The Forbidden Garden is a royal garden located in the north direction of the palace, in addition to the dense forest and flower fields, there are pavilions and pavilions in the water, the scenery is pleasant, beautiful.

It is said that there is a pear orchard on the east side of the forbidden garden, and there are a group of skilled and excellent people in the pear orchard, only for the emperor to perform, and it is said that there is a hunting ground on the west side of the forbidden garden that is not large but not small, which raises birds and beasts, from the cubs to the adults, but also only for Bo Long Yan Xinyue.

When he heard from Lian Sheng and Xiushui about how exquisite the Forbidden Garden was and how exquisite the design was, Xiao Yanzhi just wanted to sigh that being rich is capricious. Ordinary people have to work hard to support their families, but the emperor still has the spare strength to raise Youling and wild beasts.

But this is the case, and the current emperor's glory and wealth are all exchanged for his life, and it can be regarded as getting the reward he deserves after paying.

Today's palace banquet was held in front of the stage in Liyuan, when Xiao Yanzhi, Pei Ze and Xu Lishan arrived, the square in front of the stage had already been set up with seats, and the palace concubines who came to the Forbidden Garden before were also sitting in their respective positions, occasionally probing and talking to the people next to them, but the more people talked, the happier they became, and the more they listened, the more they listened, the more they were blocked, so that people knew that the palace concubines' play had started at a glance.

However, the appearance of Xiao Yanzhi and the three of them made the lively square instantly quiet.

When Xiao Yanzhi didn't come, those palace concubines who had already seen him at the door thought that they still had to be restrained today, after all, whether they were favored by the emperor or not, they were all emperor's women, and it was not good to stare at other men in front of the emperor and other princes, but when Xiao Yanzhi came, no sense and restraint worked, whether they had seen him before or had not seen him, they all looked at it together, and it took a long time before someone took the lead in saluting.

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth, his eyes wandered around the crowd and then turned his head to ask Xu Lishan, "Is there anything wrong with what I am wearing today?" Or am I looking too weird? Why do you feel like someone is watching me all the time? ”

A few people stopped to look at him when he was at the door, right? Why?

"Uh......" Xu Lishan looked left and right when he heard this, and said vaguely, "Probably because I've never seen the imperial brother, so I'm curious." ”

Inexplicably, he just doesn't want to sue Xiao Yanzhi, everyone is looking at him, it's actually because he is good-looking. They are all the children of their father, and he is still four or five percent similar to Xu Liqian's appearance, but he is not at all like Xiao Yanzhi...... Xiao Yanzhi was really born to his father?

"Really?" Looking left and right suspiciously, Xiao Yanzhi felt that the eyes of those women not only flashed with curiosity, but also seemed to hide something terrifying...... Forget it, don't dig into it.

"The old slave asked the two highnesses to say goodbye and met King Wucheng." Zhao Kang had been waiting in the pear orchard for a long time, and when he saw Xiao Yan as usual, he immediately greeted him.

As soon as he saw Zhao Kang, Xiao Yanzhi immediately looked in the direction where Zhao Kang came: "Father is already here?" ”

"No, no," Zhao Kang smiled, "Your Majesty is still in the Liangyi Palace, and it is estimated that it will be there in a while." The old slave was ordered by His Majesty to wait for His Highness here. ”

"Wait for me?" Xiao Yanzhi pointed at himself, and then looked at Xu Lishan and Pei Ze with puzzled faces, and saw that these two were also confused, so he asked Zhao Kangdao worriedly, "Father...... Looking for me? ”

He has been very peaceful these days, but he has not done anything worthy of the emperor's attention. Could it be that what happened with Qin Tai's family during the day was known to the emperor? How did the news spread so quickly?

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi's expression, Zhao Kang smiled again when he heard this, and said, "Your Highness, where do you want to go?" His Majesty was worried that His Highness would panic when he participated in the palace banquet for the first time, so he asked the old slave to come over first to take care of His Highness. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then said with a smile: "Father Lao is bothered. ”

"Your Majesty's heart is always thinking about His Highness. The old slave will lead His Highness to a seat? Zhao Kang turned sideways slightly and stretched out his hand to point to Xiao Yanzhi's position.

"There's Lord Lao Zhao."

Not long after Xiao Yanzhi and the three of them sat down, the emperor and Xu Liqian walked over together, followed by Jiang Guifei, looking at the appearance of talking and laughing, as if they were talking about some interesting topic.

A eunuch shouted in a shrill voice, "Your Majesty has arrived", Xiao Yanzhi ran back to the entrance of the pear garden with Pei Ze and Xu Lishan under the guidance of Zhao Kang, knelt down to greet the emperor, and the palace concubines also stood up from their seats one after another, but they didn't gather together, just found a small open space next to the seat and knelt down.

