The emperor's heart alone

State affairs are always busy, Shi Junji knows this very well, so after a tiring day, when the second prince came to ask him to leave the palace, Shi Junji readily agreed.

"Today is the annual oiran contest." The second prince led Shi Junji to the venue of the oiran contest, "Come on, let me take you to have a look, you must know that it is not easy to be the top courtesan .”

Shi Junji doesn't care where he is from. Although he has come out frequently recently, he still doesn't know the capital very well. Besides, every time he comes out, it seems that his purpose is to find Xu Yunjin, and now he also wants to find Xu Yunjin. He didn't want to take the second prince with him, so Shi Junji could only follow the second prince to the scene of the oiran contest.

The Second Prince wants to watch the Oiran Competition, the plan is not a day or two, so people have already prepared the pavilions - except for the pavilions of the ten selected prostitutes, there are still some pavilions here for the distinguished guests to rest , one of which was prepared by the Second Prince in advance.

The second prince had no interest in male prostitutes, so when he arrived at the oiran contest, he ran directly to the prostitutes' side, and the prepared pavilion was naturally on the prostitutes' side.Shi Junji and the second prince took their seats one after another, and the second prince asked someone to raise the gauze curtain, in order to see clearly the contest between the women on the stage.

Shi Junji came here purely to join in the fun, and his eyes did not stay on the stage for too long. After a long while, his eyes glanced back and forth among the surrounding crowd.

As I said before, although there is a gauze curtain on the gazebo, people who are familiar with the people sitting in the gazebo can still easily recognize it, so it is obvious that Shi Junji's gaze stayed on Xu Yunjin's gazebo, The more he looked, the more Shi Junji felt that the man inside looked like Xu Yunjin, and when he saw the green ring and green pendant guarding outside the pavilion, Shi Junji became more sure of who that man was.

Almost when he confirmed this point, Shi Junji's face became ugly, but even he himself didn't realize it, Shi Junji turned his head, and asked in a flattering tone, "Who is in that gazebo?"

What Shi Junji asked was actually why there was a woman in that gazebo, and it is no wonder why Shi Junji asked such a question. This is the first time he has come to the Oiran Competition, and he has never heard of it before, and he is still coming On the way, the second prince popularized some content for him.

The second prince followed the direction Shi Junji was pointing at, and it happened that Luoxue opened the gauze curtain and walked to the back of the stage. The second prince answered Shi Junji casually, "Ten of these gazebos are for Those selected courtesans prepared, you see, these ten pavilions are different from other pavilions, the one you just pointed out is one of them." The second prince rubbed his chin, "I just came from the pavilion. The one who came out was the famous prostitute Luoxue, who belonged to Huancai Pavilion, apart from being older, there is really no other place to be picky about."

"How could there be a man there?" Shi Junji asked.

"The man in there is Luoxue's boss, that is to say, this woman is protected by that man." The Second Prince thought for a while, "I think the person in there should be Xu Ershao, it's no wonder, Luoxue He has been with Xu Ershao since a few years ago, and this is no secret in the entire capital, and it is not surprising that Xu Ershao came forward for Luoxue in this oiran competition."

The Second Prince didn't notice Shi Junji's expression, if he looked back at this moment, he would be startled by Shi Junji's expression: "...you mean, that woman belongs to Xu Ershao?"

The Second Prince nodded, and when he was about to speak again, he was taken aback by Shi Junji who stood up suddenly. Looking up at Shi Junji's face, the Second Prince was shocked again: "Brother, what's the matter?"

At this time, Shi Junji didn't have the time to care about the Second Prince, so he opened the gauze curtain and walked out, aiming at the gazebo where Xu Yunjin was.

Luoxue went out to prepare for the second round of competition, Xu Yunjin stayed in the gazebo, this time he came here only to confirm the rumor that he was taking care of Luoxue, Xu Yunjin leaned back on the chair with his eyes closed, thinking that he would take care of him directly after the oiran competition is over Let Luoxue go, no longer let Luoxue pick up guests.

He was meditating, but was grabbed by the wrist by someone who broke into the gazebo. Xu Yunjin was startled, and immediately opened his eyes, only to realize that the person in front of him was Shi Junji, and his tensed body relaxed. Come on, motioning for Qinghuan Qingpei, who followed the barge in, to retreat, and then said to Shi Junji, "Why are you grabbing me?"

It's not that he didn't see the ugly look on Shi Junji's face, but what does it have to do with him?I just met him, and I didn't provoke him.

"Why are you here?" Shi Junji asked through gritted teeth.

Xu Yunjin who asked this question was a little puzzled: "It's strange, why can't I be here?" Xu Yunjin broke free from Shi Junji's grip on his hand, although he was a little angry at Shi Junji suddenly losing his temper at him, Xu Yunjin still suppressed it Dissatisfied in my heart, "You sit down first."

