Finally, it was July 28.

Sure enough, as Chen Muzhi expected, Empress Tongde was the most merciful, but when she heard that Chen Muzhi was going to Yujun Wangfu to participate in Wei Lanhai's lake gathering, she immediately approved her leave.

Not only did he approve the leave, but he was also very curious to ask Wei Xu if he would also go.

Chen Muzhi was red-faced when he asked, so he could only reply: "Maybe, it seems, I heard that it is possible to go?" ”

This series of words made the queen laugh: "To go is to go, not to go is not to go, where is so uncertain." ”

Seeing that Chen Muzhi took advantage of the moment before leaving, he also checked all the outer and inner courtyards, and the queen also sighed: "Usually I see you being very arrogant, but you are extra careful about the safety of this palace." ”

"That's where it comes in. The queen is sympathetic to her humble duties, and her humble duties naturally have to be more conscientious. ”

Empress Tongde raised her eyes and looked at her: "You are very dutiful." This palace likes your unrestrained appearance, don't be so cautious. ”

Chen Muzhi looked ashamed: "It's okay to be humble and everything else, but there is one thing, not doing your job, and being ashamed of the queen." ”

"Which one?" The queen looked at her curiously.

"Last time, Niangniang said that she asked the lowly post to inquire what kind of girl His Royal Highness the Crown Prince liked, but the humiliation was about to chop Wei Xu, and Wei Xu couldn't say a word or two. It's really sad and humble. ”

"Haha." The queen laughed, "If you chop Wei Xu, Prince Yi will have to come to the palace to settle accounts." The emperor is not in good health now, but he is supported by the cardinal headed by Prince Yi. ”

"No chopping, no chopping." Chen Muzhi hurriedly said, "I thought about it, since Wei Xu couldn't ask anything, there was only one way. ”

"What's the solution?"

"Take the prince out to play!"

"Play?" Empress Tongde was startled, and immediately alerted, "What are you playing?" The dignified prince can't play around, the prince has always known books and etiquette, and his mind is on reading. ”

There are too many stories about those princes in history. Often the rise and fall of a dynasty starts with a wrong prince, and if the heir does not learn well, it is mostly related to the treachery around him. Therefore, the queen mother or queen of the past dynasties strictly guarded the education of the prince, for fear of being taken away.

It is no wonder that Empress Tongde was frightened when she heard the word "play".

"No, no, the queen mother, you misunderstood." Chen Muzhi explained kindly, "The humble position means that although the prince is important to study, he stays in the East Palace all day long, and all he sees are the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace. Young people, once in a while, should have juvenile things. Last time I went back to the Jockey Club of Prince Yi's Mansion, I participated in it, and I saw that the prince also went, and the prince of Prince Rui's mansion also went, and they talked and laughed with Wei Xu, but they were very happy. ”

Empress Tongde realized: "You mean...... Should the prince go out and participate in more activities? ”

"Yes, especially the activities in which the ladies of the capital also participate. No matter how good the portrait is, it is also a dull thing, maybe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be able to know what kind of likes when he sees more gentle and virtuous noblewomen. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Muzhi wanted to pat himself.

Gentle and virtuous...... The county lord of Lanxin can't get anything to do with any word, what a shame!

But for the sake of the prince's lifelong happiness and the well-being of the Great Shun Dynasty, she had to say something unfortunate.

But Empress Tongde listened.

Sure enough, he used to be too strict with the prince, and the prince was in the palace all day long, either reading in the East Palace, or listening to the masters in the school, and the only entertainment was to take a walk in the palace with Wei Xu.

But taking a walk with Wei Xu, can you exude your feelings? Can you send out a crown princess?

Apparently not.

Empress Tongde frowned: "Why does this palace feel wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?"

"The Lan Concubine praised the prince for being studious, and the emperor also praised the prince for being studious all day long, so that the palace thought that the emperor only liked the prince to be studious, did he raise the prince for a long time?"

Chen Muzhi gasped: "Queen Mother, Concubine Lan's trick is so ruthless!" ”

"How?"

"It's called killing!"

Empress Tongde suddenly realized and slapped the table: "Oops! The palace just came back today, the adulterous concubine, her own son has a concubine on the left and a concubine on the right, the palace is full, so that Xin'er in the palace is dedicated to studying, and even the princess is not bothered to look for it, it is really a killing! ”

"Nope." Queen Tongde rubbed her forehead, "I must go out to play, and I must let Xin'er go out to play immediately." ”

As soon as Cao Cao is really said, Cao Cao will arrive.

The palace maid outside said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to greet the queen." ”

"Come in at once."

The queen can't wait.

The crown prince Li Xin was dressed in a dark brocade robe, which was not ostentatious, but the golden dragon embroidered on it showed the royal style. The thin face is still slightly pale, with a calm color beyond age.

