When he arrived at the door of the Daji Palace, he pushed the door of the hall, and Xiao Yanzhi remembered that the doors of the halls were about to be latched when he entered the night.

Scratching his head, Xiao Yanzhi looked at the doorposts on the left and right sides and the lintel eaves above, and then took two steps back and looked at the left and right sides of the street, making sure that no one would come over in a short time, Xiao Yanzhi took off his hood and began to climb the wall with his hands and feet.

The guards on night duty in the Daji Hall happened to walk by the door of the hall, and they heard the sound of rustling outside the hall, and walked over and put their ears on the door to listen for a while, and they were sure that the sound came from outside, and it seemed that someone was doing something at the door of the Daji Hall.

The man immediately ran back and summoned three of his companions, two of whom stood guard, and two of them jumped on the tiles to capture the thief. When you look down from the top of the wall, the two men immediately retract their heads.

Isn't this the King of Shu in the Wanchun Hall next door next door? What did he do when he came to climb the wall of the Daji Hall at night?

The two men gestured to each other, then one stood on the roof, and the other jumped off the wall, and after discussing with his companions, he went to find Xu Ren.

As soon as I heard that Xiao Yanzhi was climbing the wall of the Daji Palace, Xu Ren, who was still lazily lying on the bed and leaning out to look out, accidentally rolled off the bed and fell heavily on the ground.

Xu Ren was a little confused.

If the King of Shu has something to do to come to the Daji Palace, wouldn't it be good to knock on the door? Why sneak up the wall? To steal something? Didn't the prince tell the king of Shu that the Daji Palace was heavily guarded?

Xu Ren was really curious, so he gestured to several other people, asking the night watchmen to find a place to hide for the time being, and after giving the order, Xu Ren himself jumped off the wall and found a dark place to hide.

At this time, Xiao Yanzhi didn't know that he had been discovered, and after climbing to the wall, Xiao Yanzhi also lowered his body to check the situation in the courtyard, and only jumped down after making sure that there was no one, and ran to the backyard of the Daji Hall as fast as he could after landing.

Xu Ren walked out of the shadows and followed with a twinkle in his eyes.

Jumping from such a high place, and landing with his feet without making any sound, this highness is not bad.

Xiao Yanzhi followed Pei Ze to Daji Hall several times, so he easily found Pei Ze's bedroom.

Maybe it was because Pei Ze traveled far away, so the door of the bedroom was locked directly from the outside, and the big lock hung on the door brightly, and Xiao Yanzhi stared at it.

Giving up the door, Xiao Yanzhi walked to a window next to him, took out the dagger in his boots, picked the latch in the window, and then opened the window into the room.

Xu Ren's eyes tightened, and he followed to the window.

After Xiao Yanzhi entered the room, he looked around first, and didn't find anything interesting, so he walked straight to the bed, looked left and right, and Xiao Yanzhi took a fancy to the pillow on the bed. The futon is too big to bring out, and this pillow looks just the right size.

grabbed the pillow and smelled it, and smelled the same smell as Pei Ze's body, which seemed to be the smell of incense commonly used by Pei Ze, so Xiao Yanzhi hugged the pillow in his arms.

After looking left and right for a while, Xiao Yanzhi saw a coat on the screen, which looked like it was put on casually after taking it off. Tearing off his clothes and shaking them, Xiao Yanzhi put the coat on his body, and then covered it with a cloak.

Looking around again, but finding nothing else that could be used, Xiao Yanzhi turned around and strode out of the window.

Didn't Pei Ze say that the Daji Hall was heavily guarded? But why is there no one at night? Is Qianniuwei negligent in his duties? Forget it, that's just right for him.

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi walking quickly, Xu Ren was startled and hurriedly flew up to the roof.

Jumping out of the window with a quick action, Xiao Yanzhi reflexively closed the window, but he couldn't reinsert the latch, stared at the window depressedly for a long time, Xiao Yanzhi decided to give up, so he immediately returned the same way.

