The Yanhe Hall in the palace was originally a place to rest before various royal ceremonies, but now during this period, it has become a place where the prince meets the court officials.

In just a few days, there were already people coming and going in front of Yanhe Palace, making a busy scene.

Ten lecturers were studying with the prince in the hall, while Ye Qing stood alone outside the hall waiting.

The sunshine after September is not very vicious, but long-term exposure to the sun makes people's spirits begin to become a little depressed.

A eunuch ran out of the hall quickly, followed by two eunuchs carrying tables and chairs, running towards Ye Qing.

Looking at the sun above his head, the eunuch Wei Jing, who was in charge, bowed to Ye Qing, who showed no impatient expression at all, and apologized: "The Jiedushi is afraid that he needs to wait a little longer. The prince is very hard today and is very interested in the books recommended by Mr. Zhu and others. He is still listening to ten gentlemen, afraid that the Jiedushi will be alone in front of the hall..."

"Thank you, the prince for his concern, but it's okay. Ye just stands here and waits." Ye Qing declined without waiting for Wei Jing to finish speaking.

"Mr. Ye... this is the command of the prince. I... I dare not disobey my order. Moreover, although the sun is not as vicious as before, you have been waiting here for nearly an hour. You might as well sit down under the shade of the tree for a while. After the prince finished reading the book, I will notify Lord Ye as soon as possible." Wei Jing felt a little nervous. Maybe he was still unfamiliar with the name Ye Qing in the past, but when the prince gradually entered the court, Ye Qing's name appeared eight times in the mouths of other ministers even if it didn't appear ten times.

So in just a short time, Ye Qing's name has been heard too many times for the confidant eunuch in front of the prince, and even some of the deeds about Ye Qing. Whether it is good or bad, you can always hear other ministers mentioning it in front of the prince.

Since he was able to control the other side and went through life and death from the bloody battlefield of killing and killing, Ye Qing had a vague majestic aura that was different from other court officials. Even if he was standing alone, even with an easy-going smile on his lips, Wei Jing still seemed extremely careful when facing Ye Qing, and even when he was talking, he did not dare to look at Ye Qing's deep eyes.

"It's better to obey your orders than respect. Thank Your Highness the Crown Prince for Ye." Ye Qing paused, then agreed to the tables and chairs that Wei Jing brought, and continued to wait alone under the shade of the tree.

There was tea on the table, and Ye Qing was no longer polite after sitting down. After Wei Jing left, the two eunuchs who had originally followed him stood silently on Ye Qing's side, in a posture of waiting for Ye Qing's instructions at any time.

It took another half an hour, and a cup of tea leaves was only half drunk. Then he saw Wei Jing running over again and told him that he could meet the prince.

Yan Keji, Zhu Xi and others came out one after another. Looking at Ye Qing who was walking slowly, it was just Zhu Xi among the people who nodded slightly to Ye Qing, and then left with everyone.

When I was studying with the prince in the hall, I knew that Ye Qing had been staying outside for more than an hour, so Zhu Xi and others were not surprised when they saw Ye Qing, and they were even a little proud.

With a powerful minister like Ye Qing, even the prince could not stop studying to meet him, which made Zhu Xi and others feel that Ye Qing was not as important as their position in the prince’s heart.

Once the emperor and the ministers are in a daze, as the prince’s succession is inevitable, it is inevitable that Zhu Xi and others will feel in their hearts that after the prince ascended the throne, court officials like Ye Qing will gradually fade out of the court and their power will gradually be weakened. Those who are called into the palace to study with the prince will become the prince’s confidant ministers and start to replace some of the courts.

Other officials began to belong to their court.

Ye Qing naturally would not know what these people were thinking. Even if he knew, he would not care. But he had to say that with the abdication of the throne and the crown prince ascended the throne, the Song Dynasty would enter a relatively stable period.

At least the throne of the emperor will not change in a short period of time. This is naturally much better for the court than the throne that is often changed.

"I have seen the prince." Ye Qing looked at the young man with a generous figure and saluted.

"Sir Ye, please don't give me a gift." Zhao Kuo kept watching after Ye Qing stepped into the hall, looking at the tall figure walking towards him. Looking at his gray hair, calm demeanor, and calmness that appeared on his body made Zhao Kuo feel a little disappointed.

At this time, Ye Qing and the prince Zhao Kuo who met by chance in Yujin Garden, although there was no change in the prince's memory, he could not regard Ye Qing in front of him as the same person as Ye Qing, who he saw in Yujin Garden when he was still ignorant.

I don’t know whether it is because of Ye Qing’s reputation as a hero in the north, or because the prince has grown up a little, or maybe because the prince is about to succeed the throne, when Zhao Kuo looked at Ye Qing, the scrutiny in his eyes was obviously more than other things, and he even had a kind of vigilance and hostility.

Obviously, as the prince now knew that he was about to inherit the throne, his way of looking at Ye Qing was changing unknowingly. He began to slowly weigh the pros and cons, and began to think about... how to make this powerful minister obedient.

I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but at this time, I could see the spreading memorials on Zhao Kuo’s desk, and the content of the memorials was almost related to persuading the priest to abdicate.

His eyes swept over the memorials, and after Prince Zhao Kuo sat down, Ye Qing then sat down aside.

