Empress Dowager Empress Dowager

Chapter 165 Your Highness and Her
Since he couldn't bear it any longer, he simply stopped pretending. Prince Jing Qi suddenly raised his head and said, "Uncle, I have to go back to the palace. The emperor's grandmother is still waiting for me to bring the cakes from Juxianlou. She said she loved it." With this smell, I still refuse to invite other pastry chefs into the palace..."

Baili Zonglu's face was never sullen or angry, and his phoenix eyes were also very gentle. He smiled calmly and said: "Your grandmother has always had this temper, and she is afraid that the pastry chef will not be able to make the original taste if she enters the palace. Alright. Alright, I will let Xie Ming, Hefang and the others take you back to the palace. It will be safer if more people follow. I will sit down with Situ again and invite a young lady to sing a song. I have already paid the reward. You can't come here in vain."

Prince Jing Qi had nothing to say, so he could only nod his head, staring at Feng Yi and Cao An, who were beside him, and shouted, "Aren't you leaving?!"

Cao An shook his body in fright, and Feng Yi's eardrums also trembled. The two hurriedly followed the prince out of the private room. He Fang and Xie Ming, who was guarding at the door, followed Baili Zonglu's order and escorted him.

After the crown prince left, Situ Tiannan wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, came to Baili Zonglu, and said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "My lord, I don't know what's wrong with the crown prince. He was the one who said he was going to come to Goulan Garden. He stayed for a while. The one who left was also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, which really makes people..." He stopped and didn't go any further.

Baili Zonglu smiled, picked up the jug and poured two glasses of wine, and said to Situ Tiannan: "Tiannan, sit down, there is no one else, don't be too outsider."

Situ Tiannan then opened the chair and sat opposite Baili Zonglu, and hurried to pick up Baili Zonglu's wine pot: "Don't dare to bother you, my lord..."

Baili Zonglu let go, held the cup, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness is still young, and he behaves like a child when he does things and speaks. You must also know how much the Empress Dowager spoils this grandson, inside and outside the palace, Who dares not to let him? The prince did not know who listened to the bewitchment of some servant, saying that he wanted to come to Goulan Garden to have fun. This king is his uncle, so he must pamper him. He only knew it after seeing him. Bad. Come, drink."

Baili Zonglu's tone was entirely the tolerance of the elders towards the younger. Situ Tiannan toasted quickly, touched him, drank it down, and poured the wine for Baili Zonglu very respectfully: "My lord, although God Some of Nan's words may not be appropriate, but he has to say them. Judging by His Royal Highness's attitude towards the Miss Huo family just now, it seems quite unusual. Before seeing Miss Huo, he didn't make a fuss to go back. When he saw Miss Huo , His Highness the Crown Prince gradually developed a lot of impatience, could it be that His Highness the Crown Prince also treats that Miss Huo..."

Situ Tiannan stopped and didn't continue talking, he had made it very clear, Baili Zonglu would not fail to understand.

Baili Zonglu raised his sword eyebrows slightly, as if thinking about Situ Tiannan's words, Situ Tiannan blamed himself again: "It's because Tiannan is too talkative, he punished himself with three cups, please don't worry about it, my lord." superior!"

He said, went to pour the wine, and drank two glasses in a row.

Baili Zonglu stretched out his hand to stop him: "Don't worry, you have to drink slowly to taste the wine."

Situ Tiannan could only obey: "Yes."

"Hey, what you just said, Tiannan, is not impossible." Baili Zonglu suddenly sighed and said, "Just because of Miss Huo's beauty, all the men in Shangjing and even Dayong saw her. I'm tempted. Although His Royal Highness is young, he is still 19 years old after all, so it's not surprising that he has such thoughts."

Situ Tiannan didn't expect that Baili Zonglu would openly admit that he couldn't drink any more, and his friendship with Baili Zonglu could indeed be said about these private matters.He asked anxiously: "Then... If His Royal Highness wants to compete with the prince for Miss Huo's family..."

