Cypress Boat Floating

Emperor Da'an has been adhering to the principle of hard work and governing the country since the founding of the country, and has strictly prohibited the pursuit of pleasure. Except for major traditional festivals, people can only take a day off and bathe once every five days. Lu Ciqiu did not attend the court yesterday because he was too tired. In the early morning of this day, he endured the pain all over his body and struggled to get up and go to the court to discuss matters.

After the court meeting was finally over, he hurried to the palace to pay his respects to his father. However, by the time he stepped out of the palace gate, more than a quarter of an hour had passed. When he walked out of the palace, Lu Ci Qiu felt that his legs were almost useless.

"How do you feel?" Lu Zhixing accompanied him and asked while supporting him gently.

"It's okay, it's okay, but my whole body aches and aches. I'll be fine after two more days of rest." With his brother's support, Lu Ci Qiu felt a little more relaxed and shared most of his body weight with Lu Zhixing. In this way, walking was a little easier.

"Did you apply some ointment after returning home?" Lu Zhixing frowned slightly, looking worried.

"Huai Xi has wiped it for me. The injuries to my muscles and bones still need to be healed slowly." The two brothers talked as they walked, without slowing down their pace. In a moment, they arrived at the palace gate and then left separately.

This is the bad thing about the palace. The Da'an Palace is too big, and carriages are not allowed in the palace. People can only travel on foot or in sedan chairs. But except for the crown prince, the several princes who have attended the court have been crowned kings and become subjects. The emperor has always been frugal, so they naturally cannot ride in sedan chairs and can only walk back and forth on their own two legs.

After finally getting on the carriage, Lu Ci Qiu felt like he was about to fall apart. He leaned limply on the soft blanket that Ye Jianqing had specially prepared. Although it was a little hot, it was still more comfortable than sitting on a hard chair. He lazily lay on the soft blanket, emptying his mind. When he came to his senses, he suddenly realized that his mind was filled with Ye Jianqing's figure.

Lu Ciqiu couldn't help but start to think wildly: What on earth would Ye Jianqing do at this moment? She had vowed to deal with the thorny issue of Thirteen, but how would she solve it properly? Would she just rely on pure force?

However, the secret guards in the secret guard camp seemed to generally advocate the use of force. Perhaps the most straightforward and clean way was to use force to suppress the other party. However, when Lu Ciqiu thought of the possibility of using force to suppress, he could not help but feel worried. He began to worry whether Ye Jianqing could defeat them. What if the six of them joined forces to besiege Ye Jianqing? But then he thought again, if he was able to defeat these six guys alone, then Ye Jianqing, who was highly skilled in martial arts, should be even better and defeating them should be a piece of cake.

Thinking like this, Lu Ci Qiu's thoughts drifted further and further, and he even began to imagine how to arrange their next action plan after these people were completely convinced. For example, which person would be most suitable to be assigned to monitor a specific target? For Thirteen, it seemed more appropriate to go to the prince to perform the monitoring mission. After all, his Qinggong was extraordinary, and it was perfect for him to monitor the prince.

The shrine is full of mystery, making people want to find out. Should we send a spy to infiltrate it? Twenty-two seems to be a good candidate. He looks like an ordinary farmer who was randomly picked from the land. He is simple and honest, and looks very kind.

However, the specific arrangements still needed to be discussed with Ye Jianqing. After all, only Ye Jianqing truly understood them. While he was thinking, the Xianwang Mansion came into view. After the bumpy ride, he at least rested for a while, and his legs gradually regained some strength.

He got off the carriage. Today's sunshine was bright and dazzling, shining on his body and bringing a burst of scorching heat. He looked up at the clear and cloudless sky, secretly thanking himself: although it was a little dry this year, it had not yet turned into a severe drought, and life was still acceptable. When he lowered his head, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a barely perceptible smile. Now, he has been able to keenly capture some people or things that he had not noticed in the past.

After smiling slightly, he turned around and walked slowly towards the interior of the palace. For the moment, he didn't need to pay too much attention to the prying eyes from outside. When the time was right, perhaps he could make use of these people.

After passing through the front hall and walking to the backyard, just as he was about to walk to his own yard, he passed by the east courtyard and suddenly heard a crackling sound coming from inside, which was very noisy. Lu Ci Qiu heard the sound and just stopped, Huai Xi walked up to him with a smile and said, "It's Miss Ye. After breakfast, Miss Ye went to the east courtyard and said that she wanted to compete in martial arts with the young master named 'Thirteen'. As a result, the Thirteenth Young Master lost the game and is now angry."

When Lu Ci Qiu heard this, a more sincere smile immediately appeared on his face: "I guessed it would be like this. Let's go and take a look." Huai Xi looked at Lu Ci Qiu's smile, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face, but he always had a feeling in his heart that the prince's entire temperament seemed to have changed dramatically overnight, becoming more mature, stable, calm and composed, and at the same time becoming more elusive.

Lu Ci Qiu walked slowly to the gate of the East Courtyard, and what came into his sight was Thirteen chasing Ye Jianqing. Thirteen kept throwing various weapons at Ye Jianqing, cursing non-stop. Ye Jianqing was flying around in the yard, stopping from time to time to tease Thirteen.

The scene looked very interesting, but Lu Ci Qiu had no intention of entering the yard to join in the fun. After all, everyone else had gone into hiding, and only the two of them were destroying the house so recklessly. Lu Ci Qiu was worried that if he stepped in, he would be accidentally injured by the weapon thrown from Thirteen's hand.

However, Ye Jianqing was quick-witted and spotted Lu Ciqiu's arrival. She caught the spear thrown by Shisan with her bare hands and shouted, "Okay, stop playing! The prince is back!" Hearing this, Shisan immediately stopped his actions, and everyone in the room came out and stood quietly aside.

"Haha, it looks like you two are getting along pretty well." Lu Ci Qiu looked at the two people in front of him with a smile on his face, and reached out his hand to gently pick off a leaf that was stained on Ye Jianqing's head who was standing in front of him.

"Yes, Thirteen was humbly asking me for martial arts today, and also asked me how to name him." Ye Jianqing said with a smile, not noticing the gloom on Thirteen's face after hearing this. Since they, the secret guards, usually cannot speak freely in front of their masters, even if they are dissatisfied, Thirteen dare not easily refute Ye Jianqing's nonsense in front of his new master.

Lu Ci Qiu laughed out loud for several times. He and Ye Jianqing had formed a tacit understanding in talking nonsense without knowing when. Sometimes, they would start making up stories about some strange things. If one dared to say it, the other would also dare to echo it.

Seeing him here, the others seemed a little uncomfortable, and he did have something to discuss with Ye Jianqing in private, so Lu Ci Qiu decided not to stay any longer. "Qing'er, come with me. The others can take a rest first. I hope you can think of your names clearly before tonight." After Lu Ci Qiu said this, he turned around and left without hesitation.

Ye Jianqing followed Lu Ci Qiu very obediently. Before leaving, she made a naughty face at Shisan, which made Shisan so angry that he almost threw the dagger in his hand at her.

Since Lu Ci Qiu was still wearing formal court clothes, it was inconvenient for him to move and he felt very restrained, so Ye Jianqing suggested that he go back to his room to change his clothes first. She went to the study to wait. After all, they now had enough manpower and could start to consider the next plan. If they really planned to arrange personnel to monitor other people, how should they arrange it specifically? This is a question that needs to be seriously considered.