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

During the Chinese New Year, Zhou Xingzhi, as the emperor, also had holidays. From New Year's Eve to the sixteenth and seventeenth period of the new year, there was no need for early court.Civil and military officials seldom write memorials during this time period, even if most of them are announcements and greetings.

What happened a few years ago made this New Year a little depressing, and it wasn't until the news that Cangnan City was recaptured came back that Zhou Xingzhi's mood improved slightly.

"Has Prince Jia made any moves recently?" Zhou Xingzhi has sent people to monitor Prince Jia's movements since the two sides publicly confronted each other during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

However, Prince Jia took his own safety very seriously. The people sent by Zhou Xingzhi couldn't keep staring at him. They could only squat around the palace and record the people who came and went with the palace and some trivial matters.

"Prince Jia hasn't been out since the news of Cangnan City's destruction spread to the capital. Only some officials who had been promoted sent people to present New Year's gifts." Wei Zhong said and took out a booklet from his hand, "Your Majesty, these are the list of New Year's gifts and the estimated value of the gift list."

Zhou Xingzhi took it and flipped through it. After seeing the names and gift list on it, he couldn't help laughing, "It seems that there are quite a few people with brains, and they know that the affairs of Cangnan City are related to him."

"Your Majesty, in the eyes of this slave, Prince Jia has made another foolish move. It doesn't matter if he wants to target you politically, he should never use the land and the people as sacrifices." Wei Zhong sighed.

"Indeed." Zhou Xingzhi put down the notebook.

It seemed very stupid for Prince Jia to do this. Apart from making her angry, it would not have a substantial impact on her, but instead let his own reputation drop to the bottom.

But this shows some things from the side, that is, almost all of Prince Jia's people in the court have been cleared out, and the remaining few are people who can't break up with Prince Jia and can only follow him all the way to the dark .

"Your Majesty, the shops outside the palace have reopened today, why don't you take the Empress to relax?" Wei Zhong suggested, he found that His Majesty's mood seems not to be very good recently, only during the New Year's Day Just a little happier.

"Alright, you can arrange it. I will take Ning Xuan for a stroll outside." Zhou Xingzhi said and paused, "Tell the news to my cousins, I plan to go out for a few more days, and ask them if they want to go together .”

It is still time for the Spring Festival holiday. If there is no accident, there will be no major issues for her to deal with until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In order to make up for the atmosphere destroyed by Prince Jia a few days ago, Zhou Xingzhi plans to go to a farther place to breathe and relax. .

"Okay, I also want to go out of the palace to see, can we all go together?" Yang Bai'an was very happy when he heard the news. She has been in the palace for almost a year, and the number of times she has been out of the palace can be counted on one hand. have to come.

"Returning to your majesty, what your majesty means is that if Concubine Yang and Concubine Liu are willing, then go out of the palace together." The little eunuch sent by Wei Zhong said.

"Alright, did Your Majesty say anything else?" Yang Bai'an asked, "Shall we prepare something?"

"If you go back to your mother, if you can, try to prepare some clothes that are more convenient for you to move around. Don't bring too many things, as long as you have enough money." The little eunuch recalled and basically repeated what Wei Zhong told himself.

"A lot, thank you little eunuch for passing on the message." Yang Bai'an said, and the maid at the side gave the little eunuch a purse containing money very colorfully.

"Your Majesty, you are being polite, so the servant will leave first." Feeling the weight of the purse, the smile on the little eunuch's face grew even wider.

After watching the little eunuch leave, Yang Bai'an cheered happily, and directly circled Liu Lanze's neck beside him, "Sister, we can leave the palace, we can finally leave the palace!"

There was a gentle smile on Liu Lanze's face, "Yes, we're leaving tomorrow, let's get things ready today."

"Okay, sister, how many clothes do you plan to go?" Yang Bai'an asked, "There is still money, should I bring silver notes or broken silver..."

The little eunuch was in charge of delivering news to Yang Bai'an and Liu Lanze, and Wei Zhong was in charge of greeting Zhong Qingyi.After hesitating for a while, Zhou Xingzhi decided to go to Kun'an Palace in person and invite Qin Ran to play with him.

"You youngsters can just mess around, it's not appropriate to take me with you." Qin Ran rejected Zhou Xingzhi's proposal with a smile.In the past, it was okay for her and Zhong Qingyi to sneak away, and those who brought out were all cronies, and not many people knew about it.

But this time it was different, if Zhou Xingzhi wanted to take them out of the palace together, there would be some news that he couldn't hide anymore, and once they left the palace, there would be no more people in charge of the palace.

"If the queen mother doesn't go with us, the queen mother may have to stay in the palace alone." Zhou Xingzhi understood Qin Ran's meaning, but she thought it was a trivial matter. As long as she, the emperor, was strong enough, those ministers would also open their eyes. With one eye closed.

