Chapter 40 Radish and Mutton Soup (2) (1)
Chu Qin also drank a bowl happily. The white radish cut into small squares becomes soft when touched between the teeth, and the package is full of fragrance.
After another burst of thunder, it was extremely cold everywhere. Pei Yan froze there, suddenly looked at Chu Qin, Qingqiu Qingquan stared at Pei Yan, although he didn't dare to show anything on his face, he hated Chu Qin in his heart.
Xiaozhang is a good brother. Seeing this awkward situation, he silently saluted and hurried away to protect Yuner.
In the dead silence of the whole room, Pei Yan and Chu Qin looked at each other for a long time, and finally said hoarsely: "You, what did you say? No..."
Chu Qin's thin lips were tightly pressed into a line, and he said nothing.
Pei Yan finally calmed down, waved his hand and retreated from Qingqiu Qingquan, and even Wang Yu also withdrew. He walked to the door a few steps, closed the door, turned back to Chu Qin, took a deep breath: "I don't know what you heard from others. I brought back an outer room, but not my own outer room, it was Huo Huo. Qi."
Chu Qin was stunned: "What?"
"Huo Qi has entered the imperial prison, you know." Pei Yan said that he was about to get down to business, his voice subconsciously lowered, "Now that His Royal Highness said that he wants to save him, it may not be possible, We don’t even know it in our hearts. This outer room of his… comes from a lower background, and the Earl of Changyi refuses to give her a title. He is afraid that once she is gone, their mother and daughter will not be able to live.”
Chu Qin still stared in astonishment. follow him.
Pei Yan continued: "So he entrusted the mother and son to me. If he returns safely in the future, I will send them back. But if he is really gone...
" Be careful: "Qinqin, I can't see them displaced. If Huo Qi is really gone, the outer room will be called my concubine to the outside world. Those two children, you should be the concubines in our own yard, you don't need to be for them. Why bother, just save their lives."
In addition to his gentle words, he also begged a little, as if he was afraid that Chu Qin would not agree.
Chu Qin heard every word he said clearly, but couldn't react.
——If it's just this, she will naturally agree, it's three lives, including two innocent children.
But ...
she grabbed Pei Yan's sleeve, stared up at him and asked, "What's the name of the outer room? Is it Huahen?"
"You already know this?!" Pei Yan was greatly surprised.
When the incident happened suddenly, he wanted to make it clear to her when he came back, but he didn't expect things to spread not only so quickly, but also so carefully? !
For a moment, he couldn't help but wonder if Huo Qi had lied to him. Many people already knew the details of the flower marks. After thinking about it, he dismissed the idea again - if others really knew, they would not have such a misunderstanding.
Chu Qin couldn't believe it: "Is it Huo Qi's?!"
"Yes." Pei Yan's eyes were full of sincerity. Thinking of what she said a moment ago, he said again, "Qinqin, you can't arbitrarily suspect me about this. The two children, the older one is three years old. If you think I have something before marrying you, I can't explain it. Clear; but the little one is only three or four months old, so you know exactly what I've been doing in these three or four months. If this child is really mine, I won't even look at it, am I a person?"
Chu Qin asked. He opened his mouth, but didn't make a sound, and his mind was in a trance.
——Yes, she knew exactly what he was doing in the past three or four months.
But she didn't know anything in her previous life.
They hadn't seen each other for a month, so he said it was his outer room, and she believed it right away.
When everything was clear, a strong grief surged up without warning, Chu Qin's eyes were red, and he threw himself into Pei Yan's arms regardless, Pei Yan hurriedly hugged her, and he didn't know what happened to her for a while. He hugged her to soothe her: "Okay, okay...don't cry."
