admiration

When Mo Yanchi returned home, Xiao Zhijin was waiting at the door with a lamp in his hand. Unlike Granny Ren's loneliness, his brows and eyes were gentle, and his eyes fell on himself, which warmed his heart, and he unconsciously quickened his pace.

Xiao Zhijin reached out to take the food box and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"I just chatted with Granny Ren a few more words, and said goodbye by the way." Mo Yanchi said calmly, not like someone who resisted returning to Beijing yesterday.

Xiao Zhi smiled and said, "Go and light the lamp after eating."

Mo Yanchi nodded, found two sets of bowls and chopsticks, set out the dishes cooked by Granny Ren, and started eating.

Granny Ren is very skilled in cooking, and she cooks Mo Yichi's favorite food, so she couldn't hold back her chopsticks after just one bite.

A lot of candles were lit in the house, and the small house was as bright as day, not like night at all.After the meal, the two of them were overwhelmed, so they took the small lanterns and planned to put them on to help them digest their food.

Mo Yanchi picked up a lantern, and suddenly saw a line of small characters under the lamp, on which was written "May you know my heart", the brushwork was soft, and the characters resembled Xiao Zhijin's characters very much.

His heart trembled, and he secretly hid it in his sleeve, but he couldn't even find a reason for hiding the lamp.

The writer stood at the door and looked in, saw him standing still in front of the candlelight, then came back in, blew out the candle, and said, "Let's go."

Mo Yanchi nodded in a daze.He didn't take out the lamp, it was obviously a very common sentence, but he hid it like a guilty conscience, not daring to let Xiao Zhiju notice it.

He wanted to ask Xiao Zhijin, who is that "jun"?

Jiang Wan?Or is it another woman?

No matter who it is, it can't be him.

Mo Yanchi's feet were empty, and he fell down the steps outside the door. Fortunately, it was only two steps, and he only scratched his clothes, so he was not injured.

Not only Xiao Zhijin, but even Mo Yanchi was taken aback by himself, he didn't dare to look up at Xiao Zhijin, he was at a loss as to tidy up the lanterns that had fallen on the floor, trying to cover up his inner panic.

Xiao Zhijin was baffled, squatted down to tidy up with him, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you all right?"

Mo Yanchi shook his head, maybe he was too dependent on Xiao Zhijin, that's why he was afraid that Xiao Zhi would be attached to someone with all his heart, and then alienate himself.

He slowed down and said with a smile: "It's okay, I didn't look at the road just now."

Perhaps his face was too pale, and even his smile showed deep exhaustion, Xiao Zhi couldn't bear it with all his heart, so he stopped him: "Why don't you go."

"It's okay, I don't go today, these lanterns will be wasted." Mo Yanchi patted Xiao Zhijin's shoulder, and walked quickly, not daring to look at Xiao Zhijin again, for fear that he would see something strange in it.

Xiao Zhi was puzzled, and followed behind him to look carefully, but Mo Yichi kept walking with his head down all the way, and when he arrived in the forest, he talked to himself with a smile like a normal person.

He lit the lantern, put it on the water, and stared at the flower slowly rippling and drifting towards the center of the spring.

"Brother Jin, do you have a wish?" Mo Yanchi asked suddenly.

Xiao Zhijin turned his head to look at him, thought for a moment, and said seriously: "Yes."

I wish to win your heart and never leave.

This is Xiao Zhijin's lifelong wish.Although he knows that this wish is slim and far away.

Mo Yanchi said: "It is said that making a wish on a lantern will be very effective." After finishing speaking, Mo Yanchi even laughed to himself, "When you see a lantern, you say that the wish on the lantern is effective, and when you see the Buddha, you say that the Buddha is effective. It’s just a kind of sustenance.”

Xiao Zhijin stared at him, and said, "It's better to have a thought than not to be able to grasp the straw."

There are tens of thousands of open flames in front of the Buddha, which one is not a sustenance, which one is not a thought.But none of them will be Xiao Zhijin's. He doesn't think the Buddha can be magnanimous enough to support his act of cutting off his sleeves.

Mo Yanchi was at a loss for words for a moment and almost blurted out, so you wrote on the lamp as a pin.

When he was in a daze, Xiao Zhijin put another one on, and said: "But I prefer to make a wish by myself rather than make an empty wish."

"What if it fails?" Mo Yanchi asked.

"If you fail, you will fail. It's not that you can't stand failure, let alone... I knew I would lose." Xiao Zhijin didn't care.

Mo Yanchi: "What?"

"It's nothing, I'll let you know when the time comes later." Xiao Zhi laughed mysteriously, tickling Mo Yanchi's heart, but he couldn't reveal a single word.

There is no moon tonight, and the wind is also shady and cool. Fortunately, it didn't rain, so the two of them were able to spend half the night together, and the sky was white, so they reluctantly left.

Xiao Zhijin looked at the extinguished lanterns and always felt that something was wrong.

The journey was long, and they would spend the next few days in the carriage, so they didn't feel tired. They didn't plan to rest after returning home. They packed up the pitiful things and set off on the journey again.

Granny Ren didn't come to see them off, maybe she was afraid of being sad.

After coming for two or three days, he hadn't figured out every brick and tile in the village, so he wanted to leave again. Mo Yanchi was so reluctant to give up. He stood at the village head and lingered for a long time, but he refused to get into the carriage.

Xiao Zhijin didn't rush him, but stood beside him, waiting quietly.

Waiting for this person to look at the hometown again, and after parting, he will look into the distance again and think of his hometown.

No one knew the news of the return journey except General Wei Ling and Jiang Wan, and the journey was much quieter. The two bumped for many days, and only then did they see the shadow of the imperial city.

