The craftsmanship of the prince is also a must in the palace.

Fang Linyuan ordered several dishes in one go, and after a while, the maids came up one by one.

The crab roe is fragrant and mellow, and it is a good soup with refreshing tofu. The peach shortbread is fried in oil mixed with peach nectar, and the oil is full of the sweetness of nectar. The lamb in the small kitchen is fresh goat lamb, which does not need too many ingredients, just take the fire to urge, and the aroma of the meat will be fully stimulated.

In the end, the two bowls of soup were placed in front of Fang Linyuan and Zhao Pu respectively.

"This is a silver berry jasmine soup specially made by the prince, and it also has Sichuan Qiong and white peony in it. The prince said, His Royal Highness and the Hou Ye have worked hard for a day, and this soup is the most soothing and relieving fatigue, and it can also be clear. ”

Hearing the maid say this, Fang Linyuan couldn't help but ask, "What is Your Highness busy with today?" ”

Zhao Pu raised his eyes lightly and looked at the maid.

But the maid was from the Hou Mansion, and she couldn't quite understand Zhao Pu's eyes, and when Fang Linyuan was talking to her at this time, she didn't look elsewhere with a pair of eyes.

"Ah, it's the autumn harvest account book sent by Zhuangzi." The maid laughed. "Sister Sui Chao said that this year's harvest in various places is good, and the account books are more complicated, which makes His Highness especially hard."

Fang Linyuan couldn't help but turn his head to look at Zhao Pu.

Seeing that Zhao Pu's expression was calm, he only glanced at the maid lightly and said, "Okay, don't talk too much, go down." ”

The maid smiled and saluted the two of them, and quickly withdrew.

"Are the accounts complicated?" Fang Linyuan couldn't help but look at Zhao Pu. "If it's troublesome, just leave it to Suichao, she has been dealing with this for her mother every year before."

I saw Zhao Pu shook his head and said, "It's okay to be idle, pass the time." ”

Fang Linyuan couldn't help but admire him.

The court is about to fall out now, but Zhao Pu is still like this, he is really a general, which is very admirable.

However, when it came to the account books, Fang Linyuan remembered another matter.

"Speaking of which, the tenants' land rent this year was originally paid by you." He said. "I looked at the accounts before, 40,000 taels of silver. After you reconcile the account books this time, you can transfer them to your account. ”

Zhao Pu, who was drinking soup, raised his eyes and looked at him: "What is this?" ”

Fang Linyuan's face was reasonable: "Return your silver." ”

Zhao Pu's hand holding the spoon paused slightly, and then heard Fang Linyuan smile and said: "I'm not going to see you, but such a big Hou Mansion is still more clear about public and private, and I can't let you suffer all the time." ”

"It's not a loss." I just listened to Zhao Pu say. "The money you put in is what you earned by playing polo."

Playing polo?

Fang Linyuan was stunned, and remembered that what Zhao Pu said was the day of Qingming, the time when he competed with Wang Chang, and Zhao Pu bet on the matter of money.

Isn't that confusing? Without Zhao Pu's principal, where would all this silver come from?

Fang Linyuan opened his mouth and was about to say something, but he heard Zhao Pu laugh faintly.

"It doesn't have to be so clear." He said. "Anyway, now the public and private accounts are under my control, and they are all mine, so why bother to pour them around."

Fang Linyuan was stunned for a moment, only to realize that Zhao Pu had made a brisk joke with him.

He made eye contact with Zhao Xuan and couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, you hit my entire Hou Mansion with the idea?" As he spoke, he reached out and picked up the mutton on the table and smiled.

"That's okay, there is no distinction between you and me, in the future, the prince will be my person, and he will have to cook whatever I ask him to cook."

I heard Zhao Pu also laugh: "Listen to it." ”

For a while, a soft atmosphere swept through the banquet. Fang Linyuan didn't realize it, he only lowered his head to eat mutton, and when he looked up again, a bowl of crab roe tofu was already in his hand.