Then, he guessed the grievance in his heart, and then he understood why she came over to cook the soup in the rain, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, while holding her tighter: "Qinqin is wronged. It's my fault, it hurts Qinqin. When I was pregnant, I was still thinking wildly, but this happened suddenly, when I heard Huo Qi mention it, my mind was in a mess, I just wanted to get things done quickly, and I was afraid that there would be extra troubles after delaying for a moment, so I didn't care about coming back first." Chu Qin Ben was immersed in the shock of a secret that had been buried for decades, but he couldn't recover. He didn't think about it at all. He was annoyed when he mentioned it, and he punched him hard with his fist: "You bastard. You don't discuss such a big matter with me!" "I was wrong." Pei Yan lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "There will be no next time. " Feeling sad, he just fell into his arms and cried. In fact, in terms of reason, Chu Qin can understand his arrangement. Unlike her, Pei Yan has lived her whole life and already knows many things. He is only eighteen years old now. These recent twists and turns are almost the first major event he has encountered, and it is directly related to the shock of the prince and the court. , How many people can't be confused? In his panic, he could immediately think that it was not easy to make up an identity to help cover up their mother and son. But this sanity didn't keep her from getting angry. She felt that she was like a fool in her previous life, and her blindness just now was not worth it. This kind of "worthless" can't be thought deeply. The slightest movement in her mind will make her feel that her previous life is not worth it from beginning to end. Many things that they can explain themselves, they haven't said, and they have lived in confusion for decades. She cried more and more fiercely, and Pei Yan knew that the arrangement was not right, so he had to apologize again and again in a good voice. After so long, Chu Qin somehow stopped crying. His thumb caressed her cheek carefully, she raised her face, looked at the poor man with tears all over her face, her eyes were still a little swollen, using the last remaining uneasiness to drag him into a small temper: "It really has nothing to do with you. ?you swear."
"I swear." Pei Yan raised his hand with a smile and raised three fingers, "I, Pei Yan, if I have a relationship with Huahen and the two children, then I will be sent to prison for Huo Qi, and I will be sent to the late autumn after the autumn. If you die, your bones will be ashes after you die."
He said so ruthlessly, showing no guilty conscience.
Chu Qin burst into laughter, rubbed in his arms, and then went out: "Let's go back."
Pei Yan said "um", but asked someone to prepare a sedan chair. Chu Qin said no, he still stubbornly sent Wang Yu to go, turned around and touched her forehead: "It's not allowed to run outside like this on rainy days in the future, even if you don't have children, you can't get wet like this."
Chu Qin replied dully. He said "Oh", waited for the sedan chair to arrive, and sat on it obediently.
The road in the house is not as wide as the street, and the sedan chairs that can walk in the house are small and can only be seated by one person. Pei Yan then went straight to the main courtyard, walking faster than Chu Qin. When Chu Qin entered the door, he had already changed his clothes behind the screen.
Only then did Chu Qin notice that there were many mud spots on the hem of his robe, and when he reached out to touch it, the bottom half was almost wet, so it could be seen that he was drenched when he came back.
Chu Qin couldn't help feeling guilty for a while, and stuck out his tongue to the clothes secretly. Then he threw down his clothes, looked towards the screen, and probed beside the screen -
Pei Yan was wearing only these obscene trousers all over his body, and when he saw someone approaching, he subconsciously ducked back. Turning to see that it was her, his smile was still a little stiff: "Go and take a break."
"I'll help you." After she stepped into the screen, she reached out to get the handkerchief from the copper basin.
Pei Yan rushed back all the way. Not only was it raining, but he was also sweating. He had to wipe it off before changing clothes. She walked into him with the handkerchief in her hand, but he couldn't help the ground turn red. She glanced at him and blushed as well.
——Two people have been husband and wife for so long, it should be natural for her to ask questions like this, but now that she is so blushing, she remembers that she has never seen him that much.
Of course she had seen him without clothes, but it was all on the bed; if he was standing upright in the room, he should have at least one nightgown.
But now, his upper body was so dignifiedly displayed in front of her, from the contours of his back to the edges and corners of his abdomen. She saw that her cheeks were hot, and she wanted to avoid her crampedly, but she couldn't help but look one more time, then another...
Her expression made Pei Yan, who blushed a step ahead, calm down first. Looking at her appearance, he felt more and more amused. He reached out and grabbed her wrist and pressed it directly on his chest: "I already have children, you look funny and I don't know well."
Chu Qin: "..."