"Let's all get up," the emperor bent down and personally helped Xiao Yanzhi up, "When did Yanzhi come from?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi turned around and followed the emperor half a step away and walked to his seat, and said with a bright smile: "I've been here for a while, and I just happened to enjoy today's sunset at the door." ”

"Sunset?" The emperor turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi and said with a smile, "You will enjoy it, and come to watch the sunset, and you won't be tired after a day of wandering outside?" I've heard you've been to a lot of places. ”

"Father heard about it again?" Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Xu Liqian.

Xu Liqian was also calm, and made a grimace at Xiao Yanzhi, which meant that he admitted his "whistleblowing".

The emperor pulled off his clothes, sat down on his seat, and then said, "What? You're going out and having fun, aren't you going to listen to the fun? ”

Xiao Yanzhi pouted and said: "I knew that my father was so interested, I should have invited my father to travel with me today, and I will definitely not run into trouble." ”

The emperor laughed and scolded: "Are you trying to use me as a shield? ”

"No, no, no, how dare Erchen," Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "Erchen just wants to fake the tiger." ”

"Nonsense!" The emperor gave Xiao Yan a blank look, and then said, "It's good if it's not hurt." Don't be so reckless in the future, take He Yan with you wherever you go. To arrange a guard for you is to let him protect you, but you can go out and hang around by yourself, but give the guard a holiday. ”

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and said, "Erchen is used to being alone, and you suddenly want me to take someone with me wherever I go, Erchen is really not used to it." ”

"What's not used to?" The emperor said, "Anyway, if you walk in front, you can't see the person behind, and if he doesn't speak, you will treat him as if he is not there." ”

Xiao Yan was stunned, looked at the emperor curiously and asked, "Father, is this how you are used to it?" ”

"Not really."

The emperor admitted it too simply, and asked Xiao Yanzhi to twitch the corner of his mouth and say, "Father is wise", which also made Zhao Kang's heart sour.

Co-authored for so many years, Majesty Xià is when he doesn't have zài......

In order to strengthen his sense of existence, Zhao Kang took a step forward, bowed his head behind the emperor and whispered: "Your Majesty, you see that the concubines of the harem have arrived today, and it is the reception banquet of His Royal Highness, do you want to say something?" ”

The emperor waved his hand and said, "I have nothing to say, and calling them here is to ask them all to recognize what they say, and if they see it, they will know it." ”

The emperor has always disliked these false courtesies, when he feasts the courtiers, he has to say something, and when facing the courtiers, the emperor also has something to say, but now the women sitting behind him are women, what do you want him to say? Anyway, it's just a family dinner, so why bother with it? In the past few years, the emperor rarely held palace banquets, probably because he was tired of these cumbersome processes.

"Then the old slave will go and tell them that they may have a feast."

After saying that, seeing the emperor nodding again, Zhao Kang took two steps away, but he didn't personally go all the way to inform the palace people of the banquet, but just called his little apprentice and informed the apprentice that Zhao Kang's work was completed, and then he asked the little apprentice to run wild with all his strength to inform the dining room and Liyuan Youling.

After talking to Zhao Kang, the emperor turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi again, and saw Xiao Yanzhi leaning lazily on the armrest of the Taishi chair, with a plate of crispy fried cashew nuts that had been dragged to his eyes, and he was throwing them into his mouth one after another, not idle for a moment.

"Are you hungry?" There was a slight disgust in the emperor's expression.

This kid deliberately ate this virtue, right? is obviously quite good-looking, and his words and deeds can also be suave, but he always makes himself look like he doesn't understand the rules.

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi looked up at the emperor, shook his head and said, "I'm not very hungry." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yanzhi threw another cashew nut into his mouth.

The corners of the emperor's mouth twitched, and he said, "What are you doing if you are not hungry?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows frowned, and he looked at the emperor dissatisfiedly and said, "Father, didn't you say that today is a family banquet?" How can anyone eat in front of their own family and pretend? ”

"Crooked!" The emperor glared at Xiao Yan.

They are not ordinary people, even at the family banquet, they must pay attention to etiquette and image!

"As an elder brother, you should set an example for your younger siblings." The emperor said earnestly.

Xiao Yanzhi blinked, pointed to Pei Ze, who was sitting behind him, and said: "The righteous son is also a son, the eldest son of our family is there, he is definitely a good example!" ”

"I say one thing, you have ten things to say! There are more than twenty people, sit well, sit up straight! "He's got to □□ this kid out there!

"Twenty or so?" Hearing the emperor's description, Xiao Yanzhi smiled evilly, "Father, did you say that your son is in his twenties this year?" ”

The emperor's face was embarrassed.

