Everlasting prosperity

In the 34th year of Kangjing in Beili Kingdom, there was heavy snow in the four states, and Wansheng was shrouded in a blanket of snow.

The two wheel ruts ran over the snow, leaving deep marks, and the remaining snow remained between the wheel marks.The horse stepped on the snow-covered ground, blowing up the snow, and the remaining fog.

Inside the car, sat two people dressed in fox fur. One closed his eyes and rested his mind, while the other looked at him holding a long sword.

"Yuan Qian, when are you going back home?" Xiao Yizhi asked.

Ji Anjun opened his eyes, looked at him, and replied with great interest, "When do you think I will come back?"

"It's rare to enter the palace to greet the new year with your family, so come back later." Xiao Yizhi didn't notice what Ji Anjun was saying, and only wanted to give Ji Anjun more opportunities to get along with his father, so he said.

"Since Yizhi said so, I'll come back later." Ji Anjun replied with some disappointment, and then closed his eyes again.

Perhaps the two had been together for a long time, even though Ji Anjun was hiding the disappointment in his eyes, Xiao Yizhi also caught it.

"I'll wait for you to come back." He thought for a while and said again.

Ji Anjun opened his eyes suddenly, and stared at the person beside him, but the other person turned his face away unnaturally, with reddish ears.Looking at Xiao Yizhi's appearance, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

"I'll be back soon." He said softly.

The two broke up in Gaoping, one returned to Gaoping Palace, and the other went straight to Liyang.

Inside the Liyang Palace——

In the new year, princes, nobles, clans and aristocratic families all gathered in the palace Fengyang Palace.This palace is used to celebrate the solar terms, hold a happy family, or welcome foreign guests and envoys.

In the center of the palace is a stone platform that can accommodate a hundred people, surrounded by iron pillars of green dragons, and a pot of burning fire on each side.There are five steps on all sides of the platform, up to six feet long and one foot wide.There is a red blanket on it, which is used by dancing girls.

The snow around the pillars of the platform was swept away, and open flames lit up the entire Fengyang Palace.

And the north side of this pillar is the seat, the most important one is the emperor, the left is the rear, the right is the crown prince, and the rest of the seats are in order according to the status of the visitors.

Ji Anjun returned to the accompanying mansion, changed his traveling clothes, put on a golden silk crimson dress, tied up his long hair, hurried out of the mansion, and came to the palace.

He looked at the magnificently dressed princes and nobles around him, looked down at his own attire, and shook his head slightly.

It's just a family gathering to welcome a newcomer, why are they all dressed up and rushing to a beauty pageant?

After wandering around on the platform for a long time, he found a father-in-law and asked where he was, then he stood still and looked at the stone platform under the platform.

"The emperor and the empress have arrived—" the servant eunuch shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty and the Empress are welcome! Your Majesty is Wansheng, and the Emperor and Empress will be safe for a long time!" A respondent waited for a while, arched their hands in unison, bowed their waists, and greeted the Emperor and the Empress.

"Everyone is flat." The emperor Ji Jingfeng waved his hand and responded, while sitting gently on the head.

"Thank you sir, thank you empress!" Everyone respectfully said again.

"Take a seat—"

The feast of the country and the feast of the family have just begun.

At the banquet, Ji Anjun sat next to Ji Changjun, opposite to Princess Wuyang who had just been let out.

He looked at her, thinking in his heart, after all, he had been imprisoned for a year, and he had lost a lot of weight.But when Ji Anjun was looking at Princess Wuyang, the other party also turned his eyes around and kept scanning his side, as if he was looking for something.

It's really unchanging!

It's been a year, and he's still thinking about his Yizhi!

Ji Anjun waved his hands, disturbing Princess Wuyang's eyes, then picked up the wine glass on the table, looked at her with a slight smile, and drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing this from Ji Anjun, Princess Wuyang felt her face burn.It wasn't that she felt flustered and blushed because her desire to find Xiao Yizhi was exposed, but it was because the brother Wang who was drinking to her made her face feel hot.

In the past, I only heard about Ji Anjun's life experience, and also knew that the queen mother didn't like him, and after a year, she also didn't like this brother Wang, but what she had to admire was his appearance, his smile made people feel drunk Self-drunk.