He added: "If you want to see it, look generously, and if you want to touch it, you can touch it generously. I am your husband, why are you hiding?"
Chu Qin choked and nodded silently: "It makes sense."
Then she decided After regaining his composure, Yi Inch raised his dodging gaze and looked at it generously.
Pei Yan didn't expect her to turn her head to look so openly, so she couldn't help laughing again, she stared at him earnestly, and circled around him: "My husband is so beautiful."
"My wife is too . Nice." He answered quickly.
After he changed his clothes and rested for a while, the mutton soup was brought over from the dining room. Pei Yan knew that it was stewed by Chu Qin. He didn't expect how good his cooking skills were, but after tasting it, he couldn't help but praise: "It's so fresh."
Chu Qin smiled contentedly when he saw that he liked to drink.
But this is not actually her credit, most of which is attributed to the mutton.
The mutton is so amazing. If the meat is tender and fresh enough, it can be cooked with simple seasonings. Take this soup as an example, the process at the front couldn't be simpler, but it was delicious when stewed, and even the radish that was thoroughly stewed with the mutton was full of flavor. But if the meat itself is not good, it is difficult for even the best cooks to cook it into delicious food, and the fishy smell cannot be removed.
Chu Qin also drank a bowl happily. The white radish cut into small squares becomes soft when touched between the teeth, and the package is full of fragrance. The mutton also smashed as soon as it was bitten, and the little green onions sprinkled on it were beautiful, just to enhance the freshness, and the delicious hot soup poured down the throat, just to dispel the chill that had just been soaked in the rain.
But after only two bites, Chu Qin remembered the big event he mentioned just now, hurriedly called Qingqiu, and ordered: "Put some of this soup, and send some to Huahen and the two children, and An's side also Give me a cup. And my parents..." Halfway through, she paused, then shook her head, "Forget it, my parents are getting old, and drinking sheep soup at night is afraid of getting angry. You let the pantry In addition, let's go over with two cups of soup."
"No." Qingqiu replied with a low eyebrow, but when she was retreating, Chu Qin saw that she couldn't bear and gave Pei Yan a hard look.
Chu Qin didn't say anything, but raised his eyebrows. Pei Yan, who had his back to Qingqiu, laughed softly as if he had grown back eyes. He turned his head and saw that Qingqiu had already gone out, then turned back and said, "It's good, it means that the people around you are loyal to you."
Chu Qin blinked, leaned closer, held his cheeks and asked, "Who else knows about this besides me now?"
"Huo Qi knows." " Bullshit
!" Chu Qin stared, "Where are the others?" She
put a piece of hot and fragrant white radish in her mouth: "No more."
She was stunned: "Then don't say it? My parents..."
"Don't say it." He sighed, "In the end The relationship is very important, and many people know about it. I'm afraid that the matter will not be covered up, but will cause trouble for the whole family. You might as well hide it first. Since then, Waidu feels that the adults and children belong to me, and they can live peacefully."
"Then... let's do it." Chu Qin nodded slowly, but there was still hesitation on his face.
Pei Yan said bluntly: "What doubts do you have? Say it."
"It's nothing." Chu Qin lowered his head and pursed his lips, "After all, my parents are here, I'm just afraid that my father will hear about this... I am so angry. "
" Just beat it, I don't get wronged. "Pei Yan said a little annoyed, whispered," This Huo Qi, alas ... "
" Forget it, don't think about it. " Chu Qin shook his head, "This is the end of the matter, we can only take one step at a time. I hope he can get out of the prison well."
Having said that, Chu Qin privately felt that Huo Qi should not be able to get out.
Because he died in his last life, Huahen's two children became Pei Yan's "sons". Even if she has changed a lot of things in her life, there is no reason to change it to Huo Qi.
In this way, Chu Qin slept in Pei Yan's arms as usual amid the endless thunder and rain.
