Taiping Xun'an

Into his little yard.

"His Royal Highness is concerned."

"What are you talking about? I rely on you, so naturally I can't see your faults."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Xia Yangzheng greeted Li Mochun here, and Du Fang also chatted with Ye Bai over there.

"Does Brother Du have any ambitions?"

"Traveling around the rivers and lakes, seeing all the famous swords."

"He really is a knight-errant who is obsessed with martial arts."

"What about you?"

"Me? I'm just a mediocre person who is greedy for ease and comfort, as long as I can live a safe life."

"If you are willing, I can take you away in nine months and stay away from this temple dispute."

"In this case, I don't want to hide from Brother Du." Ye Bai put away his smile and looked at Du Fang seriously, "I don't know what the purpose of Brother Du is by His Highness's side?"

Du Fang paused for a long time without speaking, took a sip of the tea in front of him, as if he was thinking about something.

"I just want to know what brother Du's intentions are for His Highness, and I will never reveal a word." Ye Bai softened his voice, "From what I see, Brother Du is not like the person who chases fame and wealth, and he doesn't flatter His Highness either. meaning." Ye Bai paused for a moment and continued: "Brother Du must have been forced!"

After hearing Ye Bai's words, Du Fang instantly felt that Ye Bai is a person who can understand people's hearts?In a moment of excitement, he said it: "I promised the queen to lurk beside Xia Yangzheng and ask for news."

"I don't know why? Did they catch something?" He didn't pay too much attention to Xia Yangzheng, but to Du Fang.

"No, it's the grievances of the predecessors."

"I see." Ye Bai sighed, "No wonder you saved His Highness that time."

"Did Xia Yangzheng know about it a long time ago?"

"Yes, but he really likes you."

"Such a ridiculous thing." Du Fang was a little annoyed.

"It's really absurd." Ye Bai also sighed in a low voice, and then smiled at Du Fang, "I am relieved that you have no intention of harming His Highness's life. I will never reveal what happened today."

Ye Bai refilled tea for Du Fang, and said with a smile: "Your Highness also knew that you were sent by the queen, so he avoided doing things from you. You can report to the queen what you see and know on weekdays. It's not important."

"Aren't you afraid that Xia Yangzheng will blame you if you tell me like this?"

"If he blames me, no one will dare to call him brother and brother!" Ye Bai laughed.

Du Fang thought Ye Bai was really good-looking, so he said something that made him feel ashamed. "Didn't you let me teach you martial arts?"

"Eh? Yes!" It seemed unexpected.

"How about I come to teach you next time, Xiu Mu?" Bite the bullet and continued.

"How disrespectful!" Ye Bai replied with a smile, extremely happy.

Chapter 10

The case of the third brother was handed over to Dong Zhongting, and the favors before the Chinese New Year were also settled.Xia Yangzheng stayed in the palace all day facing Du Fang, flirting with Du Fang from time to time.The Chinese New Year is only a few days away, Xia Yangzheng spent this month very relaxed and happy, but he still felt dissatisfied in his heart, there was something that could not be filled.Especially when I think of it when I stop, the more I ignore it, the more I can't bear it.

"Du Fang!" Xia Yangzheng called out, but no one answered, so he called out again: "Du Fang?"

"Return to Your Highness, Du Fang will take a rest today." Zhou Xiaofu approached from outside the door.

"It's almost New Year's Eve, manpower is needed everywhere in the palace, why does he have to rest?" Xia Yangzheng asked with a straight face.

Normally, when he arrives in Xiumu, he would sneak out of the palace to find his 'friends'.I don't know what happened to that man, but I really want to see him.When Xia Yangzheng found out that he had such thoughts, he immediately killed him. Thinking too much about that person was simply torturing himself.

"Then do you know where he is?"

"He left the palace." Zhou Xiaofu replied.

"Do you know where he went?" Xia Yangzheng was a little annoyed.

"I don't know."

Xia Yangzheng felt very depressed, walked around in his hall for a while, then went out for a walk, and walked to the residence of the guards.With a thought in his mind, Xia Yangzheng pushed open the door of Du Fang's room.

The room was neat and tidy, as if no one lived there.Xia Yangzheng also walked around the room, walked to the only table in the room, saw a note on the table, picked it up and read on it: Brother Du, please have a gathering, Yours sincerely, Ye Bai.

