Lang Yi

Tian Zong would be stunned, but suddenly remembered what he thought of this morning, put on his clothes, and ordered Ning Xingye, the internal supervisor, to come in.

Ning Xingye walked in quickly, but his face was as usual: "Your Highness, what are your orders?"

Tian Zong remembered that he left Ning's house today, and because he hurried back to the palace, Ning Xingye followed behind him without saying a word.Now that I have time, I should tell him a little about what happened last night.But when he thought that he was his bodyguard and Xinghe's brother, although he pretended to be calm, he couldn't hide his embarrassment, coughed dryly, and said: "I have something to ask you, come forward."

Ning Xingye grinned and walked up to him: "What does Your Highness want to ask this minister?"

His usual playful smile washed away Tian Zong's embarrassment and embarrassment.Tian Zong couldn't help laughing, and reached out to give him a chestnut on the forehead: "I was at your elder brother's place last night...cough, you deliberately planned to bring me to your house yesterday, right? To be honest, you are, When did you find out about, cough, the matter between Ben Gong and your elder brother?"

Ning Xingye rubbed his head and said with a mischievous smile: "Your Highness, I am really wronged. Your Highness has always rewarded your ministers with chestnuts on their foreheads, and there is nothing good about them. If you tell me, your Highness should not blame you."

Tian Zong laughed and scolded: "You're just a fussy kid. It's better to talk about things now. You can talk about it, and I won't get angry and blame you."

Ning Xingye bowed down and said: "Your Highness, you forgot that I was the one who guarded the night for you and elder brother in the imperial garden... Seeing that you were not in the study at that time, I was anxious to find you. You are the most familiar, so you asked him to help; later, I also went to the garden..."

Seeing Tian Zong raised his eyebrows, he hurriedly said: "Chen, I didn't see anything! Only when I heard you talking, did I understand that you and elder brother... I was afraid that you and elder brother would be bumped into by other people, so I stayed away." Standing on the sidelines... Later, I saw that you and your elder brother were both in love, so I thought of tricking you to meet him... Hey—why did you hit me again? Don't be upset, Your Highness. It's for you and your brother."

Listening to what he said, Tian Zong sat on the wide chair, propped up one leg at random, put his arm on his knee and supported his forehead, just to cover his face from the fever.Fortunately, Ning Xingye is thick-skinned, he said with a chuckle: "Your Highness, do you think you should reward the minister heavily and seal his mouth?"

Tian Zong spat at him: "Your eldest brother blushes at every turn, your skin is actually thicker than the city walls of Qingdu! There is a saying that if the eldest brother is calm and steady, the second child will often be useless."

Ning Xingye lowered his head and just laughed.Tian Zong thought for a while, and Fang Jue scolded himself in this remark, and couldn't help scolding with a smile: "You bastard! Now that you have my handle, tell me what reward you want."

Ning Xingye rolled his eyes: "Your Highness, can I owe you first? I haven't thought about what I want now, and when I think about it, can I talk it over with Your Highness?"

Tian Zong was in a happy mood, and waved his hand to order him to retreat: "Success, depending on what you want, can't I still reward you?"

Ning Xingye was about to retreat after performing the ceremony, but stopped suddenly, blinked his eyes and asked, "Your Highness...do you have something to bring to eldest brother?"

Tian Zong suddenly remembered that the two of them were lingering on the couch at the piano case last night, and the piano score on the couch was not put away in time, so it was pressed underneath; after all the tossing, it must have been crumpled Can no longer be used.Then he quickly jumped off the chair, took off his shoes and went to the piano room, rummaged through it, and found an introductory sheet music that he learned to play when he was young, and handed it to Ning Xingye: "Give this to him."

Thinking of Xinghe's pure heart, he inevitably thought that he was doing this to make him practice harder, and made things difficult for him, so he blurted out and added: "Let's just say that this score is the one that Bengong compensated him for being damaged. Just flip through it as you like, you don’t have to practice according to this score, I will play it to him in the future.”

Ning Xingye took the piano score and looked up at him, seemingly in a trance for a moment.

It was only then that Tian Zong realized that he was forgetting his feelings, it was just passing on a message, he shouldn't be so blunt, he lost his reserve as a prince in front of the guards, and quickly turned his face away: "Anyway, that's what it means, you go quickly."

Ning Xingye clasped his hands in salute, under the Furong palace lamp, his eyes were bright and somewhat similar to Xinghe's: "My lord, thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness first."

*****

After the imperial examination was over, it was almost mid-winter. In addition to participating in the court meeting during the day, Tian Zong also had to go to the Imperial Academy to review the papers. At night, he had time to read the memorials. He was often busy until late at night before he had to rest; .

Unsurprisingly, during the imperial examination today, the examinee named Shen Yi selected by Tian Zong in the examination papers was selected as the number one scholar in the new subject, and he was assigned to the Imperial Academy.As a result, Shen Yi became a veritable disciple of the prince, a rookie who rose up, and was wooed by many families for a while, making him very popular.

When Tian Zong heard about this, he didn't want the person he bothered to promote to take a detour, and he wanted to remind him a thing or two, so he often passed him to the study to talk about it after the court.Shen Yi was young and upright, high-spirited, he talked about the state affairs without concealment, which was deeply favored by God; the two often chatted opportunistically, and they didn't realize the time until it was dark.

According to the old rule in the palace, on the day of offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove, a table of noodles will be given to each ministry of the imperial guards, as a reward for their achievements in guarding the palace for a year.Ning Xingye inadvertently suggested to Tian Zong: "Why don't Your Highness give them a few jars of wine to add to the feast? I heard that the wine shop in the palace collected peach blossoms to make wine in spring, and now I drink it in this severe winter. The taste of spring."

