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In the next three months, Pei Yi went to court early and dealt with government affairs as usual. On the surface, he looked no different from a respectful emperor, but in private, he sent a few men to investigate Zuo Xuan's eight years. .Every few days, someone would send information to Pei Yi's desk.

Every evening when he got information, Pei Yi would always sit in the imperial study room for several hours, pinching a few thin pieces of paper in his hand, carefully looking through every detail.

From the uneasy mood at the beginning, I was able to be expressionless when I got the letter paper.It was nothing more than another proof that he was wrong.

Today is the last report of the subordinates, and three months is enough time for them to fully explore Zuo Xuan's eight years.

Pei Yi finished reading the last piece of information, packed them up in a small box as usual, and then returned to his bedroom.

As soon as he sat down, the little eunuch notified that it was the queen asking for an audience, and brought the eldest prince over.

The woman, who was begging for perfection, carefully blessed her body, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you haven't seen the emperor for three months. He misses his father very much."

Pei Yi looked at his five-year-old son. The little man wanted to get close to his father, but he dared not approach him because of his father's majesty.Pei Yi waved, "Come here."

The eldest prince walked forward hesitantly. Seeing such a scene, the queen breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.But Pei Yi still didn't look at her.

"Yan'er will be five years old in a blink of an eye, how about your father making you a prince?"

Before the prince-to-be said anything, the queen was already smiling, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En, Yan Er, hurry up, thank you, father."

"Thank you, Father."

"Alright, it's getting late, Yan'er should go back earlier."

The prince-to-be looked at his father again, and reluctantly left.But the queen who brought him didn't leave, as if she wanted to say something to Pei Yi.

"What are you still doing here?"

"Your Majesty, your concubine..."

"It was agreed at the beginning, I will give you the queen, let your son be the crown prince, and I also promised you that I will only have one son, Yan'er. Why do you still use Yan'er as an excuse, what do you want from me?"

"The concubine...just wants to see His Majesty."

"Leave now!"

"His Majesty……"

"leave!"

Pei Yi's inhumanity completely annoyed the queen.

"Pei Yi! Why are you like this? Didn't you just burn your letter before? It's been a few years since you gave me a good look. Did someone in your heart marry me for the throne?"

"Shut up!" Pei Yi clenched his fists, trying very hard to restrain his anger.

"Do you think that if you didn't have my father's military power, you could ascend to the throne so smoothly? At this time, the general situation is set and you start to turn your face and deny people?"

"Queen!" Pei Yi slammed the table and stood up, eyes full of anger.The queen had never seen Pei Yi like this before, and she was too scared to say a word.Pei Yi gritted his teeth, "Please be careful with your words."

He walked slowly in front of the queen with his hands behind his back, and the queen fell to the ground limply, not daring to lift her head, only to hear Pei Yi's voice above, "It seems that the queen is very free, why not stay in your own palace Just copy the scriptures. Come and send the queen back to the palace."

After dealing with the queen, Pei Yi sat back in his seat.If the queen hadn't mentioned the burned letter, Pei Yi wouldn't have been so angry, but she did.It made him think again about who he was.

The queen was right, she did marry him for the throne, because he didn't want to be treated like he was when he was young.Because his mother was not favored and died of illness early, and he didn't like to talk, the first emperor didn't like him very much. In order not to see him, he even sent himself to his grandfather's house.He was not even allowed to go to school with other princes.

Every dignitary in Rui'an City knew that he was an unfavored prince, and everyone looked down on him. On the surface, he was respectful because of his status as a prince, but behind the scenes, contempt was rampant.

In the grandfather's house, although the grandfather was very kind to him, he was also very strict. He wanted to have enough power to replace the former emperor.Rather than saying that the grandfather is a family member, it is better to say that he is a master, who can only teach kung fu and not give warmth.

If he hadn't met Zuo Xuan in the school, he might have become such an emotionless person.

