Hold His Hand

Lu Yanzhou deliberately concealed his handwriting, and wrote all the crimes committed by that Master Han and the rest of the Han family on a blank notebook.

It took him a day to sort it out, and then he deliberately made it a little old and handed it over to King Rui, and said with a look of guilt: "My lord, I wanted to catch the traveling merchant, but he seems to be on guard and has already escaped. , The identity he told me before should also be false."

King Rui immediately comforted Lu Yanzhou: "I can't blame you for this."

"I miscalculated," Lu Yanzhou said. "I have seen the so-called evidence. Although the records are detailed, there is no evidence, and I don't know if it is true or false."

King Rui had already flipped through the booklet, and immediately said: "The above records are very detailed, and most of them are true. I'm afraid it's not easy to travel merchants, maybe I have an old feud with that Mr. Han, and I want to lend my hand. , deal with Lord Han!"

"My lord, do we still have to deal with Lord Han?"

"Yes, of course!" King Rui said, "I found someone to stare at the old thief Han, and found that he has been wooing Juren, but I can't let him get his wish."

On the original historical trajectory, when King Rui saw that Lord Han was in contact with Juren, he wanted to put the charge of favoritism on Lord Han and ruined Chunwei, but now that he was guided by Lu Yanzhou, King Rui changed his mind and focused on Pulling Master Han off his horse, he wants to make his own person the chief examiner of Chunwei.

Although there is no concrete evidence, the crimes committed by many officials of the Han family written in this booklet should be true, and as long as these are true, he can completely destroy the Han family and give a blow to the princelings.

The things that make a steady profit without losing money must be done!

King Rui thought so, and encouraged Lu Yanzhou, and only then let Lu Yanzhou leave.

Of course, the money was not given this time, King Rui is poor!

Lu Yanzhou didn't expect to make money from King Rui every time. After handing over the handling of the Han family to King Rui, he returned to Jingning Temple.

It was already in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, and the weather was getting colder, and there were fewer students willing to come to listen to Lu Yanzhou's class.

But Lu Yanzhou gave them lessons as usual. Because of the lack of people, he also found a few tables for them to use, took a pen and paper, and asked them to write on the paper.

In the winter, my hands are frozen, but I still have to write... This is actually quite hard, and fewer people can persevere.

However, Lu Yanzhou believes that those who persevere will definitely have something to do in the future.

A few days later, Xie Chengze came again.

Xie Chengze used to come to Jingning Temple once or twice a month before, but now he comes every few days, which is quite frequent.

It was too cold, and Lu Yanzhou was afraid that he would freeze, so instead of taking him out to relax, he brought him into his room and chatted while drinking tea.

Chatting and chatting, Lu Yanzhou asked, "Brother Cheng, what do you do on weekdays?"

Xie Chengze hesitated a bit, and finally said: "I usually study and help my father manage the affairs of the house. Because there are a lot of things, I can't always come here."

Xie Chengze thought about explaining his identity to Lu Yanzhou, but he didn't say it in the end.

He was the prince of the dynasty. If Lu Yanzhou knew his identity, his attitude towards him would definitely change greatly, and he didn't want to do that.

After thinking about it, Xie Chengze felt that he should wait for Lu Yanzhou to pass the jinshi examination before he would show his identity to Lu Yanzhou.

In this way, he still has three months to get along with Lu Yanzhou as an ordinary person.

As for the future... He and Lu Yanzhou couldn't have anything in the first place. He would be his prince and pave the way for Lu Yanzhou.

Xie Chengze believed that Lu Yanzhou would be able to pass the jinshi examination, and he also believed that Lu Yanzhou would become a good official.

Lu Yanzhou said: "Brother Cheng, you are not looking very well. You must take care of your body. If there are too many affairs, some can be done by others."

Xie Chengze laughed: "I will."

Xie Chengze didn't know what he could do before, so he got up early every day to handle government affairs, but recently he always thinks about Lu Yanzhou...

No need for Lu Yanzhou to say more, Xie Chengze has already decided to let others do some affairs, so he can spare time to spend more time with Lu Yanzhou.

Seeing Xie Chengze agree, Lu Yanzhou was very happy, and said, "It's already noon, is Brother Cheng hungry? I'll make noodles for you?"

"Jizhi, what do you do?" Xie Chengze was a little surprised.

"Well, I do it. My craftsmanship is average, but the things I make can also be eaten," Lu Yanzhou said. "I made the sesame **** that I gave you before."

Xie Chengze was a little surprised to learn that those sesame **** were actually made by Lu Yanzhou himself, but at this time, Lu Yanzhou had already got up and was going to make noodles for Xie Chengze.

