Seeing that Qingchen was standing still, Zhou Xiao lifted the curtain and said impatiently: "Don't come up yet!" ”

Qingchen slowly climbed into the carriage where Zhou Xiao was, put his small package to the side, and said, "Your pomp and circumstance is inevitably too big!" ”

Zhou Xiao glanced at her helplessly and said, "This king is patrolling on behalf of the sky, and the pomp represents the majesty of the royal family." ”

Qingchen pursed his lips and thought in his heart: It's really a waste of money and money, and he is not afraid of thieves.

"Xu'er is also with us?" The child has just reached the full moon, can he withstand the fatigue of the journey? Qingchen glanced at the small meat ball in Zhou Xiao's arms, and wanted to reach out and touch his little face, but when he saw Zhou Xiao's stern face, he had to give up.

"Hmm." Zhou Xiao was obviously reluctant to explain more.

Qingchen thought of Zhou Yun, who he hadn't seen for a long time, and asked, "I wonder if the prince knows about King Rui's recent situation?" "They're brothers, he, you should know.

Zhou Xiaojun's face sank, his eyes were slightly cold, Qingchen suddenly felt that the temperature in the car had dropped suddenly, I don't know where she provoked this cold-faced prince again, thinking of his methods, Qingchen was immediately silent.

Just when Qingchen felt that Zhou Xiao would not answer, he spoke: "The third emperor brother is being confined to the Yilan Hall by Concubine Mei because he has not been doing his job recently, and he is being punished for copying the scriptures. ”

Punished for copying scriptures, no wonder I didn't see him go to Nanmen Street, it seems that being a prince also has the pain of being a prince. When he said that he was not doing his job, did he mean Tianyinfang?

A guard stepped forward to report that the general's retinue had mounted his horse and asked if he could leave. Zhou Xiao nodded and said, "Let's go." ”

So, An Qingchen embarked on her first trip to Nanyang in ancient times.

Nanyang is located in the south of the Great Zhou, not far from Kyoto, not far from Kyoto, not close to the close, following the convoy of the southern tour swaying, walking and stopping, walking for ten days. Qingchen thought that if her little Audi was still there, it was estimated that she would be able to arrive in a day. Of course, this trip was mainly slowed down by the little guy Mo Xu. As soon as he woke up, Zhou Xiao would definitely order someone to stop the carriage and take the little guy down for a walk, sometimes he hugged it himself, and more often threw it directly to Qingchen. According to him, Xu'er is the little prince of Mofu, and An Qingchen should cultivate more relationships with him. Therefore, except for the first day, when he held the little guy by himself, An Qingchen was doing the work of taking care of the baby for the rest of the days. Qingchen was very puzzled, obviously there were many slaves, but he never let them touch Xu'er, so he only let the nurse breastfeed. Qingchen strongly suspected that Zhou Xiao was feeding. Milk function, I'm afraid he won't even invite a nursing mother.

On the afternoon of the tenth day, a group of people arrived in Nanyang, Qingchen secretly looked out from the carriage window, only to see that the street was wide, the shops were lined up, the small bridge was flowing water, the trees were shady, and the end was the elegant charm of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River. It seems that this time Zhou Xiao's name is the southern tour, which is actually a vacation.

Entering the city about the time of a stick of incense, the carriage stopped in front of a house, Qingchen opened the curtain, looked from the window, and the four golden characters of "Nanyang Palace" immediately came into view. Zhou Xiao said to Qingchen: "Get out of the car and go to pick up Xu'er." ”

Qingchen had to put down the curtain, obediently got out of the car, and took the baby in Zhou Xiao's hand, and Zhou Xiao stepped out of the carriage. As soon as the two got out of the carriage, they suddenly heard everyone shouting "Lord Wang, Chitose Chitose Chitose", which was really startled, Zhou Xiaojun frowned slightly, and said, "Get up, wait in the council room." After speaking, he didn't look at the people on the ground, and Gu himself entered the gate of the palace. Qingchen had to hold Xu'er to follow, and had to pull her small package from time to time, but under Zhou Xiao's majesty, no servant stepped forward to help, needless to say, the situation was miserable. At this time, a person next to him took the package on Qingchen's shoulder and carried it on his shoulder, Qingchen was about to shout "robbery", thinking that it was wrong, they were inspecting on behalf of the emperor, who dared to rob it, and when he looked back, it was a young man with clear eyebrows, who was the only entourage Huang Xianzu that Qingchen brought on this trip.

"Thank you!" Qingchen suddenly had a good impression of this newly appointed entourage.

Huang Xianzu smiled shyly, silently followed behind Qingchen, and kept the duty of an entourage.

Qingchen followed Zhou Xiao all the way, sighing all the way, how extravagant the life of this ancient emperor was, just the palace that occasionally came to live was so magnificent, I don't know how much people's fat and ointment were wasted......

Zhou Xiao took Xiao Anzi to the meeting hall west of the palace, Qingchen thought about it for a while, hugged Xu'er and planned to follow the maid and servant to rest, halfway through, Zhou Xiao seemed to have eyes behind him, and said, "Go to the meeting hall with this king." ”

Qingchen didn't expect Zhou Xiao to be talking to her at all, so she continued to walk forward with the maid, Zhou Xiao saw that An Qingchen didn't follow, so he turned around and said angrily: "An Qingchen!" Don't let the king say it a second time. ”

Qingchen realized that Zhou Xiao was talking to her.

