The first time he saw Cui Zhan, Xu Yan felt that this person was full of weirdness.

He is dressed inconspicuously, it is a common green silk robe in the market, his hair is hairpin at the top of the center, and he is slightly hunched at the waist, which is a very respectful posture. When greeting people, they are also very stable, not hurried, and full of fear, which is no different from the common seven- or eight-grade petty officials.

However, his back unconsciously straightened, as if a bamboo pole had been bent by a boulder, which contained strong strength and could rise from the ground at the right time.

Xu Yan was casual, "Yesterday, a file was sent to the king's desk, and there are some places related to you, so I came to ask." ”

"Your Highness, please command, and the lower officials will know everything." Cui Zhan knelt on the ground and bowed his body.

Xu Yan swept towards King Wei out of the corner of his eye, and saw a clear flash of disgust on his face. But King Wei still didn't say anything, he must have known that someone had betrayed him, and even knew that that person might be Cui Zhan, but he still kept Cui Zhan in the mansion and didn't say a word.

It's really funny.

Xu Yan hooked the corners of his lips and picked a random question, and Cui Zhan raised his head and answered slowly.

Xu Yan's gaze swept from time to time, and he didn't feel anything at first, but after looking at it for a long time, he felt that Cui Zhan's face was a little strange. The facial features are no different from ordinary people, and they are not too eye-catching, but when they speak, the cheeks, the corners of the mouth and even the corners of the eyes are not as natural as ordinary people's faces.

It's like ...... It's like a fake face.

This thought made Xu Yan slightly startled, he still drank tea quietly and observed, and when Cui Zhan finished narrating, he said casually: "This king knows, you can step down." ”

Cui Zhan retreated as ordered.

Xu Yan then set his eyes on King Wei, "This Cui Zhan's background is unknown, and I didn't find any news of him when the criminal department opened the file, since he is working under you, what can you add here?" ”

"Cui Zhan is an official registered in the imperial court, if there is not even a ministry, how can I find it." King Wei laughed dryly.

Xu Yan didn't chase after him, he only nodded and sighed, as if he had no intention, "Although he is a petty official, he is a troublesome person." With that, he got up and left, and didn't say anything more to King Wei.

King Wei was a little stunned, as if he was recalling Xu Yan's words just now, and sat in a daze for a long time, and when he came back to his senses and wanted to order the send-off, Xu Yan had already disappeared.

In Duanwang's mansion, Xu Yan was sitting behind the big case of red sandalwood, and he was stunned. Cui Zhan's face dangled in front of him, he felt a little familiar, but it was clear and blurry, but the slightly distorted posture on the corners of his mouth made him feel more and more uncomfortable in his heart-

It's not that he hasn't seen all kinds of strange appearances, over the years, he has seen men with stumps and broken hands, and he has also seen some people who are born strangely, but there is no one like Cui Zhan, who is obviously ordinary, but it always makes people feel weird.

Seems...... That face wasn't his own!

When this thought popped up again, even Xu Yan was startled by his own thoughts.

When Shen Yan walked in, Xu Yan was in a daze at the bookshelf behind her, her steps were neither light nor heavy, but Xu Yan didn't seem to notice it at all.

There were some military books and documents handed over from everywhere on the desk, and Shen Yan didn't bother when she saw Xu Yan thinking about it. Seeing the polished ink and inkstone paperweight, his heart suddenly burst out of a year, so he secretly smiled, put the beam food box in his hand on the low table next to him, and turned to the back of the case, wanting to marry a sketch.

On the case, rice paper was spread out, and the handwriting on it was dancing and criss-crossed, as if it had been written when his mind was extremely confused. The ink in the middle had long overlapped and was difficult to distinguish, and Shen Yan looked around carefully, only to find that the word "Cui Zhan" was written on it.

"Cui Zhan?" Shen Yan read it out softly, the plain name, why did it make Xu Yan upset?

"You're here." Xu Yan came back to his senses, looked down at her with a good face, looked outside, except for the heather waiting outside, there was no other trace, and couldn't help but smile and said, "It's all right?" ”

"Uh...... Not yet. Shen Yu hurriedly denied it, "It's just idle and boring, so I went out for a walk, and by the way, I sent a bowl of summer soup to His Highness." ”

"Your craft?" Xu Yan's eyes swept to the rice paper on the table, which had already been messed up with ink, picked it up and crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the basket. Then he took Shen Yu's hand and walked to the table, opened the food box, and in the porcelain bowl of entwined lilies inside, there was indeed a bowl of lotus leaf and pear soup.

The porcelain bowl is surrounded by crushed ice, and the ice cubes are half melted at this time, but the soup in the bowl is just cool.

Xu Yan drank half a bowl into his stomach, only to feel comfortable all over his body, and the little trouble and entanglement just now was not worth mentioning. couldn't help but stop Shen Yan and let her sit on her knees, then she stretched out her palm to help her slowly massage her back, "The craftsmanship is really good, what if you want to drink it every day?" ”

"Then I will wash my hands and make soup for His Highness every day."

Xu Yan was happy to hear this, and couldn't help rubbing her face, "Didn't you dislike these before?" ”

"It used to be before, but now I know that I am very happy to do this for His Highness." Shen Yan brought the porcelain bowl to his lips again, "So Your Highness must drink cleanly, and no one is allowed left!" ”

Xu Yan really finished drinking according to his words, there was no one else in the house, and when his wife was in her arms, she couldn't help but want to be close. Kissing the lips and rubbing her cheeks, even if she wants to force her desires for her body, this kind of grinding and intimacy has made people's hearts sway.

