In this life, I will drink the long wind

It seemed that he had also put down half of it, and his head was tilted, as if the head was too heavy to hold up, resting on the right hand that was propped up. He looked lazy, but his eyes were shining with streamers, staring straight at Yan Chen sized it up, "However, what the empress is asking for seems not to be His Highness the Fourth Highness's own wishes. Looking at it recently, His Highness can be said to be making frequent moves."

"From your point of view, fourth brother is suddenly like this, why?"

What Yao Lingyun could see, naturally Yan Chen could also see.

Yan Chen could clearly feel that the temperament exuding from Yan Xu's body had changed. In recent days, the smile on his youngest brother's face had obviously become less. This was the first time Yan Chen noticed that Yan Xu had restrained himself The facial features when smiling are so aggressive, looking at Yan Xu like this, Yan Chen feels strange, that is not the fourth brother he is familiar with.

But maybe, this is the real Yan Xu, but I have never understood him.

"I don't know." Yao Lingyun was silent for a while, then said, "Although I don't know why he changed, I do know that his change didn't happen suddenly."

"Huh?" Yan Chen was puzzled, and raised his eyebrows to signal Yao Lingyun to continue.

"Your Highness, do you still remember the memorial from Minister Yan when the Western Expedition awarded the reward?"

Yan Chen knows the elegant meaning when he hears the stringed songs.

"Do you suspect that the pusher behind Yan Shilang is the fourth brother?"

Yao Lingyun nodded.

Yan Chen looked solemn, but he didn't answer the conversation. For a while, the atmosphere in the room was a little stagnant.

But what should be faced must always be clear, Yao Lingyun simply stopped talking and asked the question directly: "Your Highness, what do you think?"

Yan Chen heard the words, did not reply, only turned to look at the half-open window.

The rising sun shone in from the window, and Yan Chen's whole body was shrouded in the bright sunlight. With his slightly sideways face and half-closed eyes, his gaze was focused on the warm sunlight. After a long silence, he turned his head.

"Since we were born in the royal family, what my second brother and I can do, naturally the fourth brother can too."

Yao Lingyun didn't expect the other party to answer like this, so he couldn't help asking: "That's it?"

"At the moment, all of this is just your and my speculation. For now, it's not a bad thing for the fourth brother to have such a change." After speaking, Yan Chen smiled, but the smile quickly changed from his His face faded, and when he spoke again, his voice was very soft, but firm enough, "Furthermore, the matter is really as you and I thought, and it is useless to escape or pursue it. Apart from being positive, Xunqing has better things to do." way?"

Yes, he will put himself in the shoes of others, he can imagine for others, but he never whitewashes the peace, he is the most tolerant superior, and also the best player who is good at balancing life and death.

The boulder hanging in Yao Lingyun's heart really fell, and he no longer hid it, and directly expressed what was in his heart.

"But if things are really as you and I think, then when Mr. Xiang went to the house to teach, it means that His Royal Highness deliberately plotted against you." After a pause, Yao Lingyun asked, "If that's true, Ah Chen, you Will it be uncomfortable?"

Yan Chen nodded: "However, even if it is uncomfortable, it is only in terms of experience. It is impossible to recover the past. Rather than clinging to resentment and making oneself unable to escape, it is better to use this as a lesson and look forward."

Yao Lingyun clapped his hands: "Well said, I admire your highness's heart, and I will definitely look up to your highness in the future."

Yan Chen laughed, raised his hand and pointed at the other party, and said helplessly: "Naughty."

Yao Lingyun: "What, my minister, this is a sincere compliment."

Yan Chen: "This sincere compliment is accepted by my prince, but Mr. Xun is my prince's arm, and his knowledge and talent are famous all over the world. At this moment, should Ai Qing give advice for this prince?"

Yao Lingyun was slightly dissatisfied: "I was praising you just now, Your Highness, but you turned your head and praised me so high, are you trying to throw me to death?"

Yan Chen smiled and said, "Is it possible?"

Yao Lingyun: "Why not? Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case."

