Tianhuang nobleman

The next day, Jiang De knocked on the door of Qi Xiao's bedroom early in the morning.

It was just dawn, Qi Xiao gently lifted the quilt and got out of bed, put on some clothes, turned around the screen and frowned, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Deqing looked inside, lowered his voice and said: "Your Highness, Huo Rong has something to say to His Highness."

Qi Xiao's eyes sank, he slowly put on his clothes and said, "Take him to the inner study."

In the pavilion of the inner study, Huo Rong got up after saluting and said in a low voice: "The emperor's people came to look for me this morning when it was just dawn. Your Highness knows it. Three meows from across the wall are the secret signal."

This Qi Xiao has known for a long time, not only did he know, there are people in the mansion who are watching this code, so even if Huo Rong didn't come to look for him, he would ask Huo Rong when others mentioned it to him. Fortunately, Huo Rong It's quite interesting, and every time he takes the initiative to report to himself, he will explain everything clearly.

Waking up early was still a bit cold, Qi Xiao gathered his clothes and asked, "What did I tell you again?"

Huo Rong shook his head, hesitated and said in a low voice: "This time I just asked my subordinates a few words, to be honest... I really confused my subordinates, I'm afraid the answers don't suit His Highness's wishes."

Qi Xiao shook his head: "It's okay, just tell the truth."

Huo Rong nodded: "He first asked about the matter of His Royal Highness and Shizi going to Zhuangzi before. This cannot be hidden from others, so the subordinates told them all. The man then asked when did he go, when did he come back, and when did he return?" At any moment, the subordinate must make it clear, and this subordinate is telling the truth."

"Then he asked the prince and his highness what they were playing on Zhuangzi, and his subordinates said a few things at random, such as seeing rapeseed fields, enjoying spring flowers, etc. After that, there were some...some things that were difficult to announce, he asked his subordinates Are your Highness and the Crown Prince in the same room every day, and the subordinates are not always in the same room, and occasionally they will sleep together after drinking and getting late."

A look of hostility flashed across Qi Xiao's eyes, he sneered and said nothing, Huo Rong dripped sweat on his forehead, gritted his teeth and continued: "Then... the questions became more and more unbearable, and the subordinates returned to serve outside every day. , I don’t know much about whether I can’t enter the inner courtyard, but as usual, there is nothing unusual about it. He then asked if there was any gossip in the mansion, and the subordinate had never heard of it. He was afraid that the inner court would be suspicious, so he said something else It's an unimportant matter about His Highness, the strange thing is... Normally, no matter what his subordinates say, as long as it is about His Highness, he would ask him to the bottom of it, but today he didn't. He only asked about the matter between His Highness and Shizi According to my humble opinion, I am afraid that the emperor knew something and became suspicious, so I sent someone to ask about it."

Qi Xiao tapped on the table lightly, and said for a while, "What did they order you this time?"

Huo Rong nodded: "The man said that the adoptive father had something to bring to me, and asked me to try to make friends with the maids in the inner courtyard, and see if I could get some information about His Highness's inner courtyard."

Qi Xiao nodded and said: "Jiang Deqing..." Jiang Deqing hurried forward, Qi Xiao said indifferently: "Reward." Huo Rong was relieved when he heard this, kowtowed and took the reward and went down.

Jiang Deqing was very anxious, and said in a low voice: "What did you say... The emperor must be suspicious, how did he know? But there are other internal agents in our house? Do you want this old servant to investigate further?"

Qi Xiao shook his head: "No need, didn't you hear what Huo Rong said? Fu Hailu asked him to get close to the girls in my inner courtyard. It can be seen that their hands haven't reached inside yet. The girls in my courtyard are full of thousands of picks. The ones chosen to stay are all old people who have followed me, so you can rest assured that you don’t have to be suspicious, and they won’t be chilled.”

Jiang Deqing felt sorry for himself: "Where did this go wrong?!"

Qi Xiao was not in a hurry, he had expected this day long ago, he could use Rou Jia as a shield before, but at that time he received Bai Ren for at least three out of ten days, but now Bai Ren is almost inseparable from him, the emperor He is not a fool, he will know sooner or later that he is lucky to be able to delay until today, Qi Xiao laughed at himself, probably because the emperor is too conceited, he thinks he knows his temper best, so he must not be able to do such an outrageous thing here.

Seeing Qi Xiao's normal expression, Jiang Deqing said anxiously: "Your Highness... how should we deal with this? We must quickly think of a way to make the emperor suspicious."

Qi Xiao leaned on the pillow and shook his head: "Don't worry, this suspicion can only be overshadowed, and there is no need to do things that are counterproductive. When I made a deal with Bairen about Roujia's marriage, I expected It's a day, it's okay...and I'm sure, even if he knows, he will pretend not to know."

Jiang Deqing didn't understand, he frowned and said: "What do you mean Your Highness said? If the emperor grabs Your Highness's little pigtail... why don't you hurry up and make a scene so that everyone knows about it?"

