After more than a month of non-stop secret visits, Song Chen finally inspected Weizhou.

Before formally summoning the local officials in Weizhou, he still followed the old method and went around Weizhou for two days, which was really a very effective method. This is a direct subordinate to the imperial court, and it is not like Yanzhou, where he can inspect from time to time, so he really didn't know much about the specific people's conditions of these states and counties before he came, but after some investigation by Weifu, he can intuitively understand the people's livelihood, so that in addition to Wei Jiqu, he can also have a more comprehensive understanding of these states and counties, and prepare for the next step of the imperial court's governance.

Although his current fiefdom is only in Yanzhou, it is always not wrong to plan for the future.

Coming northwest from Jeju along the Weiji Canal, Weiju was the poorest of the five prefectures, and a large part of this was due to natural disasters. The further west you go, the drier it gets, especially in the spring, when there is often no rain for a month or two, and the crops bear the brunt of the suffering.

However, this year, Weizhou avoided the spring drought in time, and the Jishui from the east came mightily, gathering several tributaries along the way, and finally arrived in Weizhou, nourishing the land that was about to dry up in time, and also reviving the Weiji Canal, which had been abandoned for nearly a hundred years.

Due to the importance of the imperial court, the early planning was also done well, and it was related to the local people's livelihood, and the prince personally supervised it, and all localities also actively and conscientiously implemented, so the trip was quite smooth, and it was at least half a month earlier than the expected day, Song Chen met with local officials and imperial envoys in Weizhou, and stayed in Weizhou for five days, and when everything was properly explained, he set off and returned to Yanzhou.

It took eight days to travel from Yeonju to Jeju on departure, and four days to reach Yeonju from Weiju on the return.

Wantang Garden.

The sound of beating in the distance was in my ears, Chu Xue stopped writing, listened to it, and it was already time.

In April, it is early summer, and the begonias planted in the yard last year are blooming one after another in the past few days, and the flowers in the garden are delicate and dazzling. It's a pity that the person who ordered the flower planting is still outside, and I don't know when he will return. There are still ten days to go for two months, and before he left, he said that he might return late, but I don't know how long he will have to wait, and I wonder if he will miss the flowering period?

Chu Xue sighed lightly, lowered her eyes and continued to write.

Ruyue gently pushed the door in, and when she saw her in front of the table, her eyes were full of distress.

Listening to the footsteps, she knew that it was Ruyue, Chu Xue stopped her pen and looked at her, but suddenly thought of Yanling, she hadn't seen her for more than 20 days, I don't know how the girl was doing in the Huanyi room, the work there was heavy and hard, I don't know if she can adapt to it, and if anyone bullied her......

was out of her mind, Ruyue called her, "Master, it's late, go to bed early." ”

Although she still wants to be called "Miss", it sounds kind, but after that incident, Ruyue still cautiously changed her words, and everyone before and after everyone called Chu Xue "master".

Chu Xue came back to her senses and smiled slightly, "I can't sleep, write a few more, I have time to do something else during the day tomorrow, you go to sleep first, I'll sleep by myself when I'm tired for a while, don't worry." ”

"Yes."

Ruyue sighed softly and closed the door for her.

She writes slowly, and the daily thirty "Female Commandments" and "Women's Training" take almost three hours, and she has almost no time to do other things during the day, but she can't go out of the courtyard except for the morning invitation every day, so in the past 20 days, taking these two female scriptures to practice calligraphy has become her main pastime. But it's good to practice, she was a naughty girl before the age of eight, she didn't write well, and the twenty years before the crossing lived a modern life, and she didn't use a brush at all, so she had time to practice now, and she had the right to cultivate her self-cultivation and cultivate her strengths.

As he was writing, he suddenly heard the door of the outer room open, Ruyue had just gone out, why did she come in again? She was a little strange, and was about to ask, when she suddenly heard different footsteps.

The footsteps were steady and powerful, and there seemed to be a faint wind, she was stunned, and suddenly reacted, it was his footsteps, he, back?

She hurriedly put down her pen and got up to open the door, and as the door opened suddenly, the person who came also paused, and then she saw Song Chen a few steps away, and she missed the person for two months.

It's really him!

