The prince is no longer a man

Sheng Yuan came here on purpose today to find Pei Rong. First, he failed to go to the palace, and then thought that Pei Rong likes to listen to operas, so he found Tingxue Pavilion.

Pei Rong followed behind Sheng Yuan, Sheng Yuan walked very fast, Pei Rong trotted a few steps before catching up, and asked: "Sheng Yuan, why do you look so ugly?"

Sheng Yuan: "Ask knowingly."

Pei Rong smiled and said: "I really don't know. Although I happened to meet Ning Shiqing today, you are definitely not so stingy, don't you?"

How could Sheng Yuan be angry with Pei Rong in his heart, it was only because of Ning Shiqing.

Pei Rong was still talking cleverly around the corner, Sheng Yuan was helpless, and he did not forget to tell Pei Rong: "From now on, you should have less contact with Ning Shiqing."

Pei Rong didn't know what was wrong with the two of them, so he couldn't help asking: "Why did Ning Shiqing mess with you?"

Sheng Yuan frowned, and his voice became cold: "Hmph, you're just a hypocrite."

"Don't talk about him anymore," Sheng Yuan said again: "I came to you today because I have something to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?" Pei Rong asked.

"This year's spring hunting," Sheng Yuan said after a slight pause, "Will you enter the palace?"

Pei Rong immediately understood the meaning of Sheng Yuan's words.

Before the spring hunting in April every year, all the official children will go to the Xiyuan martial arts field to practice.

Last year, Pei Rong begged the emperor for grace, and lived in the palace for a while before Spring Hunting, and went to Dongyuan where the crown prince was, in order to get closer to the crown prince.

The present Pei Rong would not bump into the prince by himself again, he shook his head resolutely and said: "I won't go, the palace is stuffy and there are many rules, the palace is still comfortable."

"Then how about you go to Xiyuan with me?"

When Sheng Yuan asked this question, his voice softened a bit. Seeing that the other party asked so carefully, Pei Rong asked deliberately: "What if I don't want to go?"

"Didn't you always want a piece of silver fox fur? This time I hit a spring hunt and I'll have someone prepare it for you. How about it?"

"Are you so sure you can hunt the silver fox?"

"You can go to Xiyuan with me." Sheng Yuan said firmly.

Pei Rong didn't speak for a long time, but looked over quietly, and found that Sheng Yuan was so anxious that he was about to nod his head, so he raised his lips and smiled.

"If I don't go to Xiyuan with you, who else can I go with?"

"You don't need to tell me specifically, I will also be with you, you see, there is also a piece of silver fox fur."

There was an unconcealable briskness and complacency in the tone, Pei Rong covered her mouth and turned her head, laughing at Sheng Yuan's request to lose money.

Counting the days, it was almost time to go to Xiyuan, the princess put on the court clothes for entering the palace, and ordered someone to change clothes for Pei Rong, saying that she wanted Pei Rong to enter the palace together to pay her respects.

Pei Rong didn't want to enter the palace, under the watchful eyes of the princess, he let the maid put on him one after another cumbersome clothes, and asked pitifully: "Mother, can I not go?"

The concubine nodded Pei Rong's forehead indifferently: "As the eldest son, you are supposed to enter the palace every month to pay respects to the emperor and queen. You can't even do this kind of etiquette. Are you trying to offend people?"

Pei Rong also understood this in his heart, the reason why he didn't want to enter the palace was because he didn't want to meet the prince, but there were some things that he couldn't just do if he didn't want to.

What's more, even if he escaped this time, there will always be a time when he meets the prince in the future, Pei Rong took a deep breath to cheer himself up, and the princess pinched his face in a funny way.

"It's just going to the palace to pay your respects, why is it like going to death for you?"

Pei Rong lowered his head, and his voice was weak: "The prince is in the palace..."

"Where can the prince be if he is not in the palace?"

The concubine also noticed something strange. Earlier, Pei Rong said that she would no longer pester the prince. In fact, the concubine was a little relieved, but now Pei Rong's attitude was clearly too late to avoid the prince, and she didn't know what happened. What made Pei Rong so afraid of the prince.

