Wei Lan Derivative · Houde · Ruhui

There is a medicine altar burning under the hanging flower gate, and the bitter taste slowly rises around the palace wall and dissipates with the wind.Mr. Shang Gong has been running around for a long time, caught wind, and became impatient for a while, and fainted.

When she woke up, the sandalwood was light and faint, and she could only hear whispers outside the window, and a soft call before Fendai entered the door, and told everything about the emperor rescued Pei Wende to the leopard room.

"Auntie, all the adults in the cabinet don't know about Master Yang's release. I saw them receive the order from the Priest of Rituals with my own eyes. They didn't know about it sooner than us...or even later." Fen Dai whispered : "Auntie, this supervisor of ceremonies has exceeded his authority."

"Liu Jin...moved too fast..." All the herbal tea in hand was poured into the incense burner, and the remaining smoke dissipated in an instant.

This made her feel stuffy in the room, so she stood in front of the palace gate for a while, feeling that this year's midsummer came too early.

Not long after, the aunt in charge of the Empress Dowager's palace rushed over.Xiao Huanyun looked at her from a distance, feeling uneasy in his heart.

The bead curtains hang down and the flower windows close.Xiao Huanyun raised his head, only looking at the empress dowager with mixed eyes.

"Kneel down."

Xiao Huanyun was startled, and hastily straightened up and knelt down.

"Why didn't you tell the Ai family that it was Pei Wende who saved the emperor that day." She slapped the Buddhist beads in the queen mother's hand on the desk: "Today, the emperor personally ordered the prison to take him away and place him in the leopard room. It's a man's favorite, Xiao Huanyun, you have kept it from Ai's family for so long!"

Xiao Huanyun was at a loss: "Queen Mother, when I came back that day, I said that there was a Jin Yiwei who saved my master. You didn't ask too much, how did I know..."

"Has the emperor asked for him?" The queen mother directly asked this question.

"I don't know." Xiao Huanyun said anxiously: "Don't worry, Empress Dowager, Mr. Pei is a loyal minister, not a favored minister. He doesn't see you very often. He even sees more concubines." She gritted her teeth and confessed: "It is the master who ordered Mr. Pei and my concubine. To investigate the matter of Liu Jin's treason, Mr. Pei is out and rarely enters the palace."

"rest assured?"

There was only a "crack bang", and the bead was cut off by the Queen Mother, and rolled all over the floor.

"Yun'er. The Ai family often tells you that house thieves are difficult to guard against, because no one knows who the house thieves are."

"Whoever the emperor favors, the Ai family can turn a blind eye, but this Pei Wende can't get too close to the emperor. Why are you... so confused!"

That voice was too cold, each word tightened in Xiao Huanyun's heart.Her eyes trembled, her lips moved slightly, and her voice faded away at the touch of a touch: "Queen Mother, are you doubting... Mr. Pei?"

"Why was the West Street burned on the first day he returned to Beijing? Why was he conferred the title of Jin the night he met the emperor? Why did the emperor never forget that it was him? Why..." The Queen Mother stared at Xiao Huanyun: "He saved the The one who left was the emperor, not you?"

Xiao Huanyun fell to the ground.Shaking her head in disbelief, she couldn't understand it at all: "Queen Mother, he saved the emperor...or saved me...it's irrelevant."

"Do you think it's just a coincidence?" The Empress Dowager sneered, "The case of the Pei family's injustice was caused by the late emperor's negligence. His family suffered for more than ten years, and Pei Mu died without rectifying his name. How can you be sure that Pei Wende has no intention of revenge on the emperor?!"

"Queen Mother..." Xiao Huanyun's face was full of tears, but he lost his spirit. "You are punishing... Concubine... I can't believe it. I only know that Mr. Pei is really loyal to the emperor!"

"If it's just investigating the case, it means that he is loyal to the emperor." The queen mother stepped forward and looked at her coldly: "Yun'er, do you think you can convince yourself?"

Xiao Huanyun was speechless for a while.

She believed in him simply because Zhu Houzhao believed in him.

But does Zhu Houzhao believe him?Or, was he just deluded?

Xiao Huanyun originally thought he could see through.

But the queen mother's persecution, she could not refute.

