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Han You turned his head to look around, and it was still a familiar setting. He was in a daze for a while, as if he had returned to this time last year.

They hadn't been alone together for almost a whole year.

During this year, the places where they met were not only the Emperor's Hall, but also the cabinet. Whenever Xia Siyan wanted to get closer, Han You would shrink back.Xia Siyan took one step, and he took three steps back until Xia Siyan didn't dare to move forward.

The four eyes met for a moment, Han You put away the ignorant sadness, lifted the quilt to get up and salute.

Xia Siyan held him down, and said out of words: "You fainted, the people from the cabinet went to find Yuan Zheng, and Yuan Zheng happened to be here..." After explaining half a sentence, he felt that it was unnecessary, and he was silent for a while, and finally He stood up and said, "You have a good rest, I'm going to Xinuang Pavilion."

"Your Majesty!" Han You called to stop him, and said earnestly, "Send your ministers."

These few words were nonsensical, but Xia Siyan knew what he was talking about, so he didn't look back, and said with his back: "I have already decided to let the left servant of the Ministry of Rites go, you don't need to say any more."

"Your Majesty," Han You was a little anxious, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and walked in front of the emperor, "You know that the most suitable candidate is a minister. Liu Shilang has no idea how to open a treaty port and how to set the price of goods. We There are [-] kinds of tea, [-] kinds of wine, [-] kinds of silk and [-] kinds of porcelain in the forbidden list. I know their prices best. I know how to negotiate with them to minimize our losses. , Your Majesty, please let me go."

Xia Siyan turned around and stood with his hands behind his back, looking away, "He doesn't know, let him learn from you, and then go after learning. I have so many available people, why do you have to go!"

Han You lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, bent his body and touched his forehead to the ground, and said respectfully: "I beg your majesty to send ministers to the northern border to have peace talks with Baihui."

Xia Siyan looked down at him when he bowed his back, his thin clothes showed the marks of his spine.After only a few months of not watching him properly, he has made himself like this. How can people feel at ease sending him so far away?

Two days ago, during the court meeting, Han You took the initiative to go out and asked to go to northern Xinjiang, but Xia Siyan did not agree, and the two almost quarreled at the court meeting.These days, Han You has repeatedly offended the Holy Wrath, and now there are rumors in the capital that he has fallen out of favor, and it is only a matter of time before he is sent to the frontier.

Han You knelt on the ground motionless, as if the emperor did not agree, and he would never get up.

Because of saving money in the palace, even the earth dragon was not burned when the weather was cold, and the floor tiles were icy cold. Han You was obviously asking the emperor with the courtesy of a monarch and minister, but the emperor felt a little threatening.

From ancient times to the present, all civil servants like to kneel on the ground and beg the emperor to do things that the emperor refuses to do. As long as they put on a deadly remonstrance, most of the time they can always force the emperor to give in.

If possible, Xia Siyan would also like to kneel down and beg Han You not to leave him, but he is the emperor, and he has no one to beg.

"I won't agree." Xia Siyan said coldly.

Han You fell on the ground and remained silent.

"Are you going to kneel and can't get up? Then you kneel!" Xia Siyan was angry in his heart, took two steps outside and couldn't help but turn back, "You said at the court meeting that you wanted to finish talking. Stay at the border of Changzhou to do business with Baihui—does this mean that once you go, you will never come back?"

Han You explained: "Although we are the one being oppressed in doing business with Baihui this time, there are also opportunities hidden in it. If we use Baihui's influence to expand the trading port, we may be able to gain a chance. Go to the northern border to find a way out for Zhao Kingdom, please allow your majesty."

Xia Siyan gritted his teeth, "You promised me that you would not leave the capital."

Han You ignored the hidden pain in his heart, and said in a flat tone: "Your Majesty, please abandon your personal preferences and focus on the national economy and people's livelihood."

Xia Siyan looked down at him for a while, then suddenly walked over to pull him up in two steps, and said with red eyes, "Don't force me."

Han You looked directly into the emperor's eyes, "You know I'm not trying to force you, Your Majesty. It's been so many days and you haven't announced the candidate for the peace ambassador, isn't it because you know who you should send?"