Xia Yangzheng suddenly felt angry, what's going on?Are the two of them getting along so well that he doesn't know?Xia Yangzheng immediately walked out of the palace avoiding his eyes and ears.

As soon as Xia Yangzheng entered Ye Bai's courtyard, he saw Du Fang holding Ye Bai's shoulder with one hand and holding Ye Bai's sword hand with the other, teaching Ye Bai how to play with a sword.Xia Yangzheng felt a surge of anger, "What are you doing?" Du Fang let go of Ye Bai, folded his arms and bowed to Xia Yangzheng. Ye Bai smiled and replied, "I asked Du Fang Fang taught me how to dance a sword."

Xia Yangzheng glanced at Ye Bai, then looked at Du Fang and said, "Is this how you dance swords?" Bai Zhuo clings to his chest and performs a sword pose, each move faster and harder than the last.

Xia Yangzheng tried his best to suppress his anger, but he couldn't suppress it. How could someone who had been thinking about it for so long be easily preempted by others?Xia Yangzheng held Ye Bai's hand with abnormal force, and the force of his arm crossing Ye Bai's abdomen on Ye Bai's body made Ye Bai feel very uncomfortable.But Xia Yangzheng just looked at Du Fang without realizing it.

Xia Yangzheng didn't stop until he found Ye Bai's anomaly when he was almost out of anger.Xia Yangzheng let go of Ye Bai, and only when he saw Ye Bai's uncomfortable expression did he start to regret it.It was rare for Ye Bai to lose the smile on his face, and his expression was a little gloomy.Xia Yangzheng felt that he lost his composure and didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only sternly reprimand Du Fang: "Follow me back to the palace!"

Back in the palace, Xia Yangzheng sneered at Du Fang: "That's right! I went to seduce Ye Bai, why did I forget that you were interested in Ye Bai in the first place? I'll take you to him!"

Du Fang looked at the angry Xia Yangzheng coldly, but did not speak.

This made Xia Yangzheng even more angry: "You can seduce anyone, don't seduce him, you know!"

seduce?It was the first time that Du Fang was provoked so much by someone, and just as he was about to explode, his heart suddenly jumped. Could Xia Yangzheng...

"Don't think too much! Ye Bai is my best friend. We grew up together. I know what kind of person he is better than you. He won't accept you. It doesn't matter who you like, don't like him, otherwise It’s just asking for trouble! Just look at Shi Qingcun.”

Xia Yangzheng lowered his voice, "Shi Qingcun is romantic, but originally it was only the romantic feelings of a literati and knight. But after meeting Huafu, he couldn't get what he asked for, and he began to indulge himself, even going to the waiter's house that he had never been to before. "

After Du Fang heard Xia Yangzheng's words, it was impossible for him not to have any thoughts in his mind.However, he didn't do anything with Ye Bai. Does Xia Yangzheng need to be so angry?

"Forget it, I don't think you will listen." Xia Yangzheng sighed.

After Du Fang left, the more Xia Yangzheng thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. Why did everyone rush to like Huafu?Huafu, Huafu, why are you so attractive?

After thinking for a while, Xia Yangzheng sighed.well!But today I was too reckless, I have to apologize to Huafu tomorrow.

The next day, Xia Yangzheng slipped out early in the morning.Ye Bai treated Xia Yangzheng no differently than usual, he was making tea for Xia Yangzheng, and Xia Yangzheng was looking at him.This is what Xia Yangzheng likes to do. He likes to quietly watch Ye Bai do things, especially trivial things, which are beautiful and pleasing to the eye.

Ye Bai's hands are well-proportioned and slender, and the joints are not as sharp as those of ordinary men.Xia Yangzheng unexpectedly found that Ye Bai's palm was bruised, and asked, "How did you get hurt?" Ye Bai turned his hand over, looked at Xia Yangzheng and smiled, "Forgot." Uneasy: "I made it yesterday?" Ye Bai said: "Just a little green lump that can't be regarded as an injury, you are very annoyed!"

"Then did you hurt your abdomen?" Xia Yangzheng wanted to see it, but Ye Bai said directly: "It's okay, how can you get hurt so easily, do you really think I'm made of tofu? Besides , this little green block is only green when you hold the sword at the place inlaid with gems and you don't need to feel too guilty." Ye Bai restrained his smile and said to Xia Yangzheng: " Besides, it's normal for you to be angry for Du Fang."

