Fairy, Please Let Me Explain

As the clock started ringing, the warm sun pierced the frost and fog covering the sky on time, and fell on the solemn cornices outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The courtiers who came to court in the morning were sparsely walking out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. There were groups of three or two talking quietly, and there were also those who were walking hurriedly towards the outside of the palace.

After watching the last minister disappear from sight, Li Yucheng slowly stood up from the short table under the golden throne.

His movements were slow and light, showing a kind of feeble exhaustion.

After standing still for a long time, Li Yucheng slowly leaned down and picked up a document on the low-leg table.

The document was filled with words written by Mo Feng, who was using his pen as a dragon and a snake.

This is a habit he has developed over more than ten years of supervising the country.

Write down the political affairs discussed in each morning meeting, add your own annotations, and submit them to the father for review.

Over the past ten years and thousands of morning meetings, there has never been a single flaw, and the same is naturally true today.

He picked up today's documents and browsed through them. After Li Yucheng confirmed that they were correct, his soft voice sounded in the silent hall:

"Eunuch Nie, could you please submit this to my father?"

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The voice echoed and the words fell out.

A feminine middle-aged man wearing a luxurious palace dress quietly appeared from behind the Jinluan throne, and came to the prince's side in an instant.

Today’s great companion of the Holy One is Eunuch Nie.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Eunuch Nie lowered his eyebrows and nodded, while habitually glancing at the document.

Although this thing is presented every time, the Holy One may not necessarily read it. In order to prevent some things from being missed, he has to be his companion to look over it first and then convey it to him.

However, this kind of note-taking document is a bit redundant and can only be regarded as an expression of the prince's attitude.

After all, both parties knew that although the emperor did not go to court, he had other more precise ways to monitor government affairs.

As his gaze swept across, Eunuch Nie's lowered eyes suddenly froze. He raised his eyes in slight surprise and glanced at the prince in front of him without leaving a trace, but then he suppressed the confusion in his heart.

Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. As a eunuch, you must abide by your duties.

Even if I am the person closest to the Holy Emperor, I cannot participate in the Holy Emperor's family affairs, even if the prince actually proposes to transfer the third prince to Japan in this troubled year.

in silence,

Eunuch Nie said softly in a slightly feminine voice:

"Then our family will present it to the emperor first."

After saying this, Eunuch Nie disappeared into the Hall of Supreme Harmony in an instant when he saw the prince nod his head.

Shortly after Eunuch Nie left, a eunuch wearing a third-grade palace uniform slowly walked out of the shadows of the palace, came to Li Yucheng, bowed his head respectfully and asked:

"Your Highness, are we going back home now?"

Because of some examples of debauchery in the past, the Dayan Ancestral Hall has already set a rule that the prince after adulthood can no longer stay in the palace without the holy order, even the prince who oversees the country is no exception.

Listening to his companion's inquiry, Li Yucheng remained silent for a while. He looked back at the golden throne bathed in light on the staircase. A hint of sadness flashed in his eyes. Just as he was about to respond, he heard a voice. Suddenly it sounded in his ears:

"Yucheng, come to Qingxin Pavilion."

Qingxin Pavilion is located in the center of the huge Tianchi northwest of the palace city.

Due to the wetland climate, the frost and fog have not yet dissipated in the early morning. The slightly cold breeze blows across the lake, causing ripples and startling the flying geese that live here. It is like a fairyland on earth.

Under the leadership of Eunuch Nie, Li Yucheng came to the top floor of Qingxin Pavilion and saw his father again.

The old man with white hair and beard and hunched body is still dressed in the same way.

Wearing a white robe and plain clothes, with an imperial dragon robe wrapped around it.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, tapping the low table on the bed with one hand, and holding the morning notes that Li Yucheng had just written with one hand.

The sunlight fell on him through the window lattice, and the wrinkles on his face were clearly visible, making him look even older.

Eunuch Nie turned around and left after leading Li Yucheng into the room.

Li Yaoxuan did not speak immediately, but browsed the note in his hand with an interested look, while Li Yucheng also stood aside quietly with his head lowered.

For a long time,

"Tuk."

Li Yaoxuan pressed the rice paper in his hand on the low table, slowly turned his eyes, and asked softly:

"Do you know why I called you here?"

Li Yucheng bowed his head and responded without pretending to be confused:

"My son, I know."

