such as Yue Linyuan

Suddenly there are rumors circulating in the capital again that His Majesty usurped the throne in the name of King Qin's rescue more than seven years ago.

Prior to this, the imperial court had already issued a ban on privately publishing unofficial histories and story books to talk about the palace change that year. Even teahouse storytellers were not allowed to make up stories about the palace change. All those who violated the order were executed. .

However, all kinds of rumors about that year have been circulated outside the palace again for some reason.

In the teahouses in the capital, many people were whispering to each other in their seats. They did not dare to make any noise, but the voices of discussion still flowed out indistinctly under the cover of the singing in the teahouses.

"...I heard...the Prince of the Eastern Palace was deceived..."

"...The dead Hanlin scholar, isn't he the grandfather of the current emperor..."

"...So, in fact, from the very beginning...he wanted to usurp the throne..."

"Eight success is..."

"...Well, the sons of your late emperor, some of them died, some of them were demoted, some of them became monks..."

"Isn't there still Prince An..."

"...Prince An fought in the frontier! He didn't participate in the party struggle..."

"But he will come back then..."

"I must have thought it was the real King Qin to save you..."

"...Probably so. You see, after Prince An returned from the war, he lost his military power not long after the war..."

"... I see, the military power was also forced to hand over, and if you don't hand it over, you will die..."

"I gave you a marriage a while ago, and it feels like it has bad intentions..."

"That's right, the Secretary of the Jiaofang came out. Who doesn't know that it is a woman who has been slept with by His Majesty... She actually gave Prince An to be a princess. It is a proper humiliation..."

"...When His Majesty was still the prince, he didn't make much of his career..."

"You know what it's called, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger! Look at how many ministers have been killed over the years... They all stood in the team back then, and they must be silenced..."

"...I can't see that His Majesty is actually this kind of person..."

"If you ask me, His Majesty didn't fight back in this world... Prince An led the troops to fight the frontier... If Prince An didn't come back to save you back then, it would not have been so easy..."

"...I think Prince An has been doing nothing for the past few years. I think he deliberately stayed away from the court to save his life..."

"... High meritorious deeds, which emperor is not afraid... Besides, this throne was originally snatched by His Majesty..."

The guard stood behind a pillar and listened for a long time, until Xiaoer came to serve wine and food, and the two people on the side seat fell silent, then quietly left and went up to the second floor, knocked on the door of a wing room and left go in.

Chu Yuezhi sat in front of the tea table, and Lin Yi beside him was making tea for him.Turning the teacup in his hand, Chu Yuezhi glanced at Yu Yin who had returned, and said, "Is the princess all right?"

Zhou Ji and Wei Yunxiao hadn't returned yet, and the others went to other residences, so although Yu Yin was Si Zhuxi's bodyguard most of the time, he would occasionally leave Prince An's Mansion to handle errands.

"My lord, please don't worry, the princess is fine." Before going out, Yu Yin transferred a few more guards from the East Factory to protect Si Zhuxi, and arranged for the guards of Prince An's mansion to be strengthened before coming out. , I just watched it outside for a long time, and the rumors have been completely spread, and the common people are secretly talking about it."

"Rumours..." Chu Yuezhi asked Lin Yi to fill up his teacup, and said, "It's not really a rumor, after all, it's a well-founded fact."

Yu Yin lowered his head, what Chu Yuezhi asked people to spread is indeed the truth, even though the court's ban is still in place, it is never difficult to incite the people, even sometimes, the harder the suppression is, the stronger the backlash will be. Moreover, the more things are not discussed by people, the easier it is to make people feel curious and have a lot of speculation.What's more, the people like to be moral judges, because verbal criticism of people they can't touch is the greatest pleasure that they, who can't hold power, can experience.

"Yu Yin, do you know that people's hearts are very delicate things, they can be built on fabricated illusions, and at the right time, a small fire can be set off to completely collapse the original support and trust. "Chu Yuezhi sipped the herbal tea that Xia Linyi made for him, then got up and walked to the window, opened the window and looked down at the people coming and going on the street, saying: "The world is prosperous, all for profit ;The world is hustle and bustle, all for the benefit. This saying can also be used in the hearts of the people."