Xu Ren squatted on the roof and watched Xiao Yanzhi run out, looking at the pillow that was caught under Xiao Yanzhi's armpit and the coat that vaguely appeared from under the cloak, Xu Ren was confused.

The king of Shu slipped into the Daji Hall so vigorously at night, just to steal their prince's pillow and coat? Why? Can their prince's things still ward off evil spirits? Is it the world's greatest treasure?

Watching Xiao Yanzhi climb over the wall and leave the Daji Palace, Xu Ren sat on the roof blowing the wind and meditated.

What is the purpose of the King of Shu?

And Xiao Yan, who stole Pei Ze's pillow and coat, rushed back to Wanchun Hall all the way, dodged into the door, and only breathed a sigh of relief after reinserting the latch.

Turning his head to look at the pillow in his hand, Xiao Yanzhi smiled and went back to the bedroom.

Putting the cloak back in place, Xiao Yanzhi wore Pei Ze's coat and climbed onto the bed with the pillow in his hand, and hugged the pillow tightly after lying down.

In a daze, Xiao Yanzhi felt as if he was asleep, and as if he wasn't asleep, he had to open his eyes every once in a while, he thought that this interval was very short, but after three or four times, the winning streak came to knock on the door.

Xiao Yanzhi opened his eyes abruptly and stared at the pillow in his arms.

He seems to be asleep? But why is there a feeling of not sleeping?

Throwing the pillow behind him, Xiao Yanzhi got up, took off the coat and threw it on the bed.

"I'm awake."

Lian Sheng and Xiushui outside the door were slightly stunned when they heard this, Lian Sheng reached out and pushed the door, and found that the door was not inserted into the latch.

"Your Highness, you went out last night?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yan's heart jumped, and he shook his head when he looked at Lian Sheng, "No, why do you ask that?" ”

Lian Shenghu said suspiciously: "The slave and maid remember that when the slave and maid left last night, His Royal Highness bolted the door, but ......"

Xiao Yan was stunned, and then he knew where the stuffing was missing.

"Oh, I suddenly felt stuffy after I woke up last night, so I opened the door and blew the wind, maybe I forgot to close it when I went back to the house."

"That's not going to work!" Xiushui immediately frowned, "Even if there are no outsiders in our Wanchun Palace, Your Highness, you have to be careful, you have to close the door when you sleep at night." ”

"Oh, I see." Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth.

Xiushui led a few palace maids to clean up the bed, but as soon as she walked to the bed, she saw something in her eyes on the bed.

"Your Highness, this pillow and clothes ......"

"That's it, just put it there." Xiao Yanzhi said disapprerovitically.

"Where to put it......" Xiushui blinked, "Where to put it?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Xiushui, who was at a loss, and smiled secretly in his heart: "Just put it on the bed, don't move those two things without my instructions, and you don't need to clean them." ”

“…… Oh. Xiushui still didn't understand where these two things came from, but Xiao Yanzhi said that he couldn't move, so it must be something special.

So Xiushui folded the clothes and placed them neatly on the bed with the pillow.

And not long after that, when Donggui, the great eunuch in the Daji Palace, led the palace maid and eunuch to do the daily sprinkling, he was stunned to find that Pei Ze was missing a pillow on his bed, and he searched the entire room but did not find this pillow, so Donggui found Xu Ren in a panic.

Xu Ren yawned when he heard that it was a pillow and said, "It's okay, you don't care." ”

He didn't sleep all night, so he wondered why the king of Shu took away their prince's pillow and clothes, but he still had no clue when the sky was bright, and the wind blew on the roof all night, and he was now dying of headaches.

"Leave it alone...... How can this be left alone! Donggui glared at Xu Ren, "I led people to search all over the room but didn't find it, could it be that I recruited a thief to steal it?" ”

Xu Ren glanced at Donggui and said, "I finally escaped the guards of the Daji Hall and entered the prince's room, and if you don't steal anything else, you will steal a pillow, have you ever seen such a thief?" Our prince's pillow is not golden. ”

"Then, if you can't say it, you are the prince's admirer." Donggui also thinks that no thief will steal just a pillow.

