Don't be clouded

Chapter 95

Ji Bieyun brought the revolving lantern back to Ji Zhai.

The axle inside had been broken, and the pattern would not rotate after lighting it up, but he still hung the lamp on the head of the bed.

Only this one lamp was lit in the whole room, and there was no moonlight outside the window.He lay on the bed half the night without falling asleep, feeling that the light was too bright for a while, and felt that the room was terribly dim for a while.

In the end, he simply stopped trying to fall asleep, and sat in front of the window in a daze, wearing only his middle coat and holding the Quehan knife with disheveled hair.

It seems that since he was a child, he has inexplicably felt that he and Huizhi are the same way.That's why he persuaded and persuaded, wanting Huizhi to return to common life and live in Liufu, and live with him.Later, he met Guan Chen, even though the two had such different identities, he didn't feel that Guan Chen was so far away.

However, during this period of time, he finally realized that he and Guan Chen might have taken two different paths.He is not good at playing with power, but Guan Chen can secretly control the chess game, and even plot against the emperor.

Ji Bieyun was a little dazed.

He chose to escape at first, but it turns out that in the end he would only avoid it.When he finally confessed his heart tonight, there was another quarrel between the two and they broke up.

He couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong, and he didn't know what to do.Should I listen to Guanchen's arrangement and escape from Chenjing before the storm arrives?

But Ji Bieyun clearly knew that he had unshakable principles, and those principles made him who he was.

If he had learned to abandon his principles early in order to seek glory, perhaps he would not have suffered so much when defending Bone City.The prisoners there wanted to be assigned non-lethal labor and edible food, so they could only bribe the officers and soldiers, but they were plundered penniless long before they were exiled, and there was no way to bribe them with money, so they had to use another The way.

But none of them are methods that can be spoken out in broad daylight.Those sinful secrets were left in the bitterly cold city of bones, and everyone who left there after the amnesty would forget everything they had ever done and pretend to be a normal person.

Although he didn't compromise, he still couldn't forget those days that he endured abruptly.At that time, what I thought about in my mind was the pride of being a human being, and what I thought about was the freedom of riding horses and mountains when I grew up.

Ji Bieyun wanted to be free, but he had to restrain himself first.

Guan Chen should also understand him, but if he understands too well, he also knows his stubbornness, and he can't bear to see him get hurt again because of the word "stubborn".

Ji Bieyun huddled into a ball on the chair, wrapped his hands around his knees, and buried his head between his knees.

What to do, what I said tonight seems to be too much.He was afraid that Guan Chen would be really disappointed in him, that the other party would turn around and leave and ignore him, and that they would "go farther and farther away without books".

After Xiangguo left Beijing to guard the border, Chenjing seemed to have completely recovered its tranquility.

Yushitai has been restarted and all officials have been reappointed, including the new Yushi Zhongcheng.The turmoil in the court also calmed down, and Emperor Yuanhui and the prime minister lived in peace, each performed their duties, and managed the politics of the court in an orderly manner.

The emperor himself also relaxed, and began to go out to hunt frequently in Beijing again, and even intended to build a palace.Although he was persuaded by ministers in the early court, saying that Daliang was not long after the establishment of the country and had just recovered from the drought, it was really inappropriate to build large-scale construction projects, but Emperor Yuanhui still did not let go of this thought.

When Ji Bieyun was announced into the palace, he was a little apprehensive.

These days he has been waiting for the news of Wan Liangao's rebellion, but he has not seen any movement for a long time, so he is restless when the decree comes out.He didn't say a word on the way into the palace, which made Xu Yang uneasy.

"Why do you seem to know why the Holy Majesty is looking for you?" Xu Yang said.

He couldn't pretend to be calm, but said stiffly: "I don't know, I just don't want to face the saint."

It has been seven days since he broke up at the Qixi Lantern Festival that night, and he and Guan Chen haven't met again, nor have they written through each other.

During these seven days, he still hadn't thought about his choice.

Guan Chen's last words rang in his mind from time to time, and when he thought of Guan Chen pampering him so many times, he felt that he was the most selfish one between the two.It is not wrong for Guan Chen to want him to be safe, but it is his own words that hurt others.

In just a few days, the clothes on his body became a little looser.

The carriage drove towards the imperial city in silence, and stopped in front of Yong'an Gate.

Before Ji Bieyun got off the carriage, Xu Yang suddenly stopped him. He turned his head and saw the other party's worried face.

