Chapter 59: Knife cut off water and more water flow

"Four brothers!" Eleven yelled, and suddenly paused, feeling stunned. Behind him, Ye Tianli already shouted: "What a coincidence today, Eleven Brother is also in the garden."
Eleven turned his head and said: "I just came out of the Ministry of War, just stop by and take a look." However, Qing Chen saw Qing Chen disappearing into the path behind the rocks, the time under his eyes was shallow, if it was dark, and his face was pale and a little sad against the white shirt of the moon. The meaning.
Ye Tianli was still in that sloppy appearance. She was unruly in her narrow-sleeved long shirt. She smiled and said: "I heard that the Ministry of War has been so busy recently that I haven't seen you for a few days. The concubine said this morning."
Eleven said: "It's just this time, no matter how busy you are, Brother Si hasn't closed his eyes for a few days." But seeing Qing Chen's eyebrows slightly frowned, he returned to his ordinary appearance.
"Fourth brother works harder for those who are able." Ye Tianli smiled, "We just said drinking and enjoying flowers, and we are about to send someone to find you. I don't know if the fourth and seventh brothers are free."
Qing Chen's eyes were slightly stagnant, and he stopped him and said: "They are all busy, but there are too many people but noisy. Just the three of us."
"Alright." Ye Tianli took a look at her, looked up and exchanged glances with Eleven, then turned and ordered someone to prepare the wine.
When the three of them went to Taolin, they saw the clouds steaming and the Xia Wei in the distance, gorgeous and boundless, really Fangfei April, the beauty of the world.
Eleven took advantage of the time to pull Qing Chen aside, and asked in a low voice: "What happened to you and Brother Si?"
Qing Chenfeng's eyes drooped and said lightly: "It's okay."
Eleven frowns: "You still say it's okay? A person who is desperately embarrassing himself, a serious illness and a pale face now, what will happen if it is good?"
Qing Chen raised his head, smiled at him, and said seriously: "It's really okay, it's just a misunderstanding. It will be fine in some time."
Eleventh Way: "Since I know it is a misunderstanding, why not explain it clearly?"
A touch of peach color passed through Qing Chen's eyes. She looked at the Hualin from a distance, and she was silent for a moment and said: "If you don't explain the benefits of not explaining, you don't have to explain." After thinking about it, she said, "You guys later. Don't come to me often, but be cautious and restrain yourself in everything you do."
Eleven felt a bit unusual in her words, and said: "Fourth brother has been in a bad mood these days."
When the wind passed by Fang Fei, Qing Chen only responded with a "um" and turned to go first.
The forest was light and red, and Ye Tianli had stretched out his hand to pat a small altar of "Taoyao", the fragrance of flowers added to the fragrance of wine, and the clear and clear overflowing, people who had not drink were already drunk.
The three of them looked for a flat stone and sat casually. Qing Chen held up the beaded cup, and the white jade was lightly red, very enchanting. Take a sip, neither strong nor choking, just a bit of wine that is erratic and clear, full of peach blossoms, and it turns into a mouthpiece, soft and lingering.
Raising his head into his throat, the warm current rushed up from his abdomen, noticing that his cheeks were slightly hot, and the wisps of fresh air suddenly spread with an intoxicating mellow, soaking the limbs, body, mind and spirit.
This wine, light drinking and booze are irritating.
In the morning of November, I drank the wine in one cup: "Good wine, Tao Yao attracts cranes, drunk and romantic."
Qing Chen raised his hand to pour the wine and toasted: "With this scorching peach blossom and strong wine, congratulations on your two coming to the new mansion."
The two brothers laughed and took it. After drunk one cup, Qing Chen filled them up again: "This cup is a fate for us to meet. The deep fate and the shallow fate are in the wine, and today we will not be drunk or return."
In the shadow of the peach blossoms, there are many colors. After a few rounds, she suddenly felt that Qing Chen had already drunk a few cups today. He couldn't help but said, "This drink is strong, and you are out of alcohol. Don't drink too much."
Qing Chen smiled and said: "Perhaps you are drunk and romantic, and you can't let me be in the wine?" Still holding the cup in hand, leaning against a peach tree and sipping slowly, the side of the cheek is light and light, the starry eyes are slightly drunk, but the eyes are clear A piece of dim smile seems to be true, reflected in the jade liquid.
No matter where the person is, in the past and present, she can see clearly and smiles.
