Chapter 84

After the eunuch finished reporting the news, he smiled happily and looked at Li Yuangui, seeing his eyes lit up with joy, but before he could smile, the joy suddenly froze. "Godfather, what's wrong with you?"

Li Yuangui finally regained his senses, with a smile on his face again, and nodded: "Good news. You wait for a while, I'll report back to Long Live."

Li Yuangui turned around, and the smile on his face disappeared again.

The jade seal that has been lost for many years is seen again, and the place is presented with auspiciousness. Seeing the sun again in the dock, how could Li Yuangui not understand the reason in such a coincidence.

Pei You'an even took this step into consideration. This move is like the eye of the sky in a chess game. When a piece falls, it completely blocks the emperor's way. The meticulousness of his mind is indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people, and it can be said that he has no plans.

But this also just shows one point, when he was doing that, he was fully prepared and arranged for the people around him to go back, and he would rather endure the emperor's thunderous wrath, and he was determined to Not to change, even willing to use his life to protect the young man.

In this matter, how firm Pei You'an's choice is, the greater the anger that the emperor will follow.

Li Yuangui knew this very well, so he couldn't imagine how terrible the emperor's anger would be if he reported the news to him at this time.

He suppressed the unease in his heart, went inside, carefully considered the words, and carefully said the news that he had just heard.

In the past few days, the court meetings, discussions, summoning ministers, reviewing memorials, inside and outside the court, there are many things, but the emperor is here, but it is not as smooth as it used to be. See, when Li Yuangui entered the inner speech, the emperor was bowing his head and approving the memorial. While approving, he listened to him. Hearing that the Zhen family had dug up the jade seal of the country because of the construction of the dock, the people of Quanzhou thought that the sky was auspicious, and Gao Huaiyuan Day and night, he sent it over, his expression suddenly froze, and the hand holding the pen was also fixed in the air, motionless.

The emperor slowly raised his head, his eyes were wide open, and he looked forward, as if someone was standing there, and the hand holding the pen also began to tremble slightly.

A drop of ink gradually condensed to the tip of the pen, and with the constant trembling of the emperor's hand, it suddenly dripped and splashed on the memorial page under the pen.

"Long live!"

Although didn't see the most worried person throwing a tantrum, the emperor's appearance at the moment was really scary.

Seeing that his face was gradually turning pale, Li Yuangui called out.

The emperor shook his shoulders slightly, closed his eyes, the pen tube in his hand gradually crooked, and slipped weakly from his fingers.

"Long live beware of the dragon body!"

Li Yuangui hurriedly supported him.

The emperor closed his eyes, rested his forehead with his hand, and remained motionless for a while.

"Long live, if you feel unwell, the servant will call the imperial doctor!"

Li Yuangui raised his head and was about to call the palace servants.

"No need."

The emperor opened his eyes slowly, his voice a little hoarse.

"I'm fine..."

He said again, sitting, his face pale, his eyes dark and his eyes straight.

Li Yuangui had followed him for decades. Even when he was most severely suppressed by Emperor Tianxi and King Shun'an, he had never seen him look so tired. He looked a little scared and worried.

"Long live……"

"Those people in Gao Huaiyuan, you can take a look for me and settle down first. I'm a little tired, so I'll go to rest first..."

"Let's save these memorials for tomorrow..."

The emperor finally muttered something, got up slowly, and walked out, his footsteps a little heavy.

...

Early the next morning, the civil and military officials learned that the jade seal that was passed down from the country had reappeared in Quanzhou not long ago. Coincidentally, it was found in the dock owned by Pei You Anyue’s family. , This morning, drums and gongs were beaten, and when the people heard the news, they rushed out of the street to greet them.

The officials rejoiced and sang their praises to the emperor.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and pointed out that the Minister of Rites arranged the reception of the seal. The jade seal was finally placed in a golden plate, passed by the hands of hundreds of officials, and handed it in turn, and finally presented to the emperor's throne.

The emperor looked solemn, held the seal in his hand, and stamped it on the memorial to the sky that was urgently written by the Hanlin Academy, but he saw a bright red seal with eight seal characters "Ordered by the sky, longevity and prosperous". clear. All the officials were excited, knelt down, and shouted long live.

With a smile on his face, the emperor rewarded the meritorious Fujian Yiying officials and the Zhen family one by one, and then announced a palace banquet as a sign of congratulations. The officials thanked them. After the palace banquet was over that night, the Zhen family was mentioned here. After the credit, it was inevitable that Pei You'an would be contacted again.