"Xunqing has been standing at the top for so long, and it is good for your physical and mental health to fall once in a while." After a pause, Yan Chen looked at Yao Lingyun with tenderness and tenderness in his eyes, "And it's okay, even if you do fall , I will catch you too."

"I'm heavy."

The two played back and forth for several rounds, instantly diluting the original serious atmosphere. Yao Lingyun tilted his head slightly, lazily resting his chin with his hand, with a warm curve on his lips, smiling as he looked at him. Yan Chen faced each other face to face.

The sun gradually began to rise, and more and brighter rays of light rushed in through the window paper, hitting the two people, and falling deep silhouettes on the ground.

Yan Chen's eyes looking at Yao Lingyun were very gentle, like warm water, he seemed to want to hide the tenderness in his eyes, if there was nothing, but his eyes could not deceive people after all.

"I'm happy with it."

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☆, meet on a narrow road

A small street with no name, a small noodle stall with no name, and an old couple who respect each other as guests.

Although inconspicuous, the noodles cooked here have Yao Lingyun's favorite taste.Basically every few days he would come here to order a bowl of noodles and eat slowly.

This street is located on the right side of Linglong Street, and there is only a row of small houses separated from the world-famous Linglong Street in Daxiang. However, there are not many people here, and very few people will enter this place from the outside.

But today, this is not the case.

There was a lot of people, bustling, and extremely noisy.

Proud stall is the largest mobile gambling house in the Eastern Capital.

The so-called flow means that this gambling house does not stay fixed in a specific location like other casinos, it moves, and it may appear in any corner of Dongdu Avenue at any time.

Whatever happens.

And today's Deyi Casino happened to stop opposite the noodle stall that Yao Lingyun had been patronizing.

Yao Lingyun, who was waiting to be seated, couldn't help but be attracted by the scenery on one of the gaming tables opposite.

Among the noisy crowd, there was a man with a face like a crown jade, red lips and white teeth, who was very conspicuous among a group of tall and thick men, but that man seemed to be a frequent visitor of this proud casino, and he blended in very well.

"Bet big or small, buy it and leave it, bet quickly." The dealer shook the dice with one hand, and beckoned others to place bets quickly with the other.

Everyone put their money one by one, big and small, on both sides, and so did the beauty.

His black hair is slightly messy, he wears a red shirt, he unceremoniously picked up the hem and stuffed it into the belt of his trousers. On the left belt hangs a nondescript wine gourd. He squats halfway on the bench, with vivid eyes, He stared at the dice cup being shaken without blinking.Because he paid too much attention to the size of the dice, he had no time to be distracted, so that he didn't even notice that a little hair was sticking to his face due to thin sweat. Such gestures made him even more charming and incomprehensible.

Ha, Yao Lingyun rested his chin with one hand and watched this scene with great interest.

In Baihualou, the scene where many nobles throw thousands of dollars is rare, but it just appeared in this folk casino so simply, and no one paid attention to it, so it was worthless.

The famous actresses and oirans in Baihualou are really extraordinary.

As if feeling Yao Lingyun's gaze, the person in the crowd raised his eyes, looked at Yao Lingyun, and even blinked his right eye at him.

"Four, five, six, big!"

As the dealer's passionate words fell, the smiling face of the man immediately collapsed, it seemed that he had lost.

repair bamboo.

In Baihua Building, the only Qingguan Xiuzhu who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the three famous flowers.

He sighed and stood up to make way.

Before half an hour came, he lost. Hey, what the fortune teller said was right. His life was bumpy, and his luck was bad, especially his luck in gambling.

The bag was empty, and I couldn't even afford a bowl of noodles.

Xiu Zhu, who was arranging his clothes, seemed to suddenly think of something, and his expression suddenly brightened.

He straightened his hair, put down his clothes, and took off the nondescript wine gourd hanging around his waist. Xiuzhu's better figure was unintentionally revealed, with a slender and feminine figure. Step by step, he seemed to be stepping on the mist of the West Lake, walking towards Yao Lingyun , with a smile on his face, his voice was even more charming and enchanting.

"My lord, I'll buy you a drink, and you buy me noodles, okay?"

Yao Lingyun blinked and asked with great interest, "What wine?"