"The Ai family can ignore everything. Only Ah Zhao, his safety is the only thing that the Ai family worries about in this life." The queen mother rarely showed vicissitudes and fatigue, she turned to look at Xiao Huanyun: "Yun'er, you I have to protect Aijia...to guard him. Therefore, Aijia does not allow anyone who will threaten Ah Zhao to be by his side."

Xiao Huanyun's eyes were blank, and he kowtowed slowly for a while.

"I...understood."

The aunt in charge knocked on the door, it was getting late, and vegetables had already started to be served in the warm pavilion.

"Empress Dowager. A word has been sent from over there that the emperor named Pei Wende as the Imperial Commander."

Pei Wende looked at the gold medal in his hand and frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, this is your imperial guard."

"Yes." Zhu Houzhao nodded: "So I can rest assured that I leave it to you. Only in your hands will it have the effect it should have."

Pei Wende got up and held the gold medal tightly.

The emperor stood by the window, the sky slowly faded, and the river of stars flowed by.

"I want to kill Liu Jin."

That night Zhu Houzhao did not stay overnight in the leopard room, but hurried back to the palace.The lights in the Empress Dowager's palace were always on, and they didn't go out until midnight.

Let's not mention this room, it's just that in Shang Palace, Xiao Huanyun was haunted by nightmares that night.

She vaguely saw the golden light shining in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Zhu Houzhao sitting on the throne, and there was a meaning in her eyebrows that she couldn't guess.And Pei Wende stood behind him, showing his loyalty to the bones.

Going forward in a trance, there is fog in front of my eyes.

The sound of clucking beads rolling down my ears made people feel restless.

Suddenly there was a bright light in front of him, Xiao Huanyun raised his hand, only to see that it was the sunlight reflected by the Xiuchun knife.

Pei Wende suddenly drew his saber from behind, and the blade fell towards Zhu Houzhao.

"don't want!!!"

The light dissipated in an instant, and the soft chirping of summer insects flooded into my ears.Outside the window, the light summer night wind is mixed with suffocation, and the bed curtains move slightly.

Xiao Huanyun leaned against the bed weakly, breathing still rapidly.

Fendai, who was sleeping in the green gauze cupboard outside, got up when she heard the sound, and lit a glazed lamp to lift the curtain: "Auntie, what's wrong?"

Xiao Huanyun raised his sleeves to wipe off his cold sweat, and after a long while, he said weakly: "It's nothing...it's just a nightmare."

Fen Dai put down the lamp, brought the porcelain teapot to a cup full of warm water: "My aunt has been worrying too much recently, I'll go to the Imperial Medical Office to get some sleeping prescriptions for my aunt."

"Need not."

Xiao Huanyun lost his mind, holding the big cup in both hands, his eyes were scattered like fluff.

"Fen Dai, if I do one thing wrong...what should I do?"

"Who hasn't done something wrong?" Fen Dai lay on the bed and looked at her: "When I first entered the palace, I would be scolded by all the aunts in the palace if I sent a cake. If I did something wrong, I will change it later. "

Xiao Huanyun looked down at her, and twitched the corners of his mouth: "Yes, it will be changed..."

When August comes, it brings changes.Anhua king Zhu Zhixiu rebelled, and Yang Yiqing and Zhang Yong led troops to put down the rebellion. Success reports were sent to the capital one by one.

Perhaps this is just a change that cannot cause waves, and there will be waves in every dynasty and generation.

Zhu Houzhao thought about it, cleared out his servants, and went to Pei Wende's side.

Pei Wende has been living in that room.

Ningxia needs important ministers to sit in charge, and it is a good arrangement to send Yang Yiqing to reason.After that, Zhu Houzhao didn't say anything about Liu Jin, but he personally ordered people to chase after the family members of the Yang family, so as to appease them, donated gold and silver, and sent troops to escort them along the way.

It is inconvenient for Pei Wende to live in the Yang Mansion.

The house Zhu Houzhao gave him was actually furnished long ago, but he dared not ask him to move in for a long time.

This place is actually on the outskirts of the Leopard Room, very close to the side door. It is convenient for him to come in and out on weekdays, and it is not noisy and disturbed by few people.He knew that Pei Wende still had Jiedi in his heart, so he strictly prohibited people from the Leopard Room from going here.

