After the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the court resumed, and the matter of exchanging protons with Baiyue was inevitably brought up again, and the ministers asked Emperor Longqing to make a decision as soon as possible.

After resting in the harem for more than half a month, Emperor Longqing sitting on the dragon chair not only did not feel refreshed, but looked a little sluggish, probably because his filial son, King Lie, died two months ago on Emperor Longqing's Longevity Day. , sent him a beauty into the palace.

Seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls are exactly the same age as flowers, and they also look like delicate flowers. Before they were sent to the palace, they were trained very well. Emperor Longqing refused to obey his old age. The beautiful woman next to him made him miss his majesty when he was young. The beauty's surname was Zhang, and he was conferred the title of Shuyi by Emperor Longqing on the second day of his bedside service. Rest in Zhang Shuyi's palace.

After listening to the ministers' report, Emperor Longqing squinted his eyes and searched among the ministers below, "Where is the Marquis of Ning'an? Why didn't you come to court today?"

The eunuch who was serving at the side hurriedly bowed his head and whispered in Emperor Longqing's ear, "My Majesty, Ning'an Marquis handed over a letter of leave today, saying that something happened at home."

Emperor Longqing snorted dissatisfiedly, "What's the matter? What could be more important than what I told him? How long has it been since I asked him to find someone for me? Where are you? work?"

At this time, Han Yucheng came out from the front of the queue of civil servants, stepped forward to salute and said: "The emperor calms down, I have something to do, please play."

Emperor Longqing waved his hands, "Say."

Han Yucheng said: "Since Ning'an Hou's family has something to do with him, the emperor might as well leave the matter of finding the seventh prince to the minister, and I promise the emperor that he will find the seventh prince as soon as possible."

"How fast is as soon as possible?" Emperor Longqing looked at Han Yucheng and pondered, "Han Qing thinks, how long is it right for me to give you?"

Han Yucheng thought for a moment, and said, "It takes half a month."

"Okay, I'll give you another half a month." Emperor Longqing made the decision, with a smile that was half a smile, like approval or mockery, "Although you took care of this job yourself, if it takes half a month Now, if you still fail to hand over someone to me, you have to think about the consequences."

Han Yucheng took his time, bowed his waist and thanked him: "I will live up to the trust of the emperor!"

After leaving court, King Lie hurriedly caught up with Han Yucheng who was walking in front, pulled him aside, and asked strangely: "Okay, what are you doing with such a thankless job all of a sudden?"

In King Lie's heart, he still thought that Han Yucheng was with him, and he didn't want Han Yucheng to take risks because of this matter. If Han Yucheng was not found in the end, and Han Yucheng was angered and punished by Emperor Longqing, his power would also be affected. .

Han Yucheng smiled and said: "The Marquis of Ning'an has searched for many days but has not found the whereabouts of the Seventh Prince. If I don't take this matter over today, isn't Your Highness afraid that the Emperor will send you to Baiyue as a hostage? "

"How is that possible." Lie Wang snorted disapprovingly, and said confidently, "Even if Xiao Qi can't be found, father will not be willing to let me go to Baiyue. He is old and needs children to be filial. At that time, you couldn't do without this king at all, Yucheng, you are really worrying too much."

If the matter had been placed two months ago, Lie Wang might still be uncertain about Emperor Longqing's thoughts, but now he can be said to be confident. A woman helped him blow the pillow wind in Emperor Longqing's ear, so he didn't worry that the matter of the proton would fall on him.

Han Yucheng was well aware of King Lie's little calculation, and said with a faint smile: "If you don't worry about the situation, you should take care of it, and the initiative will be in our hands. If there is any movement on the prince's side, it is always prepared."

King Lie thought about it, and what Han Yucheng said made sense, "Yucheng, you should act cautiously, that's right, it is impossible for my elder nephew to be willing to be a proton, and if Xiao Qi can't find him in the end, he might have to reveal it." What are the storms coming?" After he finished speaking, he paused, moved his head closer to Han Yucheng, lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "But you also have to be careful, don't be troubled by this matter, if you really can't find it, when you have to, Just give him a civet cat in exchange for the crown prince."

"Old five, why are you here?"

The two were talking about some shameful things, when suddenly a voice as bright as a bell sounded from behind, which startled the ghostly King Lie, and when he looked back, it turned out that the prince had come to find him.

