Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

After Ping'an finished speaking with the emperor, the sixth prince, Zhao Qi, happened to ask to see him.

Knowing how dangerous this person was from Zhao Can, Ping An couldn't help but look at him a few more times.Who knew that Zhao Qi was also looking at him, so their eyes met.This seemed to be beyond the expectations of the two of them, and they couldn't help being startled.

The reason why Ping An was stunned was because he suddenly felt that there was something about Zhao Qi that seemed unnatural, especially those eyes.

The eyes of the two were staggered, and Ping An got up quickly, saluted the emperor, and slowly withdrew.

When retreating to the door, Ping An finally looked up at the hall, and happened to see the emperor's eyes looking at Zhao Qi.He frowned slightly in his heart, but he didn't think clearly about the feeling that just passed through his heart.

Ping An thought for a while, and simply stayed at the door, waiting for Zhao Qi to come out.

Fortunately, he is on duty in the original palace, so it is not awkward to stay here.Because safety is valued by the emperor, other people are also willing to get close to him, get together and say a few words, and the time will pass.

Not long after, Zhao Qi came out again.This time, Ping An was able to see the opponent's face clearly because he had been prepared.Looking at it this way, I feel more and more that Zhao Qi has a very kind face, as if he has seen it somewhere. ——Of course, Ping An must have met Zhao Qi, but this familiarity is definitely not because of this.

Pingan suddenly remembered that in fact, when he first met Zhao Qi a few years ago, he felt familiar.But I didn't care at that time.

Where did you see it?Or like who?

Seeing that Ping An had been staring at Zhao Qi's back, the people next to him asked what was going on, Ping An came back to his senses, prevaricated a few words at random, and left in a hurry.

After leaving the palace and returning to his residence, Ping An spread out a pen and paper, and drew Zhao Qi's appearance.However, although he has learned to draw, it is only at an amateur level. It is impossible to draw very detailed portraits without the opponent standing in front of him.

So Ping An quickly gave up this method and threw away the pen in his hand.I planned to go to Zhao Can's place later and ask him if there was anything I could do.

When it was dark, he went out safely.In order not to be discovered, he also put on a little disguise.When they came to the back door of Prince Chen's Mansion, the door was only ajar, and it opened with a push.Fortunately, this is Prince Chen's Mansion, even if the door is empty, no one dares to come, otherwise the door is so lax, it may be evacuated in a short time.

Because he walked through it once during the day, Ping An walked smoothly. After a while, he turned into the garden and walked towards a small independent building.There is no wall on the first floor of this small building, which looks like a pavilion, supported only by a few large pillars.But go up the wooden stairs next to it, and when you walk to the second floor, you will find that there is something different inside.

This is where Zhao Can collects his books.But tonight, the two agreed to meet here.

As soon as Ping'an entered the door, Zhao Can pulled her into his arms, kissed him a few times before saying, "Finally, I was looking forward to you."

Ping An could only laugh or cry about this, and lifted his cloak to reveal his face, "Thank you for letting go." His camouflage was not obvious, but his skin was smeared a lot, the corners of his eyes drooped, and his whole person looked gray Inconspicuous, not at all as usual.

This Zhao Can can kiss, it must be true love!

Zhao Can looked at his face under the light, and couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, "I didn't pay attention just now...it looks a little awkward."

Although Zhao Can was sure that what he was looking at was not Ping An's face, but a face that is pleasing to the eye, at least not obstructing the eyes, is also very important!

But joking aside, Ping An's attire made Zhao Can quite amusing.

Ping An only made a few small changes on the face, which can deceive people without any trouble, and there are many places that can be used.He couldn't help but said, "You have this method, teach Tianshu and them later."

This was something that Ping An had pondered for a long time. After all, he and Zhao Can would meet often in the future, and maybe people would notice it. It would be safer to pretend.

So Zhao Can said so, and he said straightforwardly, "Let them go to my side when you have time, just be careful not to be discovered."

Zhao Can nodded, and said again, "Today we can only meet here temporarily. We just moved in. The Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a lot of people over, and I don't know how many of them are other people's spies. But wait until you come next time." , should be almost cleaned up."

"Don't worry." Ping An said, "Take your time, it's not worth the loss if you startle people."

Zhao Can didn't take it seriously, "Except for His Majesty's spies, the others didn't intend to keep them. So what if they are alarmed?"

These words were very domineering, and Ping An also laughed.Indeed, at this point, it is naturally impossible to count on brothers and friends to be respectful.That being the case, it is also a choice to act vigorously and make others fearful.

