After the end of the morning of the second day, Xiao Yanzhi and the four of them had just followed the emperor into the imperial study, when they heard Zhao Kang say that Mrs. Qin asked to see him.

The emperor turned his head to look at Xiao Yanyi, and saw Xiao Yanyi's indifferent smile, so he asked Zhao Kang to bring people in.

After the emperor and Xiao Yanzhi were seated, the lady of the Qin family entered the imperial study under the guidance of Zhao Kang, wearing a second-class county lady's court dress made the old lady look more tough, from her firm eyebrows, it is not difficult to guess that this old lady did not let her eyebrows look when she was young, but in the end she is still old, the heavy court dress on the body lightly bent the old lady's back, and the bright eyes were not only firm but also a little tired.

As soon as the lady had the posture of saluting, the emperor exempted her from the salute and immediately gave her a seat.

"Why did Mrs. Tai come in person? If there is anything, it would be good to send someone to tell me to go to the Qin Mansion. "In front of Mrs. Tai, the emperor and the emperor who are the same age as Qin Tai are also a junior, not to mention that it was really a lot of Mrs. Tai's care back then.

"Your Majesty is the Ninety-Five, how dare the old man let His Majesty go to the Qin Mansion?" Mrs. Tai sat in her seat with a faint smile.

The emperor's expression darkened, and he said, "It's too obvious for Mrs. Tai to say this to me. Mrs. Tai is my brother's grandmother, and she is also my grandmother, I want to be filial to my grandmother, who can say that I can't do it? ”

"The old body is frightened," Mrs. Tai smiled, and then her expression darkened, "But the old body came today to ask His Majesty for sin." ”

With that, Mrs. Tai got up from her seat, and was about to lift up the hem of her clothes and kneel.

"What is this doing, Madame?"

Before the emperor's words fell, Xiao Yanzhi immediately rushed forward with an arrow and forcibly held Mrs. Tai.

"Mrs. Tai should sit down quickly, your outfit makes the king feel terrible just by looking at it, and Mrs. Tai still sits and talks so that her father can listen to it with peace of mind." Xiao Yanzhi looked at Mrs. Tai with a smile like a spring wind.

Mrs. Tai looked at Xiao Yanzhi, and then bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you for your majesty's grace and the prince's grace." ”

Xiao Yanzhi helped Mrs. Tai sit down, and then returned to her seat.

The emperor nodded slightly at Xiao Yanzhi, and then asked Mrs. Tai: "Mrs. Tai specially entered the palace today, what do you have to say to me?" ”

Mrs. Tai looked up at the emperor, then sighed and said, "The old body is guilty, it is the old body that has no way to teach the son, so that the younger generation of the Qin family has a big disaster, and the old body is ashamed of His Majesty." ”

Hearing this, the emperor's expression darkened by two points, lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time, before he said sadly: "Mrs. Tai's words are serious, it is my lack of ability, I have not been able to take care of my brother and nephew all these years, and I have ignored their feelings, which makes them dissatisfied." ”

"Your Majesty's words are wrong," Mrs. Tai said busily, "Yu Gong, now His Majesty is the lord of a country, and he has been working hard for state affairs all day long, and it is my grandson who has failed to fulfill his responsibilities as a courtier, and has not been able to understand His Majesty's hard work or fulfill the loyalty of his courtiers. For his own selfishness, His Majesty and my grandson have been friends for many years, so he should think more about His Majesty, how can he be in an embarrassment for his own selfishness? What a disloyalty and unrighteousness he is! ”

Hearing this, a trace of pain flashed in the emperor's eyes, and then he closed his eyes.

Seeing the emperor like this, Mrs. Tai was also very distressed.

After being silent for a long time, it was Mrs. Tai who finally spoke first: "Your Majesty, the courtiers are grateful for Your Majesty's care for the Qin family over the years, but the affairs of the court are not sloppy, and the courtiers implore Your Majesty to find another virtuous person to replace my grandson." ”

"What do you mean, Madame?" Emperor Huo Ran opened his eyes and looked at Madame Tai in surprise.

Mrs. Tai smiled helplessly: "My grandson is in a high position, but he doesn't have the responsibility and ability, if His Majesty maintains him again, the other adults are afraid that they will be dissatisfied, and the courtiers don't want His Majesty to be in a dilemma, and they don't want my grandson to embarrass the Qin family in the court again, so I have to come to ask His Majesty for a face, and I implore His Majesty to fulfill it." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Tai bowed her head slightly, making a gesture of bowing her head and pleading.

