Huaibi

From the moment Concubine Yi gave birth to the sixth prince a few years ago, the queen has been planning for the prince every day.The palace seems to be peaceful, but in fact, no one has let down their guard against anyone.

Zhao Keyang, the former member of the household department, is the brother of the queen's natal family. Since the day Ping Huaizhen entered the palace, he has been named the prince's Taibao, and his job is to protect the prince.Zhao Keyang was originally a literati, he knew some boxing skills but not very superb, but he was thoughtful and thoughtful, and he won the trust of Emperor Hongxuan.

Zhao Keyang is well aware of the Queen's situation, and knows that Ping Huaizhen's appearance can be said to be of no harm to her, so even though he is not a blood relative, he spares no effort to plan the future for the Prince.In addition to the guards of the Xu'an Palace in front of the people, Zhao Keyang has spent more than ten years privately preparing a team of shadow guards with excellent martial arts for the prince.

There are only seven shadow guards, and it is difficult to find those with high military strength, and it is even more difficult to find the loyalty to protect the Lord with death.It was rare for Zhao Keyang to find more candidates, and mercenary is a capital crime, so he had to order the guards in the team to hide outside the palace, and only put two in the Xu'an Palace, pretending to be eunuchs in the palace.

Ping Huaizhen knew about it when he was thirteen years old, he was very surprised for a few days, and then he became calm, knowing that what his mother and uncle did was for his sake, and he understood what can and cannot be said in this palace , so just keep free and easy as before, without mentioning a word.However, He Jinyi, who was with him every day, was completely ignorant. After a long talk with his father, he became preoccupied, not as cheerful as before.

Ping Huaizhen saw it, and always thought about how to ask him.

The matter of the court lady Luhe hanging herself gradually calmed down. An eunuch from Qiuhua Hall came out to confess her guilt, saying that Luhe had reneged on her promise and refused to eat with him. This angered him and accidentally strangled her to death on impulse.The empress looked pitiful, she saw him as a scapegoat, and couldn't ask anything else, so she could only give him death.

Concubine Yi's spirit was mostly frustrated, she really shot herself in the foot, unexpectedly Emperor Hongxuan would not intervene in the slightest, knowing that the empress was involved, but still entrusted the matter to her.As soon as the jade bracelet was said to be full of loopholes, Concubine Yi knew that Emperor Hongxuan didn't really believe in the queen, but simply didn't want to believe it.

In Concubine Yi's eyes, the favor of the Prince's faction is probably already in full swing.

In the imperial garden, He Jinyi stood beside the pond with his sleeves down, staring at the swimming fish.

A fine pebble was thrown into the water from behind, the fish scattered in all directions, and the calm mirror surface was shattered with cracks.He Jinyi came back to his senses, and turned his head to see Ping Huaizhen approaching.

The surface of the pool calmed down slowly, and the reflections of the two were reflected in the eyes. Ping Huai smiled and said to He Jinyi in the water: "We have known each other for so long, and this is the first time I have seen such a Jinyi."

He Jinyi's eyes flickered, and he also looked at him from the water, forcing a smile.

Ping Huaizhen stopped teasing him, turned around and asked him with concern: "What happened these few days?"

He Jinyi shook his head, before he could figure out how to answer, Mo Mo asked instead: "What does the crown prince mean by 'people's hearts'?"

"People's hearts..." Ping Huaizhen didn't expect him to ask such a question, and couldn't help biting these two words carefully, thinking for a moment, "It's probably good and evil in the world."

"The prince thinks that in this palace, which one is more good or evil?"

"That's still more good than evil." Ping Huaizhen mistook that the incident of Lu He frightened him, so he said it for the better, and just explained, "Is there any person who is all good in the world, and is there anyone who is all evil Human beings are complicated, and it is never easy to draw conclusions. But everyone always has the best side in their hearts, and they hold the most undeceitful people and things."

He Jinyi's heart moved slightly when he heard it, and he looked sideways at him, and led him back a few steps with a flat smile, and when he was far away from the pool, he said with a half smile and half truth: "But the heart of guarding against others Indispensable, Jin Yi is a kind person, you should keep this in mind, I understand more truths than you."

He Jinyi was finally laughed at, and the corners of his eyes overflowed with brilliance: "For example, what is the reason?"

"For example, don't stand by the pool," Ping Huaizhen's smile did not change, but his eyes were suddenly covered with thick ink, "Don't go to secluded corners, don't explore everything out of curiosity, talk less and more Listen, be patient and easygoing."

It was as if a dull bell was ringing, and when the clouds in my mind dissipated, an inexplicable heart-piercing pain pierced my chest again.

He Jinyi was almost suffocated at that moment. In his eyes, Ping Huaizhen, who was always unrestrained and unrestrained, why did he experience a lot of people who had been with him all these years when he had never seen them at all, so that he was so emotional?

"Jin Yi, in this palace, there will always be someone watching behind a person, and there will always be someone protecting him."

He Jinyi was speechless, full of emotions, and finally realized that the prince was never the one in Taoyuan, but he was.Only he thinks that the prince has been carefree and no one can bully him for several years, but Ping Huaizhen has blocked many hidden arrows. As early as when he was talking and laughing with him, he built his own barrier higher and higher.

He failed to protect Ping Huaizhen, it was Ping Huaizhen who kept him hidden here.Now that the threat is getting more and more menacing, Ping Huaizhen is finally willing to take him out, open his mind in such a gentle way as before, and help him grow into a different person from before.

