old friends return

After retreating from the court, Cheng Muze walked slowly to Cheng Muzhi's side, "The prince has made such a great contribution this time, what congratulatory gift do you want? Maybe I can ask my brother to prepare it and send it to you."

There was a smile on Cheng Muzhi's face, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, "Brother Emperor, you are being polite. Serving the country and the people, being sensible and reasonable, are all within the responsibility."

"Brother Huang, you shouldn't care too much about what the supervisor said, right?" Cheng Muzhi spoke in a very yin-yang tone in front of Cheng Muze.

"However, when he told me about this last time, I was really taken aback. After all, you can't talk about the royal affairs. Even if the emperor's brother was framed, the younger brother knows, and others know, I do not know."

Cheng Muzhi was full of smiles, Cheng Muze stared at him for a long time, and finally said, "Yeah, no one really can say these things clearly, but the prince doesn't have to take it too seriously, some things, it looks like that , secretly, I don’t know what it’s like.”

The two people were secretly competing with each other inside and out. Cheng Muze's expression became more and more tense, and finally he pulled out a stiff smile, "I still have something to do in this hall, so I will go back first."

Liu Qingyan followed Cheng Muzhi unsteadily, with a smile on his eyes and brows, "His Royal Highness, are you not worried?"

"What's the use of worrying?" Cheng Muzhi replied, "He's just trying to gain the upper hand in words."

"By the way, Liu Shangshu, the cat I gave you a few days ago, I don't know how it is now? I haven't seen it for a while, and I still miss it a little bit."

Liu Qingyan straightened her sleeves, but did not suppress the corners of her upturned mouth, "Your Highness wants to know, you can go and have a look, the door of the official's Shangshu Mansion is open."

"Okay." Cheng Muzhi responded.

In the evening, Liu Qingyan specially asked Yuan Bao to cook more dishes, and placed two jugs of wine in the small yard, feeling in a rare good mood.The Tong Bao in his arms has been suppressed by him for the past few days and eat less, now lying on his lap, at least it is not as tiring as before.

Midday on the moon.

The people waiting for Liu Qingyan still didn't come.

Tong Bao had already dozed off in his arms, Liu Qingyan wrapped the cloak around her body, the cold wind entered her body at night, it was not very comfortable, she frowned slightly and asked Yuan Bao to remove the things, after drinking the medicine, she suddenly thought stand up

Although Cheng Muzhi said he was coming, he didn't say he was coming tonight.

What was he himself looking forward to so hard?

He patted Tong Bao's body, trying to let Tong Bao go down from his stomach, but Tong Bao didn't care, and even turned over lazily on top of him.

Liu Qingyan was almost overwhelmed by her.

Pinching Tong Bao's chubby face, Liu Qingyan said to himself, "Your master broke my promise today, and you, at this time, are still pressing me down like this, one or two, the big one The little ones bully me, do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Slightly closing his eyes, Liu Qingyan turned his thoughts away, and when the celebration banquet was over, he still needed to go to his master and ask about the Mother Gu.

Three days later, a grand banquet was held in the inner court of the imperial palace.

When the wine was drunk, Cheng Muze got up suddenly, took a glass of wine, followed by a servant.

"Prince, you have made such a great contribution this time. As the emperor's brother, I really didn't think of what to give you. After thinking about it carefully, you don't lack those gold and jade things, so I made up my own mind and asked someone to call you. Wearing a pair of mandarin ducks."

While talking, he motioned to the attendant behind him to bring up the things, "Prince, you will be on Double Ten in a few days, and the crown prince of a country has not yet established a concubine, so let me, the brother of the emperor, be anxious."

Although the words seemed to be joking, they were indeed true. Many ministers next to him also seconded their opinions. What's more, they directly said which family's daughter was still in the boudoir, and how beautiful and dignified they were.

Liu Qingyan sat in the official seat beside him, stopped there with the hand holding the wine, and subconsciously looked in Cheng Muzhi's direction.

Cheng Muzhi was going to take his glass of wine, but the smile on his face stopped when he heard his words. He looked at the mandarin duck pendant held by the man behind him. Good, but he was extremely upset.

He could see the smile on Ah Yan's face faded.Cheng Muzhi tilted his head to take a look at Liu Qingyan, but Liu Qingyan turned his head away, and started talking to the Diange University scholar next to him.

Cheng Muze is really making trouble for him this time? !

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for your kindness." Cheng Muzhi didn't refuse, and waved Gao Zhan to pick up the things, "Brother Huang is so concerned about my marriage, this Palace is beyond my expectations."

Seeing that he picked up the things, Cheng Muze raised his head and drank the wine, "I also hope that the prince will not let down the kindness of the emperor's brother."

"nature."

Seeing that Cheng Muzhi drank the wine and put away his things, Liu Qingyan's expression became even colder, and the wine glass fell to the ground with a "clang".

"Master Liu is not feeling well?" someone asked beside him.

"No, maybe I was a little drunk and didn't hold the wine glass firmly." Liu Qingyan picked up the wine glass, but stopped drinking, a pair of beautiful eyes were covered with a light mist.

It turned out that what I had been worrying about for a long time could not be avoided after all.

It's just that I didn't expect it to be so soon.

Emperor Hengde, who had been drinking in the main seat, naturally noticed them. Seeing that Cheng Muzhi had put the things away, he raised his arm to block the wine that Concubine Yan Gui brought to his mouth.

"Prince, I mentioned this matter to you earlier, but you shied away by saying that you had no achievements in politics and could not start a family. Now that you have made great achievements and made achievements, you have accepted the boss's things, but you have a girl you like in your heart. ?”

"Yes." Cheng Muzhi didn't shirk, and responded generously.

Liu Qingyan's heart ached, which family's girl was she?He really had never heard of it.

"Oh?" Emperor Hengde was a little surprised, not only him, but all the ministers present including Cheng Muze and Concubine Yan Gui on the stage were stunned, why didn't they know?

"Which family is this girl from? Why didn't you tell me, it's just such a treasure? Can't bear to bring it out?" Emperor Hengde looked at him.

Cheng Muzhi smiled without saying a word.

When the dinner was over, Liu Qingyan's face was flushed from drinking, and his consciousness was not so clear, so he got into the carriage in a daze of drunkenness.

When Tong Bao saw him, he jumped on him directly, and then circled around him twice, as if it was a little strange why he was not picked up on his own initiative.

After entering the gate of Shangshu Mansion, Liu Qingyan turned around and closed the door fiercely, yelling at the people outside, "Get out! Don't come in! The door of Shangshu Mansion will not be opened for you! I don't know you!"

Cheng Muzhi rubbed the jade pendant in his hand, and smiled helplessly. Are you confused?