Shoufu doesn't dote on me

the capital.about... about..."

——About going to Goulan Courtyard again.Scarlet didn't have the nerve to say this.

But Ye Zhen was like a bright mirror in his heart, he nodded and shook his head helplessly.After lowering the curtain, he began to close his eyes and meditate.

The past few days are enough for him to be tired. The magistrate of Jing'an Province has been involved in corruption and perverting the law.The Holy Majesty ordered him to be in charge of this matter, and it is bound to be investigated to find out the truth.

Ye Zhen has been running around every day since he took the order. Although he is not often in Jing'an Province, he specially invited his close friend Zhuo Qingcai to go to Jing'an Province to collect all the crimes against the prefect.

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Shuangcheng lay on the porch for a long time with the wind blowing, and suddenly heard some servants commenting that the lord had returned, not only that, but also a very young and handsome young master came to the mansion.

The Shuangcheng who said this is not very calm, Ye Zhen just went to court early, why did he bring back a young master in a short time?Could it be Mr. Zhuo that Fei Se said last time?

Shuangcheng thought about it carefully, because he felt that Mr. Zhuo might really have some improper close relationship with Ye Zhen, or it could be said to be a "mortgage debt", so he sneaked to the front yard out of curiosity.

He just went to take a sneak peek, and it didn't matter if he thought about it.

In the front yard, the clever little maid came forward to deliver tea, because she felt that the young man was handsome and handsome, she couldn't help but blush, and couldn't help taking a few peeks.

Ye Zhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then said to the young master below: "It's a coincidence that you are here, just in time for lunch."

"Ye Zhen, do you have any conscience? You ordered me to come here after running from Jing'an Province, and you treat me like this?"

The young man who spoke was none other than Ye Zhen's close friend Zhuo Qingcai.

Ye Zhen said: "I heard from Fei Se that you came here by boat."

Zhuo Qingcai said: "Hey, then I'm seasick. It's not like you don't know how hard I worked for you."

Hearing this, Ye Zhen smiled lightly, "It was so hard that you ran to the Fireworks and Willow Alley as soon as you entered the city yesterday? I think your life is quite nourishing."

Zhuo Qingcai smiled wryly, raised his head and drank a cup of tea, "I can't hide anything from you, and you have to expose me for such a big deal. Ye Zhen, Ye Zhen, you really have no conscience."

Ye Zhen tapped the table with two fingers and said, "Okay, to be serious, I asked you to do it for me, how is it?"

Zhuo Qingcai curled his lips, "Aren't you worried about what I do?" Glancing around a few times, he said, "Hey, where's your brother? Hurry up and let me see, I've come all the way here , I didn’t want to see you. Is it called Shuangcheng? People? Where did you go?”

Ye Zhen smiled but said nothing, raised his hand lightly, and immediately a servant came in, and ordered: "Go, invite your second master over here."

"Yes, my lord."

Shuangcheng hid in the tree, leaning on the tree trunk to look into the front hall, but unfortunately he could only see the back of his brother, the former Mr. Zhuo, and couldn't see anything else, let alone hear what they were discussing.

He secretly speculated that this Mr. Zhuo should be nothing special.

"Hey? Second Master, why did you climb up the tree?" Just now when the servant went out, he saw Shuangcheng squatting on the tree, so he shouted honestly, "Second Master, my lord, please go over there for a while. Go!"

Shuangcheng's heart trembled, and he winked desperately at this servant, "Shh, keep your voice down, don't let my brother hear you!"

It's a pity that this person couldn't figure it out, and shouted again, "Second Master, my lord, please go over."

Shuangcheng rolled his eyes at the sky, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't have anything in his hand, he wished he could immediately stop this man's mouth.

There was too much movement here, and many servants were surrounded to watch the excitement.

"Hey, isn't this the second master? How did you climb up the tree?"

"Second Lord has extraordinary character, presumably it's because the scenery on the tree is unique." A servant said.

Another servant responded, "Second Master is really different!"

Shuangcheng didn't know where they came from, so they just waved their hands for a while, signaling them to go away, but they attracted more people for no reason.

Someone actually persuaded: "Second Master, come down quickly, come down and talk about anything!"

"Yes, Second Master, how dangerous the tree is, your lord has already returned."

Shuangcheng was depressed, and said in his heart: My lord is back, I know.These people don't think that he can't think about it, do they?

At this time, Ye Zhen and Zhuo Qingcai who were in the room also heard the movement and came out together.

Seeing Shuangcheng squatting on a tree like a monkey, Ye Zhen didn't know what to do, and felt a headache for a while, so he couldn't help frowning, and said: "Shuangcheng! Squat on a tree What are you doing? Come down quickly!"

Shuangcheng was so frightened that he didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, and climbed down the tree pole.Before he had time to straighten his sleeves, he heard Ye Zhen say, "Come here."

