Since attending her nephew's full moon party, Qin Zhen has become reclusive and rarely appears in public.
As time went by, not only what the outside world thought, but even those close to me couldn't help but ask.
When going to court, Qin Yi came to Lou Yan's side and said, "Where is Zhen Zhen? Why haven't you seen her come home for so long? The princess even asked about her a few days ago. She misses her."
In fact, it was Qin Yi who missed his sister.
Lou Yan glanced at him and said calmly: "As the weather gets colder, she doesn't like to go out much."
Qin Yi stared: "When did she become so afraid of the cold?"
When I was in Longhu Mountain before, I was someone who could roll in the snowdrifts.
Lou Yan narrowed his eyes: "It starts now."
Qin Yi: "..."
Do you have the ability to be more perfunctory?
But seeing that Lou Yan didn't want to say more, Qin Yi didn't ask any more questions. After all, looking at Lou Yan's usual way of getting along with Qin Zhen, Lou Yan wouldn't bully Qin Zhen.
Come to think of it, Qin Zhen might be really afraid of the cold.
In the morning court, Xiao Jue was entrusted with important tasks.
Almost all the matters that Xiao Yao was responsible for handling before were handed over to Xiao Jue's hands.
Although Xiao Jue is not the prince now, he is still doing things that belong to the prince. These things he was used to doing before, so he is quite comfortable with them.
Looking at Xiao Chengye and Xiao Jue's loving father and filial piety, Lou Yan couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
The father and son are acting like this now, as if Xiao Jue's rebellion and burning down of the Qinzheng Hall had never happened.
However, he has always been a mute when it comes to facing up. No matter what happens, he just closes his eyes and sleeps.
After the morning meeting, Lou Yan was about to leave, but was stopped by Gao Cheng who came in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, please stay," Gao Cheng said with a smile, "Your Majesty invites Your Majesty to go to the Qinzheng Hall, saying that he has something to discuss."
Lou Yan: "If you have anything to discuss with Xiao Jue, what should you do with me?"
Gao Cheng: "..."
Gao Cheng stiffly pulled the corners of his mouth, unable to laugh.
Fortunately, Lou Yan didn't embarrass him too much and went to Qinzheng Hall.
As soon as he entered the Qinzheng Hall, he saw Xiao Jue there, and Lou Yan's face turned cold on the spot.
He stood two meters away from Xiao Jue and whispered: "I have met Your Majesty."
As soon as Xiao Chengye heard that he started calling His Majesty again, instead of even calling Father, he knew that the third child was losing his temper again.
He was a little helpless: "Okay, get up."
Lou Yan stood up and moved directly to the corner, putting as much distance between him and Xiao Jue.
Xiao Chengye: "..."
Seeing him like this, Xiao Jue's heart became cold, but there was a helpless smile on his face: "Does the third brother hate me so much? Even standing with me has become unbearable."
Lou Yan was disgusted when he saw Xiao Jue. He only wanted his life and did not want to make a fuss with him.
"It's unbearable, so can you go away?" Lou Yan's tone was cold and he was not polite at all.
Xiao Jue was stunned for a moment and didn't say anything for a while.
This was the first time he had contact with Lou Yan since he came back.
He never expected that Lou Yan would dare to speak to him like this after not seeing each other for a short period of time, and in front of the emperor.
Xiao Jue subconsciously raised his head to see Xiao Chengye's expression, but something even more shocking happened to him.
There was not much blame on Xiao Chengye's face, he just said, "Nonsense."
Then he turned to look at Xiao Jue: "The third child has a bad temper, please be more patient."
Xiao Jue: "...Yes, I know that I am not angry with my third brother."
Xiao Jue took a deep breath, turned to look at Lou Yan, and forced out a kind smile: "Third brother, back then...it was my fault that caused harm to you and your princess. I apologize to you.
,I……"
"Can you shut up?" Lou Yan interrupted Xiao Jue's words directly, his voice became colder and colder, "Do you force me to do something to you in front of His Majesty?"
Xiao Jue suddenly lost his smile: "How could you..."
Lou Yan took a few steps directly in front of Xiao Jue, looking like he was about to take action.
"Okay!" Xiao Chengye interrupted at the right time. Instead of blaming Lou Yan, he said to Xiao Jue, "Why are you bringing up the past?"
Xiao Jue was a little in disbelief: "Father? I just..."
"Okay," Xiao Chengye was very impatient, "I told you to shut up."
Xiao Jue: "..."
Xiao Jue looked at Xiao Chengye and then at Lou Yan, who had a cold face. He was a little confused as to why Xiao Chengye was so tolerant of Lou Yan now.
Xiao Chengye told Xiao Jue to shut up, and then looked at Lou Yan's face.
Sure enough, it was colder than before.
Xiao Chengye frowned and couldn't help thinking that Xiao Jue had stayed in the imperial mausoleum for so long, and the wind there had blown his mind. At this time, what should he bring up in front of Lou Yan?
If he hadn't been sitting here, Lou Yan would probably have beaten him long ago. It's not like he had never done this before.
Xiao Chengye coughed lightly and decided not to get into trouble first and get close to his son first.
"Why haven't you seen Zhen Zhen come to the palace to accompany me these days?" Xiao Chengye spoke in a friendly tone, which was completely different from Xiao Jue's tone, "I haven't seen her in some days."
In the past, whenever Qin Zhen was mentioned, Lou Yan's expression would naturally soften.
But for some reason, this trick didn't work today.
Lou Yan still had a cold face and said in a deep voice: "It's cold and she doesn't want to go out. I'll come see you again when she gets better."
Xiao Chengye: "..."
The weather is getting colder and colder now, and it will only get colder in a while. Wouldn't Qin Zhen be even more reluctant to go out by then?
Xiao Chengye saw that his son was perfunctory with him.
He was frustrated, and in the end he had no choice but to change the subject: "I came to you today for two things. The first one is that the fourth child has been ill for some time and is not getting better. Please let me go to your house."
I asked Dr. Murong to go and have a look at him."
"The second thing is the matter in Southern Xinjiang. Today, the report from Yuanchu came up, saying that the King of Southern Xinjiang was aware of it, and the matter may be a little more troublesome than expected. I was thinking that you are busy now, so don't
If you are willing to stay in the palace longer, why not leave some of the affairs of Southern Xinjiang to Xiao Jue..."
"Your Majesty!" Lou Yan interrupted Xiao Chengye directly.
Xiao Chengye swallowed back the rest of his words and looked at Lou Yan silently.
"First, there are so many imperial doctors in the palace. His Majesty can send whoever he wants. I believe that the fourth brother will recover quickly under the careful care of the imperial doctors. As for Dr. Murong, she is just a country girl. I'm afraid.
It is difficult to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.”
This is an obvious rejection.
Now that Murong Yan is following Qin Zhen every step of the way, it is impossible for Lou Yan to let Murong Yan leave at this time.
After Lou Yan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Xiao Jue who was standing on the side, and said coldly: "As for the second item... Xiao Jue, did you stretch your hand too long?"