Zheng Zexin followed his father to the palace for the first time, and felt very nervous, remembering what his mother said before, he should be cautious in his words and deeds in the palace, and he was even more afraid that he had done something wrong, and his palms were sweating a lot

Sensing the sight from the road, he lowered his head again. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Father suddenly stopped in front, he quickly paused, stood up in a little panic, and heard his father say in a slightly polite tone: "Captain Jiang! ”

He tilted his head and saw his father standing in front of an old man who was nearly sixty years old, dressed in official uniforms, gray hair and beard, he also made a gesture and said, "Zheng Hou." ”

Catching a glimpse of Zheng Zexin behind Zheng Lianghai, Jiang Shihua smiled and said, "Could this be Ling Lang?" ”

"This is my youngest son, Zheng Zexin."

"Lord Jiang," receiving his father's eyes, Zheng Zexin immediately politely made a junior salute.

"It's too obvious to call your lord, but I have been an official in the same dynasty with your father for many years and have a comradeship, you can just call me uncle!" Jiang Shihua smoothed his beard and patted him on the shoulder. Then he restrained his smile and said to Zheng Lianghai: "I don't know why Zheng Hou entered the palace?" ”

"The dog is thirteen, it's time to do something for the court."

"Oh?" looked at Zheng Zexin again.

He bowed his head humbly, he was a concubine, his biological mother was no longer there, he couldn't study, his martial arts were not outstanding, it was difficult to gain a foothold in the Hou Mansion, and recently his mother Wen suggested that his father send him to the palace as a guard, and he must accept his fate.

"This matter is not in a hurry, Ling Lang looks dignified, and the future must be good, but it is rare to see Zheng Hou, can you take a step and talk for a while?" Jiang Shihua said.

Zheng Lianghai bowed his head, pointed to a small pavilion not far away, and said to Zheng Zexin: "Xin'er, you go over there and wait for me." ”

"Yes, father." After making a gesture to the two elders, Zheng Zexin honestly went to that place.

After Zheng Lianghai and Jiang Shihua were in the distance, Zheng Zexin bent his back, sighed, and watched boredly as the fish in the pond by the pavilion swam around.

Two small palace maids appeared under the big tree nearby, and one of them said, "Look, the kite is on it, so high, how can you take it?" ”

The other said, "Why don't we ask the guards for help?" ”

"You stupid, if we are caught secretly flying a kite, we will be punished!"

Zheng Zexin probably understood what was going on when he heard what they said, he walked over, scratched his head innocently, and said, "Two sisters, I'll help you." ”

The two palace maids were slightly surprised at first, and when they saw the young man's gentle and honest look, they were a little relieved, "I'm sorry to trouble this son." ”

"It's okay," he smiled, and then carried the light gong up the tree, found the branches of the kite string entangled, carefully untied them, completed these, and subconsciously looked ahead, the pattern and scenery of the palace could be seen a lot, rigorous and gorgeous, and sighed in his heart, he would have to be on an errand here in the future.

Suddenly felt a sight, he turned his neck to look, and a little girl on a piece of grass not far away was looking at where he was, Zheng Zexin almost slipped his feet, and hurriedly jumped off the tree in a panic.

The two palace maids got the kite and thanked them and left in a hurry.

He returned to the pavilion and continued to wait for his father, the little figure just now flickered in his mind, hoping that he hadn't caused any trouble.

Continuing to look at the pond in a daze, the delicate water surface was rippling, and the sudden appearance of a white shadow startled the fish in the water, Zheng Zexin immediately turned around, speechless.

A little girl of about eight or nine years old, dressed in a cyan Luo skirt, with a serious expression on her white little face, is obviously cute and good-looking, but people dare not get close.

Zheng Zexin swallowed her saliva, she just came from that position just now, is it someone in the palace?

"What were you doing?" Immature but flat voice.

Zheng Zexin didn't know how to deal with it properly, and he was nervous, so he stammered a little: "I, I didn't, I didn't do anything......"

"What are you doing in the trees?"

If he told the truth, he would probably hurt the two palace maids, and after thinking about it, he said, "Climb the tree." ”

"Is it fun?"

"Huh?"

The little girl pointed to the tree, "If you think of a way, I'll go up too!" ”

"This ......" Seeing the other party's serious expression, Zheng Zexin hesitated: "...... No, that's too high......"

The faint eyebrows furrowed slightly, revealing a hint of displeasure, "Then how did you get up?" ”

"I climbed up with light work." He was honest.

"Light work?" She pondered for a moment and said, "Well, you carry me." ”

Zheng Zexin's eyes explored back and forth between the big tree and her, thinking that he had a lot of strength and should not be a problem, so he said, "Then you have to hold it steady." ”

With that, he bent down and motioned for the other party to come to his back.

