A Guide to Keeping a Domestic Unicorn

All the princes had to be pulled out to kneel and kowtow three times to accept the imperial seal. According to the rules of this dynasty, when the prince became an adult, it meant that all the other princes had to leave the palace like the prince, even the youngest prince was no exception.

The ceremonial officer spread out the imperial decree and began to read the fiefdoms and official positions of the princes one by one. Some princes were assigned to rich and fertile lands to be kings, some princes were confiscated in the palace and stayed in the capital, and some were in charge of military power in the army. , some are in charge of civil power. Among them, the princes with strong backgrounds and outstanding talents have the most territories and the most important positions. Presumably, when the emperor arranges the positions of these sons, he also takes into account the power behind these princes and their abilities. .

However, unexpectedly, the reckless and arrogant thirteenth prince was named the Marshal of the Army and Horses.The ministers thought that he would embarrass the royal family by embarrassing him at the banquet, and the emperor would not reuse him, but who would have entrusted him with the power of the army!

But the shrewder ministers could understand that this was obviously not what His Majesty the Emperor himself meant. No matter how bad the thirteen princes were, his uncle was also Shan Yu who commanded millions of cavalry outside the Great Wall. If the war started, there might be worries about changing the dynasty. It should be Shan Yu's request to reuse the thirteen princes, so even if the thirteen princes make a fool of themselves again, the power they will hold in the future will not be much worse.

After each prince was rewarded, he had to go up to thank him individually. Only the thirteenth prince, when his name was called, was delayed for a long time. At this time, an eunuch quietly came to report and whispered a few words in front of the emperor, Emperor Taiyuan Then he ordered the eunuch to say: "The thirteenth prince accidentally caught the wind and cold, and the imperial supervisor sent the letter of appointment and the commander's seal to his palace, and ordered him to kneel in Chengli Palace to receive the award!"

It seems that someone has discovered the fact that the thirteenth prince "passed out" in the toilet.

It cannot but be said that it will become a ridiculous scandal secretly spread in the palace in the future.

Emperor Taiyuan sighed secretly, the prince took a look at his father, and knew that his father was extremely dissatisfied with this thirteenth brother, but there was also a hint of helplessness.

Finally, all the princes except the crown prince had been conferred with rewards. After waiting for a long time, Qi Jia suddenly realized that with so many conferred princes, the name of Qingyan standing in the last row was not mentioned at all!

In other words, the entire reward completely forgot about the Fourth Prince!

This old emperor is too unfair!Obviously those ten-year-old and eighteenth princes were enshrined, how could the fourth prince have forgotten it?

However, Emperor Taiyuan did not announce that the prince would go to the upper study to supervise the country after he became an adult, assisting him in handling government affairs, and acting as half of the emperor to prepare for his future enthronement. Instead, the prince knelt in front of the emperor and stated by himself: " Father, the nobles in Southwest China don't care about the emperor's kindness, they have searched for the people's fat and anointment for many years, they are blindly arrogant, and even openly hang up the flag of rebellion to rebel! I beg my father to issue an order, and order my son to lead the army to put down the chaos!"

Emperor Taiyuan said: "It's rare that my son has such a heart of loyalty and filial piety! I will send troops to quell the chaos today, so I will first make you the commander-in-chief of Pingnan and take full charge of the Southern Expedition!"

It is well known that Emperor Taiyuan loved the crown prince very much. He was willing to let the prince go to war. Obviously, it was planned long ago. It is estimated that the prince's expedition has already been prepared. What Emperor Taiyuan wants is to give the prince a chance to make great contributions, so that the prince can subdue him. The hearts of the people and the hearts of the people.

Emperor Taiyuan's actions undoubtedly announced that the prince is the only heir he values, and he will never do what he thinks again. have a thought.As for the other princes, there are also many who are secretly dissatisfied. After all, there are many talented people among the princes of this generation, and they all inherited the unyielding character of Emperor Taiyuan when he was young. I do".

After the crown prince was granted the title of thank you, all the ministers knelt down to congratulate him, and the banquet had come to an end, but the prince suddenly said: "Father, my son has one more thing to do."

"Hao'er, what else do you need?" the emperor asked.

"My son just saw that the younger brothers were enshrined, but the fourth younger brother was the only one who missed out. I don't know what the father's plan is for the fourth younger brother in the future?" the prince said.

"Oh, fourth child," the emperor mentioned Qingyan in a very casual tone, as if he had just remembered that he had such a son, and it seemed that he had completely forgotten Qingyan's conferment, and said, "Hao'er, do you think you are the fourth son?" What is my brother's talent suitable for?"

The emperor deliberately asked Prince Qingyan what he was suitable for, but did not mention rewarding Qingyan's palace or fief, it seemed that he had no intention of giving Qingyan any more.It is also for the prince to sell favors to Qingyan.

The prince was stunned. He just brought it up because he felt it was unfair to the fourth brother. In fact, he was not familiar with Qingyan, and he had never even met Qingyan a few times. Even when Qingyan was punished, no one told him. In fact, no one even remembered to mention Qingyan in front of him. He always thought that Qingyan was still with his adoptive mother and concubine, and seeing Qingyan's appearance and temperament seemed to be more knowledgeable and courteous than other younger brothers, he thought to himself: The fourth brother, mother and concubine died young, Unlike the other younger brothers who have strong backgrounds, the father does not intend to reward him with fiefs or palaces. In the future, the fourth younger brother will inevitably be bullied and excluded by other princes. Why don't I take him with me and let him go out with me and give him some credit. In the future, he can also get the palace and salary for the fourth brother, so that he can live in peace in the capital.

