Can Drink A Cup of Nothing

Pei Qianxue stood outside the hall, his fingertips gently resting on his wide sleeves.

Such an action, for him, was already hesitant.

Not far away, soldiers in heavy armor held halberds and solemnly waited around the Zhang Palace.

Farther away, the crimson palace wall stands, and the yellow plum blossoms rest on the glazed tiles.

The weather is fine and sunny.

The Dawu Temple only made comments this morning. This was the last scorching sun before the first snow, and it seemed to reflect Pei Qianxue's good mood.

Yesterday, he met his dear friend in the mansion.

If you think about it, it's like a fantasy.

Before that, Pei Qianxue never believed in any gods, Buddhas, witches. But since the first battle at Hangu Pass, he has visited the Great Wu Temple almost every morning, lit a cigarette in the huge black incense burner at the entrance, and quietly watched the white smoke lingering and Wu music playing.

People may really have to lose to understand what they have missed.

Just like Pei Qianxue, who has always avoided repression, and has always been covered with a layer of fog that she does not want to see clearly.

It was only when he received the news of his death that he suddenly realized that it was indescribable pain.

However, although Zong Luo came back, some things became more and more unclear.

Why in the dream, the sword that Jin Yu slashed by himself was Zhan Lu?

Pei Qianxue felt very strange.

Few people have seen Zhan Lu.

It is the sword that Emperor Yuan brought back from Yue State in the early years. It is said that when the sword was formed, a vision descended from the sky, the cold light reflected the iron, and it was unstoppable.

Zhan Lu accompanied Emperor Yuan, who was still the prince, through nearly ten years of military and horse career. When the festival changed, he was stained with the blood of his relatives. After ascending the throne, it was shelved.

Pei Qianxue was 100% sure that Zhan Lu had always been placed above Lan Qi of Zhang Gong.

How could such a sword appear in Jin Yu's dream when he committed suicide.

He hesitated and did not inform Emperor Yuan for a long time.

Others may not know, but Pei Qianxue understands it very well.

Back then, Wei Guo was the hegemon of all countries and flourished. On the other hand, in Dayuan, the late emperor doted on the noble concubine and the young son, and ignored the Emperor Yuan who had made great contributions. After the ceremony of the witch sacrifice, there were rumors that he wanted to abolish the elders and establish the young, forcibly forcing the emperor to rebel.

After Emperor Yuan's bloody ascension to the throne, all kinds of wastes were prospered in the country. After eliminating all the princes' henchmen, there was no one in the court who could use it. Wei Guo's iron cavalry was crushing the realm, so he had to send the third prince as a pledge.

The birth time of the third prince and the fourth prince was only a few months apart. If you really doted on the third prince, why would you send him to Wei as a hostage?

Furthermore, after Jinyu returned to Dayuan from Wei, she stayed in the palace for half a year.

I don't say anything else in the past six months, at least one sentence is absolutely not running. Later, Jin Yu invited him to fight, and Emperor Yuan happily let him go. He didn't even bother when he selected his personal soldiers and formed the Xuanqi.

Not to mention later, when there were generals in the court, when Emperor Yuan was interested, he would go to the city gate to give him a gift. Both the King of Beining and General Weishan received this honor, but Jinyu did not.

When Pei Qianxue was appreciated by Emperor Yuan, he ascended to heaven in one step, and worshipped him in plain clothes.

At that time, there were many people in the court who wanted to curry favor with this new prime minister. At that time, the potential of the fifth and sixth princes to seize the reserve had a vague sign, and privately they sent advisors to persuade him. It's funny to say that, their words go around and around, they all say that the third prince is not appreciated by the saints, and there is no future for following him.

Pei Qianxue was quite puzzled at that time.

To say that Jin Yu was not valued by Emperor Yuan, among so many princes, he was the only one who had the right to form personal soldiers, and he was the only one who had the military power. Even the fifth prince, who was also obsessed with martial arts, only had leadership in small-scale battles. Military power, you will hand in it when you come back.

But let's say that he is valued by Emperor Yuan. Emperor Yuan has ignored him for many years, which can be called indifference.