Now that they have fallen in love with the same woman, they compete for all male instincts.

Baili Zonglu smiled: "His Royal Highness is young, and he still doesn't know what a woman is. I don't mean that Miss Huo's family is the only one. If Miss Huo's family also meets the Prince's eyes, I will be happy to make it happen." Good thing."

After hearing this, Situ Tiannan breathed a sigh of relief. He got two effective clues from Baili Zonglu's words - the prince is not the Miss Huo family, this is one of them. Miss Huo's family had a dispute with His Highness the Crown Prince, as long as Miss Huo's family chooses His Highness the Crown Prince, the prince will let go, this is the second.

In other words, let that Miss Huo choose everything, and whoever wins her heart will naturally win the beautiful woman.

Hearing the tone of the prince's words, Situ Tiannan smiled from the bottom of his heart, he was absolutely sure, presumably the prince and that Miss Huo were already in love with each other, His Royal Highness is destined to be happy for nothing.

"May the lord find the love of his heart as soon as possible." Situ Tiannan had nothing to say, so he raised his glass to congratulate.

Baili Zonglu raised the corners of his lips, but the two of them knew each other.

Although this Goulan Court is an improper place, it is also a rare place to chat about business and private affairs. When the wine was half drunk, Baili Zonglu asked: "Tiannan, do you have the confidence to win the first place in this imperial examination? "

Situ Tiannan also became serious: "Situ Tiannan dare not disappoint the love of the prince, and vows to take the top prize!"

Dayong's imperial examination has been practiced for nearly a hundred years. Even if the son of Situ Ge wanted to enter the imperial court as an official, he had to follow this correct path.

Situ Ge has passed his forties, and he has a son in his middle age, so he has high hopes for his only son, Situ Tiannan.Situ Tiannan did not let him down. From the school to the provincial examination, he has always won the top spot. He is regarded as the best choice for young talents in Shangjing and even Dayong.

Situ Tiannan had a good relationship with Baili Zonglu since he was a child. Compared with other candidates, Baili Zonglu naturally hoped that Situ Tiannan would win the title of number one scholar so that he could step into his official career and become his right-hand man.As Situ Ge got older, the Situ family became more and more difficult to control even though they had countless disciples in the imperial court. If Situ Tiannan's son inherited his father's career, many things would be much easier.

On this side, Baili Zonglu and Situ Tiannan were happily drinking, while on the other side, Jin Wuhuan looked out and saw Prince Jingqi walking out, he asked Lie Feng, "Who is this person? "

The prince seldom showed up before Huo Mingzhu returned to Beijing, and he was not interested in attending any occasions. Therefore, Jin Wuhuan did not recognize the prince Jingqi even though he knew the laws of Baili.

Lie Feng naturally didn't know, but he guessed: "Third Master, this man is not very old, but he looks like 20 years old, the clothes he wears are of the best material, although his face is pale, he is handsome and noble, and there are hundreds of people behind him. Li Zonglu's guards sent him off, he must not be an ordinary man. There are only about three people in the world who can be escorted by the entourage of the Ninth Prince of Dayong, the empress dowager, the emperor, and...the current prince. Considering his age Look, it can only be Baili Jingqi, the crown prince of Emperor Dayong Tianyou..."

Lie Feng, as a hidden guard, finally came in handy at this time. His eyes were sharp, and he could guess the identity of that person just by looking at his clothes and appearance.

Jin Wuhuan's gaze followed Baili Jingqi's figure, and he nodded in surprise: "So this is that silly prince? He also spoke to Huo Mingzhu just now, and Huo Mingzhu must know him too..."

Jin Wuhuan was thinking about it, feeling inexplicably happy: "Following Huo Mingzhu, I can recognize many relatives of the emperor, Lie Feng, let people follow this silly prince and see what he is doing... His emperor uncle is still here The guy next door was drinking, but he left the table early, could it be that he went after Huo Mingzhu?"

(End of this chapter)