The banquet lasted for more than an hour, and the villagers from the nearby villages went back early, and after the banquet, they visited the tofu base in Baili Village, and discussed some plans for the coming year with Zhang Lizheng on the tofu business.

Father-in-law Liu drank too much, and after a short rest, he hurried away. He had to hurry back to the palace to get back to his life.

When the Li Zheng people left, Chu Feng, who had disappeared all day without a figure, appeared in Minyuan on time at dinner.

"I heard that the Queen Mother rewarded a lot of things today. Although Shumin asked Liu Er to close the courtyard door while eating, the intention was obvious. But Chu Feng came in lightly over the wall like no one, squeezed between the crowd with a big grin, picked up the bowl and ate it unceremoniously.

"Why don't you eat it?" Shu Min and the children looked at this shameless man who was very speechless. This shameless man said to everyone, "Eat quickly, it's not delicious when it's cold." ”

"Auntie, why does he always come to our house for dinner?" Yang Er asked puzzled.

"Yang Er, we are not bad for this mouthful, so we should treat it as a handout to the beggar. Shu Min glanced at someone who was eating heavily, and said to Yang Er in a serious tone.

"He turned out to be a beggar, so pitiful. Then you can eat more. Yang Er was simple-minded, and remembered the days when she was homeless, and she was quite sympathetic to this rice rubber, so she gave Chu Feng a chopstick and green vegetables, and said.

Chu Feng was eating, and when he heard the words, he almost choked, and when he saw Yang Er's big eyes of pity, he ate the green vegetables in a sneer.

It's so uncomfortable to send people under the fence!

After eating, Shumin went to the room to pack up the rewards, the pair of gold chopsticks and silver chopsticks she put in a box alone, the box of gold, she also found a hidden place to hide, but in the face of those silk and brocade, she was a little worried.

Although this thing is precious and beautiful, it is really useless in this rural place.

There is also the title deed of a stack of 100 acres of land, Shu Min took a look, this land is also in Linjiang Town, but there is a distance from Baili Village, since the Queen Mother appreciated this land, I have to take some time to see it after the year, but look at what is written on the title deed, these lands should be in the same place.

In the courtyard, Chu Feng didn't leave immediately after eating, he was lying on the small bench under the grape trellis in the Min Courtyard, squinting his eyes and not knowing what he was thinking. The house in Minin was built more than a month ago, and now the grape trellis only has a shelf and no grapes.

"Hey, rub the rice. Feng An led Yang Er to stand in front of Chu Feng and called him expressionlessly.

"Two little masters, what's wrong?" Chu Hou sent him to spy on the Qin woman, stay by her side and help her secretly protect her, is he now considered half a scholar?

"Are you going to eat rice at my house all the time?" Feng An's big eyes were like Shu Min, and he looked at Chu Feng obliquely at the moment.

"Uh" Chu Feng didn't know how to answer. It's not difficult for him to kill people, but he really can't solve the problems of life by himself, especially in the countryside where everything needs to be self-sufficient. Besides, Hou Ye asked him to monitor and protect the Qin woman, if he spent all his time on how to survive and how to fulfill Hou Ye's instructions.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Feng An frowned, expressing some dissatisfaction.

"Hey, do you know martial arts?" Feng An asked.

"Hmm. Chu Feng nodded, looking at this pretending to be calm child with some puzzlement.

"How is your martial arts compared to the royal army?" Feng An continued to ask, others were not small, Shu Min was taken captive, and he remembered the name of the royal army from their conversation with the Marquis of Chu.

"Cut, where is the general royal army my opponent!" Although Chu Feng was surprised that Feng An was a little kid how could he know about the royal army, but he was so good that he was the leader of the secret guards under Chu Hou, in general, the martial arts of the secret guards were definitely more than one grade higher than the royal army, but it was difficult to say when he met commanders like Zhao Wenjie and Zhao Wouji.

"Really?" Feng An frowned and sat down beside him, his big eyes full of disbelief.

"Hmph!" Chu Feng felt hit by a little ghost who doubted his strength so much.

"Okay, I believe you, in the future, you will be the guard of the Minyuan, protect the safety of us and my aunt, and you will also teach us martial arts, as a reward, you can stay and eat!"

After thinking for a long time, Feng An spoke.

"What?" Chu Feng grew his mouth speechlessly, he was the commander of the secret guard of the Hou Mansion, and now he was at the point where he had to be a nurse for others just to eat something?

And the tone of this child, as if being a nurse has given him a lot of face.

