Huaibi

The spring rain was so noisy that it fell to the ground and stained the dust, and when it fell on the ears, it became dizzy for three minutes. It was so quiet that Li Qingjue's whole heart gradually returned to peace, his thoughts scattered, and all kinds of things in his mind were suppressed.

After a long time, he remembered in a flash that he had been waiting for Ping Huaizhen to bring a reassurance from Chaoli since he woke up this morning.

Li Qingjue raised his head to ask questions, but stopped his words in time.

Ping Huaizhen looked to fall asleep.

This person's eyes were stained with black shadows like thick clouds, but his expression was softer than when he was awake, his brows were relaxed, as if he was free from worries, his arms firmly wrapped around the person in his arms, as if he was holding the most reassuring blessing, and finally he was hundreds of After a restless night of tossing and turning, I had a good night's sleep.

Li Qingjue couldn't bear to disturb each other, looked at him, tilted his head and kissed him lightly on the chin, then closed his sober eyes, and slept with him peacefully without moving.

Ping Huaizhen slept past noon.

The drizzle had already stopped outside the house, the rising sun hung high in the sky, and the brilliance was like a golden veil falling down, illuminating the glazed luster in the puddles everywhere.

Li Qingjue was hugged tightly by him with a bit of laziness when he first woke up. After waking up and sleeping, sleeping and waking up, he didn't feel sleepy at all, but he was so sound that his bones were as soft as if they were loosened. Powerless, he squinted his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Are you awake?"

"Wake up." Ping Huaizhen turned around, leaning her head against his hair.

Li Qingjue closed his eyes and rested for a short while, and when his limbs gained some strength, he stood up.

The courtyard is quiet, and there is no one outside, only the green plants blend with the fragrance of dust and mud after the rain.

The servants in the mansion had been ordered by Zhao Keyang in advance, except for the two maidservants chosen by themselves, none of them would come to this courtyard.All over the house, few people know who is resting in the courtyard, and what kind of background it is.

Li Qingjue felt clean and at ease, so he went to the backyard to call for a maid to bring water and food. When he returned to his room, he saw that Ping Huaizhen was already sitting at the table and filled his stomach with pastries that he didn't like. He seemed to guess the reason and asked: "Today Have you had breakfast in the morning?"

"I went straight to Qianqing Hall early in the morning," Ping Huaizhen moved the round stool carved with begonias beside him, "After the court was gone, I went to Fengyi Hall to say hello, and then I came out of the palace again, so I didn't have time to eat. "

It's not just breakfast, it's like he didn't even drink half a sip of water.

Li Qingjue sat on the board and listened silently, holding up the Linglong teacup to refill his cup with the cool tribute Fangshan Luya.

This tea originally came from the palace, Emperor Hongxuan rewarded the empress, and the empress gave it to his elder brother, after two or three rounds, it was poured into the Pinghuai cup, it must be to his taste.

Ping Huaizhen was really happy with his mouth, and he ate two flower cakes with a cup of tea of ​​suitable thickness, and stopped when he was a little full, waiting for lunch in the backyard kitchen, and then shared some with Li Qingjue.

Waiting for nothing to do, Li Qingjue asked what he hadn't said before: "The prince is going to court this morning, how is everything going?"

"Everything is worry-free, Liu Yin proposed a policy of recruiting peace, and wanted to take all the people in the faction under his command. No one in the court stopped him, and his father also verbally agreed."

Thinking that there is no one to stop him, Liu Yin's party will support him, and the people around the prince also understand, all watching him, secretly waiting for him to fall into the pit, how could he say "no" "Character?

It went so smoothly, Li Qingjue was only worried that no one in the court would hold an opposing view, which would make Liu Yin suddenly wake up, and become vigilant in his heart, so that the success would fall short.

He asked out his worries, but after hearing this, Ping Huaizhen shook his head firmly: "The strategy of recruiting security was his Liu Yin's idea. Mr. Chen was going to make bait to lure him into the bait, but unexpectedly he lost his composure. If you can't wait, why worry about him changing his mind again? What's more, the father has already opened his golden mouth, so there is no reason to take it back."

Li Qingjue felt that what he said was reasonable, but there was still something wrong with it. After all, what Liu Yin was thinking was nothing more than speculation for the two of them. Instead of leaving room for others, it is better to be more cautious and careful. He raised his eyes and said: "Although Jinkou is open, Zhongshu Province is not ready to draft the edict. If the edict has not been edicted, Liu Yin has room for repentance. This policy was admonished by him, and he will try to contradict it in vain. If there is a good theory, the emperor can do it." persuasion."

Ping Huaizhen listened in his heart, and asked intently: "Then what do you think Qing Jue should do?"

"Presumably I need to trouble Mr. Chen to perform another play."

