Tianhuang nobleman

Afraid that people would see something, before the dinner, Qi Xiao specially asked the palace servants to comb Bai Ren's hair, and changed into a big woolen clothes. Bai Ren's face was still flushed, and he looked at Qi Xiao unhappy, Qi Xiao smiled: " It's Chinese New Year, what is His Royal Highness doing with a straight face?"

Bai Ren has learned to be good now, he can't compare to Qi Xiao in terms of tongue, and it's better if he doesn't make a sound, the more he refute Qi Xiao, the more he has something to say, Bai Ren simply pretends to be dumb, this trick is even Japanese It is easy to use, but who knows that Qi Xiao can't be satisfied now, Qi Xiao took the hand stove handed to Bai Ren by the palace man, and smiled: "Why don't you talk, are you really angry?"

The palace man backed away silently, Bai Ren pursed his lower lip: "My hand stove..."

Qi Xiao gave his hand back and refused to let him hold it, and said with a smile, "What about you? Are you angry?"

Bai Ren completely lost his temper, and said with a smile: "I'm not angry... I'm angry because of this, and I don't have to do anything else every day."

"It's as if I'm bullying you every day." Qi Xiao was in a good mood just now, and handed the hand stove to Bai Ren and coaxed softly, "Don't keep talking and laughing. You know me, I am the least courageous, you stand aside with such a dull face, I panic in my heart, I always think about whether I offended you somewhere, and made you unhappy..."

Before Qi Xiao finished speaking, Bai Ren couldn't hold on anymore, and said with a smile: "I can't afford it... If Your Highness is still timid, then there is no one who is courageous."

Qi Xiao smiled, put one hand on Bai Ren's waist and straightened his waist and said softly: "I'm not very courageous, how dare I go to His Highness's bed?"

Before Bai Ren could get angry, Qi Xiao smiled to the outside: "My son and I are ready, can the sedan chair be ready?"

Outside Jiang Deqing quickly agreed: "It has been prepared for a long time."

Qi Xiao nodded, took his hand stove and went out the door first.

The family banquet in the middle of the palace is still the same, Qi Xiao is very boring during the banquet, he glances at Bairen from time to time, Bairen is very well-behaved during the banquet, sitting upright without saying a word, only the emperor mentioned him Only then did she nod her head and agree twice, as if she was young and mature, Princess Dexin turned her head and smiled at Princess Dunsu: "I heard that the son-in-law's family married Lingnan?"

Princess Dunsu nodded with a smile: "Yes, I really like Princess Roujia, I thought... Hey, don't mention that, thanks to the emperor's favor, pointing Princess Roujia to my nephew, it is also considered a family dear."

Although the eldest princess Dexin is older than the eldest princess Dunsu, her status is far lower than that of Dunsu because she is a concubine, so she always flatters her, and she nods with a smile when she hears this: "Looking at the prince of Lingnan, I can imagine How beautiful and dignified the Princess is."

Qi Xiao almost laughed out loud when he heard that, he thought that you didn't see Bai Ren in my arms tremblingly begging for mercy just now with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, it's snowing heavily this year, so there's no need to worry about flooding, so the concubine ordered the House of Internal Affairs to prepare more fireworks." Empress Feng looked at the emperor with a smile, "There are a lot of children in the palace this year, and they like them."

The emperor smiled with satisfaction: "The empress is still thoughtful." The empress each drank a cup and laughed at Yan Yan, looking like a guest with respect to each other. Some teaching.

Only the empress was in the main hall outside, and the rest of the concubines were in the side hall. Qi Xiao couldn't see clearly through a light veil embroidered gold screen, but the spies said that the two maids also came today.

Sure enough, after a while, the Chief Eunuch in the Queen's Palace brought the two delicate flowers. The Chief Eunuch quietly led the people to stand behind Empress Feng. Empress Feng turned her head to look at the two flowers behind her. The girl turned her head and smiled at the emperor: "I'm afraid that the two of them will be bored in the room, so let them come out and walk around. They can't do anything else, and the job of serving wine and serving vegetables can still be done."

