After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

After brewing green plum wine, Qi Zizhen, who had nothing to do, stayed in the room that day and never went out.

Because he didn't have a Shiqin, he went to the study in the West Wing to randomly read a volume of prose written by his predecessors when he was bored, and even went to bed early at night with his clothes on.

This time, no one disturbed his rest, and when he woke up, it was already the next day.

After a brief wash, Qi Zizhen originally wanted to go out to blow some air, but found that the weather today seemed not so good, it was gloomy, thick and heavy, and it seemed that there might be another snowfall at any time.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to close the door and go back to his room, when a man who looked like a eunuch came over and told him that the prince had called him to the front hall.

The front hall is the reception area of ​​the East Palace, and it happens to be the time of the morning court and the next court. Song Yaoxu would suddenly call him over, and he guessed that it was either his prime minister's father or the Guan Wang.

In the end, as expected, the person who came was Guan Wang, Song Yaoxu's only uncle Song Ping.

The first emperor originally had few heirs. After Emperor Hongchu ascended the throne, the remaining brothers were all secretly disposed of by Song Ping. Song Ping naturally became the only uncle who "loved" His Highness the Crown Prince.

Song Ping was older than Emperor Hongchu. He looked about 40 years old, with a kind face and a friendly smile. Just looking at his appearance, no one would have guessed that he had hidden evil intentions in secret.

Qi Zizhen stepped into the front hall and saluted politely: "I have met His Highness, and I have seen the king."

"Get up, there's no need to be polite." Song Ping smiled amiably, and ordered someone to bring a chair for Qi Zizhen to sit down.

Qi Zizhen thanked obediently and sat down indifferently.

Only after that did he hear Song Yaoxu ask Song Ping in a slow voice, "I don't know what the emperor's uncle came to the East Palace to find Zizhen?"

Song Ping took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that tomorrow my incompetent son plans to have a small banquet with his cronies and friends, and I want to invite Mr. Qi to play a song." , to open the eyes of my idle dog."

Different from Song Pingduan's goodwill attitude, Song Jiqi, the crown prince's son, has always been a dissolute character, spending his days and drinking and running amok.In the previous life, after Song Ping put Qi Zizhen as his companion, he gradually showed some signs of restraint.

——Of course, he later learned that these "restraints" were also pretended by him.

He had been with Song Jiqi day and night for nearly two years, and he thought he knew him best, and thought that he was not bad in his bones, but just a playful and innocent child.

The facts proved to him that he was the naive fool.

Qi Zizhen lowered his eyelashes and remained silent.

Now he is temporarily staying in the East Palace as a guest of the prince, whether he agrees or not, he still has to listen to what the prince has to say.

After Song Yaoxu finished listening, his brows furrowed slightly, and he declined politely: "This...maybe not very good."

Song Ping realized that he was referring to what he said when he rejected Emperor Hongchu, waved his hands and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry, this small banquet will only be attended by the children of their families, so we will definitely not disturb His Highness." Preparations for the gift."

"Furthermore, Mr. Qi is also the eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It is also beneficial to take this opportunity to make more friends."

It sounds like Qi Zizhen is thinking about what he said, and there is no excuse to refuse.

In desperation, Song Yaoxu glanced at Qi Zizhen, saw that he didn't respond, so he had to tell the truth: "To be honest, Zizhen accidentally scratched his fingertip recently, and in the short term... I'm afraid he really won't be able to play."

While speaking, his face was apologetic, and he smiled helplessly: "I trouble the emperor to come here to invite you, but Zizhen's situation will really disappoint the emperor."

Listening to their conversation, Qi Zizhen was still sitting upright in his seat, without changing his posture from the beginning to the end, like a tall and straight ink bamboo, tough and responsible.

However, Song Ping did not give up because of this, rubbed the teacup with one hand, and said slowly: "But I heard that this stone qin can be played with the hammer besides the hand, and the injury to the fingertips should not be a big problem if the hammer is used. ?”

Hearing this, Qi Zizhen, who was pretending to be out of the distance of the device, froze, curled up his fingertips slightly, and trembled slightly when no one noticed.

Shi Qin was rare in the Ling Dynasty and even in history. Song Yaoxu didn't know much about it, so he still handed over the decision-making power to Qi Zizhen under embarrassment: "Zizhen, what do you think?"

Qi Zizhen was silent for a long time, and finally raised his head to look directly at Song Ping: "As Guan Wang said, the stone qin can indeed be played with a hammer. It's just that the qin hammers are placed in the prime minister's mansion, and you have to ask His Royal Highness to allow the grass people to return home." one trip."

The implication is to agree to play for tomorrow's banquet.

Seeing that he himself agreed, Song Yaoxu didn't say any more, and responded: "After breakfast, you can go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion with Cui Liang."

Qi Zizhen got up to thank him, and after listening to some polite words from Song Ping, he left.

When he walked out of the front hall, he was greeted by a few snowflakes.

Snowing.

He raised his head and glanced at the sky, it was gray and covered with fluttering white, it was hazy and dull, making people depress when looking at it.

Qi Zizhen turned around and went back to the room, according to what Song Yaoxu said, he simply had breakfast and set off with Hou Cui Liang back to the prime minister's mansion.

Cui Liang has never been very used to him, and he never gave him any good looks on the way, let alone actively looking for topics.

On the way back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the atmosphere between the two became even more gloomy.

Qi Zizhen held an umbrella in one hand, trying to block the flying catkins outside, but he still inevitably got dots of snowflakes on his body, which stood out against his black clothes.

He walked very slowly along the way, but no matter how slow he was, he would eventually arrive at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"I have seen the eldest son."

The lazy guards at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion hurriedly stood upright when they saw Qi Zizhen, saluted and opened the door.

Qi Zizhen's attitude was always indifferent. After the door opened, he went straight in and headed towards his remote courtyard.

Cui Liang, who had a bad complexion at first, frowned, but didn't say much in the end.

Qi Zizhen didn't care about the changes in the attitudes of the people behind him, so he went back to his deserted courtyard.When he came back suddenly this time, there was not a single servant in the courtyard.

It was exactly what he wanted.

He approached the bedroom with ease, but his pace became slower and slower. He stopped at the door for a long time before finally willing to step in. He went to the corner and rummaged to find a box that had been dusted for a long time.

This box was used to hold the hammers in this world. In his previous life, he discovered that the hammers and the stone harp had traveled with him. After that, he randomly placed the wooden box containing the hammers in a corner.

Qi Zizhen lowered his eyes, gently opened the wooden box, and looked at the pair of wood-colored violin hammers lying quietly inside, with spots of inconspicuous dark red stained on them.