The prince is no longer a man

Kunning Palace.

The queen leaned on the bed, and the little maid half-kneeled on the ground and hammered her legs. After a while, the queen waved her hand without interest, and the little palace lady stood up tactfully, and stepped aside.

Seeing this, Grand Eunuch Li motioned for the palace people to step back, and asked in a thin voice, "Your Majesty, what are you dissatisfied with?"

"I heard that the crown prince left the palace today with the son of Prince Shun?"

"Yes, the palace people said that Huo Qin made an appointment," Eunuch Li asked in deliberation, "Your Majesty, are you worried?"

The queen didn't answer, she picked up the teacup with white onion-like fingers, and took a shallow sip.

"In the past, the crown prince and the crown prince got close, and you were worried that the crown prince would take advantage of the crown prince's relationship to escape your control," Eunuch Li said: "On the day of the dinner, what the crown prince said, according to the slave, was to put aside the relationship with the crown prince. Why do you need to worry too much, ma'am?"

"Then what do you mean, just based on Rong Shizi's words, this palace can rest assured?" Putting down the tea cup, the queen said: "But why does this palace feel that the relationship between the crown prince and the prince is better than before. "

"Who in the world doesn't know that the son of Prince Shun has no city mansion, besides..."

Eunuch Li hesitated to speak, but the queen looked over and said, "Continue."

"Your Majesty has eyes," said Eunuch Li, "Besides, Duan Jingxun was just an unfavored prince in the past, if you hadn't adopted him under your knees, how could he have sat on the crown prince?"

"With such kindness, how dare Duan Jingxun disobey the empress?"

"But he is not peaceful. If he deliberately wins over the prince, I have to guard against it."

"If your empress has doubts, on the day of the spring hunt, why not..." At the end of the sentence, Eunuch Li lowered his voice, saying what only he and the queen heard.

Outside the palace, Pei Rong and his party came out of the restaurant, and Huo Qin led the two of them to the Hou's mansion.

The mansion awarded to Huo Qin by the emperor is located in the busiest place in Beijing, and there are two majestic stone lions sitting in it. The big characters flying and dancing on the plaque are even more majestic.

The people knew that this was Huo Qin's mansion, and many people carried their own fruits and vegetables to express their respect and admiration for Huo Qin through simple emotions.

Pei Rong couldn't help but feel happy for Huo Qin, after all, since ancient times, popular support has been much more difficult than military achievements.

It's just that there was no joy on Huo Qin's face. When the three of them sat down in the main hall, Pei Rong couldn't help asking: "It's a good thing that the common people love him. What about the little general..."

Huo Qin just smiled: "I'm used to staying in the army. When I return to the capital, I don't need to practice every day. I just have nothing to do."

Pei Rong couldn't help thinking about the night of the celebration banquet, so he consciously closed his mouth and didn't say anything else.

Duan Jingxun said indifferently: "This mansion is named Reward, but it is actually surveillance."

Huo Qin didn't expect Duan Jingxun to puncture this layer of paper lightly, even though there were only the three of them at this time, Huo Qin couldn't help but tremble in his heart: "Prince, you..."

Pei Rong didn't understand the twists and turns, and asked puzzledly: "Why don't I understand this?"

"When Huo Qin returned to Beijing, all the people in the city lined up to greet him, and the emperor even held a celebration banquet. It can be said that everyone knows about it."

"This mansion is located in the most prosperous area of ​​the capital. In fact, Huo Qin's every move is in the eyes of the people in the whole city. Once something is wrong, it will be magnified countless times."

"So I said, this is surveillance."

After speaking this long paragraph, Duan Jingxun's expression remained unchanged, he looked at Huo Qin and asked, "Is that right, Huo Qin?"

Huo Qin squeezed his palms tightly and asked: "Since the crown prince knows it and I know it, why do you need to explain it?"

Duan Jingxun didn't answer, but turned to look at Pei Rong and raised his eyebrows.

Pei Rong only felt that he had heard some terrible news, so he quickly covered his ears and said hastily, "I didn't hear anything!"

Duan Jingxun pulled Pei Rong's hand away with a funny face: "What are you afraid of? Everyone knows it well, but you don't think deeply, stupid."

"It turns out that you are..." Pei Rong realized belatedly, Duan Jingxun just said it to himself on purpose.

"Why did you tell me this?" Pei Rong still didn't quite understand, and said, "You still said it in front of the little general."

"Because you're stupid," Duan Jingxun folded his arms and said, "You don't have to say the words when you enter the door in the future."

It was only then that Pei Rong realized that he had just said that it was a good thing for Huo Qin to be loved by the people, but after Duan Jingxun's detailed explanation, he realized that it was not a good thing for Huo Qin to be under the emperor's feet.

"Little General, I..."

Before he finished explaining, Huo Qin stretched out his hand to signal, "Shizi Rong is simple-minded, so I naturally don't care about it."

After Huo Qin finished speaking, he glanced at Duan Jingxun, and there seemed to be deep meaning in his eyes.

Duan Jingxun's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "Huo Qin, I haven't seen you for a long time, why don't we play a game of chess?"

"It's not convenient here, why don't you play a game in the study room, it's much quieter there." Huo Qin said, making a gesture of invitation.

Pei Rong didn't like playing chess the most, and immediately said: "Then you go, I won't go."

Duan Jingxun was not surprised, he seemed to have known that Pei Rong would say this for a long time, and before leaving, he glanced worriedly and said, "Don't run around, wait for me here."

Pei Rong was bored all by himself, so he called a servant and asked what interesting things happened in Beijing recently.

The boy told Pei Rong that recently, Xuege sang a new play, the venue was full, and many people rushed to listen to it, Pei Rong became addicted to the play, and just wanted to fly out of the Hou's mansion and go straight Listen to Xuege to go.