Xia Yangzheng didn't speak after hearing this, but just looked at Ye Bai in the same way.

"It's also my fault. I know that Du Fang has some feelings for me, and he doesn't avoid suspicion. Don't worry, I will have less contact with Du Fang in the future."

"That's good, just have less contact!" After Xia Yangzheng said, he took Ye Bai's tea and left without even saying goodbye.

But who made him the second prince?Not even friends can blame him for his faux pas.Ye Bai looked at Xia Yangzheng's back and sighed slightly, bowed his head and sipped the tea he made.

Er, Gu Mu's voice came from outside the door, "Young Master, Mr. Shi pays homage to you.".

"Come in, please." Ye Bai heard Xia Yangzheng's depressed mood instantly dissipate.

"Yes." Sensing the mood of his young master, Gu Mu was also very happy, and went out with a smile to lead the guests in.

"Long time no see, Zhu Dan!" Shi Qingcun walked into the outer room, and Ye Bai saw him come in before he could get out of the outer room in the inner room.

"So you miss me too!" Shi Qingcun also looked very happy, but then became angry: "Xia Yangzheng also came here just now?"

"What's the matter? Do you have something to talk to him about?" Ye Bai followed his gaze and saw the tea set on the table beside him.It turned out that I saw two teacups on the table, the tea in one of them was not finished, and there was no heat rising, it seemed that it had been cold for a long time.

Ye Bai walked over to clean up the cups, and asked Shi Qingcun to sit down.

"I have something to tell him!" Shi Qingcun didn't want to sit there, so he sat down on a chair in the outer room, looking rather disgusted.

"Zhu Dan, he is the second prince. He is with you now, but he may not be with you in the future. Thinking of your disrespect to him, you will be in trouble!" Ye Bai sighed and sincerely persuaded.

"Dong Zhongting is like this too, why don't you say he wants to say me?" Shi Qingcun was a little angry.

"You, alas!" Ye Bai sighed, and said helplessly in his heart: Because you like me!

"Then what about you? You are not as respectful to him as Li Mochun and others." Shi Qingcun continued to complain.

"I have had friendship with him since childhood, so I am used to it."

"You're caring about me, Huafu."

"You are my friend, how can I not care about you?"

"Is there no friendship at all besides that?"

"Zhu Dan, I don't understand you like this, I really don't understand."

"What don't you understand? If you like it, you like it! What don't you understand?"

"Zhu Dan, I'm sorry. I can't help..."

"I don't blame you, I am passionate, you just need to let me treat you well." Shi Qingcun also knew that this matter was helpless.

Ye Bai thinks that he is not a person who doesn't understand style, but he just doesn't understand why someone violates human relations and falls in love with a fellow man.Everyone knows each other. What is there to like?On the contrary, it is a woman, who is beautiful, graceful, and gentle, full of various styles, and is loved by others.

What is love in this world!

Chapter 11

Another day at dusk, Yingzheng Hall.

"Du Fang, have you heard or seen anything recently?"

"No."

"Did he meet any special person?" The fourth prince asked eagerly.

"It's still the same as before." Du Fang glanced at him and turned his eyes away.

"Look around and see if you see anyone other than us." The prince asked again.

Du Fang looked around, but found no one.He used the cohesive internal force to investigate again, but still found nothing.So he shook his head at Xia Yangcheng.

"eleven!"

"The subordinate is here." A figure flashed from a tree not far away.

Du Fang couldn't help being surprised.

"Then you haven't found the second imperial brother's secret guard." Xia Yangcheng said, "Have you seen his secret guard?"

"No." Du Fang felt that his skills were inferior to others, and although it didn't show on his face, he felt a little ashamed.

"He doesn't trust you very much."

"He only treats me as an ordinary guard."

"Don't try to fool me, Du Fang." Xia Yangzheng smiled, "He seems to have a little interest in you."

"What do you mean?"

"I just want to say, I hope you can make good use of it." The prince said.

Du Fang just thought it was funny, he didn't even want to inquire for them, how could he do that!He is only responsible for reporting what he has seen and heard, and will not do anything else.

The new year has finally arrived, today I am happy to specially allow the ministers of the court to enter the palace to celebrate the banquet, and the royal banquet is very lively.

