Chapter 35 - Houfu gate
During dinner, Xia Chu was eating dumplings with Hou Ye in Hengwu Hospital.
Hou Ye saw that Xia Chu’s mouth had some sesame filling on the corners, so he wiped it with a handkerchief.
“Dad, why don’t you eat it?”
Xia Chu saw a lot of dumplings in Hou Ye’s bowl, and dared to eat it alone just now.
“After tomorrow, I will start to eat alone again for my father.” Hou Ye said sadly, putting down his veil.
“Father, didn’t you say you won’t be sad?”
Although Xia Chu was also very reluctant, he couldn’t bear to go back to dinner in the past few days. Lord Hou looked like he was about to part ways.
“It’s okay, but the father is reluctant to bear it!”
Hou Ye knew that Xia Chu’s departure must be extremely important. From Lu Mingxi’s incident, he was impressed by Xia Chu’s ability.
He knew he couldn’t stop him, and he couldn’t stop him.
But he was reluctant.
Hou Ye looked at Xia Chu’s embarrassed look, forced a smile, and began to eat dumplings.
“I made an appointment with Zi Mu and Jiu Gongzhu to go to the Lantern Market.” Xia Chu saw that Hou Ye started to eat, and quickly changed his words.
“When did your relationship with His Highness become so good? They started calling him by his first name.” Hou Ye frowned.
“I’ll find a chance to make it clear to the Ninth Princess at night.” Xia Chu didn’t answer the Marquis’s words, and changed his words again.
“Well, consider it carefully. Don’t hurt the heart of the Ninth Princess, what a lovely girl.” Hou Ye ordered.
“That’s natural, I also treat her like a younger sister.”
“Well. Now that you are doing things, you are also quite at ease as a father.” Hou Ye paused when he said this. He asked again, “Do you know what the emperor was saying to me in the Imperial Garden yesterday before Lu Mingxi came?”
“It’s nothing more than that he was angry with Du Hanfei’s dictatorship. You comforted his tender heart who was holding his breath early. Otherwise, let’s talk about how heroic you were back then?”
Hou Ye shook his head.
“The emperor discussed with me, who is standing opposite Du Hanfei and overturned the case for Lu Mingxi.”
“What do you say?”
Hou Ye glared at Xia Chu.
“How dare I say it, I listened to him all the time. After analyzing this and analyzing that.”
Xia Chu was stunned by the Hou Ye, accompanied by a smile and said, “The emperor may have doubts in his heart.”
Hou Ye shook his head.
“The emperor moved around, mentioned several people, and rejected them one by one. Finally, he found that there was no one person in the court who could do this. He was very annoyed, and as a father, he could only comfort him by the side. After all, this person is doing business for the emperor, let him not care too much.”
“Father is proud of his heart?” Xia Chu saw the corner of Hou Ye’s mouth with a smile.
“I’m a little proud.” Hou Ye laughed and continued: “The emperor has been praising this person for his talent. It would be nice if he could use it for himself.”
After a pause, Hou Ye reprimanded with a slight dissatisfaction: “You are really, but you want to arrange for Lord Lu to enter the palace in person. At that time, he was still wearing a white robe, and the robe was soaked with blood. The horror is unbearable.”
“Well, I have to give the emperor some serious information. I asked Bingwen to donate a medicine, it should not be in the way.”
Hou Ye nodded.
“That’s good.”
When Xia Chu saw that Lord Hou had finished eating, he asked people to pick up the tableware, put on the tea set and go to the study.
Hou Ye pulled him.
“You don’t have to make tea, it’s getting late. Go back and change your clothes and go out and play.”
Xia Chu saw that he couldn’t beat him, so he could only retire.
“Tomorrow morning, be careful along the way…”
After Hou Ye finished speaking, he stopped looking at him and took the lead to go out to the study.
Xia Chu watched Hou Ye’s back disappear, and said softly, “Yes.”
Xia Chu returned to Yunqi Courtyard and saw Su Qianan waiting at the door. He raised his eyebrows and asked, “Why did you come back so early today?”
Su Qianan lowered her head and glanced at Xia Chu from the corner of the corner.
“I knew that the young master was going out at night, so I came back earlier and waited.”
Xia Chu nodded, did not speak, and went back to the house to change his shirt.
Seeing that he didn’t accuse him, Su Qianan felt a little relieved.
About half an hour later, Mo Xiang hurriedly came in from outside the hospital to communicate.
“Small, young master. Hurry up, hurry up and get out, there is someone coming from the palace.”
“What are you panicking about, it’s the person I made an appointment with, young master.”
Xia Chu’s voice came from inside the house.
“Ah? All, it’s all about the young master?”
Xia Chu thought, could it be that Zi Mu and the nine princesses bumped into each other and came here? He opened the door, walked out and said, “Well, it’s all about me.”
Mo Xiang swallowed her saliva with difficulty, her face terrified.
“Isn’t the ninth princess coming often? It’s not the first time you see the royal family and nobles, how can you be so restless.”
“Yes.”
Mo Xiang looked at the backs of Xia Chu and Su Qian’an and flattened her mouth.
Can’t blame her for not seeing the world, can it?
