Opposite the entrance hall

After the morning court, Emperor Chengde asked Ji Si and Qi Ran to go to the side hall, he didn't know what to say, and after a while, he let them retreat.

When they came out of the Kunyuan Hall, the two of them met Gao Zexin, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy who hurried over at the entrance of the hall. The man saw the two of them coming up from a distance, bowing to each other and saluting, "Lord Qi, Lord Ji."

"Master Gao is rushing to the Kunyuan Palace?" Ji Si laughed.

"Exactly."

"Since that's the case, let's go quickly, we will have a drink together some other day, and we will save face then!"

Gao Zexin raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and replied with a light smile, "Succeed! Then the officials will go there first, and when the two adults come back from Xiangzhou, then we will have a good drink with the two adults."

"Master Gao is well-informed. The court has just ended this morning and has not yet been made a decision. Mr. Gao already knows that we are going to Xiangzhou without going to the court." Ji Si still had a smile on his face.

Seeing him like this, Gao Ze was not confident, and the sweat on his forehead became more, and he hurriedly explained, "When I went to the palace, I met Master Lu at the gate of the palace, so we chatted a few words, it was Master Lu. Tell the officer."

Supervising Censor Lu Zhengxu?

Ji Si narrowed his eyes and smiled, instead of continuing to ask about this matter, he said softly: "That's it, don't bother Mr. Gao, His Majesty is still waiting, Mr. Gao, hurry up, don't let His Majesty wait in a hurry. "

"Yes, yes, yes," Gao Zexin laughed, "Then I will take my leave, my lords, go slowly."

After he walked away, Ji Si turned his head and looked at Qi Ran who was beside him who was silent. He was actually a little apprehensive. He just pointed out Qi Ran in front of all the officials, and did not give him a breath. This person hates him so much, and he looks like everyone is drunk and I am sober and unwilling to fall into factionalism. If he is messed up by him like this, King Liang and the others may hate him, but let him be scolded with himself.

Thinking of this, Ji Si sighed in his heart, touched his nose on the face, found a topic, and said with a smile: "Well, it will be noon soon, if Ziheng doesn't dislike it, how about having lunch together?"

Qi Ran looked down at him, didn't say anything, just turned around and walked out of the palace, as if even looking at Ji Si was annoying.

The latter sighed in his heart again, feeling that Qi Ziheng was more difficult to serve than when he was a teenager, and he didn't express his emotions so clearly, how did he grow up like this when he was fine, and he didn't know that he had passed away. What kind of character is your wife, how can she be so lucky to be favored by Master Qi.

Thinking of this, Ji Si felt a little sour and jealous, and felt that it would be embarrassing for him to eat a dead woman like a dignified man. Reason told him that it was better to be alive than to be dead, and there was always a chance no matter what; emotionally However, she said that the woman passed away when the two of them were deeply in love, and of course she became the cinnabar white moon in Qi Ran's heart. No matter how good the people behind him are, how can they not be able to forget what is in their hearts.

Seeing that Ji Si didn't follow, Qi Ran stopped and turned around, and saw the person behind him frowning for a while, sighing for a while, looking like a war between heaven and man in his mind, after thinking about it, he still reminded: "Master Ji. "

"Ah!" Hearing the voice, Ji Si immediately woke up.

"Aren't you going?"

This is one of the very few times that Qi Ran took the initiative to talk to himself, so Ji Si grinned happily and walked up with big strides, "Let's go."

The two walked side by side to the outside of the palace, the atmosphere was not tense, and even a little peaceful and harmonious, but the more it was like this, Ji Si became more flustered, hesitated for a moment and asked carefully, "Is Ziheng unhappy?"

"Ok?"

"I called your name in front of the palace without discussing it with you. Now maybe the king of Liang and the others have hated you. Now that I think about it, I've made some presumptuous decisions. If Ziheng is not happy, I'll go with you." Your Majesty, tell me if you can change someone." Ji Si said with a bitter face.

Hearing this, Qi Ran glanced at him slightly, not quite understanding whether he was pretending to be confused, or if he was really confused, the expression on his face couldn't tell why, but he was pretending to be casual Said: "There are so many officials in the court, Master Ji only named the names of the lower officials?"

Ji Si raised her eyes, clutched her chest tightly with her right hand, and said sincerely, "There is no reason, maybe, this is the guidance of the heart."

Qi Ran squinted his eyes, took two steps forward, leaned slightly close to his ear, and said in a low voice, "I thought Master Ji understood His Majesty's implication."

