So Youran

Qi Feng didn't expect to see Youran again after six years of separation, and wondered if the circumstances of these years had changed the child's disposition back then.All he knew was that leisurely shadow had been imprinted on his heart, which he couldn't get rid of.

For this reason, he has not been married until now. When Qi Feng first returned to the capital, his father had intended to propose a marriage for him. The girl was the daughter of the head of the Ministry of Rites. She was sixteen years old and a virtuous and educated person.Qi Feng used an excuse to say that people he doesn't know can stay together for a lifetime.Helplessly, the Seventh Prince took the opportunity of the New Year's Eve to let them watch each other.That girl has a crush on Qi Feng, but Qi Feng is indifferent.The reason he gave to the Seventh Prince was that his appearance was mediocre, fragile and pretentious.The Seventh Prince was speechless for a moment, that girl is one of the most beauties, not to mention she has been studying since she was a child, how could she get such a bad comment?Somehow this comment got out, and the girl almost jumped into the river.Fortunately, a secretary of the Ministry of Rites who admired the girl expressed his heart to the girl and dragged her back.

Since then, the girls in the capital have kept Qi Feng at a respectful distance, fearing that his poisonous tongue will ruin their reputation.Qi Feng felt much more relaxed.But the father was a little anxious. After all, he was old and wanted to have a grandson Cheng Huan.But he knows the temper of his son best, so there is no rush for this matter.

When Qi Feng came to the foot of the mountain, Qi Zi was dozing off in the shade under the tree, he seemed to have been asleep for a long time, he opened his eyes immediately when he heard the sound.Seeing Qi Feng coming down, he was a little dissatisfied.Qi Feng said with a smile: "Today, let's go to the town for dinner first, and then go back to the capital."

Qi Zi pouted, muttering something to himself, but Qi Feng didn't care, nothing could affect his good mood at the moment.

But his good mood was soon affected.

They came to the only inn in the town, which was small and provided meals.It was lunch time at this time, people in the store were coming and going, the business was very good, and there were not many vacant seats.

Qi Feng and Qi Zi came to a place near the inside and sat down.

As soon as he took his seat, Qi Feng was attracted by a voice, and then he saw a familiar person sitting on the seat in front of him.It was the son who came to propose marriage.

His servant was on the table next to him. There were already three jugs of wine on the young man's table, and he was already drunk.Then Jiu Jin yelled loudly: "What is he, he is just an old guy who has been demoted. He looks down on people just because he has some ink in his stomach."

Xiaoer came to Qi Feng's side, nodded and bowed and said: "Forgive me, the guest officer, that young master drank too much, and this is the same thing over and over again, you can bear it."

Qi Feng still stared at the man, Qi Zi ordered three side dishes and a bowl of rice, Xiao Er then retreated.

The young master drank another two sips of wine and said: "Who am I? I am Xie Bang, the son of Prime Minister Xie. If I hadn't heard that there is a peerless beauty here, I would not have come to his door. His stupid knowledge taught me It’s not unusual. What beauty, but she’s just a mute. A dumb woman is still Bao’er. When I go back and tell my father, I’ll tear down his house and snatch his daughter, and see how pure he can be.”

Qi Feng frowned, Xie Bang, it turned out that he was Xie Bang, the famous playboy in the capital, the son of Prime Minister Xie.Even he, who doesn't like to inquire, knows this person's nickname.He already has several wives and concubines, and he still hangs around Fengyuechang all day long, and now he's here to call Leisurely's attention again.

At this time, the people around had already started whispering.

Xie Bang's speech was a little numb, and he couldn't speak clearly. At this moment, he said with a wretched face: "But that beauty is so beautiful. I have never seen such a beautiful woman. All my wives combined are not as beautiful as her. If I can see her radiant If you look like you’re dead, you can petition even if you’re dead.”

Qi Feng was annoyed, You Ran was far away from him, he wished he could hold it in his hand.But Xie Bang was so frivolous, he insulted him with insulting words, and even wanted to get involved.

Picking up the chopsticks in front of him, using a little force with both fingers, the chopsticks hit Xie Bang's Huantiao acupoint directly. Xie Bang was pouring wine into his mouth. He was caught off guard by this, and he fell off his stool, spilling all the wine in his glass. on the face.

The servants next to him immediately surrounded him, trying to help him up.But after trying several times, he fell again.

For a while there was chaos in the store.When he finally stood up, Xie Bang blushed and looked around angrily for a week: "Who, who hit me?"

Qi Feng stood up slowly, flicked his clothes, walked to Xie Bang's desk and said lightly, "I did it."

Xie Bang carefully opened his eyes wide to see the person in front of him clearly.

