Seeing that Li Yun had given up, Zhou Quan bowed and saluted: "I have offended the chief executive a lot just now, and I hope the chief executive will forgive me."
Li Yun waved his hands, his face turned red, not only because he received a slap, but mainly because he was really embarrassed today.
Although Xu Ze started working with him, it would affect his performance. However, when two people go together, the pressure on the other person is not as great as usual.
It would be really embarrassing to lose in such a situation. You know, I came to the East Palace to protect His Highness the Crown Prince. Speaking of which, this is all incidental to the housekeeper.
On the sidelines, Li Xian's mouth was so open that he could stuff his fist.
It is said that the authorities are blind to the beholder, but today it was the other way around. The onlookers could not understand what was going on between the three people.
Although every move and punch was clearly visible, it was just a few punches, a few kicks, and a few dodges that determined the winner.
This is too unusual.
After taking a look at Xu Ze who fell to the ground, Li Xian stopped being shocked and quickly ordered the guards to help him.
Xu Ze's injury was not serious. The reason why he vomited blood was because of a hard blow on his cheek. As for the reason why he fainted, it was because Zhou Quan kicked him on the back of the head. Obviously, Zhou Quan still had to hold back, otherwise, as long as his foot moved downward, it would be the posterior thalamus, where he would be kicked...
Tsk tsk.
Zhou Quan, who had accomplished such a feat of one versus two, returned to the way he was when he first met him. He was very respectful and always waiting for orders.
In fact, those who have been in the palace for a long time will always look like this in front of superiors.
Waving his hand and calling Zhou Quan over, Li Xian said doubtfully: "Li Yun's skills are already very powerful to me, but I didn't expect you to be even more powerful than him. In this case, you live near me and protect me." Be safe."
"Old slave, take orders."
After agreeing, he stepped aside.
Li Yun's arms were a little sore, but he still insisted on saluting and said: "Your Highness, Zhou Quan's martial arts is worse than that of this slave. In that case, why not let him teach His Highness the martial arts."
Li Xian shook his head and said, "It won't be needed for the time being, so don't worry. At this stage, it's better that you teach me alone."
After saying that, Li Xian looked at Zhou Quan and asked curiously: "Zhou Quan, come and tell me why your skills are more powerful than Li Yun's?"
Zhou Quan looked around, shook his head and said: "Reporting to your highness, I don't know, there is never a clear comparison in martial arts. You can only know if you are strong or not by fighting."
Seeing his look, Li Xian stopped asking: "Since you won, I can give you a share of my lunch meal."
"Thank you for the gift, Your Highness!"
When he heard that he was not being rewarded with food, but that he could share food with His Highness the Crown Prince, Zhou Quan immediately fell to his knees on the ground. This is a great reward!
While several people were talking, Xu Ze was called to for a while and even needed cold water before he woke up.
Like Li Yun, he also simply gave up. It was different from the last time. The last time he and Li Yun fought, because they were both timid, even though he lost, he was still a little dissatisfied. This time was different. When no one was holding back, he was given a free rein. So it was obvious that he and others were not at the same level at all.
Now that he has had enough eye addiction, Li Xian started his own exercise.
After training all three items as usual, it was noon.
Today is different from usual. In the small pavilion where he received the emperor's teachings, Li Xianqing retreated, leaving only Zhou Quan.
Today's meal - fried rice is placed on the stone table.
Sausage has been recorded as early as the Northern Wei Dynasty. The only improvement Li Xian made was to replace mutton with chicken.
There is no way, if the sausage used for fried rice is made from mutton, the taste will be too strong.
"Sit down, do you want me to serve you a meal alone?"
Seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince had already served himself a bowl of rice, Zhou Quan quickly raised his hands and said, "How dare I sit at the same table with His Highness? I can just eat standing up."
After saying that, he quickly served himself a bowl of rice and deliberately stood downwind.
While eating, Li Xian asked, "I saw you didn't want to talk just now. Now it's just you and me, so we can talk."
Seeing that Zhou Quan was about to give up his job, Li Xian added: "You don't have to salute, just say it."
Zhou Quan then gave up the idea of saluting and said: "Your Highness, you don't know that this old slave was selected by the late emperor as early as the year of Zhenguan to practice martial arts with the masters of Baiqisi. At the same time, he served as a spy of Baiqisi in the palace. Activity."
