The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Waking up early in the morning, Pei Ze raised his hand and opened the curtain beside the bed, turned his head to glance at the dazzling sunlight that sprinkled the floor, and then put down the curtain again.

It looks like the sun is already high, the morning should be over, why no one came to wake them up?

After a second thought, it occurred to Xu Lishan that Xu Lishan should preside over this morning, so Pei Ze completely lost the intention of getting up, and turned his head to stare at Xiao Yanzhi's sleeping face.

I haven't seen him for more than half a month, and this person who he managed to gain some weight has lost weight again, even a little thinner than when he was the thinnest before. Even if he sleeps peacefully, the blue shadow under his eyes has not completely disappeared .

After thinking about it, Pei Ze carefully drew back the arm that Xiao Yanzhi used as a pillow, then turned around and got off the bed, dressed himself neatly, and walked out of the bedroom lightly.

Pushing open the door, He Yan, Zhang Shaosheng, Xu Ren, and Kong Qing were all guarding the door. Pei Ze raised his hand to block the voices of several people wanting to say hello, closed the door gently with his backhand, and then said: "Who are you?" come here."

After speaking, Pei Ze took the four of them to sit at the stone table in the small courtyard in front of the house.There is a distance from the house, the voice of talking will not disturb Xiao Yanzhi, but it is not far from the house, no matter what happens, they can rush over immediately.

Seeing the four of He Yan standing beside him in an orderly manner, Pei Ze casually pointed to the seats and said, "Sit down."

"Thank you, my lord." The four thanked each other in a low voice, and then took their seats.

After the four of them sat down, Pei Ze looked at Xu Ren and asked straight to the point: "What happened when I was not around?"

I knew that Pei Ze would ask this first, Xu Ren had already sorted out the big things and small things that happened during this period of time, and when asked at this time, he gave Pei Ze an answer without any hesitation.

Pei Ze listened without saying a word, but his face became more and more ugly.

Before he left, he had thought that Xu Liqian would try to take the lives of Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan, but he felt that Xiao Yanzhi and Xu Lishan could handle it, and the sixteen guards were there, let alone His Majesty, so he went to the northwest with confidence. , but I didn't expect Xu Liqian to get help from the left and right Weiwei, and then he would kill His Majesty first.He also didn't expect Concubine Yun Shu to hang on the tower under Xiao Yan's order, and he didn't expect that the situation would force Xiao Yanzhi to kill someone.

Xiao Yanzhi has never killed anyone before, so it's no wonder he haggards like this.He still remembers that he hid in the quilt and cried all night after the first murder. After that, more and more people were murdered by him. For a year or two, he couldn't sleep well every night, and he always dreamed of evil ghosts As long as it takes longer and kills more people, he will get used to it.

When he heard from Xu Ren that one of the emperor's last decrees was to demote Xiao Yanzhi to a commoner, Pei Ze was taken aback for a moment, and then fell into deep thought.

He understood what His Majesty meant.Xiao Yanzhi was originally a person who was not suitable to stay in the court, no matter how much he understood the world, no matter how good he was at dealing with disputes in the court, he was still a person who was not suitable to stay in the court, he took love too seriously Heavy, and the court is a place where any emotion can be obliterated, His Majesty is probably the same as him, he doesn't want to see Xiao Yanzhi being hurt again and again in the disputes that have nothing to do with him.

Common people...

Pei Ze was thinking deeply when suddenly he heard the door behind him being knocked open with a slam. Pei Ze and Xu Ren were startled and turned their heads to look over at the same time.

I saw Xiao Yanzhi standing at the door with bare feet, only a tunic tied messily around his body, and his black hair hanging down, looking dumbfounded at several people in the yard.

"What's wrong?" Pei Ze got up and walked towards Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi seemed to come back to his senses suddenly, his face flushed for a moment, then he pulled his hands together, and closed the door again with a bang, and then Xiao Yanzhi came out of the room with a trace of annoyance.

"fine."

Startled by the sound of closing the door, Pei Ze stopped abruptly, and only recovered when he heard Xiao Yanzhi's slightly flustered voice.

fine?Nothing, what is he doing in such a panic?

