The Prosperity of Jingdi Chronicle

Jing Ke didn't know if the chief of his family was a fool, but he knew he must be a little fool.

"Xiao Zhenting, I still feel unwilling." Jing Ke clenched her fists and said in a muffled voice.

Although in front of the emperor, he was very resolute and refused to change his mouth to tell the truth about the matter, but he was very unwilling to let those people go. If he knew that it would end up like this, he should have hit him a few more times.

"Your Highness, please let go of your hand. If you use such force, the wound will open." Xiao Zhenting saw that he was tossing hard, and hurried forward to break his fist. He checked it carefully to make sure it was wrapped around the cloth outside. There was no bleeding, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness, even if you are unwilling, you can't abuse your body. It's just some gossip, just pretend you didn't hear it. Besides, if your mouth grows on them, even if you are unwilling, we There is no other way but to let them talk."

"Even if they are talking nonsense, let them talk?" Jing Ke was even more unwilling and asked him angrily.

"Your Highness, although those words are hard to hear, they are still true in a sense. Besides, even His Majesty, there is no way to make people stop talking." Xiao Zhenting said with a sigh.

"Nonsense, Xiao Zhenting, you are a big villain. The commander-in-chief is not what they say, he is not flattering, he is not a sycophant, if you speak ill of the commander-in-chief, I will not talk to you again." Jing Ke turned her head angrily When I got inside, I didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Xiao Zhenting looked at him dumbfounded, tried to coax him a few words, but it didn't work, Jing Ke had to apologize before he would talk to him.He didn't think what he just said was wrong, so how could he apologize?But it's not a solution to be so stalemate. He used his brain and thought of a way to prove his words.

His method of proof is simple and quite simple, that is, to talk about the past and the present, using history as evidence.When the histories of all dynasties were compiled, a separate chapter would be named Ningxing Biography.The so-called flattery refers to those who win the favor of the emperor through flattery, and it covers a very wide range, not just men who have an affair with the emperor.However, according to the standards of historians compiling history, if he were to revise history today, he would undoubtedly be included in the biography of the lucky ones.

"Xiao Zhenting, you are lying, I don't believe it. The commander-in-chief is not, you go away." Jing Ke absolutely can't accept his favorite commander-in-chief, and will be classified as a lucky person, so that he has always been in addition to the commander-in-chief. Xiao Zhenting, who he likes second, is also among his dislikes.

"Your Highness, even if you don't believe it or don't want to, you can't change this result. Looking closely at the legends of sycophants in the past, there are many people who are cautious, have nothing to lose, and are quite self-improving. Why are they still classified as sycophants after their death? The pen is like a knife, it’s not just talking, as long as there is a lack of virtue in that aspect, no matter how good other aspects are, you can’t escape this result, unless..."

"Unless what?" Seeing Xiao Zhenting suddenly stopped and stopped talking, Jing Ke hurriedly asked him.

"Unless His Highness holds the history writing pen in his hand, His Highness can write whatever he wants at that time, and he can write whatever he wants. However, His Highness really did this in the future. After His Highness is behind him, this historical pen is like a knife. I'm afraid It is about to fall on His Highness, I wonder if His Highness is afraid?"

Throughout the ages, there have been many emperors who usurped history. Similarly, there are many historians who criticize the emperors who usurped history.

"Of course I'm not afraid, it's just...you want me to be a historian?" Jing Ke was a little puzzled.

Isn't the person who holds the pen to write history the official historian?Did Xiao Zhenting suggest that he become a historian in the future?However, most historian families are hereditary, and there is no precedent for a prince to serve as a historian.

"I didn't say that. Historians can only write history books based on historical facts. How can they have the power to write whatever they want?" Xiao Zhenting quickly denied his conjecture.

"In this case...you mean...but...it's impossible..." Jing Ke suddenly thought of something, changed his face, and shook his head quickly.

Although he is still young, he must not expect extravagant things. He has long understood the truth.That position was too far away for him, even if it was a dream, he never dreamed of it.

"Your Highness, some things have never been tried, so how do you know that it is impossible? After all, you are also His Majesty's son. And, are you really willing? If one day, your favorite commander-in-chief is arbitrarily slandered, you don't Are you really willing to refute the ability to stop?"

Xiao Zhenting's voice is full of inexplicable and huge temptation, even if there is an abyss in front of him, it makes people want to just jump into it.Jing Ke received too much shock for a while, and was speechless in a daze.

He is not reconciled, of course he is not, but, even if he is not reconciled to some things, is it useful?

