Chapter 99: Returning to One

The Northern Qi emperor in the mountain pavilion suddenly dissipated his smile and returned to the silence he always held when he was alone. He grew up in the palace since he was young, and when his father died, he faced the most difficult test in his life. Although with the strong support of the Kuhe National Master, the Empress Dowager hugged him through this trouble, such a beginning was destined to be very unhappy in his imperial career.

Yes, there are many reasons for the discomfort, but the most important one is naturally hidden in his heart, in the heart of the empress dowager, and in the heart of the Kuhe National Master, the secret that can never be revealed.

For this secret, the Emperor of Northern Qi made too many sacrifices and made too many twisted changes in his personality. He could not be close to too many people, could not be too intimate with his sisters, and could not do whatever he wanted. For more than ten years, the people around him had never changed. He was strictly blocked like a big enemy when taking a bath. The concubines in the harem were still resentful...

In order to distract Nan Qing from his attention and to alert the ministers in the court, he and his mother and queen have been acting in the scene of mother-son disagreement for so many years, which is really hard.

He did not want to take on these things, but since he had already taken on them, as a descendant of the Zhan family, he inherited his grandfather's ambition and will of the world, so he wanted to do his role well.

It must be admitted that he has done a good job over the years, and no one can tell the little emperor that he has too many problems. He indulged and even secretly lured Uesugi Tiger to kill Shen Chong on the rainy night. He confiscated the Shen family and controlled the entire Jinyiwei firmly in the hands of the royal family. He put Uesugi Tiger under house arrest for a year and then released the tiger out of the slaughter, suppressing the aggressive Qingguo army in the south. He suppressed the powerful forces in the country, and colluded with Fan Xian outside the country.

One Chun and one Chun have been used in a row... In the past two years, the Northern Qi government has become more and more organized under his management, especially in the Jiangnan incident. This proves the young emperor's foresight and ambition.

Even if the head of the Jiangnan Nei Treasury was not Fan Xian, he must have the ability to secretly seek some benefits. However, the Emperor of Northern Qi knew in his heart that there were many levels of benefits. No matter how he imagined it, he never thought that he could use Fan Xian to seek so many benefits for his court.

He gently patted the railings, looked at the clear flowing water in the mountain stream, sighed, and said to himself softly: "But why do you do it? Why give me all the benefits?" A cold and sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "How much difference can the illegitimate son of Emperor Qing... be from his father?"

During the years of studying to become an emperor, the only person the Emperor of Northern Qi could find in this world was of course the powerful monarch of Nan Qing. He knew that his colleague who was older than him. He was a powerful character who was ambitions and ambitions coexisted but was good at forbearance.

"You will be old after all, and you are old..." The Emperor of Northern Qi frowned slightly and his eyes turned slightly. Looking at the distant south, thinking about the recent Nanqing Kyoto royal dispute, he whispered: "Even if you were a lion back then, the Great Wei was falling apart and the Great Qi was fighting, but after all, you are old and your whole body smells rotten. I really hope that you can continue to rot so sinisterly and force him to me."

These words seem to be sighing at every detail of history, and seem to be increasing his confidence, because everyone knows how sensitive and suspicious the emperor of Qing State is, but history only believes in history itself, and past history has proved that the emperor of Qing State is the only winner in the world in the past thirty years.

The little emperor of Northern Qi narrowed his eyes, his lips curled slightly, and he murmured to himself: "I. I hope you can survive this time and let me defeat you openly on the stage of the world."

He couldn't understand Fan Xian, but in fact Fan Xian could see him clearly.

As an emperor, no matter what color his heart is in his body, his first consideration is of course his throne and the world. If Fan Xian's relationship with him can always maintain peace and complement each other's interests, the Northern Qi emperor would meet Fan Xian's requirements at all costs, such as Haitang, and Fan Ruoru's apprenticeship.

But if Fan Xian threatens Northern Qi in the future, the Northern Qi emperor will definitely use all his strength at hand to eliminate Fan Xian very coldly and ruthlessly.

It has nothing to do with emotions, has nothing to do with national ranks, and has nothing to do with men and women.

There are only three types of people in this world - men, women, and emperors.

The flowing water in the stream below the pavilion flows down the mountain, flowing to the lowermost palace group, and gathers into a pool of clear water at the foot of the mountain. There is a small gap made of white stone in the west, and the gurgling clear water comes out of this gap, but it has not caused any movement in the pool water.

