Shangguan Jingyu and Chongxi did not go to the guest house, but rented a small courtyard house for a few days. The spies in the Eastern Capital have returned with news, and the Eastern Capital is now in chaos.

When the crown prince learned about the account books, he and Nian Shizhong raised troops to control the entire eastern capital. Emperor Xiao Sheng and his concubines were trapped in the palace, and the ministers were even banned from the Jinluan Palace. The second prince, Xiao Dongming, and the prime minister, Shangguan Feng, are nowhere to be found.

Until today, the ministers knew that Nian Shizhong was actually the prince's staff.

The consistent concealment is really amazing.

Even Xiao Sheng didn't notice it.

There are soldiers in the hands of the old man, and now no one dares to act rashly, and the crown prince Xiao Dongqian is undoubtedly coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes. Xiao Dongqian blocked all the news, lest the commander-in-chief of the three armies stationed abroad would return to King Qin, and then he would have no chance of winning.

If you wait until you climb to the top and shout, then the dust will settle.

Looking at the small courtyard, it is also clean and chic, like a small home. She said, "But do you want to hide Jiao in the golden house?" ”

He shook his head, "It's good to be hired." ”

She scoffed, "I'd rather you have one person and one horse than have anything to do with the imperial power." ”

He chuckled and said nothing.

She walked down the street with a light gauze hat and walked side by side with him. No one had ever seen him, so naturally no one knew him, so it didn't matter.

"There is a good dish in this Xiangye Town, you should try it when you come, although it is not this season, but it should barely be there." Chongxi took him by the hand and walked into a secluded farmhouse restaurant.

After sitting down, the shopkeeper stepped forward and smiled, "What are you two going to do?" ”

Chongxi looked at the empty seats around, and there were only diners in twos and threes, "Rice flower fish." ”

"There is no fresh rice fish this season, but there are some dried fish, but you want to try it?" The shopkeeper was busy.

He nodded, "Okay." ”

Shangguan Jingyu didn't speak, and he didn't know why.

Don't rush, don't dodge, but come out to taste the specialties here. She didn't understand what kind of wishful thinking was going on in his heart.

He seemed to see through her thoughts, "Life is short for decades, I just think that if I can be with you, I will taste local food with you wherever I go, and go to every place that can enter your eyes." Let all the good things in your life be stained with my shadow. ”

She scoffed twice, "Hypocritical." ”

He nodded, "It's okay to be hypocritical." ”

It is better for two people to be hypocritical than to be hypocritical for one person.

I heard the two people at the next table whispering, and they were right to be diners A and B. Diner A said, "But I heard that the son of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu has finally been found." ”

Diner B nodded, "No, I heard that he was kidnapped by gangsters, and the entire Jade Dragon Mansion was turned over, but he didn't find it." Later, I paid a million gold to find it in the coffin of the broken temple in Xishan! ”

"Coffin? Dead? Diner A's words trembled.

Eater B shook his head, "It's not dead, but I heard it's covered in blood, and—" He deliberately lowered his voice and whispered next to the man's ear.

This voice is too small for ordinary people to hear.

But Shangguan Jingyu was once blind, and his sensitivity to hearing and smell was naturally excellent. And Chongxi's martial arts are extremely high, of course he can hear these words.

What the man said was, "Cut off the roots of the offspring."

As soon as these words came out, Diner A gasped, "These people are really ruthless, how much does it hurt?" ”

Shangguan Jingyu's fingertips circled the mouth of the cup, and said in his heart, this is no wonder without makeup, who let He Shucheng's father almost let us die without a place to be buried? This is called the repayment of the debt of the father and the son.

If she hadn't stopped her, Su Yan would have unloaded He Shucheng with one arm and one leg, and finally cut off a little thumb.

She lifted the light veil and looked at Chongxi beside her, her brows slightly raised.

His face was calm, as if he had never heard the whispers of the people around him, "This rice flower fish is actually a small carp, and the carp is raised in the rice field, and the small insects and rice flowers in this field will feed the carp very well." Waiting for the last rice flowers to fall, the carp will weigh half a catty. At this time, the rice fish is the fattest. ”

He looked up at her and smiled gently, "Next time, find a good time, come again." ”

Shangguan Jingyu almost laughed out loud, "Pretend to be stupid." ”

Hearing this, Chong-seok also laughed with her, "Isn't it good? ”

She nodded, "Anything you say." ”

This dried fish is also excellent, full of rice flower fragrance, and it is indeed very appetizing. He knew her, and he had always liked to eat fish, but he couldn't spit out the thorns, so he carefully removed all the thorns and picked the meat into her bowl.

The taste was a bit heavy, and she didn't know if she was red from the spicy eyes, or—something else.

After a meal, he patronized and picked on her thorns, and did nothing beside him.

After the meal, he asked, "Is it delicious?" ”

She nodded, "It's just a little spicy." ”

He nodded, "It's not fresh rice fish, so put more spicy seeds and stir-fry it, otherwise the taste will not be enough." Then he said, "I'll do it for you next time!" ”

"Or do you eat fish or do you gnaw on the thorns?" She asked, blinking.