Seeing Wuyang's face suddenly flushed, Ji Anjun couldn't help but smiled contemptuously, he was rarely ashamed.

He suddenly thought of Yao Ling'er, if Yao Ling'er found himself looking at her, she would probably come over with a mean smile on her face, and then make fun of her, it's really annoying.

"Ah!"

At this moment, Yao Ling'er suddenly sneezed.

"That idiot scolding me?"

Then he ran out for a walk on his own.

At that time, a handsome red face appeared in Ji Anjun's mind, looking at himself with squinted eyes, slightly parting his luscious lips, panting lightly, and whimpering from time to time, it was really seductive.

He suddenly felt a tightness in his lower abdomen, and his whole body tensed up.

"Boom-boom-boom-!"

Three drumbeats pulled him back to the banquet.

He was still welcoming the new year with the people in the palace, why did he think of this.

Reminding himself like this, Ji Anjun picked up a cup of wine on the table, raised his head and poured it down his throat, using the strength of the wine to suppress that untimely impulse.

"I'll wait for you to come back."

The more he wanted to get rid of that impulse, the more his figure appeared in his mind, and he still remembered his words before leaving.

No matter, go back earlier, don't make him wait too long.This person has no relatives or friends in Beili, how will he spend this new year alone?

Thinking about it like this, Ji Anjun became more and more anxious, and kept shouting in his heart, hurry up, hurry up, there is someone waiting for me.

"Brother Wang, is this drama boring? I see that you have been drinking all the time, but you have never watched drama." Ji Changjun asked suddenly.

"The drama is thrilling and wonderful, how can I not like it, brother Wang is thinking too much." Ji Anjun slightly lowered his head, and responded respectfully and humbly.

Ji Changjun chuckled, nodded as if pretending to understand, and stopped asking.

However, Ji Jingfeng listened to these words and looked at Ji Anjun's appearance. He felt that the drama was boring. He never put his eyes on the stone platform from the beginning to the end, so how could he know whether the drama was exciting or not.

The eyes are empty, he keeps drinking, doesn't talk to anyone, and the corners of his mouth twitch from time to time, so he clearly misses someone.

"Look, I am afraid that Jun An's heart is on some girl." Ji Jingfeng said suddenly, looking at Ji Anjun with a smile for no apparent reason.

Ji Anjun, who was pierced through his mind, paused, thinking to himself, is it so obvious?

"Father, at the banquet, the sons and ministers were thinking about everything, and I asked Father to make amends." Ji Anjun hurriedly arched his hands, and it was a big gift to Ji Jingfeng, pleading guilty in panic.

"It's human nature to love a man and a woman. What's the crime? You've learned a lot from your travels, so you must have met this person." Ji Jingfeng responded, not putting Ji Anjun's words on the ground. In his heart, he was curious about someone who could distract him from the family dinner.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun straightened up slowly, but still arched his back slightly, and turned his head to think for a while.

Meeting Fengming Mountain by chance, is it considered acquaintance during travel?

"Father, that's right." Ji Anjun still kept the matter a secret, and replied respectfully.

"Oh? Whose girl is it? If it's settled, how about making a marriage decree for my father another day?" Ji Jingfeng asked with interest, her eyes fixed on Ji Anjun.

Hearing that his father wanted to give him a marriage, Ji Anjun's heart skipped a beat. How could this man give him a marriage?

"Father, there have been changes in his family, so it may be just my son's wishful thinking that his family has changed. Please take back what you said." Ji An pretended to be embarrassed, frowned tightly, and said in a bitter tone.

Ji Jingfeng curled her lips, took a deep breath, and replied, "So that's the case, it doesn't matter."

Hearing that Ji Jingfeng didn't ask any more questions, he breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the people of Beili were open-minded, and there were many Hui girls in Longyang, but after all, he was still in power now. If someone relied on this matter to do anything to Yizhi , he really couldn't guarantee it.

hold on.

At this time, Ji Changjun, who was sitting on the side, was heartbroken. Over the years, his father had never granted him a marriage. family, this power will naturally be reduced by a few points.

