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On a June day, the cicadas outside the hall were screaming happily, one after another, the sharp voice disturbed people.Xi Zhen sat on his knees at the banquet, his brows and eyes showed anxiety visible to the naked eye.

Prince Chongming really didn't play cards according to common sense, what he said made Xi Zhen speechless.He couldn't really agree to come down and rest in the East Palace, but the refusal at this time would make it appear that the previous words were made up.

Xi Zhen pursed her lips, eagerly thinking about what to say.

Prince Chongming looked at his appearance and sneered very impolitely.He lowered his eyes and said in a cold voice, "Continue to study."

Xi Zhen relaxed and said, "Yes."

He, the prince's guest, has nothing to do at the moment, he only spends his time in the East Palace every day, and reads to Prince Chongming across the screen.

At noon, Xizhen stayed in the East Palace for dinner, and he stayed alone in the side hall.Tang Zhi led the eunuch serving food, came in with a red lacquered food box, and served the meals on the table one by one.

Today, His Majesty advocates frugality, coupled with the serious monopoly of the aristocratic family, books, paper, and even a meal recipe are well hidden.Therefore, the nobleness of the heavenly family is noble, but life is not as refined as that of the family.

Xi Zhen sighed while eating, the struggle between the imperial power and the aristocratic family is reflected in these details.

After dinner, Xi Zhen sat down for a while, drank two sips of tea, and then went back to the flower hall to continue lecturing to the prince.

According to Xi Zhen's habit, he would take a nap in the afternoon.But this is the East Palace, and he is on duty for the first time, so he must be more cautious and give lectures with energy.

Compared with his strict preparations, Prince Chongming was much more at ease. He first sat on the couch drinking tea, then fiddled with the vase by the window, walked down after a while, and sprinkled some spices into the incense burner.

With the light incense and the obscure "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", Xi Zhen almost couldn't keep his eyelids open.

In a trance, Prince Chongming seemed to speak. He looked at Xi Zhen intently from behind the screen, and said, "If you are sleepy, go and have a rest first."

Xi Zhen didn't want to rest in the East Palace, but his eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he felt as if he had refused, and he felt that he hadn't made a sound at all.

In the back hall of the East Palace, Tang Zhi led a group of young eunuchs to stick under the tree, moving quietly, without hearing any footsteps.

The breeze blows into the house, blowing the gauze and shaking it slightly.The golden sunlight shines through the rice paper window and falls on Xi Zhen who is on the couch. His side face is exquisite, and light dust dances on his eyelashes.Xi Zhen closed his eyes, his limbs stretched out and his figure was slender, as if he was born to live in this carved beams and painted buildings, the splendid Jiaoliang.

Xi Zhen's eyelids trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.He just woke up, still a little confused, rubbing his head and sitting up.

Something fell from the window to Xi Zhen's hand. Xi Zhen picked it up and saw that it was a pink-white hibiscus flower with yellowish heart and tender red inner petals.

Xi Zhen only glanced at it, and his complexion suddenly changed.

He got off the couch, raised the gauze curtain, walked around the screen, and went to look for Prince Chongming.

This is the east wing of the back hall of the East Palace. When Xi Zhen walked to the door, he immediately saw a person standing in the corridor.The man was tall and tall, with a straight back, wearing a robe intertwined with black gold, and a crown with gold and jade tassels on his head. His slender fingers seemed to be shining in the sun.He sprinkled brown fish food in his hand, which attracted the goldfish in the flowing water to scramble for it.

Xi Zhen didn't know why, but an inexplicable emotion suddenly surged in his heart.He frowned, looking at the man's back, eager to see his true face.

Xi Zhen took a step towards him.

Tang Zhi, who was carrying something, came from the corridor and said, "Lord Xi, are you awake?"

The person who was leisurely feeding the fish tilted his head slightly, but no one could see his face clearly.

Tang Zhi walked up to Xi Zhen and said, "Master Xi, since you are awake, shall we go back to the flower hall?"

Xi Zhenxin felt lost for a while, nodded in a daze, and went to the flower hall with Tang Zhi.

He knelt and sat in the banquet, his eyes lowered and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Prince Chongming walked behind the screen and sat down, looked at Xi Zhen who was in a daze, and asked, "Master Xi likes this hibiscus flower very much?"

Xi Zhen was taken aback for a moment, only then did he realize that he was still holding the hibiscus flower in his hand.

"I," Xi Zhen said, "I guess I like it."

"Like is liking, what is liking?" Prince Chongming asked.

Xi Zhen exhaled lightly, and said: "I liked it at first, but later I felt guilty. After a long time of guilt, I don't want to see it again, so I can't call it liking."

Prince Chongming stared at Xizhen, didn't ask why he felt guilty, but said: "This kind of love is so cold."

Xi Zhenwu was stunned for a while, then suddenly took a deep breath, and said, "Your Highness, I already have the answer to what His Highness asked me earlier."

Prince Chongming's eyes moved slightly, looking at Xi Zhen.

"Thanks to the prince's favor, Xi Zhen must live up to it." Xi Zhen said: "If the prince insists on relegation, Xi Zhen has nothing to say."

He said this now, not because of guilt, sadness or fear, he just rejected the prince calmly and clearly.

He is really a complicated person, he will talk nonsense when meeting people, and he will do things that can be said to fall short because of a tranced back.

Xi Zhen got up to say goodbye and left the East Palace.

It is night, and there is a cool evening breeze in the early summer night.Xi Zhen opened the window, leaned sideways on the pillow, not knowing what he was thinking.

