I'm just a dude

Qi Yuan originally wanted to choose Xu Xuan, but Fang Chenghe's strong hint made him hesitate again.

He remembered that Marquis Wu An also felt sorry for Big Brother Fang, but fortunately Fang Chenghe was clever at that time, smashed those people with a painting and then ran away.

"I choose Brother Fang." Qi Yuan said, "Thank you, Your Highness."

Some of the servants had already been ordered to set up a long table, on which fruits, candied fruit, fragrant medicine and other things were still placed on it.Fang Chenghe flicked off the dust on his clothes, then bowed to the prince with his whole clothes, and sat down proudly.

The prince looked at Xu Yu, and saw that the latter's face darkened and he was very dissatisfied, so he laughed narrowly.Then examine the remaining three posts, Yihexiang, Yikexiang, Xiaozongxiang, Qi Yuan is really like a few treasures, explaining the characteristics of incense products, materials, and Hexiang techniques one by one.The steward of the Xiangyao Bureau was taken aback for a while, and he looked at him several times.

Qi Yuan didn't think much of it, and after answering the second question correctly, he immediately urged Xu Yu to sit down, but as for the last two, he had a difficult time.

Although Lu Xinghe had only joked with him, but at least he was accompanied by the prince, and Qi Yuan didn't have the guts to rob the prince.As for the remaining people, only Ren Yan is worrying.

Qi Yuan curled his lips in displeasure, he had been at odds with Ren Yan when he was in the Imperial College, so naturally he doesn't want to care about it now.But then I thought again, Xu Yu is this man's cousin after all, if Ren Yan was arrested to accompany him, Xu Yu might be in trouble too.After much deliberation, he had no choice but to choose the candidate, and carefully let Fang Cheng and the past sit next to each other.

Fang Chenghe smiled very complacently, and listened to the "junior brother" one by one, but after sitting down, he asked Xu Wei to change places, and only said that he wanted to serve Qi Yuan.

Xu Xuan had no choice but to switch with him, but after the switch, she reminded Qi Yuan with a smile: "The fourth one, why not choose Shenzhi?"

Ruan Hong loves to join in the fun, and when he heard this, he immediately squeezed in without hesitation.

In this way, the five people at the long table were all together, but Ruan Hong had never been used to Ren Yan, and Ren Yan disliked Fang Chenghe, and Fang Chenghe had a headache for Ruan Hong, so they started to exchange after they sat down , can not stop for a long time.

Everyone looked this way, Xu Yu seemed to be a normal person, let Qi Yuan sit on the farthest side, peeled the tangerines and put them away, as if it had nothing to do with him.

While eating, Qi Yuan was afraid that the three of them would fight, so he stretched his head, worried.

Seeing this, Lu Xinghe couldn't help but bend his lips. Although his smile was shallow, it still surprised the prince.

"It's rare to see you so happy." The prince turned his face, hesitated for a moment, and asked him in a low voice: "Do you like him very much?"

Lu Xinghe nodded.

The prince was even more surprised, Qi Yuan hadn't left the gate of the uncle's mansion for several years.Lu Xinghe was in the East Palace all day long, and he had never been to Zhongyuanbo's Mansion.

"When I met the saint back then, I had a relationship with Mr. Qi. It's just that he was different at that time." Lu Xinghe saw that the prince was surprised, and took the initiative to explain. His knowledge is far superior to that of Wen Chi and me. I really admire him."

He was moved for a moment, and unconsciously referred to himself as "I", unlike the usual "subject" who only came to "subject".

The crown prince jumped a little in his heart, and said with a smile: "We all know that the emperor likes to listen to flattery. He was willing to offer thousands of words to criticize the current problems, which is much higher than the supervisory censor of the current imperial court. No wonder you and Wen Chi both praised him. .”

Although his voice was low, the people below couldn't hear him, but Wen Chi was on the right, and he could hear their conversation clearly.

But Lu Xinghe said again: "Yes, in the imperial examination that day, brother Qi was the most bright and handsome, he should be the first, and brother Wen's proposals are thorough, he should be the second. I am far behind them."

"You are too self-effacing." The prince smiled, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wenchi.

Wenchi was still peeling a few dried fruits with a low eyebrow and a pleasing eye, and put a few nuts in the plate, all of which were his favorites.

The crown prince frowned slightly, remembering that this man had been like this since he entered the East Palace, always following his own preferences, and was always more considerate than his personal servant.He was also addicted to it for a while, but every time he thought of his identity and the precarious position of the crown prince, he had to wake up and become vigilant.

