The sky dawned, and the morning sun pierced through the clouds, sprinkling a large area of faint gold, making the gold brick glazed tiles of the palace more dazzling. The winding paths and winding corridors shaded by evergreens are also beginning to come alive.

Concubine Yu Shufei was dressed in a dark green plum blossom brocade dress, with a complex bun on her head, decorated with dazzling pearls and emeralds. She kept a smile on her face, and walked along the winding cobblestone road accompanied by Wenyu with great interest.

"Sister, I'm so interested!" a pretended bewitching voice came from behind without warning.

Concubine Yu Shu stopped and turned sideways slightly, "Wan Meiren..."

Wanmei is in her early twenties, wearing a purple embroidered satin shirt, full of pearls, and her face is like a peach blossom. Wanmei walked up to Concubine Yu Shu and owed her body, "Sister is fine." ”

"Excuse me. Concubine Yu Shufei waved her hand, a smile appeared on her face, and she put on a high-minded look, "Seeing that my sister looks good, it must have happened to a good thing." ”

"What my sister said is that I don't have to go to Weining Palace every day to ask the queen for peace recently, so I am naturally relaxed. Sister, do you say so?" Wan Meiren smiled undiminishedly.

Concubine Yu Shu stared at Wan Meiren tightly, "My sister is really joking, although the status of the queen is not as good as before, but there should still be a number of courtesies, the queen is in charge of the six palaces, how can you and I criticize behind this?"

Wanmeiren's face changed greatly, "What my sister taught me is that my sister wrote it down." ”

Concubine Yu Shufei helped the golden hairpin on her hair bun, "The palace is tired, go back and rest first, sister is free." ”

Wan Meiren leaned over, and immediately stood up straight when she saw Concubine Yu walking away, her originally beautiful eyes were dyed with a little anger, and she couldn't help but scolded in a low voice: What are you pretending? !

Cuihuan, the personal palace maid, echoed, "Niangniang is not angry, Concubine Yu Shufei is just pretending to be in front of people and establishing a fake prestige, now that there is no Prime Minister's Mansion in charge, the fall of the queen is a matter of time or time, she is so good to climb the pole." ”

After listening to Cuihuan's persuasion, Wanmeiren's mood seemed to be better, and at this time, the morning breeze was blowing, setting off a trace of coolness, Cuihuan reminded, "Niangniang, the wind is blowing." Slave maid accompany you back to the palace!"

"Let's go!" Wan Meiren flicked her sleeves and walked away quickly.

Not far away, under the cover of the hundred-year-old pine, the chief eunuch He Sheng accompanied Zhu Xingzhan and took in the full view of this scene, He Sheng looked at Zhu Xingzhan's increasingly gloomy face, and hurriedly pleaded, "The slave should die." ”

Zhu Xingzhan ignored He Sheng's words of guilt, and only asked coldly, "What is the name of the palace maid next to Wanmeiren?"

"Back to Your Majesty, she is a personal palace maid of a graceful beauty, her name is Cuihuan. ”

"Cuihuan..."Zhu Xingzhan frowned, "Find a place where no one is around, and beat it to death!"

"Yes. The slave and maid will do it. ”

East Palace Study

The sun is beautiful, the breeze is blowing, a pot of hot tea, and the fragrance of tea wafts, Zhu Luoyun buried his head in the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in front of the case, and wrote on the white rice paper, with a solemn expression.

The faint sound of footsteps sounded in his ears, Zhu Luoyun just frowned, and did not react, until a majestic and deep voice came, "The prince is working harder and harder." ”

Zhu Luoyun's hand holding the pen paused slightly, trying to control the remaining ink from the tip of the pen from dripping onto the rice paper, then stood up and tidied up his clothes, bypassed the bookcase and walked in front of Zhu Xingzhan, "Erchen meets my father." ”

Zhu Xingzhan grabbed him and stopped him from kneeling, he clearly felt that Zhu Luoyun's arm was a little stiff, and he sighed lightly and said, "Don't be nervous, I just came to see you." ”

"Thank you, Father. Zhu Luoyun breathed a sigh of relief, but in the blink of an eye, he inadvertently saw Zhu Xingzhan's slightly dark face, lowered his head slightly, and couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

Zhu Xingzhan didn't pay attention to the ups and downs in his heart, and went straight to the bookcase to pick up an article he was writing, full of neat pen and ink, reasonable arguments and views, euphemistic words, and a clear analysis of the current situation. The key is not to shy away from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and only lightly touched the incident with the sentence 'May the family and country be harmonious...'.

