Zhu Lan is dead

"Today, you will follow me into the palace."

Yu Changqi wiped the backs of his hands carefully with a towel, and whispered to the people behind him.

Ye Fanji was sitting at the table eating heartily, when he heard the words, he smiled and said vaguely: "Why, the prince is so relieved to take me with you?"

Yu Changqi turned around and glanced at him. He didn't feel relieved, nor was it simply because of Guifuyan's request. Guifuyan entrusted him to his side. According to him, he was naturally trustworthy, but Ye Fan He couldn't say for sure, he was just curious, now that this person is under his nose, what else can he do that surprises him...

"Yuan Yi came back from patrolling the city today. I'm not here. If he sees you, he will be in a panic."

Since Jin Yuanyi came back from Lincheng County that day, he has been on duty at the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As the censor of the city patrol, he belongs to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is responsible for inspecting the five cities in the east, west, south, north and middle of the capital. The public security management, trial of lawsuits, and the arrest of thieves are naturally much more busy.

Ye Fan laughed a few times, and then he realized that he couldn't help blurting out: "Xuncheng? Censor?"

"En." Yu Changqi said.

I couldn't help being a little surprised. The city inspector is an important position in charge of inspecting the ten squares of the capital, and is usually reserved for the children of relatives who are related to the royal family. Jin Yuanyi is Yu Changqi's personal attendant... he Didn't it be said that Yu Changqi and the man above him were fighting each other in private despite being friendly on the surface?how……

Suspiciously looking at the man, Yu Changqi still looked calm and calm. Although he looked cold, he really didn't look like a powerful minister who would intrigue with the monarch...

"Finish?" Yu Changqi glanced at him suddenly.

Ye Fan was taken aback for a few moments, and then he settled the food in his hand.

*

The palace is inexplicably lively today, and the Suzaku Gate, which is usually quiet and solemn, has somehow more children and palace servants wearing brocade robes and costumes walking around, some of them are riding on canopies, and there are carriages behind them. There are several large red-mouthed boxes of lacquered tung oil placed in rows.

This array is comparable to the birthday banquet of the royal clan.

Yu Changqi glanced carefully and found that there were quite a few unfamiliar faces. Although he seldom interacted with the dignitaries in the court, but he had been an official in the court for so many years, he still knew which unfamiliar faces and which familiar faces.

Ye Fanji was dressed in an ordinary white robe, and he followed Yu Changqi unhurriedly. The two of them walked one after the other on the wide palace road, which was not very eye-catching.

"The servant has seen the prince!"

Suddenly there was an extremely soft voice in front of him, Yu Changqi stopped in his footsteps, and the people behind him seemed to have not had time to retract their gazes, and bumped into Yu Changqi's back, and the latter was stunned Immediately took a step back, the former frowned calmly, looked at the eunuch in front of him and said, "Why did Eunuch Li come here?"

Li Rongju is Zhou Lixiao's personal attendant. He grew up with his master since he was a child, and he can be regarded as an old man in the palace. Yu Changqi Pingri and Zhou Lixiao are very close, coming back and forth every now and then, so it is natural to be with him. Is very familiar.

Without being too polite, Li Rongju picked his eyes slightly, looked at the young man behind Yu Changqi with vague eyes, showed a kind smile and said: "Today, the prince of Guo Rong came to congratulate him and sent a lot of presents. Are you busy entertaining the situation at the front door right now?"

"Really?" Yu Changqi hooked his lips: "Why don't I know?"

Li Rongju smiled again, "Didn't you just come back, my lord? It's okay if you don't know. You are here to see His Majesty. He is now in Jing'an Hall!"

"Thank you so much!" Yu Changqi said, and when he turned around and was about to leave, Li Rongju said again, his eyes seemed to be looking at the young man behind him very vaguely, "The prince never brings a personal attendant when he enters the palace, it is strange today , look at this child..."

After finishing speaking, he took a step forward and whispered beside Yu Changqi: "Forgive me for talking too much, Your Majesty never likes you. This time you brought such a young man to attract attention, but he saw it..."

Although his voice was deliberately suppressed, Ye Fan, who was following behind, could almost hear it clearly. For a while, he looked at the two in front of him inexplicably, but he didn't know what he had been misunderstood.

"What did the father-in-law misunderstand?" Yu Changqi Pi smiled, "This child is Gui Fuyan's servant."

Li Rongju suddenly realized when he heard the words: "Oh, I said, it turns out that the man who belongs to the master's family is really a slave, so don't blame the prince, don't blame the prince!"

As he spoke, he saluted slightly and walked straight towards the palace gate. Yu Changqi stepped forward without saying a word, his eyes gradually filled with a layer of ice cold.

This Li Rongju grew up by Zhou Lixiao's side since he was a child. How many scheming schemes are not as familiar as passing clouds, like the old man in the palace who knows people's fickleness. Speaking in secret... what else can there be except ridicule and contempt.

*

——Jing'an Hall

"Guifu sent someone to write a letter a few days ago, explaining everything clearly. He is very smart. In order to find a home for his son, in case I would blame you, he made a special statement to express his affection."

