On June [-], the East Palace was registered and the crown prince's coronation ceremony was held.

In the early morning, the flags and flags in the imperial palace were fierce, and the guards of honor were dense, but the joy was reduced due to the restrictions of the national funeral rituals.All the officials gathered in the main hall of Fengtian. Xiao Jingyan, dressed in the crown prince's uniform, was led by the national teacher, entered Danbu, entered Danbi, and approached the imperial seat to pay homage.

After the treasure book officer read out the imperial edict for the establishment of the prince, Emperor Liang handed the crown prince Xishou to the Zhongshuling, who was lowered to the new prince, and the prince took over the seal and handed it over to the East Palace Holder, and thanked him four times.

After the court ceremony, the new crown prince took his seat, accepted the congratulations from all the officials, and then entered the inner palace to meet the noble concubine.

In the afternoon, Emperor Liang and his prince came to Taimiao, and under the auspices of the state teacher, they paid homage to their ancestors and received greetings from the common people along the way. The scene was very spectacular.

Xiao Jingyan is a very heroic young man. Due to his hard work, he has a tall and tall body that is also very strong and pleasing to the eye. In terms of temperament, he is different from the former prince who is a bit shady and the Yu Wang who is somewhat smooth.Whenever he wears court clothes, he feels completely different from casual clothes or military clothes. It seems that the nobleness accumulated inside and the long-suppressed majesty burst out, which makes people awe-inspiring.

At the end of the canonization ceremony, the emperor announced the amnesty of the world, and the new prince walked down Fengtian Tower with the support of the new crown prince.

Maybe he doesn't really feel it yet, but in the eyes of others, the future emperor's eyes are radiant and his figure is tall and straight, while the old emperor's hairline is gray, his body is trembling and stooped, and he is lifeless. Secretly sighed, and even speculated disrespectfully when the new dynasty would come.

Perhaps due to the exhaustion of the whole day's crown ceremony, the day after the appointment of the crown prince, Emperor Liang ordered him to be exempted from court for ten days due to illness.

After being moved to the East Palace, Xiao Jingyan's administrative style is very different from that of the former prince. He obviously prefers a straightforward and straightforward local.

He pays attention to efficiency and reduces procedures, but at the same time, he pays special attention to not allowing anyone to say "New Deal" or "revolution", trying to maintain a delicate balance.

The National Teacher also gradually let go, and most of the power was delegated to the six departments. Except for the summoning by Emperor Liang, he basically did not go to the National Teacher's Office.

It was another day when Xiao Jingyan visited the National Teacher's Mansion and was rejected by the National Teacher. He was so upset that he went to the palace and complained casually to Concubine Jing. Slowly exit the East Palace and wait outside the hall with the servants. When he sees him coming out, he hurriedly greets him.When Xiao Jingyan saw the shining and dazzling ceremonial guard of the crown prince, he felt even more troubled and tingling in his heart. He was not willing to get on the forbidden chariot, and he waved his hands and strode out.

Under the honeysuckle shelf on the east wall, Mu Yanshan, who was dressed in a light blue silk robe, had almost blended into the light emerald branches and leaves, and even her pale face was almost the same color tone as the white petals of the honeysuckle.

"gone?"

"Ah."

Mu Yanshan breathed a sigh of relief, Lin Chen walked over holding Tianyu, Tianyu in his arms blushed from being teased by him, Lin Chen didn't care about him but kept tilting his head to stare at Mu Yanshan's face, look For a long time, Ling Tianyu unconsciously followed him and turned his head to the side, blinking his eyes and looking at the uncle.

Lin Chen sighed in a rare serious way: "To tell you the truth, your heart is really cruel. Xiao Jingyan is so devoted to you that even the old emperor refused to marry him."

Although these words were heard clearly in Mu Yanshan's ears, she seemed not to have heard them, she did not stop in her footsteps, and left without looking back.

Lin Chen and Tianyu in his arms were the only ones left in the empty courtyard. He raised his head, covered his eyes with his palms, and looked at the sun's rays through his fingers. After watching for a long time, he probably felt that his actions were boring. He waved his hands and pinched Tianyu's nose: "You said she refused to agree to Xiao Jingyan, and she refused to leave with me. Is it possible that she really wants to spend her life in this dreary National Teacher's Mansion? That's terrible..."

After finishing speaking, he shuddered, and chased Mu Yanshan with the ignorant Tianyu in his arms, "Hey! Don't go so fast, let me tell you, you can't do this..." Lin Chen babbled The sound of cicadas went further and further away.

