Unconsciously, there were already a lot of people around Shen Leng who cared about him, and this process was so natural that even Shen Leng didn't deliberately think about it, it wasn't because of the result of his camping, if this was the case, then the people around him must not have the old dean, there must be no Mr. Shen, there must be no Han Zhaozhi, let alone a tea master, and of course there will be no Your Majesty.

Just as Han Zhaozhi thought about it one day, he suddenly found that he had unconsciously become the person next to Shen Leng, everything was so natural, even people like him didn't feel abrupt.

However, at the moment he woke up, he still felt a little annoyed, he was the capital of the Tingwei Mansion, and he was a person trusted by His Majesty, so he couldn't have any behavior and thoughts of standing aside, once he had, then he would no longer be able to command the Tingwei Mansion to do what the Tingwei Mansion should do as almost ruthlessly as before.

But later, Han Zhaozhi found that some of people's thoughts are indeed irreversible, and they don't want to be reversed after a long time.

"Before I came, I had already sent someone to send a letter back to the people who stayed behind in the Tingwei Mansion, if the eldest prince was really exiled, let them arrange someone to follow the eldest prince, I also wrote a letter to Ye Liuyun, he will pay attention."

Han Zhaozhi looked at the ingredients on the table in front of him with a disgusted expression: "So, you shouldn't thank me?" ”

Shen Leng: "Are you interested?" ”

Han Zhaozhi: "Why don't I arrange for someone to assassinate the eldest prince as well, and then tell Your Majesty that it is your person." ”

Shen Leng: "You can just say what you want to eat." ”

Han Zhaozhi: "I want to eat vegetables." ”

Shen Leng: "Wait." ”

After a while, Shen Leng came in with a plate of washed carrots: "This is my stock." ”

Han Zhaozhi's eyes narrowed slightly: "What are you doing with such a thing?" ”

Shen Leng: "I saw the filth in Lord Han's eyes. ”

Han Zhaozhi glanced at Shen Leng and then looked at the carrots: "This is a vegetable?" ”

Shen Leng: "Otherwise? ”

Han Zhaozhi thought for a while: "There is nothing green and leafy, I think you are perfunctory to me." ”

Shen Leng sighed: "This is the cold winter wax moon, this is still in the deep mountains, you let me find you green leafy vegetables......"

Han Zhaozhi: "Even if it's a vegetable without green leaves, it's so difficult for you to barely pass me with something else like green leaves?" Even if there is no fresh, is it not dry? Is it naturally air-dried, and hasn't been fried yet? ”

Shen Leng sighed: "You are a dignified court captain, and you have spent so much trouble for a little tea, what about your face?" ”

Han Zhaozhi leaned back: "If you want to blackmail other people's good tea, naturally you don't have to work so hard, but you don't want to think about it, there are a few people in the world who can get things out of your hands, it's difficult." ”

Shen Leng: "You won." ”

Han Zhaozhi asked, "Don't you have anything you want to ask me?" ”

Shen Leng: "What do you ask?" ”

Han Zhaozhi: "Ask me how much I faked." ”

Shen Leng: "Draw your sword." ”

At the same time, Chang'an City, Weiyang Palace.

The hot pot in the East Warm Pavilion is also coming to an end, the emperor seems to be in a slightly better mood, and the two people who can often eat hot pot in this East Warm Pavilion are his teacher and his best friend, so the hot pot always tastes so good, the emperor's mood is better, and the old dean and Lai Cheng are also quietly relieved.

In fact, the emperor is far from being as strong as it seems, his weakness has always been there, everyone can see it, this weakness is his family, most of the time the emperor is calm and terrible, especially in adversity, the emperor can find possibility in the impossible, can find feasible in the unfeasible, and can find controllable in the uncontrollable.

So he was one of the strongest emperors of Daning, maybe not one of them.

But when it comes to the people he cares about, he often becomes less calm.

Thinking of this, the old dean couldn't help but think of that stupid boy, isn't he the same? So the old dean couldn't help but think again, if someone told him at this moment that the stupid boy was not the emperor's son, he would not believe it, no matter how he looked at it, no matter how he thought about it, that stupid boy was also the one who was most like His Majesty, still above the second prince.

If this isn't something in the bloodline, what else could it be?

When the old dean was thinking about this, it happened that Lai Cheng was also thinking about this, although it was impossible for Lai Cheng to participate in the old dean Mr. Shen and the others, and discuss and speculate everything about Leng Zi's life and Leng Zi like a few of them, but this does not mean that Lai Cheng will not think about it, on the contrary, he may think more than the old dean, the old dean is not a pure minister, absolutely not, because he has feelings for the emperor as his own, but Lai Cheng is a pure minister, so his thinking is calmer and deeper than the old dean, and it is more ruthless.

"Let's go back."

The emperor got up: "I am also tired, go back and have a good rest, and I will go to court early tomorrow morning." ”

The old dean and Lai Cheng got up and bowed at the same time, and then said goodbye and left.

Out of the East Warm Pavilion, the old dean looked at the lights that were still on in the cabinet room: "Don't go home?" ”

Lai Cheng shook his head: "I can't go back." ”

The old dean sighed: "So a lazy person like me can't enter the cabinet in my life." ”

Lai Cheng smiled: "I'll send Mr. out of the palace first, and go all the way." ”

These four words along the way are often synonymous with those four words that I have something to say.

