The sick beauty has caught the bamboo horse

Chu Heng's face was extremely calm, and he looked at him quietly.

Zhou Qingyan's sentence "I won't marry Zhaohe" choked in his throat in an instant, and Ziyuan knew it without saying anything.

Zhou Qingyan suddenly relaxed a lot in his heart for some reason, pondered for a moment and said: "Princess Zhaohe's going to ask for a marriage is probably touching the emperor's scales."

Princess Yan Fei of the Zhaohe era was beautiful and domineering. Originally, a concubine would only be a concubine if she gave birth to a boy and a half girl—for example, Yan Ke's mother concubine.

But Yanfei's mother and concubine Wei Guiren is only a small nobleman so far because of her mother's extremely prominent family.Emperor Jiaxing was probably a little ashamed of his daughter, so he bestowed the title early on. Although he did not formally establish a mansion, his status was much higher than that of the Eighth Princess Yanxi.

But this still couldn't change Yan Fei's embarrassing situation.Those who have men of the right age in the court are either too high or too low.

Gu Qianyun is obviously the least suitable one among them.No matter how stupid Emperor Jiaxing was, he wouldn't be able to combine the two phases of Wei and Zhao.

After thinking about it, Zhou Qingyan actually became a good prescription in the eyes of Emperor Jiaxing - Wuying Pavilion directly obeyed the emperor's orders, and had old enemies with most of the officials in the court.

Even if Zhou Qingyan became Wei Xiang's grandson-in-law, Wei Xiang didn't dare to get closer because of embarrassment.

What Emperor Jiaxing could think of, how could Zhou and Chu not think of it.It's just that Zhou Qingyan didn't expect him to be loyal to Emperor Jiaxing for three years, and in the end even marriage became a bargaining chip in his heart.

A cold light flashed in Zhou Qingyan's eyes.

Chu Heng said in a timely manner: "You must be careful when you go to the palace, I am afraid that the emperor will not let you get your wish easily."

clack.

The lighted jade chess pieces landed on the chessboard with a crisp sound, which instantly recalled Zhou Qingyan's drifting thoughts.

"Zhou Qing, how can you lose your mind while playing chess?" Emperor Jiaxing who was facing the young man smiled like a kind elder at home.

Emperor Jiaxing just passed his 42nd birthday not long ago. Although the birthday party was not very happy, it can be comforted that he is still in his prime at this age.

The emperor was dressed in bright yellow, with sparse white hair growing on the top of his head, his face was covered with dimples, and his chaotic eyes looked directly at Zhou Qingyan, with a few gleams of light faintly flashing in the depths of his eyes.

Zhou Qingyan recalled what Chu Heng had said to him, lowered his eyes and smiled lowly: "Your Majesty's chess skills are exquisite, and I am willing to bow down." Then he cast his hand and surrendered.

"Hahaha." Emperor Jiaxing laughed twice, put down the chess piece, "Su Qing, come and count to see who wins between me and him."

Zhou Qingyan's eyes glanced at Su Qing. The latter was not wearing the clothes of a high-ranking eunuch in the court. Instead, he was wearing a Confucian uniform with wide sleeves and blue clothes. With a gentle face, he looked like a young man who was going to Beijing for an exam.

Su Qing answered "Yes", stepped forward and counted the chess pieces on both sides carefully, and after a long while said softly, "Your Majesty wins one and a half pieces."

Emperor Jiaxing immediately laughed happily.As this man got older, he cared more and more about winning and losing, as if he was better than the young people now, like returning to the time when he was drawing a bow and archery.

Emperor Jiaxing said happily: "Zhou Qing is worthy of being my pillar. This will soon become my son-in-law."

coming.

Zhou Qingyan thumped and knelt down: "I hope Your Majesty will make amends. I cannot marry Princess Zhaohe."

Emperor Jiaxing's raised eyebrows immediately drooped and he said in a deep voice, "Why?"

"I already have someone I like." Zhou Qingyan said, bowing his head on the ground.

Emperor Jiaxing relaxed his tone again: "Zhaohe is your first wife, you can marry the person you like as a concubine." It is common for men to have three wives and four concubines.

