Donggong Ce [Rebirth]

Spring to summer.

The turbulent spring has finally come to an end.Midsummer is approaching, and the capital is shrouded in scorching heat.

Outside the gazebo of King Yan's mansion, there were blue waves sparkling. Qin Jiu held a fan and fanned the cat listlessly.

Yan Qi came with iced grapes, saw Qin Jiu, and joked casually, "How long are you going to fan?"

The speaker had no intention of the listener, and Yan Qi didn't think too much about it, so he received Qin Jiu's vicious eyes.Yan Qi was stunned, and couldn't help smiling when he thought that Xie Gui was still beside him.

Sure enough, Xie Gui turned over a page of the document and glanced at Qin Jiu again.

"When will he know how to measure, and when will he go back to his big prison."

If it were someone else, Qin Jiu would have cursed and sprinkled a handful of poisonous powder.

But the other party is Xie Gui, the person held in the palm of his Patriarch.

Even without his patriarch, Qin Jiu felt that, with Xie Gui's intentions, it would not take much effort to punish him to death.

In desperation, Qin Jiu could only stare at Mao'er.

Yan Qi suppressed a smile, and put the iced grapes in front of Xie Gui.

"The lord is fighting with the old fox of the Sheng family, so he probably won't be able to come these few days."

Xie Gui glanced at Yan Qi with cold eyes, "I'm busy with mine, and he is busy with his, what are you talking about."

Yan Qi immediately suppressed the remaining words.

Qin Jiu interjected gloatingly: "The tacit understanding between the young master and the lord, why do you need to talk too much?"

After a painful lesson, he held back and didn't spit out the next sentence.

His Patriarch detained Xie Gui in the palace, what is the difference between him and Jinwu Zangjiao.

"You don't need to talk too much." Xie Gui finished approving a document, put it aside, and picked up a grape, "The Sheng family has always been difficult to deal with, and keeping Prince Gong from turning over is already considered a great success. If within ten days he If you can get by, the Sheng family will collapse."

Qin Jiu added expressionlessly: "Ten days? How do I remember that there seemed to be strange noises last night?"

Xie Gui looked natural: "You heard wrong."

Qin Jiu chuckled, pulled two grapes into his mouth, and walked away with the cat in his arms.

Everyone in Tiangangwei is good at martial arts, Qin Jiu must not be the only one who heard the voice, but Qin Jiu is probably the only one who blatantly said it.

Yan Qi coughed and pretended nothing happened, "Is there anything you want to bring into the palace, young master?"

"No, the big thing is the most important thing, these things don't bother you to run." Xie Gui stood up and stretched his legs a little, "Your status is different now, walking in the Eastern Palace, there will be countless eyes staring at you."

Yan Qi nodded, "Young master taught me that."

Not long ago, the emperor issued a decree to make Fengzhang, the king of Yan, the crown prince and the master of the East Palace.

The long-vacant East Palace finally ushered in a new owner.The Ministry of Rites was so busy that everyone was on their backs, Feng Zhang took this opportunity to send a secret letter to the Xie Mansion.

The staff of the Xie family did not dare to open and read the letter sent by the crown prince, so they could only tell Xie Yong and put it on Xie Yong's desk.

When Shangshu ordered Xie Yong to finish the affairs of the East Palace without touching his feet, he invited Fengzhang into the East Palace, sat in his study with great difficulty, opened the letter, and was so angry that he wanted to go to the palace to sue.

Feng Zhang said frankly that Xie Gui's body was weak and he was not suitable for walking around, so he was left in Prince Yan's Mansion to recuperate, and he would not go back to Xie's Mansion during this time.

This level of shamelessness is really better than blue.

With the imperial decree, the people around King Yan took up positions one after another and took up their posts.The only exception is Xie Gui, who has no job or position, and the idle clouds and wild cranes generally stay here.

Even so, no one dared to underestimate Xie Gui.

Now everyone understands that the king of Yan won the victory from the evenly matched princes, and this one deserves the credit.

Yan Qi said something carefully about Xie Gui's reputation from the outside world, but Xie Gui didn't take it seriously, "You just need to tell me what is the current situation of the Sheng family."

He needs to recuperate, and there are many people staring at him outside, so he can only move around in the palace, so he hasn't heard any news from outside for a long time.

Yan Qi nodded, "His Royal Highness Prince Gong is imprisoned in the prison, which is said to be the one where King Ping stayed. Now no one in the court dares to intercede for him, only Mr. Sheng mentions this from time to time."