Xia Siyan watched him remain silent, and Han You continued, "You know very well that Chen is the best candidate."

"Let you go, will you come back?"

Han You looked at the emperor's red eyes and was unable to speak.

"It takes thirteen days from the capital to Changzhou," Xia Siyan said hoarsely, "I'll give you half a month to negotiate and come back before New Year's Eve."

"Your Majesty," Han You said helplessly, "It will take at least three years to complete the construction of the treaty port on the border. During this period, I have to stay in Changzhou to watch. It is impossible to come back before New Year's Eve."

Xia Siyan said without hesitation: "Then you don't go."

Han You finally couldn't help but said: "We have already separated, Your Majesty, I am just an ordinary courtier now, why do you not let me go?"

After agreeing to separate last year, Han You originally planned to apply for a foreign transfer from the imperial court after the spring break. Who knew that wars and famines would ensue one after another, which made him unable to let go, and couldn't bear to leave this troublesome matter to Xia Siyan to face it himself. Yes, I always thought that I would leave when the situation got better, but in the end it dragged on until now.

This year when their monarchs and ministers met, they just acted as if nothing had happened, as if they had never loved each other or been together, and in Xia Siyan's eyes, everything could be done again.

Han You knew that they could not drag on any longer.This is a quagmire, and both he and Xia Siyan will only sink deeper and deeper.

As long as we can meet each other often, I will never miss him less, even if I look at him more, I will love him more in my heart.If it drags on, Han You feels that he will not be able to bear the same mistakes again.

Xia Siyan was stopped by Han You's question, and was stunned for a while, as if he was really looking for a reason not to let him go.

Han You sighed, "Let's stop fooling ourselves, everything is already over."

"It's over?" But Xia Siyan was not reconciled, "Are you lying to me when you say you love me?"

"It was love at that time." Han You felt the pain that pierced his heart. He vaguely felt a rusty smell rising from his stomach. He closed his eyes and said cruelly: "But now I don't love anymore."

Xia Siyan's face darkened, and he asked each word with a pause: "What do you mean I don't love you anymore?"

Han You's face was so serious that he seemed to be answering in a court meeting: "I no longer have any unreasonable thoughts about surpassing your majesty."

"Why?" Xia Siyan seemed to have been hit by a giant cannon. His vision was blurred and he saw that Han You's eyes were calm, his pupils were clear amber, and he couldn't see the red that rose when he was emotional.It was only then that Xia Siyan remembered that it had been a long, long time since he had seen Han You's pupils turn red, and then he suddenly realized that the person in front of him was really just the cabinet minister and Household Minister Han You.

Xia Siyan's hand holding his shoulder suddenly let go and hung down weakly, "That's right, because I am not a good emperor. The country is riddled with holes in my hands, so you must be very disappointed."

Han You took a step back, bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty has been thrifty and caring for the people this year, has devoted himself to governing, sympathized with the common people, and devoted himself to disaster relief. It is really not easy to do this despite the burden of war. "

Xia Siyan laughed at himself: "Really?"

Han You didn't dare to look at Xia Siyan's face, so he kept his bowed posture and looked at the ground, saying, "In the coming year, Your Majesty will also ask you to reduce or exempt the land tax and the people's recuperation. The famine this time will have a great impact on business taxes. Your Majesty should consider issuing more money to reduce taxation." The cost is mostly for the benefit of the common people. The time around the Spring Festival is the most difficult period, the capital may flood into a large number of disaster victims, and His Majesty has to worry more about the relief..."

After explaining everything, he raised his head and found that Xia Siyan had already left.

The final details of the peace talks were finalized at the court meeting on November 23. After the court meeting, it was rumored in Beijing that Han You had fallen out of favor, and the emperor sent him to the Changzhou border for three years.

On the seventh day of December, the peace talks mission left Beijing.

Han You was walking in the middle of the team on horseback. Not long after leaving the city gate, he felt something cold fall on his face. He looked up and saw large flakes of snow fluttering down from the sky.