After seeing him clearly, he was even more furious, and ordered to the surrounding servants: "What are you doing standing there, why don't you beat me to death?"

The servants didn't dare to disobey their orders, and rushed towards Qi Feng together.

With one move by Qi Feng, those servants all fell to the ground.Xie Bang was left standing there alone.

Qi Feng came to his side, put his hand on his shoulder, and said in a gentle voice: "Young Master Xie, that beauty is already famous, and she will be the future imperial concubine. You'd better take care of him obediently." Take care of your mouth, otherwise, you will be the next to fall."

I saw that Xie Bang's body began to tremble, and there were waves of wailing from his mouth. After a while, there was a burst of peeing in the room.

Only then did Qi Feng let go, and those servants dared to come to his master's side.

Xie Bang had never been treated like this before, and he had lost such a big face in front of so many people. He looked at Qi Feng suspiciously, but he didn't dare to stay any longer, and left the inn with the help of his servants.

Qi Feng returned to his seat, as if what happened just now had nothing to do with him.

But Qi Zi said with a worried face: "My son, then Xie Bang is Xie Xiangye's treasure. If you tease him like this, be careful that his father will have trouble with you."

Qi Feng said: "The court belongs to the emperor, what can he do to me?"

Qi Zi said hastily: "Let's keep your voice down. I'd rather offend ten gentlemen than one villain. You should be careful in the future."

Now Qi Feng doesn't care to listen to Qi Zi's nagging, and starts to secretly worry about Youran, what Qi Zi said is right, he is a villain, a villain can do anything, how can he keep Youran safe?

It was already night when Qi Feng returned to the capital's home, the gate of the palace was closed, so he had to see the emperor the next day to return his order.

After returning to his room to wash and tidy up, he came to the courtyard where his father, the Seventh Prince, lived. Seeing that the lights were still on, he knocked lightly on the door, and the calm voice inside replied, "Is it Feng'er? Come in."

Qi Feng pushed the door lightly and entered the room. The Seventh Prince was writing something. When he saw Qi Feng coming in, he put down his pen and asked, "Is this trip going well?"

"Going back to my father, it was a pleasure to chat with Mr. Lu, and what he revealed during the conversation didn't seem to be that he didn't care about the court at all."

"Well, you may not remember that he was also in the third rank back then. If he hadn't thanked Prime Minister for pushing him away, and even used his disciples, he would not have resigned because of illness."

"He didn't report these matters to the court, so please ask the late emperor to make a decision?"

"Hey, three people became tigers, plus the first emperor was a suspicious person, and Lu Li was outstanding in learning. Many literati came to join him under the admiration of his name. The trend is getting stronger and stronger. The first emperor was unhappy, so he took this opportunity to let him leave. It's time for court."

"Since you are suspicious, aren't you afraid that Xie Xiang will form a clique?"

"Back then, Prime Minister Xie acted secretly and cautiously. He never acted on his own. Without evidence, who can question the current prime minister? In addition, Prime Minister Xie's contribution to the late emperor's ascension to the throne was indispensable. The late emperor always trusted him more."

The more Qi Feng understands that person's means, the more he feels that this person is ambitious and cannot be left behind.The Seventh Prince looked at him and said: "It's not so easy for the emperor to touch him now, you have to be careful everywhere. You can't leave him any chance."

Qi Feng said: "The boy has no real power in the court. He is only responsible for some irrelevant matters, and he never confronts him directly. He still doesn't notice me. Besides, the current emperor does not protect him like the previous emperor."

It's just that after today, that Prime Minister Xie would notice him, but he didn't tell his father.

The Seventh Prince still wanted to say something, but he hesitated to speak, and in the end he was just telling him to be careful.

Qi Feng chatted with his father for a while before going back to his room to rest.Before going to sleep, the leisurely voice and smile appeared in his mind again, thinking of that kind of elegance and tranquility, he was still as calm as he remembered, a kind of calmness that was not commensurate with his age.Although it was only half a day together, the satisfaction was exactly what I had been looking forward to.Qi Feng couldn't help looking forward to the next meeting.

On the second day after court, Qi Feng returned to the emperor's study, entered the study, sitting behind the desk was the current emperor, also his cousin Qi Lie.

