queen drama

Chapter 37

Originally, Zhao Jun was worried about delaying his official duties and didn't want to keep the two of them, but now he invited them into the mansion for dinner with great enthusiasm, and specially invited Prince Shen and his wife out, together with several younger brothers and sisters, to the main hall to serve them one by one. introduce.

Prince Shen was very dissatisfied with the repayment of the money at first, after all, he was the biological father of the son, and even the first emperor acquiesced to ignore it, and the Ministry of Households dared to ask him for it, it was too condescending to him.Zhao Tingyou originally planned to ignore it, but it was Zhao Jun who heard the rumors in the court and knew the pros and cons, so Zhao Tingyou knew that keeping the treasury's money in his hands would only cause trouble to the emperor. Now Zhao Tingyou knows very well that the emperor is Prince Shen As the reliance of the government, he entrusted all the silver owed, but he didn't know why Zhao Jun came to look for him again.

Zhao Jun handed over a jade flute to Zhao Tingyou. Zhao Tingyou and the princess recognized who it was at a glance.In the hall, another person stood side by side with Xiaoyaohou Shizi, wearing a silver mask, indifferent and alienated, Prince Shen choked up and said: "I never expected to see you here in my lifetime."

Zhao Tingyou moved his knee, but Zhao Jun stopped him in time, and Wu Ji who was beside Meng Xuanyun bowed down at the same time.

"I thought there would be many twists and turns this time, thank you, my lord, for your understanding."

Zhao Tingyou waved his hand and said: "It's nothing to do with a little effort. If I accidentally make a mistake, Jun'er can still remind me. But you... you come to collect the bill yourself, does it matter?"

Wu Ji said: "I've made arrangements, I will be careful."

Zhao Tingyou nodded, the princess beside him tightly clenched the embroidered handkerchief, not knowing what to say in front of Prince Xiaoyao Hou, and when they arrived at the banquet, they just kept asking the servants to add more food to Wu Ji.

Wu Ji eats very little and eats elegantly.

Zhao Jun held the lamp himself, and the young master pushed Wu Ji's arm enviously. Zhao Jun had known him for a long time, and it was not because of his face, but because of Wu Ji.

The little marquis said: "What is your identity, why are you so familiar with Prince Shen's son?"

In fact, he also wants to get close to Zhao Jun, after all, Zhao Jun is someone's brother.Having said that, if he hadn't seen Wu Ji's real face long ago, and knew that Wu Ji knew martial arts, he would have thought Wu Ji was someone.

Wu Ji asked back: "Do you really want to know? Come here with your ear, and I will whisper to you."

The young master leaned forward, and Wu Ji's eyes were full of his pink earlobes, and he said with a low smile, "If I tell you, what would you give me in exchange?"

Young Master: "..."

Young Lord Hou frowned, he was quite easy to talk to just now, why did he change all of a sudden?

Wu Ji said sternly: "What you want to ask is extremely important, you must exchange for what I am interested in, otherwise, why should I tell you?"

The young master could only ask: "What do you want?"

Wu Ji wanted to kiss him, but it was too much of an eyesore, so he twirled his earlobe ambiguously instead.

Zhao Jun, Prince Shen, and Princess Wang: "..."

The young master pushed him away with a palm, covered his ears and stared at him displeasedly. He always thought that Wu Ji was a good character, but he didn't expect to be so frivolous. If there were no elders at the table, the young master would definitely overturn the table .

Zhao Jun winked at his father, smoothed things over and said, "His son Xiaoyaohou, he refuses to tell, so it's the same if I tell you. Wu Ji is...my father's adopted son."

Prince Shen and Wu Ji: "..."

Prince Shen carefully recognized Wu Ji's expression before saying, "That's true."

Zhao Jun went on to say, "Wu Ji grew up in Prince Shen's Mansion when he was young, and then he went to other places with his family. I recognized him just now. I taught him the tune he played when he was young, and the wrong pronunciation is the same as mine."

No wonder Zhao Jun's face changed drastically when Wu Ji played the flute.

Meng Xuanyun suddenly realized, but then he gave Wu Ji a hard look.

No matter who you are, no matter how much you dare to touch your hands, you are not a vegetarian!

Wu Ji was not frightened by his ferocity at all, but met his gaze and stared at him with interest.

The young master's dislike for this man deepened.

After dinner, Zhao Jun took them around Wu Ji's former residence and told some interesting stories about Mr. Wu's childhood.

