Chapter 8 Ruthless?
"This injury is fine, but the wound has not completely healed, so you still have to recuperate for a few days."
Yan Hui looked at Qin Junli who was on the soft collapse and picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all. She handed a glass of water and said.
Qin Junli narrowed her narrow eyes and glanced at Yan Hui lightly, frowned, but did not speak.
Chen Shu, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Mr. Yan was there these days, so the master could only obediently drink medicine and rest, otherwise he would not be able to persuade him.
The master has always been deeply thoughtful and has his own decisions in everything. He is used to doing things and will not care about other people's ideas. In the entire palace or Nanqin, Mr. Yan is probably the only exception. Even the concubine Rou in the palace feels very estranged when facing the master, and she wants to get close to her but can't do anything.
No one knew Mr. Yan's origin, and it seemed that he had been following his master when he was guarding the tomb for the Empress Dowager.
Mr. Yan is only twenty-five years old, but he is not like a rich young master with a romantic and romantic life in the capital. He recites poems all day long, nor is he like a bold and arrogant playboy, looking for fun every night.
His handsome face always had a faint smile, and he looked polite and polite to everyone, but he didn't know how many young ladies in the boudoir made secretly agree.
However, only those closest people know that they are gentle, elegant, respectful and polite, but a false illusion.
How can it be easy for someone who has been trusted by his master for years?
"What day is today?"
The next son of the man who was playing chess with Yan Hui asked. Since he was injured, Yan Hui took over all the affairs and did not let Qin Junli get any contaminated. He had been in the mansion and could hardly remember the days he had been in the mansion.
"Twenty-seven, it's New Year's Eve in two days." Yan Hui fell a white piece next to Heizi.
"Calculate the time, Qianzhou should be on his way back."
"You actually used Qianzhou this time, which surprised me a little."
Qin Junli rubbed his wrists and was stuck in the room all day long, feeling a little uncomfortable. This time, when Qianzhou came back, he would have to make a good gesture.
The people in the royal palace were too regular and cautious when being trained by Yan Hui, and only Qianzhou could ignore his existence.
Qianzhou was the secret guard left to Qin Junli by the Empress Dowager during her lifetime. She had a strange body and excellent martial arts skills. She did not appear in front of others easily, but she always only listened to the orders of King Jingyang.
This time, Yan Hui had to borrow Qianzhou for the sake of Pengcheng for so many of his subordinates, and probably had to do anything.
Qin Junli has always been relieved about what was handed over to Yan Hui, so naturally he would not ask about the details.
"You said if Wei Xianzhe was in Qin Junyi's hands, how would the boss fight back?"
Qin Junli held the chess piece made of Mo Yu in his right hand, and played with it for a long time, but he didn't fall down for a long time. Instead, he asked this question.
"Are you so sure that Qin Junyi will be impatient to take action this time?"
Yan Hui raised his eyebrows and looked at the man who was thinking in front of him. Chen Yan and Chen Shu, and his subordinates thought that he was meticulous, extraordinary, and capable, but the person who really planned and decided thousands of miles was the low-key and forbearable King Jingyang.
"Qin Junyi acts cautiously, but he will stick to the matter he has determined."
Qin Junli got out three steps away from Bai Zi. He raised his head and looked at Yan Hui with a smile, as if he was inviting a fight, and as if he was provoking.
"On the surface, Qingping Army is now in command of Wei Xian, but the real power is the veteran general Wei Zhong. If Qin Junyi had moved Wei Xian at this time, although he would have hurt the enemy three points, he would not have destroyed Qin Junhan's foundation. What good will it do to him? I'm afraid he wouldn't take action so easily."
This time, Wei Xian was used as a raft. The plan was carefully planned and well prepared, and it was basically foolproof. However, it was excellent to use Qin Junyi's hand to expose this matter, which would cause two tigers to fight each other.
Qin Junli did not answer immediately, but turned her head to look at the snow outside the window. After a while, it hung on the branches and covered the Zhuqingyuan, and there seemed to be a layer of confusion in her eyes.
In just a moment, his eyes returned to clarity, but a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he sighed quietly:
"Ten years ago, it was New Year's Eve. Wei Xian's only son Wei Chengji came to the palace to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. He pushed a small palace maid into the water to play in the garden of Pingle Palace, but the other party lost his life. Empress He wanted to punish him, but because the Ming concubine was deeply favored by her father, she left it alone."
Yan Hui was stunned. Jun Li rarely mentioned the incident of being in the palace when she was young. This matter would probably not be as simple as a palace maid.
"That palace maid is not ordinary?"
Empress He is the eldest daughter of He's family. Her identity and upbringing are there, and she is also named the main lord of the harem. She will not reduce her figure and compete for favor with the Ming concubine on weekdays. It is unexpected that she would have a conflict with the favored Ming concubine for a palace maid.
"The fish that escapes the net."
Qin Junli didn't say it clearly, picked up the teacup and took a sip, glanced at Yan Hui, who was quite interested in this matter.
Yan Hui reviewed the big events that happened ten years ago in his mind. The case of Zhou Qishan, the governor of Youzhou, was still fresh in memory.
