After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Zheng Yan helped Ah Man up. Seeing that Ah Man was shivering violently, he wanted to take off his cloak and put it on Ah Man. Unexpectedly, Zhao Fangping immediately said that she was cold too. Zheng Yan's cloak finally fell on his queen.

Gongsun Wen was getting more and more annoyed with Zhao Fangping. Isn't this a typical green tea? Is this what His Majesty likes?

After Zheng Yan gave A'man a few words of instruction, he led everyone away. After all, there was a palace banquet waiting, and as His Majesty, he could not stay here for long.

As soon as Zheng Yan left, Zhao Jinping came over and handed A'man a cloth bag, saying that it was something that Princess Wu asked him to pass on.

King Wu and his wife did not come to offer sacrifices to heaven today. They said that they had just found out that his wife was pregnant and it was not suitable for her to participate in such activities, so they did not come.

King Wu was notoriously willful. When the late emperor was alive, he did not listen to his teachings. Now, he even looked down on the new emperor, who was his brother. However, the new emperor had a good temper and did not argue with him.

Ah Man took a candied lotus seed and put it into her mouth, and said something incomprehensible. Gongsun Wen was shocked. The emperor had just left, and if he heard it, he might be punished with a frown. Gongsun Wen quickly interrupted Ah Man's words, thinking of sending Ah Man to the palace quickly.

Unexpectedly, Ah Man just smiled, suddenly took off his cloak, jumped out of the guardrail, and fell straight down to the bottom of Fengyu Building.

Gongsun Wen was so frightened that he wanted to jump with the others without even thinking, but the guards held him tightly and prevented him from jumping.

The building was really tall. It took a while before I heard a loud bang.

Gongsun Wen's eyes went dark and he almost fainted. He broke free from the guards' hands and staggered downstairs, but he was still a step too late. Ah Man fell in the snow covered in blood, staining the snow red.

At this time, Zheng Yan was kneeling in front of Ah Man, shouting: "Ah Man, wake up, if you wake up, I will take you to travel around the world, okay?"

But no one responded to him.

Gongsun Wen rushed to A'man in a daze. He had promised A'man that he would take her to the East China Sea to watch the sunrise, but why was A'man so cruel and left without saying anything?

Before Gongsun Wen could recover from Ah Man's departure, Zheng Yan swung his fist at him and shouted, "You are the one who killed Ah Man. I will beat you to death!"

Gongsun Wen suddenly burst into anger and rushed towards Zheng Yan uncontrollably with his hands and feet.

The two men immediately started fighting, with wind and snow flying all over the sky.

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It has been more than a month since A'man left, but Zheng Yan has not yet recovered from his grief.

He stopped attending the morning court, stopped approving memorials, and even when Zhao Fang gave birth to a fat son, he didn't care at all. He only went to see the eldest son once on the day he was born, and never went to see him again.

Zheng Yan's refusal to attend the morning court made all the ministers very anxious. They wrote to the emperor requesting him to attend the morning court and take care of state affairs, but Zheng Yan did not open any of the letters.

When these ministers saw that writing a petition was of no use, they thought of asking the Regent to help persuade Zheng Yan. However, the Regent was not at home at all, and had been missing for a whole month without anyone knowing!

If we can't find the Regent, then we can probably ask Duke Zhao to persuade Your Majesty, right?

But the Duke of Zhao was ill and was dying. He couldn't even leave the house!

This is terrible. The person closest to His Majesty is either missing or seriously ill. Wouldn’t the state affairs be in chaos?

Fortunately, there was a diligent Zhao Jinping. As the Censor, he went into the palace and talked with Zheng Yan behind closed doors for a long time. No one knew what they talked about, but the next day Zheng Yan started attending the morning court, and the ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Zheng Yan began to deal with state affairs seriously again, Gongsun Wen, who had been missing for more than a month, suddenly returned to Beijing.

As soon as he learned that Gongsun Wen had returned to the capital, Zheng Yan sent someone to summon Gongsun Wen to the palace. However, Gongsun Wen ignored Zheng Yan's summons and stayed indoors all day long.

Zheng Yan knew that Gongsun Wen had a stubborn temper. Since Gongsun Wen was unwilling to see him, Zheng Yan humbled himself and went to the Prince Ming's Palace to meet Gongsun Wen.

Zheng Yan did not send anyone to pass on the message. He took Wei Yi and quietly entered the Ming Palace. Zheng Yan wanted to know what Gongsun Wen had been doing for more than a month. Why did he not come to the palace to meet the emperor after returning to Beijing, and even ignored the summons. He was really bold.

Zheng Yan and Wei quietly reached the plum garden. The snow had not yet begun to melt, and the branches of the plum trees were still weighed down with white snow, which creaked every time the wind blew.

When the guard at the gate saw that it was Zheng Yan who came to visit, he was so scared that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to greet him. Zheng Yan quickly said "hush" and said, "Don't make any noise. I just want to see what the king is doing."

The guard quickly whispered, "Since Prince Ming returned home, he has locked himself in his room every day and has not stepped out of the door yet."

Zheng Yan frowned and asked, "Then do you know what the Ming King is doing in the room?"

The two guards at the gate shook their heads. One of them thought for a moment and said, "Prince Ming used to like playing the zither in his room, but this time when Prince Ming came back, I never heard the sound of the zither."

Another one quickly echoed, "Yes, yes, yes, I haven't heard Prince Ming play the piano for a long time."

Zheng Yan frowned even more and asked, "What does the Ming King do when he stops playing the zither?"

One of the guards replied, "Reading books. This time when Prince Ming returned to Beijing, he brought back a lot of books, so many that there were two carriages. Many servants in the mansion came to help move the books, and it took a long time to move them all."

"Reading?" Zheng Yan looked at Wei Yi suspiciously.

Wei Yi lowered his head quickly and said, "Your Majesty, if you go in and take a look, you will know what Prince Ming is doing."

Zheng Yan thought about it and it made sense, so he stepped into the yard.

When Zheng Yan was Gongsun Wen's student, he often came to Gongsun Wen's house to ask Gongsun Wen about his studies and court affairs, so Zheng Yan went straight to Gongsun Wen's study with ease.

When they arrived at the study, Zheng Yan and Wei Yi did not rush to push the door open, but poked a hole in the window paper and peeked through the hole to see what Gongsun Wen was doing.

Who knew that this sight would give Zheng Yan such a fright.

Gongsun Wen was seen with disheveled hair and wearing only an undershirt, walking barefoot around the room. He was holding a book in his hand, flipping through it and muttering to himself. The room was also littered with countless books, making it a mess.

Gongsun Wen looked like a madman, so Zheng Yan thought he had seen a ghost. He was so frightened that he took a step back involuntarily.

Seeing that Zheng Yan was very frightened, Wei Yi couldn't help but come over curiously to look into the cave. He was also frightened by Gongsun Wen's appearance. Fortunately, he had strong self-control and did not scream.

Zheng Yan murmured in disbelief: "Why did the Ming King become like this?"

Wei Ye quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, should we go in?"