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In the 23rd year of Apocalypse, in winter, under heavy snowfall, Yong Wang Liu Zhi, who was demoted to Liangcheng, returned to Beijing in response to the imperial edict.

The luxurious gold-encrusted six-horse carriage slowly drove to Dongshi, and one hundred and eight carts full of household belongings followed unhurriedly. The wide streets of the capital city were not enough for this Dingshi family to pass by. Waiting for the carriage The horses were gone, and the snow had turned into pools of black sewage.

The carriage swaggered in front of a dilapidated house outside the East Street of Chang'an Avenue. The house had been unoccupied for a long time, and it was snowing heavily for several days, as if it was about to be flooded. Mixed together, you can't see it carefully, and the color of the vermilion lacquer gate in the past has long been indistinguishable, and some of the 73 iron floating nails have also fallen off. Penetrates tight.

Not to mention the plaque inlaid with gold, which was taken away ten years ago, and now I don't know whether it was ordered to be set on fire, or whether it was melted into the floating gold and replaced on the lintel of other people's houses.

The half-white haired man outside the carriage was wearing an inconspicuous black long gown, with a white face and no beard, no ornamentation on his body, his eyebrows and eyes were lowered from time to time, showing a respectful appearance.

"My lord," the man didn't dare to lift the curtain of the car, he only called out in a low voice, "It's time to arrive."

After finishing speaking, the man waited in the room to make a sound.

After a while, there was a voice from there. Hearing that voice, he was very lazy, and his tone was mixed with a bit of sarcasm: "Guangshi Li has seen it, can you stay here?"

"Go back to the lord," said Li Guanshi, the father-in-law in charge of Yongwang's mansion, and Li Zihe replied in a respectful voice, "I see that there are no people to live in."

"Really," the limp young man Yubai, who was lying on the upper half of the car, slowly wrapped a pair of exquisite jade walnuts in his palms, and his voice could not be seen rising and falling: "It's really inappropriate. If that's the case, let's go to the palace first. I haven't seen you for many years, and I miss my father very much."

Li Zi and Ying Nuo drove the coachman to divert and went to the palace, leaving the [-] chariots and belongings parked safely at the door of the dilapidated mansion behind him, and the servants and servants who escorted the chariot did not move at all before the prince gave an order. , Jingsu stood guard in the winter snow.

Shenshi has passed, and it will take less than a quarter of an hour for the key to be released at the palace gate, but the Yong Wang Liu Zhi in the carriage is not at all anxious, he closes his eyes and falls asleep, the carriage is wide, and there is room for Liu Zhi to lie down, Li Zi and his ears are good, and the ruts are rumbling Under the sound, there was a soft sound of rubbing jade stones, he closed the curtains inside the car tightly, opened the door, and whispered to the driver to be more careful, so as not to disturb the master's leisure time.

Not long after the Donghua gate was keyed, the gate guards saw the luxurious carriage approaching from a distance. In the half-covered night, the golden totem carved on the eaves and walls of the car already dazzled people's eyes. The guards were surprised. Would allow such extravagance, the current Holy Majesty is the most frugal, even if the prince travels, it is only a two-horse carriage, and the carriage is also simple, let alone one inlaid with gold.

"Who is coming?"

Li Ziyu pushed open the car door, did not even get out of the car, and said indifferently: "His Royal Highness, please see the Holy One."

The guard saw that Li Ziyu didn't even get out of the carriage, and his heart was furious. After hearing who was in the carriage, the fire dissipated in an instant, and he bowed respectfully: "So it's His Royal Highness, please forgive me." The servant was rude just now, the servant sent someone to report to the Holy Majesty, and asked His Royal Highness King Yong to wait for a while."

Yong Wang Liu Zhi's lazy voice came from inside the car: "I hope to help this king to give my father a word, just say," Liu Zhi's slender peach blossom eyes flashed a little smile: "The child returns to Beijing, but it's even There is no place to live."

