- The emperor has left Beijing, and it is said that the court affairs are busy, and the prime minister should be very busy. But the actual situation surprised those in the know, in the past few days, Xiang Ye has been on vacation at home, writing and cultivating, drinking tea and maintaining health. This fake was not obtained by the minister's request, but was rewarded by the emperor.

The reason is also reasonable, because of the accident in the womb a few days ago, many affairs have been pressed to the prime minister's desk, hard work for you in your fifties, and you have been busy for a few days and nights, so now you will have a good rest on vacation, and half of the money will not be deducted, and there will be a reward.

If this matter is left on ordinary people, like people who really have a heart that supports the emperor, they will definitely kowtow with gratitude, and then go home happily to rest. This kind of reward from the emperor is to add luster to his face for any Beijing official. And for people with impure hearts, they can't help but speculate about the emperor's meaning, wondering if the monarch is alienating himself in disguise? But that's all, after a while, Emperor Xin will definitely be able to see clearly.

However, Shi Jing's mood at this time was that he couldn't go up or down, which was a bit complicated.

He sensed that the emperor was alienating him, and that this estrangement was phased, and he was no stranger to it. Whenever the emperor needed to leave the palace and was likely not able to return that day, he would definitely find some reason to remove the head of the Kyoto bureaucracy from the palace.

He, the prime minister, has no real power, but he has the ability to make contacts. Of course, the emperor knows this kind of thing, and the key point is that the emperor has not fully believed in him yet, so there will never be a big relaxation, give him enough time to coil his strength, and will always intervene from time to time to stir things up.

And the imperial power is so powerful, he is stuck in this position under one person, even if he wants to move a little, it is difficult to move a mountain.

From persuading the seventy percent of the bureaucrats in Beijing to initiate the nation-wide sensational Kaesong incident, year after year has passed. So far, Shi Jing has been assisting the new master for thirteen years. Diligent, no major faults, and small merits are the most appropriate words to summarize his political achievements. He was already in his fifties. From a cloth cloth to his current position, it is not a big compliment for him. He is now content to retire, and it is not a regret for his life, and most onlookers will admire and envy more than ridicule and hatred.

But deep down, he clearly knew that he didn't want to retreat.

However, while he understood, he was puzzled, he didn't know what the specific reason for this breath in his heart came from.

Angry at the emperor's distrust? However, looking at the historical records, among the previous emperors, which one of them really trusted a certain minister completely? This is an extravagant hope, and the emperor's trust is not necessarily a blessing. It's not something that can be enjoyed easily, and you should have seen it through a long time ago.

Unwilling to bow down to others? The idea is even more ridiculous! Now I only need to bow to one person, but behind me, there are thousands of people who want to bow to myself. You must know that your Biqu Pavilion www.biquge.info the one on the dragon chair, but it is more than one level lower. Now that he has such an honor, what else is there to be unwilling to?

Or is it just because your talent ambitions aren't stretched? It's a vague thought now. Facts have proved that even without himself, with the ability of the emperor's Jinlan brothers, who are accustomed to cloth, they can rebuild this ruined mountain and river into a majestic one. In addition, the other party has a capital that he may not be able to match no matter what. That's time.

He's young...... Compared to yourself...... They are all young......

It's nice to be young!

Shi Jing sighed softly, and the voice he used when he said this was almost only audible to himself. At this time, he was the only one in the study, and fortunately there was no one around, so when he sighed this sentence, the hand holding the pen suddenly pierced the white rice paper, and he still had time to clean it up. Don't be afraid to reveal your heart in this way.

Lifting the plain paper that had been broken by the brush and crumpling it into a ball and throwing it into the wastepaper basket, Shi Jing re-laid a piece of paper by himself, but he did not continue to practice calligraphy, but changed to a brush with a thicker core, and changed the practice of calligraphy to painting.

Soon the top of a mountain appeared on the white paper. Shi Jing is painting a landscape, and whenever he paints a mountain, he always likes and is used to sketching out a few strokes of the peak first.

He is a person who is accustomed to finding his own position before doing things, but he is not completely limited to this, and there is still a spacious enough blank space at the top of the mountain.

