Chapter 116: A Glance for a Thousand Years

After hesitating for only a moment, Wen Jin turned around and went back to change his clothes.

He felt that he had owed a lot of debts recently, and it would take His Highness some time to settle these debts. There was no need to continue to challenge His Highness's temper.

After returning to the room and changing into a white brocade robe with bamboo embroidery, Wen Jin adjusted the collar in front of the mirror, checked the cuffs and hem, and made sure that it was clean and tidy without any messy wrinkles before turning around and walking out.

No one stopped him this time.

Arriving at Qihuang Courtyard, Wen Jin hesitated a little, but the hesitation was only for a moment. He quickly stepped into the bluestone courtyard, walked up the stone steps, and stepped into the threshold.

Yan Qing sat on the brocade couch by the window, not reading a book, but just propped up his forehead to take a nap. His appearance was stunning, his eyebrows were cold and noble, and every part of him made people surrender.

It was as if he had seen her for a thousand years.

Wen Jin was so distracted by her that he couldn't bear to look away for a long time. He knew it was impolite, but he could no longer restrain the surging emotions in his heart. The emotions hidden in his eyes were vented when she couldn't see.

"Didn't I tell you to go and rest?" Yan Qing opened his eyes, "Why are you here again?"

Wen Jin closed his eyes, and all his emotions were hidden deep in his heart again: "Your Highness, why don't you go to bed?"

"Where I sleep seems to have nothing to do with you." Yan Qing said indifferently, "But you, have you become accustomed to disobeying orders recently?"

Wen Jin walked closer and said in a low voice: "I can't sleep."

"Why can't I sleep?"

Wen Jin shook his head: "Every time I fall asleep, I have nightmares, and I can't fall asleep again after waking up."

Eating and sleeping are both torture for him.

But people must eat and sleep to live, even if they don't know how to taste food, even if they suffer from insomnia every night, they must force themselves to eat a little and sleep for a while.

Yan Qing was silent for a moment, "I have been poisoned by Xiao Jinghan for seven years, and my body has already withered. It will only take three or two days for me to die sooner or later. Whether there is a conspiracy set up by Yan Chen or not, it can't change the result."

The reason why she blamed Wen Jin was that she was unwilling to accept it. She thought that what she heard before she died was true, and that she had raised an ungrateful person with seven years of hard work.

In fact, she always had some hope in her heart, subconsciously thinking that he should not betray her, otherwise he should have been beaten up as soon as he appeared in the princess's mansion, or directly fed a poison to him, so that he would suffer the same poisonous torture as Yan Chen.

Her reluctance came from the seven years of love, and also from the only remaining trust in her heart, as if she was sure that he betrayed her, which was to confirm that she was blind, and she always had a little unwillingness.

Now that the truth is revealed, it means a kind of relief for them.

Wen Jin's face was pale, and he lowered his eyes to look at his hands, with deep sorrow and regret in his eyes.

What he regretted was not that night, but the long seven years.

They lived in the same imperial city, and he lived in another mansion not far from her, but he was so stupid that he didn't find out that she was poisoned. He was too cowardly to go see her, and even asked about her for fear of causing misunderstanding.

He suppressed his emotions and missed the opportunity to know the truth again and again. If he had a little more courage, how could Xiao Jinghan succeed?

If he hadn't suffered from the poison in his previous life and suffered from the calculation of being deserted by his friends and relatives, why would His Highness have to test the poison himself and endure the pain that was comparable to lingchi?

What's the point of being a powerful official?

Wen Jin felt a dull pain in his heart. He seemed to be glorious on the surface, but he couldn't even protect the people he wanted to protect. How ironic those reputations and praises sounded.

Yan Qing saw that he was immersed in his own thoughts again, torturing himself, so he simply turned his eyes away and closed his eyes again to sleep, letting him think enough.

Wen Jin really hated himself, even though he knew it was useless, he couldn't help it. Every time he thought of those scenes, he was heartbroken.

