In the world, he is probably the emperor's absolute confidant. Qi Yue has followed the emperor for the longest time and is always around to serve him. His understanding of the emperor is better than anyone else, even more than the queen, because
There are many things that the emperor cannot talk to the queen about, and the only one who can handle these things for him is Qi Yue.
The emperor is suspicious by nature, and his whereabouts are never known to others. In the palace of Nuoda, except for Qi Yue, even the queen does not know where the emperor is. Maybe he is in Houde Hall or Qiongyuan.
, or maybe after leaving the palace, only Qi Yue is qualified to know everything, while the others can only guess.
Qi Yue has always been proud of this. He is the most trusted person by the emperor. Therefore, a year ago, when the emperor ordered him to secretly poison and kill Shi Zhongling at a speed that could not be discovered, he did not
Without any doubts, he chose to execute it immediately. He knew that the emperor had always been very afraid of this Shizhong Ling. Qi Yue didn't know why, but he himself could also understand that the Shizhong Ling
It really doesn't look like a good person.
Perhaps it was because of this that the Emperor wanted to get rid of him. Qi Yue ignored these things anyway. As long as he could better fulfill the Emperor's instructions, it would be fine. During this year, the Emperor always
Taking Sima Yi to drink tea in Qiongyuan, Qi Yue had already prepared it for them. After a year of this, when the minister was about to die, the emperor still sent him the antidote.
Life and death are in the hands of the minister. If he trusts the emperor and drinks the medicine, he can survive and the emperor will no longer have the idea of killing him. But if he does not trust the emperor and does not drink the cup
The antidote was probably going to cause trouble, and the many orders of the imperial doctors around Sima Yi were all arranged by the emperor. It was absolutely impossible for Sima Yi to let them check what the potion was.
Otherwise, as long as his behavior is discovered, the emperor will be able to chop off his head. If you dare to test the potion that the emperor gave you, what do you want to do? You suspect that the emperor wants to kill you.
What?
The emperor has completely handed over his life and death to the sergeant. No matter what the outcome is, the emperor will not feel a trace of guilt in his heart. This method is so clever that Qi Yue shudders when he sees it. After explaining these things, the emperor waved
With a wave of his hand, Qi Yue was allowed to leave. Sitting alone in the Houde Hall, Liu Xi sighed. He still could not catch anything more from the river like his father and grandfather.
Prince Liu Qu is not a qualified emperor, but he still has one advantage. He can at least trust those famous sages in the Book of Heaven. Even if he leaves, he still trusts Zhuge Liang and will not depose him.
Xi was not afraid of Zhuge Liang, but Liu Xi was afraid of the Zhuge family, so he had to arrange manpower to compete with the Zhuge family.
The most suitable candidates are people like Zhong Changtong, Pang Tong, Zhou Yu, and Fa Zheng. Putting aside Zhong Changtong's random thoughts, just because he wants to revitalize commerce, he is not the same person as Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang
He advocated agricultural internal affairs. After he took office, he focused more on people's livelihood and farming. He had no interest in business.
Especially the fall of Guishan this time made him feel the importance of internal governance. In other words, his long-term focus will be on people's livelihood and official governance. Regarding Zhong Changtong's thoughts or his mercantile policy,
Doctrine, Pang Tong's tyranny, and Zhou Yu's overseas ideas will not be touched too much. As a result, there will be a natural contradiction between the two parties.
The other person needs to grasp the balance between them and prevent one side from becoming too powerful, and this person is always Liu Yi. As a clan member, Liu Yi is also a member of the Three Orders. As long as he does not favor one side, these three forces can check and balance each other.
, there will be no unrest, not to mention, through restructuring, all military power is in the hands of the emperor, which is enough to ensure Hu'er's safety.
Liu Xi thought about these things seriously, and simply took out his pen and ink again, and started writing seriously. He wrote a lot of names, including a lot of personnel arrangements, and even some deployments. He wrote until night, suddenly
, there was a sharp pain in his heart, Liu Xi covered his heart in pain, some blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and fell on the white paper in front of him, making the paper a little scarlet.
Liu Xi was shaking all over in pain, and a large amount of sweat was dripping from his forehead. He took a deep breath, looked at the paper in front of him, and gritted his teeth tightly.
It's not time yet... I can't leave yet, I still have a lot of things to arrange...
Liu Xi recited it silently in his heart over and over again, until the severe pain gradually dissipated. He fell to the ground feebly, and then climbed up from the ground with difficulty.
At this moment, in Sima's mansion, Sima Yi was also in pain, lying on the bed helplessly. He could feel the pain like needles all over his body. The most important thing was that it was very difficult to breathe. He gulped and breathed.
As he breathed, his throat made strange sounds as he breathed. Sima Yi's forehead was hot, and he looked at the potion on the side several times.
