Li Qinghuan

Chapter 4

Song Li is restless. After eating and drinking, he couldn't help wandering around the house. After eating Ji Qing, he already regarded Ji Qing as one of his own. He went to the stable to pull the mane, After a while, I ran to the front yard to pick a peach, and didn't regard this place as someone else's home at all.When Ji Qing packed up the dishes and came out, he was already standing blankly in front of the Bogu stand.Hearing Ji Qing's footsteps, Song Li came back to his senses, pointed at the book with wide eyes and asked, "Can I have a look?"

Ji Qing nodded: "Of course."

Song Li was also polite, and he took down a copy of "Six Secret Teachings" from the shelf and read it.

Art of war?Ji Qing raised his eyebrows, and asked directly: "His Highness King Yu likes to read military books?"

Song Li's fingers trembled slightly, he closed the book and put it back on the shelf, without changing his face, he said: "No, I just saw the title of this book is unpredictable, and I was a little curious about what it wrote. I didn't expect it to be a book of war. Hey, you still have some books here. Don't have any fun books?"

Ji Qing spread his hands: "That's all."

Song Li curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and said in disgust: "It's boring."

That being said, one pair of eyes never left the bookshelf.

Song Li's eyes couldn't hide his love for these books at all, but Ji Qing still didn't expose him, but said lightly: "I thought you liked it."

Song Li panicked, and quickly argued: "I don't like it. These books are so boring, how can I like them?"

Ji Qing nodded and said, "Okay, my lord, I'm going to get some water from the river, do you want to come with me? I'll take you out of the bamboo forest when I come back."

Song Li was thinking about those books in his heart, and said dryly, "I...can I not go?"

Ji Qing spread his hands indifferently, and said, "Of course, you can do it yourself."

Ji Qing seemed very relieved to leave him alone here, and went out the door after finishing speaking, but he didn't leave immediately, turned around and hid behind the window, looking at Song Li in the room through the gap, As he expected, Song Li took down the "Six Secret Teachings" again, and Ji Qing squinted his eyes. Although he has always disdain to learn about others from the mouths of idlers, this little prince is really a bit different from the rumors in the market. gap.

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When Ji Qing came back from fetching water, Song Li had already leaned on the beauty's couch and fell asleep soundly. Ji Qing took a look at his feet that had been resting on the beauty's couch without taking off his shoes, and sighed. In the end, he didn't have the heart to throw him on the ground, instead he took a thin blanket and put it on him.Ji Qing looked at Song Li, and thought that the little prince was really not sharp when he was asleep, and he was quite obedient.Song Li's clear eyes always made him feel a little familiar.It seemed that he had seen it somewhere, and Ji Qing was stunned for a moment.Shaking his head vigorously, he pushed the thought out of his mind.

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Song Li woke up amidst the noise. With his eyes closed, he vaguely heard someone whispering.

"Is the prince dead?" "Don't talk nonsense, he's still breathing, he's not dead, he's just asleep."

Hearing this, Song Li opened his eyes suddenly to prove that he was still alive, and the scene he saw almost fainted from shock.I saw several people standing next to the beauty couch where he was sleeping, including Li Zhuxuan who was full of anxiety, Qi Zheng, the son of the commander of the imperial army, and Ji Qing who was calmly drinking tea while Qi Zheng was holding a knife against him, and the whole room Guards of the imperial guards.

When Song Li saw Li Zhuxuan, he remembered that he was accidentally brought here while walking his horse this morning. In the eyes of his two good friends, he was in a state of accidental disappearance.

As soon as he opened his eyes, the whole room became even more noisy, and Qi Zheng silently put away the sword on Ji Qing's neck.He took a step forward and said to Song Li, "Your Highness, since you are awake, follow us back to the palace. Your Majesty is very worried about your safety."

Song Li got up and asked casually, "When did you guys come?"

Qi Zheng: "We've been here for about two hours."

Song Li's hand for arranging his hair stopped for a moment, and his eyes widened in doubt: "Two hours? Are you here to watch me sleep for two hours?"

Qi Zheng nodded.

Song Li was shocked and said, "Can't you call me?"

Qi Zheng respectfully said, "We dare not disturb Your Highness."

Song Li held his forehead in pain.Just when he was about to bury his head in the blanket, Li Zhuxuan, who had never found a chance to intervene, said anxiously: "Your Highness, don't sleep, Zijian is still locked up in the prison!"

