Who says sleep is not spiritual practice?

Chapter 270 Can the prince enter Beijing on time?

Seeing that the little eunuch agreed to her, Jing Li couldn't help but smile:
"Yan Gao, in this palace, I have only one friend like you."

The little eunuch took a peek at the other party, and after seeing that beautiful face with a smile like a flower, a look of amazement flashed in his eyes...and a deep inferiority complex.

He is an abandoned baby who was carried into the palace by the eunuch Yan Songyu 17 years ago, and has been an eunuch since he can remember.

But he didn't blame Yan Songyu.

Although the other party treated him harshly and punished him frequently, he always knew that Yan Songyu was the only one who cared about him in this dignified palace.

He is also a teacher and a father.

He named himself Yan Gao, let himself call him godfather when no one was around, and taught him the innate third-grade exercises, and prepared all the resources for practice, so that he had a child at the age of 17. Acquired seventh-rank martial arts cultivation, is expected to advance to Xiantian around the age of 20!

Everyone in the palace believed that among the top ten eunuchs in the capital in the future, he must have a place of dignity!
As an eunuch, Yan Gao also understands that only improving martial arts is his only way out, as for women...

In his capacity, it would be a crime to take one more look!

Yan Gao still remembers that when he was seven years old, he got very close to a little court lady, not because of the love between men and women, after all, at that age, he did not understand love, but this was discovered by Yan Songyu, and the consequences were unforgettable for him forever .

Yan Songyu sank that little maid into the lake in front of her face!

Yan Gao remembered the other party said a few words at that time:
"Remember, there are rules in the palace. In this palace, you are a lowly servant, and no woman can touch you!"

"Today, you just bumped into a court lady, so I sank her into the lake."

"Next time, if you bump into a concubine or a princess, even if you only take one more look, then you will be the one who gets sunk in the lake!"

"but……"

"If you really can't help but want to touch a woman, it's not impossible."

"When you grow up, you will have the opportunity to go outside the palace. Some powerful people will rush to put women into your arms and let you play with them."

From that day on, Yan Gaocai completely accepted the fact that he was a lowly eunuch. He began to learn to flatter and flatter, and became friends with all the top ten eunuchs except Jing Rang, who ranked first. I was fortunate enough to study ink several times for Emperor Jing Hong. Empress Murong Jin, Crown Prince Jing Yuan, and Princess Jing Xi all had a good impression of him, and would reward him almost every half a month.

Therefore, although Yan Gao's martial arts cultivation is only the seventh grade of Houtian, which is not outstanding among the eunuchs, but with this talent, the identity of Yan Songyu's adopted son, and his eloquent mouth, he is in the palace. Li's status has gradually risen, and now he is ranked second only to the group of top ten eunuchs.

To be honest, Yan Gao has already foreseen his own future. Before the age of 40, his martial arts practice will reach the peak of Haoyue Realm, and he will be one of the top ten eunuchs. There is even hope that after Yan Songyu's death, he will inherit his position and become the great eunuch second only to Jing Rang.

He accepted this fate and thought it was not bad.

After all, during his 17 years in the palace, he had seen many miserable fates of ordinary court ladies and eunuchs.

Emperor Jinghong has always been an image of a wise monarch who works hard to govern and cares about the country and the people, but Yan Gao knows that there is another side of the other side that is little known.

Sometimes, Jinghong can be a tyrant.

Every month, maids in the palace would die tragically, and more than half of them died at the hands of the emperor.

Yan Gao didn't understand the reason, and never asked.

At the beginning, it was Yan Songyu who led him to guard the door, and there would be bursts of screams and beast-like roars from inside the door. When there was no movement, the Mingjun in the eyes of the world would calm down Face pushed open the door, threw out one or several female corpses, and ordered them to take them away for disposal.

Later, when he got used to seeing him, Yan Songyu stopped intervening and handed over this kind of dirty work to Yan Gao and several other eunuchs.