Under the warm lights, he sat opposite Zhao Pu. The night outside the window was quiet, he was smiling, and Zhao Xuan was also smiling.

It was really like a long stream of water, flowing lightly, straight into the distance with no end in sight.

——

Dou Huairen spent a sleepless night.

He went to the garrison to play a majestic role, just as he was demonstrating to Zhao Pu.

After all, he was helping Zhao Pu to seek power and usurp the throne, and the two of them were grasshoppers tied to a rope.

What's more, he is the head of the family, a man who can stand up to the sky, sit on the throne, and pass on his bloodline, Zhao Pu has to rely on him for everything, how can he not provide for him well?

Is he the outer chamber? That was specially raised for Zhao Pu and usurped power for him!

Dou Huairen was not convinced, so he made up his mind, even if Zhao Pu couldn't make himself comfortable, he also wanted Zhao Pu to taste the benefits of the restless house.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to the mansion, he was greeted by the anger of Princess Hejia.

Zhao Pu told the truth.

Zhao Pu told Princess Hejia about his plan to take the outer room south.

"Dou Huairen, it's true that I despise you." Princess Hejia said angrily. "It's not that you don't have the ability, but all the skills are used to deal with the palace!"

"Who's dealing with you? Didn't you say that I was a wretch, and I didn't have a good career! Now that His Majesty has selected officials to go south, what a great opportunity, am I not all for the face of Your Royal Highness the Princess! ”

Dou Huairen stalked his neck and argued with her.

But Princess Hejia was never the one to reason with him.

Before the words fell, a slap had already fallen on Dou Huairen's face.

"You're taking me for a fool, aren't you?" Her voice was high-pitched, and she lifted the hem of her skirt and pounced.

On this day, it wasn't until midnight that Dou Huairen covered the bloody wound on his neck and slipped into the study.

…… Zhao Pu, it was Zhao Pu!

Between the two disputes, Dou Huairen learned the truth in the scolding of Princess Hejia.

It turned out that after Zhao Pu knew that he was going to the garrison, he sent someone to find Princess Hejia. The pine smoke beside her, the old woman with a dead face, asked Princess Hejia to persuade him with a straight face.

said that the affairs of the court and the middle of the court were not something that could be controlled by the five princesses and a female streamer, and the mother and son before were put into her private house by Dou Huairen under the pretense of a name. After that, for the sake of the face of the former queen, the fifth princess took it in for a while, and now she can't help Dou Huairen elope with the woman.

Good...... She revealed all his old bottom to his wife!

When Dou Huairen returned to the study, he was already mad. He was afraid of Princess Hejia's noble status and didn't dare to argue with her, but what was Zhao Pu? If you want to talk about the handle, don't you have it in his hand?

Dou Huairen turned up the dark compartment in the study like crazy.

What he has here is evidence of Zhao Pu's conspiracy! As long as he takes it out, does Zhao Pu dare not take him in his eyes like this......

The letter was turned out, and Dou Huairen opened it tremblingly.

This letter is not good, there is neither important information nor Zhao Pu's handwriting on it; This letter is not good, the letter was not written by Zhao Pu, not only Zhao Pu's name is not on it, but also his rebellious words that he wants his child to ascend the throne as the emperor......

Turning over the letters one by one, cold sweat gradually appeared on Dou Huairen's back.

Dozens of letters...... Zhao Pu was here, as if he was invisible.

There is no payment, the handwriting is unknown, there are no clues related to Zhao Pu, one by one, all of them are he Dou Huairen is plotting rebellion......

Zhao Pu...... This slut!

She's ready for it! Many letters were sent by Dongchang, and it was the rule of Dongchang to burn them immediately after reading, and he didn't dare to reason with that group of living Hades. As for the rest...... What letter was burned, what letter was not burned, he didn't care at all.