He was afraid again for no reason, lowered his head and rubbed forward a few steps, and then stopped when he was a few steps away from Ye Zhen, and saluted politely: "Brother."

Ye Zhen gave a faint "hmm", and sighed secretly when he saw Shuangcheng's clothes rolled into a mess, and saw Zhuo Qingcai next to him saying: "Yo, where did the little monkey come from? Unexpectedly, Shuangcheng is not a little boy." Bookworm!" After a pause, he turned his head to Ye Zhen and said, "Your brother is not like you at all, lively and active, um, like my brother."

Hearing this, Shuangcheng frowned, and had to look up, and suddenly saw that handsome and romantic young man, wasn't he the one he bumped into at the pastry shop a few days ago?

Shuangcheng was startled, pointed at Zhuo Qingcai and said, "You, you, you, ah! Hibiscus Cake!"

Ye Zhen didn't know that Shuangcheng and Zhuo Qingcai had a relationship once, so he frowned and asked in confusion, "What lotus cake?"

Zhuo Qingcai laughed and said: "Want to eat lotus cake? What's the matter? You call me brother Qingcai, you can eat all the lotus cakes in the whole capital."

Shuangcheng curled his lips in response, and looked sideways at him.

At this time, Fang Hao's old housekeeper came over, and Ye Zhen ordered to pass the meal, which resolved the embarrassment of Shuangcheng.

Zhuo Qingcai said: "Eat, eat! I'm starving to death! Ye Zhen, you must make it up to me! Lend my brother to play for two days, and I will forgive you!"

Without even thinking about it, Shuangcheng pinched his waist and shouted, "You are so beautiful, get out!"

Zhuo Qingcai: "Tsk tsk tsk, listen, listen quickly, Ye Zhen, look at your brother, it's really rude, you don't care about it."

Shuangcheng hurriedly stared at his brother, but Ye Zhen walked forward as if nothing had happened. Hearing this, he said flatly, "He's quite obedient."

Zhuo Qingcai stopped and yelled after a while, "Bah! Ye Zhen, you are enough!"

"Come over for dinner."

Zhuo Qingcai: "Oh, good!"

☆, verbal

After the meal, Ye Zhen discussed with Zhuo Qingcai about something, and Shuangcheng went back to the East Hospital obediently.

In the study room, Ye Zhen was sitting behind the desk, holding a small blue tie in his hand, and was looking at it carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the more he looked at it, the more furious he became, and said in a deep voice, "As an official of the imperial court, It is really a malignant tumor to receive the royal salary and do nothing but bully the common people.”

Zhuo Qingcai was sitting on the high chair drinking tea, when he heard this he smiled, his voice was lazily like a cat's, "Isn't that right, if I didn't go to Jing'an Province to do a special investigation, I don't know where this little magistrate is. It's such a bold person to come here. Corruption and perverting the law are not counted. There are groups of concubines in the mansion, and there are many side houses outside, most of them are young men from brothels. The people are ugly, the officials are not big, and there are tricks to play. There are hundreds of kinds. No wonder Jing'an Province has become poorer and poorer these years. It used to be a natural disaster, but now it is a man-made disaster."

After a pause, Zhuo Qingcai took a sip of tea, then said to Ye Zhen with a smile, "Brother Ye, I've done you such a big favor, and you haven't even said a word of thanks?"

Ye Zhen took Xiao Zha and prepared to hand it over to the Holy Master tomorrow. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "I won't say too many polite words. After I'm done with my busy days, I'll invite you to wander around the capital."

Zhuo Qingcai felt dissatisfied, and said, "Why don't you let Shuangcheng accompany me for two days, and you don't have time these days, why don't you let Shuangcheng take me out for a walk? I have a lot of time to come to the capital, this Time to have fun."

Ye Zhen thought for a while, and probably had no good excuses, so he nodded his head in agreement.

In this way, Ye Zhen called the housekeeper again and ordered to prepare an upper room. The housekeeper agreed and went down to prepare.

Zhuo Qingcai sat for a while, feeling nothing interesting, and suddenly remembered Shuangcheng again, so he asked Ye Zhen to go to the east courtyard.

Ye Zhen nodded, and chatted casually with Zhuo Qingcai along the way.

Zhuo Qingcai was originally the young owner of Yijian Villa. He met Ye Zhen when he was wandering around in the rivers and lakes when he was young, and they chatted very speculatively. After going back and forth, they became friends.

When the two walked to the east courtyard, they realized that the east courtyard was locked from the inside. Ye Zhen was puzzled, frowned, and said to the servant next to him, "Why did you lock the door? Isn't the second master inside?"

The servant said: "My lord, the second master is inside. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that others are not allowed to go in and disturb it, so it was locked from the inside."

Ye Zhen thought for a moment, then asked again, "Is he like this every time?"