"What's the matter? It's calm now, it should be just Xuan me asking about military affairs."

Xu Yang was not relieved, and couldn't help telling: "Don't disobey the holy will after seeing the holy majesty. It is said that the holy majesty is in a bad mood because of the... rumor that the country has changed hands."

He thought of the gloomy appearance of Emperor Hui of the Shang Dynasty in the past few days, and he had an idea in his mind, so he answered "I know".

Ji Bieyun followed the servant to Wenying Hall, but was told to wait outside the hall for a while.

A few walls away, he vaguely heard chatter and laughter in the hall. Besides Emperor Yuan Hui's, there was another woman, who should be a concubine.After waiting for a cup of tea, I saw a concubine come out of Wenying Hall. When it was his turn to go in, the chessboard on the table had not been put away.

Still thinking about playing chess with the concubine, it seems that Emperor Yuan Hui is in a good mood, so Wan Liangao should not have rebelled yet.

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and after saluting, he heard Emperor Yuan Hui straight to the point: "I have always thought that Jingzhou is a treasured place of geomantic omen, and it has the most outstanding people among the states in Gyeonggi. It would be perfect to build a palace here. What does Ji Qing think?"

Ji Bieyun felt...he was being targeted by Emperor Yuan Hui again.

At the beginning, he secretly disobeyed the emperor in order to bring down Yushitai, but now not only Yushitai has changed his blood, but even Wan Liangao behind him has gone to the border. .He didn't expect Emperor Yuanhui to hold no grudges, and wanted him to intervene in the palace.

He thought for a moment, then replied: "I believe that there is no rush to build a palace for a while, and when the treasury of Daliang is more fully filled in a few years, tens of thousands of people will definitely support this matter."

In fact, this is just Ji Bieyun's decent rhetoric. He thinks it's best not to repair it forever.It will take more than ten years for the emperor's mausoleum to be repaired, and Emperor Yuan Hui began to miss the palace.

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"Forget it, I don't have to talk to you in a roundabout way, and you don't appreciate it anyway." The emperor played with the chess pieces and said to him, "Most of the generals in the court are generals from the founding of the country. Now they are no longer young, and the forces behind them are like roots. Generally criss-cross. I can't understand their old things and want to support you."

He immediately wanted to refuse, but was interrupted just after he said the word "Chen".

"You're welcome, I didn't want to do you any favors. The current position of general is already at the top of the sky, and I won't let you be promoted again in ten years. But you can use the holy family to cultivate your own power. If it's not too much, I will I won’t care about you. In return, you have to do some trivial things for me, there is no room for negotiation.”

Ji Bieyun understood that Emperor Yuanhui still held grudges, so wouldn't he be taken advantage of again?There is no pay, only endless chores, and he has to be a celebrity in front of the Holy Majesty.

"So the first trivial thing is to build the palace?" He straightened up, no longer pretending to be in awe.

Emperor Yuan Hui put back the chess pieces in his palm, and said helplessly while tidying up: "I really like Jingzhou, I can't go anywhere in this imperial city every day, at least I can go to Jingji once in a while to relax ? If you convince those old stubborn for me, I will take you with me when I go to the palace in the future."

He couldn't help laughing.

It's really interesting, Emperor Yuan Hui thought everyone was as addicted to sensuality as himself?

But he also had other thoughts on his mind. Since the emperor took the initiative to negotiate terms with him, it proved that he could continue to bargain, such as overturning the case for the Liu family...but not now, he didn't have enough bargaining chips.

Emperor Yuan Hui heard his smile, looked up, and looked a little unkind, "Is what I said funny?"

Ji Bieyun is no longer afraid of the emperor, and said with a smile: "I feel that it is an honor to be able to go to the palace with me."

Seeing that the other party squinted his eyes and seemed about to get angry, he added: "Your Majesty's proposal is accepted, but the palace will cost a lot, please think twice, Your Majesty."

"You... you're not good enough!" Emperor Yuan Hui was so angry again that he knocked all the pieces off the chessboard.

He was no stranger to this scene, lowered his head and waited intently for the emperor to let him go.

However, anxious shouts suddenly came from outside the hall, from far to near, he listened carefully, and heard the word "military report".

Ji Bieyun's heart trembled.

Still here.

The author says:

There are about [-] words to finish, if I didn't make a mistake in my estimate...