"How can you gnaw on the thorns? I'm going to take a thorn and make soup for you to drink! He raised his eyebrows seriously, and the cinnabar in the center of his eyebrows was like blood, burning her eyes, and there was a slight pain.

"Stingy." She pretended to sneer lightly, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and also put down the light veil that was opened, covering each other's sight.

When he returned to the small courtyard, Shangguan Jingyu put down the light gauze hat on his head, "Master, I want to ask you something." ”

"Why don't you hurry back to the Eastern Capital?" He turned his head to look at her, then cast his gaze to a plum tree in the courtyard. The tender yellow plum blossoms are just right, and Chinese New Year's Eve is approaching, adding a bit of joy and vitality.

It's just that this year's Chinese New Year's Eve, I'm afraid it's too lively.

She stood behind him, "Yes." ”

"The Eastern Capital is too chaotic, those people haven't been on stage yet, and they haven't finished singing yet, what should I do to join in the fun?" He spread out his palm, and placed a plum in the palm of his hand.

She carefully picked it up with her fingertips and put it in her palm to play, "Do you mean my father?" ”

"It's not just your father." He stood with his hands in his hands.

"Second prince? Chaise? How heavy is the age? Or the emperor? She frowned.

Chongxi looked at her, hooked his lips and smiled, "Why don't you arrange all the ministers in the palace?" ”

She sneered, "You know, I don't know much about government affairs, and I don't know much about the ministers of the court. ”

"I didn't know it before, but I will know it in the future." He tugged her hand and held it in the palm of his hand, "There are many things, it's not that you don't know it, so you can ignore it." Life and death can only be considered at ease when they are held in their own hands. ”

Shangguan Jingyu looked at her puzzled, "How to hold life and death in your hands?" ”

He smiled and led her back to her room.

A pen, a stack of papers, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, but whoever holds power in his hands, he will listen to her carefully. This toss is as if he is a king, she is a son, and he will pass on to her.

made Shangguan Jingyu almost feel that he was going to listen to the government.

"Have you listened carefully?" He put down his pen and smiled faintly.

She nodded, "Roughly understood." ”

"It's not an overnight thing, I'll talk to you slowly when I have a chance in the future." He sighed softly, and there seemed to be a little haze between his eyebrows. After that, he just hugged her on his lap, and pressed his chin against her shoulder as always, "When we go to the Eastern Capital, we must be heavily guarded, and we will meet with Hairun in the Eastern Capital." ”

"I've already explained to Qingmo before, but you can't go fast, it's definitely not a good thing to go back too fast."

"Master, you have something to hide from me." She turned her head.

His jaw was already against her shoulder, and when he turned his head, Zhu's red lips just rubbed over his face. Soft and a little numb, the corners of his lips couldn't stop rising.

She blinked, her long eyelashes tickling his face, tickling but making his smile a little stronger.

He still kept this action still, but she understood it instantly. secretly said "shameless", but he still honestly put his lips up and pecked lightly on his face.

Only then did he say, "My father's mind is not something that ordinary people can understand. But your father knows it well, and knows my father's mind too well. ”

"You mean, the emperor has already made arrangements?" Shangguan Jingyu was stunned and almost bit his tongue.

In her impression, although the emperor is not mediocre, he is by no means among the Ming monarchs. He covets women, and he rejoices in his achievements. In order to build the imperial mausoleum, he did not hesitate to build a large number of buildings, labored the people and lost money, and even put all the burdens on the people.

Levy taxes and collect the wealth of the world.

"Are you blind when you are the emperor?" He smiled and let go of his hand and got up, "Your heart is unpredictable. Do you know why my father has not abolished the crown prince for a long time? ”

Shangguan Jingyu thought for a while, "Is it because the emperor is thinking of the first queen?" ”

"This is one of them!" He sighed lightly, "The first queen accompanied her father to fight in the east and west, and finally blocked an arrow for her father, which would cause her body to deteriorate, and her old disease recurred and died." The father felt guilty about the former queen, but - not for the crown prince. ”

"The bigger reason is that after my father succeeded to the throne, the Queen Mother made a decree before her death, the foundation of Dashuo is unshakable, and no matter what crime the prince commits in the future, the prince must not be abolished."

"Originally, the Queen Mother had been dead for so many years, but she could have done it, but this edict was covered with a dragon and phoenix seal, and if the father wanted to disobey it, it would be unfilial. Dashuo rules the world with filial piety, how could his father let himself bear such infamy? ”

"Therefore, before the crown prince does not risk the disapproval of the world, his father will never abolish the prince. Even if there is a thought, it is just a thought. ”

"But now, it's different."

Shangguan Jingyu gasped, "Lao Tzu calculates his son, and his son calculates Lao Tzu, and he calculates until he dies." She suddenly hesitated for a moment, "Then you say, who is better, the crown prince or the emperor?" ”

Chongxi coughed lightly and said unhurriedly, "Bet? ”