Tianhuang nobleman

In Chengqian Palace, the emperor and concubine Xue Gui were all there, the emperor still had his usual kind look, and said with a smile: "Seeing that you lost some weight yesterday, I was not at ease, so I asked you to come in and take a look."

Qi Xiao lowered his eyes: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love."

Empress Feng was knowledgeable, she smiled and turned to ask Jiang Deqing what Qi Xiao ate recently, how well she slept, when she slept and when she woke up every day and other trifles, Jiang Deqing answered everything, Empress Feng nodded: "Xiao Xiao I can't rest assured that my son is outside."

There have been a lot of things going on in the palace recently, and the clan has reminded the emperor more than once that the empress is the middle palace, and there is no major fault, so don't take it too lightly. He puts people away all day long, and whenever there is something to do, he asks Empress Feng to come out to take care of it, but what's going on inside... Qi Xiao knows in his heart that the emperor is completely disgusted with Feng Empress just by looking at the tiredness that cannot be concealed from the corners of Empress Feng's brows. Now, it's just a false story to Empress Feng.

Qi Xiao always had that indifferent look, nodding his head: "Thank you, Empress, for your love."

Empress Feng smiled: "This child... why are you being so polite? By the way, this is the velvet antler that your uncle sent up yesterday. It was just brought from the north. Take it back and let them cook it for you."

Qi Xiao bowed and thanked him, the emperor shook his head and sighed softly: "It's just a tonic and it's useless... Xiao'er is outside, after all, there is no one suitable to serve her."

Qi Xiao chuckled in his heart, and the topic came.

Concubine Xue Gui handed the emperor a cup of tea, and smiled: "Your Majesty, don't worry, just find a few suitable people for the prince. The girl that the emperor gave to Qi'er last time is very good, and she cooks good soup, let alone It's Qi'er, and even the concubine likes her very much, after all, she is a person from the emperor's palace, well behaved, and she is not bad at all."

The emperor seemed to have thought of something inadvertently, and said to Concubine Xue: "Yes, speaking of this... last time I asked you to choose a few outstanding ladies from among the newly promoted ladies, and prepare to serve the prince. Forgot, is it optional?"

Concubine Xue smiled sweetly, got up and blessed and said: "The girls who are going to serve the prince have to be outstanding in appearance and character. The concubines and nuns sifted gold several times, and finally only picked out a few that caught the eye. of."

The emperor didn't care and said: "It's okay, as long as there are people who are needed, one is enough, bring them up." The emperor turned and smiled at Empress Feng: "Now we look good, children probably don't like to see it." Oh, last time I gave Xiao'er two maids, and I heard that Xiao'er threw her directly into the backyard, so I didn't even want to take a look."

Qi Xiao looked up at the emperor and didn't answer. Empress Feng paused for a moment and didn't understand what the emperor meant. Concubine Xue Gui had a clear mind, smiled and said angrily, "No wonder the prince, with thousands of people and thousands of eyes, the emperor picks and serves the child. Naturally, people like those who have a good temper and are good at serving, but if you really come to them... I'm afraid they prefer people whose appearance suits their eyes."

The emperor shook his head and smiled, like a loving father who loves his stubborn son, he said helplessly: "Forget it, I can't guess your thoughts now, Xiaoer, since you came first today, let you take the lead, you choose One, let your younger brothers choose the rest."

There was a sound of pearls and emeralds outside during the conversation, and Fu Hailu led seven or eight girls in. They were thin and fat, and each had its own merits. Qi Xiao turned his phoenix eyes slightly, and glanced at everyone. When his eyes fell on the last girl, Qi Xiao's heart moved. Finally, he understood that the emperor The purpose of today's hard work is over.

Qi Xiao was born unwilling to act according to the emperor's will, turned his head and lowered his eyes and said: "My servant is dull, I don't know how good or bad a servant is, it's all up to the emperor to decide."

