Chapter 042 The Ambitious Regent 4
Consultant Shan never thought that he would meet such a Jian Ziyan.
He knew that Jian Ziyan was missing. This incident alarmed the entire court, and everyone was in a panic, wondering whether Jian Ziyan had been rescued by his men and was gathering troops to make a comeback.
However, Pei Mingjue, who should have been the most worried, just sat on the dragon throne calmly, watching everyone make all kinds of guesses with cold eyes. He was calm and composed, not at all panicked.
The other ministers all thought that the emperor was well-informed and had a good grasp of the situation, which was why they were not panicking. Only Consultant Shan, upon seeing his condition, guessed that Jian Ziyan's disappearance must be related to him.
Pei Mingjue would never turn a blind eye to matters involving Jian Ziyan.
But he thought that Pei Mingjue finally couldn't bear it anymore and killed Jian Ziyan in secret. After all, Pei Mingjue had said more than once that Jian Ziyan could not be kept any longer.
After asking once tentatively and being answered by Pei Mingjue with great ease, Consultant Shan realized that this was not a matter he was qualified to ask about, so he kept his distance and did not bring it up again.
But what he didn't expect was that Pei Mingjue did not return to normal, but became more and more weird.
Even in the eyes of court officials, he was a young and promising emperor with unpredictable thoughts at a young age, but he could indeed see Pei Mingjue's increasingly gloomy expression and the madness that was accumulating in his eyes.
This made Consultant Shan very uneasy, so he began to investigate on his own. It had come to this point, and for the stability of the country, Pei Mingjue could not make any more mistakes.
Soon, he discovered that the crux of the problem seemed to lie in Yeonbok Palace.
Pei Mingjue issued an import order that all the palace maids and eunuchs serving in the emperor's bedroom, Yanfu Palace, had to keep their mouths shut as tight as clams and dare not leak any information inside.
But as time went by, and Consultant Shan was relatively close to Pei Mingjue, how could he not notice something fishy?
He went from suspicion to speculation and then to confirmation, and finally he couldn't help it. When Pei Mingjue was discussing things with other ministers, he sneaked in with his extraordinary skills.
Consultant Shan was indeed prepared to possibly meet Jian Ziyan, but definitely not... this kind of Jian Ziyan.
Because Pei Mingjue didn't let him wear normal clothes, he was only wearing an undergarment as thin as silk, which could barely cover anything. A large area of pale skin was exposed in the half-open collar, and the glaring marks on it showed what had happened.
Jian Ziyan was so shocked that he forgot to react, and Consultant Shan was no less shocked.
The two looked at each other quietly for a moment, and suddenly a strong fear appeared on Jian Ziyan's face. He ignored the gap in strength between him and Gu Shishan, and reached out to grab the quilt back.
Every time he moved, the things on his feet made a slight clanging sound.
Consultant Shan glanced quickly in that direction and took a step back. He turned his head away and covered Jian Ziyan's head with the quilt.
After he hurriedly wrapped it up, he turned back, his eyes full of disgust.
"Not only did you seduce the previous emperor, but now you are seducing the new emperor, Jian Ziyan, I really underestimated your ambition."
Jian Ziyan's hands, which were fastening his underwear under the quilt, suddenly froze.
He raised his head slowly: "What did you say?"
"Since you've done something like this, why do you have to pretend to be innocent?" Consultant Shan frowned deeply. Although there was no disdain in his tone, it was full of disapproval. "It's not shameful to have ambitions and want to survive. If you openly admit that you did whatever it took, I would look up to you."
Jian Ziyan wanted to laugh, but the corners of his lips felt heavy. Gu Shishan's words kept echoing in his mind, and it hurt so much that he wanted to curl up without caring about his face.
No, face?
He no longer has any face left.
His face, the only thing he thought he could preserve before his death, was ruthlessly torn off by Pei Mingjue, leaving it to everyone to comment on.
Even though he already knew that there would be a lot of discussion about him inside and outside the palace, hearing it with his own ears now was a completely different story.
