Qi Jing was in a normal mood at the moment, even if he was smiling gently and politely as usual, unfamiliar others couldn't see what was going on under his expression, only Qin Xun clearly knew that when he met Chu Tianwen on the road, Qi Jing's mood suddenly turned cloudy.

Chu Shengxiong arrived in Chang'an just in time for the day before the banquet, and entered the palace early this morning to meet the emperor, and received his official position in the inner courtyard of the Emperor Wupin, who was qualified to occupy a seat at the banquet of this scale, and brought his son Chu Tianwen into the palace this evening, and stepped into the dazzling palace of the banquet, and on the way, he happened to meet Qi Jing Qin Xun, who had just gotten off the car from Jingyang Palace.

Qin Xun returned to Beijing from Jiangnan in July last year, and happened to meet Chu Tianwen twice before returning to Beijing at Xufu and Ferry Trestle Bridge in Dongjun, and now it is April of the following year, and he is not accurate enough to count, and he can barely say that he has not seen him for a year, and when he is close to the age of twenty weak crowns, he will not look like he is in his early teens when he first entered the development period, Qin Xun thinks that he has not changed much compared to last year, and Chu Tianwen is still the same in his eyes.

He sighed in his heart that time flies, and he saw the order of Chu County...... No, he is now Chu Zhongcheng, and he also saw him and Qi Jing, so it is reasonable for them to come over to see each other.

Chu Shengxiong obviously did his homework, knowing that the white-clothed young man in front of him was no longer the "Third Prince His Royal Highness" at Xunshui Ferry, but the newly sealed "His Royal Highness the Prince of Ling". ”

Qi Jing smiled and helped him: "Chu Zhongcheng and Chu Gongzi are exempt." ”

Qin Xun smiled and greeted Chu Tian: "Brother Shen Xing, don't come to harm?" ”

"All is well, Lau...... Qin Sangongzi was worried. Chu Tian hesitated for a moment, glanced at his father's face, and still didn't call out the old call "Brother Wei".

Qin Xun didn't speak again, Ren Qijing sent the father and son away with a few polite words, and took Qin Xun to take a step forward and go to the hall.

Only Chu Shengxiong and Chu Tian asked the father and son who came to the banquet today, Qi Jing and Qin Xun didn't ask about Mrs. Chu, let alone congratulate Chu Shengxiong on his transfer to Beijing, but it wasn't that the two of them were careful, if it weren't for the news he got yesterday, Qin Xun would probably think that Chu Shengxiong was afraid that Mrs. Chu would have lost her knowledge and embarrassed herself in the Chang'an officialdom, so she only brought her son with her at home, and she would casually congratulate Chu Shengxiong on his transfer to Beijing.

Yesterday, after Chu Shengxiong entered the palace to face the saint, it was the early dynasty, Qi Jing was present, and came back to tell Qin Xun that Chu Shengxiong told his colleagues with snot and tears when he was appointed to the official position in the early dynasty, and told his colleagues that he was widowed on the way to Beijing, and asked his colleagues not to blame him for not setting up a banquet and hospitality when he first entered Chang'an, not because he was pretending to be high, but at home for a funeral.

Qin Xun had just gotten up when Qi Jing went down, and he was combing his messy hair with his fingers, when he heard this, he was stunned: "Widowed? Mrs. Chu is dead? Hearing Qi Jing's "um", he asked calmly, "Yes...... Did you die of natural causes? ”

Qi Jing glanced at him, knowing what he meant by what he was asking, and raised his hand to smooth down the lock of his hair: "Chu Shengxiong said to himself in the early dynasty that his wife was weak and couldn't withstand the bumps in the road from Jiangnan to Chang'an, and she was unaccustomed to the water and soil on the road, and she suddenly died of a vicious disease.......

Qin Xun understood what he had not said, but this matter was not an important matter that the two of them needed to study deeply, even if Qin Xun knew no matter how clear Mrs. Chu's body and bones were, not to mention how strong it was, saying that Chu Shengxiong and Chu Tian asked the father and son to believe it, Mrs. Chu, he really didn't believe it.

