After the rebirth, the empress took the tragic script of Meiqiang

Chapter 4 Sincerely

Ye Qinghuai felt a little regretful.

Because from that day on, Ye Qinghuai’s daily homework included half an hour of teaching on the five constant principles of human ethics.

Lu Yanchen was very dedicated and painstaking in bringing Ye Qinghuai back to the right path.

Ye Qinghuai was even keenly aware that Lu Yanchen had even deliberately raised the collar of his shirt a few inches to make it tighter.

Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but sigh secretly, thinking that it was unnecessary.

Even though she had a heartfelt admiration for Lu Yanchen in her previous life, her admiration was more about appreciation and admiration than covetousness. She was not bold enough to have longing for this serious teacher.

Ye Qinghuai listened to him talking about the principles of husband and wife ethics. She secretly looked up at him and saw that he was sitting upright and serious. She couldn't help but smile in her heart: There are probably few people in the world who can talk about the affairs of husband and wife in such a precise manner.

There was only Lu Yanchen.

But today, Lu Yanchen seemed to be worried. He paused several times during the lecture, as if he was distracted.

This is rare. So at the end of the lecture, Ye Qinghuai asked with concern: "Sir, you are restless today, but are you homesick?"

Lu Yanchen was startled for a moment, and a half-hearted smile appeared on his lips. He shook his head and replied, "Weichen's hometown is bitterly cold and not as prosperous as the capital."

"I remember that sir is from Yunzhou."

"Yunzhou Hengtai."

"'The bright moon rises above the White Mountains, between the vast sea of ​​clouds.' The book says that Yunzhou has majestic white mountains, vast auspicious snow, the strongest wine in Kyushu, the most powerful horses, and the hardest bones in Kyushu." At the end.

After a sentence, Ye Qinghuai deliberately slowed down his speaking speed and glanced at Lu Yanchen intentionally or unintentionally.

However, Lu Yanchen seemed not to notice the emperor's meaningful glance, and replied in a calm voice: "Yunzhou has a cold climate and a lot of wars, so the people's customs are more fierce."

"Since it's bitterly cold in Yunzhou, why don't you, sir, take your father to the capital to rest in your old age?"

Lu Yanchen raised his eyes to look at Ye Qinghuai, with some surprise in his eyes.

During the past few years when he was an official in Shengjing, he had been alone, and his residence was only a remote courtyard. There were only two servants in the courtyard, and there were no carriages or horses to travel. It took more than half an hour to go to and from the palace every day.

It was not such a deserted scene at first.

Lu Yanchen was only 21 years old when he was promoted to the imperial examination. He was the youngest Jinshi in the history of Da Jing. He had a bright future. At that time, it was the Renshen Rebellion. Officials in various ministries changed frequently, and there were many vacancies in important positions in the court. Lu Yanchen was

If Chen's ranking in the scientific examination is recommended by someone, it is possible for him to serve as a doctor or even a minister in most departments such as the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Personnel.

Therefore, he, a young boy with no background from Yunzhou, became very popular among the famous families in Shengjing. The customers and matchmakers he attracted almost crowded the door of his small courtyard.

broken.

To everyone's surprise, Lu Yanchen rejected all the olive branches thrown to him.

"Young people are arrogant and arrogant. They act like this because they must wait for a price." The frustrated hangers-on and matchmakers reported back to their masters.

Therefore, Chen Yuansi, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and concurrently served as a cabinet scholar at the time, personally came to propose marriage to his granddaughter and wanted to recruit Lu Yanchen as the Chen family's son-in-law.

However, Lu Yanchen declined the marriage on the grounds that he was serving his mother as a filial piety.

This incident caused a sensation in Shengjing, and various speculations spread among the people, including rumors that the granddaughter of the Chen family was ugly. To this day, the granddaughter of the first minister of the dynasty has not yet been married even though she is over 10 years old.

After all, no one could think of a reason why Lu Yanchen refused such a marriage.

After this incident, Lu Yanchen's door was no longer as bustling as before. As time went by, everyone also discovered that this new scholar was a cold-blooded person who didn't like to interact with others, so they arranged an insignificant position for him in the Ministry of War.

As a result, he was forgotten in the corner of Shengjing's officialdom.

Until the Renshen Rebellion subsided, Emperor Shunping, who had saved his life from the swords of his sons, hated the party struggle and decided to select a teacher for Wenxuan Palace who was independent of party and faction and dedicated to academic studies as Ye Qinghuai's teacher. Lu Yan

Chen was then dug out of the corner by the courtiers and brought to Emperor Shunping.

