I am a Big Villain

265. Perverted Factory Man 16

"As for the post-disaster management in Lan Province, the first batch of relief food has been delivered. I think it can calm the panic of the local people in a short time. The dam originally built has been destroyed by the spring floods. Instead of increasing the labor force, it is better to consider using work as relief. By distributing relief food and money to encourage victims to participate in post-disaster reconstruction, it can not only reduce public complaints caused by increased labor, but also reduce the unrest of local people during the disaster. "

In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and the young emperor is now talking in the court hall, with the energy of a young man in his eyes.

The courtiers below couldn't help but nod their heads as they listened to Emperor Jingning's handling of this once-in-a-century flood in Lan Province.

Time not only made him fade away from his childhood youthfulness, but also made him look more and more like an emperor.

When Emperor Chengqing issued an imperial edict, the people of the great merchants admitted their sins against the loyal Yan family, which caused an uproar, especially the people in the northwest. They were the people who were most benevolent to the Yan family. The Yan family had collaborated with the enemy, treason, and conspired against the country. When the accusations came, the people in the northwest region were doubtful, and even caused a big riot. It was only the imperial court that sent troops to suppress the disaster. Now Emperor Cheng Qing admitted that he had framed all the crimes against the Yan family. The people of the Weiyan family called Qu were completely unable to sit still.

It was Zongzheng Qingqi who issued several edicts one after another, which finally calmed the people's complaints.

An edict is to collect the bones of the Yan clan and rebuild the Yan clan's ancestral tomb.

The second edict was to place Yan Zhaonan's spiritual throne in the Hall of Heroes. Since the founding of the Great Shang Dynasty, only a few people have been able to enter the Hall of Heroes. These people are all great men with great achievements recorded in history books.

The Hall of Heroes is located in the imperial temple of the Zongzheng clan. All heroes who enter the Hall of Heroes can receive the incense offered by the people and share the good fortune of the royal family.

The third edict sent the Supreme Emperor to the imperial mausoleum. He would stay in the imperial mausoleum for the rest of his life and would not be allowed to leave the imperial mausoleum.

There has never been any precedent for punishing a former emperor so severely.

Although the emperor breaks the law and the common people are equally guilty, when the emperor breaks the law, he will only use various excuses to cover up the past, and he will never tell the world like this.

Zongzheng Qingqi's actions attracted the criticism of many pedantic and bitter scholars, and also won the favor of many common people. Those years were indeed the most turbulent years for the court. He also suffered from internal and external troubles. Within those few years, there was qualitative progress.

Now, it is different from the past.

"Teacher, what do you think of Gu's idea?"

Looking at the thoughtful expressions of the courtiers below, Zongzheng Qingqi turned slightly sideways and looked at the lower left corner, the slightly feminine man sitting on the Taishi chair who was aloof from other ministers.

Perhaps due to the serious injuries he suffered in his early years, as well as the accumulated toxicity of those messy pills, Yan Chu's body has become increasingly deteriorated in the past few years, and he was absent from the morning court for half of the month.

The man sitting on the Grand Master's chair now has a thin figure and pink lips. Although he is haggard, his unique temperament cannot be concealed.

He was twisting a string of sandalwood beads in his hand and was wearing loose and comfortable casual clothes, which did not fit in well with the serious atmosphere around him.

As the little emperor gradually grew up and Xiao Chu's body became more and more corrupt, the situation in the court also changed a lot.

After all, Xiao Chu was an eunuch. If he followed him for ten or twenty years, he might be very prosperous. But after a hundred years, the Zongzheng royal family would be in power after all. What’s more, could Xiao Chu’s body be able to withstand another ten years? It’s hard to say in years.

Following a master with no future like this is very risky.

In the early years, the little emperor was still young and could not show his temper. However, this has changed in recent years. As the little emperor began to intervene in the government affairs, anyone with a discerning eye could see that in the face of Xiao Chu who was hindering him from taking full power, there was a conflict between the two. Sooner or later, someone is going to die.

Either Xiao Chu lost, or the little emperor lost. As far as the current situation is concerned, the former is more likely.

Looking at his body, it seems that he really can't survive for many years.

