[Langya Bang] Qi Ye Zhenzhen

Yan Zhen has become thinner and thinner over the past few days because of the black fire incident. The last time Concubine Jing saw her when she entered the palace, she felt sorry for her, so she blamed Xiao Jingyan.

While Xiao Jingyan felt sorry for Yan Zhen's weight loss, he was also bearing the blame from his mother.

Ke Yanzhen still looks sluggish, eats very little, not even a few pieces of hibiscus cake, which she always likes.

After Yan Yujin heard the news, he hurried to Prince Jing's mansion with a few boxes of fresh oranges.

Holding a box of very festive orange-red tangerines, he trotted all the way to Yan Zhen.

Seeing him coming, Yan Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out the new clothes she promised to make for him last time, so happy that Yan Yujin seemed to have acquired some treasure.

Yan Zhen helped Yan Yujin fasten the strings of Jade Jade, and Zhuji put the tangerines that Yan Yujin brought on a plate and served them up. When she put the citrus in front of Yan Zhen, Yan Zhen smelled a strange fire. The smell of nitrate, before her brain had time to react, her stomach protested first.

Yan Zhen retched uncontrollably.

"Sister." Yan Yujin jumped up and hurried over to give her a pat on the back, "Sister Zhuji, go and invite the imperial physician to take a look."

Zhuji was about to go, Yan Zhen waved her hand to stop her, she was a little silent, picked up a citrus, put it under her nose and sniffed it, the fresh and sour sweet breath, with a bit of dewy coldness, under careful inspection, There is still a faint smell of nitrate.

"I'm fine, it's just that I have some stomach discomfort recently." She suppressed the churning in her stomach, and asked Yan Yujin, "This tangerine looks very good. Does it seem to be from Lingnan? An official ship?"

"It's an official ship sent directly from Lingnan Prefecture. It doesn't need to stop for inspection on the way to Fujiang. Of course, it's faster than the boat transported by water. This kind of official and noble family in Citrus Beijing likes it. There are ten boats, and they will be divided up in a short time. It's over, I can't even snatch it up. Dad made the reservation in advance." After Yan Yujin talked about the origin of the citrus, he was still worried about Yan Zhen's body, "Sister, are you really alright?"

When Yan Zhen heard the word "Daddy", her face turned pale, and the blood on her lips faded away. She forced a smile: "It's okay. Don't worry about me. Can you visit the queen when she's sick?"

"Well, I went to see it. Brother Su told me yesterday that the empress is ill." Yan Yujin said, "I also asked the imperial doctor, and they said that the empress is fine, so she needs to rest well. But you have to rest. Only after the end of the year can the empress be allowed to walk around. I'm afraid I won't be able to participate in the end of the year sacrifice."

Yan Zhen's eyebrows twitched, as if she had grasped something, she looked at the orange mandarin in her hand, as if holding a ball of fire, she lightly closed the cloak on her body: "Zhuji, let Langgan come over. "

Seeing that Yan Zhen's expression darkened, Zhuji quickly agreed.

Yan Yujin didn't know what happened, he peeled the citrus and handed it to Yan Zhen: "My sister is not feeling well, she should have a good rest, she shouldn't be working so hard."

Yan Zhen looked at the young brother who was carefree by nature, restrained her thoughts, and took the tangerine that Yan Yujin handed over, and bit it in her mouth, the sweet and sour taste of the citrus washed away the bitterness in her mouth.

"Today, I have something to talk to my father, and I will go home with you."

Although Yan Yujin felt strange, he still nodded.

Langgan was ordered by Yan Zhen to go to Su's residence, and when he arrived, Dr. Yan happened to stop Mei Changsu from letting him go out.

"Young commander." Langgan hurriedly saluted.

"Why are you here?" Mei Changsu looked at the stern Langgan standing in the courtyard, he was the person sent by Yan Zhen to be in charge of contacting Su's house.

"Master sent me here to ask the young commander for help. The master also said that she will handle the matter of the black fire, so that the young commander can rest assured and recuperate."

As soon as Langgan finished speaking, Dr. Yan yelled: "I heard you, don't go. You boy take good care of my illness, don't make me lose."

Now that the matter was over, Mei Changsu went back obediently, and Langgan followed Mei Changsu into the inner room.

Mei Changsu saw that he was busy in the world, poured him a cup of hot tea with his own hands, and waited quietly for him to speak.

"Master expected that the Young Commander already knew about the Black Fire." Langgan looked respectful, "She has already gone to the Yan Mansion, but the Black Fire on the altar, I hope the Young Commander will help."

Mei Changsu concentrated his thoughts, rubbed the hem of his clothes with his fingers, and after a while he called Fei Liu.

"Do you recognize Uncle Meng's home?"

"I know!"

"Go and ask Uncle Meng to come to our house, okay? Go quietly and don't let anyone see it."

