Peach

Near Zhanghuatai is the Bell and Drum Tower, and the sound of the bell in the early morning wakes up the sleeping people.The fine incense in the censer has long been burned out, the sun shines in through the carvings on the door, and the fine dust dances lightly in the light beams.

Chen Ziqi opened his eyes and touched his chest.

"Chirp?" The fluffy and soft chick, who was still sleeping soundly on his chest, moaned in dissatisfaction as he was rubbed through the clothes.

The chicken is still there!

"Squeak—" The heavy carved wooden door was pushed open, and strong light flooded in.

Chen Ziqi squinted his eyes and saw a group of people walking towards the backlight, led by Emperor Zhenglong.

"Your Majesty, it's up to the minister to check the selection of the gods..." The national teacher followed behind the emperor, his words seemed to be suppressing something.

"This is a big event, and I naturally want to come to watch the ceremony." The emperor ignored the dissuasion of the national teacher and strode into the hall.Behind him, followed by a team of Jinwu guards.

The princes all woke up and stood up one after another.Chen Ziqi raised his eyes and looked at those people dressed in brocade clothes embroidered with gold leaves and with snakeskin moire knives on their waists. This was the rumored Jin Wuwei.All of them are masters of martial arts. On the surface, they are the emperor's honor guards, but in fact they are the emperor's personal guards.

Di Yeqing, who hadn't seen him for a long time, was one of them. He was standing closest to the emperor, holding the knife handle, without looking sideways.

"Your Majesty, if you let the Jinwu Guards in, you will disturb the gods." The national teacher stood in the center of the hall with a cold face.He no longer wore the floor-length robe, and changed into a dress that just fell to the ground.Wearing a silver hair crown on the head, there are nine soybean-sized pearls on the front, which are supported by skeined silver and spread out like a small fan, which is very unique.

It was also today that Chen Ziqi saw clearly the face of the national teacher. About 20 years old, tall and tall, with an outstanding temperament, a handsome face, cold and fair, not eating fireworks.But at this moment, there is some anger.

Not only the emperor's Jinwu Guard, but also several important court officials also walked in.A maid waited by the side holding the prince's jade belt and an apricot-yellow dress embroidered with golden dragons.

Dan Yi poked her head out of her skirt, looked around, and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"National teacher," Emperor Zhenglong greeted the national teacher with a smile, squeezed his wrist slightly, implying, "It's time to start."

"Princes, please check to see if the cherry in your mouth is still there." The national teacher glanced at the emperor, pulled back his hand vigorously, swept his gaze across the princes, and when he saw Chen Ziqi, his gaze stopped suddenly.

On the azure neckline hangs a fluffy red bird's head, which is very conspicuous.

"Mine is gone!" The First Prince said immediately, showing a flustered look.

"It seems that the eldest son of the emperor is the crown prince favored by the gods." A courtier said aloud.

"The eldest prince has both ability and political integrity, so he will naturally be favored by the gods." The others followed suit.

The crown prince chosen by the gods?In other words, the person without cherries is the candidate for the crown prince!

Chen Ziqi's heart skipped a beat, and he looked down at the little fur ball in his skirt, and then at the national teacher standing in front of the statue.The national teacher also happened to look over, and the eyes of the two collided in the air.

The national teacher shook his head imperceptibly.

"The elder brother may have swallowed this cherry by himself when he fell asleep," the third prince sneered, chewing and eating his own cherry, "why don't the national teacher take a look, which prince's cherry is missing?" .”

The candidate for the crown prince is the result of the balance between the Sword Alliance and the Qizong, and it has long been determined.It's just that the third prince has always been disliked by the eldest prince and wanted to make things difficult for him.

The princes all spit out the cherries and placed them in their palms again.

"My cherry is gone." Amu raised his hand foolishly.

All eyes turned to Amu, and a Jin Wuwei immediately stepped forward to check.The national teacher who was supposed to go to check was left aside.