Thinking of the business, Pingan thought of Zhao Qi, turned to Zhao Can and said, "By the way, I have something to tell you."

Zhao Can gathered the hands resting on Ping'an's waist, and sighed, "Every time we meet, there is business. Today is my housewarming celebration, so I don't want to talk about business."

"You..." Ping An sighed, but couldn't help feeling a little soft-hearted.Zhao Can was originally a little younger than him, but it was absolutely not obvious on weekdays.Only at such times, a few small complaints and a little coquettishness will reveal some clues.

Just in front of him.

People can't help but want to pamper him more.

So Ping An immediately said, "Okay, let's not talk about business today, just do what you say, okay?"

"Forget it..." Zhao Can rubbed his chin on Ping An's shoulder, and said, "If you don't say it, you're probably always thinking about it in your heart, and even if you do something else, it's just perfunctory. Come on, what's the matter?"

"It's the sixth prince." Ping An said, "I saw him in the original palace today, and I always feel that he looks a little familiar. This kind of familiarity is not for him, just like I used to be in other places, in other people's eyes. I have seen such outlines and charms on my body, but I can't always remember them."

"Then what are you going to do?" Zhao Can asked.

Ping An said, "Can you get the portraits of Concubine Zhang and her three sons? I want to compare them carefully, and I will always find something."

"It really is." Zhao Can said.

Ping An was overjoyed, "Really? Then find out and have a look."

However, Zhao Can did not get up, but let go of Ping An's arm, walked to the table, placed the pen and paper, and then arrogantly raised his chin towards the table, signaling Ping An, "Go to the table. I grind ink."

Ping An was taken aback for a moment, and then realized, "You said yes, do you mean you drew it temporarily?"

"Otherwise?" Zhao Can showed a bit of complacency on his face, "Why don't you thank me soon."

"Thank you." Ping An immediately walked over and began to polish the ink, and then smiled at Zhao Can, "Thank you for your hard work."

Only then did Zhao Can pick up his pen and start painting.He writes so quickly that he doesn't seem to need to think at all.Ping An has always known that Zhao Can is smart, but now it seems that his memory is far beyond his imagination.Maybe he still has the legendary dynamic memory.

His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince is indeed the best!Ping An thought proudly.

In a short time, Zhao Can finished drawing Zhang Concubine. The hairpins, rings, clothes and other accessories were all outlined with simple brush strokes, only the face was drawn very carefully.He had learned a little drawing from Ping An before, so he looked like a real person.

Ping An took this painting and put it in his hand to read, and Zhao Can began to draw Zhao Qi again.

Zhang Bin also looks familiar, but not as much as Zhao Qi.Pingan thinks thoughtfully, they should all look like one person, but Zhao Qi is more like him.Who is that man?

When Zhao Can finished drawing Zhao Qi and was about to continue, Ping An stopped him, "Forget about the fourth prince and fifth prince, I thought about it carefully, the similarity between the two of them seems to have faded. "

"Fourth brother is more like the father." Zhao Can said slowly, "So the person you are talking about should not be a member of the royal family, but Zhang Concubine?"

"I haven't seen Concubine Zhang's family." Ping An said casually, and then he was stunned, "By the way, Concubine Zhang's family! I don't know Concubine Zhang's background yet."

"She is the daughter of a minor official." Zhao Can said, "Father has retired now, and he only takes care of the title of Lord Cheng En for the elderly. My brother is not up to expectations, but he has been honored as a marquis. There is nothing special about the family. After so many emperors Among the relatives of the country, it is considered low-key."

Ping An has basically never seen any royal relatives, so it can be ignored.

He picked up the two paintings again and began to compare the looks of Zhao Qi and Zhang Bin, "The Sixth Prince's eyes are like Zhang Bin's, but the facial contours are more distinct and rigid."

"This kind of peach blossom eyes is rare. Concubine Zhang's appearance is actually not very good, but these eyes add a lot of color." Zhao Can said.

Yes, eyes!This sentence reminded Ping An, and he finally woke up from the previous state as if the eyes were covered by fog. He looked at Zhao Qi's portrait, then at Zhang Concubine's, then walked to the table by himself, picked up the pen and started paint.

He only drew a face, and then asked Zhao Can, "Look, does it look like Zhao Qi?"

Zhao Can only took one look, then shook his head and said, "Zhao Qi is far behind, Dong Shi is just imitating. Wait..." He looked carefully at the person on the portrait, "Is this your master?"

Ping An took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, "Yes."