When the news spreads, the entire capital will be shaken, not to mention the Hou Mansion, right? ?
Xia Chu walked all the way, looking at the people all over the house, with an indescribably strange expression on his face.
He couldn’t help but wonder, Xiao Zimu didn’t see how shocking the world was.
When he left the house by himself, he couldn’t help but be surprised.
I saw a line outside the gate of the Hou Mansion, and stood Xu Wenlan, the son of the servant of the household, Xiao Mubai, the king of Mo, Xiao Muhong, the ninth princess, Xiao Zimu, the seventh highness, Xiao Yanjun, the fourth highness, and Xiao Xuqing, the eighth highness.
Xia Chu suddenly realized that he finally understood why Mo Xiang was so flustered and why the people in the house were so weird.
“The four young masters of the capital are gathered at the gate of my Hou’s mansion, which is really full of brilliance.”
“Does the little prince still know about the four young masters?” Xu Wenlan couldn’t help but asked.
“The reputation spreads far and wide.” Xia Chu nodded and said to Xu Wenlan: “Xu Gongzi is good at the qin, and I heard a song from Yayue Pavilion, which is very romantic.”
Xu Wenlan was quite proud in his heart, but with a humble look on his face, he declined and said, “Where is it.”
Xia Chu smiled and turned to Xiao Mubai.
“His Royal Highness King Mo has superb chess skills since he was a child, and he has no opponents since his aspiring years. For the rest of his life, he can only play by himself, which is very boring.”
Xiao Mubai had an aura of staying away from him, and replied coldly, “It’s okay.”
Xiao Yanjun boasted that he was about to talk about him in early Xia, and he leaned forward slightly, just waiting for him to finish talking and go over to greet him. Unexpectedly, Xia Chu faced Xiao Zimu and opened his mouth warmly: “His Royal Highness’s paintings have always been excellent. It is said that in the capital, Zimu’s danqing is hard to find…”
At first, Xiao Zimu frowned when he heard Xia Chu calling him the Seventh Highness without knowing it, and when he finished speaking, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he was very happy.
He was not happy that Xia Chu praised him, but in public, Xia Chu called him Zi Mu. He remembered the last time they met in the palace, in the dark corridor in the mottled sunlight at the beginning of Xia. Tell him that you are not like them.
“If Xia Chu likes it, Zi Mu will paint a painting for you.”
“Okay. When I go down the mountain, Zi Mumo will forget to paint a pair of Danqing for me.”
“Naturally. Never forget it.” Xiao Zimu agreed with a smile.
Xiao Yanjun looked at their smiling faces, and the words they talked happily with each other, and it was very dazzling. Thinking, it must be his turn now, right?
Sure enough, Xia Chu glanced at him. But he snorted, his face was cold, and he said in a ruthless tone: “The other one is just reading more books…”
As soon as these words came out, Xu Wenlan laughed. He smiled and found that he was the only one in the crowd laughing. The rest of the people looked a little solemn. He couldn’t help being a little embarrassed, and the more he laughed, the smaller he was, until he stopped.
Xiao Yanjun’s face was ashen, but the Eighth Highness next to him snorted coldly.
“Little Marquis is so big, let us wait here for so long.”
Xia Chu didn’t even look at Xiao Xuqing, and said sarcastically, “Did I ask you out?”
Xiao Xuqing was embarrassed by the teasing, and was about to bully him and scolded him when he was stopped by the sullen Xiao Yanjun.
Xia Chu frowned and looked at Xiao Zimu and asked, “Did you bring him here?”
Xiao Yanjun’s expression returned to normal, and he tried his best to hold a smile and said, “My father asked me to ask my seventh brother for more advice. Seeing him come out of the palace to see the little prince, I should follow him to see.”
Xia Chu ignored him and looked at Xiao Mubai.
There was no Xiao Mubai and Xiao Muhong in the Lantern Festival Lantern Market in the last life.
Now, these nine princesses are his appointment. But according to Xiao Mubai’s character, he probably wouldn’t join in the fun.
Seeing Xia Chu looking at Xiao Mubai, Xiao Muhong hurriedly said, “I had to take my brother out, it’s rare for him to agree.”
Xia Chu nodded politely to Xiao Mubai.
Xiao Mubai is not an easy to mess with, and he and Xiao Yanjun are not fellow travelers. Xia Chu didn’t want to cling to him, but he didn’t want to get into trouble with him.
Seeing Xia Chu nodding, Xu Wenlan hurriedly added, “I came with Mu Bai.”
Xia Chu looked up at him, his expression cold and distant. He wiped his eyes and smiled at Xiao Zimu.
“Then let’s go, shall we?”
Xiao Zimu nodded with a smile.
When Xiao Muhong heard that she was leaving, she immediately held Xia Chu with her left hand and Xiao Mubai with her right hand.
So the group was divided into three columns.
Xiao Yanjun and Xiao Xuqing walked in the front, and Xiao Muhong walked in the middle, holding Xia Chu and Xiao Mubai. Xiao Zimu walked on the left with Xia Chu, and Xu Wenlan walked on the right alongside Xiao Mubai. The row behind followed Su Qian’an and some attendants.
The three pedestrians walked towards the lamp market under the amazed eyes of passers-by.