Huaibi

One sentence put an end to Ping Huaizhen's doubts, he has always trusted Zhao Keyang, and he knew that Ke Yuan's invitation to a private gathering was also inseparable from the recruitment matter, so he simply let go and waited for the future play.

After that, Zhao Keyang changed the subject and became concerned with Li Qingjue. Li Qingjue arrived in Beijing yesterday and only met him today. With a calm and steady look, all the melancholy and deep hatred are all on the face, so you can't see it.

After a long time, Li Qingjue has pressed the past without a trace in the darkest part of his heart. Although he is different from the past and loves to laugh, he is no different from others, and he has no negative attitude.

The two chatted in detail, talking about trivial matters in Jingnan from time to time, Ping Huaizhen was listening and watching, his eyes quietly covering the person beside him, and occasionally he listened to the things that happened in Jingnan in the past two or three years. Known in the letter.

He remembered that Li Qingjue had adopted two young sons in Jingnan, one of them was Lianhua, and half a year later, by chance, he had a one-year-old son named Rong Xi.

Lianhua, Rongxi and Xi are both at the knees, and they should be about the same size as Ruining now.

These two sons can be said to be special, because Li Qingjue has been recruiting more than a hundred orphans intermittently over the years, all of them are in the age of six or seven, and they are at the time of martial arts training. Each of them is taught martial arts by a good teacher sent by Zhao Keyang. Xi was raised by Li Qingjue's side day and night, from babbling to toddler, he raised her with his own hands.

Going to the south of the border, Li Qingjue and several martial artists led people to explore the west of Yushan Mountain many times. Fortunately, in the deep part of the mountain, they saw a large valley.It took half a year for everyone to build a bamboo hut in the valley, and then the martial artist sneaked into the mountain with more than a hundred disciples, and among them, Lianhua and Rongxi were the only exceptions.

When Li Qingjue wrote to Ping Huaizhen, he often mentioned the two adopted sons, and Ping Huaizhen was very relieved, thinking that he would not be lonely in the way he lived in Jingnan.

But at this moment, Ping Huaizhen suddenly came to his senses: Li Qingjue didn't let the two sons go together when he returned to Beijing this time. Could it be that he will return to Yushan again?

He clenched the cup in his hand tightly, looked at the person who was thinking about it day and night, and didn't ask a word in the end.

At noon, the three of them had dinner together, and the prince was supposed to go back after leaving the palace all day. However, Li Qingjue didn't use the human skin mask for a long time, so it was inconvenient for him to enter the palace with him, so he just waited in the Zhao residence.

Ping Huaizhen stayed by the couch until he closed his eyes and took a nap before leaving. He never came back that night, and tossed and turned alone in the bedroom, unable to sleep all night. At five o'clock, he got up to freshen up carefully, and rushed to the Qianqing Palace with tiredness.

The Xu'an Palace is in this palace, but Ping Huaizhen did not arrive half a moment earlier than the adults, but stepped into the Weiweigao Palace according to the time, walked all the way through the wide road created by all the officials lined up at both ends, until He stopped at the front of the queue, raised his eyebrows, his tired eyes immediately disappeared, and he had that unpredictable look with a smile on his lips.

The chatter in the hall was quiet for half a minute, and after a while, the great eunuch Wang Gonggong raised his voice and sang "Qi Chao" after he walked around the dragon seat. Emperor Hongxuan sat on a high place.

"Pingshen." Emperor Hongxuan swept his gaze away from the former prince, and after he got up with all the officials, he retracted his gaze and glanced at the eunuch behind him.

The prince received this holy will, and then shouted for the emperor: "My lords, can you report on state affairs?"

In the silence, Ping Huaizhen lowered his head and raised his eyebrows silently, and threw all his energy towards the last person in the row at this moment, but he stayed for a while, but he still didn't hear him, but the Ministry of Industry mentioned Jingbei again. It is not too late to repair the city wall because there is a lot of rain in spring, and the roots of the dangerous wall are unstable, and they will inevitably collapse after being rotted by water.

Emperor Hongxuan allowed the appropriation of funds to pay for the bank, but although there was no shortage of financial resources, the Ministry of Industry was short of manpower because the shipbuilding was still in progress.It was possible to recruit workers from the private sector, but it happened that during the spring plowing season, the middle-aged households were busy with farming, which became a thorny problem for a while.

