The Emperor glared at him and said, "When there are no outsiders, call me brother-in-law! However, it's not a problem for you to come to Hanlin Academy, but you have to start as a servant first. Otherwise, I don't mind letting you be a big servant. Your temper is too gentle and you don't want to fight for anything. You will definitely be ostracized by many elders. Those old scholars are not the same as the officials of the six ministries. They don't care if you are the Emperor's uncle. "
Yan Chiji nodded.
The Emperor turned to Yan Dongwu and smiled gently, "You two should talk more. As an outsider, I won't be an eyesore."
When the Emperor walked away with Song Tanglu, the number one eunuch of the dynasty, Yan Dongwu asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you return the thing I gave you to that person?"
Yan Chiji's face was slightly pale. He said guiltily, "I didn't see Brother Feng."
She said sternly, "Shut up!"
Yan Chiji's body trembled and he asked carefully, "Or should I secretly destroy it?"
Yan Dongwu almost instantly became angry. Then, she tried to suppress her anger. Her face was uncertain. Finally, she gritted her teeth and said, "Hide it well!"
Yan Chiji was dejected.
After Yan Dongwu calmed down, her tone softened and she praised, "You didn't say you were going to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. Very good."
Yan Dongwu stood face to face with her brother. She helped him fix his collar and said softly, "You have to remember one thing. Wen Zhengwen is loyal and respectful. These three beautiful titles must come from Hanlin Academy!"
Yan Chiji said timidly, "Sister, I didn't think so much. Really."
Yan Dongwu bent two fingers and knocked on her brother's forehead. She smiled, "You, a fool has a fool's fortune."
Yan Chiji wanted to say something but stopped. Yan Dongwu obviously guessed what he was thinking. She shook her head and said, "Don't worry about the things in the palace. Let's go back. I have a feeling that the young people in that courtyard will … "
Speaking of this, the Empress stopped talking. She looked up at the sun. It was dazzling, so it was a bit dazzling.
Yan Chiji returned to the courtyard. Under the tree, the child was asking with a cold face, "Who did you learn chess from?"
Fan Zhanghou smiled and said, "Since I was four years old, I learned chess from the ancients."
The child pointed at the last move on the chessboard. "The ancients couldn't make this move!"
Fan Zhanghou calmly said, "Our generation is inferior to the ancients, how can we face the future generations? It's true that you learned chess from the ancients, but when it's your turn to play chess, you can't sit and wait for eternity. "
The child snorted and glanced at the chessboard. "If it weren't for the accident in the Imperial Astronomer and my absent-mindedness, I wouldn't have given you any chance to win the game today! Come to the Star Picking Pavilion of the Imperial Astronomer tomorrow! "
Fan Zhanghou declined to comment.
The child, who acted like an old man, ran away in big strides. Only at this moment did he have the childishness of his age.
Ever since he was a child, he had been running around the little bookcase of the Imperial Astronomer. It was not easy for him to find the Empress whom he was closest to. Contrary to the imposing manner of this child when he played chess with others, when he saw Yan Dongwu, he had a childish smile on his face, like a child who had met his sister who loved him dearly.
Yan Dongwu rubbed the little bookcase's head and said sympathetically, "It's been hard on you. The Imperial Astronomer has suffered such a huge accident, and His Majesty still wants you to play chess with others. I'll help you scold him later."
In the accident in the tight blockade not long ago, there were more than 800 guards who had died in the battle. Most of them were elite imperial soldiers who were highly skilled in martial arts, and there were also dozens of masters who had Koi Fish Pouches. Especially the latter, when they were escorting "something" to Guangling Road, more than 100 of the top Jianghu people who had been recruited by the Ministry of Justice of the imperial court had all died mysteriously. Zhao Gou had already been seriously injured, and this loss was no different from adding fuel to the fire. But compared to the real loss, the death of the Qi cultivators in the Imperial Astronomer was nothing at all.
Among these so-called immortals, there was no lack of experts with the Mysterious Finger Divine Ability, and they were indispensable to the imperial court of Li Yang. Their existence in itself was a kind of magnificent deterrence that could symbolize the majesty of the Heavenly Dao.
The Emperor was the person who was destined by heaven, so he was under heaven's command.
In the end, the Qi cultivators of the Liyang North Faction who supported the dragon were all killed in that bloody battle!
Why did the current Emperor, who had always regarded chess as an "idle hobby", move the Hanlin Academy in a hurry? Why did he personally create momentum for Fan Shiduan and Fan Changhou? Or was it because he wanted to divert the attention of the officials and try his best to suppress the turbulent ripples that affected the entire capital?
Yan Dongwu even saw with her own eyes that the cultured and elegant "Fourth Prince" locked himself in the imperial study for an entire night. When he came out, even the head eunuch Song Tanglu did not dare to approach him. It was she who had to personally go forward and bandage his bloody left hand.
The little bookcase shook his head and said, "Grandpa Jian Zheng said that everyone has to die. I'm not sad. If I didn't have to play three rounds of chess with someone for Grandpa Jian Zheng, it wouldn't matter even if I died there. "
Then the child silently said in his heart, "Although the old man is dead, his disciple might have already appeared."
He would not tell anyone about this matter, not even his sister Empress.
Yan Dongwu laughed angrily and said, "Don't say such unlucky things. How old are you? Live well."
The little bookcase laughed and said, "I want to eat osmanthus cake."
Yan Dongwu held his little hand and walked in the palace. "That will have to wait until autumn. So, all the more you have to live well."
In the Hanlin Academy, when Yan Chiji approached, he found that the atmosphere was a little strange. Chen Wang, who had the highest rank, and Li Jifu stood at the side and chatted. The arrogant scholar Sun Yin, who had once fought with the scholars in the Imperial College, was lying on the stone table. Fan Changhou was reviewing the game in detail.
Yan Chiji had already stopped in his tracks. Suddenly, he saw Song Keli, who was alone, smiling at him. Yan Chiji smiled knowingly and walked forward.
In the spring of the second year of Xiangfu, there were six people in this small courtyard on this day.
Chen Wang, Sun Yin, Song Keli, Fan Changhou, Li Jifu, Yan Chiji.
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(Originally, I had already written more than 2000 words about the Battle of the Gourd in Youzhou. However, if I want to combine it into a chapter, I need to write at least 4000 words. Otherwise, only 9000 words will be too intermittent. Today, I'll just write 6000 words. This kind of "transitional" chapter is probably as "unlikable" as Li Jifu in the book. However, I hope that everyone can hold their noses and read it. Of course, when I wrote it myself, I was very sentimental. Yes, sentimental ~ I rarely boast, but when I write this kind of scene that can "freeze history", it really is very sentimental. PS: Don't worry, the next battle will be one after another. Beiliang and Guangling can be considered as fighting a country by one land.)
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