The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

After being injured, Xiao Yanzhi, who had been neglected by his siblings for two years, finally regained the sense of happiness of being surrounded by siblings. The three of Xiao Ren'an and his siblings would go to Prince Wucheng's mansion almost every day, even if it was just to take advantage of it. Take a look at it during lunch, but you have to shake it in front of Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Chunyue had no other place to go, and Xiao Yanzhi didn't allow her to leave Wucheng Palace without making any plans, so Xiao Chunyue stayed in Wucheng Palace, together with Xiushui and Lian Sheng, responsible for taking care of Xiao Yanzhi's daily necessities .Fortunately, with the efforts of Li An and Liu Hanqing, the savings stored in the music workshop were brought back, and Xiao Chunyue finally felt more at ease.

And Pei Ze really wanted to be by the restless Xiao Yanzhi's side all the time, so that Xiao Yanzhi could tell him to heal his injury honestly, but Xu Liqian's matter still needed to be dealt with by him, so Pei Ze was still in After spending most of the day in the palace, after returning to Prince Wucheng's mansion in the evening, he called Li An and Lian Sheng in front of him, and asked Xiao Yanzhi carefully about what he had done that day.

Pei Ze was extremely busy, and Xiao Yanzhi, who was recovering from his injuries, was not idle either. From time to time, he would call the officials from the Ministry of Officials to Wucheng Prince's Mansion for questioning, and in the rest of the time, he took a map of the Tang Dynasty to look over and over and analyze it carefully. Which relative will Xu Liqian go to seek refuge with?

At noon, when Xiao Chunyue, Xiushui, and Lian Sheng came to the dormitory with lunch to look for Xiao Yanzhi, Xiao Yanzhi leaned against the bed as usual, with several scrolls of bamboo slips messily scattered aside.

"In other words, it's time for lunch." Xiao Chunyue tidied up the messy bamboo slips on the bed, and then carried the kang table onto the bed.

"En, good." Xiao Yanzhi replied, but he still did not put down the map in his hand, and was looking at it intently.

After Xiushui and Lian Sheng put the food on the table, Xiao Chunyue still didn't see Xiao Yanzhi put down the map.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and pulled the map out of Xiao Yanzhi's hand, saying: "I will return this thing to you after you drink the medicine."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Then can I drink the medicine directly?"

"Of course not!" Xiao Chunyue rolled Xiao Yan's eyes and said, "Eat your meal quickly."

"Okay, okay." Xiao Yanzhi picked up his chopsticks to eat, but he was still thinking about where Xu Liqian would flee to after leaving Chang'an.

Although Pei Ze and the others seemed to think that Xu Liqian would stay away from Chang'an and seek refuge with someone, would Xu Liqian really leave Chang'an?Even if he has been preparing for many years, is it in his interest to leave Chang'an at this time because he is not fully prepared?

"Lian Sheng, after noon, you go to the Ministry of Officials and ask the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to send me the record of the replacement of civil and military officials in the northwest after the emperor's father ascended the throne."

"Yes, my lord." Lian Sheng agreed, looked at the sky, reckoned that he was leaving at this time, and it would be past noon when he arrived at the official department, so he whispered to Xiushui, Lian Sheng turned and left.

Xiao Chunyue turned her head to look at the back of Lian Sheng leaving in a hurry, then looked at Xiao Yanzhi's thoughtful appearance, then sighed, turned and sat by the bed.

"I'm all injured, so why worry about these things? Isn't there still King Wu Cheng and King Qi doing it? You are a wounded patient, can't you recuperate in peace?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "Sister also knows that I can't be idle, I've been lying on the bed for a long time, if I don't do anything else, I'm going to be suffocated to death."

"If you're bored, find something else to do." Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi had finished eating, Xiao Chunyue passed the medicine to Xiao Yanzhi, "Don't just do things that are asking for trouble, you're going to lie down before it's too late. Raised on the bed for a hundred or eighty days, and I don't know what it will become if I mix it in."

Xiao Yanzhi was startled when he heard the words, only then did he realize that Xiao Chunyue was worried about him.

