March 28 is the thirteenth birthday of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

On this day, Qin Siyang, as the crown prince, had to take a day off, and he didn't have to get up and go to school before the hour.

Because there was no class, Qin Siyang slept until the hour of the day, and then got up slowly under the service of the eunuch and palace maid. Then I finished freshening up and ate some breakfast casually.

I could only hear the busy sound of today's birthday banquet coming into the inner hall from time to time in the outer hall, Qin Siyang rarely didn't have to go to class so early in the morning, stretched his waist lazily, turned the side door and walked towards the outer hall. But not long after he stepped out, he caught a glimpse of a large group of courtiers standing in the courtyard outside the palace, with a cursory glance of about a dozen people.

"What's going on?" Qin Siyang turned around and asked Su Fang, his personal eunuch.

"The courtiers have come to greet His Highness on his birthday. Su Fangha replied.

"How long has it been?"

"It's been an hour. ”

Qin Siyang snorted coldly: "I can really stand, it's been an hour, and I don't even smell it." ”

Su Fang hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Because His Highness hasn't gotten up yet, the servants have kept them silent." ”

Qin Siyang looked at Su Fang and smiled: "Oh, I see, Su Fang, you are a good minion, I like it." ”

Su Fang's head was lowered: "Your Highness Xie's affirmation, this is what a slave should do." ”

Qin Siyang waved his hand and walked out of the hall, and when a group of courtiers standing in the courtyard saw the prince, they immediately knelt down neatly, and greeted him in a loud voice.

Qin Siyang didn't speak, and coldly swept over the group of courtiers who were kneeling on the ground. It wasn't until they had finished saying their greetings that they said unhurriedly, "Get up." ”

A group of courtiers got up and stood down again, looking at the prince in unison, waiting for his speech.

Qin Siyang didn't seem to have the intention to say more, he shook his head and looked back at the outer hall. Seeing that a group of eunuchs and palace maids were still making final preparations for today's banquet, and it seemed that they would have to be busy for a while, he raised his head and yawned big, waved his hand with a boring face, turned around and walked to go back.

When the courtiers outside the palace saw it, they couldn't wait any longer, and the first old man with a long gray beard who was about the age of the sixtieth year, took a step forward and called loudly: "Your Highness." ”

"Ah," Qin Siyang stroked his forehead and said, "The banquet is not ready yet, so the ministers should wait." ”

This seems to contain a mocking meaning, and it sounds like the whole thing is saying, who told you to come here so early, you deserve to be unlucky.

"This old minister knows. The old man with a white beard didn't care about the mockery in these words, but bowed his hand again and again, and said stiffly, "The old minister didn't want to enter the palace to eat and drink. ”

Qin Siyang didn't answer, he looked at this white-haired old minister coldly, and his eyes were so cold that he couldn't see a trace of light.

I heard the old man with white sideburns say loudly: "Old minister Zhong Xuanchong, the second assistant of the cabinet and the secretary of the household department, I wonder if Your Highness still remembers?"

Qin Siyang frowned, and his eyes swept over the old man casually: "Remember, of course remember, you old man don't know how many times you've been to the East Palace, how could I not remember." ”

Zhong Xuanchong nodded at this time, and said with a slight trembling: "That...... Then Your Highness, do you remember what the old minister said every time he came?"

Qin Siyang stretched his waist lazily and said, "You guys have said a lot, how do I know which one you want to ask?"

I don't know if it's because of standing too much at this outlet, or because the old man has been sick for a long time, and he is really exhausted. Zhong Xuanchong's lips turned pale, and he shook up and down a few times before he eased up a little: "Your Highness, you must know that the household department has been overspending year after year, and the imperial court has been unable to make ends meet for many years, and if you continue to spend like this, you will ...... down" Zhong Xuanchong said this, but he couldn't say it anymore, and suddenly fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Qin Siyang watched coldly at the old man crying bitterly, and it wasn't until the old man stood up again with the support of several other courtiers that he shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said, "What's the use of you telling me this, how can I understand what's going on with your household." ”

When the courtiers waiting in the courtyard heard this, they lowered their heads one after another, even so, Qin Siyang could clearly see the deep pain and suffocation on their faces when they quickly lowered their heads.

Qin Siyang didn't want to pay attention to the emotions of these courtiers, he yawned lazily again, and was about to turn around and leave again, but saw another person striding forward and said loudly: "Weichen Tan Jilun, Zhengsanpin Hubu is waiting for Lang." ”

"Oh," Qin Siyang was startled, looked at this middle-aged man with a thin appearance and a yellow complexion, his lips raised slightly, and asked lazily, "What do you say?"

I saw this thin middle-aged man bowing his hand, and the other person was thin and his voice was not loud, but the whole person stood forward with great momentum. He thought about the difficulties of the court, and the prince who was now old couldn't understand it, so after a pause, he turned to say: "Your Highness's words are wrong, the household department is the household department of the Great Zhou, not the household department of 'our', and His Royal Highness is also the prince of the Great Zhou, not your own prince." ”

Qin Siyang was silent for a while when he heard this, he looked coldly at this middle-aged man with a thin appearance but an awe-inspiring appearance, and it took a while for him to seem to react, and he coughed lightly and said, "Yes, I am His Royal Highness of the Great Zhou, and the household department is also the household department of the Great Zhou." Then Lord Tan might as well talk about it, how do you want my Highness of the Great Zhou to take care of it, well, what about the household department of the Great Zhou that you are talking about?"

