My companion is a bit fierce

Liu An was taken aback, and quickly realized: "Look at what your highness said, if your highness is willing to point him out, our family doesn't have to worry so much."

Qi Lan avoided the eyes of the Queen, walked straight to Liu An, and said slowly: "Earlier, when I heard that my father-in-law and Wang Shizi encountered barbarians in Juxialing, I was worried in my heart. Now it seems that my father-in-law is safe if I want to come. It's all right."

Liu An said: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. There are two apprentices in our family, one has disappeared in Juxia Ridge, and the remaining one..."

He waved to Yuan De who was behind him, "Yuan De, quickly call Your Highness."

Yuan De was a little surprised, he didn't expect that his own Liu An would agree to send him to Qi Lan's place. After returning from Juxialing, he went to Liu An's place and recognized his master as his man.The two lived and died together, and Liu An was getting older. He once thought that he was raised by him as his heir.

He suppressed the doubts in his heart, and agreed with a smile on his face: "From now on, Yuan De will follow His Highness."

Qi Lan and Liu An looked at each other, and said nothing, but Queen Wang frowned and said: "Eunuch Liu's apprentice, after thinking about it, he will also go to the Supervisor of Rituals, and let the eldest prince take his love with a sword. Eunuch Liu will be afraid It's inconvenient..."

"It doesn't matter." Liu An smiled, "Yuan De has not been with our family for a long time, and he only recognized him after he came back from Mobei. In the past few days, it is his honor to be seen by the First Prince."

Seeing that Queen Wang seemed to want to say something, Liu An quickly said: "Yuan De got a few pointers from Rong Wang Shizi when he was in Juxialing, and he is familiar with him. These days, the son went to the Imperial College to study with His Royal Highness classmates. It will be much more convenient."

What's convenient?

Empress Wang choked up, swallowed back what she was about to say, and acquiesced to Qi Lan's choice.She originally wanted to pick a few court ladies to teach Qi Lan, but she was rejected by Qi Lan, so she chose Yuan De first, who was also Liu An's apprentice.

In this way, Yuan De is the person with the highest status around Qi Lan.

Looking at Qi Lan's expression again, it seems that he doesn't care much about these things.

She sighed in her heart, it seems that she can only wait for the position of the crown prince to be determined before making a choice, but the crown prince must be Qi Lan!

===

The next day, Qi Lan took Yuan De and Qi Shen to the Guozijian for class.

The West Gate of the Inner Palace is the closest gate to the Imperial College. Qi Lan and Qi Shen were sitting in the carriage, Yuan De was accompanying outside the carriage. The carriage ran over blue bricks and stone tiles and stopped suddenly.

Qi Lan'an sat inside, flipping through the book carelessly. After waiting for a long time, the carriage did not move forward. If he delayed any longer, he would be late. He had to raise the curtain and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

Yuan De replied in a low voice: "The second prince's carriage is in front, I don't know why I waited for a long time and still haven't left."

Qibo's carriage?

Looking from a distance, Qi Lan saw that the carriage in front was as stable as Mount Tai, and it happened to be stuck in front of the palace gate.

Few people come to Ximen, the two of them usually come and go most of the time, the palace gate is inspected, but it will never be inspected for so long.

——Qi Bo did it on purpose.

It seems that he is resenting the Queen's punishment of An Guiren.

Qi Lan put down the curtain and sat back in the car, Qi Shen was looking over timidly, hesitant to ask.

Obviously the same age as Rong Jue, why is there such a big difference?

Qi Lan recalled Rong Jue's flamboyant appearance, looked at Qi Shen again, and asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter with third brother?"

"No...nothing." Qi Shen didn't expect Qi Lan to take the initiative to talk to him, he was startled, and knocked over the teacup on the small table.

Qi Lan paused, staring at the blanket soaked in tea, and finally said nothing more.

I'm afraid that if I say anything more, the child will have to turn himself out of the car.

"I... I didn't do it on purpose, Brother Huang, forgive me." Qi Shen apologized in fear with a sad face.

"It doesn't matter." Qi Lan wouldn't really bother with Qi Shen about this trivial matter. He was more worried about how long Qi Bo was going to be stuck, did he want to be late together?

He raised the car curtain a few times but put it down again, so several times, Qi Shen trembled: "Brother Huang, why don't we leave... we're going to be late."

Qi Lan stared at him deeply, so scared that Qi Shen lowered his head and stopped talking.He still knew that his mother An Guiren had caused trouble, so he was handed over to the Queen to take care of by Emperor Tongxi.

"Since you're going to be late, let's be late together."

He can't go out to fight with Qi Bo, otherwise, as soon as he leaves the palace, the Queen will be ready to preach.

Qi Lan simply closed his eyes and calmed down without speaking, and began to read the text silently in his heart.

The sun was getting higher and higher, but Qi Bo's carriage remained motionless, as if it had taken root there.

Qi Shen was bored in the car, drank cup after cup of tea, but couldn't bear it after all, he clamped his legs and tried his best to endure, only hoping to go to the Imperial College to have a rest soon.

