Unlike the indecisive civil servants, Chen Yan was a man of action. Except on the battlefield, he didn't need to be overly cautious.
After Fang Shan made the decision, he entered the palace the next day.
Emperor Chengyuan has been in a very good mood recently, and the corners of his mouth curled up when he saw Chen Yan.
Chen Yan sneered inwardly, thinking that the time to cry might be coming soon.
"My dear minister, why do you look so serious?" Seeing his expression, Emperor Chengyuan subconsciously stopped smiling, thinking that something bad had happened.
Chen Yan naturally couldn't directly mention Fang Shan's entry into the palace. He began with the main point in a serious manner: "Yuexiu State is using the palace banquet as an excuse to hold a meaningless competition. I suspect they have other motives."
When Emperor Chengyuan heard the word Yuexiu, he felt uncomfortable, just like seeing a flea jumping around in front of him, which was annoying but he couldn't kill it.
"These people are quite calculating. They are simply showing off their strength to remind me not to act rashly against them."
Chen Yan: "But why use this method?"
Emperor Chengyuan's eyes darkened, as if sensing something was amiss. "It's indeed too blatant."
Chen Yan: "I believe there must be something wrong within Yuexiu, which is why they are acting so arrogantly at this critical moment."
Emperor Chengyuan listened to him speak while picking up the cup on the table. The tea leaves were clear and green, and looked very beautiful at first glance. But when he looked closely at the tea leaves inside, he found that they were twisted.
"If it is a civil strife, it will give us an opportunity to take advantage of." Emperor Chengyuan did not drink the tea. He shook the cup and saw the tea leaves scattering, feeling inexplicably comfortable.
After a moment's pause, he said, "I have already hinted to the Queen Mother to ask her to summon your sister to the palace more often."
After thinking about it, Chen Yan quickly understood what Emperor Chengyuan really wanted to express. Princess Yuexiu often accompanied the Queen Mother these days, so the two of them were bound to meet.
"Your Majesty wants to..."
"I think your sister is quite capable and capable. Ask her to pay more attention to the princess's actions."
Chen Yan knew the opportunity had come, and said, "When I came here, I saw people in the palace busy preparing for the selection."
Emperor Chengyuan didn't take it seriously. He had never taken the matter seriously. After hearing Chen Yan speak, he calculated the time and realized it was about this time. He couldn't help but jokingly said, "Are you thinking of getting married, my dear?"
It's no wonder he was so suspicious. Apart from marching and fighting, Chen Yan was interested in chatting about everything else, let alone the emperor's family affairs. When the other party brought it up this time, Emperor Chengyuan's first reaction was that this blockhead had finally come to his senses.
Chen Yan: "My sister wants to participate in the talent show."
Emperor Chengyuan's body suddenly became stiff, like a thousand-year-old tree struck by lightning. Chen Yan said a few more words, but he couldn't hear them at all. Four words kept echoing in his mind -
Participate in the draft.
It took me a long while to come back to my senses.
"What did you just say, my dear?"
Chen Yan: "I admire your majesty's demeanor."
Emperor Chengyuan's sturdy body was a little unsteady, and he held on to the chair with trembling hands, muttering softly: "What sin have I committed?"
Chen Yan also had the same question in his heart. Was it because he killed too many people on the battlefield that God punished him by placing this fake sister by his side?
Emperor Chengyuan rubbed his brows, realizing that he shouldn't have lost his composure in front of his ministers. "I suddenly remembered something about Yuexiu State, and it gave me a headache."
Chen Yan cooperated with him in telling lies with his eyes open, and he could fully understand Emperor Cheng Yuan's feelings.
The cup had already shattered on the ground without him noticing. Emperor Chengyuan sat on a chair, his expression uncertain: "Why do you suddenly want to enter the palace?"
Chen Yan lied calmly, "My sister has admired heroes since she was a child. She claims that the man she wants to marry must be more capable than me and have heroic spirit."
Emperor Chengyuan looked calm and serious on the surface, but he was shaking secretly. Wouldn't that mean only he and the crown prince would be left?
If it were someone else, it would be fine. However, Chen Yan had made great contributions to the court, so he naturally could not arrange a marriage for Chen Liuliu at will, as this would discourage the soldiers. But if he really arranged a particularly good marriage for her, the ministers who were arranged to marry her would probably hold a grudge against him.
This matter was too difficult, and Emperor Chengyuan could not think of a good solution for a while.
Chen Yan lowered his head and said casually, "The audition is about to begin. I want to stop it, but my sister has vowed to marry a hero who is more powerful than me, otherwise she will live in seclusion for the rest of her life."
The next sentence blocked what Emperor Chengyuan originally wanted to say.
Waving his hand, he let Chen Yan retreat. Emperor Chengyuan sat alone in the imperial study, deep in thought: "Go and call the crown prince."
The eunuch did not dare to delay any longer, so he bowed and retreated, trotting towards the East Palace.
Wei Sushen was staying in the East Palace just fine. Concubine Li had not done anything recently, and he just read books on weekdays. However, even so, disaster still came from the sky.
"What do you think of Chen Liuliu?" Emperor Chengyuan asked straight to the point as he came in.
Wei Sushen had long been accustomed to unexpected disasters, and said calmly: "She has a strong personality and is very beautiful."
Emperor Chengyuan: "Besides this?"
Wei Sushen turned the Buddhist beads habitually, closed his eyes and said, "666."
