In the capital city in May, there is already a feeling of dryness and heat in early summer.

Especially in the afternoon, if you put your head under the sun for a while, you will soon sweat.

In the imperial garden, Ji Qingzhou took a small hoe and squatted on the ground to dig the ground, while the little emperor happily took a shovel to dig the soil beside him.Four or five-year-old children have a natural interest in sand and soil. Once they catch the opportunity to dig a few times, they will soon sink into it.

"Your Majesty, you can rest for a while, you will suffer from heat stroke if you stay in the sun like this."

"Eunuch Ji, you should say something!"

"Your Majesty is so delicate and expensive, how can he bask in the sun like this..."

The little eunuch on the side held up an umbrella and wiped away his sweat, for fear that the little emperor would be exposed to the sun.

Ji Qingzhou raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said with a wry smile: "Don't think your Majesty is so fragile, okay? What happened to such a big child shoveling the soil for a while?"

"Eunuch Ji, Your Majesty is a man of gold, how dare the servants be negligent." Another young eunuch said with a bitter face.

At this moment, the little emperor suddenly yelled, and reached out to pick up something from the soil, which made a young eunuch next to him stagger back in fright, his face turned pale.Ji Qingzhou took a closer look and found that the little emperor was holding an earthworm in his hand.

"Is this a snake?" the little emperor asked excitedly.

He had only seen snakes in picture books before, so he had a vague idea of ​​what a snake looked like, but he had no idea of ​​its size.

Ji Qingzhou smiled and said, "This is an earthworm, not a snake."

"What is an earthworm? Can it bite?" the little emperor asked.

"Earthworms are..." Ji Qingzhou thought for a while and explained: "Drilling around in the soil, it can help flowers and plants grow. It is a very useful insect." The little emperor nodded thoughtfully when he heard the words .

"Earthworms have another use." Ji Qingzhou said, "It can be used as bait."

"What's the bait?" The little emperor asked again.

"Things for fishing." Ji Qingzhou said.

"What is fishing?" the little emperor asked again.

Ji Qingzhou was startled, and then remembered that when he took the little emperor to the dining room that day, the little emperor thought that the fish grew out of the wooden barrel.It's a pity that someone died in the lotus pond in the palace not long ago, otherwise he could have taken the little emperor to go fishing.

"Want to go fishing?" At this moment, the man's cold voice suddenly came from behind.

The little emperor looked up, stood up and quickly threw himself into the opponent's arms, still holding the earthworm in his hand.

"Uncle Emperor, Uncle Emperor..." The little emperor asked excitedly, "Do you want to take me fishing?"

Li Zhan raised his sleeve to help the little emperor wipe the sweat off his face, and said, "Yes."

"But not long ago in the lotus pond..." Ji Qingzhou reminded.

Li Zhan frowned slightly when he heard about the lotus pond, and Ji Qingzhou realized that he had made a slip of the tongue and quickly shut up.

"There is a lake in the Bieyuan on the outskirts of Beijing. You should be able to catch fish this season." Li Zhan said lightly.

"Are we going out of the palace?" The little emperor was so excited when he heard the words, he turned his head to stop Ji Qingzhou and said, "Can you let Eunuch Ji go with me, I want him to accompany me."

The man didn't answer this question, but turned his eyes to the ground beside him, and saw that the garden, which was originally smooth and orderly, was turned into a mess by the two people, one big and one small.Resisting the urge to touch his forehead, he stepped into the garden and took the hoe from the boy.

"My lord, you can't do it..." The servant at the side saw that the regent was about to go down, so he hurriedly stopped him.

Li Zhan didn't bother at all, he squatted down and leveled the pothole, then looked at it for a moment and said: "Find something suitable for this season and plant it, let His Majesty take care of it personally, others are not allowed to help, I want to see it." Does he have the patience?"

Everyone was astonished when they heard the words, but they still responded again and again.

At the end, Li Zhan returned the shovel to Ji Qingzhou, before leaving, he said lightly, "You can come with me."

Ji Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and he didn't realize until Li Zhan walked away. Did the other party want him to go to the other garden with him?

"Why did your lord take you to Bieyuan?" Tu Dayou was very surprised when he heard the news.

"Your Majesty is going, there must be someone around to serve you." Ji Qingzhou said disapprovingly.

Tu Dayou said: "You are serving the pen and ink for His Majesty, will you serve other things?"

"The other things...will someone take care of you?" Ji Qingzhou said.

"I heard from Master that the prince only ordered you among the accompanying servants and palace servants." Tu Dayou said, "The rest of the accompanying servants are all the confidant guards in the palace."

Ji Qingzhou: ...

"The Yinghui Pavilion has almost been repaired, and it is estimated that the prince will move there soon." Tu Dayou said: "I don't understand, he obviously ordered a lot of servants to serve in the Yinghui Pavilion before, why is it that during this time? I have never summoned anyone else, but I only let you serve me close to me?"

