Chapter 659: Flattery
The meals are prepared early because some dishes take a bit long to prepare.
Roast duck is a must-have. If you don’t come to Yanjing City without a roast duck, your visit is in vain.
In addition, there are four or five hard dishes, such as elbow, pork head, braised mutton pot, soft-shell turtle soup, and secret beggar's chicken;
These dishes are gathered around the table. Circle,
In the middle,
is the rare fried phoenix tail in winter.
When a distinguished guest arrives, he should introduce his family members. This is the most basic respect. However, both his wife and concubine are pregnant and it is inconvenient for him to come out, so he can only let his son do it for him.
After meeting the guests and being hugged by the eldest son of the Li family, Ji Laoliu asked the maid to take his son down to sleep.
Ji Laoliu is not at all reluctant or guilty about letting his son stay up so late to meet guests;
His father had done a lot more than this kid when it came to being forced to open a business.
They are all the cubs of the Ji family,
They are all Ji Dan,
It will be much more comfortable for you to live with me than with your grandfather.
However, when thinking that his son would be taken to Mrs. Fengxin’s house soon, Ji Laoliu felt really reluctant to let go.
But he is reluctant to let go of the child and cannot catch the wolf,
To seize the direct descendant,
It is said that it depends on the general trend of the world,
It depends on the court and military power,
It depends on the will of the two princes,
But in the final analysis,
it is still my father’s preference that
looks at.
The old man is "old". As this winter passes, there will probably be no chance of next winter.
For an emperor, the most sensitive moment is also the most dangerous moment, but at the same time, it is also the weakest moment.
I really can’t bear to let my child catch the wolf.
Your father has the big position, and you can’t run away from the crown prince.
We must work together!
A Fei stood there, looking a little restrained. He was not pretending. If the furnishings in the palace were magnificent, then that would be fine. However, the design was full of sense and showed a very high taste. This was A Fei, who had never been out of Chenjiazhuang, was a little helpless.
Ji Laoliu turned around and asked A Fei to take a seat,
Smiling and said:
"We don't need to be polite and restrained here. After all, we are also half-brothers."
"..." Ah Fei.
"Eat, I've eaten the food at the Marquis Mansion. When I get back, the soup will be clear and watery."
A Fei nodded, not politely, picked up the braised pork elbow and started Started chewing.
Ji Chengjue picked up the dough and helped him wrap the roast duck, then wrapped one and passed it over to the other.
A Fei ate so happily.
"It's almost time for you to find a wife." Ji Chengjue said with a smile.
“It’s still early, it’s still early, I haven’t thought about this yet.”
“What kind of woman do you like, please tell me?”
"I really haven't thought about it."
"Then let me ask you,
First, we are all ladies, beautiful and smart;
Second, we have a slim figure and charming appearance;
Three, with a bow and a horse, a heroine;
Fourth, run the family rigorously to save you from worries;
Fifth, have the same temperament, and work together to solve the problem.
What do you think? ”
A Fei swallowed the food in his mouth,
said:
"Brother Six, is it difficult to find a woman like this?"
"It's not difficult, not difficult, not difficult at all. You are the heir after all."
"But, even if I am the heir, and such a woman is rare in the world. She can only be found but not sought after, right?"
"As long as you do this, it will be okay."
"Which one. ?”
"Don't let the five of them meet."
"Huh? Five? Pfft!"
"Hahahaha!"
When they had finished eating and drinking, A Fei also felt After he couldn't eat anymore, he smiled sheepishly and pointed at the lot of meat left on the table,
"Can I pack this and take it away?"
"No problem, I don't like to waste food. The remaining dishes will be cooked tomorrow and paired with other dishes, or we can make noodles and use them as toppings.
You can't leave tomorrow anyway."
"Can't leave?"
"Well, my father will see you."
"Want to see... Your Majesty? ”
"Don't worry, my father is always very kind to the younger generation."
Except for his own sons.
“I, do I need to prepare anything?”
“Have a good sleep.”
……
The next morning, Ji Chengjue was unusually absent from the office and did not go to the household department. Instead, he and A Fei got into the carriage again and headed to the back garden.
After arriving at the back garden,
Ji Chengjue and A Fei got off the carriage together.
A Fei is a little nervous. He is not pretending. Although he has known his life experience for a long time, you want a young man who grew up in the village to suddenly go to see His Majesty. Don’t panic, yes Impossible.