"Brother Dahuang... When can we leave?" Qi Shen asked in a tearful voice, he felt that he could not hold back any longer.

Qi Lan didn't raise his eyes, how could he know this question, Qi Shen had to ask Qi Bo to know.

Qi took a deep look at him, and had no choice but to lift the curtain and go out by himself.

Yuan De outside the car stopped him: "Third Highness, we will leave after the second prince's carriage is checked. If you delay after leaving, the eldest prince will be late."

"But...but I can't help it." Qi Shen's eyes were red, and tears were about to come out.

"You'd better be patient, if you are late, Mr. Lu will not be able to explain it."

Yuan De was in a dilemma, Qi Bo probably wanted to leave in time, it was almost the same after all, there is no latrine near the palace road, Qi Shen will have to delay a lot of time to go, Qi Lan will definitely be late of.

Qi Lan, who was sitting in the car, listened for a long time, and finally said: "Let him go, go early and return early."

"Many... Thank you, Big Brother." After Qi Shen thanked him, he ran away without looking back, not waiting for the little servant behind him.

Not long after Qi Shen left, Qi Bo's carriage swayed and left in a hurry.

Yuan De leaned into the carriage: "Your Highness, why don't we leave first and then send someone back to pick up the third prince?"

Qi Lan glanced at the hourglass in the car: "Wait a little longer."

The fine white sand leaked down little by little and was about to bottom out, Qi Shen hadn't come back yet.

Qi Lan frowned and asked, "Is no one following the third prince?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qi Shen climbed into the car panting: "Here, come, hurry up, don't be late."

===

Qi Lan and Qi Shen were still late in the end.When they arrived at the Guozijian, the surroundings were silent, only Gong Yongde was shaking his head and reading, his voice slowly urging people to fall asleep.

The two of them suddenly appeared at the door of the school, instantly dispelling the sleepy atmosphere that haunted the school.

Gong Yongde stared, with an expression of disbelief: "The First Prince and the Third Prince are actually late. According to the rules, they should...should..."

He hesitated, talking for a long time and still haven't said how to punish.

——This is the first time he has encountered such a situation. In the past, Qi Lan was very punctual, and he was always modest and polite, never embarrassing others.

Qi Lan glanced lightly at the school, Qi Bo was already sitting upright inside, met Qi Lan's gaze, and looked back provocatively.He said slowly: "Sir, don't be embarrassed, I'll just go and stand outside."

"Oh, that's good, that's good." Gong Yongde heaved a sigh of relief, and it would be best for Qi Lan to take the initiative to punish him.In this way, he does not need to open his mouth to offend others.Although the rules of the Guozijian are there, he has no official status and still has an instinctive fear of high-ranking people.

Seeing this, Qi Shen also lowered his head and went out to stand with Qi Lan: "Brother Emperor, I'm sorry, it's all my fault..."

But after a few words, he wanted to cry.

Qi Lan twitched the corners of his mouth, very upset at his shrinking appearance: "I've already said it's okay, you don't have to blame yourself."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance back at the seat where Jue was sitting in the school.

Rong Jue seemed to have just been woken up by their arrival, his eyelids were drooping and sleepy, and when he noticed Qi Lan's gaze, he turned his head and looked over, resting his chin on one hand, and gave a lazy smile with interest.

Qi Lan was startled, turned her head hastily, and covered up her actions in embarrassment.His ears felt hot unconsciously.

——For some reason, being caught by Rong Jue looking at him is more embarrassing than being late in front of so many people.

"Tch—" he heard Rong Jue snort softly.

Not daring to look over, I could only look at the sky and stand straighter.I don't know how long it took, the sound of Gong Yongde's procrastinating reading in the school disappeared, and he turned his head to look again bit by bit.

——Rong Jue has fallen asleep lying on the table.

There was rustling of paper and pen rubbing against each other, Gong Yongde sat in front of the school, holding a book and quietly flipping through it.Everyone in the school has something to do, so Rong Jue piled up a stack of books in front of the desk to block Gong Yongde's sight and sleep.

Qi Lan suddenly lowered his head and smiled, this Prince Rong really came to fool around.

Sitting behind Rong Jue, Qi Bo frowned and bowed his head, as if he didn't notice that Rong Jue was sleeping, he finished the homework assigned by Gong Yongde, and saw that Rong Jue was still sleeping for a long time.After hesitating for a while, he still took out a piece of paper from the drawer, picked up a pen to think about it, and wrote another copy.

The spring is warm, the grass grows and the warblers fly, it is bright and beautiful.

As soon as Rong Jue fell asleep, he fell asleep until the end of get out of class.Gong Yongde didn't notice that Rong Jue slept all morning.

When get out of class was over, he put away his books and got up to collect his homework.

When Gong Yongde didn't notice, Li Hongbao woke Rong Jue up in a low voice, and stuffed a piece of homework into his arms.

Rong Jue thanked Li Hongbao with a smile, and whispered to Li Hongbao.

Seeing this scene, Qi Bo withdrew his hand that was going to be stretched out, and quietly stuffed the extra copy back into the drawer.

As if nothing had happened.