The time he met Pei Yi was probably the happiest time he had ever lived. Even if he thought Zuo Xuan was annoying at first, he was still willing to indulge him, because getting along with Zuo Xuan was very easy.

Moreover, probably everyone who has seen Zuo Xuan getting along with his family will envy Zuo Xuan.Maybe everyone wants such a warm family and wants to be pampered and grow up. Only such a family can raise people like Zuo Xuan.

With Zuo Xuan, he will forget his hatred and ambition, and be greedy for the good time in front of him.

But once he left Zuo Xuan, he became the silent Pei Yi again.

When he first arrived in the northwest, Pei Yi could still think of Zuo Xuan and remembered to write back to Zuo Xuan.Every night when I received a reply letter, I would hold the letter and read Zuo Xuan's thoughts before going to bed, and even forget the tiredness of the day.

But he didn't know when it started, he had less and less time to read Zuo Xuan's letter, and he began to think of Zuo Xuan less and less.He started to make excuses, Zuo Xuan wouldn't be angry with him if he didn't reply to the letter, after all, he was so busy.

Until the third year, the Northwest General threw an olive branch to Pei Yi and asked for a marriage.

Without even thinking about it, Pei Yi agreed to the request, married the general's daughter, and agreed that as long as he became emperor, the general's daughter would be the queen.

When the relatives were married, Pei Yi divided his thoughts, Zuo Xuan shouldn't be angry, he would understand himself, if it doesn't work, just coax him.

Not long after, Pei Yi won a battle and returned to the capital with honor.The first emperor finally saw his unfavored son, and praised him casually, Pei Yi was very happy.After leaving the palace, Pei Yi was going to find Zuo Xuan, but he didn't expect to see him outside the second prince's mansion.

Pei Yi didn't have much anger in his heart, what he thought more about was that it wasn't me who wronged him first, he also betrayed me.Who knows that when I am not in the capital, he will stand on the opposite side of me.

Pei Yi's explanation eased his guilt, and then he started a cold war with Zuo Xuan with peace of mind.

Until the day he left, he never saw Zuo Xuan.

On the day he left, Zuo Xuan chased him out. Pei Yi looked at Zuo Xuan's messed up expressionlessly, and thought in his heart that he was pretending to be real.

Zuo Xuan talked for a long time, but Pei Yi didn't listen carefully. He just felt that Zuo Xuan was acting, acting with a sincere look.

Not long after returning to the northwest, Pei Yi received a letter from Zuo Xuan.

After opening it, it was obvious that there were a lot fewer words than the previous letter, and there were not even the usual casual thoughts.He thought, finally he didn't need to pretend to be familiar anymore, and even lost interest in talking to himself.

The letter once again confirmed that Zuo Xuan no longer favored him, and Pei Yi was very upset.After having a few drinks in the evening, the whole person is like a wild beast running around.

When he woke up the next day, he found that his nominal wife was sharing the same bed with him.

Pei Yi's boredom was even higher, but there was no solution.He found a servant and told him that he no longer had to send the usual monthly letters to him, but would give them to him when he wanted them.

Two months later, Pei Yi's wife became pregnant.Pei Yi didn't expect that he would have a child so soon, but he still took care of the pregnant woman very carefully.

Perhaps it was Pei Yi's attitude that made her feel that the relationship between husband and wife had eased and was no longer a marriage relationship. Mrs. Pei Yi began to go in and out of Pei Yi's study. Of course, Pei Yi didn't stop her at the beginning because there was no secret in the study.

However, the lady found a stack of letters that Pei Yi kept in the drawer, which were letters sent to Pei Yi by Zuo Xuan in the past three years.

The lady opened the envelope and saw the contents, and the sea of ​​jealousy surged.Like a real wife, jealous and coquettish towards her husband normally.

Pei Yi didn't expect that she found these things and wanted to get them back.But at this time, the pregnant woman's temper came up. She ran to the back kitchen and threw all the dozen letters into the fire.

