Li Qinghuan

?Early in the morning of the second day, the servants of Prince Yu's Mansion began to come and go busy, and Song Li lazily leaned on the railing under the corridor to direct the servants to work.

"Do you have ginseng in it? Just the ginseng that the emperor rewarded me last time, and those few pieces of cloud brocade, put it in too, hurry up."

The housekeeper was sweating profusely from being tossed around early in the morning. Wiping the sweat and looking at the big boxes all over the yard, he couldn't help but said, "My lord, aren't these too many?"

Song Li looked puzzled: "Is there a lot? The things I prepared are not half of what my mother has in reserve."

The butler kept wiping the sweat from his forehead: "The queen mother is the representative of the royal family, so naturally she should be rewarded more. You are almost up to the standard of marriage proposal among the people. Those who know know that you are going to thank you, but those who don't know think you Which girl are you going to propose marriage to?"

Song Li felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, scratched his head and asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"

The housekeeper thought for a while, and said truthfully: "The person you want to thank is not short of money. Don't give away gold, silver and treasures. It's a bit vulgar. They also don't lack ginseng supplements. It's better to send some more elegant things. , such as calligraphy and painting, inkstone, etc., are both elegant and practical. Don’t you think so?”

Song Li thought about it, felt that the butler was telling the truth, nodded in agreement, and shouted to the servants who were busy in the yard: "There is no need to install these things, move them all back to the warehouse, and the king will go and give them to you personally." Mr. Ji chooses a gift."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the wailing of the servants, and walked slowly to the warehouse.

Song Li shuttled back and forth among the shelves stacked with calligraphy and paintings, and finally picked out a landscape and pastoral painting by Zhao Fangren, a great contemporary scholar, then turned to the shelf where the Four Treasures of the Study were placed, took a Chengni inkstone after thinking about it, and took a white jade pen After washing, he strolled out of the warehouse.Song Li handed the things in his hands to the butler, and said, "Pick up the box and I'll feed the horses in the backyard first."

The butler took the things and asked blankly, "Why is the prince feeding the horse?"

Song Li glanced at him, thinking that this man seemed to be farting, and said angrily, "Of course it's for riding, or if you're full, kill it and stew it to feed your brain?"

The butler has long been used to his lord's smooth tongue when scolding others, so he said without changing his face: "My lord, are you planning to go alone?"

Song Li said unhappily: "Otherwise? Take you with me? Are we companions in the world of mortals?"

The butler deftly ignored the second half of the sentence, and asked again: "Don't you ask two people to help you with your things?"

Song Li lowered his eyes, adjusted his wrist guard, and said casually: "I can go by myself if I can take it."

Butler: "...Your Highness, you are here to thank you, not to play, so you can't be too casual."

Song Li frowned, raised his eyes and asked, "Then what do you want to do?"

Steward: "I'll have someone prepare a carriage for you right away."

Song Li curled his lips, and directly refused: "There are not many things, so I can go by myself."

housekeeper:"…"

Song Li: "Pack up the things for me, I'll come and get them later."

After finishing speaking, he ignored the housekeeper's opinion and went to the stable.

……

Having nothing to do, Ji Qing squatted under the peach tree digging wine, Yuan Xi walked into the backyard, and shouted from a distance: "Brother, someone is visiting."

Ji Qing dug out the wine, filled it with soil, stood up holding the wine jar, and asked casually, "Who is it? Liu Yan?"

Yuan Xi: "It's not Liu Yan, it's His Royal Highness King Yu."

"King Yu?" Ji Qing's expression changed, and he walked towards the front yard with the wine jar in his arms, stopped after walking two steps, looked at a little dirt on his fingertips, and said to Yuan Xi: "Yuan Xi, you go and treat me first, and I'll go wash my hands and change my clothes."

Yuan Xi was a little puzzled: "What are you doing changing clothes? It's not dirty."

Ji Qing froze for a moment, and said to himself: "That's right, I'm nervous."

Yuan Xi: "Brother, what did you say?"

"Nothing." Ji Qing shook his head, "Is he alone?"

Yuan Xi nodded: "He's the only one, not even a guard."

Ji Qing lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: "Alone...then please go directly to Zhanlu Garden."

"Yeah." Yuan Xi agreed straight away, and after a while he realized, "Huh? Zhan...Zhan Luyuan?"

Ji Qing: "Yes."

Yuan Xi: "Master...Brother, did I hear wrong?"

Ji Qing: "That's right."

Yuan Xi: "Brother, did you take the wrong medicine?"

No wonder Yuan Xi was shocked, Ji Qing is usually very particular about death, Zhanlu Garden is his residence, and outsiders are not allowed to enter at all on weekdays, sweeping the dust is done by himself, besides, he is not very familiar with this little prince. , just letting him enter the house like this is not very different from a strange man entering a girl's boudoir. Although Ji Qing is not a girl, and Song Li is not a strange man, but Yuan Xi is a bit old-fashioned, in his eyes. There is no difference between the two.

