After the rebirth, I was picked up by the prince

In the next period of time, Emperor Hongchu's birthday banquet was approaching, and the palace was basically busy. Even the prince, who was usually idle and had nothing to do, began to help prepare for the birthday banquet.

At the same time, in the past few days, Qi Zizhen has heard that two servants in the East Palace were suddenly sent out of the palace. Cui Liang did not give any specific reasons when they were sent out. Work harder, for fear that I will accidentally lose my job.

Qi Zizhen checked the deported people and confirmed that they were all the eyeliners placed by Guan Wang in the East Palace. He understood that Song Yaoxu was shaken by his words before, but he still couldn't be cruel.

He is not in a hurry, he knows that what Song Yaoxu lacks is a more profound education.

He looked at a piece of paper in his hand. The handwriting on the note was a bit scribbled, and he could see the style of running script, but also a little immature of a child.

There were only four simple words written on the note - "Arrange Nai Shubo

He raised his hand and threw the note into the burning candle, allowing it to be swallowed by the flames bit by bit, just like the other few notes in the past few days.

After confirming that the note had been burned, Qi Zizhen got up, walked all the way to Song Yaoxu's room and knocked on the door gently: "Your Highness, may I come in?"

Since he was released from prison, Qi Zizhen pretended that he often forgot the humility of his status. Later, Song Yaoxu said indifferently that he didn't need to be too restrained in front of him, so he simply followed Song Yaoxu's words and lost a little humility.

Hearing Qi Zizhen's voice, Song Yaoxu who was in the room came to open the door himself, and asked with a smile, "Why did Zizhen come here suddenly?"

After three days of recuperation, Song Yaoxu's minor injuries instantly returned to rosy lips, but his complexion was still somewhat tired due to the busyness of the past few days.

Qi Zizhen narrowed his eyes and replied: "Zishan said that the flowers around Chengming Lake are blooming everywhere recently, and the scenery is very nice. I want to invite His Highness to go out of the palace for a walk together. It should be a leisurely walk during the busy days."

Hearing this, Song Yaoxu showed embarrassment, and frowned slightly: "But Cui Liang told me this morning that his family has something to ask for leave, and the guards next to him are also busy with important matters these few days, so it may not be very safe to go out of the palace."

Now, when the emperor's birthday banquet is being prepared, many officials from other places return to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. The flow of people in the capital is very large in recent days, and it is also the time when problems are most likely to occur.

Qi Zizhen heard Song Yaoxu's refusal, lowered his head slightly, and responded softly: "Forget it, I was the one to be abrupt, sorry to disturb Your Highness."

He said apologetic words, but his tone was full of disappointment, as if he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Speaking of which, this is also the first time that Qi Zizhen invited Song Yaoxu out of the palace on his own initiative.

Seeing his appearance, Song Yaoxu softened again, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "If you go out...it's okay, as long as you can come back as soon as possible!

"Is it possible?" Qi Zizhen raised his head and asked cautiously, "But it's very dangerous recently."

Song Yaoxu smiled slightly: "It's okay, I went out with Cui Liang so many times before and I didn't see anything, and besides, it's not easy for anything to happen in broad daylight."

"Then I'll go back and change." Qi Zizhen nodded, his tone a little more cheerful than before.

Song Yaoxu nodded, and went back to the room to change into a set of normal clothes.

According to his usual habits, he used to wear white clothes when he went out, which was known to many officials' children. Today, after thinking about it, he changed into a set of elegant blue clothes, and when he went out again, he saw Qi Zizhen in a flamboyant red dress.

Except for the first time he entered the palace to cover up his complexion, it was the first time he saw Qi Zizhen wearing such bright clothes.

Under the spring sun, Qi Zizhen's face was as cold as ever, but his cold white complexion was warmed up.Wearing a red dress on his thin body, the red plums that came out of Tupu in the middle of the day, still standing proudly after suffering from the cold winter, flamboyant and restrained, contradictoryly blended together.

At this moment, Qi Zizhen suddenly raised his eyes to meet Song Yaoxu's gaze, the bottom of his eyes was cold and clear, like a cold spring nourishing the growth of red plums, transparent and clear.

It would not be an exaggeration to praise the beauty in red.

After staring at each other for a while, it was Qi Zizhen who was the first to ask in puzzlement, "Your Highness?"