"Uncle, you just accept the kindness of the eldest brother. Those who become beggars are disabled or involuntarily, uncle, you have hands and feet, as long as you are diligent, you will definitely be able to eat. Yang Er took Chu Feng's hand and persuaded him step by step.

When he wandered, no matter how hard it was, Hu Dazhuang never begged, once he stretched out his hands, he lived for a lifetime, and all his backbone and dignity were gone. Therefore, wherever they went, they would exchange their labor power for corresponding food.

As a father, he did not leave any property for his children, but he never forgot to teach his children to have backbone in life.

So when Yang Er saw that Chu Feng was such a big person who had nothing to do every day and came to Minyuan to eat all day long, he was very "heartbroken"

So he went to Feng'an after dinner, planning to transform Chu Feng and make him a useful person. Looking at Yang Er's Ai Ai's eyes, Chu Feng's heart was full of faces.

However, this is not a bad way to stay in Minyuan, but can these two big children call the shots Chu Feng raised his eyes and looked at a room on the second floor, if he was careful, he would find that he could faintly see some scenes in Shumin's room from this location.

"Can you call the shots?" Chu Feng looked at Yang Er, and then at Feng An. It means that he has been moved.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll talk about it from my aunt. After Feng An finished speaking, he took Yang Er and left, leaving only Chu Feng with a dashing and handsome back.

"Heh" Chu Feng couldn't cry or laugh.

That night, Chu Feng released a carrier pigeon again in the dead of night, and the note on the pigeon's feet read: The Queen Mother rewards the Qin woman, and the Qin woman makes a new dough mixer, which can quickly roll noodles, dumplings, and chaos.

As for his promise to the little boy to stay in Minyuan as a guard to earn food, he hesitated again and again and did not write it. What a shame!

Two days later, he received a reply from Chu Hou again: continue to monitor and watch for whether she has contact with suspicious characters.

Chu Yu has not been out of the house since he returned to the court on the 23rd. On the surface, he was carrying out the emperor's punishment: thinking about it behind closed doors.

In fact, he just stayed in the mansion all day to accompany Prince Lao Shun, except that he didn't go outdoors, and there was not much difference from his usual life.

"Father, this is the Tianshan Snow Lotus that the child ordered someone to find for you again. Seeing that Prince Lao Shun's body was getting worse day by day, Chu Yu's eyes were filled with a haze.

"Good. Afu, put it away. Prince Shun glanced at the snow lotus that was still dripping with mist and was frozen in a wooden box, and handed him to the little servant beside him.

"You don't need to think about it, now you claim to have thought about it behind closed doors. It's better to be cautious. Prince Lao Shun Huangpujie said, coughing again without saying a word. Fortunately, it looks much better than before, and the face is good.

"Don't worry, father, the child is measured. Chu Yu saw that the sky was still good, and helped Huangpujie to walk around the garden. Revenge can be done slowly, but the body of the father? It's a pity that there is no reliable imperial doctor around him, those people in the Tai Hospital, and Huangpu Chu Yu can't trust any of them!

It has just snowed in the capital, although the sun is just right in the garden, but it is still cold, and under the white snow, a few crimson camellia flowers bloom, and the snow intersects with the glow, which is very beautiful.

Seeing the camellia blooming in full swing in the snow, Huangpu Jie's face was full of smiles, "This cold snow seems to be harsh, there will always be a day when it will melt, this vegetation temporarily suppressed by the cold snow seems to be so weak that there is no room for resistance, but when the winter snow melts, the winter snow becomes the water they need to grow, but even in the cold winter, under the pressure of snow, there are always some flowers that are not fragrant for the cold alone, and they use their pride to tell everyone hope." ”

"It's a pity that when everything recovers and a hundred flowers contend, they have already drifted away, and they can't see that kind of grand occasion!" Hearing this, Chu Yu said regretfully.

"Since ancient times, why have people praised plum chrysanthemums even more than others? Flowers are beautiful, but those with integrity can move people's hearts even more. It is important to lie dormant in the cold, but you can't lose your original intention. ”

After saying these words, Huangpu Jie sighed alone.

He is the only son of the former Emperor Huangpu Xiong and the former Empress Shangguan Xuan, and has the most orthodox royal blood of the Apocalypse Kingdom, but the Empress Dowager Zheng, the son of Emperor Zheng and Concubine Zheng, also has the power to inherit the unification.

The first queen died early, and the first emperor refused to establish a prince. Above the court, the ministers were also watching, ignoring Emperor Zheng's courtship and overtures.

In the eyes of the ministers, the throne always falls on the son of the queen, and although the Zheng family is a new star, it is always more than a little worse than the Shangguan family, one of the four major families.