In an instant, he felt like he was being clinging to him, and if it weren't for his own neck being hugged, he couldn't believe that this little girl was so light. I felt a blow in the chest, and I was a little overwhelmed, afraid that she would fall apart at any moment.

Scattering his thoughts, he said to her, "Go up." Then he spurred his inner strength, jumped to the trunk of the tree in a few steps, and quickly reached the tree with a few climbs.

She looked out at the tree for a long time, but she was silent. Zheng Zexin couldn't help but look back at the other party's face, and saw a disappointed look, and muttered in her mouth: "So that's it......"

"Forehead ......"

"Let's go down."

"Yes." According to her

As soon as she landed, she asked, "By the way, who are you?" ”

Zheng Zexin was slightly stunned, a little unable to keep up, "Oh, my name is Zheng Zexin, little sister, what's your name?" ”

She didn't answer his question directly, and continued, "Who are you Li Wuhou?" ”

"Father."

"You're here to be a guard in the palace?"

He was surprised, "How do you know?" ”

"I see that you will not be the concubine of Li Wuhou at your age, with average qualifications and not shrewdness, you will either be a eunuch or a guard in the palace." Naturally, it can't be a eunuch's.

Zheng Zexin blushed a little embarrassedly, and said nothing angrily. I don't want to worry about the young.

"Angry?" Doubts flashed across her calm face, and she stared at him closely.

He turned sideways.

"Oops, what a child......"

Listening to the immature voice saying this, he subconsciously retorted: "I'm thirteen years old, and I'm not a child anymore." ”

"What is your birthday?"

"The eighth day of October." He took it as he could.

"Seven months younger than me, I thought you were fifteen......"

"What!" He looked at her with wide eyes, and the other party didn't look like he was joking at all.

She stood on tiptoe, it was difficult to touch his head, stroked it lightly, it looked a little weak and funny, she said seriously: "Don't be angry, I'll cover you in the future." ”

Zheng Zexin was stunned and didn't know how to react.

Retracting her hand, she whispered, "I should go back, goodbye." ”

Soon after she left, Zheng Lianghai appeared and interrupted his fugue, "Xin'er." ”

Zheng Zexin immediately put on a steady appearance, "Father." ”

"Let's go."

"Yes."

waited at the door of the study for a while, and as soon as he arrived at the summons, he followed Zheng Lianghai in and behaved in a regular manner.

A deep and magnetic male voice was heard from above: "Yes." ”

Could it be that this is the so-called dragon spirit, he is a little keen, and he can hear the beating of his heart like a drum.

"This is the kid you said you said in your letter of recommendation?"

Zheng Lianghai said: "Exactly." ”

"Look up and let me see." refers to Zheng Zexin.

He tried to keep his eyes from wandering and looked rigorously ahead.

"Well, the appearance is good, the body is strong, not bad." turned to Zheng Lianghai and said, "Zheng Hou stay for a moment." ”

At this time, a eunuch came in from outside the door, and Zheng Lianghai whispered to Zheng Zexin: "You go back first." ”

"Yes," he said to the emperor and Zheng Zexin again, and he left with the eunuch.

When he returned to the Zheng Mansion, he reported to his mother Wen about today's affairs in the palace, and hid his and the girl's affairs, nothing special, and after a while, Wen asked him to retreat.

By the evening, Zheng Lianghai hadn't come back, he had nothing to do, and he was confused for a while. After eating the tasteless supper, he lay down on the bed, remembering what he had seen, and fell asleep in the middle of the sound.

The next day, when I saw Zheng Lianghai, I was no different from usual, and I didn't say anything.

He practiced in the courtyard according to his habit, and when he heard that the sermon of his subordinates was coming, he followed him out.

When I got to the hall, I knelt down like everyone else.

The father-in-law who passed the decree opened the scroll and read: "Zheng Zexin, the fifth son of the Marquis of Liwu, is honest and modest, filial piety and integrity, I remember that he is young, has integrity and is commendable, and is recommended by a good person. “

"Thank you, Lord Long." Zheng Zexin took the holy decree.

Wen handed the eunuch some silver taels, "Father-in-law Lu has worked hard. ”

Gonggong Lu accepted it with a smile and said, "Where, Ling Lang can prepare to enter the palace." ”

"Oh, okay. Father-in-law walks slowly. ”

After he left, Zheng Lianghai asked Zheng Zexin to follow up in the study.

As soon as he closed the door, he asked, "How did you and Princess Egret meet?" ”

"Princess Egret? Zheng Zexin sorted out his mind, and only heard the folk rumor that she was a princess in the sick and weak palace, and he definitely hadn't seen it, so he replied honestly, "The child doesn't know." ”

"Then you entered the palace yesterday, but who did you see?"

Zheng Zexin didn't dare to hide anything from his father, so he honestly told his father about the girl.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!"