But Pei Wende was not there, he ran between Jinyiwei and Yuqian all day long, worried about the emperor, he insisted on personally monitoring Liu Jin's movements.

The emperor was a little disappointed and returned, just turned around and hesitated, just opened the door and entered the room, spread paper by the table, and wrote a few words in a smart way.

"The wind and rain are like darkness, and the rooster crows endlessly."

Then he went back with the memorial.

When Pei Wende came back to the house at night, he only looked at the splattered ink under the paperweight, and laughed helplessly.

"What does this mean?" Shen Qing frowned: "Does it mean that it will rain tomorrow?"

Pei Wende put away the paper and said with a smile, "No, it's because someone feels wronged and unhappy."

The wind and rain are like obscurity, and cock crows endlessly.After seeing a gentleman, Yunhu was not happy.

He didn't see a "gentleman", so he was naturally "disliked".

"I don't understand..." Shen Qing put down his hands and went to fetch a teacup from the side: "Students are very humane, and they don't speak well, which makes people have a headache." He poured himself a cup of tea and said, "It's better to catch Liu Jin The little tail is interesting."

This Shen Qing has made great contributions.He also despises Liu Jin as a human being, and only calls him by his first name when no one is around, and has to spit and scold him to relieve his anger.

He was stopped by black-clothed assassins during the incident in Yang's residence the month before last.This young man was bold and careful, he did not know how many times he overturned the walls of Liu's mansion, followed the clues, and unexpectedly discovered the private soldiers of dead soldiers raised by Liu Jin outside the city.It was Liu Jin who stopped him that day.

Therefore, it is impossible for Liu Jin to know nothing about Pei Wende's imprisonment.

After Zhu Houzhao knew about this, with a smile on his lips, he broke off a vermilion pen.

"almost."

The glazed lamp flickered, reflecting his pale face, but his eyes became more determined.

Zhu Houzhao seemed to be a little more diligent in politics suddenly. He didn't read the memorials very much before, but gradually he came to see it for himself.But even if she flipped through it and put it down, Liu Jin felt uneasy in her heart.

It is not a pleasant thing to have power taken away bit by bit.

Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing are about to lead their troops back to Beijing. Zhang Yong, one of the Eight Tigers, sent him a secret letter early to comfort him not to worry too much.

But King Anhua was fighting under the banner of Liu Jin's rebellion, so it was impossible for Liu Jin not to worry.

Because of Pei Wende, Zhu Houzhao didn't see Jiang Bin often.Although the emperor treats him as before and still holds the power, Liu Jin just feels that Zhu Houzhao has alienated him.

"Father Liu, it will be too late if you don't do it!"

"That's right Father Liu, if Yang Yiqing returns to Beijing, you won't be able to touch him, or that Pei Wende because of his military merits!"

In the secret room, under the dark light, the bulging veins on his hands could not be seen.But he only heard his gloomy voice: "Whoever blocks me, die."

Zhu Qiang's Xia Feng smoked people intoxicated, whispering softly, all of which are full of lovesickness.

The flower windows of the Shang Palace Bureau are wide open, Huan Yun is just a homely green shirt and skirt, and Fen Dai is doing the internal affairs of the palace together.When Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing returned to the capital, they would hold a banquet and award rewards, and all affairs were co-organized by the Shang Palace Bureau and the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

Liu Jin held the hem of her clothes in one hand, and quietly walked into the Shang Palace Bureau.

Fen Dai was copying the gift list, when she raised her head, she saw someone under the window looking at her with a sly smile, and she fell down the inkstone in fright.Xiao Huanyun looked this way, and saw that Liu Jin walked in with a smile: "Auntie, how busy is she?"

Fen Dai panicked and knelt down to tidy up.Xiao Huanyun didn't have a good face: "Eunuch Liu has nothing to do, why come to the Shang Palace Bureau? Don't you need to serve by the Lord's side?"

"Hey!" Liu Jin shook her hand, and took a few steps closer: "Master Pei is waiting by your side, so it's not our turn to wink."

Just saying that, Xiao Huanyun smelled a strong fragrance from his body, his hands and feet went limp in an instant, and the pen in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Good aunt..." Liu Jin's voice fluctuated from distant to near, "If you don't get close to that Pei, our family can tolerate you. It's a pity that aunt is such a beautiful woman..."

