Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

Zhou Xingzhi heaved a sigh of relief after dealing with the affairs of the Minister of the Household Department. The three-month salary penalty is not painful to anyone.If there are no accidents, the next big court meeting will be able to arrange the population statistics to the servant of the household department.

"Tomorrow is a rest day, I don't have to go to court, is the queen interested in going out with me?" The palace is a gorgeous cage, even if Zhou Xing knew the owner of the palace, she felt that the palace was a bit boring.After she finished dealing with the backlog of things in her hands, she couldn't help but want to go out to breathe.

"Where does Your Majesty want to go? The garden outside the palace?" Ye Ningxuan is also quite busy these days. After all, Zhou Xingzhi entrusted her to take care of the private treasury, and she needs to sort out the accounts of recent years.

"I want to go out of the palace for a stroll." Zhou Xingzhi asked, "Does the empress know any interesting places in the capital?"

"If Your Majesty wants to exercise, there are special hunting grounds, kicking grounds, and polo fields in the capital. If it's just for fresh air, you can go to the western suburbs to see the peach blossoms on the mountains there may still be in bloom."

Zhou Xingzhi rubbed his chin, "Before entering the palace, does the queen often go out?"

Ye Ningxuan nodded, "Father and brother often take me with them when they go out, and in the rest of the time, many noble girls will ask me to go out and enjoy the flowers together."

"It's great, except for going out once when I was a child, I spend the rest of my time in the palace." Zhou Xingzhi said with emotion, "I don't know what it's like outside."

"Then I'll take your Majesty down to have a look tomorrow, let's go shopping first." After hearing Zhou Xingzhi's words, Ye Ningxuan's eyes flashed with distress.The person in front of me was pushed to the throne at the age of 12, and then was suppressed by the regent as a puppet for three years. He must have suffered a lot.

"Then I will thank the queen first." Zhou Xingzhi smiled on his face. She had never seen the ancient capital, so she didn't know what the scene was like.

It is not a trivial matter for the emperor to go out of the palace. If he followed the normal path, it would take a long time just to prepare.So Zhou Xingzhi chose to visit privately on Weibo, and selected about [-] reliable people from the imperial guards, eight of them followed him, and the remaining ten scattered around to protect the safety of himself and Ye Ningxuan.

Qin Ran's eyelids twitched when he got the news, and immediately called over the emperor and empress who were about to set off. After seeing their outfits, the expressions on their faces became even more strange, "Are you going to go out dressed like this?"

"Yes, queen mother, I rarely have time today, so I want to go out with the queen for a walk." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile, she had already changed into black-colored regular clothes.As for Ye Ningxuan, she also took off her palace attire and changed into men's attire mainly in white.Ye Ningxuan's facial features were already heroic, but after simple modifications, she looked like a well-raised son.

After Qin Ran was silent for a moment, his eyes were full of confusion and he asked, "How many guards did you bring?"

"There are 28 imperial guards, as well as Wei Zhong, Lu Wan, and the queen's maids. It can be counted as 31 guards." Zhou Xingzhi said.

"Does the queen mother want to go out of the palace too?" Zhou Xingzhi asked casually.

"Nonsense." Qin Ran laughed, "There are a lot of Prince Jia's people in the capital, so if you go out like this, don't you worry about accidents?"

"Queen, although there are Prince Jia's people in the capital, not all of them are Prince Jia's people. According to his character, if he is not fully prepared, he will not make a move. I will go out for a day. If Prince Jia finds out At most, I will send someone to follow me, and I won't do anything to me." Although Zhou Xingzhi left the palace on a whim, she made a real decision after analyzing the pros and cons.

"If he is an impulsive person, mother, I can't stand here and talk to you now." Zhou Xingzhi actually investigated the poisoning of the original owner secretly, but she found that the people around the original owner were very clean, and the food they ate every day was also clean. It has been checked layer by layer, and there is no loophole in the palace to exploit.

After back-tracking, the only time the original owner was likely to be poisoned was on the day of the wedding. At that time, there were many people in the palace. If the arrangements were made, the poisoning could be done and escaped completely.

This style of behavior is clearly not to leave any flaws. Even if something happened to the original owner, Prince Jia can completely disregard himself, and then under the compromise of the clan and the support of his officials, hypocritically "have to" enthroned.

Speaking of which, thanks to Prince Jia's need for a good reputation to ascend the throne, the original owner was able to survive until he came over.

After hearing Zhou Xingzhi's well-founded analysis, Qin Ran fell into deep thought, and finally chose to compromise, "Forget it, your majesty can go out of the palace if you want, but remember not to spend the night outside the palace, tomorrow you have to go to court early."

"Mother, don't worry." Zhou Xingzhi held Ye Ningxuan's hand, "Is there anything the mother wants me to bring back?"

"No, you just need to pay more attention." Qin Ran said, with a trace of regret that could not be detected in his eyes.

I am already the queen mother, and I have passed the age where I can be willful and impulsive.Of course she was thinking about leaving the palace, but she was more aware of the consequences of leaving the palace.

The news that the emperor was out of the palace was spread, it was nothing more than a private visit in a micro-service.But if the news of her going out of the palace is revealed, maybe the next day there will be news that she has an affair with someone or plots something wrong.