He Jinyi clenched his fingers tightly, clutching the corner of his sleeve, and asked in a low voice, "Is it possible that I am the one who protects the crown prince?"

"So I feel very relieved," Ping Huaizhen smiled and held his fingers, "Jin Yi just stay behind me, protect me, and let me protect you."

He Jinyi nodded: "The life of a minister should always be with you."

Hearing this, Ping Huaizhen's heart was moved, and the warmth of He Jinyi's fingertips made him unable to help but want to get an inch closer, or hug him directly, and be as close to him as in a dream.

However, Ping Huaizhen finally let go of his hand.

The future is long, and since He Jinyi has promised to be with him forever, there is no need to be in a hurry.

The autumn wind was refreshing, and he smiled lowly at He Jinyi. He Jinyi didn't know what he was thinking, so he smiled back at him gently, and wanted to say something more, but suddenly he heard him sigh: "Like Jinyi, who smiles like a spring breeze." Look, it will only be a year or so, and I am afraid that if you ask for a matchmaker, the threshold will be broken."

He Jinyi didn't hear the deliberate intention in his words, and was a little bit embarrassed, but responded generously: "Not long ago, a matchmaker did come to the door, and it had never happened before. I was really shocked."

Ping Huaizhen felt a "thump" in his heart, he wanted to try it casually, but he didn't expect someone to be more anxious than him.

"Jin Yi likes it? Is the marriage agreed?"

"No," He Jinyi shook his head in bewilderment, "I haven't seen it before, how do I like it?"

"Then you've seen it and you like it?"

He Jinyi was speechless, frowned and looked over, looked at Ping Huaizhen with a guilty conscience, and took a step back from him: "Which lady does Jin Yi like?"

He Jinyi thought for a while, then shook his head again.

"Father said that when you marry a wife, you should marry a virtuous and virtuous person. Both the front hall and the backyard can help a lot."

Ping Huaizhen stopped talking, stared at him with calm eyes, and only comforted herself in her heart. I am afraid that for He Jinyi, it is hard to say what it means to like, so why should she eat that unreasonable jealousy.

"Jin Yi should be the person who protects you the most in the world," Ping Huaizhen, with a selfish heart, gave him a hand behind his back, stopped staying in the imperial garden, and led him back to Xu'an Hall, "If Jin Yi has someone he likes, so I can only be the matchmaker, but anyone who I don't like is not good enough for you."

He Jinyi laughed lowly, hearing these words, he felt that he didn't know how long he would be single.The prince's eyes were higher than the top, and when he heard that Danqing was selected into the palace a few days ago, he didn't like any of them.Presumably the empress made the selection herself, and everyone must be as beautiful as a fairy. In this way, who else in the world can fall into the eyes of the prince?

He didn't know what to say, so he just nodded with a smile, but the more silent he became, the more he kept asking, asking him what he likes, and asking if the He family is in a hurry to say goodbye to him, fearing that it might be put in He Mansion couldn't find anyone who was more anxious than Ping Huaizhen.

He Jinyi's ears gradually became red, and in the end he refused to talk to him at all.

After a few days, Ping Huaizhen finally found out that the person who went to the He Mansion to propose marriage was actually Li Meng's family, a rich family in Beijing.Although agriculture was more important than business in the current dynasty, and the status of the Li family was far from that of Hefu, its financial resources were indeed second to none in Beijing, and it was not impossible to barely "match".

However, He Bingrong still did not agree to this marriage. It was not that he disliked the Li family's business, but that in recent years, he and Wei Fengzheng, Rongyi's father, had become closer and closer. When I was young, I didn't decide on the marriage.

It's not that He Jinyi didn't know about it, but he never took it to heart, thinking that the girl was still a baby, and he had never seen her before, so why bother to think about the future.However, he didn't care but someone cared, this matter fell into Ping Huaizhen's ears, it was really a thunderbolt.

Ping Huaizhen had met that ten-year-old yellow-haired girl from the Wei family once before, and it was not difficult to see that she had delicate features. I'm afraid that in another three or two years, He Jinyi would really like it.

Ping Huaizhen's heart is hard to calm down, He Jinyi is close at hand, but it often gives him a feeling of being elusive and hard to find.

The warm winter sun covered the window rails, and this afternoon, a magpie that was afraid of the cold flew from nowhere, and it was strange that it was not afraid of people, and jumped into the window of Xu'an Hall.

He Jinyi put down the scroll in his hand, tilted his head in surprise, and reached out to wait for it to jump into his palm.The gray magpie begged for food from him, and pecked it lightly, which was slightly stinging, but he didn't dislike it, so he pinched some cake crumbs and fed it.

Ping Huaizhen looked at it and laughed out loud, and said to him: "Doesn't this bird know that your birthday is approaching, and has to rush to announce the good news in the face of the cold wind?"

He Jinyi was surprised when he heard the words, and thought about it silently, but he was even more surprised that it was tomorrow.He never remembers his birthday very clearly, and he always takes it to heart every year.

"How about Jin Yi staying in Xu'an Palace today?" Ping Huaizhen kept him, "Tonight you and I can talk by candlelight, and we don't need to enter the palace tomorrow, so we can stay at the residence to celebrate our birthday."

In the past, it was always like this on the eve of birthdays, He Jinyi was unrestrained, bowing his eyes and nodding in response.