Xia Yangzheng looked down from the seat, taking advantage of the relaxed atmosphere and quietly toasted with He Fangming and the others with a smile.

When the banquet is in full swing, leave the banquet in time to let the courtiers enjoy themselves.

Xia Yangzheng got down and turned to He Fangming, Wang He and others who had gathered together.

Several people congratulated each other and talked and laughed for a while.

"If both Huafu and Zhu Dan can come, we'll be all together for the New Year!" He Fangming sighed regretfully.

The few people who talked about it felt it was a pity.

"Chirp! Boom! Boom! Boom!" Dozens of fireworks flew into the sky, exploding gorgeous fireworks, and the whole sky was filled with colorful fireworks, so magnificent.

Looking at the fireworks, Xia Yangzheng suddenly thought of Du Fang, turned his head to look at Du Fang in the dark, and saw him sitting quietly on the tree watching the colorful sparks in the sky.The beautiful fireworks are reflected in his eyes, blooming brilliantly, very beautiful.

Xia Yangzheng didn't remember to turn his head back until the fireworks were all gone.Unexpectedly, he happened to meet Dong Zhongting's probing eyes, he was at a loss for a while, and smiled awkwardly.

Dong Zhongting smiled at him for the first time with his eyes that see through everything, it almost hurt Xia Yangzheng's temple from laughing.

Not long after the fireworks in the palace were set off, another fireworks was set off not far outside the palace, and there was a continuous "bang bang bang".

"Who set off these fireworks?" someone asked.

"I heard that it is Shi Qingcun, the only son of Shi Wenshu, the richest man in the capital." One person replied.

"I heard that I fell in love with a handsome man in the southern suburbs. Tonight's fireworks are set off for him." The good-hearted Mr. Wang Sun said.

"If the old man has such a wicked son, he must be killed." A minister next to him said angrily.

Several princes and grandsons sneered, "That's right! Mother died early and father didn't teach."

Hearing the sarcasm of this group of people, the minister snorted and looked at them with disdain before leaving.

Hearing that the behavior of the two friends was ridiculed, Xia Yangzheng and the others looked at each other in embarrassment.

At this time, there are quite a lot of diners in the Shixiang Building in the capital, and they are all young sons who left their hometowns to study in the capital.In twos and threes, they make appointments to meet during the Spring Festival to talk about nostalgia and the future, to express their sorrow.The poor students downstairs hugged each other crying and laughing, while the upstairs was quieter.Those princes and grandsons all went to the palace, and the rich sons who left sesame and mung beans were also kept at home by the elders of the family for the festival.

"You two young masters, here comes the dessert!" Xiao Er obsequiously held up the plate, took the reward and went out.

"Huafu, let's celebrate the New Year together tonight." Shi Qingcun looked at the night sky where the fireworks disappeared, the stars all over the sky were diluted by the Wanjia lights that were going to be bright all night. "My father couldn't come back in Chaoyang, and you stayed in the capital alone."

"Okay!" Ye Bailang laughed.

"You don't miss your family?"

"Think." Ye Bai smiled at Shi Qingcun, lowered his head and poured tea.

"I really don't know what you're thinking." Shi Qing sat beside Ye Bai dejectedly.

"I don't know what I'm thinking either."

"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Shi Qingcun asked again.

"Maybe."

"Who can you fancy!" Seeing Ye Bai being so careless, Shi Qingcun complained.

"A woman with both virtue and capacity." Ye Bai said lightly.

Shi Qingcun wanted to drink, but Ye Bai gave him a few drinks and refused to drink any more.

"Aren't we going to sleep after drinking tea like this?"

"Don't you want to keep the year?"

"How long did you stay in the restaurant?"

Ye Bai smiled silently.

"Hua Fu, you shouldn't have promised Zilan to play tricks on me." Shi Qingcun said sullenly, "It made me forget about you all day long."

"Zhu Dan!" Ye Bai rarely felt a little sullen.

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything." Shi Qingcun quickly grabbed the jug and drank a glass.

Ye Bai looked at him helplessly.

"The two friends are really interested! They actually came to the restaurant to celebrate the New Year!" Xia Yangzheng teased as he opened the door.

"Why are you the only one?" Shi Qingcun glanced at Xia Yangzheng indifferently and said.