For these dead maids, Yan Gao never showed any sympathy. Since the moment he saw the little maids being sunk in the lake with his own eyes when he was seven years old, he has been numb to the life and death of anyone in the palace.

He strictly abides by the rules in the palace, what should be said and what should not be said, what should be seen and what should not be seen, he is familiar with it by heart, and some things are not even told to Yan Songyu, so he got emperor Jing Hong and many people of great importance.

At the same time, he also became ruthless and ruthless, secretly attacking some young eunuchs who might threaten his status, and killed them one by one in a seemingly legal way.

In this regard, Yan Songyu just turned a blind eye.

The resources in the palace are limited, and those assigned to the eunuchs are even more pitiful, so suppressing opponents is common, and Jing Hong is also happy to see the eunuchs fighting among themselves.

After all, this is easier to accept than forming a party for personal gain.

and so……

Compared with those palace maids whose lives are worthless and nobody cares about when they die, Yan Gao thinks that his situation is not bad, and he is also prepared to stay in the palace for the rest of his life and work for the Jing clan.

But two months ago, Master Yan Songyu broke an arm while going out, and brought back a woman at the same time.

For Yaori Jing, a broken arm is considered a serious injury, but there are many doctors in the palace and many panaceas in the imperial treasury, so Yan Gao is not worried about Yan Songyu's injury.

In contrast, he was more curious about the woman brought back by the other party.

The woman's name is Jing Li, and Yan Songyu said that she is the daughter of Emperor Jing Hong and the master of Bingfeng Palace. She went to the northern border 12 years ago and worked as a maid beside the prince of the North.

In March last year, Fan Yu, a student from Jixia Academy, suddenly realized his innate talent. He was only 32 years old. In order to win over this person, Jing Hong asked Yan Songyu to bring Jing Li back and gave him a marriage order.

It is not uncommon to use married daughters to win over and make friends with geniuses and monsters. This is not uncommon among the dignitaries of Chu State, and it is not the first time that Emperor Jinghong has married a daughter.

For example, Cheng Zhe, Fan Yu's teacher, married a adopted daughter of Jing Hong.

With Yan Gao's temperament, this matter should not cause any waves in his heart.

But the first time he saw Jing Li, he found that he had a strange idea.

It's not love, but I just want to protect her inexplicably.

He didn't understand why.

In terms of beauty, there are few people in the palace who are better than Jing Li, but it is not impossible. In terms of background, Princess Jing Xi is the daughter of the empress, and she is ten times more respected than her!
I have seen so many concubines and princesses who look like heaven in the palace, and I have never wavered in my resolve, but this woman is an exception!

Yan Gao originally wanted to kill this trace of strangeness, but Yan Songyu made himself responsible for monitoring and taking care of Jing Li, so that she would not be bullied in the palace, and at the same time prevent her from doing stupid things.

After two months of contact, Yan Gao found that his strangeness towards Jing Li not only did not decrease, but became more intense. He began to feel sorry for the other party's experience, and occasionally said a few words of comfort and concern. Give him thirty lashes!
But today, Jing Li begged him for the first time, begging him to help take her out of the palace and go to the north gate to pick up the prince of the north.

Yan Gao had heard about the heir of the King of the North, and in the past half a month, this person had been mentioned almost as many times in the court and in the palace as the King of the North!

The young hero, with the help of Hua Manlou, led the army to subdue Beidi, made great achievements in opening up the territory, and was conferred the title of son by the emperor. In the future, he will inherit the throne and become the lord of the northern border, an extremely human minister!

Such a person's reputation among the people has long been compared to the metaphors of Jixia Academy.

But Yan Gao, who had been in the palace for 17 years, knew that it would be very dangerous for the eldest son to enter Beijing.

