Liang Jianyan

It all started with that call.

"The sinner Yan Chen has an audience—"

The eunuch's drawn out voice was shrill and piercing.Yan Chen who was standing outside the hall was startled, then smiled helplessly.He raised his left foot and stepped up the steps, step by step calmly and firmly.

As soon as the summoned people stepped into the hall, all civil and military officials were panicked by his aura. Most of these people had seen Yan Chen before.

Yan Chen, the prince of the former dynasty, was knowledgeable and good at fighting. At the age of 12, he was recruited on behalf of his father and defeated the Turks.It's a pity that his father, Emperor Yan Heng of Daqing, was too fatuous.The faint king was unpopular and was overthrown by the late emperor. He also became a remnant of the previous dynasty.

But today, Yan Chen didn't have the fear of a sinner, instead, he exuded arrogance all over his body, as if he wanted to confront the Ninth Five-Year Lord in the palace.

The person in the hall was wearing a gold robe with a dragon pattern, and there was a slight dissatisfaction between the young and handsome eyebrows.He is the second emperor of Great Liang, Liang Xuanliang.

Yan Chen bowed his head and was rude, Liang Xuanliang stared at him without saying a word.A strange silence filled the huge court, and the ministers did not dare to speak out, so they could only look at these two people.

This is a unique confrontation between emperors.

After a long time, the emperor spoke.

"Why don't you kneel?"

This sound seemed to turn on a certain switch, and everyone suddenly woke up.The eunuch standing next to the emperor shouted angrily, "Bold! The remnants of the previous dynasty, hurry up and kneel down!"

Yan Chen smiled slightly, his words were full of indifference.He said that since I am a remnant of the previous dynasty, then I am not a citizen of Great Liang, and secondly I am not a subject of the emperor, so what qualifications do I have to bow down to the emperor of Great Liang?

"How dare you!"

"Hey, it's all right." Liang Xuanliang looked at Yan Chen and smiled instead of anger.He asked, you didn't kneel down because of these two reasons?

"Exactly."

"So that's how it is..." Liang Xuanliang's expression didn't change, as if she had expected Yan Chen to say this for a long time.The corner of his mouth turned up, and he said yes, since this is the case, I will give you a reason to kneel down and worship me.

"Yan Chen, the remnant of the previous dynasty, was guilty of a serious crime and should be executed by beheading. However, the late emperor vowed to rule the country with benevolence and reduce the death penalty. I will follow the late emperor's last wish and implement a benevolent government." He looked at Yan Chen, his eyes full of provocation, "pass on my will , to exempt Yan Chen from the death penalty, and to make him a captain of the forbidden army, to be included in the Qianji army, and not to leave my side for the rest of his life."

As soon as these words were finished, the ministers below exploded. They all advised the emperor, saying that Yan Chen was a remnant of the previous dynasty and the prince of Daqing. A high official position is really against the law of the country.

"National law? Hmph." Liang Xuanliang caught a glimpse of Yan Chen suddenly raised his head, looked at him with a trace of shock, and felt quite proud, "What I say is the national law."

Why, gentlemen, do you still question what I said?

No joke, the ministers suddenly fell silent.

The emperor snorted coldly, then looked at Yan Chen, "Why, isn't Ai Qing kneeling down?"

Although Yan Chen was calm on the surface, he was still overwhelmed by Liang Xuanliang's actions.He stared at the emperor in front of him, gritted his teeth and knelt down.

"Chen Yanchen thanked the emperor for his kindness, long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

Looking at Yan Chen who bowed his head in surrender, the emperor's mood improved greatly.

"Aiqing is flat."

On that day, there was an uproar in the entire imperial city-Yan Chen, an orphan of the former royal family, became a courtier of the current emperor.

