Chapter 32:

Eleven people came to the water pavilion in twos and threes. When the time came, there were still people in the water pavilion. Under the arrangement of the palace people, the group of people took their seats. The third prince's companion sits on one side alone, and the prince's companion sits on the other side. The first seats in both rows are empty, and the appointments are the positions of the prince and the third prince.
Wei Lan is in the second place after the first seat, the first is Wang Yuan, the third son of the Wang family, and the third is Zhang Sheng, the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
Zhang Sheng seems to be the oldest of the crowd, about sixteen years old. Although he is only a teenager, perhaps because of the premature intercourse, the whole person has an uncomfortable lust. He was wearing a large-sleeved gown with a red bottom and black edges with curling moire patterns, and a golden crown on his head. It was supposed to be a flamboyant and gorgeous gown, but he was alive and wretched. As soon as he sat down, he poured himself a glass of wine, and then handed it to Wei Lan, "Brother Wei, drink."
As early as on the road, the eleven teenagers had introduced each other's names. I haven't spoken to Zhang Sheng all the way. Zhang Sheng was so enthusiastic as soon as he took a seat, Wei Lan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly.
To be honest, Wei Lan doesn't really like men like Zhang Sheng. What she likes the most is Xie Zichen's cool temperament, which is as cold as snow at first glance, otherwise it is delicate. Or it was as clean and clear as Lin Che, blushing for a long time with a glance. If you can't stand up to the cleanliness, Wang Xi is as romantic, Su Cheng is as seductive, these are all okay.
However, like Zhang Sheng...
Wei Lan smiled, poured a glass of wine straight, raised the glass and touched Zhang Sheng lightly, then drank the wine, turned the glass over to the other party, and said with a smile: "I have seen Brother Zhang."
Zhang Sheng was taken aback for a while, frowned and said, "Why, brother Wei didn't want to drink the wine I poured?"
"Oh?"
Wei Lan showed a surprised expression: "I thought Brother Zhang was toasting and drinking, but Brother Zhang was pouring wine to me? Was Wei Lan rude, Wei Lan..."
Before I finished speaking, I heard the sharp voice of the eunuch, and said loudly from a long distance: "Your Majesty will drive there--"
Everyone immediately looked out of the water pavilion, and saw a bright yellow dragon just stopped on the side of the water pavilion promenade, followed by two sedan chairs, one white and one red.
The white one is the sedan chair of the prince, and the red one is the sedan chair of the third prince Sucheng.
After the three people stepped off the sedan chair, the prince and the third prince followed the emperor and walked into the pavilion.
Everyone had already knelt on the ground when the three of them got off the sedan chair. The others were still young and couldn't help but lift their heads slightly to look at the ninety-five nobles. Only Wei Lan and Xie Zichen, the two pretending old cucumbers, lowered their heads calmly, never raising their eyes.
After kowtowing with the mud, they heard a "get up", and everyone got up and returned to their positions before Wei Lan had time to look at the people in the seat.
His Majesty's current year is just like a young man, as if he can only be a weak crown, his skin is fair and tender, showing a strange tenderness. The whole person is full of spirits, sitting on the high seat, seemingly excited.
When Wei Lan saw this person's appearance, her heart sank.
Most people will not have this skin color unless they take Wu Shi San for a long time. When Wei Lan was young in her previous life, this medicine was extremely popular among the aristocracy. After taking it, it not only makes people feel ecstatic, but also makes people immediately radiant. Even the elderly over 60 can feel rejuvenated in a short period of time. . However, the drug is addictive to food and gradually makes people confused. When Wei Lan became an adult, a large number of people who took the drug all the time died of illness a few years after taking the drug. Everyone discovered that the drug may be a chronic poison. And put an end to it.
This medicine is not popular in Da Chu now, and Wei Lan has only heard of it occasionally, but doesn't want to see it again at the emperor today.
If the emperor is taking this medicine, it must be dead soon, and she has to plan early.
And Xie Zichen could not know everything that Wei Lan thought.
