Xiao Si entered the side door of Penglai Pavilion, and it was already dark at this time.

He followed the road all the way to the direction of the main building of Penglai Pavilion, passed by the forest at the fork in the road with the flower garden, and suddenly changed his mind.

Little Four turned around in the night, and he followed the path through the dense forest to the place where the flower garden was.

Penglai Pavilion is very deserted after nightfall, even in the daytime, there are not many people in and out, let alone after the fire!

From a distance, he saw that the lights on the other side of the flower garden were dimmed, and he knew that most of them had returned to the courtyard of the main building where they had settled temporarily.

This is exactly what he wants!

Xiao Si quickened his pace until he reached the boundary of the flower garden.

The courtyard door was locked, and Xiao Si recalled that in addition to Qing Zhi, the housekeeper of the flower garden, another person who could command the people below was the older Master Yuan of the flower garden.

I heard that he was here with his patrol today, and that he was also discussing the rebuilding with the craftsmen of the workshop.

Xiao Si's sources are closely related to Penglai Pavilion and Lin De Palace, and from a certain point of view, the news on either side may not be as much known as him.

And you have to add the accumulation of so many years that he has been in the palace before.

Every grass and tree, any palace, a long corridor, and a rockery in the entire Sealand Palace are like a living map in his mind.

Even if he was in any place in the palace ban, Xiao Si could know which road was the most convenient and safest.

There was a fire at night, and Xiao Si didn't have a chance to come here.

There is no one around at the moment, he can patiently check the situation inside, and he is going to Penglai Pavilion for a trip, if he finds anything, he can also mention it to that person by the way.

The view of the little four. It's completely different from the methods of the patrols.,There's a doorway to stay in the palace for a long time.。

If Baoshan was also here at this moment, he would definitely be surprised to find that Xiao Si was still a little similar to her.

also stayed in the burned house where Xiaoling lived, and carefully looked at the charcoal left behind, there is no doubt that she found the same as her!

Xiao Si's eyes widened. Noticed the imprints left by the removed items.

His footsteps followed the trail all the way to the forest behind. Stopped somewhere for a while.

He sighed softly as he stood up.

After this experience, Xiao Si went to the main building of Penglai Pavilion according to the original established route.

His figure took a few leaps through the forest. In an instant, it disappeared into the night

When he appeared in the courtyard where Qingzhi lived, half an hour had passed, and Xiao Si had some more things in his arms from the owner of Penglai Pavilion.

The interior is lit up on a winter night. At this time, Bao Shan turned the fire in the charcoal basin and felt that the temperature in the room was a little too high.

When you're out there. Although it also belongs to the flower garden under the Penglai Pavilion in name, the bridge is like a moat, which invisibly widens the distance between the two sides, and it is rare to approach the main building.

Just listen to the people outside describe with relish how the empress treats the people in Penglai Pavilion preferentially. Listening to those rumors is completely different from feeling it in person.

Even if it's just a temporary stay, Baoshan can find a lot of small details.

For example, I saw that the charcoal used by the people at the bottom of the main building was much better than that used by the flower garden!

It looks like the rumors are true. The empress really cares about the master here in her bones, and by the way, the people below also benefit. The so-called love house and Wu, this is the truth!

Bao Shan fiddled with the charcoal fire for a while, and when he turned his head to glance, the other two people in the room were a little distracted.

Her eyes swept over the two people one after another, trying to see some clues from each other's expressions and movements, which was a habit she had cultivated for a long time in the palace confinement, and it was also a well-trained instinctive reaction.

Let's talk about Gu Lan, she followed Master Yuan and them back from the realm of the flower garden at night, but after she came, she said very little, and even Qingzhi's side was only a few perfunctory words, only saying that she had to help tomorrow.

The original errand of the flower garden was temporarily suppressed because of the fire, even if it was the same as before, Gu Lan was always treated preferentially under Qingzhi, and she never touched the chores.

Right now, she is sitting in the light and embroidering on her sleeping bunk, but her appearance is very different from her usual focused appearance, always embroidering a few stitches and then looking out of the window.

She seemed to be waiting for news, and it was as if she was thinking about something.

As for the other person, Qingzhi, there are too many things that have happened from last night to now, and in Baoshan's eyes, she looks preoccupied at this moment, and she doesn't know what she is thinking.