As soon as Donggui's words fell, Xu Ren accidentally choked on his own saliva, and his face turned red with a cough.

"Don't talk nonsense! Get to work! Finally stopped coughing, Xu Ren glared at Donggui fiercely.

It was the King of Shu who stole the pillow, could the King of Shu be their prince's admirer? Pure nonsense!

Dongguihu looked at Xu Ren suspiciously and asked, "Do you know something?" ”

"I don't know!" Xu Ren replied impatiently, "I'll rest, you can let people keep an eye on it." Headache to death. ”

After saying this, Xu Ren went back to the wing room and prepared for a good night's sleep.

Completely unaware of what was happening in the Daji Palace, Xiao Yanzhi was named to go to the imperial study after being subjected to the early court again without saying a word.

Sitting in the imperial study together, the emperor first looked at Xiao Yanzhi, and saw Xiao Yanzhi fiddling with the tea bowl with his head down, and did not take the initiative to speak as always, so the emperor shifted his attention to Xu Lishan.

"Shan'er, what's going on with the household? Got used to it? ”

Xu Lishan immediately replied: "I am used to returning to my father's words. ”

The Emperor nodded.

Because he didn't worry about the second child's work, he also specially placed an eyeliner in the household, although there were a lot of situations at the beginning, but recently the second child has figured out the doorway, and he is indeed doing much better than before. And the second child has more ideas than he imagined, although he has appointed people from the Jiang family as his cronies to assist, but he is not obedient to the Jiang family, and he gets along well with the officials of the household, but he does better than he expected. Coupled with the steadiness and calmness at the court meeting on the day of the birthday banquet, he was really impressed by the second child.

"It's good to get used to it," the emperor said again, "seeing that it's the end of the year again, and it's the work of the household department to distribute Lu rice to the hundred officials, and after the examination of the officials is over next month, the hundred officials are afraid that there will be changes, and you wait for them to finish, so you go and ask for a roster, and distribute Lu rice to the roster." ”

"Yes, Father." Xu Lishan immediately responded.

"By the way, the examination of the Ministry of Officials." As he spoke, the emperor's gaze drifted to Xiao Yanzhi again.

As soon as he heard the emperor's tone, Xiao Yanzhi's heart was stunned, and when he raised his eyes, he was really facing the emperor's eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi hurriedly stretched out his hand and pointed at Xu Liqian.

The emperor glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "In other words, there is nothing to do in Honglu Temple, you can go to the Ministry of Officials to have a look." ”

Xiao Yanzhi twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled at the emperor, and said very modestly: "Back to my father's words, after my son's son went to Honglu Temple some time ago, he felt that he was really a shallow learner, and it was difficult to take on a big responsibility, so it was better to let his son go to Hongwen Hall to study with Mr. Ji for a while, right?" ”

The emperor snorted coldly and said, "Ji Wencheng said that he can't teach you." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Yanzhi was stunned, "When did Mr. Ji come to find his father?" ”

"As soon as my birthday banquet passed, he came to the door, and said that in order to make me have a happy birthday, he endured it for a long time before he came to complain."

Xiao Yanzhi pouted.

The emperor smiled and said: "You don't need to do the examination of the official department yourself, you can go to the official offices behind the people to familiarize yourself with the way." ”

Xiao Yanzhi said reluctantly: "Father, when you wanted your sons to go to Honglu Temple, you also said that your sons only need to receive foreign envoys, but what is the result?" Father, your birthday banquet was all planned by your sons! No matter how big or small, they ask about everything, and there is nothing that the sons have not bothered about! ”

The emperor glared at Xiao Yanzhi: "It's quite aggrieved for you to organize my birthday banquet?" ”

"That's not true," Xiao Yanzhi hurriedly denied, "It's the honor of the son to organize a birthday banquet for his father, and the son doesn't feel wronged, but tired." ”

"I'm too lazy for you!" The emperor shook his head and smiled, "The matter of the ministry, let the third child accompany you." ”

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian when he heard this, and still said reluctantly: "That's it." ”

This reluctant tone made the emperor look at Xiao Yan again.

