On the next day, the ninth day of March, the national teacher took a rare long vacation after he formally took over, and his physical condition seemed to deteriorate sharply within a day.

There were rumors in the palace that yesterday the national teacher had a sudden illness when he was visiting the princes in the South Study Room.In the end, he returned to the National Teacher Pagoda to recuperate, and was taken care of by the young tower master, so the young tower master also temporarily took leave, and continued to accompany the tenth prince to class after the national teacher recovered.

Hearing Cui Liang's report, Qi Zizhen couldn't help but be amazed.

According to what Cui Liang added, after Song Shi returned to the palace yesterday, he acted depressed, and when a familiar palace person came to ask him, he simply put what happened to Xu Xiaoqi as Qi Zizhen's name, with a serious expression on his face. I poured it out sadly, and also explained the cause and effect clearly, so that no one could find any flaws.

Song Shi looked cute, but he didn't expect that he had the talent to turn black and white.

After Cui Liang briefly reported the rumors about him in the palace, he then talked about the situation in the court that Song Yaoxu asked him to report by the way. +

Qi Zizhen leaned on a recliner, listening with his chin in one hand.

His eyelashes drooped slightly, a few strands of loose hair fell in front of him, and the slightly loose white clothes were loosely worn on his body, which accentuated the paleness of his face and lips.The left hand holding the cheek is well-articulated, and clear light blue blood vessels can be seen on the exposed slender wrist.

The careless appearance is more sickly, but not fragile, just like a snow lotus standing tenaciously in winter, unyielding in the wind, frost and pain, with the temperament of a banished immortal.

——If it wasn't for a little gray bird jumping around on top of his head.

When Cui Liang was interrupted by the chirping of the little gray bird for the third time, Qi Zizhen finally stretched out his hand helplessly and lifted the little guy from the top of his head who was concentrating on plucking him: "Xiao Hui likes to chat with a few people when someone is talking." Sound, more naughty, you don't have to pay attention to it."

As he spoke, he rubbed the little gray bird's head again, then put it on the white wool blanket, and let it play by itself.

I don't know if I want to respond to what Qi Zizhen said just now. After it was put on the ground, it screamed twice before jumping to the side to play.

Cui Liang couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Are all the small animals in the National Teacher's Pagoda so spiritual?"

Qi Zizhen was a little humble about this: "Fortunately, it's just an outstanding man."

Cui Liang knew that he would occasionally lose his temper, so he didn't take his so-called modesty to heart, and continued to report on the early court and recent political affairs.

Generally speaking, there is no major situation, but the officials investigating the Enke incident have made new discoveries. They have found clues from the sealed papers, and suspect that these sent papers for sealing may be fake.

Although Enke is an opportunity other than the regular imperial examinations, the effectiveness and procedures are as strict as the imperial examinations. From the production of the examination papers, the opening of the examinations, the marking of the examination papers, to the final sealing of the examination papers, and the seal of the emperor for preservation, all must follow the strictest program is carried out.

However, some officials discovered during a secret investigation that the seal stamped on Enke's examination paper did not seem to be a real jade seal.

In other words, it is very likely that this examination paper has been changed.

The unpacking and taking out of the examination paper also required certain procedures. The official who investigated did not dare to act rashly, so he directly reported the matter to Song Yaoxu, and Song Yaoxu made the decision.

However, Song Yaoxu knew that Song Ping's subordinates were among the officials who were responsible for guarding the examination papers, so he didn't do anything to scare the snake for the time being.

After listening to Cui Liang's report, Qi Zizhen didn't make any comments, and thanked him for his trouble.

Cui Liang waved his hands again and again to express that this was his duty, and couldn't help but asked worriedly: "Well, Mr. Qi's body...is it alright?"

"Huh?" Qi Zizhen was puzzled for a moment, and then he came to his senses, resting his chin with one hand, with a slight smile on his brows and eyes, "This is the sick look I made with rouge and gouache, it's not real, don't worry. "

Cui Liang was finally relieved, he didn't stay any longer, and left to go back to the palace.

Qi Zizhen called the guards to help send Cui Liang away, walked to the window and half leaned against the window sill, watched Cui Liang safely out of his sight, then returned to the room, picked up the white jade crown on the table and put it on.

It just so happened that the guard had come back at this time, and asked curiously, "Mr. Qi is going out?" Qi Zizhen nodded while arranging his hair: "As the saying goes, hearing is believing, seeing is believing, so naturally I want them to see it with their own eyes." .”

While speaking, he happened to fasten the white jade crown, and simply combed the scattered tassels, but he didn't comb them completely, bringing out a bit of listless mess.

He pursed his lips lightly, lowered his eyes slightly at the bronze mirror, and put one hand on the table in front of the bronze mirror, as if he was about to faint at any moment.

The guard was startled subconsciously, and he stepped forward to help, but he glanced back with a smile in his eyes: "How is it, is it realistic enough?"

The guard was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing: "It's too much, I was scared by Mr. Qi."

This is what Qi Zizhen wanted, and after arranging his clothes a little, he was ready to go out.

But before going out, he thought about it, and then turned back and asked the guard: "By the way, guard, do you have time recently? I want you to accompany me when I go out, so that the tricks can be more comprehensive."

The guard who liked to join in the fun readily agreed, and even couldn't wait to see Qi Zizhen show his acting skills in front of various officials.

Then he was dragged by Qi Zizhen to the Ridge guesthouse for tea.

Regarding the Gu poison, Qi Zizhen had already told Qin Gong the exact name last night, and Qin Gong also said that it would take time to search for all the information related to the Gu poison.

Now Qi Zizhen only needs to let the officials in the capital see his poor condition with their own eyes to dispel Song Ping's doubts, then the best place is Lingkelou.