These two people represent the past and present of the Daning Imperial Court, the old dean really has no energy to teach, and he really has no energy to pay attention to the government anymore, all his energy is used to care about the people he cares about are still powerless, where is there so much mood to take care of other things, if it weren't for the fact that the emperor is really inseparable from his father-like existence, the old dean may have already returned to his hometown to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers to wander.

So he knew that what Lai Cheng wanted to talk to him about must not be the government, and a smart person like Lai Cheng knew that if he asked the old dean for advice on the affairs of the court, the old dean would probably ignore him.

"Sir."

The two of them were walking on the uninhabited path in the palace Lai Cheng suddenly stopped, there was no one in this place, there were people in front of and behind, and some words were convenient.

"Huh?"

The old dean looked at Lai Cheng: "What do you want to say, you have to say it in such a place?" ”

"Sir, do you believe that the eldest prince has an epiphany?"

"You don't believe me?"

The old dean did not answer, but only asked rhetorically.

Lai Cheng looked at the old dean's eyes that seemed to have dimmed, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Old fox." ”

The old dean sighed: "I'm so old, where do I have any leisure to care about intrigue and intrigue, so it doesn't matter if I believe it or not, I think it's good for Your Majesty to believe it, Lai Cheng...... I am already qualified to rely on the old and sell the old, then rely on the old and sell the old, I don't care about the eldest prince, I only care about Your Majesty, Your Majesty feels happy and I feel happy. ”

This is the attitude of the old dean.

Lai Cheng sighed: "But this can't be my attitude. ”

The old dean pointed to the front: "Walk and say, cold." ”

Lai Cheng hurriedly untied the big coat on his body and put it on the old dean, and said while holding the old dean's arm as he walked: "Mr. pulled my clothes when he was in the Dongnuan Pavilion just now, is he afraid that I will provoke His Majesty and cause death?" ”

"Your mouth is poisoned and didn't open the door."

"Sir knows why."

"Yes."

The old dean smiled: "I thought of one thing a long time ago, probably when I was young, one day I suddenly thought of a question, who is the protagonist in this world?" It is said that life is like a play, and everyone's life is a play, so everyone is the protagonist in their own play, I am thinking, is everyone really the protagonist in their own life? ”

Lai Cheng shook his head: "How is it possible, it's just self-deception." ”

"yes, it's just self-deception."

"Whether it is in someone else's life or in one's own life, the protagonist is the protagonist, and the supporting role is the supporting role, so a supporting role must understand the meaning of his own existence, why he exists, and how he should exist, that is, the role in the play, which boils down to only four words...... Self-knowledge. ”

The old dean said as he walked: "After you have self-knowledge, you will find that your troubles are gone, your desires are reduced, your demands are reduced, and your life becomes easier, but first of all, you must be clear about why you exist, otherwise you will lose the value of existence." ”

He looked at Lai Cheng: "You already know why you exist." ”

Lai Chengdao: "The world says that I am a lifeless person who dares to scold Your Majesty, and the courtiers say that I am a stubborn donkey, and I don't care if I have a temper, and that is because Your Majesty needs a stubborn donkey, and I need a stubborn donkey, which is why I exist, so I can't help but think about what Your Majesty doesn't want to think about, Your Majesty resists everything that is not good, and I have to desperately contact everything that is not good." ”

He stopped: "I don't believe that the eldest prince will have an epiphany." ”

The old dean let out a long breath: "I'm really old. ”

Lai Cheng looked at the old dean, the old dean let out a long breath, in this cold night, that breath was like a puff of white smoke, he was more like an old fox who had attained the Tao, breathing and absorbing the essence of the moon.

"Lai Cheng, I just said that I have reached an age where I can rely on the old and sell the old, just to seek purity and peace of mind, so ah...... The words you said to me shouldn't have been said to me again. ”

He looked up at the night sky, and the clouds were speeding past the moon.

"You see, the moon will have a time to rest."

He smiled, walked forward, and said nothing.

Lai Cheng stood there looking up at the moon, and then sighed: "Sir, it's really an old fox." ”

The old dean who was trembling in front of him raised his hand and raised a middle finger, which he learned from Shen Leng.

Half an hour later, the welcome building.

Lai Cheng got off the carriage, he didn't want to leave the palace, there were still many things in the cabinet waiting for him to deal with, he was the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, there were so many things every day that he didn't even have time to breathe, and he had to run to the toilet, if the people knew that a group of big people like them were actually so embarrassed, they didn't know how to feel.

There is already a carriage at the entrance of the Yingxin Building, it is the carriage of Ye Liuyun, the secretary of the Criminal Department, since Lord Ye left the Yingxin Building, he has rarely come back, he knows that his identity has changed, he can no longer contact Liuyunhui too much, after all, he will be used as a handle, even if he can't knock him down, he will be disgusted, the most important thing is that he doesn't want His Majesty to be disgusted.

Lai Cheng thought about blaming the old dean, he had nothing to look at the moon.

It's so obvious.