Emperor Shunping was very satisfied with Lu Yanchen and transferred him from the Ministry of War to the Taiqing Pavilion, where he was promoted two levels in a row. The Wenxuan Palace was also given to him alone, and he did not choose any other gentleman for Ye Qinghuai.

After entering the Wenxuan Palace, Lu Yanchen did not change his former hard-working, frugal and business-oriented demeanor. Even Ye Qinghuai asked him to change his courtyard several times, but he refused on the grounds that it was not in compliance with regulations.

In the past few days, Ye Qinghuai thought carefully that she could not kill Lu Yanchen at the moment, so she could only stabilize him and stay in Shengjing. Since he returned home on leave because of Ding You in his previous life, she had to find a way to let him go in this life.

He can't bear this worry.

Naturally, Lu Yanchen didn't think so deeply. He just said that the emperor wanted to use an excuse to change his courtyard, so he saluted and said: "Your Majesty is so kind to you, I feel deeply about it. It's just that my father still has ancestral property in his hometown, and he has not yet returned to Yiyangtian.

Years of years.”

His answer made Ye Qinghuai feel puzzled: According to the time of his previous life, Lu Yanchen would be pregnant with Dingyou in two months, but according to what he said, his father is still busy at home.

Where is the shop? Could it be a sudden death?

"I remember that your father is in the calligraphy and painting business." Ye Qinghuai thought.

When he mentioned his father, Lu Yanchen's expression became a little warmer and he said, "Not really. I mainly sell some paper and ink. Yunzhou is a martial artist, so the sales of calligraphy and painting are not good."

He said it modestly. In fact, the Lu family's shops were open in two states in the north, and their business was quite large. Ye Qinghuai had also heard about this.

"Your Majesty... I remember that I am almost sixty years old, right? How is your health?" Ye Qinghuai tried his best to make his tone as natural as possible, as if he was chatting about everyday things.

Lu Yanchen's expression turned gloomy and he said: "Your Majesty, my father will not reach his sixtieth birthday in two years. I am afraid that I will not let Your Majesty worry about him. My father is in good health and can be said to be healthy."

Ye Qinghuai looked pleased, nodded and smiled, but couldn't help but frown in her heart.

Can he be called healthy? How did he die suddenly within a month or two? I just regretted that I didn’t pay close attention to how Lu Yanchen’s father died in his previous life, so he assumed in his heart that he died due to old age and illness.

dead.

"Sir, you are alone in Beijing. Your Majesty must be thinking about you a lot." Although Ye Qinghuai was puzzled, he still wanted to continue the topic.

Lu Yanchen nodded and said, "Of course I miss you."

At this point, Ye Qinghuai suddenly thought of a question that she had always wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask in her previous life.

In his previous life, until he committed suicide in front of her palace, Lu Yanchen was still alone and never married, and there were no rumors of any woman around him. Ye Qinghuai had speculated in private, wondering if there was someone in his heart, and even occasionally thought about it,

Is it possible that the person in his heart is himself?

It wasn't until the three-foot green edge cut off her throat that she was forced by fate to lower her head and recognize the reality.

Between her and Lu Yanchen, they could be monarchs and ministers, teachers and students, or even enemies, but they could never be lovers.

Even though she is a woman, it does not help the matter.

The gap that spans between them is far more than just gender, it is also the shackles of identity and the right to eat people.

"Sir, you are already twenty and four years old. Why don't you marry a wife and start a family? Even if you have a side house and someone to take care of it, your father will not be so worried."

In the past, she would have never dared to ask about her husband's family affairs.

Sure enough, after dying once, he became more open-minded about everything and became more courageous. Ye Qinghuai thought to himself.

Lu Yanchen looked at her for a long time, with many unknown thoughts seeming to flow under his calm eyes, but he did not answer directly, but asked instead: "If I marry a wife and start a family, will Your Majesty also marry a wife?"

?”

He asked seriously, as if as long as Ye Qinghuai nodded, Lu Yanchen could find any woman and get married.

Thinking of Lu Yanchen getting married, Ye Qinghuai's heart trembled slightly.

"Sir, aren't you afraid of hurting my heart when you say this?" She lowered her head, her voice a little lonely.

Lu Yanchen was about to say something, but was stopped by her pitiful appearance. After a long time, he sighed softly and asked: "When did your Majesty, I..."

His voice deepened, and he couldn't say those ambiguous words after all.

It was rare that he was speechless, so Ye Qinghuai couldn't help but smile and said: "The first time I met Mr., I was here. Do you still remember what Mr. said to me when he taught me for the first time?

At that time, I asked my husband what I was here for, and he said that I came to assist Ming Jun. No one in the court or in the harem believed that I could be a good emperor, not even myself. Only you believed in me."

