Crossing the East Palace

Tang Luojin's parrot stand was not only given to the Empress Dowager, Queen Mother and Empress, he also sent one to Emperor Tianyuan and Princess Ningyang.

Needless to say, Emperor Tianyuan happily accepted the things after scolding him for being slippery.

Emperor Tianyuan guessed Tang Luojin's intentions, although he felt that he was cunning, but he was not tired of deceit. Tang Luojin's move neither hurt money nor labored the people, and the only thing he used was people's hearts.Of course he didn't allow it.

Princess Ningyang is the adopted daughter of the Empress Dowager. Among the princesses, she has the highest status and seniority. After receiving Tang Luojin's gift, she held a flower viewing feast in her princess mansion.

The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress continued what they had done before, summoning ladies from various families one after another to choose concubines for the eldest prince and the second prince. Of course, the golden empty parrot stand was always placed on the corridor, very conspicuous.

Half a month later, parrot stands were hung in the homes of many dignitaries.

On the parrot stand, there is food and water, but there are no parrots.

Tang Luojin got tired of staying in the palace, and felt that it was time to end the footbinding matter, so she planned to go outside the palace.

Who would have thought that just after he quit class early, he ran into Ning Junchi who came to the East Palace.

Ning Junchi is now, apart from the title of Duke Xin, because of his young age, he was awarded the post of imperial bodyguard by Emperor Tianyuan when he became an official for the first time. Now he is on duty in the palace, and he came to the East Palace after lifting his feet.

Tang Luojin: "..." Is it too late to leave now?

As soon as Ning Junchi saw that he had changed into a green uniform, a jade crown on his head, and a jade pendant with blooming wealth flowers on his waist, he knew that this playful prince was going out of the palace again.

However, there is probably only one Tang Luojin who can wear this light green robe so neatly and uniquely.

"Where are you going?" Ning Junchi had always been reticent, but in front of his younger nephew who was even more reticent and expressionless, he had to gradually become less reticent, "Going out of the palace? Uncle accompany Xiao Qi out."

Tang Luojin actually still had some personal matters to do today, seeing Ning Junchi and hearing Ning Junchi ask him this way, his face became even tighter.

"Xiaoqi is just going out to play, it's more important than Uncle Bu San's business." After Tang Luojin finished speaking, she was about to leave, "Xiaoqi is leaving now, uncle continues..."

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, Ning Junchi picked him up.

"No serious matter is more important than the safety of the crown prince of a country." Ning Junchi has practiced martial arts since he was a child. Although he is only 16 years old, he is already tall and tall, indifferent and elegant. Excuse me, "Uncle changed shifts with someone else, and now I will serve His Royal Highness by the side of the Crown Prince."

Tang Luojin snorted heavily.

He has now met two uncles in total.

One is Ning Junyu.Although Ning Junyu is very talented in martial arts and is often praised for his art of war, he is a bit dumb. Mingming is four years older than him, but he is willing to listen to him in everything.This made Tang Luojin especially like Ning Junyu.

One is Ning Junchi.Although Ning Junchi is Ning Junyu's elder brother, his temper is not at all like Ning Junyu's.On weekdays, he was willing to follow Tang Luojin and let Tang Luojin direct everything, but once he encountered something that he thought was right, Ning Junchi would not listen to Tang Luojin at all.

For example, at this moment, no matter how hard Tang Luojin is struggling, he will hold Tang Luojin tightly and never let go.

Tang Luojin knew Ning Junchi's stubbornness well, snorted, and refused to let Tang Luojin hug him like a child—although he is indeed a child now—stretched out his hand, grabbed Ning Junchi's earlobe and said: "Back, don't hug."

Ning Junchi frowned slightly: "It's comfortable to hold."

Tang Luojin twisted Ning Junchi's earlobe vigorously, then sank into her dantian, and shouted loudly into Ning Junchi's ear: "Back! Don't hug!"

The corners of Ning Junchi's lips twitched, and then he seemed to compromise helplessly: "Forget it, follow Xiao Qi."

Then she put Tang Luojin on her back and carried him all the way out of the palace.

When he got to the street, he originally wanted to let Tang Luojin down so that he could lead Tang Luojin along, but this time, Tang Luojin refused.