"After the saint ascended the throne, although he disbanded Baiqisi, he did not investigate the affiliation of Baiqisi. Therefore, the old slave was able to survive in Taiji Palace to this day."
"Since becoming a secret agent of Baiqisi, the old slave has killed no less than three hundred people. He was even secretly sent out of the palace by the late emperor to deliver messages to the front lines of the battlefield."
"I am telling His Highness this not to show off the old slave's past achievements, but to tell His Highness that the progress of martial arts, apart from personal practice, is all about fighting. Only by experiencing battles on the edge of life and death can we sum up experience. You just saw the old slave take a punch and nothing happened, but you didn’t know that it was a flaw that the old slave deliberately sold. And the last time the old slave suffered such a blow, if the enemy hadn’t made up for it, , otherwise your life will be at stake."
Hearing what Zhou Quan said, Li Xian bit his chopsticks and asked, "What do you mean, even if I practice martial arts, I will never reach your level?"
Zhou Quan smiled and shook his head and said: "Your Highness, the purpose of practicing martial arts is to strengthen the body. It only seeks to kill people, but it leads to inferiority. However, in the future, Your Highness may wish to conceal the fact that he has achieved success in martial arts, so that outsiders can only I feel that as the prince, you are definitely not good at these things, and you will definitely suffer if you are careless."
"Besides, although you can't experience a life-and-death crisis, if you don't mind it, my slaves and the chief manager can spar with you. Over time, you can still grow up."
Li Xian nodded, but he didn't really believe it in his heart.
Although these two people can indeed fight with him, it is obvious that they cannot really have murderous intentions towards their master. As Xu Ze said, the reason why he was wary of Zhou Quan was because of his assessment.
But when he came to his place, Zhou Quan didn't dare to look at him at all, and always looked down and submissive. It's no wonder that he didn't feel the pressure brought by him.
Although there is no way to become a first-class master, but as he said, who would have thought that a prince could be so powerful? Conceal your skills from the outside world, and then show them when you really need them. You will be a blockbuster, hehehe...
Li Xian couldn't help but laugh strangely as he imagined that he would succeed in pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.
Zhou Quan, who was holding the rice bowl, saw His Highness the Crown Prince smiling strangely. It was difficult to guess what he was thinking, so he simply didn't bother him and concentrated on eating.
If His Highness the Crown Prince could reward him with a bowl of food today, he felt that the alliance seemed to have found the right person. He couldn't see that His Highness the Crown Prince had any condescending thoughts about giving rewards. It was more like a martial arts practitioner who came out of the gate and respected his predecessors. For this respect, he felt that his old life seemed to be useful again.
After just fantasizing for a while, Li Xian came to his senses. If he didn't eat, the food would be cold.
After lunch, Li Xian stretched out and said to Zhou Quan: "Since you have proved that your martial arts are indeed extraordinary, I will give you two tasks. First, train a group of eunuchs in the East Palace to protect Gu. Secondly, to give you the qualifications to leave the palace, I want you to secretly train a group of people, spread them out in Chang'an, and establish an intelligence network. Since you are from Baiqisi, you must be very familiar with this system. .”
Zhou Quan didn't expect His Highness the Crown Prince to give him such an important task, to establish an intelligence network outside the palace?
Thinking about the former Baiqisi, he knew how important this intelligence network was. It is no exaggeration to say that if a person in power does not have his own intelligence organization, he is no different from a blind person.
Originally, such an intelligence organization should be established by the emperor. Is it too early for His Highness to establish it now? Mainly, if you want to maintain such a huge organization, the difficulty lies not only in selecting people, but mainly in money.
Without money, the people under my command can't just drink from the northwest wind and do things.
Putting down the bowl and chopsticks, Zhou Quan cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please give me your order and I will definitely handle this matter for you. However, maintaining such an organization requires a lot of money, so you must be prepared."
"Don't worry about this. There are Gu's properties in the East and West markets. If you need money, you just need to withdraw it from their account. Gu will take care of it, so you don't have to worry."
What Zhou Quan fears most is that His Highness the Prince will be angry because of money matters. However, it is best for His Highness to be prepared, so that he can do things with confidence and boldness.
Glancing at the remaining fried rice in the rice bowl, Li Xian touched his belly and said to Zhou Quan: "I know you haven't eaten enough for one bowl of rice, so I'll leave the rest to you. I'm going to take a walk for a while before going to rest. This paragraph Time, you ask Xu Ze, the one you just knocked unconscious, to take you around the East Palace."