Ji Qing smiled: "What are you talking about? This little prince is looking for me for a serious business. There is no outsider in Zhanlu Garden, so it is more convenient to talk..."

Hearing this, Yuan Xi immediately realized that he was thinking too much, and half of his doubts were dispelled. He said "um", scratched his head embarrassedly, turned and left, walked two steps and then backed away: "Brother, that little brother The prince brought a gift, and I put it in the warehouse as usual?"

Ji Qing: "Is there a lot?"

Yuan Xi: "Not many, just three pieces. The box should be calligraphy or painting or something."

Ji Qing thought for a while and said, "Look at what it is. If it's calligraphy and painting, take it to the study."

Yuan Xi looked at Ji Qing, as if he wanted to say something, but he still didn't speak, turned and left the back garden.

Ji Qing went to the pond and squatted down, put down the wine jar in his hand, reached into the water to wash it, and then picked up the wine jar to wash it clean.Then he got up slowly and walked towards Zhanlu Garden.

Song Li, who was waiting for Ji Qing in the front hall, drank tea boredly, and finally saw someone coming in, and immediately jumped up from the chair. Unexpectedly, the person who came was the young man who had just entertained him, not Ji Qing, he Somewhat lost for no reason.

He opened his mouth and asked, "Where is Mr. Ji? Can you trouble me to find him for me? I have business to do."

Yuan Xi: "My lord, you are welcome, please come with me."

Song Li was used to being arrogant on weekdays, so he didn't know how to say polite words, so he said dryly, "Okay, thank you..."

Yuan Xi: "My name is Yuan Xi, and I'm Young Master Ji's younger brother. You can just call me Yuan Xi."

Song Li considered for a moment: "Thank you, Mr. Yuan."

Yuan Xi smiled and didn't speak any more.Taking Song Li around in Ji's mansion, Song Li looked at the surrounding scenery curiously at first, but later he was really dizzy, so he just looked down at the road.Song Li felt that he had been gone for a long time, and just as he was about to ask Yuan Xi when he would arrive, he bumped his head on Yuan Xi's back.Yuan Xi took a step back and said, "My lord, please, we're here."

After Yuan Xi brought Song Li to the gate of Zhanlu Garden, he leaned sideways against the wall, apparently not intending to go in.

Song Li looked at him: "Young Master Yuan, won't you go in?"

Yuan Xi shook his head, he had to stay here when the two talked about serious business, he pointed to the gazebo far away in the yard and said, "My lord, my elder brother is waiting for you there, I won't go in."

Song Li looked inside and asked, "Where is this?"

Yuan Xi cleared his throat: "This is my senior brother's residence."

Song Li was stunned for a moment: "Live... the residence? Then would it be inappropriate for me to go in?"

Yuan Xi spread his hands: "It's okay, he asked you to come here."

Song Li didn't know whether he should go in for a while, and whispered, "Eh...why are you here?"

Yuan Xi: "My senior brother said that the prince is looking for him for a serious business, and it is more convenient to talk here."

Song Li raised his eyebrows: "Master Ji knows what I want from him?"

"You should know from his appearance." Yuan Xi paused, and then added: "But don't worry, he didn't tell me."

Ji Qing knew why he was looking for him?It seems that Mr. Ji seems to be more powerful than he imagined.

Song Li nodded and said, "Thank you." After finishing speaking, he entered Zhanlu Garden, and he followed the road to the gazebo, where Ji Qing was already sitting there.

Seeing Song Li coming in, Ji Qing got up and greeted him with a smile, then rolled up his sleeves and poured him a glass of wine.

Ji Qing looked up at Song Li, and said, "Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a few days, are you okay? I miss you so much."

"It's okay, it's okay, everything is fine." Song Li blushed immediately when he heard this, and quickly sat down and picked up his glass to hide his panic, and couldn't help smacking his lips after drinking: "Good wine."

Song Li felt that this feeling was very strange. If the words 'I miss you' come from other people, he might feel very uncomfortable or even disgusted. If it came from Liu Zijian or Li Zhuxuan, he might directly shout She slapped her mouth, but when she said it from Ji Qing's mouth, it felt extremely sincere, with a bit of breezy indifference, as if it should be so.

Ji Qing seemed to feel his embarrassment, so he didn't mention it again, and accepted his words with a faint smile: "Then have another drink?"

After speaking, he picked up the wine glass and poured another glass for Song Li and handed it to him.

Song Li took the wine and put it on the table. After hesitating for a moment, he chose to ask directly: "Master Ji knows why I came to you?"

Ji Qing stroked the rim of the wine glass with his fingertips, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, it's for books, right?"

Song Li nodded and admitted: "Not bad."

