Quick wear is not a cannon fodder

An Ran was so humble, neither arrogant nor seeking repayment of favors, which indeed made the prince more and more satisfied with her. The prince smiled and said: "I didn't expect the Qing family's martial arts to be so high, even better than those guards! "

An Ran said: "Your Highness is very grateful. In fact, it is mainly because of the strength of the guards. Otherwise, no matter how powerful my martial arts is, I will never be able to defeat thousands of troops."

An Ran didn't want to erase all the merits of the guards, so he said so.

She didn't want to erase the merits of the guards and then make enemies with the guards - the guards also belonged to the guards, they were just elites in the army - she had to know that the guards were the emperor's confidants, and it would not do her any good to make enemies with the guards. benefit.

Although An Ran was modest, the prince understood that if it had not been for An Ran that day, he would have been killed by the assassins who broke through the defense line. An Ran was the biggest contributor, and no one could deny it.

But it was enough that he understood this in his heart, and there was no need to keep stressing it. The prince said at that moment: "My father also wants to see you, and he specially asked me to come here to invite you."

After An Ran rescued the prince, not only did Empress Zuo send someone to express her gratitude, Emperor Jingming also sent someone to give him a reward. Regardless of whether Emperor Jingming was seriously ill at the moment and felt that the prince was trying to take away his throne, so he was suspicious of the prince. After all, he is his own son, so when Emperor Jingming saw that the prince was almost killed and then rescued by An Ran, he naturally had to show some expression, even if he didn't want to express it in his heart. After all, he could not let outsiders say that as the prince, he Father, when someone saved his child, he didn't even show any sign of it. Not only was he an emperor, even ordinary people wouldn't do this.

At this moment, An Ran heard from the prince that Emperor Jing Ming wanted to see her, and immediately smiled and said: "Then I'll ask your highness to lead the way."

She was a little more vigilant in her heart. After all, she had not stayed in this world for nothing for so many years. She knew Emperor Jingming's attitude towards his sons, so she had to be cautious about how to deal with Emperor Jingming. Don't save the prince. It would be bad if the emperor found a reason to cut him off someday due to his merits.

Fortunately, she never talked about major affairs in the court when she was in contact with the prince. She only talked about how to do specific things. Even if Emperor Jingming didn't like her, it would be difficult to find an excuse to undermine her.

At that moment, An Ran followed the prince to the imperial study room.

Emperor Jingming's age is actually not very old in modern terms, less than fifty years old, but in ancient times, it is not too young. In addition, Emperor Jingming's health has not been very good in recent years and he looks older, so A man in his forties or fifties looked like he was in his fifties or sixties. He looked old, with a bit of morbidity on his face due to poor health, and his eyes were sharp. At the moment, An Ran was lured in by the prince. , his sharp eyes swept towards An Ran.

An ordinary person would feel stressed if Emperor Jingming glanced at him with such sharp eyes, because his eyes were full of majesty.

But An Ran, who has gone through many worlds, is not afraid.

In fact, the majestic look shown in this way is nothing. Only people who feel that they are not tough enough will show it. The really powerful ones are the kind of people who do not feel the majesty, but know that the other person is very powerful and do not dare to offend them at all. , like Cheng Wei in the previous mission, he is kind to everyone, but if you think he is easy to mess with and dare to provoke him, you will die without knowing how.

An Ran was not wrong, Emperor Jingming was indeed not tough enough.

Although ordinary people may think that Emperor Jingming is very majestic, An Ran, who is staying in the court, knows that Emperor Jingming, who inherited his father's legacy and intended to reform the dynasty, is not very capable. A small change will affect the whole body and suffer. In other words, apart from approving memorials in accordance with the opinions of the cabinet, Emperor Jingming actually had very limited control over the affairs of the court, because all power was in the hands of the civil service group.

Although Emperor Jingming was not very interesting and had no authority in front of him, for a small official like An Ran, he was still an existence that she could not despise at will. So when An Ran saw Emperor Jing Ming's eyes glancing over, she knelt down and saluted: " I have seen your majesty, long live my emperor."

After all, he was the hero who saved the prince. No matter what Emperor Jingming thought in his heart, on the surface, he naturally smiled and gently exempted An Ran from the gift and said: "Tang Qing's family is exempt from the gift."

He was given a seat again.

After An Ran sat down, Emperor Jingming smiled and said: "I really didn't expect Tang Tanhua's martial arts to be so good. Have you never thought about taking the martial arts exam again? In my opinion, if Tang Tanhua takes the martial arts exam, I'm afraid He can also be admitted as a martial arts scholar or even a martial artist. Then he will become an unprecedented civil and military talent in this dynasty. Wouldn't it be a good story?"

When the prince heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. If Tang Anran really passed the martial arts examination, he bet that his father would definitely use the excuse that Tang Anran was a martial arts scholar and transfer Tang Anran out of the capital and let him work as a border officer. What kind of general is training in name so that he can be given a higher official position when he returns to Beijing in the future? In fact, the purpose is to break his arm. Thinking of this, can he not be nervous?

An Ran didn't expect the prince's thoughts. Besides, even if she thought about it, she was not afraid. If she went to the border pass, she would go to the border pass. After this assassination, An Ran believed that people from the prince's line would be more cautious. Even if she left, the prince would also It's unlikely that something will happen again. After all, Emperor Jingming's life is not long and he may not have time to torment the prince.

Although she didn't expect the prince's idea, An Ran didn't plan to take the martial arts exam. After all, she still wanted to let others live. Why was she so ambitious? She wanted to be a literary and military beauty. Anyway, having a literary beauty was enough. Don't compete with others for Wu Tanhua.

However, such wild words cannot be said, so An Ran smiled and said: "Wei Chen is a lazy person. It is enough to take the liberal arts exam. He is too lazy to take the martial arts exam. After all, there are so many talented people in the world, and Wei Chen may not be able to take the exam." Becoming a martial arts scholar requires a lot of effort and effort, and Wei Chen is too lazy to worry about it, so he doesn't think about it."

Emperor Jingming was not upset when An Ran rejected his proposal. After all, they said he was lazy and nothing else. What else could he say? So he smiled and said, "That's what Tang Qing's family said."

Then he talked about the incident of saving the prince this time, saying: "Although you have not been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, you saved the prince. That is a great achievement. In terms of merit, you should be promoted."

The prince heard that Emperor Jingming was going to promote Anran to an official position. He was happy and worried at the same time. He was happy that Anran could be promoted, but he was worried that Emperor Jingming would send Anran to other places and cut off his contact with Anran.

Emperor Jingming glanced at the nervous prince, and then at An Ran, who was motionless and without any outward emotions, and thought to himself, I don't know if this kid is really calm, or if he doesn't understand the twists and turns and can't see the situation. Emperor Jingming stopped stalling for time and embarrassed the prince, who was already worried. He immediately said: "I heard from the prince that the Tang Qing family has their own unique insights into each department. It is better to go to the household department to do some work and exercise." Let’s do it.”