"After the Longevity Festival, you and I will go back to Qian'an."
As he was about to enter the city, Zhong Wan instructed Lin Si, "If you have any unfinished business, you should deal with it in advance."
Lin Si was startled and gestured: I can't leave, I have to stay in the capital to help you.
"No need." Zhong Wan shook his head, "After seeing Xuan Rui and Xuan Yu, the emperor should be completely at ease, it's useless for you to stay here, why don't you go back with us, the sky is high and the sea is broad, you can follow me safely and steadily live."
Without waiting for Lin Si to refute, Zhong Wan said again: "You also said that Yu She doesn't miss the old feelings. He turned a blind eye and let you go last time, what about next time? And the fourth prince and the fifth prince I'm afraid there will be more fights, the fifth prince has the support of Prince Yu's mansion, and the fourth prince may not be able to withstand it, you are not safe in his mansion, I can't keep you here."
Lin thought for a while, but did not insist any longer, and nodded hesitantly.
Zhong Wan patted his shoulder, "Go."
Lin Si gave Zhong Wan a kowtow, and went back quietly, just like when he came. Zhong Wan lifted the curtain, looked at the city gate not far away, and adjusted his clothes.
Zhong Wan was worried about being interrogated, so he didn't get out of the car. Outside, Yan Pingshan went to hand over documents to the minor officials of the Ministry of Rites and the officials of the city guard. They received the news that the Qian'an Prince's Mansion was coming to Beijing half a month ago. Chao Xuanrui's car saluted, and after a little inquiring about the number of servants accompanying him, he led everyone into the city.
The former residence of Prince Ning had long since been taken back by Jinshang. After repairs, it was now the residence of the fifth prince, Xuan Xin. When passing by Prince Ning's residence, Zhong Wan lifted the curtain of the car.
When he first ascended the throne today, at least he was very generous towards his younger brother. He was conferred a mansion by a king, and he personally chose a noble daughter to marry him. He was quite like an eldest brother.
At that time, Prince Ning’s family, Zhong’s house, had already committed a crime. There were many girls and boys in the Zhong family, and there were two imperial concubines, but there were not many men in the family. Basically, all the top-ranked people were implicated. There was a boy, because he was too young to be unaffected, and later was taken into the house by King Ning, recognized as the adopted son, and blocked the mouth of the censor station.
With the protection of King Ning, Zhong Wan was able to grow up carefree.
He was deeply grateful for King Ning's kindness, but he almost failed to keep Xuan Rui when things happened. Zhong Wan was ashamed to look at the place where he grew up. After taking a deep breath, he lowered the curtain of the car.
Everyone was taken to another mansion, which was not big, but still exquisite.
Yan Pingshan was not used to dealing with these petty officials. Zhong Wan took a few purses and put them in his sleeves, jumped out of the car, walked over and greeted them familiarly. .
"I also ask the prince to take a good rest here, it is best to freshen up a little." A small official said with a smile, "Around the time of application, there will be people in the palace to invite you."
Zhong Wan handed the load up, "Thank you."
After the people from the Ministry of Rites were sent out, Zhong Wan was too late to rest, rubbed his sore neck, and went to the inner courtyard to greet everyone to clean up the lady's room first. Are you alright?"
Xuan Congxin was seen by him since he was a child, and he did not avoid suspicion. He walked out with a fox fur cloak.
Zhong Wan hurriedly took it and said with a smile, "So it was for me these days? I thought it was for your big brother..."
"You are more afraid of the cold." Compared with her naive and stubborn brother, Xuan Congxin is much more precocious, her temperament is cold, and her tone of voice is light when she cares about people, "It's really cold in Beijing, go and stay in the house early, Come back and don't get sick again."
"I know." Zhong Wan wrapped the cloak with a smile and agreed, "I'll go now."
Xuan looked around from his heart, silently wrote down the size, and said, "It's too late to change, you should wear it first, and I will close the neckline when it is delivered at night."
Zhong Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "It's okay to kill me."
Xuan Congxin didn't say much, and after speaking, he turned around and entered the room.
Zhong Wan didn't have time to rest, so he turned around and went to Xuanrui Courtyard.