The servant said: "Yes."

Zhuo Qingcai couldn't help but became interested in Shuangcheng again. In fact, he knew the identity of Shuangcheng when he saw the jade pendant that day, and it was a bit funny to see the surprised expression on his face earlier.

Seeing Ye Zhen's unhappy face, the servants hurriedly stepped forward to knock on the door and said, "Second Master, Second Master, open the door quickly."

It took a long time for Shuangcheng's voice to come from inside, "Bastard! Where is the coolness and where to stay, don't be unhappy, the master is busy."

The servant said again with a bitter face: "Second Master, it's the adults who came here."

There was only a scream from inside, followed by a burst of noise, and it took a long time before someone came to open the door.

Ye Zhen only glanced at Qiu Ming briefly, then raised his legs and walked into the courtyard. Seeing Shuangcheng hiding behind a pillar, he showed half of his head.

"Shuangcheng, come here."

"elder brother……"

"Ok?"

Shuangcheng pursed his lips, not daring to be disobedient, so he lowered his head and moved over in small steps. Suddenly, he heard a laugh in his ear, and he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Zhuo Qingcai.

"Do not lock the door during the day."

Shuangcheng nodded, not daring to raise any objections.

Seeing Zhuo Qingcai looking around as if he knew the way, he turned his attention to Shuangcheng, "Little Shuangcheng, why don't you call Brother Qingcai?"

Shuangcheng spoke bluntly, and said, "Who are you brother? I am not your brother."

Seeing Ye Zhen frowned suddenly, Shuangcheng was frightened, and hurriedly leaned over, tugged at the corner of his clothes and said flatteringly, "Brother, brother, brother, Shuangcheng is your younger brother."

Ye Zhen couldn't help smiling, and turned his head to smile.

When Zhuo Qing saw him, he couldn't help but joked: "I used to think that Brother Ye was upright and self-reliant. He was young, but he looked very old. He was full of sourness of a literati, and he was not interesting. Now that I see you Shuangcheng only found out that the two of you brothers have very different personalities. I heard from the servants in your mansion that Shuangcheng went to a brothel a few days ago. I knew the Ye family's strict style, and With an elder brother like you, Brother Ye, Shuangcheng is indeed a courageous talent."

As he spoke, he patted Ye Zhen on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Ye Zhen, you old-fashioned old man, you can't believe that you have such an unrestrained younger brother."

"You... what nonsense are you talking about!" Shuangcheng argued unconvincedly, and scolded the servant who exposed his shortcomings in his heart. He only wanted to find out which servant with a long tongue had more mouths in the future. It was not a lesson. Not a meal.Right now, he just said, "My elder brother has been talented since he was a child. He is very gifted and knowledgeable. He has a photographic memory at the age of five, recited poems and poems at the age of nine, and read all kinds of books at the age of 15. Being an official is a good official with two sleeves, and being a man is upright. What a good guy! The key is that he looks good and looks good, he can be regarded as the best person in the world!"

"Oh? Do you think so highly of your brother?" Zhuo Qingcai laughed, "Brother Ye is talented, and the younger brother he taught must be not bad. Today's weather is bright and sunny, and my friend came from afar How about writing a poem about Shuangcheng, and responding to the scene, it can be regarded as a meeting gift for me?"

Shuangcheng choked, and subconsciously glanced at Ye Zhen, seeing that his expression was normal, but there was a hint of a smile in his eyes, as if he was watching a play.

In this way, Shuangcheng's face is red, and he will definitely not be able to do serious poems, but he is very good at obscene words and pornographic songs.But……

Shuangcheng suddenly remembered Ye Zhen's character again, maybe he didn't like it, so he was a little annoyed, turned his head slightly, and bit his lip.

Zhuo Qingcai was slightly taken aback when he saw Shuangcheng like this, as if he couldn't believe that Ye Zhen's younger brother had no ink in his stomach, which was really surprising.However, he didn't want to embarrass Shuangcheng, so he took out something from his bosom, and said with a slight smile, "Hey, I'll give you a meeting gift."

Hearing the sound, Shuangcheng looked up, and saw a white jade pendant in front of him, this...isn't it the pendant he exchanged for hibiscus cake yesterday?

Shuangcheng smiled, and pulled the jade pendant over, "Shuangcheng thanked Mr. Zhuo for a precious meeting gift."

"That's not right. I gave this jade pendant to your brother before, but unexpectedly, you exchanged it for two packs of hibiscus cakes. What a pity."

Ye Zhen took a look at Shuangcheng and understood somewhat in his heart, but he didn't say much.

Shuangcheng felt a chill down his spine, because he knew that the jade pendant was a good thing, but how could he be so generous at the beginning, he was like a prodigal.This noodle is hung on the waist again, thinking that I can't throw it away in the future, there is no more than a dozen packs of hibiscus cakes that I can't change!