There was a coldness behind Zhou Qingyan: "Minister, I swear never to marry a concubine in this life, and the position of main wife is only reserved for the one I love."

boom!The teacup fell to pieces, and the tea even hit Zhou Qingyan's neck.

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Jiaxing thought he had given enough to Zhou Qingyan, who knew that this person didn't know how to repent and disobeyed him again and again, "Is my Showa not worthy of you?"

Zhou Qingyan knelt down and remained silent.

Emperor Jiaxing blushed with anger and paced back and forth: "Zhou Qingyan, I forgive you for your dedication and dedication in the past few years without any fault, and Zhaohe is pleased with you, so I agreed to give you the marriage. You, you are so ignorant!"

"Since ancient times, the king has wanted to kill his ministers and his ministers have to die. You are so disobedient to me, how can you still have half of your duty as a courtier?" Emperor Jiaxing seemed to erupt from a volcano, "Why, I have given you privileges for three years, so you can climb on top of my head gone?"

Zhou Qingyan couldn't help clenching his hands on the ground.

What exclusive privilege?grace?

In the past three years, he has built the Wuying Pavilion single-handedly, and the orders issued by the emperor have never been completed without the people in the pavilion dying.For information and news, he was poisoned by an arrow, and now he is half-destroyed, but in the mouth of the emperor, it became a grace and a privilege.

The young man straightened his back slowly, and the peach blossom eyes that had always been full of love were now shining brightly: "I will not obey my orders."

Since ancient times, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. It is obviously not the best strategy to deal with the emperor's disobedience.Zhou Qingyan could choose a more gentle and roundabout way to solve the matter without making Emperor Jiaxing angry.

Zhou Qingyan has been doing this for the past three years.Involving a bunch of people with faults and faults, one question turned countless turns, and almost slipped all the officials all over before finally satisfying Emperor Jiaxing.

Therefore, Emperor Jiaxing took it for granted that this would be the case this time. Even if Zhou Qingyan was unwilling to marry Zhaohe, he would definitely be able to come up with a better solution to satisfy him.

In the end, he got himself into trouble and offended all his officials, and the emperor gained a reputation as a wise man.

Zhou Qingyan didn't care about offending others, he just didn't want Ziyuan to suffer even the slightest bit of grievance, and wanted to take the opportunity to see whether Emperor Jiaxing cared about the friendship between the monarch and his ministers in the past three years.

Emperor Jiaxing's chaotic eyeballs suddenly shot out two cold lights, and his gaze was fixed on Zhou Qingyan like a poisonous snake.

After a long while, Emperor Jiaxing said: "Zhou Qing, do you know that the king must die if he wants his ministers to die?"

Zhou Qingyan was in his prime, even if he was kneeling and could only look up at Emperor Jiaxing, there was still a sense of refusal to admit defeat in his bones.

His voice was very soft but unusually steady: "I will die in Sheji."

Emperor Jiaxing was very dissatisfied with such an aura, as if Chu Yue, who had made great achievements three years ago, stood in front of him again - it was clear that Zhou Qingyan did not look like that proud man at all.

That man, who had great prestige in the army, also married the daughter of a contemporary great Confucianist, who had the support of a general and the confidence of a Confucian scholar.Such a person is above the court, how can he sleep peacefully?

Never thought that Chu Yue died, and now Zhou Qingyan jumped out.

Emperor Jiaxing's eyes sank and he narrowed his eyes slightly: "Is your surname really Zhou or Chu?"

Zhou Qingyan frowned uncontrollably: What do you mean?

However, Emperor Jiaxing did not give Zhou Qingyan time to think.

The man sneered: "Since you don't want to marry Zhaohe, then go ask God. If you still don't change your mind after knocking on the Tianshitai, I will obey you."

There is an altar named "Tianshi" on the east side of the Yuanguo Palace, on which the emperors of the Yuanguo were enshrined, with a total of 99 steps.