"My sister is worrying too much, it's okay."

Xiao Chunyue pouted, and said: "Don't think that I don't understand anything like Jun Meng and the others. I have seen many things in the music workshop these years than you. How can it be okay?"

Xiao Yanzhi lowered his eyes, raised his head to look at Xiao Chunyue after a while, and said: "Back then when they tried their best to pull me into the game, I also tried my best to stay out of it, but now when they all want to let me When I stay out of things to be safe, I can't really stay out of things. As a person, I have never had any ambitions and great feelings for my family, country and world. I just want to do something for those who really treat me well. Don't worry, sister, I will be careful."

Xiao Chunyue sighed, and said: "I thought you would live an ordinary life in your hometown. Even if you have nothing to do in your life, at least you can marry a wife and have children, and spend your life peacefully. Then everything I have done will be worth it. Who knew that you were destined not to live an ordinary life, what else can I, a sister, do for you this time?"

As she spoke, Xiao Chunyue's eyes turned red and she looked like she was about to cry again.

Xiao Yanzhi shook Xiao Chunyue's hand, and said with a light smile, "Okay, why are you dropping golden beans again? My sister has suffered enough for me in this half of her life, and the only thing she can do for me in the rest of her life is The thing is to make yourself happy."

Xiao Chunyue could hold back her tears at first, but after hearing what Xiao Yanzhi said, she just couldn't hold back.

"Who did you learn to be so eloquent?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Probably followed my father."

"Your Majesty is only as good as you?" Xiao Chunyue smiled through tears.

Xiao Yan raised his chin and said, "He's not as good as me!"

As soon as Xiao Yanzhi finished speaking, he saw the emperor walking in from outside.

"Who is inferior to you?"

Pei Ze and Minister of the Ministry of Officials followed behind the emperor, looking at the sky and the ground, pretending to know nothing.

Xiao Yanzhi was never afraid of the emperor, and now he was just slightly taken aback, and then showed a flattering smile to the emperor.

On the other hand, Xiao Chunyue turned pale instantly from being frightened, knelt down on the ground with a bang, and opened her mouth, but she didn't dare to make a sound in this silent moment.

"Why is the father here?" Taking a glance at Xiao Chunyue, Xiao Yanzhi still sat on the bed, not pretending to salute the emperor at all.

The emperor snorted coldly, and said: "I originally wanted to see how your injury is recovering, but now it seems that I am worried for nothing. Seeing that you can still speak ill of me behind my back, this injury does not seem to be serious. Big problem."

This kid really looks at ease no matter what, now that he knows that Xu Liqian has his eyes on him, and that his life may be in danger at any time, he still has the mood to comfort others.

"My son didn't speak ill of my father." Xiao Yan said with an innocent face.

"Then what did you just say? It doesn't sound like a good thing to say." The emperor turned and sat by the bed, staring at the things on the bed.

Xiao Yanzhi laughed and said: "Of course it's a good word! If the minister is better than the blue, it must be because the father taught him well."

"Nonsense!" The emperor rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan, "What are you looking at? You were asked to do things when you were not injured, but if you didn't do anything, you would push everything to others. Now that you are injured, let you take care of yourself." You are recovering from your wounds and you are doing things again, so you can’t survive if you don’t fight against me? Why did you ask the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to use the records of officials in the Northwest?”

Xiao Yanzhi immediately turned his head to look at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and casually said to Xiao Chunyue who was still kneeling beside him: "Sister, help me get the things from the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

Xiao Chunyue was taken aback for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Xiao Yanzhi at a loss.

The emperor rolled Xiao Yan's eyes again, and then said to Xiao Chunyue, "Go and get it for him."

"Yes." Xiao Chunyue hurriedly stood up, and rushed to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials with a stride. Seeing the Minister of the Ministry of Officials slightly surprised, she realized that she had taken too big a step. After taking the item, he turned around and handed it to Xiao Yanzhi.

Smiling and taking the things from Xiao Chunyue's hands, Xiao Yanzhi said again: "Sister, can you help me make a pot of tea?"