Chen Muzhi's gaze involuntarily slipped behind the prince.

The prince followed behind him, naturally Wei Xu.

He did as promised, and brought the prince to the queen's bedroom on time. Receiving the approving eyes handed over by Chen Muzhi, Wei Xu felt indescribably happy in his heart, and couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth.

The prince stepped forward, greeted the queen, and helped her to sit down and talk together. Wei Xu stood beside the crown prince, while Chen Muzhi stood beside the queen, and they exchanged glances at each other, understanding each other.

People can't be reminded, once they have some kind of identification in their hearts, the more they think about it, the more they imagine it.

For example, the current Empress Tongde.

Originally, she didn't think there was anything wrong with the prince being obsessed with reading all day long, but today after being reminded by Chen Muzhi that she felt that the problem of indulging in reading was very big, she didn't feel right anywhere when she looked at the prince again.

The circles under my eyes are black, this is from staying up late to read.

The face is pale, this is less sun and inactivity.

Even with a calm expression, this is also too little play with peers!

Baby son, he really doesn't have the vigor that his peers should have. Although the son of the adulterous concubine is not a thing, he is very energetic, so energetic that the whole palace is full of concubines.

It's terrible, what if one of the concubines gives birth to a son early?

Empress Tongde was anxious. Not a single day is as burning as it is today.

"Is it because you've been studying too hard lately? It's true, these masters, I don't usually see how capable they are, and they torture the students, each one is more ruthless than the other. ”

The prince was stunned. Is this still the queen mother who usually persuades her to learn as soon as they meet?

"Fortunately, the masters are still the same as usual, the qualifications of the sons are stupid, and they should have been more diligent."

"Nonsense!" Empress Tongde said loudly, "You don't want to take the top prize, what are you doing with so many books." What you have to learn is the strategy of governing the country, and what you have to learn is the way of employing people. ”

Empress Tongde got up, paced back and forth in the room, and suddenly stopped, looking at the prince with some apologies: "Was the queen mother very loud just now?" ”

"Also...... It's okay. ”

The prince's reply actually shows that it is not "okay" at all.

"The queen mother also feels sorry for you. Of course, you have to read, your body is also very important, you can't go to bed too late, and you usually have to go out and walk around a lot, look at your face, there is no blood at all. ”

Wei Xu's face was silent, but the corner of his eyes quietly aimed at Chen Muzhi. Meaning, what "slander" did you put into the queen?

Chen Muzhi caught the look he threw over and gave him a triumphant look. Meaning, everything is working and going according to the original plan.

The queen and the crown prince have entered the stage of "mother and son filial piety", breakfast is arranged outside, the prince helps the queen out, and the queen asks the prince to sit down and eat together.

Seeing that Chen Muzhi was still standing next to him, the queen asked, "Muzhi, aren't you going to participate in the lake tour of Yujun Wangfu, why don't you go?" ”

Yujun Wangfu, the prince's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at Chen Muzhi.

Chen Muzhi is also very generous: "Then I will leave my humble position." Turning to Wei Xu again, "Just now, the queen asked the prince if he was going, I said I'm not sure, are you going too?" ”

Wei Xu said with a smile: "Thank you for the queen's concern, and I was also invited, and I will go to the Yujun Mansion when I go back." The four sons of Yujun Wangfu will marry next month, and today they made an appointment with the children of the family and the nobles in the capital to swim in the lake together. In fact, it's also to find a reason to have a lively time. ”

As soon as she heard the noble girl, the queen's eyes lit up. The words that Chen Muzhi said just now immediately poured into her mind.

Chen Muzhi said: "Since the prince is also going, then take a companion, can I take your carriage together?" ”

At this time, the queen and the crown prince were shocked.

An unmarried girl's family took the initiative to ask to ride in an unmarried man's carriage. This and this are really too bold.

However, this shock was only instantaneous. The queen and the crown prince immediately regained their calmness.

If this unmarried girl's family is Chen Muzhi, the county lord of the East China Sea and the first guard of Xiuyingwei, it would be normal, because she was originally very bold.

Bold enough to blend in with an all-man army, what's the point of a carriage.

Besides, Wei Xu was afraid that he also admired Chen Muzhi in his heart, and the queen and the prince knew it in their hearts, but they didn't say it because they felt that Chen Muzhi was still young.

Thinking like this, the queen and the crown prince decided to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and let the two of them discuss it themselves.

Wei Xu was very calm, and his face did not change: "It's an honor." ”

The four words fully show the thickness of Wei Xu's skin, which is no less than Chen Muzhi.

