Jiaochu

Chapter 77: Punishing Scoundrels at the Horse Racing Meeting ([-])
Unknowingly, Ye Lingxi had finished practicing on a stack of paper. Hehe reminded her because she was afraid of pain in her wrist. Ye Lingxi put down the pen after writing the last word.

When preparing to go back, Xiao Quanzi gave a wooden carving of a little rabbit to Ye Lingxi, saying that His Highness carved it in his spare time, so he left it alone.After sending the three masters and servants out of the palace, Xiao Quanzi went to the back hall to reply to Ye Qingran. He also told Ye Lingxi how serious he was in practicing calligraphy just now, and also showed some copybooks to Ye Qingran. look.

When he left, Xiao Quanzi remembered something and came back and said: "Your Highness, when the princess came in, she asked the slave if Your Highness was so thin when she was a child. Your Highness should eat more in the future. I didn't say that, but Your Highness usually eats too little." point."

"Go back."

Seeing Ye Qingran looking at the book in his hand unmoved, Xiao Quanzi retreated with his head lowered.

After dinner, Ye Xingye asked Xiao Luzi to send a message for Ye Lingxi to come over.

As soon as they entered the gate of Ganquan Palace, Ye Xingye came over excitedly to greet Ye Lingxi into the palace, and excitedly brought up a cage with a small brown bird in it.

He has dark eyes, the size of mung beans, and he tilts his little head from time to time, making him very lively and lively.

"Lingxi, this is a lark. It can sing. I'll let it sing to you." Ye Xingye took out a small whistle and blew it. The little bird in the cage tilted its head and looked at it with a pair of black eyes. He, Ye Xingye blew again, and the little bird in the cage tilted its head to the other side to look at him.

"Why doesn't this work?" Ye Xingye scratched his head awkwardly and asked, "Did it sing today?"

Xiaoluzi called the palace attendant who came to take care of him and asked. The palace attendant replied that he had not heard any singing today. He looked up at Ye Xingye and lowered his head again, as if he had something to say but did not dare to say it.

"Third brother, did you buy this lark?" Ye Lingxi tried her best to hold the upturned corners of her mouth to prevent herself from laughing prematurely.

Ye Xingye nodded and said yes, stretched out five fingers and said, "It cost me 50 taels of silver."

Hearing that it cost 50 taels, Ye Lingxi looked at the crooked little bird in the cage and tightened the corners of his mouth, a little unable to bear to expose it.

"What's going on? I obviously sang yesterday, but my voice feels uncomfortable today?" Ye Xingye said to himself strangely.

Ye Lingxi asked: "Third brother, when you bought it yesterday, what did the person who sold it to you say?"

Ye Xingye said: "He said that this lark sings once a day, saying that it will sing as long as you blow the whistle." As he said that, he handed the small whistle in his hand to Ye Lingxi and looked at it, "This whistle is also It cost me ten taels of silver."

Ye Lingxi raised his hand and patted Ye Xingye's shoulder to express comfort, "Third brother, you must have met a charlatan."

"It's impossible. I clearly heard it singing yesterday." Ye Xingye couldn't accept the fact that he had been deceived.

Ye Lingxi patted his shoulder again to express comfort, "Third brother, you are not a lark, you are just an ordinary little sparrow."

"Your Highness, when you brought it back yesterday, your servant said it looked like a sparrow. You still didn't believe it, and you said that your servant has never seen the world." Xiao Luzi said aggrievedly.

"My servant looks like a sparrow." The palace attendant who took care of him also added.

"Really. Is it a sparrow?" Ye Xingye came to the cage and took a closer look, his eyes almost glued to it.

Ye Lingxi patted his shoulder again to express comfort, "That man must be a ventriloquist and good at imitating bird calls. Third brother, you are not very experienced in the world, so just treat it as a waste of money to eliminate misfortune." "We can't just forget it. I have to ask him to return the money to me." Ye Xingye said angrily.