Xiao Chunyue nodded hurriedly, then turned and ran away.

Xiao Yanzhi winked at Xiushui again, and Xiushui followed behind Xiao Chunyue.

After Xiao Chunyue left, Xiao Yanzhi looked at the documents brought by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and said to the emperor: "Father, why are you bullying a weak girl? She is the woman who saved your son's life with her own happiness. "

The emperor said with a straight face, "Did I do anything to her?"

This woman's father married his wife, so he can't bully her father anymore, can't he bully his daughter?The father's debt is paid by the son. In other words, since he hid the son and sent the daughter to him, he can only let the daughter pay the debt.

"Yes, yes, father, you don't have it. It's my son's poor eyesight," Xiao Yanzhi handed the document in front of the emperor and said, "father, do you have any impression of this person?"

When he took over the Ministry of Officials, he was catching up with the transfer of civil and military officials in the Northwest. When he was helping to sort out the list of officials, he inquired about everyone's background in a boring way. It was originally just to pass the time, but now it is used. .

The emperor took a look and saw that Xiao Yanzhi pointed out a general surnamed Zhang, so he replied: "Of course I remember, he is now the general of the Northwest Garrison."

"Father, do you still remember his origin?"

"En?" The emperor stared at the name and thought for a while, and then said, "Isn't he an orphan? If I remember correctly, he was the champion of martial arts back then. He invited himself to go to the northwest to fight against the barbarians. He has repeatedly made military exploits and was only promoted to general last year."

Xiao Yanzhi looked at the emperor with a serious face, and said: "It's true that he is an orphan, but does the emperor still remember who he married after he became the champion of martial arts?"

"Married to Yun..." The emperor suddenly froze when he said this.

Xiao Yanzhi curled his lips, threw the document back to Pei Ze, and said, "He married Concubine Yun Shu's cousin, and then he took his wife to the northwest."

Pei Ze was stunned: "That is to say...Xu Liqian will go to the northwest?"

They have been tracking Xu Liqian's whereabouts, but they forgot that they can also start from where Xu Liqian is staying.

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head again, and said: "He may not go to the northwest, but he must start to pay attention to the movements of the Northwest Army. If Xu Liqian wants to make a last-ditch effort, he will definitely need an army to support him."

The emperor looked at Xiao Yanzhi, chuckled suddenly, and said, "You shouldn't be an idle person, hurry up and recover from your injuries and come back to help me."

"Yes, Royal Father." Xiao Yanzhi responded with a smile, "The Minister of the Ministry of Officials stay and talk to me for a while."

The emperor got up and said to Pei Ze: "You still have to follow me back to the palace."

"Yes." Pei Ze looked up at Xiao Yanzhi, then turned and left with the emperor.

The emperor and Pei Ze were discussing countermeasures while walking, and when they reached the main room of Prince Wucheng's mansion, the emperor suddenly stopped, covered his heart and squatted down in pain.

Pei Ze and Zhao Kang were taken aback, and hurried forward to support the emperor.

"His Majesty?!"

Zhao Kang supported the emperor with one hand, and with the other hand he frantically searched for something in his bosom. After a while, he dug out a porcelain bottle, pulled out the stopper and poured out two pills.

"Your Majesty, the medicine! Take the medicine quickly!"

The emperor didn't say anything, just took the pill and threw it into his mouth.

After a while, the emperor opened his mouth to speak: "Pei Ze, this matter...don't tell Yan Zhi!"

"But Your Majesty..."

The emperor raised his hand to stop what Pei Ze was about to say, and said, "Let him recover from his injuries first."

Pei Ze frowned, and silently supported the emperor to stand up.

The emperor's complexion has eased, he stepped forward cautiously, and said to Pei Ze in a low voice: "The imperial doctor said that I have a heart problem, which can't be cured, and no one can tell how much time I have left. "

Pei Ze frowned, thinking he should say something to comfort the emperor, but he didn't know what to say after he opened his mouth.