Yan Chen felt that his fate was really funny - he was originally the prince of the previous dynasty, Liang Mingyuan, who stayed behind in Lizhou, staged a coup, and broke into the palace in three years.Emperor Yanheng of Daqing hanged himself, and almost all the royal family members were killed by Liang Mingyuan.At that time, he was 17 years old and escaped from the palace only after being hidden in a dung cart by his mother and concubine.For the next six years, he wandered from place to place, begging for food and performing arts, and even started a fortune-telling business.All in all, it was just to save his own life.

At that time, he thought that it would be a good thing to stay away from the imperial capital and be a free and unrestrained person. Although he had to run around for his livelihood, he didn't have to worry about his life.

But he didn't expect that the current emperor would find him.

Now there is no Daqing—it is Daliang now, and today it is Liang Xuanliang, the fifth son of Liang Mingyuan.

Liang Xuanliang?Is it the handsome emperor who came to the throne at the age of 13?Is he looking for me to kill them all?

Yan Chen was ready to die - even though he didn't want to die at all, he still couldn't escape after all.Yan's blood was flowing on his body, and he was a remnant of the previous dynasty in everyone's mouth. It was not an exaggeration for the emperor to kill him.

But he never thought that Liang Xuanliang didn't kill him, but even made him an official, just to make him bow down.

Is it really that simple?

Forbidden Army Cavalry Captain...

"The captain of the imperial army cavalry is the supervisor of the Qianji army, and this Qianji army is the emperor's imperial army. You are lucky. The emperor is kind-hearted. He didn't kill you, and even sealed you as a good official..." In the hall The eunuch who scolded Yan Chen seemed to be a different person now.He is Du Guanxuan, the chief eunuch, the emperor's personal servant, and he is very familiar with the emperor's daily life.This Qianji army is to protect the safety of the emperor, the army guarding the palace, Du Guanxuan naturally wants to explain clearly to Yan Chen.

Yan Chen followed Du Guanxuan and listened to him.He couldn't help but look around the palace - he lived here when he was a child, and he was very familiar with every plant and tree here.Stepping into this place again, the familiarity gave birth to a sense of desolation, and he had to sigh that things are right and people are wrong.It wasn't until Du Guanxuan called him that he came back to his senses and apologized quickly.

"Master Yan is really out of touch. Now Lord Yan is the captain of the imperial army, and the safety of this palace still needs to be taken care of by adults."

Knowing that the old eunuch Du Guanxuan said polite words, Yan Chen naturally complimented the other party, saying that the father-in-law's words were serious, Yan Chen was guilty of a crime, and fortunately the emperor forgave him.

I will be on duty in the future, please take care of my father-in-law.

"What did Mr. Yan say? We are all people who work for the emperor, and we should take care of each other." He seemed to be very pleased with Yan Chen's compliment - the prince of the previous dynasty humbled himself in front of him, which really made Du Guanxuan A little proud.He smiled and said that the emperor's kindness is great, and His Majesty has the virtue of being good at life, and my lord should be loyal to His Majesty in the future.

Yan Chen responded on the surface, but felt uncomfortable in his heart.

He remembered that in the court hall, when he heard the emperor's words, he suddenly raised his head and saw Liang Xuanliang's appearance—he was only 17 years old, and he was only a boy according to his age, but his eyebrows were full of heroism, and his speech and movements were quite For sophistication.

Especially those red phoenix eyes, for some reason Yan Chen was a little afraid of the way Liang Xuanliang looked at him.That kind of inexplicable feeling crawled into his heart like insects and ants, making his fingertips start to tingle.

He saw hatred in his eyes.

But it was right for Liang Xuanliang to hate him, who would have any good feelings for a person who threatened him.Even if he has no power and power, but the words "the remnants of the previous dynasty" are enough to make him cut into pieces.

...Since Liang Xuanliang didn't kill me, then I don't have to worry about it.

It's better to be alive than to be dead.

Yan Chen took office the day after Du Guanxuan gave him an account.When he was going to the barracks of the three armies in front of the hall, he passed by Xishikou and couldn't help but stop.

here is……

Seeing Yan Chen lost his mind, the young general who led the way felt very impatient, "Master Yan? Master Yan!"