In fact, Zhou Qishan deserves his crimes. He sells official positions and titles to deduct military pay. He even embezzles 300,000 yuan in disaster relief silver allocated by the court, resulting in the displaced area of Youzhou at that time and the number of homeless victims was as many as 50,000.
The desperate victims were unable to feed themselves and had to rise up. After the imperial court sent troops to suppress them, they cured Zhou Qishan's crime, confiscated their property, and sentenced the whole family to exile for thousands of miles.
Zhou Qishan is quite talented, otherwise he would not have been highly valued by the court in his early thirties and held high as the governor. Unfortunately, he was too greedy and ended up like this.
"But the young girl of Zhou Qishan, the governor of Youzhou at that time?"
Yan Hui rubbed the white jade chess piece in his hand and raised his eyebrows.
Qin Junli lightly buckled the table twice with her fingertips, bent the corner of her mouth, but she didn't respond.
Ten years ago, Zhou Qishan protected this young daughter very well. She had been sent to learn skills since she was a child. Not many people knew about it. Even the serious crime of house search and exile could be avoided. This shows how deep it was hidden at that time.
Yan Hui could guess with one prompt from him, probably because he had put a lot of effort into the people and things in the court.
Compared with the Zhishu Pavilion in Wunianshan, how many points can he win?
Many years have passed since the Zhou Qishan case, and Yan Hui did not deliberately pay attention to it. He just took a few more glances when collecting He's news.
Few people know that there is actually a relationship between Lord Zhou and Queen He who ended in vain.
The talented man and the beautiful woman were originally a match, but she was born at the wrong time. In the end, Zhou Lang stayed away from the capital, and He was chosen by the emperor and became the crown princess at that time.
"When the little palace maid was discovered, she had already died of breath and had a purple body. Queen He almost fainted from anger."
I accidentally heard the conversation between Queen He and her personal palace maid, and only then did I learn that this person's identity was extraordinary. He was the descendant of the criminal who was hidden in the palace by Queen He.
The queen had thought that after some time, she would unconsciously transfer the little palace maid to Fengyi Palace to take good care of her, but she died in the hands of the Wei family. Although the emperor said no to pursue the matter, how could Queen He swallow this?
After ten years of death, two princes secretly seized power. I am afraid I will not bear it anymore.
Yan Hui had no way to know these old things in the palace. If Qin Junli hadn't mentioned them at this time, no one would have thought of the red plum that fell before it even bloomed...
Yan Hui was silent for a while, but shook her head and smiled, "I heard that you said, is it that there is still a private relationship between our Empress He and the Youzhou Jiedushi..."
If there are too many such things in the palace, Queen He is not afraid of being intimidated to protect the other party's bloodline.
Qin Junli gave Yan Hui a cold look, "I can't get it, I can't forget it, that's all."
There are too many people and things in this world that are out of reach. The palace is the most ruthless. I really don’t know whether Queen He is smart or stupid because of her illusory love.
Feeling the disdain in Qin Junli's eyes, Yan raised her eyebrows back.
It is said that the emperor is the most affectionate. He has favored Ming Concubine for so many years, and even the throne may be passed to the princes who were born by Ming Concubine. But if he is really affectionate, how could he choose one after another to the concubine and celebrate the concubine every night? How could he let several princes fight in secret and not establish the prince?
After all, it's just the most ruthless...
Jun Li grew up in the palace since she was a child and stayed outside the palace for many years, and she was used to too many clutches.
No matter how much sincerity is, it cannot withstand the honor and disgrace of the family, and no matter how deep the love is, it cannot be exchanged for life and death.
In his eyes, children's love affair is not as stable as interests.
Sometimes Yan Hui can't help but think that Jun Li was born different. What he had is not only the ambition to compete for the world, but more of the talent and ability to compete for the world. What kind of woman would such a talented and powerful master be worthy of standing by his side to appreciate the country together?
A sound of filtering water interrupted Yan Hui's thoughts. Chen Shu added tea to the two masters on the soft collapse, and quietly left the room.
Qin Junli was thinking about the chess path with calm eyes, as if he didn't care about his distraction. After a while, he cautiously put his black sect in an area occupied by Baizi. Baizi's leading situation took a sharp turn in one move. Yan Hui suddenly held up a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Qin Junli picked up the teacup and leaned against the cushion behind him, waiting to see how Yan Hui could reverse the decline.
Yan Hui shook his head and laughed at himself.
"I can't stop anymore, I don't necessarily beat you in normal times, let alone when I'm unstable."
Throw the clear white jade chess piece in your hand back into the chess box, and lean against the cushion like Qin Junli. Anyway, if you can't win, it's better to admit defeat earlier.
"If Qin Junyi touched Wei Xian and his son under the pressure of the queen, I am afraid that Qin Junhan would cut off his arm and save himself."
Thinking of what he hadn't finished just now, Yan Hui thought about it again.
"It's not that fast. Of course, it depends on how we can fuel the fire..." Qin Junli tapped the Nanmu table with her fingers, and inadvertently said this, as if she was discussing the weather with Yan Hui. But the waves were surging, bloody storms were all in the face of overturning hands...
"You ask Chen Yu to prepare, and I will go to Huaizhou after the New Year."
Chapter completed!