Noticing Pei Ze's troubled expression, the emperor smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it."

Pei Ze hesitated and asked, "Your Majesty... when did you know?"

The emperor got into the carriage and said with a smile: "I knew it a year ago. At that time, the imperial doctors in the imperial medical office were all tossed. I even threatened my life, saying that if they couldn't cure me, I would kill them." They have no choice but to have no choice. No matter how many people I kill, I will not be able to save my own life. It is probably because I have done too many wrong things in my life, and I am burdened with so many lives. It is time to pay for it. gone."

Pei Ze followed into the carriage, but with his head down, making it hard for others to see the expression on his face.

The emperor said again: "Don't worry, I will finish everything I can do before leaving. My sons are all virtuous, it is because I can't teach them well, and my courtiers are all virtuous, it is okay for me to control them. The mistakes I made cannot be made for you, especially since I and you forced him into this world, and I can't let him bear more for me.

The thing I am most proud of in this life is a son like Yanzhi. He was not raised by me, nor was he taught by me. You go and pick him up.I have to do something for him. "

After hanging his head in silence for a while, Pei Ze turned his head to look at the emperor and said, "The minister and the King of Shu will always be by His Majesty's side."

The emperor patted Pei Ze's shoulder with a smile and said nothing.

On this day, Pei Ze stayed in the palace until the evening before leaving. When he left the palace, Pei Ze was still in a daze.

When Pei Ze returned to Wucheng Palace, Xiao Yanzhi was sitting around in the front yard of the palace in a newly made wheelchair. Because the most serious injury on his body was a broken leg bone, Xiao Yanzhi specially drew Li An sent the picture of the wheelchair to Yan Sheng, and sure enough, within a few days, Yan Sheng sent him the finished product.

"You're back." Seeing Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi immediately wandered in front of Pei Ze, "Is the new gadget sent by Young Master Yan fun?"

Pei Ze sized up the wheelchair, then smiled and said, "Is it your idea?"

Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "How do you know that I thought of it?"

"It's just you who can come up with all these miscellaneous new things." After finishing speaking, Pei Ze bent down and hugged Xiao Yanzhi, "You hurt more than just the bones in your leg, so can't you be more honest?"

Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips and said: "The doctor sent by Young Master Yan said that the ribs are not serious, you can move them."

Pei Ze rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan, and then carried Xiao Yanzhi back to the dormitory, while the abandoned wheelchair was pushed back by Lian Sheng and put away, so that Xiao Yan could use it next time he felt the need.

Being hugged by Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi stared at Pei Ze's profile, and then asked in a low voice, "What's wrong? Is the Northwest Army's problem hard to solve?"

Pei Ze returned to his senses, turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "It's not difficult, if it's a big deal, we'll fight a war."

In terms of fighting, he was never afraid of anyone.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze suspiciously, and asked again: "Did something else happen?"

Pei Ze's brows moved slightly, and he asked back, "Why do you ask that?"

"A feeling." Xiao Yanzhi scrutinized Pei Ze's side face carefully.

Putting Xiao Yanzhi on the bed, Pei Ze stood beside the bed, looking down at Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi also looked up at Pei Ze, but after a while when Pei Ze didn't speak, Xiao Yanzhi's heart skipped a beat, and he asked cautiously, "Could it be that you're going to fight tomorrow?"

Pei Ze shook his head, and said, "The Northwest Army's movements have not been confirmed yet, so we won't send troops for the time being. Even if we want to send troops, we have to spend time to move them to Chang'an first. The Northwest Army is not easy to deal with."

Unable to think of a reason, Xiao Yanzhi glared at Pei Ze and said, "Is it okay to speak up? How do you make me guess like this?"

Opening his mouth, Pei Ze hesitated for a moment, and then asked Xiao Yanzhi: "You...do you want to go back to Wanchun Palace? I can let Kong Qing and Xu Ren all go to Wanchun Palace to guard."

This is equivalent to moving Prince Wucheng's mansion into the Wanchun Palace, it's just a different place, and Xiao Yanzhi's safety can still be guaranteed.

