Empress: The Old Emperor's Way to Pursue His Wife

Chapter 36 Temptation (2)

Xiao Yi didn't continue this topic anymore, and said instead: "By the way, I'm here on business today." She raised her hand and took off the dark red hair ornament on her temples: "This is 'Blood Jade Hairpin', and you Take it, in the future, you will be protected by the 'Blood Jade Alliance'."

Putting down the teapot, Mo Yanxiao took a closer look at the hairpin, but did not take it: "What do I want this for?"

As if she didn't expect him to ask this question at all, Xiao Yi was stunned for a moment before explaining seriously: "I said that there have been many assassinations against you recently. You must know that the Blood Jade Alliance has a great reputation, black and white. Dao Jie is quite jealous, and would never dare to provoke it unless it is absolutely necessary. This hairpin is the only one in the world, and it is the most important token in the alliance. Having this thing is no less than obtaining an amulet that is more useful than thousands of troops."

"Oh..." Mo Yanxiao nodded clearly, and asked casually as if he had nothing to do with him: "It's still the same sentence, what do I want this for?"

"... Save your life!"

Sitting with his shirt up, Mo Yanxiao picked up the teacup and took a few sips, then remained silent for a while, and said slowly, "Master and apprentice, if you have something to say, you might as well say it clearly. Are you here to test me on behalf of the emperor?"

"……what?"

"Those who hate me and those who hate me must want to get rid of me quickly. If you find it difficult or impossible to get rid of, what should you do?"

The corners of Xiao Yi's eyes slowly turned up, she suppressed the bewilderment in her expression, and clenched the hairpin tightly in her palm.

"If you can't kill it, you can only use it in your own way." Mo Yanxiao spoke at a leisurely pace, with a gentle smile on his face, as if he was carefully teaching his disciples: "Recently, the situation in Beijing has been turbulent. There is a large part of the reason, so I don’t need to say too much. Now that I am the prime minister, one person is under one person and above ten thousand people, and I have a high position and authority. It is not too exaggerated to say that I have the ability to influence the court situation. If I once There is no need to elaborate on the consequences of becoming disobedient and conspiring against the emperor, or even accidentally revealing one or two little habits that the emperor does not know to outsiders, right?"

"I'm just..." Xiao Yi took a deep breath, stared at him calmly, and paused every word: "I don't want you to die."

"Frankly speaking..." Mo Yanxiao met her gaze without avoiding it: "I'm very happy that you can do this. Because it shows that you are no longer the one who has no chest and will only hide under the protection of your family." A willful young lady."

Xiao Yi closed her eyes, opened them again, and smiled coldly and sharply: "It is also thanks to the master who taught me well, but no matter how the disciple tries to trick me, in the end, the master will see through it at a glance. I really don't know when it will be." , Only then can I emerge from the blue, and I can make the master no longer be disappointed."

Mo Yanxiao lowered his eyes and blew on the curling white mist on the surface of the tea: "Please tell the emperor, I still understand the simple truth that one minister is not two masters. Since I chose to serve as a minister at the beginning, I will never betray you now." For him. Now that he has taken this position and gained this trust, he will not leave any retreat for himself."

Xiao Yi looked at him calmly and calmly as if nothing to do with her, she bit her lips, not knowing whether it was in anxiety or anger, as if she wanted to explain something, but in the end she couldn't say a word, she just nodded, and then Resolutely turned around and left.

The door opened and closed again, bringing a gust of cold wind. Mo Yanxiao coughed for a while, got up and slowly rolled up the painting on the table, and put it away in the most secret corner of the study.

Presumably no one will see it again. In that painting, there is a full moon and a tree with cold plums.

It seems that the two are looking at each other, showing affection.

In fact, eternal life is beyond reach.

(End of this chapter)