It's like the mother's empress Yu's family. Grandpa is the general of the town of Beili. His family background is prominent, so his father can successfully stand out among the princes.It seems that it is time for me to find a woman to help me.

Thinking of this, he squinted at Ji Anjun beside him.He has been traveling abroad for more than a year, he must have met many people in the Jianghu, and he doesn't know who they are. The woman said that there was a change in the family, but I don't know if it is true or not.

After a banquet for two hours, Ji Anjun looked at Shitai with red eyes.

Usually, he spends the new year in the palace with the nuns and Xun Lan. The few of them watch the new year, tasting pastries and dishes, listening to the old stories and interesting things in the city, and that's it.

Last year, it was with Yizhi, but at that time the relationship with him was not as close as it is today.

He wanted to welcome the new year with Yizhi, but he was recruited into the palace.Forget it, if the welcome is not together, the Lantern Festival is always possible.

"Would An Jun stay in Liyang to spend the Lantern Festival together?" The Empress Yu asked suddenly.

Since he was able to think about someone he cared about during the welcome banquet, he would naturally think about it during the Lantern Festival, and maybe he had already made an agreement.Since I don't know the identity of the woman, in order to prevent any unexpected accidents, it is better to destroy it so as not to have another opponent in the future.

Yu's plan was to cut off Ji Anjun's chance to meet a certain woman during the Lantern Festival.

But Ji Anjun smiled quietly, and quickly replied, "Mother, father, and son have already made an agreement with that person to enjoy the snowy scenery of birds during the Lantern Festival, and I beseech you to let me go back to Gaoping Prefecture."

Hearing this, Mrs. Yu was immediately taken aback. Unexpectedly, Ji Anjun would plan and push her away.

"Hahaha, the empress, let's just rely on Mr. An. I think she is a peerless beauty, which makes Mr. An so cherished." Ji Jingfeng laughed loudly.

Mrs. Yu laughed a few times in embarrassment, and then replied, "Your Majesty said that since Mr. An has made an agreement with the girl, I will not force her to stay any longer."

"Thank you, ma'am, thank you father!" Ji Anjun responded respectfully.

Peerless beauty?

Far more than peerless, this is the beauty of all ages!

After hearing the words of Ji Jingfeng and the Yu family, Ji Anjun's heart was relieved, so he had a reason to be with Yizhi.

On the night of welcoming the new year, the gongs resounded hundreds of miles away, the red shirts and skirts dazzled the eyes, the fragrance of wine and tea was misty, and the lights were as bright as the day.

But to Ji Anjun, just two hours is like a hundred years.A feast in front of you is not as good as a narration in the palace.There are all kinds of witty dramas, and a thousand words of euphemism are not as good as Yi Zhi's few words.

Three days later—

Ji Anjun finally embarked on the journey back to Gaoping, and Ji Jingfeng also gave him some special rewards for him to take back with him.Here, there are some women's things.He shook his head helplessly, thinking, why not give it to Xun Lan.

For some unknown reason, he entered Gaoping Prefecture all the way, and unexpectedly saw many refugees, dressed in thin and tattered clothes, unkempt, walking in groups in Gaoping City.

In the past 24 years, he has never been in charge of Gaoping Prefecture. Although it is a fiefdom, he lost his jurisdiction because he was banned. It can be said that the jurisdiction of this year has been wasted.

It's not that he voluntarily left it alone. Gaoping Prefecture has been doing well for more than 20 years. There has never been a disaster. The people are self-sufficient and live a comfortable and prosperous life. King to do something.

Where did this refugee come from?Why?

Thinking of this, Ji Anjun ordered the groom to speed up the journey. Since Yizhi is in the mansion, he should know a lot these days.

The groom got the order, and with a wave of his long whip, the horse galloped very fast. The horse's hooves raised a layer of mist on the snow-covered ground, and the sound of "treading" echoed on the long street.

At this moment, Xiao Yizhi was holding a booklet and looking at it carefully. There are a total of four cities in Gaoping Prefecture, and Gaoping City is the capital city, and it is the most prosperous place.

Seven days ago, a large number of refugees suddenly poured into the four cities, and the city government of the four cities immediately opened treasuries to help the refugees, but the number of refugees increased day by day, and they did not know where they came from. They played King Gaoping one after another, hoping to find a solution.