The emperor secretly raised the alchemist to refine the elixir of life, and the alchemist used five stones to fool around all the year round. Five years later, in 25 years of Shengkang, the emperor died violently. At this time, the three princes became princes and succeeded to the throne.
Five years.
The man sitting in the seat was chatting and laughing with the two sons next to him. He seemed to be a man who looked energetic. I was afraid that no one would think of it. This is the emperor who is in the heyday of the Spring and Autumn Period. He is only five years away.
His appearance made Xie Zichen once again realize the time is pressing, and he couldn't help lowering his eyebrows.
The abolition of the prince was accomplished step by step.
The Spring Hunter cut off Wang Xi, the prince’s most important support. After studying for two years, he should have been the six most supportive students. Lin Che took refuge in Su Cheng. Lu Chen Ji Shao was useless. Back then, he and Huan Heng He and Wang Xi were not there, and Xie Jie and Wang Xuan, the fourth son of the Wang family, who replaced him, were even more useless. As soon as they were out of office, Zhang Sheng grabbed the handle and directly participated in the dismissal.
There is no help from the new generation. The only reliance for the prince is to rely on the Prince Zhenguo. But three years later, the Prince Zhenguo died violently, and the prince no longer has any support. Then Yushitai Zhang Cheng persisted in grasping the prince’s little handle, and finally he was in Sheng In the spring of the twenty-fourth year of Kang, he caught evidence that the prince had raped Concubine Xia. The emperor was furious and deposed the prince. But the prince couldn't bear the humiliation and proved himself innocent by death.
The death of the prince finally saved some of his image in the eyes of everyone, but what's the use?
He is dead after all.
Now that he is starting again, since Xie Zichen has taken refuge in him, he will naturally not let him repeat the trajectory of the year. He helped him save Wang Xi, and replaced Xie Jie in the palace. The cards that the prince got from the beginning of the game were different.
The biggest trouble now is that Wei Lan who ran out inexplicably.
Thinking of this, Xie Zichen looked up and glanced at the young man who seemed to be thinking about it. She looked indifferent, as if she was listening carefully to the words of the person above, but it was not difficult to find out that her eyes were actually a little distracted, obviously she was thinking about something.
The eyes fell on her and it was difficult to move away.
She poured herself wine.
Her hands are much more delicate than normal men, her complexion is fair, her fingers are slender, and her joints are wrapped under the flesh, not protruding like ordinary men.
He remembered the touch of his hand, even though his palm had the thick callus from martial arts training, he could still clearly perceive the softness and tenderness on the back of his hand.
Thinking of this, Xie Zichen suddenly reacted to his fault, hurriedly looked away, and landed on a high place.
After talking with his two sons, the emperor happily raised his wine glass and said to everyone: "You are all talents carefully selected from various families, and Da Chu will hand it over to you in the future! Come, I respect you! "
As he said, the emperor drank the wine in the glass, and everyone did not dare to turn back, and drank them one after another. Then I heard Wang Xi said: "Your Majesty has such high hopes for me, Xi is terrified, lest he fail the divine grace, if your Majesty does not praise me again, the golden words will surely make me wait for God's favor, and the road ahead will be more smooth. some."
Aunt Wang Xi is the favorite concubine in the palace. Hearing his words, the emperor smiled and said helplessly: "You kid, glib! Keep the little girl if you want, and you want to coax me? Speaking, the emperor glanced at the crowd: "Chang Xinhou Where is the son?"
"The minister is here."
When Wei Lan was called, she got up calmly and knelt to the side of the small table. The emperor looked at Wei Lan up and down, and laughed out loud: "I originally thought that Wei Aiqing must be a strong man with Confucius, but never wanted to make peace. The princes of Shengjing are no different. Some time ago, the queen told me that Wei Aiqing is the appearance of a jade, but I still don’t believe it.
"Your Majesty and Empress Empress are so frightened." Wei Lan replied respectfully. The emperor smiled and joked: "Hypocrisy, being praised, I am afraid that I will laugh in my heart? By the way, I will be with you on the frontier. Isn't the Huanheng kid who is Jiang also coming?"
"The minister is here." Huan Heng immediately went out and knelt down beside Wei Lan respectfully. Although his face was pretending to be calm, he still could see a little pride and joy in his eyes.
