Chapter 146: Rivalry
Xiao Taoxin took Qi Dai out of the teaching office, took out his handkerchief and handed it to him and said: "Tanhualang, His Royal Highness said that he has suffered you, just come to the palace later in the future, His Royal Highness asked someone to prepare a carriage for you, and you will have your own carriage back and forth in the future, and you don't have to take Zuo Gongzi's anymore, this is given by His Royal Highness, and I can't accept it." ”
Qi Dai didn't say a word, just made a standing thank you gift to Taoxin, and followed Taoxin to the palace gate. Riding the carriage given to him by Ling'er to go home, he leaned on the car on the road, and his heart was not a taste, this half-day experience made him feel very tired, the horse master was very hostile to him, Ling'er was very sympathetic to him, he became the object of the horse master's anger, and became a person who Ling'er wanted to help but didn't dare to help openly, a difficult middleman. Qi Dai thought about seeing Ling'er for the first time, she was chasing after her, obviously she could stop, but he was hesitating, fortunately hesitating, if it was too obvious, he would be disgusted by Ling'er, no matter how Qi Rong looked, he would not be favored by Ling'er, but he was literary and young, why did he take this road, this was his hesitation at the time, and finally he chose not to take the old path of his brother, that road has no life, and he has to live as someone else's shadow, but why did it become like this by mistake, he is a weak person, and he has Ling'er's sympathy, In exchange, it will also be the endless revenge of the horse master.
Qi Hai didn't go to court today, and he didn't go out at home, and he saw Qi Dai get out of the carriage from a distance, a new palace carriage, why did Qi Dai come back so early, and went out with questions, and saw that he was wearing a white brocade dress covered with ink, which was ruined.
"Brother Dai, come here!" Qi Hai was still very concerned about the first day of his eldest son's inauguration in the palace and wanted to ask him.
Qi Dai entered Qi Hai's study with tears in his eyes, closed the door, and Qi Hai asked, "What's wrong?" ”
"Father, the child really shouldn't be this secretary." Qi Dai's tears fell, and he told Qi Hai about today's events one by one. Qi Hai paced in the study, and didn't say a word for a long time.
"Father, what should the child do?" Qi Dai wiped away his tears and asked with red eyes.
"I'll go and beg Your Majesty later......" Qi Hai didn't want Qi Dai to be caught between the two for too long, and he didn't want to be an enemy of the Wen family.
"Thank you, father." Qi Dai was trying to control his emotions, preparing to go back to the inner courtyard for a while, and when he saw his mother, he must not let her know and make her worry.
"You stay in my study until the afternoon and then go back to the inner courtyard, there are many people talking, and even your mother should not talk about this." Qi Hai was a little worried.
"Save the child." Qi Dai tried to make himself laugh: "It is also very happy that a child can read in his father's study. ”
Qi Hai didn't answer, and gave Qi Dai a look, meaning to find a book to read by himself, he sat there with his eyes closed, and the two of them in the palace were fighting, and his son was a victim, so he couldn't let his son enter the palace, hey, how could things be like this. Qi Hai pointed his finger at the table next to him and closed his eyes, thinking about who to find and what to say when he entered the palace for a while. Is this matter suitable for Ling'er or the emperor. Looking for the emperor, you can't say this explicitly, you have to hint, it's not good to ask too much. If you go to find Ling'er, you don't know if the horse master is not there, it's good to say that the horse master is not there, Ling'er is so good to talk a lot, if the horse master is here, this really can't be said, even if he is a foreign minister, he can't enter the palace to find Ling'er, is there any way to get Ling'er out of the palace?
Qi Hai didn't talk to Qi Dai either, he walked out of the study and paced to the left room.
"Zuo'er?" Qi Hai shouted at the door.
There was no answer inside, and the entourage next to him hurriedly said, "Zuo Gongzi should go to Mrs. Zuo." ”
Qi Hai thought about it and continued to pace to Mrs. Qi, Zuo Zuo was sticking to his mother and coquettish, only a few days after he came back, except for entering the palace to learn art, he was sticking to Mrs. Qi, and Mrs. Qi was also smiling on her face.
"Uh-huh." Qi Hai hadn't figured out how to fool Zuo Zuo, he just snorted his throat to get their attention.
"Master Hou, is your throat uncomfortable? Do you want to see a doctor? Zhang Xuelan touched Zuo'er's hair in her arms, raised her head and looked at Qi Hai thoughtfully.
"No, it's just that you dote on Zuo'er like this, he will grow up to be useless." Qi Hai urgently needs Qi Ying now, and he has to be coaxed out of his mother's arms first.
"Even His Royal Highness doesn't talk about me, you still say that I, Zuo'er is so young, what's wrong with pampering me!" Zhang Xuelan is not happy anymore, she can say anything, she can't say that her son is unproductive, this is the bottom line, no one can touch it!
