Give you a spring

The carriage arrived at the other courtyard while the two were talking. This courtyard is in the north of Linjing City, only two streets away from the imperial palace. If you take a carriage, you will arrive in three quarters of an hour.

The butler waited outside the courtyard at a good time, and when he saw a carriage slowly approaching, he rushed to meet it and directed the servants to take down the luggage.

Pingwei got off the carriage, met the butler's gaze, and asked softly, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"

"No, I just came out, but His Highness has worked hard coming here from Yu'an," said the housekeeper, surnamed Xu, over half a century old, with a very peaceful face.

Ping smiled, and looked sideways to the rear, Xu Bocai noticed a young man standing behind Ping Wei.

"This is He Zhou, my bodyguard," Ping Wei said softly.

The man took off his hat in response.

Now, everyone could see this person's appearance clearly - he was born very beautiful, with sharp eyebrows and a straight nose, with edges and corners, and a tall and straight figure. He is the kind of pure man that girls would like, but...

Guan Yue and Xu Bo's faces showed hesitation at the same time.

This doesn't seem to be the appearance of Daqi people, but rather... from the Western Regions.

Guan Yue recalled what Ping Wei had told him earlier that he had picked up He Zhou on the side of the street. There were many small countries in the Western Regions, but they were not very rich. Could it be that they were refugees from there?That's why you always use hats to hide your appearance, for fear of being recognized?

Pingwei also said the same thing to Xu Bo.

Both of them fell silent. It is reasonable to say that Daqi is inclusive and accepts talents from all over the world, but...Pingwei is a prince after all, and he is accompanied by a person from the Western Regions, which is always weird.

Pingwei saw their difficulties, and said, "I will explain to the emperor after entering the palace, besides..." He paused just right, and then said slowly, "The martial arts exam in two months, He Zhou will also participate."

"..."

Uncle Xu knew that this man was not a good one to serve.

Guan Yue suspected that Ping Wei's telling him this matter had a lot to do with his "brilliant deeds" when he abandoned his "soldier" and turned to "worker". He turned his head and looked at He Zhou who was at the center of the topic. , there was no expression on his face.

Isn't it nonsense to ask a foreigner to take part in the martial arts test?When His Majesty formally introduces him, the eldest prince and the second prince will definitely react, either to win over or to turn their heads to the outside, and the easiest thing to think of is to make a fuss about He Zhou, a foreigner.

Taking a deep breath, Guan Yue tentatively said, "Your Highness must have thought about it a long time ago to make this decision?"

Ping frowned slightly, and said in a simple and horrified way, "No."

"I just think it would be a waste for He Zhou and me to come to Linjing to be a personal bodyguard. It happened that the martial arts exam was approaching, so I registered for him. The two of you know the purpose of my coming to Beijing. Most of the officials in the court rely on the eldest prince and Under the sect of the second prince, it is much easier for He Zhou to enter the Ministry of War than to meet the courtiers, Your Majesty will understand."

"...But he is still not from Daqi."

"He was picked up by me when he was nine years old, and he lived with me in Daqi for 13 years. Isn't he considered a person here?"

"..." Guan Yue frowned, but didn't say anything.

Since he had to investigate Lao Zhao's matter later, he rode away after sending Ping Wei to another hospital.

Xu Bo took the two of them to visit the wing room.

"Guard He's room is at the front," the three of them stopped outside Pingwei's room, Xu Bo roughly pointed to the location of that room, He Zhou took a look - Pingwei's room was a little far away.

The taciturn guard frowned, and asked for the first time, "Is there any room next to this?"

Xu Bo was stunned for a moment, he didn't put He Zhou at ease, he just mentioned something casually, he didn't want the other party to have an opinion on this, and looked at him in astonishment, but He Zhou didn't look at him at all, and turned his head to stare at Ping Ping with unusual concentration. micro.

He replied sarcastically, "Yes."

"Is it packed?"

"It's packed."

"Then I'll move there later."

The conversation was completed in response to requests, Ping Wei saw Uncle Xu's discomfort, and comforted him, "Let's do the rest, Uncle Xu, go and rest, you've been busy all morning."

Uncle Xu took a few steps out in response, and turned back worriedly halfway, "If your Highness has any requests, please tell me."

"Well," Ping Wei and He Zhou walked into the house.

The main hall of Yonghe is the place where the emperor discusses matters with his ministers. Emperor Chong went to bed very late yesterday, and even this morning he yawned and lost his mind during the whole process.

The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Rituals quarreled over the expenses of the Shangyuan Festival. This scene lasted for more than [-] years.Eunuch Tang next to him stood two feet away from him, lest he would fall asleep again, ready to remind him at any time.

Fortunately, the emperor was annoyed by the noise from below. He sat up from the dragon chair, first reprimanded the two courtiers, and then stated that there would be no changes to the activities of the Shangyuan Festival. Finally, he simply found an excuse and sent all the courtiers away.

Only he and Eunuch Tang were left in the hall, and the latter took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, today is the day when Fifth Prince Xie Xu enters Linjing."

"Who?"

"Xie Xu, the prince who has been among the people."

"Oh..." Emperor Chong replied, not knowing whether he thought about it or not, and ordered, "Let him wait for me in the Tongxin Hall in an hour."

Ping Wei stood in the hall, there was no one around, only a bunch of exquisite dead objects accompanied him, thinking that His Majesty's extravagant temperament is true, and the treasury is empty...not sure.

He stood for a while, when someone came in from the other side of the hall, put his hands behind his back, walked up to the dragon chair and looked down at him.

"Your Majesty," Ping Wei knelt down and saluted.

"Get up," Emperor Chong looked at the people in the hall, his face was so much like the concubine Ming who lived in Huaqing Palace, at first Emperor Chong wanted to care about him and asked him how he was doing in Yu'an, but when he saw Seeing that face, I couldn't help frowning and said, "Do you know why I suddenly asked you to come back?"

"Do you hope that I can restrain the two elder brothers?" Ping Wei asked neither humble nor overbearing.

"How dare you say it," Emperor Chong's scrutinizing eyes did not move away from his face, "Now Chaoshang Shi'er and Lian Zheng are the most popular, and the two of them have been fighting in court for a long time, and they are exhausted. I am afraid that something will happen to them What happened, I called you back this time because I really want you to help me restrain the two of them."

Ping Wei stood at the bottom and looked up at him. He had thought about this meeting with Emperor Chong many times. Although he knew that he would not be as warm as ordinary people, but the other party showed that he was using him as soon as he came up. He couldn't help feeling a little... complex.

The father and son looked at each other for a while, then he lowered his eyes, "My son knows."

"What's your request?" Emperor Chong asked.

"I have a guard named He Zhou, has your majesty heard of it? He is a foreigner, but I hope your majesty will allow him to participate in this year's martial arts test."

"can."

"Also, except for some necessary occasions, I don't want His Majesty to treat me as your son."

"what?"

Emperor Chong's eyelids twitched, and he looked at him in surprise.

Then he heard such a sentence, defenseless, shocking, and really caught off guard.

"I want to be a pure minister."