Later, I became the prince of the group

After leaving the hall, Chu Yan and Chu Ze met at the corner.

Chu Ze was going back to the harem, while Chu Yan was going to the harem to handle political affairs.

The two stopped at the same time and glanced at each other. Chu Ze smiled first and said, "Brother is really well prepared today."

Chu Yan: "I didn't want to be like this, but someone insisted on bringing trouble to my door, so I had to guard against... Fourth brother, would you understand me?"

Chu Ze was silent for a moment, then said, "Please."

In fact, Chu Yan did not deliberately plot Chu Ze into the network, and the current Chu Ze is not worth his troubles, and the family and country affairs are a hundred times more important than him.

The flaw was exposed in Qiu Zihua's body.

After Chu Yan left Beijing, Li Pingrui and Jin Su have been helping Chu Yan keep an eye on Qiu's house secretly, and track down who is behind them.

The so-called Qiu Zizhen climbed up to the merchant master was actually arranged by Jin Su, so that he could always control the movements of these two people in his own hands.

Sure enough, not long after Qiu Zihua was redeemed, an "employee" appeared to contact him.

The "owner" should be the mastermind behind Qiu Zizhen's instigation of Yingmei's visit to sow discord, because apart from this, no one will care about the life and death of a lowly slave.

An insignificant person like Qiu Zihua was demoted to slavery by the emperor himself. The only remaining use value is to add trouble and send him to death, such as using his hatred to make him a scapegoat. revenge without thinking of another mastermind.

But in other words, if the person behind the scenes wants to keep such a small person for use, then his situation is really very poor.

So Chu Yan thought for a while, and directly locked on it was Chu Ze.

After they returned to Beijing, Chu Yan sent someone to tell the businessman's family that if Qiu Zihua behaved strangely, he would come to inform them.

That day, after Qiu Zihua received the note from his boss, he immediately went to buy some medicine powder, and was discovered by the waiter in the restaurant who was in charge of watching him, and passed it to Chu Yan several times.

Qiu Zihua himself is not sick, even if he is sick, he should bring back a package of prepared medicinal materials, it is impossible to bring back only a small amount of medicinal powder, which makes people suspicious.

During this period of time, there were many people who wanted to curry favor with Chu Yan, but Chu Yan wanted to help Emperor Chengxing handle government affairs and had no time to socialize. It happened that Liu Qi hadn't enjoyed the food, drink and entertainment in the capital for a long time, so he went for him.

So Chu Yan followed his plan and asked Liu Qi to go to the banquet the next day, but he took the medicine that could relieve the confusion in advance.

Even if Emperor Chengxing didn't summon Chu Yan that day, Chu Yan would bring Liu Qi into the palace to greet the queen.

"Not only that, but I also know that you secretly manipulated Yingmei." Chu Yan said again, "And Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is your man."

At that time, Chu Rui and Chu He were fighting fiercely, and there was no reason to find trouble for Chu Yan at this juncture. Instead, it was Chu Ze. He learned from Lu Shangshu that Chu Yan had shown his prestige in rescuing the sixth princess, so he took advantage of the other two. When the snipe and the clam were fighting, they wanted to cut off Chu Yan's way just in case.

He is still a bit smart, knowing that Chu Rui and Chu He will be rejected by his father sooner or later if they continue to fight like this, so he came up with this trick, so that when the three brothers in front have no chance, it is time for him to start his career.

It's just that he underestimated Chu Yan after all.

"What do you want?" Chu Ze frowned. He dared to admit Qiu Zihua's affairs, but Lu Shangshu was his most important chess piece, and he couldn't lose it.

Chu Yan said lightly: "I just want to remind you that you have no chance of winning, and if you stop in time, there will be good results. Father is not someone who suspects brothers at will, and neither am I. Fourth brother, a life of peace of mind is not better than life ?"

Chu Ze sneered, but didn't answer.

That's all Chu Yan said, and he didn't say any more, and he left and went to the apse.

Chu Ze looked at his back, clenched his fists fiercely, and his mind was full of the phrase "You have no chance of winning".

He felt a sense of powerlessness, but he was extremely unwilling.

It's not yet...the time to give up like this, yes, the emperor dotes on Chu Yan now, can he still dote on him for the rest of his life?In the future, when the power of the crown prince grows, can the emperor be free from suspicion?

And now there is Chu Rui, yes, Chu Rui said those words at the wine table, now even if he doesn't want to get on his own thief ship, he has to get on board, the two of them conspire together, and they can always deal with the prince alone!

Two days later, it will be the Shangyuan Festival.

Chu Yan asked for permission from his father, and let a few little Doudings in the palace come out to play. The Doudings were so happy that they all pestered Chu Yan, the older one wanted to praise, and the younger one wanted to hug.

Chu Yan hugged one in each hand, and coaxed the children to be happy in a "rain and dew" manner. While the sixth prince was happy, he was a little puzzled: "Brother, why are you so talkative today?"

Chu Yan asked back: "When am I not good at talking?"

The sixth prince thought about it carefully, and found that there was none.

On the surface, Chu Yan disliked them, but in fact he responded to every request. Taking Taolefang's toys as an example, he said that he asked their mother and concubine to buy them with their own money. In fact, after the new batch of toys came out, they were all given away. set.

So the sixth prince said: "It just feels...not so cold."

Chu Yan froze for a moment, he seemed to be more and more tolerant of these children.

At first, I thought they were very noisy. Children of this age would annoy adults with anything serious, and the prince was no exception.

Recently, the emperor wanted to let Chu Yan get in touch with his brothers more and build up the prestige that belonged to his elder brother, so he entrusted Chu Yan with asking about his younger brothers' homework, and Chu Yan could only pinch his nose and patiently mix with them.

After a few days... I really felt like raising a baby.