The first emperor had three sons, Qi Lie was the eldest.Not long after he was born, his biological mother died of illness due to postpartum weakness. Afterwards, the late emperor ascended the throne and won the throne.Empress Xie gave birth to two princesses, but she never gave birth to a son. When she gave birth to Princess Qingping, she almost collapsed, and she has been unable to bear children since then.At that time, Empress Xie had no choice but to pay attention to the emperor's eldest son in order to stabilize her position, and she took care of him in every possible way.At that time, the first emperor was nearly thirty years old, but he had only one son and two daughters. In order not to weaken the dragon blood of the royal family, he had to be drafted into the palace again.But among the concubines who entered the palace later, only two had sons, and two more princesses.The second prince was clever and clever when he was young, but he suddenly contracted a serious illness and had a high fever. He finally managed to save his life, but fell ill and couldn't speak clearly; The status of prince is considered established.Although Empress Xie was not Qi Lie's biological mother, but because she was the empress of the former emperor and took care of him since childhood, the emperor was named empress dowager after he ascended the throne.

Qi Lie is only ten years older than Qi Feng, and the generation of the former emperors only had one brother, the Seventh Prince, and the Seventh Prince also had only one son, so the two of them have often been together since childhood, and Qi Feng often ran after Qi Lie when he was young. , gradually getting older, Qi Feng has more thoughts of his own, although he no longer chases the emperor brother, but he is very convinced of the emperor brother.Compared with his other two brothers, Qi Lie and Qi Feng are closer and talk more easily.

Qi Feng replied to the emperor about persuading Mr. Lu. While listening, the emperor twisted the beads on his wrist, nodded slightly and said: "Mr. Lu must be allowed to enter the court before the spring test next year. Besides, he has a lot of students because he was Resignation and being suppressed failed. I have contacted a few of them, they are all talented and ambitious people, and now I have to gradually start to use them. How is your evidence collection for Prime Minister Xie's disciples?"

Qi Feng said: "Some evidence has been found, but if you want to submit the criminal evidence to the official department, it must be concealed."

The emperor said: "Well, so, we still have to start from the beginning."

Qi Feng said: "You mean to move the head of the official department?"

The emperor said: "Moving is necessary, but not now. There is an urgent matter now." He took a vermilion file from the desk and threw it to Qi Feng.

Qi Feng opened it and looked at it, frowned slightly and said, "The envoy of Di Yue Kingdom is coming?" The emperor said: "Well, the euphemistic name in the national book is to celebrate my enthronement as emperor, to make good friends with my court, and to protect it." The border is peaceful, I think they want to find out about me. When their previous kings kept harassing the border, they fought with our dynasty and intended to swallow my territory. Now the new king suddenly wants to make friends, and the gap seems to be a little bigger. Our detailed work I have inquired about Di Yue's news, but it is not enough. Is there any way for you to inquire more carefully?"

Qi Feng said: "There are ways, but they are all folk rumors."

The emperor said: "The wild biography also has the usage of the wild biography. You go and check it out. In addition, we must receive them well, let them see our strong strength, and let them not dare to underestimate them. I will leave this job to you, and they Little Fanbang is not worthy to use our main hall for reception, only the other palace, you refurbish the other palace and use it for reception. Let us see that our other palace is more luxurious than their imperial palace."

Qi Feng said: "Are you going to give them a warning?"

The emperor said: "Well, but now that the national treasury is tight, I can only give you half of the money. Can you do it?"

Qi Feng thought for a while and said: "Yes." The emperor looked at Qi Feng and said: "Only you dare to take on this errand. Yesterday I asked the Ministry of Industry to do this job. They can't do this, that can't, what can't , I just don’t want to do it.”

Qi Feng said: "What title should I use to preside over this matter?"

The emperor picked up another file and said: "I am now appointing you as a special envoy of goodwill to be responsible for all matters related to welcoming Di Yue's envoy. You will dispatch all relevant people and things."

Qi Feng hurriedly knelt down and took the file and said in a deep voice: "I accept the order."

The emperor said meaningfully; "This is a hard job. If you do it well, you will be rewarded. If you don't do it well, you will be punished."

Qi Feng smiled and said, "Then I have to think about it, what kind of reward do I want?"

The emperor smiled and said: "Okay, as long as you do a good job, any reward is fine."

Qi Feng hurriedly said: "Thank you for your kindness." As the emperor said, this is indeed a hard job, time is tight, Qi Feng left the palace and went straight to the Ministry of Industry, took the official document to the Ministry of Industry to transfer people and things, and the Ministry of Industry The boss is very respectful, but there is nothing to ask for.Qi Feng was not angry at all, but just asked him what he had. The director took out a stack of not-so-thick record books and said, "We only have these. You know that the national treasury is tight now, and there are few projects, and our Ministry of Industry can't support idlers, right?" ?" Qi Feng took the brochure and left the office of the Ministry of Industry without saying anything.

For a period of time, he will not be able to visit Mr. Lu again, and what happened to You Ran made him even more worried. When he returned to the palace, Qi Feng immediately wrote a letter to send to Mr. Lu as soon as possible, and wrote another letter for his family to send. Tingfeng Villa, for his younger brother Lian Junyu.