This jade seal passed down from the country disappeared in the past with the death of the young emperor. During the years when King Shun'an came to power, he searched for it in secret, but he never found it. During these years, many courtiers believed that the jade seal was It should have been taken away by the young emperor, but now the jade seal has come out again, and presented it with great fanfare in the way of auspiciousness from heaven. It is undoubtedly helping the emperor to declare orthodoxy to the world, and it is an order from heaven. It can be said that the credit is not small. When mentioned it, they all envied Pei You'an's luck. Although he was far away in the southwest, he showed a big face in front of the emperor this time. He will return from the southwest next time, and he will make more achievements. don't know what to do. Awarded, all envied.

It was night, after the palace banquet was over, the emperor returned to the harem, his footsteps staggered slightly, he should have drank more wine, lay down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

The emperor did not call the concubines to serve in the bed - in fact, the emperor rarely summoned those concubines after they entered the palace, and not once since the abolition of the prince. Li Yuangui knew this very well, because he knew The emperor was depressed and unhappy these days, and was drunk again tonight.

In the middle of the night, there was a faint drum beat from the drum tower, and Li Yuangui gradually became tired. Seeing that the emperor was sleeping very familiarly, he got up from the couch, beat his waist, and was about to exit the bedroom when he heard a few words from the dragon bed. The voice was vague and dreamy: "A Jing... A Jing..."

Li Yuangui tightened his head and quickly looked back at the door of the sleeping hall. Seeing that the two night eunuchs were dozing off by the pillars in the corner of the outer hall, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurried back to the dragon bed, softly calling out "Long live. ".

Xiao Lie opened his eyes, his eyes were dazed for a moment, then he slowly sat up, lost his mind for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "What time is it?"

"Long live, it hasn't been a while since the third watch. Long live, are you thirsty? My servant will bring you water."

Xiao Lie took the water, drank it in one breath, and then lay back down without turning over again.

Li Yuangui stood by for a while, seeing the emperor's back motionless, he thought he had fallen asleep again, and was about to leave, when he heard a low voice behind him: "I want to go to Ci'en Temple."

If the trip takes place tonight, it will be the third time the emperor has visited Ci'en Temple at night since he entered Beijing.

Li Yuangui was slightly startled, and then replied in a low voice.

...

When Pei You'an arrived at Ci'en Temple, just after the fourth watch, it was the darkest moment in the long night.

There was silence all around.

He stopped in front of the gate of the courtyard and looked at Li Yuangui, slightly puzzled.

"Master Pei, go in, Long Live is waiting for you inside."

Li Yuangui bowed to him, then stepped back.

Pei You An slightly hesitated, suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, pushed open the hidden door, and walked in.

There was no one in the courtyard, and there was a dim light in the room where he had talked with the emperor that night.

He walked towards the lights, pushed open the door, and saw a lotus seat on the table, a stick of incense sticks in the incense burner in front of him, and the green smoke curled up. look.

Pei You'an bowed to the back, and Xiao Lie slowly turned around, ordered him to get up, and looked at him for a long time without saying a word.

The emperor's face was haggard, and there were a few strands of blood left after drunkenness in his eyes, but his eyes were deep, staring at him like this, the originally rigid facial features gradually softened.

The strange feeling in Pei You'an became stronger.

He glanced at the lotus seat on the table, and seeing the name on it, it was not the posthumous title bestowed by Emperor Tianxi after his aunt died, but the extremely simple "Pei's boudoir name Wen Jing gave birth to the Xilian seat", and he couldn't help feeling slightly.Startled for a moment, he hesitated: "I don't know why Long Live called the sinner here late at night, why?"

Xiao Lie turned his head and said to Lianwei: "You'an, come here, bow to your biological mother, and salute."

Pei You'an's expression froze, his eyes fell from the lotus position to Xiao Lie, and then from Xiao Lie back to the lotus position, he said: "Long live, the sinner has come here, and he sees his aunt's lotus position, offering sacrifices.It's your duty to worship yourself. It's just that the words of Long Live are really confusing, and the guilty minister doesn't know what Long Live means."

"You'an, you are not the son of Duke Wei, Duke Wei is indeed your uncle, and I am your biological father!"

Xiao Lie is authentic word by word.