Zhou Lixiao dropped the folder in his hand and walked forward, his handsome face moved slightly, looking at the young man behind Yu Changqi, "Ci Xin?"

After hearing the sound, Ye Fan immediately took a step forward, bowed his head, and said, "Caomin Cixin has seen His Majesty!"

"It's clever, raise your head and let me see!"

Ye Fan followed suit a few times, and the boy's appearance was very Zhou Zhengqing, especially his eyebrows and eyes, which were smudged in his bones, very much like someone.

"..."

The air was suffocated for a moment, Yu Changqi stood silently, unable to judge Zhou Lixiao's emotions for a while, just when he was about to speak, Zhou Lixiao smiled: "Sure enough, he is a young man with such an extraordinary appearance He looks like someone from a benevolent family, since he doesn't know much about learning, but it's not too bad to be with Gui Fuyan, how about I ask you to be a servant by the prince's side?"

"..." The fingers in the sleeve tightened, and Ye Fan was about to speak out, but Yu Changqi said: "Your Majesty, his qualifications are still young, and I'm afraid he can't afford it."

"Yu Qing is reluctant?" Zhou Lixiao smiled, but the air pressure around his body dropped significantly.

"..."

"Forget it! After all, Guiqing is someone I value, and I can't refute his intentions. You go down first!" His eyes were cold, and after a while, Zhou Lixiao pursed his lips and said a few words to Ye Fan.

"Yes!" Ye Fan leaned over slightly, glanced at Yu Changqi and exited the hall.

The man in the red gold uniform sat back to his original position, flipped the booklet in his hand, and said casually: "Many foreign merchants have been walking around the capital in the past few days. Today, the prince of Guo Rong came to congratulate him again and brought a lot of tribute. , the momentum is quite large, I have sent people to arrange them to live in the post house in the capital, but you have sent people to watch over the past few days, don't worry about any trouble."

The land of the King City of the Great Zhou Dynasty is the center of a country, where wealth and power are concentrated, and it is also a place where the interests of the world are exchanged. However, since the turmoil due to conflicts of interests occurred more than ten years ago, Zhou Lixiao changed the law, and there were no ultimatums and laws. Transactions of approval documents are all prohibited in the capital, but Guo Rong's people came to congratulate them in the past few days, and naturally many foreigners came along with them, and the affairs were heavy, so it was not easy to go through the review one by one, so the policy was relaxed.

Yu Changqi remembered that officials and businessmen once colluded with smuggling military supplies. Zhou Lixiao was very angry about this matter, so he very much rejected the contact between officials of this dynasty and businessmen, so knowing that he did not want this to happen again, he nodded and said: "Yes."

"Hmm." Zhou Lixiao corrected a few places on the memorial with a vermilion pen and said: "The crown prince of Guo Rong seems to have just reached the weak crown this year, and he is at the age of fledgling. Earlier, Lin Fu suggested to me to use the peace policy to neutralize the situation. And Guo Rong's monarch has exactly the same intention this time, what do you think?"

"Princess Liandi?"

"That's right!" Zhou Lixiao glanced at him, "This is my daughter, she is naturally spoiled, but I don't know if she will agree?"

Yu Changqi was a little speechless, and wanted to say that you have always been decisive in doing things, and when did you ask for other people's opinions, Zhou Lixiao said again: "But if this happens, she can't help it."

"On the eve of the moon, I'm going to hold a banquet in the palace, and you will bring your wife over then!" Zhou Lixiao suddenly said in such a nonsensical manner, Yu Changqi was startled, but he didn't realize it all at once, and he said again Said: "I married you two back then, it was for your sake, not for you to leave her in the cold at home. If a woman's best youth is in your hands, you might as well go to become a monk and practice!"

Yu Changqi nodded silently, wanting to say that I had exactly that intention.

Over there Zhou Lixiao said coldly: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, you've been by my side for so many years, I know everything you say and do, I know you're still blaming me for what happened to the Ye family back then, and you don't want to Talk to me a lot, but remember, that child stays by your side not because of my acquiescence, but because his life is in your hands, so don't do anything eye-catching to hurt him."

"..."

The nearly half-hour lecture was over, Yu Changqi walked out of the hall, and saw Ye Fan sitting on the corridor not far from the steps of the hall, Ye Fan was sitting on the corridor pillar looking at the back of Taiyechi, the young man was tall and tall, his lower body Her long hem was raised, revealing her long and straight legs wrapped in silk trousers, her bundled hair outlined her delicate side face, her brows were light and calm, and she seemed to be able to see through the distant mountains.

"His life is in your hands..."

Zhou Lixiao's words kept ringing in his ears, and the confusion between his eyebrows became more and more serious. Yu Changqi closed his eyes and opened them again, squinting slightly to look at the sky above his head. The bright sun shone like fire on the earth, just the autumn Gradually thickening, even the scorching light became ethereal, shining into the eyes, as transparent as glass.

Today is sunny and sunny, cloudless.

Unfortunately, he doesn't like it.