He has always been proud to be tied with Wei Lan.
Seeing Huan Heng pretending to be calm, the emperor smiled, but his eyes were somewhat complicated.
A thousand miles away, Huan Heng was summoned to Shengjing. In addition to Huan Heng who was also excellent and wanted to be the right arm of his son, the more important reason was that he wanted to contain Huan Song, which was already difficult to suppress.
He originally thought that Huanheng would not enter the palace, but he never thought that after this decree went down, Huanheng immediately took the decree, packed his luggage and came without stopping. The emperor sent someone to inquire and got an unbelievable answer-Huan Heng missed his friend Wei Lan, so Sheng Jing was crying with his father.
Hearing this answer, the emperor felt that there must be something tricky. As a result, seeing this happy boy now, the emperor couldn't help but feel a little complicated.
Does he think people... are too smart and too bad?
"They are all young talents," the emperor covered those thoughts in his heart, like an elderly who could not be more kind. After asking the prince one by one the names of everyone, he toasted and drank again, and then he got up after saying some compliments. Leave, leave these young people to drink and have fun alone in the water pavilion.
Ji Shao and Ruan Kangcheng were the most relaxed of the group. Under the guidance of Wang Xi, the group quickly had fun. After drinking for three rounds, everyone was in high spirits. Ji Shao and Ruan Kang were good at melody. Amidst the crowds, they called Qin Xiao and wanted to play together.
The gauze on the water pavilion is fluttering and the water is gurgling. Under the light of the bright moon, the princes stand or lie down, regardless of their usual manners, but they are not romantic.
Ji Shao was born elegant, and although his eyes were still immature, he could still vaguely see the future glory. When he sat on the ground and put the piano on his knees, his playful look instantly changed, as if a celebrity was standing under the lonely mountain, solemnly and holy.
And Ruan Kangcheng beside him held the jade flute in his hand and raised his hand. After closing his eyes, a heroic flute sounded away instantly.
The sound of the piano closed tightly, and Wei Lan couldn't help closing her eyes.
Listening to the sound of the piano and flute, I sank into the illusion of a rustling bamboo forest.
Everyone couldn't help but calm down, and at this moment, someone pushed Wei Lan gently.
Wei Lan opened her eyes and saw a face-to-face eunuch. The secretly revealed the emperor's token and said in a low voice: "Wei Shizi, your majesty is calling you over."
Wei Lan's expression remained unchanged, nodded, stood up, and walked out calmly.
As early as the beginning, Xie Zichen and a few people went out to stroll around the garden, and she went out at this moment, but it was not abrupt.
As the turned left and turned right, she stepped into the imperial study room. The emperor was sitting at the table, earnestly approving the memorial. After Wei Lan bowed respectfully and gave a salute, she heard from the top: "I will let you into the palace. Do you know why?"
Wei Lan's expression remained unchanged, and she knelt on the ground, and said seriously: "The heart of the sacred, the minister dare not speculate."
"Then I arranged you to be a companion to the three princes, do you know why?"
"Your Majesty, please make it clear." Wei Lan was still calm and indifferent. The emperor couldn't help but stop writing and looked up at the young man on the ground.
He had sent someone to inquire about her life as early as when she was canonized. Before she entered the barracks, few people knew about the affairs of Changxinhou's mansion. After all, at that time, this was just a loser who was about to lose. Hou Mansion, without power and influence, is not worth mentioning.
However, after she entered the barracks, there were all traces to follow.
How to conceal the identity of the son of the prince, step by step from a low-level soldier, how to win more with less, how to deal with the complex power relationship of the frontier for his father after being discovered by his father.
Everyone only saw her outstanding achievements on the battlefield, but they didn't know that the young man in front of him was not only a famous general, but also a capable minister.
How many times their food and payment were cut off, it was this young man who returned to various places to deal with officials; how many times the generals fought in secret and did not send troops to help each other, it was this young man who came forward as a lobbyist to ensure the advancement of the front.