King Lie stood aside, distanced himself from Han Yucheng, and said nonchalantly, "It's brother, do you have anything to do with me?"

The prince is not tall, with a big belly and a good-natured image. He was panting all the way, and said anxiously: "Father has something to ask for you, so hurry up and follow me to the imperial study." After finishing speaking, pay attention Han Yucheng, who was standing next to him, looked at Han Yucheng with a smile on his face and said, "Yucheng is also here, last time you mentioned how to implement the court's favorable policy, I just wanted to discuss with you, and I will come back to you later. "

King Lie couldn't understand the prince's hypocrisy and hypocrisy the most, and he said in a strange way: "Brother really never forgets to worry about the country and the people all the time, and talks about working for the well-being of the people all day long, but when the people really need you I didn’t see you step forward when I was a child. Little Qi is pitiful. Although he was born in the royal family, he didn’t enjoy the blessings of the royal family for a day, but he has to travel to Baiyue for the sake of our old Duan’s family. Alas, as an older brother, I feel really sorry."

The prince didn't seem to notice the taunting meaning in King Lie's words, and sighed: "Who says it's not? I've also persuaded my father several times to put the country's affairs first. Wuji is young and vigorous, just needs experience. At that time, it would be perfect for Baiyue to let him go, but the old man is not willing to part with his grandson, so I can't help it, but after Xiao Qi is found, I will persuade Father Huang to think twice."

King Lie turned his head and rolled his eyes, and muttered: "Speaking is better than singing, it's a waste of talent not to sing."

Han Yucheng was caught in the middle of the two, and it was hard to be a man at both ends. He took a step back and planned to escape. He cupped his hands and saluted: "Your Highness, I have something to do, so I will leave first."

After Xia Dynasty left the palace, Han Yucheng returned to the mansion in a carriage. Not long after entering the mansion, he quietly left the mansion through the back door in casual clothes, and went to a relatively remote teahouse in the capital.

When they arrived at the place to explain their purpose, the waiter in the shop led Han Yucheng to a private room on the second floor, knocked on the door twice, and someone inside came out to open the door, but when the door was opened, the people inside and Han Yucheng were both taken aback when they saw each other. They asked in unison: "Why are you?"

Bai Jinfu came out from the inside, first sent the waiter away, and then casually said to Han Yucheng, "Come in and talk." Then he instructed Jiang Shuheng, "Don't be dumbfounded, close the door."

Han Yucheng: "..."

Jiang Shuheng: "..."

This morning, Bai Jinfu asked Jiang Shuheng to go out with him, saying that he wanted to meet someone to discuss a big plan. Jiang Shuheng never thought that the person Bai Jinfu wanted to meet would be the current prime minister. Although he was shocked, how could Bai Jinfu, an ordinary person, He had a relationship with such a big official as Han Yucheng, but he obediently closed the door first, and then stood at the side of the room with Han Yucheng, looking at Bai Jinfu inside without saying a word.

Bai Jinfu sat down calmly, looking at the two men standing in front of him like two door gods, "Why are you looking at me like that? Are you so surprised when you see each other?"

"We were not surprised when we saw each other, but because we didn't expect you to be so secretive." Han Yucheng and Jiang Shuheng looked at each other and said with a smile, "It turns out that the general is also his guest , What a disrespect."

Jiang Shuheng didn't know the yin and yang of scholars, so he pointed at Bai Jinfu and asked, "How did you meet him? Why didn't you tell me?"

Bai Jinfu curled his lips slightly, and asked calmly, "Is what you said important?"

"Isn't it important?" Jiang Shuheng frowned, feeling as if he was being tricked, his voice raised uncontrollably, "How many things are you hiding from me?"

"Can you stop talking to me in such a tone of blaming unscrupulous people?" Bai Jin waved his hand to signal the two to sit down before continuing, "As the saying goes, there are three stakes for a fence, and three gangs for a good guy. It is not an ordinary matter, but an earth-shattering event, so naturally the more helpers the better, otherwise, with me, with you, who can you beat?"

"Sorry, I don't cooperate with people who are not honest." Han Yucheng glanced at Bai Jinfu coldly, and turned to leave, "This is the end of our deal."

Bai Jinfu patted the table, and said in a low voice, "Stop! I'm hiding something from you, but why do you tell me everything? People who say big things don't care about trivial matters. Gou Jian tried his best before, and Han Xin accepted his crotch later." Disgrace, you, Han Yucheng, are you only so bold if you want to achieve great things?"