Seeing this, Xie Chengze hurriedly followed, and then saw Lu Yanzhou skillfully kneading noodles in the kitchen, cutting noodles, and using various side dishes to make a bowl of noodles with all the flavors and flavors.

Xie Chengze came to see Lu Yanzhou this time, and brought some food for Lu Yanzhou, plus Lu Yanzhou's noodles, the lunch was very rich.

Xie Chengze took a bite and couldn't help but praise: "Jizhi, your craftsmanship is really good."

"Brother Cheng, do you like it? If you like it, I will make it for you to eat every day." Lu Yanzhou said.

Xie Chengze moved in his heart, but quickly regained his emotions: "The only one who can eat the meals cooked by Brother Lu every day is Brother Lu's wife and children, right?"

When Xie Chengze mentioned "wife and children", he was in a bad mood.

He knew that Lu Yanzhou was not married yet, which was not surprising. For someone like Lu Yanzhou who could pass the exam at such a young age and who was not a powerful family member, it would be beneficial to delay the marriage.

Now if Lu Yanzhou wants to get married, he can only choose the daughter of a minor official, but if he is admitted to the jinshi exam, he will become the golden tortoise-in-law in the hearts of the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty.

It is true that Lu Yanzhou has never been married, but when he is admitted to the jinshi examination, the marriage will definitely be put on the agenda, and after that, he will have children and be happy as a family.

Lu Yanzhou likes children very much, and is very good to the children of the Zhu family. He should also teach his own children well.

Xie Chengze deliberately mentioned this, but also told himself to stop thinking about it.

Lu Yanzhou said, "I just want to make it for Brother Cheng to eat."

Xie Chengze's hands trembled, and he looked at Lu Yanzhou suddenly.

At this moment, Lu Yanzhou was looking at him with a smile, not knowing whether he was joking or telling the truth.

If this is true, what is Lu Yanzhou thinking about himself?

Is it possible that Lu Yanzhou also likes him?

Xie Chengze was in a state of disarray for a while, and just bury his head in eating noodles.

When Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze were eating noodles, Xie Chengze's two guards and Lu Rong Changfeng were also having lunch next to them. Of course, they were not eating noodles made by Lu Yanzhou.

At this moment, Xie Chengze's two guards and Changfeng didn't think much about it. They just bury their heads and work hard, but Lu Rong was different. Lu Rong, who had a panoramic view of the interaction between Lu Yanzhou and Xie Chengze, didn't know what to say at this moment.

Her little brother... The Hua Niang in the place where she lived before hooked up with people, and the method was very simple.

But the prince still eats this set! Sure enough, this prince has nothing to do with it. How delicious is the noodle soup made by her brother, a big man? The prince was still a baby, and even drank the soup.

The room was quiet, when suddenly someone knocked on the door outside.

Chang Feng went to open the door and came back and said, "Someone came to find Cheng Gongzi."

Someone came to Xie Chengze? Xie Chengze's guard went out immediately, and when he came back, he said, "Young Master, there is something at home."

Xie Chengze knew that someone came to him, there must be something important, so he said goodbye to Lu Yanzhou.

When he got into the car outside and saw that Lu Yanzhou had been standing there watching him leave, the suspicion that Xie Chengze had raised not long ago came up again.

Is Lu Yanzhou... also interested in him?

As far as he knows, Lu Yanzhou has been in the capital for two years. Although Lu Yanzhou has also gone out to make friends and attend parties in the past two years, he is not too close to people and has been living in the city.

But since they met at Jingning Temple, Lu Yanzhou moved to Jingning Temple and started to donate money and materials to help the people.

Does this have anything to do with him?

If Lu Yanzhou also likes men... Xie Chengze still has confidence in himself, his appearance is not bad, and he has knowledge. If Lu Yanzhou likes him, it will not be surprising.

Thinking that Lu Yanzhou might like him, Xie Chengze's face, which had been blown cold by the wind because he lifted the curtain and looked back, heated up inexplicably.

But he quickly put the matter aside and asked the person who came to him: "What is the so-called rush to find me back?"

The one who came to Xie Chengze was the old **** beside Xie Chengze. The old **** sighed and said, "Your Highness, the empress wants to see you."

Xie Chengze was stunned.

His mother was very loving and demanding to him, but she was not close to him.

They usually only meet on fixed days, and only say dry words when they meet.

It's rare to see him suddenly like this, is something wrong?

Before the current queen entered the palace, she was once known as the first talented woman in the capital, and her talent was highly sought after.

But after she entered the palace, she became a bird with broken wings and was never happy again.