On the other side, a servant brought tea, and the three of them sat on the porch and chatted, and they played chess on the board.

Ye Zhen was holding the white pieces, Zhuo Qing was holding the black pieces, and Shuangcheng sat cross-legged in the middle, holding his face in both hands obediently.

Although he doesn't understand the game of chess, he can see that Zhuo Qing is hesitating when making a move, and he is panting like he is short of breath, so he knows that he can't play Ye Zhen.Sure enough, after a few rounds, Zhuo Qingcai sighed and asked Ye Zhen to let him go.

Ye Zhen smiled and dropped another child, his gestures and gestures were still as cold as he used to be in the past, he was dressed in light blue clothes, and his long hair was only tied up with a white jade hairpin, making him look even more handsome and handsome, Zhilan Yushu.

Zhuo Qing glanced at Shuangcheng again when he was idle, and saw that he was also very good-looking, with bright eyes and white teeth, and he looked smart and smart, and he liked him a little more.

Seeing Shuangcheng getting up to serve tea to Ye Zhen with his own hands, Zhuo Qingcai was a little bit moved, he still had a caring brother, everything was like a little padded jacket.

Because Zhuo Qingcai was thinking this way, he pushed the chessboard when he got annoyed, "I can't play anymore, you always win, what's the point?"

Ye Zhen smiled and said nothing, and stretched out his hand to take the tea from Shuangcheng. He only felt that the temperature was just right and the tea was sweet.

Zhuo Qingcai took out a long sword out of nowhere, and performed a sword dance on the corridor.He has a handsome figure, flowing robes, dancing like clouds and flowing water, and has a romantic charm of his own.

Shuangcheng doesn't know martial arts, but feels that dancing swords is very chic and coquettish, so she stares at it without blinking, and from time to time clapps her hands in agreement, "Okay!"

Zhuo Qingcai immediately cheered up when he heard the "yes", and after playing for a while, he put away his sword, went to the corridor and drank a cup of tea, and then said to Shuangcheng Road with a smile on his face, "Little Shuangcheng, how about my sword skills?" ?”

Shuangcheng nodded sincerely.

"Then do you want to learn?"

Shuangcheng's eyes brightened, "You want to teach me?"

"Then you ask me to be your master, and I will teach you swordsmanship. I am the majestic young owner of Yijian Villa, and I look down on many heroes in the world who want to be my disciples. It is not bad for you to call me master. "

Shuangcheng excitedly said: "Does Yijian Villa mean the cheapest in the world?"

Zhuo Qing said: "Exactly!"

Ye Zhen looked sideways slightly, as if thinking of something, turned his head slightly, and sighed helplessly.

☆, talented

In the early morning of the second day, Ye Zhen changed into his court clothes, and rode in Yefu's carriage all the way to the gate of the palace.

He had business to do today, so when he went to court in the morning, he presented Xiao Zha, together with all his crimes, official documents and confessions from all parties, to the Holy Majesty in public.

This was originally the criminal evidence of the magistrate of Jing'an Province being corrupt and perverting the law, but now the evidence is convincing and he cannot be challenged, the Holy Majesty immediately became angry and ordered the Jingzhao Yin House to send the magistrate to Dali Temple and put him on death row. is inevitable.

For a while, all the officials were in an uproar, secretly awed by Ye Zhen's vigorous and merciless handling of things, thinking that the prefect of Jing'an Province, although the official rank is not high, but the family and clan are complicated, if it is really counted, it is Prince Yu Li A collateral relative of the Concubine Yin.You must know that Prince Yu is the emperor's younger brother and the uncle of the princes. He is entrusted with Jing'an, also known as King Jing'an.He is a generation of brave and skilled princes, not to mention his status.Ordinary people really don't dare to pluck the hair on the tiger's buttocks, but this young cabinet chief minister, Mr. Ye, dared.

Because of the corruption of the prefect of Jing'an Province, Tianyan was offended, and the atmosphere in the morning court was more serious than before.When the morning court was approaching, the Holy Majesty somehow specifically mentioned the article of His Highness the Crown Prince.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only in his weakest years, but his face is mature and his work is steady, but even so, his literary talent is not always satisfactory.He is also the lord of the East Palace, the future prince, and hundreds of pairs of eyes stare at every word and deed.That's all the people's criticism, so the day before yesterday there was a censor who impeached him, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince is mediocre and can't share the worries of the Holy One, nor can he set an example for many princes.This was already said very euphemistically, but it fell into Dong Gong's ears like a poisoned knife.

In this way, the Holy Majesty saw that His Highness the Crown Prince's answer was unsatisfactory, and became a little angry again, but it was not easy to get angry in front of many ministers, so he was passed to the inner hall afterwards, and he was reprimanded for more than half an hour.

