There is only a kite flying over the Forbidden City every two hours, and the enthusiasm of the people waiting for the treasure collection has subsided, and the palace roads around have gradually quieted down, and there is no longer the scolding of the Jingci Immortal Master and the pleading voice of Juan'er on the side of the courtyard, everything seems to have returned to its original state, and it makes people faintly feel that something has changed.

"It's really evil, it's been windy weather for several days!"

Mao Gui and Wang Qing alternately stood guard on that dirt road, and today it was Wang Qing's turn to be on duty, Wang Qing saw Zhu Qiming coming here again, and immediately saluted Zhu Qiming, and complained casually.

Zhu Qiming approached Wang Qing and looked up at the sky, but did not speak.

Wang Qing followed and raised his eyes to the sky, but soon lost his patience and quickly lowered his head, perhaps he had been tortured enough by the fruitless gaze earlier.

"Hehe, dare to ask Your Highness, when will the little one be able to join the celebrant as an errand boy?"

Zhu Qiming glanced at Wang Qing, "Come on, the Queen Mother looks down on you and Mao Gui, and every important matter will be handed over to the two of you, look at you more!" ”

Blowing the wind and basking in the sun every day to watch the kite, this is clearly a good or bad time! Wang Qing kept blinking his blank eyes, unable to make a sound.

At this time, the eunuch Xi Ning, the eunuch of the imperial prison palm seal, led a group of inner attendants to walk from the side of the courtyard, "The eunuch Xi Ning of the imperial prison palm seal see His Royal Highness King Yue." ”

Zhu Qiming bowed his head, "Father-in-law doesn't have to be polite." Presumably, the royal supervisor is sending some things to leave the hospital, such a trivial matter, why do you come to your father-in-law? ”

Xi Ning smiled indifferently, "I heard that there is a bustle to see here, and the Sprinkle family naturally doesn't want to miss the opportunity." Hey, except for the more than 30 ordinary kites on the first day, I'm afraid that there are as many as eighty-seven kites in gold and treasure, which is interesting! ”

Eighty-seven? Can be accurate to a single digit, whose eyes have not been deserted and still have the heart to calculate? Catching a glimpse of Xining's elegant posture and calm demeanor, Zhu Qiming's brain was faintly touched by some inexplicable thought.

Xi Ning's complexion seemed to maintain a certain pattern, and only his gaze occasionally changed slightly, "I heard that Jing Ci Immortal Master scolded His Royal Highness, and he sweated all over, and the whole person suddenly became refreshed, hey, scolding people has such an effect, interesting!" ”

Immortal Master Jingci has really recovered from his illness! Zhu Qiming was very relieved in his heart, thinking that Xining would never mention the condition of Jingci Immortal Master, naturally he followed the unspoken rule that can only be understood and cannot be spoken, and he, the prince, might as well pretend to be confused, and there is no need to talk, so he gave Xining an indifferent smile.

Xi Ning was still unsatisfied, "At the beginning of the hearing in the Qianqing Palace, only Jing Ci Immortal Master spoke out for His Highness to complain, but only two months later, Jing Ci Immortal Master scolded His Highness, such a change is quite puzzling, interesting!" ”

Your "interesting" is repeated too much! Zhu Qiming stared at the face with extraordinary temperament in front of him, and when he thought that under this face, which was like a prop, there might be an extremely meticulous mind, his mind was stirred again.

"Say goodbye."

Facing the back of Xining's departure, Wang Qing on the side touched his head and widened his eyes, as if he was confused by a long-ago memory and couldn't extricate himself. Suddenly, Wang Qing whispered in Zhu Qiming's ear: "Does Your Highness still remember the first year of orthodoxy?" ”

The first year of orthodoxy? Yuan Xi! The door of memory suddenly opened, Zhu Qiming was secretly surprised, and was about to open his mouth to ask questions, but was preempted by a shout.

"His Royal Highness the King of Yue, His Royal Highness the King of Yue!" Mao Gui trotted over, stopped and bent over and gasped, "The Queen Mother sent Her Royal Highness to Xianxi Palace, and the Emperor is also waiting there!" ”

Zhu Qiming stared at Wang Qing for a moment, and then hurried to Xianxi Palace.

When he entered the Xianxi Palace, he raised his eyes and saw that the queen was angry, and the emperor on the seat looked indifferent.

The Queen Mother furrowed her eyebrows, "Nonsense!" If you feel aggrieved in your heart, you can find other ways to relax, you are good, you are a good money boy, a lot of jewelry is thrown out with kites, you are really long, you! It's really a good thing not to go out, but a bad thing to spread thousands of miles, and now the entire Forbidden City knows that you are idle and behave grotesquely, and you are a playful prince! ”

Thinking that many things in the world are wonderful, let's take the matter of rescuing the Jingci Immortal Master, if you do it secretly, it will definitely attract excessive interpretation by others, and now it is so much that the palace is well known, but it is easy to be attributed to the absurd behavior of a reckless young man.

"Back to the Queen Mother, it's not a lot, just a little bit, and it's a defective product."

The Queen Mother raised the handkerchief in her hand and slammed it on the empty chair beside her, "Hmph! Since it's a defective product and you can afford to lose it, why do you have to go over there to find a kite and provoke that cheap ······?" The queen mother glanced at the emperor and reluctantly changed her words: "Insulting!" ”

"Qi Ming made a bet with the palace maid and didn't want to lose, so he had to try his luck."

"How do you make a bet?"

