Zhao Zixiu couldn't, even if he didn't want to go to Tongzhou, he didn't dare to disobey the holy will. So when spring came, Tongzhou City once again ushered in the four princes.

After staying in the royal residence in Tongzhou, this fourth highness spent half a month dealing with the visiting literati and ink writers. After that, as the fourth prince, he made an appointment to meet the lord of Huanxi Pavilion.

Oh, and the prayer post also specifically marked that he wanted to meet the real pavilion master of Huanxi Pavilion!

So in the Floating Pavilion of Xile Building, Yi Xiangxiang looked at Zhao Zixiu gritting his teeth at herself, and her heart was quite happy. In fact, Zhao Zixiu was reprimanded by the saint was expected by her, although she spared Concubine De's life, she couldn't breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, there are not only two forces in Kyoto, Zhao Ziyu and Zhao Zixiu, but there is always a situation where someone stabs a knife in the back at a critical moment, Yi Xiangxiang has already thought of it! What she wants is for Zhao Zixiu to eat Coptis chinensis dumbly, and she can't say anything about her suffering.

"Fourth Highness, don't come unharmed!" Yi Xiangxiang resisted the urge to laugh and greeted Zhao Zixiu.

Since Yi Xiangxiang revealed his true face last time, Zhao Zixiu no longer put on that gentle appearance towards her, only to see him snort coldly and say, "Miss Yi has made this hall miserable!" ”

Now, Zhao Zixiu naturally understands why Yi Xiangxiang is laughing. But it's very strange, although he was annoyed that Zhao Zilin and Zhao Ziqian teamed up to trap him, he was not annoyed that Yi Xiangxiang threw the hot potato to him at the beginning.

"Your Highness's words are not fair, the matter is discussed between the two of us, everyone has money and goods, where is the harm!" Yi Xiangxiang won't admit anything, originally this matter was negotiated between the two parties before, and as for the change in the middle, it was not made by her Yi Xiangxiang.

Zhao Zixiu really can't blame Yi Xiangxiang, after all, it was Zhao Zilin and Zhao Ziqian who did the destruction in the end. I saw him stretch his expression and ask with a smile: "Cheng, the demotion of this hall has nothing to do with Miss Yi, so it is not harmful." But Miss Yi is a talker? From now on, Huanxi Pavilion will no longer oppose the main hall because of the Mo family's affairs? If so, the main temple will admit it. ”

The purpose of his appointment with Yi Xiangxiang today was to confirm Huanxi Pavilion's attitude. Now because of Mo Wen's relationship, Zhao Zixiu doesn't expect Huanxi Pavilion to help him, but at the same time, he doesn't want Huanxi Pavilion to become his opponent.

"Your Highness is too worried, Huanxi Pavilion will not backtrack." Yi Xiangxiang looked at her and said to Zhao Zixiu very solemnly.

Mo Wen's anger has been calmed down with the destruction of Zhao Ziyu and the overthrow of the Zuo family, although Concubine De is also one of the executioners, but after all, this matter was revealed by Zhao Zixiu, and Mo Wen also agreed not to hold Concubine De responsible. Of course, Huanxi Pavilion is not capable of facing the power of the Four Princes now.

Both sides hope to turn hostility into friendship, and this handshake and peace will naturally be settled.

"Well, in that case, Yi Xiangxiang is a friend of the main hall! But now the palace is going to live in Tongzhou for a year, so I have to bother Miss Yi to take care of it! Zhao Zixiu saw that Yi Xiangxiang gave a firm answer, and was naturally very satisfied.

The Holy Lord's will is for him to select talented people to participate in the Spring Festival, so that he will stay in Tongzhou at least until next year. It is not beneficial for him to stay away from the court for a while, but seeing Yi Xiangxiang in front of him, he is looking forward to his future life in Tongzhou.