Ever since he was shocked by the Spring Hunting Rebellion, and after returning to Luan, he dealt with Yu Wang's party in a thunderbolt, Emperor Liang felt that his health was deteriorating and he couldn't support himself.

After the consultations with the imperial doctors, although their words were tactful, they only said that it was okay to rest and rest, but looking at his appearance, Emperor Liang knew that his situation was not good.The more people get old and sick, the more they feel that life is precious, so even if they can't let go, Emperor Liang has no choice but to let go first, and the imperial decree of the Eastern Palace to supervise the country was issued from this, expressly ordering all emperors not to rise to the court. Days, that is, the prince will handle daily government affairs on his behalf in Chengqian Hall.

At the beginning, Emperor Liang deliberately asked the national teacher to test and observe from the sidelines. Later, seeing that Jingyan acted cautiously and fairly, and there was no sign of arrogance, he gradually relaxed half of his mind and asked the national teacher to withdraw. Every sixth day, the three officials and six important officials are summoned to report to the general manager of a major event in the court, and the rest of the days are devoted to maintaining life.

Because of his right to dispose of political affairs, and because the general situation is roughly determined, Xiao Jingyan's position as the prince of the Eastern Palace is much more stable than his predecessor, but at the same time, he is also much more tired.

Sometimes he listened to a large number of reports in Chengqian Palace, and after reviewing the pile of papers, he had to meet important officials in his own palace to discuss some difficult matters.

Xiao Jingyan was about to let Shen Zhui and Cai Jing continue their conversation, when a servant outside the palace door suddenly said: "His Royal Highness Qi Zuo, the National Teacher is here to hand over military affairs by His Majesty's order."

After returning from Mount Jiu'an, the two of them were busy hiding one by one, and they were entwined with each other. Although they met every day in the court, they hadn't talked for a long time, so when they first heard the national teacher coming, Xiao Jingyan was in a daze for a moment, staring blankly at the servant, speechless for a long time.

"Your Highness?" The waiter was still waiting to go back and reply.

"Oh," Xiao Jingyan came back to his senses, and hurriedly said, "Please come in, Mr. Guoshi." The servant bowed and stepped back, and after a while, he led a group of people from the Guoshi's residence into the hall. Mu Yanshan led the group. Dangdang walked into the room, Mu Xuan waited for Mu Yanshan to take off her cloak, and helped her to sit in the main seat.Zhanying, the person he brought, arranged quickly, went down to hand over, and left space for the masters.

During this period of time, Xiao Jingyan has calmed down a little, and controlled himself not to show an overly excited expression.

His eyes trembled, as if a prisoner who had been imprisoned for too long finally saw the ray of dawn when the prison door opened.His heart was also trembling, which made him rely on strong self-control to maintain a calm expression and body.

He raised his eyes to look at Mu Yanshan.The moment he met her eyes, he suddenly felt a sudden tremor in his heart, and an uncontrollable emotion gushed out.

It was as if the universe had turned upside down, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had collapsed. He stood on the isolated island, the sky and the earth began to collapse, the sea water poured in, the peaks and cliffs of the mountains shattered and fell one by one, the reefs rose from the bottom of the sea, and the rivers and seas rolled down.This word, or rather, he has waited too long for a person who spoke like this.

Today she is wearing a snow-white Shu embroidered brocade gown, with white jade around her waist and slightly raised sleeves, looking elegant and elegant, with a temperament like jade.The snow-white robe sleeves fluttered like clouds in the night, and the back view was quite chic, with the aura of retiring to a fairy mountain; but Xiao Jingyan saw the ordinary appearance in Xiao Jingyan's eyes.But it was like a sharp knife piercing his chest, making it almost difficult for him to look directly at it.

Shen Zhui and Cai Quan met each other, got up and left.

"His Royal Highness."

"Shan... the master of the national teacher. This is the inner hall. The master of the national teacher does not need to stick to the etiquette. Serve tea to the sir."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Mu Yanshan nodded slightly, motioning for Mu Xuan behind her to submit the booklet, and said: "This is the list of half of the soldiers and horses in the world in my hand. Your Highness the Crown Prince will look it over. If there is no problem, you can stamp on the booklet. The task of this seat is also complete."

Xiao Jingyan took it and handed it to the waiter, "Don't worry about this."

"Then take your time, Your Highness, I'm going back home first." Saying that Mu Yanshan was about to get up and leave, Xiao Jingyan gripped her wrist through gritted teeth, and ordered the waiter to leave, and soon there were only two people left in the room.