"Walking is too tiring." Tang Luojin put her hands around Ning Junchi's neck, put all her strength on Ning Junchi, and said with a straight face and no expression, "Uncle is amazing, uncle is back."

Ning Junchi: "...Okay, uncle."

To be able to get the sentence "Uncle is amazing", Ning Junchi thought, this is already not easy.

The news that Ning Junchi skipped class and left the palace behind His Royal Highness's back quickly spread throughout the palace.

After all, whether His Highness the Crown Prince arrives late or leaves early, or skips class to paint beauties, he has always come here with confidence and integrity, and it is not surprising that he was spotted along the way.

After Tianyuan Emperor heard about it, he laughed and scolded: "This little Qi, did you forget that he is already seven years old? It's hard for Jun Chi to indulge him."

Knowing that Emperor Tianyuan liked Ning Junchi very much, Xu Youwei said flatteringly, "Duke Xin Guo and His Highness the Crown Prince have lived together in Fujian for two years, and they have a very good relationship. Duke Xin Guo is also an elder, so naturally he will love the Crown Prince more. Some. It's rare that His Highness the Crown Prince, who always has a straight face, and his voice doesn't fluctuate, but this time he was so angry by Duke Xin that he yelled loudly into Duke Xin's ear."

Emperor Tianyuan laughed for a while, then stopped laughing, and sighed: "I was confused at the time. If Xiaoqi hadn't suffered from that illness, I am afraid that not only would he be smarter now, but he would also be happy, angry, sad and happy, just like ordinary people. , and still play coquettishly with me, how can it be like this, even if I want to make him angry and happy, it is not easy."

Xu Youwei didn't dare to say anything, so he could only persuade him: "His Royal Highness has great blessings, and perhaps there is only one disaster in his life. After the disaster, his life will be smooth. Your Majesty, don't worry too much."

Emperor Tianyuan just sighed casually, shook his head when he heard the words, and then continued to critique papers with his head bowed.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager mentioned this matter during lunch.

The sixth prince also heard the news that Tang Luojin was leaving the palace, his eyes lit up.

The Empress Dowager saw it and said with a smile: "Your seventh brother is very good at his studies. If he skips class, your father will not blame him. But your homework is not good. If you want to skip class, your father will definitely scold you."

The sixth prince hurriedly shook his head and said: "Grandson just wants to go out of the palace with the seventh brother to play next time when he takes a rest."

The Empress Dowager glanced at the Empress Dowager, and said: "You and your seventh brother are the best friends, just ask him if he would like to go out to play with you, if he is willing, then you, Jue'er, can leave the palace."

The sixth prince was overjoyed, and immediately jumped off the chair, put his arms around the queen mother's arm and said coquettishly: "Seventh brother promised grandson a long time ago, saying that grandson only asked for the emperor's grandmother, so he would go out to play with grandson, and said Zhu Keshan is here, so you can go to Zhu's house to play. Grandmother, you just promise your grandson—"

There are princes and princesses from the ancestral family in the palace. After they are seven years old, they will actually go out to play in the palace every once in a while.It's just that the sixth prince's mother and concubine was a beauty sent by Goryeo, so there was no grandparent's house to walk around, so he was eight years old and still hadn't been out of the palace.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager thought of Tang Luojin who couldn't even act like a baby, sighed in her heart, and said with a smile: "Jue'er has always been well-behaved, and you raised him yourself, so you should go to Zhu's house for a while. You don’t have to worry about Qi, who often goes out of the palace with you.”

In fact, the queen mother just wanted the sixth prince to act like a baby for a while, and after listening to the empress dowager's persuasion, she agreed with the situation: "That's fine. Jue'er went to Zhu's house, and I'll help Ai's house to take a look. How are the girls in Zhu's house?" ,how?"

The sixth prince didn't know the queen mother's plan, he was only happy that the queen mother agreed to his request to leave the palace, and with a small cheer, he nodded heavily in agreement.

The Empress Dowager shook her head, but said nothing.

The Empress Dowager cared more about the Zhu family than she did. After knowing that she and the emperor planned to choose a girl from the Zhu family for the prince to be Liang Di or Liang Yuan in the future, she thought about choosing another girl from the Zhu family for the sixth prince.

Fortunately, this matter is fine, as long as the sixth prince follows the prince closely in the future, there is no problem for the sixth prince to marry a Zhu family daughter.

