Exclusive golden branch

Chapter 543
From January to mid-month, the weather is cloudy.On the notice on the imperial list outside Chang'an City, it is written that the weather forecast by Qin Tianjian will be cloudy or sunny.

There may be thunderstorms around noon, people should remember to bring umbrellas when going out, and if you have travel arrangements, try to avoid around noon as much as possible.

However, this kind of avoidance is for ordinary people who do not have a carriage.For noble ministers who are transported by horse-drawn carriages, waiting for the rain and snow can not prevent them from traveling, let alone prevent them from...going to court.

Today is not a holiday, nor is it a holiday, everything is business as usual.

His Majesty went to court as usual, discussing political affairs with his ministers, and it was almost noon when the court meeting ended.

Following the high-pitched voice of the great eunuch, "Retire!" All the officials knelt to greet him, and amidst the sound of shouts of long live, His Majesty walked away in a flick of his sleeves!

After His Majesty left, the courtiers who had nothing to do left in twos and threes.Several civil servants who were arguing about their political opinions at the court meeting just now were pointing at each other and yelling at each other in the hall.

One was scolding "stubborn, old-fashioned, and stubborn", and the other was scolding "passionate, reckless, and impetuous", and many courtiers who had a good relationship with the two were dissuading them.

"Brother Yan!" An Guogong said to Ji Chongyan who came to him, "Go to the jewelry shop at Jinxiufang in a while, and I heard from your grandmother that there will be new products in the jewelry shop every mid-month, you go pick Send some to Miss Jiang Si!"

The imperial edict bestowed by His Majesty spread throughout Chang'an City within half a day.

There was an uproar in the outside world, but as far as the senior officials in the court were concerned, they would not say gossip, not only no gossip, but some people walked up to An Guogong and Ji Chongyan to "congratulate" them.

The two thanked the high-ranking officials, and there was no sign of displeasure on their faces.

Looking at these two people, you can tell that they are very satisfied with this marriage!Longxi General Li's face was extremely ugly: The grandparents really fell in love with the fat girl of Jiang's family early in the morning, and they deliberately set up a trick to make him suffer such infamy!

But... but these two are not surnamed Li, but Li has a little more characters, and their surname is Ji.

If his surname is not Li, he can't do anything about it. General Li feels extremely aggrieved.

Not only did a marriage fail, but it caused a lot of trouble.The grown-up elder couple who were already raised by heart are even more wary of him because of the fourth Miss Jiang who is not married; now, he has to be even more aggressive towards the obedient and shameless second son who has been raised. He became bloody, so that he, the old man, would not be tricked by the elder son, while the second son was still watching and serving tea.

In this way, the drill outside the city may not be enough to temper people!General Li is now in a time of worry: he doesn't know how to train his second son to be a bit bloody.

Ji Chongyan, who was chatting and laughing with Duke An, glanced at General Li behind him, his eyes flashed past General Li's aggrieved face, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

More than one arrow!

Of course, the most important eagle is not General Li, but...

"Hey, isn't that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Tong?"

The few courtiers who were walking in the front and hurriedly descended to go home seemed to have seen something incredible and exclaimed.

This pair of brothers has nothing to do with "brotherly love".Last year, it was not an exaggeration for the two to say that they were fighting to the death.After all, there is only one seat, and it has been like this throughout the ages, and the courtiers are not surprised.

The situation of chasing and biting each other didn't suddenly stop until not long ago when Xiu Nu entered the palace.

After all, the original premise of tearing faces apart and chasing and biting each other was that His Majesty had only their two sons under his knees, but now, it is self-evident what a beautiful woman represents when she enters the palace.

Thinking about it carefully, there are so many rumors outside. Although it is said that His Majesty is unlikely to have any more children, the imperial physicians of the Imperial Medical Office have never said that His Majesty is in poor health.

Now, seeing that new "imperial brothers" are about to emerge, it is not surprising that the two brothers reconciled inexplicably in the royal family.

Many people took three steps in parallel and walked to the front of the Golden Luan Hall to look at the two His Highnesses who were walking together.

Looking from a distance, the expressions on the faces of the two of them could not be seen clearly, but the way they turned their heads to talk was quite "harmonious".

Dali Temple Qing Jifeng, who was waiting to go back to the Dali Temple Yamen to investigate the case at the front, clicked his lips and said, "It's a good thing! Isn't it a good thing that His Royal Highness and the Second Highness have a deep brotherhood?"

As soon as this sentence came out, several civil servants immediately responded.

Of course it is a good thing, what else can it be if it is not a good thing?Who dares to say that the bad thing is to provoke the brotherhood of the Tian family?
Under the watchful eyes of the officials, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Highness headed towards the Imperial Study Room.

When the two of them turned around a corner of the palace and disappeared in front of everyone, the officials who came back to their senses smiled and prepared to leave.

But he heard a clear voice coming from behind him.

"It is going to rain!"