The pain in his internal organs became more intense due to not being suppressed for a long time, but Jian Ziyan's mind gradually became clear.
He slowly straightened his body that had been curled up in the quilt, and the aura of the Regent seemed to return to him. Even though his face was pale, one could still vaguely see the charm that once captivated everyone.
"That's right." Jian Ziyan looked directly at Consultant Shan, "The emperor hasn't killed me yet. Doesn't that prove that my plan worked?"
"You!" Consultant Shan didn't expect Jian Ziyan to be so shameless, and was speechless.
But then he thought about it and realized that it was not the first time he had done such a thing. He was probably very familiar with it. After all, no matter what his character was like, his appearance was indeed hard to refuse.
Jian Ziyan continued calmly, "General Gu, if I'm not mistaken, you came here without telling the emperor. Do you want to continue standing here and humiliating me, or get out before the emperor blames you?"
When Consultant Shan saw that he was exposed for such a thing, instead of showing any humiliation or anger, he gave him orders in a domineering manner, with a complicated look in his eyes.
Although he looked down on Jian Ziyan's behavior, he had to admit that Jian Ziyan's methods were indeed amazing. No matter what methods he used, he was able to climb step by step from a commoner with nothing to this position above everyone else, and even survived the hands of the new emperor who hated him. This proved his ability.
He knew too well how much Pei Mingjue wanted Jian Ziyan's life.
Consultant Shan took another close look at Jian Ziyan. The corners of his eyes were red, but he didn't look coquettish at all. Although he was in such an awkward posture, he was intimidating without being angry, and his aura was even stronger than that of a young king.
He couldn't help but sigh inappropriately: What a pity, if Jian Ziyan wasn't that traitor...
After realizing what he was thinking, Consultant Shan was shocked. He suddenly realized that he had invested too much attention on Jian Ziyan that he shouldn't have.
He gradually returned to his expressionless state, and his thoughts shifted from Jian Ziyan to Pei Mingjue.
"Jian Ziyan, maybe you can be proud of this moment." He said, "But the current emperor is not the late emperor. The late emperor watched you grow up with his own eyes, so he inevitably has a deep affection for you. The current emperor is just confused by you for a moment."
If Jian Ziyan only felt ashamed and sad before, after hearing these words, he suddenly raised his head, with undisguised rage in his eyes!
Love for one's child?
who?
He opened his mouth and used all his strength to control himself from spilling the secret that he was planning to take to the grave.
He took a few quick breaths and said in a hoarse and sharp voice: "Get out!"
Consultant Shan was silent for a moment. He looked at Jian Ziyan deeply, then turned and left.
It's not that he was afraid of Jian Ziyan, he estimated that Pei Mingjue's situation should be over soon. If he was found to have trespassed into the emperor's bedroom, even if they had a good relationship in private, he would inevitably be charged with trespassing.
After Consultant Shan jumped out of the window and left, Jian Ziyan couldn't control himself and leaned over the bed and spit out a mouthful of blood.
The corners of his eyes became increasingly red, and his gaze was filled with strong hatred and fear. He couldn't help but raise his hand and swept the teapot and cups on the small table beside the bed to the ground!
Crashing.
Such a loud noise naturally attracted the palace servants outside.
Two young eunuchs came in quickly, and after seeing Jian Ziyan's condition and the broken cups on the ground, they all showed looks of contempt and impatience.
But they did not dare to say anything in front of Jian Ziyan. They cleaned quickly with their brows lowered, but kept glancing at Jian Ziyan from the corner of their eyes.
Jian Ziyan was a man of such high character that how could he not see the meaning in their eyes? However, he was no longer able to refute them. All he felt was sadness and self-mockery in his heart.
What is there to refute? Isn't what they believe the truth?
After the eunuch finished cleaning up, he walked towards the door. Probably thinking that Jian Ziyan couldn't hear him, he whispered to the other, "No wonder the emperor couldn't stand it anymore. If I had that thing, I would have been obsessed with the regent."
Another one chuckled, "I really didn't expect it. The Regent was so powerful before, how could he give us the opportunity to watch him like this? I didn't expect that once he got in bed, he would become so seductive."