The Jin Wuwei inspected Amu's mouth, and reported: "My Majesty, there are cherry residues in the mouth of the Eleventh Prince, and he must have swallowed them."

"Xiaoqi's gone too." The third prince said loudly.

The Jinwu Guard walked over immediately, and the thick-soled shoes stepped on the hard ground of Zhanghua Hall, making a clear clicking sound, which echoed in the hall where needles could be heard.Chen Ziqi peeked at the snakeskin moire knife in Jin Wuwei's hand, feeling a chill on his neck.

"Perhaps he slept too soundly and accidentally ate it." Chen Ziqi squatted down, picked up the cherry pit that the little red bird threw on the ground last night, and hung it for everyone to see.

Emperor Zhenglong was very satisfied with the result, and said in a loud voice: "The god's intention is clear, there is no need to discuss further. According to my decree, Chen Ziyuan, the eldest son of the emperor, will be named the crown prince from now on, and the ceremony will be made on an auspicious day."

The maid at the side immediately stepped forward with the clothes in her hands, and put them on for the eldest prince.Dressed in an apricot-yellow prince's suit, the eldest prince was full of ambition and knelt down to thank him.

The size of the clothes happened to be worn by the 16-year-old eldest prince.

The little red bird grabbed Chen Ziqi's lapel with two claws, and the hair all over his body exploded.

The national teacher didn't say a word, knelt down in front of the god statue, and chanted with his eyes closed. He didn't mean to bless the new prince at all, but seemed to be pleading guilty to the gods.

The courtiers looked at each other, said nothing more, and left Zhanghuatai together with the princes.

"National teacher, who is the prince chosen by God?" Everyone left, only Emperor Zhenglong and the national teacher were left. The emperor waited for half an hour, but the national teacher did not open his eyes, so he couldn't help asking. .

"It doesn't matter who the god chooses to the emperor, so why bother to ask." The national teacher opened his eyes, looked up at the phoenix statue that was about to fly, and said in a cold tone.

"I just want to know, what is the difference between the prince chosen by God?" Emperor Zhenglong stretched out his hand and touched the lines on the Qinglong statue.

"Going against the sky is not good for the country," the national teacher didn't intend to answer him, but just warned him coldly, "Your Majesty, please take care of yourself."

"Do it for yourself? Heh, you go ask those ministers, who will be convinced by the crown prince chosen by presenting cherries?" Emperor Zhenglong sneered, "Since my grandfather's generation, no one has been able to practice the magic of dragon singing! The gods have long since left the royal family. And gone, the great family is the foundation of the country!"

The national teacher stood up and looked at the emperor quietly, with pity in his eyes.

"What do you mean by looking at me like this?" Emperor Zhenglong felt a little guilty when he was seen by the national teacher.

The national teacher withdrew his gaze, poured the incense ash from the censer into a piece of silk cloth, wrapped it up, and left without saying a word.

Because Amu also ate the cherries, Chen Ziqi was not so conspicuous, and no one pursued the matter after that, so he returned to Qingyun Palace safely with the chicken in his mouth.

Dan Yi was still frizzy, walking up and down the table with her two little paws.

Chen Ziqi was lying on the table, staring at the little chicken, the national teacher obviously knew the existence of this guy.If he understood correctly, the national teacher shook his head this morning to tell him not to make a sound.Although he was not very clear about the reason behind this, Chen Ziqi subconsciously felt that if he said that the little red bird ate his cherries, the snakeskin dragon knife would kill him immediately.

"Are you the god that the national teacher said?" Chen Ziqi stretched out a white and tender finger, and poked the chicken's buttocks.

When the little red bird heard this, she stopped and raised her head proudly.

"Guardian God is actually a chicken?" Chen Ziqi poked again in disbelief.

"Plop", Dan Yi fell headfirst on the table, flapping her wings agitatedly, she said she was a god, why did she say chicken?

Chen Ziqi held the fallen little red bird into the palm of his hand, and his movements were unprecedentedly gentle: "The god looks like a chicken, so if you make a breeder chicken, wouldn't it be possible to produce thousands of chickens?"