I filled it up again, drank a cup the same night, dropped the white jade cup, half drunk, eccentrically, dazzlingly sober, the wine was sorrowful, I only felt that my chest was hot, and the wine burst into tears somehow, and the point was red. One after another.
Ye Tianli was feeling happy, and suddenly saw Qing Chen crying, and couldn't help being surprised: "What's wrong?"
Qing Chen smiled and said, "Come on, drink again!"
Eleven has removed her cup: "Qing Chen!"
Seeing him blocking, Qing Chen didn't look for the cup, waved: "Well, I'm already drunk, I won't drink." Leaning under the tree, raising her head, the coquettish pink was reflected in her watery eyes. But there are a lot of clues in my mind, and I don't know what I'm thinking about, but this wine image has opened up the internal organs, and churns up the deep things together, and can no longer restrain it.
In a trance, it seems that he has returned to his own place, and he has also bought wine and chatted with those friends, talked, laughed, feasted, and sang the years. When did that happen? She looked at Peach Blossom in the dressing room mockingly, confused, and forgot who she was now. As expected, wine can be intoxicating.
But what about drunk?
Some things cannot be done, some things cannot be said, and some people cannot be seen.
Being drunk sober and not allowing yourself to be confused, is it the most painful thing in life?
The Baishi Square is flat and solemn, more than twenty feet wide, and it is connected to the front hall of Zhiyuan Hall. Trees of various colors are planted on both sides of the avenue. Although they are towering and erect, they are not very tall because the square is empty. The spring breeze has passed in a few days, and the rain is enough. Now the branches have bloomed palm-sized small leaves, and they are lightly shaded by the sun. Little by little, he moved very comfortably.
Ye Tianling stepped onto the jade steps in front of the hall, and the incumbent said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is in the Wutai Hall today, please go there as soon as you and the Eleventh Hall are down."
Ye Tianling nodded, didn't say a word, walked with his hand in his hand, thoughtful. "Four brothers!" Eleven said beside him, "You are going to see the emperor father like this?"
"What?" Ye Tianling stopped.
Eleventh Road: "It's a good spring right now. You look like a cold winter with a frosty face. Could you please stop asking?"
Ye Tianling frowned slightly, and looking from a high place, the peaks and ridges of Qishan on the north side of the Taizheng Palace are undulating, and now they are full of spring, and the shades of emerald green are layered, making people clear. He stood quietly in front of the temple, turned and said, "Let's go."
Eleven shook his head secretly, saying that it was a misunderstanding, but I don't know when it will be frozen. Entering the Wutai Hall, I didn't expect Qing Chen to be there. They didn't see her for a few days, and both of them thought she had not yet returned to the palace. Ye Tianling's figure paused slightly. Qing Chen was talking to the Emperor of Heaven. At this moment, when he heard the sound, turning his head back, the blood-colored face seemed to be paler, but his eyes became deeper and deeper.
"My son has met my father."
"His Four, Your Highness Eleven."
The faint sound is like a thousand pounds in my ears. Ye Tianling looked at him blankly, and Qing Chen also turned quietly to face the picture of the emperor and the mountains in front of the Emperor.
"Qing Chen, show them." The Emperor raised his hand to order Ye Tianling and Shi together, still looking at the map and thinking about things.
Qing Chen took a chapter from the Long Case, hesitated, stepped forward and handed it to Eleven. Eleven carried the Emperor on his back, and looked between Qing Chen and Ye Tianling with worry in his eyes. Qing Chen said slowly: "This is the chapter of the Dongyue Hou, requesting an increase in naval defense military expenditures and expansion of naval forces. The reason is that since last year, the East China Sea has been frequently attacked by Japanese pirates. This year there have been more than 280 merchant ships and The fishing boat was robbed. The most serious one was in the first few days of this month when Japanese pirates attacked the heavily guarded coastal waters of Langzhou Mansion. Although they were repelled, both sides suffered heavy losses, which can only be described as a tragic victory."
Ye Tianling took the chapter handed over from Eleventh, and habitually didn’t read it right away. Instead, he listened to Qing Chen briefly talking about the key points and asked here:
More than 280 ships were robbed in the past four months. Don’t you meet Japanese pirates every day?"
Qing Chen said: "According to this figure, there are at least two ships encountering accidents every day, which sounds very frequent."
"It's too frequent," Ye Tianling said.
