Tianhuang nobleman

Qi Xiao walked around outside, and after explaining a few words to Jiang Deqing, he went back to his own palace. Qi Xiao didn't tell Bai Ren about these dirty things, but just joked with him like before.

In the next few days, as long as Bai Ren left the Haiyan Palace, even if he went to the Qianqing Palace to invite An Qixiao to the emperor, he would follow him. It is called the two of them as companions. Without him, I didn't ask any more questions.

Qi Xiao takes people seriously, he can rest assured that others can't sit still.

On New Year's Eve, Qi Xiao and Bai Ren went to Chengqian Palace to pay their respects to the emperor after breakfast. Empress Feng was also in the palace. , A letter from Lingnan, your father has already prepared a dowry for your sister, and after the fifteenth day, Princess Roujia will be arranged to go to Beijing, and she will arrive when the dragon raises its head on the second day of February."

Bai Ren got the news from the spies a few days ago, now I don't feel anything, just nodded, Empress Feng smiled and said: "I mean to keep Princess Roujia in the palace, how do you feel?"

Empress Feng turned her head to look at the emperor, with a bit of regret in her eyes: "None of the princesses was raised by the concubine, and the concubine has no daughter's life, so she can think about what is lacking, and she likes girls when she sees them. The princess will accompany the ministers and concubines, and then marry from the palace in the future, so as to give the princess a big face, what does the emperor think?"

Before the emperor could speak, Bai Ren said calmly: "I have thanked the Empress for her praise on my behalf, but the Lingnan Palace is not without men. Since I am here, my sister will naturally go out in the Lingnan Palace and get married in the palace... I am afraid that my sister will not be able to accept such a great kindness."

Empress Feng's face turned pale, and the emperor answered with a smile: "Yes...of course, he is going to go out in the Lingnan Palace. The empress is afraid that your child's family will not be able to handle the wedding."

Bai Ren nodded: "The emperor is so gracious, he gave the Ministry of Internal Affairs to help manage the marriage, and the adults from the Ministry of Internal Affairs will help with the cooking. I think there is nothing wrong with it."

The emperor smiled: "If there is anything wrong with them, you just come back and tell me that this marriage is a big matchmaker made by Princess Dunsu. If something goes wrong, I will not be able to explain it to the princess."

Bai Ren nodded, everyone gossiped for a while and Qi Xiao and Bai Ren knelt down.

After walking out of the main hall, Qi Xiao took advantage of the unpreparedness and gently scratched Bai Ren's palm twice, and smiled softly: "Look at Empress Feng's face... I don't know how to scold you when I go back."

Bai Ren smiled faintly: "Anyway, she has hated me for a long time, and it's not too late to offend her again. Rou Jia has not gone through so much trouble like me, and entered the palace by her side... I can't rest assured."

Qi Xiao couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive, he waved his hand to make the palace servants stand up, turned his head to Bai Ren with a half-smile and said, "You have shown great care for Princess Roujia. How about giving some of that thoughtfulness and care to the lonely king?"

Bai Ren would want to laugh every time Qi Xiao made such an outburst, and made a rare joke with him: "Your Highness, are you acting like a baby?"

Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows, looked left and right and saw no one bowed his head and kissed Bai Ren's ear, lowered his voice and said, "So what? Gu Ke has aroused His Royal Highness's love and affection?"

The kissed ears turned red instantly, and Bai Ren coughed uncomfortably: "Your Highness..."

Qi Xiao sneered: "With this little skill, you dare to tease me?"

Bai Ren na na, dare not say any more, honestly followed Qi Xiao back to Haiyan Palace.

In the Chengqian Palace, Empress Feng sighed and smiled wryly at the emperor: "Because Bairen had a little trouble with Hua'er before, he still hates my concubine and Hua'er. Is it because I like girls? But I just want to give Roujia a face, and the concubine is kind, but Bai Ren actually... Well, even if the concubine is infatuated, it's just that Bai Ren's child has too much temper Some, just like this in front of the emperor..."

"Empress." The emperor put down the teacup, took a deep look at Empress Feng and said calmly, "Everything is too late."

Empress Feng paused for a moment, and then her face slowly turned purple. The emperor felt a little impatient. He knew what Empress Feng was thinking better than anyone else, but it was just for the sake of what happened before, and deliberately acted in front of him. He looked like a girl, but his skills were not enough, neither did he please himself, nor did he win over Bai Ren.

The emperor who made his wife actually has a lot of friendship with him. Empress Feng has married since he was a prince. Over the years, Empress Feng and the Feng family have helped him a lot. The emperor knows it well, so the emperor treats Feng The empress has always been a bit more patient, but it's a pity that in the past few years, probably because the other princes have grown up, Empress Feng has become more impetuous, and the things she does can't satisfy the emperor, and she can't share her worries, but it's the other way around. Wanting to be considerate of her, the emperor felt displeased, and he didn't bother to cover up his words: "You are kind, but you let Rou Jia marry out of the palace, where do you want to put the Lingnan Palace? The Lingnan King is far away in Lingnan , but he has a mansion and a son in the middle of the capital, so the Lingnan Palace will be empty on the day of the wedding?"

"Besides, Roujia is just a princess. If she is really allowed to marry in the palace, which door will the queen plan to let her go out on the day of the wedding?" He couldn't help but get angry when he said such irrelevant words on his face, and his tone became more and more indifferent, "The queen is the most disciplined, why are you so confused?"

Empress Feng was suffocating in her heart, but after being reprimanded by the emperor in such a harsh tone, she became even more aggrieved, tears rolled in her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Chenqie... Chenqie is really kind, let Roujia enter the palace. It's because I thought of it on a whim, and I didn't think about it carefully, so... it's my concubine's fault."

