Jiang Qing

After a night of heavy rain and strong wind, it was not until the next morning that the rain stopped as the sky gradually turned white.

Bai Jianye only came back to the mansion when it was dawn, only one night, he seemed to be several years old, with a deep tiredness in his brows, he was unsteady on his feet when he even walked into the study, so scared that the old housekeeper, Uncle Meng, hurried up to help him he.

"Patriarch?" He helped Bai Jianye to a chair and sat down, twisting a towel to wake him up.

Neither Emperor Mu Zhao Ying nor Wei Tao, the cabinet minister of the Fudi Pavilion, were good people. Bai Jianye had been tensely talking with them all night, but now he suddenly relaxed, feeling tired all over the place.

Seeing Uncle Meng's caring eyes on him, Bai Jianye laughed at himself and said, "Tell me, am I really old? For some reason, I feel powerless."

Seeing that he was a bit weary of the world, Uncle Meng said distressedly: "The master has done a good job, you can rest if you are really tired, and there is still the young master here. If the master has not finished, the young master will finish it for you .”

Thinking of Bai Bingchen, Bai Jianye's eyes showed a little softness. He looked towards the void, as if he was looking at an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time, with a slight smile on his mouth: "His eyes are really like Chu Fu, he is beautiful, and he is ignorant. He looks like a deer in the forest. But he is not as lively as Chufu was back then, and his temper looks calmer."

"My son's temperament is following the master. When Madam was in the mansion, the mansion was so lively. It was like a festival on weekdays. Everyone in the mansion was happy..." Uncle Meng suddenly realized He said something wrong and stopped talking.

Without his words, the study was silent, just like the White House, where the breath of life was taken away, and it was soaked in the dead silence for a long time.

"I really didn't fulfill my responsibilities as a father. When Chufu was pregnant with Bingchen, I couldn't be by their side. I know that he hated me in his heart. He was as stubborn as his mother in his bones, and I I'm afraid he's in this officialdom..." Bai Jianye stopped talking, pursed his lips, as if realizing that he put him in danger, and couldn't say the rest.

Uncle Meng looked at Bai Jianye's face, and said carefully: "Then why did the master go to test the young master? That kick was not light, and the old slave felt distressed when he saw it."

Bai Jianye sighed and said: "I was thinking that as time goes on, many things can be taught to him slowly, but accidents will happen suddenly. The scheming and strategy can be developed slowly in the future, but if he and I are not of the same heart De, then there is no need to teach. Is he still in the ancestral hall?"

"According to the master's instructions, I sent a letter to Zhou Yue, and he really went to see the young master."

"Have you said anything?"

"He asked Zhou Yue to go to Lanzhou to inform Mei Shao." Seeing Bai Jianye's brows slightly relaxed, Uncle Meng had a smile in his eyes, knowing that Bai Bingchen had passed his master's test.

"I'm going to see him. For some things, it's better to inform him as soon as possible." Bai Jianye also ignored his sleepless body and went to the ancestral hall.

It was a cold night, and Bai Bingchen leaned against the wall, in a daze, sleepiness mixed with thoughts, making him a little out of breath, half asleep and half awake, full of fire and iron horses.

In the haze, a blinding light hit his face, and Bai Bingchen woke up suddenly, and found that the door of the ancestral hall was opened, and his father was kneeling in front of the memorial tablet.

"Father? You..."

Bai Jianye seemed to know what he was going to ask, and said coldly: "I have presented all the evidence to His Majesty."

He looked at Bai Bingchen who was stunned, and said again: "You sent Zhou Yue to Lanzhou?"

Bai Bingchen stared at him without saying a word, a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.

"You should be clear, it's still too late for me to send someone to intercept him." Bai Jianye stood up, slowly cleaned up the overflowing ashes from the incense burner, lit a stick of incense again, and bowed.

Bai Bingchen had never felt so calm before. He stood up against the wall and walked towards Bai Jianye, "What does father want me to do?"

He understood that Bai Jianye didn't say anything to death, but just gave himself a chance to talk about the deal.

Bai Bingchen clenched his fists tightly, but he didn't care about it on his face, and wrote lightly: "Do you want me to win some official position, or earn some glory for the Bai family? What does father want?"

It's a pity that his calmness is too superficial, Bai Jianye can see the tension and concern hidden in his eyes with a glance.

Bai Jianye didn't answer him, but turned around, staring at Bai Bingchen's with his deep eyes, as if he wanted to see his heart.

Being stared at fiercely, Bai Bingchen held down the gaze he wanted to avoid, and looked back without fear.

In just a few years of getting along, Bai Jianye's eyes are always indifferent, and he always glances lightly when he looks at a person. feel offended.Such naked/naked direct stares are very rare, as if looking at something, full of aggression.

"You care about him, about the Mei family, about those former classmates and friends. You are afraid of losing, and even disobey me. There is hatred, resentment, and... contempt for me in your eyes." Bai Jianye lightly Smiling, retracting his gaze, "These are all I saw in your eyes. When you are unable to protect what you care about, I advise you to restrain the emotions in your eyes. You look like you are simply Tell me where your weakness is."

"The more you face an opponent with disparity in strength, the less you should open your mouth to propose a deal first, you are too impatient." Bai Jianye sneered, and shouted outside: "Uncle Meng, get someone to tie Zhou Yue back. "

Bai Bingchen panicked and blurted out: "Father!"

Without the composure he pretended to be calm, there was a hint of softness in his words.

And Bai Jianye seemed to be very jealous of his compromise, and stretched out his hand to pinch his chin and said, "It's a big taboo to expose your weakness to people you can't control, and it's stupid to be soft after you say harsh words."

