On the surface, it seems that it is just a small favor, that is, she replaced the wooden hairpin that Mrs. Qiu pinned her hair with a silver hairpin of about the same weight.

As soon as Leng Yue remembered the muffled thunder and lightning last night, the corners of her mouth twitched involuntarily.

Mrs. Qiu was not killed by thunder, and it is estimated that she was also frightened by thunder this night.

Mu Xiaofeng definitely didn't have extra sympathy to pity Mrs. Qiu's self-inflicted, she lived her little life comfortably, but in the towering palace walls of the capital, some people's lives were not very happy.

In a blink of an eye, it was almost the important day when Emperor Chu should personally go to the Big Buddha Temple to worship his ancestors. However, at this important moment, Emperor Chu was in disharmony - sick.

Although it is not a major illness, as the king of a country, no matter how small the illness is, it cannot be taken lightly.

As a result, Emperor Chu had no choice but to summon the crown prince in the Taihe Palace.

"The son knocks on his father." Under the flickering candle, the prince stood respectfully in front of the bed.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......" After a suppressed cough, Emperor Chu glanced at him and said, "You're here." ”

Emperor Chu said, beckoned to the prince, and motioned for the prince to step forward and help him up.

Seeing this, the prince had to hurriedly walk over and lay him down on the half-leaning bed, "Father, take care of the dragon's body. After making a mat for Emperor Chu, the prince showed concern and wanted to persuade again.

Emperor Chu waved his hand and stopped him directly. His eyes were raised, his deep and deep eyes slanted over, grabbed the prince's handsome face, and said in an unquestionable tone, "The day after tomorrow, you will go to the Great Buddha Temple to worship on my behalf." ”

The crown prince was stunned for a while, but Emperor Chu continued, "In addition, I will let the right minister go with you, remember to complete this matter." ”

Emperor Chu didn't care if he had any questions, let alone ask his opinion, after saying the decision, he waved his hand, closed his eyebrows and no longer looked at him, but said coldly, "Stand down, I'm tired." “

Two days later, the crown prince was ordered to take the crown princess and the right minister of the head of the hundred officials to the Great Buddha Temple.

Of course, the so-called worship at the Big Buddha Temple this time is not as grand as when I went to the Imperial Temple to worship my ancestors.

However, it is just a habit that has not changed for many years, because the immortal hall of the Great Buddha Temple enshrines the tablets of many members of the royal family, and the Chu Emperor will personally go to worship for three days on a specific day every year.

This habit had lasted for many years, but he refused to change it, and because of his ill health, he decided to let the prince go on his behalf.

The crown prince represents the Emperor of Chu, and the right minister represents the civil and military officials.

The journey from the capital to the Big Buddha Temple is not far, and it takes more than an hour to arrive.

According to the custom, after the prince and his entourage arrived at the Big Buddha Temple, they would first stay and fast for a night, and then the next day they would officially worship until they lasted for three days, and then they could return to Beijing after the worship was over.

In the afternoon of this day, the prince had nothing to do, so he went out of the courtyard alone and walked around, and unconsciously turned to the mountain behind the Big Buddha Temple.

"I have heard that the mountain scenery behind the Big Buddha Temple is quiet and elegant, and it is really better to see it than to hear it." He stood among the lush trees with his hands in his hands, looking at this most selfless gift of nature, but he sighed with great interest.

Although he is the prince of Southern Chu, although the Big Buddha Temple is not far from Beijing, but in normal times, because of the limitation of his noble status, he can't run to the Big Buddha Temple like ordinary people.

When he thinks about it, it seems that he hasn't been to the Big Buddha Temple for two or three years, so it's no wonder that the scenery looks very different.

It is rare to have such leisure time, and at this moment the prince is very interested, so he walks leisurely in the forest with his hands in his hands.

However, as soon as he turned and plunged into a handful of bushes, there seemed to be a sudden rush of wind in the woods.

If it were ordinary people, they would not be able to hear that this gust of wind was any different from usual. But the crown prince is not an ordinary person, in addition to his noble status destined him to be more cautious and cautious than ordinary people, his own martial arts are not bad.

Almost as soon as the sound of the wind passed, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

It was the wind movement brought by the martial arts master's light skills.

As soon as this thought came out, the prince was almost instantly startled.

He immediately held his breath, thought about it for a moment, and decided to stay in the bushes for the time being.

Although the prince could hear that the direction of the gust of wind just now was not coming towards him, he could also quickly judge that the person with extremely high martial arts just now had not gone far, because the subtle sound of breaking the sky froze for a moment.

He stayed in the bushes, and subconsciously pricked up his ears at the place where the wind had just passed.

As soon as he listened carefully, he heard a slight sound of footsteps in the distance, and the sound was slow and light. He couldn't help but be stunned, judging by the sound of footsteps, not far from his bush, there should be someone walking in the woods.

Just as he was guessing, a voice that was so cold that it didn't have the slightest temperature called out stiffly, "Miss." ”

Hearing this unfamiliar and familiar voice, the prince's heartbeat increased unnaturally.