"I heard that even the late emperor was bewitched by him, which led to his foolish behavior. It makes sense. Before he appeared, the late emperor had a gentle temperament and would never have the heart to harm loyal officials."
"That's right. This regent has obsessed both the old and the young. What evil did this royal father and son do to deserve to meet such a demon..."
Jian Ziyan really hoped that his hearing was not that good.
He kept his eyes closed as the young eunuch's discussion gradually faded away. After a long time, he let out a hoarse chuckle.
…
That night, Pei Mingjue suddenly stopped and looked at people with a smile.
"Why didn't the teacher make any sound today? I really like the teacher's voice."
Jian Ziyan usually didn't want to make any sound, but if he was really hard, he would still make a few sounds. He wasn't like now, where he refused to make any sound no matter how hard he was tortured.
Jian Ziyan acted as if he didn't hear anything and even closed his lifeless eyes.
Pei Mingjue didn't mind. He remembered that the servants had mentioned today that Jian Ziyan had a tantrum in the bedroom, and he thought that he was just venting out of boredom.
There's no point getting angry anyway. #
He pinched Jian Ziyan's chin and ordered in a suppressed tone.
"Look at me."
…
"...Wenshan, what do you think?"
After Pei Mingjue finished speaking, he didn't wait for a long time for Consultant Shan to respond, so he couldn't help but raise his head from the desk and look down.
Consultant Shan stood aside, but his attention was obviously not on Pei Mingjue's words. Instead, he was looking at the dark night sky outside the window, as if he was distracted.
Pei Mingjue narrowed his eyes and called out again.
"Ask the mountain, I'm asking you."
Although there was no displeasure in his tone, the suddenly heavier aura made Consultant Shan come back to his senses immediately. When he saw Pei Mingjue's gloomy face under the candlelight, he felt bad in his heart and quickly knelt down to apologize.
"I am not feeling well today and I am a little distracted. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
Pei Mingjue retracted his gaze and tapped the memorial with his slender jade-like fingertips: "This urgent report is urgent. Take a look. After reading it, go back and rest."
"Yes." Consultant Shan didn't dare to be careless anymore and reached out to take it respectfully.
As he was reading the memorial, his mind couldn't help but drift towards the person who was locked in the bedroom.
The pale and handsome face, the crimson eyes and lips, the angry and hoarse voice, it was like a net that enveloped him from the moment he saw it.
He was like being bewitched. No matter what he did, he could not get rid of Jian Ziyan's bewitching influence on him. Even when he saw the high-spirited Pei Mingjue at the morning court, he couldn't help but imagine whether he had just crawled out of Jian Ziyan's bed.
Thinking of this, he actually felt a subtle...jealousy towards Pei Mingjue.
After realizing what he was thinking, Consultant Shan was extremely frightened. He quickly calmed his mind and looked carefully at the memorial in his hand.
However, his distraction again was noticed by Pei Mingjue.
He is no longer the innocent boy who had good expectations for the world. Even if Consultant Shan had saved his life, he would not have complete and sincere trust in him.
But he did not say anything, and continued to communicate with him as if nothing had happened after Consultant Shan responded.
…
【Jian Ziyan: "Is General Brother not here yet~"
419: "…First of all, you're older than him. Secondly, put away your wavy hair!"
Jian Ziyan: "I'm just two years older, what's the use of calling me old? Tell me quickly if Consultant Shan has come. Whether we can accumulate this burst depends on him!"
419: "He didn't come. What do you want to do?"
Jian Ziyan: "Be good, continue reading your ridiculous articles. You are asking this question, which shows that your cultivation is not good enough."
Jian Ziyan: "Looks like I have to take some drastic measures again."]
Soon, Pei Mingjue suddenly found that Jian Ziyan had no reaction at all, but was just sleeping there soundly. No matter what he did, he would not wake up.
Thinking of his incredibly hot body just now, Pei Mingjue's heart was moved, and then he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
For a moment, he wished he could just die.