Yi Xiangxiang saw that Zhao Zixiu's sincerity did not seem to be fake, so she said with a smile: "Whether you can be friends or not is another matter, after all, my requirements for making friends are still very high!" And take care of it, I can't say that there is any care, this Tongzhou mountain is good and the water is good, I believe His Royal Highness will live very happily! Oh yes, this season is perfect for a spring trip to the lake. His Royal Highness can bring the four princesses to play in the water among the flowers, I believe it must be more comfortable. ”

Yesterday, Yi Ruofu yelled at her to go to the lake, and it was Yi Xiangxiang who gave Zhao Zixiu Amway. In spring, the trees are budding and blooming, and it is indeed very suitable for going out to enjoy the lake. She herself thought that when the weather would be better in two days, she would take her younger siblings out to swim in the lake.

"Huh? Huanxi Pavilion eyeliner is all over the world, Miss Yi didn't know that the palace didn't bring her relatives this time? Zhao Zixiu played with the jade wrench in his hand and teased Yi Xiangxiang.

After all, he is nominally here to study and select talents, and if he brings people from the backyard to Tongzhou with him, it is really not a big deal, because in order to avoid being impeached by the imperial historians, Zhao Zixiu did not bring his female dependents with him.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't expect it, she really didn't know that Zhao Zixiu didn't bring a female dependent, after all, when Qingxuan gave her the news, he would not specifically mention the female dependents: "Huanxi Pavilion is not a secret to explore, and it usually gives money to do things." Why didn't His Highness bring his ladies with him? But it doesn't hurt, the Meihuan Garden in Tongzhou City is higher than the style of Kyoto! ”

Qing Xuan behind Yi Xiangxiang heard the internal injury, miss! Please note that you are a girl's family!

Zhao Zixiu didn't expect Yi Xiangxiang to dare to be so bold, and he felt that he was blushing when he understood what he meant. And Pang Qi, who was behind Zhao Zixiu, was also full of black lines, he didn't expect Yi Xiangxiang to be so straightforward!

Let you tease me and see if it's you or I'm embarrassed! This is Yi Xiangxiang's inner thoughts at this time.

But she was quite surprised, this time when she saw Zhao Zixiu, he no longer deliberately showed a gentle and elegant appearance as before, and his speech was more straightforward, but it was much more pleasing to the eye than before.

"Can your brother participate in next year's Spring Festival?" Zhao Zixiu calmed down his mood and changed the topic at the right time.

The reason why he asked this question was because Irokawa had already passed the autumn festival before, so he could directly participate in the spring festival in Kyoto next year. And he also found that the relationship between himself and Yi Xiangxiang was unexpectedly closer after the dark tide was turbulent at the beginning, and after experiencing a mutual ridicule just now.

"My brother still wants to settle down a little more, so he won't participate. However, Jiang Gongzi of the Jiang family should go to Beijing to catch the exam, and his brother will accompany him to Beijing to have a look. Yi Xiangxiang picked a loquat from the fruit bowl and replied to Zhao Zixiu while peeling it.

At dinner a few days ago, several masters in the Yi family's big room discussed this issue together, and came to the conclusion that there are too many variables in the court now, so it is better to be more stable later. Jiang Jingshan also deliberately told her brother Jiang Xuanrui about the Yi family's decision, hoping that he would also wait for a while, but he didn't want Jiang Xuanrui to insist on participating in next year's Spring Festival.

In fact, Yi Xiangxiang can understand Jiang Xuanrui's urgency, now that the officialdom of the Li Dynasty is undergoing a major purge, if he can become famous in one fell swoop at this time, then he will definitely have a place in the court in the future. However, this kind of shortcut is also risky, and the Yi family has always sought stability, so it naturally chooses to take it slowly.

Zhao Zixiu sighed: "That's a pity, otherwise, with your brother's talent, if you jump up at this time, you will definitely be able to pay homage to the marquis in the future!" ”

Yi Luochuan he has come into contact with, and he is a person with real talent and learning. And he is rigorous but not rigid, sophisticated but not tactful, such a person is very suitable for walking in officialdom.