Jiang Shuheng listened blankly. It was the first time he had seen someone dare to talk to Han Yucheng like that. He couldn't help but sweat for Bai Jin in his heart, and hurriedly uttered a voice to help smooth things over: "The one who celebrates Chinese New Year, everyone It's not easy, you're here, why don't you just sit down and have a cup of tea for my sake?"

Han Yucheng looked sideways at Jiang Shuheng, silently expressing disdain with his eyes, how much is your face worth.

Bai Jinfu saw that Han Yucheng had stopped and had no intention of leaving for the time being, and continued: "Both of you know my identity, and we have a common enemy, the so-called enemy of an enemy is a friend, so why can't we cooperate? "

Han Yucheng mockingly said: "Why, you still want to sell yourself twice? Do you overestimate your worth and think that you are very popular?"

Hearing this, Jiang Shuheng was very dissatisfied with the tone of Han Yucheng and Bai Jinfu's speech, and said to Han Yucheng bluntly: "Hey Han Yucheng, can you not speak so harshly? What is selling? Although I don't know the relationship between you and him. What's going on, but he and I are definitely not what you think, don't judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

Bai Jinfu was very pleased after so long, and finally heard a decent sentence from Jiang Shuheng's mouth. He gave Jiang Shuheng an appreciative look, and then tried hard to persuade Han Yucheng, saying: "You and I both take what we need, but you and Da The general is helping each other, so the interests of the two of you do not conflict, and you don’t have to worry about your own interests being damaged. Even if you think I’m not good enough to cooperate with, you might as well sit down and have a chat first, in case you hear me later Are you interested in the proposal?"

Han Yucheng's eyes flickered coldly, then he walked up to Bai Jinfu and sat down with his clothes lifted, "Okay, I'll hear what else you can say."

Seeing that Han Yucheng had sat down, Jiang Shuheng found a bench beside Bai Jinfu and sat down.

"Then let me just say a few words. The three of us cooperate with different goals but the same goal. I want to save my life, you want power, and he wants..." Bai Jinfu paused at this point, then turned to ask Jiang Shuheng, "What do you want?" What do you want?"

"How do I know what I want?" Jiang Shuheng looked dazed, "I don't even know what you're talking about."

Jiang Shuheng wanted to avenge his father and brother, but it was not appropriate for Han Yucheng to know about it for the time being, so Bai Jinfu changed his mind and made up a random reason to deal with Han Yucheng, "He is helping me."

Han Yucheng stared at Bai Jinfu, his expression gradually became playful, and his eyes showed a sense of playfulness, "At first I only thought that you and Ning Anhou were ambiguous, but I didn't expect that I was wrong. You really have a big appetite, how about playing with two boats?"

Bai Jinfu was stabbed in the heart by Han Yucheng's few words, and he glared at him angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "Why are you on two boats, Ning Anhou and I are innocent, can you have some sense of judgment when you are so grown up?" , Don’t believe in rumors, don’t you know if you don’t spread rumors?”

Han Yucheng nodded pretending to be clear, clicked his tongue twice and said: "If you are innocent with Marquis Ning'an, then you will be ambiguous with the Great General. It is really hard for Marquis Ning'an, who has been going around all over the past few days. I'm so anxious to find you, you've got nothing to do with others."

"Has Feng Liang said enough?" Bai Jinfu smiled instead of anger, half-closed his peach eyes, and smiled provocatively at Han Yucheng, "Yes, I am such a ruthless person, you can give me both Say less, I still want to step on your boat, will you give it or not?"

Jiang Shuheng also realized that he was offended, and pointed at Han Yucheng, "I will warn you one last time, speak as you say, don't hold a gun with a stick, my mouth is not as good as you scholars, but I Your fist is not a vegetarian, I don't do it not because I'm afraid of you, but because I don't want to make a big fuss, you know?"

Han Yucheng couldn't be bothered to argue with a martial artist, glanced at Bai Jinfu, lowered his head and casually cleaned his cuffs, "Continue to say what you just said."

Bai Jin stabilized his mind, regained his composure, and said succinctly: "In short, if you have a common enemy, you can work together. First defeat the enemy, and then each of you can get what you need. What do you think?"

Han Yucheng pondered for a moment, then asked: "How do I know that you will not betray your trust, and when the person at the top is overthrown, I won't be the next target to eradicate?"