He was wearing a bamboo-blue robe, and the fine fabric shone softly under the dim light, as if it was a picture in a dream, and when he saw her come out, the corners of his lips raised a smile, but he didn't speak, just looked at her so gently.

The handsome face suddenly appeared in front of her, which made her a little dazed, and she was stunned for a moment before she reacted, and then almost instinctively threw herself into his arms, and said in surprise: "Lord Wang...... It's really you, why did you come back all of a sudden? ”

The beauty was in his arms, and with the unique fragrance after bathing, he quietly hugged her for a long time before replying to her softly, "Things are going well, I'll come back a few days early, how are you doing these days?" ”

The familiar voice was in her ears, as if she was still dreaming, she snuggled in his arms for a while, then straightened up and looked at him and nodded, her eyes welled up with distress, she frowned slightly and said: "Isn't the errand very tired, the prince has lost weight." ”

Running around for nearly two months, it is needless to say that it is hard work, and it is normal to reduce some of it, he smiled disapprerovingly, "It's not as hard as at home, of course, it's ...... you" He looked her up and down, and frowned, "I've been raising it at home, why have I reduced it?" ”

These days, while worrying about Yanling, and missing him, Chu Xue naturally lost weight, but she only smiled playfully and blinked, "I want to think about what the prince thinks." ”

The beauty in front of him was alive, and the thoughts and expectations on the way home when they parted turned into irrepressible desires at this moment, and he rubbed her into his arms and kissed her lips to his heart's content.

At first gentle, then more passionate and wild, she couldn't bear it, and gradually a low moan overflowed between her lips and teeth.

The deep and shallow murmur mixed with the fragrance emanating from under her soft nightgown made him gradually lose himself, and he suddenly picked up the delicate beauty and hurried to the bed.

Passing by the table where she had just written, the fresh scent of ink overflowed into his nose, and he kissed her while asking in a dumb voice, "I haven't slept so late, what were you doing just now?" ”

She seemed to want to dodge, and wrote lightly: "I didn't do anything, I was just writing." ”

"What are you writing about?" He reached for her skirt.

"No, I didn't write anything."

She hesitated to make him vaguely feel that something was wrong and stopped.

Seeing that he stopped, the expression on her face was a little unnatural. He felt even more wrong, and got up and went to the bookcase to read it for himself.

"One is women's morality, the second is women's words, the third is women's appearance, and the fourth is women's merit......" Half of the writing is a "Female Commandment", and then look at the side, there is a stack of ...... that has been written Such a scene was somewhat familiar, he had a little headache, and raised his eyes to look at the beauty who was still on the couch, "Why are you copying again?" Why do you write this well...... Did the princess punish you? ”

She bit her lip and shook her head, "No, the princess didn't punish the concubine, the concubine wrote it herself to practice calligraphy, and the prince was too careful." ”

"Still practicing calligraphy so late?"

"Uh-huh......" she nodded with a pale smile.

He sighed and called out the door, "Yanling? ”

The door was pushed open with a creak, but it was Ruyue who came in.

Ruyue gave a light salute, "Lord Wang, Yanling is not here, you can tell the slave maid if there is anything." ”

"Where did Yanling go?"

He sat down at the table and asked in a deep voice.

I felt wrong from the moment I entered the door, and it was always Yanling who was on duty at night, but today I saw Ruyue.

Ruyue looked at Chu Xue and hesitated: "Back to the prince, Yanling her...... She went to the room. ”

"Your personal maid, what are you doing in the cloak room?" He was puzzled, and even more sure that something had happened.

Chu Xue got off the bed and said as she walked: "It's nothing, the concubine feels that the girl has been a little lazy recently, so send her to suffer a little, Lord Wang, it's late, you work hard all the way, let them prepare water for bathing." As he spoke, he looked at Ruyue, "Go and tell them to prepare water......

"Wait," Song Chen interrupted her in a deep voice, "What do you want to hide from this king?" Ruyue, come on, why did Yanling go to the Huanyi room? ”

His voice was obviously cold, and seeing that Guan Zi was also selling about the same, Ruyue replied one by one, starting from the dishes in the dining room, and until Chu Xue knelt in front of Xu Jinhe that day, and the scene after Huang Sheng came, no matter how big or small, explained one by one.