"The Japanese pirates attacked the coastal waters. Did they go ashore or engage in naval battles? This is not a trivial matter, what is the situation?"
Eleven also thought about it.
"I have mentioned it in this chapter for a while, and the words are not detailed, obviously the point is not here." Qing Chen said. Ye Tianling glanced at this chapter only then: "The focus is on military spending."
The emperor turned around and asked, "What do you think of Ling'er?"
Ye Tianling considered it and said, "Erchen believes that this chapter should be rejected."
"Talk about it." Tiandi said.
Ye Tianling said: "Dongyue Hou was going to this chapter at this time, obviously because of the question of the way in which Southern Xinjiang was entrusted to the six counties. Since it is decided to withdraw the domain, there is no need to fill in the money. Besides, at the end of last year The military expenditure of the Langzhou navy has just increased by 400,000, and now it is costing another 600,000, which does not make sense."
"What about the Japanese pirates?" The Emperor asked again.
Ye Tianling thought for a moment, and said, "Forbidden the sea."
The Emperor of Heaven frowned and thought: "Forbidden the sea?"
"Your Majesty," Qing Chen said quietly, "The four majesty's remarks have not been considered. The ban on the sea should not be done lightly."
The emperor said: "How to say?"
Qing Chen said: "The merchant ship trade along the southeast coast is the most important part of local taxation, and it is also the way for the people to survive. Once the sea is banned, both sides will lose support. Not only can it not solve the problem, but it will give up because of choking. The more taboo against Japanese pirates When they retreat, they become more arrogant and take offense as defense."
At eleven, he looked at Qing Chen in surprise, Ye Tianling's eyes moved, and the Emperor of Heaven nodded and said, "What Qing Chen said is not unreasonable."
Ye Tianling didn't have the slightest emotion in his voice, saying: "The banned sea mentioned by Erchen is just a stopgap measure. It's just that we don't have the energy to deal with the attack from both sides of the North Xinjiang and the East Sea at the same time, so we can only focus on one side first. This chapter of the 600,000 military expenditure should still be rejected."
The Emperor of Heaven glanced at Qing Chen. Qing Chen flicked his eyebrows lightly, and said, "I think this chapter can be accurate." Ye Tianling and Eleven frowned at the same time. It seems that Qing Chen must have the opposite opinion for every opinion that Ye Tianling raised today.
Qing Chen slowly said in their different eyes: "The imperial court wants to revoke the fief of the princes, which is definitely not good news for the princes. They can't stand by and die. If one is accidentally bitten by him, the consequences will be disastrous. The more you have a purpose in this chapter, you should move the boat along the water and give him generously, without showing the slightest strangeness on the surface, and removing their guard is the safest way."
Ye Tianling said coldly: "If Dongyue Hou was really moved by the withdrawal of his domain, wouldn't this six hundred thousand military expenditures be in his arms?"
Qing Chen said immediately: "It's not that you need to pay if you get the chapter right. Six hundred thousand taels is not a small amount. How can it be taken? Is there no way to delay it? Last year's 400,000 military expenditures are still 200,000. Cash it out, slowly consuming it, and consuming it to the end."
Ye Tianling said: "In this way, attacking Japanese pirates is still empty talk."
Eleven secretly gestured to Qing Chen with his eyes, but Qing Chen turned a blind eye and said: "But the maritime ban is of great importance and cannot solve the fundamental problem."
Ye Tianling said, "Forbidden the sea is a way to slow down. At present, in terms of facts, is there a better way?"
The Emperor of Heaven suddenly raised his hand and said in a deep voice, "What are you arguing about!" The two people who were arguing suddenly stopped. The emperor swept his gaze majesticly and said: "I ask you, withdraw from the country, withdraw from the Japanese pirates, military expenses, and forbid the sea. What are you talking about?"
"Surging the border, consolidating the country's foundation." Almost in unison, Ye Tianling and Qing Chen replied together.
The Emperor of Heaven snorted: "I'm not confused yet."
Eleven rushed in time before the two of them and laughed and said: "After talking about this for a long time, it turns out that they have reached the same goal by different routes. Father, in fact, the fourth brother and Qing Chen have their own reasons, and Qing Chen is a good way to deal with military expenses. The more he wrangled, the military memorandum approved him, but the Ministry of War and the underlings can go to this chapter to refute questions, let them set out their budgets, and discuss and review them. This is easy."