After this period of time, he has discovered the dangerous
There were signs that he didn't want Jian Ziyan to die.
If this time...
When Pei Mingjue thought of the situation after Jian Ziyan's death, his heart trembled and he subconsciously refused to think about it any further.
He looked at Jian Ziyan who was already completely unconscious and ordered the imperial physician to be summoned.
The fact that the emperor summoned the imperial physician to his bedroom in the middle of the night was a very serious matter. However, the imperial physician summoned was an old physician who had been treating the emperor since he was a child. The emperor protected him very much, and no one else could find out any information no matter what. They could only make guesses.
When Consultant Shan heard the news, he thought completely differently from everyone else.
He had discussed matters with Pei Mingjue the night before, so he naturally knew that Pei Mingjue was in good health and there was no need to summon the imperial physician.
So the doctor would be summoned in the middle of the night only for another person in Yeonbok Palace.
Realizing this, Consultant Shan's heart skipped a beat and he actually felt a little panicked.
He kept his composure and completed the morning court session safely. When he saw that the emperor summoned a few more ministers into the imperial study and that they would not come out for several hours, some secret thoughts began to jump wildly in his mind.
Go see Jian Ziyan and find out what happened to him.
Consultant Shan hesitated for a long time until a thunderous voice sounded in his heart.
"If you delay any longer, you won't have the chance to see him again!"
Consultant Shan was shocked and no longer cared about anything else. Relying on his superb skills, he quietly climbed into Yeonbok Palace again.
All the windows in the bedroom were closed as usual, and the dark wallpaper blocked the outsiders from looking in. Pei Mingjue also knew that he would be criticized by the court officials for secretly imprisoning Jian Ziyan, so he kept it a secret.
But he didn't expect that Consultant Shan would risk the crime of disrespect and break into his bedroom without permission.
Consultant Shan quietly walked towards the person lying on the bed.
After not seeing him for a few days, Jian Ziyan looked more and more haggard. His face was as pale as if he would disappear from this world in the next second. His slightly wrinkled brows and the color of the corners of his eyes made his usually strong and sinister face look somewhat pitiful.
Consultant Shan's throat moved. He wanted to think that Jian Ziyan had brought this upon himself, but he couldn't help but feel a little pity for him.
Seeing that Jian Ziyan was not awake, he bravely walked to the bedside and gently stroked Jian Ziyan's hot cheek with his rough fingertips.
"This is wrong." He murmured, "If you were not Jian Ziyan, it would be fine. Then I could use my military merits to get you out anyway."
At this moment, Jian Ziyan opened his eyes.
Consultant Shan was startled and quickly took a step back, watching the pair of thick eyelashes like butterfly wings slowly open, and it took a long time for them to focus.
After realizing that there was someone next to him, Jian Ziyan immediately wanted to pull up the quilt, but he didn't have the strength to do so and could only look to the side stiffly.
After seeing Consultant Shan's face clearly, his eyes widened in shock.
"How did you..."
Is this great general not afraid of death? Or does he think Pei Mingjue really doesn't dare to touch him?
The current Pei Mingjue is no longer the weak and kind prince of the past!
How can Dajing be without Consultant Shan?
The first thing that surged in Jian Ziyan's heart was a strong sense of anxiety, and then he remembered what this person said to him before he left last time. His eyes dimmed for a moment, and then he showed a look of disgust.
"The general has come secretly again? You must not leave. Let the emperor see that his great general enters and leaves his bedroom as if it were an empty place. If that happens, your fate will not be much better than mine."
Although those words were clearly sarcastic, for some reason, Consultant Shan actually heard warnings and concerns in them.
However, when he looked at Jian Ziyan again, he found that there was no worry on his face, but rather full of malice, as if he was eager to see him suffer the same fate as himself.
The heat that had just surged in Consultant Shan's heart quickly cooled down.
"I just came to see if the being that confused the emperor's mind is dead."
Jian Ziyan felt pain in his heart, but he still sneered: "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm still alive and well."
Advisor Shan looked at him and suddenly asked, "Do you use this tone when you talk to the emperor?"