Jiang Guifei, who was sitting on the other side of the emperor, had been listening attentively to the conversation between the father and son, and when she heard this, Jiang Guifei interjected understandingly: "Look at what His Highness asked, how can a father not know the age of his son?" His Royal Highness is twenty-three this year, and the palace often listens to His Majesty's recitation, but he can't forget it. ”

How false Jiang Guifei said this, the emperor and Xiao Yanzhi are like mirrors, but this scene has passed, and the emperor's face has been preserved, which makes Xiao Yanzhi, who asked the question, avoid the possibility of being hated by the emperor, and let the emperor remember Jiang Guifei's favor.

Xiao Yanzhi pretended to look at the emperor in surprise, as if he was very moved, and said, "Father really remembers?" Erchen is very moved! ”

The emperor gouged Xiao Yan's eyes.

Move? Touched by a fart! This kid is trying to make fun of him!

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, poured a cup of tea for the emperor and handed it over, which was an apology.

The Emperor took the tea and drank it with a melancholy heart.

If the second or third child dares to pick on him in front of him, he will definitely slap him in the face, so that they know what it means to call the father the son, but why can't he take this kid with a hippie smile? Look at his smug smile, with a treacherous look!

When the palace banquet officially began, there were Youling babbling and singing on the stage, singing very well, but Xiao Yanzhi didn't understand it very well, so he lost interest after listening to it for a while, and turned his attention to the tangerine peel beef on the small table in front of him.

The emperor is also a person who doesn't like to listen to operas very much, but because of etiquette and face, he has to force himself to watch it every time, and he has to put on an expression of "You sing well and I am very happy", not to mention how uncomfortable it feels.

Tonight, the emperor originally planned to finish listening to this scene as usual, but when he heard that it was boring, he accidentally glanced at Xiao Yanzhi, but when he saw Xiao Yanzhi eating without distraction, the emperor twitched the corner of his mouth.

"In other words, they don't sing well?"

"Huh?" Xiao Yanzhi turned his head when he heard this, "They sing very well." ”

As soon as he saw Xiao Yanzhi's insincere eyes, the emperor knew that he was talking nonsense again: "They sing well, but they are not as good as a dish of tangerine peel beef?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "They sing well, but Erchen can't understand it, so no matter how well they sing, it must be inferior to tangerine peel beef to Erchen." ”

As soon as he heard Xiao Yanzhi say that he couldn't understand the play, the emperor suddenly had a feeling that he had found a soulmate, and secretly sighed that Xiao Yanzhi deserved to be his son. So the emperor didn't listen to the drama anymore, so he used this topic to talk with Xiao Yanzhi and me one by one, and everything he said was nonsense, but he was unprecedentedly happy.

There are many people who also have no intention of listening to the play.

Jiang Guifei had the heart to listen to the conversation between Xiao Yanzhi's father and son, but there was already some distance between her and the emperor, and at this time the emperor went to Xiao Yanzhi's side, she was even farther away from the father and son, and the music from the stage was bursting, Jiang Guifei couldn't hear a word, only saw the father and son talking happily.

Pei Ze, Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian, who were sitting in the back, also looked at Xiao Yanzhi talking happily with the emperor, and secretly guessed what Xiao Yanzhi said that made the emperor happy, but they had different thoughts.

Tonight's palace concubines are also full of spring, and they can always seize the opportunity to peek at Xiao Yanzhi who is sitting under the lantern, and they don't even have the mind to compare with each other and quarrel, which is extremely harmonious.

In this strange atmosphere, Zhao Kang couldn't help but feel excited.

After a lot of gossip, it is always necessary to talk about some unavoidable problems, even the emperor, when chatting with his son, he must also care about his son's emotional status, so when the topic ends, the emperor begins to care about his eldest son: "In other words, when will you marry a wife?" ”

As soon as he heard this, the defenseless Xiao Yanzhi was frightened, and he swallowed the piece of beef that had just been put into his mouth, and the piece of beef was stuck in his throat, which choked Xiao Yanzhi enough.

After pouring a bowl of tea, Xiao Yanyi looked at the emperor with a resentful face, and said, "Father, your topic has also jumped too fast, can't you say hello in advance?" ”

The emperor glared at Xiao Yanzhi: "I will ask if you have a woman you like, and you still need to say hello in advance?" Why did you scare you like this? Could it be that she has fallen in love with someone else's daughter-in-law? ”

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "If the son says yes, will the father help the son to grab it?" ”

“…… I'll break your dog's legs! ”

"I'm a dogleg, so what kind of ...... are you?" muttered in a low voice, before the emperor had time to get angry, Xiao Yanzhi said again: "Father, since you don't plan to help your sons, what else do you ask?" ”

"Ask what?" He is Xiao Yanzhi's father, can't he ask yet? "I want a daughter-in-law, can't I?"

