Later, I became the prince of the group

The chess game is over, and the topic will also be exhausted.

Chu Yan looked at Liu Wen, with a casual tone as if he was talking about something commonplace: "No accident, father-in-law will be able to take back the military power soon."

Master Liu Hou couldn't help trembling.

This was the first time Chu Yan mentioned military power to him today, and he specially used the title "father-in-law" to emphasize their relationship. Liu Wen was afraid that his next sentence would be to seize the heir.

The Liu family has been a pure minister since Emperor Chengxing ascended the throne. Although this status as a pure minister has been broken since the moment Liu Qi was accused of marriage, at least the Liu family is still free from party disputes. An Wangyue's family.

Chu Yan didn't seem to see his expression: "After Liangzhou's soldiers and horses are taken back, they will always send people to guard them. Although Liangzhou is not on the sidelines, it is connected to the Southern Jin Dynasty by water... After the father-in-law is gone, he will first help I'll build a boat."

Liu Wen didn't expect that the topic would suddenly turn to shipbuilding, and he was stunned: "Ship?"

Chu Yan said: "Yes, although the Southern Jin Dynasty is now chaotic, the continents along the river have always been rich because of trade. I will go and make a fortune."

Liu asked: "..."

I don't know whether to breathe a sigh of relief or sigh.

While they were talking, they came out of the house, Liu Wen was called away by the eunuch sent by the palace as soon as he left the yard.

Chu Yan was planning to leave alone, when he came to the door, he happened to see someone seeing off the guests, so he moved away from him.

Xinqing had already inquired clearly, and said in a timely manner: "That is Cen Qingqing from the household servant's family, and he made a marriage contract with the son of Renting Hou not long ago."

"Just after the engagement, the girl came to the door alone?"

"I heard that the old lady likes her very much, and Liu Shizi is still far away at the border, so there is nothing to avoid suspicion, so let her accompany her."

The guard at the gate had already noticed Chu Yan, and hurriedly greeted him with a smile: "The prince is leaving now? Are you not waiting for the princess?"

Chu Yan was taken aback for a moment, and soon remembered that Liu Qi had agreed to come and deliver the chessboard in person.

He asked for the location, and was about to ask someone to lead the way, when he saw a woman in yellow hurriedly approaching, and bowed to him: "I have seen the prince."

This woman sent Cen Qingqing out of the mansion just now, Chu Yan thought she was someone's servant girl, but when she got closer, she realized that this person was not dressed like a servant.

The servant who led the way respectfully called out: "Miss Biao." She informed her of her identity.

The woman looks delicate and soft, and her voice is soft: "The daughter of the people also wants to go back to the old lady, and join the prince on the way."

After speaking, he backed away a good distance, and walked behind with only one maid.

Chu Yan only thought she was here to see the ceremony, and didn't pay much attention to it. When he was about to pass by a pavilion in the old lady's yard, he thought about it, and he would bother the old lady and Mrs. Liu when he passed, not to mention Miss Liu's cousin was also going there It was inconvenient for him to be a foreigner, so he asked Xinqing to follow the servants who led the way to pass the message, and went to the pavilion to rest by himself.

Qiu Zizhen wanted to follow in, but it was the maid who secretly tugged at her sleeves that made her resist the impulse.

She first went back to the old lady to report the news, and heard Xinqing say: "Your Highness knows that Mr. Liu is thinking about home, and specially asked this slave to inform Mr. Liu not to come out in a hurry, and to talk to Mrs. Hou and Mrs. Hou more often."

Mrs. Liu immediately said: "How can this be done? How can the prince be left alone?"

Xinqing said with a smile: "Madam, don't worry, my Highness spends time reading story books in the pavilion, it doesn't matter, just ask Madam for some tea and snacks."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Liu couldn't be more polite, and hurriedly asked people to go down to prepare.

He showed gratified eyes again: It seems that King An is still good to his son.