Pei Yi's eyes were red, and he took out the letters with his hands, regardless of whether he would burn himself or not.Fortunately, the letters were thrown on the edge of the fire, but a few were half burned.

Pei Yi seemed to be holding a treasure and walked out, not caring about his wife calling out to him loudly behind him.

Back in the study, Pei Yi found a small box and put the letter neatly in it, then locked it and put it back in the drawer.

The woman who followed behind was persistent and asked who wrote the letter.I didn't get an answer when I asked it once, and I still didn't get it the second time.When it was the third time, Pei Yi gave her a cold look, and she fell silent knowingly.

After all, it's just a relationship obtained through marriage, how can you still want to be kind?

Later, at some point, Zuo Xuan's reply letter became nonsensical.One time when Pei Yi suddenly remembered to receive a letter, he opened it and found that it was full of meaningless poems.Pei Yi thought it was just written by Zuo Xuan to fill in the numbers, so he sneered and turned around and left.But as soon as he turned around, he remembered the acrostic poems he played with Zuo Xuan before.

He opened the envelope again, thinking hard for an unknown amount of time, and asked himself, "When is Zuo Xuan's birthday...?"

It turned out that he didn't know when, he even forgot Zuo Xuan's birthday.

But that's okay, it's not an important thing.

A few years later, although he was far away in the northwest, he still kept an eye on the situation in Rui'an City. One of his subordinates named Li Chao was very capable, and he completed every task very well and could be reused.

When Pei Yi returned to the capital, he took the Northwest Army that already belonged to him and stationed outside Rui'an City, waiting for the second prince's reckless attack, and then he led the army to capture the rebels, and became the best candidate for the new emperor.

The will was probably an unexpected joy in this process, he did not expect that the old emperor had already made a will.Seeing his name appearing on it, his first reaction was that the old emperor saw his talent.But the next moment he thought that the old emperor would not do such a move because of his loathing for him, and it must have been done by his subordinates.It's just that I don't know who wrote it, but this handwriting is also very beautiful.It's okay, I'll find out later.

Pei Yi took the will and wiped out the rebels, so he naturally became the heir without any objection.

Because the old emperor was already paralyzed in bed, all the government affairs fell on Pei Yi.When a subordinate asked himself what to do with the list of traitors, his first reaction was naturally either exile or beheading.However, he still took a look at the list, and accidentally saw Zuo Xuan's name.

Speaking of which, he really hadn't thought of this person for a long time, but when he saw his name, he felt a little unwilling in his heart, so he locked him up and waited for him to finish his work before starting their reunion.

But he didn't know that until Zuo Xuan was about to die in the prison, Pei Yi never saw him again.

Pei Yi knew that he was a ruthless person, but he didn't expect that he would become less like himself for Zuo Xuan again and again.He thought, the intersection between himself and Zuo Xuan when they were teenagers did not seem to be diluted by time as he thought, but was completely squandered by his own arrogance.

Originally, he thought that his throne was obtained by his own efforts, but he didn't expect that in the time that he didn't know, there was Zuo Xuan who devoted everything to him.

The more he understood what Zuo Xuan had done, the more uncomfortable Pei Yi was on the throne.

If someone else had contributed so much to him, Pei Yi might not be indifferent.But Zuo Xuan is different, the most dazzling existence in his childhood memories, the most proud appearance, shouldn't be so down and out for himself.

Pei Yi's time in court is getting shorter and shorter, and he always feels that sitting in that seat is suffering.But he had to sit on it, because that's what Zuo Xuan wanted him to sit on.

He began to spend more time in the royal study to deal with government affairs, only hoping that he could achieve something, at least not let Zuo Xuan feel that his efforts were useless.

However, the emperor's reluctance to go to the early court still made the courtiers panic. They discussed in groups of three or five. In the end, Li Qu couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Oh, what's the matter with the short time of the early court? Look at the emperor's handling of government affairs. Is it very neat? If you really have something to say, you can go to the Imperial Study Room as well."

