The young minister couldn't answer, his face climbed a little inexplicable and apprehensive, and he called tentatively: "Third Highness? ”

The young girl beside him also carefully blessed her body, and said softly, "Meet the Third Highness." ”

Qi Jing had most of the pastry in his mouth, pursed his lips and smiled, got up and saluted the two silently.

Qin Xun cleared his throat with a smile, and said nonsense: "Cough, that...... His Royal Highness has not healed in the past few days, and he just left the scene to see the wind, and now this throat is silent, the two of you forgive me, and you can respond on your behalf. ”

The young minister hurriedly saluted: "This is the third prince of the General's Mansion?" It's better to hear than to see, it's really fortunate, and the next official is the king of the military department. ”

Langzhong of the military department, with Qin Xun's second brother Qin Xiao, held the same official position, and both served under Qin Xun's uncle Qin Zhenshan, the secretary of the military department.

"Wang Lang is polite." Qin Xun saluted, and then looked at the young girl beside him who glanced at Qi Jing's face, and he didn't realize that his tone suddenly became a little colder, "I don't know who this is?" ”

"This is the sister-in-law, and her name is Tong'er." Without waiting for the girl to speak, Wang Zai replied, sensitively perceiving that this third prince of Qin seemed to be in a bad mood for some reason, and after reporting to the house, he hurriedly said with interest, "Originally, the sister of the house had a lot of admiration for the third highness, but this time the lower official took the opportunity of the court banquet to take him into the palace to take a look, since the third highness was sick, the lower official and the sister went elsewhere, and did not bother His Royal Highness and the third prince of Qin." After that, he pulled his reluctant sister Wang Tong, and hurriedly retreated under the increasingly unkind gaze of the third prince of Qin.

Qi Jing lowered his head and chewed the pastry, and said slowly: "The throat is windy, and it can't be heard, today I must have the third prince of Lao Qin accompany him to answer the words on his behalf." ”

"I am in a hurry to make up nonsense, but I want to make you pretend to be dumb for the whole banquet, I'm sorry for you." Qin Xun took the opportunity to sit down next to him and said with a smile, "Okay, this is a good excuse to sit side by side with you." ”

Qi Jing was helpless: "Thanks to you." ”

hurriedly saluted: "This is the third son of the General's Mansion?" It's better to hear than to see, it's really fortunate, and the next official is the king of the military department. ”

Langzhong of the military department, with Qin Xun's second brother Qin Xiao, held the same official position, and both served under Qin Xun's uncle Qin Zhenshan, the secretary of the military department.

"Wang Lang is polite." Qin Xun saluted, and then looked at the young girl beside him who glanced at Qi Jing's face, and he didn't realize that his tone suddenly became a little colder, "I don't know who this is?" ”

"This is the sister-in-law, and her name is Tong'er." Without waiting for the girl to speak, Wang Zai replied, sensitively perceiving that this third prince of Qin seemed to be in a bad mood for some reason, and after reporting to the house, he hurriedly said with interest, "Originally, the sister of the house had a lot of admiration for the third highness, but this time the lower official took the opportunity of the court banquet to take him into the palace to take a look, since the third highness was sick, the lower official and the sister went elsewhere, and did not bother His Royal Highness and the third prince of Qin." After that, he pulled his reluctant sister Wang Tong, and hurriedly retreated under the increasingly unkind gaze of the third prince of Qin.

Qi Jing lowered his head to chew and swallow the pastry, and said slowly: "When you see the wind in your throat, you can't get out."

sound, today must be accompanied by the third prince of Lao Qin to answer the words on his behalf. ”

"I am in a hurry to make up nonsense, but I want to make you pretend to be dumb for the whole banquet, I'm sorry for you." Qin Xun took the opportunity to sit down next to him and said with a smile, "Okay, this is a good excuse to sit side by side with you." ”

Qi Jing was helpless: "Thanks to you." ”

Qin Xun tilted his body and leaned into his ear: "I really want to gouge out her eyes." ”

Qi Jing was stunned for a moment, and then knew that he was referring to Miss Wang Tong, who had just come with her brother to see her, and suppressed her voice: "Don't make trouble." ”