Xiuzhu raised his eyebrows and said, "Burning the knife."

Yao Lingyun was surprised: "That's a famous spirit."

Seeing it, Xiuzhu showed disdain: "Your Excellency is timid?"

Yao Lingyun seemed to be irritated by him, he had a cold face, and even sarcastically said: "Although I can't compare with the huge number of strong men over there, I am not afraid of a little beauty like you."

After speaking, he slightly raised his eyebrows to signal the other party to sit down, then waved to the store, and ordered another boiled noodles.

Xiuzhu sat down, heard the word boiled noodles, couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, but looked at Yao Lingyun's face, he didn't say anything after all, set up two small porcelain cups, held the wine gourd, tipped it slightly, like water The wine rolled into the cup with a strong aroma, and it was about [-]% full. He pushed it away with a smile: "My lord, please."

Yao Lingyun raised his hand to take it, and didn't say a word to his behavior as if he was treating guests as a host. He raised his glass to his nose and sniffed lightly.

"I don't think you are soft and charming, beauty, but you like this kind of strong wine." Yao Lingyun raised his glass and gestured over the wooden table, "What?"

"Do it!" Xiuzhu responded heroically, and with a soft sound, the two wine glasses collided in mid-air, holding the hand to lead the cup, and the strong wine entered his throat, eliminating the coldness and coldness unique to the cold winter, and the smile on Xiuzhu's face remained undiminished , the voice that came out also brought some lightness and joy, "Spring is rich and noble in four seasons, and all things are full of wine. Drinking is one of the great pleasures in life, no matter what you drink is mellow wine or strong wine."

"Okay." Yao Lingyun put down the wine glass, stroked his palms, took the wine gourd behind him, filled two more glasses of wine for the other party and himself, and said with a loud smile, "Your Excellency's words are wonderful, and I agree very much."

"You're not called a beauty anymore?" Xiu Zhu rested his chin with one hand, smiling half-smile.

Yao Lingyun didn't change his expression, he watched his eyes: "Even if you don't bark, you are still an unscrupulous beauty, don't mind it."

"Young Master Xun is worthy of being Young Master Xun, you can really talk." Xiu Zhu chuckled and raised his glass again, "Come on, let's have another drink."

Yao Lingyun didn't refuse, just raised his glass and drank it, but two glasses of strong wine fell into his stomach without stopping. Even though his consciousness was still clear, the state of alcohol would inevitably show his face. Yao Lingyun held the glass and looked at the other party without saying a word After a while, he sighed and said, "Beauty, are you angry? That's why you want to get me drunk."

"Then are you drunk?" Xiu Zhu slowed down his voice, sounding like coaxing.

Yao Lingyun glanced at him and shook his head: "Not yet, but if you continue to drink like this, getting drunk will only take a quarter of an hour."

Xiuzhu heard the words, sighed deeply, and said: "Young Master Xun, his drinking capacity needs to be tempered."

Yao Lingyun nodded in a polite manner: "Beauty, what you said is true."

"Then let's start training today, and have another cup." After speaking, Xiuzhu got up, and lifted the pot to pour it again.

"Okay, stop playing. If you want to drink, please do it yourself." Yao Lingyun directly pushed the whole cup in front of him to let him play slowly.

"Wow, you're really boring." Xiu Zhu clicked his tongue, but he didn't mess around anymore, and asked, "Tell me, why are you looking for me all of a sudden?"

Yao Lingyun seemed to chuckle lightly, but in the night and the sound of the wind, it seemed like an illusion.

"I'm not looking for you. I want to see Aunt Lian more than you. I haven't had a good talk with her for a long time."

Xiuzhu raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a brief pause, he looked at Yao Lingyun in front of him with great interest, and said softly: "That's really a pity, I just happened to be able to go out today, and the place that Deyitan set up this time is also It just happened to be near the location you chose, young master, so Aunt Lian felt that it would be more logical for me to come to the meeting this time, so as not to attract attention." With a long sigh, Xiuzhu said helplessly, "Although I rejected you at the beginning , but you don’t have to be so concerned, young master, there are no fragrant grasses anywhere in the world.”

