The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

When he reached the entrance of Daji Hall and pushed the door, Xiao Yanzhi remembered that all the doors of the Yege Hall had to be locked when he entered.

Scratching his head, Xiao Yanzhi looked at the doorposts on the left and right and the lintel and tile eaves above, and took two steps back to look at the left and right sides of the street. He was sure that no one would come over in a short time, so Xiao Yanzhi took off his pocket hat, and started to climb the wall with all hands and feet.

The guard on duty in the Daji Hall happened to pass by the door of the hall, and heard a rustling sound outside the hall. He walked over and put his ear on the door to listen for a while, and then he was sure that the sound came from outside, as if someone What to do at the gate of Daji Temple.

The man immediately ran back and recruited three companions, the two stood guard below, and the two jumped on the tiles, ready to capture the thief.But looking down from the top of the wall, the two of them retracted their heads immediately.

Isn't this the King of Shu in Wanchun Palace next door?What did he come to climb the wall of Daji Temple at night?

The two made gestures with each other, and then one stood guard on the roof, while the other jumped off the wall. After discussing with his companions, he went to find Xu Ren.

As soon as he heard that Xiao Yanzhi was climbing the wall of Daji Hall, Xu Ren, who was still lazily lying on the bed and leaning over to look out, accidentally rolled off the bed, fell heavily on the ground, got up and ran away quickly Going out, he flew up to the top of the wall, and when he looked down, he saw Xiao Yanzhi struggling to climb.

Xu Ren was a little confused.

If the King of Shu came to Daji Hall for something, wouldn't it be good to just knock on the door?Why sneak up and climb walls?To steal something?Didn't the prince tell the king of Shu that the Daji Hall is heavily guarded?

Xu Ren was really curious, so he signaled to several other people, telling the night watchmen to find places to hide for now. After giving the order, Xu Ren also jumped off the wall and found a dark place to hide .

At this time, Xiao Yanzhi didn't know that he had been discovered. After successfully climbing to the top of the wall, Xiao Yanzhi leaned down to check the situation in the yard. After that, he ran to the backyard of Daji Hall as fast as he could.

Xu Ren came out from the shadows, following with twinkling eyes.

Jumped from such a high place, but did not make any sound when his feet landed, this His Highness's skill is not bad.

Xiao Yanzhi followed Pei Ze to Daji Hall a few times, so he found Pei Ze's bedroom easily.

Perhaps it was because of Pei Ze's long journey, so the door of the dormitory was locked directly from the outside, and the big lock hung on the door glaringly, which made Xiao Yanzhi stare.

Giving up on going through the door, Xiao Yanzhi went to a window next to him, took out the dagger in his boot, pushed open the latch inside the window, and then opened the window to enter the room.

Xu Ren's eyes tightened, and he followed to the window.

After Xiao Yanzhi entered the room, he looked around first, but didn't find anything interesting, so he went straight to the bed, looked around, and Xiao Yanzhi took a fancy to the pillow on the bed.The quilt is too big to take out, but the pillow looks just the right size.

Picking up the pillow and smelling it, he smelled the same smell as Pei Ze's body, it seemed to be the smell of incense that Pei Ze often used, so Xiao Yanzhi hugged the pillow in his arms.

After looking left and right for a while, Xiao Yanzhi saw a coat on the screen, which seemed to be put on casually after it was taken off.After tearing off the clothes and shaking them, Xiao Yanzhi put on the outer shirt and covered it with a cloak.

Looking around again, but not finding anything else that could be used, Xiao Yanzhi turned around and strode out of the window.

Didn't Pei Ze say that Daji Hall is heavily guarded?But why is there no one at night?Is Qianniuwei negligent in his duties?Well, it was just fine for him.

Seeing Xiao Yanzhi walking quickly, Xu Ren was startled, and quickly jumped onto the roof.

He quickly turned the window and went out, Xiao Yanzhi turned around and closed the window, but he couldn't reinsert the latch, stared at the window depressedly for a long time, Xiao Yanzhi decided to give up, so he immediately returned the same way.