However, Xu'er ...... "You can't hold a baby to discuss things."

"It doesn't matter."

So, what the officials of Nanyang saw was this scene, their handsome and incomparable Yongwang Chitose actually brought an infant baby to discuss the matter, and the baby was held by a young man with a face like a crown of jade.

Although everyone didn't say it, they were secretly guessing in their hearts: Is this child the prince of Yong? But I haven't heard that King Yong married a wife and took a concubine; And King Yong has never been close to women, but now, there is this beautiful man beside him, could it be ......

At this point, rumors began to circulate that King Yong was not a good woman and a beautiful man, and it was said that there was an illegitimate child, and King Yong was extremely fond of him, and no one knew who the mother of this illegitimate child was......

When the eunuchs and ladies in Nanyang heard the rumors, their hearts were broken.

Qingchen hugged Xu'er, sitting boredly and listening to a group of men discussing political affairs, Xu'er, a little milk baby, can really sleep, she didn't wake up all the way, and now she is still asleep, and Qingchen is also drowsy.

Halfway through the conversation, Zhou Xiao changed his words and said: "Nanyang Mansion is famous for producing jade, I don't know how the official jade mine is doing?" ”

As soon as he heard the word "jade mine", Qingchen immediately sobered up and pricked up his ears to listen.

As soon as these words came out, Yin of Nanyang Mansion immediately sweated like rain, "Return...... Back to the prince, in recent years, due to the run on private mines, the recent situation of official mines is not as good as day by day......"

"Oh, the jade mines of the dignified Nanyang Mansion, are they not as good as those private mines?"

"The prince doesn't know that those private mine owners have strong capital, and they are very proficient in the way of jade, and those old craftsmen in the official mines have been poached by them at a high price, so they ...... Therefore, even if the official mine digs good material, it cannot be sold at a good price. ”

Qingchen listened and analyzed the reasons for the poor management of the official mine, which was nothing more than two points: shortage of funds and brain drain.

Just as he was about to continue listening, he didn't want the baby in his arms to writhe and start crying......

Hearing the crying, the officials who were originally deliberating threw curious glances at this side, and Qingchen had to stand on the spot in embarrassment, not coaxing, not coaxing.

Zhou Xiao was still calm and calm, and said: "Let's discuss it here today, and this king will investigate the matter of the official mine in detail." ”

Nanyang Mansion Yin had to lead everyone to retreat, and before leaving, he didn't forget to glance at Qingchen, and he could see that Qingchen was hairy in his heart.

After everyone retreated, Qingchen said, "Xu is hungry." ”

Zhou Xiao instructed Xiao Anzi: "Let the nurse come over." Xiao Anzi heard the words and left.

Soon, Mother Wang and Mama Lu came in a hurry. They had never done such an easy errand, just feeding. Milk, I don't have to do anything else, and I am served every day with delicious food and drink. The prince said that they must eat well so that the children can eat well, so that the people dare not snub them.

Handing Xu'er into the hands of the nurse, Qingchen finally breathed a sigh of relief, she shook her sore arm, and said, "Lord Yong, do you want the little girl to go down and rest for a while?" "This is really not a human job, and Xu Er is much fatter than when she was born due to her adequate nutrition, which is really a bit overwhelming.

The corners of Zhou Xiao's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "Go ahead, someone at the door will guide you." ”

Qingchen was pardoned, took her little servant and went out.

A little maid at the door, led them, around the winding corridor, through the courtyard of the cistanche, and through a babbling stream, and finally arrived at the place where Qingchen stayed: Orchid Garden.

The little maid was very clever and said to Qingchen: "Miss, this is the residence of the young lady, and there is another side room next to it, which is the residence of the people accompanying the young lady." All the qi qi in the room are ready, if the young lady has other instructions, she can call the slave maid at any time, and the slave maid Liu'er is next to the ear room. ”

The maid of this palace is really thoughtful, "Thank you Liu'er." You go down first. ”

Liu Er was flattered: "Miss, don't say thank you, this is Liu Er's business." With that, he quietly retreated. This maid is very agreeable.

Qingchen told Xianzu to go to the wing room to rest, and he went into the main room.

Sure enough, as Liu Er said, there was everything in the room, there was a basin of water on the dresser, and when Qingchen reached out and touched it, the water temperature was just right. There was also a pot of fragrant tea on the mahogany coffee table next to the bed, still steaming. Qingchen washed his face with clean water, drank a cup of hot tea, and immediately felt comfortable, this tea is fragrant but not astringent, first bitter and then sweet, it is really a royal enjoyment.

She poured herself another cup of tea, and was about to drink it, when she suddenly heard footsteps in the distance, and soon someone pushed the door in, there is only one person who can be so arrogant in this palace, Qingchen turned his head, and it was really Zhou Xiao.

Zhou Xiao entered the door, sat down opposite Qingchen by himself, and said, "Pour tea for this king!" ”

Qingchen choked on a sip of tea, although he Zhou Xiao is the master of this palace, but she is also a guest, can't she leave some **?

Qingchen poured a cup of tea depressedly and pushed it in front of him.

"Reach out."

Qingchen glanced at him and slowly stretched out an arm.

Zhou Xiao grabbed her arm with one hand, and began to press lightly with the other, so shocked that Qingchen took a sip of tea directly to the trachea and began to cough violently.