Qi Xiao shook his head: "Let's not say that Nanfeng is not a new thing in this dynasty. Father-in-law forgot? Qi Hua and Qi Qi even exchanged their favored prostitutes before, I'm sure..." Qi Xiao smiled lightly : "He will definitely keep it out until I marry the princess."

"It's bad for my reputation to make a fuss now, but it's a trivial matter. When someone mentions it at the big wedding in the future, a sentence of youth and ignorance can cover up the past, and it won't delay the big event. But what if you wait until the wedding is approaching? "Qi Xiao laughed mockingly, "I'll add fuel and vinegar to it, the girl's family will definitely not be able to bear this tone, when the marriage fails, the story of my good Nanfeng will be known all over the world, this is what the emperor would like to see Yes, don't worry... Your Majesty's calculations are clearer than mine."

Hearing this, Jiang Deqing became even more anxious: "That is to say...although there is nothing to worry about, but when His Highness marries the Crown Princess, there is bound to be a big fuss!"

If the emperor really wanted to use the matter between himself and Bai Ren as his trump card, thinking that it would be good to make himself notorious when he got married, Qi Xiao sneered, marrying the crown princess?Let him wait.

Qi Xiao gave Jiang Deqing a reassuring look: "I'll talk about this later, the most urgent thing now is to find out how the emperor knew about me and Bai Ren? If he just figured it out from the details, then he wouldn't Someone will suddenly be sent to ask, who must have said something to him, or let him know something, Zhuangzi has a lot of faces, so I will investigate one by one, and I must find out the person who walked the wind.”

Jiang Deqing also knew that this was the most important thing, and nodded: "Yes... If there is such a person, it really makes people feel that they can't sleep well."

Qi Xiao got up and went to the dormitory as before.

Bai Ren was half asleep and half awake in the warm pavilion in the dormitory. Hearing Qi Xiao's footsteps, he opened his eyes in a daze, and asked, "Your Highness? But what's the matter?"

Qi Xiao took off his robe and put it on the Xiaodie table at the side, sat on the couch and said casually: "Zhuangzi sent someone to ask if the spring's future will be sent to you, or after the summer harvest Go back to you again, I ordered, from now on, all the wealth in the village will be sent to your house, remember to count and count when you return to the house, the marriage will cost a lot, if it is still not enough, remember to tell me .”

Bai Ren was filled with gratitude, and said in a low voice: "I... I thank His Highness for Rou Jia's kindness."

Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows, pulled him over, pinched his face and said, "For Roujia? Am I for Roujia?"

Bai Ren's heart warmed up, and he smiled and nodded: "I know, it's for me." Qi Xiao smiled: "Let's do it, before going to bed last night, didn't you say that you will go back home early to prepare for the big wedding today?" .”

Bai Ren nodded, and got tired of Qi Xiao for a while, then got up, he leaned slightly, pushed open the hollow belt ring in front of the couch, and took the clean clothes from the small cabinet, Qi Xiao saw that he was struggling, and turned around to replace him After taking it, his eyes casually swept over Bai Ren's wrist, and his heart shivered.

Bai Ren still didn't realize it, he was a little embarrassed to see Qi Xiao staring at him all the time, he smiled and said in a low voice, "I'll change my clothes."

Qi Xiao spoiled with a smile: "Change it, what part of your body have I not seen?"

Bai Ren's face was slightly flushed, he was really thin-skinned, seeing that Qi Xiao had no intention of evading, he had to turn his back and change his clothes, after Bai Ren put on the clothes, Qi Xiao called the maids to come in, all the maids were waiting outside the door After a while, I heard Qi Xiao calling people to file in, and they all waited for Bai Ren to wash up. Something went wrong.

Those two strangle marks were not conspicuous, and they were nothing compared to the scars Qi Xiao gave Bai Ren when they quarreled last time, so the two of them didn't care, Bai Ren didn't feel any pain at all, Qi Xiao Xiao didn't give him any medicine, he just thought it would be fine in a few days, but unexpectedly...Qi Xiao sighed in his heart, these days have been so smooth for him. That's right.

Seeing that Qi Xiao was always looking at him suspiciously, Bai Ren looked at his wrist and smiled: "It's okay, it will be fine soon."

Qi Xiao nodded: "Yeah."

After breakfast, Qi Xiao ordered Shun Zi to take Bai Ren back to his residence in a car, and after sending him out on the front foot, someone came from the palace on the back foot.

Qi Xiao had been prepared for a long time, and smiled lightly at Fu Hailu: "Why do you need to work for Eunuch Fu to come here in person?"

Fu Hailu smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, and said politely: "Your Highness, how dare you call it labor? It's no big deal. Didn't His Highness go to supervise the spring plowing a few days ago? After so many days, His Majesty was very concerned about it. He happened to catch up with the birthday of Old Prince Hui just after he came back yesterday. He was so busy that the Emperor couldn't say a few words to His Highness, so he wanted His Highness to come to the palace. Father and son Have a good talk."

Qi Xiao nodded: "Okay."