The Empress Dowager thought for a while about the concubines in the East Palace who were going to be sent to the Crown Prince, but when she found out that the choice of the Crown Princess had not been decided, she started to have a headache again.

As she gets older, she always feels that her body is not as good as it used to be.She can let go of other things, but Xiao Qi's concubine and the two high-ranking concubine Liang... She is worried about the queen, so she must choose herself.

The queen, who was worried by the empress dowager, heard the news that the little eunuch Jiang Xin Guogong was carrying the prince out of the palace to play, and immediately looked at the elder sister, Mrs. Yuehou.

Mrs. Yue Hou slightly shook her head at her, and glanced at Ning Zhen'er beside her.

Ning Zhen'er tilted her head and smiled, "Third brother loves Xiao Qi so much, what's the point of carrying it? I heard from the servants around Third Brother that when Third Brother and Xiao Qi were in Fujian, Xiao Qi had just recovered. But he still doesn’t like talking very much. In order to make Xiao Qi talk, the third brother often went out and bought all kinds of things back home, hoping to let Xiao Qi say a few more words. Later, the shopping didn’t work, so the third brother had to take it with him. Xiao Qi went out to play, once, the third brother and Xiao Qi saw a father and son quarreling, the child opened his mouth and asked his father to lie down on the ground and be a horse for him to ride, the father persuaded him endlessly, and finally agreed to the child to go back and ride again Dama', the father and son left now. Seeing Xiaoqi, he went back to his house in Fujian and asked the third brother to ride as a horse for him."

Ning Zhen'er laughed to herself as she talked.

The queen frowned: "Absurd! How can such an absurd act be possible?"

Ning Zhener opened her mouth slightly in surprise.

Mrs. Yue Hou hurriedly laughed and interjected: "Jun Chi has always been proud, and he doesn't like to talk in front of outsiders. Buy some gadgets for His Highness, take His Highness to the streets, that's all. Let him be His Highness's horse to ride... ..." Mrs. Yuehou shook her head firmly, "But I don't believe it."

The queen came back to her senses, and smiled slightly: "Yes, he can eat it if Jun Chi suffers, but if you let him be that horse, lying on the ground, just to tease a child, it is absolutely unreasonable." possible things."

Ning Zhen'er covered her lips and said with a smile: "The elder sister and the second sister guessed wrong this time. The third brother is indeed proud, and he will not give up easily, but he really loves Xiao Qi. When Xiao Qi was in Fujian, He is only so small, and he sits there all day with a blank expression, his eyes are dull, he is pitiful and cute. The third brother loves Xiao Qi, in order to make Xiao Qi talk more, and become like a normal child who loves to talk and laugh How can you not do a mere horse riding game? I heard that this game was Xiao Qi's favorite game in the past."

Since it is my favorite game, how can I only play it once?

The queen and Mrs. Yuehou immediately understood that Ning Junchi really loved Tang Luojin very much.

If it weren't for this, how could a gentleman care more about his face these days, so how could he really lie on the ground, what a "horse"?

The two were silent for a while, and then Ning Zhen'er laughed and said: "By the way, Second Sister, Zhen'er wants to go out of the palace tomorrow, and the second girl in Liu Shangshu's house has a small birthday party for her birthday, and she invited me to it. "

The queen wondered: "It's not that you don't like the second girl of their family. You say that she is always coy in her actions. Why are you going to her small banquet this time?"

Ning Zhen'er said: "If it were any other time, I wouldn't go. But," she said with a smile, "But, I see that His Royal Highness has given away so many parrot stands, but I feel that I It should also be sent to the parrot rack."

The girls in Liu Shangshu's house all have bound feet.

Ning Zhen'er said a few more words, and the queen let her leave.

As soon as Ning Zhen'er left, the queen said eagerly: "Sister, I didn't care much before, but now it seems that both Jun Chi and Zhen'er like him very much. Not to mention Jun Yu, who was directly pointed at by that Tang Luojin In order to be a companion, I have been studying and practicing martial arts with Tang Luojin since then, this kind of friendship has been cultivated since childhood..."

The queen paused, "There is also that Tang Luojin, who is not an ordinary child at all. Ordinary children are born close to their mothers, and the second sister also knows that these days, I have made love to that child for many things, and I sewed it for him personally." Clothes, embroidered purse, and brought him my childhood things, and asked him to send him soup every day... But even if I did so much, the child was not close to me at all. I did All of this is wasted work.”

