I heard my brother is a tyrant

The sky was gloomy, and a few drops of rain fell around Shen Shi, Chen Lianjiang stood in front of the Mingquan Hall, watching Wei Chen rushing over, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Master Wei is really busy these days."

Wei Chen smiled wryly and said: "Eunuch Chen, don't make fun of me. Your Majesty is free. I'm anxious to see him. Please, Eunuch, please inform me."

Wei Chen is probably the busiest person in the entire Great Zhou these days, and the entire Iron Armored Guard is extremely busy.However, Xie Dan was also busy, so busy that he didn't go back to Yuqianzhai for lunch, and when he heard Wei Chen coming, he called him in.

Wei Chen came for the affairs of Han's other courtyard, Han Ziyun caught a thief and sent it to him, and the emperor personally entrusted it.

To be honest, at the beginning Wei Chen felt that the emperor was making a big fuss. When did the armored guards get reduced to catching a thief? As long as the little master was involved, the emperor always overreacted.The other courtyard of the hotel is full of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, the rich and the rich with gold and silver on the floor, the fire in the palace was a mess that night, and it is normal for thieves to take the opportunity to steal things.

But after a careful trial, Wei Chen didn't dare to be careless, and dealt with it in a hurry, and hurried to the palace to report.

"There were a total of eight people in that group. They said they were sworn brothers. They were originally small gangs running around the rivers and lakes. It was said that a few days ago a middle-aged man who claimed to be Guanshi Chu approached their leader, Boss Song, and offered them 200 taels of silver. They kidnapped Miss Ye and handed them over to him. These people guarded Mount Ying for several days but failed to find a chance. Miss Ye never showed up. All the courtyards have been mentioned, and those people thought that apart from a few old domestic servants, there were only the old lady and Han Xiaoqianjin in Xuanping Hou's mansion, so they groped into the other courtyard of Han's mansion, but there was no one in the house. One was also caught by the servants of the Han family."

"The minister has now arrested all the remaining seven people and brought them to justice. It's just that the Chu steward they said was found, but there is no such person. More than two hundred masters and servants of the Chu family have been sent to prison after ransacking their homes. The minister let him go to prison yesterday. They took Boss Song to identify them one by one, but they couldn't find Guanshi Chu. In addition, I found out that Miss Ye's residence in Han's courtyard should be told by a servant woman who bought vegetables, and that servant woman was tricked. , she doesn't know the person who made the cliché."

Xie Tan's face was gloomy, and he said coldly: "It should not be from the Chu family. The Chu family even sent hundreds of killers. Even if they want to take the girl away, they don't need to find these people."

"I think so too. The person behind this is very cunning, hiding his head and showing his tail, without leaving any clues. The so-called Chu Guanshi must be a fake, and I'm afraid it's hard to find it now."

Wei Chen said, "Think about it, Your Majesty, have you met any suspicious people since you came to the palace? You have only been in the palace for less than a month, and you seldom have contact with people, and you probably won't have any enemies with them, so The minister suspects that some people may be interested in sex, thinking that the girl is a woman from an ordinary family, and she is full of lust, so she has such evil thoughts..."

As he spoke, he looked at the emperor's face. The emperor's face was normal, calm and indifferent, but the pen holder in his hand snapped.

"Investigate," Xie Dan said in a softer voice, "Find this man for me, and I will tear him apart!"

Wei Chen's heart shuddered: "Yes!"

"Girls don't like strangers, there are hidden guards around her when she goes out, and Ye Ling and Ye Hui don't leave her at every step. If she encounters any suspicious people, no one will notice, so it doesn't seem like it's for robbery." Xie Dan After pondering for a moment, he suddenly said, "Go and investigate from Prince Zhong's Mansion."

"According to the order."

Chen Lianjiang came in from outside the hall, hesitatingly said with a smile: "Your Majesty, that... the servants next to the girl said that the girl... went to the lake."

Xie Dan looked at the sky outside, a light rain took away the sweltering heat of the past few days, and the air was much cooler, so he casually said: "Young lady, if you want to swim in the lake, you can swim, just ask the boatman to be more stable, but What's wrong?"

"There's nothing wrong with it," Chen Lianjiang said after a moment of hesitation, "The servant said that the girl went for a walk by the lake before noon, and met Concubine Wei. We had lunch together on the boat, and it seems that...we also asked someone to prepare wine..."

Xie Dan was stunned for a moment, slowly put down a wolf hair that he had just exchanged in his hand, and asked, "Why didn't you come to report earlier?"