But at dawn the next day, they came in before they got up in Qingqiu, standing outside the bed tent and dare not lift up and said, "My lord heard... I heard about what happened last night, and threw the tea cup directly, eldest lady. You are so angry that you can't speak. Madam, go and have a look. Auntie An was talking back and forth, saying that Auntie had agreed with the eldest lady, and today she will help the child in your belly make some small clothes together, but she is in a hurry. Even if she scolded her together, she didn't dare to leave..."
Chu Qin was dumbfounded. It was inevitable that the parents would be angry when they suddenly heard of such a change. She had expected it, and no one could bear the grievances of their daughter under their noses. But Auntie An would be implicated, but she didn't expect it. She couldn't help crying out for Auntie An, and then she touched Pei Yan: "I'll go take a look first, you can just go to the East Palace with peace of mind."
"Okay." Pei Yan smiled and yawned, then got up. Chu Qin sat in front of the dressing table to dress up, Qingqiu stared at the mirror, seeing that Pei Yan had gone to the screen to change his clothes, he said without saying a word: "The lady is still so kind to the son, the child over there is so old, the lady just treats her like this. This matter is over?"
"Then why not." Chu Qin raised his eyes to look at her in the mirror, and smiled nonchalantly, "In his capacity, there will always be a concubine, and he will bring back a concubine who has already given birth. What's the matter?"
She said it quite like that, as if it wasn't her who was crying in Pei Yan's arms last night.
Pei Yanli could hear clearly behind the screen. He wanted to laugh but couldn't make a sound, so he could only stare at the roof to soothe his emotions.
About three quarters later, the husband and wife went out the door separately. When Pei Yan was about to rush to the East Palace, Chu Qin went to the East Courtyard.
As soon as he entered the gate of the East Courtyard, Chu Qin saw Mrs An kneeling in the courtyard.
She hurriedly went to help her, and the moment her fingers touched An Shi, An Shi's slender shoulders shuddered, and when she looked up, she sighed heavily: "Madam..."
"Get up." Chu Qin He glanced at the house while helping her, and asked in a low voice, "How is it?"
"I don't know..." An shi lowered his head, "As soon as the concubine entered the door, she was scolded by the adults. It sounds like... ...The popularity is so dizzy that I can't even go to the Ministry of Household today, and someone has already filed a leave of absence."
"I see, you can go back first." Chu Qin patted her hand, "If you feel uneasy, you can Go to the main courtyard and wait for me, it's alright."
"Thank you madam." Mrs An lowered her eyes and shrank back. Chu Qin took a deep breath, stepped forward to the door, stepped into the main room and listened. In the bedroom, her mother was persuading her father: "If you are angry, you will be angry. What do you do with Gu Yu? This child is a sensible person and has helped me recently. A lot of work."
Chu Yun was still blowing his beard and staring: "I didn't embarrass her, she was going to kneel there herself! Is it possible that I should persuade me?!"
"You're scaring people to death, Qin'er will be scared to see it, not to mention her?" Madam Guo glanced at her husband reproachfully, and then sighed herself, "However, is Pei Yan doing this? Authentic. Qin'er is pregnant now, if he wants to see Mrs An, we can't stop him, but he wants to get another outer room, alas..." Mrs. Guo slapped her thigh angrily, "Then I already have two children in the house. It can be seen that they have been raised outside for several years. I don't understand. Why does he have to bring people back now? Why is it urgent? Can't we talk about it next time? How can a person who looks at a lot of sides on weekdays be so confused about this kind of thing! In case Qin'er has any mistakes, this..."
"Father, mother." Chu Qin lowered his eyes and walked towards the threshold , the room was full of anger.
The husband and wife looked at each other, and Mrs. Guo reluctantly put on a smile: "I was talking about seeing you in a while, but you woke up early. You..."
Mrs. Guo looked at her with trepidation as she spoke.
Chu Qin bowed his head and stepped forward, holding his mother's hand, and smiled: "Mother don't worry about me, I have heard what Pei Yan said, I... don't blame Pei Yan." The
husband and wife exchanged glances silently. , Chu Yun restrained a bit of anger, and sat up from the bed: "It's not that my parents are unreasonable, but I'm just angry that he brought people back at this time! You clearly know that you are pregnant with a child!"