That night, King Yong was not allowed to see Emperor Jingwen Liu Yan, but after the guards reported, a whole team of guards and eunuchs came out of the palace and rushed towards the East Street of Chang'an Avenue. Liu Zhi listened attentively and told Li Ziyu: "Go back."

When the carriage wobbled back to the house on Chang'an East Street, he saw that the inside was already packed up, and the people who came were the guards and eunuchs who came out of the palace.

Seeing King Yong's car entering, Wang Qi, the chief eunuch of the House of Internal Affairs, hurried over, trotting along beside the car, and respectfully said: "Hello, Your Highness, King Yong. Your Highness came back early, and the other places are still being tidied up. The prince's bedroom has been tidied up, and the hot water has been boiled, waiting for the prince."

Director Wang, who used to be the main lady in the palace, respected her three points when she saw her, and now she is so attentive in front of Liu Zhi's car, as if she was facing the front man in the palace. Che talked, but Liu Zhi was not the prince next to him. He hummed and said, "I am tired, so I rested when I got back. This king loves cleaning. Please trouble the king to clean it up properly."

"Yes, yes," Wang Jin quickly nodded in response: "It must be like this, it must be like this, the prince must be exhausted after traveling all the way, and the servants will tell them to be lighter, and will never disturb the prince's rest."

On the second day, King Yong returned to the capital, and the news spread throughout the capital that the emperor personally ordered the head of the House of Internal Affairs to bring people to clean his house.

The prince who got the news early in the morning smashed the morning tea cup angrily, and the hot tea flowed all over the floor, ruining a well-made cashmere blanket.

Liu Zhi had a good night's sleep and was exhausted all the way. Even with the best carriage, it was tiring. He managed to get a soft and sound sleep without swaying, but he was disturbed early. Li Zihe bowed to call outside : "My lord, it's time to go to court early."

Liu Zhi got up from the couch, and the room was burning with high-quality silver charcoal, which was as warm as spring. Li Ziyu heard the rustling sound, knowing that Liu Zhi had risen, so he approached with his court clothes and waited on him.

When everything was tidied up, Liu Zhi lowered his peach blossom eyes, saw the four-clawed python embroidered on the court clothes, and smiled very lightly.

Wang Jin's movements were quick, but within one night, the house had already seen some of its former glory, but the barren garden, the withered gate and the plaque on it did take some effort, and Liu Zhi also picked it up. There was nothing wrong with it, it was cold in winter, he was wrapped in a very thick fox fur cloak, and he walked lazily through the corridor of the palace, without even glancing at Wang Jin, who was rushing over by the overseer who hadn't slept all night, he went down the steps, and In the carriage.

The carriage is still yesterday's carriage, this mansion was packed out in a hurry at night, how can there be another carriage for Liu Zhi to replace?Furthermore, Liu Zhi is not the kind of person who would wrong himself, the things he hastily picked up would definitely not be as comfortable as this one made with a thousand pieces of gold, got into the car, warmed up by the fire, put his hands in his arms, drank a cup of hot tea, Can take another nap.

Liu Zhi arrived not too early or too late, and it so happened that many clan princes were already waiting at the west gate, and the frames of the carriages were all unconventional. When Liu Zhi got off the golden car, everyone's eyes widened. Eyes full of admiration, some frowned and said nothing, and some stood far away, watching from the sidelines.

Liu Zhi picked the tails of his peach-blossom eyes, looked around, walked slowly to the front of the clan, and stood behind Lao Duan Wang, which was not polite at all.

It's true, even though Liu Zhi is the King of Yong, he has already followed the guard of honor of the Prince. Whether he is the Prince of Yong, it depends on what the situation will be like today, and besides what happened last night, who would dare to thwart his edge?

There are people who want to curry favor, but the west door is wide open, and all the clan princes and princes enter in a row.

After entering the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Emperor Jingwen Liu Yan, who had already known the age of destiny, sat on the dragon chair, and his temples were blooming.

I haven't seen him in ten years, and the emperor who scolded Fang Qiu and said nothing in the past has also entered his twilight years.