But the letters he sent to Zhao Pu couldn't be counted......

When the sky was twilight, Dou Huairen leaned on the wide ash desk and sat on the ground dejectedly.

This slut has already planned it, no wonder he is not afraid of him at all, and casually exposes his affairs......

But she forgot! She is a woman, and what else can she do without his uncle!

All he had to do was wait!

Unless Zhao Pu doesn't want her great cause, otherwise, his son will one day be able to ascend to the throne. No matter who it is, even if it is born to that shrew of Hejia, it is also his son.

After a moment, Dou Huairen laughed, his expression almost crazy.

Zhao Pu, this slut, just wait.

God made her a woman, so that she would always be suppressed by him.

——

Different from His Majesty's banquet, although the etiquette of welcoming foreign envoys is complicated, all that the honor guard needs to complete is to ride horses and line up.

After a few days of drills, Fang Linyuan and the soldiers and horses of the 16 guards practiced all the queues, etiquette, routes and marching processes to welcome the envoys, and then practiced twice, and they were basically foolproof.

What Shaoqing of Weiwei Temple said to him that day, he didn't reveal half a sentence to them. Therefore, these boys still regard this errand as a great gift, and they are eager to do their best when they practice.

It's good to be confused sometimes.

A few days later, the envoys of Persia and Burma were about to enter Beijing.

After the day's exercises, it was dusk. The Terracotta Division brought the horses that greeted the envoy for that day.

They are all tall and sturdy horses, the coat color is all snow white, and when hundreds of white and glowing tall horses are sent to the garrison, they attract many onlookers from the surrounding people.

"What a horse!" Li Chengan, who was accustomed to seeing good things, couldn't help but sigh, circled around the white horse assigned to him several times, and reached out to touch the horse's mane.

"This is a horse specially raised by the imperial court to be used as a guard of honor, which is different." Fang Linyuan said on the side.

"Then we haven't ridden during the drill before, and when the foreign envoy enters Beijing in two days, will something go wrong?" side

Someone on the side asked.

"These horses have been selected since childhood, they have a stable temperament, are good at obedience, and they are also practiced every day in the Soldiers and Horses, even if you go wrong, they will not do it." Fang Linyuan glanced at the man and said with a smile.

The soldiers of the garrison couldn't help but sigh one after another.

"My father gave me a good horse two days ago, and it seems that the horse he gave me is useless." Li Chengan said with a smile next to him. "Shall I pass it on to you, General? The white horse is so beautiful that you should take it to your lady. ”

Sending horses? Zhao Pu doesn't seem to like horses.

But speaking of sending his wife, Fang Linyuan paused slightly, remembering Zhao Pu's hard work in managing the accounts at home these days.

"Keep it for yourself." Fang Linyuan said.

Over there, a few guards are still discussing with you.

"They have to pay tribute to foreign beasts every year in the Persian country, I heard that this year, Your Majesty has a full birthday, and the tribute is especially large, can we afford to lower it?"

"Who told you to descend the beast? Everyone is locked up in a big cage. ”

"Hey, then I really want to see what it looks like."

"Haven't you seen it? I see it every year, and it's a rare spectacle in the world......"

While everyone around was talking, Fang Linyuan stepped forward and pulled Li Chengan over.

"There's another thing, come here, I'm going to ask you."

——

Early in the morning two days later, Fang Linyuan led the men and horses of the Sixteen Garrison Divisions to wait in front of the South City Gate.

Tall white horses stood in formation, and the guards on the horses were covered with golden armor. The red tassels fluttered above the golden armor, and the guards stood tall and fluttering flags in their hands, and from a distance, they looked like a golden red that swept the world, like the morning glow that shot down the world.

The men and horses of the Rite Music Division are lined up on both sides, and the musical instruments in their hands are numerous, glittering under the sun.

And in the Anping Marquis Mansion, it is a peaceful silence.