Zhu Xingzhan was angry and laughing, looking up at his more and more mature son, he had mixed feelings in his heart, he was no longer the boy who sneaked out of the palace, willfully broke into the rivers and lakes, and made friends at will. The fight in the shadows is cruel after all.

After the waiter came to serve tea, he quietly retreated and closed the door. Zhu Xingzhan sat down in front of the tea table and waved his hand to Zhu Luoyun, who was still in a saluting posture, "Come and sit! ”

The heat rises slowly, and a cup of tea has a hint of bitterness, but it leaves a fragrance between the lips and teeth. Zhu Xingzhan didn't speak, he took the first step to pick up the teapot and pour tea for the empty teapot in front of Zhu Luoyun. Zhu Luoyun hurriedly caught it with both hands and exhaled deeply, "Father and Emperor are here, do you have something to ask?"

Zhu Xingzhan stared at Zhu Luoyun and said straight to the point, "Have you visited your queen mother recently?"

Zhu Luoyun held the teacup tightly and said calmly, "Erchen has visited, but every time the queen mother rests, Erchen is inconvenient to disturb. As he spoke, he sighed slightly, "It's not the right time for Erchen to go." ”

Zhu Xingzhan was noncommittal, raised his eyes to look at Zhu Luoyun's complexion, and couldn't see anything wrong, "The imperial doctor diagnoses the pulse every day, saying that your queen mother is in good health, and it will be your mother's birthday in half a month, so you will go to Weining Palace to join in the fun!"

"Thank you for your understanding. After Zhu Luoyun thanked him, he asked tentatively, "Isn't my father going?"

Zhu Xingzhan looked inexplicable, "I'm not here, you can relax a little." ”

Zhu Luoyun's brows tightened, and sweat oozed slightly from the palm of the hand holding the teacup. Zhu Xingzhan deliberately ignored the flicker in his eyes, and asked casually, "How long has it been since the prince left the palace?"

"Back to my father, my sons haven't gone out for a few years, and the farthest is to practice riding and archery in the hunting ground. ”

Zhu Xingzhan remembered the correspondence between the prince and the Prime Minister's Mansion presented by Xu Xiangkun, and there was a secret report that the prince secretly went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to talk secretly with Wan Ziyu, and more than once, his brows frowned slightly, "Really?"

I don't know why, after a cup of hot tea, Zhu Luoyun still felt a chill coming out of his bones, and in the face of Zhu Xingzhan's questioning gaze, he couldn't help but shudder, and after stabilizing his breathing, he replied, "Erchen doesn't dare to deceive his father." ”

Zhu Xingzhan seemed to be smiling, "It was I who managed you too strictly, thus neglecting your spare life." Ten days later, on the birthday of the first emperor, I will go out of the palace to the Guangfang Temple to pray for blessings, and the prince will also go with me!"

Guangfang Temple is a royal temple, and during the New Year's holidays, the emperor will go to pray for blessings in order to pray for the peace of the country and the people.

Zhu Luoyun's heart sank, and before he could come back to his senses, Zhu Xingzhan continued, "During this period, you don't have to follow me all the time, you can take a walk around casually, buy some fresh things and bring them back to Weining Palace, your queen mother is also happy to watch." When you are in a good mood, your body can heal as soon as possible. ”

Leaving the palace to pray for blessings is an unchanging rule for thousands of years, and the prince is also justified in accompanying him, Zhu Luoyun can't refuse at all, but he also understands that Zhu Xingzhan wants to take the opportunity to test him to see if he has crossed the rules when he leaves the palace. After facing Zhu Xingzhan's burning gaze at Shang Shang at the next moment, he responded calmly, "Erchen obeys the order." ”

Half an hour later, Zhu Xingzhan drove out of the East Palace and returned to the imperial study, the first thing Zhu Xingzhan did was to throw all the correspondence between Zhu Luoyun and Wan Ziyu into the brazier and burn them out.

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On the third pole of the day, the streets of Wei'an City gradually became lively, and the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion were also very strict, Li Zifeng took a lot of effort to quietly leave the house, and the hurried figure blended into the bustling crowd.

After the work of the half-pillar incense, Li Zifeng returned to the Yueming Inn, avoided the surveillance of a group of secret guards in the dark pavilion, quickly climbed over the wall from the backyard, pretended to be an ordinary merchant who came to the backyard to go to the latrine, and generously came out of the latrine, preparing to return to the wing room on the second floor.

"Li Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't come unharmed. ”

A deep voice sounded in his ears like a thunderbolt, Li Zifeng's body stiffened, and his eyes suddenly tightened. Subconsciously clenched the hilt of the short sword inserted in his waist.

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