The villain is far from my CP!

The faint scent of incense and boiled tea permeates the fresh and elegant courtyard.

The woman who is nearly forty years old can't even see a few wrinkles in the corners of her eyes. With a gentle smile, she chats with the girl opposite her like a sister.

Ye Huan adhered to the most standard royal etiquette, but did not make people feel unfamiliar. At this moment, a surprise voice suddenly came from behind.

"Huanhuan?" Qi Jingmin didn't expect Ye Huan to be there. He had a gloomy expression on his face, but now he disappeared completely.

The queen laughed and scolded: "When you see the girl, you can't even see your own mother?"

Qi Jingmin hurriedly handed over his hands and confessed his crime, which was a warm and deep love between mother and child.

Another chair was added next to the small square table, and the three of them used up the tea in the pot together, Ye Huan was about to get up and leave, the queen reluctantly asked her to keep her several times, and finally ordered Qi Jingmin to send him out of the palace.

Half an hour later, Qi Jingmin returned to the Pure Harmony Palace. As soon as he entered, the queen said, "You all go down."

The woman's voice was indistinguishable from anger and emotion, and the tone was slow and graceful. The middle officials and court ladies hurried away in small steps, and they did not forget to close the palace gate tightly before leaving.

The hall suddenly became dark, and Qi Jingmin's palm was unconsciously wet.

His mother was sitting high on the phoenix seat, separated from him by the mist of precious spices, so far away that they couldn't see each other's faces clearly.

The woman's voice was soaked in years of accumulated prestige, she said:

"Kneel down."

Qi Jingmin was taken aback for a moment, then lifted his robe and knelt down without saying a word.

For the next two hours, the hall was so startled that needles could be heard. The woman sitting upright was motionless with her eyes downcast, like a perfect sculpture, but cold sweat gradually oozes from the forehead of the kneeling young man in the hall, obviously kneeling. Can't stop.

"Do you know why I made you kneel?"

The person above finally spoke.

Qi Jingmin heaved a sigh of relief, shook his body, and said: "My child is slack, he has lost one after another in the hands of the third prince, lost Jiangdu, and asked him to find a chance to receive a military post."

However, the empress did not make a sound, Qi Jingmin's scalp felt a little numb, so he could only say: "I also ask the empress to enlighten me."

The woman's sigh was clearly audible in the hall, causing a trace of gloom in the young man's eyes.

"Huaiqing," the queen called her son's name, "Jane is in the emperor's heart, and gains and losses are only in front of you. You should never lose Qingping in your arms and lose that emperor's heart because of a temporary failure."

The hall remained silent for a long time, and Qi Jingmin's pupils shrank sharply.

He really couldn't control his temper these days, and threw off his mask, but why the mother would know it in this deep palace!

Qi Jingmin froze for too long, the queen closed her eyes lightly, hiding a trace of disappointment, but her whole body did not show any movement.

"Get up." She said slowly, "I know you are young and energetic, and you have been suppressed by the third prince for a while, so you are a little panicked."

Qi Jingmin frowned, trying to say that he wasn't in a panic, but was blocked by the queen's stare.

"Your father gave the third prince five cities and horses, I already know, what do you think?"

"It's just used to suppress the second child, nothing to be afraid of." Qi Jingmin's voice was somewhat angry.

"Then why not let you suppress it?" the queen asked again.

"..." Qi Jingmin gritted his teeth, "Because..."

"Do you still remember when you drowned that child?" the queen suddenly said.

The young man froze immediately, "Remember."

"Do you know now that you did it?" the queen asked again.

Qi Jingmin was speechless, and nodded with his neck stuck.

The emperor didn't say anything about it, but both the empress mother and him knew it well. The emperor knew about it, but...

The murderer was him, the eldest son.

Qi Jingmin suddenly understood what the queen meant—he was the eldest son.

He is the chosen heir, and Emperor Huicheng knew in his heart that this position would be his in the end, but Emperor Huicheng still doubted it.