Hearing this, Li Yaoxuan's lips curved into a smile, and the smile was somewhat meaningful:

"Now that I know, I will come and ask you personally, are the things you stated in your morning report serious?"

Li Yucheng lowered his head with calm eyes:

"Since I have submitted my petition to my father, the things written are naturally true."

"hehe."

Li Yaoxuan's cloudy eyes cleared for a moment, and he looked up and down at the eldest son in front of him, his eyes so sharp that it made people shudder.

Li Yucheng still bowed his head and remained silent.

Count interest,

Li Yaoxuan took a long breath, put down his crossed legs, and slowly stood up from the bed:

"You, the prince who supervises the country, may not know something, but Japan Island has actually sent envoys to our emperor."

As he spoke, Li Yaoxuan walked towards Li Yucheng, his steps were very light, but it seemed as if he was stepping on Li Yucheng's heart.

After a moment of silence, Li Yucheng lowered his head and spoke:

"Do you know, the Japanese envoy, that your father is referring to those blond ghosts?"

"Ghost people? Those people are not worthy of the title of ghost."

Li Yaoxuan chuckled and murmured, walked past Li Yucheng, came to stand in front of the antique display, and casually took out a rather strange thin sword from among the priceless antiques on it.

He casually danced a sword flower in the air, but the sword light still dimmed the light in the entire room.

After doing this, Li Yaoxuan looked at the rapier in his hand and whispered:

"This sword was a gift they gave me as a meeting gift. Haha, the workmanship is fine and the material is acceptable. It's barely comparable to my Great Flame B-grade forging material."

"Father, the unknown enemy should not be underestimated. This rapier may not be the best." Li Yucheng reminded in a low voice.

Hearing this, Li Yaoxuan put the rapier back and chuckled with unknown meaning:

"You are right, and what you stated in your morning account is also correct. It is more obvious than letting an unknown enemy sleep soundly under my great fire, and continuing to be neighbors with those Japanese who are short-sighted and only know how to plunder maritime merchants. more advantageous.

"I have indeed discussed this matter with the Prime Minister, and I am also preparing to send an imperial envoy to Japan to monitor."

Speaking of which,

Li Yaoxuan suddenly changed the topic and asked softly:

"Yucheng, although you are a bit dull in certain things, you have been supervising the country for so long, so you should know what this means, right?"

As soon as the words came out, the atmosphere in the whole room seemed to freeze.

What does it mean?

Li Yucheng knew exactly what this meant.

Sending the third prince Li Yunqing to Japan means that all the power this younger brother has in Dayan will be freed up.

And with the current situation in the court, it is impossible for these powers to be transferred to his prince's hands so smoothly.

In other words,

The Royal Chamber of Commerce, some of the Royal Shadow Guards originally controlled by the princelings, and the various interpersonal networks that Li Yunqing developed privately in the court will no longer exist.

Taking a deep breath, Li Yucheng still maintained a tone:

"My son, I know."

"As the boss, you really love the mistress."

"Er Chen and Yun Qing are compatriots."

"Aren't you really trying to exclude Junqing from my sight by doing this?"

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Li Yaoxuan looked at the eldest son in front of him with a smile and continued:

"Are you right? After all, I probably don't have a few more years to live in this body. If Yun Qing is transferred at this time, I will naturally be excluded."

"Plop."

When he finished speaking, Li Yucheng directly bowed his head and knelt on the ground, clenching his fists slightly:

"My dear son, I hope my father will learn from this."

Li Yaoxuan looked at the kneeling prince in front of him, slowly leaned over to help him up, and looked into his eyes at close range:

"Yucheng, why are you so nervous? I'm just talking. Yunqing is like the right-hand man to your prince. Although sending him away can keep him away from my sight, it can also be regarded as freeing himself in front of Zhaoyuan. Broken arm.

"Let me guess,

"Even if you don't tell me about this, there is a high probability that Yun Qing will come to me. After all, that boy has been afraid of trouble since he was a child."

Saying,

A touch of softness suddenly flashed through Li Yaoxuan's sharp eyes.

He remembered that when these little brats got into trouble, the one who got off the fastest was always Li Yunqing.

While the other princes were getting slapped, the boy had already run back to his mother to hide.

The softness passed in a flash, and Li Yaoxuan helped Li Yucheng up and sat back on the bed.

After tightening the emperor's dragon robe tightly, the old man looked through the window lattice at the boundless sky outside, and sighed and said:

"I, sometimes I really envy Xu Yinhe."