"Okay!" Xiao Yanzhi nodded briskly, then pointed in the direction behind him, and said, "You still have two sons, if you want a daughter-in-law, you can have one, if you want two, you can have a pair, as long as your father decrees, you will no longer lack daughters-in-law!" ”

Looking at Xiao Yanzhi's hippie smiling face, the corners of the emperor's eyes jumped fiercely.

"The eldest brother doesn't have a family, which round will get them?" He didn't believe him, but he couldn't do it!

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Pei Ze.

Pei Ze was originally looking at Xiao Yanzhi, so when Xiao Yanzhi turned his head, the eyes of the two met.

"What's wrong?" Pei Ze asked in a low voice.

Xiao Yanzhi didn't speak, stared at Pei Ze, frowned and pursed his lips.

It doesn't seem very kind to lead this disaster to Pei Ze, if the emperor really has a relationship with him, then Pei Ze will have to marry? Not...... Pei Ze treats him well, it's not good for him to cheat people like this.

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi turn his head to look at Pei Ze, the emperor also turned around and glanced at Pei Ze, and then laughed: "What? Do you still want to say that the righteous son is also a son, and Pei Ze is your eldest brother? But if he marries a wife, the child he gives birth to will not be surnamed Xu Li. ”

"Wife?" Pei Ze looked at the emperor who was smiling very proudly, and then looked at Xiao Yanzhi with a distressed face, frowning.

Xiao Yanzhi sighed regretfully and said, "That's what I said." ”

Xiao Yanzhi set his eyes on Xu Lishan again, and asked with a smile: "Second Emperor Brother, today's Mid-Autumn Festival, do you have a favorite girl?" ”

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi's calamity could not lead to Pei Ze, he turned his target to Xu Lishan again, the emperor shook his head and smiled, but he did not break it, but looked at Xu Lishan with Xiao Yanzhi.

Xu Lishan was stunned by Xiao Yanzhi's questioning, and then found that the people around him, including Xu Liqian and Jiang Guifei, were looking at him.

"No, no." Seeing a chill down his spine by everyone, Xu Lishan couldn't help but stumble when he spoke.

"Really?" Xiao Yanzhi obviously didn't believe it, "There are so many girls in Chang'an City, none of them have a heart with you?" ”

Not accustomed to being stared at by the emperor all the time, Xu Lishan stiffened his body and shook his head indifferently.

Xiao Yanzhi was speechless, and asked again: "What kind of girl does the second emperor brother like?" Let's listen to it, so that Jiang Guifei can help you see which girl can have a heart with you. ”

"W-What is it?" Xu Lishan blinked, his brain went blank, and he could only turn his head to ask Pei Ze for help.

Without waiting for Pei Ze to come up with a way to help Xu Lishan break the siege, he heard Xiao Yanzhi half-truthfully and half-falsely say: "Yo! The taste of the second emperor's brother is quite heavy, and it's hard to find a girl who looks like a righteous brother. ”

Upon hearing this, Xu Liqian burst into laughter, Xu Lishan was dumbfounded, Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanyi with a helpless face, and the emperor simply slapped Xiao Yanzhi on the back of the head.

Jiang Guifei's face was slightly ugly, and she forced a smile: "Your Highness is really good at laughing." What does His Highness like? ”

In front of His Majesty, how dare Xiao Yanzhi say that Shan'er likes men? What if the majesty is serious?

"Me?" Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Pei Ze, and then said with a smile, "I like my brother like this." ”

The emperor raised his hand and slapped Xiao Yanzhi on the back of the head again: "Clean nonsense!" ”

Xiao Yanzhi rubbed the back of his head, pouted and did not speak.

He really likes a man like Pei Ze, a man like Pei Ze, not a woman.

I hadn't thought about this problem before, but now that I thought about it, Xiao Yanzhi suddenly found that Pei Ze was really completely in line with his preferences, not to mention his appearance and figure, his quiet but reliable personality was exactly what he liked, and being powerful and rich was the icing on the cake......

The more he thought about it, the more he felt itchy in his heart, Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze again, and seriously considered Pei Ze's possibility, but then he thought that Pei Ze was the only son of the Pei family, and he had no wife and no children so far, so he felt that it was unlikely, which made Xiao Yanzhi glance at his mouth regretfully.

"What's wrong?" Sensing Xiao Yanzhi's gaze, Pei Ze naturally looked at Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yan's heart jumped, then he smiled, shook his head lightly, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the more I look at it, the more I think Brother Yi is good-looking." ”

Before the words fell, Xiao Yanzhi received another slap on the back of the head.