Shi Junji's face was tense, and he sat down after being silent for a while, and said the same words as before: "Why are you here?" He added, "What is your relationship with that woman?"

This question is indeed a question, Xu Yunjin felt that the words were very familiar, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized, isn't this the same sentence that Shi Junji asked about his relationship with Su Shao and the others at the sword orchid exhibition?It's just replacing "man" with "woman".Xu Yunjin frowned: "Since you're here, you don't know what kind of relationship I have with that woman, do you?"

"Really?" Shi Junji's tone was cold, "What kind of relationship do you have with that woman named Luoxue?"

Xu Yunjin is not afraid of Shi Junji, a very strange thing, he always reminds himself of Shi Junji's identity, but ignores this every time when he really faces Shi Junji, just like now, he should be because of Shi Junji Junji shut up in anger or said what he wanted to think, but when he really spoke, he took a bit of surprise and mocking tone: "The whole capital knows about this matter, you don't know about it, do you? "With a look of you knowingly asking, he said slowly, "Didn't you also say that I was unrestrained? If so, how many of my friends are so worthy of your surprise or... anger?"

Shi Junji froze, knowing that everything Xu Yunjin said was true, he knew it all, didn't he?Back then, he didn't feel guilty about putting Xu Yunjin under him again, wasn't it because he knew that Xu Yunjin was famous, so it was retribution if he put him under him, wouldn't it?Since I know everything, why am I angry now because I found out about Xu Yunjin's relationship with others?This is not like myself at all.

"elder brother?"

The voice from outside the gazebo made Shi Junji stop his thoughts, suppressed the anger in his heart, turned his head and said to the outside: "You go back first."

The figure outside hesitated for a moment, and finally left.

Shi Junji turned his head and looked at Xu Yunjin inscrutablely. Xu Yunjin got goosebumps from seeing him, and said angrily, "Why do you keep looking at me?"

"...just want to confirm some things." Shi Junji said suddenly, "I'm leaving first."

Xu Yunjin was speechless looking at the people who had already left, and asked why Shi Junji came here?

After Shi Junji left Xu Yunjin, he didn't look for the second prince, but went back to the palace directly. He thought he should think about some problems alone.It’s just that Shi Jun thought very well. When he returned to the palace, he received a message from the queen mother—the queen mother asked the emperor to go to Yonghua Palace to meet her after returning (Yonghua Palace: the place where the queen mother lives)

Shi Junji frowned immediately, but even though the queen mother was his adoptive mother, he would never disobey the queen mother's order, so he had to change his clothes and go to Yonghua Palace.

"Meet your mother."

"Get up, Your Majesty." The Empress Dowager smiled, signaling Shi Junji to sit beside her lower head.

After Shi Junji sat down, he asked directly: "Mother, I don't know why you came here?"

The Queen Mother did not answer Shi Junji's question, but said: "Your Majesty, did you go out of the palace with the Second Prince just now?"

Shi Junji nodded: "Yes." Shi Junji did not hide the matter of leaving the palace, and when the Queen Mother sent someone to call him, he was informed of his whereabouts by the people in Changping Palace.

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face faded: "Your Majesty, recently Aijia heard that you often go out of the palace. I wonder why the Emperor often goes out of the palace?"

"I have my own decision about leaving the palace, and please rest assured, Queen Mother." Shi Jun was a little displeased. As an emperor, even the queen mother would be equally displeased if he spy on the emperor. , and when he is in power, he will dislike and even be suspicious if others ask more about him.

The queen mother sighed slightly, how could she not hear the emperor's defense?It's also strange that even though I was the empress dowager back then, it was true that I listened to the government behind the curtain, but I couldn't stop my relatives from becoming bigger. Now the emperor is tolerant of their family, and it is only because I am still alive, and I also came out to help the emperor. With a lot of strength, now that the emperor is sitting on the throne more and more firmly, the suspicion of others is getting deeper.

The Empress Dowager no longer brought up the matter of the palace, but instead brought up the Empress: "According to the ancestral tradition, the Empress stayed in the Empress's Palace on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year. Well, I just couldn't bear it, and I was embarrassed to tell the emperor about it, so I found the Ai family here, and asked the Ai family to mention something to the emperor." After a pause, he continued, "Since that's the case, the emperor will go to the queen today Let's stay overnight. Although the queen has a son and a daughter, the more heirs the emperor has, the better, and the more legitimate sons, the better. The Ai family is still waiting to hug you and the queen's grandson."

Shi Junji's heart sank, and he remained silent. If the Queen Mother disagreed with him in major matters, he would not back down. Now it's just a matter of the harem, and this bit of face must be given to the Queen Mother anyway. Said: "I know."

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