Just like the drunken voice

The next day, Chu Si visited the Rongguo Mansion, but was blocked outside as expected.

"Lord Chu, I'm sorry that my master is sick and can't see guests. Please go back." The porter followed Rong Guogong's order and respectfully stopped Chu Si outside.

"Go and make a report, and say that I was sent by the emperor to visit Duke Rong." Chu Si had anticipated such a situation a long time ago, and directly used the emperor's banner.

"Here...you wait a moment." The porter hesitated for a moment, but went in to deliver the message.

"Master..." Li Nian looked at Rong Guogong's face and asked, "See you or not?"

"Didn't I say it? I don't see you." Rong Guogong teased the bird calmly, without looking at Li Nian.

"Master Chu said that the emperor sent him here..."

"Your Majesty?" Rong Guogong chuckled, "Your Majesty came to see me in person."

Li Nian understood what his master meant, and retreated to follow the concierge to the gate of the mansion.

Chu Si lingered in front of the gate of Rongguo Mansion for a while, and saw the red door slowly opened, and the old housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion came out from the small door.

"Master Chu." Li Nian leaned forward to salute, "My master is really sick, and there are no outsiders."

Chu Si weighed Li Nian's words twice, and then said: "Mr. Rong Guo is the minister of the humerus of my Dashao. I hope you will take care of yourself so that you can recuperate. These are the supplements given by the emperor. Steward Li sent someone to take them away." .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Li Nian told someone to accept the things, and watched Chu Si leave.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Chu Si turned Li Nian's words back and forth several times before he could confirm what he meant.After entering the palace and seeing Shao Jing, he said straightly: "Your Majesty, as expected, I did not see Duke Rong."

"Of course." Shao Jing was not surprised at all, "What kind of medicine is sold in this gourd by my grandfather..."

"I think..." Chu Si said bluntly, "Duke Rong Guo wants to see you directly... I'd better ask you to come in person."

"Forget it, I'll go there in person some other day. With the support of my grandparents, half of the goal of suppressing Enke has been achieved."

Chu Si nodded.

Opening Enke, selecting good talents and entrusting them with important tasks, cultivating ministers who are only loyal to Shao Jing, winning over Rong Guogong, and emptying Qin Zhonghai—these steps seem easy, but in fact they are very difficult to implement.Chu Si couldn't help sighing softly, he walked so cautiously at the first step, and he will suffer in the days to come.

"What are you thinking about, my lord Tai Tuo?" Shao Jing bullied himself, and whispered in Chu Si's ear, who had drifted away from his thoughts.

"Your Majesty!" Chu Si was taken aback, he could not stand still and almost fell, Shao Jing helped him up and said, "Be careful!"

Chu Si bumped straight into Shao Jing's arms, a little embarrassed, and was about to break free, but was caught by Shao Jing: "I saved Master Taifu, what reward will I have?"

Chu Si rolled his eyes at him and said, "If the emperor hadn't suddenly frightened me, would I have fallen down?"

"It was 'almost' falling." Shao Jing chuckled, lowered his head and lightly pecked Chu Si's earlobe, "You Zhi, don't worry, I won't hurt you."

Chu Si buried his face in Shao Jing's chest, quietly enjoying the rare time alone.

Although the two of them didn't clearly express their intentions, there was no need to say much when they were talking together.But the relationship between the two people only stopped at hugging and kissing, and did not go any further.Don't you want to?No, no, it's just that every time he gets impulsive, Zhao Peiyuan's ridicule in the court hall deeply hurts the two of them.Shao Jing was unwilling to accept this ridicule, but Chu Si didn't care about it on the surface, but in his heart, that sentence stuck in his heart like a thorn.All I can do now is to clench my fists tightly and hold the world tightly, so that no one in this world dares to say anything more.

Later, Shao Jing went to the Rongguo Mansion in person, and had a long secret talk with Rong Guogong. When he came out, Shao Jing looked a little helpless, but Rong Guogong's expression was extremely good.Later, Chu Si asked Shao Jing about the conversation, Shao Jing just said noncommittally: "After all, my grandfather still protects me...Chu Si, don't worry."

Seeing that Shao Jing really didn't want to say it, Chu Si had to say: "It's fine if you don't want to say it... But are you sure that Duke Rong is on our side?"

Shao Jing said: "Of course. Don't you believe me?"

Chu Si said: "Okay then... the most important thing now is the matter of Enke."

Shao Jing smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry, Chu Si, it will be New Year's Eve soon."

Chu Si raised his head and met his eyebrows and eyes. Seeing his smiling face, he couldn't help but feel happy: "Why are you so happy on New Year's Eve like a child?"

"Yeah, when I was a prince, I looked forward to New Year's Eve the most." Shao Jing seemed to be caught in some kind of memory, "There are three full days off."

Shao Jing was the prince, and he was the crown prince, and the Taifu had very strict requirements on him.Shaojing lost his mother's love again, so naturally he has to work extra hard, be better than others, in order to win his father's favor and love.

