Reverse Junhou

The master was entertaining guests in the mansion, so Wen Lan waited at the gate of Wen mansion early.He looked worriedly into the distance, and always felt that something was wrong with the young master's expression before he went out today.

The sound of horseshoes approaching from far away, Wen Xuechao's car approached.When the sedan chair stopped, Wen Lan hurriedly stepped forward to lift the curtain for Wen Xuechao: "My lord..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as Young Master poked his head out of the sedan chair, he pushed himself away, covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and strode into the mansion.

"Young master!" Wen Lan was taken aback, and after regaining consciousness, he chased after him, "Young master, there is a visit from the fifth prince in the mansion!"

After Zhao Fengci returned to Renming Palace yesterday, he truthfully told his mother and concubine what happened at the racecourse.Zhaoyi learned that Wen Xuechao was led on a horse by her own boy after drinking, so she slightly reprimanded Zhao Fengci.Zhao Fengci thought about it after going to bed, and felt that what the concubine mother said was reasonable.Mr. Wen vomited continuously, and it was his own fault. I don't know if there is still a grudge in his heart.

He decided to take some time to go to Wen's mansion in the future, and to visit Wen's boy on the pretext of bringing his grandfather's letter to Wen Xiang, which is considered a courtesy.

Hearing that the fifth prince, who had just returned to Beijing, had brought the name card of General Zhenbei to his door, Wen Shizhen hurried out of the mansion to greet him.Zhao Fengci was sitting in the main hall talking with Wen Xiang about the situation in Saibei, but saw Wen Xuechao's figure flashing past the hall.

Wen Xuechao walked past the door at a brisk pace, and several servants followed behind him sweating profusely.

"It's unreasonable for you to chase each other in public!" Wen Shizhen angrily scolded.

Seeing His Highness the Fifth Prince's look of surprise for a moment, Wen Shizhen stroked his beard and sighed: "Wen Yu lost his mother since he was young, and the minister was too busy with political affairs to discipline him. His recklessness today makes His Highness the Fifth laugh."

The two talked for half a cup of tea about the border war, and then a decree came from the palace to call Wen Shizhen into the palace.Wen Xiang asked the steward in the mansion to entertain His Highness the Fifth Highness, then put on court clothes and hurried out of the mansion.

After Wen Shizhen left, Zhao Fengci drank the tea in his hand and asked the steward, "Where is Wen Xuechao?"

He followed the steward to Yunrong Pavilion where Wen Xuechao lived, and saw all the servants standing outside the courtyard, and Wen Lan, the leader, looked worried.

"You don't serve the young master, what are you doing standing outside the door!" The steward said angrily.

"The young master said that he wants to be alone and not let us enter the courtyard to serve." Wen Lan glanced at Zhao Fengci, and said cautiously.

Without saying a word, Zhao Fengci stepped forward and pushed open the closed courtyard door of Yunrong Pavilion.

As expected, Wen Xuechao was the only one in the courtyard.He lay face down in front of the pool with a pale face, heart-piercing retching sounds from his throat, and the hand covering his mouth trembled violently.

Hearing footsteps behind him, Wen Xue, who was lying in front of the pool, immediately straightened up, turned his back to the visitor and said coldly: "Which disobedient servant, did I ask you to come in and serve?"

Seeing that the people behind him did not respond for a long time, Wen Xuechao turned around with a frown, and looked up to see Zhao Fengci standing in the courtyard.

Wen Xuechao reacted very quickly, brushing the corner of his mouth with the handkerchief in his sleeve, and after a while, he patted his robe and stood up, cupping his hands at Zhao Fengci calmly and saying: "I don't know that His Highness the Fifth Highness is coming, Xue Chao hugged him I'm sorry, I'm far away to welcome you."

The man's almond eyes were slightly red, as if he had just cried, but he pretended to be nonchalant.Zhao Fengci felt inexplicably disturbed: "You drank again today? Why did you vomit like this?"

"When I was taking a nap, I dreamed that a fierce ghost entered the dream, strangled my neck, and wanted to put me to death. After waking up, I felt a little uncomfortable in my chest." Wen Xuechao paused, and said, "Fifth Highness, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world? Is it a ghost?"