However, people have good fortune and misfortune, and accidents are inevitable, Qin Xun can't get the right words, so it's naturally not good to make a conclusion about the cause of Mrs. Chu's death based on speculation, it is always Mrs. Chu's person, no matter how implicated she is, she can't fight with the power of Chang'an, whether she is dead or alive is more biased towards the family affairs of the Chu family, not to mention that Chu Shengxiong put this matter in the court so bluntly and said, there are more curious others, maybe the emperor will order someone to investigate a little on a whim, and there is no need for Qi Jing and Qin Xun to intervene here

One kick.

It seems that Chu Shengxiong stepped into Chang'an again after more than 20 years because he wanted to be a low-key person as before, under the pretext of holding a funeral at home without a banquet to entertain guests, he politely rejected a large number of court officials who were curious about this small state and county order who was promoted by the emperor's special care, and avoided a series of troubles after entering Beijing. Regardless of whether the bystanders have made a false judgment on him in their hearts, they will give him a praise of "valuing love and righteousness" on the surface.

Yesterday, I heard that Chu Shengxiong's father and son entered Beijing, Qin Xun asked Qi Jing Chu Ci if he was with him, Qi Jing's answer was expected by him, if Chu Ci was of his own will, he would definitely not want to return to Chang'an, even if he returned, he did not want to return to Beijing as the successor "Chu Shengxiong's son", no matter whether there would be factors that could coerce Chu Ci to go against his will in the future, at least this time, Chu Ci did not settle in Beijing with Chu Shengxiong's father and son, and still went back and forth between the Jinghong Villa and the Guangling Academy in the south of the Yangtze River, and stayed with the division commander safely.

Knowing that Chu Ci would not be brought back this time, Qin Xun didn't care much about the affairs of the Chu family, looking at the situation of Fang Cai, Chu Tianwen seemed to be hindered by his father's private mentions, and he didn't want to have more to do with them.

Qin Xun deliberately leaned on Qi Jing's body while walking, and smashed him with his elbow: "Do you still mind 'my old classmate surnamed Chu'?" He deliberately used Qi Jing's blunt title to Chu Tianwen to tease.

Qi Jing, as long as he sees who is interested in Qin Xun, or hears that Qin Xun is ambiguous with someone, he will use blunt titles to express his jealousy, the example is the "old classmate surnamed Chu" that he minds the most, and the "Your Household Shangshu Qianjin Miss Guo" that he frequently mentioned to Qin Xun with a wooden face for a while, as well as the less mentioned "The Boss of Man Fangting" and the "Beautiful Palace Maid with Long Nails" who were completely made up by Qin Xun.

Qi Jing sat down at the table, there were few people around, he smiled lightly, revealing his trademark jealous face, Qin Xun followed the move of sitting next to him and smashed his elbow again: "Don't be angry, good brother, you have been jealous for this matter for two days." "Yesterday, when I was talking about things, I talked about vinegar once, and finally coaxed myself in bed at night, and today I met with Chu Tianwen, and Qi Jing's face began to turn black again.

Qi Jing was dissatisfied in a low voice: "I can deal with it enough, you don't have to go out of your way to greet him." ”

Qin Xun patted his arm: "Yes, yes, you are outside the Lord, and I am in the Lord, but I am your virtuous helper, and sometimes I still have to say hello for you in diplomatic communication." He also deliberately emphasized softly, "I'm all for you, I'm sure I'll only think about you." ”

Qi Jing's face looked a lot better, and he snorted lightly.

Qin Xun lost his smile, in the past, Qi Jing was afraid that he would run, and he always lost his temper Qi Jing flattered him in various ways, he never said anything about being wronged and jealous, for fear of annoying him, since the two of them talked about it, now Qi Jing can also let go of Qin Xun to make a small temperament, Qin Xun is natural

I don't think he's annoying, but I think he is occasionally naïve and unexpectedly cute, and he always learns Qi Jing's appearance to coax himself, but he goes over to coax him with soft words.

Today, the princess of Xiliao generously changed her disguise and dressed as a serious princess to go to the court banquet, even if she went to the birthday banquet of Princess Zhaoyang last time, some sharp-eyed guests recognized her as her daughter and guessed her identity as Princess Xiliao, but the emperor took the lead in pretending to be unexpected, and did not tear down the stage in front of Xiliao's face, and everyone echoed it, saying that Oh, oh, I really didn't expect it, Her Royal Highness Princess Xiliao is really naïve and spiritual, Everyone closed their eyes and blew about how the mischievous behavior of the princess of Xiliao disguised as a man was eccentric and likable.