His eyes were cold, and then he listened more intently to the conversation on the other side.

"Oh, Leng Yue, you're back, what did you find?"

As soon as this voice came, the prince's heart became complicated. He unconsciously clenched his fists, and inexplicable resentment gradually welled up in his cold eyes.

"The slave and maid did not dare to follow too closely, fearing that they would find out; At that time, I only saw her solemnly handing over a small object to a man ....... ”

"Wait, are you sure she's seeing someone other than the crown prince?"

"Miss, don't worry, no matter how far away you are, the slave and maid will never mistake the prince."

"The slave couldn't see what she gave to that man, and only vaguely heard her call that man Mr. He," Leng Yue paused, and the prince's heartbeat, who had pricked up his ears to eavesdrop, was chaotic, "and very solemnly asked him not to let the prince know." ”

The prince was so angry that he secretly gritted his teeth, and heard Mu Xiaofeng's soft and beautiful voice coming from the distance, and said in confusion, "I heard that there is a good staff member in the prince's mansion whose surname is He, but I don't understand what personal relationship the crown princess has with this staff." ”

"If it's official business, they can meet in the Prince's Mansion, why should they avoid everyone secretly meeting in this temple, and solemnly ask for something."

"Miss, do you need slaves to keep an eye on them?"

"It's not necessary, if she hadn't come under our noses, I wouldn't have bothered to care what their private relationship was."

"Besides, if you want to know what she asked that Mr. He for, just ask someone directly, why bother to stare at people."

After a period of silence, Leng Yue's voice suddenly realized, "Miss means to ask ......." ”

"Shhh

"Miss is right," said another flustered silence, before the cold and stiff voice was heard, "the slave and maid see that there seem to be a large field of wild flowers blooming on the hillside over there, why don't we go over there?" ”

After these words, there was a leisurely and light footsteps, and it sounded like it was gradually moving away.

The prince sighed secretly, but he came out of the bushes with a gloomy face clenched into his fists.

Overhearing this kind of news, his previous good mood had been destroyed in an instant, and with Mu Xiaofeng's master and servant over there, he would definitely not go over to join in the fun.

After thinking silently for a while, he turned and walked towards the courtyard.

But the prince didn't know that when he was far away, the master and servant who should have turned farther to see some wild flowers were hiding from a high place and looking at him from afar.

"Miss, will he believe it?" Although Leng Yue believes in her young lady most of the time, she is not Qingruo, she will not worship blindly, and will only judge the credibility of things through various signs.

"You don't need him to really believe it," Mu Xiaofeng smiled softly and harmlessly, but Leng Yue glanced at her quietly, only to feel that such a gentle smile really concealed her fox-like cunning nature. "As long as he has doubts in his heart."

Leng Yue blinked his eyes suspiciously, Mu Xiaofeng smiled faintly, as if he was explaining to her, and as if he was just talking to himself, "Because he has a thorn in his heart, a thorn that can never be removed, but whenever it involves men and women, he can't help but think about that thorn." ”

After being silent, she sighed with feeling, "This is probably a suspicious ghost." ”

Leng Yue lowered her eyes silently, quietly turning her brain to think about what the thorn she said made the prince suspicious.

After thinking about it for a long time, she remembered some vague pasts, but she guessed in her heart for a long time, and she was still not sure. I had to look at the girl who was bowing her head to enjoy the flowers, and asked very sincerely, "Is the young lady talking about something related to the eldest princess?" ”

Mu Xiaofeng glanced at her appreciatively, did not speak, only smiled faintly and lowered his eyes with an intoxicated expression - seriously appreciating the flowers.

However, under this happy look, the thick and long eyelashes covered the eyes and were faintly gloomy.

The eldest princess Chu Zhenlie ......, Hongyu, are you doing well in that world?"

Seeing that she was silent, Leng Yue simply said to herself, "The slave maid remembers that the first princess is also surnamed Hu, and the current crown princess is ...... Well, it was actually chosen from the Hu family. ”

Leng Yue suddenly frowned, and asked out of intuition, "Miss, the one in Fengqi Palace is reluctant to give up the Hu family, is there anything worth her thinking about in the Hu family?" ”

Mu Xiaofeng was stunned, and when he heard this, he quickly replied, "This question is good, let's go back and check the details of the Hu family in detail." ”

Speaking of investigation, the crown prince, who was suspicious of his new crown princess and his right-hand man, immediately secretly investigated them after returning from the back mountain.

"Come on, go to the front wing and ask Mr. He to come here." He groaned in the hall for a while, and then instructed without hesitation, "Just say that the palace has something important to discuss with him." ”

Immediately at the door, a guard clenched his fist at him, and then turned and walked towards the large courtyard in front of him.

After the order, the prince picked up the cup and was about to drink tea, but when he opened the lid and caught a glimpse of the thick stem tea leaves floating on the water, he immediately frowned irritably, and put the cup on the table.

Just as a mother came in from the door, he immediately asked unhappily, "Mother Ye, where did the crown princess go at this hour?" ”