Xuan Rui's face was very bad.
Half of them came back to Beijing and remembered old things, and half of them were frightened by Zhong Wan.
Zhong Wan didn't expect that Xuan Rui's boss was not too young to be so frightened. He was a little ashamed. He leaned against the door and smiled and said, "If the lord goes to face the holy man like this, the holy man will be able to make our Qian'an poor even the lord unable to eat enough."
Xuan Rui knew that Zhong Wan was teasing him, but he still couldn't laugh, he pursed his dry lips, his eyes full of anxiety, "I've been in a panic since I entered the city, and my mind is full of the scene of me being trapped in the palace alone seven years ago. , Father is gone, and you have been taken away, I…”
Zhong Wan sighed.
Zhong Wan said in a low voice, "It's my fault. I also wanted to find you at the time, but the news from Prince Yu's mansion was not available. I... Forget it, it's all over."
Xuan Rui said worriedly: "If he asks me, ask me..."
"He won't ask things that make you embarrassed. He doesn't want to talk about old things more than you." Zhong Wan said sternly, "He just wants to feel at ease, you just want him to feel at ease. If he really wants to end you, then go to Why did Qian An send you a pot of poisoned wine here? Do you think the history books are not enough?"
Xuan Rui's face looked a little better when he heard this, and Zhong Wan said softly, "It's all over, come back... I'll take you there."
"Really?" Xuan Rui's eyes lit up, "You accompany me to the palace?"
"Of course it's fake." Zhong Wan smiled, "I think, can I get in? I'm guarding outside the palace."
Xuan Rui smiled helplessly, but finally felt more at ease.
At the time of Shen, there were indeed people in the palace, and only Xuan Rui and Xuan Yu were passed on.
Zhong Wan acted as a servant and followed, but was stopped before he even reached the gate of the palace. Xuan Rui and Xuan Yu got off the carriage and followed the people in the palace.
The two followed the eunuchs carefully all the way. They walked around in circles for an unknown amount of time and finally saw the emperor and kowtowed.
Xuan Rui didn't dare to raise his head at all, and asked what to answer. His voice was not much louder than that of a mosquito, and he had to rely on the help of the old eunuch to speak loudly.
In contrast, Xiao Xuanyu responded more appropriately. He was only two or three years old when King Ning's incident happened, and he didn't remember anything. He had grown up carefree in these years, and was much more courageous than his elder brother. When he was questioned by the emperor , and looked up at the emperor, secretly surprised.
This "Royal Uncle" was a little too old, he looked to be in his sixties, and Xuan Yu's grandfather was old enough.
Emperor Chong'an's old-fashioned attitude has gradually appeared in recent years, and his speech is somewhat lacking. He took a close look at Xiao Xuanyu, smiled kindly, and asked about his schoolwork.
Before Xuan Yu could speak, Xuan Rui first secretly broke out in cold sweat.
Back then, Emperor Chong'an also asked Xuan Rui the same thing, and the next day, he and Zhong Wan were sent to the palace.
Emperor Chong'an... Will he use this pretext to keep Xuan Yu in the capital
Xuan Rui was uneasy, Emperor Chong'an had taught Xiao Xuanyu a few words, and Xuan Yu answered them one by one.
Emperor Chong'an nodded with satisfaction, and said warmly, "Very promising, is the gentleman your brother invited for you? How is your knowledge? Is it strict?"
Xuan Yu lowered her head and replied, "I didn't extend my teacher, I just followed..."
Although Xuan Yu was young, she instinctively felt that she couldn't say Zhong Wan's name, so she paused and said, "I learned it from a housekeeper who is literate at home."
Emperor Chong'an was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is it Guiyuan teaching you?"
Zhong Wan, the word goes far.
Xuan Yu frowned in confusion, how did you know this
Emperor Chong'an said slowly, "With him teaching you, you can't go wrong."
Emperor Chong'an spoke very slowly, as if he was in a trance.