"Everyone is on the boat, and the girl seems to be having a good time... and she didn't ask anyone to bring wine. It was only after it rained that someone sent a pot of daughter's red up. The servants didn't dare to disturb the girl's interest. People took the wine and sent it, and Ye Ling took the opportunity to send people off the boat to report..."

Xie Dan felt relieved when he heard Nurhong, Wei Linbo should have drunk it, Ye Chu dared not even taste Nurhong, let alone drink it.He casually explained what he was doing, then asked Chen Lianjiang to bring an umbrella, glanced at Wei Chen and said, "Let's go."

Wei Chen hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Is it appropriate for me to go to the harem?"

Xie Dan sneered and said: "I didn't say that you met with the concubine privately, I really thought I couldn't see that Wei Linbo was left behind by you with an excuse, you should deal with it yourself."

Don't spoil his sister.

Xie Dan went out by himself with an umbrella, and the two servants also opened their umbrellas to follow. Wei Chen was stunned, took the bamboo umbrella from Chen Lianjiang, and hurriedly followed.

The rain was getting heavier. When Xie Dan found the lake all the way, he saw a small painting boat on the lake. There was a boatwoman wearing a bamboo hat at the bow and stern of the boat, rowing slowly in the rain with a long pole. It's all inside and you can't see it, there seems to be a faint sound of silk and bamboo, this Wei Linbo is very good at enjoying himself in time.

Xie Dan stood on the bluestone road by the lake, looked around, and told the servants beside him: "Call the boat over."

The waiter made a trumpet shape and yelled at the boat lady a few times. It was raining, and the sound of the rain was combined with the sound of music. The boat far away probably didn't hear it, and there was no response for a long time.

The waiter looked at Xie Dan's face, and simply let go of his voice, bouncing up and down and beckoning, finally the boat finally reacted, and slowly rowed over.The painting boat slowly approached the shore, Wei Linbo stretched out his head, and saw the emperor standing on the shore with an umbrella under the rain, his face was so dark that ink dripped out.Wei Linbo immediately shrank back.

Ye Chu stretched out his head from the painting boat and saw Xie Dan smiled happily. When the boat docked, he was helped by the maid to step on the pedal carefully. Xie Dan held the umbrella over to cover her, and reached out to catch her.

Ye Chu was supported by Xie Dan to stand firm, turned back and smiled and said, "Sister Lin, are you still coming to play tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow..." Wei Linbo deliberately fell behind the maids, hid in the boat and did not come out, and said vaguely, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, I may not be able to get away."

"Then remember to call me when you come to play some other day."

"Ok."

As the two asked and answered, Xie Tan couldn't help but get darker. After playing for an afternoon, he didn't call his brother first when he saw him, and he was only thinking about his sister!

Xie Dan stuffed the umbrella into Ye Chu's hand, supported her waist with one hand and wrapped her back with the other, picked her up and left.

Xie Dan carried Ye Chu to the waterside pavilion in one breath, put her down to have a look, the little girl was still wearing lotus-colored satin silk embroidered shoes when she went out, although the rain was not heavy, but walking back like this would definitely wet her skirt He gave her an annoyed look, squatted down, Ye Chu smiled and climbed onto his back, Xie Dan carried her back.

Wei Linbo looked at the shore leisurely from the window of the painting boat. The emperor was carrying the little girl on his back, and the little girl was holding an umbrella in both hands. The two walked away leisurely in the rain.Wei Linbo smiled.

"I said, how did you get to play with this little ancestor?" Wei Chen stepped into the boat and waved his hands to tell the boat girls to back off.

"Can't you play with her?" Wei Linbo said with a smile, "This little master is really hard not to like."

Wei Chen said: "Rong Xiao reminds you that those are His Majesty's eyeballs, you should be a little bit modest."

"Master Wei, do you think I'm a person who has no sense of proportion?" Wei Linbo retorted calmly, "Young lady, please remind you, I didn't play with girls. She asked me to accompany her to swim in the lake. How dare I refuse? No?"

Wei Chen sat down opposite Wei Linbo, and was silent for a while, but didn't know what to say for a while, Wei Linbo spoke first.

"Master Wei, when are you going to let me die from my injuries? When can I leave Beijing?"

Wei Chen said: "Your Majesty ordered the third division to try the case of the Chu family. It will take some time before you can clear your father's grievances and make it known to the world. Besides, you need to help with some affairs in the palace for a while. You are in a hurry to do it." What?"

"It doesn't matter if I'm not in the capital. I plan to go back to Maozhou to pay homage to my parents and family, and then it will be autumn. The autumn colors are pleasant. I don't have to hide in Tibet anymore. I just want to walk around." Wei Linbo Wan Ran smiled and pointedly said, "Master Wei, I don't like the capital very much, I'm not used to it, and I don't intend to stay any longer."