Yan Qi originally thought that he would be happy, but saw Xie Gui frowning.

"I'd like to see Chaos in Chaos, but I still underestimated Sheng Jiangliu." Xie Gui sighed.

Yan Qiqi asked: "Why?"

"If the court is in chaos because of this matter, His Majesty will have murderous intentions against Prince Gong. Because he is only a prince, but he can make the court intercede for him."

Yan Qi's expression gradually became serious.

"Sheng Jiangliu desperately pressed his voice in the middle of the court, thinking that big things should be reduced to small things, and finally find another chance to fish him out and find another reason for King Ping's death. Given time, King Gong will soon become a big one again." Woe."

"The young man thought..."

"The Wei family will never come forward. It is better for the Sheng family to benefit than us. Father has to step in to deal with this matter."

Yan Qi almost bit his tongue.

He hasn't told Mr. Xie about Feng Zhang's trick behind his back.Do you want his Patriarch to go up and beg Xie Yong?Xie Yong really won't take a layer of skin from his Patriarch?

"Do you really think I don't know what he has done?" Xie Gui glanced at him, "Leave me to write it, and you can find someone to send it over."

Yan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, my lord."

Before delivering the letter, Yan Qi suddenly remembered another matter, and hurriedly told him: "My lord, the young master of the Zhao family wants to see you again."

Xie Gui was annoyed, "No see."

Yan Qi was very embarrassed, "Now the whole capital knows that he is a well-known merchant in Youji, has a good relationship with His Royal Highness, and even sent medicinal materials to the young master..."

It goes without saying that the latter is nothing more than borrowing Fengzhang and his name to make money in the capital and establish relationships.

Xie Gui frowned, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Yan Qi's face was flushed, "I want to talk about it earlier, but..."

But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sneaks out of the East Palace after finishing his government affairs every day, and comes to Yan Palace to have a private meeting with you. How dare he speak out?

Mr. Xie, who used to go to bed early and get up early, has spent countless days before getting up.

Yan Qi was sure that if he said half a word, he would be hanged in the Tiangang Guard Prison the next day... that night.

Xie Gui didn't realize it, and rubbed his temples, "He always wants to come to this point, I want to keep him alive, but he won't give me a chance—Have you found Sheng Yuyi?"

"Not found yet. Previously reported that he appears to be still outside the border."

"Without this chess piece, the Sheng family and Zhao Pinjun will have less restraint. We must find him as soon as possible."

"Yes." Yan Qi scratched his head, "There is one more thing that I almost forgot."

Xie Gui threw a look at you with a bad memory.

Yan Qi smiled embarrassedly: "Your Highness specially asked me to tell you, Your Majesty received the letter of credence from Zhairen yesterday. Crown Prince Yeluzhuo and Princess Yelulanlan will arrive in the capital soon."

Xie Gui slowly raised the corners of his lips.

Yeluzhuo kept in mind the two-year agreement, and it was time to keep the appointment.

"This is a good opportunity for His Highness to show his prestige," Xie Gui coughed unnaturally, "Tell Your Highness to concentrate on political affairs."

Yan Qi understood, and snickered, "Yes."

"Besides, if the crown prince from Zhai is coming, probably another person will follow." Xie Gui smiled, "If you ask Tiangangwei to watch the prince's chariot, there must be someone we are looking for inside."

Yan Qi was ordered to retreat.

Xie Gui felt a little dizzy after standing for a long time, and wanted to sit back, but his legs and feet were a little uncontrollable, and he fell back to his position stiffly.

Probably stood for a long time.

He supported his forehead with one hand and rubbed it gently. The wide sleeves fell on his elbows, revealing his reddened arms.He caught a glimpse of it inadvertently, and immediately rolled up his sleeves like a thief.

Fortunately, there was no one around, Xie Gui cleared his throat unnaturally.

Not seeing each other for a day is like three autumns.Ever since Feng Zhang entered the East Palace, he has been a little impatient.Recently, it has been even more out of line, sneaking into his room every night, tossing and pitying him roughly before slipping away reluctantly.

Even so, the two still missed the last step.It's not for anything else, because his body hasn't recovered yet, and after being kissed hard, he can faint for most of the day.

Xie Gui rubbed his flushed face, saw the guard passing by, quickly pretended nothing happened, and lowered his head to eat the grapes.

That night, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince climbed over the wall and entered, only to see the man who hurt to the bone, holding the cat that hurt to the bone, and fell asleep soundly.

His Royal Highness was silent for a while, then climbed over the wall and left.