Rebellious officials bow their heads

There was a sound of footsteps echoing in the palace in the middle of the night, and the maids bowed to salute. Empress Huijin and Mrs. Ji's family walked into the palace and asked, "How is the prince?"

The palace lady replied: "Your Highness is fine, but Young Master Ji, who dragged His Highness out of the water, caught a cold and had a fever, and he hasn't woken up yet."

Empress Huijin said: "Well, let the prince stay by the side at night, and when the medicine is ready, let the sixth son take it, so as not to cause the root cause of the disease again."

"Yes."

Empress Huijin went into the bedroom and took a look. Ji Liu was lying on the bed with a wet towel on her head. Xie Linze was guarding sleepily in front of the bed. She smiled. When she came out, Mrs. Ji beside her said: "That Mu The people in the family have also sent the children of the family to the palace, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer, Madam, have you asked His Royal Highness the candidate for the attendant in his mind?"

Queen Huijin said: "Of course it will be from our family."

Mrs. Ji smiled happily, and said: "My eldest son Ji Han is excellent in all six arts, and his ability and knowledge are the most outstanding among the younger generation in the clan. Madam, do you think it is appropriate for him to stay in the palace as a servant?"

Empress Huijin recalled the scene she saw in the palace just now, and smiled meaningfully: "It depends on the prince's will."

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Hearing someone calling him repeatedly, Ye Liuzhou opened his eyes vaguely, and saw Xu Yan's gloomy face very close at hand. He shrank back in shock, only to realize how close he was to the other party just now. , still clutching the hem of his robe.

He was startled, stared at the snow-white robe corner for a moment, then touched his eyes belatedly, "I can see it now."

"Zhou Yuan's medicine is really effective..." He raised his head to look at Xu Yan in surprise, but saw the coldness in his eyes.

The sky was bright outside the window, and the two of them were half-lying on the bed in disheveled clothes. Noticing this, Ye Liuzhou let go of his hand silently, and found that Xu Yan had been staring at him. He cleared his throat and asked, "What's wrong?"

"What did you dream about?" Xu Yan asked.

Ye Liuzhou's heartstrings tightened, "Did I talk in my sleep?"

Xu Yan nodded, got up and went to bed, poured a basin of water to wash up, and said lightly: "You kept squeezing towards me when you were sleeping, and you couldn't even push it away, and didn't you feel hot?"

Ye Liuzhou didn't care about this, and asked, "Did I say anything strange?"

"You've been calling my name—Ji Liu."

Xu Yan's flat-toned words were like thunder in Ye Liuzhou's ears. He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. Fortunately, Xu Yan had his back to him, otherwise he would have become suspicious when he saw his expression.

"Maybe I had a strange dream, but it's a dream, I can't remember it clearly." Ye Liuzhou tentatively said: "I heard in the flower hall yesterday that you went to the palace when you were a child? How was the palace? I met the emperor. ?"

Xu Yan wrung out the water on the cloth towel and said, "I don't remember exactly, but I probably stayed in the palace for a few months."

"Don't remember?" Ye Liuzhou's heart was filled with chills, and he sat up straight, "It's rare to see the emperor, how could you forget?"

"It happened more than ten years ago." Xu Yan looked at him, "Are you very interested in the emperor's affairs?"

"No, I just want to know your experience."

Xu Yan seemed to ponder for a few breaths, a trace of ambiguity flashed across his eyes, and his tone was still indifferent: "When I entered the palace, Xuanhe Emperor was still the prince, and he is no different from others to me."

Ye Liuzhou was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said deeply: "I think you must have forgotten."

"Maybe. At that time, I should go to the palace to study with me, but my mother stayed at home. I was concerned about her safety all day long. I was about to go home..." Xu Yan showed a depressed expression when he said this, "Who knows?" In that homework test, someone changed my paper, so I stayed for a while..."

Ye Liuzhou couldn't speak for a while, stared at him, and couldn't help saying: "If I had known..."

"What's the use of knowing the past?" Xu Yan was tormented by him for lack of sleep, so he had no good temper and said: "Don't hold on to Ji Liu, my mother and I are named Xu, come down and change clothes."

He saw Ye Liuzhou take off the veil cap from Mu Shi, and said: "You can see with your eyes, why are you still wearing it?"

Ye Liuzhou adjusted the tether, lifted the white gauze that was hanging down, raised an eyebrow at him, hooked the corner of his mouth and said, "Zhou Yuan said that there was no strong light in the past few days, you see the sun is so big today .”

The two of them finished packing and went out. As soon as they arrived in front of old master Ji's courtyard, the servant in front of the door said: "The old man caught a cold last night and was seriously ill. I'm afraid he won't be able to see the young master. But leave a message, if the young master has something to do, you can go Xishan looks for the elder."

It's really time to be sick, Xu Yan can't force his way in, he can only patiently ask: "What is he doing in Xishan?"

"This slave doesn't know."

Speaking of the removal of Ji's surname, it is the same as the old man's eldest son, Dingguo Gong Ji Bo. The two turned to Xishan, only to find that Ji's old man deliberately attracted them to Xishan. The riding and archery ceremony held.

At the foot of the mountain, the flags fluttered in the wind, and a group of young disciples gathered together, dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, talking enthusiastically.

Seeing Xu Yan and Ye Liuzhou who was wearing a veil behind him to cover his face tightly, one of the fourth sons from the second house of Ji's family rode forward and mocked condescendingly: "Hey, isn't this Ji Yan?" ? You were really showing off yesterday, I really don’t know what you are doing when you come back like a wretch?”

Someone said with a smile: "Don't say that, he is the son of General Xianwu, and such a title is enough for this trash!"

A son of a concubine said: "I heard that you are doing business outside? No wonder you smell of copper!"

There was another burst of laughter.

Faced with these people's harsh words, Ye Liuzhou narrowed his eyes behind the white gauze, but Xu Yan's face remained motionless, showing no sign of getting angry, and he just led the horse to the tree and tied it.

Seeing that he didn't respond at all, everyone felt bored and scattered around.

Ye Liuzhou was surprised and said: "They say that and you don't even get angry, why did your temper become so good?"

Xu Yan smiled coldly: "I'm afraid they won't be able to bear it if they really do something, so there's no need to be quick."

They walked under the gazebo, and not far away, they saw Duke Ding Ji Bo and Ji Han walking side by side, talking in low voices.

Xu Yan stepped forward and said, "Master Dingguo, please take a step to speak."

Seeing him, Ji Bo smiled and said: "Why is Yan'er so unfamiliar? Is it because he hasn't adapted to life at home, why don't he join the family members in this riding and shooting ceremony?"

"I'm going to tell you..."

Before Ji Yan finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by Ji Bo. He seemed to have remembered something important, clapped his hands and said anxiously: "By the way, I still have two documents in the mansion that have not been distributed, but Don't delay the business, I'll go back as soon as I go, you wait for me here."

Ji Bo left in a hurry, and the remaining Ji Han stood with his hands behind his back, his cold eyes turned and fell on Ye Liuzhou, and he said to Xu Yan: "Why is the friend you brought back home wearing a veil all the time? Showing the true face, is there some unspeakable secret?"