Xiao Yanzhi turned to the culprit and complained: "Father, why are you still beating harder and harder?" What should I do if I am stupid? ”

"Fight stupidly, don't you talk nonsense! Sit upright! ”

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and reluctantly turned around and sat down.

The emperor also sat upright, and after a while, he sighed and said, "I don't know who you look like, you are not serious." The draft girl will start at the end of the month, so take this opportunity to choose one. Start a family first and then start a business, you are not small, it's time to settle down. ”

"Erchen is quite stable." Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth.

The emperor glanced at Xiao Yan and said, "Then make yourself a little more stable." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi maliciously thought that he would simply sue Emperor Sù here that he actually likes men, and it would be better if there was any palace concubine with a long tongue who could help him spread this matter!

But Xiao Yanzhi is just thinking about it, if he just wants to be happy for a while, then he can only ask for trouble, and if the emperor is anxious and forcibly arranges a marriage for him, then he will have no place to cry.

Alas, thinking that he, a weak young man with no power to restrain chickens, wants to live an inhuman life in this deep palace, why is his life so miserable!

Sighing sadly, Xiao Yanzhi stood up.

The emperor was still thinking about which girl in the boudoir was suitable for Xiao Yanzhi, but suddenly saw Xiao Yanzhi stand up: "What are you going to do?" ”

"The son is in a hurry." After saying that, Xiao Yanzhi left leisurely under the emperor's gaze.

Swayed out of the pear orchard, Xiao Yanzhi hadn't walked far before he bumped into Qin Fengming.

Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows jumped, and he turned around and was about to hide in the dark to avoid Qin Fengming, but Qin Fengming shouted and stopped Xiao Yanzhi.

"Xiaguan see the King of Shu!"

If there is a way to make Xiao Yanzhi have no face to accuse them in front of the emperor, then their guilt can also be absolved by half, just like his previous provocation to the second prince, as long as the parties do not give reliable testimony, the emperor can't do anything about them.

Xiao Yanzhi's footsteps paused, turned to look at Qin Fengming, and said in surprise: "Why is Qin Shaoqing here?" ”

Qin Fengming took two steps forward, knelt in front of Xiao Yanzhi without hesitation, and said with a very sincere attitude: "The lower official is here to ask the prince for guilt. ”

"Please?" Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, "Qin Shaoqing's words confuse me, I have nothing to do with Qin Shaoqing, why did I get married first?" ”

"Xiaguan is terrified," Qin Fengming hung his head and continued, "I met the prince in the market during the day, the lower official drank a lot of wine at that time, and offended the prince by being confused, and the lower official knew that he deserved to die, please surrender the prince!" ”

At first glance, there was nothing wrong with this, but Xiao Yanzhi liked men, and Qin Fengming was also famous for his good manly style, so after pondering these words again, Xiao Yanzhi felt that something seemed wrong.

Qin Fengming drank a lot of wine...... Confused...... Offend...... So how did he offend?

Glancing left and right, Xiao Yanzhi knew that the guards in front of the pear orchard gate were thinking about the same questions as him.

Xiao Yanzhi stared at the top of Qin Fengming's pitch-black head, and suddenly smiled and said, "Qin Shaoqing's words are serious, it's just a trivial matter." But during the day, I was really taken aback by Qin Shaoqing, who dared to beat the prince with the strength of wine, Qin Shaoqing is afraid that he is the first person in the past. ”

Qin Fengming was stunned, looked up and peeked at Xiao Yan, and saw Xiao Yanzhi smiling indifferently, he couldn't tell whether he was annoyed or not, but he would frame him for beating the prince, presumably because he understood the meaning of his words.

Qin Fengming rolled his eyes, and said: "Xia Guan didn't intend to hurt the prince, but he was in a hurry and couldn't help it...... The subordinate knew that his sin was unforgivable, and he was willing to be punished. ”

As he spoke, Qin Fengming leaned over and kowtowed.

Xiao Yan was speechless and looked at the sky.

It's true that he and Qin Fengming are the same kind, but do the same kind have to have something to do with it? He's also very picky, okay!

Xiao Yanzhi snorted coldly and said, "Are you willing?" Oh, by the way, you also said during the day that you would let me deal with it, since this is the case, Qin Shaoqing will go to the clean room tomorrow to receive the punishment. ”

The guards who had just been induced by Qin Fengming to be charming when they heard this, they didn't have any charming thoughts, silently clamped their legs, and secretly said Xiao Yanzhi really didn't like Qin Fengming, but if he was offended, he would abolish someone's life, if Qin Fengming really did something affectionate to Xiao Yanzhi, wouldn't he be wasted?

Tut-tut, it's really not easy to mess with good-looking people.