"Madame, you want me to be a ruthless person......"

Mrs. Tai looked up at the emperor again, her eyes showed a trace of love, and said: "Your Majesty should also learn to be a ruthless person in the court, and your Majesty will only suffer yourself by leaving a useless person in the court for personal reasons." Although His Majesty is a hero who saves the people from fire and water, he is not an almighty saint in the end, and He should cherish himself more. ”

The emperor looked blankly ahead and pondered for a long time, and finally spoke: "I understand what Mrs. Tai means, let me think about it." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded.

The emperor turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "Yanzhi, go and send Mrs. Tai." ”

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, looked at the emperor suspiciously, and replied: "The son of the minister receives the order." ”

The smile in the emperor's eyes turned, and he looked at Mrs. Tai who got up and was about to leave.

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth and hurriedly went to help Mrs. Futai.

Mrs. Tai didn't refuse, and left the imperial study with Xiao Yanzhi.

Holding Mrs. Tai out of the Liangyi Palace, Xiao Yanzhi said: "Mrs. Tai wait here for a while, this king asked people to go and raise Mrs. Tai's shoulders." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded and sighed: "It's old in the end, it's not okay to be old." Helplessly, half of the old body is in the ground, but he still has to clean up the mess for his children and grandchildren. ”

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "The Qin family is hard working in the Tang Kingdom and the world, and there are sensible elders like Mrs. Tai, this king believes that the Qin family is still the Qin family, but a few juniors are not sensible, and no one will mind." ”

Mrs. Tai glanced at Xiao Yan with a smile and said, "The prince doesn't have to comfort the old body, even if no one minds, the old body can't get over this hurdle in his heart." The reputation of the Qin family is the hard work of the first husband, and the old body has been guarding it all his life but has fallen short, the old body is sorry for him! If it weren't for the greed back then and wanted Atai to benefit the Qin family by virtue of his personal relationship with His Majesty, how would he end up in the situation he is in today? His two elder brothers were rich and intelligent, but the old body sent them to other places, leaving him, a martial artist, in the court, this move is a mistake of the old body! ”

Xiao Yanzhi weighed it, and then spoke: "Because of Qin Tai's affairs, this king originally thought that the Qin family was full of proud people, but after meeting Mrs. Tai, this king finally understood why his father would be relieved and bold to appoint so many Qin family members. In this way, if the father emperor really decides to depose Qin Tai, then the king will mention to his father that Qin Fu or Qin You will return to Chang'an, and it is up to them whether they can make up for it and save the reputation of the Qin family. ”

Mrs. Tai was stunned for a moment, and then said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Wang, Lord Wang's kindness, the old body is remembered." ”

"Mrs. Tai is polite," Xiao Yanzhi smiled, "But those relatives and protégés of the Qin family, this king can't take care of it." ”

"The old body understands." Mrs. Tai smiled and nodded, "The old man's son is not too young, it's time to enjoy the blessings." ”

Although they didn't mean that originally, those relatives and protégés were part of the Qin family in the eyes of outsiders, and His Majesty was willing to use it, which was a trust in the Qin family, but no matter how much His Majesty trusted the Qin family, after Ah Tai caused this disaster, His Majesty would be wary of the Qin family no matter what, and it would already be extra generous to be able to appoint Ah Fu and Ah You again, how could the people next to him still use it?

"Here comes the shoulder." Xiao Yanzhi helped Mrs. Tai down the steps in front of the Liangyi Palace, and then helped Mrs. Tai up to her shoulder, "Mrs. Tai is careful on the road." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded and said with a smile: "The old body has retired, and the prince should go back quickly." ”

Xiao Yanzhi nodded, waved his hand slightly, and the four little eunuchs raised their shoulders and carried Mrs. Tai away. Seeing Mrs. Tai walk away, Xiao Yanzhi returned to the imperial study.

As soon as Xiao Yan entered the door of the imperial study, the emperor looked over and asked with a smile, "How is it?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and said, "Erchen said that he would intercede with his father, and allow Qin Fu or Qin You to return to Chang'an to make up for his mistakes." In addition, Duke Qin probably won't accept any more protégés, and even if the father and emperor of the spring of the next year don't appoint any protégés of the Qin family, no one will say anything, and there will probably not be so many protégés of the Qin family in the autumn of the year. ”

Hearing this, the emperor smiled with satisfaction.