The emperor suppressed this matter back then not because he hurt him, but because he wanted to pinch him.

——It is the same now.

The third prince was not used to check and balance the second prince, but both of them were used to check and balance him.

Qi Jingmin took a deep breath, "My child understands."

After a pause, he asked again: "Then the Ye family..."

He knew that today's empress summoning Ye Huan into the palace was by no means a real chatter. Sure enough, the empress said indifferently: "Take care of yourself. Naturally, no one can compete with you for that position."

A gentle smile appeared on the young man's face again, and he bowed again.

The queen's face was also relieved, and she said: "Your imperial grandmother's birthday is in early October, and it will be a big event. The third prince is the leader, and filial piety is a lesson. What are your plans?"

Qi Jingmin naturally had plans, but he knew that the queen must have ideas when she asked.

"Let it be arranged by the queen mother."

The queen finally nodded in satisfaction, "Wu Jun Taihu Stone is famous all over the world. It is rumored that it has the effect of prolonging life. You set off in August and go south. Pick one and come back."

"August?" Qi Jingmin was slightly taken aback, "That Huanhuan..."

September [-]th is Ye Huan's birthday, if he leaves in August, he will definitely not be able to make it back.

However, he quickly stopped talking and understood what his mother meant.

"Yes."

After Qi Jingmin came out of Chunhe Palace, he obediently went back to the mansion.

Earlier, the emperor ordered him to contemplate half a month behind closed doors because he was shocked by the Taimiao. He was originally angry, but now he was happy to let Emperor Huisheng see that he was still recuperating in the mansion after the ban.

It's just that although he didn't attend Ye Huan's birthday ceremony, he still had to prepare the presents, so he immediately opened the treasury and picked them himself.

At the same time, Qi Changting was also standing in front of his own treasury with a somewhat bewildered face.

He Cheng stood aside, not daring to say anything.

In the blink of an eye, His Royal Highness and Miss Bai have known each other for almost a year, but the experience during that time is unimaginable that it happened within a year.

Qi Changting was not valued by the emperor, and in previous years, his birthday was in the harem, and the empress would go through the motions.

The enemy who killed his mother earnestly told him that the coming year would be smooth, and rewarded him with many things, but he couldn't throw them away. After Qi Changting returned to the mansion, he was always so disgusted that he had a stomach problem and vomited profusely.

Birthdays are not a happy event for him, so he never thought that anyone would think about this day.

Until yesterday when Qi Tonghe came over at night, he talked about Bai Xiao's recent activities.

——I went to the most famous jewelry store in Dongdu several times to pick it up.

He kept a close eye on Bai Xiao, and made sure that he didn't know any lady well in Dongdu, so she must be giving it to his sister.

What day should he be in a hurry to pick out precious jewelry to send to Baiqiao?

Undoubtedly the birthday.

Hearing the news, Qi Changting frowned, summoned He Cheng, and told him to check Baiqiao's birthday.

He Cheng and the others knew Baiqiao's information clearly when they were in Dongdu, but the information was not important at the time, and no one remembered it, but now they just call up the file to take a look.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, just take a look--

He Cheng: "..."

"Your Highness, your birthday..."

"The seventh day of the seventh lunar month." The young man murmured across the paper scroll.

And on that paper, it was also the seventh day of July.

At the third quarter of the seventh month of July, the sun is not yet born.

And Qi Changting is at four o'clock on the seventh day of the seventh month of the seventh month, and the sun has not yet set.

"This is not a good day." The boy whispered to the piece of paper.

However, after sitting in the study for most of the night, until the lamps and candles melted into tears, they finally went out with a pop.

It is the third quarter of Yin time.

The boy stood up, "Open the treasury."

In the middle of the night, the fires in the Third Prince's mansion lit up one after another, and the heavy locks were disengaged, and there were no dazzling sights, but a large cloud of dust first billowed up.

Qi Changting had a sensitive nose, and immediately coughed up tears due to choking.

In the end, He Cheng was the first to find someone to clean the treasury, and Qi Changting didn't come back to pick it until the next morning.

