The third prince watched Zhao Xi drink everyone in the circle, glanced around with drunken eyes, and frowned slightly.

Zhao Xi held the wine glass and walked to Xiao Chengduo, "Your Highness has drunk too much. Why don't you help Your Highness go out and have some fresh air?"

Xiao Chengduo pushed Luo Pei away who fell into his arms, stood up unsteadily, and followed Zhao Xi to the balcony of the restaurant.

The summer night was not cool at all. Xiao Chengduo stood by the railing. After blowing the wind, he was still a little awake.

"Your Highness said, if I push you out of here right now, will anyone know?" Zhao Xi came closer with a smile and pointed to the dark alley downstairs.

Xiao Chengduo looked down and couldn't help but shudder, staring at Zhao Xi warily, "With so many people watching tonight, do you think you can escape?"

"It's just a joke," Zhao Xi curled his lips, confirming that the third prince was not a very courageous person, "I don't say secret words. I actually came here specifically to see His Highness today because I heard that His Highness wanted to marry

I am your wife?"

The third prince was startled and looked around. No one heard him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I also understand the situation in the court. Your Highness will succeed sooner or later. He will not lack the help of my Zhao family. I don't want to ruin my future." Zhao Xi blinked his eyes, leaned closer, and whispered, "I

I can help His Highness achieve his wish, can His Highness guarantee that I will be prosperous for the rest of my life?"

Xiao Chengduo frowned, "I don't know what you are talking about." If you achieve what you want, you will get the position of prince. Isn't this nonsense? Especially in front of the Zhao family, the Chen family's mortal enemies.

"Your Highness, don't you want to get Lou Jing?" Zhao Xi looked at him, smiled slyly, and said in his heart, "Don't blame me, Lord Lou, I just betrayed you, but it's not really a betrayal"...

Lou Jing? Xiao Chengduo's eyes twitched. Now the crown prince's position is within his grasp, but Lou Jing can't get it after asking for it. He suddenly became a little interested, "How are you doing?"

Zhao Xi chuckled and whispered into Xiao Chengduo's ear.

The people in the room were so drunk that they were staggering around. Some were unconscious, and some were too dizzy to care for themselves. However, the second son of the Luo family didn't drink much. He just pretended to be drunk and fell into the arms of the third prince. When he was thrown aside, he

I opened my eyes and saw the two people sneaking out, so I followed them quietly.

Lying by the window and quietly looking around, he saw two people talking very intimately together. Luo Pei couldn't help but let out a soft sigh and quickly covered his mouth.

The lights in the room were bright, but the night scene outside was dim. Zhao Xi naturally saw the person in the window. He had drunk everyone tonight, except for the second young master Luo. He looked at the third prince who was nodding in front of him, and suddenly

He smiled darkly.

The next day, there was a sudden rumor in the capital that the third prince had a drink with many noble disciples in the capital last night in order to select a concubine, and the original candidate for the crown concubine, the second son of Guangcheng Bo, was also among them.

When Zhao Duan heard this, he hurried home and asked, "Where is the Ninth Young Master?"

"Sir, Young Master Ninth is in the Yamen." The housekeeper wiped his sweat. Young Master Ninth drank until midnight last night. He quietly opened the back door and let Zhao Xi in. Could it be that the Prime Minister discovered him?

Zhao Duan flicked his sleeves and returned to Shangshu Province.

"Prime Minister Zuo, the rumors in Beijing have been found out, and this is indeed what happened," an official from Shangshu Province came over and whispered, "Should we..."

"Wait a minute." Zhao Duan waved his hand, and after leaving his post at noon, he went directly to the Hanlin Academy, took Zhao Xi out, and gave him a scolding.

"Didn't the second uncle and His Highness the Prince of Fujian have a plan for a long time? I'm just giving you an excuse." Zhao Xi said unconvinced, rubbing his painful ears.

"What you did is just a warning to others." Zhao Duan said with hatred.

"No, the third prince will never suspect that I passed it on." Zhao Xi sneered. When he saw Luo Pei last night, he whispered to Xiao Chengduo and told him not to look back, because the second son of the Luo family was eavesdropping. Besides,

His "deal" with the third prince will definitely not make him suspicious.

At this point, Zhao Duan sighed, told Zhao Xi not to mess around again, and decisively returned to Shangshu Province.

The next day, the censor impeached him, saying that the third prince coveted the position of crown prince, and met privately with the candidate for the crown princess.

Emperor Chunde was very unhappy when he heard this and sent someone to investigate the matter thoroughly.

It was found out that the third prince actually met many distinguished disciples in the capital at Zuixian Tower. Everyone was extremely drunk, and Xiao Chengduo even hugged and looked intimate with the second son of the Luo family.

"You are a person who succeeds only when you fail!" When Concubine Chen heard the news, she was so angry that she almost lost her temper. Choosing the crown prince was just her private plan to coerce the Zhao family into being used by them, but this was a matter of determination.

You can't talk about it, as this would violate Emperor Chunde's taboo.

"Mother and concubine, it's a rumor that the Luo family deliberately spread because they want to cling to me!" Xiao Chengduo was also very angry, and all the goodwill towards Luo Pei disappeared.

Concubine Chen frowned when she heard this, "How did you know it wasn't a boy from the Zhao family who framed you?"

"He won't," Xiao Chengduo was very confident, "He has already promised that as long as I grant him a high official position and a generous salary, the Zhao family will not be an obstacle to us in establishing the heir apparent." You must know that the Zhao family has no imperial concubine, and has been a pure minister for three generations.