A landscape was painted quickly, and today Shi Jing not only stopped after only half of the practice, but also painted at will much faster than usual.

The peculiarity of people also lies in this, not only can they express their feelings with the expressions on their faces, but they can also express themselves from all aspects of behavior, and they are worthy of the name of the head of all things.

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Under a high dark red wall, an apricot tree growing out of the crack in the root of the wall quietly bloomed its branches. On the five evenly symmetrical petals, half of the pink is like a unique style painter stingy with the tip of a pen dipped in ink and lightly touched, so that the apricot blossoms have a color gradient phenomenon of red on the outside and white on the inside. The roots of the nearly colorless petals form a small whirlpool, clustered with soft stamens, the pale yellow stamens are like upward tassels, and under the high dark red wall without wind, they are straight and stable to meet the warm afternoon sun.

Today is the day of spring apricot appreciation, but no one comes to appreciate this lonely apricot that grows in a remote place in the corner of the palace wall, but it itself is like in previous years, accurately received the news from the sky and the earth, across the palace wall, and the two rows of apricot trees on the apricot and fir road outside the wall bloomed together.

However, when most of the tourists on the apricot fir road began to prepare to go home, a few feet away from the lone flowering apricot tree behind the heavy palace wall, a plainly dressed palace maid slowly walked over carrying a wooden barrel.

The wooden bucket was filled with half a bucket of water, which was a little heavy, and the palace maid with green silk was not able to change her hands and walk. A few feet away on the stone road passed, and she couldn't help but sweat beads on her forehead, but she never stopped to rest. It wasn't until she walked to the apricot tree that grew in the corner of the wall that she put down the wooden tube and let out a deep breath, which led to a strand of soft hair hanging down her forehead, and also shook a few apricot blossoms at one end of the apricot branch.

The palace maid looked at the apricot blossoms on the branches for a moment, and then she bent down and picked up a wooden scoop in the bucket, scooped half a scoop of water, and then poured it down the trunk of the apricot tree to its roots.

After pouring a few scoops of water on the apricot tree, the palace maid straightened up and looked at the apricot blossoms with the empty scoop. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly spoke: "In this period of blooming, you need to drink more water every day, so that the flowers can bloom beautifully!" ”

The apricot pattern did not move, because the high wall sheltered the wind. It's also because it doesn't understand people at all.

However, the palace maid seemed to hope that the apricot tree could answer her, and seeing that the apricot tree was as quiet as ever, she couldn't help but show a touch of loss on her face, and said lightly: "Sister Ye, when can you come to Wanting?" I...... I have a lot to say to you. ”

The scene of this palace maid talking to an apricot tree full of flowers and branches with a stunned face, if it falls in the eyes of ordinary people, I am afraid that she will think that she is guilty of dementia, but it is not difficult for people with quick minds to see that she is thinking about people by borrowing things.

However, just as the palace maid was about to speak again. A sudden scolding came from not far away, interrupting her slightly sad thoughts.

"Where is the palace maid over there? I don't know if you can't just enter this garden? ”

As soon as the palace maid under the apricot tree heard the sound and turned around, she saw two palace maids not far away who were staring at this side, and after being silent for a while, she said slowly: "I'll water this apricot tree." ”

"Hurry up and leave when the water is finished, this place is not something that ordinary palace maids can stay for a long time." Among the two palace maids opposite. A palace maid with a long face and a thin knife was not very friendly, and as soon as she finished speaking, she reprimanded again: "Don't come again in the future, forget it today, next time I see you, I will definitely report to the female official in charge of this palace." ”

The palace maid under the apricot tree bowed slightly when she heard this: "I'll leave immediately, I'll bother the two sisters." Please forgive me. Then she took up the barrel and went back.

This little turmoil seemed to be about to pass like this, but when the palace maid carrying the bucket walked slowly past the two menacing palace maids, something happened abruptly. On the right hand side of the long-faced palace maid, one of them was swallowing melon seeds, and the other palace maid who was slightly shorter suddenly stretched out of one leg when she was carrying a bucket of palace maids just walking by her. I wanted to trip the bucket maid to the ground.