Xu Ren squatted on the roof and watched Xiao Yanzhi run out, looking at the pillow under Xiao Yanzhi's armpit and the outer shirt that was vaguely exposed from under the cloak, Xu Ren was at a loss.

How could the king of Shu sneak into the Daji Hall secretly at night just to steal their prince's pillow and outer shirt?Why?Can their prince's things still ward off evil spirits?What is the most precious thing in the world?

Watching Xiao Yanzhi climb over the wall and leave Daji Hall, Xu Ren sat on the roof and thought hard while the wind was blowing.

What is the purpose of the King of Shu?

And Xiao Yanzhi, who stole Pei Ze's pillow and coat, ran all the way back to Wanchun Palace, stepped in, and re-bolted the door before letting out a long sigh of relief.

Turning his head to look at the pillow in his hand, Xiao Yanzhi smiled and went back to the dormitory.

Putting the cloak back to its original position, Xiao Yanzhi climbed onto the bed wearing Pei Ze's coat and carrying the pillow, and hugged the pillow tightly after lying down.

Dazed, Xiao Yanzhi felt as if he had fallen asleep or not. He would open his eyes every once in a while. He thought the interval was very short, but after three or four times, Streak came knocking on the door. up.

Xiao Yanzhi suddenly opened his eyes, staring at the pillow in his arms.

He seems to be asleep?But why is there a feeling of not sleeping?

Throwing the pillow behind him, Xiao Yanzhi got up, took off the coat and threw it on the bed.

"I woke up."

Lian Sheng and Xiushui outside the door were slightly taken aback when they heard this, Lian Sheng reached out and pushed the door, only to find that the door was not latched.

"Your Highness, did you go out last night?"

"En?" Xiao Yanzhi's heart skipped a beat, he looked at Lian Sheng and shook his head, "No, why do you ask that?"

Lian Sheng said suspiciously: "I remember that when I left last night, His Highness locked the door, but..."

Xiao Yan was taken aback, and only then did he realize where something was wrong.

"Oh, after waking up last night, I suddenly felt hot and stuffy, so I opened the door to blow some air, maybe I forgot to close it when I went back to the room."

"This is impossible!" Xiushui frowned immediately, "Even if there are no outsiders in our Wanchun Palace, you have to be careful, Your Highness, and you have to close the door when you sleep at night."

"Oh, I see." Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth.

Xiushui then led a few maids to tidy up the bed, but as soon as she got to the bed, she saw something unfamiliar on the bed.

"Your Highness, this pillow and clothes..."

"Just put that there." Xiao Yanzhi said indifferently.

"Put it there..." Xiushui blinked, "Where should I put it?"

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head and glanced at the bewildered Xiushui, and secretly smiled in his heart: "Just put it on the bed, don't move those two things without my instructions, and don't need to wash them."

"... Oh." Xiushui still didn't understand where these two things came from, but Xiao Yanzhi said that she couldn't move, so it must be something special.

So Xiushui folded the clothes and neatly placed them on the bed together with the pillows.

And not long after that, when Donggui, the great eunuch in the Daji Palace, was leading the maids and eunuchs to do the daily cleaning, he was surprised to find that there was a pillow missing on Pei Ze's bed. Zhang Di found Xu Ren.

When Xu Ren heard that it was about the pillow, he yawned and said, "It's nothing, just leave it alone."

He didn't sleep all night, thinking about why the king of Shu wanted to take away their prince's pillow and clothes, but he still had no idea when it was dawn, and the wind blew on the roof all night, and now he has a terrible headache .

"Don't worry about it... how can you ignore it!" Donggui stared at Xu Ren, "I led people to search all over the room but couldn't find it. Could it be that a thief was recruited and someone stole it?"

Xu Ren gave Donggui a white look, and said: "It was hard to escape the guards of Daji Palace and enter the prince's room, and steal a pillow if nothing else. Have you ever seen such a thief? Our prince's pillow is not gold."