Last year, there were two more Nanzhu sent to Ye Huan. All kinds of crystal clear jadeite, jade, and tourmaline were all raw stones. They were carved into handicrafts and sent out. They are not afraid that someone with a heart will find out his third prince's residence.

The young man had never set foot in this warehouse before, and he was not very familiar with the contents inside, but he just looked at each piece, seriously considering whether the thing in front of him was worthy of his little teacher.

He Cheng was on the side, with an aunt's smile unknowingly twitching at the corner of his mouth.

But after a while, Qi Changting came out empty-handed.

"?" He Cheng looked over puzzled, but saw that Qi Changting's eyes were a little erratic.

"Cough, they're all vulgar things." The young man coughed and squeezed the fan tightly in his hand, "Go, bring the brocade box I bought back in Jiangdu back then."

He rarely bought anything on the street, but that box was an exception.

Just because he saw the brocade box at the first sight, he felt that it was very suitable for his little husband.

The packaging box used as a birthday gift is perfect.

As for birthday gifts...

The young man's ears were red, and as he rubbed the fan bone with his fingers, he walked towards the study.

He Cheng scratched his head.

Tsk, what kind of gift is this going to give?

In the blink of an eye, five days passed by.

It is the seventh day of July again.

At this time last year, Qi Changting was on his way to Jiangdu, and his arm was scratched by Qi Jingmin's assassination.

But he avoided entering the palace to meet the queen.

This year he couldn't escape, just after Shenshi, a decree came from the palace, announcing that he would have an audience with the palace.

It was the Bingbi Zhongguan next to the emperor who delivered the decree.

——Emperor Huisheng is also here this year.

The young man was flattered, changed into a light blue uniform, and sat in the carriage brought by the Zhongguan.

The carriage rumbled past Xishui Street, Changle Street, and finally the majestic Miyagi.

The young man closed his eyes, and in his mind just now, the door of Qianfang Cabinetry closed early.

I really want to go in.

On Xishui Street, the Qianfang Cabinet Shop, which has been busy for several days without touching the ground, closes very early today.

Qi Tonghe took the silver that Qi Changting specially allocated to him, and unceremoniously booked a table in Huashang, the most expensive place in Beijing.

Bai Xiao didn't expect that everyone would know about his choice of gifts, and he was a little embarrassed to let the shop spend so much money in the end.

Bai Qiao was not polite at all, he was as busy as a hostess.

After all, the party has been completely on the right track recently, and it is time to find a reason to give everyone a holiday to celebrate.

——She always thought that Qi Tonghe spent money because of this.

There were no cups at the banquet, the young men used bowls for drinking, Baiqiao had to follow the Romans, and each of them found a small bowl with Yuelan and poured half a bowl of fruit wine.

With the lesson from last time, Baiqiao knew the seriousness and dared not drink baijiu again.

A group of people started the banquet when it was dark, and it was not enough to be lively for two hours.

When the appetizers were gone, Yue Lan volunteered to go to the small kitchen to make a plate of fried peanuts.

I don't know if it was because the kitchen was too hot, but when the little girl came back, her face was glowing red.

Bai Qiao glanced at her suspiciously, and then saw Yue Lan approaching her ear: "Miss, that Mr. Qi specially sent a birthday present, and put it in Miss's room."

"Huh?" The girl drank a bowl of fruit wine, but she was not drunk, her mind was spinning very quickly, "It's a gift from the boss, so of course we must keep it well."

The hostess has thoughtful etiquette, and a confidant general celebrates his birthday, so it is reasonable to give a small gift.

but……

Bai Qiao turned his head slowly, looked at Yue Lan, "But why are you smiling so..." Obscene?

Yuelan's next words made the girl spit out directly.

"Guard He secretly told me that today is also Mr. Qi's birthday, and I hope the lady will give you a gift in return."

"Pfft!" True or false? !

Baiqiao suddenly sobered up.

Is the hero's birthday in July?

