Empress, your husband is invincible

After a pause, Qin Yu put down the marking brush and crossed his fingers.

"Did you know that my father praised you as a rare smart person among scholars?"

The gray-clothed man called Mr. Fang was even lower, and said modestly:
"The eldest son is too praised, that's a false praise from Xiangye."

Looking directly at him, Qin Yu slowly shook his head.

"No, Fang Yumo, you are indeed a smart man."

Fang Yumo's body got lower and lower.

"But do you know what is the greatest weakness of you smart people?"

Getting up slowly, Qin Yu walked up to Fang Yumo and said word by word:

"Look up and look at me."

Fang Yumo's expression remained unchanged, he slowly raised his head, looked directly at Qin Yu who was slightly taller than him, and said earnestly:

"Fang Zishu, I implore the eldest son to enlighten me."

Qin Yu's eyes were piercing, even in a dark room, it was difficult to hide the blazing light.

"You are too easily entangled by some too mundane things! You are like this, and so is my father!"

"You all know that the old deer of the Daling Dynasty has already stepped on the edge of the cliff.

As long as you push it forward, you can eat its flesh and drink its blood! "

"But even so!

You so-called smart people just wait for it to die of illness, or fall to your own death! "

"Fang Yumo, tell me, you smart man! Why can't you give it a push?"

Hearing Qin Yu's self-proclaim, Fang Yumo's face suddenly changed, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Qin Yu just stared at him without making any unnecessary movements.

But Fang Yumo's face was pale, and he trembled uncontrollably as if he was carrying an unbearable mountain.

After an unknown amount of time, Fang Yumo finally couldn't hold on, and knelt down in front of Qin Yu.

"Chen, Fang Yumo, is willing to follow His Majesty for the rest of his life!

Exhausting the mind, going through fire and water, I will not hesitate! "

Only then did Qin Yu's expression soften, but he didn't go to help the first "subject" in front of him who had clarified his intentions, but walked slowly towards the stairs.

Facing the thick and inextricable darkness in the upward-stretching stairs, Qin Yu was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth:
"I'm already in my twenties. In the past dynasties, which dynasty's founding monarch was not my age and made a name for himself?
For the sake of my family and reputation, I have endured it for 14 years!
Now that we have decided to take the path of vacating the cage and changing the bird, why bother to look forward and backward so much? "

The stairs facing Qin Yu were silent.

After waiting for a while, Qin Yu suddenly turned his head and smiled at Fang Yumo who was kneeling on the ground:

"Mr. Fang, I remember that you are Sanyuan Jidi in the 18th year of the first emperor?"

"The eldest son has always had an excellent memory."

Fang Yumo replied with a bow.

"Have you been my father's retainer for seven years?"

"correct."

"Have you been with me for three years?"

"Yes."

"Two out of thirty this year?"

"Yes."

Turning his head and rushing towards the darkness in the stairs again, Qin Yu asked without looking back:

"Then are you willing to stay with me for another two years?"

Fang Yumo seemed to sense something, raised his head abruptly, gritted his teeth, and followed Qin Yu to the stairs and replied loudly:

"Only the eldest son will follow the lead, and will never go against him!"

Qin Yu looked up to the sky and smiled happily:

"good!"

……

Standing facing the stairs with hands behind his back, Qin Muzhi's face was hidden in the darkness, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

Qin Wuyang bowed and stood beside him, trembling and frightened.

After being silent for an unknown amount of time, Qin Muzhi suddenly turned around.

Glancing at the second son beside him, with a calm face, he went straight to the study not far away.

Throat throbbed a few times, and Qin Wuyang, who was staring at his father's back in a daze, couldn't ask the words out of his mouth.

Standing at the door of the study, illuminated by the candlelight inside, Qin Muzhi suddenly turned his head and looked at the dense road in the rockery not far away, his cloudy eyes were full of relief and melancholy.

"You are young after all...

Yu'er, you only saw the cage change?But, why can't it be the dove occupying the magpie's nest? "

"But anyway, since you want to sit in that chair.

Then father will support you for another two years, and see how your kid can 'vacate'..."

……

The night is boundless, but the bleak autumn wind extends along the night from Qin Xiangfu to the deep imperial city.

Ling Xuejian was wearing a plain white robe, standing on the window sill, looking up at the night sky calmly.

Blown by the bleak autumn wind, Ling Xuejian couldn't help wrapping her robe tightly around her body, her red lips parted slightly.

"Grandma Lu?"

"Your Majesty, the old slave is here."

A hoarse voice suddenly came from behind an ordinary curtain in the corner of Huangqi Hall.

"There are no outsiders now, come out and answer."

"Here."

The hoarse voice paused for a moment, and an old palace lady with gray hair and a bent waist slowly walked out from behind the curtain.

"What's your opinion on Ye Cheng?"

The maid surnamed Lu who couldn't tell her age was silent for a moment, and answered honestly.

"I implore Your Majesty to forgive me. This old slave really cannot comment on this person."

"Huh? Even you who have gone through four dynasties and are used to the world, can't you answer?"

Ling Xuejian was slightly surprised.

This old maid surnamed Lu, even she doesn't know her exact age or how high her cultivation level is.

But Ling Xuejian knew very well that she had experienced four generations of emperors, and as the shadow of the emperor, she was used to seeing countless treacherous heroes...

But even she can't judge Ye Cheng?
She raised her head and looked at Ling Xuejian for a while with her unusually clear eyes. The palace maid surnamed Lu lowered her head and replied:
"At the Imperial Study Room the day before yesterday, this old slave can be sure that he has no ill intentions towards His Majesty."

Ling Xuejian nodded calmly, and walked slowly towards the bed.

"I know that. At that time, his eyes were clear, and he didn't get lost for a moment, but his heart was firm."

The maid surnamed Lu thought for a while and reminded:
"Didn't Yuan Jianzheng of Qin Tianjian give you a gift before His Majesty offered sacrifices to heaven?"

Ling Xuejian suddenly turned her head, frowning slightly:

"Are you referring to the phrase 'If you encounter a stranger on your way, you must accommodate them. Helping the country and harming the country, all in one thought'?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory."

The maid surnamed Lu bowed her head and remained silent.

Laying down on the bed, she propped her chin and tapped her cheek, Ling Xuejian's eyebrows were furrowed, and her vermilion lips were slightly pursed:
"Supporting the country and harming the country is all in one thought?
But, can he really bear this slander? "

"Didn't he give His Majesty the phoenix and the phoenix bead and hairpin? Why don't Your Majesty give it a try?"

The maid surnamed Lu was silent for a long time, and suddenly she couldn't help but interjected, and then added:
"About more than 50 years ago, this old slave once heard a word from a favorite concubine in the palace.

I didn't feel any difference at the beginning, but as the world changed, my experience gradually enriched.

However, the old slave felt more and more that what the concubine said could be said to be extremely applicable to any beautiful woman in the world. "

Ling Xuejian became interested and asked curiously:

"What words? Granny Lu, just say it."

The maid surnamed Lu raised her head, looked at Ling Xuejian's beautiful face like a fairy, and said word by word:

"For women, beauty is a weapon and the best way to get what they want..."