So the prince said: "I heard that my fourth brother is good at martial arts, why don't I let my fourth brother go out with me?"

"Then do as you wish." Emperor Taiyuan said.

Qingyan was stunned for a moment, he never thought that he was going to lead troops to fight, at this moment the eunuch on the side coughed dryly, Qingyan would understand, and quickly knelt down to thank him.

Qi Jia on the side thought that it was a good thing that Qingyan could get the chance to go out with the army, and he was a prince, so he would definitely not go to the battlefield, his life would not be in danger, and his seniority in the army should change the rest of his life because of it. Seems like a nice guy.

At this point, the banquet was finally completely over. After some etiquette, Emperor Taiyuan led the prince to leave the venue first. After the guard of honor left, all the officials also dispersed.

This big banquet was enough for those ministers to think about it for three days and three nights. It was undeniable that there were turbulent winds and clouds in it, but for Qing Yan, there were not too many turbulences in his heart because he was arranged to go on an expedition. His calm nature made him Take it easy even in adversity.

After the banquet was over, the other princes were surrounded by the officials to congratulate Qing Yan, but almost no one paid attention to Qing Yan, only Qi Jia grabbed the ermine cloak and put it on him, saying: "Let's go, go to your place, anyway, I There is also a home that can’t go back.”

Qingyan nodded, and led Qi Jia across the threshold, and the two of them floated and hid in the depths of the dimly lit palace.

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Qi Jia had guessed where Qingyan lived, but she didn't expect it to be such a simple and simple courtyard!Where is this place where the prince lives!Ordinary people live better than him.

"One advantage of my place is that it is extremely quiet, almost no one will disturb you." Qing Yan said, "But there is only one bed, tonight you sleep on the bed, and I sleep on the couch."

"I see that your window paper is all torn?! Don't you sleep cold at night?" Qi Jia felt the cold wind blowing directly into this small room as soon as he entered the room.

"I don't feel cold, maybe I have internal strength." Qingyan said, "If you feel cold, I'll go and paste the wallpaper. It was scratched by the sudden heavy rain a few days ago. I'll chop wood for you later. a brazier."

"How dilapidated is your house! Wait! You still have to chop firewood yourself?" Qi Jia complained.

"Well, I haven't used the brazier for a long time. The firewood has been piled up by the wall for a long time, and it has been useless. I'll hack it and change it to a knife for you." Qingyan feels like living a good life!It almost drove Qi Jia a little crazy.

You have to know that Qi Jia was poor in the 21st century, but he was a little expert at home, proficient in all kinds of martial arts, such as repairing lamps, stoves, TVs, carrying gas tanks, cleaning toilets and tiling, as long as it is related to household, Nothing can stop him!

This is also because he was an orphan since he was a child, and lived in a cold relative's house to hone his skills, and his biggest dream is to have a small nest of his own, and decorate this small nest exquisitely, cleanly and warmly.

"Uh...forget it, I think you can come to sleep in my warehouse tonight. Anyway, you know my secret, so I treat you as a buddy. Since you are a buddy, you are not allowed to betray me and talk to others Do you understand my secret?" Qi Jia asked.

"What is brother?"

"That's a good brother! Be loyal! You have chilblains on your hands, stop working. I'm going to make a brazier. You wait in the room. After I finish explaining to you and explaining the precautions, I will take you into the warehouse. "Qi Jia said, he contracted the job of lighting the fire with a big wave of his hand, completely forgetting that he was still injured from the beating, and only after speaking did he feel a dull pain in the wound on his back, and couldn't help baring his teeth.

"I think it's better for me to chop firewood. You can rest. After all, I am a martial arts practitioner. Your injury is much more serious than mine." Qing Yan said.

"Then I'll help you illuminate." Qi Jia carried a lantern, the Qingyan courtyard was full of lights, but luckily he just asked for a lantern from the maid.

So Qi Jia carried the lantern and followed Qing Yan to the pile of logs in the corner, which may have been temporarily stored here by other palace people, and no one has moved it out for many years.

Qingyan moved down a log and put it on the ground, and picked up the ax to chop it, but Qi Jia let out an exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Qing Yan asked.

"Look, there are a lot of shiitake mushrooms growing behind the log in the corner!" Qi Jia said, "It feels weird, it doesn't look like a normal mushroom, it's a poisonous mushroom! Hey, don't use this wood, if you get poisoned... "

"This is Ganoderma lucidum, not shiitake mushroom. I read about it in a book." Qing Yan crossed his arms and said.

"Ganoderma?! How can there be Ganoderma here?!"

"Maybe there was a Ganoderma lucidum planted in the yard before!" Qingyan scratched his head and said.

"Should I rub it?! Is it possible that Ganoderma lucidum is as easy to grow as mushrooms? Well, maybe there is a scientific method of planting... Since it is not poisonous, just chop firewood and leave those things alone." Qi Jia said.