Is Your Majesty jealous today?

Xi Chi remembered that he was always on the road.

From south to north and from east to west, I had time to travel around with my brothers and sisters when I was studying.

He has many homes, and having many homes is like having no home, so no matter where he goes, he doesn't feel nostalgic, he doesn't feel happy when he comes, and he doesn't feel sad when he leaves.

Only this time, when he left Qing County, Xi Chi felt a little lost, as if he had lost something suddenly, and his whole heart felt like it was being pulled by a silk thread in pain.

He wondered if it could be Jiaojiao, because Jiaojiao flew away and did not fly back during this period, and Chi Chi searched in the mountains but could not find Jiaojiao's whereabouts.Xiaojing said that Jiaojiao might have gone to find its original owner, and it was unlikely that such a big bird of prey would be killed.

Before the sun rose in the morning, Xichi left. The young man wore a cloak on his thin shoulders. In the early morning, there was a lot of dew in the mountains and the fog was thick. Xiaojing and Xichi rode horses one after the other and disappeared into the mist.

A few days later, when he returned to the capital, King Cheng was very happy to see Xichi back intact: "Good boy, it's good to be back, your leg is healed? Let father take a good look at it."

Xi Chi sat down, took off his boots and pushed up his trousers: "It's already healed, and the scars can't be seen. Father, you don't have to worry about my injuries anymore."

Xi Xiuyuan also leaned over and took a look: "It is indeed much better. When I fell down, I bled a lot. I thought there would be a scar."

After they read it and felt relieved, Xi Chi tidied up his clothes and boots: "Father, you said in your letter that you want me to marry a wife, and you have already settled for her?"

"It hasn't been decided yet." Cheng Wang laughed and said, "The male college should be married and the female college should be married. Father Wang thinks that you should get married too. Give me a grandson as soon as possible."

Xi Chi felt relieved, it was good that he hadn't settled down, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with this matter.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "Father, I don't have this plan yet."

Xi Xiuyuan said beside him: "Achi, you are not young, you should get married when you are weak. You also know the status of our family in the capital. You can choose any good girl in the whole capital. Father still wants you to come to Princess Shang on."

Xi Chi smiled and looked at Xi Xiuyuan: "Brother, how many years older than me are you, why don't you marry a wife?"

Xi Xiuyuan choked for a moment: "Brother wants to make a career and start a family."

"So that's how it is." Xi Chi said, "I think the same as elder brother. When elder brother gets married, I'll think about it again."

King Cheng clutched his chest: "Are you brothers trying to piss me off?"

Xi Chi looked at King Cheng's strong physique, and he was silent for a moment. It might be a bit difficult to piss King Cheng off.

"Didn't the father also have a sequel?" Xi Chi smiled, "Your old man didn't think about it, and neither did our brothers."

Although King Cheng did not remarry, he did have concubines.

The psychological shadow of Xi Chi's mother on King Cheng was so great that he no longer wanted to marry a noble daughter.

Xi Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "Ah Chi, don't mess around. There is turmoil in Yingzhou this year, and it is not suitable for our father to lead troops out of the capital. He has to stay to run errands for the emperor. I will probably be sent by the emperor to put down the rebellion. There's no time to get married at all."

King Cheng is a well-known general, the son of general Xi Xiuyuan, and he has been very reliable under the emperor for the past two years, so he is the most likely candidate.

King Cheng said: "Father has inquired about it, Princess Jiu is a good girl. There will be a banquet in the mansion in two days, and Princess Jiu will go there. You and your eldest brother will go to meet him. If you don't like it, then tell Father. "

Xi Chi couldn't refuse, so he just nodded: "Okay."

He came out with Xi Xiuyuan, and Xi Xiuyuan said helplessly: "Ah Chi, my father is talking about your marriage, please don't bring it up to elder brother?"

Xi Chi shook his fan: "Father suddenly wants to arrange a marriage for me, I'm afraid it's the elder brother's idea?"

Xi Xiuyuan laughed.

Xi Chi tapped his back on Xi Xiuyuan's shoulder: "I knew it. Brother, I don't want to get married. You and my father don't use marriage to manipulate me. By the way, if you are sent to solve the Yingzhou Rebellion, can you take me away?" take it?"

Xi Xiuyuan said: "Those who fight and kill, what are you going to do? It's easy to get hurt."

"I also want to see the world." Xi Chi said, "Brother, I am not afraid of being killed, maybe it will be useful to bring me along."