But the bucket-carrying palace maid looked weak, and at this moment of sudden change, her eyes suddenly shone brightly, and her footsteps stopped abruptly in front of the short palace maid's suddenly horizontal legs. She walks slowly, so it's easy to stop. But even so, the inertia of her body made her stumble. As if to prevent a fall, the barrel she had been carrying at her side suddenly turned around and temporarily turned into a crutch, and she was crutched in front of her, just against the leg that was lying in front of her knee.

"Ahh

The short palace maid screamed a little exaggerated as if the barrel had suddenly turned into a dagger and pierced the flesh of her leg. At the same time, she scattered half of the melon seeds left in her hand, squatted down and covered her legs, howled a few times and then suddenly stood up, and at the same time raised her pair of fingers with short and thick hands, and pushed hard towards the bucket maid who had just stood upright, and at the same time yelled: "You Diao maid, how do you walk?" You can smash my leg from such a distance, did you mean it? ”

The bucket palace maid was pushed by this palm, but her figure took advantage of the momentum to turn around, unloading the sudden impact of external force, and finally stood outside the ground. The agility and fluency of her series of body movements made it impossible for the bucket she was carrying in her hand to spill even a drop of water.

When the long-faced palace maid next to the short palace maid saw this scene, she was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly shouted: "You actually have martial arts? Who are you? What is the purpose of being here? ”

The bucket maid was stunned by the other party's three questions, she hesitated for a while, just opened her mouth, and said the word "I", the words were intercepted by the long-faced palace maid, and she suddenly raised her voice and shouted: "Someone! There are unidentified people trespassing on the garden, come on...... Capture the Assassin ......"

As soon as she shouted these words, the face of the bucket-carrying palace maid couldn't help but change slightly.

Yet she remained silent, without explanation, without quibbling, as if waiting for something.

Just after the long-faced palace maid shouted nonsense, when she thought that what was coming soon would be the Yulin Army sent in the Forbidden Palace on the first day of the Spring Apocalypse Festival today, a threatening voice was the first to come in:

"Evil, what are you shouting about?!"

Before he could finish speaking, a young man appeared at the moon gate of a courtyard wall in the other garden, his steps were slow, but his face was filled with suppressed anger.

The long-faced palace maid's gaze swept over the young man's face, she was stunned at first, and then she saw a bright gold brocade belt around the waist of the pale dressed young man, and in an instant, the palace maid's strong face just now collapsed instantly, and she almost fell to her knees on the ground. At the same time, he also tore the short palace maid next to him to the ground, and the two women kowtowed deeply to the young man, and shouted: "The slave maid greets His Royal Highness the Second Prince, a thousand years old and a thousand years old!" ”

The plain-clothed boy walked quickly along the pebble road. He ignored the two palace maids kneeling in front of him, but bowed to the palace maid carrying the bucket on the side and said, "Erchen meets Concubine De Niangniang." ”

This young man is really the second son of today's son, and his identity alone made the two palace maids kneeling on the ground fearful, but the next sentence of the second prince called out another concubine, and the two palace maids who were buried in the ground were even more shocked in their hearts, and their bodies began to tremble.

Although the old dynasty was abolished more than a decade ago, most of the institutions created by the Zhou dynasty, which lasted for nearly 400 years, are still worth preserving and are also accustomed to by the general public, even if they have to be completely renovated at once. Before the national capital was restored, this approach inevitably seemed a little premature. Therefore, the Zhao Kingdom continued the regulations of the previous dynasty in many aspects such as currency, weights and measures, and laws.

As for the queen/palace, the pattern of four concubines and nine concubines has not changed. It's just that although the pattern is there, it may not be in place everywhere, for example, the position of the queen has always been empty. Among the four concubines, there is only one concubine now, and the concubine in front of her who is dressed as a palace maid.

Concubine Li is beautiful, but she has never been out. Concubine De's reputation in the palace is excellent, although there was a miscarriage accident on her in the early years, and there has been no movement in her stomach in recent years, but she is only twenty-seven this year. The doctors of the Taiyi Bureau did not say that she could not give birth, and it is unknown whether she will give birth to a dragon child in the future.