The Jing family can tolerate Jiang Qiushui sitting in the three northern states for decades, and take back the fief after his death. They can even tolerate the emergence of a second general in the country to subdue a foreign race and add another state to Chu. As a result, he was granted the title of king with a different surname, and the land of three states!
But he couldn't tolerate that this person was Jiang Qiushui's son!
Both father and son are kings with different surnames, and they are entrusted with three states, which is enough to operate in the northern border for a hundred years!

It has only been more than a hundred years since the founding of the Great Chu!

If this pair of father and son were allowed to be kings for a hundred years, wouldn't the northern border become China?
and so……

Yan Gao learned that in order to prevent this from happening, Crown Prince Jing Yuan hosted a banquet tonight and invited many big figures in the capital to discuss how to deal with the prince who refused to go to the north who was about to enter the capital.

It is said that his purpose is to recruit this person.

Because on tonight's guest list, Jiang Qingshu, the eldest son of King Rejecting the North, was also on the list.

Prince Jing Yuan probably wanted Jiang Qingshu to come forward, bring Jiang Qingyu under his command, and take back the northern border without bloodshed.

However, Yan Gao learned another thing.

The emperor Jing Hong, who praised the heir of the Prince of the North in the court hall, seemed to have given some orders secretly, so that many servants "died" in the mansions of many dignitaries in the capital in the past few days.

It is not uncommon for people to die in the rich and powerful's mansion, but there must be something strange about the death at the same time!
Yan Gao didn't ask his godfather Yan Songyu where the group of "dead people" went, but it's not hard to guess based on the current situation, that group of people must have gone to find trouble for rejecting the Prince of the North.

As far as he knew, Emperor Jing Hong had arranged for Dong Shen, the commander of the imperial guards, to lead an army of [-] people to the port to meet the heir of the Northern Prince a few days ago.

And Dong Shen once served under the command of Xue Mu, the head of the Annan Protectorate Mansion, and had a close relationship with Xue Fang, another commander of the imperial guards.

As for Xue Fang and Xue Mu, they both had problems with Jiang Qingshu!

"You really deserve to be the emperor! Compared with the crown prince Jing Yuan, he is more than a star and a half hotter!"

Yan Gao sneaked a glance at Jing Li, and sighed inwardly:
"It's not difficult to take Princess Jingli out of the palace, and it's not difficult to go to the north gate to pick up the heir of the Northern Prince. I, Yan Gao, can do it all."

"The difficulty is that the heir of the King of the North will be able to enter Beijing on time tomorrow!"

……

at the same time.

In another palace in the palace, Crown Prince Jing Yuan was entertaining the officials.

According to the rules, the prince should not get too close to the officials, otherwise he would be easily suspected by the king, but Jing Hong only had such a son, and the founding emperor Jing Yang was behind the scenes, so no one said he was wrong.

At this time, the banquet was coming to an end, the guests and hosts had a good time, and the talk was full of love affairs, no one brought up Prince Jubei's son, it seemed that everyone was avoiding this topic.

But no one mentioned it, but it seemed deliberate!
On the left side of Jing Yuan, Jiang Qingshu held a wine glass and frowned.

There were less than 50 guests present, and apart from him, no one's official rank was below the fourth rank!
Their positions in the court are very important, and each of them holds an important position. It is a strange thing to get together without talking about state affairs!

but……

Although he sat on the left side of Prince Jing Yuan and seemed to be highly respected, he was not qualified to speak among a group of powerful officials. When I recite my poems, I say a few words that are brilliant but not ostentatious.

It's not that Jiang Qingshu didn't understand Jing Yuan's intention to entertain the officials. Ever since he learned that his younger brother Jiang Qingyu had become the heir and set off to Beijing to face the emperor, he had been inquiring about Jing Hong's father and son's true attitude towards this heir.

But it's a pity that the two of them didn't show any flaws, and they both showed enough respect and trust in Jiang Qingyu.

The more they were like this, the more Jiang Qingshu felt that the royal family couldn't tolerate a second king who rejected the North!
"Qingyu, you shouldn't have subdued Beidi!"

