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Chapter 49 The story within the story

Today, Yue Su is wearing a crane robe and a seven-beam crown. This is the attire that symbolizes a first-class official.

Zhang Yan looked at Yue Su, whom she had not seen for two years. She suddenly felt that Yue Su was much older than he had been two years ago. His temples had turned gray, and his face had wrinkles that should not have appeared at this age. Although Mr. Yue was still as upright as before.

But from that wind-cut face, it was not difficult for Zhang Yan to find that Yue Su was more desolate and resolute than before.

"I didn't expect that Yue Su would have aged so much in just two years..." Zhang Yan couldn't help but shed a tear from the corner of her eyes. She didn't know why she was crying. The words of encouragement and comfort that she had originally planned suddenly fell into place.

All forgotten.

In the imperial study room, there was a sound of crows at this moment. The little emperor didn't know what to say next. Zhang Yan only looked at Yue Su and forgot about her words. Master Yue was looking at the emperor above. He could vaguely see something on the little emperor's body.

The shadow of Zhu Carpenter. "Your Majesty, I am back. Please rest assured that I will never fail to live up to my trust, and I will definitely revive the Ming Dynasty!" Yue Su muttered silently in his heart.

After a long while, Zhang Yan realized that she had lost her composure, changed her face to a smile, and said: "Yue Qing's family, you are back."

"I'm back," Yue Su said.

"Just come back..." This was not what Zhang Yan had thought of before, but at this moment, she seemed to feel guilty towards Yue Su, and she didn't know how to talk to the person in front of her.

"Thank you very much for your concern, Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager. In the past two years, I have failed to live up to the great expectations of the late Emperor. I have caused bandits to wreak havoc, Tatars harassed the capital, and frightened the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. I really feel guilty!" After saying that, Yue Su knelt down again.

This kneeling is not about the emperor and the queen mother above, but about the deceased confidant.

"Yue Qing..." Seeing Yue Su kneeling down, Zhang Yan hurriedly stood up and took two steps to help her. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and only took two steps before stopping.

, followed, and stood still, not moving again. She understood that it was a bit inappropriate to move forward or backward now.

You know, it would be okay if the emperor helped him, but how could the Queen Mother help a minister? But she had already left her seat, and it would not look good if she wanted to go back. Zhang Yan rolled her eyes, and then shouted: "You guys

What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you help Master Yue up quickly?"

"Yes, yes..." The little eunuch on the side quickly stepped forward and helped Yue Su up. The chair had been brought over a long time ago, but Yue Su had no intention of sitting at all. At that time, the little eunuch helped Yue Su to sit in front of him.

Yue Su sat down, and Zhang Yan walked back to sit down with a casual attitude.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Queen Mother." Yue Su said as he sat on the chair.

"What Yue Qing said, it should be that my mother and son are very grateful to you. You have dedicated your whole life for the country, and your temples are all gray. First, you killed the rebels of the Dragon Gang, and then you killed the leader of the bandit. Such achievements, looking at the world, no one can match it."

"If you can control the Tatars in the capital, how can you dare to be so unbridled under the city walls of Beijing?" Zhang Yan said with emotion.

"These are what a minister should do. The Tartars have ravaged the capital, which has already put me to shame. How can I dare to take credit? Now that I have returned to the capital, I will certainly live up to the expectations of the late emperor and His Majesty, revive the Ming Dynasty, pacify Liaodong, and bring peace to the sea. Your Majesty

Rest easy." Yue Su said from the bottom of his heart.

"Both the late emperor and your majesty believe that Aiqing will be able to sit down. By the way, Aiqing, I haven't eaten yet since I came back. The Ai family still remembers the scene when the late emperor and the Qing family had dinner together. It's better to eat in the palace today.

"Zhang Yan said sincerely. Her words were not pretentious, because at this moment, she couldn't help but think of her husband.

As an emperor, Carpenter Zhu also had many beauties in his harem. At that time, he only doted on Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan knew this very well. Apart from her husband's hobby of doing carpentry, he spent most of his remaining time with himself.

"Chen..." Yue Su wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it. Now, he couldn't help but think of the scene when he and Zhu Youxiao had dinner together. The emperor and the minister, talking and laughing regardless of each other, looked down upon the minister.

If you are like brothers and feet, then your ministers will treat you as their own heart. After all, the person who can be left to eat by himself is not Zhu Carpenter. The Queen Mother is left to eat by herself. This kind of thing is easy to say and not easy to hear.

Just at this time, Zhu Cizhen from above also said: "Yes, Yue Taibao, you can stay and have dinner with us. I heard from my mother that Yue Taibao is very good at telling stories. He told his father many sensible stories back then.

And it’s very touching. I also want to hear Yue Taibao tell stories, preferably some stories about my father.”

His voice was very childish, but full of sincerity, which made Yue Sufa refuse. Yue Su quickly stood up, bowed and said: "I obey the order..."

"Yue Taibao, let's have dinner together now." Zhu Ciyan said, stood up, jumped up to Yue Su, took Yue Su's hand, and then turned back to Zhang Yan and said: "

Mother, where should we go to have dinner?"

After hearing this, Zhang Yan replied smoothly: "Yangxin Hall."

Yangxin Hall! That is the place where Yue Su and Zhu Youxiao always meet, and it is also the place where the two established their friendship. There they eat together, do carpentry, chat together, and study state affairs. It can be said that there is Yue Su and Zhu Youxiao.

