The devil is coming

Chapter 659
Meals are prepared early because some dishes take a little long to prepare.
Roast duck is a must-have. If you don't come to Yanjing City without a roast duck, it's like visiting Yanjing City in vain.
In addition, there are four or five hard dishes, including elbow, pork head, braised mutton pot, soft-shell turtle soup, and secret beggar's chicken;
These dishes were placed in a circle on the table,
middle,
It is the rare fried phoenix tail in winter.
When a distinguished guest arrives, he should introduce his family members. This is the most basic respect. However, both his wife and concubine are pregnant and it is inconvenient for him to come out, so he can only let his son do it for him.
After meeting the guests and being hugged by the eldest son of the Li family, Ji Laoliu asked the maid to take his son down to sleep.
Ji Laoliu didn't feel the slightest bit reluctant or guilty about letting his son stay up so late to meet guests;
His father had done a lot more than this kid when it came to being forced to open a business.
They are all the cubs of the Ji family,
They are all Ji Dan,
It will be much more comfortable for you kid to stay with me than with your grandpa.
However, when he thought that his son would be taken to Mrs. Fengxin's house soon, Ji Laoliu felt really reluctant.
But I couldn’t bear to let the child trap the wolf,
Seize the direct descendant,
It is said that it depends on the general trend of the world.
It depends on the court and military power.
It depends on the will of the two princes.
But in the end,
watch,
It's still my father's preference.
The old man is "old". As this winter passes, there will probably be no chance of next winter.
For an emperor, the most sensitive moment is also the most dangerous moment, but at the same time, it is also the weakest moment.
I really can’t bear to let my child trap the wolf.
Even if your father takes the big position, you won’t be able to become the crown prince.
The two of us, of course, have to work hard together!
Ah Fei stood there, looking a little restrained. This was not an act. If the furnishings in the palace were very magnificent, then that would be fine. However, the design was full of sense and showed a very high taste. This made him feel that he had never been out of Chenjiazhuang. Ah Fei is a little helpless.
Ji Laoliu turned around and asked A Fei to take a seat.
smiled and said:
"In my place, we don't need to be polite or restrained. After all, we are also half-brothers."
"………"hooligan.
"Eat, I've eaten the food at the Marquis Mansion. When I get back, the soup will be clear and watery."
Ah Fei nodded, without being polite, picked up the braised pork elbow and started to chew on it.
Ji Chengjue picked up the dough and helped him wrap the roast duck, then wrapped one and passed it over to the other.
Ah Fei ate so happily.
"It's almost time. It's time for you to find a wife." Ji Chengjue said with a smile.
"It's still early for me. It's still early. I haven't thought about this yet."
"What kind of woman do you like? Tell me?"
"I really never thought about it."
"Then let me ask you,
[-]. We are all ladies, beautiful and smart;
[-]. Slim figure and charming appearance;
Three, riding a horse with a bow drawn, a heroine;
Fourth, run your family rigorously to save you from worries;
Five, they have the same temperament and work together to raise eyebrows.
What do you think? "
Ah Fei swallowed the food in his mouth,
Road:
"Brother Six, is it difficult to find a woman like this?"
"It's not difficult, not difficult, not difficult at all. You are the heir after all."
"But, even if I am the heir, such a woman is rare in the world and can only be encountered but not sought after, right?"
"As long as you do this, you'll be fine."
"Which point?"
"Don't let the five of them meet."
"Huh? Five? Pfft!"
"Hahahaha!"
After they were done eating and drinking, and A Fei couldn't eat any more, he smiled sheepishly and pointed at the lot of meat left on the table.
"Can I pack this up and take it away?"
"No problem, I don't like to waste food. The remaining dishes will be cooked tomorrow and paired with other dishes, or we can make noodles and use them as toppings.
You can't leave tomorrow anyway. "
"Can't go?"
"Well, Father will see you."
"Want to see...Your Majesty?"
"Don't worry, my father is always very kind to the younger generation."
Except, to his own sons.
"I, do I need to prepare anything?"
"Have a good night's sleep."
……
The next morning, Ji Chengjue was unusually absent from the office and did not go to the household department. Instead, he and A Fei got into the carriage again and headed to the back garden.
After arriving at the back garden,
Ji Chengjue and A Fei got off the carriage together.
Ah Fei was a little nervous. He was not pretending. Although he had known his life experience for a long time, it was impossible for a young man who grew up in the village to suddenly go to see His Majesty without panicking.
Ji Chengjue actually felt a little panicked, because he suddenly realized that it seemed that he hadn't been to the back garden for a long time.