The queen actually wanted to say, that Tang Luojin was so smart and wise when she was young, so when she grows up, is she okay?

She felt more and more that she couldn't wait for Tang Luojin to grow up.

Fortunately, the queen just thought about these words in her heart, after all, she only had one son, Tang Luojin, in name.The emperor was also willing to visit Tang Luojin a few more times because of her goodwill towards Tang Luojin these days. The empress didn't want to lose everything now, so she could only keep these words in her heart for the time being, and wanted to wait for an opportunity.

Mrs. Yue Hou didn't know what the queen was thinking, so she could only sigh after hearing the words: "It's because that child is too smart. Smart people are so sensitive. You ignored him for seven years, and now you suddenly turn around and want to Be good to him. If it were an ordinary child who only hoped for the love of his parents, he would be grateful and open his heart to you. But if it were a smart child, he would only feel that something was wrong. If he could not understand the reason, he would not Willing to be close to you."

"However, if he really doesn't want to get close to you, you don't have to worry. As time goes on, you treat him well every day, maybe you can let him know the benefits of mother. If you really can't... Anyway, you do these things , the emperor and the empress dowager have seen it in their eyes and kept it in your heart, so you don't have to feel that you have done nothing." After Madam Yuehou said, she suddenly whispered, "There is one more thing, your brother-in-law has returned to Beijing to report on his work. I asked him to bring the best doctor in Lingnan. In a few days, tell the Empress Dowager, that I am in a hurry, and I will come to show you when the body is suitable for pregnancy. Let him come in and show you .”

The queen was surprised: "Elder sister, what are you doing? The best doctors in the world are not all in the palace? They are not ignorant, and they will take good care of themselves with me."

Mrs. Yue Hou sighed: "Huan'er, Huan'er, think about it carefully, is your temper now much more irritable than when you were in the boudoir? There are many things that you can think twice before doing, but you are in a hurry It's too late to think twice. I always feel that you seem to be..." Mrs. Yue Hou shook her head again and said, "Even if there is nothing wrong, the old doctor should give you some calming prescriptions."

The queen was startled, and suddenly grabbed Mrs. Yuehou's hand, and said, "Sister, you mean, you mean I was..."

Mrs. Yue Hou said: "Now it's just a guess. It's been so long. Let's do things, and don't offend the Empress Dowager. You pick a time when the Empress Dowager is happy, and beg her. We belong to the Ning family. Auntie, it's about the emperor's heir again, the empress dowager will take care of it."

All the affairs in the palace will not be mentioned for now, Tang Luojin was carried out of the palace by Ning Junchi, walked on the street, bought a lot of miscellaneous things, and saw that Ning Junchi's neck was sweating , just hummed, and said with a blank expression: "Woo--"

Coincidentally, behind them, the driver of a donkey cart also yelled loudly "Woo--" and stopped his donkey.

After changing the servant's clothes, he staggered a little while following the trail not far from Tang Luojin.

Did he hear correctly?His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of their family, is using the word to tell a horse to stop and not to go, calling the Duke Xin!

Looking left and right on the trail, he saw the attendants following him, all of them collapsed.

Only the two older attendants beside Duke Xin have the expression of "I knew His Highness the Crown Prince would tell Duke Xin to stop, but Duke Xin will never be angry, everyone can take it easy" .

Xiaoji: "..." It seems that he has discovered something extraordinary.

When Tang Luojin called out, Ning Jun paused, stretched out his big hand, and slapped Tang Luojin's buttocks before putting him on the ground.

"Naughty." Ning Junchi stretched out his hand again, poked a Guanyin mole on Tang Luojin's forehead, and said, "Actually, why do you need to change clothes? With such a Guanyin mole, you are probably just anyone in Chang'an City. Look." Considering your age, and looking at that little mole, you can know your identity."

Tang Luojin: "..." It seems that this is indeed the case... No wonder where he went before, it was quiet everywhere, and he never saw a single bit of bullying and bullying.

"It's not difficult." Tang Luojin thought for a while with a dark face, and said, "I went to Xiaojie to buy some rouge, and I was buying some snacks. I will give some red moles to the children playing in the street, and send a piece." Dim sum. After today, the streets will be full of children with red moles."

