Tianhuang nobleman

Qi Xiao's expectation was right, the next day, the emperor indeed summoned Bai Ren.

When the emperor saw Bai Ren, he was not as motivating as he was when he saw Qi Xiao that day, but he asked Fu Hailu to stop Bai Ren when he came out of the Faxin Academy.

"You don't need to be too polite, give me a seat." The emperor smiled, "Yesterday the Xue family brought some yellow buds as a tribute. I remember that you love tea, so I asked them to save some for you, Fuhailu..."

Fu Hailu came forward holding a small tray. On the tray were two small gold-painted porcelain bottles with closed mouths. The tops were sealed with beeswax. Come down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

The emperor smiled gently: "It's fine if you like it, get up, Fu Hailu, go and make some tea for Bairen to taste." Fu Hailu bowed and smiled: "I know that the son is coming, so what I make today is yellow teeth. ", Fu Hailu said, turned around and took the teacup held by the little eunuch behind him and personally offered it to Bairen, but when he walked in front of Bairen, his hand suddenly shook, and the teacup was about to splash on Bairen's sleeve , Bai Ren's eyes darkened, and he immediately dodged to the side, with a "pop", the cup of broken tea flowed out.

The emperor frowned, and looked at Fu Hailu with dissatisfaction. Fu Hailu felt guilty and kept apologizing, Bai Ren said lightly: "It's okay, the tea just brewed is too hot, and the father-in-law may not hold it firmly."

Fu Hailu kowtowed again and again: "The servant is disrespectful in front of the hall, the servant deserves to die, the servant deserves to die."

The emperor waved his hand: "Okay, hurry up and change to a cup of tea." Then Fu Hailu got up, hurriedly brought another cup of tea to offer to Bairen, Bairen took it steadily, and took a sip He lowered his eyes and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me the tea. Huoshan Huangya really deserves its reputation."

The emperor was a little impatient, but his expression didn't change at all. He said with a smile, "It's a pity that the water in the sky is not good this year. Although the tea made with snow water is bright in color, it is a bit less sweet after all."

Bai Ren bowed his head: "Yes, fortunately, the flaws are not hidden. The tea is excellent, and the heat is also right, which is already rare."

Facing outsiders, Bai Ren always had this humble and polite but very alienated look. The emperor had punched several times into the cotton, and became more and more impatient. He gave Fu Hailu a wink, and Fu Hailu understood and brought All the people in the hall went down.

"Speaking of this tea...I heard that the crown prince often invites you to cook tea for him in his mansion, is there such a thing?" The emperor shook his head and smiled, "This crown prince... I have been spoiled by me since I was a child, so I can't help being arrogant. Even if you are not an outsider, it is not good to bother you to do these things."

There was a movement on Bairen's face, as if something was poking at someone's heart, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, and then he turned his head away, pretending to be tea, and when he raised his head again, it was still calm and breezy as usual, the emperor smiled lightly in his heart , Sure enough, I guessed right.

Bai Ren put down the teacup, and said in a low voice: "The emperor's words are serious, it's a trivial matter, it can't be said to be troublesome."

The emperor sighed: "You don't need to cover it up for him. Knowing a son is like a father. I know the prince's temper best. He is not lenient enough, but he is more than domineering. If you grow up with him, you will inevitably be angry with him. You are different from others. You are dignified. Prince Wang, I don't care if he bullies others, but if he makes you wronged, I will definitely give you justice."

The emperor was confident that Bai Ren was a smart man, and he had already said this far, but Bai Ren could not understand if he didn't believe it.

There was a little hesitation on Bai Ren's face, and he said sadly for a long time: "Thank you for your love, the prince is very polite to my ministers, and I have never let my ministers suffer."

The emperor only thought that Bai Ren was scaring Qi Xiao, so he didn't dare to say more, so he comforted him softly: "You don't have to be afraid of him, with me here, no one can bully you, just like when Hua'er hurt you , I was the first to punish you for you, these children of mine... are all good at heart, but they are all out of temper, and they have to be beaten frequently."

Bai Ren's lips moved, but in the end he didn't say anything, and said in a low voice: "The emperor is too worried."

The emperor smiled: "That's good, after all, Xiao'er is not like Hua'er, it doesn't matter, so I can rest assured... By the way, what books have you read recently, you haven't been there for many days because of Roujia I have entered the Faculty, and the Taifu didn't send me your homework, you were only busy preparing for the big wedding, but you pulled down the book?"

The emperor changed the subject, stopped mentioning the previous matter, and began to test the homework of Bairen. After asking for a long time, he gave him a reward, and he was sent out.

"Your Majesty." After sending Bai Ren away, Fu Hailu came in to make amends, "It's all because of my slave's incompetence just now, and it's all my slave's fault for not being able to..."

The emperor shook his head: "It's okay... Bai Ren didn't intend to file a complaint at all. Even if you succeeded just now, if Bai Ren showed those traces, he would find excuses to cover it up."