Everyone felt that what was said made sense, and they no longer struggled with it. After all, there was no need to stand for so long in the early morning.

There is always an end to the busy time of the day. When Pei Yi is in the imperial study, he can still devote himself to handling government affairs.But every time he went back to the bedroom to rest at night, Pei Yi would always think of Zuo Xuan.At this time, he will take out the small box of the two of them and the painting that Zuo Xuan failed to send.

Pei Yi would also be worthless for Zuo Xuan, he still looked like that boy when he was a boy, but he was no longer the Pei Yi he was back then.This idiot paid for it stupidly for eight years, but fortunately in the end, Zuo Xuan chose to get away.As long as it's not you, you can choose anyone.

Pei Yi kept himself busy on purpose. After a month of busy work, something happened at last.The imperial doctor checked his pulse and said that he was overtired and needed to rest, so Pei Yi had to let himself rest.

At this time, a minister suggested that the high weather in autumn is suitable for going out and playing, so that the emperor should go out to relax.

Pei Yi: "Okay, then I will go to Jiangnan to have a look."

Then he headed straight for Chixi.

Here the emperor was already coming to Chixi in light clothes, but Zuo Xuan didn't know anything about it.At this time, he was fishing for crabs in the lake with the second brother left.

"Oh, second brother, can you do it? Why don't you have one? Look, Xiaobian's cage is almost full!"

"If you don't make noise next to me, I can still catch a whole cage."

"You're just making excuses, am I far away from Xiaobie? Why isn't Xiaobie affected?"

Zuo Han had a reed in his mouth, and he didn't have the slightest smell of a scholarly family. Seeing that Zuo Xuanfei wanted to argue with him, he stretched out his hand to pinch the back of his neck.

"Second brother is too used to you, huh?"

However, at this time Zuo Xuan turned to the side and raised his pole.

"Ah, I caught it, I caught it!" He hurriedly put it into his cage, and said to the second brother left with a playful smile, "I'm sorry, second brother, I'm ahead of you."

"Hey, brat!"

Looking at the two brothers fighting, Qiu Bie couldn't help laughing out loud.

Zuo Xuan sat upright, "Look, second brother, don't laugh at you for being too childish."

The second brother on the left smiled subtly, "You've learned the skill of being the first to strike first. If you run on me like this, you won't have any crabs to eat later."

"Don't do it, why don't you let me eat it?"

"What do you say?"

Zuo Xuan looked at Zuo Han who was smiling smugly on the right, then looked at Qiu Bie who was being teased and lowered his head on the left, stood up abruptly, and said boldly: "In the future, I will come out with you to see your love, It's a pig!"

Zuo Han laughed and carried Zuo Xuan on his shoulders and walked forward, "Zuo Xiaozhu, brother!"

Regardless of Zuo Xuan hammering his back, he was still yelling, "Second brother! It's too embarrassing, let me down!"

And Qiubie in the back, once again helplessly cleaned up the stall after the two brothers played.

The three of them returned home, but they didn't expect Big Brother Zuo to come home too.After greeting his elder brother, Zuo Yin called Zuo Xuan to stop him.

"Big brother?"

"You try not to go out recently."

"Did something happen?"

"No."

"No why can't you go out?"

Zuo Yin remained silent, Zuo Xuan asked again, "Brother, just tell me."

"...The emperor is going to visit Jiangnan recently."

Zuo Xuan was taken aback for a moment before he realized it, and said with a broken smile, "Brother is too weak, Jiangnan is so big, how could he come to Chixi."

"But……"

"It's all right, brother. I'm not that valuable yet."

Zuo Yin didn't know what to say, he just repeated to remind the younger brother to be safe, and then left.

Zuo Xuan really didn't take this seriously, Pei Yi wouldn't be the one to do such boring things.Then he ran to the back kitchen, eager for Qiu Bie to make good crabs.