Funing Hall

Zhao Shiqi held Zhao Cong in his arms, handed him an osmanthus flower, and said softly: "Your Majesty, today's errands ended early. When I returned to Funing Palace, I saw the osmanthus osmanthus blooming beside the palace road, and it was very fragrant. , I broke one."

Zhao Cong reached out to take it, and smelled it, it was very fragrant.

Zhao Shiqi said again: "Your Majesty, when I came just now, I heard some adults say that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and there will be a lantern festival this year?"

Zhao Cong looked at the Osmanthus osmanthus in his hand, nodded relaxedly and said, "It's a good year this year. I want to make the people happy. Besides, there will be an autumn festival this year. After the exam, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival. I might as well take advantage of the mid-autumn festival to be lively in the city for a few nights. Let everyone relax a bit, just settled."

"Shall we go to the Lantern Festival together?"

"It's done."

"The name of His Majesty's birthday has not yet been decided."

Zhao Cong said indifferently: "At that time, the first emperor called it Qianming Festival, and the Taizu called it Changqing Festival. It's about these. Don't worry about it. Let the Ministry of Rites decide. It's just a name."

"How can you say that, it's a festival after it's decided, and you must choose something that sounds particularly good."

"Jiqing's words are nothing more than those." Zhao Cong didn't want to say this anymore, stood up from Zhao Shiqi, turned around and sat next to him, and said, "You should also go to the Liyuan to see about Qiu Wei's matter."

"What am I going to do?"

"You can't be a Ci minister all your life, go for it."

"Your Majesty—" Zhao Shiqi still wanted to shirk.

Zhao Cong knew that Zhao Shiqi was a little worried about the money merchant, so he simply said along with him: "The boss of the money merchant has always been in the Ministry of Rites and is very capable. This time, he is also involved in Qiu Wei. Go and keep an eye on him. "

Sure enough, when Zhao Shiqi heard this, he thought that Zhao Cong had also begun to doubt the money merchant, so he readily agreed.

The two chatted for a while about the recent rash behavior of the eldest prince Xixia, Zhao Cong said to him: "From tomorrow onwards, you will often go to the ritual courtyard outside the palace when you have free time, and I will send someone to inform them later."

Zhao Shiqi nodded.

Seeing what he said, Zhao Cong nodded obediently, feeling happier in his heart.He couldn't help but stretched out his hand again, grabbed him, and confessed: "Don't be careless, and do things for me well." Zhao Cong knew that Zhao Shiqi had always been a little evasive in political affairs in order to avoid suspicion, but he didn't want to see Zhao Shiqi not show his abilities. , but was considered useless.

"Okay." Zhao Shiqi smiled.

Zhao Cong also laughed: "When I leave the palace tomorrow, I remember to go to the princess mansion and ask Ningning to come to the palace for a banquet in a few days."

"Ah."

Zhao Cong patted his hand: "Go. I still have to see the ministers."

Zhao Shiqi picked up the half-painted paper on the table, rolled it up, and started to leave.

"Wait." Zhao Cong called him again.

He turned back.

Zhao Cong pulled his belt and pulled him closer, Zhao Shiqi looked down.Zhao Cong stretched out his hand to straighten the slightly turned out belt, raised his head and said with a smile, "It's turned out a bit."

It was obviously a very common move, but Zhao Shiqi suddenly became very happy, and immediately smirked again when he was so happy.

Zhao Shiqi leaned forward, and Zhao Cong couldn't help but also leaned back. Zhao Shiqi stretched out his hands and trapped Zhao Cong between himself and the low couch. He lowered his head and kissed Zhao Cong's nose.

Zhao Cong laughed out loud.

Before he finished laughing, Zhao Shiqi lowered his head and swallowed all his laughter.

After a long while, he left Zhao Cong's lips and said with a smile, "After eating His Majesty's laughter, I will be happier. Where is Your Majesty?"

"You have eaten them all, how can you be happy?"

Zhao Shiqi laughed, leaned forward again, and said against the corner of his mouth, "Give it back to Your Majesty."

After finishing speaking, he kissed Zhao Cong again.

I don't know how many times I kissed back and forth, and I don't know how many times I paid it back. It was Fu Lu who shouted that there was something urgent to report, and Zhao Cong pushed Zhao Shiqi away: "It's still unclear."

"Where to pay back slowly for a lifetime."

"The mouth is too sweet."

"do not like?"

Zhao Cong was still leaning on the couch, maintaining the posture of being pressed by Zhao Shiqi, half-closed his eyes, and suddenly smiled softly: "I like it."

Zhao Shiqi smiled and wanted to kiss again.

Fulu yelled again.

Zhao Shiqi said distressedly, "I want to beat him up."

