Section XVII

His Majesty the Emperor surrendered to the emperor because of his approaching 60th birthday, and named the tenth prince Zihao as King An, the thirteenth prince Ziluo as King Ying, the eighth prince Ziyou as King Huai, and other princes and princesses also received rewards. Only after being crowned can the prince open a palace to govern affairs, and he must also leave Miyagi to live in his own mansion.

This was not very convenient for Yimei and Ziluo to meet, but Su Qi felt that this was a good time to get close to Zihao.

Ever since she decided to be a human master, Su Qi had been determined to capture Zi Hao, even if she didn't like him at all.

The emperor would often give some tribute tea and other tributes to the princes and ministers as a reward. The rewards of the other mansions were all sent by the female history, but the rewards to His Royal Highness King An were all sent by Su Qi himself. Her little caution is not understood by others, but Yimei can see it through, but she is very happy for Su Qi. Because she thinks that Su Qi really likes Zihao, and at the same time she is very happy to see it.

"This is Mansong tea, this is Junshan Maojian, and this is Meijiang Cuipian. Su Qiyi pointed to the three pots of tea leaves on the table and said to Zihao, "These are specially selected by me from the tribute tea given by the next gift, I hope you can like it." Su Qi deliberately did not call him "His Highness". How do you know that Zihao's etiquette is not half a centimeter bad and refuses people for thousands of miles, "Zihao thanked the aunt in charge!" In fact, Zihao had already noticed her intentions in the face of Su Qi, who had lost her honor many times. Sure enough, he then clearly refused: "In the future, just let the errand maids do these things, and you don't need to bother your aunt to run it herself." ”

"It's okay, I like to come to His Highness anyway. In this respect, Su Qi is indeed still the same little girl, and it is difficult to hear the off-strings in other people's words.

"As a foreman, my aunt should put Your Majesty first in everything, and I am afraid that it is not in accordance with the rules and regulations to enter and leave the prince's mansion from time to time. After finding that beating around the bush didn't work, Zihao simply put away the kindness on his face and became cold. Su Qi still wanted to argue, "But I ......" King An had already arched his hand and said, "Zihao send aunt!"

At this moment, Su Qi realized that his noise looked so out of place in the huge palace.

Su Qi, who came out of King An's mansion, was like a peony flower that had suffered from wind and frost, and he was depressed. When she arrived at the palace, she was listless, and she happened to bump into Yimei, who came back from King Ying's mansion with a spring equinox face. Yimei greeted Su Qi warmly, but she gave a blank "um" and continued to walk forward. Yi Meileng paused for a moment and then reacted back, when Su Qi had already walked away, she chased after her and asked a few questions about what was wrong. Su Qi still had empty eyes and didn't respond, and she didn't come back to her senses until Yi Mei pulled her.

"What's going on? The three souls are gone, as if the seven spirits are gone. ”

"Sister, why does King Ying like you so much, and King An doesn't even want to look at me more?"

Yimei couldn't help but tease her, "Yo, it seems that our little girl is really spring-hearted!"

Su Qi angrily brushed Yimei's hand away and said angrily, "Sister is so bad, she still makes fun of others at this time." "Let's keep going.

"I didn't make fun of you, sister, I'm happy for you. ”

As soon as Su Qi heard this, he was immediately deflated, and his tone was as weak as water, "Sister, did you say that King An thinks I'm too noisy?" Su Qi's thinking reacted very quickly, and the words fell here, and he thought of a new question over there, and exclaimed, "He shouldn't like you, sister, right?!" Yimei shook her head helplessly and smiled, "Oops", she didn't know what Su Qi's little head was thinking. It's funny and a little pitiful.

"Then my sister won't like King An, right?"

Yimei was even more helpless, "The more you talk about this little girl, the more you go too far! How can I like him, no!"

"That's good!" Su Qi suddenly changed his mood, and walked forward with a smile and stride. But as soon as she walked to the place where she couldn't see Yimei, her face immediately retracted. She had already thought a lot on the road just now, and she suddenly realized that in the past, whenever Yimei was present, Zihao's eyes always followed her figure.

It's just that everything is just speculation.

His Majesty's birthday is approaching soon, and the palace and outside the palace are busy preparing for the birthday ceremony. No one has the time or energy to think about anything else. The princes also prepared their birthday gifts in their mansions and had no time to enter the palace.

On the day of the birthday ceremony, the palace city was lit up with lights, and the sheng sang and danced. During the day, the state banquet of the emperor and important ministers is set up in the Taiji Palace, and at night, the family banquet of the emperor and his relatives is set up in the Taikang Palace.