The prince did better than himself in this regard. Even if he couldn't see his father, he would come over from time to time to pay his respects.
But Ji Chengjue didn’t want to do this.
At this time, let’s pretend to act together,
Defiled the old man,
I also disgusted myself.
The Ouchi guards checked their identities, and after going through a process, two red-robed eunuchs came out and led Ji Chengjue and A Fei in.
The back garden is the work of Ganren. Ganren designed and a team of outstanding Ganren craftsmen built a palace here with the Jiangnan style of Qian Country.
When it comes to fighting, you can't kill people, but when it comes to having fun, you really have to give in.
Entering the back garden in different seasons, the scenery is also different. Even in this winter, it is not desolate at all, but gives people a more exquisite tranquility.
A Fei watched as he walked, following behind Ji Chengjue.
In the corridor in front, Eunuch Wei of Wei Zhonghe was already waiting. He walked forward and said to Ji Chengjue;
"Your Highness has not been here for a long time."
This is a complaint, but it is also a reminder.
Ji Chengjue has always had an excellent relationship with the eunuchs in the palace. Logically speaking, this is a taboo;
Regardless of whether it is a courtier outside or a prince, it is a serious sin to form a secret alliance within the palace.
But Ji Chengjue still did it like this. The most important thing was that he had no reason to be arrested.
Because he would not give gold and silver to the eunuchs, but would use their food and money to make money.
At the beginning, when Ji Chengjue was the most severely punished by his father, he couldn't chew the corn flour steamed buns anymore, so every day a senior eunuch took turns coming and going to beat the autumn wind.
The Min family, once the leader of merchants in Dayan, when their children reached adulthood, they did not learn to do business from the counter first, but went to a restaurant owned by the Min family to work as a waiter for a year. After passing the examination, they could start to start the family business. Start, if you can't pass, continue to be a waiter.
Therefore, the Min family has been going smoothly. Although the family is big and the business is great, they are also cautious.
The only oversight was probably when he married his daughter into the prince's palace. The old man was too happy and loved his daughter too much, so the dowry was too generous.
Of course,
You can't blame the old man of the Min family at that time. Even if he did nothing, even if he was lying low, even if he ate chaffy vegetables, even if he only wore linen clothes and no silk, you still couldn't run away from such an emperor. dropped.
Back when there were so many powerful families, how could they all be heinous?
They have no place to reason.
At this time, facing Eunuch Wei's kind reminder, Ji Chengjue shook his head and said:
"I'm busy with things in the household department."
Here, by extension, there is actually a sense of resentment.
You feel comfortable fighting,
Make great achievements and become an emperor through the ages.
Then you pat your butt and put it in the back garden to be raised.
Leave this mess for me to clean up.
Eunuch Wei no longer spoke too much, but saluted A Fei beside him:
"My servant Wei Zhonghe has met His Highness the Crown Prince."
Ah Fei hurriedly avoided it, but he was not as "flattered" as he was last night, or had a "favor" with Eunuch Wei.
Here we are,
Everything around him seemed to have a magical power that could extinguish all his little thoughts.
Because, His Majesty the Emperor of Dayan is here.
Ninety-five supreme,
If it is a clay statue, and a powerful official pretends to call a deer a horse in front of his face, there is really nothing to be afraid of;
But if that supreme being has a burning gaze, amazing power, and is wise and powerful, then the pressure it will bring will be really scary.
Ah Fei didn't dare to act smart here anymore, he knew clearly that he didn't deserve it;
Even the father I have never met before, when I see him here, I have to stay half a step behind and be a younger brother.
"Your Majesty has just woken up. I will lead you two Highnesses down."
Emperor Yan was not in the house, but in a pavilion, sitting on an armchair, covered with two layers of blankets.
No stove was lit,
Continuously taking that kind of "elixir" is a bit like taking Wushi Powder, and the body will feel hot from time to time.
Even the blanket I was wearing was not comfortable, and I really wanted to cool off.
But Emperor Yan knew that he was not hot, but his body and bones could not withstand another cold spell.
The fire in my heart has long been cultivated to the point where I can peel it off or ignore it.
"My son, I would like to send my regards to my father. Long live my father! Long live my father!"
"Common people, please see Your Majesty, long live my emperor!"
son,
Set aside;
Emperor Yan's eyes first fell on A Fei.
immediately,
Emperor Yan said to Eunuch Wei who was standing beside him:
"It really looks a bit like Liang Ting when he was young."