Xu Liqian looked at Xiao Yanzhi and said to the emperor with a smile: "Father, don't worry, the son will not cause trouble for the eldest emperor." ”

The emperor glanced at Xu Liqian, nodded, and didn't say anything.

After chatting a few more words, the emperor let Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian leave, but left Xiao Yanzhi.

After Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian left, Xiao Yanzhi found that even Zhao Kang led the palace maid to retreat, Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at the emperor.

"Father, you are really making the best use of your resources, what do you want your son to do this time?"

The emperor said calmly: "The last time was your own trouble, but I didn't want you to do it. ”

Xiao Yanzhi rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, Erchen is self-inflicted." ”

"How do you speak!" The emperor squinted his eyes at Xiao Yan, and then said, "According to the rules of the previous dynasty, the examination of the officials is once every four years...... Dismissal. I haven't been able to take care of this for three years on the throne, and this year is the time. ”

Xiao Yanzhi let out a long sigh and said, "Father, you want your sons to become the target of public criticism." ”

"Didn't you let the third child accompany you?" The Emperor laughed.

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi glanced at the emperor.

Not caring about Xiao Yanzhi's great disrespect, the emperor took out a letter from a stack of folds, handed it to Xiao Yanzhi, and said, "The people written on it, I don't want to see them in the court again." ”

Xiao Yanzhi took the fold, opened it and looked at it very carefully, thinking that the name of the Qin family or the Jiang family should appear on the fold, but after looking at it for a long time, Xiao Yanzhi found that these people had various surnames, and they seemed to be unrelated.

"Who is this?"

"The Qin family's in-laws, protégés, the Jiang family's sidelines, and some Yun family members." Even without looking, the emperor clearly remembered what was written on the fold.

"The Yun family?" Xiao Yanzhi thought about it carefully, "Is it Concubine Yun's maiden family?" ”

Isn't that the family behind Xu Liqian?

The Emperor nodded.

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled lightly and said, "Erchen still thinks that the third emperor brother is quite peaceful. ”

The emperor glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "The third child has something that you and the second child don't have, if he can keep to himself." ”

Xiao Yanzhi shrugged.

The emperor suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "Now, I really want to hand over the East Palace to you. ”

Xiao Yanzhi said disappreliantly: "Father, why are you still talking about this?" ”

"It's not all you!" The emperor said helplessly, "Let you go to learn from Ji Wencheng, but you provoked Ji Wencheng to jump up and down, and asked you to learn the rules from Jiang Guifei, you didn't learn much about the rules, but you are familiar with my harem, send you to Honglu Temple to do one thing, you have done several things for me in one go, if I send you to the East Palace again, what do you have to make the East Palace into me?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Father, you know so clearly, your sons are relieved." ”

The emperor said helplessly: "But if I really hand over this world to the second or third child, what should you do?" The two of them might be able to accommodate you? ”

I don't know why, as soon as he heard the emperor's words at this moment, Xiao Yanzhi's nose was sour, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi hung his head and didn't speak, the emperor said again: "Recently, several ministers have handed me excerpts, mentioning that you want to enter the East Palace, watching them praise you for your wisdom and bravery, I want to laugh, if they let them know your virtue in private, they have to regret to poke their eyes blind."