Holding Ye Ningxuan's hand, Zhou Xingzhi got into the carriage with her.Accompanied by slight bumps, the carriage quickly drove out from the side gate of the palace.

After leaving the palace, Zhou Xingzhi opened the curtain on the window, looked out curiously, and was willing to look away after a long time.

"Your Majesty, let's go to the streets of Dongcheng first to have a look. There are some novelties from Fanbang over there." Ye Ningxuan said.

"Okay." Zhou Xingzhi put down the curtain, "But now we are outside, you can't call me Your Majesty, just call me by my name."

"Then, Xingzhi?" Ye Ningxuan asked tentatively.

"Well, do ordinary people have the same name as the emperor?" Zhou Xingzhi thought for a while, "It's better to change the order."

"Knowledge." Ye Ningxuan quickly changed her words.

"Well, that's about it." Zhou Xingzhi showed a satisfied smile on his face, and clarified their identities, "You are my cousin, Ning Xuan, surnamed Ning Xuan."

"Okay, Zhixing." Ye Ningxuan smiled, the name was strangely familiar.When this sneaked out to play in the past, he also gave himself the same name.

The streets of the capital are very bustling, and there are many shops along the streets. After approaching the commercial area, the flow of people on the streets increases, and the speed of the carriage slows down.

"Your Majesty... Zhixing, the commercial area is in front of us, why don't we get off the carriage and take a stroll." Ye Ningxuan suggested.

"Okay." Zhou Xingzhi nodded in response, stretched out his hand to lift the curtain, jumped out of the carriage first, then turned around and passed his hand up, "Come on, come down."

"En." Ye Ningxuan pursed her lips, held Zhou Xingzhi's hand and jumped down.

After walking two steps forward, Zhou Xingzhi suddenly thought of a question, and turned to look at Ye Ningxuan, "Ningxuan, did you bring any money with you?"

"Huh?" Ye Ningxuan was stunned for a moment, "Zhixing, are you talking about taels of silver?"

"That's right, haven't I handed over all my money to you, Ning Xuan, to take care of it?" Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile, "If I fancy something later, please Ning Xuan to pay for it for me."

Ye Ningxuan laughed, "Okay, Zhixing, don't worry, I've brought enough money, if you like anything, just tell me."

People living in Dongcheng are usually honorable families. Although there are many types of shops here, they all have one thing in common, that is, the prices are expensive, and ordinary people cannot afford them.

The first thing Zhou Xingzhi walked into was a calligraphy and painting shop. As soon as he entered the door of the shop, a man dressed as a book boy greeted him, "Hello, gentlemen, do you want to introduce some of the paintings and calligraphy in the shop?"

"Okay, let's talk about it." Zhou Xingzhi said.

"Look, gentlemen, this is Mr. Qingzhu's latest work "Peach". This painting looks like a painting of a peach blossom tree, but as long as you change the angle and turn the painting upside down, it will be a peach blossom beauty." Shutong turned the painting in a different direction. From a certain angle, the original branch of the peach tree became a female silhouette.

"Generally speaking, this kind of painting is very suitable for giving to your sweetheart." Shutong said, and then walked two steps inside, intending to introduce other paintings.

Zhou Xingzhi stood in front of "Peach" and looked at it for a while, then turned his head and asked Ye Ningxuan, "Is this Mr. Qingzhu a famous painter?"

Ye Ningxuan thought about it seriously, "I haven't heard of it for the time being. This painting looks pretty good, but it's still a bit inferior to everyone's masterpieces. This Mr. Qingzhu should be a well-known upstart in the painting world."

"This son is right. Mr. Qingzhu has only become famous in the last six months." Seeing that the two were interested in this painting, the book boy continued to introduce it in depth and began to tell the life of Mr. Qingzhu.

Zhou Xingzhi listened dispensably, and waited until the book boy finished introducing, and asked, "How much is this painting?"

"The young masters are elegant people. The shop is willing to make friends with them, and only 100 taels is enough." The book boy said with a smile.

100 taels?Zhou Xingzhi frowned slightly, the money was enough to support several elite soldiers for a year, it was not cheap.

"Wei Zhong, have you brought any money?" Zhou Xingzhi took a step back and turned to look at Wei Zhong.

No need for Zhou Xingzhi to say more, Wei Zhong understood what she meant, and quickly took out 100 taels of silver bills to pay.

"Wait, Zhixing, didn't you say that you want me to pay for you?" Ye Ningxuan said in a puzzled tone.

Zhou Xingzhi smiled, "That's true, but this painting is not good. I'm going to give it away, so I can't use your money."

Although Ye Ningxuan brought money from her own private treasury, she planned to buy the painting as a gift for her. It would be a little strange if Ye Ningxuan paid for it.

As a gift?Many thoughts flashed through Ye Ningxuan's mind, she twitched the corners of her mouth and showed a standard smile, "So that's how it is."

The book boy has already said that this painting is suitable for gifting to a sweetheart, who is Zhou Xingzhi buying it for?

Concubine Yang, Concubine Zhong, or Concubine Liu?