"Go and rest, and change to two people to guard."

After leaving the last instructions for Xu Ren and the others, Pei Ze strode to the door of the house, stretched out his hand and pushed the door, but did not push it open, as if Xiao Yanzhi was pushing against the door from inside.

"In other words?" Pei Ze knocked on the door suspiciously.

Xiao Yanzhi in the room stood with his back against the door, scratched the corner of his mouth and said: "They said it's all right, aren't you talking to them? Go back and continue talking."

He just didn't see Pei Ze when he opened his eyes, thinking that he was already in a trance and began to hallucinate, so he was in a hurry to confirm, but he seemed a little too anxious.

Looking down at the only piece of clothing hanging crookedly on his body, Xiao Yan looked annoyed.

"Finish, open the door, I want to go in."

"What are you doing here?" After blurting out these words, Xiao Yanzhi became even more annoyed, wishing he could bite his tongue off.

Without waiting for Pei Ze outside the door to say anything, Xiao Yanzhi ran back into the room like a gust of wind, quickly jumped onto the bed, and pulled the curtain beside the bed tightly.

Hearing the sound in the room, Pei Ze raised his eyebrows, and then pushed the door open easily.

Lifting his foot to enter the door, Pei Ze did not see Xiao Yanzhi's figure.

"Yanzhi?" Pei Ze walked to the bed, raised his hand to open the curtain, but found that Xiao Yanzhi pinched the curtain from inside again.

Pei Ze was helpless.

After not letting him in, did he not let him go to bed?

Pei Ze tugged at the curtain again, but still couldn't pull it open. He turned his head to look at the rope tied to the corner of the bed beam at the top of the curtain, and Pei Ze raised his hand to untie the rope.

After untying the rope, as soon as Pei Ze let go, the curtain fell down naturally, and half of the bed was uncovered, and Xiao Yanzhi, who was hiding behind the curtain, naturally appeared in front of Pei Ze.

Xiao Yanzhi looked up at Pei Ze blankly, then lowered his head to look at the curtain that had been dragged on the ground, and raised his head to look at Pei Ze in a daze.

Amused by Xiao Yanzhi's dumbfounded look, Pei Ze raised his hand and flicked Xiao Yanzhi's forehead.

"Leg, stretch it out and let me have a look."

Xiao Yanzhi let go of the curtain and stretched out one leg.

Pei Ze twitched the corner of his mouth: "Another one."

Why stick out your uninjured leg?

"Oh." Xiao Yanzhi retracted this leg and replaced it with the other.

Then Pei Ze squatted down helplessly, supported Xiao Yanzhi's feet, and gently pinched the part wrapped in gauze.

"Does it hurt?"

Xiao Yanzhi blinked and replied, "Of course it hurts if you pinch it."

Pei Ze rolled Xiao Yan's eyes, then squeezed twice: "Who made you run around?"

Feeling that Xiao Yanzhi's bones were no longer misaligned, Pei Ze heaved a sigh of relief.

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth and said, "Isn't it because I woke up and didn't see you?"

Pei Ze was startled, looked up at Xiao Yanzhi and asked, "Are you looking for me?"

"...Well," Xiao Yanzhi said angrily, covering his face, "Ah!! What a shame!"

Pei Ze chuckled and said, "I'm really happy."

Standing up and kissing Xiao Yanzhi's forehead, Pei Ze turned around and went to the basin, wet the cloth and folded it back, squatted down in front of Xiao Yanzhi again, pulled Xiao Yanzhi's feet, and seriously Help Xiao Yanzhi wipe off the dust on the soles of his feet.

"Hello!" Xiao Yan was startled, and subconsciously pulled his foot back, and hid it under the gown, "Give me the cloth towel. I'll do it myself."

However, Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi dissatisfiedly, reached out his hand under Xiao Yanzhi's gown, and grabbed that foot out again: "Don't move around, you'll dirty the bed."

Xiao Yanzhi twitched the corner of his mouth.

Why didn't I see him at night, worried that the bed would be dirty?I don't need him to wash it, what do you mind now?

But seeing Pei Ze's serious face and enjoying it, Xiao Yanzhi felt hot again.