The Emperor of Heaven pointed to Qing Chen: "That is to say, a woman can figure out such a way."
Qing Chen whispered: "There are clouds in the art of war, the plank road is built in the dark, and the warehouse is dark, the same as this."
Eleventh Dao: "If you talk about the art of war, the fourth brother is capturing the thieves and the king. Among the princes, the most difficult one is Beiyan Hou, so the northern border should be the most important thing to withdraw. It is not a concern. Therefore, it is not impossible to consider the prohibition of the sea for a period of time. The method of treating the symptoms should be suspended first, and the fundamentals will be vacated. If both sides start at the same time, the loss of one and the other is not worth the loss."
Ye Tianling said: "Father, although the responsibilities of the children are not in the household department, they probably know that the current state treasury is not rich, and we cannot afford to take care of everything."
The emperor nodded, but asked: "I think you are not calmer than usual today?"
Ye Tianling took a deep breath: "My son knows his mistake."
Eleven hurriedly said: "Father, these days, the states and counties in the suburbs of Beijing have been stationed to change defenses. The fourth brother has not returned to the palace in the Ministry of War for several nights. I think he is a little tired."
The Emperor of Heaven said: "I also know that the burden of the Ministry of War is really not light. It is not easy for the two of you brothers. There is nothing else to do today. Let's go back to the house. Qing Chen also go. You don't have to come over these days. Let's talk about it."
"Your Majesty Xie is compassionate!"
Qing Chen thanked him for his kindness and knelt down with him and exited the Wutai Hall. He walked to the front of the hall and said, "I have something else to do. I won't send the two majesty off." Go over there.
"Qing Chen!" Eleven stopped her, "What are you doing? I didn't even say a word when I came back to the palace. Why did I have trouble with my fourth brother just now?"
Qing Chen stopped and glanced at Ye Tianling calmly, and said: "It's just a matter of fact, please don't mind."
Ye Tianling stared at Qing Chen's pale black face, it seemed that within a few days, his expression and tone were all different, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of dullness mixed with pity, like rough sand. In the heart. After a while, he whispered: "It's been a long time since I went to Changlefang."
Unexpectedly, Qing Chen didn't raise her head, she lowered her eyes and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me. Today, Sister Jin invited me to the Palace of Cham. I am afraid that Changlefang cannot go.
Ye Tianling's face suddenly sank, before saying more, he walked straight away, but after a few steps, he suddenly turned sideways and turned back.
Qing Chen was also stopping in the long hallway to look back, looking straight into his heart from a distance, like a clean but sharp sunlight under a floating spring.
Qing Chen stopped for a moment, speeded up his pace and turned into the side porch, and was dragged into a side door unexpectedly, only to find that Eleven had been following behind him.
Eleven stared at her, somewhat displeased: "You clearly intend to provoke the fourth brother!"
Qing Chenfeng lifted his eyes: "I just said it to the point."
"I'm not talking about the Wutai Temple. It's what you said just now. You know you will irritate the fourth brother, but you still want to say that. I heard that the seventh and ninth brothers often go to Fengfu these days. What are you doing? What's the matter?" Eleven asked in a deep voice.
Qing Chen drew his eyebrows lightly, and said slowly: "The emperor holds two handbooks for marriage invitations. One is from His Highness Nine and the other is from His Highness Seven. The emperor is waiting to see if anyone is on the third place. Daoshouben. What do you think I should do? Support all the political opinions of the fourth brother in front of the emperor, or go to Changlefang with you without any scruples?"
On 11th, I heard that Ye Tianming also asked me to marry him. At first, I was a little surprised, and then said: "You can tell me these things, can't you tell the fourth brother? It doesn't matter if there are occasional misunderstandings between the two, but if the delay is too long , It will be difficult to make up."
Qing Chen cast his eyes down lightly: "Does he need to listen to my explanation?"
Eleven Shishi said helplessly: "As soon as Brother Seven asked for the marriage, you rejected the imperial grandmother's marriage. You just said something like that. Brother Fourth is good, but all men can't bear it. You have seen it too. , He is very busy these days, do you really bear it?"
Qing Chen's face flashed in front of Tianling Qingzhu the night, and he sighed softly: "Eleven, you can bring him a word for me. Pu reeds are as tough as silk, and the rocks are not transferred."
Eleven watched her for a long while, then nodded and said: "It must be brought here."