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The two soul wandering people immediately came back to their senses, they looked at each other, and the two people staggered their eyes at the same time, Xiao Gaomin coughed, Ye Shuli uncomfortably spread out the folding fan and shook it twice, forced to start a conversation and said : "You and that Shen Yingbai, did you have a holiday?"

"It doesn't count, but he is the cousin of King Shenjun. Of course he doesn't like me, but even if there is no such thing, I won't be too good with him."

Xiao Gaomin and Su Lang looked at each other, and continued: "Nan Han Bei Shen, have you heard of it?"

"South Korea and North Shen, Dongchang and Xiqing, the beam that Xiaohou made in the court hall is not too bad." Chu Heng wrote a lot of memorials in front of the imperial court, and some time ago, he read the papers of invitations from various places, and expressed his opinion on the relationship between the aristocratic family and the party. The intricate entanglement of forces has been clearly grasped.

Ling Ye smiled slightly, and said: "In the early years, Master Han was in charge of the Taixue, and he was once known as a peach and plum all over the world. The scriptures he annotated were highly respected among scholars, and he was known as a 'sage of learning'. But the late emperor At that time, Shen Liangji, the patriarch of the Yanhe Shen family, was once the grand tutor of the princes, and the scholars in Qingzhou, where Yanhe is located, and other states in the west naturally believed in Shen Liangji more."

"The dispute between Han and Shen in Shilin is nothing new. The Xiao family in Yichong and the Han family in Yuyang belong to Changzhou. Although Xiaohou usually does not have much contact with the Korean public, he is of course a On Han's side."

"Princes and princes." Chu Heng repeated these words lightly, and asked, "Do you also teach the princes?"

"Yeah." Ling Ye nodded and said, "When I was the prince, my father didn't choose another prince and Taifu. I, like the other princes, studied in the Hall of Sizhi together, and there was nothing special about it. place."

Chu Heng said: "Then, Grand Master Shen is also His Majesty's teacher?"

This should have been a superfluous question, but Chu Heng always remembered that when Ling Ye looked at the old storybook in his hand behind the screen of the Hall of Respect, and mentioned the word "Emperor Teacher", the emotions in his eyes were extremely complicated.

And it is the same today. Ling Ye pondered for a moment, as if he didn't know how to speak, and finally he just said: "Teacher Shen taught me, of course there is a mentorship. .”

But what about places other than the Sizhi Temple?

Chu Heng didn't continue to ask.

At the current court, His Majesty's relationship with the Yuyang Han family is obviously closer than that of the Yanhe Shen family.And he was with Ling Ye every day, and he knew better than anyone else that it was not just a relationship, but occasionally he wrote something in private, and His Majesty's writing philosophy was more Korean.

Dabai Tuanzi finished eating a piece of rose cake, and stretched out his small hand to touch the plate. Chu Heng was afraid that he would not have a good lunch later after eating too much snacks, so he quickly held him down, and said to Ling Ye: "It's noon, Ayan I'm hungry, why don't you take him back to the palace first? I'm going to visit Qiongyu Pavilion again in the afternoon."

As soon as these words came out, Ling Ye was not very happy at once. He hadn't just come out yet, and he was about to be kicked back, and the most important thing was that he didn't bring the queen home, how could he just give up.

But Dabai Tuanzi didn't want his father to remind him at all this time, so he protested childishly: "Don't! Ayan won't go back!"

Ling Ye followed kindness like a stream, not only did not stop him, but also fanned the flames from the sidelines secretly. Two people, one big and one small, looked at Chu Heng eagerly.

Chu Heng had no choice but to compromise in the end.

Because they brought Qingyan with them, the two of them didn't go to other places, and went straight to Sishi Dining after they came out of the teahouse.

The ostensible owner of this restaurant is Princess Changning, but very few people know that Four Seasons Food House is actually a private property owned by Ling Ye when he was the prince, and it has been secretly managed by the emperor's shadow guard.Because of the respected status of the owner, the location of the restaurant is good, the dishes are delicious, and there are often some palace food tricks, so there are a lot of guests coming and going, which invisibly makes it easier for the shadow guards to collect various information.

When Ling Ye and Chu Heng came over, it was meal time, and the business of Four Seasons Food House was very lively, so the shopkeeper directly welcomed them to the flower hall in the back room, and while serving the food order, he bowed his head and obeyed orders.

The shopkeeper is also a member of the Emperor's Shadow Guards. Every once in a while, he will verify and process the snooping information, and choose important things to listen to.According to the past practice, if the emperor came out of the palace in micro-clothes and came to the Four Seasons Restaurant, he would report it face-to-face.

just today...