Song Yaoxu came back to his senses, hurriedly said with a smile, "I'm sorry, it's the first time I saw Zizhen dressed like this, I accidentally fell in love with it."

"Your Highness is ridiculous." Qi Zizhen withdrew his gaze just now, and lowered his head halfway so that no one could see his emotions. "Then shall we leave the palace? Zishan must be waiting at the gate of the palace."

Song Yaoxu nodded in response, walked side by side with Qi Zizhen, and went out of the palace together to meet Qi Zishan.

"Your Highness! Brother! Here!"

As soon as they left the palace gate, they saw Qi Zishan who was waiting at a glance, and he seemed quite happy.

The two turned around and walked in front of him.

Song Yaoxu raised his hand and rubbed the child's head, then asked with a smile, "Has Xiaoshan been waiting here for a long time?"

"No, no." Qi Zishan shook his head with a smile, "Brother told Xiaoshan not to come too early, so Xiaoshan has just arrived."

But after finishing speaking, Qi Zishan scratched his head again: "It's just...it's just that Xiaoshan didn't eat much in time, and now I'm a little hungry again..."

Speaking of the child's ears are also slightly red, looking very muscular

Song Yaoxu squinted his eyes and smiled: "Then we are going to have dinner first, then let's go to eat?"

Then he looked at Qi Zizhen again, as if asking for Qi Zizhen's opinion.

Qi Zizhen nodded and responded, "Then let's have lunch first."

Qi Zishan, who was accommodated, looked even less impatient. After thinking about it, he suddenly said: "I know there is an inn that has very good food, so let's go there?"

Both of them had no objection, Qi Zishan joyfully took them to the inn.

Now that the emperor's birthday banquet is approaching, the people in the capital are more lively than usual. The inn is not like a restaurant, there are no quiet private rooms, and there are all kinds of noisy discussions all around.

Song Yaoxu had always been a prince, and even if he ate outside, he would always eat in the private room of a restaurant. This was the first time he had come to this kind of environment.

Qi Zizhen sensed that Song Yaoxu was not used to it, and asked softly, "Your Highness doesn't like the noise in this inn?"

"It's okay." Song Yaoxu shook his head, "It's not that I don't like it, it's just that I'm not used to it for the first time."

Seeing this, Qi Zizhen didn't say anything else, and after nodding, he and Qi Zishan took Qi Zishan to find a table in the inn and sat down to order food.

There are people coming and going in the inn, the voices of eating, drinking and laughing are endless, and the topics that different people around are talking about are quite different.Ling Chaonei couldn't help discussing politics, from the top to the national government, down to the firewood, rice, oil and salt, there were people talking about it.

While the three of them were waiting for the food to be served, they heard people at the next table start from the emperor's birthday banquet, talking about the weakness of the current emperor, and the incompetence of the current prince.

"I think that His Royal Highness is really not very good. I heard that he has reached the crown two years ago, but he has not participated in any political affairs until now."

"You said that when he ascends the throne, will he be the same as today, whoever listens to the loudest voice in all political affairs?"

"I think...His Royal Highness may not be able to ascend the throne, do you think about who, does it seem like he is going to be enthroned?"

"..."

I don't know if it was because of the mention of "that who", the voice at that table gradually quieted down, and soon talked about other lighter topics.

The dishes ordered by Zheng Hanxiu tempted us to come to the table, and Qi Zizhen glanced at the face of His Royal Highness who was beside him with an expressionless expression, as if he hadn't heard the conversation next door at all, he served him the dishes thoughtfully, and said: " Zishan said that this dish is their signature dish, should you try it, Your Highness?"

Song Yaoxu withdrew his mind, forced a smile, and absent-mindedly ate the food Qi Zizhen gave him.

During the meal time afterwards, people around them occasionally talked about political affairs, but most of the time they stopped talking about someone, and they basically didn't specify who the person was.

And Qi Zizhen was chatting with Qi Zishan about Qi Zishan's recent schoolwork the whole time. It sounded like an ordinary elder brother caring about his younger brother, as if he didn't notice what the people around him were talking about.

But Song Yaoxu thought about it again, and felt that they might have been used to hearing such talk in the inn before.

He recalled what Qi Zizhen had warned him that day in the courtyard.

For the past 22 years...has he really believed it wrong?

Song Yaoxu was a little confused. In the past 22 years, Guan Wang taught him to have a benevolent heart, not to let him punish his servants at will, and to teach him to be good at forgiving others.

