The Empress Dowager and the Emperor's uncle were in power and were reluctant to give up their power. The young emperor did not have the power to make his own decisions. The ministers all knew this. It was not surprising that the young emperor would say such things. Even they, although they reported it to the young emperor, were more likely to say that they were speaking to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's uncle behind the young emperor.
Some people looked unhappy. Most of them had women of marriageable age. They didn't want to be the target of the young emperor's wooing. They thought about it and set their eyes on Yan Bei.
As far as they knew, General Yan, who had made many military achievements, seemed to have not yet married.
Yan Bei stood aside, saying nothing, and the hall was filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere.
As soon as the court was over, all the court officials who had other plans in mind rushed towards Yan Bei. They used to think that General Yan did not know how to get along with others as officials, but now it seems that they had all misjudged General Yan.
General Yan had a pleasant conversation with everyone earlier, so he must be someone who is easy to get along with.
Watching the bright yellow figure disappear in the hall, Yan Bei felt extremely bad. He no longer had the thought of forming cliques. He worked hard for his country here, and he was repaying him with the election?
Yan Bei knew that this was not the little emperor's fault. It was the first time that this tough guy, who had been through many battles, felt a little aggrieved.
Looking at the court officials surrounding him, he still greeted them stiffly.
Wei Xicheng didn't know about Yan Bei's situation. He had very little contact with Yan Bei in the past few days. He was afraid that their contact had attracted the attention of the Queen Mother.
He stood in front of the Queen Mother, looking through a pile of paintings of ladies on the table.
The Queen Mother was supported by her maids, and she came slowly and gracefully.
"Does the Emperor like anything?" The Queen Mother stretched out her hand, and her exquisite and expensive armor swept across the table, and several pictures of ladies were slowly unfolded.
Wei Xicheng lowered his head and suppressed the smile on his lips. He didn't know what the old jealous man was thinking now, "Thank you, mother, for your concern."
"In my opinion, there is no need to choose." The Queen Mother's smile froze, "Emperor, I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you forever. I'm sure you know that you are not sitting steadily on this throne."
"Mother!"
"It's no use calling me. If the emperor is unsure about who to choose, I have already asked someone to choose one." The queen mother closed the scroll in her hand forcefully, "Cuizhu."
“Yes.” Cuizhu took two steps forward, closed most of the scroll and took it away, leaving only a few on the table.
"Your Majesty, please don't let me down for my hard work." The Queen Mother looked at the Emperor standing there without saying a word, and her heart was filled with mixed feelings. If she hadn't had a child, and if the Emperor's status hadn't been too humble, why would she have bothered so much.
It was a pity that she hadn't known everything in advance. At this point, they were all in the same boat, and even if the person sitting on the dragon throne was a stone, she would have to support him.
"Mother."
The Queen Mother looked towards the Emperor, her low tone carrying a hint of uncertainty and revealing a bit of pity.
"In my mother's mind, my use is only to imprison the emperor, is that right or not?"
Hearing this, the Queen Mother raised her eyebrows, waved her hand, and signaled the servants in the room to go out.
"Who taught your Majesty this?"
"I thought of it myself." Wei Xicheng raised his eyes to look at the empress dowager. There were a few sparkles in his misty eyes. In addition, he had always been naughty and mischievous, and the sudden reveal of his fragile expression at this moment aroused the concern of the empress dowager.
"The emperor's behavior really makes me feel sad." The queen mother walked to the chair and sat down, a look of nostalgia on her face, "I entered the palace late, and I know whether the late emperor had any affection for me or not."
"It was at this moment that the late emperor sent you to me. I have watched you grow up since you were a child. Your mother passed away early, and I have no children of my own." When she said this, a cold light flashed in the empress dowager's eyes. If not for this, why would she work so hard today? Her child must be the most outstanding and wise ruler in the world.
"I have long regarded you as my own child. Why does the emperor have to say such things now to make me sad?" The Queen Mother knocked on the table, and the sharp armor made a crisp sound on the table. "If you are not satisfied with the person I chose for you, just choose the one you like into the palace, and I will protect him or her for you."
Wei Xicheng lowered his head and spoke after a long while, "I will obey my mother in everything."
The empress dowager nodded with satisfaction. Although the emperor was a little stupid, he was still obedient.
"Okay, you go first, I'm tired."
"Yes, I will take my leave."
Since coming to this world, Wei Xicheng has been faced with playing a game of charades with the Empress Dowager every day. Maybe he pretended to be a good boy today, so the Empress Dowager let him go so quickly.
As soon as Wei Xicheng left the Queen Mother's bedroom, he was covered with his mouth and dragged behind the rockery nearby. He didn't even have time to call for help, and saw his personal eunuch Xiao Taozi staring at him, not knowing whether he should shout or not.
Finally, Xiao Taozi stamped his feet, followed him, and hid his cat body in the bushes far away.
Wei Xicheng knew who the person behind him was.
Wei Xicheng let go of the hands that were holding him, turned around and punched him, thinking that the man would dodge, but unexpectedly, Yan Bei took the punch.
"You, why don't you hide?" Wei Xicheng looked at him, feeling inexplicably guilty.
"If the emperor wants me to die, I—" Yan Bei stretched out his words, only to see the little emperor lower his head in front of him, "I have to die."