Emperor Chengyuan sighed, "Chen Yan just came into the palace and mentioned to me that Chen Liuliu wanted to participate in this year's selection."
Wei Sushen had been standing calmly before Emperor Chengyuan, but upon hearing these words, he suddenly felt...
Green.
The person who used to seduce him every day is now trying to become his stepmother in various ways.
"That girl is too young. If I really keep her by my side, I will be ashamed of the Chen family."
Wei Sushen sneered. Is this even human language? The youngest concubine in the palace is only sixteen years old. Why is Fang Shan an exception?
Due to their different status, Wei Sushen could only follow the other party's words and continue: "Then the emperor wants..."
Emperor Chengyuan: "Spend more time with Chen Liuliu. I..." He paused and changed his address: "Imperial Father has high hopes for you."
As Chen Yan retreated, he felt a huge weight lifted from his heart. After all, a sister who's married off is like spilled water, and he couldn't wait to get rid of Fang Shan. Wei Sushen, on the other hand, who had heard that Emperor Chengyuan was intending to grant him a marriage, felt the exact opposite. His feelings were indescribable.
The sky in the palace seemed to be one degree darker than outside. Seeing that Wei Sushen looked unhappy, the eunuch waiting outside followed him cautiously, not daring to speak.
Wei Sushen suddenly stopped and asked, "Is the Princess of Yuexiu still in the palace?"
The young eunuch quickly said, "I heard someone say it's with the Empress Dowager."
He was young and didn't understand the schemes of those in power. He just wondered why the Queen Mother was so polite to a princess from a small country.
Wei Sushen's eyes moved, and he dismissed the palace servants following him, took his badge and left the palace.
Chen Yan was not surprised to see him coming to his house, and just said lightly, "He's in the brothel."
Wei Sushen then remembered Fang Shan's unfinished business. Not to mention Fang Shan, the storytellers he recruited were also secretly collecting information.
As the crown prince, it was naturally impossible for him to stay in a place of brothels in person, so he waited in the general's mansion.
Chen Yan was very tactful. Since the prince was on a secret visit, he did not follow the palace rules in everything.
The young general had once thought Wei Sushen annoying and talkative. It was not until the Crown Prince practiced the art of silence after the drowning that he began to feel that he had become more sophisticated and his behavior was becoming more like that of Emperor Chengyuan. But now—
Mostly sympathy.
Wei Sushen himself wasn't a good person either. The fact that he and Fang Shan could get along so harmoniously proved that they were both evil at heart. Sensing the latter's thoughts, his eyes turned cold, "On the day of the wedding, your sister will be the legitimate Crown Princess."
Chen Yan's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly remembered that Doctor Zhang was a man.
A lie that was neither big nor small now seemed to have the potential to become a scandal for the royal family.
As if he could read his mind, Wei Sushen added, neither lightly nor heavily, "Whether it's a scandal or a secret, it all depends on the general."
After the initial sense of crisis passed, Chen Yan calmed down. If the prince was not worried, why should he care too much?
In the final analysis, we are all on the same boat.
Fang Shan's becoming the Crown Princess was almost certain. Chen Yan looked at Wei Sushen, who seemed to be waiting for someone, and lowered his eyes: "Your Highness, you came here today not just to reminisce with my sister."
"General, do you plan to marry the Princess of Yuexiu?"
Wei Sushen and Emperor Chengyuan are exactly the same in one respect: when they use roundabout methods, they can lead people into the gutter, but sometimes they are so straightforward that it is scary.
After hearing his question, Chen Yan looked disgusted: "Your Highness, please don't make such jokes."
Wei Sushen's expression didn't show any trace of nonsense: "It's a pity that the princess might have such intentions."
Chen Yan's tone turned serious: "Why do you say that, Your Highness?"
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Princess of Yuexiu was interested in the Crown Prince, so why would she bring herself into this?
In the whole world, the person who hates Yuexiu State the most is probably this general.
Wei Sushen: "The Princess of Yuexiu has always been with the Queen Mother."
He didn't finish his words, leaving the rest to Chen Yan to figure out on his own. Fang Shan happened to push the door open at this moment. Wei Sushen glanced at Chen Yan, who was lost in thought, and said, "This is a favor I'm doing you."
Fang Shan hadn't expected the host to come to him on his own initiative. He smiled arrogantly, "Missing someone is a disease. Your Highness, are you suffering from lovesickness?"
As soon as Fang Shan opened his mouth, Chen Yan quietly got up and went to the other courtyard, not wanting to get involved in the dispute between the two.
There was also a smile on Wei Sushen's face, but it was cold.
He didn't know if missing someone was a disease, but the system's love was definitely a green light.
"I heard you were going to participate in the draft."
Fang Shan admitted it frankly.
Wei Sushen's eyelids twitched, but she didn't look up at him: "Can't wait to become the mother of the country?"
Fang Shan shook his head: "I just want to be a talented person."
Talented person?
The answer that sounded without any ambition made Wei Sushen alert.
Fang Shan smiled and said, "Even if I enter the palace, we can still have a secret affair. When His Majesty passes away, I will be sent to the temple, and you can bring me back..."
Wei Sushen felt that this plot was somewhat familiar. When he heard the following sentence, his smile froze: "Before you leave, are you going to erect a tombstone without words for yourself?"
Fang Shan pursed his lips. He had always wanted to own the script of the empress.
The author has something to say: Fang Shan: Please help me.
Wei Sushen: ...Dream on.
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