Crossing should also be very low-key

"Chen, you kissed a male pet in public at the banquet last night, right?"

Xu Lichen, who was about to drink the soup, paused for a moment, and looked at Pei Zhiya who asked the question.He originally thought that what Pei Zhiya might ask was "who was that person I met last night" or something like that.

"How do you know?" He remembered that Chen Ying told him when he reported that Pei Zhiya went directly to the guest room after seeing Li Qingjiu, and did not go to his banquet venue, so it is impossible to see it with her own eyes.

"You have a hidden guard, and I have a hidden guard! Originally, I just asked him to follow that person to have a look, because that person didn't have any servants around him at the time, and he didn't look like those other young masters in words and deeds, so I was a little concerned."

Hearing the word caring, the Taishang Huang paused for a moment while eating, and raised his eyes to cast a warning look.

"Zhiya, that person is just a new male favorite, just like everyone else." How could Xu Lichen not know what his father was thinking?Not to mention that he didn't want Pei Zhiya to be interested in that unknown person.

"It's no different..." Pei Zhiya read along with his words, but obviously didn't believe it at all, but he didn't continue to ask. "So, can I visit him for a while tomorrow? Because he was in a hurry to leave last night, I was also afraid that Ritsu would catch a cold, so I went back to my room first, and I didn't have time to thank him properly."

It takes three days to travel from the palace to the palace. Xu Lixiao, who is the son of heaven, has government affairs to deal with and cannot leave the palace for too many days, so he only arrived at the palace this morning and will leave tomorrow morning.However, Pei Zhiya and the Supreme Emperor Xu Liqian were much freer, so they had already arrived at the Palace the day before, and they would stay for another two or three days before leaving.

"You already thanked him last night, didn't you? Besides, even if Ru'er ran around, there were hidden guards everywhere in the mansion, so he didn't need his help at all, so in fact, you don't need to thank him at all." About this One point, Xu Lichen was also very puzzled: Li Qingjiu should know the existence of the hidden guards, why did he not seek the help of the nearby hidden guards when he found Lu'er, but waited for Pei Zhiya to find him?This made him more wary of Li Qingjiu, and of course it made it even more impossible for Pei Zhiya to get in touch with him again.

"Then I won't thank you, it's okay to just chat with him, right?"

"No." Xu Lichen flatly refused, and got a look of affirmation from his father. "That person is my male favorite in name, but his identity is unknown, and the purpose of entering the mansion has not been found out, so I can't let you meet him."

"That's right..." Pei Zhiya had heard before that many people entered the palace with various purposes to be Xu Lichen's male favourite, some wanted money and power, some wanted the prince's support and help, some The others came with bad intentions, but fortunately, Chen Ying and Lin Tang checked them out one by one and resolved them properly. "But he looks calm, generous and polite. He doesn't look like a bad guy, and besides, he's so thin..."

"This person is different from the previous assassins and spies. Chen Ying has not been able to find out his origin so far, and Lin Tang has not found any flaws in him. He is a very difficult guy."

"Troublesome?" Pei Zhiya repeated his words suspiciously, and then looked at him with somewhat ambiguous eyes. "Then... you are not afraid of making things more difficult after kissing him?" Pei Zhiya said pointedly.He will not let go of this rare message easily.

"...that was a temptation."

"Oh... so it's a test..." Pei Zhiya deliberately made a look of sudden realization and nodded.

"I'm telling the truth, that person's identity is unknown now, and he doesn't know the purpose of entering the mansion, please be quiet and don't provoke him." Xu Lichen warned again with some anxiety.Although Pei Zhiya is seven years older than him, because he is a person who makes people restless, since Xu Lichen was sensible, he has always taken care of Pei Zhiya as a peer, or even a junior.

"Understood, anyway, this is your palace, if you don't allow me, I can't see him."

Xu Lichen glanced at his father, and saw his father return a look of "will watch him closely", so he was a little relieved.

"Brother Huang, do you need me to send someone over?" The emperor who had been silent all this time suddenly opened his mouth.

"No need, Brother Xiao, my men are already on their way."

Although Xu Lixiao has been on the throne for five years, they are still accustomed to using their previous titles in private occasions with only their own family members.

"If you need people from the palace, just call them over." Xu Lixiao didn't ask any more questions, but just said this lightly, and then continued to eat the vegetarian dishes he didn't like.

"Yeah." He responded lightly, without specifically saying thanks.If it was in a formal occasion, he would follow the etiquette and bow and say "Thank you, Your Majesty", but if he said "Thank you, Your Majesty" to his young brother in a private occasion, he would feel that they were unfamiliar with each other and would be unhappy. "By the way, are Ritsu'er and Sei'er getting along well?"

"Two babies, one is just born and the other is under two years old, how can we not get along well? You can ask Zhiya for details!" Knowing that Xu Lichen deliberately wanted to change the topic, Xu Lixiao also followed suit and dropped the question To Pei Zhiya.

"It's the first time Ritsu'er saw a child younger than him, so she's curious..."

The topic was smoothly changed. Pei Zhiya talked about the two lovely children with a kind face. Xu Li's father and son looked at each other, with various emotions such as approval, gratitude and peace of mind, as if they had solved something. Difficult opponents in general.

As for the North Courtyard where the topic was, because he knew that he would never be called to sleep with him tonight, Li Qingjiu was in a good mood at the moment teaching Zhang Xiaoyue and two servants to play poker.