Zhao Fengci didn't know why Wen Xuechao asked such a question suddenly, but he still replied: "Believers say it exists, doubters mean nothing. Everything in the world changes rapidly, and there is no absolute statement."

"On the eve of the establishment of Dafu by Emperor Jin'an, he led his troops to break through the gate of the capital of Guangyang. The people of Guangyang swore to defend the city, but the water and food in the city were cut off, but the people did not retreat a single step. A few days later, the late emperor broke through the city gate and found that the city was covered in red land. Hunger and death are everywhere. If there are ghosts and gods in the world, why did the first emperor live as long as the sky, and the Dafu would not fall down for a hundred years. If there are no ghosts and gods in the world, how innocent are the people who died, how innocent..."

Zhao Fengci was a little surprised that this man dared to say such rebellious words in front of the prince.Fortunately, the person who heard it was me. If it was spread by someone with ulterior motives, I am afraid that the crime of humiliating the emperor would be lightly punished.

"There is no ghost in your heart, so why be afraid of ghosts. You are just being haunted by a nightmare, so you don't need to think too much." Zhao Fengci saw that Xuechao's face was full of disappointment, and he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only say softly.

"I'm not afraid of ghosts and gods." Wen Xuechao murmured, "But if this world is full of people who are worthless, and if people are ghosts, how dangerous are ghosts?"

Wen Xuechao took a full three days of sick leave, and when Zhao Fengci saw Wen Xuechao again in Shangshuyuan, Mr. Wen had returned to his usual smiling face.On the contrary, the prince frequently turned his head to look at Wen Xuechao behind him during class, as if he paid special attention to this cheap cousin.

As soon as he left the academy, a eunuch came to deliver an order, calling Wen Xuechao to visit him in the middle palace.

When Zhao Qimiao heard the mother's will, his face was a little unnatural, and he stood up and said to Wen Xuechao, "I'll go with you."

The eunuch who delivered the decree hurriedly knelt down: "This slave deserves to die! The Empress only asked this servant to call Mr. Wen over, and also asked him to tell His Highness not to follow."

Zhao Qimiao snorted coldly, shook his sleeves and walked out of the hall, the eunuch's knees were so frightened that he almost couldn't stand up straight.

Zhao Fengci looked intently at Wen Xuechao, seeing that he ignored His Highness the Crown Prince who was leaving in a huff, and followed the eunuch without saying a word after receiving the order.

When Wen Xuechao walked into the Empress's Ciyuan Hall, Empress Wen was teasing the snow rabbit in her arms.Although Empress Wen was approaching age, she still had the same complexion and a very good complexion.Seeing that Xue Chao had entered the palace, she gently put the rabbit into the arms of the nurse next to her, and calmly said, "Ji'er is here."

Wen Xue saluted Queen Wen, and the Queen waved her jade hand, and the nanny led the maids in the palace to exit the palace one by one.

"It's been a long time since I saw you, and Xi'er has grown a lot taller, so come forward and show my aunt a closer look."

Wen Xue took two steps forward, and stood in front of Queen Wen's chair.There was a smile in Queen Wen's eyes, only the faint lines at the corners of her eyes could tell that the lord of the middle palace was no longer young.

"Yu'er, do you know why my aunt called you here today?" After studying Wen Xue for a while, Queen Wen asked.

"Nephew doesn't know." Wen Xuechao replied obediently.

The smile on Queen Wen's face remained unchanged, but her pupils shrank slightly, and she raised her slender hands high.There was a sudden "pop" sound in the hall, and in a flash, a fiery fingerprint was left on Wen Xuechao's left cheek.

Wen Xue was stunned for a moment, as if she hadn't realized what happened, but felt a streak of liquid slipping across her face and solidified on her chin.He belatedly felt the tingling pain coming from his cheek, only to realize that the empress' jade nails had scratched his cheek, and blood was gradually overflowing from the white skin.

Ever since she understood the truth, my aunt loved her very much, let alone being punished.Many messy images flashed through Wen Xuechao's mind for a moment, as if he hadn't recovered from the trance.

"Nephew doesn't know what mistake he made." There was a hint of youthful grievance in his voice.