Then his red mole was not so obvious.

Xiao Jing originally thought that His Royal Highness would let him find a piece to wipe his forehead or wear a hat, but when he heard this idea, he was glad that he managed not to say his idea out loud, and after agreeing, he turned around and called two guards to do these things.

Donggong already had its own soldiers, and when Tang Luojin went out, he brought his own soldiers.

The two guards clasped their fists and left.

Tang Luojin held Ning Junchi's hand, and then "commanded" Ning Junchi: "Go to Cuixiang Building, my master reserved a private room there!"

It's still an annual subscription!

Because of his special status, he negotiated the price with Cuixianglou and bargained again. In the end, 100 taels of silver covered the private room for a whole year.

During the contract period, no one is allowed to use his private room except the cleaning servants.

Very good deal!

Ning Junchi: "...Cuixiang Tower? Which Cuixiang Tower?"

Of course it is the biggest brothel in Chang'an City!

Tang Luojin made a sullen face, and shook Ning Junchi's hand: "I forgot, uncle is an official. I have a fixed court, and Datang officials are not allowed to enter the brothel. Uncle, please go back. When the young master is done, Come back and find uncle."

Ning Junchi was almost laughed out of anger.

He half-bent, stretched out his finger and pointed at Tang Luojin's red mole: "This young master is not afraid of being imprisoned, what is uncle afraid of? Let's go, and let uncle go and have a look. When young master goes to the brothel, he must 'Busy' something."

Tang Luojin: "..." It's really thick-skinned and there is no cure.

So he had to take Ning Junchi to the Cuixiang Building to "do errands".

There is indeed a private room for Tang Luojin in Cuixiang Building, because Cuixiang Building knows her identity, the private room is very clean and bright, and the waiters are really well-behaved people.

When we got to the private room, someone had already arrived early.

When Ning Junchi saw the man, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Stone circle?"

The person waiting was Shiyuan, Zelan's brother.

Shi Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Duke Xin has a good memory, he is a student." Then he clasped his fists at Tang Luojin, "Your Highness, you have already found all the people you asked your subordinates to find. There are 24 people in total. Among them are four-year-old boys. Four children and four girls, nine-year-old boy and nine-year-old girl. Half of them are poor people in Chang'an City, and half come from this Cuixiang Building. In addition, four 12-year-old beggars and four 70-year-old beggars were found. Lady with little feet. They all agreed with what His Highness asked his subordinates to say."

Tang Luojin nodded slightly: "Tell those ordinary people that if it is a last resort, they will not be sent into the palace. If they have to break their bones and bind their feet in public, they will block the screen and their reputation will not be damaged. .”

Shi Yuan said: "Your Highness, don't worry, these subordinates have already said so. Those who are willing to send their children here are those whose families are really poor and can't live any longer other than selling their sons and daughters. If you don't help them, their children will be afraid." It was reduced to a cheap status two days ago."

Tang Luojin was silent for a moment, waved her hand, and stopped mentioning this matter.

When Ning Junchi saw this, he knew that this was what Xiao Tang Luojin wanted to "do" here, and it had already been done, and was about to open his mouth to let Tang Luojin go back with him, when he saw the little seven-year-old child, quite imposingly I opened my mouth.

"Go and call Qinghuan Qinghe to serve the young master. Then call all of you who are idle." Then he pointed to Ning Junchi beside him, "serve him!"

Ning Junchi: "..."

Obviously looking at this little guy with a serious face, he is very serious, and he should be serious, how can he make him want to beat someone so much?

Also, who is Qing Huan Qing He?

Drag it out and kill it!

The author has something to say: The private room of the small theater:

The old bustard: Oh, the prince, our private room here, one tael a day, 20 taels a month, 200 taels a year, 2000 taels a lifetime!Especially cost-effective, especially cost-effective, pass by, don't miss it!

Xiao Ningzi (draws sword): Look at the sword!

Xiao Tangtang (waving hand): Don’t buy it, let’s go!

Xiao Ningzi (closed the sword): Be good.

Xiao Tangtang: I've already booked it for a year, try it first, if it's good, I'll open my own house, try to earn other people's money, and don't let others earn my money!When the time comes, my uncle will also come, and I will give you a month for free!

Xiao Ningzi: ...Say it!good!of!one!generation!son!Woolen cloth!