Jian Ziyan was extremely puzzled: "What does this have to do with you?"
It really didn't matter. He just endured such harsh words and couldn't help but imagine whether Pei Mingjue had received any special treatment.
There should be, he remembered that when Jian Ziyan was in the hall, facing Pei Mingjue, he was clearly loyal to the emperor, even if it was not out of his heart.
Consultant Shan couldn't help but feel curious. He was a straightforward person, so he asked directly, "The late emperor showed you kindness, but you didn't know how to repay him. Later, the emperor showed you admiration, but you also ignored him. Jian Ziyan, is it possible that you have never had a conscience in your life? In other words, is there anything worth your concern?"
Jian Ziyan didn't expect him to ask such a question. His chest rose and fell a few times, and he said coldly: "This has nothing to do with you."
"It really has nothing to do with me." Consultant Shan took a step forward, getting closer to Jian Ziyan. He lowered his eyes and looked at him, "It's just that I might be the only one who can save you. Are you sure you don't want to answer me?"
Jian Ziyan's breath was choked, and his eyes were filled with astonishment: "You... want to save me?"
"Anyway, you're selling your body in exchange for a chance to live." Advisor Shan said, "Or do you think you have to sell it to the royal family to be worthy of your status?"
Jian Ziyan stared at him in disbelief, the pain that he had suppressed surging up: "You..."
At this moment, the tightly closed door was suddenly kicked open!
"I never knew that my great general would have such thoughts."
Pei Mingjue's cold voice rang out, and Jian Ziyan suddenly felt as if ice water was poured over his head, and his whole body was chilled to the bone.
Consultant Shan also looked horrified, but he quickly calmed down, turned around and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, I…"
He was speechless because he found that there was no way to refute this matter.
Pei Mingjue had the palace door closed and strode inside. He didn't even look at Consultant Shan, but walked straight towards Jian Ziyan who was lying on the bed.
He grabbed Jian Ziyan's neck and lifted his entire upper body up.
"I underestimated you. You look so sick. When did you hook up with the general?"
Pei Mingjue was really angry and used no mercy. Jian Ziyan reflexively scratched his arm a few times, but it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, and he could do nothing.
As the air from his abdominal cavity became less and less, the pain between Jian Ziyan's eyebrows gradually disappeared. Instead of begging for mercy, he showed a look of relief.
"Your Majesty!" Consultant Shan said subconsciously, "It is my disrespect to trespass into the inner court..."
Pei Mingjue glanced at him, then turned to Jian Ziyan, and suddenly revealed a cruel and playful smile.
"Don't you want to see it, General? Why not just watch it to your heart's content?"
Then he threw Jian Ziyan heavily back onto the bed and pulled down the curtain.
Jian Ziyan was choking and coughing violently. Seeing Pei Mingjue's actions, he vaguely guessed what he was going to do, and for the first time, a look of fear appeared in his eyes in front of him.
"don't want……"
However, Pei Mingjue couldn't hear anything at this time.
…
Consultant Shan knelt outside, forced to listen to all the noises inside, his nails almost digging into his palms.
He knew that this was the emperor's anger and also a declaration of sovereignty.
No matter whether the emperor wants it or not, there is absolutely no reason for anyone else to covet or touch something that the emperor likes.
The one being punished now is Jian Ziyan, and after a while, his advisor Shan will probably be punished.
Consultant Shan did not have much fear in his heart. After all, he dared to do what he did and took responsibility for it. However, when he heard Jian Ziyan's suppressed and painful voice, he could not help but frowned.
Things seemed to be a little different from what he thought. Shouldn't Jian Ziyan... be doing this happily, even flatteringly?
Just when he was in agony, an arm suddenly stretched out from behind the curtain.
The arm was thin and pale, and although it had the lines of a man, it was exceptionally graceful and charming.
It grabbed the tassels of the bed curtain with force, and thin blue veins appeared on them.
Consultant Shan took one look and wanted to lower his head quickly, but his gaze seemed to be nailed, fixed on that wrist.
A faint scarlet tattoo is slowly emerging.
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