The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

Ever since Xiao Yanzhi got angry, Xiao Junmeng had to go to Shu Palace every day.

Faced with Xiao Junmeng's flattery, Xiao Yanzhi resumed his gentle smile as a brother, but Xiao Junmeng always felt that Xiao Yanzhi's attitude was different from before.

After returning from Shu Palace to the place where the stewards of Yan Mansion lived, Xiao Junmeng went to Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng's room.

"Second brother, are you there?" After knocking on the door, Xiao Junmeng stood at the door and waited.

Xiao Ren'an came out and opened the door, and looked at Xiao Junmeng in surprise: "What's wrong?"

After the three brothers and sisters came to Yan Mansion together, Xiao Ren'an discovered that his younger sister was actually not so delicate and willful. Once she left Xiao Yanzhi's side, Xiao Junmeng lost all willful temper. If there is any difficulty, she will probably find a way to solve it by herself. If there is no other way, Xiao Junmeng will only ask Xiao Yanzhi for help, and has never come to brother Xiao Ren'an.

Xiao Junmeng looked into the room with his head, and said coyly: "I have something I want to discuss with my second brother. I wonder if it's convenient for my second brother?"

Xiao Ren'an was stunned for a moment, then turned sideways to let Xiao Junmeng in, and turned his head to the room and shouted: "Xiangsheng, put on your clothes."

In the room, Xiao Xiangsheng was doing push-ups with his upper body bare, and when he heard Xiao Ren'an's call, he slowly got up, just as he picked up his coat, he saw Xiao Junmeng stepping in by accident, so he hurriedly speeded up, flustered He put the clothes on his body.

"Why is Junmeng here? Why is there such an expression? What happened?" Xiao Xiangsheng looked at Xiao Junmeng suspiciously while fastening his belt.

Xiao Junmeng walked into the room calmly, found a place to sit down, looked at Xiao Ren'an, then at Xiao Xiangsheng, and said, "I seem to have offended my brother."

Hearing this, Xiao Ren'an and Xiao Xiangsheng looked at each other in surprise.

"Brother?" Xiao Ren'an sat down next to Xiao Junmeng, "If it's brother, he's probably teasing you, but he's never really been angry with you."

They knew that Xiao Junmeng and Liu Hanqing were reprimanded by King Wucheng because of their marriage, but according to his elder brother's doting on Junmeng, it would be over if it passed, and the anger would never last overnight.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Xiao Xiangsheng asked Xiao Junmeng: "Didn't you always run to the Shu Palace these days, is it because my brother has not seen you?"

Xiao Junmeng pouted and said: "That's not true, but I always feel that something is different."

"What do you think?" Xiao Ren'an raised his eyebrows, "Is it because you are overthinking? My brother has also experienced a lot of things recently. It is not impossible that he will be different from before, but it will not be aimed at you."

"Is that so?" Xiao Junmeng tilted his head and thought for a while, although he felt that what Xiao Ren'an said was reasonable, but he still had no idea, "Second brother, I want to leave Yan Mansion."

Xiao Ren'an was startled: "Why?"

Xiao Junmeng looked at Xiao Ren'an and said, "I didn't look forward to the Yan family and the young master like my brothers. I came to the Yan family because of the decision of my brother and the young master, and I also wanted to learn a lesson. I want to learn the way of doing business, but I don't want to start a second Yan family. In the future, I just want to help Brother Hanqing manage the Liu family's business. Is it enough to study in the Yan family for two years? Besides, before getting married During these days, I want to stay with my brother as much as possible, and no matter how close I live in the future, it will be different after all."

After hearing Xiao Junmeng's words, Xiao Ren'an couldn't say anything to help Xiao Junmeng make up his mind.

My elder brother has always been the one who gives advice on things like this at home to help them make up their minds, but when he came to ask him suddenly, he couldn't say anything.

But seeing Xiao Junmeng looking very disappointed with his head down, Xiao Ren'an comforted him and said, "Isn't yours no different from ours now? Aren't you able to stay with brother all day now? What's more, brother's side There is also King Wu Cheng, if you are really clinging to him, he has no time to talk to you."