Zhao Cong leaned on the couch and shook with laughter: "Get out."

"Your Majesty, come back earlier, I'll wait for you in Funing Palace."

"Go quickly." Zhao Cong urged him several times before urging him away who was about to act like a baby again.

As soon as Zhao Shiqi went out, he glared at Fu Lu several times. Fu Lu thought that he had been found out about smashing the warehouse of Mr. Lang's house, so he laughed a few times and quickly led people into the main hall.

Zhao Shiqi gave so much laughter and joy, Zhao Cong naturally became happy, and his mood reached the highest point in recent days.

Before going to bed that night, Zhao Shiqi went to wash up, Zhao Cong called Chaxi over and asked, "Your lord is going out of the palace tomorrow, what is he wearing?"

"Your Majesty, the servants are already ready."

"Bring it, let me see."

"Yes." Cha Xi turned around and went to get the clothes, and brought three little maids, each of whom had a suit, and Cha Xi introduced, "I have prepared three suits, and tomorrow I will ask you where you are going, and then you can decide what to wear." Where."

"He's going to the Courtyard and the Princess Mansion tomorrow." Zhao Cong sized it up for a moment, pointing to one of the long gowns made of sky-blue dark patterns and four-way twisted loops, "Wear this one, and the belt is made of pine forest green, rolled into cirrus clouds." The tattooed one."

Cha Xi hurriedly took the two items from the hand of the maid, and showed them to Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong nodded: "This body is elegant and elegant, like a poet who is wandering outside."

Cha Xi and the other young maids immediately laughed and nodded in agreement.

When Zhao Cong was in a good mood, he had a good temper, so the court ladies dared to laugh.Seeing them laughing, Zhao Cong laughed too: "Tomorrow, I will only tie half of his hair, and let the rest spread on his shoulders."

"Okay~" Cha Xi responded.

Zhao Cong also thought that this outfit would look best with a white jade flute hanging around his waist, but Zhao Shiqi had to do business, so he couldn't do this. He sighed regretfully, and chose the matching purse and jade pendant.There was laughter from time to time in the inner room, Rantao came in from the outside, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Majesty has a good temper, how dare you be so unruly?"

"It's okay, I like to hear them laugh." Zhao Cong had already chosen, waved them to retreat, and asked Rantao, "What's the matter? Aren't you packing something in the warehouse?"

"Your Majesty, someone from Yanming Pavilion has reported that Mrs. Tian is not well."

If it's not normal, I wouldn't report to him.

Zhao Cong still felt sorry for these little girls, and immediately said, "A little serious?"

"Yes, they didn't dare to report to you a few days ago, and today it's even more serious, so they dare to report to you."

"Ask a few more imperial doctors to treat her, and you can go there in person to reassure her."

Rantao nodded, turned around and went to do it.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Shiqi got up, and after washing up, Chaxi combed his hair.

He looked at it for a while and felt something was wrong, frowned and said: "It's all tied up, it's so troublesome."

"Lang Jun, it's His Majesty who wants a maidservant..."

Zhao Shiqi immediately stopped frowning and said, "Then you continue."

Cha Xi couldn't help but smile.

When he changed his clothes, he saw the overly delicate body, hesitated for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty also chose it?"

"That's right, His Majesty picked it himself yesterday, from the belt to the purse, especially the purse, His Majesty picked a dozen or so before choosing this one."

Zhao Shiqi didn't care about these, but he heard that Zhao Cong chose it himself, so he stretched out his hand and squeezed the purse, and praised: "It's pretty, much prettier than the ones a few days ago."

The tea lovers laughed again.

How can he tell whether it is good-looking or not!I always wear what I want, but I feel good because it is chosen by His Majesty.

Zhao Shiqi also laughed: "You guys laughed at Mr. Ben, but for His Majesty's sake, I won't punish you."

A group of court ladies were never afraid of him and loved to circle around him. Hearing this, they laughed even happier.

Laughter was already very contagious, and Zhao Shiqi was in a good mood from the moment he left the palace.

When he arrived at the ceremony courtyard, others didn't know him well, but seeing his happy appearance, he felt more at ease and got along very well.Zhao Shiqi didn't want to interfere too much, so he just watched from the sidelines, but chatted with Qian Shang's eldest son for a while.From Zhao Shiqi's point of view, Qian Jia Dalang probably didn't know what Qian Shang had done, so he was very calm when chatting with him.

And he has a very good temper, and he laughs heartily from time to time.

After finishing his work in the ritual courtyard, Zhao Shiqi went to the princess mansion again and told Zhao Zongning about the banquet in the palace.Zhao Zongning was worrying about his son-in-law's affairs, he was tired when he heard the words, but he still remembered to look at his clothes and praised: "You look good today."