Zhou Quan accepted the order with his hands raised, and when he saw His Royal Highness the Prince had left, he looked at the bowl of fried rice again and felt that his appetite was unexpectedly good today, and he could probably eat all of it.
His Royal Highness was dining in a small pavilion and told no one to come near, so the female officer Xiaocui could only wait quietly.
After finally waiting for His Highness the Crown Prince to come out, he hurriedly stepped forward. Before the ceremony was finished, he spoke anxiously: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess has ordered your humble maid to deliver a message to you. The Queen of Heaven is taking the Crown Princess to the Ziyu Pavilion to deliver a message to you." It’s time to choose a concubine.”
"Um."
"Um?"
Li Xian's eyes widened, he looked at Xiaocui, and asked again: "What? Choosing a concubine?"
Xiaocui nodded.
After taking a look at the linen clothes on his body, Li Xian didn't bother to change his clothes. He called Li Yong and was about to go to Daming Palace.
I knew that it was not normal for the Queen of Heaven to call the Crown Princess into the palace to pay her respects. It turned out that she wanted to choose a concubine.
Be good, Li Xian is afraid that if they don't choose well, he won't like her, so he will force her to marry her. I'm sorry, little Li Xian, but I won't marry her. These women who have become princes in name will have to remain widowed for the rest of their lives. Words like "remarry" are not applicable to them.
Here Li Xian hurried towards the Daming Palace, but from the Yuting, Fang Furong looked at the Queen of Heaven and wanted to ask for mercy for the chosen girls standing under the sun several times, but she didn't know how to say it.
The women who can stand here are all selected from official families. And if they want to enter the palace, they still need to go through layers of selection. It can be said that now that they are standing here, they are qualified to be selected.
However, even so, the number of people was still three hundred.
It's impossible to get all three hundred people, so we still have to choose. But, the Queen of Heaven didn't say a word and just let them bask in the sun. What's the way?
Seeing the Crown Princess fidgeting, the Queen couldn't help but said: "Calm down, what are you thinking impatiently? I naturally have my reasons for making such arrangements. Do you still remember the Liangdi Zhang family before? The fact is In this case, as the principal wife, it’s good for you to be kind, but it’s too much to be ridden on the neck.”
"So, you have to be tougher on them. Look, the two women in the north are already a little impatient. In such an occasion, what qualifications do they have to resist? Come on, drive them out of the palace."
The Queen of Heaven spoke, and immediately a female guard came forward and took the two restless women out.
Someone was unlucky, and the rest of the people couldn't help but shut their mouths, not daring to make any more changes.
In the pavilion, the Queen of Heaven pointed at them and said to Fang Furong: "Look, just by removing two people, they have become so honest. So, when it is time to be strict, you have to be strict. Now in the prince's room There is only you. After a while, there will be several, and when the prince succeeds to the throne, there will be even more. At that time, as the master of the harem, you will have to be strict to convince everyone. When necessary, kill the chicken Showing it to the monkey is the best way.”
Fang Furong stood up and saluted: "I will bear in mind the teachings of my mother."
Seeing that the Crown Princess had listened and even bowed specially to express her gratitude, the Queen felt very accomplished.
The sun outside was very hot, and soon some of the selected girls suffered from heat stroke and passed out.
For those who fainted, it goes without saying that they were disqualified.
When Li Xian came to Ziyuting and quietly came in from the back, the Queen was explaining the truth to Fang Furong.
"Look at those who fainted, they must be in poor health, or even have hidden diseases that were not reported. Although doing this may wrongly blame a good woman, but ah, we just need to keep improving."
Hearing this, Li Xian was a little bit dumbfounded. He looked forward again and couldn't help but screamed.
Damn it, I don’t know what the queen was thinking, but the girls who were chosen were all fourteen or fifteen years old.
Please, I'm not a lolicon, why did I call so many children?
Just when he was about to speak, he heard the Queen's voice: "Actually, those who called me Fourteen Five Six are just planning for you. The prince likes younger people, and you are not pregnant for the time being, so I chose them. I can still give you two years of grace. However, Mrs. Fang, I can only be patient with your belly for one year. After one year, if you don’t have an heir, you must give birth to one first!” 1
