Zhou Chang leaned over and picked up the ring, handed it to the palace people who came in a hurry, and caught a glimpse of Mrs. Qi was also there, so he hurriedly saluted Liu Ji and her, and then silently retreated to the side outside the hall, facing the courtyard and waiting.

The sound of cicadas chirping in the trees, the hustle and bustle, in this midsummer afternoon, can not help but make people upset and irritable.

Zhou Chang closed his eyes and recuperated, a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead, but he heard Liu Ji pulling his neck in the hall and calling him repeatedly, asking him why he didn't go in yet.

He sighed, and could only walk slowly to the hall, but after all, his heart was still relenting, and he stood firmly two feet away in front of the imperial couch, looking at his nose and nose, and not squinting.

"What's the matter? Would you like to come over for a drink? ”

Qi Ji poured a full bottle of wine and handed it to Liu Ji, Liu Ji was too lazy to pick it up, so he took a sip directly from her hand.

"The minister, the minister just received a little news from Yan Guo, and I want to show your majesty face, face, face."

Zhou Chang still didn't raise his eyes, only said in a muffled voice, his neck was a little red.

He has suffered from a mouth disease since he was a child, so he rehearses it several times in his heart before he is willing to speak.

At this time, he was a little anxious, and he was also dissatisfied, so he couldn't care so much, and stumbled.

"Oh? Whatever news, say, I'll listen to it. ”

Liu Ji saw that he was serious, so he stopped teasing him.

"Minister, minister......"

Zhou Chang glanced at the soft and tender green figure, and couldn't go on.

Before Liu Ji could speak, Qi Ji's pleasant voice came first,

"Hehe, Brother Zhou, don't worry, aren't you worried about me?

Are you afraid that I will leak the rumors? ”

***

This is a little woman's self-deprecating joke, which was said by Qi Ji, and with endless coquettishness, Liu Ji laughed and didn't mind.

But Qi Ji didn't mean to leave, she leaned on Liu Ji and didn't move, as if she didn't have bones, and still said with a smile,

"According to Your Majesty, the Queen is often involved in your deliberations.

The queen is a woman, I am also a woman, the queen gave birth to the prince, and I also gave birth to Ruyi for Your Majesty.

It's all human, and what am I worse than her?

Why does she hear about military and political affairs, but I can't?

Your Majesty, tell me, what is the reason? Well? ”

There are needles hidden in these words, and there is anger and calculation hidden in the banter, as well as the slightest hint of provocation.

Although she was asking Zhou Chang on the surface, she didn't even look at him, and always stared at the change in the expression on Liu Ji's face.

Hearing the meaning of her words, the meaning suddenly deepened, Liu Ji smiled slightly, and glanced at Ai Ji, who was as plain and docile as a white rabbit beside him, with a slight surprise.

Zhou Chang was embarrassed and angry, his heart was not good, he was clumsy, it was pointless to entangle again, and he lost his identity, so he bowed to the ground again and said,

"The minister retired today, and when His Majesty is free, he will summon the minister to come."

He got up and turned around and strode out, not intending to give Liu Ji any chance to open his mouth and stay.

It's just that when you enter the house in the Han Dynasty, you have to take off your shoes, and when you go outside, you have to put on your shoes first.

Seeing Zhou Chang's figure bending over and putting on his shoes, Liu Ji was stubborn, suddenly jumped up from the couch, trotted a few steps, and fell on his back at once, and the elbow of his right arm strangled his neck.

This is a move that he and the Zhou brothers have played thousands of times since they were young, when they were on an errand in the Surabaya Pavilion together, and they often practiced and practiced martial arts with each other in their spare time.

Zhou Chang's stature is higher than Liu Ji's, and every time he uses this sneak attack, Zhou Chang always bows down sharply, and takes advantage of the situation to overturn Liu Ji and throw him off to the ground in front of him.

At the first glance of the familiar sneak attack, Zhou Chang's memory between his muscles woke up, and he was about to bow over him, but suddenly remembered-

At this moment, the one on his back is no longer the pavilion chief who has never been in shape, but the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

His spine stiffened suddenly, and his back couldn't help but tense, for fear that the person on his back would be uncomfortable, but his knees slowly bent, squatting lower and lower, until Liu Ji's legs touched the ground steadily.