Ji Qingzhou touched his nose and said, "Because His Majesty likes me?"

"It's not impossible." Tu Dayou frowned, looking thoughtful.

Ji Qingzhou thought for a moment, hesitating whether to tell Tu Dayou about the Prince Regent's recruitment of him, but he finally held back.After all, he doesn't know who is behind Tu Dayou's allegiance. If the two of them are involved in the camp, it will always become complicated.

"Don't think about it, I guess the prince is just thinking about my father's old love, so he takes extra care of me." Ji Qingzhou said: "As long as I do my duty in front of him, there should be no problem."

Tu Dayou stared at Ji Qingzhou for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, but finally he just nodded and said nothing.

Two days later, everyone set off for the Bieyuan.

The Bieyuan is in the suburbs of Beijing, and it is only half a day's journey by horse-drawn carriage.

After arriving at the other courtyard, Ji Qingzhou was surprised to find that Li Zhan not only brought him a servant on the way, but there was no servant or maid in the courtyard to serve him.In other words, except for him and the little emperor, the entire Bieyuan is full of guards.

"Master Ji, let me come."

"You just leave it alone, you don't need to do it yourself."

The guards who accompanied him took the drowsy little emperor from his hands, and someone took his luggage, and the posture seemed to treat him as someone who couldn't carry his shoulders or hands.Ji Qingzhou is not a hypocritical person. Although other servants were very polite to him during this time in the palace, it was completely different from the "care" shown by these warriors.

"If you need help, Mr. Ji just call us." A young guard helped Ji Qingzhou put his luggage away and said to him.Ji Qingzhou looked at the young man's eyes, but he couldn't help turning red on the other side, as if he was a little embarrassed to look at him.

Ji Qingzhou:? ? ?

Something always feels wrong.

And this group of people called themselves not Eunuch Ji, but Young Master Ji.

On the other side, Dong Dong personally arranged the defense of the Bieyuan, and the accompanying guards were all people who had been with Li Zhan for a long time, the tacit understanding between each other and their loyalty to Li Zhan were beyond doubt.

"Okay, what should you do?" Dong Dong waved his hand after giving orders, and everyone dispersed.

Several guards got together, and after walking away, they began to whisper: "Did you see it clearly?" one of them asked.

"I can't see it any more clearly," replied the other.

"Tell me quickly, can we guess if that's the case?" One person said with a smile.

"How can you tell?" The man said, "Why don't you go and listen to the corner at night?"

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the words.

"Let the prince find out, and I won't cut off your ears." One person laughed.

"Then you're staring at Young Master Ji today, aren't you going to poach your eyes?" Another person said.

The man quickly denied, "I didn't stare at him, I just helped him carry his luggage."

"Then why are you blushing?" One person teased, "Well, you dare to think about the prince's people... um..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was gagged by another guard, and the few of them chatted in low voices and walked towards the distance together.

In the main hall, Dong Dong made a cup of tea for Li Zhan.

Li Zhan wiped the table with his hand, and his brows relaxed when he saw that there was no dust on it.

"Second Master Qin heard that you were coming to Bieyuan, so he sent the post over in advance, and it is estimated that he will arrive later." Dong Dong opened his mouth.

Li Zhan responded, suddenly thought of something, and asked, "Where's Ji Qingzhou?"

"Young Master Ji is guarding His Majesty. Your Majesty fell asleep on the road and hasn't woken up yet." Dong Dong said.

Li Zhan nodded, and said, "Is there anyone who is familiar with the Erlang you brought over this time?"

"I haven't heard of it." Dong Dong said.

Li Zhan frowned when he heard the words, and seemed a little puzzled.

Dong Dong immediately remembered something, and asked, "Did the lord see someone courting Young Master Ji?"

"You saw it too?" Li Zhan asked.

The guards in the palace are usually unsmiling, but today they don't know what happened, all eyes are on Ji Qingzhou, no matter how dull Li Zhan is, it is impossible not to notice it.

"Hey... the boys in our house are not young anymore, maybe some manly men can't help showing courtesy when seeing Young Master Ji's beauty," Dong Dong said.

It is not uncommon for Dayu Dynasty to have a good masculinity, especially in the army.It's just that there was a rumor in the palace some time ago, which made the Forbidden Army even stricter. The guards of the Forbidden Army were not allowed to get close to the servants in the palace, but it was not so strict outside the palace.

Moreover, Li Zhan's followers are all soldiers of the palace, and they are not under the control of the forbidden army.

"However, everyone in our house has their own sense of propriety, so the prince doesn't have to worry about it." Dong Dong said, "At most, they just pay more attention and show their hospitality. They absolutely dare not do anything out of the ordinary."

Li Zhan didn't make a sound when he heard the words, but there was a trace of complicated look in his eyes.

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