"Xiao Yan'er said that you were suddenly canonized as the crown prince, and before you were ready, you have already become the target of public criticism, anyway, Yu'er and they are not there, I am idle, I will protect you for a few days. ”

"Is that really what the emperor said?"

"What did I lie to you. ”

"You come to protect me, what will the emperor do. ”

He Zhou rolled his eyes, "I'm not her guard, with her means, who can move her, now she doesn't want you to have an accident, I protect you, it's really to help her." ”

The prince's heart moved, didn't she want something to happen to her?

"Isn't the prince welcoming me, if that's the case, I'll still go to the Emperor's Mansion to mix rice. ”

"Why, bothering He Shaoxia. ”

As soon as he said a few words, someone from the palace sent the crown prince and the crown princess, and the crown princess's treasure book would not be handed over to her until the prince's canonization hall.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, His Majesty has ordered that the East Palace is already being cleaned up, and you will be able to move in with the Crown Princess tomorrow, and today I will ask Your Highness to live in the palace. ”

"It's okay, there's no hurry. ”

The crown princess ordered someone to bring a few red envelopes, "A few people have worked hard." ”

Those people accepted it with joyful faces, congratulated them again and again, and left.

In the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between Hezhou and the emperor is extraordinary, and no one dares to look down on him.

People are sophisticated, and the crown princess naturally understands, although His Royal Highness has boiled his head into the East Palace, but some people still have to treat him with courtesy.

In front of some people, it is stupid to put on a show.

Since the last time she talked to the prince, the princess has learned to broaden her horizons and take a long-term view.

After sending people away, the crown prince said to the crown princess, "Although I want to move to the East Palace, the East Palace lacks nothing, you can see what is commonly used, just let people clean it up, anyway, the palace will not run here, it will make people laugh." ”

"The concubine knows. ”

"Go and tell the kitchen, prepare some wine and food, take out the treasured wine, and I will drink it with He Shaoxia. ”

The prince had some questions in his heart, and he just wanted to talk to someone first.

The crown princess frowned slightly, "Your Highness is now on the throne for the first time, so you can't lose your proportions." ”

"Crown Princess, don't worry, His Royal Highness promised to give me all the good wine in the house, he just accompanied me to drink two glasses, I looked at him, I won't drink too much. ”

There are few people who dare to talk so casually to the crown prince and the crown princess of the dynasty, but the crown princess is not angry, she only thinks that this person is easy to get along with, but jokes, "Then there is Lao He Shaoxia." ”

He raised his eyes again and said to the prince, "Your Highness still has official business, drink less." ”

The prince nodded helplessly.

The crown princess went to the backyard satisfied.

Halfway through, he was stopped by the side concubine.

"I've seen the crown princess. ”

"Excuse me, you know that too?"

"How many people in the capital don't know? The concubine is going to congratulate the crown princess. ”

The crown princess always felt that there was something wrong with this side concubine, "I want to congratulate Your Highness, this palace is just stained with the light of Your Highness, the palace is different from the past, this palace and all sisters, you must be more cautious in your words and deeds." ”

"The concubine body remembers the teachings of the crown princess. ”

"Well, sister, what are you?"

"The concubine was originally going to congratulate His Royal Highness and the princess's sister, but I didn't expect to meet here. ”

"Your Highness is entertaining guests, so it's better not to disturb you. ”

"Then the concubine will go another day, I don't know who His Highness is entertaining?"

"Lord He of the Emperor's Mansion. ”

The side concubine's eyes flickered for a moment, and she said respectfully, "The concubine has retired." ”

"Go ahead. ”

After the side concubine left, the girl next to the crown princess said, "This side concubine is really strange, I heard that the side concubine was also arrogant before she entered the mansion, and now she is so respectful and supple, not like what she heard before." ”

The grandmother on the side said, "How long has the side concubine been in the house, the more people like this, the more careful we have to be, maybe we will hold back something bad, fortunately, Your Highness has a deep relationship with you as husband and wife, so they have no room to start." Now that the status of the crown prince is not ordinary, in addition to helping His Royal Highness the crown prince, the crown princess must also pay attention to these ill-intentioned people, and do not let them shake your status. ”

The crown princess said, "Actually, this palace can see that she is not convinced, but so what, if the heart is higher than the sky, people can follow it to the heavens and the earth." ”

"Go and see how the kitchen is prepared, this is ordered by His Highness himself, and His Highness can't be kept waiting. ”

"Yes. ”

He Zhou and the prince sat down in the warm pavilion, and the small stove on the table warmed the wine.

One smelled the wine and looked intoxicated, and the other was thoughtful.

"Why are you still so comfortable when you leave the rivers and lakes. ”

"Why does Your Highness think it's called rivers and lakes? Isn't this a river and lake?"