After listening to this, Song Chen was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at Chu Xue, "So you don't sleep so late, and you're still copying these things?" ”

"The concubine body should only practice calligraphy, and she doesn't sleep because she is not sleepy, so don't be too careful." She smiled reluctantly, and her voice dimmed again, "No matter what Mama Li is, Yanling was indeed too impulsive that day, it was because the concubine was too used to her in the past, so it would be better for her to endure hardships and temper her temperament...... In any case, it is better for people to still be in the house than to be sent out. ”

At that time, when they met for the first time in the Chu Mansion Pavilion, Song Chen saw Chu Xue and Yanling arguing, although he was an outsider at that time, the intimacy between the two girls was not concealed at all, it was very natural intimacy, enough to see that the two were good.

He is a prince, a prince who grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he knows very well the open and secret battles in the harem. In all fairness, compared to other brothers, his house is quiet, and there are only four female dependents, but even if there are four, what he thinks about is only the one in front of him.

He used to think that his wife, Xu Jinhe, was a kind and gentle woman, at least for the past ten years, so he felt that his mansion had always been calm and peaceful, but why had it changed since Xue'er entered the mansion? He just wants to be good to the woman in his heart, which is the most natural emotional move, but why does he always cause trouble for Cher?

The room was quiet, and after a while, Song Chen opened his mouth and instructed Ruyue, "Go to the courtyard to see who is there, and let people go to the Huanyi room to bring Yanling back." ”

"Yes." Ruyue was secretly happy in her heart, turned around and walked out of the room quickly.

The guard on duty tonight is Lu Fang, because he has been with Song Chen before going to Weizhou, so he is also familiar with the maids of Wantang Garden, the young guard is guarding the door, and he saw a maid running in the courtyard in a hurry, his heart suddenly became hot without warning, and after seeing the maid's face clearly, he suddenly stopped, it was not her.

Ruyue also recognized Lu Fang, she saluted, and looked at the person in front of her pleadingly, "Lord Lu, the prince just ordered, please send someone to the Huanyi room to bring Yanling back." ”

"Yan Ling...... Raccoon room? Two unrelated words came into his ears, which surprised Lu Fang.

Ruyue nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, Yanling is in the Huanyi room now, go and bring her back, you ...... Recognize her, right? ”

Lu Fang nodded, "Yes, I...... Go now. ”

As a guard, you should obey your master's words and don't need to ask why.

Not to mention going to ...... Find her.

Lu Fang hurried to the Huanyi room.

Although it was past the end of the day, most of the people in other places had rested, but the Huanyi room was a drudgery place, and now the lights were bright, and there were still people working.

When Lu Fang entered the door, the girl was still struggling to pound the clothes in the wooden basin.

He saw the picture in front of him, and immediately called her name after being stunned.

Yan Ling looked up when she heard the sound and saw the young man at the gate of the courtyard.

She was also stunned, slowly got up, and asked suspiciously: "Lord Lu? You...... You're back? Suddenly discovering her gaffe, she lowered her eyes, a little cramped, "You...... Call me, what to do"

There was an astringent taste that slowly spread in his heart, and he didn't understand what kind of emotion it was, it seemed to ...... Is it distressing? I feel sorry for the hard-working girl in front of me.

When I saw her in the past, she followed Mrs. Xue, Mrs. Snow was kind to people, and she was even more kind to her personal maid, so she should have never suffered hardship, and always seemed to be happy, whenever she smiled, it was as if the clean sun shone into the hearts of others, to be honest, he liked to see her laugh.

But it's only been less than two months, how did she come here and do rough work?

He wanted to ask her, to care about her, but he couldn't.

That's not what he's supposed to do.

When he returned to his eyes, he replied to her softly, "The prince ordered me to take you back to Wantang Garden." ”

"Really?" Her eyes lit up, "Great, I'll go back." ”

With that, he took off his robe and jumped a few steps in front of him.

He nodded, and led her out of the Huanyi room and back to Wantang Garden.

The night breeze of early summer mixed with the fragrance of flowers gently brushes on the face. The young man was suddenly a little happy, for she had just smiled at herself.

Also, the pair of pear vortices that bloom just for yourself are really beautiful.