The imperial study is as warm as spring, but I still feel a little tired after sitting for a long time.
The emperor couldn't help but yawn, and suddenly two servants came in smiling, holding two large vases.
"Your Majesty, please take a look and see if these flowers are blooming well."
The emperor looked over and was a little surprised: "Can peach blossoms bloom now?" He smiled again and said, "Concubine Chen is getting more and more powerful."
The chamberlain smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen sent it to you."
The emperor was stunned. Concubine Chen was the one who was good at growing flowers in the palace. She spent her days in the greenhouse and never tried to win favor. However, the queen was still dissatisfied and thought it was a waste of money.
The emperor didn't like to hear this. It seemed that he, the emperor, was extravagant and wasteful. It was indeed expensive to raise flowers, but it was the Chen family's money that was spent. The queen was really nosy.
"Did the queen steal it from Concubine Chen?" the emperor asked with a frown.
The chamberlain hurriedly laughed and said: "How could it be possible? Mrs. Wu Guo had just sent this flower. She said it was raised by the new gardener hired by the family. It bloomed for the first time and was immediately sent to the empress and your majesty."
Mrs. Wu Guo is the title given to the queen's sister-in-law, and she is also the wife of Li Guojiu.
Another chamberlain followed and said: "It's been placed in the Queen's Palace, and I've asked it to be delivered to Your Majesty, saying..."
He wanted to speak but stopped.
The emperor snorted: "What did she say that was unpleasant?"
The chamberlain laughed and said, "Your Majesty is busy in the imperial study, so he asked for flowers to be sent here."
The emperor snorted again: "What you're saying is that I won't go to her, so you can send the flowers here?"
The waiters laughed and said nothing.
The emperor looked at the peach blossoms. They were blooming really well and must be worth a lot of money. Originally, the Li family was not that poor. They pretended to be poor and upright all day long.
"Put it here." He said, pointing to the desk, "She won't listen to what she said. Don't mess with the things."
The waiters responded by placing the peach blossoms on the table, looking at each other again, and Le Diandian stepped away.
He must have accepted the money and was willing to bribe the servants. The emperor knew it very well, and he really couldn't tolerate the queen. The queen, the mother of the world, was just a gift from him, so don't always be superior to others.
"Your Majesty." Another chamberlain came in, "Lu Hanlin is here."
The emperor's brows that had just relaxed were condensed together again, and he sighed: "I have a headache."
A chamberlain hurriedly whispered: "Why don't we let him go back?"
The emperor shook his head: "How can that happen? After suffering such great injustice, I cannot bully him."
The chamberlain sighed: "Your Majesty is the most aggrieved. It's not like he robbed someone else's wife."
The emperor was amused and sighed: "Stop talking nonsense, please come in quickly."
The chamberlain responded, and soon Lu Yizhi came in. After not seeing him for a few days, the young man's official robes had grown a lot bigger. Although he looked thin, he became more and more handsome.
The emperor looked twice.
Lu Yizhi saluted and asked directly without any greetings: "Your Majesty, can my fiancée come back?"
The emperor coughed lightly and said, "I have an idea. I will take your fiancée into the palace and recuperate in the Queen's Palace. Then I will dissolve the engagement for you and marry her to Huo Lian. In this way, I will protect her.
Do you think it's decent?"
Preserving the dignity of his fiancée also preserved Lu Yizhi's dignity.
Lu Yizhi said: "Your Majesty, the world will either say that my fiancée is in love with someone else, or that she has lost her innocence and has to commit herself to Huo Lian. She still has no dignity." He bowed again, "I don't want to have dignity either. I just want to be with her.
all my life."
The emperor asked again: "How about I marry you to a princess?"
Lu Yizhi shook his head, looked at the emperor, and smiled with clear eyes: "Your Majesty, I don't ask for wealth, I will always wait for you."
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Seeing Lu Yizhi retreating, the emperor leaned on his chair and sighed.
"Young Master Lu is such a sweetheart." A chamberlain sighed.
The emperor sat up straight again: "I have thought about it and just ask the guards to snatch people over. Huo Lian knows how to snatch people, can't I?"
Internal servants said in a hurry: "No, Governor Huo Du can do everything. People are in his hands, and then people hurt people ..."
The emperor leaned back again and sighed: "Then I really feel sorry for Lu Yizhi."
While they were talking here, a chamberlain ran in and whispered: "Liu Siqing stopped Lu Hanlin."
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In front of the Royal Study Hall, Liu Yan looked at the young official who was saluting solemnly in front of him, with a complicated expression on his usually dull face.
It turns out that the daughter of the craftsman Yan Yan has been hidden in the Lu family.
After coming out of Linglongfang, he briefly learned about the Lu family. The Lu family was not Mohists and had nothing to do with the Mohists.
It is indeed a good place to hide people.
In other words, the original intention was for her to become an ordinary person from now on and no longer have anything to do with the Momen.
But I didn't expect that this girl would still take the path of a Mohist, and she would do so in a very scary way.
"Lu Hanlin." Liu Yan said, "Your fiancée was imprisoned by Huo Lian?"
Lu Yizhi raised his head. He had not gone to court in the past few days. The emperor kindly asked him to avoid the limelight, but he could not avoid the limelight all his life.
He didn't want to avoid the limelight.
Along the way today, I have met many officials, but everyone greeted them implicitly and sympathetically. At most, they asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
Only Liu Yan asked so bluntly.
Not knowing what was going on, Lu Yizhi suddenly felt a little dazed, thinking of the first time he entered the capital.
At that time, he passed by Huixian Tower, and his companions wanted to go together to see the luxurious restaurants in the capital, but they were stopped outside because Liu Siqing of Dali Temple reserved the restaurant for himself.
