Several Huangmen held up their bamboo hats and led Liu Qi to Yuan Tan despite the heavy rain.

Yuan Tan knelt on the ground, lowered his head, trembling all over, and let the rain wash over his body.

Liu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this.

The disguise was really on point, and then he winked at the small yellow door behind him.

The little Huangmen understood the words and immediately came to Yuan Tan's side holding an umbrella to protect him from the wind and rain.

Yuan Tan raised his head in surprise, and what he met was Liu Qi's gaze.

Yuan Tan was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly kowtowed to the ground, with such force that a splash of water splashed up.

"Your Majesty, Yuan Tan, pays homage to your Majesty!"

Liu Qi walked slowly to Yuan Tan and stood directly in front of him, where he was kowtowing. He looked down at Yuan Tan with a faint smile on his lips.

"Captain Yuan didn't rest in his own house in the middle of the night. Why did he come here to kneel here? And he was soaked in the rain? This makes me feel so embarrassed."

Yuan Tan's eyes were facing Liu Qi's boots at the moment.

Looking at Liu Qi's feet, Yuan Tan gritted his teeth and wished he could stab Liu Qi's feet with a knife.

He clearly deliberately let himself get wet and cold here.

Although Yuan Tan was resentful in his heart, he could not show it on the surface.

He took a deep breath, and then cried out with a "wow" sound.

"Your Majesty, you are finally willing to meet me!"

Even Liu Qi, who has experienced many storms, was a little confused by his voice.

Liu Qi was stunned for a while, and then said: "I have just been dealing with official business and I am busy with state affairs. I have asked Huangmen to send a message, asking you to go back and rest first, and then summon you again on another day. Unexpectedly, after approving the official business, Huangmen told me

You didn't leave, so I brought someone to see you in person."

Speaking of this, Liu Qi turned to look at the eunuch behind him with dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Master Yuan cannot afford to kneel here for a long time, why didn't you report to me earlier!"

This question is a bit unreasonable.

Regarding Yuan Tan's coming to see Liu Qi, Huangmen had not told him once or twice, but Liu Qi had delayed coming to see him until now.

But His Majesty said you didn't tell, how could these eunuchs dare to refute? Some bitter water, naturally they have to swallow it.

At that moment, several people from the Huangmen hurriedly knelt down in the rain and begged Liu Qi for mercy.

Liu Qi took a deep breath and said dissatisfied: "That's all, now that things have happened, what's the use of me blaming you again? Why don't you help Captain Yuan into the palace quickly? I didn't see how cold he was!"

"No! No!"

The Huangmen didn't dare to delay, so they hurriedly helped Yuan Tan up from the ground and sent him to the palace where Liu Qi was reviewing official documents.

Liu Qi ordered people to bring hot soup to Yuan Tan to ward off the cold, and also brought handkerchiefs and clean clothes.

Yuan Tan didn't dare to accept it at first, but Liu Qi forced him to change it.

Even if he is young and has a strong body, if he catches a cold or windchill while wearing damp clothes, he will not be able to cure it...

It doesn't matter whether he dies or not, but the problem is that he must not die in Luoyang.

Yuan Tan changed his clothes, drank hot soup, and lit a brazier in the palace. He was obviously much more energetic than before.

"Captain Yuan, what do you mean when you come here late at night?" Liu Qi asked Yuan Tan when he saw that he was energetic.

Yuan Tan stood up and knelt down in front of Liu Qi again: "I'm here to ask your majesty to save you!"

"Save you?" Liu Qi frowned: "Who in Luoyang City dares to do anything wrong to you?"

Yuan Tan shook his head and said: "The person who took my life was not in Luoyang, but in Hebei."

After that, he kowtowed heavily and said: "My father wants to make his third son the father-in-law of the family and inherit the Yuan family business. As the direct eldest son, if I return to Hebei in the future, I will definitely die. Yuan has nowhere to hide."

, the future is worrying, I just ask Your Majesty to show mercy and save me!"

Liu Qi smiled helplessly and said: "Who Yuan Benchu ​​wants to inherit the inheritance is your Yuan family's own business. How can I save you? Besides, although Yuan Benchu ​​abolished the elder and established the younger, in my opinion, you are his after all.

Son, he cannot take your life at will just because he prefers the younger son. Wouldn't that be no different from an animal?"

Yuan Tan sighed: "Even if my father does not take my life, if I wait for him for a hundred years, how can my stepmother and third brother tolerate me? Doesn't your majesty know that nine out of ten eldest sons in this world are deposed?

It's not going to end well."

Liu Qi smiled when he heard this and did not answer Yuan Tan directly.

He turned to the eunuch next to him and said, "Go and get a bowl of hot soup for Colonel Yuan."

The eunuch immediately took the order and went to get hot soup.

Yuan Tan looked at Liu Qi expectantly.

"Captain Yuan, it's not that I won't help you, but if you think about it carefully, your Yuan family and I are now enemies, not friends. Although our two sides stopped fighting before, demarcated borders and exchanged hostages... But do you think peace is the case?

Will it last long? Sooner or later I will have a decisive battle with you, the Yuan family in Hebei, so what is the benefit of me helping you at this time?"

Yuan Tan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am fully aware of what your Majesty said... Your Majesty, I am heartbroken now. I no longer have any extravagant hopes for the Yuan family. I just want to save my life and not be harmed by my stepmother and younger brother. As long as your Majesty is willing."

As an assistant, I am willing to submit to Your Majesty, and from now on I will work for Your Majesty, and I will not hesitate to go through fire and water!"

After saying that, Yuan Tan kowtowed again and said: "Your Majesty, please ask for some help."

"You mean you are willing to help me?" Liu Qi narrowed his eyes.

"yes!"

"Haha, it's just that I can't afford to be early if there is no benefit. You are so enthusiastic about helping me. You must have a purpose after all, right?"

Yuan Tan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, if you say that Yuan Tan has no thoughts in his heart, it is absolutely impossible to put it down. But now, like his father, he can dominate a country with millions of armors. This is already impossible for me.

Yes, but the father-in-law of the Yuan family, I think I can still sit on the throne... I am willing to help your majesty to unify the world, but I also hope that your majesty will allow me to inherit the Yuan family's throne and become a loyal minister beside your majesty!"

"Be the father-in-law of the Yuan family? Serve me?"

Yuan Tan kept nodding his head and said: "Yes, yes! It's like following my father!"

What Yuan Tan meant by "obeying his father" refers to Yuan Shu, who suffered hemiplegia from a stroke.

"Let me think about this matter carefully."

Yuan Tan saw Liu Qi's hesitation and knew that he was a little worried about him, so he kowtowed hurriedly and said: "Your Majesty! I am sincere. I only hope that your majesty can accept me under your command. I will do my best to serve your majesty. Yuan's resources are

I will definitely be at your Majesty's disposal without any hesitation."

Seeing Yuan Tan kowtowing to him, Liu Qi felt a little moved.

Of course, I was just moved by how well Yuan Tan acted, and I didn't have any other feelings.

"Okay, get up."

"If your Majesty does not agree with me, I will never get up!"

"Are you threatening me?"

Yuan Tan suddenly stopped moving.
Chapter completed!