Putting these aside for the time being, just based on the harmonious relationship between Concubine De and the emperor's daughter and two sons in the palace, coupled with the emperor's undiminished affection for her, even if she has not yet given birth to a prince, in the queen/palace without the queen as the master. Her identity is also as noble as the Lord of the East Palace.

These two palace maids thought of their bad behavior just now, and they could just pick up half of it, which could make them bear unbearable felonies, how could they not be afraid!

But the next development of events surprised the two palace maids a little, and the lightly dressed Concubine De Niangniang did not immediately attack them after her identity was revealed. She just called the second prince to be exempted first. Then he said in a very light tone: "You two raise your heads, I have a question, I hope you will answer it truthfully." ”

The two palace maids raised their heads according to the words, and when their eyes met the calm eyes of the plainly dressed Concubine De Niangniang, they remembered their own momentum just now, the two palace maids' eyes shrank, and they couldn't help but lower their heads again, but their necks were still upright, and they looked like an ear of rice that had been suddenly discounted.

"This palace asks you, why did you just open your mouth and shout 'catch the assassin'?" Prestige grew in Concubine De's calm eyes, "Exaggerating words before clarifying the facts, do you know what the result of such a shout is?" ”

The two palace maids who knelt on the ground didn't dare to argue when they heard this, so they only knelt on the ground twice and repeatedly said to forgiveness: "The slave and maid are guilty, please spare Concubine De's life......"

"Did I say I wanted your life?" Concubine De snorted coldly, and then she breathed a sigh of relief to herself, softened her tone, and said slowly: "Don't shout the word 'assassin' in the future, if there is really an assassin breaking in, knowing that you two have such a temperament, just make a slight move, will the Yulin guards around this garden all gather in this courtyard?" Isn't the real target they want to hurt dangerous? ”

Concubine De explained this truth very plainly, those two palace maids can be so domineering when they are serving without a master, and of course they are not new to the palace, it is not difficult to understand what she means. After thinking about the terrible consequences of this matter, the two palace maids couldn't help but feel a chill on their backs, and hurriedly kowtowed in unison: "Thank you, Concubine De, for your training, the slaves and maids have remembered." ”

Concubine De looked at the posture of these two people who were subverted in an instant, shook her head slightly in her heart, and commanded on her face: "Go and get a broom and sweep away the melon seed shells you have sprinkled all the way." This is the former residence of Concubine Xian, and now it is vacant, taking charge of the affairs here should be the easiest place in the palace, if you dare to be so sloppy again, let the palace know, and you will not be spared! Let's go! ”

"Yes." The two palace maids responded respectfully, hesitated a little before standing up, and it was Concubine Chaode and the second prince who were blessed, and then left in a hurry. After walking a little farther, the broken steps turned into meteor steps and stepped on randomly, and the second daughter rushed away in a panic like a frightened rabbit, almost knocking a young man in a lacquered suit who had just emerged from the other end of the road to the ground.

The young man in the strong suit looked at the two palace maids who seemed to run away and was slightly stunned, and then did not stay in place any longer. Ran directly to the second prince in the annex. When the young man approached the second prince and saw the face of the other ladies carrying buckets in the garden, he couldn't help but look shocked, as if he understood why the maid who ran away just now was so panicked. At the same time, he lifted his placket, landed on one knee, and bowed to Concubine De, who was dressed as a palace maid: "Weichen meets Concubine De Niangniang." ”

Concubine De nodded and raised her hand: "Get up." She saw a cloak on the young man's arm, and said, "It's getting dark, put that cloak on the second highness." ”

"Yes." The young man stood up in response, shook off his cloak and draped it over the prince's shoulder. Seeing this, Concubine De put down the barrel and approached, carefully tidied up the corners of the cloak for him, and Wen Yan advised: "Although it is already spring at this time, your body is from a bad background, and you must prevent the spring cold from invading your body." You have to wear more clothes when you go out, you know? ”

"Erchen knows, thank you, concubine." The second prince's eyes were warm. Whether it was when he was guarding the customs in the north in the past, or when he later established a dynasty, the Wang family attached great importance to filial piety. Although the second prince was not born by Concubine De, since his mother passed away three years ago, the second prince has called Concubine De his mother like Princess Xinzhu and the third prince, and he also called his stepmother in private.