"You... your family is gone. Where can you go alone?" Wei was silent for a moment, and then he said in a vigorous voice, "When your father is rehabilitated, you can restore Lin Jiang's identity. His Majesty will definitely issue an order." Comfort her family, and you will be able to settle down. Not many people in the capital have ever met Concubine Wei, so don't worry about any hindrances. If...if I propose to Miss Lin Jiang, would you...would you like to be Wei's wife?"

"Master Wei, what are you talking about? You're probably drunk." Wei Linbo stood up staggeringly, and said with a smile, "Or I'm drunk. I just drank a pot of Nurhong, and the girl praised me so much."

"Lin Jiang!" Wei Chen said slowly, "Don't avoid it. Although Wei Chen has wandered around for several years, it's rare for him to say such a thing. There is absolutely no lie."

"Master Wei, you and I both understand that I can't be the clan's wife of Duke Wei's mansion, and I don't want to be trapped in the inner house. Lord Wei, please don't pay by mistake."

She was probably really drunk, she staggered onto the boat board, her feet were unsteady, Wei Chen hurriedly helped her up, Wei Linbo took an umbrella by himself, with a green umbrella and scarlet skirt in the rain, and left lightly up.

Wei Chen stood alone at the bow of the boat for a while, sighed silently, and when he was about to leave, he realized that Wei Linbo had taken his umbrella.

At this moment, the boat lady also sent him away, and there was no one around, so he went back without an umbrella.Wei Chen shook his head with a wry smile, and walked away in the rain.

***

Xie Dan carried Ye Chu back to Yuqianzhai, although the rain was not heavy, both of them were still a little wet, especially Xie Dan, his shoes and the hem of his robe were wet, so they went back to their rooms to take a bath and change their clothes, tidy up, Xie Dan went to have dinner with Ye Chu later.

The light rain was cool, and the rain strands hung one by one under the eaves of the corridor, which was quite interesting, but the light in the room was very dark, the lamps had already been turned on early, and the maids left after setting up the meals. The two of them washed their hands and sat facing each other to eat.

Maybe because I heard that the girl went fishing, the kitchen made a dish of braised sea bass and a dish of peach blossom shrimp for dinner, Xie Dan peeled the shrimp for Ye Chu, and asked casually, "Why did you get to play with Wei Linbo?"

Ye Chu said: "Sister Lin is so fun, she knows a lot of things that others don't."

"Huh?" Xie Dan raised his head and motioned for her to talk.

"For example, Sister Lin said that there is a kind of melon in the Western Regions that is so sweet that it sticks to your hands, like eating honey. After eating, you have to wash your hands quickly. If you can't transport it, you can only eat it locally. The local area is very hot during the day and very cold at night. The local people Wear cotton-padded jackets in the morning and gauze in the afternoon." Ye Chu said with a serious expression, "She said that the honeydew melons we ate in the capital were actually only picked when they were half-ripe ripe, so they could be transported long distances, and they were not sweet enough at all."

"Yes." Xie Dan nodded and said, "When I have a chance in the future, my brother will take you to travel all over the mountains and rivers."

"You are the emperor, can you go out and play casually?" Ye Chu expressed doubts.

Xie Dan said: "It's the other way around, I am the emperor, there is no king in the world, I can go wherever I want."

"Okay." Ye Chu said with a smile, "I haven't been to the Northland much, but I've been to many places in the south of the Yangtze River. Then if you have a chance in the future, take me to the Northland first."

Neither of them had the habit of "not talking when eating, not talking when sleeping", especially when Xie Dan was busy, the dining table was probably the place where they chatted the most and had the most leisure time, and there were always so many things to talk about.After finishing the meal, the servant girl took the copper basin and rinsed her mouth, then moved away from the table.

It was raining harder outside, the sound of pattering rain covered the sky, and there was faint thunder, so Xie Dan took her hand and went to sit on the bed.He casually leaned on the bed, deliberately calling out to Ye Chu: "Come and help brother squeeze his shoulders."

"Are you tired of carrying me?" Ye Chu asked.

"That's not true, you are so light." Xie Dan smiled, "Your brother has a lot of things in the past two days, but it's hard work, so give him a hard time."

Ye Chu squeezed his small fists and beat his shoulders, Xie Dan moved his shoulders for her to beat, and asked, "What else did Wei Linbo talk to you about?"

"Brother, don't keep calling him Wei Linbo, he's called Lin Jiang."