Dan Yi looked at Chen Ziqi with drooping eyes, not wanting to talk to him.

"Get rich!" Chen Ziqi rolled on the bed with the chicken in his arms, kissed the chicken's fluffy head, and kissed the two little feathers, "Hahahaha, I am a god The Chosen One!"

"Boom!" The light red fluff turned bright red immediately, Dan Yi raised her small wings, rubbed the top of her head, and straightened the two fallen furs.

"I won't call you Chaotian anymore, I'll call you God Chicken!"

"Chirp!"

"God chicken, can you do tricks?"

"Chirp!"

"What will you change? Try turning into ten thousand taels of gold?"

"..."

"You don't know anything, what's the difference between you and other chicks? Do you just grow slowly?"

……

Chen Ziqi was immersed in the excitement of getting a magic chicken and couldn't extricate himself from it. He didn't feel much about the crown prince that he didn't get.After all, half a month ago, he was still a country boy eating bran and swallowing vegetables, and the most important thing was to live well.

Tired of worshiping heaven, Chunxi Palace gave the princes a day off.Chen Ziqi played with Little Red Bird in the garden of Qingyun Palace for a day.

Due to the needs of the midsummer moon sacrifice, many cherries were offered in various places. After the sacrifice, the remaining cherries can be eaten freely.In the afternoon, Emperor Zhenglong suddenly came to Qingyun Palace to visit Chang'e, and rewarded her with a large basket of cherries.

Going to Chunxi Hall the next day, Chen Ziqi grabbed the sleeping little red bird and put it in his arms.He grabbed another handful of cherries and let Fuxi pretend to "worship the gods" at any time.The little red bird seems to like eating cherries very much. Yesterday Fuxi washed a big plate, and basically all of it went into its stomach. I don't know how that small body can hold so much cherry meat.

The eldest prince is already the appointed prince, and the atmosphere in the entire Chunxi Palace is different from before.

The princes went up to congratulate one after another.

The third prince didn't step forward, but stood beside the second prince, looked at him coldly and said, "What's there to be proud of? I really thought he was chosen because of his talent and virtue? He's the best in essays and martial arts." you."

As the queen's direct son, the second prince is supposed to have more status, but the prince's position was taken away by the concubine's son.

The second prince smiled faintly: "This is the result of the game between the Sword League and the Qizong. If he hadn't been appointed to be the prince, I would not be able to learn swordsmanship, so let's be content."

People in the royal family can only practice that branch of Dragon Yin Kungfu, as for other skills, they are not allowed to practice.The second prince was able to practice the swordsmanship of the Sword League because he gave up his position as the prince.Nowadays, martial arts are the most respected in the world. The so-called peerless magic skills of the royal family have been practiced by no one for three generations. It is still unknown who will win the battle in the future.

The prince was surrounded by a group of people, very proud, turned around and saw Chen Ziqi and A Mu standing aside, narrowed his eyes and said: "Xiao Qi, I heard that the father rewarded your mother with a big basket of cherries, did you see that you Do you like stealing cherries?"

At that time, the cherries of these two boys were gone, and they deliberately made it difficult for him to find them.How long has it been since entering the palace, could it be that he has become the second prince's man?

Chen Ziqi was taken aback by being called on suddenly, looked up at the prince, and saw the undisguised malice in his eyes.

"Hmph, you dare to eat cherries without looking at your background. Are you able to eat these cherries?" The fourth prince immediately followed up, implying that only noble princes are worthy of eating these cherries.

Chen Ziqi blinked, and said innocently: "I didn't eat, I just fed the chicken."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Bird Gong: Say it again, I'm not a chicken!

Qi Qi: I am a magic chicken to you

Bird Gong: I'm not a magic chicken either!

Qi Qi: What is that?

Bird Gong: I am your old Gong!

Qi Qi: Oh ~ that is the chicken man?

Bird Attack: ...