"Well, that might be the prince's admirer." Dong Gui also felt that no thief would just steal a pillow.

As soon as Donggui finished speaking, Xu Ren accidentally choked on his own saliva, and his face flushed red from coughing.

"Don't talk nonsense! Go to work!" After finally stopping his cough, Xu Ren gave Donggui a hard look.

The one who stole the pillow was the king of Shu. Could the king of Shu be their prince's admirer?Net nonsense!

Donggui looked at Xu Ren suspiciously, and asked, "Do you know something?"

"I don't know!" Xu Ren replied impatiently, "I'm going to take a rest, you should have someone watch over it. I have a terrible headache."

After saying this, Xu Ren went back to the wing room, ready to have a good sleep.

Not knowing what happened in Daji Palace at all, Xiao Yanzhi once again endured the early court without saying a word, and was called to the Imperial Study Room by name.

Sitting together in the imperial study room, the emperor first looked at Xiao Yanzhi, seeing Xiao Yanzhi lowered his head and fiddled with the teacup, and as always did not take the initiative to speak, the emperor shifted his gaze to Xu Lishan.

"Shan'er, how is the household affairs going? Are you used to it?"

Xu Lishan immediately replied: "I'm used to it when I go back to my father."

The emperor nodded.

Because he didn't trust the second child to handle affairs, he specially placed an eyeliner in the household department. Although there were many situations at the beginning, the second child seems to have figured out the way recently, and he has indeed done much better than before.Moreover, the second child is more assertive than he imagined. Although he appointed members of the Jiang family as cronies and assistants, he did not obey the Jiang family. He also got along well with the officials of the household department, which was better than he expected.Coupled with the stability and calmness at the court meeting on the day of the birthday banquet, he really admired the second child.

"Just get used to it," the emperor said again. "Seeing that it's the end of the year, it's the job of the Ministry of Households to distribute Lumi to all officials. After the examination class of the Ministry of Officials is over next month, all officials may have to change. , you wait for them to finish, then go ask for a roster, and distribute Lumi to the roster."

"Yes, Royal Father." Xu Lishan responded immediately.

"By the way, it's the examination of the Ministry of Officials." After speaking, the emperor's eyes drifted to Xiao Yanzhi again.

Hearing the emperor's tone, Xiao Yanzhi's heart skipped a beat, and when he looked up, he met the emperor's eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi quickly pointed to Xu Liqian.

The emperor rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan, and said: "Speaking of which, there is nothing to do at Honglu Temple, you can go to the official department to have a look."

Xiao Yanzhi twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled at the emperor, and said very modestly: "Returning to the emperor, after my son went to Honglu Temple some time ago, I felt that I was really ignorant and difficult to be a big responsibility. It is better to let my son Shall I go to the Hongwen Museum to study with Mr. Ji for a while?"

The emperor snorted coldly and said, "Ji Wencheng said he couldn't teach you."

"Ah?" Xiao Yanzhi was stunned, "When did Mr. Ji come to see Father?"

"As soon as my birthday banquet was over, he came to my door and said that in order to let me have a happy birthday, he endured it for a long time before coming to complain."

Xiao Yanzhi pouted.

The emperor smiled and said: "You don't need to do the exams for the official department yourself. You just follow them to the various government offices and get familiar with the way."

Xiao Yanzhi said reluctantly: "Father, when you asked my son to go to Honglu Temple, you said that I only need to receive foreign envoys. What happened? Father, your birthday banquet is all planned by my son! Everything is fine , They ask about everything, and there is nothing that I have not bothered about!"

The emperor glared at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "I feel wronged by asking you to organize my birthday banquet?"

"That's not true," Xiao Yanzhi quickly denied, "It's my honor to organize the birthday banquet for my father, I don't feel wronged, just tired."

"You're too lazy!" The emperor shook his head and laughed, "For the affairs of the officials, let the third son accompany you."