It was precisely because this candidate was so unexpected, so unexpected, that he hadn't thought of it at all before.If Zhao Can hadn't reminded him to pay attention to those eyes, he might still be struggling now.But in fact, if you look carefully, although Zhao Qi's eyes are similar to Xu Wenmei's, they don't have half of Xu Wenmei's charm.When it comes to appearance, the gap is even more incomparable.

As Zhao Can said, Dongshi is just a coward.

Thinking of this, Ping An couldn't help being slightly taken aback.

"You said..." He opened his mouth to speak, just as Zhao Can had something to say, "This matter..."

The two spoke at the same time, and stopped at the same time, Ping An said, "My mind is a little messed up now, you go first."

"This matter is becoming more and more interesting." Zhao Can said, "His Majesty's most beloved concubine, Zhang Concubine, and his most beloved son, Zhao Qi... are somewhat similar to your master. Ping An, what do you think is going on here? ?”

"Before, His Majesty left Master to live in Tiangan Palace." Ping An said slowly, always feeling that this matter was like a dream, "But Master said that he has no other relationship with His Majesty, and has always been innocent. .I didn’t quite understand it at first, but now it’s somewhat clear.”

"Our Majesty admires your master, but he refuses to touch him. He also raised a concubine who is somewhat similar to him, and loves him so much?" Zhao Can's tone was full of sarcasm.This is for his so-called father.

It's pitiful and ridiculous that I don't even dare to admit whether I like someone or not, but I have to use this method to escape.He is still the king of a country in vain, so disappointing!

The matter was revealed by Zhao Can, and Ping An couldn't help but sighed.

This is probably the case. The emperor had some thoughts on Xu Wenmei, but I don’t know if it was because Xu Wenmei used to belong to the late emperor, or because he himself didn’t want to admit that he admired the man. In short, he always raised Xu Wenmei and didn’t allow him to leave. She even placed her in the Tiangan Palace, but on the other side, she favored Concubine Zhang, who was somewhat similar to Xu Wenmei, and gave birth to three sons with her.

Zhao Can once said that Zhang Bin is the emperor's beloved woman, and Zhao Qi is his most beloved son.But I didn't expect the root cause to be like this!

Ping An suddenly frowned, and looked at Zhao Can with some worry, "Feng Lou, you..."

Zhao Can's face was ugly, obviously he thought of the same thing: Zhao Can's mother and concubine died of illness because they were feared by "the emperor's most beloved concubine Zhang" because of giving birth to him.If even that so-called love is a scam, then what is his mother and concubine?

Zhao Can used to hate him.He hated that the emperor could not control his lower body even though he had a beloved, so much so that he destroyed a woman, and he could not get rid of this pain all the time.But now, Zhao Can no longer knew what expression he should make.

There is no "beloved woman" at all, it's all just a misunderstanding.Then, wouldn't his mother and concubine die even more tragically?

What was the emperor thinking when the woman who had given birth to his son died?

"Ping An..." Zhao Can grabbed his hand, with a rare look of bewilderment on his face, "You said that people who become emperors have to be hard-hearted, cut off love, and become ruthless And hideous?"

"No." Pingan grabbed Zhao Can's hand, trying to pass on his own strength to him in this way, "It's just the result of different personalities. Throughout the ages, there have been no emperors without love and righteousness, right?"

Ping'an once thought that Zhao Can had gotten rid of the influence of the emperor, but now it seemed that it was just an appearance.After all, it is a father-son relationship, and it is not so easy to let go.Even if Zhao Can had to do it again, this incident might still be a problem in his heart, and he would always be brooding over it and couldn't let it go.

This is more embarrassing and unacceptable than the weak relationship with one's parents.

The two leaned together and didn't speak for a while.Ping An knew that no matter how much he persuaded him about this kind of thing, it would be of little use. Zhao Can had to figure it out on his own.The only thing he can do is to accompany Zhao Can and give him strength and courage.

At first Zhao Can was leaning against him, but then he probably felt that the position was not comfortable enough, so he simply fell down and hung on him.Ping An felt sorry for him and let him go.He even grabbed the blanket next to him and covered him for fear that he would be frozen.

After an unknown period of time, Zhao Can moved his body, only to realize that he was a little stiff because he had kept the same posture for too long.

Worse than him was Ping An, Zhao Can, a young man who was nearly 20 years old, with a weight of one hundred and eighty catties on half of his body, he was completely numb after a short while.If it wasn't for the fear of alarming Zhao Can, he really couldn't bear it.

The two rubbed their bodies stiffly, looked at each other again, and finally Zhao Can laughed, "If you're uncomfortable, just call me, what are you doing?"

