: "If your family has a crush on my father, you should go to him directly. Since you came to me, do you want to marry your daughter to me?"

This person is also interesting, as soon as he comes up, he puts the grievances between the two families on the surface. Sometimes, if the hatred is spoken out, it is no longer hatred and can be regulated.

Seeing that Shi Yan guessed what he meant, Cheng Yuhua nodded and admitted directly: "That's what it means. Your Highness, as the crown prince, hates Ding Wan so much that he angers the entire Ding family in Fengxue City, so it is impossible for the Ding family to be your help.

But is your crown prince stable?If you want to come to this point, you know it well.In addition, His Majesty will have a second child soon, and there will be a third and a fourth in the future.

The more children there are, the less rare they are, you should know this truth.

Without the help of the mother's family behind him, the Yue's family will have to choose carefully. This is the sincerity of our Cheng family. "

Shi Yan sneered, got up slowly, threw the fishing rod on the edge of the pool, stretched, and walked slowly down the corridor with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuhua kept up, with no change on his face, but his heart kept sinking. He felt that maybe it was a mistake to come here today, and all of them underestimated this young man's heart.

The rudeness, mindlessness, and arrogance he showed were all what he wanted to be seen.

Their Cheng family followed His Majesty all the way and made great contributions. However, His Majesty's status as Zong Chixian cannot be publicly disclosed, or cannot be publicly disclosed now, so the credit of their family cannot be obtained openly. Award.

They naturally wanted to marry another daughter into His Majesty's harem, but His Majesty was not interested in their daughter more than ten years ago, and now he is even more indifferent to this matter.

The best thing to do is to settle for the next best thing. Their family knows that His Majesty attaches great importance to Shi Yan, and investing in Shi Yan is also a choice. In the face of family interests, the younger sister's hatred seems to be able to let go.

But they generously let go of their hatred and took the initiative to help this enemy's son. It seems that they don't appreciate it?

Cheng Yuhua felt that this matter was a bit tricky.

Of course Shi Yan didn't appreciate it. He didn't even give the other party a chance to react. He kicked him out and landed at Hang Yunsan's feet. Under Cheng Yuhua's furious eyes, he slowly straightened his sleeves and asked : "A few years ago, your Cheng family did not think much about killing Ding Wan to avenge your sister, right?

I also want to thank you for reminding me, I just remembered that there was indeed one time when I was a child, you almost succeeded in assassinating, and then Ding Wan pushed me to block the knife and survived. "

Shi Yan stepped on Cheng Yuhua's chest: "Since then, there has been news that I can't practice martial arts. Tell me, how should I thank you?"

No wonder everyone, including Zong Chixian, was not at all surprised that he could not practice martial arts and suddenly became a master. It turns out that the root cause is here.

He is not a natural waste, and everyone knows it well.