The emperor lightly rubbed the wrench on his left hand, and quietly challenged: "No need...I picked it for you, it didn't suit your wishes, and it became a vase flower in the backyard again, don't be ashamed, just pick whichever you like. "

Qi Xiao raised his eyes, looked at the emperor quietly, smiled suddenly, turned his head and pointed to the girl he had been looking at just now, and said, "This one."

The emperor hadn't gotten along with Empress Feng before, she had been sitting in a daze for a while, and when she saw that Qi Xiao had chosen her, she glanced at it, and said in surprise, "This... this girl..."

Concubine Xue Gui smiled: "The empress also thinks that this girl has a nice face. The concubine was also puzzled when she first looked at it, thinking she had seen it before, but then she remembered that her appearance... is a bit like the son of a Lingnan prince. look like."

Qi Xiao sneered, more than a little bit, those eyes and nose were almost like Bai Ren, it was hard for the emperor, such a person could be found.

The emperor looked at Qi Xiao, and smiled meaningfully: "So Xiao'er likes this."

Concubine Xue Gui hurriedly called her forward, and said with a smile: "The crown prince still doesn't understand good or bad servants, so he picked the best one. This girl is called Ze Pei. She just entered the palace a few years ago. She has good rules. She is considerate, among these girls, she is the best at sewing."

Satisfied, the emperor smiled and said: "Since it is the best, Xiao'er should take it back quickly. Your younger brothers will come over in a while, so they don't have to let them see their jealousy and argue with me to favor you."

Xue Guifei, Xie Yuhua, laughed and joked when she heard this: "I don't blame others for saying...the emperor just loves the prince more, but...the emperor can't blame this, even the concubine, Qi'er's biological mother, has to do it. Convinced, among these princes, the prince is indeed the most outstanding and the most worthy of love."

Empress Feng was very unhappy when she heard this, she gave Concubine Xue Gui a cross look, and said with a smirk: "That's right...it's Hua'er, who is far behind Xiao'er, how can you complain that people prefer him .”

Qi Xiao quietly looked at these people fighting aggressively, and smiled lightly: "Then thank you, Father."

Qi Xiao led the people out of the palace. Jiang Deqing endured it for a while, and finally said bitterly when he got on the carriage: "Your Highness...this is obviously a trick, why does Your Highness insist on digging into it? Then Ze Pei, the long one is obviously... "

"I know." Qi Xiao interrupted Jiang Deqing, "Could it be that if I don't pick on her, the emperor will forget about me and Bai Ren."

Jiang Deqing was speechless, and Qi Xiao sneered: "He just used this girl to beat me up and let me restrain myself, hehe...he really thought I was using Bairen as a child prostitute, anyway, he thought so That’s right, it saved me a lot of effort.”

Qi Xiao sneered seeing the emperor's self-satisfied look: "He has suffered a lot from being dumb in the past two years, and finally got such a handle, so naturally he will have a good time."

Jiang Deqing nodded: "That's right! The emperor's eyes never left His Highness just now, and I can't wait to see His Highness panic-stricken. Pooh! Your Highness has no plan, and I already knew he had inquired about it!"

Qi Xiao rubbed the jade pendant on his waist lightly, and said slowly: "This time I was careless, I was defeated by those two wounds, but fortunately those two wounds made the emperor think that I used Bairen as a plaything, You see...in a day or two, the emperor must have something to say to Bai Ren, implying that he doesn't have to be afraid of me...to turn to him as a backer, and to deal with me instead."

Jiang Deqing smiled to relieve his hatred: "He made a wrong calculation at the beginning, and made such a self-righteous act, it's a waste of effort!"

Qi Xiao mocked lightly: "At the end of the day... I still blame him for being confused, he didn't believe that I would be sincere to Bai Ren."

Jiang Deqing smiled reassuringly at first, then became a little worried, and sighed in his heart, it would be good for the emperor not to be able to grasp his fate, but honestly speaking, Jiang Deqing was not willing to let Qi Xiao really be moved.

