Chasing King

Yan Sikong discusses with Yan Zilian and decides to visit the crown prince and princess huifei. Today, Princess huifei is put on trial. If she is punished, it will be very hard for her and her son. He wants to go to appease them.

They were discussing the matter in secret when there was a knock on the door behind them.

Yan Zilian said, "enter."

Shen Hexuan pushed the door in and looked at Yan Sikong in a hurry. After a few steps forward, he knelt down on the ground and said with awe inspiring, "the student has decided to die. To prove the innocence of empress huifei and the prince, he asked the teacher to present the student's Memorial."

Yan Zilian stood up and said angrily, "what did I tell you the day before yesterday? It's stormy in the court. Before your memorial is presented to the emperor, your life will be gone! "

Shen Hexuan, fearless, said in a loud voice: "fight to the death, admonish to the death. The students have long ignored life and death from the day they became officials. They can't watch their majesty's name of being a fatuous monarch with a long-standing love, and they can't watch the prince and princess Hui being wronged and humiliated. The case of assassination is full of loopholes, but no one dares to say that Princess Wen wants to usurp the throne of the crown prince and capture empress Hui. Let me talk about it! "

Yan Sikong looks at Shen Hexuan in a complicated mood. His young and elegant face is full of fearless righteousness, which makes him shine in the dark room.

Angry, Yan Zilian grabbed several stacks of books and smashed them at Shen Hexuan: "what do you think you can get for your life? You will only irritate your majesty, you will only Only... " Yan Zilian gasped more quickly, and his body shook, then he staggered back.

"Teacher!" Yan Sikong's eyes and hands are quick. He quickly steps forward to hold Yan Zilian who wants to pull.

Shen Hexuan also stares straight eyes, quickly stands up: "teacher..."

They helped Yan Zilian to sit in the chair. Yan Zilian worked hard to follow his anger. His face was pale, his eyes were lax, and his lips were shaking.

“…… Call the doctor Shen Hexuan said that he was going to rush out.

Yan Zilian suddenly stretched out his hand, and the fingers of the dead tree branch grasped Shen Hexuan's wrist tightly.

"Teacher..." Shen Hexuan nervously looks at Yan Zilian.

Yan Zilian shook his head and slowed down for a while. He passed his breath and said softly, "close the door."

Yan Si hurriedly closed the door, then turned back, worried: "teacher, your body..."

Yan Zilian took a deep breath: "I can't let the eunuch know that if I don't see him die in front of me, how can I close my eyes."

Shen Hexuan nose acid, slowly kneel down, struggling to look at Yan Zilian.

Yan Zilian held Shen Hexuan's hand and said in a deep voice: "Hexuan, following the way of sages and sages, you may not be able to be a good official, but you may not be able to do the right thing. You are a rare talent of Lianzhong Sanyuan. You know the world and the place. How can you not know the people's heart alone?"

Shen Hexuan said with tears: "teacher, you know what the students know, but there are some things that someone has to do."

"Sikong and I have already worked out countermeasures in secret, not to the extent that we want you to remonstrate. You are full of this passion, and you will serve the emperor in the future."

"What countermeasures?" Shen Hexuan said urgently.

Yan Sikong pulled Shen Hexuan up from the ground: "brother Shen, let the teacher have a rest. Let's go out and talk."

They left Wenyuan Pavilion and went outside the palace.

Yan Sikong tells Shen Hexuan about the letter. Shen Hexuan is also anxious about the prince these days. He also wrote a fierce Memorial. Fortunately, Yan Zilian stopped him. Otherwise, Emperor Zhaowu might have made an example to others.

Shen Hexuan himself, if let Yan Sikong use a word to describe, it is: straight. Three or four years later, the same group of Jinshi got along best with himself. He was already the head of the Ministry of official affairs and the son-in-law to be. Some of the others began to go to other places for training. Shen Hexuan was the only one who stayed in the Imperial Academy and seemed to be useless. In fact, Yan Zilian has said to himself that Shen Hexuan is also his future bachelor, but he has a hard temper and must be polished well. Otherwise, the sword will be rolled before it is scabbard.

After hearing this, Shen Hexuan was at ease: "Your Majesty, as long as the Empress Dowager comes forward, she will be able to solve the danger of the prince and Empress Dowager."

"Brother Shen, don't be happy too soon." Yan Sikong sighed, "if it's just the assassination of Princess Wen who framed Princess Hui, as you say, it's full of holes and hard to convince people. The impeachment of Yan Guan is bullshit. But why did the emperor put their mother and son in prison so hard? In the final analysis, it is the emperor who wants to abolish the crown prince and seize the opportunity. "

Shen Hexuan said with deep pain: "confused, just confused."

Yan Sikong pulls Shen Hexuan into the dark: "brother Shen, I talked about the situation of the prince with you last time. You didn't seem to like it then. Do you see it now? Even if the Empress Dowager comes out this time, his mother and son can survive the crisis, but the Empress Dowager When the Empress Dowager dies, who else can stop her majesty? "

Shen Hexuan's face sank and he didn't speak.