Zhou Chang is a military general, and he has not read any books, so he naturally will not know that when it comes to monarchs and ministers like Liu Ji and him, the pre-Qin families have their own opinions:

If you see the scene in front of you, Confucius will say, "The king makes the minister courteous, and the minister is loyal", and the courtier needs to do the king's way;

Mencius would say, "The king regards his ministers as siblings, and the ministers regard the king as his heart", and the respect between kings and ministers is mutual;

And Han Feizi will say, "When the monarch and the minister are not the relatives of the father and the son, the count is also out", everything is an exchange of interests, and the monarch and the minister take what they need.

In short, no matter what his position, he could not throw the emperor to the ground again, as he did twenty years ago.

Qi Ji's soft chuckle came from the hall, and after Liu Ji stood firmly, he felt a little bored, so he had to turn to him in one step and ask curtly,

"Look at me, the emperor, how do I deserve?"

Zhou Chang was still half-squatting, but he straightened his neck, held his head high, and looked directly into his eyes.

"In my opinion, Your Majesty, Your Majesty and the faint monarchs in the story are no different."

***

"This is indeed Your Majesty's fault, I think Zhou Chang is outspoken and has done a good job."

Lu Pheasant listened to the whole story and commented lightly.

"I knew, so I sent him again and talked about it for a long time.

I don't care about the movements of Yan Guo and Zang Di, and I have been prepared for a long time. ”

Liu Ji laughed and said,

"I'll leave this matter to you, you can talk to Zhou Chang again, and choose a royal history to come out as a foreign master."

"I thought that Qi Ji's idea was also good, so I simply carried it forward.

If you want to start classes for the children, it is not only Qi Ji's Ruyi, I think Bo Ji's Heng'er, as well as Liu You and Liu Hui, although they are still babbling in infancy, but in case they are also talented, don't delay.

Also, my eldest brother's child Lu Chan and second brother's child Lu Lu are the same age as them, so let's just go together. ”

Since they are all princes or noble relatives, let's teach them together, how outstanding Liu Ruyi is, and it is just right for the imperial historians to be a witness.

Liu Ji was noncommittal, he acquiesced, and said,

"By the way, Qi Ji still wants to be alone."

"Who?"

"She named her name and wanted to find an inner master from Zhao Wanggong, who was said to be an old nanny who had taken Zhang Ao before."

"yes, okay."

Lu Pheasant didn't continue to ask, but secretly wondered:

is so dignified, why did Qi Ji have this relationship with the Zhao Palace, which was thousands of miles away?

***

Zhou Chang is a straightforward and cheerful person, and the conversation between Lu Pheasant and him was very relaxed and smooth.

According to records, in history, he once desperately disobeyed Liu Ji for Liu Ji's repeated desire to abolish the crown prince, and Empress Lu's gratitude to him was beyond words.

Later, when Empress Lu got rid of Liu Ruyi in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Zhou Chang also tried his best to protect him but failed, and finally became depressed.

Lu Pheasant, who has lived for more than 100 years, knows that what Zhou Chang does is not to go back on his word and meet the source left and right, but to be consistent and loyal.

She decided to cherish this loyalty, but after all, she couldn't help but ask curiously,

"If something really happens in the future, will you do your best to protect the prince?"

"Ministers, ministers will naturally be, indulgence, indulgence of the liver and brain, do not hesitate."

Zhou Chang said without thinking, paused for a long time, and said word by word,

"It's not just to protect the prince, if someone wants to harm Ruyi, or if they want to harm other princes, the ministers will also fight and desperately protect it."

He had already blushed and had a thick neck, but these few words were loud and powerful.

"You don't have to be nervous, I get it."

Lu Pheasant smiled, as expected, she appreciated the lonely and loyal courage of the loyal minister in front of her from the bottom of her heart,

"I don't like to care about trivial things in my life, people don't offend me, and I don't bother to offend people.

You can be a master of the imperial history of the sky. ”

Pass a heavy level, see a heavy sky.

The eagle that once spread its wings and soared on the top of the nine heavens, why bother to grab a little bird food in the cage inlaid with gold and jade.