Empress Feng has been by the emperor's side for 20 years, and she knows the emperor's preference very well, so the two girls chosen are especially in line with the emperor's wishes. Jiang Deqing, who was guarding behind him, glanced at him, Jiang Deqing knew what he was doing, and bowed down.

Everyone feasted until the second quarter of Xu time, and the palace people came to pass the news several times that the play in the Qinghe Hall had been prepared. Since the emperor, everyone put on fox fur cloaks and moved to the Qinghe Hall.

Bai Ren followed others all the way, and Jiang Deqing, who had disappeared for a long time, stopped him as soon as he left the hall. Jiang Deqing walked up to Bai Ren, bowed and smiled, "Please rest assured, His Royal Highness said that sitting alone is boring, and I heard that His Royal Highness also likes to listen to operas, so I asked this old slave to invite His Royal Highness to enjoy the opera with him."

A small county king next to Bairen couldn't help but look at Bairen when he heard the words, his eyes were filled with admiration, everyone knew that Bairen had married Qi Xiao now, and Qi Xiao's eyes have been very popular recently.

Qi Xiao already knew about Bairen, Bairen didn't say anything, nodded, Jiang Deqing glanced at the flowers behind him, and smiled faintly, Empress Feng couldn't sit still anymore.

Jiang Deqing kept his expression on his face, but during the short distance from Qianqing Palace to Qinghe Hall, he followed Bairen closely, and no one could get close to him. It was sent to the upstairs of Qinghe Palace Theater.

Qinghe Hall is a special place for watching operas in the palace. It is divided into upper and lower floors. The emperor and queen, several eldest princesses, and princes and concubines are in the big warm pavilion in the middle of the second floor. Qi Xiao is alone in the right hall, and the other princes and princesses are in the hall. The left hall, and the rest are below.

Bai Ren followed Jiang Deqing into Qi Xiao's Right Nuan Pavilion. Although it was a stage for watching operas, the furniture and decorations in the Nuan Pavilion were full of everything. The floor was covered with thick red and gilded sheep felt blankets, and the four corners were dotted together. There are twelve smoked cages, all of which are filled with high-quality fragrant pancakes. The warm fragrance slowly takes away the chill from the body. Three feet from the railing stood a big Eight Immortals table, which was filled with all kinds of meat and vegetarian snacks, cold dishes, and fruits. To the west, there was a royal concubine couch with a few soft pillows on it, and a stack of There are two neatly woven cashmere blankets, and there are two polished brass foot stoves under the couch. They probably have just changed the charcoal, and they still have a faint red light.

Jiang Deqing stepped forward and untied Bai Ren's cloak while smiling and said: "I just walked this way, my son is freezing, right? The charcoal fire is burning in this room, and it will warm up in a while. If you are thirsty, the little smoker over there There is chrysanthemum tea being brewed."

Bai Ren looked at all kinds of things in Nuan Pavilion secretly surprised, and said softly: "Where is the prince?"

"The crown prince has to go to the big warm pavilion in the main hall to accompany the emperor and the queen first, and come here after the show begins." Jiang Deqing smiled attentively, "The crown prince has ordered in advance that it is getting late and the play is not interesting. If the prince is sleepy, go there first." It’s okay to squint on the couch for a while, but the curtain here can be lowered, and no one can see it.”

Bai Ren couldn't help laughing: "Then how can it be done, the Nuan Pavilion here...is prepared for the prince alone?"

Jiang Deqing smiled knowingly: "Your Majesty thinks it's too extravagant? There's a reason for this. The warm pavilion here was originally prepared for the prince, princess, and future little emperor and grandson. Concubine Empress, come here, Your Highness, I am not talking nonsense, you are the first to come here besides the crown prince."

Jiang Deqing was afraid that Bai Ren's thin skin would not listen to this, so he smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the crown prince is just afraid that you will be wronged underneath, take a look at the bottom... all of them sat upright and sat in their seats If you want to stretch your arms, you have to be careful to be seen, how can you be so comfortable? The show will start in a while, the son is free, and the old servant is guarding outside the pavilion."