Ah Fei continued to kneel tremblingly;
When Ji Chengjue heard this, he felt a little disgusted unconsciously.
Father Xiao in my father’s mouth,
Many times it turns into a curse.
"I've made you suffer." Emperor Yan said.
A Fei immediately said:
"Your Majesty, Xiaomin..."
"Promise yourself."
"Yes, I am not bitter. During the years I lived in Chenjiazhuang, although my life was a little colder, it was still enjoyable, and no one ever bullied me.
Especially in these years,
The village was re-granted fields,
Life is better than before, and I have more ambition.
It is actually a blessing to be a common citizen of Dayan under His Majesty's rule. "
"Ah……"
Emperor Yan laughed and said,
Then he looked at his son,
road;
"How did he say it?"
Ji Chengjue said:
"If I return to my father, I should be able to give birth to him as soon as possible after spring begins."
"………"hooligan.
Emperor Yan looked at Ji Chengjue and said;
"Whose responsibility is this?"
"If I go back to my father, it's my fault that I failed to manage the household department and Yan's finances well."
"Do you feel resentful?"
Ji Chengjue shook his head,
road;
"Father's debts are repaid by his sons. Common people understand and recognize this principle. My sons and ministers have been studying since childhood and it is impossible for them not to understand."
Eunuch Wei on the side was a little anxious. His Highness, the Sixth Highness, was usually the most observant of what was happening. Why did he dare to talk to His Majesty like this, armed with a gun and a stick, as if he had taken medicine?
"No matter how difficult it is, it can't compare to my past. Back then, the people in the Yan Dynasty only knew about the powerful families but didn't know that I was the emperor.
At that time,
It’s not a question of whether your job is difficult or not.
But you have nothing to do at all,
If you don't get along well with the local nobles, the imperial edict will almost never get out of Tiancheng County.
Difficult to handle,
Prove that you can still do it. "
"Yes, I will bear in mind my father's teachings."
"The same goes for you." This was what Emperor Yan said to A Fei, "Beifeng County is not a good place to raise people. I don't care what kind of life you have lived in the past few years, but I am very concerned about your future. Road, there is only one requirement.
Look at the Chenjiazhuang where you once lived, and think about it more. Dayan, there are many, many Chenjiazhuangs, they are all behind your Hou Mansion.
after,
No matter what happens,
You have to ask yourself,
Are you willing to let thousands of Chenjiazhuang become a scorched earth under the cavalry of barbarians? "
"Remember, sir!"
"Everyone has to bear certain responsibilities no matter what position he sits in. To be a prince, you have to act like a prince; to be an official, you have to act like an official; and to be a heir apparent, you also have to act like a heir. .
You haven't met your father yet,
That me,
Let me teach you first.
right now,
Stand up for me. "
A Fei slowly stood up and looked at the emperor lying on the chair in front of him.
His knees began to tremble.
"It's not that you can't kneel, but you have to kneel comfortably. If you don't feel comfortable kneeling now, think of a way to make yourself comfortable in the future.
This is what your father said in front of me back then;
Your father is the only son,
after,
You are the King of Zhenbei of Dayan.
your knees,
I have to drive a few steel nails into it. From now on, even if it collapses that day, it won't be able to bend at all.
When I saw you coming earlier,
Something wrong with your legs? "
"To answer your Majesty's question, I have been disabled in my legs since I was a child."
Emperor Yan nodded,
"This is nothing. I hope that ten years from now, twenty years from now, the barbarians will hate you so much that they will gnash their teeth with hatred. If you can do the barbarian sacrifices and curse the lame man day and night, why is he still alive?
You, the King of Zhenbei,
Even if it's okay. "
"I understand, I will definitely not disappoint His Majesty's expectations!"
"Well, I have made a decree today. From today on, when you meet anyone except your parents, you no longer need to kneel down, even if you face me again."
"Sir, thank you, Your Majesty."
Ah Fei knelt down and saluted.
"I told you, there is no need to kneel."
"Replying to Your Majesty, A Fei has not seen his father and mother since he was a child. Your Majesty is the first person to say these words to A Fei as an elder. In A Fei's eyes, Your Majesty is A Fei's elder and biological elder."
"Hehehe."
Emperor Yan smiled,
To the Wei Zhong River;
"How does it compare to Ping Xihou?"
"Replying to Your Majesty, it's Marquis Pingxi, more, that, more..."
"When it comes to speaking nice words, I have never seen anyone better than him, haha."
"Isn't that right? Your Majesty, if Prince Jingnan hadn't valued him, I would have really thought..."