Recalling the oolong incident caused by throwing the wrong purse when he was young, Yao Lingyun was helpless for a while, and when he made a wrong hand, the chopsticks in his hand collided with the porcelain bowl, making a crisp sound, and looking up at Xiuzhu, his eyes were like autumn water Tranquility, without saying a word, seemed to be waiting for the other party to continue talking.

Xiu Zhu turned his head silently, and after saying something to ease himself, he turned his head with a distorted expression for a moment, winked at Yao Lingyun playfully, and said with a smile: "If Mr. Xun is willing to give the purse to Xiu Zhu again, This time, I will promise myself."

Yao Lingyun felt chills when he heard this, and stopped talking. He glanced left and right, and said in a low voice: "The rumors are enough, and you don't need to make any more noise."

"Huh? That's none of our business?" Xiuzhu obviously hadn't played enough, blinked his eyes, and said sincerely, "We can also help with the next rectification."

"He has always been upright and upright, and his words and deeds are consistent. Why do you need to rectify his name?" Out of the corner of his eyes, Yao Lingyun caught sight of the shopkeeper bringing two bowls of noodles. He changed the subject and said casually, "You still eat noodles. Bar."

Xiu Zhu understood, and the two didn't continue this topic.

The hot noodles are still emitting white smoke.

Xiuzhu was holding the chopsticks, he didn't want to talk at first, but he looked at the bowl of fragrant pork rib noodles in front of Yao Lingyun, and then at the bowl of pure boiled noodles in front of him without green onion , still couldn't help asking: "You just treat me to this?"

Yao Lingyun took a mouthful of the noodles, it was very delicious, the noodles were very firm, the soup was also very plump, the taste was delicious, and after swallowing, he still felt the fragrance on his lips and teeth.

Yao Lingyun said very satisfied: "You asked me to treat you to a bowl of noodles, and I did."

Xiuzhu looked at him, swallowed, and strongly protested: "Only with clear soup and little water? You are too stingy, my lord."

Yao Lingyun looked innocent: "No matter how clear the soup is, it doesn't prevent it from being a bowl of noodles, a bowl of noodles that can be eaten."

Well, in terms of eloquence, even ten of them can't compare with one Yao Lingyun, Xiuzhu admits it.

I will never gamble again, I swear!Almost venting his anger, the soft noodles were bitten into Xiuzhu's mouth and made a crackling sound.

Yao Lingyun couldn't help but chuckle, and raised his hand to ask the store to serve another bowl of pork rib noodles.

"You have a conscience." Xiu Zhu was very satisfied.

"Is there any news from the south in the near future?"

Hearing people asking about the business, Xiu Zhu lowered his joking attitude, and continued: "For the time being, it's peaceful. After the second child passed away, he devoted himself to post-disaster reconstruction, gained reputation, and didn't do what we thought in our hearts."

Yao Lingyun was slightly surprised when he heard the words, and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"It's very abnormal." Xiuzhu looked at Yao Lingyun, and directly expressed his doubts in a soft voice, "The main hall is self-absorbed and considerate of the public, and these people in the capital are aware of it. It's untenable, but the southern regions are different, they are far away, and the Jiangnan area has always been close to the Second Palace, so it's such a great opportunity, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it?"

Yao Lingyun hummed in a low voice: "The opponent's loss is his own gain. The Second Highness has been in the officialdom for many years, so it is impossible not to understand this truth."

Xiuzhu agrees: "Of course, in the eyes of politicians, there are only two types of people or things in this world, one is for footsteps, and the other is for footsteps."

Yao Lingyun disagreed and shook his head: "This statement is biased, and not all people in the officialdom are like this."

Xiu Zhu raised his eyebrows: "But you can't deny that this is the vast majority."

Yao Lingyun looked up at him, and instead of continuing this question, he turned the topic back to Jiangnan.

"What do you think of the Second Highness's current move?"

Xiu Zhu smiled slightly, and said: "Behind all unreasonable behaviors, there are two most likely options, one is open and selfless, and the other is scheming, which one do you think it is?"