"Zihao is sixteen years old this year, right?" His Majesty the Emperor of the Third Circuit put down the golden cup and asked.

"Back to my father, yes. Zihao bowed.

"When I was sixteen years old, I gave birth to your two royal sisters. His Majesty the Emperor took another sip of his wine glass and sighed, and then said: "It seems that I have no hope of holding the emperor and grandson by relying on you alone, and I still have to rely on me to give marriage." Others, especially Ziluo, were happy for Zihao, but Zihao was startled. He hurriedly left the seat and bowed and knelt down and replied: "Father Emperor Mingjian, the son already has someone he likes." ”

The people at the banquet were pleasantly surprised, and His Majesty the Emperor asked happily: "Is it? ”

"Erchen is bold. Zihao bowed his head and said, "This matter is still wishful thinking on the part of the son, so I want to ask my father if you don't want to give the marriage to the son-in-law to handle it personally?"

His Majesty the Emperor laughed, a real laugh from the heart. He relaxed and leaned back on the dragon chair, "It seems that this woman must be extraordinary to let my son treat her very specially." Just do as you say!"

"Son, thank you, Father, Emperor Longen!" Zihao looked at Yimei a few times at the foot of the hall intentionally or unintentionally at the moment he got up. All this, no one else noticed, but it just seemed to fly over on purpose into Su Qi's eyes.

The heart, too, seemed to have a spike on it at that moment.

The birthday banquet did not end until the fourth watch, and the princes who had drunk too much were arranged to rest in another palace. But Zihao, who looks drunk, is more sober than anyone else.

Early the next morning, the female historians of the Imperial Tea Bureau went one by one to deliver sobering tea to the princes and princesses of the other palace. Yimei first went to the palace where Ziluo lived, and learned that he was still sleeping, so he put down the sobering tea and left. Then there was the palace where Zihao lived, but he didn't expect that he had already gotten up and was reading. He was extremely happy to see Yi Mei, and her usually stiff face melted, "Are you here?" Yi Mei said while taking out the tea bowl from the basket, "The slave maid was ordered to bring sobering tea to His Highness." ”

"Didn't I tell you that you don't have to use honorifics when speaking in front of me. Zihao stood up, took the sobering tea, drank it, tilted his head to look out the window, and asked, "The weather is good, why don't you accompany me to the garden?" Yimei didn't speak, but took a step back to the side and let Zihao go first. Compared with Yimei and Ziluo, and relative to Su Qi and Zihao, they are more like friends who are as light as water.

Autumn traces have been left everywhere in the garden, and it is brilliant and gentle. Zihao walked under a pomegranate tree full of fruits, and while reaching out to pick pomegranates, he casually asked, "How are you doing in the palace recently?" Yimei saw Zihao so relaxed and became a lot more relaxed, "It's not bad, you're doing well." I heard that there is a woman I like?" Zihao just picked a pomegranate, turned around and held it in his hand, and his expression couldn't tell whether it was pleasure or a hint of embarrassment. Yimei's curiosity increased, "Which daughter are you?"

Zihao was still embarrassed to smile and not speak.

"Could it be the lady of the British Gong Yang family?" Yimei had heard that King An and the Yang family had a friendship before.

Zihao put the pomegranate to his nose and sniffed it, ready to peel it off, and replied unhurriedly: "No!"

"Isn't it Jiang Shangshu's daughter? I heard that young lady has always liked His Highness!"

Zihao was so frightened that he shook his head and denied it.

"Who the hell is that, let me hear it?" Yimei knows that there are only a few ladies.

"Actually, have you ever thought that person is in the palace?" Zi Hao asked as he took a step closer to Yimei and handed her half of the pomegranate. Yi Mei was very surprised, "In the palace?" After a pause, she asked, "Is it a female history?" Yi Mei pondered for a while and suddenly exclaimed, "Ah, it's Su Qi!"

Zihao was a little impatient and said a few "no" in a row, which scared Yimei a lot. He approached Yimei step by step, and the faint fragrance of tea on Yimei's body entered his nose little by little. Zihao was a little confused, "You, did you ever think that person would be you?"

"Huh?" Yimei was so frightened that she stumbled back and took a step.

Zihao stretched out his hand and pulled her and asked a little disappointedly, "Can't you see it at all?" Yimei still didn't come back to her senses in shock, "No, I, you, how could it be?"

"If you've never thought about it before, think about it now!"

In addition to the abundant fruits, the cold wind, and the falling leaves in the autumn garden, there is also a pair of hateful eyes staring at Zihao and Yimei in the hidden corner.