The people only look at who can give them a better life. Chu Yuelei's tyranny has already made him lose the hearts of the people. Next, as long as he stimulates the people and stimulates Chu Yuelei through the people, he will soon , he can get the chance to defeat Chu Yuelei with one blow.

When Chu Yuelei learned of the rumors circulating in the capital, two days had passed.

In the past few days, Chu Yuelei has kept Si Yuanting in the palace to serve him.

Serving Chu Yuelei together with Si Yuanting, was the noble concubine Zhao Xiyue.

"A group of unscrupulous people! Who gave them the courage to ignore the imperial court's ban and spread rumors in Beijing so brazenly?!" Chu Yuelei raised his hand and smashed the medicine bowl to the ground, and pushed away the medicine bowl that was being squeezed by the bed for him. Zhao Xiyue, who had legs, said angrily: "I will arrest and kill those people! I will kill all the untouchables who have talked about gossip!"

"Your Majesty." Si Yuanting was holding a tray at the side. After Chu Yuelei smashed the medicine bowl, he knelt down and put the pieces on the tray, saying: "Even if Your Majesty kills all the people in Beijing, it will be difficult to stop them." Live in the mouth of Youyou in this world."

"Si Yuanting! Do you even want to rebel?!" Hearing Si Yuanting's words, Chu Yuelei's complexion suddenly became even uglier. The posture on the dragon couch changed to sitting up with the upper body straightened, and then supported the dragon couch with his hands, saying: "These untouchables talk about my throne and the royal family. If I don't kill them, where is the majesty of the emperor?!"

Putting the tray aside, Si Yuanting said: "Your Majesty wants to establish his prestige. Killing the common people will have little effect. According to what I see, the real culprit lies in Prince An, not the common people. Now that there are so many messages in the capital, Your Majesty must not Continue to keep Prince An in the capital."

"Don't let him stay in the capital, do you want me to send him back to the frontier so that he can hold the military power again?!" Chu Yuelei smiled angrily, pointed at Si Yuanting and said, "Si Aiqing, you You really deserve to be my confidant."

It's just a eunuch, who actually quietly lifted him up under his nose, making him a puppet again when he was still on the throne, what a confidant, who was trampled by him but became his serious troubles.

Facing Chu Yuelei's increasingly crazy face and cruel sexual organs, Si Yuanting was not afraid at all, and only said: "Your Majesty, what I mean by this minister is to ask Your Majesty to order Prince An to guard the imperial tomb."

"Guard, the imperial tomb?" Chu Yuelei was taken aback when he heard the words, his eyes widened in disbelief, and said, "You want me to let my seventh brother guard the imperial tomb?"

Not only Chu Yuelei, but even Zhao Xiyue was taken aback when he heard this. What was this Si Yuanting thinking?Do you want Chu Yuezhi to live or die?What's more, Chu Yuezhi's prestige has been rising recently, so many people believe the rumors outside the palace, which makes Chu Yuelei so angry. If Chu Yuezhi is allowed to guard the imperial tomb at this time, it will not have the slightest reputation for Chu Yuelei benefit.

Si Yuanting said: "Prince An's prestige in the army has not weakened in the past few years, and recently because of Prince An's return to the court, the old department of Prince An in Beijing has become impatient, so Prince An can't do it anyway. Stay in Beijing again. However, the imperial tomb has always been guarded only by the children of the royal family or the families of important officials who have been favored by the emperor, and now Prince An has no real power, so it is a gift from His Majesty to order him to guard the imperial tomb, and it is justified and logical."

The place where the imperial mausoleum is located is also where the dragon veins of the Daheng Kingdom are. Letting Chu Yuezhi guard the imperial mausoleum can also be said to let him guard the dragon veins. The dragon veins are so important to a country, and it is not wrong to say that they are gifts.