At this time, in the woods behind this pool of clear water, a large group of eunuchs and palace maids were waiting in a low voice. No one knew that His Majesty the Emperor was staring in a daze in the pavilion on the hillside. They only knew that the two most noble people in the entire Northern Qi except His Majesty were staring in a daze next to the pool.

A man wearing a robe, a hat and naked feet, looked like a monk, Ku He, a national master, was sitting upright on the stone on the side of Qingtan, holding a fishing rod in his hand.

The Empress Dowager of Northern Qi, who had given much effort to make his son firmly sit in the throne and endured the name of abusing power and chaos, sat next to Master Kuhe with a smile, with a peaceful and quiet eyebrows and eyes.

The Zhan family forced the inheritance of the Great Wei Tianbao from the chaos in the world. However, years of wars continued, and countless powerful generals in the royal family died in the fierce and fierce attack of Emperor Nanqing. When the emperor surnamed Zhan returned to heaven after illness, the only one who was left in the palace was the orphan and widowed mother, she and the young emperor of Northern Qi.

At that time, Chen Pingping from Nanqing was in trouble, and the political situation of the Northern Dynasties was in turmoil. The princes and nobles all shouted that the situation in the palace was in danger, but in this situation, the woman still let her son sit steadily on the dragon throne.

The most important thing is of course the tough statement of the great master beside her at this time. But it also proves that this empress dowager is definitely not as mediocre as she sees on the surface.

The eyes of the bitter lotus are quietly looking at the rippling water surface.

The empress dowager smiled slightly, but remembered the changes in the capital over the past year. The palace changed in that year, and she asked the Marquis of Changning to risk his life to leave the palace and ask Shen Zhong to bring people to help. Shen Zhong and the Jinyiwei made great contributions, but when the emperor grew up, he could not tolerate Shen Zhong continuing to be arrogant, so he had thoughts.

The Empress Dowager felt guilty for Shen Chong, but her son's intention was settled. She knew that she could not persuade him, so she agreed that the incident happened - the people in the Zhan family seemed to be so persistent that they could not be influenced and changed by other people, such as her son, and the one around her.

But she still wanted to continue working hard, because the Emperor of Northern Qi had a long chat with her last night and always felt that this matter was not as beautiful as she imagined. She asked her to persuade Kuhe National Master - so she had the greetings by the pond today.

"I have never met Li Yunrui. I just passed many secret letters with her." The Empress Dowager of Northern Qi said gently. In front of Ku He, she naturally would not call herself a mourning family. Although her face was still dignified, her tone was like she was just a sensible little girl.

Ku He smiled and said, "The three kingdoms are far apart. When Zhuang Mohan was invited to go south, he had never seen the princess of the Southern Dynasty on the ground."

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "So everyone in Zhuang left a lifelong regret."

Ku He shook his head: "But I have seen that eldest princess, so I know that this woman is not simple. The change in Kyoto in the Southern Dynasties happened so quickly and there was no movement at all, which was really beyond my expectations."

"Doudou means..." The Empress Dowager said after thinking for a moment: "After the clash between the two countries is still a struggle of national strength. It's better not to take risks."

"Why didn't he come to talk to me, the master, in person?" Ku He smiled and said, "The child is still young after all. He probably doesn't understand why the emperor of Qing Kingdom has been so stupid in recent years. Why are we old guys still so vigilant."

He continued, "Because I know. You also know whether the emperor of Qing Kingdom is really an ordinary person. In the second generation, no grandmaster appeared, but an emperor who used wars as gods..." His brows frowned, "The longer he endured, the more uneasy I felt."

The Empress Dowager of Northern Qi sighed and said, "Even so, there is no good way."

The old man smiled, took off his hat, exposed his big bald head, and said happily: "I remember Ye Liuyun also likes to run around the world with a hat... Even such a person can be used by Li Yunrui. I believe that this eldest princess will think of a way."

At this point, the Empress Dowager knew that she could no longer persuade the national teacher to change her mind and said respectfully: "Uncle, let's take a look at it more. Let them make trouble for themselves."

"The time is not long." The fishing rod in Ku He's hand did not tremble at all, and he said slowly: "If we old guys cannot solve this problem when we are alive, who can solve it in the future?"

This is very consistent with what the great master in that cottage said.

The empress dowager's hands trembled slightly, and she said with a smile: "Where is this girl Haitang? Besides... there is Fan Xian in the south."

Ku He smiled and said, "Fan Xian, this young man depends on his luck. If he is smart and strong enough, this time he will surely achieve the greatest benefit, which can be regarded as a gift from my court. With the heart and nature of this young man, since he has received such a great affection from Doudou, he will always miss me in Beiqi in the future."