The words fell silent. After Li Yaoxuan was silent for a few breaths, he suddenly laughed twice:

"Hehehe, it seems that I am really old, and I am starting to miss the past and regret the present."

Looking at the rickety old man sitting on the bed talking to himself, Li Yucheng's eyes flashed with a complex, thin voice:

"Father."

Halfway through his words, Li Yaoxuan's knife-like gaze swept over him. Li Yucheng's mind instantly cleared and he swallowed the rest of his words.

This father does not need any comfort or mercy.

Now that he has done it, he will not regret it.

What he just said was just a sigh from his late seventies.

Moreover, the royal family is destined to never become a family like the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Li Yaoxuan calmed down all his expressions and said softly with an expressionless face:

"I already know your attitude, and I agree to the matter of Junqing."

Li Yucheng knelt down and saluted:

"Thank you, Father."

Li Yaoxuan did not let Li Yucheng leave immediately. He tapped his fingertips on the low-legged desk table on the bed and asked softly:

"Where did you go out last night?"

The pupils of Li Yucheng's drooping eyes shrank slightly.

He knew that his father knew his whereabouts, but he did not expect that his father would ask this question.

Things similar to last night had happened several times. After several trials, according to his judgment, the father should have acquiesced in his behavior.

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His mind was spinning, and Li Yucheng could not guess his father's heart, so he had to bite the bullet and said truthfully:

"My son, I went to see the son of the Minister of War."

"Wang Xianzhi?"

"Wang Licheng."

"Wang Yuqian's illegitimate son?"

"yes."

"It seems that Zhaoyuan really pushed you a little too hard, and you actually lowered your status to meet an illegitimate child."

"." Li Yucheng.

The directness of his father's words made it difficult for him to answer.

But after clenching the palms under his sleeves slightly, Li Yucheng still said softly:

"People's talents should not be judged by their birthplace."

"Huh?"

Li Yaoxuan smiled softly when he saw the other person talking back:

"Just one night of conversation can make your prince talk back to me. It seems that you have a high opinion of that person."

"My son is just telling the truth."

"That's all, none of this matters."

Li Yaoxuan had no intention of continuing this topic, and continued on his own:

"Your idea is good, but it's a pity that you don't seem to have that much time to lay out the plan. Even if you recruit that person as a secret agent in the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is a high probability that he will not be used."

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Hearing this, a strange color flashed across Li Yucheng's eyes.

He felt that there was a hidden message in his father's words.

Anzi, who needed time to plan, was not available. In other words, if he wanted to keep his position as crown prince, he would have to rely on forces that did not require ready-made plans.

Thinking of this, Li Yucheng raised his eyes and looked at the rickety old man sitting cross-legged on the bed, with a probing look in his eyes.

Seeing the eldest son's gaze, Li Yaoxuan gently shook his head:

"Yucheng, among my many princes, I really like you the most. I like your upright character and your mind for the world. But in some things, there is still some gap between you, Yun Qing and Zhao Yuan."

Speaking of which,

Li Yaoxuan sighed:

"If it were the two of them, they would most likely understand what I meant when I asked the first sentence."

Li Yucheng's gentle eyes flashed with a hint of loss, and he lowered his head slightly:

"My dear father, I disappoint you."

"I don't mean to blame you. Sometimes this is a flaw, but sometimes it is also an advantage."

Li Yaoxuan leaned on the bed with compassion again and looked out the window faintly: "As long as you understand."

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After hearing his father's expulsion order, Li Yucheng did not stand up and leave immediately, but remained kneeling on the spot.

There was very little incense and the room was silent.

Li Yaoxuan gradually frowned when he saw the prince kneeling in Qingxin Pavilion:

"If you don't go down, do you still want me to make a special trip for you?"

Li Yucheng raised his eyes to look into his father's eyes and said softly:

"Father, I think this is inappropriate."

"boom!"

Before he finished speaking, Li Yaoxuan slapped the low-leg table on the bed.

A hurricane instantly set off in the room, and the silk curtains kept flying. When everything settled, the low-leg table on the bed turned into powder together with the morning note that Li Yucheng wrote today.

Li Yaoxuan stared at the prince in front of him, and the temperature of his voice dropped slightly:

"I have given you a path to take. Whether you want to take it or not is up to you.

"Now, get out."

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