Ji Chengjue was actually a little panicked, because he suddenly realized that he seemed to have not been to the back garden for a long time.
The prince did better than himself in this regard. Even if he couldn't see his father, he would come over from time to time to pay his respects.
But Ji Chengjue doesn’t want to do this.
At this time, if he joins in acting in a pretentious manner,
it has defiled the old man,
and is disgusting. Own.
The Ouchi guards checked their identities, and after going through a process, two red-robed eunuchs came out and led Ji Chengjue and A Fei in.
The back garden is the work of Ganren. Ganren’s design and a team of outstanding Ganren craftsmen built a palace here with the Jiangnan style of Qian Country.
In war, you can’t fight people, but you really have to accept pleasure.
When you enter the back garden in different seasons, the scenery is also different. Even in this winter, it is not desolate at all, but gives people a more exquisite tranquility.
A Fei watched as he walked, following behind Ji Chengjue.
In the corridor in front, Eunuch Wei of Wei Zhonghe was already waiting. He stepped forward and said to Ji Chengjue;
"Your Highness has not been here for a long time."
This is a complaint. But it’s also a reminder.
Ji Chengjue has always had an excellent relationship with the eunuchs in the palace. Logically speaking, this is a taboo;
Whether it is a courtier outside or a prince, it is a serious crime to have an affair within the palace. .
But Ji Chengjue still did it like this. The most important thing was that he had no reason to be arrested.
Because he would not give gold and silver to the eunuchs, but would use their food and money to make money.
At the beginning, when Ji Chengjue was most severely punished by his father, he couldn't chew the corn flour buns any more, so every day a big eunuch took turns coming and going to beat the autumn wind.
The Min family, the leader of the merchants in Dayan, once grew up, the children of the family did not learn to do business from the counter first, but went to a restaurant owned by the Min family to work as a waiter for a year. After passing the examination , can you start with the family business. If you can't pass, just continue to be a waiter.
So, the Min family has been going smoothly. Although the family is big and the business is great, they are also cautious.
The only oversight was probably when he married his daughter into the prince's palace. The old man was too happy and loved his daughter too much, so the dowry was too generous.
Of course,
You can’t blame the old man of the Min family. Even if he did nothing, even if he was lying down and being a child, even if he ate bran-thick vegetables, even if he only wore linen clothes If you don't touch silk, you still can't escape from such an emperor on the stall.
Back then, when there were so many powerful families, how could they all be heinous?
They have no place to reason.
At this time, facing Eunuch Wei's kind reminder, Ji Chengjue shook his head and said:
"We are busy with things in the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Here, by extension, in fact There is a sense of resentment.
You feel comfortable fighting in the war,
Make great achievements and become an emperor through the ages,
Then you pat your butt and raise it in the back garden,
leaving this mess for me to clean up.
Eunuch Wei no longer spoke too much, but saluted A Fei beside him:
"Minion Wei Zhonghe, I have met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
A Fei hurriedly avoided it, but He was not as "flattered" as he was last night, or had a "favor" with Eunuch Wei.
Now that we are here,
everything around us seems to have a kind of magic that can extinguish all our little thoughts.
Because, His Majesty the Emperor of Dayan is here.
The Nine-Five Supreme Being,
If it is a clay statue, and a powerful official accuses a deer of being a horse in front of his face, there is really nothing to be afraid of;
But if that supreme being has a burning gaze, amazing power, and is wise and powerful, the pressure it will bring will be really scary.
A Fei does not dare to act smart here anymore, he knows that he is not worthy;
Even I, who I have never seen before, will be half a step behind when I see that person here. , be a younger brother.
"Your Majesty has just woken up, and I will lead the two highnesses down."
The Emperor Yan is not in the house, but in a pavilion, sitting on an armchair, covered with two layers of blankets.
Without turning on the stove,
Continuously taking that kind of "elixir" is a bit like taking Wu Shi Powder, and the body will feel hot from time to time.
Even this blanket is not comfortable, and I really want to cool off.
But Emperor Yan knew that he was not hot, but his body could not withstand another cold spell.
The fire in my heart has long been cultivated to the point where I can peel it off or ignore it.
"My son, I send my regards to my father. Long live my father! Long live my father!"
"Come here to see your majesty, long live my emperor!"
Son,
< br>Put it aside for now;
Emperor Yan’s eyes first fell on A Fei.
Immediately,
Emperor Yan said to Duke Wei who was standing beside him:
“It really looks a bit like Liang Ting when he was young.”