For some reason, Song Li didn't want to lie to Ji Qing, even if it was a matter of life and death.He always felt that Ji Qing would not harm him, from the first time he saw him, even though he knew it was dangerous, he still couldn't help but want to take a gamble.

Ji Qing who was sitting across from him suddenly put away his smile, picked up the wine glass on the table and threw it out, and there was a scream from across the flowers.Ji Qing got up and walked quickly to the gazebo, with his toes on the railing, he passed the flowers.Song Li secretly sighed about his skill, and searched along the path.

"Yuan Xi." Ji Qing called out.

When Yuan Xi heard Ji Qing call him, he trotted into the yard, saw the man on the ground who was covering his head and moaning, he was speechless, after a moment of silence, he said helplessly: "My lord, at least you should see clearly before you hit me. ..."

Ji Qing wondered: "... who is she?"

Yuan Xi: "...your sister."

Ji Qing: "..."

Ji Qing squatted down, opened the little girl's hand covering his head, and after confirming that the other party was not seriously injured, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head and asked Yuan Xi: "Why is she here?"

As soon as the words were finished, another person came running along the path, it was Baozi.

Baozi saw Ji Qing first, and called out "Beautiful brother" happily, and just after he finished calling, he saw his own prince standing beside him: "My lord! Why are you here?"

Song Li looked at Baozi, and finally couldn't help asking: "Baozi, why are you getting fat again?"

Baozi pinched his face: "Am I fat?"

Song Li pinched the flesh on Baozi's face with two fingers, and asked, "Aren't you fat?

Baozi: "My lord, are you here to take me back?"

Song Li: "What are you doing here?"

Baozi exclaimed, "Ah! Where is Luoyan?"

Song Li looked at the little girl sitting on the ground: "Is it her?"

Baozi flew to Ji Luoyan's side, and asked Song Li, "My lord! What's wrong with her?"

The two masters and servants talked to each other, and they were all questions, and they didn't answer each other's questions in a daze.

Ji Qing raised his forehead: "I accidentally injured it, what are you two doing here?"

Baozi lowered his head: "I... Luoyan and I were playing hide-and-seek. Luoyan... came in through the fence of the courtyard. I was worried that she would get lost, so I came in to look for her."

"I can run out to play with others... It seems that Baozi is very powerful." Ji Qing glanced at Yuan Xi, and teased a few words, "Okay, Yuan Xi will take her to bandage it, luckily I suppressed it." Work hard, otherwise the little girl's head should be blown right now."

Yuan Xi sighed: "I'll go right away."

Baozi glanced at Song Li hesitantly: "My lord..."

Song Li smiled slightly: "You can stay here if you want."

Baozi nodded like a pounding garlic: "Yes, yes."

Song Li waved his hand: "Go."

Baozi clasped his hands in a dignified way and said, "Farewell."

Song Li smiled and nodded his forehead: "It still looks good."

Baozi giggled, bounced and left behind Yuan Xi.

Song Li looked at Baozi's cheerful back and smiled, turned his head, and asked, "Master Ji asked me for Baozi just for that little girl?"

Ji Qing nodded: "That's right, it's for her, I thought she might be happier to have a child of a similar age playing with her."

Ji Qing is used to being alone, and often forgets that he has an extra sister.

Song Li opened his eyes wide, and said with a smile, "I never thought you would have such exquisite thoughts."

Ji Qing was amused by his appearance, and said, "Is it strange?"

Song Li shook his head quickly: "It's not strange, it's not strange."

Ji Qing explained with a smile: "It's not my sister, she and I...were not from the same mother."

Song Li nodded: "Offended."

Ji Qing didn't care: "It's not offensive, after all, everyone has curiosity."

During the conversation, the two had already returned to the gazebo. Ji Qing sat down and brought back the topic that was just interrupted: "Your Highness, if you want to ask anything, just ask directly, and I will tell you the truth."

Song Li considered for a moment: "You... knew from the beginning that I was going to buy your book?"

Ji Qing: "I know. I knew you wanted it when Liu Yan came to ask. Otherwise..."

Song Li: "Otherwise what?"

Ji Qing shook his head and smiled: "It's nothing." Otherwise... I wouldn't sell it either.

"Master Ji, can I... can I trust you?" Song Li hesitated for a moment, but asked directly.

Ji Qing probably didn't expect him to ask such a direct question. He was stunned for a moment, and then slowly said: "If I want to harm you, there is no need to make such a big circle. Believe it or not, His Highness will decide for himself."

Hearing what he said, Song Li completely let go of his hanging heart.

"I can trust you, Young Master. It's just that this is a matter of life, so I can't be careless."

That being said, Song Li never had the slightest doubt.

Ji Qing was silent for a moment, then said, "I won't harm you." Word by word, slowly but firmly.

After saying this, he slightly raised his eyes to look at Song Li. ??