Song Li suddenly raised his head, glanced around for a while and chose the most reliable person, so he looked at Qi Zheng, Qi Zheng didn't speak, just nodded.Song Li got up immediately and decided to go back to rescue his good friend Liu Zijian. After walking a few steps, he turned around and bowed to Ji Qing, saying, "Thank you for your hospitality. Today is urgent. I will definitely come to thank you another day." Staying longer, turned around and walked out the door.

"I offended you a lot today, forgive me." After Qi Zheng finished speaking, he followed Song Li and left, and the whole room was quickly gone.

Ji Qing has never seen it dirty. The clean house was messed up by a group of people coming in and out. It was really unbearable. After everyone had left, Ji Qing cleaned the house again, took another piece of clothes and went around to The hot spring behind the house was about to wash it well. As soon as he walked to the back of the house, he saw Song Li throwing a ball of clothes on the stone. He frowned, put down his clothes, picked up the ball of clothes and threw it to a nearby In the bamboo basket.

Just as he was about to throw it out, a jade pendant wrapped in mud fell out of his clothes and hit his foot.Ji Qing picked up the jade pendant and washed it in the water, glanced at it casually, his pupils suddenly shrank a little.Immediately, he took the jade pendant and rode away from the bamboo forest.

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Song Li went straight to the palace after leaving the bamboo forest.

Emperor Song Duan and others are waiting anxiously in Panlong Hall.Song Duan was both angry and funny when he learned that Song Li was safe and sound—this younger brother, he can walk a horse for himself.

Song Li hurried to the Panlong Hall, stopped in front of the hall and asked a little eunuch to look at the situation in the hall, and learned that his eldest brother, sister-in-law and second brother were waiting in the front hall, and suddenly felt that something was wrong .He thought for a moment, and stood by the door rubbing his eyes red before stepping into the door. As soon as he entered the main hall, Song Li knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Brother, sister-in-law, second brother--I was wrong! I made you worry! You punished me!" Me! I will admit to beating and scolding!"

The people in the room were obviously used to his way of pleading guilty, so they didn't react too much, they just watched him act silently.

Song Li saw that it was useless to admit his mistake verbally, so he immediately took out his trump card - Song Li raised his head, looked at his brother with those red eyes, and said pitifully: "Brother, I really know that I was wrong. Now, I should be punished, you can punish me, don't ignore me, okay?"

Song Duan has always been used to Song Li, and he was helpless against this move. He lost his temper when he saw Song Li's red eyes, and sighed, thinking that Song Li had also been bumping around outside for a day, so he probably did too. She was frightened, and didn't have the heart to punish her, saying: "Forget it, it's good that you come back safely, I won't punish you, go and report to the queen mother that she is safe, this time you scared her to death."

"Yes, big brother." Song Li heaved a sigh of relief, nodded, and after a moment of deliberation, he said, "Big brother...my friend..."

Song Duan: "Which one?"

Song Li swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "...the one you put in the prison..."

Song Duan frowned slightly: "want to intercede for him?"

"...Brother, haven't I come back?" Song Li was a little nervous, his fingers kept rolling his sleeves, and he said bravely, "Look...can you let him go?"

Seeing this, Song Duan didn't scold him. He thought for a while and replied: "He made you disappear. If you come back this time, what about next time? He must learn a lesson."

Song Li nodded and said dejectedly, "...Yes."

He said in his heart that Liu Zijian could only ask for blessings for himself now, Song Duan was the king, and repeated disobedience would only annoy him, so Song Li didn't make any further excuses, please resigned from the Palace of Compassion and Ning where his mother lived.

Song Li's mother, Empress Dowager He, was the daughter of Zhen Guo General He Huaizhou. Her name was He Zhiyu.Although he is a military commander, his temperament is gentle and tight.

Song Li didn't need to be informed by the guards when he entered and exited the Compassionate Ning Palace, so he went straight into the inner hall. There was a shrine in front of the hall. She is over forty years old, but the years haven't left too many traces on her face, and because she eats a vegetarian diet all year round, she still has the figure of a young girl in her twenties, graceful and graceful, and a calm aura around her makes Song Li calm down involuntarily.

He stepped forward with light steps, knelt on the futon next to Empress Dowager He, and bowed three times.Standing up to support Empress Dowager He, she obediently called out: "Mother Empress."