When he came back to his senses from the past, he found that Yan Qing seemed to be asleep.

So he looked at her carefully, greedy for the scene where he could look at her openly at this time, instead of standing on the roof and looking at her from a distance like in the previous life, not even daring to get close.

"I will get married after all." Yan Qing closed his eyes and said coldly, "Although I don't know who it will be in the end, there will definitely be one or several people, either because they like it or because they are useful..."

At this point, she smiled playfully: "Three thousand beauties in the harem are not bad, what do you think?"

Wen Jin pursed his lips, stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said: "I will try my best to become that useful person."

No matter what, he will never leave her again in this life, even if he is of humble status and destined to be nameless and without status, he will not leave.

Yan Qing smiled faintly, got up and walked into the inner hall, lay down on the bed, and ignored him.

Wen Jin's eyes fell on her back, and when he saw her lying down, he reluctantly withdrew his eyes and turned to look at the long table where he copied the scriptures last night.

He walked over, brushed his clothes and sat down in front of the table.

He took the ink stick, added water to grind the ink, took a piece of rice paper and spread it on the table. Wen Jin calmed down, dipped the pen in ink, and wrote calmly on the rice paper.

Regent Yan Cang.

Four vassal kings Mu Han, Lu Ming, Chu Yanling, Ye Jinglan.

General Xiao Chongshan.

The chief minister of the cabinet Wen Jin, the assistant ministers Wang Wenyuan, Xu Songbai, and Zheng Qingchun.

Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Ji Lin'an.

Minister of the Ministry of Personnel Hou Baiqing.

Minister of the Ministry of War Qu Wenzhong.

Ministry of Rites...

Ministry of Works...

Ministry of Punishment.

Commander of the Imperial Guard Ji Lin.

There are many civil and military ministers in the court. There are as many as a hundred people who can be in the court every day. There are as many as five or six hundred people in the court meetings on the first and fifteenth day of each month. Each position is crucial, but apart from a few military generals, only the cabinet and the six ministers have the greatest power.

Wen Jin looked at the names listed on the paper and crossed out Xiao Chongshan first. In his heart, this person is already a dead man and insignificant.

A small circle was drawn after Ji Linan's name, indicating that this person is already within the controllable range.

Wen Jin's eyes fell on the name of Hou Baiqing, the Minister of Personnel, and his brows were slightly locked. He was thinking about whether to deal with Hou Baiqing or Cheng Guogong next.

Cheng Guogong was one of the veteran military generals during the time of the previous emperor. He had made great military achievements in the past, and he was seriously injured in his wrist while protecting the emperor, so he could no longer go to the battlefield, but his daughter married into Chen Guojiu's family, and was considered a member of the Queen Mother's lineage.

Although some people in the imperial city exaggerated, saying that there was Xiao Chongshan as a military general and Wen Jin as a powerful minister, in fact, there were many generals available in the court, most of whom were generals who held military power during the previous emperor's time.

The world was peaceful and there was no need to raise too many troops, so the previous emperor removed some of the military generals' power.

Duke Cheng was the one who made the most contributions during the previous emperor's time. Being honored as a duke was also the previous emperor's gratitude to him. His daughter married the legitimate son of Chen Guojiu's family, which was the previous emperor's intention for him to assist the emperor.

Yan Chen had just ascended the throne, and there was no reason to do so. It was impossible for him to immediately use those military generals who had been removed from power. At first, he relied on the Xiao family.

Wen Jin, a young powerful minister who had just entered the court three years ago and sat on the position of the prime minister, did not have such a deep foundation. Many things were not under his control. If it was just for himself, he would not care who these people listened to or who formed a party with whom.

But His Highness wanted that chair.

It's not just for revenge, nor is it just to overthrow Yan Chen's kingdom. It's easy to get that chair, but to sit firmly, you need the assistance of loyal and reliable ministers.

So Wen Jin needs to plan carefully, use all the people who can be used, get rid of all those who can't be used, and train a new group of people who are loyal to His Highness.

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