Xiao Xiangsheng curled his lips and said: "What are you talking about! I heard people say that my brother and King Wu Cheng are not going to the court recently, and the two of them are tired of being together all day and all night, how can you follow along? But if you don't want to stay in Yan's house anymore, you can go and tell the young master and elder brother, but if you make a decision after careful consideration, elder brother and young master will not say anything."

The elder brother of their family has always been like this. Even when they are not sensible, the elder brother will only help him analyze the pros and cons of things. In the end, it is they themselves who have to make a decision, and it is also the one who bears the consequences of this decision. They themselves, on this point, the elder brother has never softened his heart.

Seeing that Xiao Junmeng still looked unhappy, Xiao Xiangsheng teased again and said: "You, you are almost becoming someone else's woman, why do you still think about brother all day? Aren't you afraid that brother Liu will be jealous? Hey, speaking of it From now on, shall we call Big Brother Liu just Big Brother Liu, or call him sister-in-law?"

Xiao Ren'an gave Xiao Xiangsheng a blank look.

But after hearing this, Xiao Junmeng suddenly burst into tears.

Xiao Ren'an was startled, and then kicked Xiao Xiangsheng fiercely.

It's all because Xiangsheng this kid, what's the point of talking? !Although he didn't know which sentence Xiangsheng said was wrong.

Xiao Xiangsheng also panicked, scratched his head and got off the bed, went to Xiao Junmeng and squatted down, raised his hand to wipe off the tears on Xiao Junmeng's face: "You girl, why are you crying while talking? What's wrong? "

Xiao Junmeng looked up at Xiao Xiangsheng, and said aggrievedly: "You said I belonged to someone else..."

The corner of Xiao Xiangsheng's mouth twitched, and he turned to look at Xiao Ren'an.

She was going to belong to someone else, why can't she say it?And what's there to cry about?

"Don't listen to your third brother's nonsense," Xiao Ren'an also hurriedly took out the veil and handed it to Xiao Junmeng, comforting, "You have become someone else's wife, but you will always be our sister."

"But...but my brother doesn't want me anymore..." Xiao Junmeng cried even harder after saying that.

As soon as Xiao Junmeng cried, Xiao Xiangsheng felt his scalp go numb, and hurriedly said: "Who is talking nonsense? How could my brother not want you? Since I was a child, my elder brother has loved you the most. He can treat me with you I can't bear to have you if I throw it away. And isn't brother Liu also a friend of my brother? Our two families are like one family, and the days to come will definitely be the same as before. Be good, stop crying, your eyes are swollen from crying It doesn't look good any more."

Xiao Ren'an also panicked and said: "That's right, you see, brother cares about us the same after he's married?"

Hearing this, Xiao Xiangsheng turned his head and looked at Xiao Ren'an in a daze.

My brother's situation seems, seems, probably slightly different...

The two brothers coaxed for a long time before they stopped Xiao Junmeng's tears.

After sending Xiao Junmeng out, Xiao Xiangsheng looked at Xiao Junmeng's back and said, "Is it true that women who are about to get married are so troublesome? If she continues to think nonsense, she should think about whether she is a child picked up by her brother. "

"Don't talk nonsense!" Xiao Ren'an slapped Xiao Xiangsheng on the head, "But Jun Meng reminded me of one thing."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Xiang looked at Xiao Ren'an in puzzlement.

Xiao Ren'an looked at the roof of Yan Mansion not far away, and said in a low voice: "Should we leave Yan's house?"

As Jun Meng said, since they opened the restaurant with their elder brother, they have heard too much about the Yan family, so they have always looked forward to the Yan family and Young Master Yan, but it is only a longing. It is a great blessing to study by the Lord's side, but they never thought of being under the Young Master's hands for the rest of their lives.They came here to study because they wanted to help their brother, and they never thought about learning all the experience and skills of the Yan family. Now that they have achieved something, it's time to leave, right?

Xiao Xiangsheng clasped his hands behind his head, and said relaxedly: "I don't care, if you think you can go, then let's go."

Anyway, he has nothing to learn while staying in the Yan family. Compared with doing business, he is more interested in the Yan family's method of gathering information, and there is only a general idea of ​​​​that aspect of things that he can learn, so he has nothing to do in the Yan family. Done.

Xiao Ren'an gave Xiao Xiangsheng a helpless look, then turned and went back to the house.