Because Ye Zhen needed to give lectures to several princes today, he was delayed in the palace for a while, and when he was about to leave the palace, he happened to meet His Royal Highness again.

"My minister has met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to have just come out of the inner hall, with a preoccupied appearance, he was slightly taken aback when he saw Ye Zhen, he always respected Ye Zhen, so he saluted, "Lord Ye."

Ye Zhen calmly took a panoramic view of His Highness the Prince's expression, and suddenly saw that he was holding crumpled rice paper in his hand. Behind the two small yellow doors, one was holding a book, the other was holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. point.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed a little depressed, and laughed at himself: "It's hard to say, my palace's articles are mediocre, and it's not what my father expected."

Ye Zhen said kindly: "His Royal Highness is the Lord of the East Palace, so His Majesty naturally has high hopes for His Highness."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was used to hearing this, and suddenly remembered that today was No. 15, and he had to go to Weiyang Palace to pay his respects to his mother and concubine, and then bid farewell to Ye Zhen, and hurried to Weiyang Palace.And the two little yellow gates behind him saluted Ye Zhen, and followed step by step.

All the way back to Ye Mansion in a carriage, Ye Zhen felt that it was quieter today, and there were few maidservants and servants coming and going, so he couldn't help calling the housekeeper to ask.

The housekeeper said: "Your Excellency, I don't know. The second master is practicing swords in the backyard. Everyone is watching the fun."

In this way, Ye Zhen first went to the East Courtyard to change his court clothes, casually dressed in crescent white clothes, then raised his legs across the rockery and came to the backyard.

At a glance, he saw the Shuangcheng in the center of the arena, surrounded by many servants watching the excitement.Because of Shuangcheng's handsome face, he was wearing an ice blue dress at this time, revealing faintly the black pattern flower bottom of the rainy day inside.There is also a jade pendant and a sachet around the waist, and a forehead belt of the same color is tied on the forehead, making it even more radiant and vigorous.

Because Shuangcheng wanted to learn martial arts, and Zhuo Qingcai was willing to spend his time teaching them personally, Ye Zhen had nothing to disagree with.

Zhuo Qingcai came to the capital this time to hand over to Ye Zhen the criminal evidence collected from the magistrate of Jing'an Province. Now that the task is completed, he has nothing to do.Now that there is a free apprentice coming to his door, he naturally will not refuse, but is very happy.

Because of Zhuo Qingcai's close relationship with Ye Zhen, the old butler prepared a yard closer to the east courtyard, arranged for him to live there, and sent many maids to wait on him.

But Zhuo Qingcai didn't care about this, and he devoted himself to teaching Shuangcheng how to practice swordsmanship.

Shuangcheng's comprehension is very high, usually he looks a little more reserved, but he can stand his temper when he really practiced sword moves, he suffered and suffered, even Zhuo Qingcai praised him for his amazing bones and extraordinary talent.

Ye Zhen couldn't deny this. Seeing Shuangcheng playing swords for a while, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead, and his small face was sweaty, which made his eyes black and white, showing a sense of cleverness. , couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly.

At this time, many servants saw Ye Zhen coming, bowed their heads and saluted for a while, and then hurried away.

Shuangcheng took the sweat towel handed over by Zhuo Qingcai to wipe his sweat, and when he saw Ye Zhen came back, he ran over happily, tugged at his sleeve and said with a smile: "Brother, brother, brother, Qingcai Brother boasted that Shuangcheng is smart, that he can see through his sword moves at a glance, and also said that Shuangcheng is very talented and has amazing bones!"

Ye Zhen also laughed, took the sweat towel in his hand, and wiped the sweat for Shuangcheng. At this moment, Zhuo Qingcai's unhurried voice came, "My brother is talented in writing, and my brother's bones are amazing. Every article and martial arts are really impressive. I'm jealous."

Shuangcheng was puzzled, turned around and asked, "What do you mean? Could it be that my brother doesn't know martial arts?"

Zhuo Qingchang changed his posture, leaned back on the imperial concubine chair, took a sip of tea, and said a few words, "No."

In this way, Shuangcheng couldn't help being complacent, and finally there was something that could compare to Ye Zhen, but he didn't dare to be too complacent, he just smiled and said: "What's the matter, my brother doesn't know martial arts, and I can protect him. Whoever dares to hurt him a point, I will give it ten times."

Zhuo Qingcai curled his lips again, and glanced at Shuangcheng and Ye Zhen with a gloomy expression, seemingly indescribably envious.

Thinking of the absurdity of Shuangcheng, Ye Zhen couldn't help reminding: "You learn martial arts, and my brother will not stop you. I don't expect you to defend your family and country in the future, and your name will be left in history, and I don't ask you to walk the world with a sword. There is only one rule, you are not allowed to do bad things with martial arts."