Ye Lingxi said: "The person must have run away a long time ago, maybe he has left the city by now." He then explained, "Every time you go through a hardship, you will gain wisdom. If you encounter such a trick again in the future, third brother, you will not be fooled." After that, she opened her purse and poured out a golden candied date and handed it to Ye Xingye, saying that her mood would get better after eating it.

After eating a candied date, Ye Xingye put aside all the previous unhappiness.Xiaoluzi asked him what to do with the little sparrow, and Ye Xingye generously said that he would let it go.

After Xiao Luzi left with the cage, Ye Xingye talked about tomorrow's horse racing meeting with great interest, and asked Ye Lingxi to go with him tomorrow, saying that the Prince of Pingyang had sent invitations to both the General's Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion, and when Su Shi and Yanfei would also go, and Ye Lingxi thought about it and decided to go and have a look too.

After leaving Ganquan Palace, Ye Lingxi went to the imperial study room again.

Seeing that her father was still reviewing the memorial, Ye Lingxi raised her hand and booed Eunuch De and quietly hid behind the tent.When Ye Lanchen picked up the tea cup and was about to drink it, he saw that the tea in the cup was gone and put it down again. Eunuch De asked Xiao Anzi to get another cup of tea. When Xiao Anzi came in with the tea cup, Ye Lingxi waved to Xiao Anzi to come over. Then she picked up the teacup and walked over.Ye Lanchen concentrated on reading the memorial. He didn't notice Ye Lingxi when the teacup was placed on the table. He picked up the teacup and took a sip. Only then did he catch a glimpse of the little girl standing next to him when he put it down.

Ye Lingxi reached out to take the teacup and put it back on the table, pulled Ye Lanchen's sleeve and said, "Father, please rest for a while."

"When did you come?" Ye Lanchen asked with a smile.

Eunuch De on the side replied: "The princess has been here for a while. Seeing that the emperor is busy, he did not let the servants communicate for fear of disturbing the emperor."

"Father, are you tired? Lingxi will give you a pat on your father's shoulders." After saying that, Ye Lingxi slipped behind the dragon chair and raised his hands to beat him.

Ye Lanchen said: "Tell me, if you have anything to ask my father for."

"My father is so powerful, he knows everything." After saying that, Ye Lingxi sneaked up and pulled her father's sleeve and said, "Brother Shen said that there is a horse racing meeting tomorrow, and Lingxi also wants to go and see it."

Eunuch De replied from the side: "I heard that Prince Pingyang will hold a horse race tomorrow, so I sent invitations to all the ministers' homes."

"Father, Lingxi will not run around." Ye Lingxi assured with a serious look.

De Gongzheng said: "Your Majesty, the ladies from various mansions should be there tomorrow to talk with the princess. The princess will not be bored there."

Ye Lanchen thought for a while and said, "Let Ling'er go with us."

"Yes." Eunuch De agreed.

Ye Lingxi said coquettishly again: "Father, let the third brother go too."

Ye Lanchen gave instructions to Eunuch De again, asking Ye Ling Jue to watch over Dian Ye Xingye tomorrow.Later, Eunuch De asked Xiao Anzi to take two young eunuchs to send Ye Lingxi back to Weiyang Palace, and then asked people to go to the palace of the two highnesses to say something. After Ye Xingye knew that he would be able to leave the palace openly tomorrow, he was extremely happy. can.

After arriving in the study room the next day, Ye Xingye first told Yan Fei and Su Shi the good news and asked them to go to the Jockey Club together after school. When Zhao Ce heard that Ye Lingxi was also going, he felt a little happy in his heart and a little happy on his face.

When he returned to his seat, Ye Lingjue asked Ye Xingye to ride out of the palace with him in his carriage. Ye Xingye felt a little flattered, so he agreed and then invited the little princess again.Facing her third brother's expectant eyes, Ye Lingxi really couldn't find a reason to refuse.

(End of this chapter)