Zhao Shiqi became more and more happy and proud.

Zhao Zongning did not forget to joke: "Which little lady made the clothes for you?"

"The girls from Shangyi Bureau made it."

Zhao Zongning laughed out loud, thinking that after a few days when her brother was completely angry with her, she would investigate that little lady for him.

Zhao Zongning agreed to enter the palace for a banquet, so Zhao Shiqi left the princess mansion.

After finishing all these tasks, it was time for Zhao Shiqi to return to the palace.

Today's court meeting is once every five days, Zhao Cong got up earlier than usual, when he woke up, Zhao Cong had already gone to the Chui Gong Hall.He hasn't seen Zhao Cong yet, and he can't wait to go back to the palace.

On the way back to the palace, the family members were waiting for him at the intersection they often pass by. He stopped his horse and asked, "What's the matter?"

The visitor nodded, but didn't say what it was.

When he got home, he realized that it was Li Liangcheng who sent someone to see him.

He is Li Liangcheng's confidant, and when he sees him, he salutes.

Zhao Shiqi said as he walked: "Your third prince sent you here, I'm afraid there is something important to do, so come in and talk about it, don't perform those vain rituals."

The confidant smiled and said yes.

After Zhao Shiqi sat down, he said, "Come on, what's the matter?"

"First of all, our third prince would like to thank Mr. Eleven. Last time, thanks to Mr. Eleven, your majesty gave us a lot of good words for our third prince in front of the envoy. After returning to China, the envoy often mentioned it to our majesty. Our majesty is very grateful. I am pleased to have specially recalled our third prince who was traveling abroad to Xingqing Mansion, and now our third prince is on an errand in the court."

"Congratulations to you three princes."

The confidant only smiled, and hesitated for a while and said: "It's just that our third prince is a little worried."

Zhao Shiqi raised his eyebrows: "Isn't this all a good thing? Your emperor has indeed started to value him, he should be happy."

The confidant smiled: "Mr. Eleven, this is good, and it's too much."

Zhao Shiqi felt a little angry when he saw this confidant pretending to be ignorant.Co-author, what are you waiting for him to say?

He didn't say anything.

Zhao Shiqi also pretended: "I am very happy for your third prince. I don't know if the third prince is short of money recently?"

Hearing the actual benefits, the confidant showed a somewhat sincere smile: "Our third prince said that Mr. Lang gave a lot last time, which is enough!"

"That's fine."

The confidant saw that Zhao Shiqi didn't take the bait, so he had no choice but to say to himself: "Our third prince sent me this time, in fact, we have something to trouble Lord Eleven."

"What do you think."

"Eleventh Prince also knows that our eldest prince is very majestic these days. His majesty has even entrusted him with the management of the horses transported to the Song Dynasty. We, the third prince, feel a little uneasy in our hearts and want to ask Lord Eleven is going to find out what your majesty wants."

Zhao Shiqi took a sip of tea, with a gloomy face, hesitated for a while before saying: "I will not hide it from you, I am just an ordinary gentleman. How do I know what our Majesty means?"

The confidant immediately nodded: "Yes, yes, that's why our third prince and Eleventh Prince are so close. Our third prince also knows how you are going. Sigh, your majesty is guarding against you, so why not our majesty?" ?”

"I am also aware of your third prince's worries. But according to my usual observations, our Majesty has always praised the third prince, otherwise we wouldn't have said good things about those three princes in front of your Xia Guo envoys."

"Yes, yes, thanks to Mr. Eleven."

"So, what's there to worry about?"

"only--"

Zhao Shiqi looked up at him: "Do you know the pretense?"

The confidant paused for a moment, then smiled broadly: "Understood, I understand what Langjun means."

Zhao Shiqi didn't know what he understood, it was just nonsense.

Li Liangcheng felt that he had already reached an alliance with him and had the same fate, so he originally sent someone here because his father's recent actions made people puzzled.

Once the confidant got the words, knowing that Zhao Shiqi and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty were still on the side of the third prince, he felt relieved.

He didn't want to disturb him anymore, so he took his leave and left. Before leaving, he said: "Your Majesty Eleven, our third prince has said that the kindness of a drop of water will be repaid by the spring."

This still requires his guarantee.

After saying a few words without losing the meat, Zhao Shiqi said sincerely without hesitation: "Your third prince is a real person, I know it."

The confidant smiled heartily, cupped his hands, turned around and strode away.

Zhao Shiqi watched him go, and after a while, he chuckled softly.

People in the world are always running for a high position, and even sacrifice their lives.

Once upon a time, he was one of them.Now, after he has settled down and slowed down, he realizes that the days when he doesn't fight for anything are the happiest.