Tian Zong heard that there was something in his words, so he couldn't help giving him a blank look, but his heart moved, and he agreed: "Okay, let the guards come and receive the reward personally."

In the afternoon, Ning Xinghe really came to Tianzong's study; the inner eunuch had already carried the wine jar by the side, waiting for Tianzong to reward him.

Having not seen him for many days, Tian Zong just wanted to look at him a few more times, but he bowed his head and kept his salute posture, which made Tian Zong unable to see his entire face.

Just as Shen Yi was there, Tian Zong wanted to say a few more words to delay time, so he asked with a smile: "Although this wine is not expensive, but since it is to be rewarded to the imperial guards, it should have a name. Shen Yi, you You have an outstanding literary talent, so let me tell you what name you should give this wine?"

Shen Yi thought that all the imperial guards were warriors, and he didn't know how many big characters he could read. It would be a joke if he named the wine with a mouthful and esoteric name, so he said: "Your Highness, since this wine is made from peach blossoms in spring , how about calling it 'Chunhuahong'?"

Tian Zong frowned, shook his head again and again and said, "It's not good, it's too vulgar."

Shen Yi said with a smile: "It's extremely cold in winter, wouldn't it be beautiful if someone had spring flowers on their cheeks with a rosy color? It sounds like vulgarity, but maybe it's elegant to drink it."

Tian Zong looked at Ning Xinghe standing in front of the desk in a dignified manner, and suddenly felt anxious to tease him.Turning his mind, he put his hands on his chest, and said with a loose smile, "Forget it, I'll listen to you. Ning Xinghe, you will take these ten altars of 'Chunhuahong' away."

Ning Xinghe wanted to thank him, but Tian Zong suddenly raised his voice again, thinking to himself: "Drunk under the moon in the spring breeze, crushed peach blossoms are full of redness. Ning Xinghe, tell me, what is the name of this wine?"

——Relying on the fact that no one else knew about it, he teased the matter of the two of them under the peach blossom tree in the Royal Garden on a moonlit night before, in a subtle and straightforward way.

Ning Xinghe trembled imperceptibly all over, quietly raised his eyes, saw Tian Zong looking over with raised eyebrows and a smile on the corner of his mouth, quickly bowed his head and respectfully said: "I think this name is very good."

Tian Zong watched Ning Xinghe's earlobe turn from white to red with satisfaction, wishing he couldn't pounce on it to take a bite, nodded, and then allowed him to back down.

Ning Xingye on the side couldn't help coughing.Li Qiu only felt that the atmosphere was a bit subtle, but he couldn't tell what was strange.Only Shen Yi didn't know anything, and watched Ning Xinghe retreat, curious and puzzled: before it was clearly about corruption in the court, the crown prince frowned; this interruption, for some reason, the crown prince's mood seemed to suddenly change It seems to be good.

On this day, Shen Yi left until the dusk wiped the black, Li Qiu hurriedly prepared dinner for Tian Zong, and muttered: "It's good that this new top scholar pleases His Highness, but it shouldn't delay His Highness's meal every time."

Ning Xingye chimed in: "That's right, everyone in the government and public knows that His Highness likes this new champion, and he doesn't even have time to eat; next time, you might as well invite him to eat with him."

Tian Zong didn't take it seriously, he just laughed and cursed: "You guys dare to gossip behind your back."

Ning Xingye muttered, "I just want to remind you that if you value him so much and treat him intimately, it's inevitable that someone will think too much."

Tian Zong was stunned, put down the rice porridge bowl in his hand, and saw Ning Xingye pouted at the side, only then remembered that he hadn't contacted Xinghe for a long time, so he asked pointedly: "Why? Could someone really be wrong? Do you agree?"

Ning Xingye shook his head, and sighed pretentiously: "You even dragged this Shen Yi into such a trivial matter as naming the wine appreciation, which inevitably makes people think that you treat him too casually." He bit the word "he" hard, It seems a little yin and yang.

Tian Zong laughed, but suddenly thought: Yes, a few days ago, although he took advantage of the wine to tease Xinghe, he took advantage of Shen Yi's name; Yat?

If that's the case, the loss outweighs the gain that day.This is really jealous, Tian Zong secretly sighed.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Ning Xingye saw that the inner eunuch took down the dishes and there was no one around, and suddenly said: "Your Highness, don't laugh, Your Highness is the heir apparent, who can guess your heart, and who can keep it?" ——Didn’t you just take in Princess Qiluo in Nanxu? And you will… want to get married in the future. If your thoughts are shifted to other people now, those people who look forward to thinking about you day and night will also... You can only bear the sadness yourself, can't you?"

With just a few words, the smile on Tian Zong's face froze: Really?Although Xinghe stood a hundred paces away every day, he could only see him from afar all day long during court meetings. He could only helplessly watch himself chatting and laughing with others, and then marrying others—if he changed himself, what Can you stand this torture?No wonder he is paranoid and suffering, but he still doesn't realize it.

Ning Xingye saw that Tian Zong's face suddenly darkened, and he couldn't help but nervously said: "Your Highness, Your Highness, I'm just talking nonsense, Your Highness just pretended not to hear..."

"Hoshino, you arrange some things for me." Tian Zong had an idea in his mind, so he beckoned him to come over.

After hearing this, Ning Xingye couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, you...to Big Brother, you are..."

Tian Zong interrupted him: "If necessary, let Li Qiu be with you, don't hide it from him."

Ning Xingye didn't say any more, he hid his shock and surprise, and silently backed away.