Chapter 1(1)

Jingguo, Jinling.

The sun was rising, and the warm sunshine was shining on the newly awakened capital city. On the wide street paved with bluestones, a brocade luxury carriage was driving rapidly.

The carriage was burning with the incense of jade flowers, and was covered with a tiger skin blanket. A handsome young man, half asleep and half awake, was sitting on the bird-facing phoenix brocade. He was wearing a long purple brocade coat, and a hooded cloak made of silver satin and snow-white mink fur. The buckle of the cloak was a purple gem the size of a pigeon egg, which was full of brilliance and luxury.

But all of this is incomparable to the young man's own face, which is as handsome as jade.His skin is smooth and white, like the finest mutton-fat white jade, his eyebrows are clear and straight, his eyes are clear and deep, his nose is high and his lips are delicate. Even his slightly raised chin seems more charming than others.

At this time, this handsome and noble young man was half-opening and half-closing his eyes in a daze, tapping his long white fingers absentmindedly.

The bookboy Yinzi looked at his young master Yuan Pingzhi anxiously and worriedly. From time to time he turned to look at the guard Shao Wu and his attendant Jinzi outside the carriage. The imperial guards surrounding the carriage were the biggest cause of Yinzi's anxiety.

Early this morning, the Young Master was carried out by the Royal Guards from the Mysterious Tower, the largest fireworks place in Jinling. He was carried on the carriage and drove all the way. The direction he was traveling in was obviously not the original palace, which was also the palace he was not visiting, so where were he going?Is the future dangerous?

Seeing that the young master seems to have not yet woken up from last night's hangover and dream, and looks like it doesn't matter if the sky falls, Yinzi can't help but feel anxious, and sighs: His young master is known as the "No. 1 dandy in Jinling", and he really lives up to his reputation.

"Master, wake up, aren't you worried?" Yinzi shook his master's arm and said, "You have been kidnapped!"

Jin Zi, the attendant who had been accompanying the carriage, laughed out loud and said, "Yin Zi, you are so funny. Looking at Jinling City, no, looking at the whole country, who dares to kidnap our young master?"

Guard Shao Wu interrupted: "Someone dares."

Jin Zi rode on the horse, touched his hard beard with his hand, and said, "Of course, the emperor is the greatest in the world. But besides the emperor, does anyone else dare?"

Shao Wu remained silent.

For the Fourth Young Master Yuan Pingzhiyuan, the No. 1 dandy in Jinling, the emperor is first and he is second. No one in the world dares to mess with him. Just because the emperor is behind him, not even his father and eldest brother can care about him.

Yinzi, who had just turned fifteen years old, frowned. He had only been with the young master for a year. He was very grateful to the former fourth young master who promoted him, so naturally he served him carefully, fearing that he was not considerate, but he had not yet realized what kind of noble master his young master was.

Apart from anything else, Shao Wu, the guard beside Yuan Pingzhi, was not an ordinary guard of the Yuan family, but a secret guard specially given to Yuan Pingzhi by the emperor.

However, when Shao Wu arrived at Yuan Pingzhi's side, he changed from a secret guard to an open guard. Yuan Pingzhi didn't like the idea of ​​protecting him secretly.

It is unclear how many secret guards there are under Emperor Xuan Yu, but the top ten secret guards are the most famous. The skills of these top ten secret guards are unimaginable to outsiders. Arranged by surname and number, Shao Wu ranks fifth, and his ability is self-evident.

You know, some unfavored princes and princesses are not protected by secret guards.As the son of a foreign minister, Yuan Pingzhi has always been protected by Shao Wu. No wonder the outside world has spread rumors that there is some unspeakable ambiguous relationship between Emperor Xuan Yu and Yuan Pingzhi.

Yuan Pingzhi is the emperor's direct aunt and cousin, and they have been close since childhood. Among the four aunts and cousins ​​in the Yuan family, the fourth son of Yuan is the one that Xuan Yu loves and favors the most, not only because Yuan Si is younger than him, but also because Yuan Si is the most handsome.

There is no way, the emperor of Jingguo is an incorrigible lecher.

The emperor has infinite patience and tolerance for beautiful, lovely and pleasing people, regardless of gender. This inherent shortcoming of human nature makes the talented and handsome bosses in the court do nothing even if they are unwilling to give up.