Xiao Yizhi is just a guest of King Gaoping, he has no right to make decisions, and King Gaoping is not in the mansion, so the odds are getting higher and higher day by day.He frowned as he looked at the content in the brochure, so he had to rely on Ghost Shadow Hall to check something.

"Yizhi!" Ji Anjun rushed into the mansion, saw Xiao Yizhi frowning looking at something, and shouted hastily.

Hearing the shout, Xiao Yizhi raised his head to look at the person who came, and finally showed a gleam of joy on his face.

"Yuan Qian, did you see any refugees along the way?" Xiao Yizhi asked.

"I was going to ask you about this, what do you know?" Ji Anjun asked as he walked, took off his cloak and handed it to Xiao Yizhi, then took the folder in his hand, opened it and glanced at it roughly.

"Ghost Shadow Hall sent people to say that it was the snow disaster in Jiaodong Prefecture that caused a large number of refugees to flood into Gaoping Prefecture. When I came back, there were thousands of refugees. Today, there are tens of thousands of refugees. The Gaoping City treasury can't support it. After a while, even though the rich merchants in the city opened up their treasuries, it would be of no avail if they didn't solve the source. Does Yuan Qian have a countermeasure?" Xiao Yizhi summed up the matter in a hurry, while looking at Ji Anjun, wanting to hear something from his mouth.

Ji Anjun listened patiently and thought for a moment.

"Notify Xun Lan to open the palace treasury." Ji Anjun said calmly.

There are only four people living in Gaoping Palace, and Xiao Yizhi only has five people, but this Ji Jingfeng allocates food for him according to the usual calculation of the food supply of the palace.In an ordinary palace, excluding the prince, there are thirty-six servants, three nuns, twenty maids, and two stewards, a total of sixty-one.For the Gaoping Palace, the food they had stored for more than 36 years could not be exhausted in a lifetime.

Therefore, if you open a warehouse to help the people, you should be able to last more than one month. After this winter is spring, you should be able to survive it.

Ji Anjun looked at Xiao Yizhi's leaving back and thought about it.Jiaodong snow disaster?

This Jiaodong is the fiefdom of Prince Ji Changjun.Seven days ago, there were already refugees in Gaoping Prefecture, and they sent the zhezi to him, so the major cities in Jiaodong Prefecture should have sent the zhezi to Ji Changjun.

Three days ago, I spent the New Year with Naji Changjun in the Li Yang Palace.Since the Gaoping Palace had a report seven days ago, the prince Ji Changjun should have known about the snow disaster earlier than himself, why didn't he mention it?

The welcome banquet is important, but it is even more important that tens of thousands of refugees are homeless due to the snowstorm. The country is based on the people. Could it be that the prince wants to hide this matter?

How presumptuous!How can the Beili Kingdom tolerate such a prince who disregards human life!

In the early morning of the next day, Ji An took the whole house and waited in front of the gate of the house, and hired a few people to install grain shops at the entrances of the main streets. Fortunately, the king rewarded a few servants earlier, otherwise, he would have been really busy. not come.

Seeing the refugees lined up in an orderly manner, Ji Anjun breathed a sigh of relief, and took Xiao Yizhi to the gate of the city. He wanted to see how many refugees there were.

Walking under the city gate, because Ji An Jun's title of King Gaoping is too vain, and because of the previous order of confinement, neither the soldiers nor the people in the city have ever seen him.

Therefore, when those soldiers saw the visitor, they thought it was a wealthy businessman in the city, but they waved him away without even paying any courtesy.

Ji Anjun frowned slightly, reached out to take off the token from his waist, and gestured to the soldiers.

"Gaoping Palace? Are you from Gaoping Palace?" the soldier asked suspiciously.

"I am not talented, it is Gaoping Wang Ji Anjun." Ji Anjun replied helplessly.

"The little one has eyes but can't see Mount Tai! I beseech the prince to make amends!" The soldier had the same attitude and knelt down on one knee.

Ji Anjun sighed, stretched out his hand to pull him up, and said, "It's okay, I've been imprisoned in the mansion all year round, it's reasonable for you not to see me, just tell me about this refugee."