"Don't hide from me." Xiao Jingyan said lonely, his tone full of grievances. "Shan'er, I don't understand why you keep avoiding me. Both the emperor and the concubine don't object to our affairs. It's not like there is no such thing in the past..."

"Your Highness!" Mu Yanshan interrupted Xiao Jingyan's words sharply, pulled away his hand, her eyes narrowed slightly, and the embroidery between her brows seemed to tighten accordingly. She turned around and looked at Xiao Jingyan. It was as if three feet of autumn water collided with an inch of blade. "You are His Royal Highness, the future king, I am the national teacher, and I am a subject! And as long as the case of the Chiyan Army is still there, as long as you haven't let go of praying for the king, we can't do it, let alone... let alone ..."

Mu Yanshan squatted on the ground in pain, there was still one thing she couldn't say, not to mention what would happen to her after Chi Yanjun overturned the case... She knew in her heart how she could give Xiao Jingyan no hope for the future.

"Junchen! Junchen! These are not what I want!"

"Brother Jingyan," Mu Yanshan put her left hand on Xiao Jingyan's forearm, pressed it firmly, and called his name clearly for the first time after the reunion, "This is also... I have to tell you One thing is clear..."

The first time he heard his name being called out like in the past, Xiao Jingyan was surprised, moved, and happy, a hot lump surged up in his heart, stuck in his throat, unable to swallow, suppressed his excitement, and for a moment His face changed a few times, but he couldn't settle down in the end.

"Impossible, no matter how thorough the case is and how much you care about me, I can only be Mu Yanshan, and I will never be Lin Shan again..."

"You insist on only being Mu Yanshan, and you keep emphasizing that the monarchs and ministers have delegated power to me, implying that you are not suitable to stay with me anymore?" Xiao Jingyan stared closely at Mu Yanshan's eyes, not relaxing for a moment, "Are you planning to leave the capital after overturning the case, and go to retreat with Xiao Shu?"

A perfect smile appeared on Mu Yanshan's face, and she said in a relaxed tone: "Wouldn't it be nice to let me accompany brother?"

"What about me? You are still young, I think I will wait for you to grow up, and then I will go to my father to ask for an order to marry us. You are 'dead', I don't want to marry in this life, so I will just guard you. Chi The case of Yan happened, and the Lin family was wiped out. I actually thought it was a good thing you left, otherwise I would not be able to bear it with your crying temper. Exile, I will lie in the grass at night and look at the stars in the sky to guess which one you are .I have been waiting for you for 13 years, do you know how excited I was when I found out that you are still alive? You tell me now that you are leaving, you are leaving here?" Xiao Jingyan came over and hugged Mu Yanshan tightly "I won't allow it, no matter what happens, I won't allow it! Shan'er, I know you want to spend more time with Xiaoshu to make up for the days you missed all these years, but why not me! You can't be so cruel to me..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Apart from these three words, Mu Yanshan didn't know how to say to Xiao Jingyan.

"I don't want yours, I'm sorry, I just want you." Xiao Jingyan held Mu Yanshan in his arms, closed his eyes, and completely suppressed the pain in his eyes.

After the two of them adjusted their breathing, they didn't resume the topic, because Fei Liu suddenly brought Tianyu and ran towards them from the side door, his steps were much heavier than usual, holding a big gray wolf tightly in his arms.

"Don't wake up!" The young man handed the Buddha's tooth in front of Mu Yanshan, his eyes full of anxiety and confusion, "Don't wake up!" Tianyu is small, and his steps are also small. Rolling tears, "Uncle, Uncle, Foya is asleep, does it dislike Tianyu?"

Mu Yanshan pushed Xiao Jingyan away, quickly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned around and hugged Tianyu, and stroked the gray wolf's dull fur with her pale, almost transparent fingers. What she touched was cold and stiff under her fingertips, and her heart suddenly There was a cramping pain.

Foya's eyes were closed, looking very peaceful, Feiliu tried several times to hold his head up, but as soon as he let go, it fell down again.

Buddha Tooth was almost 17 years old, a very long life for a wolf, and his loss was sad, but it was not a difficult thing for reasonable adults to accept.

But Feiliu and Tianyu couldn't understand this.

Mu Yanshan made a tactic, and Foya's closed eyes slowly opened, struggling to jump down from Feiliu's arms, circled around Mu Yanshan and Xiao Jingyan's feet a few times, stuck out his tongue to lick them, and then He ran away without looking back.