Seeing his father's serious face, Zheng Zexin was a little panicked, "I just met and chatted a few words by chance, and the other party didn't say his identity, and the child thought it didn't matter......"

"......" Zheng Lianghai pinched his brows and said, "Maybe it's just a coincidence, it's also your blessing to be favored by Princess Egret." Remember, be careful in the palace, even if you risk your life, you must protect the princess. I've seen that kid a few times, his body is a little more delicate, his temperament is okay, you are careful, there will be no problem. ”

Zheng Zexin solemnly responded.

"Alright, let's go pack our bags."

"Yes."

When he arrived at the West Ancestral Palace, an aunt surnamed Yang took him to the room arranged, and explained: "There is a booklet on the table, which records the princess's preferences, the daily medication and meal time, pay attention to the things that are beneficial and unfavorable to the princess, and remember three points first: first, what the princess says is what it is; 2. If you want to do something unfavorable to the princess, even if you lose your life, you must stop it; Third, the princess must not be angry. Alright, that's all, pack your luggage and go to see the princess. ”

A lot of papers floated out of the room, and Zheng Zexin saw Aunt Yang squatting to pick it up, so he hurriedly did so.

Crossing the threshold, he put away all the scattered on the ground one by one, and found another one in front of the table, so he went to get it, and there were delicate embroidered shoes stepping on it in his sight, and he raised his head and was stunned.

Aunt Yang next to her knelt down and saluted, "The princess is auspicious." ”

"Auntie, don't worry about these papers, stand down."

"But ......"

"It's okay, there are guards here."

"Yes."

Zhao Heqiao squatted down and raised his hand to shake it in front of the eyes of the people in a daze, "Are you stupid?" ”

Zheng Zexin came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted, "The princess is auspicious." "Thinking of what I did before, I didn't offend the princess, and I was a little uneasy.

"Well, get up, you don't have to squat all the time," Zhao Heqiao sat back in his chair and continued to fiddle with the paper on the table.

Zheng Zexin stood silently aside, glanced at the mess on the table, and wondered what she was doing.

Zhao Heqiao seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "I'm making a kite." ”

Well, he lowered his head, and she would be angry if the princess had made a mess. You must not make the princess angry.

"Will you do it?" She asked him as she grabbed something in her hand.

"Yes," he thought for a moment and replied earnestly again, "subordinates will." ”

"Then you do it."

He looked at the ones in her hand, but rushed aside to get some new paper, and when the shelf was ready, he pasted the paper on it, put it on the line, and a simple kite was quickly completed in his hand.

He respectfully handed it to her.

Zhao Heqiao picked up the kite and looked at it for a moment, and said, "This kite is so ugly!" ”

Zheng Zexin leaned sideways and secretly pulled off the corners of his mouth.

She picked up the pen and drew on it, gentle brushstrokes, skillful techniques, and after a while, an ink-colored landscape appeared on the kite paper, lifelike.

She nodded in satisfaction and looked at him smugly, "With my eye, this kite is not satisfactory." ”

Zheng Zexin smiled and said, "Yes, yes." "Although he doesn't know how to paint, he feels better than the third brother at a glance, and many people rush to buy the third brother's paintings.

"Okay, you go to the yard and fly a kite, I'm going to see it."

Feeling the breeze, he ran a few steps, slowly let go of the kite, let it rise to the sky according to the wind, and his mood quietly became comfortable. In the end, Zheng Zexin opened his mouth to reveal his big teeth, his eyes lingered on the kite for a long time, and then he turned his head to look at Zhao Heqiao, and said happily: "Not bad!" ”

She looked up intently, her expression was as usual, but at the moment her eyes were very bright, he thought she should be happy, but it seemed that it was more than that, it was sadness, it was yearning, he couldn't see it clearly.

He ran to her with a coil in his hand and said, "Come too." ”

Zhao Heqiao shook his head and looked at him, with a softness in his eyes, "No, I can't run, you can play." ”

Zheng Zexin's brain was hot, so he forced the coil into her hand, then jumped into the house from the window, picked her up, and then turned out the window.

Zhao Heqiao was overwhelmed by this instantaneous change, subconsciously held the coil, felt that the line was a little loose, and hurriedly said: "Run, the kite is going to fall!" ”

He did as she wished.

"Left...... Right...... Stop, stop, stop...... Why are you so stupid......" Before she knew it, a childlike smile appeared on her face.

His mood also became happy, and he thought, this is right, a little girl should look like a little girl, although she is older than herself, but she is too weak, she is a little sister. For the first time in his life, he had a sense of pride and responsibility as a brother, and excitement and satisfaction filled his heart.

Although it didn't take long to return to reality.

Zhao Heqiao, who calmed down, said: "Originally, it seemed that you were bullied in the palace like this, so I asked my father to agree to let you follow me, so as to cover you, but I didn't expect that you are still a little useful." ”

Zheng Zexin almost slipped on his feet.