One year when he went to war against the enemy country, the third prince was ambushed by the enemy and was seriously injured. After returning, Emperor Yuan didn't even take a look, only asked if he was dead or not. After getting the answer, he sent an imperial doctor back, and there was no more.

Even if he deliberately trains his crown prince and tempers his will and courage, he should not do it like this.

If it wasn't for that night, I'm afraid Pei Qianxue wouldn't believe it.

It turned out that over the years, Jin Yu was the prince that Emperor Yuan paid the most attention to, and the prince in his heart.

He hesitated, not sure whether to inform Emperor Yuan of Jin Yu's memory loss and blindness before he died. In the end, he was provoked by Beining Wang in front of the mansion, and finally made up his mind. Board the carriage and head towards the palace.

Pei Qianxue was the recognized confidant of Emperor Yuan.

Although most of the time, even he couldn't figure out what the above man was thinking, but Pei Qianxue knew better than others that Emperor Yuan was by no means as brutal as people criticized him.

There were even many times when Pei Qianxue recklessly felt that Emperor Yuan's brutality was just an appearance he used to maintain his majesty and rule.

When the Rong family rebelled, it was a big crime to put it on any emperor, not to mention the fact that there are all witnesses and materials, and there is nothing to blame for the nine clansmen. It can only be said that since they dare to rebel, they must be prepared for the failure of the rebellion.

Later, Pei Qianxue reformed. Looking at other countries, which country's reform was smooth? Reforming the law means removing old ministers from power, and no one will be merciful when it comes to safeguarding their own interests. What's more, even though Pei Qianxue is the prime minister, he has no basic background in the court, and he stands for the third prince who has no background.

It was at this time that Emperor Yuan suddenly summoned him in secret and said something straight to the point.

"Pei Qing, reform is imperative. I stand behind you and let go."

Pei Qianxue's reforms actually violated the interests of aristocratic families, preferential treatment for students from poor families, recruiting talents, increasing income and reducing expenditure, and truly benefiting the people.

If it was a tyrant, it would be impossible for him to support his reforms and decentralize power so happily. It is even more impossible to be so discerning, to go his own way when almost the entire court is against it.

Thanks to this layer of tyrant's guise as a cover, after copying a few houses, the entire courtroom was covered with soldiers, like quails. The smooth implementation of the reform made Pei Qianxue feel incredible and amazed.

Throughout the ages, emperors mostly cared about false names.

This is the first time I have seen someone as pure and unpretentious as Emperor Yuan.

Since then, Pei Qianxue has worked hard for Emperor Yuan.

He believed that even if Jin Yu looked like this, Emperor Yuan would not ignore her. So he still took the risk.

Yesterday he waited here for a long time, but was told that he was missing.

Pei Qianxue thought for a moment and then understood the reason.

Yesterday was Jin Yu's death anniversary.

Usually, on the anniversary of death, at least I would mention it and go to the imperial mausoleum to see him.

Only on Jin Yu's death day, it is said that Feng Chang only mentioned it. Emperor Yuan was furious in the morning, and he ordered no one to see him after he went down.

Since I can't see it, Pei Qianxue will come back and come back today instead.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time at the entrance of Zhang Palace, I still haven't heard the sound of the summons.

The person on duty at the door today is Yuan Jia, the head of the housekeeper.

"I also ask Mr. Pei to wait. Yesterday, His Majesty piled up some affairs, and today there are more people. Just now, General Mu has been in for a while. It is estimated that there is something important to report."

"Thank you father-in-law, I'll just wait."

Pei Qianxue didn't care either and stood at the door.

After about a stick of incense, there was movement inside.

Mu Yuanlong, who had changed into soft armor, strode out and saw the person at the door, "Pei Xiang."

"Mr. Mu."

Pei Qianxue and Jin Yu's former lieutenant were also nodding acquaintances. The two hurriedly greeted each other at the door and left one after another.

Instead, Pei Qianxue glanced at Mu Yuanlong's back.

Xuanqi sent troops to Nanliang a few years ago, but could not attack for a long time, and was finally rescued by the passing Tianji Army.

As the end of the year draws to a close, all major wars have almost ceased.

In the end, the remaining Yu Kingdom and Wei Kingdom are not easy to chew on, so it is better to wait for a while, and then talk about it after the new year.