"Ahem...... the prince didn't want to see these two people anymore, and waved his hand, "Let's go quickly, don't get in the way here." ”

Chen Muzhi smiled sweetly: "His Royal Highness the Prince, let's go together?" ”

"Ahem!" This time, the prince really choked, and the half-bitten steamed dumplings suddenly slipped out.

"Please, Hongu?" The prince wiped his mouth and stiffened, "There is no invitation, it is not appropriate to go to this palace." ”

Wei Xu was unhurried: "In the whole world, there is no elegant gathering that the emperor and the queen and the crown prince cannot go to." There is no such thing as an invitation. ”

Empress Tongde also said with a straight face: "The prince is right. Xin'er, the children of the family in the capital, will also be the pillars of the court in the future, and it is beneficial to have more contact with them. Go, the queen mother supports you. ”

The prince looked at the queen in surprise, it has changed, it has really changed, the queen mother is really not the queen mother who can only persuade to learn.

He stood up happily and saluted: "Son, obey!" ”

As he spoke, he jumped up and waved his hand to Wei Xu and Chen Muzhi: "Let's go, take the car of the palace!" ”

Looking at the three young people jumping away, Empress Tongde was full of smiles: "It's good that young people should be so happy." ”

*

In Suiyuan, Wei Lanhai walked in the crowd, full of spring breeze.

Wei Lanhai's eyes drifted to the entrance from time to time, Prince Rui's prince Li Siqi came, Yuan Shangshu's three sons came, Lingguo's prince and the second son and the third lady came, General Jinwu's two sons and two young ladies came, and the three grandsons and two granddaughters of the Miao scholar's family came......

The county lord of Lanxin came over and was stunned.

The fourth brother's eyeballs were thrown at the door. My future fourth sister-in-law is really, why haven't she come out to pick up the eyeballs until now, and if you don't pick them up, the fourth brother will have to cry. ”

"You ......" Wei Lanhai was embarrassed to quarrel with her in front of everyone, and said in a low voice, "I have someone picking up eyeballs." One day you lose your eyeball, and no one picks it up for you! ”

Lord Lanxin rolled his eyes: "I will never lose it in my life." ”

"Yo yo yo, look, the eyeballs are about to fly out, go to a crowded place to flip so that someone can pick it up."

"Hmph. Is your mouth getting better today......" Lord Lanxin looked at Wei Lanhai puzzled, and suddenly seemed to remember something, "I understand, my confidence is hard, I want to save face, and in front of my fourth sister-in-law in the future, I can't be bullied casually." ”

"Yes, exactly. You hurry up and bully Wei Lanzhou. Oops, Miss Liu is here! ”

Wei Lanhai's eyes lit up, and he immediately went to the entrance.

"Sure enough, I forgot my sister-in-law when I had a daughter-in-law." The county lord of Lanxin stomped his feet and gritted his teeth, "Today, no matter what, you have to drag the fifth brother out and bully it, otherwise you won't be able to pass!" ”

turned around and walked towards Wei Lanzhou's courtyard.

Poor Wei Lanzhou, Wei Lanzhou, who has never shown his face, I don't know if I can escape the clutches of Lord Lanxin today.

The Liu family's sedan chair arrived with the Zheng family's carriage. Liu Qingyan and Zheng Cunfang entered Suiyuan hand in hand, and Wei Lanhai came to them.

Wei Lanhai looked at Liu Qingyan with joy, and he didn't even notice that Zheng Cunfang saluted him.

But Zheng Cunxi, who came in later, bumped into Zheng Cunyan and couldn't help but make fun of him: "Brother Lan Hai hasn't married yet, his soul is gone, this is going to become a parent...... Tsk, that's so worrying. ”

Liu Qingyan was so ashamed that she turned around and ran directly to the garden.

"Hey, Sister Qing'er, wait for me." Zheng Cunfang chased after him.

Zheng Cunxi was unkind: "Hey, Brother Lanhai, I only see you every time I come back." What is it about your fifth brother that you are not good, you are even more eldest than the eldest lady in the boudoir. My sister doesn't marry a turtle with a shrunken head. ”

"Oh, you see, it's ugly. How can anyone say that about their own uncle. ”

Zheng Cunyan immediately interrupted him: "Brother Lan Hai's words are wrong, our two families are just discussing, and they haven't decided yet, the word uncle, it's too early to say." ”

Everyone talked and laughed and entered the garden, Wei Lanhai still couldn't help it, and went to find Liu Qingyan again.

This man used to be able to live with horses, and he was also not afraid of people's irresponsible opinions, and he could see whoever he wanted. It was Zheng Cunfang, who was embarrassed to follow by the side, and remembered that he was also a little involved with someone in this house, so he didn't feel good in his heart, so he found an excuse to avoid it from afar.

Finding a pavilion where there were no people, Zheng Cunfang opened the package he was carrying, took out a book, and read it with relish.