Xu saw that Zhao Zixiu was no longer hiding the pinched image, Yi Xiangxiang was also more open, only to see that she pursed her lips after hearing Zhao Zixiu's words and said: "Fourth Highness, don't brag in front of me, what about the marquis and the prime minister?" If you don't do it well, you won't be taken captive? The left family is a lesson from the past! According to my guess, there must be no evidence for the prince's lawsuit against the Zuo family, right? Didn't the saint still cut Zuo Miao? ”

Regarding Zuo Miao's persecution of Mo Jingming's resignation, even Yi Xiangxiang can't produce empirical evidence, let alone the crown prince Zhao Zilin! This was just a verbal threat from both sides back then, and Mo Wen, as the only survivor of the Mo family, only learned the truth from others later, and the prince was definitely one side. But even so, the Holy Lord still punished the Zuo family heavily.

As the saying goes, the king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die!

"Whether there is empirical evidence or not, the Zuo family's crime does exist, right? In the final analysis, as long as you don't commit crimes, you can be safe. And entering the court as an official is a glorious lintel, it's better than being an ordinary person doing nothing, right? Although there are mutual conflicts in this officialdom, there are still people who are truly dedicated to the people, otherwise the Li Dynasty would not have governed so smoothly and the country and the people were safe. Zhao Zixiu did not agree with Yi Xiangxiang's pessimism about officialdom.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't expect Zhao Zixiu to have this awareness, but she didn't agree with the so-called Guotai Min'an, at least there have always been refugees in Meizhou. However, the current discussion is about being an official, because she did not mention Meizhou, but said:

"Come on, if you can be safe without making mistakes, then what mistake did the Mo family make? Speaking of which, I can't stop my brother's ambition, otherwise it would be better to open a restaurant to make a living, and it's good to be plain all my life! ”

She was serious about what she said, if it weren't for Yi Luochuan's own ambition to seek the well-being of the people, she wouldn't approve of her brother going to intrigue with those people.

Zhao Zixiu looked at Yi Xiangxiang and remembered that the last time he was in the chess pavilion of Meihuan Garden in Kyoto, he and Yi Xiangxiang competed against each other when they were talking about transactions, and at this time they could talk about everything like a friend, and they couldn't help but feel that the relationship between people was really delicate. He disagreed with the remark that "plain is good", but he had no words to refute it, so he could only complain about Yi Xiangxiang: "No ambition." ”

"If you don't have ambition, you don't have ambition, and ambition can't be eaten!" Yi Xiangxiang said indifferently.

Zhao Zixiu saw Yi Xiangxiang's provocative face, picked a loquat and smashed it at her!

Yi Xiangxiang hurriedly dodged and said, "Hey, you want to be shameless, you actually hit a woman!" As he spoke, he also took off a loquat and smashed it at Zhao Zixiu.

So after a while, the two smashed each other, and Pang Qi and Qingxuan were also affected. The two originally thought that they were going to come to the showdown today, but they didn't expect the atmosphere to gradually become harmonious, and now the two masters are still playing like children! Especially Pang Qi, he has never seen His Royal Highness like this!

Zhao Zixiu has indeed not relaxed his body and mind so much for a long time, he has always shown himself as a humble gentleman, and he is even polite to his mother, but now he is wantonly showing joy, anger and sorrow in front of Yi Xiangxiang, which makes him feel surprised.

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After this day, Zhao Zixiu visited Yi's house for three days, either to talk about poetry and lyrics with Yi Luochuan, or to find Yi Xiangxiang to enjoy tea and flowers. At the beginning, in the face of Zhao Zixiu's frequent visits, the Yi Mansion was nervous. It wasn't until later that everyone found out that this prince was still as approachable as the year before last, so he was no longer cautious, and even Yi Ruofu occasionally stayed in Yongle Ju to chat with Zhao Zixiu. Yi Xiangxiang also laughed at Zhao Zixiu in front of Zhao Zixiu for acting well, and when she put on the mask, she cried and turned into laughter.