Xiao Xiangsheng turned around and went back: "Then when are we leaving? Where are we going after that? Is it really staying in Chang'an?"

Xiao Ren'an turned his head and glared at Xiao Xiangsheng, saying, "Think for yourself!"

"Why?" Xiao Xiangsheng said with a grin, "You are the elder brother, so of course it is up to you to decide. Our family is well-organized."

At this moment, Xiao Ren'an suddenly hated the tradition left by Xiao Yanzhi.

Different from the troubles of the three brothers and sisters of the Xiao family, Xiao Yanzhi, who was in Prince Wucheng's mansion at this time, only thought about one thing, and that was to go to Luozhou to visit the Chen family.

Xiao Yanzhi originally planned to go after everything was settled, but the emperor's body was still placed in the funeral palace, and it was said that he would wait another month before being buried, and Pei Ze was determined not to go to court, Xu Li Shan never urged them, which made Xiao Yanzhi suddenly feel that Pei Ze and Xu Lishan had clearly discussed the matter of not going to court, so Xiao Yanzhi had nothing to worry about, and the injury on his leg was half healed, so why not take the opportunity Get active.

Although Xiao Yanzhi planned to go to the Chen family to find fault, Pei Ze prepared this trip as if it were a trip out for fun.

Seeing Pei Ze's excited appearance, Xiao Yanzhi was also in a good mood.

In the afternoon, Li An took advantage of Pei Ze's absence to come to the back garden of Shu Palace, and found Xiao Yanzhi who was basking in the sun alone.

"I have seen the king."

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Li An, slightly surprised and said, "I haven't seen you for a while."

Li An replied: "During this period of time, the prince's food, clothing, and daily life are all taken care of by our prince, and there is no room for his subordinates to intervene."

"That's right," Xiao Yanzhi turned his head to look at the lake, and asked again, "Then you specially picked a time when Pei Ze wasn't around to come to me, do you have something to tell me?"

Looking at Xiao Yanzhi, Li An said: "I do have something to say to the prince."

"Let's talk about it." If it's good, he'll listen to it, if it's not, he'll pretend he didn't hear it. "If it's too long, just sit down and talk."

"I don't dare," Li An continued, standing with a cat on his waist, "this subordinate is the prince I met when I was 15 years old. At that time, the prince was still young, but he was already able to lead the army to fight. He probably won General Pei." It's true."

Hearing this, Xiao Yanzhi slightly raised his eyebrows.

Did Li An come to talk to him about Pei Ze?

"Your story seems a bit long, please sit down, or I will feel uncomfortable."

"Then...thank you, my lord." After hesitating for a while, Li An still sat down.

After sitting down, Li An started this long story, starting from when he met 15-year-old Pei Ze when he was 13 years old. In the story, there is the scene of Pei Ze killing someone for the first time, and the bitterness of Pei Ze becoming a general The journey includes the sadness of Pei Ze when he was betrayed, the joy of Pei Ze fighting side by side with his friends, the pain of Pei Ze losing his relatives, and the helplessness of Pei Ze in court.

Xiao Yanzhi only maintained a smile and looked at the sparkling lake, listening to the story quietly, silently sketching out the scenes, trying to piece together a Pei Ze that he didn't know at all.

After Li An finished speaking, Xiao Yanzhi asked softly, "Why did you tell me this?"

Li An chuckled lightly, and said: "This subordinate thinks he has known the prince for a long time, and he knows everything about him well, otherwise this subordinate would not dare to take the responsibility of being the governor of Prince Wucheng's residence. It can be seen that after this period of time After the prince of Japan, my subordinates are full of emotions, because they have never seen such a prince before."

"So?" Xiao Yanzhi turned to look at Li An.

Li An turned around and sat upright, then solemnly kowtowed to Xiao Yanzhi and said, "I implore you to stay by Wang Ye's side all the time."

Xiao Yan was stunned, then shook his head and laughed and said, "You came to me suddenly and solemnly, and you laid the groundwork for such a long story, I thought you were here to drive me away. Such things as staying by Pei Ze's side all the time, I don't need you to beg me to do that, whether it makes him happy or unhappy."