Bai Ren nodded, and when Jiang Deqing went out, he poured a cup of hot tea and drank it alone. He didn't eat a few bites during the dinner just now, and now he was a little hungry guarding the table for snacks, but Qi Xiao hadn't come yet. , Bai Ren didn't want to move first, but just waited patiently.

"What is this for?" When Qi Xiao came in, he saw Bai Ren staring blankly at the snacks on the table. Qi Xiao approached and picked up a piece of pineapple cake and took a bite, "Don't worry, eat it, this is my palace. From the little kitchen."

Bai Ren shook his head and smiled: "I'm not afraid of poison..."

Qi Xiao hadn't eaten much at the dinner just now, and his stomach was already empty by now, the two of them sat down to watch the play and eat snacks, the cook in Qi Xiao's small kitchen was better than the imperial dining room, and the snacks were made Especially Bairen's taste, Bairen's childlike innocence, tasted each of them according to the appearance, and carefully evaluated them. Qi Xiao looked amused, and brought a plate to Bairen: "This roasted rabbit head It is their specialty dish, first marinated with secret sauce, then slowly baked with fruit charcoal and more than a dozen spices and herbs, it tastes very good, you can try it.”

Bai Ren used chopsticks to pick it up, it was very unfair, Qi Xiao sneered, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and directly tore off the rabbit's head, picked out the meat and brains and put them on the small plate in front of Bai Ren, chuckling: "Try it."

Bai Ren lowered his head and ate it, and it tasted really good, Qi Xiao smiled lightly: "No one is watching, you just have to do it."

The rabbit head is freshly roasted and has a strong aroma. Bai Ren was already hungry, so he couldn't care less about it now, and decided to do it. There was no outsider at all. The two had a gluttonous meal with years of wine, and finally put the food together. That meal made up for it.

"Your Highness..."

When Jiang Deqing bowed in, he saw Bai Ren tremblingly about to put a complete brain flower into Qi Xiao's plate. Bai Ren's hands were oiled, his thin lips were slightly pursed, and he looked at the brain flower nervously, afraid that it would not Be careful that it was broken, and when he heard the movement, he looked up, and when he saw himself, he blushed instantly, and hurriedly pulled off the handkerchief to wipe his hands, Qi Xiao couldn't help laughing, turned to Jiang Deqing and said with a smile: "Why? gone?"

Jiang Deqing also knew that he came in at a bad time, so he apologized and said with a smile: "I don't know if His Royal Highness and Shizi are using it well, it's..."

Jiang Deqing took a look at Bairen, and said with a restrained smile, "Something went wrong outside, Princess Dunsu asked you to go there."

"Trouble..." Qi Xiao unhurriedly ate the whole brain that Bai Ren had finally peeled off, took the handkerchief and wiped the corner of his mouth, "What's the trouble? In the inner palace, you can still come in." Assassin?"

Jiang Deqing shook his head: "No, just now... the second prince's wine was heavy, Empress Feng asked the emperor to ask for grace, and let the second prince go to the side hall to rest first, who knows..."

Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong?"

Jiang Deqing gritted his teeth: "His Royal Highness knows that Princess Dexin is getting old, and she can't stand it for a while. Empress Feng and Princess Dunsu sent Princess Dexin to the side hall to rest together, so as to send good deeds away. After Princess Xin, Empress Feng and Princess Dunsu came out, and when they passed by the pavilion where the second prince was resting, they heard... there seemed to be something strange inside. The maids are hugged together, their clothes disheveled."

Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "Second brother is getting older..."

Jiang Deqing sighed: "If that's the case, it's fine, it's just that this palace lady... this palace lady was prepared by the empress before as a gift to the emperor, everyone in the palace knows it, this..."

Only then did Bai Ren hear the way, and couldn't help but look at Qi Xiao, Qi Xiao slowly wiped his hands with a handkerchief, nodded and said: "Got it, you go first."