Today, when foreign envoys enter Beijing, many streets are under martial law, and no official or civilian is allowed to set foot on them.

Therefore, most of the people in the house have not gone out today.

Outside Zhao Pu's window, Juan Su led a group of subordinates to clean up the snow that fell yesterday in the courtyard. Zhao Pu sat quietly under the window, quietly studying a dead game against the chess game.

The chess game is scorching. The white son is like a broken bamboo, and the black son is overwhelmed. It's just that it hasn't yet reached the moment of full distinction, and when it is struggling, Xu also has a hidden life.

Zhao Pu pinched the sunspot with one hand, and had been groaning for a long time.

At this moment, Wu Xinghai hurriedly came in from outside.

"Your Highness." He greeted Zhao Pu and put a letter in his hand in Zhao Pu's hand.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Pu twisted his eyebrows slightly, glanced at him, and put the sunspot into the chessboard.

"The Marquis of Anping sent someone to send it, saying that it was an urgent letter, and after half an hour, I have something important to discuss with you." Wu Xinghai said.

Zhao Pu put half of the chess pieces into the chess game.

A complex game of chess was immediately disrupted. Zhao Pu ignored these, quickly picked up the letter with one hand, and got up from the couch.

"What do you say?" He opened the letter as he commanded quickly. "Go and get my clothes for the trip......"

The letter was unfolded, but there was only one short sentence in it, which was Fang Linyuan's handwriting.

"The car is ready, you don't have to change your clothes."

——

Today, the foreign envoy entered Beijing, and Fang Linyuan was leading the team outside, so it was said that there should be no time to meet him.

If we want to meet at this time, it is urgent. But looking at the tone in Fang Linyuan's letter, it didn't look like a hurry.

Zhao Pu stopped where he was, and seeing that Wu Xinghai had turned around to get his clothes, he stopped him first: "Wait." ”

Wu Xinghai turned around, and saw Zhao Pu holding the letter in one hand, looked at it inexplicably for a moment, and then said, "It's okay, you don't have to worry about it." ”

Wu Xinghai was puzzled, but he still bowed and saluted: "Yes, Your Highness." ”

He was about to retreat, but when he was about to retreat to the door, he was stopped by Zhao Pu again.

"Let's send someone to find out first." I just listened to Zhao Pu say. "Dou Huairen, Taichang Temple, and Weiwei Temple, all related to today's foreign envoys entering Beijing, go to check if there is any change in them."

When Wu Xinghai bowed and saluted, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Xuan twice.

I saw that the eyes of the Fifth Highness had calmed down, and it seemed that the letter was not an important matter. But he wanted to send people again, and he had to check everything up and down......

Wu Xinghai paused slightly, and then sighed unwillingly in his heart.

If His Highness is not for himself, who else can he be?

——

Zhao Pu changed into a pleated Jinluo skirt for travel. Now that the weather was getting colder and colder, he wore a soft red brocade jacket and a rabbit fur cape.

Traveling as a woman has always been troublesome, and even if he doesn't dress up, it will be a quarter of an hour later when he arrives at the front of the house.

The carriage really stopped there, Zhao Pu glanced at it slightly, and saw that the coachman was saluting and smiling at him.

The carriage made its way through the quiet streets, skilfully skirting every forbidden road, turning a few corners, and stopping in a bustling back alley.

Zhao Pu opened the curtain of the car, and a maid had already placed the footstool in front of the car.

Zhao Pu's eyes swept slightly, and he saw that the people around him were all dressed in brocade clothes, either rich or noble. In front of him, there was a smiling shopkeeper leading a group of small servants to bow down to greet him, he looked up, only to see a three-story carved building in front of him, walking through the side door, so he could not see the plaque of this building.

He didn't make a sound, only raised his hand to calm everyone in front of him.

The shopkeeper immediately got up, bowed down and smiled and welcomed him all the way to the third floor.