Xiao Huanyun's eyes were surrounded by mist and mist, and he just watched Liu Jin grab his arm and was about to pull it out.

"Our Lord Shang Gong is the head of the female officials in the harem, how can it be your turn to do something!"

Seeing this, Fen Dai staggered to push Liu Jin away, but accidentally smelled the fragrance.

"Bah, Xiaolang's hoof!" Liu Jin pushed the person around, and Fen Dai fell out dizzy: "I can't even line up to warm our bed!"

Fen Dai was anxious in her heart, but she tripped over the threshold.She thought she was about to fall, but suddenly a pair of warm hands gently wrapped around her wrists.

Fen Dai turned her head, only to see the sharp and resolute face of the man under the sky, with an unruly air between his sword brows.Those eyes were filled with anger, but they were as bright as one.

He said in a low voice, "Miss be careful", and then stepped forward and clasped Liu Jin's wrist tightly.The Xiuchun knife didn't come out of its sheath, but when the scabbard hit it, he kicked the man out of the yard.

Xiao Huanyun was gently lifted up.

"Master Shang Gong, are you alright?"

Xiao Huanyun's arm fell weakly, just touching his saber.Pulled half of my heart out horizontally, and wiped it on my wrist.In an instant, blood was stained on the sleeves, and the pain pierced through her heart, and her spiritual altar became clearer.

"Xiao Shanggong..." Pei Wende was startled.

"Pei Wende! Our family and you are inseparable!" But only Liu Jin stood up trembling outside, pointing a finger at him, speechless for a long time.Pei Wende glanced coldly like cold stars, and Liu Jin shook his sleeves angrily, and left in a panic.

"Pei Wende?..."

When he heard the sound, he turned around, only to see the little palace maid who had just taken the lead standing beside the door, with an extremely complicated expression on her face.

"Pei Wende...so you are Pei Wende...you are such a handsome and handsome gentleman..." Fendai smiled wryly, looked at him without blinking, and suppressed the shallow and deep hazy meaning: " Rumors are ruining people. Thank you, Mr. Pei."

"Why are you here?" Xiao Huanyun was extremely weak, subconsciously avoiding his supporting hand.

"The emperor said, do it tomorrow."

His voice was a little hoarse, but firm.

Xiao Huanyun closed his eyes: "Did Master Yang talk about Zhang Yong?"

"Yes. The teacher and Zhang Yong will jointly list the evidence of Chen Liujin's treason. Xiao Shanggong, it's time to hand over your notebook."

"I see." Xiao Huanyun said in a low voice: "Tell me, he doesn't have to worry about the palace." She paused, looking at him with complicated eyes: "...you must protect him."

In the fifth year of Zhengde, Liu Jin, the eunuch who was in charge of the government and the public, was forced by Zhang Yong, Yang Yiqing and others to encircle the palace under the pressure of Zhang Yong, Yang Yiqing and others.

Above the main hall, Zhu Houzhao sat on the throne.Outside the main hall, Pei Wende stared at Liu Jin from afar.

"Pei Wende."

Liu Jin said loudly: "If you are willing to get out of this way, our family doesn't have to kill you."

Pei Wende was unmoved, but just drew his sword and charged.

"My father, Mr. Pei Mu, was ordered to be exiled by the late emperor! You have traveled thousands of miles away from Beijing since you were a child, and the fact that you fell ill with cold is all inseparable from the person behind you!"

"Pei Wende, aren't you taking revenge?"

"Our family can promise you as a prince and general. A person like Zhu Houzhao can't be a good emperor!"

"Don't be fooled by his few good words. Liu Jin sneered: "He loves hundreds of concubines and concubines, how much love can he give you?Even if you guard a foolish king, you will not be able to save the Great Ming Dynasty. "

Zhu Houzhao just looked at Pei Wende quietly.His back was firm, tall and thin, but it became his only barrier.

For a long while, I only heard him speak softly:

"I know the emperor's sincerity towards me. I will guard his country for a moment. It is a moment."

Outside the Forbidden City, Zhang Yong's army held the formation.