A Fei He continued to kneel tremblingly;
Hearing this, Ji Chengjue felt a little disgusted unconsciously,
The father Xiao in my father's mouth often turns into a curse.
"I've made you suffer." Emperor Yan said.
A Fei immediately said:
"Your Majesty, my dear fellow..."
"Promise me."
"Yes, I am not bitter. During the years I lived in Chenjiazhuang, although my life was a little colder, it was still enjoyable, and no one bullied me.
Especially in these years,
the village has been re-granted fields,
life is better than before, and there is more hope
It is actually a blessing to be a common citizen of Dayan under His Majesty's rule. "
"Heh..."
The Emperor Yan laughed,
then he looked at his son and said
;
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"What did he say?"
Ji Chengjue said:
"If I return to my father, I should wait until spring begins to change my son and eat him."
"………"hooligan.
The Emperor Yan looked at Ji Chengjue and said;
"Whose responsibility is this?"
"If I go back to my father, it is my fault that I failed to manage the household department and Yan's finances well."
"Do you have resentment in your heart?"
Ji Chengjue shook his head and said
;
"The debts of the father are repaid by the son. This principle is understood and recognized by the common people. It is impossible for me to understand since I was a child." , why do you feel like you have taken medicine today, how dare you talk to His Majesty like this, armed with a gun and a stick.
"No matter how difficult it is, it can't be compared to my past. In those days, the world of Yan only knew about the powerful families but did not know that I was the emperor.
At that time,
it was not Is your problem difficult to solve?
But you have nothing to do at all.
If you don’t get along well with the local officials, the imperial edict will almost not be able to leave Tiancheng County.
It’s difficult to do,
Prove that you can still do it. "
"Yes, I will remember my father's teachings. ”
"The same goes for you." This was what Emperor Yan said to A Fei, "Beifeng County is not a good place to raise people. I don't care what kind of life you have lived in the past few years, but I am very concerned about your future. Road, there is only one request.
Look at the Chen family where you lived. Zhuang, think about it more, Dayan, and many, many Chenjiazhuangs, they are all behind your Hou Mansion
In the future,
No matter what happens,
You have to ask yourself,
Are you willing to let thousands of Chenjiazhuang become a scorched earth under the cavalry of barbarians? "
"Please remember this! "
"Everyone has to bear certain responsibilities no matter where he sits. To be a prince, you have to behave like a prince. You also have to act like a prince.
You haven’t met your father yet,
then I,
Let me teach you first.
Now,
stand up for me. "
A Fei stood up slowly and looked at the emperor lying on the chair in front of him.
His knees began to tremble.
"It's not that you can't kneel, but you have to kneel comfortably. If you feel uncomfortable kneeling now, you will find a way to make yourself comfortable in the future.
This is what your father said in front of me back then. ;
Your father is the only son,
from now on,
you will be the King of Zhenbei of Dayan
Your knees,
I need to drive a few steel nails into them. From now on, even if they collapse that day, they won't be able to bend at all.
When I saw you coming earlier,
Is there something wrong with your legs? "
"In reply to Your Majesty, I have been disabled in my legs since I was a child. ”
Emperor Yan nodded,
"This is nothing. I hope that ten years from now, twenty years from now, the barbarians will hate you so much that they can gnash their teeth with hatred. If you can do the barbarian sacrifices and curse them day and night. How can that damn cripple pay back? Immortal;
You, the King of Zhenbei,
are worthy of it.”
“I know, I will definitely not disappoint His Majesty’s expectations!”
"Well, I have made a decree today. From today on, when you meet anyone except your parents, you no longer need to kneel down, even if you face me again."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
A Fei knelt down and saluted.
"I said, there is no need to kneel down."
"To answer your Majesty, A Fei has never seen his father and mother since he was a child. Your Majesty is the first to say these words to A Fei as an elder. In Ah Fei’s eyes, His Majesty is Ah Fei’s elder, his elder.”
"Hehehe."
The Emperor Yan smiled,
facing Wei Zhong River;
"How does it compare to Ping Xihou?"
"Back to Your Majesty If so, it’s the Marquis of Pingxi, more, that, more..."
"When it comes to speaking nice words, I have never seen anyone better than him, haha."
"Isn't that right? Your Majesty, if Prince Jingnan hadn't valued him back then, I would have really wanted to..."< br>
Eunuch Wei is stuck,
Straight mother-in-law,
What are you talking about,
He is now a Marquis, and you actually said that you wanted to castrate him and send him to the palace?