When Zhuo Qingcai heard it, he also felt that a master must be disciplined, but he also felt that Shuangcheng was very clever, so he said to Ye Zhen: "Ye Zhen, what are you talking about? If Shuangcheng does something outrageous in the future , I will abolish his martial arts myself, so don't blame me when the time comes."

Ye Zhen couldn't deny it, and just smiled lightly.

But Shuangcheng was not happy when he heard that, and thought: Although I am not a very successful person, I am also from the Ye family anyway.A person like my brother personally taught me, how could I not know right from wrong, and do something outrageous?

After a while, he put the long sword back on the shelf, turned his head and sat aside without saying a word.

Ye Zhen didn't know whether it was intentional or not, and sat beside Shuangcheng.

Shuangcheng turned his head away and refused to pay attention to him.

Ye Zhen looked sideways slightly, then pursed his lips and smiled lightly, "Are you really annoyed?"

Xu Shi's tone was [-]% gentle and [-]% joking, Shuangcheng couldn't help but blush, but he still yelled stiffly, "Whoever is annoyed, I am not."

In this way, Zhuo Qingcai and Ye Zhen both laughed, looked at each other, and drank together.

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☆、Practice

Ye Zhen was no better than Zhuo Qing, and because of the Jing'an incident, he had to come forward to deal with the aftermath. In his spare time, he had to follow the usual practice and go to the Hongwen Palace to teach the princes every few days.

Among these princes, the fifth prince, Li Zeyou, is the most talented in writing.The sixth, seventh, and eighth princes are next, and the most mediocre one is the twelfth prince Li Chengguang.

His Royal Highness the crown prince is the third son of the current emperor, whose name is Li Zehan. Because his status is more valuable and he is older, he does not attend classes with these younger ones.

The fifth prince, Li Zeyou, was about the same age as Ye Shuangcheng, the sixth, seventh, and eighth princes were only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the youngest twelve princes were younger, only 12 years old.

In fact, apart from these four princes, there are also several young masters from aristocratic families who accompanied them, and they were all similar in age.

This day, Ye Zhenben reported the matter to the Holy Master in the inner hall, and when he was about to leave the hall, there was already a small yellow gate waiting for a long time.

"Lord Ye, the time is coming, Taifu Ma asked the servants to come and invite you to Hongwen Palace."

Ye Zhen nodded lightly, leading the way all the way through the small yellow gate, when passing by a side hall, a panicked figure ran out of it and bumped into Man.

The little yellow door was startled, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Master Ye, are you okay?" He turned around and grabbed the young man with his hands, "Where did you get it, so rash, how many heads do you have?"

Ye Zhen was fine at first, seeing Xiao Huangmen's red eyebrows coldly shouting, he frowned for a moment, and at that moment the boy raised his face slightly, it was an extremely delicate face, and whispered, "It's me."

The little yellow gate saw clearly now, let go of his hand quickly, slapped his mouth lightly, and said with a half-bend, "Ah, it's Your Highness the Twelve, forgive me for my sin, this slave just offended His Highness with blind eyes, I hope His Highness will not Strange."

That's what he said, but there was no trace of panic on his face.

In fact, it is no wonder that these people are like this. After all, the twelfth prince Li Chengguang is submissive, and he is not outstanding in all aspects. Moreover, he was born by the same ordinary court lady when the emperor came here, and he was given a title at will afterwards. , it's nothing.Unexpectedly, the court lady was really unlucky, she died just after giving birth to the prince, before she could live a good life for a few days.

The Holy One didn't care about that palace lady at all, so he sent the twelve princes to the empress's place for discipline, and he didn't like to see her very much.

The Twelfth Prince said, "It's okay, I was not careful." As he spoke, he pulled his sleeves tight and bit his lower lip tightly.

Ye Zhen had a panoramic view of all this, knowing that the Twelfth Prince might have suffered some injuries on his arm, but he didn't say much, leaned slightly and said, "Your Highness, it's getting late, let's go to Hongwen with my minister. How is the palace?"

The twelve princes had seen Ye Zhen a long time ago, and at this moment they cupped their hands very politely, "Hello, Mr. Ye."

In this way, Ye Zhen smiled slightly, raised his head and walked forward.When I arrived at Hongwen Hall, I just met Ma Taifu at the door.

Ma Taifu is a great Confucian of his generation, over half a century old, he has always admired people with profound knowledge and knowledge, and he also had several acquaintances with Ye Zhen's respected teacher, Mr. Cheng.Now that I saw Ye Zhen, I liked his knowledge and cultivation even more, and nodded for a while, "You are busy with business these days, and you don't often come to Hongwen Palace.

Ye Zhen knew that the princes had a cheerful personality, so he said, "Teacher has worked hard, and Ye Zhen will come to teach in the past few days."

So Ma Taifu nodded in relief, as if he was relieved, and then saw the twelve princes behind Ye Zhen, he was a little surprised for a while, but he didn't say much, and went down.

