The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Xiao Yanzhi's stern shout made everyone in the main room tremble.Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng just stood aside with their heads bowed, not participating in the expected dispute. Li An stared in astonishment at Xiao Yanzhi who had completely changed into a different look, but Pei Ze frowned slightly, his gaze was always on Liu Hanqing. spinning around.

However, Liu Hanqing had already gotten used to it. The gentle Xiao Yanzhi always treated him badly, but he couldn't resist.

Who made him accidentally fall in love with his good friend's baby sister and cultivated into a happy relationship. It's not his fault that Jun Meng is still young, it's only her mother who didn't let her be born earlier.And when he met Jun Meng, Jun Meng was eleven years old. He said that he was not too big, but he was not too small. Now he is still glad that he made a move early. What if I was kidnapped by someone else?In other words, I can't think about it, isn't it much better for my sister to give him than to others?

Liu Hanqing looked around, completely ignoring Xiao Yanzhi's anger, and said, "It seems that you are doing well in Chang'an, but why didn't you say hello to me when you picked up Ren'an and the others? It took a lot of effort to realize that they came to Chang'an with you."

In order to find out the whereabouts of Xiao Yanzhi's family, he did spend a lot of effort, but finally he received a letter from Jun Meng, and only then did he know that Xiao Yanzhi led his younger siblings to Chang'an.Knowing that Jun Meng was with Xiao Yanzhi, he was relieved, so he didn't rush to Chang'an immediately, but only kept in touch with Jun Meng by letter, and then spent more than a year using his family's relationship to acquire the Chang'an city. After confirming that they could settle down and make a living in Chang'an, they went north overnight and rushed to Chang'an without stopping.

Xiao Yanzhi is an easy-to-satisfy person, and he has always lived a very comfortable life in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River. There is no reason for him to suddenly take his younger siblings to such a bustling and prosperous place as Chang'an City.But Xiao Yanzhi chose to do this, so there must be something unspeakable hidden in it, if this is the case, then he must ensure that he will not cause trouble for Xiao Yanzhi after he arrives in Chang'an.

Xiao Yanzhi replied in a cold voice: "Haven't you ever thought that I deliberately hid it from you?"

Liu Hanqing nodded and said, "I have thought about it, but so what? Where is Junmeng, I am here. I have already told you this."

"Then you go to Yan's house! I gave Jun Meng to Young Master Yan!" After glaring at Liu Hanqing angrily, Xiao Yanzhi strode to the grand master's chair in the main room and sat down.

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi sat down unruly regardless of Pei Ze as his master, Liu Hanqing took another look at Pei Ze.

Pei Ze also probably understood the grievances between Xiao Yanzhi and Liu Hanqing, so he nodded slightly at Liu Hanqing, and Pei Ze walked to Xiao Yanzhi's side, leaned over to Xiao Yanzhi's ear and whispered a few words, Pei Ze took the Follow Li An to the backyard.

When Pei Ze left, Liu Hanqing breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and sat down next to Xiao Yanzhi: "If you want Ren'an and the others to study business hard, why don't you let them follow me to the Liu family? It’s hard work for a merchant to travel around all day.”

Of course he knew about Jun Meng's stay at Yan's house, and when he read the news from the letter, he wished he could fly to Chang'an immediately to beat Xiao Yan up.Xiao Yanzhi, how could he send his precious sister to a place with so many men?

"Thank you for your concern!" Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth, "I just sent Jun Meng there because I knew you couldn't get into Yan's house!"

Liu Hanqing frowned and said, "Brother, you are beating mandarin ducks with a stick, and Jun Meng will be sad."

"Don't call me big brother!" Xiao Yanzhi glared at Liu Hanqing angrily.

Liu Hanqing looked at Xiao Yanzhi helplessly, and asked again: "What are you dissatisfied with me? Looks? Family background? Interests? Hobbies?"

How many people in the south of the Yangtze River wanted to marry their daughters to him, but he didn't like it. In the end, he finally fell in love with a girl, and it was his turn to be looked down upon by the girl's brother and his friends. It was really depressing.Didn't Xiao Yanzhi still think he was pretty nice when he made friends with him?How come you turn your back on someone when it's your turn to get married?