"Since the 16th year of Yongping, you have entered the palace to accompany His Highness to study, and now it has been ten years. Over the years, His Highness has been diligent and studious, gentle and sincere." Queen Wen said sharply: "Now Your Highness is playing with things and losing his ambition, and even made a As for the matter of strangling the court lady, you, as His Highness, are of the same clan, so you cannot escape the responsibility."

Wen Xuechao knelt on the ground, the side of her face was in burning pain, but she didn't dare to reach out to touch it.

"Your highness is the body of Kowloon, and you are the eldest brother and the son. My palace was too arrogant and indulgent to you in the past. If such mistakes happen again in the future, I will only ask you."

After a while, Wen Xuechao, who was kneeling at the head, answered yes in a low voice.

"This is one of them," said Empress Wen's voice a little colder, "Second, you do things so-so. Considering that you are still young, I don't need to be so fussy. Bad news about my family."

Wen Xue stiffened her back, and slowly raised her head to look at the queen on the luan chair.

"My Royal Highness ordered you, and I have heard about it. This Palace has arranged it properly, and no one should have noticed it. But for some reason, a few days ago, people from the five sons suddenly investigated whether there was a murder case in Beijing. Eldest brother Tell Ben Gong that the fifth son went to Wen Mansion a few days ago, I wonder if this has something to do with you?"

Wen Xuechao's face was full of bitterness: "Auntie, the fifth prince of Lao Shizi only came to visit his father. My nephew only met him a few times in the upper academy, and there is no personal relationship."

I don't know, I don't know, I'm not familiar with.

Empress Wen saw Wen Xuechao's pitiful appearance of wanting to cry but no tears, and the white and tender jade dumplings when she was a child appeared again in her mind.This nephew was brought up by him, although he was spoiled a bit arrogantly, but his nature was quite simple.What's more, it is the age of innocence and ignorance, so it must be an unintentional mistake this time.

Queen Wen sighed softly, and called Wen Xue to stand up.There were still tears in the corners of the kid's eyes, and he stood up with a full face of grievance: "Auntie, the Fifth Highness must belong to the rabbit, and his ears stretch out so long, he must have listened to Hu'er when he was discussing with the valet!"

After hearing what Wen Xuechao said, Empress Wen frowned, and said slowly: "These five sons and his mother and concubine are not simple, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse when I return to the palace this time. Jingyang is pregnant with a dragon son, and His Majesty's attitude is still unclear. , you have to remind Your Highness to always be on guard against this person."

Wen Xuechao said yes again and again, and Empress Wen chatted with him about some family issues, and gradually got a little tired, so she asked him to step down.

*****

After afternoon class, Zhao Fengci hurried to the Jinlang Pavilion in the back garden, and accompanied his mother and concubine for a walk by the lake.

Jingyang Zhaoyi obeyed the imperial physician's orders and went to the back garden every day to breathe and relax.The scenery of Jinlang Pavilion is very good, and it borrows the scenery of Jiangnan Cemetery.In mid-autumn, sweet-scented osmanthus blossoms are full of fragrance. Zhao Fengci has never seen such a beautiful flowering scene in Saibei, and was a little intoxicated for a while.

A group of people walked to the Jinlang Pavilion, and saw that a white blanket had already been prepared in the pavilion, and a court lady was standing in the pavilion, fiddling with something in her hands.Seeing that Zhaoyi and His Highness the Fifth Prince had arrived, they hurriedly got up to greet them.

Jingyang Zhaoyi smiled sweetly, took Zhao Fengci's hand, and let him sit in the middle of the pavilion: "Ci'er, take off your outer robe."

Zhao Fengci's ears were a little red, and he didn't know why his mother and concubine asked him to take off his clothes in public.

"Silu, put down the curtain and bring the jar." Jingyang Zhaoyi ordered.I saw the maid Shanshan stepping forward, holding a medicine pot in her arms, which exuded a cool herbal smell.

"The last time you took a bath, the servant told me that your back is full of scars. The sword has no eyes, and it has been hard to say goodbye these years." Jingyang Zhaoyi's words were full of distress, "there is a special person in the palace to take care of you at the Jinlang Pavilion. Centella asiatica, this centella asiatica has the effect of clearing away heat and cooling blood, astringing and promoting muscle growth. It needs to be applied immediately after picking, otherwise it will lose its activity. Si Lu and the others have just made a prescription today, so I will try it with you Last try."