Leaving the attic and out of the backyard, Ji Qingchen came to the back garden of the palace. The back garden of the palace covers a wide area, with pavilions and water pavilions, artificial spring tides of the blue lake, and bamboo forests with birds singing and flowers, which is comparable to the imperial garden of the Dayan Palace. Ji Qingchen, who was strolling in the back garden, quietly recalled his past and Shu'er's past, and his mood was difficult for him. Suddenly, he walked to a stone pavilion and sat down, and said to Zhang Rang and Guo Quan, who were following him, "You both go down, by the way, Zhang Rang, send someone to bring this king's Jiaowei!" ”

"No!" Zhang Rang and Guo persuaded to take orders.

After a while, I saw Zhang Rang personally holding the Jiao Weiqin and came to Ji Qingchen, he was followed by two maids, one of them was holding a brocade futon and a table, and the other was holding a plate, with a stove on it, a pot of rice wine stewed on the stove, and two wine glasses on the plate.

Zhang Rang ordered the maid to put the table and brocade futon on the ground, put Jiao Weiqin on the table, and the other maid put the plate next to the table, and did not talk to Ji Qingchen, but left quietly with the two maids.

Seeing that Zhang Rang was so careful, Ji Qingchen admired it in his heart, he was worthy of being a eunuch who came out of the Qianqiu Palace, and this thought was not comparable to others. But he sat down on the futon, and began to pour himself three glasses, his fingertips running over the strings, and the crisp sound of the piano permeated the garden. Then he put his hands on the strings, and with the plucking of his fingers, a beautiful piece erupted from the strings, and spread like the wind around the garden.

This piece was composed by him and Princess Anle Shu'er when they were leaving the country to play the qin in their own house, when he stroked the qin, and Princess Anle Shu'er danced in the peach blossoms in the courtyard. He still clearly remembered that at that time, Shu'er's long sleeves gently crossed the peach blossom tree, and the petals of the peach blossoms fluttered around Shu'er like heavy snow in winter, dressing Shu'er as a fairy who descended to the earth. So when he created this piece, he took a name, called "White Heads Are Inseparable", the name is very vulgar, but Shu'er said that she likes it, because vulgarity can reflect true feelings, sincerity and true intentions. And it was also on that day that he promised Shu'er that he would like to win the heart of one person, and the white head would not be separated, this person was Shu'er.

And now?

I am still a person, and the person I like is thousands of miles away.

May you win the hearts of one person

Aren't the white heads separated?

Aren't they separated?

With the sound of the piano, the past slowly floated into Ji Qingchen's heart, his eyes were confused, and the whole person was in the song of this memory.

Long!

For a long time!

I can't extricate myself for a long time!

The end of a song! Then I heard someone ask softly, "Your Highness, what kind of song is this?" ”

Ji Qingchen's thoughts, which were still immersed in memories, were interrupted, and he suddenly raised his head and wanted to scold this person who didn't know the times, but when he saw that it was Mingyan and Princess Dream, he stopped talking, but he didn't answer Princess Dream's question, but continued to lower his head and start playing.

This time, the song he played was still lingering, and the notes flashed with indescribable tenderness and sweetness and a little bit of warmth, just like the whispers of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they met, and like the love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai when they turned into butterflies.

When Mingyan and Princess Dream suddenly appeared, they were all stupid when they heard this song! Because at the end of the song, the two are still immersed in the artistic conception of the music and can't extricate themselves.

After a long time, Princess Dream came back to her senses, staring at Ji Qingchen in a daze, but Mingyan came back to her senses, and immediately said to Ji Qingchen, "See Your Highness!" Seeing that Ji Qingchen didn't speak, and his face didn't seem to be good, he knew that it was the two of them who disturbed him, so he immediately asked for sin, "Just now Mingyan and the princess came here unknowingly when they heard the sound of the piano, we recklessly disturbed His Highness, and asked His Highness to atone for his sins." ”

"No need to be polite!" Ji Qingchen said to Mingyan, and said to Princess Meng, "Princess, the previous song is called "White Heads Are Not Separated", and this song is called "Wish to Win the Heart of a Person", both of which were composed by this king and Shu'er when he left the country for the proton. ”

"I wish to win the hearts of one person, and the white heads will not be separated!" Princess Dream muttered to herself, "Is that what you mean?" ”

"Yes!" Ji Qingchen replied lightly, and he said without evasion, "I guess you already know about this king and Shu'er, right?" This is the promise of this king to Shu'er at the beginning, to win her heart, and never leave. ”

"It's just now—" Ji Qingchen sighed as she spoke, and continued, "Now she is far away from the capital of Shangjing, but this king is in King's Landing City, thousands of miles away from him. White heads are inseparable. Do you think this king has failed her? ”

"Your Highness! You don't! Princess Dream replied, at this time she had recovered her princess status after losing her body, and said in an affirmative tone, "Meng'er can hear from the sound of His Highness's piano that His Royal Highness has a deep affection and infinite longing for Princess Anle. ”

After listening to Princess Dream's words, Ji Qingchen didn't answer, but poured himself a glass of wine, and quietly looked at the northern sky and was silent, Mingyan and Princess Dream were obediently by his side.

"Do you still have the habit of living in the house?" After a long time, Ji Qingchen, who had retracted his thoughts, asked.