Following this sound, a white light flashed across the sky, tearing apart the gloomy sky.

The sky over the imperial city was covered with dark clouds, and the sky seemed to be pressed down by an invisible hand. The strong wind was blowing, and the civil servants at the front almost couldn't open their eyes.

This stormy posture provoked a civil servant with outstanding literary talent to let out a sigh of emotion.

"The sky is about to fall!" After saying a word, the civil servant who suddenly realized his slip of the tongue covered his mouth after being stepped on by someone, and looked around. Seeing that no one was looking at him, he was relieved and stopped talking .

How can the sky fall?How can the emperor deal with the collapse?You can't say this nonsense, lest you be involved in the literary prison!

While he was feeling secretly, someone walked up to him, looked at the strong wind blowing in his face, and said, "Let's go later!"

It was the clear "It's going to rain" voice just now.

The civil official looked at the young man who was walking with Duke An, and called out, "Senior Ji!" He then called out to Duke Ang beside him, "Master!"

An Guogong nodded to him, and Ji Chongyan called "Lord Liang" and stopped.

His warning sound of "It's going to rain" was not loud, and many officials watched the wind and rain coming, but instead of stopping, they raised their feet and walked quickly towards the official road.

For example, His Royal Highness's Yue family - the Su family father and son.

They hurried to the official road, ready to leave the palace and go home.But no matter how fast the two walked, they couldn't match the speed of the heavy rain.

The drifting heavy rain poured down from the sky in an instant, drenching the two of them in the blink of an eye.

The Su family's father and son's official robes were drenched to the skin, and they shivered in the face of the wind and rain.

But walking in the middle of the official road like this is impossible to retreat, the two had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue running forward.

A torrential rain can also show that the courtiers have different temperaments.

A group of officials waited for the timely rain to stop in the Golden Luan Hall.

Since you can't go, let's just continue arguing about points of view.

Several civil servants were blushing, Ji Chongyan supported An Guogong and stood aside silently watching the continuous rain line between the sky and the earth.

"My lord, my son." A voice came from behind him.

Ji Chongyan and An Guogong turned to look at the person who spoke—Wang San walked over with several civil servants.

When Wang San approached, An Guogong greeted Wang San, and Ji Chongyan also called "Master Wang".

They were not close to Wang San's faction, but they never had any enemies.During festivals and festivals, and when there are banquets in the mansion, gifts and invitations are sent to the mansion.

After exchanging polite greetings, Wang San said, "My son was in Jiangnan Road for the whole year last year, and the Duke also took a trip to Jiangnan Road. I heard that the scenery in Jiangnan is picturesque. I wonder if it's true?"

An Guogong showed doubts in his eyes, but he didn't show it on his face. He glanced at his eldest grandson, and then agreed a few times, "Jiangnan Road is really beautiful."

Ji Chongyan, who was specifically pointed out by Wang San, didn't talk about the scenery, but looked at Wang San with a calm expression and said, "Master Wang, I left in a hurry, and I won't have time to see the newly appointed Gusu county magistrate in the future." .But thinking about coming to Mrs. Zhuang Zheng, who comes from a famous family, he should be a capable person, and he will definitely live up to the name of his ancestors!"

Hearing Ji Chongyan mention Zhuang Haoran, Wang San smiled a little more on his originally smiling face, nodded and said, "Haoran is indeed a good young man."

Compared with Wang San's age, Zhuang Haoran is of course a young man.But compared with Ji Chongyan in front of him, Zhuang Haoran's age cannot be said to be young.

But Wang San, who was taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, rarely makes mistakes in speaking and doing things, calls Zhuang Haoran a "young man" to Ji Chongyan.Obviously, in Wang San's eyes, whether one is young or not, age is not what matters.

Even if it is His Majesty's nephew, who can be so simple in the emperor's heart and has been favored for many years without making mistakes, how can he be a person who wins the holy family just by birth?
An Guogong, the eldest grandson, doesn't just have a face!
What's more, having this face and being able to live without incident for so many years is a skill in itself.Wang San narrowed his eyes and thought.

Of course, he didn't come here to say hello when he was idle, but he did reveal his thoughts about Yang Yan that Zhuang Haoran mentioned to Ji Chongyan in front of him.

It's hard to guess what His Majesty's thoughts are. After entering the palace, although the daughter of the Yang family was not favored, and the rewards given were all mediocre, but the number of times she served the bed was not too small, the most important thing was the day she served the bed. .He has always been at ease with the third girl in the family, otherwise he would not have sent the third girl to the palace at the risk of offending the Li family in Longxi and having to replace her.

Wang San didn't think knowing a woman's sexual secrets was something that would be detrimental to a man's integrity.He is no longer a young fool, if he deliberately does not know these things because of his face, he would be a fool.

Those who achieve great things never stick to small details.

The third girl speculated that although His Majesty is not good at beauty, he does have the idea of ​​asking the daughter of the Yang family to give birth to an imperial heir.

