humble minister

"If you really want to protect me, you shouldn't hide everything from me and tell me nothing." Lian Ying was silent for a moment, and there was still a residual blush on his raised face, but his eyes were very firm, even a little Sad and unwilling.

"Shi Yu, I am not an existence that needs to hide behind others to survive. Even if I know that you are protecting me, it is still unacceptable to say nothing like this! At least, at least let me know what happened. Ok, I don't want to be kept in the dark or be a burden to you, why can't you just trust me? I can help!"

Lian Ying didn't understand why their relationship became like this, which made people feel both ambiguous and distant.Mingming Master Yu used to hope that he could help him rule the world together, but why now he hides many things from him, it seems that apart from the state affairs and political affairs on the surface, he will never let him touch the dirty things secretly.

It's really... well protected, so good that he felt as if he was isolated.It's a very bad feeling.

Shi Yu was silent. Sure enough, based on his understanding of Ah Ying, his patience was already at his limit.No matter how considerate his Ah Ying is, as long as he is a man, he will not like others to hide everything from him and pretend to protect himself, but should he really tell Ah Ying about such things?Ah Ying has a good way of governing the country, but in the face of these conspiracies and tricks, he doesn't know.

Not to mention what he's going to do next...

"Actually, it's just that someone wants to deal with Beichao, it's not a big deal." After a long silence, Shi Yu pretended to be relaxed.

"The assassination, too." After listening to Shi Yu's answer that was not an answer, even though Ying was dissatisfied, he knew that no matter how much he asked, he would not be able to ask anything. Are there any spies from the Northern Qiang?"

"Have you guessed it all?" Shi Yu responded with some surprises, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is not very strange that the other party can guess it.

"Which one are you referring to? Is there a spy or a spy from the Northern Qiang?" Lian Ying raised his eyebrows, a little angry, the other party must have underestimated himself too much.During this period of time, he was not just resting, but also thought about many things. In addition, Shi Yu's conversation with the new emperor of the Southern Dynasty and the regent made him turn his suspicion to the Northern Qiang.

Borg would not give up easily, especially the attack at the time was a failure. For Borg, who has just taken office, it is very important to make some achievements quickly.

"Well, no matter which one you guessed is right." Shi Yu smiled flatteringly, pulled the person to sit next to him again, and warned: "Don't get too close to anyone in the palace, whether it is No one, not even the queen."

"What do you mean?" Even the queen... can't?Is this because the other party cares too much about her sister and doesn't want her to have intimate contact with any man, or is it because he... has found something.

"It's not interesting." Shi Yu smiled and clapped his hands, and the palace people waiting outside the pavilion filed in with the best delicacies.

"There's only so much I want to tell you. Let's have dinner with me now." Shi Yu watched the palace people finish the dishes before pulling Lian Ying to sit down, regardless of the troubled expression on the other party's face, he just caught him. Put a chopstick of food into the other party's bowl, and then ate it on its own.As for the serving palace people, they withdrew tactfully after serving the dishes.

"You said Lian Xiang didn't leave the palace all night last night?" In the Liang mansion, Liang Xun asked the servant who came to report while trimming the potted plants.

"Yes... yes, according to the news from the palace, Lian Xiang was staying in the Yingying Pavilion yesterday, and I heard... I heard that His Majesty did not leave last night." The servant carefully chose his words , replied cautiously.

"It seems that the rumors are indeed true." Liang Xun put down the scissors in his hand, and the servant who was reporting at the side quickly picked them up, and then heard his master order: "Liang Yi, go draw up an invitation and distribute it." Go to the homes of the adults and tell them that Liang will invite them to drink tea tomorrow."

These two days are holidays, why not take advantage of the opportunity of the tea party to gather all the adults together, the most important thing is to have a good talk about the issue of the left prime minister.Originally, he didn't believe that there was really something going on between these two people, but the news he personally found made him believe it.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, don't let the old minister down...

"Cough cough." Liang Xun, who had been outside for a long time, seemed to be suffering from a cold, and coughed lightly.

"Daddy, are you okay?" A girl with bright eyes and bright teeth hurriedly ran over from a short distance away, held Liang Xun's arm worriedly, patted his back, and asked with concern.

"It's all right." Liang Xun waved his hand, and finally healed his cough before looking at his daughter Liang Zhilan, with a flash of thought in his chaotic eyes, "Zhilan, Daddy asks you a question, you have to answer it honestly Daddy."

"Please tell me, Daddy, Zhilan knows everything." Liang Zhilan responded obediently.

"Zhilan now...does she still like Mr. Tingyun back then, and Lian Zuoxiang today?" Liang Xunzai asked in a deep voice as he watched his daughter's expression carefully, never letting go of any of it.

"Daddy asked this for what?" Liang Zhilan lowered her head, although her tone was somewhat complaining, a blush crept up on her cheeks, she was really shy.