"Listen to my father, my mother often mentions that Lord Ye, you are in the north, and you are in the Song Dynasty to recover lost territory and shock the Jin people. Gu has admired Lord Ye for a long time. Moreover, Gu still remembers when he met Lord Ye in Yujin Garden before, but now his memory is a little blurry. Even when he said something to Lord Ye at that time, Gu still doesn't remember it very much." Zhao Kuo's speech and behavior meant to be a young man. You can imagine that Li Fengniang obviously put a lot of effort into him.

"I just thanked the grace of the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Emperor to recover the northern land and shock the Jin people. I also dare not make any contribution. Now this situation in the northern land can protect the people of the Song Dynasty and the stability of the country is entirely because of the bravery of the Song Dynasty men. I just happened to be the right time." Ye Qing looked at Zhao Kuo with a smile and said.

"I wonder what Lord Ye is going to do next? Gu really wants to know what the situation in the north is now, and will it go further?" Seeing that Ye Qing finished speaking, the prince stopped talking and asked quickly.

Ye Qing also stared at Zhao Kuo at the young age, and his deep eyes seemed quite easy-going, but at this time Ye Qing's heart was still quite shocked by the prince's words.

In Ye Qing's opinion, Zhao Kuo's words did not seem to be the question that Zhao Kuo should ask at this age. Even though Zhao Kuo's every move has the intention of becoming a young man, he still seems quite unfamiliar everywhere.

As for the question asked by Zhao Kuo, looking at Ye Qing's cunning and deep gaze was not the problem that the prince himself thought, but more like the question that others had assigned him, and he would ask him.

Ye Qing's first reaction was Li Fengniang, but Li Fengniang obviously knew for a long time that her ambition was not in the court and had no intention of being in the intrigue and was playing party-to-party struggles with Shi Miyuan.

It is unlikely that Shi Miyuan. When he met the emperor that day, Shi Miyuan had completely judged his purpose, so he should not ask for someone to borrow the prince's mouth and ask himself again

This question is yours.

After all, in addition to being redundant, Shi Miyuan also seems stupid.

"It is not easy to go further. Although the Jin people are weak now, the so-called thin camel is bigger than a horse. Moreover, there are many elite soldiers and generals under the Jin people. If the prince wants to completely recover the lost territory, it will probably take time. Although the northern land is stable now, due to the famine in the past few years, it is a big problem for the people to eat a full meal every day. The three major protectors in the north are the position of the Grand Protectorate by the crown prince. I believe that they should know that the three major protectors, whether they are war horses or armor, even sharp weapons such as arrows are now quite scarce. After the war of destruction of Xia, the northern land now needs time to recuperate, and then have the opportunity to talk about continuing to recover the lost territory of our Song Dynasty and avenge the two saints back then." Ye Qing picked up the situation that the northern land could tell and introduced to Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo smiled and nodded repeatedly, but whether he really listened to it, perhaps...even Zhao Kuo himself didn't know.

Therefore, Ye Qing saw Zhao Kuo's reaction at this time and he became more convinced of his guess just now. The question just now was obviously someone else who was asking himself through the prince's mouth. It was not that the prince himself who wanted to ask this question, perhaps the prince had no intention of this question at all.

"The Queen Mother said that if Gu can inherit the throne at this time, he should thank Lord Ye for it. But..." Zhao Kuo looked at the memorial on the table and hesitated. Should he ask? After all, the Queen Mother reminded him yesterday that he should not make any decisions on this matter.

But Zhao Kuo was a young man after all, and it was not easy to hold this question in his stomach for a night. Now, in front of the parties, especially the parties, who were so easy-going on the surface, even with a hint of intimacy, made Zhao Kuo involuntarily want to ask Ye Qing what he wanted to do.

Ye Qing looked at Zhao Kuo, who looked hesitant and frowned slightly, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He was really confused. Over the years, Li Fengniang had taught Zhao Kuo in front of him what he had taught.

Even with a short contact, Ye Qing could feel that there were too many utilitarian shadows on Li Fengniang on Zhao Kuo in front of him, and even Li Fengniang's vengeful personality, which were more or less reflected in Zhao Kuo.

"Even if the prince doesn't ask, I know what the prince's doubts are." Ye Qing looked at Zhao Kuo who looked at him in surprise, and thought for a while and said, "I think... some things cannot be seen with my eyes, but should be felt with my heart, or judged something by my own thinking."

Ye Qing ignored Zhao Kuo's eyes and walked straight to the table, picked up the memorials that were obviously spread out when he came in, and then returned to Zhao Kuo.

Wei Jing and several eunuchs on the side, watching Ye Qing's actions, their faces became nervous and became frightened one after another.

There are many kinds of imperial edicts, and the ones in Ye Qing's hands can be said to be the kind that the ministers report directly, and there is no need to submit them through the left and right phases.

It is precisely because such memorials will not be peeped at by others that we can see some things that the ministers would not say in normal memorials. Ye Qing held them in his hand and read them casually, which naturally surpassed the duty of the minister and was provoking the prince in front of him.

Ye Qing glanced at the memorials casually, then gently closed them on the table, and his deep eyes became a little unpredictable. Looking at the prince's tender face, he said, "Your Highness the Prince has just been studying for more than an hour. Why not let me accompany the prince for a walk in Yujin Garden? How about breathing?"
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