Qiu Zizhen waited for the others to go down, then found an excuse to leave, and hurried to the kitchen. Because of the large number of guests today, the small kitchen had already prepared refreshments, and she just needed to bring them away. Qiu Zizhen asked her maid to make some preparations. He took the tea and food by himself, arranged his appearance, and sent it to the pavilion.

Wang An was really reading some storybook, there seemed to be pictures in it, Qiu Zizhen thought to himself, such a man who is greedy for fun is better than those serious and honest gentlemen, even if he is not tempted for a while when he sees a beautiful woman, he will become a little greedy after a long time .

I just don't know what amusing content is in the storybook, which made An Wang laugh with a "hum" and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.His eyebrows and eyes are a bit thick, and his face is beautiful, but the deep facial features have laid a layer of sharp color on this beauty, making him look a little cold, but when he smiled, he dispelled the coldness, and his eyes seemed to have brilliance.

She collected herself and put the refreshments on the table.

It was only then that Xinqing saw that it was her, she was surprised for a moment, and seeing that his master didn't raise his head, she smiled and called out: "So it's Miss Biao."

Qiu Zizhen lowered her eyebrows and said calmly: "My aunt asked me to bring the things, please ask the prince to see what is missing."

Xinqing felt a little strange, Miss Biao was not a servant, how could the old lady ask her to see her off, but seeing Qiu Zizhen's cautious appearance, Xinqing didn't think much about it.

He quickly said: "Some are enough."

Chu Yan was disturbed by the back-and-forth conversation, looked up, and paused slightly when his indifferent eyes swept over Qiu Zizhen's face.

Looks a little familiar.

Chu Yan paused, and asked, "What's your name?"

Qiu Zizhen was secretly happy, and said in a soft and obedient voice: "My little girl Zizhen, her surname is Qiu."

Sure enough, she belongs to the same family as Qiu Zihua, who comes to the palace for dinner every now and then.Thinking of this, Chu Yan felt a little upset, and turned his gaze back to the storybook.

Seeing this, Xinqing hurriedly said: "Thank you for your hard work, Ms. Biao, please go back."

Qiu Zizhen felt a little reconciled, and felt that the eunuch was too much of a nuisance, and the prince didn't say anything, so he drove her away every word.

But she didn't want to be too entangled, and she knew that the people around the prince should not be offended, so she agreed and left.

I thought to myself that I had left my name with the prince so quickly, which is already a great harvest. By the way, seeing that the prince likes the story books, I might as well collect a few more books by myself.

When it was time to finish the meal, Chu Yan had already read the book five times over and over again, not to mention the content in the book, and almost memorized every line in the accompanying picture.

After the last time, he finally couldn't wait any longer, threw the script into Xin Qing's arms, got up and went to look for Liu Qi.

Not far from the old lady's courtyard, I saw Liu Qi's cousin hugging his arm affectionately, with a delicate smile on her face, coquettishly whispering to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi turned his back to Chu Yan, couldn't see his expression clearly, only heard a helpless but compromised voice: "Okay, okay, can't I promise you? Let go."

Xinqing was happily about to call her princess, when she suddenly heard a heavy "tsk" from her side.

It just so happened that Liu Qi also saw Chu Yan, and he beckoned, then turned his head to talk to his "Cousin Zhen", coaxing him away before coming over.

Chu Yan was annoyed in his heart: What's the matter with the Qiu family, the man wants to pester his concubine, and the woman also pesters his concubine. As a cousin, I don't know how to keep a distance from my cousin?

His cold face was placed in front of Liu Qi, and when Liu Qi came over, he naturally took his hand, and it happened to be the one held by Qiu Zizhen, Chu Yan didn't cooperate, and looked down at that arm.

Liu Qi explored to find it, and finally touched Chu Yan's wrist, but he blocked it back.

He looked at the person walking forward inexplicably, not knowing what provoked him.

Little did she know that this scene fell into Qiu Zizhen's eyes, and the more she thought about it, the happier she became.

It seems that the lord may not really love Cousin Qi as much as he has shown, maybe it is for the Liu family's face that he put on a show in the Liu mansion.Otherwise, how could she be disgusted when she saw Liu Qi leaning forward?