Liang Xunguan couldn't understand the reason why his daughter was thinking about the other person's thoughts in his daughter's current situation. He was relieved for a while, but also felt inexplicable worry and regret.One has to admit that Mr. Tingyun, one of the four sons, is indeed quite attractive. The daughters of the capital, Jiajia, do not know how much he likes him. Now that he is the youngest prime minister in the court, he is probably even more attractive.

It's a pity that such a talented generation of wits wants to get entangled with their own king, confused and confused.

"Daddy asked this, of course it's because of Zhilan you..." Liang Xun stroked his mustache, and smiled kindly under his daughter's puzzled and curious gaze, "If Zhilan still likes Mr. Tingyun, then Daddy might as well ask for it for you." I don't know what Zhilan wants to do with such a marriage?"

Although my daughter may not be happy if I do this, I won't regret being able to marry someone I like anyway.What's more, he absolutely can't let the pair of emperors and ministers continue to be so absurd. Now it's only spread in the palace. If it spreads to the world one day, what will the royal family of the Northern Dynasty have?This seedling must be killed, even if it may sacrifice his daughter, he will not hesitate to do so.

"Zhilan, Zhilan is all up to daddy..." Liang Zhilan, who had never expected her daddy to say such a thing, blushed even more, and after a while, she only said such a word of agreement.

Liang Xun nodded in relief, hoping he did the right thing.

"Ahem..." Xu Shizhen felt a little cold, Liang Xun coughed again after a while, and Liang Zhilan hurriedly helped him into the room.

"Father, let's get into the house quickly. The cold spring is expected to catch cold easily, so we should pay attention to our health."

"Yeah, I listen to Zhilan." Liang Xun replied with a smile. Although his wife passed away early, fortunately, this daughter has always been very caring. She is so sweet and sensible that he feels sorry for her. The child's time is really too short, and now Zhilan is still being bullied for the sake of the righteousness of the monarch and ministers... Sigh, but with his protection, Zhilan will never be bullied.

"By the way, I heard from Liang Er that the daughter of the Shangshu family invited you to see the flower show tomorrow, isn't it?" Liang Xun asked casually as if he suddenly remembered it.

"Yes, dad, what's the matter? Is there something that Zhilan can't go out tomorrow?" Liang Zhilan helped her to the seat and sat down, then poured a cup of hot tea for her dad.

Liang Xun took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile, "It's all right, it's okay to go out to relax and watch the flower show, do you know that you should pay attention to safety on the road?"

"Yes, I got it, Daddy." Liang Zhilan responded softly, but she always felt that Daddy seemed to be hiding something, or said some things that she didn't know whether she should tell her...

"Han Zhirou is here again?" Lian Ying rubbed her sour brows, and after returning to the mansion, before Yao Li could question him, he turned to Xi'an and asked this question.

"Ah, oh, yes." Yao Li was stunned, and had to put aside what he was going to question when he was so blocked by the other party, and answered Lian Ying's question first.

"It's really not that simple." Lian Ying glanced at his study and murmured.When he just returned to the mansion, the butler told him that concubine Rou had come yesterday, and went to his study to wait as usual, but went back before waiting for anyone.

Can a concubine go out of the palace so frequently?Even Ying was puzzled, he looked around the whole study room and found nothing suspicious, it seemed that he was still the same as before he went out.But the previous point alone was enough to make him suspicious.

"Don't worry about what is simple or not, I haven't asked you yet, why didn't you come back yesterday?" Yao Li surrounded people forcefully in the inner range of the desk, raised his eyebrows and asked a little uncomfortably.He didn't say anything until he came back, causing him to worry for a whole night. Later, the butler said that he might be staying in the palace to let him feel relieved.However, my heart was relieved, and more unhappiness emerged.

Lian Ying found a place to store the first volume of "The Essentials of Governing the People" that he had just finished on the desk, but he didn't think about how to answer Yao Li's question.Because he didn't know what happened yesterday, he was so sleepy after eating, he fell asleep directly in the Yingcheng Pavilion, and then fell asleep this morning.Although Shi Yu tried to persuade him to stay, he still felt something was wrong so he came back.

"Yesterday I had a chat with the emperor about some political affairs, and the chat was a bit late, so I simply stayed in the palace." After a while, Lian Ying thought of a reason, but he himself didn't believe it when he said it.

"Can it be so late to talk about political affairs?" Yao Li sighed, obviously not believing, "Ah Ying, I didn't say that the relationship between you is too inconsistent with the normal relationship between monarchs and ministers. No matter what the relationship between you is, but In the eyes of outsiders, this is against the rules, and if it continues like this, there will probably be a lot of gossip. Ah Ying, this is not a good thing for you or the emperor."

"I know." Lian Ying lowered his eyes and answered in a low voice, as if sighing, his hands hidden in his sleeves unconsciously clenched into fists.

So what if you just know?It seems that he can no longer refuse such a relationship...