Qin Fengming didn't expect Xiao Yanzhi to say this, at first glance he thought he had heard it wrong, but when he looked up and saw the sneer on Xiao Yanzhi's face, Qin Fengming's heart chuckled, and secretly said that something was wrong.

Although the big thing was not good, his previous confession was too firm, so that Xiao Yanzhi really gave a punishment, but he couldn't refuse. This is not the time to turn around, or think about whether you can save yourself when you get to the front of Your Majesty.

So Qin Fengming gritted his teeth and kowtowed again: "If this is the wish of the prince, then ...... The subordinate officer received the order. ”

"Yes." Xiao Yanzhi nodded, and as soon as he turned his feet, he bypassed Qin Fengming and left with a cold face.

Xiao Yanzhi didn't let go, and Qin Fengming didn't dare to get up, until Zhao Kang came out and said that the emperor had summoned him, Qin Fengming got up from the ground, dusted off his body, and entered the pear orchard.

After relieving himself, Xiao Yanzhi wandered around the pear orchard for a while, thinking that Qin Fengming had almost left, so he returned to the pear orchard, but when he walked into the pear orchard and looked in the direction of the emperor, Xiao Yanzhi saw Qin Fengming kneeling next to the emperor.

Xiao Yanzhi hesitated, but still walked over.

Hearing footsteps from far and near, the emperor turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi, and asked with a light smile, "Why did you go for so long?" ”

"Oh, around the neighborhood." Xiao Yanzhi sat down in his seat. Seeing that there was a new dish on the table, he picked up the chopsticks and ate it as if no one was around.

"What can you see when the lights are dark and the lights are blind? When you are free, I will take you to the Forbidden Garden to have a good time. ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, and pretended to bow to the emperor, and said, "Thank you, father." Where are the ministers waiting for their father to fulfill his promise? ”

"You don't joke." The Emperor smiled.

With a little smile, the emperor spoke again: "In other words, I heard that you want Qin Feng to go to the cleansing room tomorrow to receive the punishment?" ”

"Well," Xiao Yanzhi nodded calmly, "Fang was at the gate of the pear orchard, and he said that he would plead guilty and accept punishment, and I would punish him." ”

"Do you know what a clean room is?" The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi amusedly.

"I know," Xiao Yanzhi raised his head and looked at Zhao Kang, and said, "Lord Zhao must have been to a place." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Kang was slightly embarrassed, but responded with a smile: "Your Highness really knows." ”

The emperor glared at Xiao Yan with a smile and said, "Do you know that you still let him go?" ”

"Just let him go when he knows!" As he spoke, Xiao Yanzhi glared at Qin Fengming hatefully.

The emperor raised his eyebrows, glanced at Qin Fengming, and asked Xiao Yanzhi again: "How did he offend you?" How harshly was the punishment? ”

Xiao Yanzhi carefully looked at the emperor's expression, and then suddenly his face changed slightly, and he said hesitantly: "He, he offended his sons on the street!" ”

When the emperor heard this, his eyebrows jumped: "Why did he offend you?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi glanced at Qin Fengming, as if he had been wronged, and said angrily: "He, he...... You let him say it himself! The emperor's brother and they all saw it, and he admitted it himself at the gate of the pear orchard, if you don't believe your father, you can just find someone to ask! ”

This excuse was sent to the door by Qin Fengming himself, wouldn't it be wasted if he didn't have to go up?

Qin Fengming, who was kneeling on the other side, was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Why did Xiao Yanzhi say this casually? As a prince, what about his status? What about reputation?

However, even if they are both princes, Xiao Yanzhi is originally different from Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian's brothers.

Not to mention Xu Liqian for the time being, Xu Lishan is a person with great ambitions, he wants to inherit his father's business, so he must ensure fame and fortune, for this he must ensure that he behaves well, has excellent character, must not damage the royal face, and cannot be criticized, everything he does is to be appreciated by the emperor, and those things that will lower the emperor's evaluation of him, he will never let the emperor know.

But Xiao Yanzhi is not afraid, he doesn't want fame, he doesn't want profit, he doesn't have to deliberately please the emperor, he doesn't need to worry about the emperor's mood when he does anything, as long as he doesn't hurt the emperor's interests, he just cares about his own happiness. Therefore, Xiao Yanzhi's mind is the most difficult to guess, and it is impossible to measure Xiao Yanzhi's bottom line with interests.