But just now Duan Jingxun had instructed him, Pei Rong pressed down on the armrest forcefully and endured it.

It took about an hour before Duan Jingxun came out. When the two of them left the Hou Mansion, Pei Rong was still thinking about how to speak. When he raised his head again, Duan Jingxun was standing beside the carriage, looking at him impatiently. , signaling Pei Rong to get in the car.

Now Pei Rong couldn't bear it anymore, and immediately shouted: "Prince!"

Duan Jingxun could tell what Pei Rong was thinking at a glance, but it was not easy to hold back until now, so he deliberately said: "Get in the car, it's time to go back to the palace."

"Prince," Pei Rong said after deliberation, "I haven't been out of the palace for a few days, so there's no need to rush back, right?"

"What are your plans?" Duan Jingxun asked.

"Recently, Xuege has a new play, why don't you go and listen to it?" Pei Rong asked tentatively.

"Do you want to hear?"

"I don't really think about it. It's okay to come out. The prince should have heard of it for a long time, right?"

"Rong Shizi has a heart, I thought it was Rong Shizi who wanted to hear it," Duan Jingxun said, "But I'm not interested in listening to the opera, so I'd better go back to the palace earlier."

"no no!"

As soon as she heard that she was going back to the palace, Pei Rong became anxious, and quickly said: "Yes... I want to hear it."

"Go back to the palace and call a troupe, get in the car." Duan Jingxun said while holding back a smile.

"Oh." Seeing that there was no hope for listening to the show, Pei Rong instantly became stunned, and reluctantly got into the carriage.

The wheels started to spin, Pei Rong drooped her head, tugging at the hem of her clothes sullenly, without saying a word.

Duan Jingxun smiled secretly, lifted the curtain of the car, and said loudly, "Go and listen to Xuege."

Pei Rong immediately raised his head, looked at Duan Jingxun in disbelief, and asked, "The prince is willing to go to the theater?"

Duan Jingxun raised his eyebrows, and a smile flashed in his eyes, "It should be good to listen to it once in a while."

Pei Rong grabbed the orange at hand, peeled off the peel, put it in Duan Jingxun's hand, and smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Prince!"

The two came to the theater building of Tingxue Pavilion, and found that there were many people sitting under the stage today. They presumably came here because they heard about the popularity of the new play.

Pei Rong and Duan Jingxun found a seat and sat down, and not long after, the actors on the stage began to babble and sing.

This new play is really good, not only the lyrics and music are excellent, but also the actor's figure is first-class, like a weak willow Fufeng, Pei Rong can't help shaking his head when listening to it, he really enjoys it.

Duan Jingxun really doesn't like to listen to operas, there are many people here, not only noisy, but also a little stuffy.

Seeing that Pei Rong was engrossed in listening, Duan Jingxun got up and went downstairs alone to get some air.

Before reaching the main hall on the first floor, someone's voice was heard.

"Have you all seen that the son Rong is here today?"

"I see, there is a handsome man beside me!"

"That Rong Shizi said at the little general's dinner party that he should not be a crown princess, and today there is such a handsome man by his side. Could it be someone he has just taken a fancy to?"

"I think it's probably true that he is a Longyang, and he even got a marriage gift from the emperor. I don't know who is so unlucky that he will fall in love with him."

"Hahaha, according to Rong Shizi's appearance, I don't mind spending some time with him."

Duan Jingxun's eyes were already icy cold, his hands were clenched into fists, and when he was about to strike, he heard a "bang", the person who spoke just now was punched hard, and fell to the ground in pain.

"I think you don't want to live anymore, dare to say that about him!"

It was Sheng Yuan who made the move, his face was flushed red, his hands trembled slightly because of anger, one punch was not enough, and when he was about to pounce on him to continue beating, the man who was beaten covered his stomach and shouted: "What are you doing in a daze, you still don't give me a hand!"

A few servant-like people rushed up and fought with Sheng Yuan.

Although Sheng Yuan was good at martial arts, but his father disciplined him very strictly, so Sheng Yuan only had a little bit of kung fu, compared with a few strong men who had been doing rough work all year round, he quickly fell behind.

Not long after, Sheng Yuan was also knocked down to the ground, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth and a large bruise on his face, looking very miserable.

The beaten man was supported to stand up, and seeing Sheng Yuan staring at him fiercely, his heart became more and more angry.

"What are you? Dare to fight with the master?"

"Could it be that you are the best friend of that world?"

"Master, I'll tell you today, I'm really into... Ouch!"

The man suddenly let out a scream, and the whole person flew out obliquely, and fell heavily on the table. With a "bang", the table and chairs were smashed to pieces. The man let out a scream like a pig, and couldn't get up for a long time.

Duan Jingxun had a terrifying aura all over his body, and his voice was colder than ice: "If you dare to say another word, I will kill you."

The guards on the side rushed up, Duan Jingxun's movements were fast and ruthless, but within a few breaths, he knocked these people to the ground.

Duan Jingxun walked towards the man step by step, looking at him coldly, like looking at a dead person.

The man didn't know Duan Jingxun's identity, but seeing that everyone was no match for him, he was terrified, crawled back on hands and feet, and howled, "You... who are you! I have never provoked you!"

Duan Jingxun stepped on the man's chest and looked down at him: "You have already provoked me."

"What's your relationship with Rong Shizi!"

The man quickly remembered that this man was the handsome man who came to the theater with Rong Shizi just now.

Duan Jingxun stepped hard, and saw that the man's face was flushed with liver color, his mouth was silently opened, and he couldn't even scream.

"Those who dare to miss me will seek death."