The closer they were to the imperial city, the more dangers came one after another. Fortunately, General Wei Ling followed early on, and the two of them entered the capital without any danger.

The capital is prosperous all the year round, with countless merchants coming and going. No one paid attention to this humble carriage. It wasn't until the carriage stopped in front of the built Zhuangyuan Mansion and saw the two familiar figures that people knew that they had returned.

There are countless eyeliners in the capital, the news of Xiao Zhijin and Mo Yan's late return spread like wildfire, and the capital, which had been a little calm at first, exploded again. Even Emperor Hongzhi, who lives in the deep palace, also heard the news and hurriedly summoned Xiao Knowing that, the words in it are sincere, for fear that if he is unhappy, he will disappear with Mo Yanchi.

Before Xiao Zhijin had time to take a sip of water, he said helplessly after receiving the imperial decree: "Your Majesty is really in a hurry."

Mo Yanchi was noncommittal, "After all, you should be angry if you leave without saying goodbye."

Xiao Zhijin was about to lift his feet to leave, he simply sat down after hearing this, picked up his tea and drank slowly.

Mo Yanchi asked strangely, "Why didn't you leave?"

"Go later, wait for His Majesty to calm down." Xiao Zhijin said it as a matter of course, not paying attention to the emperor who could cut off his head at any time.

Mo Yanchi couldn't help laughing, and said, "I'm just joking, you should hurry up, don't be in a hurry."

Xiao Zhijin drank the tea in one gulp before getting up and entering the palace.

Although he is not in Beijing, Xiao Zhijin is still well aware of the recent events, the summoning by Emperor Hongzhi is definitely not for political affairs, I'm afraid there is some mystery behind it.

The coachman deliberately slowed down under Xiao Zhijin's instructions, and arrived at the palace after walking for a long time.Eunuch Li received his orders and waited at the gate of the palace. After seeing him, he walked up to him and said respectfully, "His Royal Highness the Second Prince is welcome!"

There were many people at the gate of the palace, and Eunuch Li just wanted to announce to the world that he, Xiao Zhijin, was the real Second Prince.

Xiao Zhi frowned in displeasure, and walked in without saying a word.To this day, Emperor Hongzhi still has not given up on the idea of ​​replacing the civet cat with the prince.

He followed the palace servants to the imperial study room, where it was as quiet as ever, the palace servants walked lightly, without a single sound, they were blessed to see people, and never opened their mouths.

Xiao Zhijin waited for Eunuch Li to deliver the report, and after hearing the word "come in" from inside, Xiao Zhijin met Emperor Hongzhi.

After walking for only half a month, Emperor Hongzhi has aged a lot, his eyes that used to be clear are now cloudy and lifeless, without the majesty of an emperor.Xiao Zhijin was shocked, and asked after saluting, "Is your majesty the dragon's body safe?"

"It's better than someone who can't play outside." Emperor Hongzhi said angrily.

Xiao Zhijin shrugged his shoulders, not intending to take this sentence, in other words: "Your Majesty summoned me at this moment, is there something to do?"

"Of course there is something to do." Emperor Hongzhi dismissed everyone and said, "I plan to host a banquet for all the officials to celebrate the return of the 'Second Prince'."

Xiao Zhijin nodded and said, "If Chi'er knows, he should be very happy."

"Xiao Qing, you know who I'm talking about." Emperor Hongzhi narrowed his eyes and warned.

But Xiao Zhi refused to accept this, and after perfunctory accusation, he said: "Your Majesty, this method is really not good, I finally persuaded the second prince, if there is a banquet, I'm afraid he will think too much."

"I have made all the preparations. The banquet for the officials is to transfer all the forbidden troops to the palace, so as to transfer the tiger away from the mountain. I don't believe that, those people still haven't made a move." Emperor Hongzhi said angrily.

Xiao Zhijin said silently: Even if there is no imperial army, there is still General Wei Ling guarding, the Dai Yan people are not stupid enough to attack Mo Yichi at this time.

Emperor Hongzhi obviously didn't listen to persuasion, and Xiao Zhijin wasn't too willing to say too much on this matter, so he asked other things: "But Your Majesty, after the matter is completed, what will the second prince do?"

"Naturally recognize the ancestors and return to the clan. Xiao Qing doesn't have to worry about this matter. I dare to make you the second prince, so I naturally thought of a solution." Emperor Hongzhi swore so strongly that Xiao Zhijin had to believe him once.

Xiao Zhi couldn't hold back Emperor Hongzhi, he could only sigh: "Well, I will definitely help you with all my strength."

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said: "Okay, after the matter is completed, I will spare you the death penalty of taking Chi'er away this time."

"...Thank you Lord Long En." Xiao Zhi said.

He looked up at Emperor Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi looked very energetic, but his eye sockets were sunken and his lips were pale, obviously not a normal color.

Xiao Zhi couldn't figure it out, so he had to tell him: "Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon's body, so as not to make the second prince miss it."

Emperor Hongzhi turned his face away after using it, and waved his hand to let Xiao Zhijin leave.

Xiao Zhijin looked at the slightly trembling hand, panicked in his heart, and asked Wei Lingjiang to check the diet of Emperor Hongzhi and the people he had been in contact with after leaving the palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was in his prime, so how could he have aged like this in a few days? Although there is no way to confirm whether he was poisoned, it is good to have multiple hearts.

After all, without the support of Emperor Hongzhi, bringing down Zhu Qiming would be much more difficult.

Speaking of Zhu Qiming, when he heard the news, he was so angry that he smashed things in the First Prince's residence.