Wu Ji held an old cloth tiger between his index finger and middle finger and twirled it. No matter what Zhao Jun said, he was not interested, but he never missed a word.

The young master hated this person, and didn't want to ask anything about this person, so he took a moment to quietly pull Zhao Jun aside: "My lord, where did the emperor live before?"

Zhao Jun was almost choked, wondering if you really didn't see it or if you didn't see it, but Wu Ji never meant to confess, Zhao Jun lied and said: "The emperor's former residence, the father has ordered someone to Caretaker, unfortunately it is being repaired recently, so I can only take you to see it next time."

The little marquis said regretfully, "It doesn't matter."

Anyway, he has already lived in the current residence.

It was rare to come to Prince Shen's mansion once, and the young master seized the opportunity to ask again: "Does the son know about the emperor's past, for example, did the emperor see me in the tenth year of Tiansheng?"

After the words came out of my mouth, I realized that I had gone too far.He only heard the emperor vaguely mentioning that he didn't know what month or what day it would be. The emperor insisted that the two knew each other when they were young, but he didn't remember it at all. He always wanted to find a middleman to verify it. In his opinion, Prince Shen's son is undoubtedly the most the right person.

Zhao Jun didn't care about his impoliteness, he thought about it carefully and said: "After many years, I only remember that the emperor was called into the palace by the late emperor, and I was not included in the call, so I don't know anything about that year. But There is a servant in Prince Shen's residence who entered the palace with the emperor and served the emperor, maybe you can ask him."

"Can I ask him to come here?"

The young master's eyes lit up.

Wu Ji frowned, but still didn't say much.Zhao Jun couldn't help but cast a glance at him, and immediately invited the old servant over.

The servant named Zhang Fu was old and his hair was bald. After bowing to everyone, the young master cut to the chase and said, "Eunuch Zhang, may I ask if the Emperor has met me in the tenth year of Tiansheng?"

Zhang Fu smiled and said: "In the tenth year of Tiansheng, the first emperor summoned the emperor's grandson and the sons of ministers into the palace, and the old slave was ordered to follow him as a servant who took care of the emperor's daily life. The old slave still remembers clearly the events of that year. The emperor It is true that I have seen the young master in the palace."

Zhang Fu thought for a while, and mentioned a specific date.The young master was suddenly surprised, it wasn't that he couldn't remember clearly, but he remembered quite clearly that on this day, he met a palace man who fled privately in the palace, and because of his negligence, he killed someone.Could it be that he also met the emperor on the same day?

Zhang Fudao: "On that day, the old slave was sent to another place by Manager Wang and was unable to accompany the emperor. I don't know the specific situation. Later, the emperor came to look for the old slave. The old slave knew that he had conflicts with the servants and guards. , it was the young master who helped him out of the siege. Because the emperor said it himself, this old servant was particularly impressed."

Meng Xuanyun: "..."

The middleman who co-authored also listened to what the emperor said, and if he confirmed it, he didn't confirm it.

Zhao Junyi pointed out: "Why don't you ask the emperor directly?"

The young master lowered his head: "It's okay if he said he didn't remember the first time he asked. If he asks again later, he won't say anything."

Because of this, deep in his heart he was very concerned, and always felt that the emperor had admitted the wrong person.

Wu Ji: "..."

Seeing that the young master was a little listless, Wu Ji turned his fingers and threw the cloth tiger that was held between his fingertips, and it landed on the young master's hand. He said in a hoarse voice, "Ask if you want."

It's useless for the young master to bother him but he insisted on intervening, he said cautiously: "It has nothing to do with you, don't worry about it!"

Zhao Jun, who was almost blinded, changed the subject with difficulty: "Wu Ji, is it time for you to get married? What do you think of the young lady that my father mentioned to you last time?"

The young lady of Tang Guogong's mansion was openly rejected, and the most popular candidate was the daughter of Wei Guogong who was supported by Prince Shen's lineage.

This is also a woman who was carefully selected by Prince Shen and the princess, with excellent looks.

Wu Ji said, "I'm married, don't worry about it."

Zhao Jun's expression froze, Prince Shen's mansion will never violate the holy will, it seems that the lady of the Duke of Wei's mansion will not need to mention it in the future.

"By the way." Zhao Jun smiled teasingly, "Who is your wife?"

Wu Ji said casually, "Didn't the eldest brother meet him?"