He is a concubine, but also a young son. The heavenly family establishes the heir. First the heirs are judged by the sons and daughters, and then the elders and younger ones are ranked first. He either establishes the son or the elder. He has four elder brothers first. not to him.

Even though he was still young, he already understood these principles.

Even if he is unwilling, what's the use?

Whether it is useful or not, no one knows now, but Xiao Zhenting planted a small seed in his heart, but there is no doubt about it.

Xiao Zhenting is coaxing Jing Ke, and Wei Yan is also coaxing the emperor.

Last night, the emperor broke through his good deed of bullying his son, so he didn't feel guilty for a while, and passed the night peacefully.But on the second day, after the discussion was over and all the officials were sent away, he sat behind the case and thought about something seriously.

Wei Yan has been with the emperor for so many years, even if he doesn't say anything about the things the emperor will do, he already knows in his heart.

Seeing the emperor like this, uninformed people might mistakenly think that the emperor is worrying about state affairs. In fact, the emperor must be thinking about how to torment people.As for the target, he probably doesn't even bother to bully children, and the ones who can't escape must be those adults.

Of course, the little prince Jing Ke was an exception. Who told him to be in front of the emperor. The emperor bullied him so easily. Even if other people wanted to be bullied by the emperor, they didn't have the opportunity or the convenience.

It might be very unfair to the little prince to say that, as if being bullied by the emperor was a gift from the emperor, but in a sense, there is such a meaning in it.

Wei Yan tried to distract the emperor with official business, so that the emperor would give up those absurd thoughts that were swirling in his mind.It's a pity that the charm of official affairs is far from being enough to toss people around. The emperor quickly became absent-minded and chatted to him in an inappropriate manner.

"Your Majesty, do you want to listen to the thoughts in the heart of the minister?" Wei Yan had no choice but to put down his official business and prepare to have a long talk with the emperor, lest the emperor get angry about those trivial matters from time to time, which is really unnecessary.

"What... you said." Seeing Wei Yan's serious posture, Jing Li finally came back to his senses.

"I was not smart enough or capable enough when I was young. I can only do what I should do. Although I occasionally hope to leave a name in the annals of history, but I know in my heart that it is impossible. At that time, I thought that by protecting His Majesty's safety, I would be loyal to the country and share the worries of the King. After that happened, I hated Your Majesty for a while..."

"I'm sorry, Zhen..." Hearing this, Jing Li suddenly hugged him tightly.

Although he has a tough posture, he is thinking in his heart that even if he is given another chance, he will not regret it. In fact, he knew that Wei Yan hated him at that time, but Wei Yan didn't dare to mention the past. Bringing up this topic easily, let the past ruin the happy days of the present, when Wei Yan mentioned it, he was finally able to make up this sentence of apology.

"The past is in the past, don't talk about it, your majesty was young at that time." Wei Yan shook his head, telling the emperor to stop talking. He didn't bring up those things to settle old scores with the emperor. Some things are in the past. It was never in his nature to entangle the old things over and over again. He mentioned it at this time, but he wanted to solve the emperor's knot, "Later, I was exiled, traveled to many places, and saw many things that I would never see in Beijing. It was the first time that I learned about the people's livelihood, and it was also the first time that I wanted to do something for the country and the people besides living a good life. Before I returned to His Majesty, I have already seriously considered the price I will pay. Your Majesty, I don’t mind those vain names, so your Majesty should stop being angry with such trivial matters and tormenting courtiers with these gossips. You are not smart enough or capable enough to do what you wanted to do back then. However, His Majesty is smart enough and capable enough to fulfill those wishes on my behalf. All I can do is to always stand behind His Majesty and protect His Majesty's safety."

His reputation was ruined, and all his honor and disgrace were thrown away. This was the price he voluntarily paid for following the emperor.

Gossip and gossip, the pen of history is like a knife, this is the price he voluntarily paid for always being by the emperor's side.

He already knew that things would turn out like this, but, he was willing, he really was willing.

At that time, he was too lazy to think about the relationship between him and the emperor, and he lived day by day because he didn't want to think about these things, but when he was willing to return to the emperor, he had already thought about it. Clear.

Everything has a price, and since he chose to be by the emperor's side, he must pay the price. Why hasn't the emperor understood this simple truth yet?

"You don't care, but I do. I don't allow anyone to slander you, humiliate you. Anyone who dares to do this, I will make them pay the price." Wei Yan doesn't care about fame, but Jing Li does, and this person is him The treasure that has been carefully held in the palm of your hand and cared for, how can you allow others to trample on it.

"Your Majesty, how can you take the ignorant words of a yellow-mouthed child seriously, and it is even more innocent to harm your family. If Your Majesty really wants to do those things, I will be very angry and disappointed with Your Majesty. Maybe I will soon suspect , whether the choice made by the minister back then was a mistake."

