The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

Zhao Zhili, Xia Jin, and Su Wenchun were in the small hall. In the middle of the small hall was a long painting table covered with high-quality rice paper. Xia Jin was sitting and drawing fine brushwork flowers and birds. Su Wenchun stood by the table and watched, doing something to him. guide.

Zhao Zhili was sitting by the window, the window was open, and the cool autumn wind was blowing in. The wind was mixed with the scent of osmanthus in the yard. He looked at the blue sky outside and was thinking deeply, but he didn't know what he was thinking about. , there was no response for a while.

Someone came into the yard. He heard some noises, and then he looked over and saw Ji Heng coming in from the gate of the yard. He froze for a moment, then got up, and walked out without telling the other two people in the room. small hall.

The other two were looking at the painting seriously, and didn't notice that he went out.

Zhao Zhili greeted Ji Heng outside under the veranda, and looked at him in surprise, "Why is your head wrapped in gauze, what's wrong?"

Ji Heng smiled at him and said, "It's nothing wrong. I fell and scratched some skin. I was afraid that the scar would be left by the wind when I went out, so I hugged him with gauze."

Zhao Zhili frowned slightly, with helplessness in his tone, and said, "Why did you fall. Besides, your skin is indeed too delicate, and your forehead will be damaged if you fall."

As he said that, he wanted to pull his hand into the living room. After looking at it, he found that Ji Heng's hand was also wrapped in gauze, so he sighed again, "You hurt your hand too."

Ji Heng said, "When I wrestled, I used my hands to support it, and the skin on my hands was scratched. It's just a small injury. It's okay."

Then he asked, "Today is sixteen, why are you not at home?"

Zhao Zhili didn't hide anything, and said, "Yesterday's Mid-Autumn Festival, the empress dowager invited some family members of her family to the palace. I was a male guest, and I left after sitting for a while. I had some quarrels with my father when I got home, so I came here."

Speaking of this, he did not take Ji Heng to the small hall, but went to the study on the other side, and closed the study door.

Seeing that he had something to say, Ji Heng followed him in and sat on the chair.

Zhao Zhili also sat beside Ji Heng, and instead of serving tea to the servants, he directly asked Ji Heng, "Did you stay in the palace yesterday?"

Ji Heng didn't think that this matter could be concealed from him, but he didn't expect that his news was so well-informed, so he nodded and said, "Yesterday, I accompanied the emperor to drink and watch the moon. It was too late, so I stayed in the palace." .”

Zhao Zhili then pointed to the wound on his forehead, and asked, "How did you get the wound on your forehead? You fell in the emperor's bedroom?"

Ji Heng didn't expect Zhao Zhili to doubt the explanation he gave just now, so he couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "You want to ask about this? It is true that I fell in the bedroom. I accidentally fell off the bed and knocked on the ottoman. Yes. Why do you still suspect that I am lying? There is no need to lie. "

Zhao Zhili breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I know you are not a liar, but there are many kinds of falls, I'm just worried that there will be some conflict between you and the emperor."

Ji Heng knew that Zhao Zhili had been neglected by the emperor recently. Although Zhao Zhili didn't show it on the surface, he definitely cared about it in his heart, so he said, "There is indeed some conflict with the emperor."

Zhao Zhili was really stunned, and then sighed, "The emperor loves you so much, why is he not treating you well now?"

Ji Heng smiled wryly, and said, "It's not what you think. It's because I want to go back to my place of origin to prepare for the exam, but the emperor won't let me go back to my place of origin."

Zhao Zhili said in surprise, "You want to leave Beijing?"

Ji Heng nodded and said, "That's true, maybe I'll be leaving in a few days, I don't know when I'll be back, this time I'm here to say goodbye to you."

Zhao Zhili stood up abruptly, and looked at Ji Heng in shock, "Why... why do you have to leave. Even if you go back to your original place to take the Juren examination, it will be in the year of Ding You after three years, why are you leaving in such a hurry .”

Zhao Zhili was so shocked that he even became a little flustered. He is a person of high status, and he is very lonely, so he has a lot of friends, but there are very few true friends. Among these very few true friends, Ji Heng is the best and most There is a tacit understanding, if Ji Heng walks away like this, when he thinks about it, he feels that there will be an empty space in his heart.

Ji Heng smiled at him, pulled his sleeve again, and asked him to sit down, but Zhao Zhili didn't sit down, looked at Ji Heng with a frown, and walked around the room a few times irritably. The look of fidgeting.

Seeing him like this, Ji Heng had no choice but to not pull him to sit down. He just comforted him and said, "I had to do this as a last resort. Now people in the world spread my reputation so badly that it will really hinder my future career. , I can only leave Beijing while I am still young, otherwise, I will carry this reputation all my life. Moreover, even if I leave Beijing, I will not keep my ears to the outside world. Pay attention, if there is anything, I will write to you."

Zhao Zhili still frowned and looked at him without saying a word, obviously deeply distressed by this matter.

Ji Heng continued, "My departure will be of some benefit to you. Do you know that Xu Xuan is going back to Beijing to get married?"

Zhao Zhili nodded, "Maybe he is married to the Wang family of Jinling. I heard that the other party is his cousin. The Wang family used to inherit the Duke of Liu, but they could only inherit the title for three generations. The previous generation had lost the title. However, the Wang family has a deep foundation and is also a giant."

Ji Heng nodded, "That's right. When Xu Xuan returns to Beijing, he will not go out to lead troops in a short time. His family wants him to stay in Beijing to carry on the family line. The emperor will not blindly promote anyone. If Xu Xuan is promoted, It should be close to you at the same time."