At the same time, Guan Wang has been telling him since he was a child that he doesn't need to attend the court when his father is still healthy, otherwise it is a kind of unfilial piety to covet the throne.

Thinking about it carefully, is there any king whose name will go down in the annals of history is really so soft-hearted as him, who never dealt with government affairs when he was the prince?

Qi Zizhen on one side seemed to be chatting with Qi Zishan, but in fact, he was always paying attention to Song Yaoxu's emotions. Seeing that he was always absent-minded, he knew that he had begun to waver.

Afterwards, Qi Zizhen turned his attention back to Song Yaoxu, and asked him if the food in this inn was to his liking.

Song Yaoxu basically covered the Yuyue sole again and replied with a smile: "Yes. It tastes different from what you usually eat, but it also has its unique deliciousness."

Hearing Song Yaoxu's evaluation, Qi Zishan smiled even more happily: "Young master, if you like it, thank you and we will come to this place together again!"

"Xun! He and I ⑿ 裎 狜赜 ι, it seems that there is no longer the appearance of being absent-minded just now.

Qi Zizhen paid attention to his emotions and remained silent.

After eating and drinking enough, Song Yaoxu paid for it out of pocket, and the group of three prepared to go to the bank of Chengming Lake.

Today, the weather is fine and the spring is mellow, and the streets and alleys are also a peaceful scene. On the way, the three of them even ran into the guard in front of the National Teacher Tower.

"Young master!" The guard waved his hand and greeted them when he saw them from a distance, and trotted up to them.Without Ning Qingwei, he just didn't care about his usual status.

The guard looked quite happy, and asked carelessly, "Are you guys out to play?"

He is from the Jianghu, and Song Yaoxu has a gentle temperament, so he will not care about these etiquettes with him, so he nodded and said gently: "Yes. Xiaoshan said that the flowers by the Chengming Lake are blooming, and he wants to go and see with us. What about you? Today Don't you have to be on duty?"

"I'm here to run errands to buy some things for the sacrifice." The guard grinned his teeth, turned his head to look at Qi Zishan, a stranger, "Is this little boy the Xiaoshan you mentioned?"

Qi Zishan was more shy, and half hid behind Qi Zizhen.

Qi Zizhen raised his hand and rubbed the ends of his hair, and replied, "Qi Zishan, brother-in-law."

"Huh?" The guard raised his eyebrows, looking a little puzzled.

"Yes." Qi Zizhen nodded again with a clear attitude.

The guard looked at the two of them back and forth, but finally waved his hand without saying anything, and said, "Then I'll go shopping first, see you later."

"See you later." Song Yaoxu nodded to him.

Qi Zizhen watched him leave, and then asked Song Yaoxu: "Do you still need to buy the sacrifices for the National Master Pagoda?"

He always thought that such things should be provided by the royal family.

When Song Yaoxu heard the question, he smiled helplessly: "The National Teacher Tower does have a fixed supply, and all the necessary items must be reported in advance, and then supplied according to the needs. Most likely, the National Teacher missed something when reporting, so I just regret it." Go shopping in the suburbs."

Qi Zizhen nodded to express his understanding. Since then, the impression of the national teacher in his heart has been labeled as "confused".

The word "you" can be used, combined with Song Yaoxu's expression, I think it is often the case.

After that, the three of them didn't stay any longer and went all the way to the shore of Chengming Lake.

Chengming Lake has long since lost the frost on the surface of the lake. Under the warm sunshine, the clear water of the lake is like a veil embedded with countless broken stars, shining in bits and pieces.

As Qi Zishan said, the area around the lake is full of colorful flowers, large and small, dotted around the gauze, like a natural and huge garland, wrapping Chengming Lake gently in vitality.

The moist breeze blows on the surface of the lake, rolling up circles of ripples.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Qi Zizhen took a light breath and let it out slowly, feeling quite refreshed.

In his previous life, he was busy shuttling with Song Jiqi in restaurants and brothels, and it was his first time to enjoy the scenery by the Chengming Lake in spring, and it was truly beautiful.

They chose a place with few people by the Chengming Lake. There were no other people around, it was very quiet, and it was very suitable for staying and enjoying the scenery.

Qi Zishan stayed outside the palace all year round, and loved to go out when he was young, so he was familiar with this place, so he trotted to a place far away and waved for them to sit there.

