Yan Min frowned, thinking back to the scene just now, the old monk really didn't run, but walked, and walked very slowly, but for some reason, the arrow couldn't hurt him, "It's ...... It's wicked. ”

In fact, when Xiyue reminded the monk to run just now, she only thought that he was an ordinary old man, and she was afraid that he would lose his life for no reason, so she kindly reminded him. But soon she saw that the old monk seemed to be walking slowly, but in fact, his body was extremely fast, one step was equivalent to a few steps for others, if it wasn't for his peerless martial arts, it would be impossible to do it. Even if she hadn't reminded him, the arrows wouldn't have hurt him in the slightest.

This mountain forest is in the territory of Xiaoshan, it is a royal forbidden land, there is a strict defense under the mountain, with the skills of this monk, it is not strange to be able to go up the mountain, but strangely, why did he come? He appeared inexplicably and left inexplicably, leaving only that strange sentence, which is really incomprehensible.

Xiyue shook her head and didn't think about it anymore, "You, the frog at the bottom of the well, we have met a hidden master, if it weren't for his compassion and just a little finger movement, no one here would be able to save your life." In the future, you must guard against arrogance and rashness, don't always know the height of the sky, in case you meet a wicked person who has done good work, people do not necessarily have to take your life, and some are interested means to make you suffer. ”

Yan Min was a little dumbfounded, "How dare he?" I didn't show my identity just now, if the old bald donkey knew that I was the prince, wouldn't he obediently kneel and beg for mercy? ”

She gave him a blank look, "What else would you do besides relying on this identity?" If you don't have this identity, what skills do you have? ”

He was not convinced, and wanted to say that the carpenter work he did was more exquisite than that of the craftsmen in the palace, but when he thought of his father's dislike, he closed his mouth again and said, "So what? I just have a good life, I was born with money, even if I don't have any skills, I can live better than others. ”

Xiyue didn't bother to say more to him, but said: "That's, I forgot, what His Highness wants, just open the golden mouth a little bit, even hunt a wild boar, you don't need to do it yourself." I'm talking too much. ”

When she talked about hunting wild boars, Yan Min suddenly remembered something, and turned her head to look, "Zishuo, where is Zishuo?" ”

Only then did everyone realize that Zishuo, who was still following the prince just now, disappeared at some point. Just as he was wondering, he heard footsteps in the distance, and Zishuo walked out of the forest leisurely.

He was clearly on his side, but when did he leave? Yan Min was a little strange and asked, "Zishuo, where did you go?" ”

Zi Shuo said loudly: "Back to His Highness, the subordinates went after the roe deer." ”

Chasing roe deer? But he just said that he was only responsible for his safety, why did he suddenly chase the roe deer for him? Although Yan Min felt strange, he was a little happy to hear him say this, "Oh, what about the roe deer? ”

Zishuo shrugged, "Running too fast, chasing lost." ”

Yan Min was disappointed for a while, but he didn't say anything. Xiyue looked at him thoughtfully, and he said that he went after the roe deer, but the direction in which he came out was obviously the opposite direction of the roe deer's escape. And he looks calm and relaxed, like he has just finished chasing his prey?

Zi Shuo seemed to feel her scrutiny, and grinned at him at her gaze, revealing two tiger teeth and two small dimples on the cheeks. I don't know what good he has, but he just got Yan Min's appetite right, and he didn't even say a word to him.

Xiyue glared at him back, "Go back, it's boring." ”

In Yicheng, a harrier eagle hovered in mid-air a few times before landing steadily on Yun Wen's arm.

It's already night, there are few lights in the Jiyue Palace, the sky is sunny for a few days, the snow has not completely melted, and it snows heavily at night, and the palace is even colder. Only Ruo's study is still brightly lit, and the earth dragon is burning in the house to keep the cold out.

Yan Xu put down the book in his hand, and listened to Yun ask to report the contents of the secret letter, "Duyi?" ”

Yun Wen lowered his hands and said in an affirmative tone, "Although I haven't seen the first master of transition, according to what Yunzhu said in the letter, there is no doubt that the monk should be the master of the Great Compassion Temple." ”

Yunwen, Yunshan, Yunhai, and Yunzhu are the four leaders of Yanxu's Yunwei, among which Yunzhu is a woman who has been responsible for taking care of Xiyue, and the secret letter was passed back by her.

Yan Xu frowned slightly, "But if it's Duyi, why did you leave like that?" ”

Yun Wen was also puzzled, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "After all, he is only one person, there were many guards of the prince at that time, and the mountain was also well defended, and the head of the Mingyan Division, Zi Shuo, was also present, if he broke through, he would not be able to please him." ”

Yan Xu was noncommittal, staring at the jumping candle flame on the desk, his eyes were deep, his expression changed, and after a long time, he said quietly: "It's been three years...... It's time. You all go to Xiaoshan tomorrow and pick her up. ”

After that night, the snow fluttered and fell for a few more days, and the palace was full of snow, and the weather was freezing, and the palace concubines no longer moved around, but hid in the house to avoid the cold. Jiyue Palace is the place where Yan Xu lived since he was a child, it is said that it was originally called Qionghua Palace, Yan Xu married the princess, the emperor did not let him go out of the palace to build a mansion, Yan Xu changed the name of Qionghua Palace to Jiyue Palace.