The prince sighed lightly, "Most of the people in Beijing think that they have a broad vision, but unfortunately compared to you, their minds are still not enough." ”

"It's not like that, for me, friends are the rivers and lakes, Xiao Yan'er and Tianshen are my friends of life and death, they bring peace of mind to my wandering life, even if we are in danger together, they will not give up on any of us. ”

"It's really enviable~"

He Zhou saw that he said three words, and the prince drank three glasses in a row, and simply reached out and took his wine glass and buckled it on the table, which means that you can't drink it.

The prince smiled slightly, not angry, but a little helpless.

"One of them looks cold, and the other doesn't talk much, in fact, they are really very good people, many times, I am very glad to have met them, I was not blinded by hatred, because of them, I have met a lot of interesting people, Xie Ling, Xie Yu, Qingyue, Nan Qi, Xiao Houye, General Xie, and His Royal Highness, each of them is a very good person, if I wander alone without a purpose, maybe I will be drunk and die in a corner and no one cares, and I know that it is also very interesting to be alive when I meet them. ”

The prince said, "They are indeed very good people, but He Shaoxia is the same, you are all people I admire." ”

He Zhou scratched his head, "I think so too, this is really good, I know you have a lot of questions, I am one of the people who know them best, but what I can tell you is that the only thing that can make them give up their freedom is the future of the Chu State, so you can trust them." ”

was told that he broke his mind, and the prince was not annoyed, it was interesting to talk to such a person, and it was the most painful to intrigue with those old foxes.

"So I also think it's weird, why. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is actually the same as them, Xiao Yan'er, Tian Shen, Xie Ling, General Xie, you all have your own pride, and you all only work hard for your own ideals, it is undeniable that Tian Shen and the two of them like freedom, but what they are doing now is also their ideal. ”

"He Shaoxia really has seen it the most thoroughly. ”

"Because I'm different from you, I look at the sky from the roof every day, and my ideal is just the peace and joy of the people I care about, and I see all your entanglements. ”

The prince said, "Maybe this is the so-called bystander Qing, I understand." ”

"I heard Qingyue say her thoughts before, the so-called freedom is not where you are, but what you want in your heart and what you do in your hands, whether it is consistent, according to her words, the two of them are free, and I am also free. ”

After saying a few words, he didn't deliberately explain and comfort, but the prince suddenly opened up, and everyone had always doubted the emperor's motives and wanted to know the emperor's true thoughts.

But what the emperor showed was their true thoughts, but everyone's unwillingness to believe it was as simple as that.

They must be interpreted in a different way.

Today, my father canonized himself as the crown prince, and he was full of joy, and although the ministers had different thoughts, they all paid attention to themselves.

The imperial brother must be very disappointed, if he doesn't want to stop there, he has to compete with himself for another day, the court is still not stable for a day, the emperor must have noticed this, so he deliberately lost his face and went out of the palace with the imperial brother.

Thinking like this, my heart was relieved, and I reached out to get the cup back, but I was quickly blocked by He Zhou's eyes.

"I'll just have a drink. ”

He Zhou lifted the wine jug and drank the rest of the wine in one go, wiped the corners of his mouth, made a powerless gesture, and opened the wine jug to the prince, "It's gone." ”

The prince only thought it was funny, "Okay, then don't drink it." ”

A gentleman's word. ”

"Horses are hard to chase. ”

He Zhou grinned, picked up the jar on the side of his hand neatly, filled the wine jug, and then just warmed it on the stove.

The whole process was so smooth that not a drop of wine was spilled.

The prince smiled dumbly, but the words had already been spoken, so he couldn't change them.

"Originally, I thought that there was a shortage of manpower, but after chatting with you for a while, I found that there are really a lot of people who can use it. ”

He Zhou said, "You are the prince, I will listen to you." ”

"I'm going to appoint Nan Qi. ”

"Nanqi?"

"What?

He Zhou is a smart person and knows what to say and what not to say, so he said, "To put it bluntly, he is a proton who stays in Beijing, so it's not appropriate." ”

The prince looked at him in surprise, he didn't expect him to say this, thinking of his reaction, could it be that there is something hidden that he doesn't know yet? But a person like He Zhou will not harm people behind his back, there should be other reasons.

"Nan Qi is my cousin and the imperial brother, everyone knows that as long as the imperial brother is on the throne, Nan Qi will definitely be enabled, Nan Qi is extraordinary, but he is limited by the situation, I don't want him to be silent like this, and I don't want to miss a talent. ”

"Nan Qi is indeed a pity, but as far as I know, after he accidentally lost his foundation in martial arts, he seems to have given up on being a general. ”

The prince became more and more strange, so he could only say, "Then I'll ask him another day, if he really doesn't want to, I can't force him, it's just a pity." ”

"Whether he wants it or not, it's his own choice, and he doesn't have to mind. ”

The two ate about the same, and He Zhou followed the prince to the study.

The crown prince worked in front of the bookcase, and He Zhou lay on the beam above, secretly protecting him.