Yao Lingyun thought about it for a while, and said with a smile: "If it is Chen, he will hope it is the former."

Xiuzhu: "But you have reservations."

Yao Lingyun: "You and I are both."

The freshly cooked pork ribs noodles were brought up again, and Xiuzhu took a bite with his chopsticks, with a satisfied expression on his face, but he said: "For an emperor, empathy is the most fatal weakness."

Yao Lingyun watched him eat the noodles bite by bite, the corners of his mouth curled up, his thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was soft.

"I don't think so."

"Huh?" Xiuzhu raised his head in surprise, stared at Yao Lingyun, put down his bamboo chopsticks, and waited for others to speak.

After a moment of silence, Yao Lingyun's eyes seemed to fluctuate, and there was a slight ripple on his originally calm face. A pair of bright eyes looked towards the direction of the palace, and his voice was still not heavy, but unexpectedly loud.

"Although Ah Chen is affectionate, this is only his strength, not his weakness, because he is not someone who cannot make up his mind, he is very firm, and he is also open-minded, so he doesn't want to presuppose things to the other party before things clearly happen. See you."

Xiuzhu was stunned, raised his eyebrows, and said: "A fixed opinion is very likely to become a partial prejudice."

Yao Lingyun nodded, chuckled, and said again: "Actually, many things are not right in front of us, and it's not that what you and I expect will happen. To put it bluntly, we just want to nip all the uncertain factors in the bud. , But if you think about it carefully, is this really good? Just like the two options you gave just now, who can completely predict the choice between the front and the back? No, no matter how much wisdom a person possesses, he cannot discern the heart."

"That's why you and Xiangye chose Your Highness." Xiu Zhu lowered his head, resting his chin in his hand lazily. When he smiled slightly, the lights around him seemed to tremble and jump along with his smile, beautiful It's enough to kill someone." Actually, I'm more curious about why you, who hold such an idea, can sit here with me and start from the darkest side of human nature to talk about a series of actions that the Second Highness may take next? "

"Is this a contradiction?"

Four words, still a question, Yao Lingyun's expression is also very indifferent, he just sits quietly, but gives people a kind of immobile aura.

"Isn't that contradictory?"

Yao Ling seemed to be lost in thought, and after a while, he finally said: "With him here, I can turn the river into the sea and live endlessly. But I just need to go up and down with the waves in this sea."

With a long sigh, Xiuzhu was filled with emotions.

"Sometimes, I really envy you."

"Xun Yi feels that this life is not in vain." Yao Lingyun got up and left a few coins, "I will trouble you to follow up on the matters in the south."

Xiuzhu raised his hand to signal: "Please."

After the unitary hour, when the wind blows in the hour of Xu, the wind is filled with various fragrances, mixed with the laughter of pedestrians, and as far as the eye can see, it is a scene of clear rivers and sea Yan.

The world is peaceful.

Yao Lingyun, who had finished his official business and was full of food and drink, was leisurely walking through Wuming Street and came to Wanhua Building. The scene of peace and happiness in front of him made him feel happy.

Just as he was about to go back to Xiangfu along Linglong Street, he saw the fourth prince Yan Xu walking towards him from a distance.

Obviously the other party also saw himself.

Both were startled, then laughed at the same time, stepped towards each other one after another, half a zhang apart, and stopped at the same time.

"What a coincidence."

"It's fate."

Also speak at the same time.

what.

Yan Xu still smiled.

Yao Lingyun raised his brows lightly, bowed slightly, and said, "I never expected to see you, Fourth Young Master, in this kind of place."

"Ben...Young Master just walked around and met you, Young Master Xun. It shows that you and I are really destined." Yan Xu looked around casually, then withdrew his gaze, and said to Yao Lingyun, "I Seeing that there is a restaurant in front of you, Mr. Xun, please go in and have a seat?"

At the end, without waiting for the other party to answer, Yan Xu added: "Your treat."

Yao Lingyun didn't mind what the other party said, and still smiled: "It's an honor to invite you to drink, as long as you don't mind facing this face all night, then it doesn't matter if you don't get drunk tonight."