"My daughter understands." Chu The smile on Qin's face remained the same, she sat next to her father and said slowly, "But people are already here, when will they come back, what's the difference? Besides, those two children..." She paused, "Big The one from the other side is already three years old, so it can be seen that long before me and Pei Yan got married, the two of them already had a relationship. If he ignores the old man for me now, this person is so ruthless and frightening. Therefore, parents don't I'm angry, as long as Pei Yan treats me well in the future, I can tolerate their mother and son."
She said these words calmly, without any dissatisfaction.
—— Of course there is no dissatisfaction, because she knows the secret behind this in her heart. As for these words, she groped for the thoughts that she had persuaded herself in her previous life, and it sounded quite decent.
The faces of Chu Yun and Mrs. Guo were still very ugly. The silence lasted for a long time. Mrs. Guo saw that Chu Yun's anger was still surging. Go out: "Go, mother will accompany you to have breakfast."
Chu Qin shook her mother's hand instead: "Mom, stay with Daddy for a while, my daughter is fine." As she spoke, she evoked a wisp of laughter, that relaxed look was really better than Chu Yun's.
But Mrs. Guo was naturally more worried about her. Just as she was about to persuade her again, Chu Qin said again: "Daddy and mother have dinner first, and I'll go and see the flower marks first."
Instead, Mrs. Guo choked. Although she was unhappy in her heart, it was not easy for her to follow Chu Qin to see the flower marks. And because of Chu Qin's identity here, she couldn't stop Chu Qin from seeing him.
Chu Qin just left like this. Madam Guo felt a little better when she saw her unconcerned appearance, but when she sat by the bed, she still sighed: "Alas..."
She slowly shook her head, After being silent for a long time, he murmured to himself, "I shouldn't have handed her over to my mother. She has been taught to be such a submissive person."
Guo Ji's goddaughter's way, Mrs. Guo is her My own daughter knows it too well. It's just that Mrs. Guo has a tough temper, and she hears those words from her left ear and right ear, and because she is not affected too much, she takes it for granted that her daughter will not suffer any loss.
Who would have thought that in just three years, Chu Qin had been taught to be like this—what did he say he didn't care? Yesterday, the person next to the pillow who was tender and sweet, suddenly brought back two children in the outer room today. Mrs. Guo doesn't believe that no one cares.
In her opinion, instead of suffering like this, Chu Qin might as well have a fight with Pei Yan!
Chu Yun, who was originally angry, suddenly heard her mention Guo Ji's, and couldn't help but startled. Then the anger dissipated and turned into a ray of distress. He stretched his arms around his wife: "Don't think about that."
At that time, they left Chu Qin alone, because Chu Qin was not in good health at that time, and they were afraid that she would not be able to bear the bumps of returning to her hometown to go to the funeral. If they knew that this was the case, they would definitely take her with them.
But now, it's too late to say that. Their parents cannot change the past, they can only help their children plan for the future.
Chu Yun let out a long sigh: "Fortunately... we live here now, even if Pei Yan has someone else in his heart, he can't do too much. But, alas..." He shook his head repeatedly, "Let's coax Qin'er first. "
In the afternoon, the fast horse stepped through the mountains and forests on the outskirts of Beijing regardless of the wind and rain, and galloped all the way to the north.
In fact, he had been out of the palace since yesterday evening, rushing non-stop, rushing through the night and day, and then rushed into the palace gate in the evening of the next day. The guards stationed at the gate of the palace saw his clothes, but before he could stop him, he turned over and dismounted, and ran in without stopping for half a step.
In this way, he did not slow down until he was in front of Qingliang Hall, breathing calmly, and walking forward with low eyebrows.
When the eunuch guarding the gate of the palace saw that someone was coming from the East Palace, he immediately folded into the palace, not daring to disturb the holy car, so he invited Liang Yucai, who was in charge of the imperial front, to come out.
Liang Yucai also rushed back to the palace about two hours ago. Hearing that the prince had sent someone here, he couldn't help but hurriedly greeted him and stepped forward to block the person's way.