"Zhu Dan!" Seeing that Shi Qingcun was disrespectful to Xia Yangzheng again, Ye Bai reprimanded him.

"Why is it just me? And Du Fang!" Xia Yangzheng followed up with someone.

Shi Qingcun had no interest in flirting tonight, he took a look at Du Fang and lay down on the table with a "tsk" sound, tapping the cup with his chopsticks.

"Hua Fu likes Du Fang, right?" Xia Yangzheng said this specially in order to arouse Shi Qingcun's interest.

Ye Bai felt troubled when he heard the words.

Xia Yangzheng went to the table and sat down, poured wine and said that he wanted to respect them.Seeing the touching hands of Xia Yangzheng and Ye Bai when receiving the wine, Du Fang suddenly felt an eyesore.When touching wine, Du Fang wanted to stretch out his hand to separate the hands of Ye Bai and Xia Yangzheng, but Shi Qingcun blocked his hand to touch Ye Bai, and Xia Yangzheng's hand still touched Ye Bai's.

Du Fang looked at Shi Qingcun with some dissatisfaction, and Xia Yangzheng thought it was funny when he saw this, so funny!

Ye Bai looked at these three people and felt even more confused.During this chaos, the four of them drank a lot, and finally fell asleep on the table.

The next day, every household in the streets and alleys set off firecrackers, waking Xia Yangzheng awake.

Xia Yangzheng woke up and found himself sleeping on the bed. Seeing that Ye Bai was sleeping next to him, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stood up to look at the situation.

Du Fang and Shi Qingcun were still lying on the wine table, only he and Ye Bai slept on the bed.

Looking in front of the bed again, Zhou Xiaofu fell asleep sitting on the floor lying on the stool beside the bed.

"Your Highness." Fourteen knelt on the ground on one knee.

"what happened?"

"This subordinate was afraid that His Highness would catch a cold, so he administered sweat medicine to the other two young masters, and sent His Highness to bed to rest."

"Well, well done." Xia Yangzheng rubbed his temples and said, "How long will the medicine last?"

"Half an hour."

"Zhihua." Ye Bai next to him woke up.

"Are you ok?"

"My head hurts."

"You!" Xia Yangzheng scolded him, "If you are not in good health, don't drink so much."

"The day is special, it's good to have fun with everyone."

"Will you blame me?" Xia Yangzheng asked suddenly, "I want you to stay when your family moves back to your homeland."

"Never." Ye Bai said, "It's me who makes the choice."

"Huafu, thank you." Xia Yangzheng held Ye Bai's hand and said with patience.

Ye Bai smiled, freed his hands and turned around to get up.

At the beginning of the new year, the prosperous scene in the capital is more than usual, and it is very lively.Children playing with red lanterns, crisp laughter, loud firecrackers...

Half an hour later, Du Fang and Shi Qingcun's medicine wore off, and they both woke up.

"Hua Fu, I have to rush back to congratulate my father, queen mother and concubine mother, so I have to go first."

"Slow down, Your Highness."

Only Shi Qingcun and Ye Bai were left in the pavilion.In a short while, Shi Qingcun's father, who had traveled all the way home overnight, sent someone to urge him back home, leaving only Ye Bai alone.

Ye Bai looked at the table full of remnants, and it was impossible not to have the slightest thought in his mind.

Chapter 12

The year always passes, and Xia Yangzheng, who is the candidate for the next prince, is a little busy in the new year.On the contrary, the sick prince seemed much more deserted, and took advantage of the gap to call Du Fang out.

He reported to Xia Yangcheng about Xia Yangzheng as a routine, and didn't think about what to say or not to say, he had nothing to do with them.

Du Fang actually knew that someone had given him sweat medicine that day, and when he woke up that day, he felt different from usual, his head was a little groggy, and he thought it was the cause of a hangover.Later, he remembered that he had practiced exercises to drive away alcohol after he was drunk that night, but it was useless.Because he was drugged by someone who didn't know, he couldn't get any luck, so he got drunk and passed out. Presumably he was Xia Yangzheng's secret guard.

"Following the heavens, the emperor issued an imperial edict: There are unpredictable things in the sky, and he has no pity for the common people. The flood in Pingchuan has devastated the lives. The second prince, Xia Yangzheng, loves the people, is diligent and respectful. To control floods, there will be no return!"

