The heavy snow gradually stopped in winter, and the atrium of the Duke's mansion was covered with silver. The branches covered with snow were swaying slightly in the wind, and occasionally a few "rustling" sounds of snow falling.

In the opposite window lattice, in the study room, the gray-bearded old man walked to the desk with the book book, patted the dust on it with a bright look, sat down at the table with a smile, took a sip of the tea that was surrounding the steaming side, and took a sip of it. When he opened the book, he raised his gaze slightly, looked out the window, and then looked at the contents of the book again.

"...Your Majesty, you are so decisive."

The footsteps came from outside, the door knocked, and the words of the guests in the mansion stuttered.

"Duke of Yue...Your Majesty...sent a father-in-law here."

Wang Feng, who was standing outside the door, lowered his hand, listened to the movement inside with his ears, and turned around and whispered to the smiling eunuch: "The Duke may not be here, why don't my father-in-law come back next time?"

"presumptuous!"

The smiling eunuch suddenly changed his face, his smile calmly, he glanced at the door with a cold eyebrows, and raised his chin slightly, "We came here to the emperor's order. Your Majesty heard that the Duke of Yue did not leave the mansion. He thought he was old and ill, so he specially asked our family to bring the palace to visit, how could he just bring the original things back like this?"

This was not what the four scholars who led the way, especially the words "Go back to the original thing", which meant something, which made Wang Feng and Ma Liu frightened. They were not leaving now, and they were not staying, and they wanted to slap themselves in the face.

At this moment, a sound rang out from inside: "Wait, come in."

The closed door close to the front opened inward with a creaking sound, revealing a gap. The four scholars who had seen the weird ones several times were particularly scared of the scene, and quickly flashed to the side and squeezed into a group of trembling.

The eunuchs who were opposite the door of the room were also shocked, but they had seen magic in the palace, so they could calm down and dare to go in.

"Duke of Yue, I'm in."

The eunuch in charge of guilt whisperedly, took the imperial edict and walked into the room with two guards, came to the wooden carved curtain door, looked at the old man sitting at the desk behind the curtain, and bowed.

"I have seen Duke Yue in the palace."

The old man raised his face and said softly: "Your Majesty asked you to come just to visit me?" He continued to look through the book, and it was obvious that what the few people outside said was heard in his ears.

"Or should I tell if I am ill and can't afford to bring something back to reply to His Majesty?"

The eunuch outside the curtain turned his eyes and opened his mouth with a smile. He was about to speak when the old man interrupted him. Yang Su put down the book in his hand and suddenly laughed out loud.

"Take the medicine."

"Ah?" The eunuch was stunned for a moment, and quickly picked up the brocade box from the guard, carefully uncovered the yellow silk, opened the lid, and took a red pill in the box and walked into the curtain respectfully.

With the sound of the bead curtains rubbing, the book was put away: "Duke of Yue, this is what Your Majesty sent to me to nourish the body and prolong life."

Yang Su didn't even look at the old face with foundation in front of her. She picked up the pills from the box and looked in front of her eyes. She chuckled and said: "I don't know how many pills I appreciate. The imperial doctors in the palace were brought in by me. How could I not know how many pounds? Or is this small pill have other plans?"

The old man's eyes turned to the eunuch, and his heart thumped in his heart and he quickly knelt on the ground. You must know that Yang Su, Duke of Yue, is a famous general in the world, must be excellent in martial arts, and the rumors are rumored to be able to teach the Dharma, which is not much more than the national master.

"Duke of Yue, Your Majesty has no other intentions..."

"It's okay! Even if there is a husband, I will continue!"

Yang Su looked at the pills on her fingertips and suddenly threw them into her mouth, biting them so badly that she reached out to take a sip of tea, and swallowed them with the powder. The palace guards outside and the eunuchs who knelt on the ground were stunned.

"Duke...you..."

"Get out!"

On the other side, the old man who swallowed the pill waved his robe and directly lifted a wind to blow the eunuchs on the ground and rolled and crawled outside the curtain door.

"Go back and tell Yang Guang that he can dig the Grand Canal, but that will take ten years. In ten years, I will not hinder him!"

The old man's voice was trembling with the window lattices. The eunuchs who rushed out of the study dared not stop, and rushed out of the mansion with their guards, leaving only four scholars with two fighting spirits outside, blowing cold wind. They didn't know what to do for a moment. For a moment, someone whispered: "Let's go too?"

The other three got closer.

"I'm afraid it's hard to leave." "Wait a little longer, maybe Duke Yue will lose his temper and forget the four of us."

"...... We have come from the fox demon and ghost monsters. What's the matter? At worst... kowtow to Duke Yue for apologizing!"

"I also want to serve tea!"

"Yes, let's look sincere together!"

The four of them muttered outside. In the study, the old man who was originally angry was calm, and there was no angry look like he had just now. Looking at the empty brocade box, he got up from the chair, walked to the paper window and looked at the snow scene in the courtyard, sighed, and the white mist floated out of his mouth and spread.

"Brother... I can only do that much."

On the street of the government office, a group of people who stumbled out of the door and left the mansion. The eunuch turned around and spat at the door plaque with the golden characters "Duke of Yue" written on it, "Wait for death!"

He cursed and shouted, climbed onto the carriage and left the side in a panic, urging the driver to speed up and return to the imperial city, got off the chariot, and ran to Daxing Palace with his robe.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"Reverse!"

When he rushed into the study, the eunuch stumbled into the threshold, pounced on the ground unsteadily, knelt down two steps in a mess, and shouted a few words to the figure behind the dragon desk. Realizing that he had called the wrong thing, he quickly slapped himself, bowed and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty atones for his sins, and I was furious and anxious, so I said the wrong thing."

Yang Guang ignored him and after reviewing a memorial, he put down his brush before letting him get up and speak.

"How is the Duke of Yue?"

"Your Majesty, he is very good!" The eunuch got up from the ground, rubbed his knees that were hurt by the fall, and pointed outside with a grin: "I took the medicine given by Your Majesty. Duke Yue took a look, threw it into his mouth and swallowed it without blinking."

Yang Guang suddenly grinned. The pill was not a poison, but just a random pill from the pharmacy. It was just a test. If he didn't take it, he would have other thoughts. Since he had taken it, it would mean that the Duke of Yue was still...

"His Majesty!"

While my mind was still thinking, I was interrupted by the eunuchs over there: "After taking the elixir, Duke Yue drove his servant out and said, "

"What else do you say?" Yang Guang frowned.

"He also said that if His Majesty wants the Grand Canal in the future, he will have to wait another ten years and not hinder His Majesty, otherwise he will step on him!"

Thinking of the Duke's mansion being driven out in a mess, the eunuch said half a word after the original words. As soon as the words fell, the dragon desk slammed over there.

The emperor above had a cold look, and the brush in his hand was broken and thrown to the ground, splashing a few ink.

"Old man! I dare not kill you!"

He gritted his teeth and squeezed out his words, remembering his clan uncle, who had Taoism and corpse puppets as his soldiers. He turned around and looked at the close attendant: "Can the national master be in Wanshou Temple?"

"Go back to your Majesty, you probably haven't come back yet."

"You send someone to see first, and send me a handwritten order to order the troops outside the city not to have my tokens or leave the camp!"

"yes!"
Chapter completed!