That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 378

The Taoist sects quarreled with each other, shirked the blame, and fought among themselves, and the court did not give in too much.

After retiring from the court, the court officials walked out of Weiyang Palace one after another. As usual, the two temple dignitaries, Lan Yu and Han Xuan, still walked last.

There is also an interesting allusion to this hall. Its original name was not Weiyang Palace, but it was changed to Weiyang Palace only after Emperor Xiao entered the city. There are rumors that Emperor Xiao's root aptitude was not Well, it was hopeless to set foot on the path of cultivation, because he had a turning point after learning the Weiyang Sword Sutra from Master Wuchen, so Emperor Xiao renamed this highest-status palace Weiyang Palace as a commemoration.

The two walked down the long steps in front of Weiyang Palace, one on the left and the other on the right. Lan Yu stopped first and asked softly: "Wenbi, do you still remember the time when you and I were in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven at the Circular Mound Altar in the first year of Huanglong?" Did you say anything?"

Han Xuan also stopped, and said gently: "Remember, the first emperor who was still the king of Qi at that time was about to sacrifice to heaven and ascend the throne. Prime Minister Lan said that His Highness will become His Majesty, and the situation in the court will also change. After all, it is a new A new look cannot be the same as before.”

Sapphire was very emotional.

At that time, Han Xuan was far from being able to compare with Lan Yu, at most he could only be regarded as a junior who was supported by Lan Yu, but the world was unpredictable. In the following decades, Han Xuan became Lan Yu's opponent, and entangled until today.

Han Xuan went on to say: "Lan Ping still tested me. After the founding of the Great Qi, the clan that is one with the country, the family of Fulong, the ministers of Conglong, and the poor scholars in the world, so many people want fish. Leaping over the Dragon Gate, but this temple is so big and there are only so many seats, how should we divide it?" Lan Yu laughed and said: "At that time, you said that the world was initially determined, and the king should be named to protect the four feudal clans, so the clan should not be in the court, but should be in the court. In terms of locality, it should not be in the capital, but should be in the border, so the kings should be divided into Yanzhou, southern Xinjiang, Jiangnan, northeast, northwest and other places."

"Honorable ministers are awarded titles based on their merits. There are three classes of princes and uncles. They are hereditary and passed down from generation to generation. Since a noble minister has a title, his descendants will have a piece of glory and wealth. They don't have to seek official positions. It's all in the temple, just choose two out of ten."

"Although the foundation of the family's high-ranking family has not been completely destroyed, it is no longer the grand occasion of controlling the court, so it must not be used, but it cannot be reused, because the children of the high-ranking family have a common problem. letter."

"As for the poor family, you, a person from a poor family, are the most wary of the poor family scholars, saying that they are poor and rich, and they are more serious about corruption than anyone else, and they are more greedy. Most of them can take good care of their feathers, so we want to use this family to suppress the poor."

"In the end, the temple is ten points, and the clan and honorable officials will share two points of the topmost essence, and the remaining eight points, three points will be given to the aristocratic family, and five points will be given to the poor family."

Han Xuan said calmly: "At that time, Prime Minister Lan said that my words were cruel, and the clan, aristocratic family, and nobles would not let me go, even if they were poor, they would not think of me well, they would only remember that I said that they are poor and rich , but I can’t see my good intentions. At that time, I will really be in a dead end.”

Sapphire stretched out her hand to hold on to the railing at the beginning of the steps, without saying a word.

Han Xuan stretched out his palm as before, but no snowflakes fell, and said slowly: "It seems that I have been right in my words. The clan, aristocratic family, honorable ministers, and poor families all want me to die, but your majesty will definitely Let me live, no matter which majesty it is. So even after the death of the first emperor, you let me resign from office, but after 20 years, I came back."

Lan Yu shook her head and sighed: "Wei Wang Xiao Jin once said to me that if I can be the chief assistant, don't let you look up. This will be good for both of you and me. Looking at it now, it is a prophecy."

"The king of Wei knows what people don't know." Han Xuan was not surprised, and said flatly: "Since he had already expected today, then Lan Xiang should have taken precautions early, after all, the current state of Wei is not peaceful."

Sapphire was noncommittal, turned and left.

Han Xuan watched Lan Yu walk away before continuing to walk slowly.

When he was about to walk out of the palace gate, he met an unexpected and reasonable person.

Xiao Zhinan was dressed as an eunuch, most of his face was covered by a slightly larger gauze hat.

Since Xiao Zhinan didn't want to reveal his identity, Lan Yu didn't bother to salute, and joked softly: "Your Highness is dressed like this, but it's demeaning."

Xiao Zhinan said helplessly: "There are so many eyeliners in the palace, there is no way to do this."

Han Xuan asked back: "His Royal Highness can really escape those ubiquitous eyeliners by doing this?"

Xiao Zhinan smiled wryly, "Do your best."

Han Xuan stopped fussing over this issue and asked, "Your Highness is coming to see the old minister, but do you have something to order?"

"Don't dare to obey orders." Xiao Zhinan shook his head lightly, "I just want to ask Mr. Han Ge to do me a favor."

Han Xuan didn't agree, and said slowly, "As long as the veteran is within his capacity, he will definitely do his best."

Xiao Zhinan hesitated for a moment, and said: "I want to go out of Beijing, it's best not to alarm anyone."

"Going to the south of the Yangtze River?" Han Xuan's expression remained the same, "If Her Royal Highness wants to see Nangui, the old minister thinks it's inappropriate."

Xiao Zhinan remained silent.

Han Xuan said softly: "If Your Highness is worried, the old minister can be your guarantee, and the boy will come to the imperial capital no matter what."

He hesitated for a moment, then added: "I will definitely not lose Her Highness the Princess."

Xiao Zhinan shook his head, and said bitterly: "It's not because of this, it's just the details inside. It's not easy for Zhinan to tell Mr. Han Ge clearly, but I will definitely give Mr. Han an answer in the future."

Han Xuan was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "The old minister knows."

Xiao Zhinan lowered his head, showing a forced smile and said, "Thank you, Mr. Hange."

Han Xuan laughed it off and strode away.

Xiao Zhinan did not leave the palace in a hurry, but walked slowly along the shadow of the wall alone.

Strictly speaking, this majestic palace is her home, but she is not familiar with it, at least the famous Weiyang Palace, she has never been inside, at most she just watched it from a distance.

As for other places, there are more than half of them that she has never set foot on.

This heavenly residence is too big for her to get a full view, and even many old eunuchs who have lived here all their lives dare not say they are completely familiar with it.

Xiao Zhinan didn't like it here since she was a child, because she felt that this deep palace that had been passed down from three dynasties was very dark, so she moved out a long time ago.

The further you go in, the greater the shadow of the palace wall. At the end of this summer, Xiao Zhinan suddenly felt a little inexplicable chill, put his arms around his shoulders, and stopped walking.

Even though it was summer, she seemed to be in the cold winter.

Some things, like this bottomless palace, Han Xuan doesn't know, Xiao Bai doesn't know, Xu Beiyou doesn't know, even her father may not know.

Only Xiao Zhinan himself knew.

She looked up at the narrow line of sky above her head, and muttered to herself, "Why is this happening?"

Her Royal Highness seemed extremely tired, leaning against the cold vermilion wall, said calmly: "I have clearly avoided this muddy water, but why are you still refusing to let me go? ?"

She bit her pale lips lightly, her face reappeared with determination, and she walked out of the palace with firm steps.

(End of this chapter)