Blood flows like a stream outside the Jinshui Bridge, and the monarchs and ministers in the Forbidden City wait quietly.Pei Wende and Zhang Yong fought both internally and externally. The first battle lasted from morning to nightfall, and Liu Jin was executed.Zhang Yong led people to search Liu's mansion, and found dozens of boxes of evidence such as jade belts and dragon robes, thousands of armor and military equipment, and countless gold, silver and jewels.

In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Zhu Houzhao sat quietly with deep eyes, the Empress Dowager Zhang hung the curtains and said nothing, and the ministers were panicked, but the emperor was as stable as Mount Tai, but he was as rare as a pillar of peace of mind.

All the ministers had to look carefully at the emperor who was having fun in their mouths.

Zhu Hou listened to Zhang Yongzhi's report without changing his face, and only waved his hands.

At this time, a memorial from Xiao Shanggong was handed over, listing dozens of serious crimes such as Liu Jin's treason, corruption, murder of loyal ministers, selling officials and nobles, which shocked the government and the public even more.

"My dear gentlemen."

The emperor was still the same as before, leaning on the cushion with an idle attitude: "Let's talk about it, how should we deal with it?"

Someone from the Ministry of Punishment came forward: "Go back to the emperor, implicate the nine clans, and execute Ling Chi."

Zhu Houzhao's eyes were still light, and his tone was also light.As if talking about something ordinary.

He raised his hand, his eyes were suddenly sharp, and his lips moved slightly.

"Bring him up."

Liu Jin was detained, staggering every step.

After all, after being together day and night for decades, Zhu Houzhao just looked down on him, his eyes as cold as a stranger.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"I have nothing to say." Liu Jin glanced at the emperor, and then at Zhang Yong and Yang Yiqing, who were in line of ministers.He also looked at Xiao Huanyun who was beside the queen mother, and finally looked at the imperial commander Pei Wende who was accompanying the king at the side of the throne.

"Zhu Houzhao, you are the scariest one. I can't even notice how deep my thoughts are." He smiled sinisterly, and then laughed out loud.The voice was sharp and piercing, and it sounded terrifying.

But he suddenly stopped laughing and stared at Zhu Houzhao viciously.

"Cuckoo."

Pei Wende only heard a soft sound behind him, and subconsciously drew the Xiuchun knife out of its sheath.

A white light flashed in front of Xiao Huanyun's eyes, and Xiao Huanyun saw Pei Wende pull out the knife, and the silver blade fell towards Zhu Houzhao.

"Be careful, Your Majesty!"

"Emperor!" Empress Dowager Zhang was startled and dizzy.

"玎" "珰"

Zhu Houzhao just sat calmly without blinking his eyes.Behind him, two short knives were chopped off by Xiuchun Knife and fell to the ground, and the two court ladies holding fans fell to the ground and died.

All the ministers took a sigh of relief, and Liu Jin yelled angrily, and beat the ground angrily.

Zhu Houzhao said lightly: "Take it down."

Only then did Queen Mother Zhang see that it was Liu Jin's last move, and the two short knives were aimed at Zhu Houzhao who was on the throne.But she was still frightened: "How could he bring a knife to the temple!"

"Pei Qing is my imperial commander." Zhu Houzhao turned to look at him, with a little tenderness in his eyes. "With Pei Qing here, my mother doesn't have to worry about me."

Xiao Huanyun's heart was tightly blocked.But still quietly took a few steps back.

The scene just now was exactly the same as in her dream, but what if that knife really hit Zhu Houzhao...

Liu Jin is still struggling.The moment he was dragged out of the palace gate, he suddenly shouted: "I want to report!"

Zhu Houzhao said coldly when he heard the words: "Do you think your comrades will be safe and sound?"

Liu Jin smiled treacherously.

"I want to report that Pei Wende, the former commander of the imperial court, and Xiao Huanyun, the Shang Palace of the Shang Palace Bureau, privately gave and accepted the secret song, and the internal and external collusion intentions are wrong!"

"Liu Jin, you spitting blood!!"

When Xiao Huanyun heard it like five thunders, he immediately stood up and accused: "Do you know what crime it is to slander an important official of the court!"

"Anyway, I have to die!" Liu Jin stared at her and asked, "I pity you, pity you don't know anything!"