Fu Hailu didn't understand, and frowned and said: "My son is cold-tempered and doesn't like to make friends with others. Why does he treat the prince differently? They all... have become the prince's pets, and they still refuse to say it. This... "

The emperor smiled treacherously: "It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he doesn't dare to say it."

Fu Hailu was puzzled: "The emperor means..."

"Didn't you see just now, when I mentioned Qi Xiao, there was hatred in Bai Ren's eyes, the majestic prince, let Qi Xiao rub like this, how could he not hate, I was careless before, I didn't see it, Rou The marriage between Jia and He Zichen is clearly a deal between Qi Xiao and Bai Ren."

Only then did Fu Hailu understand, and he said in a dumb voice: "It turns out that... the crown prince is using the county chief to blackmail the son?"

The emperor nodded: "Rou Jia marrying into He's family is equivalent to falling into Qi Xiao's hands. Then He Zichen was pulled up by Qi Xiao with one hand. As high as Qi Xiao can hold him up, he can make him fall as hard as possible. Fate is in Qi Xiao's hands, how dare Bai Ren provoke him."

Fu Hailu was a little anxious: "Then if the crown prince cared about the princess, or his own face, he gritted his teeth and refused to say anything, then...then how will the emperor punish the crown prince?"

The emperor smiled: "No hurry... I don't need to take action, do you still remember what happened in the palace? Hua'er just sneered at him a few words, but Bai Ren made such a big commotion, I wish I could take Hua'er He's only satisfied after giving him death, it's been a year, he's always been honest with Hua'er, such a grudger, can he tolerate Qi Xiao riding on his head for the rest of his life?"

The emperor leisurely leaned on the crutch, and said firmly: "Looking at Bai Rencai's expression, I know that he will strike sooner or later. It is better to let him strike than to condemn Qi Xiao on the face of it. See... Only a thousand days of being a thief , There is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days, as long as Bai Ren catches Qi Xiao with a little flaw in the future, Bai Ren will definitely fight back to the death to avenge today's revenge.

Fu Hailu thought for a while and then said: "If the King of Lingnan finds out, I'm afraid he will blame the imperial city for deliberately frustrating their sons. They always have a pretext, and if they find out..."

The emperor smiled faintly: "So I called Bai Ren here today, but I asked him if the crown prince bullied him. He came out, but he didn't let me help him, and even covered up for Qi Xiao, who's to blame?"

Fu Hailu was stunned, and quickly flattered: "The emperor is really a good plan. It not only silences the mouths of the people, but also uses the prince and Lingnan to kill the prince. It's really amazing."

The emperor chuckled: "It's nothing, it's just borrowing strength to use strength, poor Bairen... What a child, but he got involved with Qi Xiao, it's a pity..."

That night, in the prince's mansion, the "it's a pity" Bai Ren lay in Qi Xiao's arms, and with a smile, he told Qi Xiao everything about the things he did in the palace during the day. Bai Ren smiled slyly: "I deliberately pretended to be a I hate you, and I am afraid that people will see it. The emperor's eyes are bright, I really think he has seen my thoughts, ha ha...he kept tempting me to tell him, and I followed suit, thinking He said and hesitated, but the emperor actually believed it."

Qi Xiao leaned on the square pillow of the Arhat bed and listened to Bai Ren talking to him with a smile. Hearing this, he lightly rubbed Bai Ren's head and said with a smile: "Silly thing, he didn't really want you to complain. Didn't I tell you the other day? Did you say, it won't do him much good to make a fuss now, he just wants to cover this small sore into a big hidden disease, so that he can uproot me in the future..."

Bai Ren frowned: "What uprooting... There is no taboo in speaking."

Qi Xiao hurriedly apologized: "Yes, yes, well, now that we know what the emperor really wants, it's not easy to handle. If he wants to delay, then we will also delay. It's better if we don't talk about it. Let's not talk about this, the day after tomorrow It's the day of Roujia's big wedding, how are you preparing?"

Bai Ren nodded: "Everything that needs to be prepared is ready. Fortunately, Princess Dunsu took care of it back and forth, otherwise I really couldn't figure it out."

Qi Xiao smiled faintly: "You've been through weddings and funerals for the first time, so you're naturally not familiar with them. You'll be able to get started with the full moon wine and hundred-day ceremony for Roujia's child later on."

Just as Qi Xiao's words entered Bai Ren's heart, Bai Ren smiled: "Exactly, after a year or two, I can be an uncle."

Qi Xiao raised his eyebrows: "Like children?"

Bai Ren nodded: "I've seen my aunt take care of her cousin before. The kids were really fun when they were young. They were soft and cute."

With a smile on his face, Qi Xiao turned over and leaned against Bai Ren, and said in a low voice, "Since I like it... I will give birth to you, Mr. Xiang..."