Seeing that the emperor was still with Chu Heng, the shopkeeper chose to bow his head and remain silent without much hesitation.

But Ling Ye waited for a while, but didn't hear the shopkeeper's report, while flipping through the food list, without raising his eyes, he said: "Let's talk."

When the emperor said this, he didn't feel anything. The shopkeeper in charge of collecting information twitched his eyelids, looked at Chu Heng calmly, lowered his head and began to play as usual.

It is not trivial matters that can be heard by the heavens, the movements of princes and noble families, the contacts of ministers and ministers, or who has any out-of-bounds words and deeds on a certain day...

Chu Heng flipped through the food list, and his thoughts flew to the shopkeeper's words, and he unconsciously went through each item.

After Ling Ye finished giving his orders, seeing Chu Heng lowered his head in deep thought, he asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just listened to you." Chu Heng glanced at the shopkeeper who was hanging his head and waited for orders, and couldn't help laughing: "Your restaurant and the shadow guards here are really good. But one thing is bad, Four Seasons Food House is a place where friends often come to banquets, if I say bad things about you when I eat here in the future, won't it be easy for you to know?"

Ling Ye smiled and said: "What bad things, let's talk about it now."

Qing Yan echoed from the side: "Ah Yan wants to listen too."

Chu Heng rubbed his head, and the three laughed together.

Because of the name of the eldest princess of Changning, many of the dishes in the Four Seasons Food House are directly taken from the recipes of the imperial dining room in the palace. They are highly praised by the nobles and nobles and down to the common people, but when it comes to the emperor and empress, these simplified dishes Later palace dishes are not enough to see.The two of them first ordered Qingyan's children's food alone, but they didn't have anything in particular they wanted to eat.

Chu Heng thought for a while, and tentatively said to Ling Ye: "Last night, Ye Shuli and I fought for the belly, but we didn't win."

Ling Ye flicked through the menu and looked up at him: "Did you steal the pot of red soup?"

Steal.

Chu Heng keenly caught these two words with a bad tone.

Last month, Chu Heng "came on leave due to illness", and Dong Jun came to the imperial capital. In order to return to Mahayana for a short time, he even ate Banmengtan for half a month.Later, after the "leave" was over, he finally returned to Yuqian. He forgot the taboos for a while, and ate red soup and spicy pot with Ling Ye that day, and all the damage left by Ban Mengtan in his body flared up, making him uncomfortable. You have to die.

It was difficult for him to explain to Ling Ye about Ban Mengtan, so Ling Ye naturally felt that he had hurt his spleen and stomach by eating spicy food, and asked old doctor Cheng to prescribe him a ten-day medicinal soup prescription, and even watched him every day. diet.

But it's been so many days, how can I still remember it so clearly.

If I knew it earlier, I would not talk about it. I secretly ate it when I returned to Luyuan.

But of course he didn't dare to reveal it on his face, Chu Heng was afraid that Ling Ye would turn over the old score again and let him eat medicinal food, so he quickly said: "No, I ate clear soup yesterday."

Ling Ye smiled and didn't speak, just stared into Chu Heng's eyes. After a while, he said meaningfully: "Buying the emperor is a felony, but it will be punished. The queen will think about it."

As soon as the words fell into his ears, Chu Heng's cheeks instantly turned red. He had already experienced the so-called punishment once, and almost immediately remembered the writing brush that was doing evil in his body the night before yesterday.

Looking at Ling Ye's expression at this moment, Chu Heng didn't doubt at all that he would really call Ye Shuli to ask what he had for dinner last night, so he could only whisper guiltily: "Wrong."

He tried to bargain again and said, "But I've recovered a long time ago, and I didn't feel bad after eating yesterday."

Ling Ye was noncommittal, with a faint smile in his eyes. He leaned over and whispered something in Chu Heng's ear. After a few whispers, Chu Heng's ears burst into red. He stretched out his hand and patted Ling Ye a few times, sitting a little further away from him. , Let alone the matter of eating red soup pots.

Ling Ye ordered a few dishes at random, and waved them away.

The shopkeeper took the food order and closed the door. He couldn't hold back his curiosity anymore, and asked his colleagues with his eyes.

The shadow guard who accompanied him out of the palace smiled and said in a low voice: "I don't know, didn't your majesty say it, queen."

In the afternoon, Chu Heng took Ling Ye to the Qiongyu Pavilion again, and the batch of Qingzhou jade that the shopkeeper said in the morning had indeed arrived.

Speaking of appreciating jade, although Chu Heng has seen a lot in Lishan Mountain, he is definitely not as well-informed as Ling Ye.