"I see that you are dissatisfied from head to toe, from inside to outside!" Xiao Yanzhi said viciously, "If you want to marry Jun Meng, go back to your mother's womb and be born again!"

"This is really cruel." Liu Hanqing rubbed her nose, but said again, "Your younger sister will always marry someone when she grows up. If Jun Meng married someone else's family, then you may not be able to go back to her mother's house to see if you are not sure." But if you marry me, I just stay with her and live in your house. Although I am the third child in the family, I don't need to inherit the Liu family's business, but the few shops in my hand are enough to support her. Are you a family of four?"

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Liu Hanqing coldly, and said with a smirk: "Have you found out who I am in Chang'an now?"

Liu Hanqing was startled, and then suddenly realized: "That's right! Jun Meng's previous letter said that you are now the King of Shu?"

Xiao Yanzhi was also startled, turned his head to stare at Liu Hanqing and said, "You still have correspondence with Jun Meng? When did it happen?"

The Liu family is one of the five largest merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is not the one with the top financial resources, its ancestral home is in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a very famous big family in the south of the Yangtze River. It is impossible to find out, not to mention that Pei Ze ordered someone to deal with the matter about their four brothers and sisters, even the political enemies can't be found out, how can a Jiangnan merchant in the Liu family find out?

But if Liu Hanqing hadn't found out where they lived and wrote Jun Meng a letter, it would have been Jun Meng's initiative to write a letter to Liu Hanqing...Jun Meng, girl!

"Oh!" Liu Hanqing quickly covered her mouth.

Xiao Yanzhi asked again: "When?"

Liu Hanqing rubbed her nose, and could only tell the truth: "Probably half a year after Jun Meng left Jiangnan, I received a letter from Jun Meng."

"You're back?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Liu Hanqing viciously.

"I'm back," Liu Hanqing said with an innocent face, "Then Jun Meng has written to me, how sad she must be if I don't reply? Besides, Jun Meng and I are also in love with each other, we love each other, two……"

"Shut your mouth!" The veins on Xiao Yanzhi's forehead twitched.

He shouldn't have rescued Liu Hanqing who fell into the water in the first place, and he shouldn't have kindly taken Liu Hanqing to recuperate at home!Who would have thought that this gentle scum would attack an 11-year-old girl?Even if Jun Meng is really cute, he can't do this!

Liu Hanqing poked Xiao Yanzhi's arm with his hand, and said, "Brother, just recognize the reality."

"You!" Xiao Yanzhi stood up abruptly, grabbed Liu Hanqing's neckline and was about to punch him.

Just at this time, Xiao Junmeng returned to the main room with several bowls of noodles: "Brother? What are you doing?"

Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng looked at the sky and the ground one by one, pretending they didn't know anything.

Xiao Yanzhi's eyes flickered, and his usual gentle smile immediately returned to his face: "Han Qing, how long have you been wearing this dress? The neckline is all open."

Liu Hanqing also had an impeccable smile on her face, and said cooperatively, "Really? I didn't even notice. I came all the way from Jiangnan Starry Night, and I really haven't had time to change out of this clothes."

Xiao Junmeng immediately put the tray in his hand on the table, and leaned over and said, "Let me see where it is broken? Take it off and I'll fix it for you."

Xiao Yanzhi was speechless, and hurriedly said: "Oh? I seem to have read it wrong. Thinking about it carefully, how could the clothes of the third son of the Liu family be so weak?"

The corners of Liu Hanqing's eyes twitched slightly, and he said with a smile, "Fortunately, it's not as good as what the King of Shu is wearing now."

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth, then let go of Liu Hanqing's collar, and sat back obediently.

Liu Hanqing tidied up his collar, saw Xiao Junmeng was still standing beside him and looked at him and Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously, sniffed quickly, and said, "The noodles cooked by Junmeng are still so delicious."

Xiao Yanzhi got up directly to get the noodles, distributed them to Xiao Ren'an, Xiao Xiangsheng, and Liu Hanqing in turn, and when he put down the bowl in front of Liu Hanqing, he said in a low voice, "Get out after eating."