"Pei Rong, tell mother, what happened?"

"I'm fine, mother."

The worry of the princess is obvious, Pei Rong can only find an excuse, saying that he was too nonsense in the past, so it is not as good as how to face the prince now.

What she said made the concubine doubtful, but she didn't ask any more questions. After Pei Rong was dressed properly, the two of them left the mansion in a carriage one after the other.

When entering the hall to pay his respects, Pei Rong looked around carefully and found that Duan Jingxun was not there, so he relaxed his heart that had been carrying him all the time, and greeted the emperor and queen.

Pei Rong's thoughtful actions did not escape the eyes of the emperor, he laughed and said: "The prince is not here today, Pei Rong, are you disappointed?"

It was Pei Rong who said that she was going to be the crown princess at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. Everyone in the Manchu court and the young children knew about it. Afterwards, the word spread, and everyone in the capital knew about it.

But the emperor loves Pei Rong very much, he only regards this as a child's joke, and now he still doesn't forget to joke about it.

I can only answer what I said, Pei Rong said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, I was ignorant back then, so don't make fun of me."

Several people were talking, a young eunuch walked in quickly, lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, I just received the news that General Huo will return to Beijing in a few days."

"Good!" Hearing this news, the emperor stroked his hands and smiled, Longyan was very happy.

"Huo Qin has made a great contribution this time, count the days, I will reward him greatly!"

Huo Qin, upon hearing this name, Pei Rong couldn't help pricking up his ears and listening carefully.

Even if Pei Rongyuan is in the capital, this name is still very popular. Huo Qin is the eldest son of the Northwest General, he has not been conferred yet, but everyone already calls him Little General Huo.

It is said that Huo Qin is not yet 20 years old, but he uses his soldiers like a god, is brave and good at fighting, and has never failed. He has repelled the barbarians in the northwest thousands of miles in one fell swoop, and stabilized the northwest border. According to what the emperor said, Huo Qin must come back this time to be entrusted .

And Huo Qin's appearance is said to be even more peculiar. It is rumored that he is nine feet long, as invulnerable as a copper wall and iron wall, with a bearded face, a voice like thunder, and a person who can shake the ground when he stomps his feet.

Pei Rong was thinking about this, and heard the little eunuch say: "The letter said that he can return to Beijing before Spring Hunting."

"Spring hunting," the emperor repeated softly, then thought of something else, and said to Pei Rong: "Pei Rong, your performance was not very good last spring hunting, this time you stay in the palace, when Huo Qin comes back, you Go to Dongyuan with the prince to practice hard for a few days, and let Huo Qin see the demeanor of our royal children!"

"emperor!"

Pei Rong was startled, and when he was about to evade, Wang Fei grabbed Pei Rong's sleeve without showing any signs, and shook her head.

"Do you have any objections?" The emperor's voice sounded slightly dissatisfied.

Everything he wanted to say was stuck in his throat, Pei Rong knew that he couldn't say anything, and if he said it, he was resisting the order, he pursed his lips, bowed his head and kowtowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

The matter was settled in this way, before leaving, the princess worriedly pulled Pei Rong and said a lot, after seeing the princess off the palace, Pei Rong sighed and walked towards Zhaohua Hall.

Zhaohua Palace is a side hall of the East Palace, and it is also the place where Pei Rong lives. After walking a few steps, looking at the gorgeous palace with vermilion walls and green tiles from a distance, Pei Rong suddenly felt bored, and turned his head to another direction go.

As soon as Duan Jingxun returned to the East Palace, the little eunuch in the palace reported the news, and the maids at the side poured the water, and those who took the clothes took the clothes, and waited on him in an orderly manner.

One of the maids in green shirt raised her eyes and looked at Duan Jingxun delicately. When pouring tea, she brushed the back of Duan Jingxun's hand with her fingertips. Duan Jingxun raised her eyebrows and looked at it. next to.

Duan Jingxun didn't take the tea from the lady in green shirt, but took the steaming towel instead, wiped his fingers one by one, then lazily leaned on the Arhat's bed, flipping through the book in his hand: "Got it!" , you just serve the prince according to the rules."