To Xie Chengze's son... She wants to get close, but she doesn't know how to get close, so the relationship between mother and son is awkward.

Xie Chengze's carriage entered the palace unimpeded and stopped at the gate of the Queen's Palace.

He got out of the car and entered the house, where he saw his mother waiting anxiously.

Seeing Xie Chengze, the empress who is nearly forty but well-maintained and has no wind and frost on her face, was a little unhappy: "Why did it take so long to come?"

"There is something." Xie Chengze said.

"You always have a lot of things... Huang'er, your cousin entered the palace today and said that King Rui's people were investigating his father-in-law recently, and King Rui had bad intentions. You must resolve this matter!" the queen said.

The cousin of Xie Chengze in the Queen's mouth is the daughter of Uncle Xie Chengze. She is five years older than Xie Chengze and married to the son of Lord Han Shengchang.

Han Shengchang is a student of Mr. Wang Linyuan, and can barely be said to be Xie Chengze's senior brother. Many matters in the spring of the coming year will be presided over by Mr. Han Shengchang.

Recently, King Rui was investigating Han Shengchang, and Xie Chengze had also heard about it, but he did not expect that Han Shengchang would ask his mother to come here.

What does this mean? This shows that there is something wrong with Han Shengchang, and he is afraid to investigate!

Thinking of this, Xie Chengze's expression changed slightly.

Actually, Mr. Han didn't like him very much when he first met him, but he believed in his teacher's vision and felt that since his teacher would accept Han Shengchang as a student, Han Shengchang should be a good person, so he used it all the time.

Now it seems... this Mr. Han should not be clean.

Otherwise, why is it just a little bit of wind, so anxious?

Xie Chengze said: "Mother, as long as Mr. Han did not make a mistake, there is no need to be afraid of King Rui investigating him."

The queen said: "You can't say that. There are a few people who dare to say that they are clean, but Han Shengchang has only made a small mistake. Besides, King Rui is a sinister person, so he might even frame the blame for it! "

Xie Chengze said, "If it's just a small mistake, why didn't Master Han come to me?"

If Han Shengchang only made a small mistake and was worried about being framed by King Rui, he could come to him, and he wouldn't be able to protect the people under his command.

Now that Han Shengchang is doing this, he must be guilty.

"In any case, that is also your cousin's father-in-law! He is the one who does things for you, you can't treat him badly." The Queen said.

Xie Chengze didn't say a word.

The queen said again: "Emperor, the queen mother knows that you will be able to protect him..."

"Mother, I will not be selfish."

Seeing Xie Chengze's appearance, the queen suddenly burst out: "What do you mean? Don't take my words seriously?"

"Mother..." Xie Chengze sighed.

The queen couldn't help crying: "I'm really suffering..."

Xie Chengze didn't even know what to say.

He knew why his mother was crying, and his mother was crying because of his body.

He suffers from heart disease and does not live long. For a long time, because of this incident, his mother cried countless times and was always afraid.

Probably because of this, his mother was very kind to her family, and she hoped that her family would support her in the future, but she was hot and cold towards him.

But his uncle's family was not worried, and caused many things, which always made him exhausted.

After crying for a while, the queen said, "Let's not talk about this for now, your marriage..."

"Mother, have you forgotten my body?" Xie Chengze reminded. The imperial doctor said that his body is healthy and he may live a few more years, but if he is addicted to women's sex... he may not be able to leave children, and it will hinder his lifespan.

Of course, the Imperial Physician would say this, and he also indicated that he did not want to be a biological child.

The queen's face changed and she closed her mouth.

Seeing his mother like this, Xie Chengze was a little helpless.

His heart disease was not so serious at first, but his mother had always been very demanding of him, so he had to beat King Rui.

When King Rui was still playing around, he had to study every day, and there was still a lot to learn. Over time, his illness became serious.

His mother felt guilty too, but didn't dare to force him any more.

Xie Chengze said goodbye to his mother and went back to the East Palace.

When he came to his bedroom and saw the toy that Lu Yanzhou gave him by the bedside, Xie Chengze felt better, and took out another sesame ball to eat.

This was done by Lu Yanzhou himself.

So... Does Lu Yanzhou really like him? Otherwise, why would he cook by himself?

Xie Chengze thought a lot, and finally forced himself to stop thinking about it and fall asleep early.

If he slept late, his heart would be very uncomfortable. When he was sick before, it was difficult to lie down and fall asleep, so he could only sit.

The next day there was a grand meeting, Xie Chengze got up early and went to attend.

This participation... He knew why Han Shengchang was so anxious and asked his mother.