"Today, Her Royal Highness Princess Demeng is here, it is really a blessing for my three lives in Taifeng Building!" The shopkeeper said with a smile as he led him towards the end of the third floor.

Tai Fung House?

Zhao Pu really didn't come here, but he heard that this is one of the most expensive restaurants in Beijing, and it is quite favored by the official family, so he is famous.

He didn't say anything, and the silk on the side had already asked for him, "How did the shopkeeper know that Her Royal Highness the princess would come?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and pushed open the two wide carved doors at the end of the third floor, and said: "The Marquis of Anping is very attentive to His Royal Highness, I spent a lot of money yesterday and entrusted several sons to settle this place for Your Highness!" Let's Taifeng Building, that's the best place to go in the capital today! ”

The carved wooden door was pushed open.

A slightly cold wind suddenly blew in front of him, and everyone around him showed a look of surprise in their eyes.

The pavilion on the top floor, facing the windows on three sides, is spacious and gorgeous, and the soft curtains are blown by the wind from the open windows.

On the round table in the middle, the table is full of delicacies, but there is only a pair of dishes, although there is no fine wine, but you can vaguely smell the aroma of the mother tree.

In front of the bed they were facing was a spacious terrace, through which they could see the long street leading to the Imperial City.

"Strange beasts cross the long street! That's the best sight in the capital every year on the Halloween Festival! Master Hou heard that we are a wonderful place to watch strange beasts, so he made a special trip to this place for His Highness! The shopkeeper said, suddenly surprised.

"Your Highness, lo and behold! The hour was just right, and the envoy's team came! ”

As he spoke, he invited Zhao Pu all the way to the terrace.

The sky was bright in the morning, and the portals and alleys on both sides of the long street were crowded with people who came to watch the ceremony.

At the southern end of the long street, snow-white horses and gold-armored soldiers were already steadily holding fluttering flags and slowly walking in their direction.

The shopkeeper who was waiting next to him couldn't help but sigh quietly: "This year's pomp and circumstance is really huge!" ”

On both sides of the procession, the sound of magnificent ceremonial music spread out on the long street. Surrounded by the guard of honor, in addition to those strangely dressed Nanyang envoys, there are one huge beast cage after another, with no end in sight.

The mane is fierce, the whole body is golden and the huge beast head exposed outside the cage is majestic, and a pair of golden eyes and two pairs of fangs as sharp as a sword can be seen. The white peacock with shiny feathers and trailing tail feathers faintly glows with golden light, like a huge mythical bird that pierces clouds and brings rain in the legends of mountains and seas.

Cangguang, who is the only one recorded in the legend, has thick skin like heavy armor, and there is a single horn on top of the long snout, which is exactly the same as that contained in the Book of Mountains and Seas.

There is also a giant elephant with a long nose and huge ears, and when it is led across the long street, the blue brick floor trembles slightly.

Magnificent, bizarre, lively and prosperous, like an otherworldly god that shines into the world.

This is really the best place to watch the ceremony in the capital, and the wonder of the annual strange beast crossing the long street is the most shocking to watch here.

There is nothing around him whose eyes do not shine.

They discussed in whispers, one moment saying that the beast looked mighty, and the other pointing and saying that it was as beautiful as a god.

Zhao Pu, who was surrounded by him, didn't say a word.

Everyone was looking at the strange beast, but no one noticed it, only him, a pair of eyes bright and focused, as deep as the stars falling from the sky, in this rare wonder in the world, only looked in one direction.

It was the golden-armored general on the white horse, leading the crowd to ride across the long street, and when he passed by Taifeng Tower, he quickly blinked in the direction of the top floor.

Naturally, no one paid attention to the strange beasts, but Zhao Pu saw it.

He knew that the high-spirited little general was giving him this wonder as a gift.

Zhao Pulong's hands trembled slightly in his sleeves, still holding the letter where no one saw it.

He received it.

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