The heroine's September [-]th is because of a big plot, so she remembers it very clearly, but the hero's birthday...

It seems that I mentioned it in Fanwai, but I don’t remember the details, but it’s definitely not spring or winter.

Hey, it's a bit miserable to be born in the same month and the same day as her cannon fodder from the original book.

However, why did he ask her for a birthday gift? He should ask the hostess.

"Miss, guard He is still waiting there, why don't you go and have a look?"

Bai Qiao rubbed his brows, nodded, "Okay, I'll see if there's anything I can give him."

Bai Qiao went all the way back to his room, and sure enough, he saw He Chengqing mimi hiding in the corner of the corridor, but Qi Changting was nowhere to be seen.

"My son was drunk, and he was in a bad mood. He was waiting in the carriage outside the square." He Cheng took the initiative to explain.

Oh, now Baiqiao understands.

As a prince, he must enter the palace on his birthday. Needless to say, the people in the palace are warm and cold, and there is a big villain standing there blocking his eyes.

"Okay, wait, I'll look for it." Bai Qiao agreed.

At this time, someone downstairs happened to call Yuelan again.

"Miss Yue, this peanut is really delicious in the world, please give me another dish!"

Yuelan used to be a maid, and she was used to serving others. When she came to Ganfang, she learned accounting from Baiqiao, but she never thought that one day someone would praise and respect her so much, and she was very excited.

Bai Qiao waved his hand, indicating that he could be alone, and let her go to the kitchen again.

But the girl who entered the house alone was a little worried.

She is a little poor, what can the dignified prince like?

Qianfang's land deed?

Tsk, I'm afraid she wants to be beaten.

Bai Qiao thought left and right, his eyes swept over his impoverished hut, and finally fixed on the brocade box in the corner of the desk, his eyes lit up.

She has no valuables, but she has one novelty.

The box was specially bought when she was still in Jiangdu, and the first time she saw it, she thought it matched her very well.

Later, when I got a quill, I kept the pen in it all the time.

The boy had been curious to see it before, and now that she gave him this thing, it must make him feel better.

"Miss Bai?" He Cheng urged outside.

"I found it, I found it, it will be ready soon." Bai Qiao searched through boxes and boxes to find another light blue ribbon, and tied a bow symbolizing a birthday gift on the brocade box.

perfect.

The girl was very satisfied, she went out with the box in her hand, and solemnly handed it to He Cheng.

At this time, Bai Xiao's call suddenly came from behind.

With a previous record of being drunk, Bai Xiao was really worried and came up to look for her.

Bai Qiao's tiger body shook, as if he had heard Bai Xiao's thoughts after learning that she had given a gift to Qi Changting, he hurriedly bowed to He Cheng, and ran away.

——I didn't notice He Cheng's stiff face at all.

In the darkness, a young man in a light blue robe emerged from the corner and pulled out the box from the guard's hand.

The weight and decoration are exactly the same as the one he sent, except for a light blue knot that looks like a butterfly spreading its wings.

The slender fingers carefully removed the cloth strap, opened the cover, and there was a folding fan inside.

——It took him two years and countless painstaking efforts to assemble them bit by bit by himself, hiding an unknown number of folding fans as life-saving hidden weapons.

He sent it out with red ears, but she didn't pay much attention to it.

The corner of the young man's lips tried to pick it up, but in the end he lowered his eyes silently.

"Your Highness, we..."

"Walk."

The young man interrupted He Cheng, and pinched the fan again, his knuckles turned white.

He turned around and walked fast, as if he was running away.

But when he reached the door of the cabinet workshop, one foot had already stepped on the shaft of the car, but it stopped suddenly.

The young man squeezed the folding fan even harder, his mind was full of the warm woman's fragrance on the roof that night, on his lips.

Not reconciled.

The carriage set off slowly and drove towards the outer city.

Half an hour later, when he arrived at the Third Prince's Mansion, He Cheng lifted the curtain of the car: "...?!"

What about his highness? !

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Qi Changting: Guess where I went!

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