This idea...is a bit dangerous!Wang San was vigilant in his heart: the person sitting in that seat may not be the child crawling out of the belly of his daughter of the Wang family. After all, the veteran dignitaries in Chang'an City have been able to gain a foothold in Chang'an City for so many years, and they did not rely entirely on their stomachs to gain a foothold in Chang'an City.

In Wang San's view, as long as it is someone else's stomach, even an ordinary court lady's stomach is fine.But it would be bad if it crawled out of Yang's daughter's stomach.

It is obviously not a good thing for their political opponents to gain power.

So he had the idea of ​​planning for a rainy day and setting up an enemy for Yang Yan in advance.

Right now, he just threw out an introduction, and Ji Chongyan answered, and Wang San was even more satisfied.

It seems that although this young man who looks young but not young at all has left, his eyeliner has been staring at Jiangnan Dao!

Thinking about it this way, he also knew about the successive murders of several wealthy households in Jiangnan Road.

It’s meaningless to talk about what you know. If you want to talk, you should say what you don’t know.Wang San's eyes darkened, and he said with a smile: "Young people just can't hold their breath, and Baidi accidentally fell into the water while running in the scorching heat, and wrote a letter back to Chang'an expressly complaining a lot because of the wind and cold! "

Zhuang Haoran, whining, Baidicheng.These three words alone are enough for Ji Chongyan to grasp the meaning of Wang San's words.

Yang Yan used the excuse to coerce Zhuang Haoran to do something for him, and what he did was related to the incident in Baidi City.

A thought flashed in Ji Chongyan's mind, and Ji Chongyan looked at Wang San, who was blind and smiling, and responded lightly.

It is not uncommon to see a fox who has cultivated into a spirit in the court, Yang Yan is, and so is Wang San.

Wang San saw that he responded, so he didn't say any more, he accepted it when he saw it was good, and after a few more polite words, he took people aside to discuss political affairs.

After Wang San left, An Guogong looked at Ji Chongyan and moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end.

Who can stand above the court is not a human spirit?Like today, Wang San mentioned it briefly, and just accepted it when he saw it.This is not the place to talk.

It's just that although he couldn't say it, thinking about what his eldest grandson said to him, and what Wang San said, Duke An couldn't help but sigh.

Unexpectedly, after hiding for a lifetime, at this time, there are some things that cannot be avoided.

"Grandfather, it's all right!" Ji Chongyan comforted An Guogong as if he sensed An Guogong's uneasiness.

An Guogong glanced at him, and sighed quietly: Who can rest assured about such things?He just nodded to comfort his elder grandson on the face.

Ji Chongyan didn't speak any more, but continued to stare at the continuous rain line under the dark sky with An Guogong.

So many adults were stranded in the Golden Luan Hall by the heavy rain, so the palace people naturally couldn't ignore it.

After the eunuch sent His Majesty back to the imperial study, he ordered people to prepare umbrellas for going out of the palace, as well as tea and snacks for the adults to wait for the rain, and then sent people to the Qin Tianjian.

The little palace man was quick on his feet, and soon came back from the Qin Tianjian, and said to the waiting adults: "The Qin Tianjian said that this rain will probably last for two hours, all adults should wait a little longer. Wait, the imperial dining room has already said hello, and you can leave after lunch in the palace."

Seeing the palace servants running back and forth with umbrellas dripping water all over their bodies, all the courtiers couldn't help but wryly smiled and looked at each other, but they didn't force themselves to go back.

Such a heavy rain is not something that an umbrella can solve.Since the sky wants to keep people, let's stay!

Storybooks, chessboards and other things to relieve boredom have been prepared in the hall.

Ji Chongyan and An Guogong found a corner seat and sat down, took the black and white chess pieces and started to play chess.

Although the two had deliberately found a corner, but their identities were here, many people came to watch the game between the grandparents and grandchildren.

An Guogong's chess skills are not the best, but they are not bad either.No one has ever seen Ji Shizi's chess skills on the opposite side.But looking at the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard are very tight, it seems to be similar to An Guogong.

A good-looking chess game is not a one-sided "slaughter game" such as a master vs. a low player, but a game of equal strength.

At the end of the round, An Guogong won with a slight advantage of two sons.

Anguo, who had won the first round after defeating his eldest grandson, looked around triumphantly, pointed to one of the civil servants who had pointed him a few words just now, and said, "Master Liang, you come to the next round!"

Mr. Liang, who was named, was quite flattered. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Ji Chongyan who was opposite An Guogong, but he saw Ji Chongyan stand up and said, "I've had too much tea. I'll go back when I go."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words: No matter how immortal Ji Shizi is, he is not a real immortal, and he also needs to eat, drink, and scatter.

Ignoring the laughter of the crowd, Ji Chongyan walked out of the crowd, looked back at Mr. Liang who had been dragged to his seat, lowered his eyelids and quickly walked out of the Golden Luan Hall.

(End of this chapter)