Bai Jinfu chuckled lightly, and said mockingly: "You want to cover the sky with one hand, but you don't want to take risks. How can there be such a good thing in the world? You are afraid that I will betray my promise, so why am I not gambling with my life? Your Excellency , you can't just think about taking advantage and refuse to take any losses, right?"

This was already the most slippery time Bai Jinfu felt he had. He swore that he had never memorized his lines so fluently before. If Han Yucheng couldn't be tempted by this, then he wouldn't be able to.

After listening to what Bai Jinfu said, Han Yucheng lowered his eyes and pondered for a long time, as if he was weighing whether it was worth cooperating with Bai Jinfu. Bai Jinfu also silently observed Han Yucheng's face, but it was a pity that the man was hiding too much , just from the surface, it is impossible to see whether he is indifferent or not.

I don't know how much time has passed, but just when Bai Jinfu thought that Han Yucheng could not be persuaded, Han Yucheng's drooping eyelids finally lifted up.

"I don't cooperate with useless people. If you want to persuade me to join your camp, you must first let me see your value." Han Yucheng stood up and kicked the chair behind him, looked down at Bai Jinfu and said, "Look I am in charge of the Seventh Prince's matter now, and I will bring you to the emperor in a few days to verify your integrity, you must first find a way to gain a foothold in this imperial city, and then tell me later."

After speaking, he turned and opened the door and walked out.

As soon as Han Yucheng left, the room became quiet again.

After a while, Jiang Shuheng, who had been stroking his chin and thinking, suddenly slammed the table, looked at Bai Jinfu with a sudden realization, and said, "I seem to understand what you and Han Yucheng just said, are you planning to Restore the status of the prince, and win him over to help you fight for the throne?"

Bai Jinfu looked at him happily, "It's really rare. I thought you would have to think about it for three days and three nights to understand your EQ. I didn't expect you to figure it out so quickly."

"Go, I don't have the heart to joke with you." Jiang Shuheng changed his usual cynicism and looked serious, "Do you not understand who Han Yucheng is? If the one in the palace is a tiger, then he Han Yucheng is a jackal, you Associating with that kind of person, not only will you not gain any benefits from him, but you may end up being swallowed by him with bones and dregs, do you understand?"

Bai Jinfu pursed his lips indifferently, and asked jokingly: "They are wolves, tigers and leopards, so what are you?"

Jiang Shuheng was puzzled, "What am I?"

"You're Erha." Bai Jinfu looked at Jiang Shuheng and finished speaking. The more he looked at Jiang Shuheng, the more he felt like him. Suddenly, he couldn't help but lay down on the table and laughed, his shoulders were shaking all the time.

Jiang Shuheng couldn't understand what Bai Jinfu was saying, but he could guess that "erha" was not a good word. Seeing Bai Jinfu's nervousness, he said speechlessly, "I think you are really sick."

Bai Jinfu waited until he had laughed enough, raised his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, stretched out his hand and patted Jiang Shuheng's shoulder heavily, and said jokingly: "I have General Jiang Shuheng, who can defeat the enemy general in the midst of thousands of troops. Chief, how could he be afraid of Han Yucheng?"

After Jiang Shuheng listened to the flattery, he found it very useful. He raised his eyebrows proudly, and said confidently, "That's right. For a frail scholar like Han Yucheng, I can kill ten of them with one punch."

"That's right!" Bai Jinfu suddenly felt a bit of pride and ambition, staring into Jiang Shuheng's eyes, and said in a deep voice, "The general will kill the enemy for me, and I will avenge the general's family. This deal is really fair!"

Jiang Shuheng is not as optimistic as Bai Jinfu, "It's easy to say, you should first think about how to gain a foothold in the palace after you regain your identity. You have just arrived in the capital, and you have never set foot in the court. The water is deep. Han Yucheng is old and cunning. If you are not of value, he will not help you. You said that if you were sent to Baiyue as a hostage as soon as you returned to the palace, that would be great. Then I will help you Just to hurt you? Why don't you just leave now. "

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. God didn't let me come to this world to survive. If I don't work hard, wouldn't I be a human in vain?" Bai Jinfu said calmly. He poured himself a cup of tea, lifted the teacup to his lips and took a sip, then put it back on the table in a gentle manner, his red lips curled up freely, "Han Yucheng only knows about one card in my hand, I still don't care about it." There is a hole card that is not shown."