Xi Xiuyuan looked Xi Chi up and down: "Swords have no eyes, if you get hurt, my father must kill me."

"Don't worry, definitely not, I can protect myself." Xi Chi begged, "Brother, just promise me."

Xi Xiuyuan thought for a while: "Okay, then you will go to Shunhou Mansion with me in a few days, Princess Jiu is really a good girl, father and elder brother will not cheat you, if you think it is good, our family will mention it to the emperor." carry."

Xi Chi nodded, "I'll go with you."

In the past few days in the capital, it has been sunny and sunny.Since Xichi left, Qing County has been raining in autumn.

Zhong Ye knew that Xi Chi might go back to Chun'an Mansion with Gu Liang, but he preferred that Xi Chi wait for him where he was.If Xi Chi is not in Qing County, he will go to Chun'an Mansion then.

Gu Liang's residence in the mountains was empty, and after Xi Chi left, Steward Gu also went to Chun'an Mansion with his servants.

Zhong Ye's heart turned cold, he thought where Xichi might leave a letter for himself to explain something, so he went back to the house that Zheng Ru had bought.

The door of the thatched hut was ajar, and there was no sign that anyone had been there before. The autumn rain was dripping down the eaves. Zhong Ye took off the straw hat on his body and handed it to the eunuch beside him. He opened the door and entered. .

The room was damp, and it smelled like it hadn't been exposed to the sun for a long time.

Zhong Ye saw a piece of paper pressed on the table.

The handwriting on the paper was chic and beautiful, but Xi Chi didn't greet him politely, and wrote the letter directly in vernacular: "Brother Yi, Brother Yu has left Qing County. Alas, my father asked me to go home and marry a wife. The family matters are urgent. I will not come to Qing County again, the mountains are high and the waters are far away, I hope we have a chance to meet again."

Zhong Ye's eyes tightened, and the paper in his hand turned into pieces and fell to the ground.

Zheng Ru saw that Zhong Ye's face was not right, and he took a step forward: "Your Majesty? Young Master Yao is not in Qing County anymore?"

Zhong Ye sneered: "Let's go to Chun'an Mansion."

Of course he wanted to find Gu Liang to inquire about Xi Chi's whereabouts.

Xi Chi talked a lot with Zhong Ye, but he didn't mention his family background, Zhong Ye didn't even know who Xi Chi's parents lived in.

Gu Liang was scared to death by Zhong Ye.

In fact, Gu Liang didn't know where Xi Chi would go. Usually, it was Xi Chi who took the initiative to contact others, or someone was pulling him along.

This man, Chi Chi, is always haunted and haunted. There are many people who want to find him, and many dignitaries want to invite him to be a guest. Is it so easy to know his whereabouts?

Even the prince of Qi Kingdom could not be found.

The embroidered pouch was burned by Gu Liang, and the last clue with Xi Chi was also cut off.

Gu Liang said with a blank face: "Junior brother Yao's parents? No one in the academy knows about it. He never mentioned family matters to us."

Zhong Ye sat at the top, his phoenix eyes glanced at Gu Liang coldly: "Don't you know at all? He didn't mention a word?"

"No, Yao Xi's mouth is very strict, no one can ask what he doesn't want to say." Gu Liang said, "When others discuss the parents at home, he has never participated in it. Many seniors suspect that his parents are dead. "

Zhong Ye's voice became much colder: "He will write to you in the future, you must tell me his whereabouts."

Gu Liang didn't know what happened between the two, and he didn't know that Xi Chi might be getting married: "This——"

"I won't harm him," Zhong Ye narrowed his phoenix eyes, "I just have something to ask him."

"Okay, I understand." Gu Liang looked at the sky and said, "Your Majesty, are you going to rest at the minister's house today?"

Zhong Ye put down the teacup in his hand: "I'm going back to Beijing tonight. I'll be regularly informed of Chun'an Mansion and other matters in Weili Province that I've inquired about, and I'll report any movement from Zhang Xiu's side."

Gu Liang nodded: "The minister will not fail the king's kindness."

There are indeed a lot of things going on in Beijing, Yingzhou is about to fall, and there will be turmoil in Xuan Dynasty, Zhong Ye went back overnight.

Both the Empress Dowager Sheng and the Sheng family looked down on generals. When the Empress Dowager Sheng was in power, she also emphasized civility over martial arts. She believed that anyone could lead troops to fight, and promoted Sheng Yue to the position of general.