Xiao Junmeng also brought a bowl of noodles and sat beside him to eat, and looked at Liu Hanqing with a smile while eating.

Noticing Xiao Junmeng's gaze, Liu Hanqing glanced at Xiao Yan first, and then asked Xiao Junmeng softly: "What's wrong? Why do you keep looking at me?"

Xiao Junmeng blushed immediately, shook her head, and said embarrassingly: "It's nothing, I just feel like I haven't seen Brother Hanqing for a long time."

Liu Hanqing smiled and said, "It's been a long time, it's been two years. You heartless girl, you didn't even leave me a message when you left Jiangnan, but you scared me to death."

Xiao Junmeng curled her lips and said: "At that time, I was too flustered, I just wanted to go to Chang'an as soon as possible to see that my brother was safe and sound. Didn't I write a letter to Brother Hanqing later?"

"Yes, yes, I know your brother is the most important thing." Liu Hanqing stretched out his hand and tapped Xiao Junmeng's forehead, "What a heartless girl, she didn't tell me that your brother is safe, and she didn't leave a letter saying that you went Where, as soon as I go to your house, there is only a scene of people going to the empty building, I am really going to be scared crazy by you."

"I'm sorry." Xiao Junmeng grabbed Liu Hanqing's arm and shook it.

Liu Hanqing smiled and said, "For the sake of this bowl of noodles, I forgive you."

Only then did Xiao Junmeng smile happily.

Seeing this scene of love between a concubine and a concubine, Xiao Yanzhi was so angry that he could only vent his anger with his face.

"Then when will you leave Chang'an?" After eating the noodles in two or three bites, Xiao Yanzhi forcibly interrupted the ambiguous atmosphere between Liu Hanqing and Xiao Junmeng, "Is it enough?"

Liu Hanqing glanced at Xiao Yan, pretending to think seriously, before answering: "I don't plan to leave for the time being, my family just bought a few shops in Chang'an City, and my father wants me to preside over the overall situation here."

The corner of Xiao Yanzhi's eyes twitched, and he said again: "The Liu family's business is all in the south of the Yangtze River. What's the use of buying the shop in Chang'an? If it doesn't work well, it will cost money."

Liu Hanqing said disapprovingly, "If you're worried about losing money, then why do you do business? What's more, the Liu family can still afford to pay for that little money. If you can get into Chang'an because of this, it will be beneficial and harmless to the Liu family."

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth, and said again: "But the security in Chang'an City is not very good recently, you, a foreigner, come here at this time, and you are easily in danger."

"Aren't you here?" Liu Hanqing smiled smugly, "Now that you have made a fortune, my old friend is in trouble, won't you help me?"

"Brother..." Xiao Junmeng followed Liu Hanqing and looked at Xiao Yanzhi with a sincere expression.

Xiao Yanzhi was so angry that he vomited a mouthful of blood and had to swallow it back: "Naturally, with our friendship, I can still let you have an accident in Chang'an City?"

"Thank you so much." Liu Hanqing smiled, thinking to himself that he would not be able to leave the city easily in the future, and Xiao Yanzhi would be blocked outside the city and ready to bury him at any time.

The three brothers and sisters of the Xiao family just came to see Xiao Yanzhi while they were out working for Yan Sheng, so they left in a hurry after not staying for long.

Looking at the backs of the three brothers and sisters leaving, Liu Hanqing sighed and said, "Jun Meng really looks better the longer he grows."

"Believe it or not, I really beat you up?" Xiao Yanzhi glared at Liu Hanqing fiercely.

Liu Hanqing shrugged and said, "This is just a simple compliment from the bottom of my heart, isn't that okay?"

"Speak quickly if you have something to say, and get out of here!" He is really going to be short-lived by this guy!

Liu Hanqing's eyes flickered, and after looking left and right for a while, he moved his head to Xiao Yanzhi's side, and said in a low voice, "In the past two years, people have been going to Jiangnan to inquire about you."

He didn't think it was a big deal at first, but after thinking about Xiao Yanzhi's current status carefully, he thought it was time to remind him.

Xiao Yanzhi's eyebrows twitched, he turned to look at Liu Hanqing and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Liu Hanqing smiled evilly and said, "I'll give you news, you promise me to marry Jun Meng."