Wrapping his arms around his chest, he tightened the cloak that was on his shoulders, and the eyes of the second prince swept over the bucket on the ground. He opened his mouth and said: "Mother, not only did you not punish those two criminal slaves just now, but also taught them the truth, you are too lenient to them. ”

Concubine De smiled slightly and said, "It's not a big deal, they have been here for a few years." There is no merit and hard work, and it doesn't matter if you are sensitive and domineering, as long as you understand the reason. They are also the people who serve our royal family, and if there is resentment in the stomach, it is easy for the lord to be unsatisfied. She said. His gaze swept lightly over the young man beside the second prince.

"Erchen understood." The second prince nodded, and then said: "But no matter what, when you come here, you can't put all the palace maids far away, so you should bring one or two maids, so as not to have another misunderstanding like today." Today happens to be the first day of the Spring Apocalypse Festival, and the gate of the Wolf Tooth Siege is wide open, although the palace has also sent Yu Linwei to patrol, but the mother concubine still has to be careful. ”

"Hmm." Concubine De nodded with a smile, she saw that the second prince was standing in place, and she had no intention of leaving, so she asked again: "What is the matter with you coming here?" ”

"I heard from the people in the palace that the apricot blossoms on the apricot fir road were in full bloom, and Erchen wondered if the apricot tree in the other garden was also blooming, so he came here." While the second prince was speaking, his eyes pointed to the apricot plant under the wall not far away, and then said the second half of the sentence: "At the same time, I want to stay here and remember Aunt Ye, her sacrifice day is coming, I heard that the soul of the dead may go back to the old residence on the day of the sacrifice, if I can really meet her, I really want to pester her like I did when I was a child." ”

"Alas......" When the second prince said that, there was not much sadness on his face, but this scene made Concubine De see it, but she let out a long sigh.

"It's rare that you can have this heart, your Aunt Ye will be happy if you have zero in the sky, and if your father knows, he will definitely feel gratified." Concubine De said that she eased her feelings, and then smiled and said: "Concubine Xian can be described as a strange person among women, and it seems that she is very good at astronomy and geography......

When Concubine De said this, a gloom appeared in her eyes, and she paused for a moment before continuing: "Emperor, although the knowledge of the mother concubine is not as good as that of the virtuous concubine, if you feel bored in the future, it is better to come and talk to me." In recent years, the country has gradually stabilized, but the emperor has become more and more busy, sometimes I also hope to have someone to talk to get together, we both used to like to talk to the concubine to talk to people, there should be a lot of things to talk about! ”

The second prince bowed when he heard this: "When the weather warms up a little more, the sons will definitely come to chat with the concubine often, and the concubine will not think that my sick son will trouble you." ”

"I love to hear the first half of your words, don't say it again after the second half of the sentence, although I am not your biological mother, but I also hope that you can be healthy and safe, and I will never talk about the word 'dislike'." Concubine De was slightly annoyed, and then she picked up the bucket on the ground beside her and walked up, "I'll go first, it's getting dark." You don't want to stay here for too long. ”

The second prince stretched his body and said: "Mother concubine walks slowly." After that, he called the young guard next to him and said, "Chi Chong, help Concubine De carry the bucket." ”

"Yes, Your Highness." The guard, known as 'Chi Chong', answered. Then he was ready to walk towards Concubine De.

It was only Chi Chong who took a step when he saw Concubine De turn her head, wave her hand to signal her to retreat, and then Wen Yan said to the second prince: "Emperor, you patronized and took care of my safety, but you forgot yourself so quickly?" Now Chi Zhong will stay by your side to take care of you, don't go anywhere, I will go out by myself, someone is waiting. ”

The second prince hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Erchen knows." ”

Concubine De didn't say anything more, and walked on the gravel road with a bucket. Continue to the Outer Circle of the Garden.