"Okay!" Fei Liu saw that his face and speech were the same as usual, and his pure heart immediately settled down, unlike Dr. Yan and Li Gang who were still worried.

After accepting the assignment just now, he flashed out immediately.

Mei Changsu knew that it would be more appropriate for Yan Zhen to take care of this matter, she is Yan Hou's beloved daughter, and she is extremely intelligent.

He remembered some old things, how high-spirited young man was in the past, but now he can only be with Daofu Dansha, how sad and lamentable.

Yan Zhen went back to Yan's mansion, but didn't tell too many people, she only brought pearls and the tortoiseshell that just came back from Qingzhou.

The tortoise shell is a medical girl, and she followed Yan Zhen's pulse, so she was taken aback first, and hurriedly persuaded: "Master, this matter should be left to others or the young master, you..."

Yan Zhen waved his hand, and Tortoise Shell didn't say any more.

Yan Yujin, who was at the side, walked quietly all the way, seeing Yan Zhen's face was so pale that it was almost transparent, he felt uneasy: "Sister..."

Seeing the worry in his eyes, Yan Zhen patted his hand: "Don't worry about me."

She turned her head and asked the servant: "Where is Lord Hou?"

"In Dan's room."

Yan Zhen nodded, and then said to Yan Yujin: "I have a secret matter to discuss with my father. You wait outside. If you're bored, go and play with Jingrui and the others."

"No, I'm waiting for my sister outside."

Seeing this child like this, Yan Zhen didn't force him, she went to her father's study alone.

Yan Zhen hasn't seen her father for a long time. She has never seen her father's youthful and vigorous years, and when she was young, her father was a man of few words. silence.

Over the years, his impression was that old man who was depressed and only dealt with Xiangfu Sandan every day, with that indifferent face, that gray hair, and those always downcast eyes who didn't care about everything in the world...

Yan Zhen entered the study room and looked at a tall but slightly stooped old man dressed in a brown-gold padded robe, although he had gorgeous hair on his temples and wrinkled face.

Father is old after all.

When he saw her just now, there was a slight wave in his eyes that looked like Gu Jing, who had been calm all year round: "Why is Ah Zhen here? I didn't let the servants inform me."

Yan Zhen faced her father and knelt down straight.

"What are you doing?" Yan Que frowned, walked quickly to her, and was about to help her up, but he heard Yan Zhen's flat voice: "Father brought black fire into Beijing, and what is it for?"

Yan Que paused, and he looked at his daughter who had grown up and married into a wife. She looked pale, and she must have received the shock of this incident.

Yan Zhen looked at Yan Que with a pair of starry eyes, those eyes that had been hidden and drooped all the year round were not as calm as her expression, although they were old but not cloudy, there were extremely strong and complex emotions stirring.

There is shock, there is despair, there is resentment, there is sadness, but there is nothing but regret.

"Father." Yan Zhen resisted the discomfort in his body and said calmly, "Is the gunpowder buried under the altar?"

Yan Que looked at Yan Zhen, she looked a lot like his wife who had passed away a long time ago, she used to play on his lap when she was young, but in a blink of an eye she was already this old, a wife and mother up.

"Yes."

"Father's mages, in the name of drills, have already buried all the gunpowder under the altar, and the fuze is in the sacrificial furnace. As long as the emperor burns incense and worships the sky that day, ignites the tin foil and throws it into the sacrificial furnace, the entire altar It's going to explode, isn't it?"

"Yes."

"So the queen's illness is also caused by my father. Although they have been at odds for many years, they are brothers and sisters. They can't bear her tragic death on the altar, can they?"

"Yes."

"Father has been planning this matter for many years. What exactly does he want to do?"

This question from Yan Zhen was like the fuze in the sacrificial furnace being ignited. Yan Que stared at her for a moment, then burst into laughter: "I don't want to do anything else, I just want him to die. Assassinate the emperor, This is my ultimate goal. Because he really deserves to die, I don't care about what goes against the sky, what is against the law, as long as I can kill him, I will do anything."

Yan Zhen looked at Yan Que, it was the first time in many years that she saw her father like this, even if it was such grief and indignation, it was better than the stagnant water.

"Is it because of Concubine Chen and the others?" Yan Zhen asked lightly.

Yan Que's whole body was shocked, he suddenly stopped laughing, and turned to look at her: "You...you know?"

"When my mother was alive, I mentioned a few words. When I was young and went out of the palace, the concubine Chen always treated me closer than ordinary children." Yan Zhen thought of that beautiful but always sad woman, "Father They are close friends with Uncle Lin. But my father didn't say a word for them after the Chi Yan case. This is not in line with my father's character of emphasizing love and righteousness. My father had expected that Emperor Liang would be so merciless, so It must have been planned since that year. The amount of gunpowder in each year is not much, but in the past 12 years, it is more than enough to blow up the altar."

Yan Zhen paused at this point, she still knelt straight, her eyes were burning: "But what about after killing him?"