The emperor's face turned cold, and he turned his head to look at Qin Fengming angrily: "Qin Fengming, what His Highness said, but what he said is true?" ”

Qin Fengming's heart was stunned, and he secretly said badly: "Your Majesty, the ministers, the ministers have no intention of offending the King of Shu, please forgive your Majesty!" ”

"No offense, but still offense?" The emperor suddenly roared angrily, "Qin Fengming, I and your father are friends of life and death, I also treat you as my own child, and I cherish you as a talent, thinking that you are still young, it is inevitable that I will be arrogant, so I have been ignoring you and the second child's petty fights." But now you have not only despised the majesty of the prince three times and twice, but even colluded with rich businessmen to amass people's wealth, am I too indulgent of you?! ”

As he spoke, the Emperor smashed a box that he had been holding in his hand to the ground.

It's not that he doesn't know about the matter of Da'anfang, it's just that neither he nor Pei Ze have been able to catch the ironclad evidence, and finally let the blind cat bump into the dead mouse, and Qin Tai specially pushed the blame on his son and sent it to him, how could he not accept this feeling?

"Your Majesty is angry! The minister was confused for a while! The minister knows that he is wrong! Qin Fengming gritted his teeth and kowtowed, feeling terrified in his heart.

They just miscalculated Xiao Yanzhi's reaction, and they planted such a big heel, Xiao Yanzhi is really good!

The emperor only glanced at Qin Fengming, and said in a deep voice: "Zhao Kang, the successor is going to make a decree, just say that the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple used his power for personal gain, and committed the following crimes, and he was removed from his position as Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and he was not allowed to enter the court as an official for life." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Kang bowed down to receive the order.

Qin Fengming was stunned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he cried loudly: "Your Majesty! Majesty Xià think twice! Next month's birthday, the Quartet will come to congratulate you, and the ministers will ...... I ask your majesty to do your last effort! ”

"Not necessarily. Come on, pull him down. ”

As soon as the emperor's voice fell, Zhao Kang immediately recruited someone to drag away the crying Qin Fengming.

Qin Fengming was dragged away, but the emperor didn't speak again, Zhao Kang thought for a while, and after exchanging a look with Xiao Yanzhi, he ordered the palace banquet to continue, but Qin Fengming made such a fuss, and this banquet was not so festive.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Yanzhi poured a cup of hot tea and sent it to the emperor, and said with a hippie smile: "Father, how are the sons and daughters cooperating?" ”

The emperor turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi, and suddenly smiled: "How dare you say anything?" Sooner or later, I will know what evil comes from your mouth! ”

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, then leaned next to the emperor and asked in a low voice, "Father, what about Qin Tai...... Hard to get rid of? ”

"Difficult." The emperor also replied in a low voice, "Qin Tai and I overthrew the previous dynasty together, and they were born and died several times, and they made great contributions. The Qin family was originally a family in the Central Plains, with a prominent reputation, and the last four generations were all officials in the court, and there was no evil man, counting the in-laws...... Now half of the important positions in the Tang State are in the hands of the Qin family. ”

Xiao Yanzhi rolled his eyes and asked, "Father and Emperor don't have any henchmen who can be used?" ”

The emperor chuckled helplessly, and said: "Most of my henchmen are military generals, and they will fight, but those open and secret battles in the court, even I sometimes can't figure it out, and they still have something to learn." The available people who have been promoted in the past three years still owe some fire. I'm not in a hurry, take my time. Isn't this just waiting for an opportunity? ”

He wants to do it, and someone has to cooperate with him, his two sons are only teenagers, and they have fought for several years to live and die together, but now they are taught by their mothers to only care about competing with each other, and a pair of outsiders are all dumb. I don't know what they think, I'm afraid that he is afraid of being like this, is it difficult for him to be a father and still be partial to outsiders?

With no one to cooperate, he can only temporarily support the Qin family, and by raising Qin Tai's heart, he can seize more opportunities.

Xiao Yan's heart was clear, and he smiled: "It seems that Erchen came at the right time." ”

He, the only outsider, has disturbed a pool of spring water. Looking at Qin Tai's actions, it seems that he can't wait.

The emperor smiled, acquiescing to Xiao Yanzhi's statement.

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes rolled, and he sneered: "That father, the son has made meritorious contributions, is there a reward?" ”

Hearing this, the emperor glared at Xiao Yan with a smile and said, "Still asking for a reward?" My Honglu Temple Shaoqing is gone, how can you compensate me? ”

Xiao Yanzhi said disapprerovingly: "Do you still need to pay for this?" Wouldn't it be enough for you to promote just one? Just to make up for my own people. ”

The emperor snorted coldly and said, "Just promote? Honglu Temple is responsible for receiving foreign envoys, Qin Fengming is the only one who not only understands the languages of the Western Regions, but also can explain the White Turkic and Hui languages, and he also knows a few words of the Great Food Language, who am I looking for to make up? ”

"Uh......" Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corners of his mouth, "Then why are you remissing him now?" How good is it to wait until next month? ”

No wonder Qin Fengming is so arrogant, he really has two brushes.