Liu Qi on the other end followed, and looked sideways at Chu Yan: "Uh... did you get angry for waiting too long, but you obviously said there is no need to worry."

Chu Yan paused, thinking that he couldn't show embarrassment because of this, so he took his hand and said, "I'm not angry."

Liu Qi had a look of disbelief, and after walking for a while, he suddenly said: "By the way, my cousin Zhen told me that she wanted to come to Tao Lefang to help. She is good at making pastries, can teach the people in the kitchen, and can also help with calculations. Yes, it's pitiful for her to be bored at home by herself, so let her join in the fun, don't you think so?"

Chu Yan: I don't think so.

He silently let go of Liu Qi's hand, and took a deep look at him. Liu Qi was used to seeing his face when he was studying, and was very familiar with his small expressions. For example, the meaning of this look is: you reflect .

Then His Royal Highness Wang "cengceng" moved forward several steps away from him.

Liu Qi:?

Reverse, reflect on what.

Later Liu Qi realized that Chu Yan probably meant that he disagreed, but he was too embarrassed to go back on his promise to the good people, so he arranged Qiu Zizhen into the newly expanded "chess room".

The new chess room is built for those boys who usually like to come to Taolefang to play flower cards. Although they have cards at home, they feel completely different from playing with young men and playing with friends, and they feel comfortable when they come out to play.The place is in a street-facing residential house not far from Tao Lefang. The houses in the yard are all ready-made. It is good to decorate the inside and the yard a little, and it will open when Qiu Lie comes back.

Qiu Zizhen was just registering the things she bought one by one every day. She felt that this should be done by the shopkeeper, and after eight days of coming, Wang An didn't come over to take a look. Instead, he would go to the store and toys every day. In the workshop, she couldn't help suspecting that Liu Qi deliberately kept her from seeing King An.

Because she was in a bad mood, she walked too quickly when she came home and bumped into the maidservant. She couldn't help but slap her across the face: "You bastard, do you have eyes?"

Seeing the young lady, the maid stopped early on the side of the road, huddled against the pillar, and was bumped straight up by Qiu Zizhen, full of grievances but dared not speak out, and quickly knelt down to admit her mistake.

Qiu Zihua passed by and glanced at it, and said with a smile: "Oh, why are you so angry, you may be able to go to the autumn hunting tomorrow, and it would be too late for me to be happy."

Qiu Zizhen has a good relationship with this brother, so she immediately talked about it.

"Liu Qi has indeed become estranged from our family a lot recently." Qiu Zihua remembered that every time he went to the palace recently, Liu Qi was not very enthusiastic. Sometimes he went so eagerly that he might not even meet Liu Qi.

He sneered: "Hmph, as expected of a princess, she doesn't even look up to us. But you don't have to worry, the chess room will open sooner or later, and King An will go sooner or later. hunting?"

Qiu Zizhen frowned: "There are so many people in Autumn Hunting, the Holy Majesty will go, I can't force myself to join King An."

"Then you can find a way to let the prince come over on his own initiative, wouldn't it be fine?"

"..."

In the early morning of the second day, all the households gathered on the West Avenue next to the city gate, and there were crowds of people watching along the way.

The order of the chariots and horses of each family is not particular, but everyone assumes that the higher-ranked ones go first.

At that time, the royal team came leisurely from the East Avenue, and the emperor asked someone to open the gate of the city. The left prime minister and officials in Beijing stood aside and bowed to see him off, and the ministers' chariots and horses followed in mighty fashion.

Cen Qingqing's carriage was slightly behind, her mother was caught in the cold and did not come, Cen Shilang, as a courtier, rode behind the royal carriage like other ministers, only one elder brother rode behind the carriage.

Qiu Zizhen looked out frequently, and it happened that there was an open bend in front, and she could see the magnificent royal driver at the front. She looked carefully for a long time, and couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you see King An?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone in the carriage couldn't help but look at her.

She hurriedly added: "I was wondering if I could see Cousin Qi."