Yan Que was startled, he was silent for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.

"Emperor Liang really deserves to die." Yan Zhen didn't care about what she said at this time, and how rebellious she was, "Murdering sons and loyalists is a crime that even the emperor can't die. But after killing him? Sacrifice The emperor on the stage was wiped out, leaving a chaotic situation. The prince and Yuwang fought each other, which would inevitably lead to political instability and border security. Who would suffer in the end, and who would gain? The stigma of the slander is still branded on them, and there is no possibility of redress, King Qi is still a rebellious son, the Lin family is still a traitor, and the concubine Chen is still alone, with no license, no title, and no mausoleum! You have turned the world upside down and the whole country is in peace , In the end, he just killed one person!"

Yan Zhen was a little dizzy because of the excitement, she gritted her teeth and finished speaking: "Father, do you think you are taking revenge? No, the real revenge is not like you, you are just venting your personal anger, just to vent your anger You will bring more people into it. Is the Xuanjing Division set up to be a vegetarian? How can they not go all out to investigate the emperor's assassination? Since I can find out my father beforehand, they can find out afterwards You! Father, you have long put death aside, but Yujin is so innocent that you want to be implicated? You said that Emperor Liang was mean and ungrateful, how could he treat Yujin's father better than him."

Speaking of the only son who owed the most, Yan Que's lips could not help trembling violently, he covered his eyes with his hands, and murmured: "I know I'm sorry for Yujin...he unfortunately became my son in this life ...Maybe it's his life..."

Yan Zhen's eyes burst into tears, she only felt a sour smell in her stomach, making her nauseous, but she endured it forcefully, seeing her father shaken: "Why can't I turn back. As long as things Before it happens, I have a way to make the fuse in the sacrificial furnace go away."

When Yan Que heard Yan Zhen's words, he knew that the child had already been killed first. Looking at Yan Zhen who was so smart, he felt that he was not a good father.

Seeing Yan Que's silence, Yan Zhen thought that his long-cherished wish could not be fulfilled for a while, so he said again: "Father, do you still remember the letter written by Empress Yiren? Empress Yiren accompanied Taizong to lay down the beam But what happened? Her father and brother were secretly killed by Taizong, and her only child was not born because of Taizong. What about Queen Yiren? She knew all the truth, but she endured it. She endured it for a while, for The world is peaceful, and she endured it for more than 20 years, sleeping next to the person who killed her father, brother, friend, and son every night. Until the King of Changyi rebelled and removed Taizong, then wiped out the rebellious army, and supported her adopted son Renzong as emperor."

She knelt down to Yan Que's side, and said with tears in her eyes, "Daughter doesn't want to dissuade Dad from taking revenge. I just hope that Dad can follow the example of Empress Yiren, and bear with it, and wait for us..."

"You?" Yan Que's eyebrows twitched, his eyes flashed, "Prince Jing has already participated in the seizure of the heir."

Yan Zhenzhi made a slip of the tongue for a moment, and this scene does not allow her to deny it. After all, Yan Que is her biological father. She nodded and smiled lightly: "Does father actually think that you are the only one who remembers them? Before Brother Qi Wang leaves, I will go Met once. Jingyan has always wanted to reverse the case. Father..."

"You don't need to say any more. Good boy, get up quickly." Yan Que understood Yan Zhen's meaning, so he didn't know that this was a bad strategy, but the situation was hopeless at that time, but now there is a turning point.

Yan Zhen's legs were a little numb, and she still needed Yan Que's support when she got up. Seeing that her father had given up on the plan, she relaxed slightly and said, "Father, don't worry about us. As long as you continue to seek immortality and Taoism in peace, it will be fine." It’s gone. Please wait and see what happens to the court.”

"I understand for my father, Zhen, this road is a dangerous road. If you make a wrong move, you will never be able to recover. You can figure it out." Yan Que held his daughter's hand, looked into her clear eyes, and felt relieved. , more guilt.

"Father, my daughter also wants to have a clear world." Yan Zhen lowered her eyes and smiled slightly, and she was even more determined in her heart that Jingyan would be that person.

"Father, this year you should stay and spend the New Year with Yujin." Yan Zhen and Yan Que said when they walked out of the study together, "He has grown up, he has grown up very well, he is sensible, and there are some things you can tell him .”

Yan Zhen looked at Yan Yujin who was jogging all the way over, and took his hand: "I told Dad that this year he will stay with you at the mansion for the New Year. You can't go to Luoshi Street to mess around. Otherwise, you won't let me go You took Ajiu out to play."

"Understood, sister. I'm not going to mess around..."

"Listen to your sister."

As soon as Yan Que's words came out, Yan Yujin immediately shut up, looking deflated.

Yan Zhen twitched the corners of her mouth, suddenly felt the world spinning, before she could catch something, her eyes suddenly went dark, and she couldn't hear any sound.