"Zuo'er, you come! Father has something to say to you. Qi Hai beckoned, twisted his head to the side, didn't see it, and slapped Qi Hai's thigh angrily!
"You are so abnormal today, let's say, what's the matter, after so many years of husband and wife, I can still see through it." Zhang Xuelan felt different, and hugged Zuozuo to prevent him from being threatened by his father.
"It's nothing, I just want to be Ling'er, Zuo Zuo, how about you bring your sister to the house tomorrow?" Qi Hai felt that it was better to say it directly, and he was afraid that this girl would not understand.
"Do you want Ling'er to see you when you go to the palace, you have to bring her to the mansion to do something, besides, Ling'er is not Zuo Zuo said that she can come to the mansion." When Zhang Xuelan heard him say this, she guessed in her heart that it must be for Qi Dai, and she was unhappy: "I said how Ling'er saw Chen's son last time, it turned out that you two did it on purpose, Rong'er has just been gone for a year, and you want to send another one in while Ling'er hasn't forgotten, no wonder others say that Brother Dai is not far from being a colt after becoming a secretary!" Our mothers are not as important as the two of them, and they are not treated by you, so Baba asked Zuo'er to pave the way for your Dai brother! ”
"Woman's view! What are you talking about! What to do in front of the child! Qi Haiqi was half dead, and he thought like this, he couldn't avoid it, how could he send another son in, and he didn't bother to reason with Mrs. Qi, turned around and left, it seems that this method won't work, so let's go into the palace to find Ling'er by myself.
After lunch, Qi Hai rode his horse to the palace and handed the letter to Ling'er, it didn't take long for the little eunuch to pick him up and go to Ximeng Palace, all the way Qi Hai was thinking, what if the horse master was there, when he arrived at Ximeng Palace, Ling'er took a lunch break and was resting in the study, and he would go to the teaching office to study for a while.
"Chen Qihai participates in His Highness." In fact, the foreign minister is not allowed to see the East Palace alone, but Qi Hai's identity is special, after all, Ling'er called his father, and he is the father of the former quasi-concubine.
"Father, get up quickly, there are no outsiders here, sit down." Ling'er sat lazily at her desk and pointed to the chair opposite for Qi Hai to sit.
"Your Highness." In order to relieve the tension in his heart, Qi Hai turned around and went to sit on the chair.
"Father, you see, the pigeons that Qi Rong gave me are still there, and there are many of them now." Ling'er sat here by herself, and as soon as Qi Hai came, she really missed Qi Rong a little.
"Rong'er has a spirit in the sky, and she will be happy if she knows it." Qi Hai thought of his eldest son, his heart was also uncomfortable, and he sighed, today is for Qi Dai, taking advantage of the absence of the horse master or hurry up to talk to Ling'er, so he hurriedly continued: "Your Highness, Brother Dai went back this morning and I saw it, he still didn't understand the rules, I scolded him, the palace was deceitful, the cane was punished, His Royal Highness did not punish him, and rewarded the carriage, the minister was frightened, and he came to ask for the guilt!" ”
"Father, hurry up, it's not Qi Tanhua's fault, what a crime!" Ling'er sat up straight, what is Qi Hai up.
"Ling'er, Your Highness, can you change Brother Dai'er for an errand, he can't do this errand in the palace, if he can't do it well, it's all wrong, even if it's for Rong'er's sake, I'm willing to ask His Highness to let him change anything." Qi Hai didn't get up, he knelt down, so it was better to finish speaking quickly.
"Father, you get up first." Ling'er still got up from her seat and wanted to help Qi Hai.
"His Royal Highness didn't agree, Qi Hai didn't dare to get up." Qi Hai said with old tears.
"Originally, I thought the same way, and I didn't say no." Ling'er stepped forward to help Qi Hai get up and sit on the chair, she walked back to her table and sat down, and then said: "Originally, I also admired Qi Tanhua's writing, and I liked his article very much, so let him be the deputy of the Taishi, and in the future, he will come to teach us every once in a while." Because I don't dare to say much about the official position in the court for the time being, and I can't be the master, but I can still be in charge of the official position of the East Palace, but I also have to report it to my father, as long as there is nothing major wrong, that is, yes. Let Qi Tanhua be the young master of the crown prince and learn some things from Master Mo in the future. ”
"Isn't this robbing Mr. Wang's position?" Qi Hai felt inappropriate.
"In the past, my father promised Mr. Wang to come back and be promoted to the prince and young master, but my father is really dissatisfied with my studies, and I have learned too little and too slowly these days, and my father has a big opinion on us and Mr. Wang, and if my father wants to give him the prince and young master, he must not want to give, then call Qi Tanhua, most of the official positions in the East Palace are idle, and the young master is not high, and the best is the position of the young master, you can both learn and take the Lu, Qi Tanhua is the eldest son in the Qi Mansion, and he has to rub the car on the left in the morning. It can be seen that you still need a salary. "Ling'er is careful, even these are taken into account, Qi Hai is also admired after listening to it, not only Qi Mansion, even the concubine of Wenfu has no right to go to his own carriage with money, this is the treatment that only the concubine has, Ling'er has considered it for Brother Dai, and it can be regarded as a relief for Qi Hai, at least not to be a secretary, directly become the prince and young master, as long as the master is okay, it is all the master to give lectures, and the young master can go or not, only when the master can't give a lecture when the master has something to do, the young master will go out and be an idle and lucrative official, Ling'er was also thoughtful.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Qi Hai knelt down again and kowtowed before getting up.