Yan Xu: "Young Master Xun is handsome and handsome, don't talk about facing him all night, even if you face him in this life, I believe no one in this world will dislike him."

Yao Lingyun shook his head, and said very modestly: "Compared to the fourth young master, looking for this appearance is nothing to worry about."

Yan Xu raised his eyebrows and looked at Yao Lingyun with a half-smile, but the inside was full of ridicule: "My lord is modest, you need to know that excessive modesty is arrogance."

Yao Lingyun is innocent: "The fourth son also underestimates his appearance too much."

"Everyone in the world knows that looking for a young master is exhaustive, and what you want to do can always be achieved in the end. Therefore, this young master has come to a conclusion." Yan Xu said slowly, showing a completely different attitude from before. On the contrary, "When dealing with you, all the pleasantries and compliments in the middle can be ignored directly, because those are irrelevant, we just need to grasp the final result, and you never thought of sitting down with me for a drink from the very beginning. "

Serious scrutiny flashed in Yao Lingyun's deep eyes. Since entering the Zhongshu Province, the behavior of the Fourth Highness seemed to have completely changed.

Ah Chen said it was a good thing, but Yao Lingyun always felt something was wrong in his heart.

How can a person change so suddenly?The flood is far away in Huguang, why the pampered Fourth Highness suddenly felt the same, and then worked hard to become stronger.

All kinds of thoughts arose from the bottom of Yao Lingyun's heart, but he didn't show it at all on his face, he just sighed helplessly: "Fourth young master's persuasion skill, I am afraid to seek personal experience, so I dare not face it directly, so I can only retreat. "

Having said so much, Yan Xu didn't bother to make any more gestures with him, so he snorted coldly, and said, "You're very witty."

"Young master's praise."

"Pretending to be a gesture, if you are really interested, then stay away from my elder brother, and don't hang around in front of him all the time."

As if the deep and wise man just now was just Yao Lingyun's hallucination, after coldly snorting, Yan Xu returned to his usual self-willed and mean appearance, and the words he spoke were full of ridicule.

Yao Lingyun was more used to this kind of Yan Xu, and he said in a calm manner: "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. The eldest son is in charge of things, and I am in charge of things. Naturally, those who do things have to wait for me all the time." By the side of the person in charge, advise him and deal with trivial matters for him."

Yan Xu laughed lowly, the corners of his mouth curled up, but his eyelashes drooped down, blocking the momentary shadow in his pupils, and he let out a meaningful oh.

Yao Lingyun looked at him, and asked casually: "Isn't it because of the fourth son's sleepiness and tirelessness these days?"

"Naturally." Yan Xu smiled sincerely, "Right now I'm planning to take a walk to relax, but someone doesn't have eyes."

"Then Xun will not bother the Fourth Young Master."

Yan Xu snorted coldly, walked away.

☆, Murong entered the game

The moon is rising, but the night is still noisy, Murong Huai is just like yesterday, sitting by the window with the window wide open, his wandering gaze inadvertently caught sight of the two people standing opposite each other in the crowd in front of him, he was first startled, then his eyes were playful Abused and looked at each other from afar.

interesting.

On the other side, Yan Xu, who had been far away from Yao Lingyun, raised his eyes sideways, and his eyes barely met Murong Huai's eyes, which were looking from afar.

Every time I meet him, it seems to start from looking at each other?

This question floated up in Yan Xu's mind, but it only existed for a second before dissipating.

Yan Xu curled his lips into a smile, this time he didn't wait for anyone to invite him, he stepped forward directly and walked in the door.

Today's Wanghualou is open for business.

Everyone knows that throughout the ages, the place where news spreads the most and fastest is either the inn or the casino. Due to the atmosphere, the atmosphere of these two places can easily make people's heads hot, and people, as long as their heads are hot, they can say whatever they should say. You can say everything in one go.

This theory is indeed true.

In the lobby on the first floor of Wanghualou, there was a lot of noise.

Discussions continued uninterrupted.

Yan Xu, who walked through the lobby, heard someone in the crowd say loudly with righteous indignation: "His Royal Highness Chen is such a humble gentleman, but you listen to what the recent rumors say about him, it's simply unbearable."