Emperor Hongxuan didn't want him to abolish agriculture because of work, and the matter became more and more difficult to solve, so he had to postpone the discussion, which made several members of the Ministry of Industry, from ministers to ministers, frown.

Afterwards, there were reports from the Ministry of Household Affairs about the collection of spring taxes, and the report of the Spring Festival two days later by the Imperial College, one after another, but there was no movement of that person.

Ping Huaizhen gradually became suspicious, even though Zhao Keyang had seen the private meeting between Liu Yin and other sects in the Zuizhi Tower, why is Liu Yin still sitting on the mountain today, it seems that he has no plans?

Just thinking about it, suddenly heard the sound.

A piercing and familiar voice came clearly in this empty hall: "My lord, there is an announcement."

Pinghuai Zhen Meifeng gradually unfolded.

Liu Yin Fenghu walked out of the queue for two steps, and the rest of his words were all about Ping Huai, who had been waiting for a long time: "I want to report to the emperor, since the Jianghu faction entered the case, the situation has been divided into two, each sect and each faction may secretly have conflicts with the imperial court." Those who draw a clear line may also try their best to show their sincerity. After observing for a long time, I found that some sects have the heart of submitting to the imperial court. After several considerations, I realized that there are more advantages than disadvantages, so it is better to take advantage of the situation to recruit security, so that capable people can be used by the community."

Emperor Hongxuan felt a little happy when he heard it, thinking that when the prince privately advised him to record the school, he had hoped that this move would not only have the effect of supervision and restraint, but also gain benefits one day, making the court Recruiting different officials and merging capable people.

Now that what Liu Yin said fell into the ears of Emperor Hongxuan, he naturally responded to the sacred heart, and he immediately received a "good" comment.

Liu Yin was secretly delighted, and immediately hit the iron while it was hot, and said together Fang Shang's slightly scrupled words: "Your Majesty, I have been monitoring the school for nearly three years, and I think I have some experience. Divide worries. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs where I belong is always responsible for criminal matters, and the chiefs of officials need to recruit more manpower, but people in the Jianghu have the skills to be close to them, and they are strong, strong, and courageous, so they are the best choices."

"What Liu Qing said has nothing to do with what I mean." Emperor Hongxuan had a faint smile on his face, and supported the golden and jade-carved dragon head on the armrest of the dragon chair with one palm, stood up slowly, and walked forward. After two steps, he praised again, "According to Liu Qing's opinion, we can try out the strategy of recruiting security, and the talents we get will be temporarily listed under the various officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and will be carefully reviewed from the positions below the sixth rank. Award."

"The minister leads the order!"

Ping Huaizhen smiled leisurely, Chen Zhihe in Liezhong shared his thoughts, and did not pretend to compete with Liu Yin as previously thought.

This remonstrance was raised by Liu Yin on his own initiative, so there is no need for someone to act and confront him. Instead, he should temporarily restrain his edge to let him relax his guard, and just wait for the recruitment to be settled before attacking him again.

At the end of the early court that day, the courtiers walked down the long steps, Liu Yin was very eye-catching among the crowd, and his colleagues passed by, all of them thoughtfully said "Congratulations, Mr. Liu", but he suppressed his complacency under the surface, They responded humbly one by one, the hypocrisy fell into Ping Huaizhen's eyes, and it was only a joke.

Ping Huaizhen stopped paying attention to all the elephants in the court, and went against the way of the ministers, went around the back of the hall and went straight to the Fengyi Hall to greet him.

The queen's health has not improved in recent years. Since smallpox, the cause of the disease has no cure. She is accompanied by soup and medicine every day, and she can't stand the slightest toss. Especially in summer and winter, she seldom steps out of the dormitory.

In the past two days, the Chinese New Year has warmed up, and the Palace of Fengyi is unusually lively. The queen came out to enjoy the flowers in the courtyard, and made people build a soft couch to lean on comfortably, and covered her body with a layer of warm fur to prevent the invasion of the wind and cold.

When Ping Huaizhen saw this scene when he came, his spirit must have improved a lot after knowing his mother, and his heart was much more at ease, so he went forward to greet her respectfully.