Many people in Prince Rui's family have impeached Han Shengchang, and they have said many crimes. When all kinds of crimes are added together, it is almost impossible to list them.

Xie Chengze had some guesses last night. At this time, he saw Han Shengchang kneeling on the ground and shouting injustice, his face was ugly.

King Rui has been targeting him, and he has many tricks on weekdays, which makes him unhappy, but the evidence that King Rui has brought out this time cannot be fabricated casually.

Xie Chengze did not hesitate, and directly sent Han Shengchang into prison, and sent officials known for their impartiality to interrogate him.

Han Shengchang was his person after all, and the Han family was also married to his uncle's family. In the next few days, Xie Chengze was in a turmoil.

He had to deal with the repeated crying of his mother and cousin, and also deal with a series of other problems caused by the Han family.

In addition, as the end of the year is approaching, there are a lot of things... Xie Chengze didn't have time to see Lu Yanzhou.

Fortunately, in a few days, the courtier will be on vacation, and he will be able to rest for a few days at that time.

Xie Chengze thought about his thoughts, sorted out the memorials in his hand, took the important ones, and went to his father and emperor.

Don't look at the current sage alchemy all day long, he is not confused.

In fact, he is a very shrewd person. For example, before he indulged in alchemy, he first killed his younger brother, the Lu family, and other people who might threaten his throne. After he was sure to rest easy, he let go of his hands and feet. What he wanted to do, he also had Xie Chengze's help in the past few years, so he didn't go to court all day.

Xie Chengze waited for a long time before his father came out to see him.

His father, like his mother, looked very young. Although his appearance was ordinary, his skin was very fair. When he saw Xie Chengze, he said, "Since you're here... let's put some blood and go."

Xie Chengze's face turned pale.

Some messed up books say that human blood can cure all diseases.

His father used alchemy sometimes, and even used his blood.

Xie Chengze was silent, letting the alchemist around his father who didn't know where he came from bled him.

The emperor had already turned over the memorials at this time, and sneered: "You are really a gentleman, and you are not at all favoritism towards your subordinates."

Xie Chengze knew that his father was talking about Han Shengchang.

The case of Han Shengchang should not have been tried years ago, but he arranged for someone who would not be favoritism to go to trial. If Han Shengchang really committed a crime, he would definitely be punished.

"Your younger brother came to me and wanted to host the Spring Festival, do you think I should agree?" the emperor asked suddenly.

The emperor looked at Xie Chengze with an impatient look, and it was hard to say much today.

Xie Chengze said: "But the father is the master."

"Then leave it to him." The emperor said.

Xie Chengze didn't care much about this, but remembered that Lu Yanzhou had persuaded him before to leave the affairs at hand to others to do.

If this matter of Chunwei is not under his control, he will have a lot of free time and can go to Lu Yanzhou.

It's just that, Lu Yanzhou is going to participate in the scientific examination under Rui Wang, and he doesn't know if there will be an accident.

Maybe he should stay away from Lu Yanzhou, lest King Rui anger Lu Yanzhou because of him.

Thinking about it again, this may be a good thing for Lu Yanzhou.

If Lu Yanzhou is marked as a "princeling", he will be gone in the future, Lu Yanzhou has no foundation, and it will be difficult to get along in the court, but if Lu Yanzhou becomes a member of King Rui, the next road will be much easier.

Xie Chengze was silent, and the emperor suddenly smiled: "How long can your body last?"

Xie Chengze suddenly raised his head and looked at his father.

The emperor said: "In those days, the queen and the imperial concubine were pregnant at the same time, and I doted on the imperial concubine even more. Your mother took medicine to let you be born early... You only suffered from heart disease after being in your mother's womb for too short a time."

Xie Chengze was a little surprised before, but there was no response at this time, which made the emperor a little boring: "You already knew?"

Xie Chengze has indeed guessed for a long time that his mother and queen have always been like this, feeling guilty for him while trying to make him a qualified prince.

The emperor said: "It's boring."

It was not until the emperor left that Xie Chengze packed up and left.

He always knew that his father didn't like him very much, but he didn't expect that his father knew that he was suffering from heart disease.

Then his father emperor let him supervise the country and let him do many things... why?

Wish he died sooner?

Xie Chengze didn't know how to react for a while.

However, these are actually what he had expected. It was because he knew that he had no parental fate that he had no obsession with "living" before.

He worked hard to be a prince before, but because everyone around him needed him to be a prince.

But now he wants to live a good life, after all, he has someone he loves.

Xie Chengze desperately wanted to meet Lu Yanzhou.

It's just that he didn't go...he was bled, and his heartbeat was abnormally fast. At this time, if he walked a long way, he would easily get sick.