"You actually asked Chu Yuezhi to guard the imperial tomb, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha..." Chu Yuelei didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly burst out laughing. He laughed for a long time until he was out of breath Before he stopped, he waved to Si Yuanting, "You, come here."

Si Yuanting knew that Chu Yuelei wanted him to kneel to the dragon bed.

So he did as he did, and Si Yuanting ground his knees on the cold floor tiles and walked to the dragon couch. Just as he raised his head slightly, Chu Yuelei pinched his cheek severely with his hands.

Pinching Si Yuanting's face to make him look up, Chu Yuelei leaned closer to him, looked into his eyes and said: "If I send him to guard the imperial tomb, I will definitely give him an army too, who doesn't know The army guarding the imperial mausoleum must be elite, Si Yuanting, do you really think I'm a fool?" Now that Chu Yuelei has become like this, if he doesn't know exactly what Si Yuanting has done, he will That's ridiculous.

Si Yuan didn't blink, and said, "I would like to share your majesty's worries."

"How can you share your worries? I want you to kill Chu Yuezhi. Are you willing?" Chu Yuelei gritted his back molars. He had an unpleasant smell all over his body. There was a burst of bad breath mixed with medicine.

"Your Majesty's wish must come true." Si Yuanting always maintained the same expression and tone, teaching Chu Yuelei that even if he kept him by his side, it was still difficult to figure out his hidden thoughts.

Staring at Si Yuanting for a long time, Chu Yuelei smiled inexplicably, and said in a strange tone: "Okay, if that's the case, let the seventh brother guard the imperial tomb as Si Aiqing said. Wait for the seventh brother to guard the imperial tomb. When we arrive at the Imperial Mausoleum, in order not to attract attention or make Seventh Brother wary, I ask Si Aiqing, who is highly skilled in martial arts, to single-handedly get rid of Seventh Brother's serious trouble for me!"

Pushing Si Yuanting away with a flick of his hand, Chu Yuelei leaned back on the table placed on the dragon couch, took a few deep breaths, and tried very hard to calm down his heavy breathing.

Si Yuanting stepped back, kowtowed and said, "Minister, please accept the order."

Serving Chu Yuelei until late at night, after Zhao Xiyue came out of the warm pavilion, she first threw the trousers that Chu Yuelei had changed for incontinence to the little eunuch at the door, and then Lu repeatedly scrubbed her hands in the washbasin brought by her maidservant in disgust , After finally feeling clean, I saw Si Yuanting came out with a tray. On the tray were fragments of the medicine pot and the broken bowl, and there were fingerprints pinched out by Chu Yuelei on his white jade face. .

"Mr. Si, you really can bend and stretch." Zhao Xiyue also admires Si Yuanting. Chu Yuelei has been angry with him a lot these days, but Si Yuanting has endured it all. Lei didn't even allow Si Yuanting to leave to take care of government affairs, but Si Yuanting didn't seem to be worried at all, not even half anxious.

Si Yuanting handed over the tray to another eunuch, who was mentioned by him before. Since then, he has indeed become more and more alert, and he has become more and more aware of when he should go forward and when he should not. Move up.

"For Prince An to guard the imperial mausoleum this time, I still need the help of the imperial concubine's father." Si Yuanting took the wet towel prepared for him by the little eunuch, wiped his face and hands slowly, and said: "Your imperial concubine, don't worry. In this palace, there is nothing that I cannot grasp."

"Then I will thank Mr. Si first." Zhao Xiyue has never dared to underestimate Si Yuanting since entering the palace, and she is even more afraid now. In this world, there are few people who can be like Si Yuanting. In the position of eunuch, but he played with both the former court and the harem between the palms of his hands, turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain.

Si Yuanting is a frightening existence that neither she nor her mother's family want to be enemies with.

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The author says:

Quoted in the text:

"The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit." ——— "Historical Records Biography of Huozhi"

The climax of volume two is coming soon.

Someone will be picking up the bento next week at the latest.