Song Yaoxu responded with a smile, and was about to walk over with Qi Zizhen side by side.

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.

A black shadow suddenly passed by in the tall grass near Song Yaoxu, and then someone rushed out from the front, holding something in his hand and rushing straight towards Song Yaoxu!

Qi Zizhen took a closer look and found that the man was holding a long sword in his hand!

"There are assassins! Your Highness be careful!"

Without saying a word, he pulled Song Yaoxu behind him, backed up a few steps, and distanced himself from the assassin.

He blocked Song Yaoxu behind with one hand, squinted his eyes slightly, looked at the man in black holding a sword in front of him, and said coldly: "A bold assassin, how dare you assassinate in broad daylight!"

Xu Shi saw that Qi Zizhen was thinner and not as tall as Song Yaoxu, a look of disdain flashed in that person's eyes, and he rushed forward with a sword in his hand!

Qi Zizhen quickly pushed Song Yaoxu back, and then rushed forward with bare hands!

Unprepared, Song Yaoxu took a few steps back, and hurriedly said, "Zizhen..."

Before he could utter the word "heart", he saw Qi Zizhen dodge the long sword neatly, then turned around and kicked the assassin's hind legs mercilessly, almost tripping the assassin directly.

Then the assassin reacted quickly, jumped half a step away and regained his footing, stabbing Qi Zizhen's Mingmen with a long sword!

Qi Zizhen sneered, turned his back and lowered his waist to dodge quickly, then kicked a backflip and kicked straight at the assassin's right wrist.

"Bangdang-"

The long sword fell to the ground, and Qi Zizhen kicked the sword straight to the side again. Before the assassin could react, he stretched out his hand and grabbed him, and directly threw him over his shoulder hard, smashing the whole person to the ground.

He also vaguely heard a "click", which seemed to be the sound of broken bones.

"what--"

The assassin cried out in pain, Qi Zizhen kicked him again because he thought he was noisy.

Then he caught a glimpse of the long sword kicked away by him, walked over to it, bent down to pick it up, and aimed it at the assassin's life gate.

The white light reflected by the sword blade flashed in front of Song Yaoxu's eyes. He looked at Qi Zizhen, who was dressed in red, his face was frosty, and he was as ruthless as the King of Yama in the Daxian Khan Temple. He subconsciously shouted: "Zizhen!"

Qi Zizhen was still stepping on the ferocious-looking assassin, looking back and seeing Song Yaoxu's expression, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why, Your Highness doesn't want me to kill him?"

"I..." Seeing his cold eyes, Song Yaoxu recalled his advice and what he heard in the inn today, so he couldn't speak for a while.

That was the assassin who wanted to kill him, such a person...does he really want to forgive?

Seeing his expression of hesitation, Qi Zizhen pursed his lips and said nothing. After a while, he sneered and retracted his feet: "Here. I won't kill him. His Royal Highness will kill him himself. How about it?"

He held the blade with his backhand, and turned the hilt to Song Yaoxu.

The flaming red clothes swayed wantonly in the wind, indescribably coquettish and ruthless.

In Qi Zizhen's eyes, Song Yaoxu had never seen the coldness and arrogance that Song Yaoxu had never seen before. He looked like a young general who had stood on the battlefield for a long time, and his whole body was full of the wanton bloodiness of gold and iron horses.

At this moment, Song Yaoxu even felt that this was what he should look like.

Lonely, arrogant and domineering.

Qi Zizhen stared intently at Song Yaoxu who was stunned in place, his eyes were frosty: "Either you kill him, and I, Qi Zizhen, swear to accompany you to ascend to the world, and my power will shake the world. Or you let him go, and I, Qi Zizhen, will never get along with you again." Owe, just leave it alone."

"Please, choose by yourself."

The cold white sword light pierced Song Yaoxu's body. He looked at Qi Zizhen's decisive gaze, and then at the blade in his hand - as long as he drew the sword, it would definitely cut Qi Zizhen's palm.

The spring breeze blows by the lake quietly, and the scent of flowers and leaves lingers around the confronting figures of red and blue.

And in the fluttering blue wide sleeves, a pair of hanging hands gradually clenched.

The author has something to say: Just a quick reminder, tomorrow’s update will be at eleven o’clock in the evening, so there will be no update at twelve o’clock tomorrow morning~

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