"Your Majesty, do you want to hear the truth or lies?"

Yan Chu looked at the young man sitting on the high platform in a daze. Although he lacked all the training in the previous life, the young man in front of him still became more and more the same as him in the previous life.

Yan Chu's mood was very complicated, and so was Zongzheng Qingqi's.

At first, he hated the man sitting on the Taishi's chair, but over the years, through every interaction with him, Zongzheng Qingqi gradually changed his view of him.

That man is complicated.

He didn't seem to be greedy for power, allowing him to learn a lot of emperor's skills, and not caring about letting him get involved in government affairs when he became an adult. However, at the same time, he still firmly grasped the trump card of Jin Yiwei, and served as a eunuch in the court. Cultivate his followers.

He seemed to be very friendly to him, for example, he would take him out of the palace incognito, and lead him to learn a lot of useful knowledge that teachers would not teach. But he always kept a strange distance from him, as if the connection between them was only in teaching.

Such an elusive man made Zongzheng Qingqi unable to help but explore, admire, and at the same time feel deeply fearful.

Precisely because he was so elusive, Zongzheng Qingqi didn't know what the other party would do next second. What's more, as an emperor who was already twenty years old, married and had children, the imperial power was not completely in his hands. In his own hands, the feeling of having trouble sleeping and eating, and always having a knife on his neck is really terrible.

The counselors around him have asked him to attack Xiao Chu more than once. Zongzheng Qingqi has been hesitating because he found that even if he was afraid, he could not attack him.

But with such hesitation, Zongzheng Qingqi himself didn't know how long he could persist.

"Tell the truth. You must listen to the truth." He looked at Xiao Chu and smiled.

"Very good. Your Majesty already has the shadow of a wise king in you." Yan Chu nodded. He had nothing to teach him anymore. The rest needed to be figured out by himself.

This was the first time in history that Xiao Chu praised him in front of all the courtiers. Zongzheng Qingqi, who had long been accustomed to not showing his emotions and anger on his face, could not suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth. Suddenly, his back straightened. He became straighter and his chin could not help but lift up, looking like a child who had been praised by his elders.

This expression was fleeting, but it was still captured by some sensitive ministers.

The way Xiao Jiuqiansui got along with the emperor did not seem to be as tense, strange, and strange as they thought.

The morning court broke up quickly, and Yan Chu did not return to his palace. Instead, he let the grown-up little eunuch whom he had chosen to take in support him and walked toward the inner hall of Qianqing Palace.

"I wonder if Your Majesty would be kind enough to accompany me out of the palace."

Privately, Yan Chu has always called me "me" to Zongzheng Qingqi, and Zongzheng Qingqi himself has become accustomed to it, just like when we get along in private, he never calls himself "lonely" to Yan Chu.

In the past two or three years, Zongzheng Qingqi never left the palace with Yan Chu, because at that time he had begun to get in touch with the government and began to cultivate his own new power in the court.

People around him told him to be wary of Xiao Chu, fearing that the other person would do something to hurt him in private interactions.

Suddenly hearing that the other party asked him to go out of the palace with him, Zongzheng Qingqi was still not used to it.

"His Majesty."

The chamberlain who was following Zongzheng Qingqi called out nervously. Now the calls in the court for Xiao Chu to return his power are getting louder and louder. Who knows what the other party is asking his majesty to accompany him out of the palace this time. idea.

After so many years of hard work, we can’t fall short at the last moment.

"good."

Meeting Yan Chu's eyes, Zongzheng Qingqi agreed.

*****

"You are talking about my father. He passed away the year before last."

In a farmer's home, Zongzheng Qingqi and Yan Chu were wearing regular clothes, sitting around an old wooden table with a missing corner, having lunch.

With cereals, pickles and porridge, and chicken soup with a layer of chicken fat, Zongzheng Qingqi's thoughts suddenly returned to ten years ago.

The meals were exactly the same, except that the old farmer who sat with them at the dinner table had become the old farmer's son, and the three thatched huts that were slightly dilapidated at the time had now become five bright mud tile houses.

Zongzheng Qingqi chewed the rough and dry cereal grains in his mouth. He was still not used to the taste, but now he could chew the sweetness out of it, and he could also chat with the farmer about farming. talk.