As the ranks of officials stood still, kneeling and saluting, Liu Zhi got up, raised his head, and looked at Liu Yan from a distance. The father and son saw each other after ten years, and there was no trace of father-son friendship in their eyes, but it was the prince standing beside Liu Yan. His Highness smiled gently at Liu Zhi, looking like a big brother.

The court meeting was long and boring, and Liu Zhi didn't like to listen to it. Standing for a long time in the morning, he felt his legs were sore, but he couldn't leave alone. He could only listen to these courtiers arguing in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It was a small incident of disaster relief in Beixiang Maybe it's been a long time without a conclusion, it's really useless.

However, there is a huge amount of silver, and layers of deception can always get some money. The prince is powerful but has no money bag. Although the emperor has little real power left, he firmly holds the household department and the treasury. The game between the two sides, It is also interesting that father and son hurt each other.

After all, the young four-clawed golden dragon is more powerful. No matter how noble the five-clawed golden dragon is, it is already old. So what if it has multiple claws, it doesn't hurt to grab people.

The errand of disaster relief fell to the hands of the Prince's henchmen, but the Prince's face was indifferent, showing no joy at all, it can be seen that the surface skill is very good, but Liu Yan on the dragon chair could no longer hide the anger in his eyes, opened his golden mouth, Immediately afterwards, Liu Zhi, who returned to Beijing, was named Prince Yong.

Who can't see what Emperor Jingwen is doing?

It's just a balancing act.

After leaving the court, all the officials came forward to congratulate him. Before Liu Zhi waved his hand and refused, Su Yi, the personal eunuch of Emperor Jingwen, hurried over: "His Royal Highness, the Hall of Mental Cultivation is here to invite you."

Liu Zhi nodded, and followed Su Yi, leaving the crowd behind.

"President Su came at the right time," Liu Zhi said with a smile, "It can relieve the siege of this king."

Su Yi is old, and his waist has been bowed all the year round, it is difficult to straighten up. Hearing this, he lowered a bit, and replied in panic: "What is the prince Yong talking about, what is the status of the prince, why did he use a slave to relieve the siege."

Liu Zhi nodded and said nothing more.

I hadn't seen him in ten years, but that Mr. Su, who was so proud of others back then, was so respectful and cautious, the emperor's family slave, the emperor's majesty... but that's all.

Inside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the finest ambergris was burning.

It's a pity that Liu Zhi has never been used to the smell. Fortunately, Li Ziyu put a Liangcheng unique sachet in his sleeve when he was dressing him today. It was clean and light, and Liu Zhi liked it very much. After entering the room, I took a couple of breaths while raising my hand to cover my cough, and my nose felt better.

"Here we come," Emperor Jingwen saw him, exempted him from kneeling and worshiping him, and gave him a seat.

The two talked about trivial matters in a neutral manner, and Emperor Jing Wen asked Liu Zhi to go back.

Walking slowly to the side of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Li Ziyu waited there for a long time with his cloak in his hands, and saw his master approaching from a distance, Li Ziyu stepped forward, respectfully put on the cloak for him, blocking the howling cold wind in the imperial city .

When the two masters and servants walked towards the west door, they brushed shoulders with Rongchang Gong Zheng Boke who was going to the East Palace. They nodded and did not stop to greet each other.

Sitting straight in the carriage, Liu Zhi suddenly said, "I remember, the son of Duke Berke is still guarding the northern border?"

"Returning to your lord, Zheng Zhongjin, the son of Duke Boke, the second-class hussar general appointed by the Holy Majesty three years ago, has been guarding the northern border for five years now, but I heard," Li Ziyu said, "Duke Berke has recently met with the crown prince. Your Highness is moving around closely, and I think General Xiao Zheng will return to Beijing soon."

"Is that so?" Liu Zhi chuckled, "Then I'm going to help you."

The author has something to say:

Liu Zhi (Shou), Zheng Zhongjin (Gong), Qiangqiang, BE, but I’m not sure how to write it, because all kinds of endings are in my mind now... Hahaha