That was the first time he felt the charm of a position of power.
Now he has become an official in the court, but there are many young officials in the court, so not everyone takes a second look at him. Liu Yan never paid attention to him.
This was the first time Liu Yan looked at him and talked to him.
Lu Yizhi's eyes didn't flinch at all, and his expression didn't show any shame. He nodded: "Yes."
It was his fiancée who was robbed, it was not him who should be embarrassed and ashamed.
He is unusually calm and not afraid of rumors.
If it were other officials, or Liu Yan who had never been to Linglongfang, they might have praised him in his heart, saying that he was a true gentleman.
But Liu Yan's eyes darkened for a moment. He looked at him and asked, "Then why don't you go to Huo Lian's house to snatch him back?"
Lu Yizhi was slightly stunned. Was he dissatisfied with him?
Doesn’t everyone hate Huo Lian?
Of course, many people are afraid of Huo Lian.
But Liu Yan shouldn’t.
Although he was confused, Lu Yizhi did not delay his response. He raised his hand and saluted towards the imperial study room: "I don't want to embarrass Your Majesty."
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"Don't want to embarrass me."
Hearing the conversation between the two from the chamberlains standing outside the palace, the emperor repeated it with emotion.
"Lu Hanlin is really determined and thorough."
If Liu Yan really went to Huo Lian's house to rob someone as Liu Yan said, and two court officials started arguing, he would be the most shameful emperor. He would be punished even if he was not punished. No matter how he was punished, whether he was light or heavy, he would be discussed. This was not the case.
He is the most embarrassed.
"Master Liu looks very unhappy." The chamberlain whispered, "I see he still has a memorial in his hand, maybe he wants to impeach."
The emperor was a little helpless: "It's none of his business."
Just as he was frowning, another chamberlain came in and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu has left."
gone?
No more impeachment?
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After Lu Yizhi said this, he left.
Although he was calm and unafraid, it was a sad matter and he didn't want to talk about it too much.
Liu Yan didn't stop him and asked him anything, but looked at his back.
It turned out that he just didn't want to embarrass the emperor and didn't care about his fiancée.
He is truly a young man who understands the emperor's heart deeply.
This young official wants to turn his future into a good thing by taking advantage of the bad thing that happened when his fiancée was robbed.
Liu Yan suddenly couldn't help but laugh.
such a pity.
Smart is smart.
But does he know who his fiancée is who he is deeply affectionate with and uses to express his feelings to the emperor?
Mohist.
He is still the head of the Mo clan.
As long as her identity is revealed, whether she knows it or not, in front of the emperor, Lu Yi will be unable to defend herself and will die.
It's true that he wasted his life after running out of mechanisms.
Liu Yan's smile disappeared again, his eyes darkened.
Do people want to die? People never want to die. When he was locked up in King Jin's cell and life was worse than death, when the craftsman Yan said that eating beans and drinking soup would help him survive, he didn't hesitate to extend his hand.
That young man Lu Yizhi had never even experienced the threat of death, how could he be willing to die?
If he wants to die and keep his power, what will he do?
In order to prevent his identity from being exposed, he will obey Qixing's advice and become a pawn controlled by Momen.
It's not enough for these Seven Stars to reunite with Momen, they even want to get involved in the court.
How is this different from colluding with the King of Jin to plot rebellion?
Does she know what she is doing? Does she know that her mother is a Mohist with a pure mind, but she wants to let the Mohist continue to slide into the abyss of crime!
Liu Yan's eyes flashed with a chill, he looked towards the emperor's study room and took a step forward.
“Will my daughter look like me?”
"Forget it, it doesn't matter if she's not like me, as long as she can come to this world and live a good life."
The voice of the craftsman girl Yan seemed to ring in my ears again.
Live well.
The craftsman girl Yan is dead.
Her daughter...
Liu Yan stopped his steps and looked at the door a step away. The chamberlain standing in front of the door had already saluted him and was about to pass the message.
Liu Yan turned around and strode away.
The chamberlain who bent over to salute raised his head and was stunned.
Mr. Liu, what is he doing?
Not long after the chambermaid stood still, a chamberlain trotted in front of him, his eyes a bit excited.
"Dudu Huo is here." He whispered.
The waiter outside the door hurriedly asked in a low voice: "We met Lu Hanlin? Did they start a fight?"
The chamberlain gasped and shook his head: "No, Lu Hanlin took a turn to go to the Hanlin Academy. He happened to miss it, but Liu Siqing stopped Governor Huo."
Oops, the chamberlain hurriedly went in to report to the emperor.
These two people can't fight.
Fortunately, as soon as the emperor expressed his concern, Huo Lian came in. It seemed that he didn't say a few words and didn't start a fight.
The emperor and Huo Lian didn't need to be subtle and asked directly: "What did Liu Siqing tell you?"
Huo Lian's expression was dull: "He asked me how I felt when I cut off my adoptive father's head to kill my relatives."
The emperor was stunned.
The chamberlain on the side exclaimed: "Your Majesty, are Liu Yan complaining on behalf of Thief Liang?"
The emperor regained his composure, smiled, and shook his head: "No, he is not that kind of person."
Liu Yan was an upright scholar and would never sympathize with those who plotted rebellion, not to mention that no one knew the evil deeds of King Jin better than him.
The emperor looked at Huo Lian with some sympathy: "Look, he can't bear to see you stealing someone's fiancée, and he is mocking you."
After he finished speaking, his face sank as he thought about what he should do as an emperor.
"You still haven't paid me back?"
Huo Lian shook her head: "I won't pay you back."
The emperor pointed his finger: "Get out and kneel!"
The plot has been dull recently, so I can write more.