"Wait?" The emperor gave Xiao Yan a blank look, "What are you waiting for?" Wait for him to collude with the foreign envoy to stab me? ”

"Forehead......" Xiao Yan was speechless, looking at the emperor innocently.

The emperor smiled and said: "In short, this matter is because of you, and I will leave the matter of Honglu Temple to you." ”

“…… Father, where are you going to find someone who knows this and that? ”

The emperor smiled smugly and said, "What kind of books did you take from Hongwen Hall during this time?" ”

Don't think that if he doesn't say it, he doesn't know, what this kid took from Hongwen Pavilion were bamboo slips carved in foreign languages, most of them were left by foreign envoys or business travelers, and even Qin Fengming couldn't understand it, but this kid translated it one by one, which made Ji Wencheng admire. Ji Wencheng always had a straight face on his face, but he had already secretly come to him to praise him several times.

Xiao Yan was stunned, and then suddenly realized: "Father, you cheat me!" ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and rubbed Xiao Yanzhi's head, and said proudly: "Boy, you still have something to learn." ”

Xiao Yanzhi rolled his eyes.

After the palace banquet was over, everyone was arranged to live in various places in the Forbidden Garden.

In the dead of night, Pei Ze slipped out of his residence, found Xiao Yanzhi's residence, pushed the door in, and saw Xiao Yanzhi sitting on the chair facing the door in a daze.

"What do you think?" Pei Ze closed the door and latched it neatly, and then turned to look at Xiao Yanzhi.

"I didn't think about anything," Xiao Yanzhi shook his head a little stunned, "I'm a little tired." ”

On this day's work, it seems that a lot of things have happened, but when I straighten it out, I find that there is nothing wrong.

Pei Ze frowned when he heard this, and asked, "Why don't you go to bed to rest when you're tired?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi sighed and said, "If you don't come, it doesn't make a difference if I'm sitting or lying down." ”

Lying down and not being able to fall asleep is more uncomfortable than sitting.

Pei Ze stretched out his hand to pull Xiao Yanzhi up, and said helplessly: "With your virtue, Your Majesty is still urging you to get married?" ”

Xiao Yanzhi got up with Pei Ze's strength and followed Pei Ze to the bedside: "It's useless for him to urge, and I can't marry." ”

"Can't marry?" Pei Ze turned his head and glanced at Xiao Yan, "Why can't you marry?" ”

"I ......" Xiao Yanzhi suddenly shook his head, hurriedly swallowed back the words he was about to speak, and changed his words, "If I can't sleep anywhere if I can't be cured, how can I marry?" ”

Watching Xiao Yanzhi climb into the bed and lie down on his side, Pei Ze went to bed and lay down: "Do you want to find a doctor to see?" ”

You can't do it all the time, right?

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Pei Ze, and said with a bitter face: "What if the imperial doctor can't cure it?" ”

Pei Ze was stunned, and was speechless for a while.

What if the imperial doctor can't cure Xiao Yanzhi's disease? Xiao Yanzhi can only sleep next to him for the rest of his life?

Seeing that Pei Ze frowned as if he was a little troubled, Xiao Yanzhi suddenly turned over and rolled to Pei Ze's side, put his head on Pei Ze's shoulder and said: "If I can't cure this problem, I will rely on you, you marry a wife, I will marry, and you will raise another me in addition to your wife and children in the future." ”

Pei Ze suddenly cried and laughed, and said, "I don't think I'll marry anymore, it's enough to raise you." ”

Otherwise, in addition to sleeping with him and his wife in his bed in the future, he will have to sleep with Xiao Yanzhi again? It was uncomfortable just to think about, and he didn't have the interest to try it. Anyway, he couldn't ignore Xiao Yanzhi, if it really came to that time, he really didn't have to marry.

"That's not good, Pei family...... No ......" Before he finished speaking, Xiao Yanzhi fell asleep in a daze.

Pei Ze was still waiting for the second half of his sentence, but when he listened to it, only Xiao Yanzhi's shallow breathing was left in his ears. Pei Ze tilted his head, and saw that Xiao Yanzhi was already asleep.

Pei Ze smiled and pulled up the quilt to cover Xiao Yanzhi.

Looking at Xiao Yanzhi's appearance of sleeping sweetly, how does he look like a person who can't sleep at night? He couldn't fall asleep all day long, but as soon as he lay down next to him at night, he fell asleep faster than anyone else, if he hadn't verified it himself, Pei Ze would never believe what Xiao Yanzhi said, but it was precisely because he had verified it in person that Pei Ze felt even more magical.

For Xiao Yanzhi, what is so special about him? Is this special thing just about him, or is it in someone else?

Thinking about it so carefully, Pei Ze suddenly had a lot of doubts in his heart.