Du Tinglong of Yingzhou is a fierce general, and he has received some small favors from Shengyue in the past, so he is very grateful to the Sheng family, thinking that the Sheng family has treated him well.

In fact, Empress Dowager Sheng looked down on rough people like him the most when she was there.

After Sheng Yue was killed, Du Tinglong was encouraged by his subordinates to rebel. The subordinates all said that if Du Tinglong did not rebel, the emperor would definitely kill him knowing his past with the Sheng family.

Du Tinglong was a bit ambitious. He had more than [-] soldiers under him, and wanted to take the opportunity to overthrow the imperial court and become emperor.

The founding emperor of the Xuan Dynasty led an army of [-] from Yingzhou all the way north to seize the country. Du Tinglong felt that he was no worse than the founding emperor, and he thought he could do it too.

So now, apart from King Rui and King Chen from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Household Affairs, Yingzhou is also a big worry for Zhong Ye.

When this country fell into Zhong Ye's hands, it was riddled with holes. He needed to repair it and eradicate the root of the disaster.

Some time ago, Zhong Ye issued two imperial decrees to appease Du Tinglong. Du Tinglong had a son in the capital, and Zhong Ye superficially sealed Du Tinglong's son, but actually took Du Tinglong's son as a proton.Du Tinglong has many sons and daughters who don't care about the two capitals. Seeing the imperial edict to appease him, he hesitated a little.

So there was a lot of delay in the middle.

Zhong Ye was not afraid of fighting, and the court could afford it. While appeasing Du Tinglong, he selected people who would go to quell the chaos, and secretly summoned the army to prepare food and grass.

There was a banquet in the mansion, Zhong Ye knew that many young people would come, so he went over to have a look.

Which young man is brave and intelligent, maybe he can be selected as a guard in the palace, and he can be reused after a few years of training.

Zheng Ru introduced several young people to Zhong Ye, all of whom were young and promising noble children, and after meeting Zhong Ye, they were neither humble nor overbearing.In the old family, there were dandyism and ambitious talents.

The news of the emperor's arrival spread in the Shunhou mansion in an instant. The young lady hoped to be considered by the emperor to enter the palace as a concubine, and the young son hoped to take this opportunity to gain an official position.

Xi Xiuyuan was well-informed, and he also knew about this matter: "The emperor is here too, shall I take you there to meet the emperor?"

Xi Chi thought for a while and said, "Forget it, I'm not ready, see you later."

Xi Xiuyuan nodded: "Just now I heard that the Ninth Princess went to the garden, she was dressed in purple, go and have a look and talk to her."

Xuan is open to folk customs, noble women are bold and revealing in their clothes, it is very normal for young men to have any contact with women, and to say a few words to each other.

Not long after Xi Chi left, Xi Xiuyuan was called by the eunuch next to the emperor: "Lord Xi, the emperor has summoned you."

Xi Xiuyuan has met Zhong Ye many times, and every time he sees him, he feels a little nervous.

Zhong Ye is now in a pavilion surrounded by water on three sides, surrounded by many guards and eunuchs.

From a distance, I saw a young man in a dark robe in the middle. The young man was surrounded by stars, his demeanor was graceful and luxurious, and his cold face was as handsome as a painting. After Xi Xiuyuan saluted, he only said "get up".

Xi Xiuyuan didn't dare to raise his eyes to look directly at the Son of Heaven, Zhong Ye was naturally indifferent and unkind to everyone, so he stood aside with his hands down.

Zhong Ye's voice was cold: "How is King Cheng recently?"

"My father is in good health, and His Majesty Lao misses him."

Zhong Ye looked around: "You all step back."

The eunuchs who could hear their voices all retreated, and waited for Zhong Ye to leave before saying: "You are young, but you are very reliable in your work. Last year you were comparable to Gu Liang's articles. He came from a businessman background, and he has some knowledge. It's rare, so I selected him as the second place, and you are the best."

On the surface, Xi Xiuyuan is the son of King Cheng, so even if he doesn't take the imperial examination, he can get an official position.His ability to participate and enter the top three is enough to prove his extraordinary ability.

For new talents, Zhong Ye has always been watching.

Xi Xiuyuan didn't expect that Zhong Ye still remembered that he had won Tanhua. He always felt that Zhong Ye had countless talents, and he was just a small ant among them. Xi Xiuyuan thought that he had to rely on King Cheng to make an impression in front of Zhong Ye if he wanted to climb up. You also have to rely on King Cheng.