He told about buying a jade belt hook for Xinghui, asked Ling Ye to help him, and said that he wanted to choose another piece of jade, regardless of the price, but he had to get the best one, and wanted to carve a seal with his own hands.

As soon as Ling Ye heard that he was going to do it himself, he immediately became interested, and asked Chu Heng with some anticipation: "Who do you want to engrave for?"

Looking into Ling Ye's eyes, Chu Heng recalled the harsh whispers he had whispered in his ear during lunch, and deliberately said, "I won't give it to you anyway, so what are you asking so much for?"

"……Oh."

Ling Ye responded, and followed Chu Heng sullenly, looking at the jade.

Chu Heng had a lot of requirements. The color should be clear, the texture should be moist, and there should be no flaws. Lin Lin always said a lot. The more Ling Ye listened to it, the more he didn't like it. The depression in his heart became more and more serious. I paid you the fine from Dali Temple yesterday."

Hearing his tone of asking for credit, Chu Heng felt it was funny in his heart, and only said "hmm" on his face, but still didn't make a statement.

Ling Ye was a little discouraged. After looking at a few pieces of jade, he couldn't help but said again: "Who do you want to engrave, and who should match what kind of jade, you have to choose a color that matches it."

His tone sounded serious and generous, but he definitely didn't think so in his heart.

Chu Heng glanced at Ling Ye. He had already discovered that his majesty was calm and prudent on the outside, and everything was calm, but he was not like this in private. From time to time, he would be willful, such as today, suddenly out of the palace.And he also likes to argue with him about small things, he is very stingy, and he is not tolerant at all.

If he really engraved someone else's seal, but didn't engrave it for him, as long as he could touch it nearby, he would definitely not only secretly care about himself, but also make trouble for others.

Chu Heng said casually: "For a very important person, I don't want him to accept it, so you can choose the best one."

"...Is that so?" Ling Ye snorted, important people, and they are still "ten", and they have to ask for "the best".

Ling Ye hesitated to move.

Chu Heng raised his eyes to look at him, and said slowly: "It's okay if I can't pick the ones I'm satisfied with today, I'll go to another place to have a look tomorrow."

"..." His Majesty left the palace today to bring the queen back. Hearing this, even if the boss is not happy, he still has to work hard.

He carefully selected a few pieces of jade that were eye-catching, big and small, and asked Chu Heng in a muffled voice: "How many characters do you want to engrave?"

"The small seal of four characters doesn't need to be too big."

Ling Ye left a piece of suet white jade, a piece of hibiscus red jade and a piece of green south jade for Chu Heng to choose. At the same time, he couldn't help but continue to ask the owner of the seal: "Which four characters are engraved?"

Chu Heng avoided talking about it, and only asked him: "Which color do you think is the best?"

Ling Ye said bitterly: "Aren't you unwilling to let him do it? Just ask whoever engraved it for you."

Finally Chu Heng couldn't hold back his laughter, leaned over, and whispered in his ear: "Just engrave the words 'Master of Mountains and Rivers'. He is very important and the best. Who do you think I should ask?"

Ling Ye was startled for a moment, then his slightly frowned eyebrows and eyes relaxed, and a smile formed on the corner of his lips. He pointed to the piece of mutton fat white jade, and pushed it in front of Chu Heng, holding it in a decent manner. Said: "I guess he should like this."

……

After coming out of Qiongyu Pavilion, they bought bunches of candied haws, passed by a bookstore and picked up a few more volumes of scriptures, and later, the two brought Qingyan back to the palace.Along the way, Ling Ye touched the white jade seeds from time to time, and the corners of his brows and eyes were filled with joy.

It’s just that the cold water that should be poured still has to come. The carriage entered from the gate of the Japanese camp and passed the Hall of Martial Arts. Seeing that he was going to continue to move forward, Chu Heng asked Ling Ye leisurely: “I have the seal for signing. Your Majesty’s twelve flowers When will the drawing be finished?"

——He hasn't returned to the Hall of Martial Arts for several nights in a row. If this continues, his colleagues should be suspicious.

Ling Ye obviously knew it too, but he had just brought him back from the palace, so of course he was reluctant to let him go. Even if he really wanted to paint flowers, he didn't want to be alone.

His Majesty pondered for a while, then said solemnly: "Don't Your Highness know? Yesterday I ordered the imperial servant Mo to go home to reflect, and he has not been allowed to return to the palace until now. Of course his colleagues in the Hall of Martial Arts will not be able to see him tonight."

Chu Heng couldn't help laughing, cast a sidelong glance at Ling Ye, and lowered his head into his arms.

"I lost to you."