"The relationship between your father and son is really good."

The little baby with gaping teeth is now married and has a child, and has become a cheerful young man. He is holding a little baby that has not yet grown teeth in his arms, feeding it a taste of chicken soup with chopsticks, and smiling. said.

Father and son?

Zongzheng Qingqi glanced at the much older man next to him, his heart softened, and he didn't say anything to refute.

"I still remember when you ate one of my candied haws."

When he returned to the palace, Zongzheng Qingqi specially bought a bunch of candied haws on a stick, and the taste remained in his heart, but since that time, he has never tasted candied haws on a stick again.

"Hmm - a little sour."

Zongzheng Qingqi took a bite of the candied haws and frowned at the sour hawthorn inside. Is this really the delicacy he had missed for a long time when he was a child?

After doubting his own taste as a child, Zongzheng Qingqi handed the remaining candied haws to Yan Chu's hand.

This was what he had owed him.

Yan Chu looked at the little emperor's tightly squeezed hands and smiled.

"Letting Your Majesty accompany me out of the palace today is my wish. My body can't hold on much longer. For the rest of my life, I just want to visit the beautiful mountains and rivers of Dashang. When the time comes, I will find a place with the most beautiful scenery. Bury yourself.”

He returned the two bunches of candied haws, so should he also return the property to its original owner? This is what the little emperor wanted to express.

Yan Chu understood the other party's mood very well, not to mention that he really planned to leave.

He trained a wise man for Dashang, and all the debts he owed in his life were made up for in this life.

"leave?"

Zongzheng Qingqi's hands trembled, yes, the best choice is only for the other party to leave. If he is still in court for one day, his former gang members will not give up.

And only when the other party completely leaves the court can he truly feel at ease with him.

Such an idea is despicable. It is indeed the best choice for the two of them. It is better than one day when he becomes the real emperor and can no longer tolerate the other's existence.

"I'll send a team to protect you."

"No need."

Yan Chu glanced at the emperor, who had a nervous look on his face. Whether the role of the team was protection or surveillance was clearly written on his face.

Zongzheng Qingqi was also a little annoyed that Yan Chu had seen through his little thoughts. In fact, the other party's body was already so corrupted, so what else should he be wary of.

"Take care along the way."

Without the conflict of interest, Zongzheng Qingqi felt that a huge stone had been lifted from his heart. From now on, perhaps he could only look at the man in front of him with pure appreciation and admiration.

No matter what he was, at least to him, he was a good teacher.

*****

"you are leaving?"

After Emperor Chengqing died in the imperial mausoleum, Wan Qilan had been waiting for when Yan Chu would leave.

Ten years have passed, and Wan Qilan has become a grandmother-like figure. The once strong emotions have gradually accumulated. She has become wiser and more charming. Likewise, she is no longer young.

"Well, it's time to leave. If I still stay in the palace, wouldn't I let you make a choice between two options?"

This time was just right. Zongzheng Qingqi was already ready to become an emperor, but he was not as ruthless as an emperor. In a few years, as the courtiers guessed, one of them would end up in a miserable state.

"You've been hiding from me for ten years. You can't hide from me anymore in the coming days." Wan Qilan looked at the man not far away and smiled.

The meaning behind his words was that he wanted to leave the palace with Yan Chu.

"This time, you chose me?"

Yan Chu smiled, and in a daze, Wan Qilan went back to more than thirty years ago. At that time, his smile was the same as it is now, without any complicated emotions, just pure happiness.

The original person's two wishes were to bring peace to the world for great merchants and for the people to live in peace. He achieved this. He helped the Zongzheng family manage the country for more than 20 years and cultivated a wise monarch for the people.

The second wish is that the original owner wants to be chosen by Wan Qilan once.

In his previous life, he had countless opportunities to defeat Zongzheng Qingqi, but in the end he still lost. Did he really lose to the northwest king? No, he just lost to Wan Qilan, the only remaining person he had left. The best memories.

This time, he also wanted to be chosen by Wan Qilan, no matter what the reason, just once.