The guard Chi Zhong did not follow the past, but faced Concubine De's back and bowed his hand and said, "Congratulations to Concubine De." ”

Seeing Concubine De's figure walk away, after not entering the moon gate between the walls of the courtyard of the other garden, the second prince sighed silently in his heart, and easily removed the cloak on his shoulders. Thrown into the arms of Chi Chong, the guard who had just stood up straight.

Chi Zhong looked at the cloak between his arms and hesitated, "Your Highness......"

As if he knew what he was going to say next, the second prince had already spoken in advance: "It's okay, I've been cold and hot all year round, and I'm getting dry again now, so I won't wear this." It doesn't make you feel even colder after sweating. ”

Chi Zhong remained silent, in fact, after hearing what the second prince said just now, he originally wanted to persuade him to go back as soon as possible, but when he saw the young prince who had been suffering from illness and extremely poor physique, he strode towards the apricot tree in the corner of the wall with full flowers, and subconsciously swallowed back the idea that had just sprouted in his heart.

The second prince walked under the apricot tree, raised his hand and stretched out his finger to touch an apricot blossom between the branches. On the face that looked poor, a pair of eyes that were so calm that they did not have any temperature slightly focused on the gently trembling stamens among the apricot blossoms, and they were speechless for a long time.

Chi Zhong had been standing quietly beside him, but he saw the prince standing like this for a long time, and he never said a word. He suddenly spoke: "Your Highness, Weichen is waiting for you on the side." ”

The second prince looked at him sideways when he heard the sound, and doubts appeared in his eyes: "I didn't tell you to go far?" ”

Chi Zhong bowed down and said sincerely: "Your Highness remembers the deceased, and you have something in mind, and the pestle of Weichen is here, which may hinder it." ”

"Hehe, when you say that, I see that you stand straight, it's really a bit like a gun from a pestle here, but it doesn't get in my way." The second prince laughed as he spoke, but it seemed that he was not smiling too happily.

Lowering his hand behind his back, he said again: "Speaking of the word 'remembrance', do the math, Aunt Ye has been gone for almost ten years. Every time I walk to this yard where she once lived, I can't help but think of the care she took for me in the past. Although I was only a five-year-old at the time, I could not remember much, but everything I can remember now has become sad because of her death. ”

Listening to the noble prince in front of him, he didn't shy away from talking about the royal past that he didn't know much about, Chi Zhong didn't know how to speak and what kind of words he was suitable to say with his status as a subordinate. In the end, he could only remain silent and his eyes darkened, to show his regret for the legendary woman who died young.

"Talk to me." The second prince said again in a very light tone.

"Yes." Chi Zhong promised in a deep voice, but this time he reacted quickly.

"Can you not always act like this?" The second prince showed a little helplessness on his face, but he didn't wait for a second answer, he sighed again and said: "Maybe it's because of my appearance that the palace maids and attendants of the entire Huayang Palace have become so cautious and submissive." ”

"I'm afraid that if I don't serve well, I will provoke me and attract the emperor's anger." When the second prince said this, his eyes fixed on Chi Chong, "But you are what I asked for from Uncle Li, how did you become like those palace people so quickly?" In fact, how I hope that you and I can become good friends like my father and Uncle Li. ”

After he finished saying this, Chi Chong's eyes were slightly surprised, and he immediately said briefly and respectfully: "Weichen doesn't dare to overstep. ”

"Well, it's very abrupt to say this to you suddenly, but what I said today is from my heart, and my will will always remain." As soon as he finished speaking, the second prince turned to stare at the apricot blossom branch again, and went away in amazement for some reason.

Chi Zhong was a little confused for a while. His Royal Highness asked him to accompany him to talk, but he was not good at it; He asked to go farther away so that His Royal Highness could be alone, but he seemed a little unhappy.

Chi Zhong was originally one of Yu Linwei. Although most of the people who can enter this kind of guard to inspect the forbidden palace are not bad, but in such a group of people who are not bad, Chi Zhong does not show any characteristics.