Earlier today, on a whim, he finally asked Zhang Xiaoyue what dynasty it was now and who was in charge, but Zhang Xiaoyue gave out a country name and imperial surname that he was sure had never heard of before.He asked about the previous dynasty and some history, and finally determined that he might not be as simple as "going back to the past".

However, it is not a simple matter for him to come from modern times to ancient times. As for which ancient times, he is not interested in delving into it.But knowing that this place was not thousands of years ago made him feel more at ease, because then he didn't have to worry about what he did to accidentally change history. After all, the butterfly effect is very scary!

After he was relieved, he suddenly took out the self-made playing cards that had been hidden all the time and played with Zhang Xiaoyue and the others.At first, I was worried that playing cards would become popular after playing, and things that originally originated from Western countries would become from Eastern countries, which would change history or something, but now there is no need to worry about it at all.

"Let's go." Putting down the last card, he smiled gracefully and sweetly.

Li Qingjiu, who had at least five thin wooden cards in front of him, stared at him in disbelief.

"Brother Yue, have you really never played poker before?" He had the impression that the playing cards should have been imported from abroad, Zhang Xiaoyue couldn't possibly be so good at playing poker!

After one or two hours of playing, whether it is memory, entertainment, skill or gambling games, Zhang Xiaoyue wins five or six out of ten times, only those who play luck (such as picking red dots) they Only three people can compete with it a little bit.

"Because the young master has been rolling around in the gambling house since he was a child!" the servant A Cong said proudly, and then suddenly remembered that his young master didn't seem to like to talk about this matter, so he couldn't help but look at his young master guiltily.

Woo!Sure enough, although the young master's smile is still there, the smile has disappeared!

"Oh? Your dad...I mean, your dad is also a gambler? Then we are in the same boat! Hey, how much does your family owe?"

Originally, she was a little unhappy because the servant blurted out her background, but when she heard that Li Qingjiu could talk about such things so calmly, without showing contempt for him like the others, the haze in Zhang Xiaoyue's heart was unbelievable. Dissipated in an instant.But what does the word "also" mean?

"Although my father likes to gamble, he doesn't owe a lot, at most it is more than 100 taels, but he won more than 100 taels later, and he lost half of it, so our family has probably maintained a debt of 50 taels to others. The state of two." Zhang Xiaoyue answered while thinking about whether to follow the trend and ask him "what about you", maybe something can be tricked out.But on the other hand, he was also worried that if he asked him that, "Li Qingjiu" might become wary of him, and would startle him instead.So after a moment of weighing, he decided not to ask, to see if the other party would slip up and reveal something.

But with a second thought, this person can pretend so perfectly that the prince can't find any flaws so far, so he probably won't reveal anything easily.

"It's only three to fifty taels!" Li Qingjiu said enviously. "That's a good repayment! Our family, in the current currency value, probably owes more than 50 taels!"

Zhang Xiaoyue stopped collecting cards and looked at him.

"Huh? What's the matter, Brother Yue?" Li Qingjiu looked at him suspiciously, wondering if he had said something wrong, and then suddenly remembered that he was "Li Qingjiu" now! "Ahahahaha...but those are all things in the past! Ever since my father became an upstart, he hasn't owed anyone money anymore hahahaha..."

Looking at his reaction, Zhang Xiaoyue was speechless.Is this person really a suspicious person who was instigated by someone to sneak into the palace under the guise of his identity?How could you be so careless?If the people above him knew that he almost leaked just now... oh no, if it was "already leaked", they would be so angry that they would personally kill this unpromising subordinate!

"Come on, whoever covers more, you or Ah Shun, is it okay?" Zhang Xiaoyue decided not to puncture at this time in order to hear him continue talking.Anyway, his lies are already broken enough, it would be too inhuman to poke them any further.

"It looks like me hehehe..." Feeling that Zhang Xiaoyue didn't seem to care about his messy explanation, Li Qingjiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.In fact, he also knew that someone as smart as Zhang Xiaoyue would not be able to fool him so easily, but he just didn't tell the truth for some reason.In fact, if you think about it, there is nothing to talk about, anyway, he is just a prince's male favorite, no one should care about his background, right?

"Since you know it's you who still don't pay?" Zhang Xiaoyue also took away the cards covered by Li Qingjiu, and shuffled the cards skillfully, it was not at all obvious that she was new to poker today.

Li Qingjiu rolled his eyes guiltily.I was the one who lost the most points, and I had to hand over three slices of beef jerky, but when I looked down, I lost to only two slices left.Li Qingjiu glanced at Zhang Xiaoyue who was dealing cards, and then secretly tore one piece of beef jerky into two pieces.

"Do you think I'm blind?" Zhang Xiaoyue said without raising her head.

As soon as these words came out, Li Qingjiu's hand shook when it was half torn, and quickly pressed back the part that had been torn.

"Hey hey, I owe you one piece, I owe you one piece." He put the remaining two pieces of beef jerky into Zhang Xiaoyue's bowl.

"If you owe three yuan, you need to hit the soles of your feet, you said." Zhang Xiaoyue reminded happily.

"I know, I know! You won't win every time, come again!" Regardless of age or experience, he would lose so much that he owed more than Zhang Xiaoyue, which aroused the gambling in his blood.

At this moment, Li Qingjiu had no idea that even if he just played cards obediently in his room, his low-key life would undergo an unexpected change after being fermented by some people's words.