"Yes."

"It's really too much!"

"Is our eldest prince that kind of person?"

"That's right, regardless of how the First Prince is, if His Majesty is still here, what does the flood have anything to do with the First Prince's moral character?"

"What I'm talking about is what I'm talking about. The real dragon emperor in my Daxiang's eyes is an emperor through the ages! He Qinghai Yan, worshiped all over the world, how can the heavens send disaster warnings? Could it be that God is blind?"

"Of course God is not blind. In my opinion, this flood is just a coincidence."

"Not bad, not bad. Besides, after the disaster happened, the First Prince's handling is beyond reproach. He allocated silver from his private treasury immediately and sent it to the disaster relief."

"Why should the money be transferred from the private treasury in the first place instead of the national treasury?" Someone expressed puzzlement.

"You don't understand. Although the eldest prince is in charge of the government, he is not His Majesty after all. He has no right to directly open the treasury to allocate money for disaster relief. It can only be done after the court meeting and discussions with all the officials. I also heard from our relatives. Yes, his brother-in-law is a petty official."

"I see."

"I heard that the first relief money sent by His Highness saved many people."

"On the day of the fireworks display, His Royal Highness ordered Commander Fang to pay homage at the gate of the city. Isn't that not exhausting?"

"Yes, His Highness is a good person."

……

All kinds of discussions rushed into Yan Xu's ears one by one, until he stepped on the second floor, those voices gradually became smaller, weaker, and disappeared.

On the second floor of Wanghualou, there was only one person sitting quietly at the table.

Seeing this, Yan Xu raised his brows, went straight forward, sat down in the same position as the previous two times, and looked at Murong Huai with his head slightly tilted, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were firm and arrogant.

When he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the wooden steps, Murong Huai had already poured two glasses of wine from the pot, and the clear liquid filled the porcelain cups.He didn't greet the other party either, he just picked up one of the glasses of wine, sipped lightly until Yan Xu's face came into his eyes, then put down the glass in his hand, and said with a smile: "This time, aren't you afraid of being rejected?" ?”

Yan Xu's face remained unchanged, his smile did not diminish, and he said casually: "I have done what I should do, how can you be so insincere?"

Murong Huai laughed softly, deliberately diverting his meaning: "Since what should be done has been done, why did you come here today? Could it be just to beg me for a glass of water and wine?"

Yan Xu glanced down, raised his hand to pick up the wine glass in front of him, and looked at it carefully, but he didn't drink it, and for a short moment, he looked away and looked at Murong Huai again.

"Wine is indeed a good thing for most people to relieve worries and worries, but people always have to live in reality." After a slight pause, Yan Xu's eyes were dark, and he spoke again meaningfully, "My lord You should know that some things and ambitions cannot be achieved even if you spend your whole life on your own."

Murong Huai gently shook the wine glass he picked up again, looked down at the liquid in it rising and falling, and sighed, "Then, Fourth Highness should also understand that there is only one Murong Huai here. "There is a pun in the words, and while speaking, Murong Huai also raised his eyes, and met Yan Xu's gaze straightly, raised his eyebrows, and the usual flamboyance and idleness in his peach blossom eyes disappeared, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly, a little proud, a little upright, "Trying There is no need, the Murong Clan and I are old things."

Yan Xu clapped her hands: "Okay."

"Do you believe me when I say that?"

Regarding himself, the other party must have investigated before, and now he just wants to use his own mouth to draw conclusions. Murong Huai thought he would not ask such a question, but facing the young prince in front of him, he did not know why. He couldn't help but asked.

When the other party asked, Yan Xu was not surprised at all, as if this was not a superfluous question, but a matter of course that must be confirmed by the two of them.The corners of his eyes were raised, but the smile on his face was suppressed, his eyes were full of disdain for the world: "Mr. Murong promises a thousand gold, why don't I believe it?"

Murong Huai's heart twitched slightly when he heard it, it was obviously the most common perfunctory words, but the expression on the other party's words was very serious, extremely focused, word by word, he said frankly, as if making a promise.

Murong Huai lowered his head and stroked his forehead with his hands, but remained silent for a moment.