The princess died of a vicious disease on the second day of marriage, Yan Xu did not marry another wife, and there were no other concubines, he was lonely and cold, he didn't like to be lively, and in winter, Jiyue Palace seemed deserted. Since the moon came, Jiyue Palace finally got a little angry. Xiyue is good at dancing, but she can't dance alone, so in addition to her, there is also a group of people in Jiyue Palace who specialize in accompanying her to practice dancing.

Yan Xu ordered people to specialize in a hall, named Feixia Palace, emptied the furnishings, laid pear blossom wood floor on the ground, hung veils on the beams, embedded pearls on the four walls, and burned incense at the four corners, which were used for cherishing the moon and dancing. In the past, at this time, she should have practiced dancing here, but when Yan Xu came in, only a few little palace maids were wiping the floor.

"Where's Tsukihime?"

The little palace maid got up and saluted, and replied respectfully: "Back to Shizi, Yueji is just a little unwell, and she will practice again tomorrow." ”

Unwell? She is alive and kicking every day, when has she ever felt unwell? I'm afraid I'm lazy again. Yan Xu didn't say anything more, turned around and walked towards her dormitory, and waved her hand at the palace maid guarding outside the hall, who saluted silently and retreated silently.

The inside of the dormitory was burning with charcoal, which should have been warm and warm, but the windows were open, and the slightest chill sneaked into the room with the north wind, and the plum on the flower shelf in front of the window seemed to be unable to resist the invading cold, and some petals fell lightly.

Yan Xu entered the hall and saw Xiyue lying on the beauty couch with her knees bent, and there was a white tiger skin on the beauty couch, which was the skin of the white tiger that was slaughtered by Zi Shuo in the beast fighting ring that day. Her body is embedded in the thick and soft tiger skin, outlining the graceful lines of high and low. At this time, she was holding her cheeks with one hand and fiddling with a small lacquered gold wooden box with the other, looking at the snowflakes fluttering outside the window.

"You also say it's uncomfortable, I think you're just lazy."

Xiyue was startled, and then a smile spread to her eyebrows, "Jinyun, why are you here?" ”

He said before that he was busy with the conquest of Wei Di recently, and he wouldn't come over in the next few days, but he didn't expect to come so early today. She threw down the wooden box in her hand, walked towards Yan Xu barefoot, took his arm inside, untied the big box for him, and pulled him to the beauty couch to sit down.

The chill was gone, Yan Xu leaned comfortably on the couch, took the hot tea handed by Xiyue and took a sip, "If I didn't come, how would I know that you were lazy, it seems that you are used to being idle in Xiaoshan and raising people lazy." ”

Xiyue smiled and put away the teacup he had drunk, "It's cold, people don't want to move, not to mention that I have already practiced the Lingxiao Dance, it doesn't matter if I practice it or not." If you don't believe me, I'll show you. ”

As she spoke, she stood a few steps away, spun around, took a few light dance steps, and then returned to the couch like another gust of wind, half-kneeling and looking at the people on the couch, "How?" Isn't it a good jump? ”

Yan Xu sneered, "I didn't dance well, but my skin was getting thicker." Catching a glimpse of the small wooden box on the couch, he reached out and took it, "What is this?" ”

"It was given to me by the prince, saying that this game is called a puppet box. You see, there's a mechanism here, and there's a little doll hidden in it......" she said as she demonstrated, and when she opened it, a big-headed doll jumped out of the box, "It's interesting, this is made by the prince himself, but I didn't expect him to be skillful." ”

"Playthings are demoralized." Yan Xu said lightly and put down the wooden box, and said: "If you talk about the benefits, I think you are more interested, in a short period of time, the prince has been impressed by you, what are you doing?" ”

Xiyue raised her eyebrows proudly, "It's a great means, but I won't tell you." She chuckled a few times and added, "Actually, he is not so difficult to get along with, don't worry, I will not conflict with him again, and I will not embarrass you again." ”

Since the last time she listened to Yan Xujian, she inquired carefully about the prince.

The Yan family has always had thin heirs, and Jinshang is no exception. The queen died of illness shortly after giving birth to a son and a daughter, but the rest of the concubines did nothing. Yan Min was born prematurely, born as thin as a cat, and was frail and sickly since childhood. Emperor Chongwu of the Jin Dynasty, when he was young, he went on expeditions everywhere, and he didn't see much with his son, and the queen died early because she was injured when she gave birth to Yanmin, and he didn't like this son who was completely different from himself, and he was sick and panting for breath when he was sick at every turn, and he only occasionally asked about his homework, and he rarely took the initiative to summon him.

Emperor Jin didn't want to see the eldest son of the emperor, everyone in the palace knew it, and the queen mother raised Yan Xu in front of her, and she took care of Yan Min flawlessly, so Yan Min's life was not easy when he was a child. The concubines were so anxious that they could give birth to a prince for Emperor Jin again, but they couldn't even lay an egg. When Yan Min was ten years old, Emperor Jin was seriously injured on an expedition, probably thinking that he would not be able to give birth to a son, so he made Yan Min the crown prince, and his life gradually improved.