"Prince, please use tea." The maid in green shirt raised the teacup to the top of her head with both hands, and said tenderly.

Duan Jingxun turned over a page of the book without even raising his eyelids: "Take her down, when will the people in the palace teach her how to behave, and then let her serve others."

The palace maid in green shirt immediately fell to her knees, and she didn't care about the pain when the hot tea was splashed on her body, begging for mercy again and again, the cry was so miserable.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the Eastern Palace was extremely dignified.

The book in his hand hadn't been flipped for a long time, Duan Jingxun's confidant eunuch Chang Bin coughed twice and said to everyone: "I don't need you to serve here, all go down."

Duan Jingxun put the book on the table casually, and asked in a deep voice: "Pei Rong should come to the palace today to pay his respects, and the queen must be here."

At this time, there were only Duan Jingxun and Chang Bin in the palace, but Chang Bin still looked at the palace gate vigilantly, and then carefully reminded: "Prince, you should be called Queen Mother."

"Who is my queen mother, no one in the palace knows."

Duan Jingxun laughed lukewarmly, his tone was extremely indifferent, and it made people feel chills when he heard it.

"Prince!"

Chang Bin grew up serving Duan Jingxun, and when he heard Duan Jingxun's words, he couldn't help but feel powerless.

"It's a dead person, so don't mention it." After speaking, Duan Jingxun picked up the book that was thrown aside just now and started to read.

Chang Bin saw it and sighed silently.

When it was time for dinner, after a row of palace maids put exquisite dishes on the table, Duan Jingxun said casually, "Today Rong Shizi has just entered Zhaohua Palace, so send someone to ask Rong Shizi to come over for dinner together."

The little eunuch who had not long gone to deliver the message came back, but the news he got was that Pei Rong was not in Zhaohua Hall.

Chang Bin suddenly got angry, and said sharply: "It's time now, the eldest son is not in Zhaohua Palace, why don't you hurry to find him!"

The dishes on the table were still steaming, Duan Jingxun strode out of the palace, Chang Bin hurriedly followed, and asked, "Prince, where are you going?"

"Kunning Palace." Duan Jingxun said coldly.

Pei Rong lost his way in the palace. Although he would go to the palace every month to pay his respects, he seldom walked around the palace. Now that the sun was setting and the sun was shining, when Pei Rong remembered that it was time to go back to Zhaohua Palace, he didn't know where he had gone.

Pei Rong turned left and right, and came to a palace, looked up, and saw the words "Oasis Spring Palace" written on the plaque, but the original color of the plaque was eroded by wind and frost, making it a little dilapidated.

The palace road was covered with dead leaves, most of the color of the vermilion wall had fallen off, the knocker on the palace gate was brown, even the passing maids didn't see it, it looked like a palace in disrepair, Pei Rong was about to turn back When walking back, I heard coughing again from the palace.

Since there were people in the palace, Pei Rong walked in again, intending to find someone to ask.

As soon as he entered, the dilapidated state of Ganquan Palace was completely exposed to Pei Rong's eyes. When the wind blew past, the dust would choke and make Pei Rong cough again and again.

"Who is it!"

A court lady came out from the corner impatiently. Seeing Pei Rong's luxurious body, she thought it was some prince who came, she quickly brushed her hair and knelt down to salute.

"See the prince!"

Pei Rong covered her mouth and nose and said, "I'm not the prince, I'm the prince."

"See the prince, why did the prince come here?" The maid quickly changed her words and asked.

Pei Rong was about to ask the maid about the way back to Zhaohua Palace, when there was another coughing sound from the closed door not far away, which sounded very weak.

"Is there someone living here?" Pei Rong couldn't help asking.

The palace maid glanced back and replied: "Return to the prince, this is the residence of the fifth prince."

How could the prince live in such a place, not to mention the maid's attitude, she didn't treat the person inside the door as a prince at all, Pei Rong poked his head to look inside curiously.

"If the Fifth Prince is here, I should see him when I come."