Thinking about it this way, Chu Yan looked more pleasing to the eyes of the little Douding.

Either way, he and Liu Qi are destined to have no children, so it would be nice to raise a few younger brothers to enjoy themselves.

So he said to everyone with a pleasant face: "Go out later, what do you want, brother will pay for it."

The princes and princesses were flattered.

They all have quotas, so they can't afford to buy things, but it's really cool to have the richest elder brother covering them.

Before they arrived at Youshi, they left the palace in a mighty way, and Liu Qi and the carriage of the Wangfu were waiting at the gate of the city.

After Chu Yan sent money to the princes and princesses, he got back into his carriage and said, "Go to West Market."

Liu Qi was confused: "West market, isn't it Bei market?"

There are many nobles living near Beishi, and people who visit the night market are usually afraid of bumping into the nobles, so on days like Lantern Festival, they will deliberately avoid Beishi. Similarly, nobles who live in other places will also go to Beishi by default and avoid Ordinary people.

"If you go to Beishi, you will probably be stalked by those kids, but I don't want to be disturbed." Chu Yan held his hand, "It's just the two of us, how about it?"

Liu Qi smiled: "I can't ask for it."

When they arrived in West Market, it was just beginning to get dark, and all kinds of lanterns were hung on the street, and all of them were lit up in a blink of an eye.

The folk lanterns are naturally not as good as the craftsmanship in the palace, but they are more lively and interesting.

"It's the first time you come out to celebrate this festival. I know exactly what to eat and play in the market on the Shangyuan Festival. I guarantee you will have a good time!" Liu Qi clasped his hand tightly, raised it and shook it Huang, "There are too many people, don't get lost."

There are four streets in the West Market, each of which is very long, with vendors lined up from the street to the end of the street, very lively.

Liu Qi shook his Highness's hand, and made up their identities with great interest: "Now we are a pair of ordinary brothers who go out to play..."

Chu Yan couldn't help interrupting: "How can there be brothers holding hands?"

Liu Qi let out an "uh" and said, "Because you...yes, you have brain problems."

Chu Yan: "..."

"You are a foolish and silly Mr. Meilang, um, just like you used to be. Although you are old, you are no different from a child. I have taken care of your younger brother since I was a child. It is pitiful to see you staying at home all the time. I took you out to visit the Lantern Festival, so naturally I want to hold your hand to prevent you from running around." Liu Qi said, "And you, you have to listen to me, and you can only listen to me, and be gentle with me alone. Smile, if someone bullies me, you will be very, very fierce."

"By the way, I will also ask me to buy you things, such as candied haws, and then you will share them with me."

Chu Yan looked in the direction he pointed, and there happened to be a candied haws seller there.

Chu Yan understood, and cooperatively pointed to the straw shelf in the salesman's hand: "I want that."

"That's so dry." Liu Qi muttered in a low voice, "Forget it, since you want it, I'll give you a taste."

He paid two copper coins, and sure enough, he only bought one string. When he handed it to Chu Yan, he even told Chu Yan, "You can't eat too much of this thing, it will cause a toothache, you know?"

Chu Yan nodded seriously, looking really like a child listening to training.

He took off the whole hawthorn, broke the hard rock sugar with his teeth, bowed his head unexpectedly, and put the other half of the hawthorn into Liu Qi's mouth, and then rolled his tongue, and brought out the core again.

His movements were too fast, and in the eyes of others, he just lowered his head, as if no one was looking at him to disturb him.

They stand in the bustling crowd, but the crowd has nothing to do with them.

These two are alone, lingering and obsessed.

Liu Qi touched his lips in a daze, raised his eyes, and met Chu Yan's extremely focused eyes, as if he could only see himself in those beautiful eyes.

Chu Yan looked gentle and said in a serious tone: "Your lips are like candied haws."

Liu Qi felt that his heart probably melted like rock sugar.

It wasn't until Chu Yan handed Liu Qi his hand that the latter came back to his senses.

He led Chu Yan to continue walking, no matter what was sold at the stall, he had to stop and take a look.

He remembered that His Highness had never received preferential treatment before, and he should have never enjoyed such a joyful scene, so he couldn't help but tighten his hand.

I can't tell if it's distressing, or something more complicated.

Chu Yan would cooperate and ask: "Xiaoqi, what is this?"

Liu Qi introduced him seriously.

Chu Yan said: "Xiaoqi, I want to eat sesame seed cakes."

Liu Qi bought it and wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief.

"Xiaoqi, there are many people here." Chu Yan occasionally pretended to be uneasy, pretending to be very carefree.

Liu Qi liked this very much, coaxing him and saying, "Isn't it because of me, it's nothing to be afraid of, look—"

He pointed forward, his eyes full of joy: "This is a bright and bright worry-free world."

In a daze, I seemed to see two children, holding hands, running past beside me.

They shuttled among the shadows, and the lights shrouded the road ahead, as if they were going to a beautiful dream.

It was the young him in shabby clothes, and he was belatedly seeing him once in the world.

Something flashed through Chu Yan's mind, too fast to catch it.

He couldn't help pressing his chest, only feeling that there was some slight astringency hidden in it.

It's not uncomfortable, it's more like the satisfaction after suffering for too long.

Inadvertently, people didn't notice that the corners of his mouth were raised.

Chu Yan has never realized before that those memories belonging to a certain little fool have become so clear in his mind, as if he had personally experienced them.

Liu Qi seemed to have noticed something, turned around, and gently put his hand on his chest: "Huai Zhao, are you sad?"

"No." Chu Yan recovered, "No, I'm just happy."

How happy it came to this world.

Glad to have met you.

The author has something to say: I wrote the second half of the bgm: Xiaoyu co□□os-War of the Crown World War Tender Version Accompaniment

Such a gentle melody~