There was a voice from outside, it was the maidservant bringing food into the room, it was just two people, they delivered the dishes twice before and after.Li Qingjue said "Thank you" in a low voice, and after a while, he heard the sound of the door closing outside before continuing to speak: "Master Chen, please select two of the sect masters, and sincerely invite you to talk. "

With a slight smile on Ping Huaizhen's face, he personally poured a small cup of cauliflower wine into the jade cup next to Li Qingjue's plate, fixed his gaze on him like a mirror, and beckoned him to continue.

"A few days ago, Liu Yin and several sect masters gathered in Zuizhilou. Since this is the case, I asked Mr. Chen to choose two of them to invite, pretending to persuade them to be under the Ministry of Industry. These two people need to be Liu Yin The most important thing is to know that being righteous and remembering kindness will definitely make Mr. Chen hit a snag."

Ping Huaizhen immediately understood Li Qingjue's intentions, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

The appearance of the person in front of him at this moment is a bit of a shadow of the past. Li Qingjue is not like ordinary people. He has an exquisite heart and a pair of torch eyes. He talks about things with high spirits, especially when he was young.

Although today's Li Qingjue suffered from injustice in the world, the survivors lost their hearts and souls for a time, but the pride and virtuousness in his bones have never been lost, so day after day, he gradually gains the edge.

Ping Huaizhen loves his demeanor the most, and is most afraid that he will lose such demeanor.

He should be such a person, regardless of thousands of miles of thorns, regardless of the sea of ​​bitterness, the bones under his skin will not be cracked or withered.

Ping Huaizhen was drunk for a while without drinking half a cup.

Li Qingjue still said to himself: "Two people are enough, we must not invite them all. Only by 'treating each other differently' can make those who have not been favored feel aggrieved. Fortunately, Liu Yin's ears are more angry. "

"Okay." Ping Huaizhen nodded in response, seeing that he was only talking, he picked from the steaming rich delicacies on the table and put some that suited his taste on the small jade plate at hand, coaxing in harmony Advised, "You talk while you eat."

Li Qingjue looked down at the delicate delicacies on the plate, picked up a shrimp with chopsticks and fed it into his mouth. After taking a bite, Ping Huaizhen replied: "What you said is reasonable. As cunning as Liu Yin, there should never be any doubts. Just according to what you said, I will go to the Chen Mansion after sunset and discuss this matter with Mr. Chen in detail."

The green vegetable oil on Li Qingjue's chopsticks is green, like the green grass and green leaves in the yard outside the window, with the warm light from the sky scattered by the clear rain and dew, it seems that the season of reckless and wild life is two weeks closer step.

There was not much to say that day, Ping Huaizhen did not go out of the room, and spent time with Li Qingjue in a corner of the room, leaning on his shoulders and listening to him talk about leisure in the south of the country, he felt that the world is vast, and the nearest nine-fold high sky is not the seemingly majestic majesty The imperial city is the top of the green hill thousands of miles away, and the shadowy green water that lingers in the world.

I have been chasing imperial power for 20 years. I don't know if I will be lucky enough to get out of the difficult situation in the future, go to a place that is really close to the sky and the earth, and spend my life holding the wine.

One day he would take Li Qingjue away to Beijing, and he kept this promise in his heart, so he would not tell anyone.

As the sun was setting on the west mountain, a plain sedan chair was set up outside Zhao's mansion, and walked towards the street under the clear and cold moon that was about to rise.

The person in the sedan chair was Zhao Keyang, Ping Huaizhen did not go to the Chen Mansion in person as previously planned, but according to Zhao Keyang's intention, let him go on his behalf, so as not to make the crown prince's night visit to the Chen Mansion outside the palace too public.

If this business is done by other people, I may not be at ease, but if Zhao Keyang comes forward to negotiate, then there is nothing to worry about.

As the hour was getting late, Ping Huaizhen didn't wait any longer, she changed her clothes early to wash up and rested with Li Qingjue.

But he didn't expect Chen Zhihe to act so quickly, and within two days later, he invited the two of them to a banquet in Honghu Tower with great fanfare.

There is a saying in the capital: Drunk branch explores and sleeps for three dynasties, Honghu wakes up for another year.

If it is said that the fine food and fine wine in Zuizhilou can make people eat for three days and still have endless aftertaste, then the peerless delicacy in Honghu Tower is even more amazing. Once you enter and exit from the building with carved beams and painted buildings, you can enjoy good wine and good food. After a while, it suddenly seemed as if it had been years.

Honghu Tower is the most expensive in Beijing. Although a table of dishes does not cost a thousand dollars, it is not easy for ordinary people to go there.

And this time Chen Zhihe held a banquet here, it was indeed a waste of money.

Everyone in the court knows that Chen Zhihe has always had a clean sleeve and is a first-class official with a clean body. Now this supposedly poor man is generous enough to invite him into the Honghu Tower, which shows that he is indeed respected as a guest.

In addition, whether the expenses in the building come from his own pocket is inevitably more thought-provoking.

The wind whispered in the mouths of the courtiers secretly, and everyone felt that Liu Yin's face was brushed—isn't this robbing people in person?

I don't know how to react to being robbed of this one, and a drunken branch being crushed by a table of swans.