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi looked at Xu Liqian, and said reluctantly, "That will work."

This reluctant tone made the emperor roll his eyes at Xiao Yan again.

Xu Liqian looked at Xiao Yanzhi, smiled and said to the emperor: "Father, don't worry, my son will definitely not cause trouble for the eldest brother."

The emperor glanced at Xu Liqian, nodded, and said nothing.

After chatting a few more homely things, the emperor let Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian leave, but left Xiao Yanzhi behind.

After Xu Lishan and Xu Liqian left, Xiao Yanzhi found that even Zhao Kang led the court ladies back. Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and turned to look at the emperor.

"Father, you are really making the best use of everything. What do you want my son to do this time?"

The emperor said calmly: "It was you who was troublesome last time, and I didn't ask you to do it."

Xiao Yanzhi rolled his eyes towards the sky, and said: "Yes, my son, this is self-inflicted."

"How do you talk?" The emperor squinted Xiao Yan's eyes, and then said, "According to the rules of the previous dynasty, the examination of the Ministry of Officials is once every four years. If you fail the examination, you can be fined or...dismissed from office. I have been on the throne for three years. I didn't even care about this, this year is the time."

Xiao Yanzhi let out a long sigh, and said, "Father, you are trying to make this son a target of public criticism."

"Didn't you let the third child accompany you?" The emperor smiled.

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi gave the emperor a white look.

Not caring about Xiao Yanzhi's disrespect, the emperor took out a letter from a pile of papers, handed it to Xiao Yanzhi, and said, "I don't want to see the people written on it in the court again."

Xiao Yanzhi took the booklet, opened it, and read it very carefully. He thought that the names of the Qin family or the Jiang family should appear on the booklet, but after reading it for a long time, Xiao Yanzhi found that these people had all kinds of surnames. No association.

"Who are these?"

"The Qin family's in-laws, disciples, collateral descendants of the Jiang family, and some of the Yun family." Even if he didn't need to read it, the emperor still clearly remembered what was written on the notebook.

"The Yun family?" Xiao Yanzhi thought about it carefully, "Is it Concubine Yun Shu's natal family?"

Isn't that the family behind Xu Liqian?

The emperor nodded.

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled lightly, and said: "My son thought that the third brother was quite peaceful."

The emperor gave Xiao Yan a look, and said: "The third child has something that you and the second child don't have. It would be great if he can always keep his own place."

Xiao Yanzhi shrugged.

The emperor suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "Now, I really want to hand over the East Palace to you."

Xiao Yanzhi said indifferently, "Father, why are you still talking about this?"

"It's not all about you!" the emperor said helplessly, "I asked you to learn from Ji Wencheng, but you made Ji Wencheng jump up and down, and asked you to learn the rules from Concubine Jiang. You didn't learn much about the rules, but you messed with my harem." I'm familiar with it, I will send you to Honglu Temple to do one thing, but you have done several things for me in one go, if I send you to the East Palace again, what kind of mess do you have to make the East Palace for me?"

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled and said, "Father, you know so clearly, my son can rest assured."

The emperor said helplessly: "But if I really hand over the world to the second or third child, what should you do? Maybe the two of them can accommodate you?"

I don't know why, when he heard the emperor's words at this moment, Xiao Yanzhi's nose turned sour, and his eyes suddenly turned red.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi hung his head and said nothing, the emperor said again: "Recently, several ministers handed me a booklet, suggesting that you be admitted to the East Palace. Seeing how wise and brave they are touting you, I would like to laugh. They know your private virtues, and they must poke their own eyes out with remorse.

But I also thought about it, in this palace, in this court, if you are always alone, how long can you live?In case I'm really gone, the second child has the Jiang family to rely on, the third child has the Yun family to rely on, and even Pei Ze has military power to rely on, but what do you have?You only have me. "

Xiao Yanzhi sniffed, turned his head and complained to the emperor, and said, "Father, why did you say this suddenly? Father, you are in your prime. When it is time for you to abdicate, my son will also be old. At that time, my son will go back to the mountains and forests." , don't ask about worldly affairs."