The queen turned her head when she heard the sound, and smiled at the court dress: "Is the prince so eager to see me?"

"No, I'm just used to it. I haven't kept any rules in front of my mother for so many years. The queen who knows my mother will definitely not blame me." He just sat down on the chair, picked up the bowl of steaming hot medicine on the table at hand, deliberately joked with her, until the queen smiled deeper, and then blew on the medicine in his hand, saying, "It's not good for this medicine to cool down for a long time." , my son feeds slowly, the empress don't wait any longer."

The queen couldn't bear to refuse, looked at him gently with her eyes, and opened her lips to swallow the bitter concoction when the silver spoon was approaching.

Spoonful after spoonful, Ping Huaizhen blew carefully, the small bowl in his hand soon bottomed out.

Seeing behind him, Yan Tong was moved and joyful in his heart, silently dismissed the surrounding palace servants, leaving room for the mother and son to say some personal words.

The idlers dispersed, the queen wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and asked: "I wanted to ask yesterday, the prince stayed overnight in the Zhao residence, why?"

Ping Huaizhen didn't hide anything from each other, but only lied a little bit in his words: "My son never told his mother that Li Qingjue returned to Beijing from the south of the border, and my son stayed in Zhao's mansion to talk with him at night by candlelight, so as to know about the affairs of the south of the border. .”

"That's how it is," the empress looked surprised, and the memory of this person returned to her mind, and even the fact that Zhao Keyang ordered him to go to the south of the border became clear, "How has it progressed in the past few years?"

"Mother, don't worry, everything is safe. Li Qingjue has found a place for military training in the south of the border, and has taken in over a hundred orphans. They will all be elite dead servants in the future."

"Okay." The queen nodded happily, and felt more and more that it was a wise move to save the He family's son. Li Qingjue's actions never disappointed her, and she must be of great help to the prince in the future.

Ping Huaizhen didn't want to say more here, and was about to diverge when she asked again: "Since he needs to train soldiers, will he go back to Beijing this time?"

This question just asked Jin Ping Huaizhen's sore spot, and he didn't want to deliberately avoid it. Before Li Qingjue took the initiative to speak frankly, it was the queen who explained it first.

After thinking about it, he could only nod.

"Jinnan is no better than the capital. He has worked hard outside, and you should be more considerate when he returns to Beijing. To get such a loyal and loyal person, you must do a lot of favors to win people's hearts."

Ping Huaizhen replied "yes" perfunctorily, but he couldn't help a wry smile in his heart.

He wished that Li Qingjue wasn't so loyal and brave, but staying by his side to protect him was the most satisfying.

The queen didn't see the strangeness in his expression, so she stopped talking at this point, and touched the spring flakes sticking to his shoulders with her hand, then turned her eyes to enjoy the spring scenery quietly, the sun is soft and the flowers are soft, Swallows were singing, as if it had been a long time since they took a closer look at the colorful colors outside the hall.

She was immersed in it, and after a while, a gust of wind passed by, and she coughed a few times unexpectedly.

Ping Huaizhen frowned, hurriedly wrapped the light fur coat around her body tightly, and persuaded in a low voice: "The spring cold is not gone, the queen mother should not sit outside for a long time, go back to the room."

"Okay," the queen didn't want to make him worry, and she kept the truth behind her body, so she stretched out her hand to let Yantong get up, and said to Ping Huaizhen, "I'm going to rest in the palace, and the crown prince is coming back too." Forget it, put on your court clothes and take good care of yourself. I see that you look pale, but you didn't sleep well last night?"

"I slept well last night. The queen mother doesn't have to worry about the baby." Ping Huaizhen didn't tell the truth, but forced her to support her and sent her back to the front of the palace.

The cool wind came and went, and the sunny day was covered by a dark cloud in the blink of an eye. It looked like it was going to rain.

Spring came and the weather changed as soon as it was said, the queen was afraid that he would return in the rain, so she coaxed him to leave without saying a word.

Ping Huaizhen gave a salute to leave, and on the way back to the hall, a small drop of water fell on the face, it was icy cold, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The sky began to drizzle, but after returning to the palace, he still refused to rest, changed into a normal attire, immediately prepared his car and left the palace, heading for Zhao's residence.