After wiping Xiao Yanzhi's feet clean, Pei Ze looked up again and found Xiao Yanzhi tilted his head. Even though he covered his face with his hands, he could still see that his face was flushed.

Pei Ze raised his eyebrows, lifted Xiao Yanzhi's foot and kissed it on the instep.

Xiao Yanzhi shuddered in shock, staring at Pei Ze: "You! Who did you learn from when you went to the northwest!"

He remembered that Pei Ze was not such a person!

Pei Ze said with a good-humored smile: "Northwest people are unrestrained, I probably learned something."

Ever since he saw Xiao Yanzhi yesterday, he just wanted to love Xiao Yanzhi well, what can he do?Perhaps his state of mind has also changed.

In the past month, he has experienced life and death twice, one time when he was captured by Zhang Maocheng in the Northwest camp. The development of the situation at that time was really beyond his expectation. He even thought Zhang Maocheng would immediately Kill him, and at that moment, he couldn't think of a way to get out of the siege, nor how to send the news back to Chang'an, all he could think of was Xiao Yanzhi's voice and smile.

If he really can't go back again, what should that Xiao Yanzhi who loves to make trouble do?He has done many things for many people in this half of his life, but he hasn't done anything for Xiao Yanzhi yet. Will he have a chance to do it again?

The second time was when he experienced Xiao Yanzhi's life and death yesterday. When he saw Prince Wucheng's mansion surrounded by people wearing strange light armor, when he saw Xiao Yanzhi surrounded by people led by Xu Liqian, he really thought that Xiao Yanzhi would be killed, at that moment he ran towards Xiao Yanzhi instinctively, and there was nothing left in his heart except remorse.

If Xiao Yanzhi leaves here, what should he do?He still has things he wants to do with Xiao Yanzhi, and he still has things he wants to say to Xiao Yanzhi, who will he say to?

God is merciful, he came back, Xiao Yanzhi did not leave, he still has the opportunity to do something for Xiao Yanzhi, he still has time to say something to Xiao Yanzhi, but this life is not as good as imagined. Long, his opportunities and time are running out.

Xiao Yanzhi blushed and stared at Pei Ze, not knowing what to say.

Pei Ze rubbed Xiao Yanzhi's head, then walked to the closet, and when he opened the closet door, he saw that there were all kinds of clothes hanging inside.

Pei Ze was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. He just picked out a set of clothes, and then went back to the bed.

Seeing Pei Ze coming with some clothes, Xiao Yanzhi immediately shrank to the side of the bed, then stretched out his hand to Pei Ze and said, "Give me the clothes, I will wear them myself."

Seeing Xiao Yan's serious resistance, Pei Ze had no choice but to hand over the clothes regretfully.

Fortunately, he also wanted to experience the feeling of serving others.

After receiving the clothes, Xiao Yanzhi was on guard against Pei Ze, while sitting on the bed and struggling to put on the clothes. After everything was fully dressed, he went to the side of the bed, ready to put on his boots.

Unexpectedly, Pei Ze suddenly bent down and hugged Xiao Yanzhi: "You don't need to wear shoes, so you won't run around."

Xiao Yanzhi was speechless.

Pei Ze stepped out of the house with Xiao Yanzhi in his arms, and saw Lian Sheng and Xiao Chunyue waiting at the door as soon as he went out.

Xiao Chunyue first stretched her neck to take a look at Xiao Yanzhi, seeing that Xiao Yanzhi's face looked much better than before, she was relieved.

As an elder sister, she can only take care of Yanzhi's daily necessities, but when it comes to Yanzhi's critical moment, she can't help him with anything, and she can't even be Yanzhi's support and comfort. Fortunately, King Wucheng is there.

After saluting Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi, Lian Sheng asked with a smile: "My lord, the lunch is ready, where do you two lords want to use it?"

Hearing this, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi turned their heads and looked around at the same time.

Xiao Yanzhi asked: "Is there any place with a good view in this Shu Palace?"

He is really quite unfamiliar with his territory.

Lian Sheng nodded quickly and said: "Yes, a back garden was specially built in the Shu Palace, and water from the Longshou Canal was used to build a pool. It's beautiful!"