Seeing that Ji Anjun was humble and courteous, without the air of a noble family, the soldiers calmed down a little, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said slowly, "These refugees actually entered the city ten days ago, but there were only two or three people at that time. We thought they were beggars at first." , so we didn’t pay attention to it. But seven days ago, the number of refugees increased, and we realized that something was wrong.”

"Are they here because of a disaster?" Ji Anjun asked.

"That's right, but I heard something else." The soldier replied, looking up at Ji Anjun, hesitant.

The person in front of him said that he was gentle and polite, but after all he was a child of the Wang family. I don't know if this matter will lead to a murderous disaster.

"What's the matter?" Ji Anjun asked suspiciously.

The soldier pursed his lips, his eyes kept swaying from side to side, hesitantly, and he kept rubbing his hands back and forth.

"You just say it's okay, I'm not an unreasonable person." Ji Anjun looked at him and comforted him.

"My lord, Gaoping and Jiaodong are only separated by Bainiao Mountain, which is a world of difference. Jiaodong is barren, and with the snowstorm, there is only one road leading to Gaoping under Bainiao Mountain in Jiaodong. They heard that Gaoping is rich, so they came here to hide Difficult. There are rumors among them that he is the owner of the Jiaodong fiefdom. His Royal Highness is embezzling disaster relief food for himself, so the people in Jiaodong can’t fill their stomachs. Now this rumor has spread to my family in Gaoping, saying that the prince is disregarding human life. !" The soldier said more and more quietly, his eyes looking at Ji Anjun were still as cold as ice, which was a bit colder than the snow in this severe winter.

Ji Anjun narrowed his eyes, bursting with anger.

Rumors spread everywhere, and there were thousands of refugees, which made his Gaoping city a mess.

If it reaches the emperor's ears, it will be said that he, King Gaoping, instructed the refugees to spread the rumor everywhere to slander the prince.

"One story spreads to a hundred, and a hundred spreads to a thousand. If someone deliberately spreads falsehoods, then I will not be able to explain why." Ji Anjun said in a deep voice, staring at the soldiers.

Looking at Ji Anjun's serious eyes, the soldier suddenly understood something, and said quickly, "Don't worry, my lord, if anyone in the city spreads rumors again, I will arrest them and bring them to justice under the pretext of deceiving the public."

"It's good that you understand." Ji Anjun looked at the soldiers and said with satisfaction.

Afterwards, he dragged Xiao Yizhi to go to another place to have a look.

"Yizhi, what do you think?" Ji Anjun asked.

Xiao Yizhi frowned slightly when he remembered the competition with Ji Changjun in the palace a year ago. Although he didn't like this arrogant and rude person, but now there is no real evidence, and he is arrogant and rude. The fate of the people is ignored, not to mention the crown prince appointed by the king himself. If the rumors are true, isn't it saying that the king has no eyes and has sealed a prince who disregards human life?

"There is no basis for this matter, so I can't make more comments." Xiao Yizhi replied.

"You are more cautious than me." Ji Anjun laughed suddenly.

"It's always right to be cautious. I think the prince doesn't like you very much. You should be more careful." Xiao Yizhi sighed and said immediately.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun shrugged, as if he didn't care.

"Yuan Qian, can't you listen to me carefully?" Seeing his disapproving look, Xiao Yizhi was a little annoyed.

"Does Yizhi know why Wu has been living in peace with Jiu Zhao and Gao An for many years?" Ji Anjun asked suddenly.

"Is there any connection?" Xiao Yizhi frowned in confusion.

"Water comes to cover, and soldiers come to block. We are in the light, and the prince is in the dark. Let's see what tricks he plays. Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to me." Ji Anjun patted Xiao Yizhi's face while talking. shoulder for comfort.

Hearing what Ji Anjun said, Xiao Yi finally compromised, this person has always been like this, isn't he?

Two days later, when Ji Anjun and Xiao Yizhi were patrolling the refugees in the market, Xun Lan rode a fast horse and found them.It is said that there was news from the Liyang Palace that King Gaoping had seized relief food to help the refugees, resulting in no food available in Jiaodong, and hundreds of people starved to death. The emperor ordered him to enter the palace to investigate the matter.