"It doesn't matter to me." Ping An said, "Is this considered sharing weal and woe with you?"

Zhao Can rubbed his arm for him, and said distressedly, "If you had called me earlier, I would have realized it a long time ago. Why should I suffer this kind of punishment? I have already seen clearly what kind of person our Majesty is. It is because It's because of other reasons for Zhang Bin, in short, things have happened and cannot be changed. For me, it's the same."

Ping An knew that he was comforting himself, so he just smirked.

Zhao Can looked at the dripping copper kettle next to him, and couldn't help but sighed, "It's already this time, and this night was wasted again. If I had known this, I should not have allowed you to say anything serious."

"My fault." Ping An said hastily, "Next time I won't bring up any serious business, so I'll stay with you, okay?"

"When?"

"Uh..." Ping An just promised casually, although he had a bit of sincerity, but he himself didn't know when he would have such a free time.Because... His things really happened one after another.

Zhao Can understood after seeing his appearance, raised his hand and tapped on his forehead, "Perfuse me, huh?"

"I was wrong." Ping An said with a slumped face, "But there is really no way to guarantee this kind of thing. If something really happened, can you put it aside and turn a blind eye?" And you have to fall in love by yourself, the picture is so beautiful , doesn't he dare to take a good look at it?If he really did this, even if Zhao Can ascended the throne, he would be a fool.

"Forget it, I'm not in the mood today, so I'll spare you." Zhao Can rubbed Ping An, then let go.

Originally, he had just moved here, and he was still a little excited, and wanted to share it with Ping An.It was imagined that the two of them could have fun in this small building... Ahem, so he didn't even put the guards nearby.

Who knows that plans are not as fast as changes, and now he really has no thoughts.

Ping An said, "Since that's the case, let's continue with the business."

Zhao Can couldn't help but stare, and then said dejectedly, "It turns out that you planned it a long time ago. Say, did you plan to drag me down with business? Next time I have time, I will insist on getting it back from you." No."

"I'm serious," Ping An said, "Didn't we always want to find Zhao Qi's handle before? Isn't this ready-made?"

Zhao Can's heart skipped a beat when he heard that.

Although the emperor himself was not particularly afraid of Zhao Qi's favor, he had to admit that for Zhao Qi, it was a very good protective umbrella.But the situation is different now. Now that the emperor knows that the emperor doesn't really love Zhao Qi, but just "loves the house and the crow", there is something operable in it.

Even a father who really loves his son may not make any compromises when faced with the struggle for imperial power.Kangxi established and abolished at the same time, after all, he still didn't let his most beloved son have the opportunity to threaten him.What's more, it's Zhao Qi's situation?

"I want to think about it," Zhao Can said.

Since there is such a ready-made handle in hand, if it is not used well, it will be too wasteful.Besides, Zhao Qi knew his relationship with Pingan, which was a huge hidden danger in itself, and he couldn't be allowed to go on like this.

"It's good that you know it yourself." Ping An said, "I don't understand these conspiracies and tricks, so you can worry about it yourself."

Hearing this, Zhao Can couldn't help but glanced at Ping An, seeing that he had a peaceful expression, and seemed to be just talking casually, a little smile appeared on his face.In the past, Ping An despised his cruelty.At that time, he was not angry in his heart, and he felt that he had never hidden himself from Ping An. He was always like that. Why couldn't Ping An accept it?

Looking back on it now, I just find it funny.

For Ping An to say this calmly, it should be a complete acceptance of himself, right?

After talking for a while, Ping An woke up suddenly when he heard the sound of the fourth watch outside, "It's already this late? I should go!"

Zhao Can was about to enter the palace on the fifth watch, so after a while, the people in the mansion would wake up and come over to serve him.At that time, it will not be so easy to leave in Ping An, and it is very likely that people will see it.

So no matter how reluctant Zhao Can was, he couldn't stop it.

But he said "yes", but he held on to Ping An's hand and refused to let go.

"I really have to go." Ping An lowered his voice, half coaxing half persuading.

Zhao Can sighed, "Time flies too fast, I thought you just came here, and you're going to leave again. You can live here as soon as possible." He was really excited when he said, "Peace, I'm Tell father, let you come to me, okay?"

"You think too much." Ping An calmly broke his fingers, "Let go now, someone will come later."

"There are leap years, leap months, and leap days in the calendar. I think there should also be leap hours. God should give us another leap." Zhao Can said in a low voice.

Hearing that he uttered such stupid words, Ping An couldn't bear to leave for a while.