There was no one else around, so Qi Ran's voice went straight into his ears, and the hot air he exhaled brought a strange tingling sensation to the tips of his ears. Ji Si's expression remained the same, his expression remained calm and indifferent, just off to the side Looking at the person next to him, he curled his lips into a chuckle, "So I don't know if Zi Heng heard any implication from His Majesty?"

"Isn't His Majesty's words telling Mr. Ji that you should choose me?"

"Ah, really!" Ji Si was shocked, "I thought His Majesty asked me to choose a young and strong man who has a good relationship with me and can endure hardships. In my opinion, only you are the most suitable. After all, I can't choose Cao Shangshu." Ah, the one who took three steps and one short breath and five steps and one big breath, don't get dizzy before leaving the city gate, it turned out that he asked me to choose you, you also know that I am ignorant, I am so stupid that I can't turn around Come on, I don’t understand these twists and turns.”

"It's a coincidence." Qi Ran had a smile on his lips, but his eyes were extremely calm, "If Mr. Ji is dull, there will be no smart people in the civil and military circles."

"No, no," Ji Si shook his head, still showing sincerity, "In my heart, Zi Heng is the most intelligent person in Dajin! He is the only one, hard to find in the world."

"..."

Being interrupted by him like this, for some reason, Qi Ran always had a strange feeling that this person seemed to be born with a pair of affectionate eyes, and when he looked straight at him as a child, there was a hint of hesitation, a bit ambiguous and lingering, A sentence that was obviously quite normal suddenly became abnormal.

The atmosphere was strangely tense, Qi Ran immediately stood up straight, put his hands behind his back, and cleared his throat with his head turned sideways, "Master Ji has won the prize, it's getting late, it's better to go back to the Yamen earlier."

Seeing the people walking forward, Ji Si restrained his smile, stood on the spot, pursed his lips, and thought for a while before slowly following.

It's not that he never thought of telling Qi Ran about it, but what's the relationship between the two?To put it bluntly, it is the friendship between classmates, to put it in a deeper way, it is his wishful thinking for many years, and in the end it is nothing, there is no hair, only a joke left.

As far as this relationship is concerned, let him say it, how to say it, and how to say it!

The relationship between the two of them has almost reached the point where they are strangers. Qi Ran has a tough temper, and he firmly believes that man will conquer the sky, and he does not believe in ghosts, ghosts, gods and Buddhas. The most common sentence is, if it is useful to pray to gods and Buddhas, then there may be no misery in this world. Poor people, all burn incense and pray at home.

What's more, if he hadn't encountered this kind of resurrection of the dead, if anyone said it in front of him, he might think that the person was seriously ill and couldn't believe it at all.

If he ran up to Qi Ran in a daze, smiled and said, "Ziheng, I'm actually Li Si, that's right, I didn't die, and his mother came back to life with Ji Si's body, what's that called?" What, that's what it means to live in a catastrophe without dying, hahahahaha hiccup."

The picture was so beautiful that he didn't dare to think about it.

Naturally, Qi Ran didn't know what was going on in his mind, but saw that this person didn't make a sound all the way, and his appearance was a little different from his usual one. It was surprising to see that, after thinking about it, he said, "I don't know if Mr. Ji and Yang Shangshuling Are you familiar with the son of the family?"

As soon as this question came out, Ji Si immediately dispelled the random thoughts in Ji Si's mind. With a sudden heartbeat, he immediately realized that it must be that idiot Yang Qin said something to Qi Ran. After hesitating for a moment, he asked cautiously, "Should I be familiar with it?"

Young Master Qi curled his lips into a smile, "I should know you."

Ji Si swallowed her saliva, her tone was still cautious, "Then it's considered acquaintance."

Hearing this, Qi Ran's smile deepened, "Then what Young Master Yang said is the truth?"

"What did he say?" Ji Si asked back.

"He said," Qi Ran paused, and slowly elongated his tone, "You are brazen and scheming, you bully men and women, rape and rob, and you are full of heresy, you are not a thing at all."

"..."

Ha ha!

The two of them had just left the palace, and the other Gao Zexin followed the little father-in-law into the Qianyuan Hall after receiving the transmission, and knelt firmly in the middle of the empty hall, kowtowed and saluted, "My minister sees Your Majesty."

"Let's get up." Emperor Chengde didn't even lift his head, he still held the booklet in his hand, read it line by line, put it aside again, and replaced it with a new one.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After getting up, Gao Zexin slowly walked aside, and stood side by side with Yang Yongtai, with his head bowed and silent.

"I saw Ji Si and Qi Ran when I came here." Emperor Chengde said affirmatively.

"I see, it's just outside the gate of the temple."

"Qi Ran asked something."