Xiao Yanzhi gritted his teeth and stood up abruptly: "See off the guests!"

Before the words finished, Xiao Yanzhi turned around and walked towards the backyard.

"Eh?" Liu Hanqing was startled, seeing someone coming in from outside the main room to take him away, Liu Hanqing immediately stood up, followed Xiao Yanzhi and went, "Yanzhi, don't go! Hey, Xiao Yanzhi !"

Xiao Yanzhi strode forward as if he didn't hear it.

The servants of Prince Wucheng's mansion saw that Xiao Yanzhi was just walking forward, but he didn't say that he was going to drive Liu Hanqing away, so they all pretended not to see and went about their own business.

After Pei Ze in the study heard the noise outside, he hesitated for a moment between Guan and Wu, and finally got up and left the study. Finally, he went out and walked to the yard, and saw Xiao Yanzhi approaching aggressively, and Liu Hanqing With a helpless face, he followed behind Xiao Yan, shouting while chasing.

Pei Ze reached out his hand to stop Xiao Yanzhi, half hugged him into his arms and asked in a low voice, "Why are you so angry?"

"I get angry when I see him!" Xiao Yanzhi stopped beside Pei Ze and replied angrily.

Pei Ze looked at Liu Hanqing who was chasing him.

Liu Hanqing bowed his hands to Pei Ze, and then said politely: "I'm sorry for disturbing the prince, but I still have one very important matter to tell Yanzhi...to the King of Shu."

"What's the matter?"

"This..." Liu Hanqing's gaze shifted between Xiao Yanzhi and Pei Ze again, before he hesitated, he said, "I just want to remind the King of Shu that people have been inquiring about the King of Shu in Jiangnan for the past two years. "

"Inquire about the news of the King of Shu?" Pei Ze frowned, "What kind of news?"

Liu Hanqing thought about it carefully and said: "It seems that they are inquiring about all the news about the King of Shu, most of them are about family members."

"How do you know?" Pei Ze looked at Liu Hanqing suspiciously.

Liu Hanqing rubbed his nose and said: "I have some kind of friendship with the King of Shu, so when other friends hear or encounter such things, they will tell me a word or two, and I think I should tell the King of Shu."

Pei Ze lowered his eyes in thought.

Xiao Yanzhi suddenly asked Liu Hanqing, "You said just now that someone has been inquiring about it?"

Liu Hanqing nodded and said, "Indeed it has always been."

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head and glanced at Liu Hanqing, and reluctantly said, "Thank you."

Liu Hanqing smiled: "Then, it is inconvenient for me to bother you here, so I will take my leave."

Pei Ze nodded, and told Li An next to him, "Li An, see off the guests."

"Yes, my lord."

Seeing Li An take Liu Hanqing away, Pei Zecai led Xiao Yanzhi into the study.

After Xiao Yanzhi was arranged to sit down, Pei Ze handed Xiao Yanzhi a cup of tea and asked, "Are you friends with him?"

Xiao Yanzhi snorted coldly, and said: "It's just a bad fate, now I'm so regretful that my intestines are green!"

"Just because he wants to marry Jun Meng?" Pei Ze sat down opposite Xiao Yanzhi, "His character is not good?"

"...No." Xiao Yanzhi shook his head.

Pei Ze raised his eyebrows, and asked again: "Then his family background is not good?"

Xiao Yanzhi said with a bitter face: "The Liu family in Jiangnan has taken over [-]% of the tea houses in Jiangnan. They are well-known wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan."

Isn't that great?Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi puzzled.

"Then what's wrong with him?"

Xiao Yanzhi said angrily: "It's because I can't find out what's wrong with him and can't separate him and Jun Meng that I feel angry!"

Pei Ze understood.

Xiao Yanzhi felt unhappy because his sister was snatched away, this kind of unhappiness belongs to the category of unreasonable.

So Pei Ze immediately changed the subject, saying: "Jun Meng's craftsmanship seems to have improved again, and he just sent a bowl of noodles, which is almost better than Yu Chu."

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi showed a smug smile, and said, "Jun Meng's cooking is better than Yu Chu's!"