A sudden imperial decree in February sent Xia Yangzheng to Pingchuan thousands of miles away to control the water.

Xia Yangzheng is fighting for time to arrange a good person, he knows that this is what the queen did.The prince is already in a state of insanity, and he looks like he is about to let go at any time, and he is eyeing the position of the prince.In addition, the royal father's intention to make himself the crown prince is well known in the court, and it is impossible to make such a decree at this time. It is definitely the empress who has used some means to get the father to send him away.

Maybe the queen wanted to hurry up and get rid of him, Xia Yangzheng, or maybe she wanted to win people's hearts.So at this time Xia Yangzheng wanted to ensure that his people could not be moved by the queen!

"Shi Qingcun was rumored in the capital because of the New Year's Eve incident, and his father drove him to Lianxi shopkeeper. Brother Zilan is Master Chen's disciple, Yufu is the eldest son of General Cheqi, and Jingxiu is Master Dong. I don’t need to worry about these people anymore..." Xia Yangzheng said, then turned to Ye Bai and said, "Only Jingxuan and Huafu are making me feel uneasy in the middle of the capital, so you go with me I told my father that Jingxuan can be taken away by taking an imperial doctor to check whether there is an epidemic. As for Huafu, you can say it better. You will meet me on the road outside Beijing and then you can just meet me .”

"Let it be arranged by His Highness."

"Huafu, this trip is dangerous, and I don't want you and me to suffer, it's really a last resort."

Ye Bai smiled and said, "I swear to follow Your Highness to the death."

"With your words, I will have no regrets regardless of success or failure in the future!" Xia Yangzheng sighed.

The decree has to be made and left in a hurry.After getting ready, Xia Yangzheng set off.Xia Yangzheng didn't meet Ye Bai on the outskirts of the city, thinking something happened, and was worried when he received a letter.It was sent by someone from Ye Bai, who said that it was easy to be seen by interested people when meeting in the suburbs of Beijing, so he would go ahead and wait for him in a post house far away from Suianjing.

Ye Bai met Xia Yangzheng at the posthouse in Chaoyang.Seeing the safe and intact Ye Bai and Xia Yangzheng felt relieved, and it was worthwhile for him to come here day and night.

"Are you in a hurry these days?"

"That's right, the three-day journey is just two days away."

"I heard that there is a hot spring with medicinal effects, Your Highness can go to soak in the bubbles tonight to soothe." Li Mochun asked Xia Yangzheng.

Xia Yangzheng turned to look at Ye Bai, Ye Bai wanted to say that it was important to hurry but saw that even Du Fang was a little tired, so he could only say yes.

At night, it's spring in February, but it's still cold. Fortunately, the spring soup is steaming hot, so it won't make people feel cold.There are only Xia Yangzheng and his party in the spring where the idlers are waiting.Among the four, only Du Fang did not take off his clothes and went down to the spring, and the other three went down into the spring.The spring is quite big, if you are far away, you can't see people clearly in the mist, and for the sake of safety, several people sit not far away.

"Du Fang." Xia Yangzheng suddenly called out to Du Fang who was standing not far away.

The people on the other side of the pool saw Du Fang approaching not far away through a layer of water mist, and the dense water vapor softened the sternness on his face.

"Wipe my back." After Xia Yangzheng finished speaking, he turned around and half leaned against the boulder beside the pool.

Seeing that there was no movement for a long time, Xia Yangzheng turned his head and saw Du Fang frozen there motionless, he was in a bad mood and wanted to blame him.

Seeing this, Li Mochun secretly thought it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Let me come, Your Highness, I still know the acupuncture points of the human body, and I can rub your acupuncture points when rubbing your back."

Xia Yangzheng didn't want to make this comfortable atmosphere stiff, so he turned back dissatisfied, and acquiesced to Li Mochun.

"Can Du Fang come here for a while?" Ye Bai on the other side asked with a smile.

Du Fang walked over, Ye Bai whispered: "Why don't you come down? I heard that the hot springs here are quite beneficial to the human body."

Du Fang looked at Ye Bai who was soaking in the light white spring water below his collarbone, and suddenly felt a little awkward.

"You need to be vigilant." Seeing the white drops of water sliding down his shoulders, Du Fang looked away.

"You hate His Highness?" Ye Bai asked.