Sure enough, he always knows what he wants, and this kid does everything with one mouth, not only fast, but also proper, and I don't know who he learned it from. If the second and third children also have such neat mouths, then he will be much more worried.

While Xiao Yanzhi was away, the emperor had already arranged tasks for Pei Ze and the three of them, and after thinking about it, he felt that there was nothing that Xiao Yanzhi needed to do for the time being, so he let the four of them go back.

Walking out of the Liangyi Hall again, Xiao Yanzhi was just about to sigh that the weather in Layue was cold and dead, but when he saw Jiang Wan wearing a red and bright fur cloak, Xiao Yanzhi thought about it, and swallowed his words back.

Jiang Wan estimated that the emperor should let Xiao Yanzhi and them leave at this time, so he calculated the time, and just met the four people who came out in front of the Liangyi Palace.

"Hurry up, you can call the palace to catch up." Jiang Wanxiao gasped slightly, and after stopping in front of Xiao Yanzhi, he reached out and took a thick oiled paper bag from Jinxiu's hand, and handed it to Xiao Yanzhi, "The weather has been getting colder and colder recently, and when the Japanese palace ordered people to prepare clothes for Shan'er a few days ago, I remembered His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness is fighting in the south, and he must not be able to stand the cold in the north, and he doesn't know if the winter clothes made by those people in the Shangfu Bureau are not warm enough, so the palace asked people to choose a piece of top fur in the private treasury of the palace and make a cloak for His Highness, Your Highness should not dislike it." ”

"This ......" Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Pei Ze, although he was a little embarrassed, but everyone had sent everything to him, what reason did he have to refuse? Thank you for your kindness, let the concubine bother. ”

Xiao Yanzhi reached out and took the thing.

And Xu Lishan, who saw this scene, once again doubted who was Jiang Wan's biological son.

Prepare clothes for him? And what about his clothes? Why didn't he see a single one? There are not a few furs in the concubine's private treasury, they are all the best products accumulated over the years, and he didn't even ask for them, so he made a cloak for Xiao Yanzhi? When did the mother concubine become so generous?

However, Xu Lishan knew that even if he asked at this time, he would be bored with himself, so it was better not to ask.

Jiang Wan smiled: "What is this?" If His Royal Highness is missing something, even if he sends someone to Ziwei Hall to discuss with the palace. Oh, by the way, these packets are the soup stock for the Hearth's Warming Soup, Your Highness will take it back and try it. “

"The concubine doesn't have to be like this." Xiao Yanzhi smiled helplessly, whether those bags of things were picked up or not.

Jiang Wan simply stacked everything on the big oiled paper package in Xiao Yanzhi's hand.

"The palace is ready, and His Highness will take it. Then the palace has to send some things to His Majesty, so I won't talk to His Highness more, if His Highness is free, you must remember to go to the Ziwei Palace to accompany the palace. ”

“…… I know. ”

Is it because he has been doing too much for Xu Lishan recently? I always feel that this Jiang Guifei is more enthusiastic than before.

Jiang Wan led the people into the Liangyi Hall in a hurry.

Pei Ze stared at the things in Xiao Yanzhi's hand, but still reached out and took down the packets of soup and helped Xiao Yanzhi hold them.

Xu Liqian looked at the things in Xiao Yanzhi's hand with envy, and said, "Concubine Jiang is really good to the imperial brother, my mother didn't treat me so thoughtfully!" ”

Xiao Yanzhi laughed dryly twice, and looked at Xu Lishan with an innocent expression.

“…… I replied. Xu Lishan glanced at the things in Xiao Yanzhi's hand and strode away.

Xiao Yanzhi shrugged his shoulders and said to Xu Liqian: "It's cold, the third emperor brother should go back quickly, I'll leave too." ”

Xu Liqian looked at Pei Ze, then at Xiao Yanzhi, and asked, "Brother Huang still lives with Brother Yi today?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi nodded generously and said, "Well, I still live there today." ”

Xu Liqian asked curiously, "What is there to do with Brother Yi?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi said with a smile: "You can come and take a look for yourself when you have time." ”

Pei Ze gave Xiao Yan a blank look and left first.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, said goodbye to Xu Liqian, and hurriedly caught up with Pei Ze.

On the way out of the palace, Pei Ze didn't speak, and after getting into the carriage back to the house, Pei Ze suddenly grabbed the oiled paper bag in Xiao Yanzhi's arms and opened it by himself.