"The year I met His Majesty, His Majesty was still a crying child..."

"Not crying!"

Chu Si was interrupted by Shao Jing halfway through his speech.

"What's more, you were also a young boy at that time!" Shao Jing held Chu Si in his arms, and said bitterly, "If it weren't for you at that time..."

Chu Si understood what he hadn't finished speaking, so he patted the hand on his body lightly.

In the 15th year of Zhenghe, Chu Si was just 16 years old.At that time, Qiu Wei Chu Si ranked seventh in the top two, and he was the youngest among the top three, so he was in the limelight for a while.On New Year's Eve, Emperor Kangqi hosted a banquet for all the officials and the new officials. Chu Si, as the leader, naturally attracted the most attention. Many officials came to toast one after another, and they were a little drunk without knowing it.Chu Si couldn't take it anymore, so he asked Rao to leave the banquet, and wandered around the imperial garden, admiring the snow scenery, and sobering up by the way.

While wandering unintentionally, I saw a young man about thirteen or fourteen wandering back and forth by the edge of the lotus pond.Someone next to him was reaching out to push the boy.Chu Si was a little drunk, and shouted uncontrollably: "Who made a mistake here!!"

"You——" Shao Jing was frightened by Chu Si's sound, turned around suddenly, and saw the eunuch who had been following him push him suddenly, Shao Jing was startled and frightened, subconsciously bent over, and twiddled twice , went around behind the eunuch, raised his leg and kicked him out.

The eunuch just hit the side of the lotus pond impartially. The surface of the pond, which should have been frozen solid in the cold winter months, was cracked by such a bump. It was obvious that someone had tampered with it, and the eunuch sank. went in.In winter, the clothes are heavy, and the water is absorbed like a heavy weight, pulling people down, and the water in the pool is icy, and people can't thump twice before freezing, Shao Jing watched the eunuch sink to the bottom in shock.

Chu Si had already galloped over and hugged Shao Jing in his arms. Shao Jing didn't care who the stranger was, but just nestled in Chu Si's arms with red eyes, tightly pulling his sleeves tightly.

The commotion here attracted the attention of the patrolling guards, and when a group of people rushed over, there was only a big hole in the ice surface and Shao Jing and two people nestled in Chu Si's arms.

"His Royal Highness!!" The chief guard looked at the situation in front of him, although he didn't know what happened, but he knew that his dereliction of duty could not escape from Shaojing's appearance, so he knelt down and apologized: "The escort came late, Your highness, please come down!"

At this moment, Shao Jing had come to his senses, and he raised his head from Chu Si's arms and said, "Gu...Gu wants to go back to the palace..."

"Yes!" The head guard hurriedly sent someone to escort Shao Jing, Shao Jing walked two steps and suddenly remembered something, walked up to Chu Si and said, "What's your name?"

"My...my name is Chu Si." Chu Si accidentally witnessed and stopped a case of murdering the prince, his mind was full of the scene just now, and Shao Jing answered the question in a daze , not even courtesy.

"You, very good." Shao Jing calmed down, "I will tell my father and let him reward you well. You go back."

After finishing speaking, he hurried back to the palace under the escort of the guards.

Chu Si heard later that the emperor was not particularly angry when he knew about this incident, but ordered the Ministry of Criminal Justice to handle the case step by step, and then gave Shaojing some rewards to suppress the shock, but the eunuch who started the attack had already drowned and had no clue. Let it go.

This was the first time Chu Si and Shao Jing met.

Because of his meritorious service in saving Jia, Chu Si was not dispatched as an official like his contemporaries, but stayed in the capital and became the prince's staff.

Outsiders all said that Chu Si had a good life, but through this incident, he understood that the relationship between the emperor and the prince was not very deep.It is said that the father and son of the Tian family have a weak relationship, but the relationship between Shao Jing and Emperor Kang Qi can only be described as ruthless.

The emperor has always liked the second prince's mother concubine, Xi concubine, and Xi concubine's stomach was full of pride, and she gave birth to the second prince Shao Yu and the fourth prince Shao Sheng successively. If Xi concubine's family affairs were not humble, the position of empress would not fall to Shao Jing's mother concubine , on Concubine Rong.Emperor Kang Qi appointed Concubine Rong as queen under the advice of his ministers, but he was reluctant in his heart.After Empress Deshun gave birth to Shaojing, she lost to the pain of childbirth, which made Emperor Kangqi have nowhere to vent her anger.If the empress had no children, the second prince would be able to be established as the crown prince justifiably in line with the principle of establishing a son but not a son, but now that he has a son, no matter how biased Emperor Kang Qi is, he would not dare to reveal it publicly. Violating the rules set by his ancestors, he had no choice but to make Shaojing the crown prince.

The older Shao Jing was, the more he looked like Empress Deshun, Emperor Kang Qi became annoyed when he saw it, and he simply didn't want to see Shao Jing anymore.

Shao Jing was not cared by his mother and concubine since he was a child, but fortunately he had a powerful relative like Rong Guogong to rely on, and he grew up without any danger.