"Yes, yes." Qin Xun leaned over and propped up his cheeks on the table, and said lightly, "In addition to the power struggle, you can't be wanton with evil, and you can't hurt people for no reason, otherwise my cousin won't like me and I'm not good, right?" I just thought about it, I wouldn't really do it. ”

When I went to Guangling in Jiangnan to meet the teacher Xi Guangling before, Xi Guangling left him a sentence when he ended the private conversation, saying: "There are very few people who can control you, and returning to you is conniving and restraining you, he connived at your arbitrariness, and also restrained you from being arrogant." ”

The gentle gentleman used the word "arrogant" to briefly imply that when Qin Xun entered and exited the sect with the strength of medicine and poison, in the eyes of Xi Guangling, who was in the body of "Boya", this young man occasionally gave birth to evil thoughts without warning.

I don't know if the young pharmacist who covered his face and turned his voice in the killing sect was actually his old student, Xi Guangling was always secretly frightened of where the unprovoked and vicious thoughts of this child came from, but fortunately, he didn't need to stop it himself, this child seemed to have some scruples in his heart, and he never just said a few words casually, and never had the intention of taking action.

Later, when he found out that his identity was Qin's Weizhi, Xi Guangling was even more shocked that the somewhat cute little prince of the family in Chang'an City had grown into such a heart, but at the same time, he was relieved and relieved, and he knew that his scruples when he curbed his evil thoughts on his own were probably his cousin who had grown up in a place and had deep feelings, and the third prince returned to the city.

In fact, Qin Xun was not able to explain the cause of his occasional sudden evil when he was thinking about it, and then he didn't bother to think about it, so he said that he was almost killed by the emperor when he was ten years old, and he was so frightened that his brain was scared out of some evil scabies, and for no reason he would have some sick thoughts that wanted to be tyrannical and hurt people, and he didn't go crazy frequently, and his mind could be pressed down for a moment, and he didn't take it to heart.

In particular, he has always been accompanied by his cousin Qi Jing, his Qi Jing was keenly aware of these sick thoughts in his mind in the early years, and he will always gently soothe him and seriously stop it, at the beginning, Qin Xun jokingly told Ah Gu that he did have the vicious idea of testing medicine with innocent children of the rivers and lakes, but he would never take action, because someone would be unhappy if he knew.

Qi Jing is not a completely gentle person, he is just ruthless in the struggle for power for his own interests, and he still has mercy on innocent others, and Qin Xun, who was eaten to death by him, naturally will not let himself become a beast that hurts nature and reason.

The emperor and queen came hand in hand, the ministers knelt down and sat down, the emperor saw Qin Xun and Qi Jing in the same case and sat in surprise and asked, and the palace maid Qing Yan who stood behind the two responded to the three highnesses The wind and cold have not healed, and the throat is sick

Speaking up, please ask Your Majesty to allow his cousin of the Qin clan to accompany him, so that it is easier to answer his thoughts when he speaks, than it is more convenient to put pen and paper at hand.

The emperor waved his hand and agreed, and did not forget to smile and say that he returned to the city and Weizhi in the end to live together since childhood, it was really a deep and tacit understanding, and he cared about Qi Jing's body by the way, and said casually Since the cold has not healed, it is better to live in the palace for a few more days, and there is no need to be anxious about court affairs.

Qin Xun folded his fan to cover his mouth and whispered: "This is a good deal, pretend to be dumb for a night, and sleep for a few more days without going to court, don't you say?" ”

Qi Jing sighed in a low voice: "Yes, yes, thanks to you." ”

Until the emperor ordered to pass the meal, there were palace people to report that the queen mother was tired, this time the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet rested in Changle Palace, not to come here to feast with the courtiers, just wait for the later if His Majesty is worried, His Majesty Lao went to Changle Palace, and the mother and son chatted for a while.

When it came to the banquet, the emperor and the ministers came and went a few scenes, and said a few words about the autumn hunting court in the palace in the future through the atmosphere of the banquet, and reannounced the will of the world to amnesty the world because of the joy of the seventh prince Qi Chen, and even mentioned that Qin Xun had the heart to serve the food before the banquet, rewarded him and Qi Jing with some things, and appreciated the busy cooks in Jingyang Hall today, Qin Xun didn't need to look at it to know that Qi Lang's face must be dark.