"what?"

"It's getting late, you should hurry to the barracks."

"it is good."

He couldn't help but glanced at the stone gate at the entrance of Xishi Street again, then started to leave.

It has long been... things are different.

"My lord, just wait here, your bodyguard will arrive soon."

"it is good."

After entering the barracks, the leading soldiers withdrew, and then he showed sadness.The Xishikou that he passed by just now was the place where he saw his father for the last time—not so much the last time as he saw his father's corpse.Liang Mingyuan ordered that Emperor Daqing's body be displayed to the public at Xishikou for a month. The people hated Yan Heng very much, so they naturally felt that it was very satisfying.

But that's my father!

Yan Chen, who was standing in the crowd, was wearing a bamboo hat, and could only sneak a few glances at the corpse with his head down.He knew that Liang Mingyuan did this not only to win the hearts of the people, but also for a more important purpose, which was to lure himself out.

All good filial piety is the first, but he can only look at his father's dead body on the street.

He can't get out, he can't get caught, he doesn't want to die.

He has more important things to do.

It's a pity that he is still caught now...

After waiting for a while, no one entered the military tent.Yan Chen felt bored, so he left the tent.Walking to a place, I heard shouts, and knew that I had arrived at the training ground.As soon as he approached, he was stopped by the guards.

"Who is here, dare to trespass on the training ground!"

"I am the newly-appointed captain of the imperial cavalry today..."

"Captain of the Forbidden Army? Is that the former prince?" Before Yan Chen finished speaking, he saw a person walking towards him. "I thought the emperor made an exception and conferred the title of Captain Rider, what kind of talent was he, but I didn't expect him to be a white-faced scholar."

Yan Chen thought that he was tall and dressed differently from ordinary soldiers, so he should be a general.He bowed slightly and said that he had just taken office and was not familiar with everything in the military, so please forgive me if he is abrupt.

I don't know if the officer is...

"Habayashi Left General Li Mu."

General Habayashi Zuo, the deputy commander of the Habayashi Army...

"So it's General Li, in Xiayan Chen..."

"It's alright, alright, I can't stand a hypocritical person like you." Li Mu pouted, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that Yan Chen was not pleasing to the eye—this prince from the previous dynasty, spoiled and spoiled, he was so handsome, with a Like a frail scholar, the emperor even made him an officer.

Hey, I said, do you understand the art of war?

"Ah?" Yan Chen thought it was funny when he heard this.He started reading military books to learn the art of war since he was a child, and he went to the battlefield at the age of 12, and asked him if he knew the art of war.But he still respectfully said that he is not good at learning, but only knows a little bit.

"I knew that a pampered person like you would definitely know nothing." Li Mu spoke bluntly, "But it doesn't matter, the Qianji Army is responsible for the safety of the palace, and there is no need to go to the battlefield. You don't have to be afraid."

do not be afraid?

If it weren't for considering his current status and situation, he couldn't be casual, Yan Chen would have burst out laughing——I'm afraid?

Should I say that General Habayashi Zuo is too straightforward, or too stupid?

However, although Li Mu was straightforward, he didn't make things difficult for him.Say a few words to him casually and let him leave quickly.After bidding farewell to Li Mu, his personal bodyguard also came—a 17-year-old boy who looked silly.

He said his name was young.

"young……"

In this world, only youth and freedom are the most difficult to stay...

Young is a good name.

"Eh? My lord, mine is the greenness of the grass, not the lightness of the lightness."

"Really." Yan Chen smiled, "With my status, it's a grievance for you to follow me. But don't worry, if you treat me sincerely, I will definitely not treat you badly."

When Young Qing heard this, he knelt down immediately, and said that he used to cook in the kitchen and was bullied every day. If he hadn't been a personal bodyguard for Lord Yan this time, he would have been bullied to death by others.

"But this time they took the initiative to let me serve the Lord, I am also lucky!"