Zhao Zixiu was playing against Yi Xiangxiang at this moment, and he didn't care much about the latter's complaining about his external hypocrisy: "Who doesn't live with a mask?" Everyone hides the evil side. ”

Yi Xiangxiang is a master who loves to play chess, and her chess skills are also tricky, and now there is a master like Zhao Zixiu as her whetstone, so naturally she will not be merciful. I saw that she was happy to kill, and at the same time replied to Zhao Zixiu's words: "That's right, we all live with masks." ”

Yi Ruofu, who was eating melons and fruits and appreciating flowers next to her, seemed to think of something when she heard this, so she asked, "Is the mask of His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince pretending to be Shura?" Fourth Highness, don't you know, in the days when His Royal Highness Seventh lived in our house temporarily the year before last, the people in the house didn't dare to speak loudly. ”

Yi Ruofu's frightened expression caused Zhao Zixiu and Yi Xiangxiang to laugh.

After getting along these days, Zhao Zixiu feels that the Yi family sisters are really happy. Needless to say, how bold Yi Xiangxiang is, this Yi Ruofu was quite afraid of him at first, but now she dares to ridicule Zhao Ziqian in front of him. Thinking about it, these two sisters must have no taboos when they spoke in private before.

"He's been like that since he was a kid, he doesn't like to talk and he doesn't fit in. I don't know if it's his mask, but I really feel like I'm underwhelmed by it. Zhao Zixiu turned his head and said to Yi Ruofu with a smile.

He remembered that Zhao Ziqian loved to pretend to be cool when he was a child, as if everyone owed him money.

Yi Ruofu looked frightened when she heard this: "Owing flat? I don't dare to think that if he doesn't flatten me, I will be Amitabha! ”

So Zhao Zixiu and Yi Xiangxiang laughed again.

Yi Xiangxiang felt that Zhao Zixiu was not so annoying at this time, to be honest, she had some changes to Zhao Zixiu at this time. I used to think that he was a hypocrite, but now I feel that if this person is born in a big family, maybe he can really become a saint and a gentleman. It's a pity that the palace is a nest of tigers and wolves, forcing people to become cold.

After laughing, Yi Xiangxiang raised her head and said to Zhao Zixiu: "I received a letter from Sister Qianqian yesterday, she asked me if His Royal Highness was okay in Tongzhou. ”

Zhao Zixiu nodded when he heard this, indicating that he understood, and he regularly sent messages to the palace of the four princes in Kyoto, but all the letters were received by Pei Yuyan, the princess who was in charge of the backyard. He thought that Zhu Qianqian couldn't get any news about him, so he sent the letter to Yi Xiangxiang.

"Oh, my sister also sent a letter asking Her Highness what she had done in Tongzhou. She also said that she was a little homesick, and hoped to get His Royal Highness's accommodation and let her go back to the Yi family to have a look. After Yi Ruofu heard Yi Xiangxiang's words, she said to Zhao Zixiu nonchalantly.

Speaking of her sister Yi Ruonan, she didn't write a letter to her for 800 years, and now she is stained with the light of the fourth prince. Yi Ruofu thought so.

"It's not very convenient for your sister to go back to Tongzhou, after all, the palace wants to leave face for the concubine, and you can go to Beijing with the palace to visit her when you turn back." Zhao Zixiu explained to Yi Ruofu.

Yi Ruofu waved her hand and said, "I understand, I can still see what the big sister is thinking." I just relayed the contents of the letter in passing, and His Highness does not need to take it to heart. ”

It's not that she doesn't speak for her sister, but she knows that no matter what she says, it won't affect Zhao Zixiu's decision, so there is no need for her to be unhappy.

Hearing this, Zhao Zixiu nodded and concentrated on playing chess, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Yi Xiangxiang said bluntly: "Big sister and Sister Qianqian are both in Your Highness's backyard, if it is convenient, I hope Your Highness can take care of it in the future." Sister Qianqian, she really loves Her Royal Highness, but although the eldest sister is for power, fame and fortune, she is our sister after all, and I still don't want her to really become a victim in the backyard. ”

She didn't want to beat around the bush with Zhao Zixiu, thinking that she dared to threaten him if she was not familiar with the other party before, but now that the relationship is good, she naturally has something to say.