Du Fang suddenly slapped Ye Bai on the shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Feeling that Du Fang was not malicious, Ye Bai asked softly.

"Your blood is not smooth here." Du Fang moved his eyes but found the stagnation of blood and poison at Ye Bai's collarbone.

"You still understand this?" Xia Yangzheng turned his head to watch the movement here, his tone was particularly dissatisfied.

"I'm afraid it's because you're too tired." Du Fang picked up Ye Bai's wrist nervously to feel his pulse, and Er Er seemed relieved and said, "You shouldn't be so tired." After speaking, he glanced at Xia Yangzheng. It seemed meaningless in the eyes of others, but Xia Yangzheng knew that Du Fang was blaming him, so he couldn't help but find it funny.

After soaking in the hot spring and returning to the room to rest, Xia Yangzheng retreated the crowd and let Du Fang stay.

"It seems you don't believe it." Xia Yangzheng said.

"Believe what?"

"Don't like Ye Bai." Xia Yangzheng looked at Du Fang and said, "You can't afford to like it, the price..." After a pause, he sighed and said, "There is no price..."

Du Fang looked at Xia Yangzheng suspiciously, Xia Yangzheng sighed and sat down at the table and spoke slowly.

Shi Qingcun and Ye Bai were just ordinary close friends.It's just that when you regard your like-minded friends as women, it's all different.

How do you think there is such a person who suits you so well?

"Shi Qingcun has a romantic nature. Although he loves to linger in the land of smoke and willows, he does not touch himself. Once, he accidentally teased He Fangming's future wife, and He Fangming wanted to punish him. So he asked Dong Zhongting to pretend to be a woman. You should have met Dong Zhongting, the most beautiful man in Suianjing." Xia Yangzheng smiled when he said this.

"This idea is applauded by everyone. Everyone wants to repair his coquettish appearance. But what Jingxiu hates the most is that others will talk about his appearance, and he will never refuse. Huafu is a talkative person, He Fangming Seeing that Jingxiu failed to achieve success, I made up my mind on Huafu."

Chapter 13

Two years ago, Suianjing, Chunhua Building.

When Shi Qingcun first saw Ye Bai dressed as a woman, he couldn't speak at all.Rusi Yiren is dressed in cloud clothes, sitting on a stool, with pink makeup and jade, red lips and white teeth, bright eyes smiling, and the fragrance of rouge seems to fill the room.After being stunned for a long time, he finally asked, "I don't know the girl's name?"

Everyone present laughed, but Shi Qingcun said that he was making fun of his youthful feelings, so he didn't think about it.Seeing that the woman did not answer, he asked all the people present.

"This is the new Lihua girl from Chunhua Building." He Fangming smiled.

"Zi Lan, you can't fool me like this! It's fine if you fool me, but it's not good to tarnish the reputation of other girls!"

"You don't believe it?" He Fangming asked, thinking that Shi Qingcun would come over to tease him like before.

"Of course I don't believe it!" Shi Qingcun looked at Ye Bai who was pretending to be a woman again, and said with a serious face: "This girl looks like a lady of everyone, how can she be a firework girl!"

Everyone present laughed, they rarely saw Shi Qingcun's serious face.

Ye Bai also wanted to laugh, but because he would be seen through if he laughed so flamboyantly, he covered his mouth with his sleeve and smiled, only showing a pair of smiling, bright eyes.

This scene happened to be seen by Shi Qingcun who secretly turned his head away, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Take a closer look at who 'she' is?" He Fangming couldn't help laughing and asked.

Shi Qingcun turned around and looked at the woman carefully.

Ye Bai also felt embarrassed to be sized up like this, lowered his eyes slightly, and put down the sleeves that covered his lips, but the smile on the corners of his lips still couldn't fade away.

"Could it be that you are Huafu's younger sister?" Shi Qingcun suddenly asked in shock.

"Hahaha!" Everyone couldn't help laughing anymore.

"What's going on with you today?" Shi Qingcun said angrily, "You don't know how to restrain yourself even if there is a girl around!"

Everyone laughed more happily.

"Zhu Dan, do you really not recognize me?" Ye Bai raised his eyes and asked Shi Qingcun with a smile.

Shi Qingcun, who was fascinated by that radiant smile, took a while to recover from Ye Bai's gentle voice, and froze instantly.