The envoy to Daqi was Murong Shu, the eldest princess of Western Liao, who was seventeen years old, to be precise, she was not yet seventeen years old, and her birthday was in the summer, which was two or three months younger than Qin Xun.

The court banquet is drunk, this kind of occasion basically does not need Qin Xun, the idle son of the family, to mix anything, it is all courtiers and envoys are circling, occasionally Qi Jing, who is the prince of Daqi, needs to add a few words, Qin Xun only needs to behave properly and politely when sitting in the same case with Qi Jing, and not embarrass Daqi.

I just don't know if it's my own delusion, Qin Xun always feels that the prince and princess of Xiliao, Murong Xian and Murong Shu, the two brothers and sisters on the opposite side, always glance at his face intentionally or unintentionally.

Qin Xun quietly glanced at their table, and made sure that the person who the Xiliao royal brothers and sisters were looking at was indeed not Qi Jing but himself, remembering the incident of dismantling Princess Shu's platform in Manfang Court a few days ago, thinking that this princess would not hold such a grudge, and planned to seek revenge on an occasion like today.

But the princess looked at him, what did the prince of Xiliao look at, he estimated that he didn't dare to tell his royal brother about the princess of Xiliao dressing up as a man and visiting the Qinglou, he really couldn't think of the reason why the prince of Xiliao paid special attention to him today.

Of course, Qi Jing also noticed the gaze of the Xiliao brothers and sisters, he took tea to cover his mouth, and asked Qin Xun in a low voice: "What happened to the princess that day?" ”

"No, no, I just think that the girl's house is visiting a green building, I just said a few words casually and drove her home." Qin Xun didn't know that he was lowered by Qi Jing's voice, and when he asked why, he was inexplicably weak, so he flatteringly brought the teacup that Qi Jing put back on the table to add tea, and the palace maid waiting behind him hurriedly stepped forward to say that he would do it for him.

As soon as Qin Xun blocked the palace maid, he heard the prince of Xiliao praising his eldest brother Qin Zichang, saying that he had heard of Daqi's reputation as "amazing and brilliant Qin Zichang" in Western Liao, and he had been admired for a long time, and he was fortunate to see it today, Rongzi is also an excellent son, Qin Xun didn't pay attention to it after listening to a few words, so much praise for his eldest brother's words Qin Xun listened to his ears calloused, since Qin Zichang was fifteen years old and a "Chang'an Fu" amazed the imperial capital, Qin Xun heard praise for him from all kinds of mouths over and over again with those words and sentences, and the days were very boring.

He put the teapot down, smiled at Qi Jing and said, "I guess, according to the custom, if you blow a few more words about Qin Zichang, you have to ask him to improvise on the spot, or send a scribe who can handle it on his side, and want to compete with Qin Zichang." Tut

In fact, Qin Zichang hates to deal with these things the most, and you will see him smiling on the surface later, and he may not be able to scold the eighteenth generation of his ancestors in his heart. ”

Qin Xun was waiting with great interest to see the expression of the eldest brother grinding his teeth and smiling, when he was suddenly named by the prince of another country on the opposite side, his expression and movements were stunned for a moment, and his first reaction was to suspect that he had heard it wrong.

Qi Jing reminded him in a low voice: "Murong Xian just said, I heard that you are the younger brother of Qin Dacai who is sitting with me. ”

Qin Xun stood up, bowed in the direction of the table of the Xiliao brothers and sisters, and said with a smile: "In Xia Qin Weizhi, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince of Xiliao. ”

Murong Xian was also very polite, and also got up and saluted him back: "Third Prince Qin, fortunately." ”

The emperor smiled, and said that if the young man fell in love, it would be good to get acquainted, and raised his hand to let the two of them sit down again.

Qin Xun muttered in his heart under Murong Xian's smiling gaze that he didn't move away, what's the matter, just after praising Qin Zichang, then he plans to close his eyes and?

(End of chapter)