The man didn't intend to enter the hall, but when he saw Liang Yucai, he politely handed him the memorial in his hand.
Liang Yucai nodded, didn't say a word, and then turned back, but Yu Guang couldn't help looking to the side, seeing that the man was gone, he avoided the person and opened the memorial and glanced, suddenly cold sweat broke out.
For his sake, the eunuch was also qualified to read the memorial. He roughly judged the priorities before presenting them to His Majesty, and the important political dignitaries were handed over as soon as possible.
So his cold sweat was not because of a guilty conscience from reading the memorial, but just because of what was written in the memorial. But no matter how much he complained in his heart, he couldn't hold down the prince's discount, so he had to bite the bullet and enter the palace.
In the Qingliang Hall, the outer hall and the inner hall were empty, and the emperor was eating in the sleeping hall. There was a large rectangular table in the bedroom, full of delicacies and delicacies. The emperor used it without saying a word, but Yu Guang suddenly saw Liang Yucai holding this memorial and put down his chopsticks.
If it is important, the memorial will not be sent to him at this time.
He then asked, "What's the matter?"
Liang Yucai said firmly: "It's the book of His Royal Highness."
After that, he took a few steps forward. When there were two steps left, the emperor stretched out his hand and took the book.
Liang Yucai only felt that his hand was empty, and the anxiety in his heart suddenly rose to the extreme. It stands to reason that this is not the time for him to talk too much, but after weighing it a few times, he still whispered: "Slave... I know what Your Highness means, and I also instructed His Highness to act cautiously." The
implication, the Prince Now, the matter of the Beijing-Central garrison is still sparse, but it has nothing to do with him at all! The emperor asked him to pass a decree to tell the prince not to meddle in his own business, and he brought it!
However, before he finished speaking, he heard the emperor laugh loudly: "Hahahahaha-"
Liang Yucai was horrified, but after a short suffocation, he felt that something was wrong.
He raised his head, the emperor's laughter was over, but the smile on his face still did not dissipate. Not only that, Liang Yucai also felt that his eyes seemed to be clearer.
Liang Yucai was not surprised, half could not believe that he had served in front of the emperor for most of his life, and still had the wrong idea, and half was even more curious, wondering what the emperor meant.
But the emperor ignored him for a while, and continued reading the memorial while eating the diced chicken on the plate in front of him.
Then Liang Yucai heard him say: "Today's chicken dish is well done."
"Slave wrote it down." Liang Yucai hurriedly said.
If you can get such a sentence from the emperor, the cook will be rewarded.
But Liang Yucai felt that no matter how he looked at it, the cook seemed to have picked up a bargain for nothing.
That is a Kung Pao Chicken, a dish that the chefs in the palace can cook with their eyes closed, what kind of exotic flavors can they make? !
He teased and waited with his eyes down. Finally, when the emperor finished reading the book, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Look at this memorial written by the prince, this style, this style of writing..."
Liang Yucai Dare not say a word.
"Haha." The emperor couldn't help laughing again, and tapped his fingers on the page, "Look, he also scolded me a couple of times."
Liang Yucai lowered his head.
The emperor, who was originally in a good mood, found that the surroundings were too quiet, and finally glanced at him: "Why don't you speak?"
"...Your Majesty." Liang Yucai cautiously said, "This slave is stupid, I don't understand very well, Your Majesty clearly said that the crown prince will not be allowed to talk about this capital again. Regarding the matter of Zhongweishu, the Crown Prince still went up and down like this, and his words were more severe than the previous one, why is Your Majesty so happy?"
The memorial in the emperor's hand snapped, and looked at him like a fool: "You don't Do you know that I am training the prince?"
"I know." Liang Yucai bowed and thought about it and said honestly, "But I think that at this stage, His Majesty asked the slave to send a message back, and what he wanted to see was that the prince severely judged Huo Qi, and thus Touch Zhang Zongqi, and then find King Li at the back." The
emperor did not deny it: "Yes, I did plan that way. Sitting in this seat, any classmates and brotherhood are not worth mentioning."