Xiao Xuanyu listened quietly, not daring to answer. After waiting for a long time, Emperor Chong'an didn't say anything. He waved his hand and didn't ask them about their schoolwork. Xuan Rui secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After talking about the daily life for a while, it was getting late, and Emperor Chong'an seemed to be in a bit of a bad mood. He gave the two of them a table of royal meals, and let the old eunuch take them there.
Xuan Rui and Xuan Yu were taken to the Xiaonuan Pavilion, and without anyone else, Xuan Yu asked in a low voice, "Why did the emperor hear about Zhong Wan, just..."
The old eunuch who was serving by the emperor came in with the person who passed the meal. Xuan Yu immediately shut up. The corner of the old eunuch's mouth curved slightly, pretending not to hear, and serving dishes for the two of them by himself.
"The old slave just heard about it." The old eunuch said with a smile, "Your Highness's homework was taught by Young Master Zhong himself?"
Xuan Yu Nahan: "Father-in-law also knows about Zhong Wan?"
A small servant behind the old eunuch covered his mouth and laughed silently.
Who doesn't know about Zhong Wan, who has a love affair with the world
Xiao Xuanyu had naturally heard of those things, and realized that they were laughing at Zhong Wan, her face turned pale with anger.
Xuan Rui glanced at Xuan Yu: the eunuchs around Emperor Chong'an were not the ones who could offend them.
Xuan Yu bowed his head and slammed the rice hard.
The old eunuch turned his head and glanced at the little maid, and said calmly as he prepared dishes: "Of course I know, the youngest Juren master in this dynasty, who doesn't know?"
Xuan Yu raised his head, he didn't know that Zhong Wan was so powerful, and was stunned for a while: "Huh?"
The old eunuch smiled and said slowly, "Although the Zhong family has fallen, Prince Ning raised him like a son. With such an aristocratic family, such background, and such talent, which yamen in the three provinces and six ministries will not be able to go to in the future? Young Master Zhong is arrogant and arrogant. He wants to take the imperial examination right, and he has made a steady progress... Xie Yuan of Chunwei, Hui Yuan of Qiuwei, if it weren't for..."
The old eunuch hid what he couldn't say, "I heard that the youngest champion of the previous dynasty was eighteen years old. If Young Master Zhong could enter the palace for the exam..."
"I'm afraid he will be the youngest champion in several dynasties." The old eunuch pulled out the dust from his waist, turned around and hit the little eunuch who didn't know anything about it.
Outside the palace, even Zhong Caizi from Zhongsanyuan stood in the cold wind and sneezed.
"Really cold… "
Zhong Wan had been waiting for two hours, and the charcoal in the hand stove was all burned out. He was afraid that his legs would freeze, so he simply got out of the car and walked back and forth to move his hands and feet.
It was Wu Shi, and it was getting dark early. Zhong Wan glanced at the gate of the palace from a distance, but he was not in a hurry.
In the worst case, the emperor will keep Xuan Yu as a proton, but this may be very small.
It makes sense to keep the prince of the feudal prince who holds military power in the capital to raise up, but what is it to keep Xuan Yu? What? To prevent Xuan Rui from gathering dozens of people in Qian'an to rebel
Qian'an is so sparse and barren, and every so often, the court needs to provide disaster relief. Zhong Wan is the emperor. He heard that there were people in Qian'an who rebelled. He was the first to agree. .
Zhong Wan rubbed his hands stiffly, his hands were frozen and unconscious, and now he was propped up by the heat in his chest.
There was a sudden sound of carriages and horses in the distance, and Zhong Wan raised his spirits and looked over.
The driver gradually approached, the lights hanging on the carriage shook, and the word "Yu" was printed on the lights.
Zhong Wan groaned in his heart.
The carriages and horses of Prince Yu's Mansion gradually approached, and Zhong Wan's thoughts were racing.
Princess Anguo has her own car, not her.
It is absolutely impossible for the idle and miscellaneous branches of Prince Yu's residence to come out of the palace at this time.
Sitting in the car could only be Prince Yu and that one.
Zhong Wan heaved a sigh of relief, thinking silently in his heart, Prince Yu, Prince Yu, Prince Yu...
On the carriage beside Zhong Wan was the lantern of the Qian'an Prince's Mansion, and it was impossible for the other party to see it. If it was Prince Yu, he would ignore it and leave naturally, but if Yu She...
