Stayed up all night.
Yan Xiu came forward early and leaned over to kiss Zhu Sijia. Zhu Sijia closed her eyes but opened her arms to him. Yan Xiu smiled helplessly and got back into the bed to hug her.
For Zhu Sijia, all the intimate actions she experienced last night were no match for this warm hug in the morning. Only when she was held by Yan Xiu, she felt an unprecedented sense of security.
"Why are you getting more clingy?" Yan Xiu kneaded Zhu Sijia like dough again, "If I continue to lie down with you, it will be late in the morning. You don't want us to be accused of being a cowardly king and an evil concubine, right?"
Zhu Sijia opened her eyes, she had been tormented by him all night, she cried and shouted all night, her beautiful eyes were full of exhaustion, she greedily sniffed the light fragrance on Yan Xiu's body, and said stickyly:
"It would be nice if you could spend more time with me."
Yan Xiu tried to get out: "I also want to stay with you all the time, but I have to go to court. Cicada, be good, how about I catch up on my sleep with you when I come back from the next court?"
Zhu Sijia hugged Yan Xiu's waist tightly: "Xuanzhi, I..."
Yan Xiu realized that she was really unusual today, so he patiently comforted her and said, "If you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."
Zhu Scarlett: "I'm worried about you."
Since the last time she and Zhu Ya revealed their thoughts about the imperial examination to Yan Xiu, even after being recruited by Yan Xiu, Zhu Ya almost stayed outside the palace during this period in order to teach the craftsmen her improved papermaking and The method of printing.
And Yan Xiu decided to officially inform the world about the official selection of the imperial examination today.
The pace of his reforms is too big, and it involves the interests of the nobles, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the nobles.
An emperor who was too radical could end up in one of two ways. Previously, she had only thought about lightening Yan Xiu's burden, and had not considered what establishing the imperial examination would mean to Great Qin.
Coupled with what she learned about King Yan from Zhu Siying, the recent situation in the court may be unfavorable to Yan Xiu.
Yan Xiu comforted her: "You don't have to worry. Is there any decision in the past that didn't come out of nowhere? In the past, Duke Wen's reform to strengthen the Qin Dynasty, although he encountered many criticisms and objections, wasn't it still accomplished in the end?"
"The method of Wen Gong has been developed to this day. Over a hundred years, it has gone through many evolutions and improvements. Why can't I be the founder of this imperial examination system? Success or failure, after a hundred years, there will be my descendants. Continue to improve and complete, and people in the world will judge and decide with different eyes."
"So what if the nobles objected, and what if I handed them in one piece of advice after another? It hit their sore spot, and they were going to show their willingness to live or die. Anyway, I was no longer good in their eyes. I am an out-and-out tyrant, so why not kill a few more people? Even the ancestors of heaven and earth and the gods of Daluo cannot stop what I want to do."
Everything he said made sense, but Zhu Sijia had just been convinced by him, but she couldn't help but worry about King Yan.
Yan Xiu smiled even more unbridled: "Don't worry, Wu Xingbo told me in a secret letter that the attack on Langya on August 15th will not take too long. You must believe in your brother's martial arts, and you must believe in him." With his head, he is born to be a general."
After comforting her a lot, Yan Xiu got up again to change clothes for the morning.
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After the morning court, King Yan followed Yan Xiu into the imperial study, but when he came out after just a cup of tea, his expression became increasingly gloomy.
Yan Xiu once again rejected his proposal to lead the Northern Army to rescue Zhu Yuancun.
Zhu Yuancun had been missing for several months. Everyone said that his body must be gone, but King Yan still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Even if his son dies, he has to see the ashes with his own eyes before he can accept his fate!
Taking a lesson from the Zhang family's mistakes, King Yan was even more suspicious during this period, and was even suspicious of Yan Xiu's true purpose of destroying Qi.
Yan Xiu couldn't touch him, but he could touch his son! Prince Yan's palace had only a few heirs, and Zhu Yuancun and Zhu Yuanxi had not yet reached the crown, so they could not take the lead alone.
With Yan Xiuzhi being unreasonable, he could even kill Zhu Sijia's nine clans while smilingly making her his queen as compensation. Who would then dare to avenge the Yan Palace?
Recalling the year when Yan Xiu was sixteen years old, when he first went on a personal expedition, King Yan expected sooner or later that one day if he achieved great success, he would inevitably arouse the fear of the young emperor.
Therefore, from that year on, he gradually put down his spear and became a prince who wandered around the flowers. He even took the initiative to hand over his military power after Yan Xiu became the crown prince.
But he had reached this point, and Yan Xiu actually watched his son die!
The more King Yan thought about it, the angrier he became and he sped up the pace of leaving the palace.
Arriving at the carriage parked at the palace gate, the wheels of King Yan's accompanying carriage were removed.
Everything went wrong, and King Yan was filled with anger. He punched the carriage, shattering half of the carriage on the spot.
Chen Rang stepped forward and joked: "King Yan is really old and strong. With such magical power, the son follows his father. It is no wonder that the second son will shine on the polo field that day."
When Zhu Yuancun was mentioned, King Yan's face darkened again: "Even if Chen Shangshu misses the position of prime minister and loses to a younger generation like Li Xiang, there is no need to make fun of my beloved son."
After Prime Minister Zhang was sentenced to death, the position of Prime Minister of the Qin Dynasty was vacant. Numerous courtiers recommended Chen Rang to replace him, but they did not expect that Yan Xiu would choose Li Woyun.
In the eyes of outsiders, Li Woyun was just a boy who read with Yan Xiu as a child. In terms of achievements and qualifications, how could he rival Chen Rang?
This matter naturally troubled Chen Rang.
Unexpectedly, Chen Rang was stimulated by him in the opposite direction. He showed no sign of getting angry. Instead, he took the initiative to hook his shoulder and walked towards the carriage of Shangshu Mansion: "I'm doing something for you today. I'd like to ask the King of Yan to show your favor and go to Feixian Pavilion with me." Drinking.”
King Yan was in a bad mood, but Chen Rang was so enthusiastic that he followed Chen Rang without much thought.
The carriage drove to Feixian Tower, and the waiter in the store led the two of them to a pavilion facing the water. From a distance, it seemed that there were already guests in the pavilion.
King Yan was dissatisfied: "How dare you let me and Mr. Chen share the table with others?"
Chen Rang stepped forward and explained: "My lord, please don't be angry. It's a banquet arranged by the official in advance. Your lord just enjoys it with all your heart."
King Yan didn't know what he was showing off about. He was just looking for a few beautiful beauties to cheer him up. But when he walked in, he realized that there was no young girl at all, but the Queen Mother and Zhu in black cloaks. Over!
"I have met the Queen Mother." King Yan leaned over and saluted.
Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother could hide Yan Xiu's eyes and run outside the palace when she was not staying well in Zhangtai Palace.
The Queen Mother opened her cloak and said: "King Yan, you are well and well. Yu'er, why don't you bow quickly?"
Zhu Yu whispered, "I've met my father."
Chen Rang stepped forward to pour wine for the two of them, and at the same time ordered someone to take Zhu Yu down. He stopped Zhu Yu in a half-joking tone: "Yu'er has grown up, how come he doesn't even know his father?"
Zhu Yu called him daddy again.
King Yan was stunned. The father of the Queen Mother's illegitimate son was actually Chen Rang!
