The rain poured down, and the North Palace was covered with a thin rain curtain. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The dense rain was like thousands of sharp arrows, shooting towards the envoys of various countries waiting outside the palace gate.

The long queue of more than 100 people waited in front of the palace gate in an orderly manner, and although the eaves of the north palace were very wide, no one dared to go below to take shelter from the rain.

The sharp corners of the vermilion roof stretched out in all directions like sharp claws, and from a distance, it looked like a gluttony with a bloody mouth open, waiting for a feast from afar.

In the past two months, disasters have continued in various places, resulting in a sharp decrease in the number of people in many countries, but the tributes offered by various countries to the Zhou Dynasty are still not missing at all.

"Xuan ...... The envoy of the country of praise enters the palace!"

Hearing a feminine call, the old man at the front of the line was overjoyed, and hurriedly urged his entourage to carry a large box of gold, silver and jewelry into the palace. Before entering the palace, the old man straightened his rain-soaked white hair, glanced at the long queue behind him that was still waiting in the rain, and secretly let out a snicker.

At this time, there was a man and a woman at the end of the line, it was Su Ji and Li Rumei.

Su Ji wore a bronze fox mask on his head, and he was soaked, and the rain flowed down his hair in strands.

Li Rumei was holding an oil-paper fan by herself, her beautiful eyes slowly swept over the bronze mask on Su Ji's face, and said coquettishly: "The pavilion master has finally figured it out." ”

Su Ji looked at the one-foot-square wooden box in his hand, and said lightly: "When I finish sending tribute to you, I will return this mask to you." ”

Li Rumei's pretty face suddenly sank, "That girl is really worth risking your life for the second time?"

"She was sincere in saving me, and now she is in trouble, and I can't sit idly by. ”

"I heard that she offended the Son of Heaven and has been executed in public. How can you be sure she's still alive?"

Su Ji didn't answer, just looked at the wooden box in his hand, and his brows slowly furrowed.

After a long wait, the two men finally came to the front of the line.

"Xuan ...... The envoy of the Shen Kingdom enters the palace!"

The little eunuch shouted this last sentence in a hoarse voice, and immediately smiled with relief, and today's work finally came to an end.

Su Ji clenched his fists, and his reddish eyes contained a killing intent......

The rain became heavier and heavier, and Ji Gongyan couldn't help but shiver. It was the first time he had been arguing fiercely with Xi Bojifu like before. After escaping from the study, it suddenly rained heavily, and he didn't have an umbrella with him, so he had to hide in a nearby pavilion to avoid the rain.

As the saying goes, seeing the mountains is tired of killing horses. At a glance, although the North Palace seemed to be close at hand, it was necessary to walk through at least two squares to walk through. If you wait for the rain to stop and then go, you will definitely miss the ceremony of Shen Guo's dedication, so that Ji Gongyan's previous skipping class will become meaningless.

Today, the attendants in the palace were busy greeting envoys from afar, and the entire imperial city seemed to be extremely deserted, with only a few guards sticking to their respective posts. The most unfortunate were the guards in the middle of the square. They let the rain drench their bodies, but they could only stand still.

Looking at the guards standing guard in the rain, Ji Gongyan's immature lips couldn't help but let out a soft sigh like an old man. Since he was born, he has never experienced a single experience of being in the rain. Rainwater on his clothes is like urine when he urinates.

At this moment, Li Hongxi, who was soaked all the way, rushed into the pavilion and shouted:

"I'm afraid this rain won't stop for a while!

Ji Gongyan glanced at the pouring rain outside, and sighed: "Forget it, the treasures will be seen sooner or later anyway." When the rain stops, I will go and apologize to the Taishi, and by the way, I will help you plead for mercy. ”

Li Hongxi touched his shiny bald head and asked puzzledly, "Your Highness...... You're so afraid of the rain?"

Ji Gongyan pouted, and said unhappily: "I am the prince of the court." My body does not belong to me alone, but to the people of the world. The Taishi once taught me to care about the people in doing things, and I must not be willful. ”

Li Hongxi smiled and said, "Your Highness, didn't you just be willful once?

"I've missed it once, and I can't miss it a second time. ”

Li Hongxi touched his bald head again, and said with a confused expression: "...... I don't understand. ”

Ji Gongne lowered his head and said gloomily: "Actually, I don't understand it very well. It's just that the Queen Mother and the Master taught me that I had to do this. They say that only a person who thinks about the world is qualified to become a prince. ”

Looking at Ji Gongne's regretful expression, Li Hongxi asked, "If His Highness only thinks about the world, then who will think about His Highness's affairs?"

"My business?" Ji Gongnei shook his head, snorted, and said, "You only think about yourself in everything." That's why your father is a minister, and my father is a king. ”

Li Hongxi choked back with a sentence, and his two huge eyes kept turning left and right, as if he was thinking about something.

Ji Gongyu sat in the pavilion and looked out to the north, staring blankly at the palace that had been shrouded in rain and fog so that it was almost invisible.

"Your Highness, you wait, I'll be back right away. Before Ji Gongyan could react, Li Hongxi had already plunged into the rain.

"Where are you going?"

Ji Gongyan's voice was drowned out by the sound of rain, and he had to shake his head in the direction he disappeared.

For a long time, the heavy rain did not stop in the slightest, and Li Hongxi did not come back for a long time.

Beigong may have ended. Ji Gongyan was thinking like this, and suddenly heard a rapid running sound approaching, and Li Hongxi's figure wearing a hat came to Ji Gongyan, with an extra coat on his body.

Looking at Li Hongxi, who came in the rain, Ji Gongyan couldn't help but smile movingly. Li Hongxi also smiled, because he knew that he had made the right decision.

Li Hongxi took off his coat, revealing his shirtless wet upper body, and said eagerly:

"I only found one. Your Highness try to put it on as quickly as possible, otherwise it will be too late. ”

Ji Gongyan hesitated for a moment, took off his coat, and raised it in front of Li Hongxi, who was shirtless.

"Big bald head, you put this on. ”

Li Hongxi looked at the clothes that were much smaller than his body, smiled, and patted his chest, "I have rough skin and thick meat, it doesn't matter." ”

"You don't have any jokes! Now I order you to wear it, this is the king's order!" Ji Gongyan said firmly: "If the monarch is not considerate of the subjects, why should the subjects support him?"

Li Hongxi was slightly stunned, his eyes looked straight at Ji Gongyan, and he couldn't imagine that such a sentence came out of the mouth of an eleven-year-old child. Li Hongxi was both moved and relieved in his heart, thinking that if such a little virtuous monarch was allowed to inherit the throne, the revival of the Zhou family would be just around the corner.

"The subordinates obeyed. Li Hongxi symbolically draped the small dress on his body, and tied his legs together, "His Royal Highness the Prince, you sit tight!"

Ji Gongyan put on his robe, ran to his back at once, lowered the brim of his hat, and said solemnly:

"When there are only two of us, don't call me Your Highness anymore, just call me Gong Yan. This is also the king's order!"

"Yes, Your Highness. No...... Gong Yu, let's go!"

After speaking, Li Hongxi carried Ji Gongyan on his back and braved the pouring rain to go straight to the North Palace.