No matter how favored Yu She is, after all, he hasn't attacked the noble yet, so he still has to stop and give way when he sees the frame of King Qian'an.
The carriage of Prince Yu's Mansion got closer and closer, and in the cold wind, a layer of sweat broke out on Zhong Wan's back.
After a while, the carriage stopped.
Zhong Wan closed his eyes and finished his motherfucker.
Yu She's carriage slowly stopped on the side of the road, and a steward got out of the car, saluted from a distance, and then got up and trotted over.
Zhong Wan was overjoyed. In the cold weather, Yu She would not want to get out of the car. He should have sent the steward to ask, knowing that there was no one in the car, so he left naturally.
The steward greeted him, looked up, and was stunned.
The steward recognized Zhong Wan at once and said loudly, "Zhong... Young Master Zhong?!"
Zhong Wan collapsed, could you be quieter? ! !
Zhong Wan clenched his frozen hands, took a deep breath, and said with a faint smile, "It's me, the prince has entered the palace and hasn't come out yet, please ask the little prince Yu to go first."
"I guessed it." The steward looked at Zhong Wan up and down, his tone excited, "I'll tell the master to go first, you are here!"
"No no no..." Zhong Wan was choked by the cold wind and coughed, "No no..."
The steward had already stepped on the hot wheel and ran back.
Zhong Wan grabbed the collar and coughed so hard that he couldn't wait to eat the steward.
He watched from a distance that the steward ran to Yu She's carriage, bowed and said something in a low voice.
it's over, it's over...
It's over this time...
Zhong Wan's heart beat fast, thinking about how to deal with Yu She for a while.
The steward stood in front of Yu She's car for a long time, until Zhong Wan wondered if Yu She was already arranging for the Imperial Forest Army to shoot him.
"What does this do... What?"
Zhong Wanrong couldn't understand what he said. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu She's car.
After half a cup of tea, the steward said hello, and the carriages and horses of Prince Yu's Mansion moved, slowly, and left.
Is this gone
Zhong Wan watched the car of Prince Yu's Mansion drive away quietly, but he might as well be suddenly sucked into his lungs by the cold wind, and coughed again.
The servant who followed the car hurried over to help Zhong Wan, and said eagerly, "Would you like to go back first? This... this..."
"No... I'm fine." Zhong Wan supported the servant for a while, and laughed at himself, "It was me who frightened myself, thinking and thinking too much."
Zhong Wan watched Yu She's carriage and horses drifting away, and smiled.
Yu She's temperament has not changed, and it has nothing to do with herself.
Even if you know you're here, so what
Get out of the car and chat with yourself
That tomorrow, about everyone in the capital will know that they will meet him at the gate of the palace.
Zhong Wan couldn't help laughing, then he really couldn't wash it.
Zhong Wan took a few bites of the cold wind, his chest was cold, and his body seemed to be a little hot again. At a critical moment, Zhong Wan didn't dare to make fun of his body. If he fell at this juncture, those children would really be helpless.
Zhong Wan didn't dare to hold on, but after listening to the servant's words, he asked him to call himself a sedan chair.
Zhong Wan didn't let anyone follow him, and got into the sedan by himself.
Zhong Wan leaned in the sedan chair and exhaled lightly.
It has been seven years, and the romantic young man who was so talented back then has become a broken sleeve in the storybook.
There is nothing to see.
Zhong Wan's body was hot and cold, as if he was asleep or not, in a daze, dreaming.
The man in the dream was a teenager, he didn't like to talk, he sat under the window and wrote quietly.
The bearer carried him and staggered for a long time before finally getting off the sedan.
Zhong Wan was shocked and woke up.
Zhong Wan rubbed his eyes and was stunned. How could such a taciturn and well-behaved person do what Lin Si said
Zhong Wan's body was frozen stiff, and when he was about to stand up with difficulty, the car curtain was lifted.
Outside the sedan chair, Yu Ziyou, who is tall and draped in an ink-colored fox fur, raised the sedan curtain expressionlessly, and said word by word, "Zhong, home, far."