Gao Zexin was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and replied, "Lord Qi didn't say anything to the officials, but Master Ji seems to know something."

"Ji Si?" Emperor Chengde paused, closed the folder, looked up at the person standing below, and then chuckled, "He really surprised me today."

"Didn't Your Majesty originally want to test the abilities of His Highness the Crown Prince and King Rui? Why are you doing this today?" Gao Zexin asked in confusion.

"None of my sons is a fuel-efficient lamp, and all of them stretched their heads to think about the position under me, but they really think this position is easy?" Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes, "I just want to see, If they are not allowed to touch the Xiangzhou matter, can they find a way to solve it? They all have the same bargaining chip. The test is who is more capable and courageous than the other. I have opened this gamble for them. It's up to them."

Gao Ze's confidence suddenly became clear, and after thinking about it, he continued: "Then, has His Highness King Qin also entered into His Majesty's game?"

"Jing Ming..." Emperor Chengde dragged on for a long time, but he didn't continue.

Yang Yongtai who was on the side said softly: "But this Ji Si, after all, belongs to His Highness the Crown Prince. If he is put in charge of Xiangzhou, I'm afraid that the princes will feel that His Majesty is biased and unhappy, and it will be bad if there is a gap between them." gone."

"Do you know why I reuse Ji Si?"

Yang Yongtai and Gao Zexin glanced at each other, both lowered their heads, "I dare not presume the sacred intentions, His Majesty's arrangement must have His Majesty's intentions."

Emperor Chengde didn't take this kind of flattery words seriously. He just turned his eyes back and opened the booklet in his hand again. I know in my heart who are King Rui's people, they really think they can hide the truth, you plan it, I plan it, it's all the leftover tricks I played before, and they can't get on the stage."

Putting down the booklet, Sun Hai bent down and handed over another book tactfully. He took it and opened it, and continued: "The six books are all divided up by them. This relationship is like a net, one connected in series. One, the rings are intertwined, the network is connected, and it has become such a situation. One hair will affect the whole body. Before I die, a group of idiots are anxious to help the new master, cough cough cough..."

Before he finished speaking, his throat was itchy and he coughed violently. Sun Hai patted his chest quickly to let him breathe. Seeing this, Yang Yongtai and the two hurriedly stepped forward and said anxiously: "Your Majesty!"

"It's nothing," Emperor Chengde coughed and waved his hands in a low voice, "What I said is to tell you that Ji Si is the only one in this network. Cut, only he himself, why do you say I use him."

Hearing this, both of them knew it in their hearts, Yang Yongtai still frowned and said: "After all, His Royal Highness is kind to Ji Si, this..."

"I saw a dog wagging its tail at you on the side of the road. If you gave it a bone, it might recognize you as master and be loyal." Emperor Chengde narrowed his eyes, "But Ji Si didn't, he got his first bone , I will want the second piece, the third piece, or even more, remember, people with desires are often the easiest to control, and if he wants it, I will give him this bone."

"Your Majesty thinks that instead of sending someone who can communicate with the crown prince about Xiangzhou, it is better to send someone who is easy to handle." Gao Zexin said softly.

"Xiangzhou is far away from Lin'an. Those officials are probably too carefree, so they really need to be taken care of."

In terms of domineering and domineering, who can compare to Mr. Ji, the servant of the household department!

The two of them understood His Majesty's intentions now, but they had doubts again, Yang Yongtai asked in a low voice: "As Your Majesty said, then Ji Si can go alone, why do you have to bring Qi Ziheng with you?"

"Ji Si is good, but it's a double-edged sword. If you accidentally poke yourself, someone has to hold him down and make him a little afraid." Emperor Chengde raised his head and smiled, "The two sons raised by Qi Xiang, But one is stronger than the other, there was Qi Zizhan before, and now there is Qi Ziheng."

When the two heard the words, they bowed their heads and remained silent.

Since ancient times, God's grace has been unpredictable.

This game is open.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Ji Si: Ziheng is the most intelligent person in Dajin.

Ji Si: In my heart, no one is half as handsome as Ziheng.

Ji Si: I want to live for Ziheng, die for Ziheng, live and die for Ziheng.

Ji Si: Ziheng is my sky, my land, my pursuit and persistence in life.

Ji Si: Ziheng... woo woo woo...

Qi Ran: [Ears are red] Don't be ashamed.

ps: knowledge point combing.

Li Hongye, eldest prince, king of Liang, courtesy name Yongqian

Li Hongyang, Second Prince, Crown Prince, courtesy name Yan'an

Li Hongyu, third prince, king of Qin, courtesy name Jingming

Li Hongxuan, the fourth prince, King Rui, named Wenyou