Eunuch Wei is stuck.
Straight bitch,
What the hell are you talking about?
He is now a Marquis, and you actually said that you wanted to castrate him and send him to the palace?
Let’s not talk about what Ping Xihou would think if he knew this.
It’s His Majesty right in front of me,
Do you want to cut off my professed Marquis?
Fortunately, Emperor Yan did not ask further, because at this time the prince came over.
"Prince."
"My son sees my father."
"Take your Li brothers to have lunch."
"Yes, Father."
When the prince arrived, he didn't even say a few words to his father, and was immediately asked to greet his relatives for dinner.
Lunch was in another pavilion.
Ah Fei first saluted the prince seriously, but did not kneel down, and the prince returned the half salute.
The prince's feeling for A Fei was completely different from that of His Highness Sixth Prince.
His Highness, the Sixth Prince, acted and spoke very freely and casually, while the Prince was polite and followed the etiquette in every move he made, making him look like a prince.
The three of them sat down together,
It stands to reason,
This should be a small gathering of the Ji family brothers and the Li family brothers.
The dishes were served.
Because His Majesty can't eat big fish and meat now, and this is the backyard, and the Prince himself likes light food, the dishes served are exquisite, but for A Fei, they are a bit too plain and elegant.
"We have official business in the afternoon, so let's have tea instead of wine."
The prince raised his teacup,
Ji Chengjue and A Fei both raised their glasses.
The prince didn't like to talk when he was eating, so the dinner table was very quiet and he just ate in silence.
After dinner,
The prince washed his hands in the basin brought by the waiter.
While wiping it with a towel, he said to Ah Fei:
"Come to the East Palace tonight and let's talk."
"Yes, His Royal Highness."
A Fei immediately responded.
The prince seemed to want to say something more, but he still felt that the atmosphere was not relaxed enough.
If it were in the East Palace, it would never be like this, but after all, this is where his father lives now.
The most important thing is that his sixth brother did not liven up the atmosphere this time.
The news that Xiaoliu brought the prince of Zhenbei Palace to Beijing was known to all the powerful families and important figures in the capital.
His staff told him that Xiao Liuzi wanted to play the Zhenbei Palace card.
The prince did not take it seriously;
Because the card table has been set,
It’s actually too late to try to win over anyone from outside.
but,
or,
Is this my sixth brother for other purposes?
It is said that the Marquis of Pingxi is the signature of the Liuye Party.
But in fact, the prince knew that why his sixth brother could still recruit talents in an endless stream on the basis that he still held the title of orthodoxy was because in the eyes of outsiders, the sixth prince of Dayan was the real Bole. .
This is no longer called Qian Jinshi Horse Bone, but a horse god has been opened.
Comparatively speaking, I have many talented people at my disposal, but none of them can really shine like Ping Xihou, and they are not even qualified to compete.
The prince said to Ah Fei again;
"I'll call your sister over again in the evening."
"Yes, His Royal Highness."
"Sixth brother, you can put aside today's household matters first and entertain the Li brothers."
"Don't worry, brother."
The prince nodded and left.
After the prince left,
Ah Fei saw the Sixth Prince take out a food box from nowhere, bring it to the table, open it, and find a plate of braised chicken legs inside.
Ji Chengjue smiled and said,
He took out a chicken leg and handed it to A Fei.
road;
"I guessed that the food here would be light. Come on, we are our own people, let's open a small stove first."
Ah Fei took the chicken leg and took a bite. It was delicious.
Ji Chengjue also ate chicken legs.
look,
Inadvertently swept in another direction,
Why was he so stiff in front of his father before?Risking the gun and carrying a stick?
Picture,
Isn't it just a desire to rise but then to suppress it?
Flattery,
You have to use your brain;
Your prince comes here every now and then, rain or shine, to say hello.
Is it worth a chicken drumstick?
……
In the pavilion,
Eunuch Wei bent over and reported to Emperor Yan, who was lying there with half-closed eyes:
"Your Majesty, after the Crown Prince left, His Highness the Sixth Prince took out the chicken drumsticks that he had secretly brought in and gnawed them happily with the Crown Prince."
"Oh?"
Emperor Yan's eyes slowly opened.
His own son, and Li Liangting’s son,
I was secretly eating chicken legs while hiding from the person who always liked to eat, pay attention to health and follow rules.
Wei Zhonghe saw it,
His Majesty’s lips,
A smile emerged.
"Wei Zhonghe."
"The slave is here."
"I, I think of the past."
(End of this chapter)