Xiao Yan was stunned, but he didn't care much, just holding the hand stove prepared by Zhang Shaosheng in advance to keep warm.

Unwrapped the oil-paper bun and looked at the fur cloak carefully, Pei Ze had to admit that this was indeed a good thing, and Jiang Wan was really willing.

"Are you short of clothes?" Pei Ze suddenly asked Xiao Yanzhi.

"There's no shortage." Xiao Yanzhi shook his head, "Ever since I lived in the Wucheng Palace, I have been wearing your clothes, what's wrong?" ”

He received a lot of winter clothes made by the Shangfu Bureau, and he wore them all on his body, but as Jiang Guifei said, the winter in the north was too cold, so he took Pei Ze's clothes to wear, anyway, he wore more than others, and Pei Ze's clothes were not much bigger on him.

Pei Ze's eyes widened, and after throwing the cloak to Xiao Yanzhi, he stretched out his foot and kicked the door of the carriage.

"Kong Qing, go to Feng Yuan."

"Yes, lord." Kong Qing, who was driving, didn't ask why, pulled the reins and turned a corner, and went to Dongshi.

Xiao Yanzhi ripped off the cloak covering his face and looked at Pei Ze suspiciously: "Where are you going?" ”

"Make clothes."

He didn't know that Xiao Yanzhi was wearing his clothes, and after a closer look, he found that the sleeves of the jacket Xiao Yanzhi was wearing now were a little longer.

Xiao Yanzhi blinked and said, "But I don't have any money." ”

At the emperor's birthday banquet before, because he had to take the delegation around every day, the emperor specially gave him some money for him to eat, drink and have fun, but the money has been spent almost now, and the place where Pei Ze wants to make clothes must not be cheap, he should not be able to afford it.

The corners of Pei Ze's eyes jumped, and he said, "I have." ”

Xiao Yanzhi blinked again, then approached Pei Ze and asked, "Do you want to borrow me or give it to me?" ”

If you want to pay it back, then don't.

Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "What you eat is mine now, what you use is mine, and half of what you are wearing is mine, when will I ask you for money?" ”

is worthy of being a businessman, and when it comes to money, he cares about it!

Xiao Yanzhi rolled his eyes and thought about it, then smiled, grabbed the cloak and sat next to Pei Ze, leaned on Pei Ze, and Xiao Yanzhi covered both of them with the cloak.

"Why is it so cold this day?"

Pei Ze took Xiao Yanzhi's clothes and looked at them, then frowned and asked, "It's so thick, why is it still cold?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi stared at Pei Ze pitifully: "It's cold." ”

The carriage was made of wood, and it leaked everywhere, and even if there was a brazier in the carriage, it couldn't stop the yin wind that squeezed in through the cracks, and it was cold to death!

Pei Ze stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Xiao Yanzhi's waist, and then hugged the person into his arms.

Suddenly moved from the couch of the carriage to Pei Ze's lap, Xiao Yanzhi was stunned, and then he smiled and nestled into Pei Ze's arms, and pulled the cloak to cover half of his face.

After another walk, the carriage stopped in front of a cloakshop in Dongshi, and the moment the door opened, Xiao Yanzhi was already wrapped in a cloak and squatted at the door.

"Which shop?" Xiao Yanzhi squatted at the door of the car and asked Kong Qing.

Kong Qing was stunned for Xiao Yanzhi's image with no image to speak of, and then pointed to the clothes and hats on the side of the road and said, "That's it." ”

"Oh." Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at the cloakroom, and then immediately jumped out of the carriage and rushed in like a gust of wind.

Pei Ze supported his forehead and got out of the carriage after him.

In the cloakshop, Pei Ze's friend Feng Yuan was standing behind the desk and fiddling with the abacus, when suddenly a fluffy thing broke open the heavy door curtain and rushed in, startling Feng Yuan, and for a moment he thought it was a beast rushing in, and was about to pick up the stick at hand and step forward to knock on the stick, but he heard a person babbling.

"It's fucking cold!"

Feng Yuan was stunned, let go of the stick in his hand, and then saw Pei Ze.

As soon as Pei Ze entered the door, he first ripped off the hood that Xiao Yanzhi was covering his head: "It's hot in his house." ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze suspiciously.

Why doesn't he feel hot at all?