"I didn't know Yan Qing was so loyal." He had just talked with the Queen Mother about the election. Although it was something that had no real chance of happening, when he looked at Yan Bei again, Wei Xicheng felt as if he had done something wrong.
Facing Yan Bei's all-knowing eyes and being punched by him for no reason, Wei Xicheng couldn't stand up straight.
"Don't love me anymore?" Yan Bei laughed at himself.
Wei Xicheng was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was talking about, "Yan - my dear, you are really good at joking."
He had never intended to be intimate with Yan Bei in this palace. Although this dynasty was just a parallel world, the acceptance of male homosexuality was not high. If he were the emperor, he would inevitably be hindered by the secular world.
Wei Xicheng himself didn't care about these things, but he didn't want Yan Bei to bear these things with him. If he were the emperor, he would have to choose concubines to enter the palace to continue the royal family. If not, his throne would be fundamentally shaken. The ministers below would also be dissatisfied. It would be better to abandon him from the beginning. He had already decided that he would rather not be the emperor.
But he didn't have the time to tell Yan Bei all this.
Moreover, Yan Bei in this world has lost all his memories of him. In other words, in this world, although everything is going according to Wei Xicheng's ideas, he still has some insecurity in his heart.
Will Yan Bei give up his military power and run away with him for him?
Wei Xicheng had never thought about this problem in the past, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he realized that he was a little selfish before.
No matter what he wants to do, his lover always supports him, but he seems to always focus on his own feelings and has never asked for his lover's opinion.
When he was distracted like this, he forgot about the person in front of him and swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
Yes, how could he be sure that Yan Bei was willing to go with him? Even if he was willing, how could he ask Yan Bei to give up everything he had now?
Wei Xicheng had always thought things were too simple, but now it seemed that he had only been caring about himself. He glanced at Yan Bei in front of him, and perhaps he had to think of other ways to have the best of both worlds.
"What are you thinking about?" Yan Bei imprisoned the person between himself and the rockery. Only in this way did he feel that this person could belong to him.
"Election." Wei Xicheng said honestly, "I don't like those people. Letting them into the palace will only delay them."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wei Xicheng saw that Yan Bei's expression was not as ugly as at the beginning, and it had eased a lot.
"Who does the emperor like then?" Yan Bei didn't need to worry so much. The power in his hands was enough for him to put the little emperor under house arrest, or perhaps turn him into a puppet emperor.
But he was unwilling to do so. He could see that the little emperor would show a sad expression when he heard people talking about him, and when no one was around, he would still think about how to become a wise ruler, even though that word was very far away from him.
Yan Bei hopes that he can help the little emperor and let him truly achieve what he wants, rather than letting him be a canary in this cage of wealth.
"Yan Bei, I said if, just if. I don't want to be the emperor anymore. Are you willing to take me with you to travel around the world and become a knight?"
Wei Xicheng said this in a roundabout way just to test Yan Bei's reaction.
This was the best solution he could think of at the moment. The two of them were not bound by their status and were free and unrestrained. But as long as Yan Bei didn't want to, he would have his own ideas. No matter how unconfident he was, he knew that Yan Bei still liked him.
"Why do you suddenly think so?" Yan Bei leaned over and looked into Wei Xicheng's eyes. There was clarity there, no reluctance or pain, only a clear and bright gaze with a little expectation.
"I suddenly feel that the world outside is quite exciting."
"I'm asking, why do you want to take me with you?"
Wei Xicheng lowered his eyelids, pursed his lips, and said something he meant, "You are good at martial arts, you can protect me."
"Oh." Yan Bei smiled where Wei Xicheng couldn't see, "I don't want to."
"Didn't you just say that the king wants his subjects to die?" Wei Xicheng felt that his IQ had been lowered since he met this person.
"If you go to the martial arts world, you will no longer be a monarch."
Wei Xicheng almost vomited to death.
Haha, man, you are only interested in my money and status.
Yan Bei reached out and rubbed the boy's head. "How can you think of running away before you've done your job?"
"I don't want to do it anymore. There are many people who are more suitable than me."
What a childish mentality! Yan Bei smiled and said, "You don't want to do it? Why do you get up in the middle of the night to peek at the memorials?"
Although those memorials were placed in the imperial study, everyone knew that the people who made the final comments were all the old men from the empress dowager's uncle's faction. The entire court was firmly controlled by the two, and even the princes had no position.
Wei Xicheng was embarrassed. He got up in the middle of the night to check. It turned out that it was just because he slept too much during the day and couldn't fall asleep at night so he had nothing to do.
If I put it this way, will this man believe it?
He scratched his head. In the eyes of men, this look was cute, as if he was embarrassed because his secrets were exposed.
"Are you leaving the palace tonight?" Wei Xicheng asked, without any awareness of an emperor. As a minister with a large number of troops under his command, entering and leaving the palace as if it were no one's home was a huge taboo.
But at this time, one person was really relieved and didn't think about this, while the other person pretended to be confused even though he knew the truth.
"What does the Emperor think?"
"Then, stay? Sleep with me?" Wei Xicheng felt that he was finished. Even though the little emperor had such a personality, he still felt embarrassed to say such words bluntly.
But when he thought that even if they slept together they would just be chatting under the quilt, Wei Xicheng calmed down again.
It doesn't matter. My old top is frigid.
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