, they will be loyal to whoever is the monarch. As long as he can become the prince, the Zhao family will naturally be used by him, and there is no need to commit such self-destruction.

"Whether he did it or not, we might as well..." A cold light flashed in Chen Guifei's eyes.

"No! If it is said that the Luo family did this, it can be said that they are greedy for wealth and wronged their son; if it is the Zhao family, this matter will not end well!" Xiao Chengduo immediately stopped him, not allowing his mother and concubine to blame the matter.

To Zhao Xi, you must know that Zhao Xi is not willing to marry him at all. Once Chen Guifei pushes the matter to Zhao Xi, the emperor will probably point Zhao Xi to him as the crown prince in order to cover up his ugliness. In this way, he will

He will never get Lou Jing! He is still waiting for the plan that Zhao Xi said!

"What you said makes sense." Concubine Chen calmed down. The most important thing now was to remove the third prince from this matter. She immediately called the palace maid, filled a pot of medicinal wine, and went to Panlong Palace to see Emperor Chunde.

Rongcheng, the Mansion of the Prince of Fujian.

The southeast is hot all year round. When building the Min Prince's Mansion, the most important thing was to build a large ice cellar to ensure that His Highness the Min Prince would not lack ice all year round.

Lou Jing was lying on the bamboo bed, hugging Xiao Chengjun's waist. There was an ice basin next to him. Le Xian took a fan and slowly fanned it on one side of the ice basin, then directed the cold fan to the other side of the bamboo bed.

Xiao Chengjun looked at the letter in his hand, and from time to time he twirled the lychees that had been frozen in the ice and fed them into Lou Jing's mouth, "Beijing is very lively these days, and Miss Ninth is really good at it."

"Ahem..." Lou Jing almost choked when she heard the word "Nine Girls".

Xiao Chengjun smiled slightly, "Now is the time." After saying that, he asked Anshun to bring a pen and paper and write a reply to Zhao Duan.

Originally, Zhao Duan had a vague attitude and was only willing to help him secretly. Xiao Chengjun never forced it, but after this battle, the Zhao family was completely forced to come to the forefront.

Lou Jing sat up and lay on Xiao Chengjun's back to watch him write.

While playing around, I heard someone calling outside the door, saying that the Minister of the Ministry of Finance wanted to see him.

Xiao Chengjun raised his eyebrows and asked him to wait for a moment. He continued to write the reply slowly and asked Lu Zhao to hand it over to the Zhao family who came to deliver the letter. "Has your brother had any letters recently?"

Lu Zhao's elder brother was serving as military counselor in Jiangzhou, and Xiao Chengjun asked him to keep an eye on the governor of Jiangzhou.

"Back to Your Highness, Lu Xin, the governor of Jiangzhou, opened a warehouse to store grain. The refugees have been resettled. However, the farmers in the four northern counties were completely ruined. There was no grain to enter the warehouse during the summer harvest. Lu Xin withheld half of the grain and grass from the Jiangzhou military camp, etc. We will distribute them in winter when there is famine." Lu Zhao reported back.

Lou Jing frowned, "So, he doesn't plan to give away the food and grass from the four southern counties?"

Xiao Chengjun nodded and let Lu Zhao go down, and touched Lou Jing's head, "The river in Qingzhou has not been repaired yet. Shen Lian was afraid that the imperial envoy would find out and refused to allow the refugees to go back. It would be good if Lu Xin could help the people. If there is not enough food and grass, , I will supply it to you.”

Xiao Chengjun looked at it from the perspective of an emperor. It doesn't matter where the money is used, as long as it can solve the problem.

"No, if he hadn't insisted on suppressing the bandits and resettling the refugees earlier, why would he be like this? If he wants to supply the refugees, he should provide the money himself. Why should he detain me!" Lou Jing said dissatisfied, "Don't interfere in this matter. I will make that old boy pawn my pants to give me my food and grass."

Xiao Chengjun shook his head helplessly, ignored him, and asked Anshun to call the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to come in.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance did not dare to speak for several days because of the stupid ideas he had brought up in the past two days. He racked his brains to please the King of Fujian so that he could expose the events of the past few days.

The inner room with the tall roof was cool and comfortable. His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujian was sitting on the soft couch, holding his male favorite in his arms...

The Minister of Household Affairs was stunned. In the past few days, the officials in Rongcheng had clearly seen that the man brought back from the seaside by His Royal Highness the Prince of Fujian was very beautiful and favored. Apart from discussing matters every morning, the prince spent the rest of the time with this man. pet.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Chengjun asked casually, raising his hand to feed Lou Jing a lychee. It turned out that the two of them had had enough of sneaking around in the capital. Now that the emperor is far away, there is no need to be secretive anymore.

"I have something important to discuss with you..." The Minister of Household Affairs glanced at the person in Xiao Chengjun's arms, and the meaning was self-evident.

Lou Jing raised her eyebrows and said obediently, "Your Highness, I'll go down first." Before Xiao Chengjun could open his mouth, he stepped back respectfully, turned around and went behind the screen to continue eating lychees.

The Minister of Hubu didn't know that there was no escape route behind the screen, only a chair for changing clothes, so he said with confidence, "I discussed with the Minister of Rites and selected a few beauties from the nine counties of Minzhou to present to the prince."

Xiao Chengjun's forehead twitched, and his face suddenly darkened.

However, the Minister of Household Affairs didn't know how to read people's faces, so he said to himself, "This time, the custodian prince is satisfied." As soon as he finished speaking, three young men in light clothes were led in, each wearing a pair of legs and a bandage between his feet. The golden bell jingles as I walk.
Chapter completed!