The winter snow in the twelfth lunar month has gradually receded, but the sunshine in March is warmer and softer than the sunshine in summer, and it is lightly covered with a layer, as if it warms up the hands and feet.

boom!

Zhou Qingyan knocked his head on the steps. The bluestone steps were uneven, leaving a deep red mark in an instant.

When the young man raised his head, the maid who was sweeping the steps was taken aback—with dark eyes and black hair, he had a handsome face so pale that it was almost transparent.

A thousand steps.

Zhou Qingyan counted silently in his heart, knocked his forehead on the steps again, and when he lifted it up, it was stained with fine gravel, and dark red blood slowly flowed down the side of his face—like the marks left by a knife cut.

One thousand and one steps.

When he stood up, he couldn't stop staggering, and the scene in front of him seemed to be magnified countless times in an instant, and his brain was blocked in his eyeballs-only hitting him dizzy.

But now there is no Chu Heng to help him.

Zhou Qingyan's legs softened and he fell to his knees again, holding the ground with his hands at the very moment - so that he could not touch the ground directly.The young man gritted his teeth subconsciously.

pain.

An indescribable and severe dull pain spread all the way up the lower back.A fine layer of cold sweat oozes from Zhou Qingyan's face. He only feels that every muscle and bone in his waist is clamoring and swollen, and his meridian even turns into a bloodthirsty monster, biting his flesh and blood without any scruples.

Zhou Qingyan's eyes turned black uncontrollably, and the soreness climbed up his back along his waist.

Bending and kowtowing 99 times, not to mention Zhou Qingyan, who is seriously ill, is a young and strong military general who will either have a knee or a waist.

Zhou Qingyan broke into four pieces in one breath, managed to climb up another step, raised his head slightly - above his head was a stone step that could not be seen at a glance, then tilted his head slightly - the maid who cleaned the Tianshitai looked down at him , His eyes were full of unbearable and pity.

A court lady whose life is bitter and has never met in her life can give birth to a heart of compassion.

But he had been the scapegoat for Emperor Jiaxing for three years, and his pride could not be exchanged for the emperor's sympathy.

Zhou Qingyan reluctantly took a breath, smiled at the little maid, and then continued to walk up.

There are [-] steps, this feeling is really like when he was punished to kneel in the Chu Mansion, Zhou Qingyan thought happily in pain: How did he survive that year?

Can not remember.I remember that it was snowing heavily, and there was a thick layer of frost on the dead branches. He knelt in the snow, and the snow and frost covered his body.

At that time, he held on and refused to bend down, until the back of his spine and even his waist were frozen into one piece, as if it could be broken if he moved.

In the end... who will save him in the end?

Zhou Qingyan's eyes were so blurred that he could only vaguely see the appearance of the next step. Every time he knelt down, bowed his head and straightened his waist, he could feel the uncontrollable pain in his meridians.

Even the viscera began to twist, and there was a fine pain like a needle prick.

98.

It seems that the endless steps are finally over, and when you look up, you can see neat rows of ranks one after another.Even the sunshine in March added a bit of coldness for nothing.

Zhou Qingyan saw for the first time the first emperor in the row—the founding emperor of the Yuan Kingdom.

□□The emperor was brave and good at fighting, knew people well, and worked hard to create a prosperous world.

Zhou Qingyan looked at the ranking and his lips moved slightly: If there is a spirit in the sky, why not give a glimmer of hope to the country you have single-handedly laid down.

I advise Tiangong to rejuvenate and send down talents in an eclectic manner.

last level.

"Master Zhou!"

Zhou Qingyan's head had just touched the ground when he suddenly heard a hurried shout from outside.The young man subconsciously turned around, and a sharp pain erupted in his waist, which was holding his breath.

Zhou Qingyan's eyes suddenly went black in pain.

Without support, his body fell limply to the side.At the end of the day, Zhou Qingyan only saw Chu Heng who was stepping on the leaves, his dark eyes were full of anxiety.

Why did you come here? It's so dangerous here. There are people eating people everywhere. Why did you come?

The author says:

The exam is over, and the daily update will be resumed in the future, try to double update, if you can't do it, please wake me up and tell me to code.