After Qi Xiao returned to the mansion, he wanted someone to send a letter to Bai Ren, but he didn't expect the princess Dunsu to rain just in time before he could start writing.

Princess Dunsu, the matchmaker, was bored in the mansion, and suddenly remembered that Rou Jia was about to get married, but Mrs. Quan Fu hadn't been chosen yet. She was used to things like Zhang Luo, and she had a lot of candidates in her mind, and it happened that she was fine in the mansion. , I simply found Qi Xiao and went to the Lingnan Palace together, Qi Xiao smiled inwardly, what was lacking.

Originally Princess Dunsu only worried about Roujia's affairs for Qi Xiao's sake, but after these two months of living together, she really fell in love with this gentle and modest little princess, wishing to teach her all the skills of managing the house all these years , the two haven't seen each other for a few days, but they can't finish talking when they sit down.

Princess Dunsu and Rou Jia were talking in the backyard, while Qi Xiaoping retreated from the crowd in the front study, roughly told Bai Ren about the past, and said in a low voice: "If the emperor is looking for you, you can just pretend to be afraid, there is no need to pretend to be scared." Pretending to be okay, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the royal family, if I were his own son, maybe he would take care of it, like me... At most he is trying to trick you, trying to use your hand to harm me , it's not a big deal."

Bai Ren frowned: "Is it really okay? I..."

"It's not that I'm lenient, it's really all right." If the emperor knew that the two of them have a deep relationship, it might really be troublesome, but now, everything is under control, Qi Xiao smiled apologetically, "It's all mine, isn't it?" , okay...I have to torment you, leaving such a handle."

Bai Ren's face turned red a little, he is not someone who has experienced big storms, he thought about it carefully and felt relieved, then suddenly remembered the girl Qi Xiao mentioned, blinked and said: "That person really... So like me?"

Qi Xiao nodded: "The eyes are seven or eight points alike...there is nothing else."

The alarm bell rang in Bai Ren's heart, and he tentatively asked: "Is it good-looking?"

Qi Xiao casually said, "It's okay."

Bai Ren doesn't really believe it, Qi Xiao has always been picky, his "not bad" is probably someone else's "very good".Bai Ren couldn't help feeling a little nervous, and said in a low voice, "Is lunch here?"

Qi Xiao shook his head: "My aunt has to go to the Hong'an Palace at noon, she said... the second young lady and Ji of their mansion? I can't remember clearly either."

Bai Ren pursed his lower lips, and said impatiently: "Then... what about you? My lady and Ji, you go too?"

Qi Xiao looked at Bai Ren, suddenly laughed, and deliberately said: "No, I came back to the house to accompany my aunt. My aunt has left, so what should I do here?"

Hearing this, Bai Ren felt more and more uncomfortable. If he didn't drive people away, Qi Xiao would definitely not leave. Besides, Qi Xiao said just now that he can't deliberately avoid suspicion now, so as not to make the emperor even more suspicious. Why bother to go back?

Bai Ren couldn't help thinking of the girl the emperor had just given to Qi Xiao, and felt even more uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to say, so he said dryly: "Then...then go."

Qi Xiao looked at Bai Ren's awkward little look, and the depression in his heart was swept away in an instant, and he smiled deliberately: "Then I'm leaving?"

Bai Ren hesitated again and again, frowned slightly and said: "My head is not feeling well..." Qi Xiao held back a smile and said nothing, Bai Ren rubbed the center of his brows, and hummed softly: "Probably I have a cold..."

Qi Xiao pretended to be concerned and said, "Announce an imperial physician?"

Bai Ren's face was still very uncomfortable, he shook his head and said: "No...you don't need to bother everyone, I just find someone to rub it for me."

Qi Xiao is as good as he is good: "Shall I rub it for you?"

Bai Ren was overjoyed and nodded: "Then I will trouble Your Highness."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was beyond the reach of others, was trapped by this clumsy little trick, unable to walk any longer, Qi Xiao smiled, and went into the inner pavilion with Bai Ren in his arms.