Feng Yuan was stunned again, and then laughed: "I was settling the account, when I suddenly saw a huge hairball rolling in, and I was so frightened that I almost picked it up with a stick." How? Is this your pet? ”

Where did Pei Ze get such a fluffy cloak to wrap people? It's really funny to look at.

"Don't talk nonsense!" Pei Ze glared at Feng Yuan, "This is the King of Shu, Xiao Yanzhi." ”

"The grass people have seen the King of Shu." After making a salute, Feng Yuan looked at Xiao Yanzhi with interest, "This is the King of Shu you mentioned?" Anyway, why is his surname still Xiao? Didn't you change it for him? ”

Feng Yuan had heard about this King of Shu from Pei Ze, and it was rare to hear Pei Ze talk about other people's affairs, Feng Yuan had long wanted to see Xiao Yanzhi, but Feng Yuan was just a businessman now, if Pei Ze didn't bring people, he really wouldn't be able to see this King of Shu.

Pei Ze glanced at Feng Yuan and explained to Xiao Yanzhi: "He is Feng Yuan, a former deputy general, who changed to business after his leg injury. ”

Obviously, there are other things to do, but Feng Yuan has to open a shop to make clothes, God knows what kind of mood he felt when he saw his deputy pinch needle and thread to make clothes for the first time, but fortunately, he is used to it now.

"Adjutant General...... Changing careers to make clothes? Xiao Yanzhi looked at the clothes hanging in the shop, "Is cutting people and sewing clothes the same touch?" ”

Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.

Isn't it funny? Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze blankly.

Pei Ze glanced at Feng Yuan, and then took Xiao Yanzhi's hand and walked into the room in the shop.

Seeing this, Feng Yuan closed the door of the shop, turned around and limped to the back.

"What kind of clothes are you going to wear today?"

Watching Pei Ze skillfully pour Xiao Yanzhi a cup of hot tea, Feng Yuan raised his eyebrows.

Tut-tut, their General Pei actually took care of others so intimately, and took care of them so naturally, I really wanted to ask the other brothers to come and take a look.

"Do it for him." Pei Ze pointed at Xiao Yanzhi, "He's afraid of the cold, you can watch it." ”

Feng Yuan pursed his lips and said, "I really don't know whether to say that you trust me or whether to say that you are casual." So, the king of Shu will come with me to measure the size. ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked in the direction that Feng Yuan pointed to: "There is still a room?" It's pretty big here. ”

As he spoke, Xiao Yanzhi stood up.

Feng Yuan said proudly: "The place that King Wucheng bought is of course big. ”

"I see." Xiao Yanzhi threw the heavy cloak to Pei Ze, and then followed Feng Yuan to the small room next to him, "It's much warmer here than outside." ”

After Xiao Yanzhi entered the house, Feng Yuan lowered the heavy door curtain.

"Probably because the room is small, so it's warmer. Is it convenient for the prince to take off his jacket? ”

"Okay." Xiao Yanzhi quickly took off the thickest jacket outside.

Feng Yuan stared at Xiao Yanzhi, and then stretched out his two hands to pinch Xiao Yanzhi's waist, seeing that his hand fell down and fell into a big piece, Feng Yuan said helplessly: "Lord Wang, can you take off another layer?" ”

How many layers did the King of Shu wear? And didn't he make this dress for Pei Ze last year?

Xiao Yanzhi took off another layer.

"Lord Wang...... That ......"

"Do you still take it off?" Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips, "Do you want to take them all off?" ”

"Preferably."

Hearing this, Pei Ze, who was sitting outside through a curtain, finally couldn't sit still, and walked to the door in two steps and opened the curtain.

"What's wrong?"

He remembered that Feng Yuan could measure the size just by looking at it.

Feng Yuan looked at Pei Ze helplessly and said, "If the King of Shu doesn't take off these heavy clothes, I really can't see his size." ”

Pei Ze found that there was already a pile of mountain-like clothes on the table in the room, from the thickest jacket to the thinner jacket. Looking at this pile of clothes, Pei Ze even wondered if Xiao Yanzhi had taken out all his autumn and winter clothes to wear.

With a flash in his eyes, Pei Ze thought of another question.

Walking in front of Xiao Yanzhi in two steps, Pei Ze frowned and pressed his hand on Xiao Yanzhi's waist.

"You're skinny again?"

Recently, he saw that Xiao Yanzhi's whole person was round twice, and he thought that Xiao Yanzhi was fat, but he was just wearing thick clothes, but was he thin?