But I also thought, in this palace, in this court, if you have been alone, how long can you live? In case I am really gone, the second child has the Jiang family to rely on, the third child has the Yun family to rely on, and even Pei Ze has military power to rely on, but what do you have? You're only me. ”

Xiao Yanzhi sniffed, turned his head and complained to the emperor: "Father, why did you suddenly say this?" Father, you are in the prime of life, and when it is time for you to abdicate, your sons will also be old, and then your sons will retire to the mountains and forests, and do not ask about the world. ”

"Silly boy, how can it be as easy as you say." The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi with a loving smile, "I have never been able to let your mother live a good life in my life, I want you to live well." ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Erchen is doing well now." ”

The emperor stared at Xiao Yanzhi for a long time, then sighed again and said, "That's it, I won't talk to you about this." Yesterday, the concubine told me that now you have to move around, and it is not safe for He Yan to be the only one by your side, so I arranged another guard for you. Zhao Kang. ”

Zhao Kang's ears outside the door were also bright, the emperor only shouted, and Zhao Kang led people to push the door into the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the old slave has brought in with Zhang Guard."

As soon as he heard that the guard's surname was Zhang, Xiao Yanzhi immediately raised his head, and when he saw that the person who came was Zhang Shaosheng, Xiao Yanzhi's eyes widened in fright.

"Father, this ......"

The Emperor laughed, "It's rare to scare you like this, and this prank of mine seems to have succeeded." I heard that he is your fellow countryman, or he grew up together, I see that he is also good, and he has never violated military discipline in the past few years after entering Qianniuwei, he is a good person, and he is just right by your side. ”

"But he, this, I ......" Xiao Yanzhi took a long time to figure out what he wanted to say, "Aren't there only the children of the official family in the guard camp?" ”

"I'm exceptionally promoted, and I'm exceptionally for you." The Emperor laughed.

Xiao Yanzhi couldn't think of anything else to say, so he could only accept the emperor's affection and kneel down to thank the holy grace.

The emperor smiled and waved his hand, and then let Xiao Yanzhi lead Zhang Shaosheng to retreat.

Walking out of the door of the imperial study, Xiao Yanzhi was still in a trance.

"You...... Why didn't you tell me? Xiao Yanyi looked at Zhang Shaosheng with a blank face.

Zhang Shaosheng scratched his head and said, "When I saw you in the Taiji Palace, I originally wanted to say it, but I forgot to say it. ”

"How the hell did you get into the Guards' Camp?"

Jiang Guifei mentioned to the emperor that he needed guards? It's all good, nothing has happened, how could Jiang Guifei suddenly remember this?

"Good luck," Zhang Shaosheng said suddenly, "I just asked Qianniu Wei how to enter the guard camp, he originally said that it was a place where only the children of official eunuchs could go, but after a few days, he suddenly said that he was on the right track, and he didn't allow me to ask more, so I didn't ask." ”

Walking out of the Liangyi Palace, Xiao Yanzhi hurriedly found He Yan and instructed: "He Yan, can you go to the guard camp to help me ask something?" ”

After staying in the palace for a long time, Xiao Yanzhi didn't believe that there were lucky people in the palace.

"Lord Wang, please speak." When saying this, He Yan looked at Zhang Shaosheng.

Isn't this person a thousand cows in the Wanchun Palace? I saw him enter the Liangyi Hall just now, why did he come out with King Shu at this time?

Xiao Yanzhi also glanced at Zhang Shaosheng, and then said: "You go to the guard camp and ask, see if you can ask how Zhang Shaosheng was incorporated into the guard camp." ”

"Guards?" He Yan looked at Zhang Shaosheng with a look of surprise, "He...... Entered the Guards Battalion? ”

I have never heard that there are thousands of cattle ready to enter the guard camp, if the king of Shu went to the guard camp to ask for favors, it is possible, but the king of Shu has never been to ah!

Xiao Yanzhi nodded solemnly, and said: "It's a foregone conclusion, I'm not in a hurry, if you can ask, just find an appropriate time." ”

"My subordinates understand." He Yan glanced at Zhang Shaosheng again.

Zhang Shaosheng still looked like he was not in the situation, and asked, "Is there anything wrong?" Do you need me to go back to Qianniuwei and ask? ”

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it's nothing, it's always more reassuring to ask clearly." Let's go, come with me to the ministry. ”

"Oh." Zhang Shaosheng nodded, and then followed behind Xiao Yanzhi with He Yan and Lian Sheng.