All the officials whispered all the time.Xiao Huanyun looked at everyone in the hall in shock.That look of suspicion and even contempt suddenly accumulated on him.

She turned her head, and the Queen Mother looked strangely.

At this time Zhu Houzhao said softly: "Pei Qing, what do you think?"

Pei Wende kowtowed: "The minister is not, the minister and Mr. Xiao are in the moonlight and the wind, and they are innocent."

Zhu Houzhao got up, and only took one step at a side.

Standing in front of Pei Wende, blocking the eyes of all the officials.

"I can tell the difference between sincerity and sowing discord." He said loudly, "Xiao Shanggong and Pei Qing are my right-hand men. If I hear such rumors again, I will punish them as the crime of slandering a courtier."

He shook his hand: "The cabinet dealt with Liu Jin's case according to the law, let's go."

Xiao Huanyun walked forward with difficulty, but the Queen Mother left without waiting for her.

Clouds fall and wind rises, mixed among the winding palace walls.A little Yingying light moved slowly.

Pei Wende was preoccupied.Liu Jin's last blow, he felt no shame in his heart, but he also had to worry about the over-heartedness of the emperor, the over-heartedness of all the officials, and the over-heartedness of the empress dowager.Besides, the Empress Dowager looked at him clearly full of hostility.

He just walked slowly with Zhu Houzhao, and the two sides were silent.After walking for an unknown amount of time, Zhu Houzhao stopped, and Pei Wende bumped into him directly.

Zhu Houzhao sighed softly, and put down the glazed lamp in his hand: "Wen De... I don't believe those nonsense, so what are you going to do?"

"Your Majesty, why did Liu Jin say that?"

"The theory of punishing the heart, if you care about it, you will fall into his trap." Zhu Houzhao supported him by the shoulders, and said softly: "Liu Jin has been punished, and you are a great hero. Can you be a little happier? It is rare for me to feel relieved."

The corner of Pei Wende's mouth raised slightly: "There is no such thing as an emperor."

"I don't know how to coax people..." Zhu Houzhao rubbed his temples: "Don't worry too much. Besides, you are a promise-abiding person, and I believe you have no intention of Huanyun." He said helplessly: "Besides, I know... She likes me. And I..."

"Finally bear her."

Zhu Houzhao patted the creases on the clothes, as if to sweep away the troublesome things: "Forget it, don't mention these."

Pei Wende nodded, only to realize that he and the emperor had already walked out of the palace, and on the way to Meishan, the guards behind him were following at a distance.

The stars are like a dream, and Zhu Houzhao's smile is softer by the warm light.

"Why are you here?" Pei Wende followed him up.

"This is the highest place in the capital." Zhu Houzhao swept the ancient wood branches far away, "From here, you can see the lights of thousands of families." After saying that, he frowned slightly: "It's just a bit troublesome to climb up."

Pei Wende's heart skipped a beat, and he took his hand.

"Your Majesty, I have offended you."

As he spoke, he wrapped his arms around the emperor's waist and lifted his toes into the air.

"Hey! Wende...!!"

The wind whistled in my ears, and the hem of my clothes tangled fiercely.The star is brilliant, as if holding it in hand.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know that his lightness kung fu was so good, so he just looked at him in the blink of an eye.Thousands of brilliance were reflected in Pei Wende's eyes, and his cheeks became softer.

After a while, the two climbed to the top of the mountain.

He turned around and smiled slightly, just like the willow branches swaying by the moat a few months ago.

It's just that this time the emperor grabbed him and didn't let go.

Shen Qing ran up panting, seeing that the emperor was not lost, he breathed a sigh of relief.Looking at Pei Wende's steady breath again, his heart felt bitter.

Pei Wende had already seen him and blinked.

Reluctantly, Shen Qing knelt down far away, shouted "ancestor" with his mouth open, then quickly got up and made a face.

"Wende, come and see." Zhu Houzhao grabbed the white jade rail with great interest, looking at the rolling hills and mountains and rivers in the distance.There are fireworks and red dust nearby, and the lights are bright.

"This Great Ming Dynasty, thank you for helping me guard it."

"Even if I don't want to be the emperor, I will protect this country and its people. With you here, I... don't feel boring, nor do I find it so difficult."

"You are right, the world should be governed by me, and I am the emperor."