Amidst Yuan Ping's lazy indifference and Yin Zi's worries, the carriage finally drove into a gorgeous and quiet mansion.

The carriage stopped outside the second door. Yuan Pingzhi stretched and drank a cup of tea leisurely before slowly getting out of the carriage. He was greeted by two elderly nuns.

According to the rules of the mansion gate, outside men are not allowed to enter the second gate, and male servants are absolutely not allowed to enter. Even the guard Shao Wu is isolated from the second gate.

Yinzi watched the young master's figure go away worriedly, wrinkled his delicate face and said, "Where are you? Will the young master be okay?"

The follower Jin Zi has been with Yuan Ping for six years. He mostly runs errands for social events and is already familiar with the dignitaries in Jinling City, so he said: "Don't worry, this is the mansion of Princess Shengping and the emperor's aunt's house. Who dares to be disrespectful to the young master?"

Shao Wu said with his usual serious expression: "It's hard to say, maybe the eldest princess will embarrass the young master."

Jin Zi rolled his eyes at him and said, "It depends on whether the emperor is happy or not."

In Jin Zi's heart, even if his young master wants a star, the emperor will work hard to pick it up, so he will definitely not embarrass his young master.

However, this time the gold seemed to be wrong.

Yuan Pingzhi followed the two nuns through the corridor, walked all the way to the inner house, and entered the courtyard where the eldest princess lived.

Outside the main hall door, a nun said to Yuan Ping respectfully: "I take the liberty to invite Mr. Yuan to come. I will apologize to you on behalf of the princess. The princess will not take this step unless it is absolutely necessary. I hope that the master can bear with her when she sees her soon."

Another nun said: "The princess has been seriously ill for a long time. Now she knows that her end is approaching and she can no longer survive, so she asked for a decree from His Majesty the Emperor. With His Majesty's permission, she specially invited the young master to come here."

Yuan Pingzhi raised his eyebrows. Although he was used to doing whatever he wanted and adapting to the situation, he didn't care much about the eldest princess forcing him to come, but Xuan Yu actually had a hand in it?

This is a bit strange.

Yuan Pingzhi doesn't think he has anything worthy of being fawned over by others, especially for a princess of a country.

Although he considers himself to be involved in both literature, Taoism and military strategy, he is not keen on being an official, so he is still an idler. At best, he is an idle cloud and a crane, and at worst, he is a rice insect.

However, the emperor was indeed very partial. Yuan Pingzhi did not like to be an official, so the emperor specially gave him a title that could only be enjoyed by a descendant of the clan - general of the state. This title was second only to the prince and the county prince. It was self-evident that he was noble.

Because of this title, there was a quarrel in the court for a while, all because the title system of Jingguo was divided into clan titles and different surnames. The clan titles naturally belonged to the emperor's family, while the different surnames were awarded to those heroes with different surnames.

If Yuan Pingzhi does not serve as an official, he has no merit in the country and cannot be granted a title of a different surname. However, since he does not have the surname Xuan, he is not a relative of the emperor, so naturally he cannot be granted a title of a clan title.However, the emperor insisted on going his own way and gave Yuan Ping the title of general of the country. In the eyes of the court ministers, this was not only a corruption of the court law, but also a corruption of the ancestral family law. It was simply a matter of lust. You must know that lucky ministers and sycophants are the root of the ruin of the country!

The ministers quarreled in the court for a long time, and various impeachment accusations were made on the imperial censor's platform. However, Yuan Pingzhi pretended not to know because he was not an official;

After months of quarreling like this, the ministers were helpless. On the other hand, thinking about it, although the emperor was occasionally lecherous, he was still diligent and wise in matters of state affairs. Although Yuan Pingzhi was granted no title for no merit, he was still considered a relative of the emperor and a blood-related cousin of the emperor. Moreover, he did not interfere in state affairs, but was just idle and harmless to the country and the people. In this way, let it be forgotten.One of the responsibilities of ministers is to tolerate the emperor's occasional willfulness, but this is really because they have no choice.

After the impeachment of the title of General Zhenguo, Yuan Pingzhi's reputation became more and more prominent, and he became more and more solid as the "No. 1 dandy in Jinling". However, most of the people around him were officials and wealthy children. They all went to look for friends, drink and have fun, and few serious people came to Yuan Pingzhi. For the real court elites, they simply did not take this dandy in their eyes.