Pei Ze smiled secretly, and asked again: "Can Ren'an and the others still do well in Yan's house? It seems that they often go out with caravans in the past two years. Do you want to arrange some people to protect them?"

Xiao Yanzhi thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "No need, if you don't suffer a little, you won't be able to remember the lesson. Didn't I send them to the Yan family just to let them have the ability to be independent? Those who went to Jiangnan to investigate What do you think of me, what do you think?"

Pei Ze's eyes darkened, and he said, "If you had just entered the palace, you would have understood, but in the next two years..."

Who is still so persistent about Xiao Yanzhi's affairs?What are they going to do after asking those things?Could it be someone arranged by His Majesty?

After much deliberation, Pei Ze simply left Xiao Yanzhi in Prince Wucheng's residence under the pretext that he had some business to do, and then went to the palace alone to face the saint.

In the imperial study room of the imperial palace, as soon as the emperor heard that Pei Ze was coming, he immediately asked Zhao Kang to bring him in, and dismissed the maids and eunuchs who were waiting in the imperial study room. The emperor is alone.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

"Get up," the emperor rubbed his forehead, "you came to see me in the palace suddenly, what's the matter?"

Pei Ze raised his head and glanced at the emperor. After hesitating, he still said, "I have something to ask His Majesty for confirmation."

"Certification?" The emperor looked at Pei Ze puzzled, "What's the matter? Tell me."

Pei Ze took a deep breath, and then asked, "May I ask if Your Majesty has sent people to Jiangnan to inquire about the King of Shu in the past two years?"

As soon as he heard that this matter was related to Xiao Yanzhi, the emperor's eyes tightened, and he raised his heart immediately: "What do you mean?"

"I don't know." Pei Ze replied truthfully.

"If you don't know, come and ask me, who told you what?" The emperor looked at Pei Ze coldly.

Pei Ze explained calmly: "Today, the King of Shu ran into an old friend in the south of the Yangtze River. The man said that there have been people in the south of the Yangtze River to investigate the affairs of the King of Shu in the past two years. I want to know whether those people were sent by His Majesty."

The emperor's expression softened, and he said in a deep voice, "I have never sent anyone to Jiangnan."

Hearing this, Pei Ze's heart tightened.

If the person was sent by His Majesty, he could still take it as His Majesty secretly caring about his son's past, but if not, he would have to act as someone secretly coveting Xiao Yanzhi's life.

The emperor stared at the silent Pei Ze, and then said: "I also want to know who is so concerned about my emperor's son. You should send someone to investigate in Jiangnan. Don't startle the snake."

Pei Ze replied: "I would like to obey His Majesty's will."

Seeing Pei Ze's solemn appearance, the emperor suddenly chuckled: "For the sake of Yan Zhi's safety, you dare to go directly to the palace to confront me face to face, are you not afraid that I will punish you for a crime of disrespect?"

"I believe that His Majesty will pay more attention to the safety of the King of Shu."

"I am Yanzhi's father, so I will naturally pay more attention to Yanzhi's safety. Why are you working so hard for Yanzhi? Your heart for Yanzhi makes me a little confused." The emperor stared straight at Pei Ze.

Pei Ze's eyes flickered, and he couldn't think of a more appropriate answer, so he simply kept silent, lowered his head slightly, and knelt firmly in front of the emperor.

After a long while, the emperor suddenly sighed and said with a smile: "You, if you don't want to say something, your mouth is really tighter than a clam shell. This is the most similar to your father. It's been two years, and I don't know yet. What does the girl you like look like, even if you don't show it to me, you should show it to your father."

"Father... I have seen it." And it was Xiao Yanzhi who went to see it himself.

The emperor was stunned, and then scolded Pei Ze with a smile: "You boy! This Foguang Temple is right under my nose, how did you secretly take him away without telling me?"

Pei Ze closed his mouth again.

The emperor waved his hand helplessly and said, "Come on, go back. I won't ask you why, and I will entrust you with Yanzhi's life."

Pei Ze responded immediately: "I will do my best to protect the king of Shu, and I will live up to your majesty's trust."

"You answered quickly!"