But the guard obviously didn't think so.

After the third cup of tea, the guard couldn't hold it anymore, and asked sullenly, "Should we... just stop here for tea today?"

Qi Zizhen glanced at him and spread his hands: "Then what?"

The guard held the fourth cup of tea listlessly, as if aggrieved: "I thought I could see how Mr. Qi played with those officials."

"I'm not so good yet." Qi Zizhen's eyes were full of helplessness, "Song Ping is cautious, and we may arouse his doubts if we are too proactive."

Although he hadn't been in the rivers and lakes for many years, the guard still maintained his frankness when he was in the rivers and lakes. He didn't understand the twists and turns of the court, so he could only listen to Qi Zizhen's words and continue to drink tea with him in the guest house .

The Lingke Building is still the same as before, with only a few relatively regular customers, and there are not many people in the lobby, basically sitting near the storyteller, waiting for the storyteller to finish his break and start the next round of stories.

This time, Qi Zizhen still chose the second floor. With a glance, he could see most of the people on the first floor, and he could clearly notice the people who came in from the door of Lingke Building.

Not long after the guard drank the fourth cup of tea, Qi Zizhen noticed Yu Feiang coming in from the door.

Since recovering his memory last month, Qi Zizhen has basically selected useful officials to contact according to the memory of the first life, but rarely communicated with Yu Feiang.

He subconsciously didn't want to meet Yu Feiang in today's situation. After all, Yu Feiang treated him sincerely, and he didn't want to continue to deceive him unilaterally like this.

Originally, Qi Zizhen also thought that Yu Feiang would be very busy when he took over Zhu Fengyu's post and case, so he dared to come to Lingke Building.

Unexpectedly, things backfired, he still ran into Yu Feiang, and Yu Feiang also saw him immediately after going upstairs.

"Young Master Qi, long time no see." Yu Feiang greeted him with a smile.

Qi Zizhen seemed to have just seen him, quickly put down his teacup and got up, and bowed his hands in greeting: "It's been a long time, Mr. Yu, I don't know that Mr. Yu is here, I'm a little rude, sorry."

Yu Feiang waved his hand indifferently: "Why are you polite between us? By the way, who is next to you?"

He turned his gaze to the guard, and the guard who was sitting with Qi Zizhen noticed the change in Qi Zizhen's attitude, stood up and clasped his fists: "I have seen Master Yu."

Qi Zizhen also introduced softly from the side: "This is the guard, who is responsible for ensuring the safety of the junior in the National Master Tower. His Highness is worried about the health of the junior, so he asked the junior to go out with the guard."

He suppressed his voice softly and weakly, just like the image of a sick and weak boy.

Yu Feiang seemed to feel sorry for his situation, and said: "Don't stay in this lobby, it's too noisy. Come and sit with me in the chess room, it's quieter over there."

Qi Zizhen did not refuse, and followed Yu Feiang to the chess room.

I don't know if it was because of taking care of his body, Yu Feiang walked uncomfortably, wandered slowly all the way to the chess room, and after opening the door, he turned sideways to let Qi Zizhen go in first.

Qi Zizhen cupped his hands as a compliment, and turned his head to ask the guards to help watch outside before entering the chess room.

Yu Feiang brought him to the chess room that he used to come to frequently, and Qi Zizhen was already very familiar with the surrounding layout, so he naturally sat in the place where he used to sit before.

Tea was ready in the chess room at some point, so Yu Feiang poured him a cup of tea at the right temperature and handed it to him.

Qi Zizhen thanked him softly, and sat in his seat, looking extremely well-behaved.

At this time, Yu Feiang brought over two small jars of chess pieces by the way, and put the white chess pieces on Qi Zizhen's side.

Ever since he became acquainted with Yu Feiang, Yu Feiang liked to pull him to play a few games from time to time, and occasionally reminded Qi Zizhen when he made some small mistakes, and taught him some chess skills.

Qi Zizhen could also tell that he was teaching how to play chess, but Yu Feiang was actually teaching him how to save his life in court, and many of the contents really inspired him.

Yu Feiang has always treated him with care.

Qi Zizhen looked at the pot of white chess on his side, and saw that Yu Feiang on the opposite side had already placed the first chess piece, as if waiting for him to do the same.

He raised his hand to hold a chess piece, curled his fingertips lightly, and finally put the chess piece back.

"I'm sorry, Master Yu, but this junior suddenly remembered that there are other things, so I might not be able to play chess with Master Yu."

Qi Zizhen withdrew his hand and lowered his head halfway, making it difficult for others to see his expression clearly, and it also prevented him from seeing the expression of the person opposite him clearly.

He doesn't want to deceive Yu Feiang anymore, but now it's time to paralyze Song Ping, and he doesn't dare to have a showdown with Yu Feiang at such a juncture.

Yu Feiang on the opposite side was also silent for a while after he finished speaking, and then Qi Zizhen heard that he seemed to take out another chess piece from the chess jar and gently landed on the chessboard.

As the chess pieces fell to the plate, he suddenly said, "Actually, your illness this time is faked, right?"

Qi Zizhen's heart was startled suddenly, and his hands on his knees clenched the palms of his clothes tightly.

He didn't dare to look up at Yu Feiang's expression at the moment, only heard him continue to speak lightly.

"Actually, your previous innocence also lied to me, right?"

The author has something to say: If there are no accidents, an update will be added tomorrow. The first update will be at [-]:[-] noon at the earliest, and at the latest at [-]:[-] pm. If there is no first update after [-]:[-], just pretend I didn’t say mua~

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Thank you [Huaisu] and [Lemon Essence] for the nutrient solution mua~

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