In the final analysis, these Northern Qi people in power knew that in terms of national strength, in a short period of time, the Northern Qi Dynasty still could not catch up with or surpass Nanqing. In the general trend, within more than ten years, Nan Qing was still the main attacker and Northern Qi was the main defense, so there was a good idea of ​​inheriting feelings.

"I thought it would be better for the prince or second son of the Southern Dynasty." The empress dowager frowned and said.

Ku He shook his head: "How can a person like Fan Xian who is easy to kill and afraid of death give them a chance to take office? If there is such a possibility, you think he is really reluctant to kill people... There are not many people in the whole world who can survive under Fan Xian's murderous intention."

The empress dowager was slightly stunned, but she didn't expect that the national teacher's assessment of Fan Xian's strength was so powerful.

"Don't forget. There is a blind man behind him, but Ye Liuyun cannot be a bodyguard for the princes of the Southern Dynasty."

Kuhe smiled and lifted the fishing rod in her hand. The thin line tied the fish hook on the rod. She did not fish with a rope as bored as some people to find the realm of dog shit.

The fish hook came out of water, dripping a few drops of clear beads, and fell into the water again. The clear water in the Royal Palace seemed to be disturbed by these few drops of clear beads, and the water waves were waving helplessly.

Countless fish, either golden or green, jumped out of the water, leaping happily and slapped the water surface with a sound, as if expressing gratitude to the monk holding a fishing rod.

The sound of water gradually calmed down and flowed out from the gap in the clear pond. It flowed into a white jade, and then moistened half of the hills, along the Shiche's imperial waterway, flowed out of the palace walls, and merged into the Yuquan River. The stream water in the palace is just a tributary of the Yuquan River. However, in fact, the name of the Yuquan River is because the name of the stream water on the green mountain in the palace - Yuquan, which is also Yuquan.

The Yuquan River flows into the capital. It is not far from the palace wall, and passes by a garden.

This is the garden of Miss Haitang. It is a rare and rare place to find tranquility in the prosperous land of Shangjing. Therefore, Fan Xian used to ridicule her for being so famous, but he never thought that such pastoral and dark place were full of nobleness, so he did not have the meaning of rural areas.

At this time, two girls walked out of the garden, boarded the carriage outside the garden, and marched into the city.

It didn't take long. The carriage arrived at the busiest area in Shangjing, and the speed of the car naturally slowed down. When passing by an antique shop, the coachman seemed to hear the woman summoning in the carriage and stopped.

Haitang put down his right hand that was pulling up the curtain of the car, turned his head to Fan Ruoruo and said, "It's your brother, do you want to go down and say hello?"

Fan Ruoruo smiled and said, "Since he was treating him today, we should not meet you in advance. Let's take a walk in the capital."

Haitang nodded. The carriage started again, not alarming the people in the antique shop.

In the antique shop, a slightly fat young man was looking down at the goods inside. This person was not someone else, but was kicked to Shangjing by Fan Xian. He suffered countless hardships under Haitang Di. Finally, he was about to come out and took over the second young master of the Fan family on the Cui Family's north route, Fan Sizhe.

I don’t know if it was because of the disguise or the life left behind in the hometown that made the boy a little precocious. At this time, his eyebrows and eyes were full of calm, without the arrogant and arrogant look of the past, making people look much more mature than his real age.

Tonight, he had a big banquet for guests at the Beijing Branch of the Baoyue Tower. He knew in advance that his sister and Haitang, the two people he was most afraid of, were coming, so he came out in advance to buy gifts in the antique shop, so he must make these two happy. After watching for a long time, he even asked the shop owner to take all the hidden goods, but he still couldn't find anything satisfactory, which made him feel a little unhappy.

Behind him were the bodyguards of the Northern Qi masters wearing scimitars. Although the Fan brothers knew it was definitely the Northern Qi royal family to monitor the crowd, Fan Sizhe was as brave as Fan Xian and still used it casually without changing hands.

There are other people in the store looking at the goods. From the clothes and colors of those people, we can see that they are either rich or noble. This antique store is very famous and the goods are also very expensive. Therefore, those who dare to come in to pick things are all big names in the Northern Qi Dynasty, either giants or powerful people.

These people didn't know Fan Siche, but seeing that he brought four master guards, he secretly guessed that this young man must be a young man who doesn't like to show off.

At this time, the store owner solemnly brought a wooden plate covered by red cloth and walked in, approached Fan Sizhe and said, "Young master, if you want to be in pairs, that's all."

