Non-dye Emperor Jingchen

Chapter 18

?Zhao Lingcang and his party temporarily lived in the former Prince Shu's Mansion. After the new emperor ascended the throne, they will renovate it again.

The waiter was leading the way, but Yang Ziya heard a commotion and couldn't help asking: "Why is the palace so festive?"

The waiter knew him at first, so he said in a low voice without hesitation: "Someone sent some actors and actresses and the lord are listening to an opera in the garden.

Feng Mengyou's residence was as deserted as ever. When Feng Nange saw Yang Ziya, he took a step forward and said, "Master Yang."

Yang Ziya glanced into the room and asked, "Is the princess busy?"

Feng Nange sighed: "Yes, there is a lot of internal turmoil in the court, and the princess is helping to deal with these matters."

Yang Ziya was even more puzzled, it seemed that Zhao Lingcang really didn't want to be emperor, otherwise why would he not interfere in these matters.

Yang Ziya said: "I still have some doubts in my heart, I want to come and ask the princess for advice."

Feng Mengyou's voice came from inside the room: "I know what you want to ask, come in."

There is a faint scent of incense in the air, which lifts people's spirits.Yang Ziya and Feng Mengyou were already acquainted, so he simply poured himself a cup of tea.

The tea was extraordinarily strong, so bitter that even Yang Ziya frowned.

"The concubine still needs to rest more. It's okay to leave some things to my subordinates."

It was the first time for Yang Ziya to see this man who was always full of energy showing fatigue, and the fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes could not be concealed by makeup.

Feng Mengyou seemed to have noticed his gaze, and stretched out her hand to rub her forehead: "Time is not forgiving. It is said that Wuwang magic can make the face stay forever, and I think it is nothing more than that. Since you came to me, it must be because of the emperor. .”

"No, princess, I'm here because of another doubt in my heart."

Feng Mengyou raised his head lightly, and said with a slight smile, "You want to know why the prince doesn't inherit the throne, do you?"

There was a vague noise from a distance, Feng Mengyou looked out of the window, and said only one sentence: "The actor whom the prince favors recently looks very much like Cheng Zong."

Even the well-informed Yang Ziya was quite frightened by these words.Cheng Zong is Xiao Qi's father, Zhao Yuxuan, who is also the prince's half-brother.

"Master Yang, although the lord doesn't want that position, I'm afraid he won't stop until Yan Kingdom is completely destroyed." Feng Mengyou's eyes seemed to be able to see through him, "I'm afraid you want a lot of things, Mr. Yang. That’s just going to have to work harder.”

Anger was faintly ignited in Yang Ziya's heart. The feeling of being peeped into the secrets of his heart was really uncomfortable. He knew that he could not get more help from Feng Mengyou, so he went to find another person.

Yu Jie was imprisoned in the sky prison of the dark guards, and Yang Ziya remembered that he had been here before.

As far as the prison is concerned, the place where Yu Jie is held is surprisingly good, but his mental state seems to be very poor.

After Yang Ziya shouted a few times, Yu Jie slowly raised his head, his eyes lost their luster, like a pool of stagnant water.

"Brother Yu."

Yu Jie looked at Yang Ziya and lowered his head again.

The jailer said from the side: "Master Yang, it has been several days, he has always looked like this, so don't waste your efforts."

Yang Ziya was not reconciled, and said something to Yu Jie, but seeing that the other party still ignored him, he had to give up.

There was only one day left before the enthronement ceremony, Xiao Qi still closed the door and saw no one, so Yang Ziya had no choice but to let Xun Gechou and Yang Cheng try.

Anyway, it was a teacher, so Xiao Qi had no choice but to open the door and welcome the two elders in.

"Mingshen, tomorrow is the enthronement ceremony. I heard from Ziya, you still don't want to sit on the throne?"

Xiao Qi looked at Xun Gechou, not knowing how to answer, so he simply kept silent.

On the contrary, Yang Cheng stroked his long beard and smiled slightly: "Master Xiao, do you still remember why I promised Yu Jie's birth that day?"