The place that Su is most familiar with. I still remember that there, Zhu Youxiao took his hand, and also took the hand of the child in front of him, clasped their hands together, and entrusted the entire country to him.

Yue Su burst into tears. He looked at the child in front of him and remembered the scene when Zhu You was an orphan at school. Yue Su couldn't help it and tears burst into his eyes. Yue Su rarely sheds tears, but today he really couldn't restrain himself.

Everything seemed like a dream, Yue Su didn't know how he came to the Yangxin Hall. The Yangxin Hall in front of him was exactly the same as the Yangxin Hall back then. There were various models inside, which Zhu You had created back then.

It was made by the school's own hands, and there are various carpentry utensils in it. Is this a dream?

Suddenly, Yue Su seemed to hear a voice coming from the Yangxin Hall, "Yue Qing, you are here. I have been waiting for you for a long time. You finally came to see me today."

"Long live, long live..." Yue Su rushed into the Yangxin Palace in a few steps, lifted up his clothes and knelt on the ground, "I, Yue Su, bow to my emperor, long live, long live, long live..."

"Your Majesty, Yue Su, bows to my emperor, long live, long live, long live."...

Yue Su's voice echoed in the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart, but the person who would help him at the first moment did not appear. He did not even hear the words "Beloved, please heal yourself quickly".

The Yangxin Hall was still filled with carpentry models and household items, but that person was not there at that time.

"Master Yue, what are you..."

At this time, a gentle voice sounded from behind. Yue Su was startled, and then he realized what he was doing. He quickly stood up, turned around and bowed and said: "Replying to the Queen Mother, I seemed to have heard the late emperor's voice just now...

…”

"The loyalty of the Qing family to the emperor will shine through. But the late emperor..." Zhang Yan shook her head when she said this, and tears rolled out of her eyes.

Seeing the Empress Dowager crying, Yue Su naturally could not say anything more. He took a step back and stood with his head bowed. Zhu Ciyan also walked in jumping up and down at this moment. He pointed to the model inside and said: "Yue Taibao, listen to what the Empress Mother said, here

Many of my things were made by you and your father together. There is a moving puppet, which is really fun, but my mother always won’t let me play with it. Can you please help me and ask my mother to have a good time today?

.I will definitely make up for today’s homework tomorrow.”

"Your Majesty..." Zhang Yan heard Zhu Ciyan's words clearly. She didn't even wait for Yue Su to say anything, and said softly with tears in her eyes: "You can play with the puppet as you like today, and you will make up for your homework tomorrow."

"Thank you, Queen Mother." Upon hearing this, Zhu Ciyan was so happy that she almost jumped up.

Afterwards, Zhu Ciyan happily ran inside. He seemed to know exactly where the models were placed. After he left, Zhang Yan looked at Yue Su and said, "Yue Qing's family, you are

Aren’t you wondering why everything here hasn’t changed at all?”

"Yes..." Yue Su bowed and said.

"There is no need to give a salute without saying a word. It is what the late emperor was like when he was here. Moreover, you are the second minister of the dynasty and the minister Tuogu, so you don't have to do this." Zhang Yan said with emotion: "Since the late emperor left,

The Ai family often come here to remember the late emperor. The late emperor's favorite place was here. Everything here was left to the Ai family. Seeing this, the Ai family felt like they were seeing the late emperor. The emperor is still young now.

The Yangxin Hall is not in use yet, so everything inside remains as it was before. Your loyalty to the late emperor is known to the Ai family, and so is the late emperor. Otherwise, the Qing family would not have entrusted the country of the Ming Dynasty to the Qing family.

. Now that Your Majesty is young and the court is going through a troubled time, everything depends on the Qing family."

It can be said that Zhang Yan felt very regretful at this moment. She regretted letting Yue Su and Dingyou return home, regretted not agreeing when Yue Su asked Ying to exterminate the bandits, and regretted letting Han Xu be the chief assistant. However,

The decree has been made, and it is impossible to take it back. But no matter what, as long as Yue Su comes back, he will be able to shoulder all the burdens.

When Yue Su knelt down when he entered the Yangxin Hall, Zhang Yan was already moved, and she suddenly felt a sense of relief. What the late emperor did was not wrong, it was only herself who was wrong.

Not long after, Supervisor Shang Shan brought the prepared wine and food to Yangxin Hall. Zhu Ciyan, Zhang Yan, and Yue Su sat at the same table and started eating.

During the dinner, Zhu Ciyan always asked Yue Su to tell stories, and also asked him to tell stories about the time when his father and Emperor Yue were together. One was the emperor and the other was the minister. The emperor asked the minister to tell stories, how could the minister not tell them. So Yue Su

, I started from the time when I met Zhu Youxiao. First they were fighting for carvings in the market, and then Zhu Youxiao was willing to admit defeat in a bet and gave him a jade pendant. This is the first story, and then it is about Yue Su entering the capital to serve as Shuntian Prefecture, and he was angry when he went to court.

The story of beating up the Yellow Gate Supervisor, Zhu Youxiao ordered to summon him to stand up for himself.

Two stories were told in succession, and both Zhu Cizhen and Zhang Yan listened attentively. When Zhu Youxiao showed his power in the Golden Palace, Zhu Cizhen couldn't help but cheer and clapped his hands. Although Zhang Yan knew this, listening to Yue Su at this moment was like telling a story.

When I talk about it, I feel as if my husband’s heroic appearance is right in front of me.
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