Maybe in some kind of court fight in the future, he will be injured in order to help a royal nobleman block the sword. Or even death. But this is the mission of Yulin Weicun, defending loyalty with life, is something that every Yulinwei has carved into the bone marrow, which in the eyes of ordinary people, there may be differences in the value of zài, but Chi Chong, like other Yulinwei, has already identified this belief in the world.

It's just that by chance, the established fate line on Chi Chong's body suddenly changed half a year ago. Half a year ago, in order to celebrate the emperor's birthday, and the harvest of agricultural products in the middle continent. There was a troupe singing in the palace, and that night, Chi Chong, who was on duty to inspect the palace, was temporarily leaving his post to go to convenience, and ran into the second prince who was about to sneak out of the palace in the clothes of the inner chamberlain.

Although the identity of the second prince is very high, if it comes to martial arts. But it's not any opponent of Yu Linwei. The second prince himself also understands this truth, and after being discovered by Chi Chong, he immediately revealed his true identity, but at the same time asked Chi Chong to be a temporary personal guard to cover his trip out of the palace.

Chi Zhong thought that the second prince would go out of the palace as soon as he said, in fact, his patrol guard often encountered another princess in the palace in disguise, so Chi Zhong agreed to the request of the second prince. Unexpectedly, this time I went out, but it was delayed for half a night. However, although Chi Zhong was anxious, under the guidance of the waiter's faithful faith, he silently withstood the great crime of leaving his post and not reporting it, and followed the second prince for half a night until he was safely returned to the palace.

Next. Chi Chong was really punished for his crime, but he never said the reason for leaving his post, but when he was about to be punished with a rod in the Formal Law Hall, something happened in the Legal Hall that he would never forget.

Half a night away, the next day the second prince, who suffered from the cold, actually arrived in the main law hall. The reason for the delay in leaving the post was directly said! Subsequently, the second prince, who even had to be supported by the palace maid while standing, did not make a protective move, but directly asked the presiding judge to punish him by more than half of Chi Chong's crime, which really frightened the presiding judge, and at the same time frightened Chi Chong.

In the end, the result of the late sentencing, because of the existence of the Protector, only punished part of the guilt for unauthorized and non-reporting, and the original sentence of cane was changed from 50 to 20. In addition, Chi Chong's behavior is basically tantamount to violating military discipline and must be removed from the Yulin Guards, and the second prince who was present at the time did not help him with half a word.

However, after Chi Zhong was removed from the list and returned to the city defense inspection team under Li Gai's management, in less than a month, he directly jumped to become the personal guard of the second prince. Although there is no rank, there is no right to transfer personnel, but with the glory he is now carrying, maybe rank, privileges or something, it is just something that can be obtained in a flash.

And the news of Chi Chong's transcendent status promotion flowed into the ears of the chief judge of the Judicial Department that day, and it seemed that it was not difficult for him to guess the subtle intentions of a certain nobleman in the palace, and he couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief from the bottom of his heart for the commutation of his sentence that day, but without losing the fairness and reason.

Chi Zhong didn't think about it so much, although he also felt that he was suddenly selected by His Royal Highness to become his bodyguard, and it seemed that it was a little far from the mutual support that only had one night, but he was only dedicated to serving the lord, and this change in identity and position would not affect his work and the belief in his heart, which was enough.

However, after serving as a guard for the prince who was very favored by the Holy Lord in the palace for a few months, the sick and weak physique of this second highness and the slightly monotonous and cold life on weekdays made Chi Zhong sometimes question the life of the royal family; And the second prince seems to have an unwavering and unscrupulous temperament, so that he can't help but show concern for him in a very small time.

This is not an equal emotional exchange that a courtier can have with the lord, but because the hierarchical atmosphere of the lord and the subordinate in the second prince is often faint, Chi Chong, as a normal person with ideas and feelings, will also put his gratitude into the past when there is nothing to hinder the person who takes care of and favors him.

But today, when the second prince said in person that he wanted to make friends with him, he suddenly realized the problem of identity level, and the feeling between loyalty and friendship that was not very firm in his heart was forcibly put away