Xiao Qi frowned: "You said at the time that it was for a certain reason, but you also felt that the reason was too imaginary, so you refused to tell us."

"That's right...the reason is that your demeanor is very similar to the previous emperor, so I began to doubt Zhao Lingcang's real intention..."

Xiao Qi was surprised and angry: "Why are you..."

Xun Gechou said: "Master Yang was just guessing at the time...Mingshen, there must always be someone to sit in that position. Rather than someone else, I would rather be you."

"Okay." Xiao Qi interrupted him, "Master Yang, Lord Xun, I'll talk about these things later, I'm a little tired."

Seeing that they couldn't persuade him, the two had no choice but to leave.

Yang Ziya waited in the mansion for a long time, but Yang Cheng and Xun Gechou were nowhere to be seen, so he knew that the persuasion failed.He was even more restless.

"Second Young Master, this is the new tea offered this year. It's fresh and refreshing." The person serving the tea was a concubine whom Yang Ziya usually loved.

Yang Ziya raised his hand, and the plain white porcelain cup shattered on the ground: "Didn't I tell you not to bother me, don't you understand?"

Yang Shu looked at his younger brother calmly, comforted the concubine with Wen Yan, and then slowly said to Yang Ziya: "I think you have to persuade yourself in this matter."

"He doesn't even want to see me now, how can I persuade him?"

Yang Shu took a sip of the new tea that was served just now, and said, "I can't see it all. Everyone knows that his biggest weakness is you. As a junior, I have a very soft heart."

After thinking about it, Yang Ziya decided to prepare his horse and enter the palace.

As the night was getting late, Xiao Qi was lying on the bed, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

There were knocks on the door, "Mingshen, are you asleep?"

When Xiao Qi heard that it was Yang Ziya's voice, he pretended to be asleep without answering a word.

After a long time, Xiao Qi thought that Yang Ziya had already left, but his voice came from outside: "Mingshen, I know you haven't slept. You used to be like this, once you have something on your mind, you can't fall asleep anyway."

"You don't want to see me, and I understand. You hate that I didn't tell you anything. This is my fault. I don't need to make excuses. "

Yang Ziya was still outside the door as if he was talking to himself: "Do you still remember the question I asked you when we went to Sui County? Let me ask you, if one day you get supreme power, would you Will... try to change all of this?"

"You told me at the time, you didn't know. Now, you still want to tell me, don't you know?"

"The pain of those people, don't you want to... do something for them, even a little bit of change?"

What flashed through Xiao Qi's mind was a pair of familiar faces.His father's face before he died, Ah Qu's pure and innocent eyes, and those soldiers whose families were ruined by Ning Zhou... There was a slight twitch in his heart.

Yang Ziya didn't speak again, but Xiao Qi knew that he was still outside.After another incense stick, Xiao Qi got up and opened the door.

"It's cold outside, come in."

Yang Ziya entered the house and found that the kang was cold, he was surprised: "Where's the earth dragon in the palace?"

The eunuch in charge was waiting at the side, knelt at the door and said: "The emperor ordered...not let us order."

Yang Ziya scolded: "How can this work, hurry up and order it." While talking, he channeled his internal energy to warm himself up, and then held Xiao Qi's cold hand.

"What time is it now?"

"Third watch."

"Well, if you talk to me for a while, you're going to prepare for tomorrow."

Yang Ziya was both surprised and delighted: "Ming Shen...you are..."

Xiao Qi looked at him and said slowly: "There is no more Xiao Mingshen in this world, only Zhao Xihuai is left."

"Your Majesty, it's time to leave for the Hall of Supreme Harmony." The person who spoke was Zhuo Jing, the chief eunuch specially sent by Zhao Lingcang to be in charge of the new emperor.

Zhao Xihuai glanced at Shi Chen: "Let's go."

Zhao Xihuai was a little numb to all this, he was sitting on the throne, watching the cabinet bachelor respectfully standing aside holding the imperial edict, it was really boring.

Zhao Lingcang stood on one side, and from his expression alone, he seemed very happy.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." It was not until Zhuo Jing reminded him in a low voice that Zhao Xihuai realized that it was time to seal the imperial edict.