Xiao Yan was startled, and then asked: "You said the back garden was rebuilt?"

Lian Sheng was stunned, and his voice lowered a bit, and said: "If you go back to the prince, it was rebuilt the year before last, and the flowers and trees in the back garden were all transplanted from the imperial garden."

Pei Ze looked down at Xiao Yanzhi's face, and then said to Lian Sheng, "Just put the lunch in the back garden."

After finishing speaking, Pei Ze walked towards the back garden with Xiao Yanzhi in his arms.

After walking for a while, Xiao Yanzhi, who had been in a daze, realized that he was still held in Pei Ze's arms.

"Where's the wheelchair? Someone get the wheelchair."

Pei Ze replied without thinking: "With me here, what do you need a wheelchair for?"

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and let Pei Ze go.

Walking into the back garden, Pei Ze's footsteps stopped involuntarily, and Xiao Yanzhi also looked dumbfounded.

The area of ​​the back garden is probably larger than the serious Shu Palace in front. Lian Sheng said that the water from the Longshou Canal was used to build a pool, but in fact it was a man-made lake built by trimming the terrain. On one side of the lake is The stream leading from Longshou Canal, the water of Longshou Canal flows into the lake along this stream, and on the other side of the lake is a small stream, this stream leads the water out of the lake, probably to send it back to Longshou Canal , Such a circle, the lake has become a living water lake.

Where there is water, there are naturally bridges, and the bridge here is built across the lake, with a square platform in the middle, I don’t know what it was originally reserved for.Surrounded by streams and lakes in the middle is a viewing pavilion built on an elevated platform.

The whole garden takes the stream, lake and pavilion as the main landscape, surrounded by flowers and trees, Xiao Yanzhi carefully distinguishes them, and finds that those flowers and trees are of different flowering seasons, which probably guarantee the four seasons of flowers in this garden.

Xiao Yanzhi's throat choked, and the hands on Pei Ze's body unconsciously grabbed Pei Ze's clothes.

Pei Ze looked at Xiao Yanzhi, then carried Xiao Yanzhi into the viewing pavilion.

While waiting for lunch, Pei Ze asked Xiao Yanzhi, "I heard from Xu Ren that one of His Majesty's wills is for you."

Xiao Yanzhi took a deep breath, then nodded and said, "Well, they want to demote me to a commoner."

"Then what are your plans?" It was rare that Xiao Yanzhi didn't tie his hair up, so Pei Ze played with Xiao Yanzhi's hair.

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "I haven't made up my mind yet."

Pei Ze hugged Xiao Yanzhi and said softly, "You want to accept it? Don't worry about me, I'll go wherever you go."

Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at Pei Ze, and then said, "I'm not worried about you."

Pei Ze's face froze.

Xiao Yanzhi continued: "Even if I become a commoner, I can still live in Prince Wucheng's Mansion, as long as you allow me."

Feeling that what Xiao Yanzhi said made sense, Pei Ze's expression softened a little, but he still felt unhappy.

"Then what are you hesitating about?"

Xiao Yanzhi sighed and said: "I chose to help Xu Lishan in the first place because I really wanted to get rid of the court completely one day, but... I seem to have no way to ignore the country that my father wants to protect."

Pei Ze was silent.

Or for His Majesty...

"It's okay, think about it slowly." Pei Ze patted Xiao Yanzhi on the head.

When Lian Sheng brought lunch, Xu Lishan was also brought along.

Looking at the back garden, which is as exquisite as the imperial garden, Xu Lishan curled his lips. When he saw Pei Ze sitting leisurely in the pavilion with Xiao Yanyi in his arms, the corners of Xu Lishan's eyes twitched violently.

"If the two brothers are so busy, how about moving to the palace to help my younger brother?" Xu Lishan stepped into the viewing pavilion angrily, and sat opposite Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi, "I heard that Xu Liqian went to Wucheng yesterday. Wang Mansion, Brother Huang is not injured, is he?"

"No," Xiao Yanzhi smiled, and wanted to get off Pei Ze's lap and sit on the stone bench beside him, but Pei Ze's hands were clasped tightly, and he couldn't pull them away, "Fortunately, Pei Ze came back in time."