Since there is no war, why is Mu Yuanlong here?

Pei Qianxue suppressed his thoughts and raised his eyes to see Emperor Yuan standing in front of the desk with his hands behind his back, bowing and salute: "Your Majesty."

"Pei Qing, you are here."

Emperor Yuan returned to his senses, pointed to the table, and showed him the memorials spread flat on it: "Just now, you also saw that Mu Yuanlong left me just now, come on, look at what he wrote. ."

The sound of the heavy palace gate closing sounded behind him.

Pei Qianxue looked sideways and said in surprise, "Please dictionaries?"

"good."

Emperor Yuan rubbed his eyebrows. Perhaps it was because of the lack of sleep last night, a faint blue and black floated under his eye sockets, showing a little tiredness.

Those eyes were still flashing with a sharp and sharp light, and they were not angry and arrogant.

He slammed the memorial to the ground, and said viciously, "This Mu Yuanlong is so ignorant!"

Although Emperor Yuan didn't say anything, Pei Qianxue already understood the unspoken meaning.

After Jinyu died at Hangu Pass, Xuanqi became an army without a master. In name, this cavalry, which was brave and good at fighting, made the six kingdoms terrified, was actually the personal soldiers of the third prince.

The main general died, and many generals in the court and the opposition were eyeing Xuanqi, wanting to incorporate it into their own army. Among them, the fifth prince is the most, and even the absurd banner of the emperor's brother's personal soldiers should be inherited by the emperor's younger brother.

Emperor Yuan lost his temper and didn't allow a single one.

He promoted Mu Yuanlong to be the main general, and continued to make Xuanqi independent from the major armies.

Emperor Yuan became more and more angry: "I made him the chief general of Xuanqi, but he came to me to resign. He didn't even think about it. If he left, wouldn't this Xuanqi become a joke?!"

"That's it, at least I can reject it. But he is good, he even sued me, saying that there is a Baijiayan student recently, wearing Qixing Longyuan, and it is suspected of deliberately imitating - he thought that I do not know?!"

As a suspicious emperor, Emperor Yuan had eyeliner all over the imperial city. No matter what happened in Beijing, the dead guards almost did everything in detail and reported them one by one.

He was just a student who looked alike, from the first day he stepped into the city gate, Emperor Yuan knew about it.

"What does Mu Yuanlong mean by making this trivial statement? I hope that I will order now to escort the Baijiayan student to beheaded?"

Emperor Yuan snorted coldly, waved his long sleeves, and paced back and forth in the huge hall: "He doesn't even think about it, that's a hundred students! They have the same heart, and they offend one here, isn't it? Pushing talents to Wei and Yu?"

Pei Qianxue: "..." Suddenly he was speechless.

Your Majesty, do you still remember your tyrant in the eyes of the world?

"What's more, it just looks alike, don't you even have this amount of belly? Make the world laugh and be generous?"

Pei Qianxue considered again and again, "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about...that one might really be..."

He didn't say that name.

Dragons have inverse scales, and if you touch them, you will die. The companion is like a companion tiger. Even if Pei Qianxue is 100% sure, it is not easy to open the skylight and speak eloquently when facing Emperor Yuan.

Many people felt that Pei Qianxue didn't know how to be flexible, and he bluntly persuaded Emperor Yuan in the courtroom, which often made Emperor Yuan a black face. But on the contrary, Pei Qianxue is just too flexible, so one sings the red face and the other sings the white face.

The hall was dead silent.

Emperor Yuan turned back suddenly, and the beads on Mian's slammed together, making a crisp collision.

The deep black eyes hidden under the Mian are bottomless, like a hidden dragon in the abyss.

The prime minister in Tsing Yi was still standing in the same place, his body was tall and straight, like a pine and bamboo, his face was calm, and he looked directly at Emperor Yuan without any fear.

The silence was long.

When Pei Qianxue even thought that Emperor Yuan was going to get angry, the cold-faced emperor in the black dragon robe finally spoke up.

"He will not."

Emperor Yuan said in a deep voice, as if to persuade Pei Qianxue, but also to persuade himself.

"If he's still alive, it's impossible for him not to come and see me."