Zhao Zhili smiled wryly, and said, "After so many years, everyone is not what they used to be. Speaking of it, it is the emperor who has changed the most, but you have not changed. The emperor's thoughts are becoming more and more unpredictable. Many times, I It is already impossible to guess his thoughts. But recently, it is not appropriate for my family to stand out, and I don't want the emperor to get close to me."

Ji Heng said, "The emperor is actually very affectionate."

Zhao Zhili shook his head, and continued to ask Ji Heng, "Do you know about the draft next year?"

Ji Heng shook his head, he really didn't know, but when he heard the news, he frowned slightly, thinking that since the election was going to be next year, the news would probably be released soon, the third sister heard After arriving, I will definitely not change my original intention.

Zhao Zhili added, "This is what the queen mother said yesterday, and the news hasn't spread yet. But I think the draft is useless. The queen mother hopes that the emperor will spend more time on the harem, but the emperor is obviously focused on political affairs, not the harem."

Having said that, he looked deeply at Ji Heng again, as if he was a little hesitant.

Ji Heng saw him staring at him flickeringly, smiled bitterly, and said, "Have you become such a evasive and guessing person now? There is nothing you think about, the relationship between me and the emperor Nothing happened, nothing happened."

Only then did Zhao Zhili smile, he folded his arms and leaned against the desk, and said, "Speaking of which, sometimes I really suspect that the emperor treats you as the only one."

And with Ji Heng's appearance and temperament, anyone who has been with him for a long time will have some thoughts.

Ji Heng said, "If you tease me like this again, I will get angry."

Zhao Zhili, "No, I'm just talking."

At this time, there was a knock on the outside door, Zhao Zhili went to open the door, it was a servant, Zhao Zhili said unhappily, "What's the matter?"

The servant said, "It's Mr. Ji who came to the house and said something happened at home, please go back quickly."

Ji Heng had already got up, thinking about what was going on, but said to Zhao Zhili, "Then I have no choice but to go back."

Zhao Zhili said dissatisfied, "I just came to sit down now, and I didn't drink a cup of hot tea, so I'm leaving."

Ji Heng said, "I'm afraid it's something important, so I'll just leave, I won't send it off."

This "don't give it away" is very strong and meaningful. It should be to let Zhao Zhili accept that he is going back to Jiangnan, and let him not give it away at that time.

The two walked out of the study door. Xia Jin and Su Wenchun also came out from the small hall when they were under the veranda. Still, he quickly walked up to Ji Heng and said, "Junqing, is your forehead hurt?"

Ji Heng smiled at him, greeted him, and said, "It's just scratched, it's okay. Now that the weather is getting colder, your old injury is unbearable, so you need to pay more attention to maintenance."

Xia Jin said, "I'm much better now, I want to thank you Junqing, it's all the medicine you sent me."

Ji Heng said, "It's just a matter of raising your hands."

Su Wenchun also came over to meet Ji Heng. Ji Heng didn't stay any longer, and Zhao Zhili didn't send him out. He watched him go out of the yard by himself. There is regret and reluctance everywhere.

Emperor Yang Qinxian almost stayed up all night.

His thoughts are always hidden in his heart, and he is used to hiding them.

Besides, as an emperor, he shouldn't show his joy, anger and preferences, otherwise it would be detrimental to the country.

He was also planning to continue to hide his thoughts about Ji Heng, but when Ji Heng said that he would leave Beijing and return to the south of the Yangtze River, it was like a thunderbolt, which exploded his thoughts so that he could no longer hide them. Then it was exposed to Ji Heng.

Unexpectedly, when Ji Heng knew his intentions, he would be indifferent and completely unwilling to accept it.

As much as the emperor loves Ji Heng, he will be as disturbed as he is, and after being disturbed, he will be as frightened and angry, but even if he is frightened and angry, he does not want to hurt Ji Heng.

However, Ji Heng said that he was unwilling to accept his feelings, which really hurt him deeply.

He was lying next to Ji Heng, there was only a short distance between them, but at that time, neither of them had any intention to shorten the distance.

The emperor felt Ji Heng's breathing, and found that he didn't sleep at first, and slowly he breathed evenly and fell asleep. The emperor turned over and faced Ji Heng. He watched him for most of the night, but he was reluctant to touch him, afraid If he woke up, his wound would hurt so much that he couldn't sleep.

The emperor had no intention of letting Ji Heng leave the capital. Ji Heng's family was in the capital, and he did not believe that Ji Heng could leave the capital regardless of his family's opposition to him.

So, when he got up in the morning to pack up and go to Qinzheng Hall to deal with government affairs, he didn't let Liu Sheng stop Ji Heng from leaving. He thought that Ji Heng would wait for his consent to leave anyway.

Unexpectedly, when he returned to Qilin Hall, Ji Heng was no longer there and went home.

The emperor was a little annoyed, so he went out of the palace to Ji Heng's house in person.

There was no one in Ji's house, Mr. Ji was not at home, Xu Shi also went out to do errands, only Xu Qilang was still there because of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, so when the emperor arrived at Ji's house, he and Xu Qilang faced each other.

Xu Qilang was respectful to him, but he knew in his heart that Xu Qilang was interested in Ji Heng, he was his rival in love, and he was able to be with Ji Heng every day, so his jealousy boiled over.

Although Xu Qilang was respectful and cautious, he also showed the generosity and thoughtfulness of a son from a wealthy family, and said, "Your Majesty, brother Heng has gone out, but he doesn't know where he went, let Caomin send someone to find him and come back."

Sitting in Ji Heng's study, the emperor nodded, "Hurry up and look for it."