Empress Dowager He nodded, and said expressionlessly: "I still know that I came to see Aijia, do you know that you scared Aijia to death today?"

Song Li hurriedly knelt down and said obediently: "I know I'm wrong, I've made my mother worry." After speaking, he added with a smile: "Mother is so kind, she won't be angry with the child, right?"

Empress Dowager He couldn't hold back immediately, and said with a smile, "How old are you? You're still acting like a baby." She pulled Song Li up as she spoke.

Song Li knew at a glance that his mother was not angry anymore, stood up and helped her out of the inner hall.

Empress Dowager He patted Song Li's hand and asked, "Where did you go wild today?"

Song Li said truthfully: "I was taken to a bamboo forest by a horse, and then I met a man who treated me to a meal."

Empress Dowager He glanced down at him: "Then are you wearing that person's clothes?"

Song Li looked down and realized that he was still wearing Ji Qing's clothes. He smiled awkwardly: "Yes... yes, mother is really careful."

Empress Dowager He said kindly: "You haven't liked wearing white clothes since you were 15 years old."

Song Li was stunned for a moment, it was like this.

Empress Dowager He sighed calmly: "It's getting late, you should go back and rest earlier."

Song Li: "Yes, mother."

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When Song Li returned to the palace to take off his clothes, he realized that the jade pendant he had been wearing around his waist was gone. When he was looking for the jade pendant anxiously, he suddenly remembered that his clothes were still in Ji Qing’s bamboo forest. up.He scolded himself for being stupid, took off his clothes and folded them up, and planned to return them to Ji Qing when he came to visit another day, when he happened to want to return his own clothes.

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Ji Qing hurried back to Yu Capital at dusk, but he didn't go back to Ji Mansion, but went directly to Qingfeng Pavilion next to Jianchang Avenue.

Qingfeng Pavilion is the largest jade shop in Yudu City. It is in the jade carving business, but the owner of the pavilion is not just in business.

The Qingfeng Pavilion was closed at this time, but Ji Qing didn't care, stepped on the horse and jumped directly to the second floor, opened the window and went in.

After turning inside, Ji Qing went down the stairs to the first floor, stood in the lobby on the first floor and shouted, "Master Thirteen? Are you there?"

A clear female voice sounded in the empty hall: "You turned in alive, can I not be here?"

As soon as the words fell, a young woman in red appeared on the second floor.It was Ning Shisan, the owner of Qingfeng Pavilion.

Ning Shisan: "Tell me, why did you come to see me so late?"

Ji Qing took out the jade pendant: "I... I want to ask Lord Thirteen if he recognizes this jade pendant."

Ning Shisan took the jade pendant, glanced at it, and said, "Why don't you recognize it? Yu Wang Songli's Moyu Pixiu."

Ji Qing was a little surprised: "How did Lord Thirteen know that it belonged to King Yu?"

Ning Shisan didn't change his face and said something that shocked Ji Qing: "I carved it."

Ji Qing asked again: "Master Thirteen, have you ever seen a jade pendant similar to this one?"

Ning Shisan asked unceremoniously: "Same? What are you kidding? Don't talk about the carving, just this black jade. Have you seen jade with a similar color to this color after you have been in the jewelry business for so many years?"

Ji Qing shook his head, not really.

Ning Shisan continued: "Not only in the past, but you will never see it in the future - this jade material is my own, made 2000 years ago. And this tassel is made of jade bone silk. Where do you use it now?" Looking for the jade bone silkworm? This jade pendant was carved in the eighth year of Wanxi, and it is the only one in the world. It is absolutely identical."

Ji Qing: "It's just this one, it's never the same?"

Ning Shisan: "Are you questioning me?"

Ji Qing hurriedly said: "Don't dare, just make sure."

Seeing what he said, Ning Shisan nodded in satisfaction, and asked, "Where did you get it?"

Ji Qing's forehead twitched—he picked it up...?After thinking about it carefully, there was indeed nothing wrong with it, so I told Ning Shisan what happened today.

Ning Shisan smiled and said, "It means you have to return it to him?"

Ji Qing: "It should be so."

"He was only two years old when I carved this jade pendant for him. It was white and tender like a meat dumpling, and 15 years have passed in a blink of an eye." Ning Shisan didn't know what he thought of, and couldn't help but lamented how time flies.