"Silly boy, it's not as easy as you say." The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi with a loving smile, "I have never been able to make your mother live a good life in my whole life, I want you to live a good life."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "My son is living a pretty good life now."

The emperor stared at Xiao Yanzhi for a long while, then sighed again, and said, "Forget it, I won't talk to you about it. The noble concubine told me yesterday that it's not safe for you to walk around now with only He Yan by your side. I have arranged another guard for you, Zhao Kang."

Zhao Kang's ears outside the door were also good, the emperor only shouted, and Zhao Kang led the people to push the door into the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, this old slave has brought Zhang guard in."

Hearing that the guard's surname was Zhang, Xiao Yanzhi immediately raised his head. When he saw that it was Zhang Shaosheng who came, Xiao Yanzhi's eyes widened in fright.

"Father, this..."

The emperor smiled and said: "It's rare to be able to scare you like this. This prank seems to be a success. I heard that he is your fellow countryman, and he grew up with you. I think he is also good. Wei has never violated military discipline for several years, he is a good person, and he is just right by your side."

"But he, this, I..." It took Xiao Yanzhi a long time to sort out what he wanted to say, "Aren't there only officials' children in the guard camp?"

"I break the rules and promote, and break the rules for you." The emperor smiled.

Xiao Yanzhi couldn't think of anything else to say, so he could only accept the emperor's love and kneel down to thank Shengen.

The emperor smiled and waved his hands, and then let Xiao Yanzhi lead Zhang Shaosheng back.

Walking out of the door of the imperial study, Xiao Yanzhi was still in a daze.

"You...why didn't you tell me?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Zhang Shaosheng blankly.

Zhang Shaosheng scratched his head and said: "I wanted to say it when I saw you in the Tai Chi Hall, but I forgot to say it."

"How did you get into the guard camp?"

Concubine Jiang told the emperor that he needed a guard?It's all good, nothing happened, how could Concubine Jiang suddenly think of this matter?

"Good luck," Zhang Shaosheng said shyly, "I just asked Qian Niuwei how to enter the guard camp. He originally said that it was a place only for the children of officials and eunuchs, but after a few days, he suddenly I just said that the superior was right, and he didn’t allow me to ask more questions, so I didn’t ask.”

After walking out of Liangyi Hall, Xiao Yanzhi hurriedly found He Yan, and said, "He Yan, can you go to the guard camp and ask me something?"

After staying in the palace for a long time, Xiao Yanzhi did not believe that there are still lucky people in the palace.

"My lord, please tell me." When he said this, He Yan looked at Zhang Shaosheng.

Isn't this person Qianniu Beishen in Wanchun Palace?I saw him enter Liangyi Hall just now, why did he come out with the King of Shu now?

Xiao Yanzhi also took a look at Zhang Shaosheng, and then said: "Go to the personal guard camp and ask, see if you can find out how Zhang Shaosheng was assigned to the personal guard camp."

"Personal guard camp?" He Yan looked at Zhang Shaosheng in surprise, "He... entered the personal guard camp?"

It has never been heard that there are thousands of cattle who can enter the guard camp. If the king of Shu went to the guard camp to ask for favors, it would be possible, but the king of Shu has never been there!

Xiao Yanzhi nodded solemnly, and said again: "It's a foregone conclusion, I'm not in a hurry, if you can ask, just find an appropriate time."

"This subordinate understands." He Yan glanced at Zhang Shaosheng again.

Zhang Shaosheng still looked absent, and asked: "Is there something wrong? Do you need me to go back to Qianniuwei and ask?"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "No, there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that you can feel at ease after asking. Come on, follow me to the Ministry of Officials."

"Oh." Zhang Shaosheng nodded, and then followed behind Xiao Yanzhi together with He Yan and Lian Sheng.