The younger members of the family have already gone to Yangzhou to hire a doctor for him. They heard that there was a famous doctor in Yangzhou who could bring the dead back to life and had a high reputation among the people. Once upon a time, Sima Yi still remembered his disdain for those so-called famous doctors. They were all lies.
Sima Yi may also know this, but he still has a little hope in his heart.
Maybe he can really cure himself?
Occasionally, Sima Yi would close his eyes and ask himself, are he afraid of death?
Obviously, he was afraid of death and did not want to leave the world in a hurry. He had great ambitions in his heart. He also wanted to become the third order, lead hundreds of officials, create a glorious and prosperous age, and went to Yanzhou to become
At a turning point in his life, he realized for the first time that he was not qualified at all. It was not that he was not capable enough, but that he could not be trusted.
Sima Yi had countless doubts in his heart. He didn't understand why he couldn't get the emperor's trust. Like Zhuge Villager, he was a good friend of the emperor since he was a child, and over the years, he had never had any
When he was young, he was filled with arrogance for any evil thoughts. He was smart since he was a child and had read countless classics, including miscellaneous books in the library. When he was a teenager, he had read many books.
More than what my father read.
Therefore, he looked down on anyone, and had no idea of making any achievements in his heart. He felt that he could not live in a high place. Until one day, he met Zhuge Villager, who was like him, good at reading and extremely intelligent. In Yuan
While listening to the lecture in Zi Mansion, the two began to argue. The young Sima Yi realized for the first time that there were people like him in the world.
Of course, I met more people later, and some even surpassed me, such as Xun Linggong and others, who were far more than him in terms of experience and experience. However, among his peers, only
Only Zhuge Liang can be compared with him, he thought so, so when he was young, he had the first idea and ambition in his heart.
He wanted to surpass the guy in front of him, and he wanted to stand on top of him and let him see who was the most talented man in the Han Dynasty!
He has always thought so. No matter what means, it is enough for him to stand on top of Zhuge Liang. However, it was not until he went to Yanzhou that he discovered that things were different. There was no way for him to surpass Zhuge Liang.
Because Zhuge Liang had something he never had, the emperor's favor, and he tried every means to gain the emperor's trust.
But in the end, what he got in exchange was the emperor's growing fear, which he knew very well.
He was very puzzled and confused, but he still gave up his ambition and had a second idea to live on.
He no longer argued with Zhuge Liang, and was extremely respectful when they met him. He worked seriously and did not get involved in other matters. He just wanted to live peacefully and spend his old age peacefully as a big man.
At this time, he fell ill. Perhaps it was a recurrence of the serious illness he had suffered when he was young. But this time, he was very, very seriously ill.
Sima Yi once again focused his attention on the bottle of medicine in the distance.
This is the medicine sent by the emperor. The emperor said it can cure all diseases. It is an absolute miracle medicine. Sima Yi has never seen the emperor look so sincere. But the more the emperor is like this, the more panic Sima Yi feels. The emperor
Why are you so anxious to get me to drink it? Could it be that this is poison? The emperor has always been so afraid of me. When I became seriously ill, did he finally plan to get rid of me?
Sima Yi thought so, he stretched out his hand towards the medicine bottle again and again, but put it down again and again.
If he drank this medicine and died, no one would dare to say that the emperor poisoned the ministers. If anyone dared to say that, I think Yuan Shang would have a good discussion with him. If he drank this medicine and recovered...
Should I gamble? With the emperor's fear of himself, would the emperor give himself a magic medicine to heal himself? Is he willing to let himself survive?
Sima Yi looked at the bottle of potion in the distance, his eyes full of confusion. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain all over his body. He opened his mouth and breathed deeply. He couldn't bear the pain anymore.
He stretched out his hand towards the medicine bottle with difficulty, but, with his whole body twitching, his hand could no longer touch the medicine.
"Cough...ha!", a strange sound came from his throat, which finally alerted the servants at home. One of the servants ran into the room and looked at the struggling Sima Yi in horror. He hurriedly called everyone, and several disciples of the Sima family exclaimed.
They all came forward one after another. Sima Yi stared at them with his eyes wide open and shouted: "Medicine...medicine!" Only then did everyone react.
When Sima Jin picked up the medicine bottle, unsealed it, poured the medicine into the bowl, and brought it to Sima Yi, Sima Yi just looked at him blankly, motionless, and his hand still kept the twisted posture.
The whole person seemed to be frozen, eyes fixed on the medicine in Sima Jin's hand. Everyone immediately held their breath and tears filled their eyes.
When Sima Min put his trembling hand in front of Sima Yi's nose, he finally couldn't help crying.
"Brother!!"
The twenty-fifth year of Yankang, January
In Wen County, Hanoi, Huanglong emerges from the well.