He might not have been able to see Lu Yanzhou years ago, he didn't want to be too weak when he saw Lu Yanzhou.

Xie Chengze returned to the East Palace and found a chair to sit and rest.

When he was upset, it was more comfortable to sit than to lie down.

The old **** beside him was so distressed when he saw him like this, and circled around him, but there was nothing he could do.

Xie Chengze said: "Don't turn around, I'm dizzy...I remember sending some venison today? I can't eat it, you take half of it and send it to Jingning Temple, and divide the rest."

"His Royal Highness, how can you be like this, delivering meat to the temple every day."

Xie Chengze laughed: "Lu Juren likes to eat meat, and the little monks in the temple also like to eat meat."

The old **** was speechless: "What a sin!" Why does this little monk still love meat?

Despite saying this, the old **** still followed Xie Chengze's order and found someone to deliver the meat.

However, it didn't take long for the old **** to come back: "Your Highness, Lord Zhou is here to find you."

Xie Chengze said immediately, "Let him in."

The old **** said that Mr. Zhou was Xie Chengze's companion, as well as Xie Chengze's confidant and staff. His full name was Zhou Xueya.

"His Royal Highness!" Zhou Xueya came in from outside, and seeing Xie Chengze's face was not very good-looking, he immediately asked, "Are you feeling sick again?"

Zhou Xueya didn't know that Xie Chengze had a heart attack, but only knew that Xie Chengze was not in good health.

"I've been tired from too many things recently," Xie Chengze laughed, "why are you here?"

Zhou Xueya said, "I'm looking for you urgently... Your Highness, Lu Yanzhou belongs to the Lu family!"

"What?" Xie Chengze was stunned.

Zhou Xueya continued: "His Royal Highness, I found out that Lu Yanzhou is the Lu family, that is... the Lu family seventeen years ago."

Xie Chengze changed his face.

At that time, his father, under the pretext of his uncle's treason, killed many people, including the Lu family.

At that time, the Lu family's army was all at the border, and his father was quick to attack. The Lu family was imprisoned for only three days and then executed. Those who wanted to intercede for the Lu family couldn't keep up.

But they knew very well, not to mention that the Lu family did not rebel, even his uncle did not rebel, at most he was a little dissatisfied with his father.

If Lu Yanzhou is the Lu family... then he and Lu Yanzhou have a deadly feud!

If Lu Yanzhou knew his identity, how would he look at him?

Zhou Xueya said again at this time: "His Royal Highness, didn't you ask me to find the lost little daughter of the Lu family? I found it in the brothel by accident, so I led an old official from the Lu family over and asked that person to help her. I redeemed myself. A few days ago, I wanted to visit Lu Yanzhou, whom you have always remembered, but I saw her beside Lu Yanzhou..."

Xie Chengze asked, "Is it... the wife of the Zhu family?"

Zhou Xueya said: "Yes. I thought it was just a coincidence, but I checked carefully and found that after Lu Yanzhou came to the capital two years ago, he approached King Rui, and has been helping King Rui for the past two years..."

Xie Chengze was worried about his enmity with Lu Yanzhou, when he heard the words, he was stunned: "King Rui?"

"His Royal Highness, didn't we put someone next to King Rui? I asked them, and they were not completely clear about King Rui, but they knew that King Rui had arranged for someone to approach you. I heard that it has already happened. This time Han Shengchang committed a crime. The evidence of this was also given to King Rui by the person under King Rui who approached you... Recently, there is a Lu Yanzhou beside you."

Xie Chengze was a little breathless.

"His Royal Highness, Lu Rong was promised to Han Shengchang's son back then, but he suddenly lost and fell into a brothel with Han Shengchang's handwriting... This time Han Shengchang's accident, it should be Lu Yanzhou and Lu Rong who wanted to take revenge."

"Maybe it's just Lu Rong..."

"His Royal Highness, Lu Yanzhou's surname is Lu, and he is very close to Lu Rong. Today, he and Lu Rong secretly visited the two daughters of the Lu family who lived in the nunnery."

Xie Chengze was a little dazed, thinking that Zhou Xueya might have made a mistake.

How could Lu Yanzhou approach him on purpose?

Probably because of his heart disease, he is very sensitive to the emotions of others, and he can feel whether the people around him are sincere to him.

The first time I met Lu Yanzhou, the two of them didn't have a deep conversation. After a few meetings, they talked a lot, and he couldn't even sense Lu Yanzhou's ulterior motives.

Wait, it doesn't have to be.

He likes Lu Yanzhou, and his feelings... could be wrong?

These days, when he saw Lu Yanzhou, it was as if he had lost his head.