Qin Xun didn't believe that the-for-tat between him and Qi Lang would not know about it, and he gave ** crisp to imply Qi Lang's meaning The emperor also knew that he could condone his trip, but it was because this king was old before he wanted to take Qin Xun's life, and now after he missed, he spoiled Qin Xun like a parent.

The reason for this, Qin Xun has thought about it roughly, probably because he is completely obedient to the emperor's favorite heir Qi Jing, and second, he is the grandson of the two founding veterans, and the third is naturally more than a layer of the emperor's old love, because Qin Xun is the son of Lin Chu, and he looks like a cool Xiao Lin Chu.

After several rounds of moon appreciation and poems, when the emperor left the venue to visit the queen mother in Changle Palace, the queen also returned to the palace under the excuse of tiredness, and the open-air banquet in the imperial garden was just like before the banquet, leaving only the emperor's relatives and civil and military officials other than the emperor. The emperor and queen left, everyone couldn't help but relax and restrained, shuttled and gathered by themselves, chatting and toasting with a slightly drunken meaning, enjoying the scenery and poems, and many people gathered around to read and appreciate the Qin family's eldest son Qin Zichang was ordered by the emperor to make a swaying work for this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Qin Xun's heart said that at most tomorrow day, Qin Dacaizi's new work will be spread throughout Chang'an City.

Qin Xun laughed twice: "Big brother will only officially take up the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites tomorrow, and tonight I will call him 'Qin Shangshu' one by one." ”

"Officialdom is like this, just get used to it." Qi Jing whispered softly, sat at the back of the desk and drank tea, took a sip and still held the tea cup in front of his mouth, "When most of the people in the scene are dispersed, we will return to the hall." ”

"Okay, share my tea and drink." Qin Xun felt choked after eating a few pieces of pastry, so he grabbed Qi Jing's wrist and pulled it in front of him, and drank a few sips of tea in his hand.

Qi Jing put down the teacup and took a handkerchief, and smiled at him, carefully wiping off the crumbs stuck to the corners of his lips.

"Tsk." Qi Jue

He laughed out loud in front of the passing desk.

Qin Xun bent his eyes to look at him: "Brother Tiger is leaving the scene?" ”

"Yes, it's not interesting, I'll slip away after my father and queen mother left." Saying that, he said to Qi Jing, "Take care of your illness, don't come out to blow the wind if you're fine, I've never seen you so delicate before, you can't make a sound when you blow a little wind." ”

Qi Jing smiled silently, and Qin Xun coughed lightly with a slight heart: "Accident, accident, Brother Hu, don't worry, I will take care of him." ”

"You two, one is as quiet as water, and the other is as flamboyant as fire, I still can't figure out how you got so good together."

"Naturally, each takes its own strengths and complements its weaknesses." After dealing with Qi Jue's jokes and seeing her leave, Qin Xun continued to talk to Qi Jing in a low voice, "The last time I spoke to the Queen Mother was when I was brought into the bell room by her when I was seven years old, but I also saw her from afar in many banquets, and now she is too lazy to come and deal with this kind of scene?" ”

"After the Queen Mother's 60th birthday two years ago, she often said that she was sick at such court banquets, because she was old and tired, but even if the Queen Mother was absent for a long time, her father still sent invitations to the Queen Mother every time."

The relationship between the queen mother and the emperor is becoming more and more delicate.

In Qin Xun's impression, he only knew that the mother and son were estranged when the queen mother gave her mother a marriage to her father, and the estrangement was even worse when the emperor "killed the mother and set up a son" to the queen mother's niece Empress Xiaohui Qu Peilan, and then when the emperor gave Qin Xun a token to say that the queen mother could be blocked in this way, the relationship between the mother and son almost fell to the freezing point.

Qin Xun knelt and stretched his waist, and saw a minister a few feet away as if he was advising a young man to drink.

(End of chapter)