When he recalled her to Shengjing, many veterans felt that he had buried the talents of this child, and that she could only remain in the frontier fortress, and she must be a good general. But he knew in his heart that if such a person stayed at the border, it would really bury her talents.
He wants to leave a pillar for the next monarch of Da Chu, this child is really suitable.
"You know, if it weren't for you, at this moment, your father is dead?" The emperor put down the pen, the took a warm veil, and the emperor cleaned his hand and looked at Wei Lan.
In a word, Wei Lan immediately understood that her uncle and second uncle's methods are all clear to her majesty. This is your majesty’s warning. He doesn’t need a useless son of Changxinhoufu, because she is useful, so Changxinhoufu stayed. If she is useless, it is considered that her uncle and second uncle have used dirty methods, Your Majesty Nor will it help them.
Wei Lan lowered her eyes, and immediately kowtowed, with a loud voice: "Your Majesty's holy grace, the ministers are grateful, and I am willing to go through fire and water for your Majesty."
The emperor was very satisfied with Wei Lan's sensibility, much more interesting than her father. He looked at the boy's crawling body, and slowly said, "I regard Aiqing as the pillar of the country. I will not let Aiqing go through fire and water, and don't have to be so nervous."
"I have only one request for Aiqing."
As Wei Lan listened, the emperor slowly said: "I hope Aiqing can help the monarch well, whether it is now or in the future."
Wei Lan slowly raised her head, met the emperor's smiling face, and looked at him with cold eyes.
"Your master, there has always been only one, and that is the emperor. Do you understand?"
"I don't need you to do those filthy things that are robbing the protagonist." The emperor walked slowly from behind the desk, squatted down, pinched Wei Lan's chin with his hand, and stared at the young man's steady and firm gaze. God.
Her expression has always been so calm and stable, not like a teenager at all, but more like a politician who has been in the officialdom for many years, so she can't see half of her emotions.
But she was worth less than fifteen years old, put on a woman, that was the age of a flower. The eyebrows have not yet opened, but they have already made people's hearts rippling away. Looking at him so quietly, even if he is the age of reading all the sails, he can't help but speed up his heartbeat.
The fingertips were the smoothness of her skin. It was originally just a threatening action. He couldn't help but feel a little hard to let go. He looked at the boy in front of him in silence, his voice became dull, and slowly said: "What I want you to do is to be good My eyes are the sword of the emperor, do you understand?"
Wei Lan was sinking in what the emperor said. Hearing the emperor’s sudden muffled voice, Wei Lan couldn’t help but raised her eyebrows secretly. She understood the emperor’s change of mind, but even though the waves in her heart were stormy, her face was steady and calm. Knocking his head, with this action, he broke free of the emperor's grip on her chin, and said respectfully: "Weichen understands. Weichen will live up to your majesty's expectations."
"It's okay if you understand." The emperor also noticed his gaffe, quickly adjusted it, handed a waist card to Wei Lan, stood up and said: "You can enter the Imperial Study Room to find me at any time with your waist card in the future, don't let people notice it. Get up and go back."
"Yes." Wei Lan took the waistband and hid it in her sleeve. After saluting respectfully, she retired from the Imperial Study Room and approached the door. The emperor suddenly said, "You have a younger sister, Wei Hua. I heard that she is a compatriot. ?"
Wei Lan's heart was stunned, but her face was calm, and she smiled: "Yes, my sister-in-law has just turned fifteen this year and has already married a doctor."
"Yeah." The emperor nodded with a faint expression on his face, "Go back."
After Wei Lan walked out of the imperial study room and was taken to the waterside by the guards not far away, she let out a sigh of relief.
Her palms were full of cold sweat, and she couldn't help raising her hand to touch her chin. For the first time, she felt that being too good was a burden.
On the other side, the prince raised his head to look at Xie Zichen, and said seriously: "Gu deliberately arranged you to share a house with Wei Lan, hoping that you can convince Wei Lan to come to Gu, but you told Gu that you were not sure?"
Xie Zichen looked at the lake with a pale expression.
"Wei Shizi is your majesty's knife," Xie Zichen said indifferently: "Your Highness wants to grab your majesty's knife, so don't hurt your hand."