If it was a little girl, the emperor might really feel some pity, but it's a pity that the face of Empress Feng is no longer fresh in the eyes of the emperor. The emperor was too lazy to listen to her explanation, and sighed: " I know you have good intentions... Forget it, you need to take care of the dinner, so go first."

Empress Feng pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief to suppress the tears in her eyes and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the dinner and troupe are ready."

The emperor nodded, and Empress Feng straightened her clothes and came out.

Empress Feng held hatred in her heart, and helped the palace servants to walk out slowly, watching Concubine Xue's chariot approaching from a distance, Empress Feng turned her head and said coldly to her confidant palace servant: "I don't ask her to cook the dinner Is it?"

A female officer at the side hesitated for a while and said softly: "Your Majesty... the emperor announced Xue Guifei when he got up early, and told her to come over after breakfast. It's about this time."

Empress Feng tried her best to suppress her anger, sneered and got on the chariot.

"After the dinner, I will go to the Hall of Qinghe to listen to the opera. I have already arranged it. You sit with me." Qi Xiao gently twirled the jade ring around his waist, and said with a smile, "Every year there are those few operas. It’s not really a good thing.”

Bai Ren put down the book in his hand and raised his head doubtfully, "Sit with you? I...don't I want to sit down with those county kings?"

Bai Ren didn't feel that big before, but after staying in the palace for a year, Bai Ren really knows how valuable the status of "Prince" is.

The other princes would salute and greet Qi Xiao when they saw Qi Xiao, not to mention, even the princes would get out of the sedan chair to say hello when they saw Qi Xiao. Second to the emperor, and although Qi Xiao has never entered the East Palace, there is no shortage of officials in the East Palace, and there are as many as a thousand people directly under the crown prince's personal guards. According to Qi Xiao, this number is more than that.

Bai Ren can understand more and more why the princes all want to fight for the position of the crown prince. They are all princes, but because of the lack of this title, their power and status are like clouds and mud. When they were in Lingnan before, even though Bai Ren was also the king of Lingnan It was set to be the heir of the emperor, but compared to his three younger brothers, he only had a few more money every month, and he never tasted any other real benefits.

After the dinner, Qi Xiao had a plan. He was very suspicious. He would never relax his vigilance until he succeeded. He had to keep people by his side to be at ease. But there is no need to tell Bai Ren about these things. Qi Xiao smiled lightly at Bai Ren: " The son of the Prince of Lingnan entered Beijing for the first year, and it is reasonable to invite him to the banquet as a show of importance."

Bai Ren pursed his lower lip and shook his head, "Forget it, if people see it, they will say that you act recklessly..."

"This arrogant reputation has been passed on to me by the emperor, and I can't change it. I just want to take care of myself first. You don't know those county kings. What are you doing sitting with them?" Qi Xiao Seeing Bai Ren raised his eyebrows and smiled, "How did I find out...you always think of me first when you have everything?"

Bai Ren was most afraid of what Qi Xiao would say, so he hurriedly pretended not to hear, bowed his head and continued writing big characters.

"I asked you to bring a plaque to the study room, but you have been perfunctory and I haven't written it for the past few days." Qi Xiao got up and walked over to Bai Ren, picked up the writing that was spread out to the side, and said, "This is very good ..."

Bai Ren shook his head: "No, the word 'Xuan' is not well written... I haven't practiced big characters for a few years, and my hands are very rough, so I'm afraid I won't be able to write them first."

Qi Xiao laughed: "Can't you write it yet? His Royal Highness, after today you have been writing for two years. I don't listen to you, write it quickly, and I will have someone engrave it when I leave the palace tomorrow."

Bai Ren didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is really urgent, or...Your Highness should do it by himself, Your Highness's pen is actually much better than mine."

Qi Xiao shook his head: "You can't write big characters as well, come on..."

Qi Xiao hugged him from behind, held his hand and said with a smile: "Let me lend you some strength..." This action is no different from teaching a child to write, Bai Ren couldn't help but want to laugh, his hands became more and more unstable , Qi Xiao couldn't help laughing: "Don't laugh, don't laugh, your hands shake when you smile..."

Bai Ren nodded and tried his best to keep the pen steady. Qi Xiao looked at his slightly flushed cheeks and was distracted. He rested his right hand on Bai Ren's hand, and slid his left hand down calmly. He touched Bai Ren's waist and said softly: "It's so tight, isn't it uncomfortable?"

Bai Ren focused on the paper, and shook his head when he heard the words: "It doesn't matter..."

Qi Xiao sighed lightly: "You're still too thin..." Then he slid his hand down and smiled softly: "There's still a little flesh here..."

Bai Ren blushed instantly, and said anxiously: "Your Highness! You..."

"Hush..." Qi Xiao's subordinates kept stroking gently, and said with a smile, "Hold down, others think an assassin has come in, don't be distracted, I just need a few words, you can be careful...just write If it’s broken, I’ll take it and engrave it.”

Qi Xiao no longer supported Bai Ren's hand, but wrapped it around Bai Ren's waist to prevent him from moving around, and coaxed softly while being wanton and frivolous: "Be obedient, write it out carefully."

Bai Ren gritted his teeth, dipped his blushing face in ink and continued to write. Qi Xiao pushed forward, until Bai Ren's legs were so soft that he couldn't stand still, then he hugged him to the couch. It took a long time for Bai Ren to talk to him, but since he got real benefits, Qi Xiao didn't care about it anymore.