Fei Liu wanted to chase him out, but Mu Yanshan grabbed his wrist, "Fei Liu, Brother Su should wake up, you should go home."

"Buddha tooth." Buddha tooth woke up, and he could play with it.

"Fei Liu, don't play with Foya in the future, okay? Brother Su will be very sad if he is alone in the house. And Foya will also go to find its parents, and won't come back." Mu Yanshan said softly Soothing, tugging at Fei Liu's black hair.

"No, Buddha Tooth, play!"

Mu Yanshan rubbed the boy's forehead hair.She could see that Fei Liu was confused and flustered at the moment, but she had no energy to comfort and explain that Buddha Tooth was indeed dead, and the "resurrection" just now was just an illusion, so that the two little guys in front of her would not be so sad.When they grow up, one day they will understand that some leave and never come back.

"Can't Yu also come that day?" Tianyu lay in Mu Yanshan's arms, blinking his big eyes with hope slowly.Seeing Mu Yanshan nodding her head, Tianyu lowered her eyes and clenched her little hands, feeling very sad.However, Mu Yanshan had no choice, she couldn't tell this child that their playmate had died.

"Fei Liu, take Tianyu back."

"Ah."

Footsteps sounded again by the side door, and Lie Zhanying, who had been transferred to be the patrol general of the Eastern Palace, came after him at this time, his brow was covered with sweat, he was shocked when he saw the prince and the national teacher there, but he hadn't Before confessing, Xiao Jingyan quickly motioned him to stand quietly.

"Fei Liu, will you always remember Buddha's Tooth?"

"meeting!"

"As a friend, you always remember it, and that's enough."

Fei Liu took the sad Tianyu from Mu Yanshan's arms, and the two children left reluctantly, with their heads downcast, which made Mu Yanshan feel distressed.

Afterwards, the two went to see the dead tooth tooth together. Xiao Jingyan held the tooth tooth with one hand, and wrapped Mu Yanshan's shoulder with the other hand, letting her lean on it.

After a moment of silence, Mu Yanshan raised her eyes, and her eyes met Jingyan head-on.At that moment, both of them felt extreme pain, and at the same time felt the pain in each other's heart.

It was painful, but he couldn't express it clearly, as if when he opened his mouth, he could only spit out bright red blood.

Xiao Jingyan's arm was still wrapped quietly, and his arm was still broad. At that moment, she couldn't bear it anymore, and fell on his shoulder, sobbing softly.

The tooth of the Buddha was put into a wooden coffin, and under the witness of two people, it was buried in peace.

The next day, Xiao Jingyan ordered to come to Shen Zhui and Cai Quan.

"Shen Qing, Cai Qing, I have something important to say, so listen."

"Yes!"

"I have already made up my mind on this matter, and I must do it. I tell you today, not to discuss with you, but to ask you to contribute to me." Shen and Cai looked at each other and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I will wait for you." order."

"Okay." Xiao Jingyan gritted his teeth, tightly grasped the armrest of the seat carved into the shape of a dragon's head, and said in a cold but firm tone, "This palace... wants to overturn the Chi Yan case 13 years ago, retrial and sentence , Mingzhao the world, to wash away the stigma of Xue Huang elder brother and Lin. If this goal is not achieved, we will never stop!"

At night, Mu Yanshan sat silently under the moonlight.

With her bare face like ice, no bystanders dared to approach her, only Lin Chen sighed quietly and asked, "Let's go..."

Mu Yanshan only replied "I know" but didn't say any more, got up and went back to her room.

Lin Chen lowered his head and walked slowly to the outer courtyard.The bystanders were confused and worried.

Lin Chen looked up at the sky and narrowed his eyes.Under the gloomy darkness, Jiuqing's imperial capital Jinling.It seems to be preparing for its first real torrential autumn rain.The heavy rain after the Mid-Autumn Festival is the best way to wash away the heat. After a few days of rain, the hot summer gradually fades away, and the air in the morning and evening is already very cool.

Mei Changsu added more clothes for daily life, tuned the piano and read books all day long at home, but he really didn't care about the outside world, and focused on recuperating.The entire government and the public were calm under the prince's supervision, and everything was as usual, only the Ministry of Rites was a little busy preparing for the emperor's birthday ceremony.Except for a few courtiers and clan who were trusted by Xiao Jingyan, no one knew that a storm that had been brewing for a long time was coming.

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