Cen Qingqing's complexion improved now, she thought that Liu Qi, the famous Princess An, would be her brother-in-law in the future, she couldn't help being a little curious, and asked out the window: "Brother, do you know which Princess An is?"

Cen Shuang pursed his lips and said, "Don't look, he's in the carriage. The one behind the queen is."

Cen Qingqing was a little surprised: "They don't ride horses?"

"Delicate." Cen Shuang couldn't help showing some contempt in his words, "The fourth prince who just turned thirteen is riding a horse outside."

Cen Qing frowned slightly, feeling that her family and the Liu family would soon be in-laws, and she shouldn't say anything to Prince An's Mansion, who is also an in-law of the Liu family, but she couldn't say it directly because there were so many people outside, so she simply lowered the curtain: "The outside is dazzling ,stop looking."

The palace is not far away, but with so many people walking together, the speed is abruptly slowed down. Counting the rest in the middle, it takes two days and one night to walk.

Everyone camped for a night and went to the hunting ground on the third day. The emperor first shot a deer himself, and when he was happy, he asked all the ministers to show their skills.

The generals were naturally eager to try, trying to show their faces in front of the emperor, and the civil officials were all bitter.

Fortunately, Li Pingrui made a witty rescue: "Your Majesty, look at the young people below, they can't wait to rush out directly, let's leave the chance of showing off to the younger generation."

The emperor looked at the men and women who had changed into riding outfits, and couldn't help saying: "Young people are indeed full of vigor."

Li Pingrui said to the other courtiers: "It's no fun for you all to wait, why don't you let His Majesty be the dealer, let's bet on whoever has the most prey is the best."

Emperor Chengxing immediately became interested, and laughed loudly: "That's very good!"

Seeing that the emperor was happy, the ministers all cooperated, and all bet on the treasures they brought. Emperor Chengxing became very excited and announced on the spot: "In ten days, whoever wins the first place, I can promise him one request."

A promise from the emperor is more important than a thousand gold treasures.

The queen smiled, and pulled out a jade hairpin from her head, saying: "Women can't compare with men. Since your Majesty wants to reward the first among men, then the concubine will take this phoenix-tailed jade hairpin to reward the first among girls." one."

The news spread immediately, causing a small wave of sound. Emperor Chengxing ordered people to beat the drums. After the drums fell, the autumn hunting could officially begin.

He himself was not willing to be lonely, and went hunting in the forest himself. Except for the first deer, he hunted down three prey in one morning.

Emperor Chengxing also knew that all the courtiers helped drive the prey to his side, but he naturally would not say that a few prey were put on the grill at noon and distributed.

In the days of autumn hunting, it was rare not to be careful of words and etiquette all the time, and the atmosphere was particularly relaxed. The courtiers were happily discussing the performance of the young masters, and they talked about the prince.

"The third prince's riding and archery skills have improved a lot compared to last year. It can be seen that he has worked hard."

"His Highness Prince Qing is not bad either. On the first day of the autumn hunt last year, he was the one who hunted the most prey."

"Look at the fourth prince, he got on a horse for the first time this year, and he hunted something in one morning..."

Chatting and chatting, I always feel like something is missing.

Not only the ministers, but also Emperor Chengxing was always missing something.

He thought about it for a long time, then suddenly remembered, and asked Liang Ye beside him, "You see King An."

Liang Ye turned his gaze not far away, and saw Yue Yue's figure in a white robe, surrounded by the young prince, it was very lively.

Emperor Chengxing couldn't help being curious, and motioned everyone to keep quiet, and approached slowly.

In the slightly quiet surroundings, the movement in that place became clear.

"No one wants a straight. I'm counting the cards, and I'm sure I won't get it."

"Then you must have miscalculated, I want to go."

"Sister-in-law, please be sober, we are in the same group! The eldest brother is the landlord!"

"Yes, can I go back on my word?"

"can."

"Hey, thank you Your Highness"

"Oh, no thanks."

"Wang fried."

"Three belts and one."

"Give me the silver."

Emperor Chengxing: "..."

Ministers: "..."

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