To be appreciated by the emperor, Xi Xiuyuan was moved: "It is my honor to serve the emperor."

Zhong Ye took a sip of tea: "I know that you have done a lot of things for me, Zheng Ru often mentioned you in my ear, he said that you are gentle and martial, and compared with King Cheng, you are better than blue. "

The other eunuchs left, and Zheng Ru was closer to Zhong Ye, so he didn't have to leave, but still stood by.

Xi Xiuyuan glanced at Zheng Ru gratefully.

"At present, Yingzhou is a big worry for me. Du Tinglong's wolf ambition is openly against the imperial court. Xi Xiuyuan, do you want to go to battle and practice?"

King Cheng guessed that the emperor would use people from the Xi family this time. Xi Xiuyuan was young and promising, so the possibility of using Xi Xiuyuan was the greatest.So he asked Xi Xiuyuan to prepare in advance.

Even if Xi Xiuyuan knew the result, he was still very excited when he heard the emperor asking himself: "I will definitely do my best to eradicate the traitors and solve the emperor's worries and problems."

"Okay." Zhong Ye looked at Xi Xiuyuan appreciatively, "I named you General Yunhui, and when you come back from victory, I will reward you a lot."

The opportunity to make meritorious deeds is very rare, and Xi Xiuyuan firmly grasped it: "Thank you, Lord Long En."

There was a commotion in the garden ahead, Zhong Ye frowned and glanced at Zheng Ru.Zheng Ru hurried out and asked the little eunuch to inquire about it.

The little eunuch came back soon: "It was the second son of the Xi family who had some friction with the other sons."

Xi Xiuyuan's heart instantly rose to his throat.

Zhong Ye said: "You have a younger brother? I've never heard of it."

"He only came to the capital this year, and he used to live in other places. My younger brother is not clear about the customs in Beijing and China. I hope the emperor will not blame him."

Zhong Ye wants to use the Xi family, so of course it is impossible to blame the people of the Xi family at this time: "Young people are inevitably impulsive. Mr. Xi Er was bullied when he came to the capital. Which family's children are so arrogant? Take them and their father to in front of me."

No matter where Xichi goes, he is easy to become the focus of everyone. His appearance is too attractive, and his gentle and smiling face is much more pleasing than those arrogant and majestic teenagers in the capital. So when he went to the garden, several ladies crowded around. They started whispering together, and the ladies' eyes were all glued to Xi Chi's body, and two of them threw handkerchiefs for Xi Chi to pick up.

The ladies only cared about him, and some of the boys were jealous and dissatisfied.

They found out that Xi Chi was the second son of the Xi family. They had never heard of the second son of the Xi family. They only knew of Xi Xiuyuan, and they all thought that Xi Chi was an illegitimate son born from a foreign family.

No matter how noble the Xi family is, no matter how honorable they are in front of the emperor, an illegitimate child will not be able to stand on the stage.The Xi family would not care about an illegitimate child with them.

These few were not the kind to come, they didn't even ask if the emperor was here, they just wanted to meet the beautiful lady in the garden.So when he saw that Xi Chi was stealing his limelight, he hurried up to challenge Xi Chi.

There is also some impulsiveness to see Xichi is weak, and wants to compete with Xichi, so that Xichi can make a fool of himself in front of Miss Princess.

This is an aboveboard competition, they took the initiative to provoke, with so many people watching, Xi Chi was the one being provoked.Then—they were taught a lesson by Xi Chi.

Xi Chi has gone to so many places and offended so many people for so many years, and he still survived, of course he has both civil and military skills. Back then, when he competed with Sheng Yue in martial arts, he beat the other party very embarrassingly.

Even if these soft-legged shrimps fight together, they can't beat Shengyue, let alone Xichi.

Xi Chi's move was beautiful, he didn't use a sword, he only used a fan.

These people had no injuries on their faces or hands, and they could even walk normally, but their bodies were in pain, and they felt pain everywhere. The fan in Xichi's hand hit the body and the pain penetrated into the bone marrow.

After the embarrassment, a group of eunuchs called them over, saying that the emperor was here, and asked them to go to see the emperor with their father.

Xi Chi didn't go to join in the fun, anyway, his elder brother was there in front of the emperor.

Since the emperor wants to use the Xi family, it is impossible to hold grudges for such a trivial matter.

These dandies are short-sighted at first glance, and they will be offended if offended. The last thing Xi Chi fears in his life is to offend others.