"Go back to the Wanchun Palace?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze suspiciously, his brain was running fast, quickly guessing the matter that Pei Ze didn't want to say directly, "It is necessary for people from Wucheng Palace to protect me and my father at the same time." Is it safe?"

"……almost."

almost?That's a little bit closer?

Xiao Yanzhi continued to guess: "Could it be that the father was injured? Xu Liqian asked someone to assassinate the father?"

Pei Ze shook his head again.

Xiao Yanzhi was so angry that he picked up a pillow and threw it at Pei Ze: "Could you give me some hints? What's wrong with you today? Could it be that Father is running out of time and wants me to see him more? "

Pei Ze took the pillow and hugged it, and looked at Xiao Yanzhi steadfastly.

Seeing that Pei Ze didn't say anything, not even a change in his expression or movement, Xiao Yanzhi panicked: "Hey, why don't you shake your head? You always scold me for talking nonsense, why don't you say it now? Already? Hello, Pei Ze?"

Seeing that Xiao Yanzhi was about to move, Pei Ze immediately took a step forward, threw the pillow to the inside of the bed, and then pressed Xiao Yanzhi's shoulder.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand to hold Pei Ze's hand on his shoulder, and said, "Tell me, didn't you decide to let me know? Wouldn't it make me feel more uncomfortable if you said it or not?"

After staring at Xiao Yanzhi for a while, Pei Ze said with some difficulty: "Your Majesty said... the imperial doctor said that your Majesty's heart problem is caused by an early injury that hasn't healed quickly, and now it can't be cured. If you rest, maybe you can... live longer."

As soon as he heard that there was a heart problem, Xiao Yanzhi immediately knew what was going on, but he knew it, Xiao Yanzhi always felt that this matter was unacceptable.

"Didn't it be fine before? Why did the heart suddenly have problems? Could it be a wrong diagnosis? Could it be poisoning? Since Xu Liqian and Concubine Yun Shu have been planning for a long time, will they poison the emperor? ?" Xiao Yanzhi held Pei Ze's hand tightly, asking questions one after another.

"The Imperial Medical Office discovered it when it took His Majesty's pulse more than a year ago. After that, it will ask His Majesty for pulse three times a month. If the diagnosis is wrong, it should have been discovered long ago."

"More than a year ago..." Xiao Yanzhi was stunned, and then asked Pei Ze, "You already knew?"

Pei Ze shook his head and said, "I just found out today. Your Majesty told me not to tell you, but..."

He can understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts to keep it from words. It can be said that he is a person who values ​​affection, especially family affection. To Yanzhi, His Majesty may not be as close as the Xiao family, and may not be as important as the Xiao family, but is it true? People who have been together day and night for more than two years, His Majesty can clearly see Yanzhi's connivance and protection. Because of this, Yanzhi also responded. Now His Majesty is also a family member to Yanzhi, and he does not want to wait until His Majesty On the day he left, Yanzhi regretted his ignorance for the rest of his life, and he knew that that guilt could never be made up for.

Gathering his mind, Xiao Yanzhi smiled at Pei Ze, but the smile was so dull that no one could see a trace of it: "Thank you for telling me."

"Do you want to move back to Wanchun Palace?" Pei Ze asked again.

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head, and said: "It just so happens that Young Master Yan sent a wheelchair here. From tomorrow onwards, I will often go to the palace, so I don't have to move back to Wanchun Palace. Just pretend that I don't know anything."

The emperor was trying his best to cover it up, if he found out that he knew, he would have to pretend that nothing happened, then he would not be able to do anything for the emperor, but the emperor would bother to comfort him.

Pei Ze nodded and said, "Then I'll arrange more people to follow you. Whenever you want to enter the palace, just tell me, and I'll be with you if I can."

"En." Xiao Yanzhi nodded, then turned around and hugged Pei Ze, burying his face in Pei Ze's arms.

Pei Ze quietly let Xiao Yanzhi hug him, and patted Xiao Yanzhi's back lightly, which seemed to be comfort and a kind of companionship.