Liang Yucai became more and more Puzzled: "Then now..." The
emperor pointed to the memorial in his hand: "He only wants to take away the power of King Li's guard in the capital, but does he care about Huo Qi?"
Liang Yucai then realized: "No wonder."
The emperor continued quietly: "As the Crown Prince, you should know the importance of things. He knows that the defense of the capital is more important than Huo Qi's life, and that's what I want to see."
Liang Yucai bowed in relief: "Congratulations, Your Majesty." After
thinking for a while, he asked carefully, "Then what if His Highness the Crown Prince did not go to this book, nor did he go to trial Huo Qi directly, but Shang Shu made a petition for Huo Qi? The
emperor's eyes suddenly turned cold: "Then, I will kill Huo Qi."
Killing Huo Qi, and then telling the prince clearly about Zhang Zongqi's details is also a way to let him know the cruelty of the court. It's just that, after all, a life was lost in vain, and later he had to work hard to appease the Earl Changyi's mansion.
"Go down." The emperor took another bite of food, and Liang Yucai was about to step back, but was stopped, "Wait."
With that, the emperor handed over the memorial: "I will approve this book in a while. I'm going to send it back to the East Palace, you have to have someone transcribe a copy first, and I will take a good look at it at night."
"..." Liang Yu didn't laugh. The emperor looks like he has acquired a rare and rare calligraphy treasure.
Two days later, the prince got the book that the emperor had approved.
Zhu's comments on the book are concise, and there is only one thing about the defense in Beijing, that is, let him choose another person to replace King Li.
This result made the prince heaved a sigh of relief. Looking further down, the emperor mentioned the matter of Huo Qi again, but he did not say that he was released, but only said that he was thinking of the loyalty of the Earl of Changyi.
The prince was relieved when he saw the words "no trial first", because the torture in the prison was really no joke. Once the trial is over, Huo Qi's half-life is gone.
As for the current closure, he thinks it's fine. Huo Qi's ignorant mouth is undeserving of a lesson. If he can keep his memory in the jail for a while, then keep it closed.
It was the prince who was finally able to read the book for half a day with peace of mind after days of nervousness, and then had a good lunch, then left the palace and drove to the imperial prison.
The royal father said that there was no need for a trial first, but he could see Huo Qi instead. Because of this twists and turns starting from the beginning, he had a suspicion in his heart, and he always felt a little strange.
Huo Qi's mouth was indeed out of tune a lot of the time, and it didn't seem strange that those words had changed his taste when he said those words with so much sophistication. But he went out for a drink, so why would he talk about this in vain? Furthermore, the drunken remarks are not counted, but his remarks spread all over the streets within two days, and the people who dined with him were invisible without exception.
This is not right.
Two quarters later, the prince entered the imperial prison.
When the prince came in person, the prison knelt from the jailer to the prisoners, so quiet that there was no sound. The prince didn't care about other things, and walked straight to Huo Qi's cell, where Huo Qi didn't dare to lift his head and knelt there. The sound of metal colliding when the cell door opened made people panic.
The prince lowered his eyes, as if he hadn't seen him, and walked into the prison without saying a word. After the entourage set the chair, the prince sat down calmly.
"His Royal Highness..." Huo Qi has spent the past few days like a year. He doesn't know what he will wait for tomorrow, and he doesn't know if he can survive.
Now that he saw the prince in front of him, his helplessness became stronger and stronger, and he knelt down there and trembled like a sieve: "I will give your highness... I will cause trouble for your highness."
"It's good to know." He got up and said coldly, "Since you know that you are in trouble, you can say whatever you ask. If you dare to hide it, just think of Earl Changyi's mansion."
Huo Qi shuddered.
Having been by the Prince's side for so long, he had never heard the Prince say such threatening words.
He shrank and said, "I know everything to say..."
The prince said in a deep breath: "Who and where are the people who drank with you that day, you tell Gu one by one.
" In the private room on the second floor of Wangshu Tower. There are also... Zhang Zongqi, Cao Jianming, Wei Zian, and... Hong Shuang and Ni Hongji."
"There are a lot of people." The prince smiled coldly. Then he noticed the one named Wei Zian, and vaguely remembered that he was a sideline clan.