Yan Sikong calculated: "the second prince is 12 years old, and he will be vassal when he is 15 years old. There are still more than two years left. For nearly a thousand days and nights, his Highness's position as the crown prince may not be guaranteed at any time. Even if he can be called back, it is an imperial edict."Shen Hexuan said in a deep voice, "what do you want to say

"Brother Shen thinks that the reason why Princess Wen can be so arrogant, in the final analysis, is because of what?"

"Wen Shangshu." Shen Hexuan replied without hesitation.

"That's right."

Wen Guifei is only a concubine if she is favored again. Her son is neither a direct nor a long-term one, and her name is not right. If it is just a favor, it is not enough for the indecisive and hedonistic emperor Zhaowu to abolish the crown prince. Wen Shangshu and Xie Zhongren should be the real agents behind the scenes.

"What are you trying to say?"

Yan Sikong said in secret: "brother Shen, if we can get through this crisis, there will be a bigger storm in the central government. That is the grand plan of Beijing inspection. The teacher tried his best to push me into the Ministry of official affairs to seek this royal family for me, all in order to shake the court pattern and give the eunuch a hard blow. Once in the sixth year of jingcha, the teacher is too old to wait for the next six years. I know that you are wronged in your heart and think that you should not be reused. Even if you give advice by death, you are not willing to do nothing. But the teacher has high hopes for you and regards you as his future successor. How can you see you folded here? "

Shen Hexuan said: "I have no complaints about how the teacher arranges my official career. I want to remonstrate, just for the prince and empress."

"Naturally, naturally." Yan Sikong patted Shen Hexuan on the shoulder, "but brother Shen is not willing, and there's no need to hide it, right?"

Shen Hexuan pursed his lips, which was the default.

It's not Shen Hexuan's great success. He has a talent, but he can't show it. Especially when Yan Sikong compares with him, it's natural that he can't calm down. It's reasonable.

Shen realized the importance of making xuanzilian a pillar, so he didn't think about it at the critical moment.

Yan Sikong advised: "brother Shen, please understand the teacher's painstaking efforts. We should try our best to save the prince and empress. I'm going to visit them now. Brother Shen must calm down. As the teacher said, you will be able to spread all over the world sooner or later."

Shen Hexuan sighed and held Yan Sikong's hand: "please."

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according to the law of this dynasty, relatives of prisoners can visit. Although Yan Sikong is not a relative, he is a lecturer of the crown prince. He can barely make sense. With the tacit consent of Meng duo, he successfully entered the prison.

The crown prince and huifei are held separately. Yan Sikong goes to visit huifei first.

As expected, huifei didn't escape the ten lashes. She was lying on the simple couch, curled up with a thin body, her face was pale, and the blood on her skirt was faintly visible, which made her feel unbearable.

Yan Sikong went to the cage, knelt on the ground, and called softly, "Niang, Niang."

Huifei opened her eyes and saw that it was Yan Sikong. It was like seeing a straw: "Yan, Yan adults." She struggled to get up, staggered to the iron bar, sat down weakly, and washed her tears down, "what's the matter with you? How's my baby? "

Yan Si sighed in the hollow, this is the mother, the first thought must be his own child, his physical comfort way: "the empress is at ease, the prince is safe."

Huifei said sadly, "I didn't send someone to assassinate the second prince. That day, Princess Wen invited me to have tea."

"I know that the empress is wronged. We all know that." Yan Sikong said, "what did they ask about today's trial?"

"Ask about the assassin."

"If only the empress didn't admit it."

"How can I admit it." Huifei suddenly stares straight eyes, a change in the past timidity, angrily exclaimed, "I am wronged, I will not admit to killing me!"

Yan Sikong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that this woman, who spoke in a soft voice and had no idea, had such a hard side.

"I regret that I didn't listen to Lord Yan's advice. In fact, I've alienated Princess Wen for a long time, but how can I refuse her invitation? Now it's still bothering me..." She cried and looked at Yan Sikong, "I never ask her to be a prince. I just want our mother and son to be safe. How about not being a prince? Why is she so vicious?"

"The lady must not think so." Yan Sikong stares at her eyes sharply and says in a low voice, "empress, your highness is the eldest prince, and the rightful Prince of Dasheng. If he can't be the emperor, he can't be the idle prince. After the new emperor ascends the throne, your mother and son will die."

Huifei took a breath.

Yan Sikong added: "madam, for your Highness's sake, you must be strong. The Empress Dowager already knows about it and won't sit back and ignore it. In any case, you can't admit it, or your highness will be doomed. "

"Empress dowager, will she save us?" There was a glimmer of hope in huifei's eyes.

Yan Si thinks that the Empress Dowager will save the prince, but she Naturally, he would not express his conjecture in his heart, but he said firmly: "certainly, but now, I'm going to aggrieve my mother."

Huifei's eyes twinkled with shocking determination: "for the sake of Xiaoer, I'm not afraid of anything."