"The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. What's more, the treason is true. As a minister, why do you want to inform the son of the treason?"

"Then to father, what is loyalty to the emperor and what is loyalty to minister?" Seemingly irritated by Bai Jianye's repeated words, Bai Bingchen knocked off the hand that was clamping his chin, and asked: "Father's participation in treason is disloyal." , and betrayed an old friend, it is unrighteous, and my father has been an unfaithful and unrighteous person, do you still want to ask me what loyalty is?"

"Father has something to hide from me." Bai Bingchen said the words firmly. After a night of deliberation, he found a contradiction in Bai Jianye's words.

"Last night, my father really wanted to go back to the house quietly without being noticed. Why did he detour and pass by my study room? After I found the letter, he still let me read it without stopping him?"

Facing Bai Bingchen's counterattack, the anger in Bai Jianye's eyes gradually calmed down. He didn't interrupt, but stood quietly aside, listening to Bai Bingchen's question.

"If my father really wants to order someone to bring Zhou Yue back, he doesn't need to inform me in advance. Besides, the person outside is not Uncle Meng. Is my father trying to test my attitude towards treason?"

From yesterday's father's abnormal behavior to today's pressing every step of the way, Bai Bingchen could vaguely sense the secret behind this incident, and he couldn't wait to know what was going on.

What kind of thing made the Mei family, which is related to the royal family, choose to plot rebellion, and the Qianliu family, who have been defending the territory on horseback for generations, followed, and even a civil official like his father, who was wise and protective of his life, also participated in it.

As far as Bai Bingchen knows, although Concubine Mei is deeply loved by the emperor, she has never had any heirs, nor has she ever had a prince who has been raised by her knees for a long time. Prince, then their rebellion is not for the sake of seeking superiority, but more like... the side of the Qing emperor?

These were originally Bai Bingchen's speculations overnight, but after seeing his father's attitude today, he believed his own guesses even more.

The kings of the Li Kingdom have believed in the Fudi Pavilion for generations to govern the country and the country. Since the founding emperor Zhao Heyu, the status of the cabinet ministers is far higher than that of ordinary officials.Whether it is foreign enemies or internal affairs, the opinions of the cabinet ministers have a very important position in the emperor's heart.

Bai Bingchen compiled history books for three years, and he also has a general understanding of Li Guo's cabinet ministers for generations.Even though the history books treat Fudi Pavilion with palpable praise, there is still a fact revealed between the lines: since the fourth emperor of the Li Kingdom, Emperor Mu Lie, has abdicated, the cabinet ministers selected by Fudi Pavilion are not as good as the previous generation.

The ones who are a little better are at most yelling at themselves, dreaming about the Spring and Autumn Dream of visiting immortals and asking questions, at most they are not doing political affairs, but if there are cabinet ministers who make troubles in the court and influence the king's heart, they will set the country's foundation In a dangerous place, such as Wei Tao, a cabinet minister who accompanied the emperor.

When Emperor Mu Zhao and Zhao Ying first came to the throne, Wei Tao could be regarded as a virtuous minister, and the people's livelihood strategies he put forward were quite effective, keeping Zhao Ying firmly on the throne for more than ten years.But as the authority moved down, Wei Tao became more and more arrogant, suppressing generals, building civil engineering, and bewitching the king's heart.

But he was also a smart man, never too prominent, he would first persuade Zhao Ying to accept his political views in private, and when the emperor's edict was issued, the ministers who had opinions could only stare blankly and obediently obey the emperor's orders.

And Cangshan is the place where Fudi Pavilion was born in the founding annals, and it is the place where each generation of cabinet ministers was selected by Xianyu.The uncles of the aristocratic families chose His Majesty to launch a mutiny when he stayed in the Cangshan Palace, perhaps because they wanted to wipe out everything in one go. What they wanted to get rid of was not just a Wei Tao, but the entire Fudi Pavilion.

Thinking of this, Bai Bingchen's heart trembled even deeper. He subconsciously looked at his father, but he couldn't ask any of the things he wanted to ask.

He clearly knew how stupid and lonely such a decision was.Except for the founding monarch who has seen the owner of Fudi Pavilion, no one has seen his true face so far.The only knowledge in the world about the Fudi Pavilion is the cabinet ministers who are replaced with each generation of monarchs, and a piece of immortal decree that only the emperor can distinguish the true and false of the cabinet ministers.

No one knows whether the owner of the Fudi Pavilion who followed the founding emperor to fight in all directions is human or immortal, or whether he still exists in the world.Under such circumstances, it is really an unwise choice for several generals to use their troops to attack and use manpower to fight against a illusory person.

Such a simple truth can be seen by Bai Bingchen, a person who has not been deeply involved in the court. It is impossible for the uncle and the others not to know the stakes of the relationship.But they still decided to do so, how much helplessness and consideration are behind it?

If it weren't for Bai Jianye's intentional guidance, Bai Bingchen would never have imagined that behind the seemingly peaceful court situation, there was such a dark tide hidden.

He looked at Bai Jianye and realized that he had never known him before. He had a lot of thoughts in his mind, and for a moment he didn't know what position his father occupied in this plan. what purpose.

Seeing the fluctuating light in Bai Bingchen's eyes, knowing that there were many doubts in his heart, Bai Jianye sighed softly, took out a jade wrench from his bosom, and handed it to him.

After taking the jade finger, Bai Bingchen looked at it carefully for a while, only to feel that the quality of the jade was very good, it looked like a royal item, and nothing else could be discerned.

However, Bai Jianye's eyes followed Yutu's finger, his eyes were filled with admiration, "Do you know the origin of our Bai family?"

The author says:

happy mid-Autumn Festival! !Moon cake pomegranate tastes good!

No update tomorrow~