"Hua Fu?" Shi Qingcun couldn't believe it.

"It's me." The smile on Ye Bai's lips grew stronger.

"Since then, Shi Qingcun's eyes have been wandering towards Huafu from time to time for some reason. Then for some reason, I heard people say that he started going in and out of the waiting hall."

"Sometimes flirting with Huafu comes out of the way, and it becomes a big difference." Xia Yangzheng sighed, "The most beautiful Jingxiu is not as likable as Huafu."

"He doesn't like it?"

"Who?" Xia Yangzheng asked, "Hua Fu?"

Du Fang didn't speak, but Xia Yangzheng knew that he was referring to Ye Bai, and said, "Thanks to his father-in-law! He values ​​human relations more than anything else!"

Du Fang was thoughtful after hearing this, but Xia Yangzheng couldn't understand it.

Only that day, the group was not in a hurry, and they were on their way for the next few days. They saw more and more victims along the way, and they felt more and more unhappy.

After ordering people to arrange food and accommodation immediately, Xia Yangzheng took Li Mochun and Ye Bai to check the disaster situation.

Local officials have already started disaster relief, and it seems that the arrangements are not bad, and they have made temporary shelters on the outskirts of the city.When Xia Yangzheng and others arrived, the government office was distributing evening meals to the victims.

"Your Highness just watch here, Your Highness don't go into this dirty place." The accompanying county guard stopped Xia Yangzheng from going into the shed.

Xia Yangzheng frowned and said, "Why can't I get in?"

"Of course I can." Sheriff Xie said flatteringly as he made a gesture of invitation.

Xia Yangzheng snorted inwardly, and walked in.The purpose of the visit is the suffering of the victims. The victims sat together as a family and ate a small amount of distributed evening meals.

Xia Yangzheng turned his head to look at Ye Bai, and the two exchanged glances, Xia Yangzheng turned to the sheriff, "Has there been any epidemics?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, I haven't found it yet."

"Jingxuan, go and show them." Xia Yangzheng ordered Li Mochun to take care of a man who was sick and surrounded by his wife.

Li Mochun went there according to the order, Xia Yangzheng turned to the sheriff and said, "I heard that the imperial court has distributed a sum of money for disaster relief before I came, isn't it enough for the people's rations? What are they eating?"

"Your Highness, calm down!" The sheriff panicked: "Your Highness, please listen to the official instructions."

"Say!"

"Now that your highness is here, things will be easy." The sheriff said: "The central government allocated 50 taels of silver, but only 10 taels are left in the hands of the subordinates, and the subordinates have no place to go." Yes!"

"Where are the soldiers escorting the money? Send it right away!" Xia Yangzheng said, "Bring your ledger too."

"Yes, yes!" the sheriff promised, "I'll send someone there right away."

The sheriff retreated a few steps and ordered his people to do things. After returning, Ye Bai asked him: "My lord, Ye Bai, a guest of the Second Highness, would like to ask your lord some questions."

The sheriff took a look at Xia Yangzheng, and seeing that Xia Yangzheng was also staring at him, he smiled and said yes.

"As far as we know, there are twelve counties in Pingchuan. How many counties were affected by the disaster?"

"Nine." It's hard to be the sheriff.

"I don't know how the post-disaster affairs in these ten counties are progressing?"

The sheriff didn't want to answer Ye Bai, after all he was just a scholar, he had no official position, and he was young, so the way of cross-examination really made the sheriff feel uncomfortable, so His Highness could just ask about it!The same is true for His Highness, how can a retainer ask a sheriff.

Ye Bai could see that the sheriff was uncomfortable, but he had to be tough in order to facilitate his future plans.

"Now it's been seven days since the day when the water was released. The officials of the five counties near Pingchuan, including Pingchuan, have all gone to see it. They have handled it well. There are also Guchuan, Baolian, Tuowu, and Huoxi that are farther away. , I haven't had time to see it, but according to the report, there is no big problem. Once the relief money arrives, I will verify it and distribute it according to the severity of the disaster." The county guard didn't need to address Ye Bai.

I also asked some questions about the situation, and it was getting dark, so the group planned to go back to the inn where they stayed to eat and tidy up.

After the meal, Xia Yangzheng and Ye Bai discussed in the room, and the sheriff's ledger was delivered to Xia Yangzheng's room.

"Your Highness