Let’s not talk about what Ping Xihou would think if he knew this.
This is His Majesty in front of me,
Do you want to cut off my personally titled Marquis?
Fortunately, Emperor Yan did not ask further, because at this time the prince came over.
"Prince."
"My son, please see your father."
"Take your Li brothers to have lunch."
"Yes, my father. ”
When the prince came, he didn’t even say a few words to his father, and was immediately asked to entertain his relatives for dinner.
Lunch was in another pavilion.
A Fei saluted the prince seriously first, but did not kneel down, and the prince returned the half salute.
The feeling the prince gave A Fei was completely different from that of His Highness the Sixth Prince.
His Highness the Sixth Prince behaves and speaks very freely and casually, while the Prince is polite and follows the etiquette in every move he makes, making him look like a prince.
The three of them sat down together,
Logically speaking,
This should be a small gathering of the Ji brothers and the Li brothers.
The dishes were served.
Because His Majesty cannot eat big fish and meat now, and this is the backyard, and the Prince himself likes light food, so the dishes served are exquisite, but for A Fei, they are a bit too much. So elegant.
“We have official business in the afternoon, so let’s have tea instead of wine.”
The prince raised his tea cup,
Ji Chengjue and A Fei both raised their cups.
The prince didn't like to talk when he was eating, so the dinner table was very quiet and he just ate in silence.
After the meal,
The prince washed his hands in the basin brought by the waiter,
While wiping it with a towel, he said to Ah Fei:
"Come to the East Palace in the evening, let's chat."
"Yes, His Highness the Crown Prince."
A Fei responded immediately .
The prince seemed to want to say something more, but he still felt that the atmosphere was not relaxed enough.
If it were in the East Palace, it would never be like this, but after all, this is where his father lives now.
The most important thing is that his sixth brother did not liven up the atmosphere this time.
The news that Xiaoliu brought the prince of Zhenbei Palace to Beijing was known to all the powerful families and important figures in the capital.
His staff told him that Xiao Liuzi wanted to play the Zhenbei Palace card.
The prince did not take it seriously,
Because the card table has been set,
it’s already too late to try to win over anyone else.
But,
Or,
My sixth brother, is there for other purposes?
It is said that the Marquis of Pingxi is the signature of the Sixth Master Party,
but in fact, the prince knows why his sixth brother can still recruit talents and there is an endless stream of talents on the basis that he still occupies the orthodox name. Absolutely, because in the eyes of outsiders, the sixth prince of Dayan is the real Bole.
This is no longer called Qian Jinshi Horse Bone, but a horse god has been opened.
In comparison, I have a lot of talented people, but none of them can really shine like Ping Xihou, and they are not even qualified to compete.
The prince said to Ah Fei again;
"In the evening, I will call your sister over again."
"Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"Sixth brother, you can put aside the affairs of the household department today and entertain Li Brother."
"Don't worry, second brother."
The prince nodded and left.
After the prince left,
A Fei saw the sixth prince take out a food box from nowhere, bring it to the table, open it, and there was a plate of braised chicken legs inside.
Ji Chengjue smiled,
took out a chicken leg and handed it to A Fei,
said;
"I guessed that the food here must be light. Come, we are our own people, let's open a small stove first."
A Fei took the chicken leg and took a bite. It was delicious.
Ji Chengjue was also eating chicken legs,
his gaze,
inadvertently glanced in another direction,
Why was he so stiff in front of his father before? Risking the gun and carrying a stick?
Pictures,
Isn’t it just a desire to rise and then to suppress it?
Flattery,
You have to use your brain;
Your prince comes here to say hello every now and then, rain or shine,
Is it worth a chicken drumstick for me?
......
In the pavilion,
Eunuch Wei bent over and reported to Emperor Yan who was lying there with half-closed eyes:
"Your Majesty, after the Crown Prince left, His Highness the Sixth Prince took out the chicken drumsticks that he had secretly brought in and gnawed them happily with the Crown Prince."
"Oh?"
Emperor Yan's eyes softened. Open slowly.
My own son, and Li Liangting's son,
hiding from the man who always liked to eat, pay attention to health and follow rules, and secretly ate chicken legs.
Wei Zhonghe saw
a smile appear on the corner of His Majesty's mouth
.
"Wei Zhonghe."
"The slave is here."
"I, I think of the past." (End of Chapter)