"Thank you for your Royal Highness's relationship and the habit of living." Princess Meng replied, paused, and continued, "Meng'er heard that His Highness defeated Xu Zhen, the prince of Xishu, on the school field today, and Meng'er congratulates His Highness. ”

"But the pikemen have won the cavalry battalion!" Ji Qingchen sighed and said, "So on the battlefield, a person's victory or defeat will not affect the overall situation, even if you can take the head of the general among the 10,000 troops, as long as this is an army with strict discipline like iron, they will definitely not be defeated because of the death of the main general." Therefore, if today's contest is put on the battlefield, the battle between this king and Xu Zhen on the battlefield, I am afraid that this king will be defeated. ”

Princess Dream didn't speak, because she felt that Ji Qingchen was right.

"Mingyan, Zhao Xianglin gave you to this king out of a misunderstanding, and after arriving in King's Landing, because there were too many things, this king didn't take care of you, and now this king will give you freedom, and you can be free when the princess leaves King's Landing. If you want to go home, this king will send someone to send you home, and give you some money, at least so that you can live a peaceful life, if you like to be with the princess, when you go back to Baiyan City with the princess, you can choose this yourself! Ji Qingchen said to Mingyan. For Mingyan such a hard-working singer, he really has no idea.

"Your Highness—" Mingyan choked up, not knowing what to say, and only whispered halfway, "Your Highness, Mingyan doesn't want to leave, so she wants to stay in the palace." ”

Although Mingyan's voice was small, his tone was unquestionable. This made Ji Qingchen very puzzled. However, he still explained to this kind singer, "After this year, this king may have to leave King's Landing, either to Liaozhou or Yizhou, when this palace is empty and lifeless, why should you be trapped here?" ”

"No matter where His Highness goes, Mingyan wants to follow His Highness, and Mingyan only wants to play the piano for His Highness, whether it is an ordinary willow lane or in front of the three armies." Mingyan said in a firm tone.

I didn't expect Mingyan, who has always been timid and not good at talking, to say this. For a while, Ji Qingchen didn't know how to refuse Mingyan. After being silent for a while, he could only sigh and say, "I said that I would give you a good piano, but in the past few days, this king has instructed Zhang Rang to find one for you." As for this Jiaowei qin, it was given to this king by the concubine, and this king can't give it to you. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Mingyan said a little happily.

With this episode, the atmosphere between the three of them is much livelier.

However, Ji Qingchen had just chatted with Mingyan and Princess Dream for a few words, and Ji saw Zhang Rang coming in a hurry, "Your Highness, Ye Shaoqing's mansion sent someone to deliver a letter." ”

As soon as I heard that it was a letter sent by my uncle Ye Qingchen, and then I thought that my uncle Ye Qingzhi had just returned to King's Landing today, maybe the face saint had a result! So Ji Qingchen immediately got up, said goodbye to Princess Dream and Mingyan, and followed Zhang Rang to the study.

He walked into the study, and saw that one of the three scholars who followed Ye Qingzhi at the Bianqiao ferry today was drinking tea, this person was about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, of medium stature, with a thin face, but very energetic, and when he saw Ji Qingchen, he immediately got up, "Tang Yifu has seen His Highness!" ”

"Mr. Tang doesn't need to be polite! Have a seat! Because of the reminder of his uncle Ye Qingchen, Ji Qingchen was very polite to the young scholar Tang Yifu.

Tang Yifu was not hypocritical, so he took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhang Rang, and sat down on the chair. And Zhang Rang handed the letter to Ji Qingchen, who had already done it in front of the bookcase, Ji Qingchen took the letter that Zhang Rang held to him with both hands, and found that it was the handwriting of his uncle Ye Qingchen, and glanced at Tang Yifu again, and found that Tang Yifu was not ready to leave, so he knew that Lu Dao must have explained something to Tang Yifu in his heart, so he opened the letter in person.

After carefully reading the above information, he immediately got up, strode in front of Tang Yifu, and bowed, "I didn't know the details just now, I really neglected Mr. Tang, and asked Mr. Tang to atone for his sins." ”

Tang Yifu didn't expect that the dignified Nine Emperors of Dayan, the prince of Northern Liao, who was only the fourth prince of the dynasty, would be so courteous to Corporal Xian, and immediately got up and stepped forward to help Ji Qingchen, "Your Highness, no, how can Tang Yifu receive a great gift from His Highness!" ”

"In the future, Qingchen will be guided by Mr. Tang, and Mr. Tang can bear this gift!" Ji Qingchen said.

"Your Highness—" Tang Yifu was also moved by Ji Qingchen's words, so he accepted Ji Qingchen's salute, and then sat down on the chair again at Ji Qingchen's invitation, and then Ji Qingchen handed the letter to Tang Yifu and asked, "This, what does Mr. Tang think?" ”

"Well, the teacher has joined the Guozijian, and Shaw has already known the news. Shaw felt that it was better for a teacher to marry a national eunuch than to go to the Sixth Ministry or the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Because of the respected status of the Guozijian and the mentor of the scholars who participated in the scientific examination, it will only be beneficial to His Highness in the future, and there will be no harm. Tang Yifu pondered for a while and analyzed, "It's just that asking His Highness to write to the town in a few days, Yifu feels a little in a hurry." Because whether it is Liaozhou or Yizhou, these two places are facing the strong enemies of Dayan, Beirong and Yi, and the power in the army is very powerful, if His Royal Highness rushes to go, if there is no capable man and horse around him to rely on, I am afraid it will be difficult to suppress these two border armies, and it will be difficult to control them. If His Highness can't control the military power of the army at the edge of the town, why should he go to the edge of the town? ”