Li An stood up, smiled at Xiao Yanzhi and said, "This subordinate knows that you only do what you want to do, and you usually don't care about other people's ideas. This subordinate just represents all the colleagues in Prince Wucheng's mansion who have followed the prince for many years. I would like to express my gratitude to you, thank you for making the prince become like an ordinary person."

Xiao Yanzhi looked slightly embarrassed, and said: "You guys are like this, I feel embarrassed instead."

And suddenly there is a sense of great responsibility.

When Pei Ze returned to the back garden, he saw Li An sitting beside Xiao Yanzhi, the two looked at each other and smiled, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Why is Li An here?"

Li An shivered, then turned to Pei Ze and nodded slightly: "My lord, what are you missing?"

Although Li An prepared the entourage and belongings for Pei Ze and Xiao Yan's trip to Luozhou, Pei Ze went to check them in person in the end.

Pei Ze shook his head and said, "No shortage."

If you bring enough money, you will have nothing.

"Then I will take my leave, and I will wait for the two princes to come back in Prince Wucheng's mansion." After speaking, Li An got up, smiled at Xiao Yanzhi, and then turned and left.

Looking at Li An's leaving back, Pei Ze asked Xiao Yanzhi suspiciously, "What is Li An here for?"

"En..." Xiao Yanzhi tilted his head, then smiled, "Li An came and told me a story."

"Story? What story?"

"That's naturally a story about King Wu Cheng." Xiao Yanzhi reached out to grab Pei Ze's hand, and was pulled to stand up by Pei Ze.

"Me?" Pei Ze became even more curious, "What did you say about me?"

The thief of Xiao Yan smiled and said, "Keep it secret from you."

Confidential?Pei Ze raised his eyebrows.

After hearing these two words, most people would only want to delve deeper.

"Did you speak ill of me?" Pei Ze took advantage of the situation and hugged Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi sneered, and said: "Li An will speak ill of you? If he hears your words, he will be very sad."

"Otherwise what is it?" Pei Ze asked.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze amusedly, and said, "Didn't you come to pick me up? Are all the accompanying people waiting outside?"

"Let them wait."

Xiao Yanzhi frowned and said, "A man who is too entangled will be annoying."

Pei Ze didn't take it seriously and said, "It's enough for you to like me."

"You've become more and more difficult to deal with recently." Xiao Yanzhi curled his lips.

Pei Ze nodded and said, "Because I know you better and better."

"Do you want to say that those who are close to the ink are black?" Xiao Yanzhi stared at Pei Ze.

Pei Ze jokingly said, "Closing to Zhu Zhe Chi?"

The words are good words, but seeing Pei Ze's playful expression, the connotation of the words has to be reconsidered.This is a tacit understanding that Xiao Yanzhi and Pei Ze have cultivated recently.

"……you are a pig."

Gazing at Pei Ze, Xiao Yanzhi pushed Pei Ze away, then hopped forward on one foot.

Pei Ze smiled and strode forward to hug Xiao Yanzhi.

Xiao Yanzhi pouted, and nestled comfortably in Pei Ze's arms.

It was the first time that Xiao Yanzhi saw the entourage of this long trip after leaving the gate of Shu Palace, Kong Qing, Xu Ren, Lian Sheng, Xiushui were all among them, even He Yan who was arranged by Xiao Yanzhi to protect Xiao Chunyue Stand in line.

When he saw Lian Sheng and Xiushui, Xiao Yanzhi smiled at Pei Ze: "You really think you are going out for fun, why did you bring Lian Sheng and Xiushui with you?"

Lian Sheng and Xiushui can't compare with He Yan. These two people have no kung fu at all, and they have been staying in the palace all the time, and have never seen anything in the world. If something happens to them on the road, how can these two people OK?

Pei Ze turned his head to look at Lian Sheng and Xiushui, and then said, "It's okay, the people I brought are enough to protect them."

Originally, Pei Ze didn't want to bring Lian Sheng and Xiushui with him, but after thinking about it, he was afraid that no one would take good care of Xiao Yanzhi along the way, so he simply brought these two along. Xu Lishan approved it, and he brought 100 guards alone, not counting hidden guards, and it doesn't matter if there are two more.