Shen Yu hung on his neck, and she was also greedy for such intimacy.

Gradually, the sky outside became gloomy, as if it was going to rain, so Xu Yan took Shen Yu to the Jingsi Pavilion at the back of the palace to enjoy the rain. It's just that no matter how beautiful the rain scene is, Cui Zhan's face will still pass through his heart from time to time, disturbing Xu Yan a lot.

Shen Yan saw him frowning occasionally, so she remembered the messy rice paper, "That Cui Zhan, did it give His Highness a headache?" ”

"Well, there are a lot of important things involved, but the identity is not very clear."

"Won't Your Highness find out?"

"I haven't found it yet. He is a person from the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion, and his actions during the investigation should not be too big, so as not to startle the snake. ”

"People from the Marquis of Ningyuan's Mansion?" Shen Yan frowned, "The three sons in the mansion, it seems that no one is called Cui Zhan, right?" ”

"His surname Cui was given by Marquis Ning Yuan." Xu Yan suddenly remembered something, "Jiang Wenying's daughter, what kind of cousin are yours, are you going to marry into the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion?" ”

"Oh, Cousin Zhen." Shen Yu nodded, "Her marriage to Cui Che was set the year before last, and the marriage was completed in October this year." When I went to my grandfather's house that day, I listened to them chatting, Qin Ni was going to marry Cui Yan next month, just to be a stepfamily, and Qin Xiong was exiled with a crime, so he wouldn't make a big fuss. ”

"Cui Jiaken wants Qin Ni?" Xu Yan frowned.

It stands to reason that a criminal minister like Qin Xiong who is involved in the military and soldiers, once he is convicted and exiled, will rarely have a chance to make a comeback, and ordinary people will be a little jealous. There is an eldest princess of Leyang in the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, even if there may be Mrs. Huo to make it clear for this granddaughter, it may not be unbearable, but it is strange that they are still willing to accept Qin Ni into the mansion.

Shen Yan's understanding of the situation is limited after all, seeing that the Huo family is so domineering, just because Mrs. Huo is very capable, she pouted, "It's not." ”

Xu Yan pondered for a moment, and in the sound of Linlin's rain, his thoughts suddenly became clear, "When the Jiang family and the Marquis of Ningyuan were married, who made the idea?" ”

"This ......" Shen Yu frowned and thought about it, and remembered that it was Aunt Jiang who told her the news, saying that Jiang Wenying had already made up her mind with Marquis Ning Yuan, and both families were willing, as for who mentioned it first, she didn't know.

Shaking her head suspiciously, Shen Yan bit her lip and looked at him, "This marriage, there won't be any catliness, right?" ”

- Jiang Hao doesn't like intrigue the most, when she heard that she was going to marry into a family like the Marquis of Ningyuan, she was already unhappy, if there was anything behind this marriage, wouldn't it be even more of a headache?

"It's not good to say, you ask this first, if there is something, I will go to Jiang Wenying."

"Then I'll go tomorrow!" Shen Yu didn't dare to delay.

The next day, I went to Aunt Jiang's place, mentioned Qin Ni's marriage, and then talked about Jiang Hao, and after a little inquiry, Aunt Jiang said it truthfully. At the beginning, the marriage was mentioned by the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion, Cui Che was the second son of the eldest princess of Leyang, and her conduct and appearance were all good, and Jiang Wenying also had the intention of marrying in her heart, so she made up her mind.

As soon as he returned to the mansion and told Xu Yan about this, Xu Yan sneered: "That's the case." ”

"Really?" Shen Yu stopped the chopsticks in her hand, "Your Highness has already guessed it?" ”

Xu Yan nodded, pondered for a moment, and didn't say much.

On the day of May 20, it began to rain lightly in the capital. After Shen Yu recuperated for many days, her body had already recovered as before, because Han Zheng had read the book list and had no news sent over, she had nothing to do here, remembering the doubts that had always been hanging in her heart these days, so she asked someone to prepare a carriage and horses and went to Meng's house.

There are few people who go out on rainy days, and the two uncles of the Meng family are now at home, and there are not many visitors, and the front of the house is very clean.

Mrs. Meng probably didn't expect Shen Yu to visit on a rainy day, and when she heard the news, she hurriedly asked someone to invite Shen Yu into the warm pavilion. After a while, the eldest uncle's mother Tian also came over when she heard Xin'er, but the second aunt Lu was not there, it was said that she was beaten by the people of the Marquis Wenzhong's Mansion this morning, and Shen Yu didn't take it to heart.

Sitting idle and talking for a while, Tian is a shrewd person, knowing that Shen Yu will not visit on a rainy day for no reason, seeing that there is nothing to do with himself, he took someone to leave first.

The remaining Shen Yu and Mrs. Meng were alone, and they mentioned the purpose of coming today, "I went into the palace a while ago and met the queen in the imperial garden, and she said a lot of strange things, as if she was deliberately targeting my mother. ”

She looked at Mrs. Meng's face intentionally or unintentionally, and saw that the old man's face really changed slightly.

Shen Yu knew that she had guessed well, so she continued: "Grandmother, you grew up watching my mother-in-law, did she have a festival with the queen's mother before she went to Luling?" ”