The past events are still vivid in my mind. In the past, when Lu Yanchen was speaking to Ye Qinghuai in the Wenxuan Palace, his eyes were as bright as stars, and he was far from the calm-hearted look he is now.

Ye Qinghuai sighed and said, "It's a pity that Mr. Wang believed it wrong."

"Why did your Majesty say this?"

"I am an emperor without great ambitions. I have often thought recently that if there had been no Renshen Rebellion, whether the eldest brother or the second brother had become emperor, the world would have been much better."

She had such thoughts in her previous life when there were rebellions in various places.

However, Lu Yanchen said, "If the person on the throne is not His Majesty, I would not want to enter Wenxuan Palace."

Ye Qinghuai was a little surprised and asked: "Why?"

"Because the minister is here to assist Mingjun." Lu Yanchen said again.

Ye Qinghuai was startled for a moment. The implication behind his words was that neither her eldest brother nor her second brother was the wise choice.

If someone else had said this, Ye Qinghuai would have laughed it off as a flattery, but Lu Yanchen has always been cold-tempered and disliked flattery, so when he said this, he thought so.

Ye Qinghuai raised her eyes to look at him, and saw that he was also looking at her with burning eyes. This look reminded Ye Qinghuai of the way he looked when he first met him and he made an impassioned speech.

The same unwavering determination, the same shining brilliance.

The gaze was a bit hot. Ye Qinghuai's eyes were so hot that he dodged his eyes and said with a wry smile: "Sir, you really have a unique vision."

Lu Yanchen's expression darkened, as if he had thought of something, and he hesitated a little. He thought for a moment, and finally asked: "Why does Your Majesty want to hold a memorial ceremony for the Literary Arts School?"

Lu Yanchen rarely took the initiative to mention matters in the court to Ye Qinghuai in the Wenxuan Hall, which gave Ye Qinghuai an unreasonable intuition that it was because of this incident that he felt uneasy today.

"Sir, do you know the Literary School Festival Wine?"

"The Literary School Jijiu is the largest university in the world. He is the author of "The Theory of Crane" and "The Theory of Salt and Iron" and other world-famous masterpieces. No scholar in the world knows this person."

Although he did not admit his acquaintance with Jijiu, his words could not conceal his appreciation.

"Sir, have you read his "Lun on the Marquis of Wu"?"

"I have heard a thing or two before."

"I checked the case files of the Ministry of Justice yesterday. Wang Lisong lamented the death of Marquis Wu in his treatise on Marquis Wu, saying that the previous dynasty's death was due to the emphasis on civility and neglect of military affairs. The emperor appointed traitors, listened to slander, and killed Wu Marquis by mistake."

Hearing this, Lu Yanchen interrupted Ye Qinghuai and said: "Your Majesty reads this article as a king, and everything he sees is the fault of the king. However, I think that the article of offering wine is not intended for the king, but for the ministers. There is a point in the article It is said that the way to be an official is to serve the king above and the people below. In the last years of the Cheng Dynasty, the king was drunk and dreaming, and the people were miserable. However, there were more than 1.27 million official officials in the dynasty, but no one dared to speak frankly to the emperor. People whitewash peace and protect themselves wisely, so that the country will eventually be destroyed."

After hearing what Lu Yanchen said, Ye Qinghuai held her chin and thought for a long time, then slowly asked: "The Ministry of Punishment said that his "Lun on the Marquis of Wu" is suspected of borrowing from the past to satirize the present. Do you think that is true, sir?"

"In the last years of the Cheng Dynasty, the court could not make ends meet, and the people were suffering from excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. In some states and counties, the total land tax for various items could reach two or even three out of ten. People often changed their sons and lost their livelihood. Our great future is far from reaching such a land. If If you want to insist that the article "Sacrifice Wine" is a reference to the past to satirize the present, it is probably also the current Chaogang custom."

The protective meaning in his words was not concealed, so Ye Qinghuai asked him again: "I will ask you sir again, are you and Jijiu an old acquaintance?"

This time, Lu Yanchen no longer evaded, but answered bluntly: "Jijiu gives lectures at the literary school every month. When I am not serving as an official, I benefit a lot from listening to him every time."

"What kind of person do you think this person is, Sir?"

Lu Yanchen paused and replied: "He is an upright man, with the ambition of a green pine and the demeanor of a gentleman."

This was the first time Ye Qinghuai heard him praise someone with such unsparing words. She couldn't help but be a little surprised, but after thinking about it, she realized that it was expected. She nodded and said, "I understand. Sir, go ahead."

There are still three days until the trial, and I want to have a good meeting with this Wang Lisong.

Ye Qinghuai said heartily.

(End of chapter)