"That's right," Xu Lishan said with a sideways glance at Pei Ze, "Brother Pei went straight to Prince Wucheng's mansion as soon as he came back. I can understand how he is worried about someone who likes to cause trouble. After all, that person is more important than my younger brother. Ah, but after the matter is resolved, can you go to the palace and let me know? The two of you are absent from the morning court at the same time, I thought what happened to you!"

Pei Ze said indifferently, "I accidentally overslept."

Xu Lishan twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "You don't need to explain to me, I don't want to imagine any embarrassing scenes."

Xiao Yanzhi blinked, looked at Xu Lishan with interest and asked, "Can you still imagine? Imagine me and Pei Ze?"

While he found it amusing, it seemed eerie in another way.

Xu Lishan was very embarrassed, and he said angrily, "Don't ask."

Pei Ze echoed, "I also think it's better not to ask."

It's more than just embarrassing.

Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth and stopped talking.

Xu Lishan changed the subject and said, "Since both of you are fine, don't miss the morning court tomorrow."

Just as Xiao Yanzhi was about to agree, Pei Ze suddenly said, "I want to ask for leave."

For the time being, Xiao Yanzhi should not be allowed to return to the court.

"Ah?" Xu Lishan stared at Pei Ze, "Why are you suing?"

Brother Pei has been King Wucheng for five years, and he has never asked for leave. Why is he going to ask for leave as soon as he takes office?Does he know how many things are waiting for them to do in the court?

Pei Zeli said bluntly, "I should have three years' leave when my relatives pass away?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi's eyes lit up, and said: "Then I have it too?"

"What is there!" Xu Lishan was angry, "Ordinary officials have them, but you two are the princes of the dynasty, where did you get this fake?! If you two have it, then I also have it?"

Pei Ze said: "The emperor has no holidays all year round, so you can do it yourself."

"Me!" Xu Lishan blushed with anger.

Pei Ze said to Xiao Yanzhi again: "How about building a hut next to the imperial mausoleum?"

Xiao Yanzhi blinked and said, "I don't care."

"I don't care!" Xu Lishan yelled, "Are you two abandoning me?"

"No," Pei Zedan said with a smile, "I just performed my filial piety on your behalf."

Xu Lishan was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and could only use his power to suppress humanity: "I won't allow it! You two are not allowed to miss the morning court tomorrow!"

After saying this, Xu Lishan left angrily.

After Xu Lishan left, Xiao Yanzhi asked Pei Ze, "Why are you bullying him? He just took care of all the affairs in the court, so he must be exhausted? If you and I leave at this time, what will he do? "

Pei Ze glanced at Xiao Yan, and then said: "You only worry about other men, can you seriously worry about me?"

"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze amusedly.

Pei Ze lay on Xiao Yanzhi's shoulder, and said: "I have either led the rebellion for half my life, or put myself in danger to catch the rebels, and a few lives are not enough to pay. I am tired and need to rest. "

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "Why didn't you feel tired when you led the rebellion?"

Pei Ze said: "There were no more important things to do at that time, but now there are."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze in puzzlement.

Pei Ze raised his head and bit Xiao Yanzhi's nose, and said, "I'll be with you."

Xiao Yanzhi blushed, then glared at Pei Ze and said, "Did you eat something wrong this morning?"

"It's all for eating with you." After speaking, Pei Ze picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of meat and brought it to Xiao Yanzhi's mouth.

Xiao Yanzhi swallowed the meat and looked at Pei Ze suspiciously: "Is that sick?"

Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand and touched Pei Ze's forehead, but felt that Pei Ze's body temperature was normal.

Pei Ze squinted Xiao Yan's eyes and said, "Is it so abnormal for me to treat you well?"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head and said, "It's normal for you to be nice to me, but it's not normal for you to talk so much."

"What's the use of holding it in your stomach if you don't tell it to you?"

Xiao Yanzhi curled his lips and said, "I still think you're weird."

Pei Ze smiled and said, "It will probably be like this in the future, you should get used to it as soon as possible."