He wanted to give the cloth tiger he played with when he was a child to the young master, but he was thrown back without a second, and he gave him a white eye.

Wu Ji always felt that he was rejected.

But Zhao Jun was caught off guard, and his eyes were wet by the "big brother".

After spending half a day in Prince Shen's Mansion, Meng Xuanyun and Wu Ji bid farewell to Zhao Jun's family and prepared to go on business with the Home Return Department.

In the end, Wu Ji stubbornly put the cloth tiger into the pocket of the young master. The young master really couldn't resist this brazen man, so he decided to let him go first, and throw it away as soon as he returned to the palace.

"you hate me."

Wu Ji pointedly complained that he didn't like the other party's eyes that he was trying to avoid. When he came, the young master was talking and laughing with him, and he was a little awkward. When he returned, he was much more enthusiastic, but the young master didn't bother to talk to him.

"That's right, I just hate you!"

The young master made no secret of his disgust in his heart. Since the other party is a frivolous person, he can also be a arrogant libertine. It is best to see each other and hate each other!

The little Hou Ye said boldly: "Oh, I also know that I am suave and elegant, and there are many people who like me in the world. I only love beauties. It is useless for you to pester me no matter how much you are an adopted son." Well, junior brother is also good, let's give up on the master!"

What a mess!

The corner of Wu Ji's mouth twitched heavily, and he let him be arrogant, but in fact, the young master is at most like a paper tiger, with fierce milk and fierce milk.

The words were more than half a sentence, the young master was silent, and Wu Ji was not a talkative character. The two walked for a while without saying a word, only to feel that the surroundings were getting more and more noisy.Team after team of soldiers passed them by in a hurry.

"Xiaoyaohou's son, Wu Ji!"

Xiao Yan rode a fine horse and spotted them from a long distance away, and came galloping with a loud cry.When he was almost in front of him, he jumped off the horse and knelt down on one knee.

When Meng Xuanyun saw that he was wearing the silver armor from wartime, and the armor was stained with blood, he was inexplicably uneasy.The direction Xiao Yan came from was the imperial palace. The main job of the guards was to guard the imperial palace and protect the safety of the emperor. At this time, he came to look for them covered in blood. Did something happen in the palace?

Wu Ji calmly said, "Commander Xiao, what happened?"

Xiao Yan said: "Many assassins came to the palace, the emperor was assassinated—"

"what??!"

Both of them were taken aback, Xiao Yan wanted to explain what had happened in detail, but the young master was already in a hurry, and said in one voice: "What's wrong with the emperor, where are others?"

Xiao Yan glanced at Wu Ji quickly, and said: "The Emperor was injured, Director Wang and Xiao Xiazi are guarding him, and he is recuperating in the Palace of Funing. The assassins have been captured and handed over to the hidden guards..."

The emperor is injured!

This idea came overwhelmingly, the young master couldn't listen to anything else for a while, he snatched Commander Xiao's horse, flew up and rode on it, and there was only one thought in his mind, the emperor was injured, he had to go and have a look, alone Like a sharp arrow leaving the string, Yima quickly disappeared from sight.

Wu Ji frowned, and looked at Xiao Yan with condemning eyes.

Commander Xiao felt a little guilty: "I, I haven't come to say that the emperor is fine, why did he run out?"

Wu Ji sighed slightly: "It's not that you didn't have time to say it, but that no matter what you said, he couldn't listen to it... Xiao Yan, he is so easy to get into trouble, you immediately follow him and take him to Funing Palace, don't worry about it." Don't run around."

Xiao Yan struggled: "Then what should you do, the palace is in chaos..."

Wu Ji said: "The most dangerous place is the safest, don't worry."

Xiao Yan received the decree and chased after Meng Xuanyun.Wu Ji tightened his cuffs, pursed his lips and whistled, a row of black-clothed guards appeared out of nowhere not far away.The hidden guards all knelt on one knee to salute, and one of the leaders presented a jade bottle.

Wu Ji strode forward and drank the potion in the jade bottle in one gulp. After coughing a few times, the hoarseness in his voice disappeared.He took off the silver mask on his face and threw it aside, then slowly peeled off a layer of skin starting from the temples, and the ordinary appearance immediately returned to its original handsome face.

There are many unavoidable reasons for this identity. It is true that wearing a mask is to hide, but no one would have thought that he wore two layers of masks in total.

Zhao Zheng sternly said: "Words spread out that I was seriously injured and my life was dying, so send me back to Funing Palace immediately."