Tan Jilun was stunned, he didn't expect Qin Siyang to say this, and completely gave him back the words of Shicai.

But these ministers standing outside the hall are all long-time officialdom people, how can one or two sentences stump them. After seeing Tan Jilun stunned for a moment, he quickly reacted, bowed again, and said loudly: "Your Highness has been the crown prince of the Great Zhou for nearly two years, but until now, Your Highness doesn't seem to be aware of the great responsibility that you should bear as the crown prince of the Great Zhou. ”

"My great responsibility?" Qin Siyang was stunned for a moment.

"Yes," Tan Jilun nodded and said, "Your Highness, as the crown prince of the Great Zhou, should have a consciousness and consciously take on the role of a supervisor to assist the emperor in his governance." Now that the emperor is suffering from a disease, the daily morning dynasty is often vacant, and many state affairs have been hanging in the balance for a long time. Your Majesty heard from the crown prince and the prince that His Royal Highness was also listless in his daily classes. And His Highness not only did not listen carefully to the class, but immediately disappeared without a trace as soon as the class was held. Let the ministers every time they want to talk to His Highness about something, they can't find it. ”

The more Tan Jilun said this, the more he spoke, the more serious his words became. Qin Siyang's face turned cold when he heard this, and in the end, he finally couldn't bear to start a fire, and shouted: "Enough, you're accusing me, aren't you? I just don't like to take those dull classes, and I don't want you old guys to find it, so what? I'm the prince of Da Zhou, not the prince of one of you, not something you can find if you want to, you rarely come to me to talk about it." ”

"Your Highness," one of the waiting ministers stood up and bowed to Qin Siyang, and said as loudly as he could, "Your Highness is angry, Lord Tan is not accusing His Highness." His Royal Highness is still young, and many things are not clear, this is the family law of Taizu, and it is the responsibility of every courtier to supervise His Royal Highness the Prince's homework and study. That's why Lord Tan has the unshirkable responsibility to remind His Highness that his words are a little heavier, but they are also for His Highness's good. ”

Qin Siyang sneered: "What is the Taizu family law, in the final analysis, it still means that mine is not." ”

"Your Highness. The minister who explained Tan Jilun raised his head slightly, looked directly at Qin Siyang with his eyes, and said, "Taizu's family law is to ask His Royal Highness to focus on learning state affairs, and don't lose his mind by playthings. ”

"Hey, what's your name and what position do you hold?" Qin Siyang suddenly seemed to be interested, ignored his reasoning, and asked instead.

The minister who explained for Tan Jilun was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Weichen Zhu Xin, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry." ”

"Oh, how old are you, how did you achieve the position of squire?" Qin Siyang asked with a concern. The man in front of him looked young and indeed very young, and he looked like he was the youngest of the ministers present. He has a very white face, high eyebrows, shy eyes, and ruddy lips. With such a handsome appearance, if you put on some fat powder and dress up well, it is possible to compare it to many women with good faces.

Qin Siyang thought so, and couldn't help but show a playful smile on his face.

Zhu Xin guessed what he was thinking about as a prince, and when he saw that he finally smiled, he immediately smiled with relief on his face, and replied: "Weichen is twenty-eight this year, which is not too small. ”

"Before you reached the age of establishment, you sat in the official position of Zheng Sanpin, and your ability is not small. Qin Siyang raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Zhu Xin frowned slightly, he didn't understand what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant when he said this. It is true that he sat in the position of Zhengsanpin before he was thirty years old, which is much earlier than many people, but this is not uncommon in all dynasties, so why bother to talk about it.

Thinking of this, Zhu Xin lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "Weichen doesn't have much ability, but he is lucky, and he has a lot of accommodation from his colleagues." ”

But when he heard this, Qin Siyang seemed to be dissatisfied and said, "You raise your head." ”

When Zhu Xin heard this, he had to raise his head again, but he saw Qin Siyang, who had been cold since he stepped into the hospital, and after showing a rare smile at Shi Cai, he actually flashed a hint of teasing at him at this moment. was so shocked that Zhu Xin hurriedly lowered his head again, and his heart was 'plopping' and jumping.

"You're good, you look so much better than they are. I only heard Qin Siyang say again, pointed to the other ministers who were still thinking, and smiled and raised his eyebrows, "You look very good, and your words are also very gentle, it sounds very comfortable, I like it." Well, that's it, you will often come to the East Palace to sit when you are free in the future, and if you have something to say, you can tell me, what about the others, I don't like it when I look at it, so I'll be exempt. ”

"Your Highness. Zhu Xin raised his head again in disbelief, glaring at him, the young prince, and didn't know what to say for a while.

When the other courtiers heard this, they also looked at each other, not knowing what the prince meant by this.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout from outside the courtyard: "The queen has arrived." (To be continued.) )