Fan Sizhe picked up a corner of the red cloth and saw a pair of jade lions on the plate. The carvings were excellent, the lion was extremely cute, and he couldn't help laughing, thinking that giving this pair to his sister and crabapple was indeed suitable, and he also had the intention of venting his anger.

"That's it." He waved his hand.

Unfortunately, the powerful people around the place to watch the goods also fell in love with the pair of jade lions and begged Fan Sizhe to give in. A rich young man was even willing to give him a red envelope to express his sincerity. In big places like Shangjing or Kyoto Dongyi City, there are generally not many scenes of taking goods with power. After all, everyone in the scene is either rich or noble. No one knows who they will offend.

In Shangjing, Fan Sizhe has always been low-key, and Nan Qing's captain's document also has his name, so apart from the Jinyiwei, the royal family of Qing Kingdom and related officials, few people know his true identity. If it were the past, as gentle as this rich young man, Fan Sizhe might have agreed, but today he really likes this pair of Jade Lions. So he hesitated and did not speak.

After this hesitation, the powerful people became quite unhappy, thinking that they had given enough face. If the Marquis had not been invited to attend an extremely important party and handed over the purchase of gifts to the young master, they really needed this pair of precious jade lions as gifts, so why would they say to this stranger?

At this moment, the people separated. A powerful child who was about twelve or thirteen years old walked out, pointed at Fan Sizhe's nose and cursed: "In Shangjing City, no one dared to compete with me yet!"

Fan Sizhe frowned. If it were the case before, I was afraid he would have yelled with a punch. But as he grew older, his mind would be much more stable, and he asked, "Who is your lord?"

One person kindly reminded: "This is the young master of the Chang'an Hou family."

The Marquis of Chang'an and Marquis of Changning were brothers from the Empress Dowager of Northern Qi. This identity is indeed noble enough, but Fan Sizhe was slightly stunned and laughed hatefully.

"Your father is going to give gifts tonight, right?" Fan Sizhe made progress, but he was a lawless guy back then. He gritted his teeth and stared at the child's eyes hard, and said, "Little shit!"

As soon as this said, everyone on the other side surrounded him. The crowd seemed to be ready to take action.

Fan Sizhe sneered and led four scimitar guards out of the antique shop.

On the carriage outside the store, a strange color flashed in his eyes and asked Fan Sizhe: "Boss, do you know that young master?"

Fan Sizhe spat and cursed: "A little bastard, my elder brother broke his hand back then. He didn't grow any more... I dared to mess with me again. I pulled his other hand back then!"

In the antique shop, everyone looked at each other. They thought that the guy was so brave before that he actually dared to scold the Chang'an Hou family as a little fool in person!

After a little gossip, the young man picked up a gift, suppressed his anger, returned to the mansion happily, followed his father to the newly opened Baoyue Tower branch in Shangjing City, which was less than April, and prepared to attend this extremely important gathering.

However, when he entered the building, sat next to his father's side, and looked at the fat man who was chatting and laughing with his cousin, he was stunned.

His cousin is Wei Hua, who is the most outstanding young man in the entire Wei family. He is now highly appreciated by His Majesty. He serves as the commander of the Jinyiwei Pacification Department. He has extremely terrible authority throughout the Northern Qi Dynasty.

However, such a powerful person was chatting and laughing with the young fat man at this time, just like a friend for many years, and there seemed to be a slight warning between his eyebrows and eyes.

The young master of the Chang'an Hou family looked at this scene in a daze, thinking to himself, who was the fat man who had scolded him for being a little fool... who was it?

Fan Sizhe talked to Wei Hua and glanced at the table with his own light. He found that Chang'an Hou was actually bringing his ingenious son. He thought to himself that the old man was so old, why did he give birth to such a small son? Don't wear a hat... While he was whispering in his heart, he smiled at Chang'an Hou and greeted him.

He initiated this banquet today. He did not invite outsiders. He was all members of the Northern Qi royal family and his purpose was very simple. The news from the Southern Dynasty was clear that Li Yunrui had collapsed, and there seemed to be no one in Qing that could threaten his brother. Then he must seize this opportunity and expand the market of the entire business.

Doing business with Northern Qi is actually doing business with the people of the Northern Qi Emperor's family. So I invited everyone from the Wei family and asked Haitang and his sister to help me press the table.

What is Fan Sizhe afraid of? All the low-priced goods in the south are in his hands, and the production of the inner warehouse is constantly handed over by Xia Mingji. If the Wei family wants to make a fortune, they have to rely on him.
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