"If Qi Ming can't find a kite, he will give them ten taels of silver every day; If Qi Ming picks up the kite, they have to dance two for Qi Ming. ”

"Isn't this letting people take advantage of you for nothing!" The Queen Mother stood up angrily, "No wonder those two dead girls desperately put the kite on a high place, for fear that the kite wouldn't fly far!" Hmph, don't look at them as the people picked out by the Empress Dowager from Qingning Palace, I think that the mourning family does not dare to punish them, which annoys the mourning family······" After all, she didn't dare to leave the suspicion of disrespecting the Empress Dowager, so she stopped talking.

The emperor over there had a smile on his face, "Queen Mother, that's it, and today under Taiping, the Battle of Luchuan has made great progress, and the northern Wara is also losing sincerity to the Ming Dynasty. King Yue is also idle, as long as he finds it interesting, such a game can still be played! ”

Zhu Qiming was shocked. I think that when the emperor mentioned the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty, the reaction at that time was simply heartbreaking, and after only two years of hard work, the emperor was like a different person, so leisurely intoxicated in the dream of the prosperous world, which made people sigh!

The Queen Mother sat down, and her anger seemed to have disappeared a lot, "Qi Ming, don't mess around in the future!" ”

"Yes."

The emperor looked at Zhu Qiming quietly for a while, and only after a long time did he slowly say, "How did Immortal Master Jingci scold you?" I'm a little curious about that. ”

Facing the emperor's slightly meaningful gaze, Zhu Qiming immediately opened his mouth, not wanting to hesitate for a minute, "It's not that the ministers are idle and don't do their jobs, but the ministers are not angry, and they don't want to listen to it, so they were distracted early." Oh, the chamberlain Mao Gui may have heard it well. ”

After speaking, Zhu Qiming suddenly remembered the past that happened in the Qianqing Palace that day, at that time, in order to complain about the grievances of the Yue King for him, the Immortal Master Jingci seemed to have touched the reverse scales of the Son of Heaven, so will the emperor hold a grudge······ Hell, the will is not to be fathomed!

However, the places that the emperor is interested in are clearly similar to Xining, which is worth pondering!

Over there, Mao Gui shook his head vigorously, probably because he found that he couldn't hide, and bowed to the palace and said: "Back to the emperor, at that time, Jingci Immortal Master scolded so fiercely, the little slave was stunned all of a sudden, and only listened to the beginning, and didn't hear a word clearly in the following words." Oh, it seems that there are words idle, unintentional, and ignorant, which are very harsh. ”

The Empress Dowager impatiently waved away Mao Gui.

No one in the hall seemed to be willing to talk about the condition of the Immortal Master Jing Ci and her bizarre recovery from a serious illness. Also, if you talk about it, then everyone has to break up quickly! Everyone is not full and panicked, why make people uncomfortable and embarrassed?

However, there are always people in the world who like to join in the fun, and Meizi suddenly spoke: "Queen Mother, I heard that King Yue went to the Huanyi Bureau to see that Yanluo." ”

You've got a broken mouth! Zhu Qiming scolded secretly, raised his head, and saw the Queen Mother's suspicious gaze aimed directly at him. The emperor on the side was stunned, and was holding up a lamp to drink tea leisurely.

"Qi Ming had never looked at her before, even in the Qianqing Palace that day, and later heard that she dared to commit suicide and martyrdom, Qi Ming was very curious, and couldn't help but go to the Huanyi Bureau to see her for real."

The Queen Mother was furious, "Where did the martyrdom come from? It is clearly a suicide in fear of sin! You don't put gold on her face······"

Without waiting for the queen mother to finish speaking, the emperor put down the teacup and interjected: "It is true that she was the little maid of the first emperor, but you said that the emperor praised her for her cleverness several times before the imperial examination, but I have never heard anyone talk about it." ”

Zhu Qiming's heart suddenly felt a trace of bitterness. The Son of Heaven was so clear about his words and deeds as a prince that this special attention had its own special meaning, but unfortunately, it was difficult for him to feel pleasure in such attention.

"The minister seems to have heard the Empress Dowager talk about this, whether it is true or not, I still have to ask the Empress Dowager."

"The first emperor praised her for being clever? What the Empress Dowager said? The queen mother seemed to be entangled, muttered for a long time, and said quietly: "Wait a few days, let's let her go back to the palace to do things." ”

After all, Yanluo is just a lowly palace maid, and it is not difficult to step on it, and it is not difficult to put her on the balance of the Forbidden City's power schemes.

Zhu Qiming couldn't help but secretly feel happy for King Yu and Yanluo.

"The Queen Mother is very right!" The emperor responded, and looked at Zhu Qiming, "You went to the Huanyi Bureau that day, and after seeing people, you must have felt a lot, and you must find someone to talk to, right?" ”

Zhu Qiming felt a cold sweat on his back, "The Huanyi Bureau is turbid, and the minister felt tightness in his chest after coming out of there, so he walked to Chengtianmen and took a breath." ”

The emperor stared at Zhu Qiming for a moment, and all the ups and downs of his mood were invisible, "The prince must be careful to abide by the rules, whether he should meet anyone or do something, he is still very particular!" ”

"Obey the order!"

"That's it." The Empress Dowager's face softened, "Qi Ming is young, and it is understandable that he occasionally loses his balance in small matters, and the emperor should know that Qi Ming is never confused in major matters." ”

Seeing that the emperor's eyes narrowed, a smile instantly rippled on his face, "The queen mother is right, Qi Ming, you can have fun as much as you want, prince, everyone is like this." Today, I will dine in Xianxi Palace, and drink and have fun with you. ”