Ye Chu hesitated to speak, paused but did not continue, Xie Dan found that the little girl had something to do, so he patted her on the back of the head and smiled: "What are you thinking about, tell brother."

"Nothing." Ye Chu paused, but still asked, "Brother, will you make me a princess?"

"..."

Xie Dan's eyes narrowed, he paused, sat up with his body, held her small fist and pulled her over to sit on his lap, staring at her small face and asked calmly, "Why do you say this all of a sudden?"

"Just... just ask." Ye Chu said, "I'm wrong, the emperor's daughter is the princess, you are the emperor, and I am your younger sister, so it should be the eldest princess, right?"

Xie Dan was silent for a long while, then asked: "What did Wei Linbo tell you? What else did she say?"

"Sister Lin said that the eldest princess is the most powerful, and no one dares to bully her. As the eldest princess, you can have a princess mansion, and you can also have a fief, rich and leisure, and live a fairy life."

"Does An An want to be the eldest princess?" Xie Dan asked.

The little girl thought for a while, but didn't answer, but asked instead: "How did brother plan? I don't understand these things very well, and it's not all arranged by brother."

Xie Dan was silent, for a moment he didn't know what to say to her.

Now that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and even the entire capital know of Ye Chu's existence, he will definitely give her a clear identity as soon as possible, and he can't keep being so vague.

Xie Dan said: "Whatever An An wants, my brother will give it to An An. My brother is the emperor, if An An is my younger sister for the rest of my life, then she should be the eldest princess."

"Then brother wants to make me the eldest princess?"

"My brother doesn't want to."

"Why?"

"As long as my brother makes a decree to make you the eldest princess, then the status of brother and sister will be fulfilled, and you will have to observe the rituals of brother and sister. It is impossible for brothers and sisters to be intimate...An An wants to be the eldest princess, does she not like her brother? Don't you want to live with your brother?"

"??" Ye Chu said inexplicably, "No, why do you say that?"

"The eldest princess mainly lives in her princess mansion, and the emperor wants to live in the palace." Xie Dan said with a soft smile, "When the time comes, we will live in such a big place alone. Isn't it very pitiful to be alone?"

"Brother, I let you go in, and you are the one who should be sealed, and you are the one who can't." The little girl smiled, "Forget it, I don't want to be some kind of eldest princess, I still live in the leaf. Stay home, that's all."

"Then what does An An want to do if she doesn't want to be a princess?" Xie Dan said, "My brother is the emperor, so I can't live in Ye Zhai all the time. I can only live in the palace. Of course, An An can also live in the palace, but no matter where An An lives, There must be an identity, what identity does An An want?"

"..." Ye Chu looked at him speechless, it was really troublesome, why did he suddenly become the emperor.

She pushed him away, and said angrily: "Anyway, don't expect me to enter the palace to be your concubine, don't even think about it."

"..." Xie Dan was stunned for a while, then grasped a key point keenly, grabbed her and smiled, "Why is it a concubine? My brother assures you that there will be no concubines in the palace. My brother only wants to marry one in this life." A woman is a wife, let her be a queen, live with her justifiably, eat and live with her, stay with her day and night, and never have to be separated for the rest of your life. The queen is the mistress of the palace, and the eldest princess will also give her love when she sees the queen. salute."

Ye Chu pushed him away and wanted to get up, and said angrily: "Then you go and marry your queen, and marry hundreds or thousands of concubines, I won't bother with you anymore."

Xie Dan said softly: "An An doesn't like it, so my brother doesn't want anyone, but An An, have you decided to let your brother be a bachelor for the rest of his life?"

"..." Ye Chu felt that he was really dizzy tonight, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Isn't this your business? It's not up to me. Even if you're not the emperor, I can't be the master. That brother Do you want to marry yourself?"

"I think." Xie Dan said, "But it depends on who the woman is. My brother doesn't like other women. If it's not the one my brother wants, then I won't marry." He met the little girl's clear dark eyes and asked earnestly. Said, "An'an, do you really want to know?"

Ye Chu was taken aback by his focused eyes, and subconsciously asked, "What kind of woman does brother like?"

Xie Dan said softly, "Just like An An."

After he finished speaking, he stared at the little girl's expression closely, and couldn't help but feel uneasy. He finally expressed his thoughts, how would the little girl react, would she not accept it, would she even think his thoughts were dirty?

Unexpectedly, the little girl sat up from his arms, took his hands away and sat in front of him, staring at him, thinking and thinking, her delicate and beautiful face was solemn for a moment, as if she had made a decision clearly He said: "Brother, can An An marry you? You are not allowed to marry other women."