Wei Yan's expression was very serious, serious, not joking at all.Jing Li and him looked at each other for a while, and finally turned their heads away, and said unwillingly:

"I know."

At this time, the unwilling expression on his face was really comparable to that of Jing Ke who was competing with Xiao Zhenting in the side hall at that time.

After Wei Yan comforted the emperor, she was worried about Jing Ke's injury, so she went to visit him.

He entered the door of the side hall where Jing Ke lived, and what he saw was such a scene.Jing Ke was sitting on the couch angrily, ignoring others, while Xiao Zhenting was reading to him.One was sulking, and the other was as if nothing had happened. This scene was exactly the same as the emperor's sulking just now. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile.

Seeing him coming in, Xiao Zhenting quickly stood up and saluted him, Jing Ke also wanted to get up, but Wei Yan quickly stepped forward and held him down.

Wei Yan carefully inspected Jing Ke's wounds all over his body, and asked him a few more words before he felt relieved, and then asked Xiao Zhenting a few gossips without saying a word.

Wei Yan knew that Jing Ke's companion was from the Xiao family in Anyang. Several times, he wanted to ask how Yan Yucheng was doing now, and whether everything was all right?But he didn't know how to bring up this topic, so some words reached his mouth, and he swallowed them back.

"Brother sent a letter, asking me to greet Master Hou on his behalf. If Master Hou is free someday, can you allow me to come and see you?" While talking, without knowing where he was going, Xiao Zhenting suddenly said such a sentence.

Xiao Zhenting's words are not casual, in fact he has been to Yongninghou's mansion more than once, but unfortunately Yongninghou is almost more difficult to see than the emperor, always thanking guests behind closed doors, not frequent visitors, usually except for the housekeeper, no one can see To other masters, he can only leave gifts and leave sadly.This time they happened to meet in the palace, Xiao Zhenting immediately made this request, regardless of whether Wei Yan was puzzled when he heard it.

"Brother Ling is..." Wei Yan didn't know who Xiao Zhenting's elder brother was, so he could only ask him.

"My brother, Zhenyang, is an old friend of Lord Hou. He was taken care of by Lord Hou back then, and he will always remember it. If Lord Hou needs someone to run errands for something, just ask me. My Xiao family will never forget the kindness of Lord Hou who helped him save his life that day. "

"It turned out to be him." Wei Yan pondered for a while, and finally figured out that Xiao Zhenyang was probably the Yan Yucheng of that day, but at that time he only said a few words, and he waved his hand quickly, "Brother Ling It's too serious, I just said a word at that time, begging for a favor, it's not a life-saving grace."

"Mr. Hou's words are wrong. A word of kindness and a meal of love are all kindness, not to mention the kindness of saving a life. If there is a way, it is not a gentleman to repay a kindness. Could it be that Master Hou thinks that my Xiao family is grateful Unreported ones?"

"I don't mean that. How about this, when my family Minwen comes back, I'll send someone to invite you over to the mansion and get close to him." Seeing the young man's posture of wanting to argue with him, Wei Yan quickly surrendered.

Minwen and Xiao Zhenting of his family are similar in age, and they are both young and mature, so they should be able to get along relatively well.As for himself, he will not join in the fun.Immediately, he decided to throw this hot potato to his precious son to receive him. He didn't know if Wei Minwen, whose return date was approaching, sneezed on the road.

"Commander, Ke'er wants to go too, and Ke'er wants to get close to Brother Min Wen." Jing Ke heard that Xiao Zhenting was going to the Commander's house to play, and that Brother Min Wen, whom he had never met before, was also coming back. , quickly grabbed the sleeve of the commander in chief, and looked at him with big shining eyes.

"Okay, His Highness will go with us at that time." Regarding Jing Ke's coquettish Dafa, Wei Yan has always been indifferent, and immediately agreed, "However, His Highness must take good care of his injuries in the next few days, otherwise he will not be able to walk by then, so don't cry .”

"Commander, do you think the father will not let Ke'er go?" Jing Ke was happy for a while, but suddenly thought that the emperor was still angry with him, and suddenly became uneasy, and whispered in Wei Yan's ear.

"Don't worry, when the time comes, I will ask His Majesty for orders." Wei Yan also whispered in his ear.

Jing Ke finally let go, hugged Wei Yan's neck, and laughed happily.

Xiao Zhenting looked at the little prince who was wrapped like a rice dumpling, and Wei Yan and Wei Yan were head to head, muttering what they were talking about, and also laughed.