But this one was not listed first. The prince didn't mention anything in front of Huo Xi, but asked him again: "These people are familiar to everyone, they should be officials in the court. You always work in the East Palace, how did you get to know them? "
Yes, I met Zhang Zongqi first..." Huo Qi didn't dare to hide it, and explained his past encounter like a bean in a bamboo tube.
The prince's eyebrows twitched: "I really know how to make friends."
Huo Qi didn't dare to make a sound, and the prince continued: "These people are all Hanlin?"
"Yes..." Huo Qi breathed a sigh of relief. The prince sighed silently, didn't want to stay longer, got up and left. Huo Qi still had something to say, but before he could speak, the prince had already left.
The prince walked out of the prison faster than when he came. Walking out of the gate, it was suddenly bright in front of him, and the noon sun was shining in the sky. The prince looked at the bright sky and calmed down, but he did not directly board the carriage, but walked slowly along the streets and alleys of the imperial city.
There are not many people coming and going in the imperial city, so the palace people have nothing to worry about. Seeing that the prince wanted to be quiet, he followed him from a distance.
At the intersection a few feet away, the prince finally stopped. He looked back, and the eunuch in charge immediately trotted over and bowed to obey.
The prince looked at him and said, "Is Pei Yan still in the East Palace?"
The eunuch glanced at the sky: "It's still early, so it should still be there."
"Okay." The prince nodded, "Go tell him, go to his house alone and wait for him. ."
After the prince finished speaking, he turned around and strode forward and waited in the direction of the carriage not far away. The eunuch was stunned before returning to his senses, and hurriedly went to spread the word.
In the main courtyard of the house, Chu Qin woke up in the afternoon and was leisurely drinking a bowl of sweet and sour iced sour plum soup to relieve the heat, while listening to the ding-dong sound of the ice cubes in the cup.
Hearing Qingqiu's words, Chu Qin spat out a mouthful of sour plum soup!
"Who's here?!" She raised her head, staring at Qingqiu, her eyes full of astonishment, and she didn't even care to wipe her mouth.
Qingqiu was so frightened that his hair was trembling: "Your Highness, the Crown Prince has come down... But His Highness said that he just had something to discuss with the Prince, so he waited in the study, and specially let people know all over the place, saying... I don't even need to welcome you."
Chu Qin calmed down.
It is not surprising that the prince ordered her like this, because the prince has always been easy-going. But the problem is, the most easy-going prince is also the prince, he can not trouble others, but they decided not to pretend not to know him because of this order.
Chu Qin hurriedly got up and glanced at the sour plum soup stained on the skirt: "Help me change clothes. Let Qingquan go to my mother, tell her to rest at ease, and I will go to entertain the prince."
"No." Qingqiu responded while watching With clear eyes, Qingquan immediately led the way.
In the study room of the front house, the prince walked into the room and walked around, then came out frowning.
Pei Yan has always been diligent and diligent in the East Palace. He did not expect that Pei Yan's study would be so... deserted.
It is the unique feeling of desertedness that no one has set foot on for a long time. Although the furniture in the room is complete, there are quite a few books on the bookshelf, and everything is kept clean, it will make people feel that the room has not been used for a long time.
With Pei Yan's temperament, shouldn't it?
With doubts in his heart, the prince sat directly at the dark stone table. The palace servants around him were left outside the house by him, and the one who came to serve tea was a servant in the courtyard, shivering as he walked in front of him.
The prince didn't think he was embarrassed, he just thought it was funny, waited for the little servant to step back, took the tea cup and took a sip.
Then, out of the corner of the eye, he saw a beautiful shadow approaching.
When Chu Qin stepped into the moon gate, he also had a heart hanging. she knows the prince, but there are too many facts recently, and each of them is not good for the prince. Who knows how the prince is feeling now?
Chu Qin involuntarily lowered his gaze so low that he could barely see where the prince was.
I was just about two steps away from the ceremony, but I heard the prince first say: "I heard that the lady is pregnant, so there is no need to be more polite."