I don't know how long it took, when he fell asleep and his consciousness gradually blurred, a cold aura suddenly came over his body, which was incompatible with summer.

"Xie Li?" Xi Zhen opened his eyes, but his eyes were covered with a layer of black cloth.

"Yeah." Xie Li's voice came from behind him, lazy and nostalgic.

Tonight's Xie Li was a little gentle, he and Xi Zhen were tender for a while, and a quiet breath flowed between them.

"Xie Li, Xie Li." Xi Zhen narrowed his eyes and hummed, "It's fine for you to be a ghost. As long as you don't disappear, I will really be with you forever."

Xie Li didn't speak, just kissed the back of Xi Zhen's neck.

"But you don't want to be a human being," Xi Zhen said, "If you want to be a human being, I don't know how to face you."

Xie Li lowered his eyes and looked at Xi Zhen in his arms.He suspected that Xie Li was not dead, and Xie Li knew that he was already suspicious.

Xi Zhen waited for two days, but did not wait for the prince's decree to relegate, but instead received a letter from his family.

This is a letter written by Xi Jin himself. In the letter, he greeted Xi Zhen's recent situation, and said that because of the Cai family's copying, the Xi family has been isolated by the family recently. Some time ago, the Ye family in Runan even blatantly bullied the Xi family.But now these things have been settled, Xi Jin told Xi Zhen that the attitude of the family is not important, Xi's backer is Prince Chongming, who is His Majesty today, and it is inevitable to be an enemy of the family.

Xi Jin also explained to Xi Zhen that the family situation is not good, and Xi Zhen should be careful in Chang'an, guard against the family, and act cautiously.

After reading the letter, Xi Zhen felt a little heavy.He picked up his pen, but didn't know how to write a reply.

Just when he was hesitating, Xi Shan knocked on the door and came in, saying: "Young Master, someone from the East Palace is here."

Xi Zhen heart skipped a beat, put down his pen and got up.

The person who came was Tang Zhi, he didn't come with the purpose of relegation, but brought a few pots of hibiscus instead.

Xi Zhen was dressed in plain clothes and black gauze, and he didn't even change his clothes.Seeing this, Tang Zhi was not dissatisfied, but greeted him with a smile, and said: "These are some hibiscus newly planted in the palace. His Highness the Crown Prince specially asked the old slave to bring them to Your Excellency. Your Highness said that he acted absurdly and offended His Excellency. Please don’t blame me, my lord.”

Xi Zhenxin exhaled slowly the pent-up depression, with a smile on his face, he said: "Your Highness is serious."

Sure enough, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not really relegate himself, Xi really thought, put him to death and live later, after passing this test, he will have no worries in the future.

Xi Zhen glanced at the hibiscus flower and said with a smile: "I wonder if His Highness the Crown Prince will be convenient tomorrow, I want to go to the East Palace to thank His Highness the Crown Prince."

Tang Zhi said: "Naturally convenient."

The two agreed, so Xizhen went to the East Palace every day to work, and Prince Chongming didn't seem to remember the absurd words he said before.

It started to rain that day, and after Xi Zhen had finished lecturing to Prince Chongming, the rain continued.Looking at the sky outside, he thought of Xi Jin's family letter, feeling a little melancholy for a while.

"Ms. Cai has already been sentenced." Prince Chongming suddenly said.

Xi Zhen heard the prestige and came over. Behind the screen, Prince Chongming was holding an incense box and adding agarwood to the incense burner.

"Your Majesty copied innumerable amounts of gold, silver, rice and grain from the Cai family, which is more than the treasury's three-year tax revenue."

Xi Zhen did the math, and soon learned how much money it was.

Compared with Prince Chongming and Xizhen, His Majesty's mood is more complicated. He has never seen such a large amount of money. In comparison, the money he sold to choose his concubine is insignificant.

"Part of the money will be used for military expenses, part of it will go to the national treasury, and the rest will be used to buy good seeds for the next season's cultivation." Prince Chongming said: "Some places were hit by disasters this spring. Farming is."

Xi Zhen thought for a while and asked, "Who did you buy it from?"

"Besides the family, who else can it be?"

Xi Zhen shook his head, "The aristocratic family won't sell, their plants and trees are well hidden, let alone such things as good seeds."

Crown Prince Chongming looked at Xi Zhen, "I proposed to Emperor Father alone, and bought it from Xi's family."

Xi Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that this was a win-win situation. His Majesty got a good seed, and Xi's family got His Majesty's support.

With His Majesty's support, the Xi family's situation will be much better. On the other hand, the Xi family is also an example. Those who follow His Majesty prosper, and those who go against His Majesty perish.

Xi Zhen raised the corners of his mouth and said, "I also have something I want to tell His Highness."

Prince Chongming raised his eyes, "Say."

"Your Majesty, please submit a letter to measure the land of the whole country, and thoroughly investigate the annexation of the family's land."

The land is the life of the people and the foundation of the family. Only by measuring the land and distributing it equally to the people is the biggest blow to the family.

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows, his eyes sparkling.Prince Chongming is willing to give the Xi family face, and of course he is also willing to reciprocate.Moreover, only by showing his ability as soon as possible and becoming an indispensable figure around Prince Chongming can he be invincible, and he will not be rewarded or relegated by Prince Chongming as before.

Prince Chongming didn't speak, Xizhen in the hall was in high spirits, his whole body seemed to be glowing.Prince Chongming looked at him, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

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