Hearing this decree, Xiao Yizhi couldn't help feeling a little worried, but he saw that Ji Anjun didn't care about the meaning of the decree at all, instead he followed the envoy leaving Gaoping Prefecture with a smile, and went straight to Liyang.

He suddenly thought of what Ji Anjun said the day before yesterday, and vaguely felt that Yuan Qian would return safely, maybe he would ask for a reward for himself or something.That's right, how could such an intelligent person as Yuan Gan be held by the prince?

In the Liyang Palace of the Northern Li Kingdom——

Ji Jingfeng looked at the person standing upright, with pulsating veins on his forehead, he was laughing and celebrating the New Year a few days ago, but at this moment, it was time for a confrontation.

"Your Majesty, my son was ordered to send people to escort the relief food to Jiaodong, but he was intercepted when he entered Gaoping City, but the King Gaoping at that time was opening a mansion to help the people. May I ask, why did King Gaoping have so many people?" Food? You must know that Gaoping City is the place with the largest number of refugees among the cities. If there were not tens of thousands of grains, how could it support such a large number of refugees?" Ji Changjun said in a strict voice, staring at Ji Anjun with resentment in his eyes, as if I hate it for taking food to strengthen its credit.

Hearing this, Ji Anjun snorted coldly, looked at Ji Jingfeng in the hall, arched his hands, and bowed respectfully.

"Your Majesty, there are more than 61 sons and servants who have been imprisoned in the palace, and there are only four servants in the palace, but the food is allocated according to [-] mouths. Why does my small mansion need so much food? Year after year The land is stationed there for a long time, and naturally there will be more. I don’t know if there are thousands of stones, but if it is used for the refugees in the city, it is enough. Since the food of the minister’s house is enough to supply the refugees, why do we need the prince? Those disaster relief food?" Ji Anjun replied coldly, and glanced at Ji Changjun contemptuously.

Hearing this, Ji Changjun's eyes widened, and he was at a loss for words for a moment, but he didn't know how to respond.

He really didn't know how much food was in Gaoping's palace. After all, an abandoned child would not get much food in the first place. How could the king allocate so much food to a palace with only four people according to the usual rules of the palace? , surprisingly.

Calculated in this way, the government's food supply in the Gaoping Prince's Mansion is not only sufficient, but can also last until early spring.What's more, since the food is distributed in this way, there will be no shortage of other things. King Gaoping's feet are grounded, and he will not spend any money on weekdays. The accumulation of more than [-] years may have already built up a small gold mountain. Come on!

Ji Changjun couldn't help feeling extremely cold all over his body, and secretly calculated in his heart.

"It's true. Although King Gao Ping was confined in the mansion, he is the prince of my Ji family after all. How can I treat him badly. However, after all, this matter happened to Gao Ping, and King Gao Ping is naturally responsible." Ji Jingfeng squeezed Eyebrow, looked at Ji Anjun and said.

Treated badly?Where did you treat me badly?

Ji Anjun often talks about "no savings" in order to let others know that he not only has no military and political power, but also no financial resources. nothing!".

This move really made Ji Anjun bet right.

"Your Majesty's words are very true. My son has done something wrong. Please give me an order. My son will pay for his merits." Ji Anjun arched his hands, knelt down on one knee, and said respectfully.

Having said that, Ji Changjun knew that he was wrong, and it was inconvenient to argue with him, but his father obviously protected Ji Anjun, so he took a deep breath and knelt down on one knee.

"Your Majesty, my son is also guilty, and he put the guilt on the younger brother without finding out the facts. Is it my son or not? Please allow me to pay the crime!" Ji Changjun said resolutely.

Ji Jingfeng looked at the two sons kneeling in front of him, frowned slightly, and then stretched them out again.

"You all get up." Ji Jingfeng ordered, and then said, "Since both of you have admitted your mistake, then I don't care about it anymore. It's just that the refugee issue has to be resolved. If so, I will allocate another 100 million in rations. The two of you will enter the city from Gaoping together and be escorted to Jiaodong."

"My son obeys the order!"

"My son obeys the order!"

Together to decree grain?

Ji Anjun was a little surprised, but that's okay, it doesn't mean that this person wants to do something to him, right?

But in Ji Changjun's eyes, there was a strange light shining.