Of the three geniuses back then, the emperor's father had originally chosen him as the prime minister, but now one of them is stupid and one is missed, and today's scholars in the palace seem to have their own thoughts, and there are not many that can be used for themselves.

The prince felt depressed, and said to Wen Chi: "Don't do it, I don't want to eat it."

Wen Chi responded with a "yes", casually rewarded a plate of fruit to the waiter next to him, and sat quietly, as if these things were nothing more than normal.

Qi Yuan didn't know that the people above were talking about him.Since Ruan Hong sat down, Fang Chenghe and Ren Yan didn't care about the image of literati at all. The three of them had calm faces on their faces, but they crowded around underneath and couldn't stop for a long time.Qi Yuan was very worried at first, but later he simply pretended not to see, watching other people's drinking orders while eating the food that Xu Wei brought over.

Because there were no musicians from the Jiaofang Division to help, and all the procedures were simplified, a group of people went through a round, and the winner was decided, and they followed the prince to the West Garden, where rewards should be rewarded and punishments should be punished.

Qi Yuan took a general look and found that most of the people who received the punishment were really not satisfied with the prince.He was secretly amazed in his heart, and couldn't help wondering whether Wenchi had done something secretly.

Xu Yu didn't go with him to the West Garden, but pulled him out of Pixiang Palace and went to the East Garden instead.

Qi Yuan was taken aback, and asked him worriedly: "Isn't the East Garden sealed off? If we don't go, will the Crown Prince be angry?"

"I told him that I will take you there in the afternoon. There is a Sajin Pavilion in the East Garden. It is the best time to see it." Xu Yu smiled, seeing Qi Yuan looking at her in surprise, she couldn't help thinking I was stunned, "What's the matter, you don't want to go?"

Qi Yuan shook his head.

"Are you very close to the prince?" Qi Yuan found out in the afternoon, when the group of people who came in obviously included Marquis Wu'an and the two heirs of the county princes, but the prince just held Xu Xuan's arm, looking very intimate look.

Xu Yu was even more surprised than him: "You don't know?"

Qi Yuan asked blankly, "Know what?"

Xu Yu: "My mother is Princess Zhaoyang, the prince's aunt."

Qi Yuan: "..."

Qi Yuan had indeed heard that Xu Wei was a relative of the emperor, but he never thought about it, he only thought that the Duke's mansion was powerful.I didn't expect this layer to exist.

No wonder when he gave Xu Yu Shenyin Fragrance, Xu Yu said that when he was young, he often went to the palace and saw Juechen Xiang, the late emperor's favorite...

"That, that, you and the prince..." Qi Yuan was stunned for a while before he could speak clearly, "The emperor is your uncle? The prince is your cousin..."

"Cousin." Xu Yu smiled.

Qi Yuan said "oh", thinking that he knew what it was going to take, and asked Xu Xuan to tell the prince to take care of the Qi family, right?

But after thinking about it, I felt that something was wrong, the Duke of the country just returned the world certificate.The family certificate of the Duke's mansion was earned by the ancestors when they accompanied the Taizu to fight in the country. The Duke of the country married the eldest princess, but he wanted to return the certificate. Is this because he is afraid of being jealous by the emperor?

That's right, Xu Yu didn't even take the imperial examination in order to avoid being too aggressive a while ago.

Seeing his silence, Xu Yu knew that there was probably something wrong, so she asked, "Did you encounter any trouble?"

Qi Yuan didn't react for a while, and shook his head.

Xu Yu glanced at him, but said to herself: "When I was young, my mother passed away. I don't have a deep impression of her. I only remember that she was very gentle and smiled at all times. Later, when I entered the palace, I heard The first emperor said that she had a violent temper, so he was very suspicious for a while, thinking that everyone was lying to me."

Qi Yuan didn't know why he said these things, he just listened quietly and looked at Xu Yu seriously.

"Until later, when the Holy Majesty was enthroned, there was a family banquet. Only my father and three of us brothers were invited." Xu Yu sighed and glanced outside, "...You know that the Holy Majesty was originally just a prince from a concubine, right?"

"I know." Qi Yuan nodded.

Xu Yu said: "Because the Holy Majesty was a concubine and was not favored, he was bullied by several older princes since he was a child. There were a few times when he was tossed and only breathed. At that time, my mother was still the eldest sister of the emperor. She loves and has a violent temper, so she protects him everywhere. At the beginning, she was able to protect him. Later, the late emperor canonized the crown prince. The prince was narrow-minded and refused to accept his sister. When she bumped into her, she rushed up and took a whip for the Holy One, and since then she has a scar on her right cheek, and almost lost her eyesight."

