With the autumn rain, the weather got cold very quickly.
Prime Minister Lu Qian still sits around the stove, warming himself and reading as he did when he was a boy. However, he has to beat his legs and feet from time to time.
Fu Jin also sat by the stove, warming wine and throwing bamboo charcoal into the fire.
"Your problem is more obvious than before!" Fu Jin said.
Lu Qian took a sip of tea and said, "As I get older, my legs feel like they lose consciousness when the weather gets cold. It's especially sad when it rains."
Fu Jin smiled and said, "Speaking of which, what's the problem with your legs?"
Lu Qian said calmly: "In the early years, I went on an expedition with the eldest princess and got frostbite in the north."
"Oh, eldest princess..." The protracted voice obviously meant something.
Lu Qian remained calm and took another sip of tea: "You shouldn't have come."
Fu Jin threw another piece of charcoal into the fire and turned it over with long bamboo tongs: "It's time to come. It shows that some things are destined to happen, and you can't escape even if you want to."
"It's destiny to reach this point."
Fu Jin laughed and ordered the boy who was warming the wine for him: "It's boring with wine and no vegetables. Go to the kitchen and get a plate of steamed buns. If you want them cold, cut them into slices."
The boy agreed and went.
There were only two of them left in the room.
"Is it destined that you have to return this favor, right? It's the favor of the eldest princess, and the favor of the recommendation by His Highness the Crown Prince."
The tea added with water three times is already bland and tasteless.
Lu Qian put down his teacup and said, "If it weren't for the favor of the eldest princess, I wouldn't have taken care of him all these years. If it weren't for the favor of His Highness the Crown Prince, I wouldn't have cleaned up for you in the first place."
Fu Jin said with a smile: "That's what I'm saying! Now that you've done it, why not do the whole thing? There's no point in protecting yourself now, right?"
Lu Qian sneered: "I, the Lu family, have more than a hundred lives, is that what you want?"
Fu Jin immediately softened: "How come it has reached this level? You are the Prime Minister, how can you ask for the lives of more than a hundred people in your family for such a trivial matter?"
"A trivial matter?" Lu Qian sneered so hard that his face almost cramped, "The emperor is rich in earth and the earth is supreme. Is this a trivial matter?"
He was so out of touch, so Fu Jin simply spread his hands and said, "According to you, seeing him lose his life is the end of the world?"
Lu Qian frowned, beat his leg again, and said, "He can't die."
Fu Jin squinted his eyes: "Are you so sure?"
"The imperial concubine is still here." Lu Qian whispered.
Fu Jin was silent.
After a long while, he took out a long breath and said: "Old Prime Minister, I feel ashamed! We all claim to have learned from ancient and modern times, and are great scholars in this world, but we need a woman to sacrifice herself to save his life."
Lu Qian's face was expressionless: "You are making trouble in front of me. In front of the imperial power, everyone is an ant."
Fu Jin beat the snake and put it on the stick: "Since it's just an ant, let it go, right?"
He was so persistent, making it clear that he would not give up until he got an answer. Lu Qian rubbed his brows, finally softened, and analyzed with him: "Since Your Majesty has allowed him to live until now, there is no way he will die just because of this matter."
, it’s just that the old things in my heart have been brought out, which makes me unhappy.”
"It's not right to send people to jail if they don't want to be happy." Fu Jin said earnestly, "How can the Nine-Five Supreme Being be willful? He was described as an illegitimate child before, but now he is being treated like this. How can he not be suspicious? Wait until he knows his identity.
In life, there is only one way left, kill him to avoid future troubles. But if you kill him, can the imperial concubine live? Or is it that he only wants the country now, and it doesn't matter if you want the imperial concubine or not? "
Lu Qian looked calm.
Fu Jin added: "Since I can't let go of the imperial concubine, I have to let him go in the end, right? Then what I am doing now is any different from a child throwing a tantrum. There is no benefit at all, and there will be future troubles. This is terrible
This is not what a mature king should do."
Lu Qian sighed: "What on earth do you want to do? You have never set foot in the capital for so many years. You know that there is a high possibility that he will survive, why do you take such a big risk?"
There was a hint of "you are going to cause trouble" in his words, and Fu Jin was unhappy: "That's what you said! I'm thinking about the country and the country. Is the turmoil in the royal family a good thing?"
Lu Qian didn't respond.
Fu Jin had no choice but to give in. With a look of melancholy and loss on his face, he sighed quietly: "You have also seen that to this day, he has no chance at all. Since things can't be done, I plan to
I have fulfilled my old friend's entrustment. Therefore, I want to do the last thing for him and let him leave with dignity. From now on, everyone can sleep peacefully and don't have to worry anymore."
Lu Qian looked at him seriously.
Fu Jin looked back with a sincere face.
After a long while, Lu Qian asked in a deep voice: "Seriously?"
Fu Jin raised his hand: "I swear in the name of my ancestors."
Lu Qian finally softened his expression and said, "Okay, how do you want him to leave?"
Fu Jin smiled and said, "Let him go to the northwest to raise horses!"
Lu Qian frowned: "Why go to the northwest?"
"Exiled! It's desolate there." Fu Jin answered smoothly, "Of course, you have to give him a good reason, such as to express his gratitude for the achievements of his ancestors and to prepare for our war..."
After that, he sighed again: "I think it would be quite pitiful for a young man who came from a wealthy family to go to that kind of place to endure hardship. In a few years, when people in Beijing have forgotten about it, we can ask him to resign or become a
If I become a rich man, or travel around the world, and live my life happily, then I can be considered worthy of the trust of my old friend."
Lu Qian nodded slowly: "I can agree to your request, but you must also agree to my request."
Fu Jin smiled slightly and said, "Just do as you ask."
"As soon as this matter is over, you will leave and never enter the court again!"
"Oh, Prime Minister, you are worrying too much." Fu Jin said, "I have said this many years ago, don't worry!"
Lu Qian picked up the bamboo pliers and stirred the charcoal fire: "Go back and wait for news."
After everything was said, the boy came back with the steamed bun slices confidently.
Fu Jin happily grabbed it and said, "The Prime Minister really refuses people thousands of miles away. Your house is so big, don't you have a room for me to live in? Come on, let's bake some steamed buns first..."
…
The environment in Tianlao is not as dirty as outsiders think.
Each independent cell is no different from a small single room in an inn, except that there is no formal door.
Moreover, the reason for Young Master Yang to be imprisoned is too strange. Who dares to neglect him? Maybe the emperor was just angry for a moment and would be released tomorrow.
Therefore, not only did he have a small single room to live in, but he also had small cooking dishes to eat, and he even had a small picture album to look at - of course the kind with clothes on.
But he was not in the mood to read at all, so he turned two pages and threw them aside. Instead of sitting on the bed board, he sat under the small breathable window and stared at the moonlight shining in.
Seeing him like this, the jailer sighed and shook his head sympathetically.
Isn't it a big blow? Yes, a good young man, who wants to be able to get wind and rain, and suddenly he is locked up, how can he bear it? Poor...
The jailer walked past with his hands behind his back.
What he didn't see was that a little paper figure jumped down from the small ventilation window and landed in front of Young Master Yang.