"Hey, you still know what love is at a young age?" Zhao Zixiu's focus immediately cut to this word that did not match Yi Xiangxiang.

In his eyes, although Yi Xiangxiang led the Huanxi Pavilion and even threatened him very boldly, in terms of senses, he still felt that Yi Xiangxiang was a little girl.

"Shhhh Haven't eaten pork and never seen a pig run? The year before last, when you held a poetry party in the garden, Sister Qianqian's eyes were about to stick to you. Yi Xiangxiang said disdainfully.

Joke! If you talk about your actual age, Zhao Zixiu wants to call this girl an aunt, do you know?

Zhao Zixiu was speechless, his three views were going to be shattered by the two sisters of the Yi family these days. How can anyone compare the matter of love to pork and pigs running! He was rather speechless.

After he dropped a piece on the chessboard, he sighed and said, "Don't worry, as long as they are safe, the palace will let the princess treat them well." ”

For him, the women in the backyard are divided into only useful and useless. Like the princess Pei Yuyan, who has a background, it can be regarded as useful. And Yi Ruonan, because Yi Xiangxiang's relationship is also a bit useful. But Zhu Qianqian, who has no background, is not so important. Of course, since Yi Xiangxiang has deliberately mentioned it now, he is willing to sell face.

Yi Xiangxiang naturally knew what Zhao Zixiu meant, she shook her head and said, "Eh, why don't you say that the royal family is ruthless!" Poor Sister Qianqian is full of infatuation, in exchange for nothing but pity! ”

Yi Ruofu expressed her boldness to Yi Xiangxiang, and she was now a little worried that Zhao Zixiu would give her eighth sister to death after flipping the table.

"How dare you say that! But it's good to have mercy, it's inevitable that people in the royal family will be ruthless. Zhao Zixiu was not angry, but he was also very straightforward.

Not to mention the love between men and women, father and son are nothing in the royal family.

Yi Xiangxiang raised her eyebrows when she heard this, she put the chess pieces in her hand, hesitated for a while and asked, "Your Highness likes Yipinxiang's "Autumn Moon Jianghu" very much?" Your Highness, do you know how I made this incense? ”

After getting acquainted with Zhao Zixiu, Yi Xiangxiang discovered that the incense he commonly used was the Qiuyue Jianghu that he concocted.

"Oh? So you made this incense? This hall knows that Yipinxiang is the ancestral shop of your Yi family, but I don't know that this incense is from you. ”

Zhao Zixiu wanted to meet the perfumer a long time ago, but he never found a suitable opportunity to ask Mrs. Yi, but he didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. The taste of this autumn moon rivers and lakes prepared by Yi Xiangxiang is very light, and there is a sense of unrestrained chic in the rivers and lakes. He has no desire for many material things, but he has always liked this incense.

"The name of this incense is Qiuyue Jianghu, in fact, its inspiration does not come from the rivers and lakes, but an old couple selling cooking cakes. I remember it was a summer day, and I took the maids all the way to dusk, and I saw an old couple selling cooking cakes at the end of the street helping each other to wipe their sweat, and the smoke curled in the smoke, and all the noise became the background. Yi Xiangxiang recalled the scene with a soft smile, and until now she can still remember the love for each other on the faces of the two old men.

Many times, love is not something you ignore, it means that it doesn't exist.

Zhao Zixiu looked up at Yi Xiangxiang's eyes, he had never looked at them carefully before, and now he found that the original clear eyes could really see what he couldn't see.

Yi Xiangxiang saw Zhao Zixiu facing himself like this, and realized that what he said just now was a little too hypocritical. So she thought in her heart, forget it, anyway, the emotional relationship between Zhao Zixiu and Zhu Qianqian is not something she can control in a few words, so she said with a look of recollection:

"The cookcakes they make are really delicious!"

Zhao Zixiu: ......

Yi Ruofu: ......

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