Qi Yuan's heart twitched when he heard it, and he said "ah", "Did it get better later?"

"The eyes are fine, but the scar is left." Xu Yu said softly, "At that time, my mother was about to discuss marriage, but she was suddenly disfigured. The late emperor was furious and punished the crown prince for a year. But although the mother had a firm temperament, At that time, he said that he refused to marry. The Holy Majesty knew from nowhere that she was devoted to his father, so he went to the Duke's mansion for several days and begged his father to ask for the princess."

"Although the Holy Majesty is a concubine, he is also a prince. When he saw his father for the first time, he knelt down and begged for him. My father was originally a Tanhualang, and he never thought of asking for the Lord. Later, for some reason, he agreed." Xu Yu said, " Later, when the Holy Majesty seized the throne, the only one that was not involved in any way was the Duke's Mansion. Even the relatives of the Xu family were sent to other places in advance, and after the overall situation was settled, the Xu family were called back to the capital one after another."

Qi Yuan didn't have the slightest affection for the old emperor. He killed his brother to seize the throne, favored eunuchs, killed generals, and made things difficult for him. He even thought that it would be better if someone else became the emperor. I couldn't help but sigh.The old emperor is not a good thing, and the deposed prince seems to be even worse.

It's just that the emperor actually knelt down to the Duke... Now that the eldest princess has passed away for many years, I don't know how much of the old friendship is left. The three sons of the Xu family are so promising.Once the old emperor became suspicious and gradually remembered the dissatisfaction of the past, things would be difficult to handle.

It was still the old man of the country who returned the world certificate. On the surface, he lost the gold medal for avoiding death, but in fact he got the old emperor's peace of mind.In this way, as long as the Duke's mansion does not rebel, the emperor will probably take care of them more because of the kindness of the eldest princess.Having said that, what's the use of a gold medal for avoiding death? If the emperor wants to kill him, there are still few ways to do it?

Qi Yuan is very clever about these things, and he understands them as soon as he thinks about them.

Xu Yu smiled at him, and couldn't help raising her hand to pinch his ear: "Maybe it's not easy to do big things, but I can still help with ordinary small things."

"Then can you raise money for me?" Qi Yuan thought for a while, and then said simply, "Yangzhou Qi Mansion donated 9000 taels of silver this time. If it will take a while to send it over there, I want to help them hand it in early. "

"9000 taels?" Xu Yu was taken aback.

He is not in the capital these days, and he doesn't know about Xianghu's money donation.

Qi Yuan held back for a long time, and hurriedly told Xianghu to go to Beijing, Fang Chenghe wrote a letter, suggesting that the crown prince forced donations, and all the embarrassing things for the Qi family.When talking about Fang Chenghe's letter, he was still angry and couldn't say enough.

Xu Yu just listened patiently.When the two of them arrived at the pier, Qi Yuan babbled from scolding Fang Chenghe, with his hips on his hips, to presenting his notes to Chen Bo, how to plan, how Chen Bo would fight for fragrance, quick wit... the more he talked, the more he forgot on board.

"9000 taels is not a small amount, and it would not be good if you were asked to pay." Qi Yuan finally said, "I want to ask Uncle Chen to go to the bank to borrow some, but if I give more money, the Qi family can still pay that little money. As long as someone is willing to testify and let the bank release the money."

"It's easy to handle, just ask You Ji to go with you tomorrow." Xu Yu readily agreed, paused, but suddenly asked, "Are you so familiar with the young master of the Qi Mansion?"

"Qi...Boxiu?" Qi Yuan said with a smile, "Of course, we have a good relationship! A fateful friendship!"

He copied the reason he told Fang Chenghe to Xu Yu, and now he is very generous when talking about that one.

Xu Yu let out an "oh", but then asked again: "It's just a one-time relationship, the other party just gave you a book, so you trust him that much?"

Qi Yuan was taken aback, then blinked.

Xu Xuan then asked again: "When you were in prison, the letter Miss Wanjun brought you was his?"

Qi Yuan didn't dare to panic too much, fearing that he might not be able to get round in the future, so he could only say: "Well, yes."

"You practiced calligraphy a while ago..." Xu Yu said, "It's also because of him?"

Qi Yuan: "...Yes."

Xu Xuan nodded: "You went to Miss Wanjun the other day and got drunk by them, it was..."

