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Before I knew it, it was already summer.The air was filled with unknowingly hot air, and there were gradually more and more people selling iced drinks and sweets in the streets and alleys.

Together with these sweet summer soups, there are also rumors that the prince will eventually sit on the throne after King Jin loses power.

These news came from nowhere, at first it was a spark, and gradually it became a prairie fire.The storyteller in the teahouse described in a low voice the scene of the quarrel between the Holy Majesty and His Royal Highness King Jin, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes.Although there were still ten days before the sacrificial ceremony, almost all the people in Chang'an City knew that it was the crown prince and not Jin Wang who held the sacrificial ceremony on behalf of His Majesty.

The sacrificial ceremonies have always been in charge of the king of a country. Although the current emperor is obsessed with the way of immortality, he still does it himself every year.But this year, it was handed over to the prince.

For a moment, people were in a rush, restless, guessing the undecided answer in their hearts.

Is this game over so soon?Almost everyone who wandered was in a trance.

Some people have already seen the right time and voted for another good leader. Although some people are talented and unappreciative, they are eager to get rid of the relationship, for fear of being implicated in the future.

The sea of ​​people is vast, and there are storms every day.

The brush with a thin rod made of red sandalwood is inlaid with white jade. It looks gorgeous and exquisite, but it leaves a chilling aura on the paper.

As soon as Zhao Xu just wrote down the word "Bo", he heard a voice outside the door, it was Xu Jingyan's voice.

Looking up, he has already entered the door.

"Those people are too outrageous!"

Xu Jingyan was full of anger at this time, his face was flushed with anger, and he said bitterly.

Zhao Xu stopped writing and put it on the inkstone. He already knew what he was talking about, and said calmly: "Everyone has his own ambition, so there is no need to force it."

"I'm just so angry. At the beginning, everyone said nice things about swearing allegiance to the prince. Now that there is a little gossip, they all go to another master. The grass is not as fast as they fall to the ground." Xu didn't look angry at all, and couldn't help being discouraged: "Brother Xu, don't you care?"

Zhao Xudao: "Going away may not be a good thing, at least now it is better to be able to identify traitors than to be stabbed by one of your own people in the future."

Xu Jing fell silent, pursed his lips and nodded.

Zhao Xu handed him a piece of handkerchief, and said with a smile, "I'm sweating because I came here in such a hurry to complain to me."

Xu Jingyan took the handkerchief embarrassingly: "Thank you Brother Xu, I didn't ride a horse today, I sneaked out."

"slip?"

Didn't he move out with Xu Zhao alone now, why is he still sneaking around.

Xu Jingyan scratched his head, blushed, and said: "Hey, it's Zhao'er who is urging me to study military books now. This is what my old man ordered, and I have to listen. You also know his temper, I'm lazy. I was not in a hurry, and listened to everything, which made me feel embarrassed not to read.”

"Then you are sweating profusely, are you guilty?" Zhao Xu made trouble.

"That's not true! Hey...you say I'm the old man, why am I so helpless in front of this kid!" Xu Jingyan couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

Zhao Xu wanted to say that his intelligence and intelligence at the age of seven or eight would be incomparable even when he was old, but he decided not to mention Xu Jingyan's self-esteem.

He changed the subject: "Jingyan, your father is involved in the affairs of the court, I am not very worried, and neither are you."

"Well, I got it!" Xu Jingyan nodded solemnly, and said, "This time is the cusp of the storm, and I won't give you any trouble."

Zhao Xu smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of you making mistakes."

With Xu Zhao by his side, nothing would go wrong.

Thinking about this, he asked again: "Is Zhao'er going to be assigned to the Ministry of Rites? I heard some news."

"That's right, the Holy Majesty said that Zhao'er's temperament is suitable for going to the Ministry of Rites. In my opinion, Zhao'er will not be inferior to any of the six departments." The little general unconsciously praised his son every day, with a look of pride on his face.

"I regret that I didn't keep him back then, and I got you a bargain for nothing." Zhao Xu jokingly said, "You've been out for long enough, aren't you afraid of being caught by him?"

Xu Jingyan's face collapsed, and he begged, "I'm afraid, so...Brother Xu, if Zhao'er comes here later, you must say that I'm not here, and I haven't been here before!"

Not only did he want to escape from studying, but Xu Zhao couldn't let Xu Zhao know that he came to the Prince Jin's mansion again.

These days, he found that as long as he talked about Zhao Xu or Jin Wangfu, someone would secretly increase the number of military books he had to read every day.And it's not easy for him to stand up and resist, because Xu Zhao is reading with him, and Xu Zhao won't sleep until he finishes reading.As a result, Xu Jingyan still felt a lot of guilt towards him.

At the beginning, Xu Jingyan always talked about Zhao Xu subconsciously, and he couldn't love it every day when he read and read, but now, he has a long memory.

It was also because he was big-hearted, he just thought that Xu Zhao didn't want him to mention Zhao Xu because he felt that he was too dependent on Zhao Xu.

It is true that Xu Lin has also taught him about this matter, telling him to think more about everything and not always look for His Highness King Jin, but he just simply wants to see Zhao Xu, and wants to see and talk to him whenever he has something to do.

Zhao Xu didn't know that he had so many scruples, but thought that he wanted to escape for a while, so he agreed, saying, "I can say yes, but you have to go back to Xu's mansion in an hour, so don't make Zhao'er anxious to find it."

Xu Jingyan nodded hurriedly, and was about to thank him when he heard someone coming.

He quickly lowered his voice and said, "It must be Zhao'er!"

"How do you know?" Zhao Xu felt that he had a guilty conscience.

"Instinct!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young man's gentle and elegant voice came from outside the house: "If you take the liberty of disturbing His Highness Prince Jin, do you dare to ask if my father has ever been here?"

Xu Jingyan immediately asked in a low voice as if someone had grabbed his tail.

"Xu, Brother Xu! Where did I go from?!!"

Putting his finger on his lips, Zhao Xu signaled him to keep silent, and replied to the outside: "I have never been here, did Jingyan tell you where he went?"

"Perhaps the lower official has a poor memory, forget it."

The young man just replied like this, worried about Xu Jingyan's face.After all, sneaking out in order to hide from reading is not a glorious thing.

After all, he thanked him softly and took his leave.

And Xu Jingyan could imagine Xu Zhao's expression through the door panel - always with a polite smile, without the slightest aggressive posture, but always able to boil a frog in warm water, making people unable to go against his thoughts.

After confirming that Xu Zhao was gone, Xu Jingyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Xu, I'm leaving too." Then he wanted to walk to the door.

"Hey, wait a minute." Zhao Xu called to him, "If you go through the main gate, you will definitely meet Zhao'er."

Xu Jingyan came back to his senses, and said: "Then, where did it come from? There is no access to the side door of the palace!"

Zhao Xu's face was a little unnatural, and he tried his best to hold back a smile: "The road you walked before."

"Dog, dog hole?"

Xu Jingyan's face froze. He used to mean when he was seven or eight years old. At that time, dogs thought cats were funny, so why didn't they drill?Just don't go through the front door, but now...

"Are there any other doors?"

I knew what the result would be, but I still asked with a sad face.

"…No."