In the palace, several princes were playing around, but when they saw Ye Zhen coming, they immediately sat down properly.The Twelve Princes also returned to their seats, pulled out the books one by one, and then put their hands on the table like them.

Ye Zhen wandered around for a while, seeing that apart from a few princes, there were not many accompanying teenagers, so he was a little puzzled.

At this time, a clever little Huangmen stepped forward and whispered, "Your Excellency, I don't know. These days, Ma Taifu was not satisfied with the homework of His Highness, so he punished his hands, and those who accompanied him were given several times. After a few days, for some reason...they all fell ill."

Ye Zhen frowned slightly when he heard this, thinking that these people didn't fall ill, but were scared of being beaten.The prince is no more noble than an ordinary son of an aristocratic family, and even a grand tutor cannot easily punish him.If there is any mistake, it is natural that the companions around him will be punished.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhen's heart brightened, and he slightly brushed the scroll with the tip of his hand, and casually clicked on the fifth prince to ask a few words.The rest of the princes secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and all looked up.The fifth prince, Li Zeyou, answered a few questions loudly.Ye Zhen nodded lightly, and asked a little more difficult question, and the fifth prince made a difficult one, he hesitated for a long time, his face turned red, he winked at the left and right for a while, knowing the left and right, and the bold one secretly flipped through the book .

Ye Zhen narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Don't turn the pages!"

Although his voice was cold, his tone was not very severe, but the coercion he had cultivated all along made the people below dare not move for a while, and just looked at each other. Seeing Ye Zhen's gaze, he quickly lowered his head in thought, for fear of being caught ask questions.

Ye Zhen sighed secretly, thinking that the princes have really slackened a lot in their studies these days.In fact, it is not to blame for Ma Taifu's lack of knowledge, but for the princes to bully him that he is old and can't hit him from left to right, so he has nothing to fear.

From the corner of the eye, he suddenly saw a smile on the corner of the Twelfth Prince's lips, as if he had an answer in his heart, but he lowered his head for a moment, and returned to his obedient look.

Ye Zhen withdrew his gaze lightly. He was busy some time ago, and he happened to be free these few days. He was determined to rectify the atmosphere of Hongwen Hall, so that the princes would never be as lazy as before.

After one class, all the princes were forced to complain, but they didn't dare to say a word.After all, Ye Zhen is powerful outside the world, and he is the favorite minister of the emperor. No one knows that he does things vigorously, and how dare he play tricks in front of him.

The princes learned with trepidation, and because Ye Zhen didn't answer the question just now, they were a little panicked, for fear that Ye Zhen would mention it to the emperor.

So after class, several princes gathered together to discuss, and suddenly pulled the twelve princes over, and they didn't know what to say.

When Ye Zhen was about to leave, he saw the twelve princes showing embarrassment and walking over shyly, "Master Ye, please stay."

Ye Zhen stopped and waited quietly for the next article.

The twelfth prince seemed to be in a dilemma, he sneaked a few glances back, and saw the other princes hiding in one place, looking over here.

Ye Zhen followed his gaze and looked over, and the princes immediately jumped to hide in the grass behind.In this way, he will know.But he didn't point it out, he just said, "The sage will personally check your homework in a few days, and you still need to take a good look at the books."

After hearing this, the twelve princes nodded again and again, knowing that Ye Zhen would not go to the emperor to complain, and went on as if he had completed his task.

After Ye Zhen came out of the palace gate, he turned to the Yamen along the way.In front of the yamen came a secretary of the two provinces, named Ji Ruchen, who was an official of the same dynasty as Ye Zhen and had some friendship.Ji Ruchen was just transferred to the capital. Seeing that the yamen had been complicated for a long time, and he was not very familiar with it, he asked Ye Zhen, the chief assistant, to help him.

It was inconvenient for Ye Zhen to shirk, so he went to the Yamen again.By the time everything was processed and returned home, it was already late.

The old butler was standing at the gate of the mansion beating his hands and stomping the ground. When he saw Ye Zhen came back, he rushed up to meet him, and said, "My lord, you can be regarded as coming back. The second master...he..."

"What's up with him?"

"Second Master is drunk and having a drunken frenzy in the courtyard. Many people can't stop him!"

☆, drunk crazy

When Ye Zhen met Ji Ruchen today, he couldn't help but exchange some pleasantries.

Ji Ruchen was about the same age as Ye Zhen, with an upright face. He was an upright and honest official with an extraordinary bearing.It is because of the precious character and talent, and the similarity with Ye Zhen's disposition, that is why he is a little more affectionate than others.

Because of this, whenever Ji Ruchen couldn't make up his mind or had troubles, he was very willing to talk to Ye Zhen.