Jiang Qingshu sighed inwardly:
"Leading the army hundreds of miles north, defeating Tuoba Yu at the bank of the Black Water Lake, winning the winter hunting competition, and becoming the prince, that's enough!"

"Going further to win Beidi will be harmful to the Jubei Palace!"

"Jing Hong is very suspicious. In the past, he was constrained by foreign enemies, and he could barely persuade himself to accommodate his father, but now that Beidi is gone, can he still accommodate King Jubei who has 10,000+ of the most elite troops in Chu?"

"Difficult!"

"Right now, in the capital, the prestige of King Beibei and his son among the people has reached its peak. The common people think that you and your father are blessed generals bestowed on Chu by the heavens. Some people even suggest that you go to the other three borders to lead troops and subdue foreign races. Dominate the world!"

"But in the eyes of all the officials, they think that the Jubei Palace is a cancer that has to be eradicated as soon as possible!"

"In the last month, I have encountered seventeen assassinations. Although each time was blocked by the eagle dog arranged by His Majesty, this at least shows one point..."

"Someone wants to use my life, or even mother's and your life, to force father and king to rebel!"

Jiang Qingshu glanced at the officials present calmly:

"In this group of people, at least half want to kill you and me!"

"So, your trip must be extremely dangerous!"

"Maybe, this capital city will become the burial place for you and my brother!"

At this time, it was getting late, Prince Jing Yuan offered everyone a last glass of wine, and then all the officials got up to leave.

Looking at the backs of everyone leaving, Jing Yuan, who was a little drunk, struggled to get up with the support of the Crown Princess Liu Rushi, and made a joke:

"Brother Qingshu, look at this scene, do you want all the officials to retreat?"

"Your Highness, you are drunk."

Jiang Qingshu lowered his head and stood on one side.

"I'm not drunk!"

Jing Yuan looked at Jiang Qingshu and patted him on the shoulder:

"Brother Qingshu, according to the imperial father's order, tomorrow the imperial sister Jing Li will marry Mr. Fan Yu from Jixia Academy!"

"You know, I've always hated that man!"

"Hey, it would be great if it was brother Qingshu who had the epiphany last March, then we two can get closer!"

Jiang Qingshu frowned:
"Your Highness, I have persuaded you many times. Mr. Fan Yu is a talented person, and he deserves to be recruited."

Unexpectedly, Jing Yuan smiled and said:
"In my eyes, in terms of Wang Zuoliang's talent, no one can compare to you, Jiang Qingshu!"

He paused and said again:

"Brother Qingshu, the Royal Sister and Mr. Fan Yu will get married tomorrow. I have prepared a gift for them. I will bring it with you when you leave and give it to Fan Yu for me tomorrow."

Jiang Qingshu was puzzled and said:

"Why don't you deliver it yourself, Your Highness? That would be more sincere, and you can also take this opportunity to win over this person."

Jing Yuan smiled:
"Brother Qingshu, do you really want me to win over Fan Yu?"

"I almost forgot to tell you that my imperial sister, Jing Li, just returned to the palace recently. For the past 12 years, she has been staying in the Ziyan Courtyard of the Northern Prince's Mansion, living with your eldest brother!"

Jiang Qingshu couldn't help being slightly startled when he heard this.

next moment.

I saw Jing Yuan took a pair of chess pieces from the crown princess Liu Rushi, and stuffed them into Jiang Qingshu's hand:
"Brother Qingshu, when you give this gift tomorrow, remember to play a game with Fan Yu."

"If you win, I will help you stop this marriage, how about it?"

Jiang Qingshu took the chess piece and held it tightly.

The next moment, he bowed deeply towards Jing Yuan, then turned and walked out.

"Where is Brother Qingshu planning to go?"

Jing Yuan asked subconsciously.

I saw Jiang Qingshu turned around, revealing an unprecedented serious face:
"Go to Jixia Academy and play chess with Fan Yu."

(End of this chapter)