Hearing what he said, Yan Chen felt a little uncomfortable - how should I tell you, others let you come because I was a remnant of the previous dynasty and didn't want to be my subordinate...

Ugh.

"By the way, I'm new here and I'm not familiar with the affairs of the Thousand Machine Army. Please tell me about the Thousand Machine Army."

"Subordinates obey!"

In fact, the Qianji Army has existed since the previous dynasty, but the Qianji Pavilion in the dynasty was in charge of internal and external security, and the emperor of Daqing did not pay much attention to this emperor's imperial army.On the contrary, after Liang Mingyuan became emperor, he disbanded Qianji Pavilion and reformed the three armies in front of the palace.The soldiers of the Qianji Army are all the orphans of the soldiers who fought with Liang Mingyuan back then. These people swear to the emperor to the death, which can be said to be loyal.

Orphans of soldiers... No wonder Liang Xuanliang asked me to be the captain of the imperial cavalry.As the supervisor, I have no real power in my hands. There are generals on the top and the generals on the left and right pressing me down, and there are soldiers who hate me as a remnant of the previous dynasty.He guessed that I couldn't do anything...

This little emperor has a really complicated mind.

It was three days after seeing Liang Xuanliang again.Yan Chen was on duty that day, and he was patrolling around the Yong'an Palace with his youth, and happened to run into Liang Xuanliang who had returned from the Queen's Palace.

A group of lantern bearers followed the emperor, and the lights illuminated most of Jingyue Lake.

"You are..." The emperor didn't seem to remember him very much, he looked at his face and thought for a long time.

Yan Chen attached himself to salute, "The minister is Yan Chen, the cavalry captain of the Imperial Army."

"Yan Chen...ah, it's you." The emperor chuckled lightly, saying that he refused to kneel down back then, but today you are very polite.

"The minister was rude that day, and the minister was guilty."

"Aiqing is serious, you are not a simple person, how could you be guilty?" The tone was obviously joking, but the word "crime" was biting extremely hard.Yan Chen was startled suddenly, subconsciously raised his head to look at him.

Even though there was so much light, his eyes were dark and deep.

Those eyes... are really uncomfortable.

It always feels like... something is wrong.

"Now you are my subject, you are my man, you must know the word loyalty." Liang Xuanliang leaned down slightly, meeting Yan Chen's eyes.Seeing that he immediately lowered his head, he said with a smile: "Aiqing is knowledgeable and talented, you should have heard the saying that a person who understands current affairs is a gentleman."

"The minister must be loyal and loyal to His Majesty."

"Okay." He laughed a few times, "Ai Qing, you must remember what you said today."

"My lord, that is the emperor."

"Ah."

"It's so majestic."

"prestige?"

"Well... I can't tell. It's probably the kind of natural kingly demeanor." Young is still innocent, saying whatever comes to mind, "Your Excellency, too, you are worthy of being the former prince."

As soon as Young Qing finished speaking, Yan Chen's expression changed.This reflects what he said.

"This subordinate said something wrong! This subordinate deserves to die! My lord, please forgive me!"

Yan Chen frowned deeply, he stared at Young for a while, then sighed. "In the future, don't mention that I am the former prince."

Now I am a courtier of the current emperor, and I am a captain of the fifth-rank forbidden army. You must not mention my past in the future, remember?

"Yes, my subordinates remember it."

"..." Yan Chen suddenly felt powerless.

If you don't mention it, will others not mention it?Everyone in the world knows that I am the former prince, but now I have to sacrifice my life for the enemy.

"Let's look elsewhere."

"Yes."

Along the way, Yan Chen's thoughts were all on Liang Xuanliang - the way that person looked at him really made him feel uncomfortable.The contempt of the victors, the arrogance of the emperor's family, the cruelty of those in power... Yan Chen has seen it before, but nothing compares to the hatred in Liang Xuanliang's eyes, which makes him tremble in his bones.

Liang Xuanliang, do you want to see me surrender at your feet, are you enjoying the power of the emperor?

Yan Chen felt that things would never be that simple.

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