"Father, I can always dream of Qi Rong these days, does he have a dream for you?" Ling'er really misses Qi Rong.
"Maybe Rong'er misses His Royal Highness, the minister didn't dream of Rong'er, the minister just went to see him two days ago." Qi Hai didn't want to say clearly that Ling'er didn't go to see Qi Rong, so he turned around and reminded him.
"It's time to go see him." Ling'er always took into account Ah Jue's thoughts, and promised him to only go to see it once a year, so he endured it and didn't go. At this time, Ah Jue stood at the door of the study, listening to the conversation inside, and his heart was also mixed, Qi Hai was a person who understood, and he didn't want his son to be a secretary, but Ling'er's rights were limited, and the official positions that could be changed were all in the East Palace, but they were changed from common faces to uncommon faces, Ling'er didn't go to see Qi Rong because of her feelings, and she used to go out and come back every once in a while to tell him, was it that she was too much? It's just that if I follow Ling'er's wishes, I will be very uncomfortable, and if I follow my own wishes, Ling'er will sometimes be unhappy, I didn't have a good rest at noon, and I wanted to come to her to reconcile, but I heard a corner at the door, Ah Jue didn't want to listen anymore, and walked back to Moyang Palace.
Ling'er sent Qi Hai away and sat alone in front of the window in a daze. Ah Jue still wanted to go to Ling'er after watching Qi Hai leave in the Moyang Palace, the two of them felt so awkward to be angry about this, but as soon as Ah Jue saw that Qi Dai, the jealousy all came up, this will be better, I don't see Ling'er and miss her very much, entangled with whether to see or not, and finally Ah Jue still walked out of the Moyang Palace, and was about to go to Ling'er, Ling'er opened the door from the study and prepared to go out. Ling'er saw Ah Jue standing at the door, she didn't talk to him, and she didn't mean to stop, she wanted to walk past him directly, but Ah Jue still grabbed her, hugged her in her arms, and hurriedly said, "I can accompany you to see Qi Rong, okay?" Don't leave me behind. ”
Ling'er's heart softened when she heard this, and she was about to be angry for two days, but she disappeared at once, hugged Ah Jue's waist, buried her head in his arms, nodded and said, "Okay." ”
"Ling'er, am I too selfish, why do I feel so sore." Ah Jue hugged it tightly and wanted to rub it into her body.
"Strangled me." Ling'er raised her head to look at Ah Jue, a tear fell on her face, and she instantly felt distressed: "Ah Jue...... I don't go, you don't cry. ”
"No, I won't see you for a while, I miss you so much, you, do you miss me?" Ah Jue still hugged Ling'er, afraid of strangling her, so let go a little.
"Yes, how could there be. I didn't fall asleep during the lunch break, and I got up early. Ling'er complained.
"You said you miss Qi Rong, so do you want to see Qi Dai?" Ah Jue is now vinegary.
"I've been dreaming of Qi Rong lately, I want to go see him, it has nothing to do with Qi Dai, how do you know that I miss Qi Rong? I didn't, I just ...... You eavesdrop! Ling'er pushed away a little bit and raised her head to look at Ah Jue.
"I was going to look for you, but I thought it was uncomfortable for you, and I heard something." Jue explained.
"Then you're still eavesdropping!" Ling'er smiled, and didn't blame him, just listen to it, it's not a big deal.
"Yes, I want to know everything about you, I ......" Ah Jue felt guilty.
"You his son in the morning, and his father was not happy, so he begged me to change his place." Ling'er teased.
"I heard it all..."Ah Jue felt that it was just right to change, and he was agreeing with him, and it was better to change farther away.
"It's not common in the future, and the power in my hands is so big." Ling'er explained to Ah Jue.
"I can't look at the way you look at him, I'm angry." Jue gave an explanation for the morning's events.
"Then you're bullying others!" Ling'er glared at him.
"Then you say, can I still bully you, my beloved!" Ah Jue began to play with Laipi: "You are not allowed to look at him in the future." ”
"Good! It's all up to you! Ling'er smiled, Ah Jue was not angry with her, and she was not so uncomfortable at first, but now she is very comfortable.
"You rob me of my words!" Ah Jue rested his head on Ling'er's shoulder.
"I'll go to my father's place to say goodbye, and I'm going to go to the teaching office, together?" Ling'er invited him.
"Naturally!" Ah Jue let go of Ling'er and took her hand and walked together.