-

It was already the third day that Bai Jinfu disappeared. Jing Yu sent people to watch all the possible places where Bai Jinfu might go, and at the same time ordered people to search secretly, but almost every corner of the huge capital city was searched. Still haven't found any trace of Bai Jinfu.

In the past three days, in order to find someone, Jing Yu hardly closed his eyes. The longer the time passed since Bai Jinfu left, the more uneasy he felt. What should he do when he meets a vicious person?

On the fourth day of Bai Jinfu's disappearance, Concubine Shu, who was far away in the palace, somehow heard the wind and called Jing Yu into the palace.

Not long ago, Concubine Shu found that Jing Yu was much more haggard than when she saw her last time, there was a shadow under her eyes, a lot of blue stubble appeared on her chin, and the edges and corners of her face became more distinct , couldn't help being startled, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked with concern: "Bofei, what's wrong with you? Why are you so haggard?"

Jing Yu didn't say the reason, but after saluting, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Why is my aunt asking me to enter the palace?"

Concubine Shu looked at Jing Yu worriedly, "I heard news from outside the palace that you are looking for someone? Is anyone in the house missing?"

Jing Yu lowered his eyes sadly, "It's Ah Fu."

"..." Concubine Shu was stunned, and asked incomprehensibly, "Didn't you plan to send him away from the capital before, wouldn't it be a good time for him to leave?"

"I haven't had time to send him away in the future, but he is..." Jing Yu said in a daze, "I was angry and left."

In fact, when he decided to send Bai Jinfu away, besides the fact that Bai Jinfu was the seventh prince, there was another reason. He found that he seemed to care more and more about Bai Jinfu. Every time he got along with Bai Jinfu, his heartbeat and emotions He is also getting more and more out of his control. In order to prevent making mistakes again and again, he can only choose to ignore his own heart.

Concubine Shu had never doubted Jing Yu's sexual orientation, so she didn't think about it in other aspects, she only thought there was a little conflict between them, and comforted Jing Yu kindly, saying: "It is inevitable that young people are a bit high-minded. After a long time, if you figure it out, you might come back by yourself, don't worry too much."

"Will he do it?" Jing Yu looked up at Concubine Shu eagerly, as if he urgently needed an affirmative answer to help him strengthen his hope.

Concubine Shu smiled, "Yes, didn't you say that he only knew you in the capital? Where else would he go if he didn't come back? Well, let's put this matter aside for now and ask you to enter the palace. There is still something to do." Discuss with you."

Jing Yu asked absently, "What's the matter?"

Concubine Shu pulled Jing Yu to sit down at the table, and said earnestly: "It's your marriage. Princess Dongyang entered the palace yesterday and came to look for me again. I know that you have said last time that you have no intention of marrying Princess Changle, but Your marriage is undecided, and it's not good for me to directly smear the eldest princess' face. So I came to ask you if you want to think about it again. You and Changle princess are very suitable in terms of family background and appearance. How about the capital? Which noble daughter is more suitable to be your wife of Marquis Ning'an than Princess Changle? This is indeed a good marriage, it would be a pity if I missed it."

"I also ask my aunt to help me convey to Princess Dongyang that it is Jing Yu's honor to have her blue eyes, but Shu Jing Yu can only disappoint her kindness, because," Jing Yu clenched his hands on his knees, as if As if she had made up her mind, she slowly said, "I already...have my heart."

When Concubine Shu heard that Jing Yu was finally willing to admit that she had someone in her heart, she first showed surprise, then she brows happily, and said eagerly: "Who is it? This is a good thing, why didn't you tell Ben Gong earlier?"

Jing Yu forced a smile, and said perfunctorily: "I haven't written my horoscope yet, so it's not good to say who it is first, I'm afraid it will be bad for his reputation, if I have a chance in the future, I will bring him to pay my aunt's greetings. "

Concubine Shu nodded happily, clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, it's rare that you have someone you like, so you have to work harder, but you are so straightforward, I am a little worried that you will coax people. It's okay , as the saying goes, a strong girl is afraid of entanglement, if she likes her, she will go after her boldly, I don't believe it, there is no girl who will not be tempted by such a good-looking and good-looking son as Ning Anhou!"

Jing Yu curled his lips bitterly, as long as the man was willing to return to him, why didn't he want to be bold.

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