It was Yang Ziya's elder brother Yang Shu who accepted the imperial edict on a cloud disk. Zhao Xihuai got up, escorted by drum music, honor guards, and civil and military officials, and went out of Taihe Gate, Meridian Gate, and Duan Gate to the tower.

Yang Shu stood on the west side of the stage and read out the imperial edict.Under the city tower, civil and military officials were kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times to show their gratitude to the emperor.

Zhao Xihuai was still expressionless, from the moment he agreed, it seemed like an invisible chain bound him up.This is a chain that lasts a lifetime, and he suddenly feels a little tired.

After a busy day, Zhao Xihuai was about to go to bed, but Zhuo Jing came to inform that someone wanted to face the saint.

"This is the point? Who is it?"

"Back to the emperor, he is the leader of the new generation of dark guards."

Zhao Xihuai rubbed his forehead, and ordered: "Let him wait for me in the imperial study, and exchange for some soothing incense by the way."

As expected, the leader of the new generation of dark guards is Feng Mengyou's

"Having seen the emperor, my humble servant is facing the Holy Spirit at this time. He really deserves death. It's just...some things have to be reported to the Holy One as soon as possible."

Zhao Xihuai sighed: "You're pretty smart, bring someone up."

After all, a man in prison uniform was escorted up. It was Tang Zhuhuan, the former leader of the hidden guards.

"The guilty minister has met the emperor, my emperor Wanan."

Zhao Xihuai glanced at Tang Zhuhuan, it seemed that this was the first time he saw him: "Who instigated the killing of Master Xiao Yu?"

Tang Zhuhuan looked flustered, and said, "This matter... I don't know..."

"I don't know?" Zhao Xihuai said meaningfully, "Could it be that I remembered wrongly? The person who came out at the dinner party to identify the Xiao family's treason was not a secret guard?"

"It's indeed a secret guard... It's just that the guilty minister was distracted by other things that day... The deputy commander Chen Qigong went to seal the Xiao Mansion."

"Okay, where is Chen Qigong now?"

"Back to the emperor," Feng Nange replied, "Chen Qigong has disappeared."

Zhao Xihuai's face had already faintly revealed anger: "Does this mean that this matter is now dead without evidence?"

Feng Nange quickly replied: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, I will definitely investigate and deal with this matter, and give the Xiao family justice."

"In that case, how about giving you a one-month time limit?"

Feng Nange nodded in agreement, and asked Tang Zhuhuan to be taken down again, before continuing: "Your Majesty, there is already news about the whereabouts of Ning Zhou and Ning Yuhuan."

"Well, he must have fled to the country of Yan."

"Exactly, I don't know how the emperor wants to deal with them?"

Zhao Xihuai's tone has returned to calm: "Let them go, they are just a bunch of bereaved dogs."

"Is there anything else the emperor wants to ask? If not, I will retire."

"One more thing, Jingchen...no...where is Chu Jingchen?"

Feng Nange took a peek at the emperor's expression before saying, "Master Zhai is busy with his affairs these days, so he has not been able to visit the emperor."

It turned out that he was the real Master Wuwang, and it seemed that he didn't take himself seriously as the emperor at all.Zhao Xihuai only said: "Since Master Zhai is busy with business, he doesn't need to come to see me. However, there are many things I want to know. I wonder if Commander Feng can tell me all of them?"

"Your Majesty." Feng Nange knelt down hastily, "Although I come from an innocent family background, as long as I stay in this position for a day, I will definitely be loyal to the Emperor."

"Oh? Then I tell you to kill Feng Mengyou and Chu Jingchen, will you go too?"

Feng Nange didn't hesitate at all: "If the emperor orders, I will naturally obey."

"I was just joking, so you don't need to panic. It's just my first day as emperor, there are still many things I don't know, I hope Feng Aiqing will tell you."

Feng Nange rolled his eyes: "The emperor wants to know... about the Master of the Vegetarian?"

Zhao Xihuai smiled faintly: "It's late at night, so Aiqing picked up some stories to listen to, so that I can pass the long time."?