Empress Dowager Zheng thought hard, so she sent the idea to Shangguan's house.

The two princes have reached the age of marriage, and of course she has to find a good family for her only son. Since the Apocalypse Dynasty, the crown prince has to choose the daughter of the official family as his concubine. Although the first emperor refused to appoint a prince, he couldn't delay the princes from starting a family, right?

So she chose Shangguan Ji's daughter-in-law, Shangguan Wan'er, as her daughter-in-law. As long as Shangguan Wan'er can marry Ji'an, in a sense, it is also a hint to the ministers of the current dynasty.

But she didn't know that Huangpu Jie had long been in love with Shangguan Wan'er. Maybe she knew, but she just couldn't let them get her way.

Shangguan Wan'er received Yi's decree, depressed all day long, Huangpu Jie was speechless, watching her get thinner and thinner, and finally couldn't help but rush into the emperor's bedroom with the bowl, pleading with the emperor and Empress Dowager Zheng, and swore that as long as the concubine withdrew the edict, he would push out the court, give up the position of the prince, and never participate in the court in his lifetime.

Huangpu Xiong was so angry that he scolded him on the spot, but he was helpless and extremely disappointed in him.

The two princes, Huangpu Jie, have a more orthodox bloodline, but Huangpu Ji'an, under the teaching of Empress Dowager Zheng, is decisive in killing, and seems to have the qualities that a superior person should have.

Seeing that Huangpujie wanted a beauty and didn't want the world, Empress Dowager Zheng hated iron on the surface, but in fact, she had another calculation in her heart.

Finally, at the insistence of Huangpujie and the encouragement of the Empress Dowager Zheng, Huangpu Xiong finally established Huangpu Ji'an as the crown prince.

In addition, in order to appease the troublesome Huangpujie, Empress Dowager Zheng also dissolved the marriage contract between the prince and Shangguan Wan'er.

This seemingly perfect ending has planted the seeds of hatred in another person's heart. No one knew, not even Empress Dowager Zheng, that as early as a long time ago, Huangpu Ji'an had already been interested in the bowl

The past is unbearable, and Huangpu Jie still feels sad when he recalls it now.

"Father, are you blaming me?" Huangpu Chu Yu saw that his father's tone seemed to mean blame. Back then, Concubine Xuan was encouraged by him to muster up the courage to elope with him, in those years, life was poor, and from time to time she avoided the assassinations sent by those people, she did not complain, but now, in order to return to this cold place again, Concubine Xuan's reputation was ruined overnight, and she was even removed from the clan and deprived of her surname. Although he stayed in the mansion all day, the rumors of the capital never escaped his ears. Some people say that he is ruthless, and some people are unworthy of concubines. Since coming out of the court that day, his poignant love with his concubine has become a joke.

"What happened to you back then was like the incident between me and your mother and concubine back then, how could I blame you! If I really blame you, back then, did you think you could run? Ahem" Huangpu Jie, perhaps tired, coughed again after saying a few words.

Back then, under his impulse, he eloped with his concubine overnight, and there were several people chasing them at that time, but in addition to his own usual henchmen, there was also a group of people secretly helping them, and he knew that it was his father's personal guard.

Father's guards were never exposed, except that night.

"Father, don't worry, no matter how cold the cold is, no matter how long those flowers and plants will be dormant, when they come out, they will definitely be able to bloom. At that time, I believe that those flowers that are not afraid of the cold will also be proud of the competition of flowers. At that time, I believe that the east wind will also correct their name and have a place among the flowers. ”

"That's very good!" Huangpu Jie was relieved when he heard this, "Ah Fu, help me to the study." ”

Looking at the back of his father's departure, the fists in the sleeves of Huangpu Chu Yu were clenched tightly.

Isn't this garden full of flowers and plants the situation of Prince Shun's mansion? How long will there be oppression in the bitter cold? After the New Year, spring is coming.

"Master Hou?" At this time, Yinmian walked over. He hugged his hand at Chu Yu and said, "Master Hou, the two little princes have arrived in the capital. ”

"Where are they now?" Chu Yu showed a rare smile of relief on his face at the thought of those two lovely children.

"Now in the other courtyard, with the Chunquan brothers. Silverface replied respectfully. "Do you need to be brought into the house?"

"No, it's not the best time yet. Send more men to guard the courtyard near the courtyard. I'm not going to see them yet. ”

Chu Yu commanded. If you want to go, you have to disguise yourself and go again.

"Yes. Yinmian took the order and hurriedly arranged to go. (To be continued.) )