Yan Xu didn't care when he saw this, and continued: "There is only one Murong Huai here, but one Murong Huai is enough for me." Yan Xu raised his head and drank the wine in his glass, "A person with a story in his heart is far away. It's a hundred times better than a group of people who don't know the so-called. It's amazing for those who only see the interests in front of them. Only when a person has the world in his heart can he occupy a place in the world, and he is omnipotent. Mr. Murong, if you don't have the world in your heart How can you learn these eighteen skills?"

"Hahahahahahahaha." Murong Huai suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly. When he stopped, he washed away his sloppy attitude, and the sharpness and arrogance between his brows were not inferior to Yan Xu in front of him. He raised his eyebrows and drank a glass with his head raised. He said, "If that's the case, how can Huai lose the trust of His Royal Highness? Now that the world has been settled, although I have no intention of restoring the mountains and rivers, I am still unwilling to be submerged in the world like this."

After Murong Huai's words fell, silence suddenly spread between the two of them.

After a long time, Yan Xu closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and after a while, he slowly opened his eyes, and the expression on his face returned to the appearance when the two first met, gentle and obedient , full of smiles.

"Sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will naturally retreat. It is a great honor for Yan Xu to have the help of Mr. Murong, who does not see fish and does not cast nets."

Regarding Yan Xu's evaluation, Murong Huai just smiled and said nothing, got up, closed the window, and sat back again. Although the expression on his face had returned to the original lazy and relaxed expression, there was something hidden in the dark eyes. The sharpness of perception.

"I'm a businessman, how can I do business without confidence?"

"Oh? A businessman." Yan Xu repeated, "Businessmen always value profit and practicality, so why don't you and I get straight to the point?"

"I can't see that your Highness is quite impatient." Murong Huai teased casually, and took advantage of the situation to get up again, "Then, please follow me."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for anyone to answer, he turned around and walked to a picture of "The world is mourning frost, people are like turning around" hanging on the wall on one side, and pointed at the words "heaven", "down", "people" and "sorrow". "Tap on the four characters one by one, and the slight sound of the internal mechanism starting came to the ears, and then the secret door opened.

Yan Xu looked at the door in surprise, and then looked sideways at Murong Huai.

Sensing his gaze, Murong Huai laughed a bit self-deprecatingly and said, "Being in the name of the previous dynasty, you must always be prepared for any eventuality."

Yan Xu sneered, disapproving: "If that day really comes, it will hurt you, I'm afraid it's just these incidents."

Murong Huai was taken aback when he heard the words, and smiled: "Your Highness is very knowledgeable, please."

Murong Huai waved his hand slightly to signal, and then entered first, walked in front, climbed down the steps, waited for someone to follow, he casually pressed on the pattern on the wall, and the secret door behind him returned to its original shape, without any clues.

The two went down the stairs. Although there was no open fire along the way, they didn't feel the darkness. After walking for a while, the vision suddenly became brighter. As Murong Huai walked forward, he turned his head and said to Yan Xu: "Your Highness is relieved, just follow me like this ?”

"Someone once told me that a person who always thinks of the bad first will never become a great weapon." At this time, Yan Xu was different from what Murong Huai had seen before. He followed behind Murong Huai, There is no pretended innocence on Junxiu's face, only calm and determined, confident.

Hearing Murong Huai's question, he only said this and didn't say much. He silently followed behind Murong Huai and walked slowly. When Murong Huai stopped suddenly, he stopped along with him.

It's ahead, Yan Xu smiled brightly, then stepped up, stepped into the interior first, put his hands behind his back, tilted his head, raised his chin slightly, and said: "My prince has already thrown a papaya, should it be time for you to reward Qiongju?"

Murong Huai also smiled handsomely, stepped forward to stand side by side with others, and pointed to the surrounding bookshelves: "No matter how much people praise you from outside, Murong Huai is just a scholar in the end, so he usually likes to sort out anecdotes and secrets when he has nothing to do. There are all here, if His Highness is interested, you can also browse one or two."

Yan Xu also stopped being polite and probing, and stepped forward directly, slowly watching