Xiao Yanzhi continued to look, and saw Qi Cheng in the crowd again. This kid was as restless as ever, and as soon as he met Xiao Yanzhi's eyes, he danced and danced to attract Xiao Yanzhi's attention.

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled lightly, but said nothing.

"Speaking of it," Xiao Chunyue walked to Xiao Yanzhi's side, with a worried expression on her face, "If you want me to say, you'd better wait until your leg injury heals up before you go. It’s so inconvenient for people who have to be carried back and forth by King Wu Cheng. If they bump into each other again, won’t the newly healed wound be broken again?”

Xiao Yanzhi didn't tell Xiao Chunyue the purpose of his trip, only that he wanted to go out with Pei Ze.

"Sister, don't worry, I'll be careful." Xiao Yanzhi smiled, "I can't go out to play whenever I want to. It's rare that I have free time right now, so I still go out in the name of office errands. It's a rare opportunity. The injury on my leg is no longer a problem, and I will take the doctor sent by Young Master Yan with me, and nothing will happen. But sister, you must take Zhang Shaosheng with you when you go out. You can go to Li An, Han Qing or Young Master Yan for anything, they will help you."

He also thought about whether to bring Xiao Chunyue to the door to ask for an explanation, but after thinking about it later, he felt that it was not appropriate.That past was not a good memory for Xiao Chunyue, but an old wound that she didn't want to reveal. It is rare that Xiao Chunyue has gradually let go of the past and started a new life. Why should he let Xiao Chunyue get involved with that past? ?What's more, he is the one who can't swallow this breath, so let him do it alone.

Xiao Chunyue sighed, and complained to Xiao Yanzhi: "You are always like this, if you want to do something, no one can persuade you. I will remember everything you said, and I will be careful."

In order not to trouble Yan Zhi, she made herself pay attention to these trivial things.

Xiao Yanzhi laughed and said, "Why, I listen to my sister the most."

Xiao Chunyue rolled Xiao Yan's eyes.

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Liu Hanqing who was standing behind Xiao Chunyue again, and then said to Xiao Chunyue: "Sister, there are still some trivial matters that have not been decided on Jun Meng's marriage, so I will trouble my sister. I was scared once before, Jun Meng The mood seems to be unstable recently. If my sister is free, please talk to her. If it is inconvenient to go back and forth, bring her to the Shu Palace. She is a person who is about to marry into the Liu family, and it is time to pick her up from the Yan family. "

"Don't worry about it," Xiao Chunyue said with a smile, "I'm not as good as you in other things, but I know more about this kind of thing than you. Jun Meng is your sister, and also my sister. It's a big event that only happens once in this lifetime. Wouldn't call it a mistake."

"Yes, our Xiao family is very capable regardless of men and women."

Xiao Chunyue rolled Xiao Yan's eyes again, and said: "Come on, don't let King Wu Cheng hold you standing, go quickly, be careful on the road, don't cause trouble to King Wu Cheng."

Xiao Yanzhi nodded.

Pei Ze raised his foot and took a step, after thinking about it, he turned to Xiao Chunyue and said, "Don't worry, sister, I will take good care of him."

Xiao Chunyue was taken aback for a moment, then nodded a little at a loss: "Then please leave it to King Wu Cheng."

Pei Ze nodded, and then got into the carriage with Xiao Yanzhi in his arms.

Only then did Liu Hanqing speak to Xiao Chunyue in a low voice: "Sister, this is another younger brother."

"This is really frightening." Xiao Chunyue patted her chest.

King Wu Cheng would be so polite to her probably because Yanzhi valued her, but she really couldn't bear such a person being so polite to her.

"But Hanqing." Seeing the carriage moving forward slowly, Xiao Chunyue turned to Liu Hanqing and asked with a serious face, "By the way, why did he go to Luozhou?"

Liu Hanqing's heart tightened, and he said with a smile: "Didn't he say that he wanted to go to Luozhou for fun?"

"Are you sure?" Xiao Chunyue raised her eyebrows.

"Eh..." Liu Hanqing rubbed his nose and said, "The Chen family... is in Luozhou."

Xiao Chunyue was startled, and then smiled lightly: "My little brother... the only luck I have in my life is probably to meet such a little brother."

Although she doesn't mind about the Chen family's affairs, she just wants to be happy.