Today, Ye Zhen learned from Ji Ruchen that the Holy Majesty has privately sent his cronies to Jing'an Province to investigate Prince Yu in recent days.

The motive for the investigation is simple: the current emperor suspects that Prince Yu, Li Yin, is plotting a secret rebellion.

In fact, Ye Zhen had noticed this a long time ago, and now he learned from Ji Ruchen that there is a little more meaning of separation.Prince Yu was the prince who was loved and loved by the late emperor when he was alive, and he is also the brother of the present-day Holy Mother's compatriots.

When the late emperor was alive, Ye Zhen's grandfather Ye Xian was still alive, and he was deeply respected because he was the late emperor's mentor.Therefore, Ye Xian is very supportive of the current Holy Majesty, and he deeply hates Prince Yu, a scourge that is similar to manipulating the court.Once in the court hall, under the watchful eyes of everyone, because Prince Yu uttered wild words, he mercilessly reprimanded him face to face.

When the current Holy Majesty was still the rightful lord of the Eastern Palace, he had launched a fierce battle for the heir apparent with Prince Yu, who was still the prince.Since ancient times, there have been countless examples of the royal family fighting with each other and killing each other.Back then, Donggong chess was a master move, and another generation of grand master Ye Xian escorted him, and finally won the splendid country.The first thing after assuming the throne was to deprive Prince Yu of his throne and drive him to the remote Jing'an Province. Without the emperor's call, he was not allowed to enter Beijing.Not long ago, because of the corruption of the prefect of Jing'an Province, the Holy Majesty thought of Prince Yu again, or in other words, he never took this prince lightly.

In this way, in fact, the Ye family had some old grievances with Prince Yu's residence, so that now Prince Yu Li Yin and Ye Zhen are very at odds.

No matter what the truth is, now that the Holy Majesty has become suspicious, he must take action in the near future. Since ancient times, everything related to rebellion has been a big movement. There will be a bloodbath.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhen couldn't help frowning, thinking secretly.He had been busy for a whole day today, and he didn't even have a hot meal. Now that he's back home, he still has time to rest for a while, and he heard that Shuangcheng was drunk. Go to the east courtyard.

I saw the backyard, three floors inside and three floors outside, surrounded by many servants, all of them showed embarrassment, and tried hard to persuade Ye Shuangcheng, who was full of the yard, "Second Master, Second Master, stop drinking soon!" , Your Excellency will be in trouble when you come back!"

Shuangcheng was drinking to its heart's content, when he heard Ye Zhen's name, he didn't know whether it was because he was afraid or what, he suddenly became annoyed, and smashed the wine pot in his hand on the ground fiercely, shaking his head every day. Fan, pointed the finger at Ye Zhen, and said vaguely, "Bah! What's the matter with him coming back, I used to be in Binzhou, I wanted to do whatever I wanted to do, but now I'm in the capital, there are many rules and no humanity! Ye Zhen thought he was Whoever it is, I am not afraid even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes!"

Shuangcheng is drunk now, and he has uttered all the dissatisfaction these days. If he was sober on weekdays, he would not have dared to say such a thing if he had given him ten guts.

Many of the servants present waved their hands in shock, each of them stuttered and said, "Second Lord, my lord is your real brother, how can...how can..."

He didn't dare to continue to say the rest, but Shuangcheng immediately knew: how can he call him by his name directly, it's a big treason!

The crowd on the left and right suddenly dispersed. Shuangcheng was drunk, stepped on the stone by the lotus pond, leaned over with his elbows on his thighs, and put his hands on the side of his face. He felt dizzy and could only see A few people walked over, the leader was wearing a dark blue court dress, with a tall and straight figure, and the housekeeper with a trembling face was behind him.

Shuangcheng was so drunk that he couldn't tell the difference between south, east and north. Seeing the butler trembling, his face turned pale, and there seemed to be countless figures swaying in front of his eyes, he couldn't help pointing at him and sneered, "What are you afraid of?"

The old housekeeper tremblingly stood behind Ye Zhen and winked at Shuangcheng repeatedly.

Shuangcheng didn't react to anything for a while, and continued to blame Ye Zhen for all kinds of bad things, and many things were wrong.

For example, Ye Zhen beat him indiscriminately.

For another example, Ye Zhen didn't give him food after beating him.

Then he took a deep breath, and continued to accuse: Ye Zhen is too fierce, if he uses his elder brother's airs to suppress him, he is a bastard!

Everyone present gasped again, lowered their heads, and looked at each other.Only he dared not look at Ye Zhen's face.

Ye Zhen's expression was calm, and he didn't see any anger. He just listened quietly for a while with his hands behind his back, and when he heard the number of two cities, "What's the big deal, why don't you bully me everywhere just because you are a few years older than me?" Me, what kind of drama of brothers and sisters, I'm pee pee pee! I don't care if I find whoever I want to act in!"