"It's okay, it's already the sixth day of the junior high school, and most of you are going to go out to play for seven or eight days. If I stay in the palace, I can help you deal with some important matters, in case you don't make any mistakes." Qin Ran said , she often went out with Zhong Qingyi, and she no longer longed for the outside of the palace.

Qin Ran's words made sense, and Zhou Xingzhi didn't continue to persuade him, "Since my mother insists on this, then I won't force it."

Surprisingly, after hearing that Qin Ran wanted to stay in the palace, Zhong Qingyi volunteered to stay, saying that he wanted to help Qin Ran.

"It would be too lonely for the queen mother to be alone in the palace. How nice it is for me to stay and help and accompany the queen mother." Zhong Qingyi said, "Your Majesty, you can take the queen sister and the other two sisters out. And the queen mother will help you look after the palace!"

Zhou Xingzhi was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look at Zhong Qingyi a few more times. Did the two fall in love when they left the palace together?

"What does the queen mother think?" Ye Ningxuan asked Qin Ran for his opinion.

Qin Ran smiled, "If Tsing Yi is willing to stay with me in the palace, then I will be delighted." Zhong Tsing Yi is a very interesting person, with her company, he would not have any boring free time .

Neither of the two parties had any objections, so Zhou Xingzhi and Ye Ningxuan did not interfere with their decision, and directly selected about 100 people from the pro-guard army, 30 of them were followers, and the remaining 70 people were in the dark to protect their safety.

On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Xingzhi and Ye Ningxuan got up almost as soon as the sun rose. After calling Yang Bai'an, they had breakfast together, and then they got into separate carriages and left the palace.

In addition to the 40 personal guards who served as guards, there were only four personal maids and Wei Zhong and Lu Yuan followed, adding up to a total of [-] people, pretending to be a big family traveling.

Considering that neither Yang Bai'an nor Liu Lanze had been out of the palace much, Zhou Xingzhi stayed in the capital for a day, stayed in the arranged inn for a night, and then left the capital the next day.

"Your Majesty...Cousin, where are we going?" Yang Bai'an couldn't help asking while eating together.

"Cousin thinks going in this direction, where will we go?" Zhou Xingzhi was dressed in white and a pure black cloak.

Yang Bai'an followed Zhou Xingzhi's line of sight, looked at some familiar scenes, and couldn't help having a bold idea in his mind, "Your Majesty, no, is cousin going to Hejian Mansion?"

Hejian Mansion is adjacent to the capital city, it is Yang Bai'an's hometown, and it is also the place where Zhou Xingzhi's mother clan lives.

"That's right, Cousin, haven't you been home for a long time? This time, I can just drop by to see your family." Anyway, they are out to play, and Hejian Mansion is also close to the capital, and it only takes a day to go back and forth.

"Thank you, cousin!" Yang Bai'an thanked her more sincerely this time. She had only met her parents once since entering the palace, and it was on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

"You're welcome." Zhou Xingzhi said with a smile, "When we get to Hejian Mansion, you will be the host. You want to take us to have a good time."

"Cousin, don't worry, I know all the interesting places in Hejian Mansion, and I will definitely let my cousin and...sisters have fun." Yang Bai'an promised.

Knowing that this was heading home, Yang Bai'an became excited visibly with the naked eye, and didn't care about the low temperature outside, so he just wrapped himself in a cloak and rode on the horse, happily blowing the northwest wind.Liu Lanze was a little worried after seeing it, and chose to leave the carriage after repeated hesitation.

"Sit forward, I'll be with you." Liu Lanze also put on a cloak and rabbit fur gloves on her hands.

"Okay." Yang Bai'an happily moved forward, before she stretched out her hand to say anything, Liu Lanze stepped on the stirrup with her left foot, leaned on the saddle and turned onto the horse directly.

Yang Bai'an blinked, and couldn't help but tilt his head sideways to look back, "Sister, are you good at riding?"

"A little bit." Liu Lanze said without changing expression.She is a daughter of an aristocratic family, and she has to learn the six arts of a gentleman: etiquette, music, archery, imperialism, calligraphy, and counting since she was a child.

"Sister is really amazing." Yang Bai'an praised sincerely.

Zhou Xingzhi lifted the curtain and took a look outside, and raised his eyebrows when he saw the two snuggling together, "Ning Xuan, my cousin and the others are out of the carriage, should we come together?"

Ye Ningxuan glanced out through the gap in the curtain, although it is winter, but today is a sunny day, with the sun, is the temperature very low?

"Okay, let's come out and get some fresh air." Ye Ningxuan didn't object, "Should we ride on the same horse or separate?"

"My cousin is already riding a horse with Liu Lanze, and we want to ride a horse together." After Zhou Xingzhi finished speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong. It was normal for him and Ye Ningxuan to ride a horse, but Yang Baian and Liu Lanze also rode a horse...

Is it because they are good sisters?

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