Now that Wan Qilan has chosen to give up her identity as the Queen Mother, give up becoming the emperor's son, and leave with Yan Chu, her original wish has been fulfilled.

"I'm tired."

After the laughter, Yan Chu shook his head gently.

"The first half of my life, I lived for revenge, the second half of my life, I lived for the big business people, and for the rest of my life, I just want to live for myself."

Yan Chu looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the palace wall, "The girl I like is the girl with long braids and riding on the back of a deer. The girl you like is the upright and cheerful General Yan back then. We are now, It is no longer what it was before. What we each like is really the changed us or the shadow deep in our memories that we are constantly beautifying and recalling. "

Yan Chu turned around, faced Wan Qilan's confused and doubtful eyes, and smiled with relief.

"The Queen Mother, from now on, let's take care of each other."

Yan Chu gathered the cloak around his chest and turned around to leave under the stunned gaze of the other party.

*****

"Nine thousand years old, do we really want to leave?"

The little eunuch who was lucky enough to be chosen by Yan Chu to stay with him looked at the red palace wall that was going away, feeling slightly reluctant to leave.

You said that he finally climbed to such a high position and followed the governor out of the palace because he couldn't think of anything. Once he left the imperial city, he was nothing.

"If you can't bear it, it's still too late to go back."

Yan Chu sat on the carriage, holding a book, and spoke slowly.

"That's not possible." The little eunuch replied without thinking. He has been serving the governor for more than ten years. How lonely the governor would be without him. He also has a conscience. He should know that the governor treats him well. Repay the favor.

Don't you feel sorry for his unpacked treasures? However, the gold, silver and jewelry they brought with them when leaving the palace were enough for them to become handsome rich men outside the palace.

Considering the precarious life in the palace and the increasingly tense situation, this seems to be a good choice.

The little eunuch didn't think so much anymore. He saw that the tea beside the governor was finished and he quickly refilled it.

The imperial doctor said that the governor's time was running out. He couldn't show his bitter face in front of the governor. He had to be happy every day. Maybe the governor would be in a good mood and his lifespan could be extended.

Not all the words of those imperial doctors can be believed. A good person like the Governor, why can't he live a long life?

The little eunuch encouraged himself in his heart, and the carriage gradually left the imperial city and headed for an unknown place.

*****

"I didn't expect that I would send you off first after all."

In the Yan family's ancestral tomb, there is a newly renovated tomb with Yan Chu's name written on the tombstone.

Wan Qilan dressed up in disguise and knelt in front of the tombstone in casual clothes. At this time, she was even older than three years ago.

Before the other party died, he asked her to bury him in a beautiful place so as not to pollute the Yan family's ancestral grave. However, Wan Qilan failed to live up to his last wish after all.

When he was alive, Yan Chu was unwilling to admit his identity, making the world laugh at the Yan family. After his death, he should return to the place where he should be the most, where his parents, siblings, and relatives are.

When burying Yan Chu's body, Wan Qilan also placed a booklet describing his life experience in the coffin.

Perhaps one day in the future, when there are no more merchants, no royal family, and everything becomes more enlightened, this book will be discovered. At that time, people will be able to better evaluate his faults in this life and repay him. True identity.

There was nothing worthy of ridicule in his life, he was a hero.

"Your Majesty, it's time to return to the palace."

The only old woman who knew about Wan Qilan and Yan Chu's past was still in high spirits. She looked at the time and whispered to Wan Qilan.

Wan Qilan stood up with her help, her knees already numb.

"I still don't understand what you said when you left."

Wan Qilan slowly spoke to Yan Chu's grave: "But don't forget to wait for me when you cross the Naihe Bridge. At least in the next life, we won't miss it again."

"Mother, it's time to go."

The old grandma's eyes were a little unbearable. The imperial doctor said that the empress was suffering from a heart disease. Ever since the news of General Yan's death came, her body had collapsed and she might not be able to hold on for long.

She couldn't persuade the empress, but fortunately she was old and she could serve her princess one more time on the way to Huangquan.

The two figures grew longer and longer under the afterglow of the setting sun until they disappeared.

The author has something to say: I will try to make the next story sweeter, and I will also restrain myself from adding glass slag into the sugar.