"Go to deliver the letter." Qi Yuan recalled that Xu Yu seemed to be angry that day, and hurriedly said, "I originally wanted to return it as soon as I finished delivering it. They said that sweet wine is not intoxicating..."

Sure enough, Xu Yu's complexion did not look very good.

"I didn't go after that!" Qi Yuan felt a little guilty, looked at him, and added cautiously, "After you left a few days ago, I went there twice..."

Xu Yu said "Oh", "A letter from Yangzhou?"

Qi Yuan: "Yes!"

Xu Yu: "...very good."

He has always wanted to know what letter Qi Yuan read that day to cry like that, he even wondered if it was Uncle Zhongyuan's letter from home.Unexpectedly, it is the young master of Yangzhou who has counted thousands of calculations.

Thinking about it again, Qi Yuan vomited blood in the Imperial Prison before, it seems to be related to the news from Yangzhou...

That person, what is that person's position in his heart?Can Qi Yuan turn his back on Fang Cheng for him?

Fang Chenghe is ahead of him today.

Xu Yu always felt that Qi Yuan was still childish, and compared to them, he looked like a child.He didn't even dare to guide anything about what happened last night, fearing that he would lead Qi Yuan astray... But in fact, Qi Yuan already had someone else in his heart, such a precious person, he even considered the other party's parents.

Xu Yu stared at Qi Yuan steadfastly, the more he listened, the more his eyes became darker, and there was a surge of anger in his chest.He swallowed, but couldn't say anything, turned around and walked towards the way he came.

When Qi Yuan was asked about it by him, for some reason, he always felt an inexplicable guilty conscience. Seeing Xu Yu turn around and leave now, he was obviously angry, and quickly chased after him.

"Don't go!"

Xu Yu got into the carriage, and Qi Yuan hurriedly climbed in, sat on his lap and looked at him anxiously, "Aren't you going to the East Garden?"

Xu Yu held her breath in her chest, and shook her head a little stiffly: "I won't go."

Qi Yuan asked: "Are you angry?" After speaking, he felt at a loss, "Why are you angry?"

Xu Yu knew that she was jealous.But Qi Yuan obviously didn't have an understanding of feelings, or he was only open to others, so he couldn't see his own feelings... He didn't want to think about it, so he had to straighten his mouth and look outside without saying a word.

Qi Yuan took the initiative to kiss him, but he turned his head away and refused to kiss him.

Qi Yuan was originally smiling, but after being rejected a few times, he immediately felt aggrieved, and sat back without saying a word, tears rolling in his eyes.

Xu Yu glanced at it, and immediately softened her heart, and hugged him back to her lap with self-blame.

"It's nothing, it's my fault." Xu Yu hurriedly patted him on the back, "I'm angry with myself."

Qi Yuan was even more aggrieved, choked up and complained, "Then ignore me!"

Xu Yu said "Yes", "I was wrong."

Qi Yuan said loudly again: "You still won't let me kiss you!"

The carriage jerked violently, Qi Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that there were people from the Duke's Mansion driving the carriage outside.

Qi Yuan: "..."

Xu Yu didn't respond, she just sighed softly in her heart, hugged him a little tighter, and kissed the tears on his face.Qi Yuan's heartbeat suddenly stopped for a moment, and he couldn't help but close his eyes.Xu Yu's kiss landed on his eyes, it was soft and warm, like kissing a treasure.

Qi Yuan's heart suddenly calmed down.

He snorted coquettishly, put his arms around Xu Yu's neck, and asked in a low voice, "Why were you so angry just now?"

"Being angry with myself is not as good as others." Xu Yu looked down at him, thought for a while, and asked him, "Do you like that person from Yangzhou very much?"

Qi Yuan hummed, and suddenly realized something, "Do you think you are not as good as him? No! He is not as good as you."

Xu Yu: "..."

Qi Yuan thought about his appearance and height, and then thought about the appearance and height of his original body when he first passed through, and emphasized: "I'm not as tall as you, and I'm not as good as you in appearance!"

Xu Yu never expected that she would rely on her height to win. She didn't know how she felt for a while, so she said "hmm" dumbfounded, "Then who are you closer to?"

Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment: "It's not easy to distinguish. He and I are like brothers. Almost my mother is his mother, and his mother is my mother..."

Xu Yu froze for a moment, thinking that this brother is too close, and asked, "What about us?"

"It's different between us, you and I are like..." Qi Yuan frowned and thought for a while, but couldn't find a suitable example for a long time, so he hesitated, "Male...male favorite?"

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