One or two are like this, Baoshan suddenly remembered when Xiaoling was there, and a casual sentence could always break the dull atmosphere.

Now that she is injured and has gone to the Lin De Palace, she is beyond the reach of the whip.

Bao Shan couldn't think of a solution for the two of them for a while, and if he adjusted the atmosphere here, he simply drew a gourd in the same way, sat down at the table and poured a cup of tea for himself, and drank it silently.

There was a knock on the door outside, but the two people who were distracted inside reacted faster than Baoshan.

It was an attendant wearing the clothes of the people under Penglai Pavilion who came to talk to Qingzhi.

The two of them stood under the eaves and whispered a few words, not deliberately walking away from the other people in the room.

The attendants were ordered to deliver the message.

Something happened in the palace, and the empress issued a decree to postpone the palace banquet and the festival in the national capital city by a few days.

Penglai Pavilion should be the first place in the Sealand Palace to get the news, so the attendants also came to inform Qingzhi.

After all, this palace banquet is not only related to Penglai Pavilion but also to Lin De Palace, it is all related.

Seeing off the attendant, Qingzhi turned around and went back to the house, this time Bao Shan broke the silence in the house first.

"Sister Qingzhi, according to that, Your Majesty will come to inquire about the flower garden tomorrow at most."

"Since the palace banquets and festivals have been postponed, there is always a reason, it is not because the female official has found some eyebrows, so it is not too late to handle this case and hold it again."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Lan, who was embroidering flowers on the side, slipped her hand, and the needle pierced her fingers, she hurriedly pressed it with a handkerchief, and looked at Qingzhi and Baoshan at the door.

The two men were talking enthusiastically, completely oblivious to her movements.

Myth flashed in Qing Zhi's eyes and said, "There is really news." How can we not know here? "If the National Teacher knows, he will definitely let people inform us."

For this, Angelica Angelica is very sure. "I guess, most of it is still hanging, otherwise why postpone it, the mastermind behind this matter will not affect the palace banquet and festivals, but there is another possibility"

That's it. Qingzhi wanted to speak and stopped. His eyes swept over hesitantly, as if he was thinking about whether to say it or not. "What does my sister mean," Bosun asked in a low voice.

After a long time, Qing Zhi looked out the window and made the meaning clear: "It should be the national teacher's ill health!" ”

His Majesty wanted him to attend palace banquets and celebrations. The current situation is inconvenient, so I will simply postpone it for a few days. "I see?" Bao Shan said suddenly.

Footsteps sounded in the courtyard, and the three of them were all startled, could it be that the attendant had not finished speaking just now. Go and come back?

Qing Zhi went to open the door again, this time. It wasn't an acolyte, but a familiar face!

Xiao Si smiled and gestured and brought Qingzhi to the courtyard.

Baoshan, who stayed in the house, saw the situation clearly, and did not keep up. Knowing that they had something to discuss, he deliberately closed the door in order to avoid suspicion.

Gu Lan, who was embroidering flowers by the lamp, hurriedly asked, "Who is here?" “

The bunk where she slept was farthest from the door, and from where she sat it was impossible to see the person standing at the door.

Bosun glanced at her. Sit back at your own bedside, among the three. Only her chuang is closest to the door, the closest.

Baoshan lowered his head and said with a nonchalant expression on his face: "Look at the clothes on your body, it's the palace attendant!" "It's Penglai Pavilion?" Gu Lan asked, but Baoshan didn't answer, she hurried down and ran to the window to look.

Helplessly, the window was closed, and I couldn't see the situation outside, so I really wanted to open it, so Qingzhi, who was in the courtyard, saw that it was deliberate.

Gu Lan came back with a sneering expression, looked at Baoshan and said, "It won't be someone who wants to inquire about us, right?" “

Baoshan was too lazy to speak, and lowered his head and didn't answer her words.

After a while, Qingzhi went and returned, and this time Xiao Si followed her.

When she pushed the door into the house, Qing Zhi's eyes swept over the two of them, and she whispered, "You two go to the kitchen together to get some snacks and tea." “

The moonlight sprinkled in the courtyard, and Baoshan and Gu Lan got Qingzhi's order and walked in the direction of the kitchen one after the other.

Gu Lan called Bao Shan and said, "Don't you think Sister Qingzhi seems to be deliberately trying to avoid us?" "The person who came, I know, sent snacks to the training place where we live and sent the news, but he is not from the Lin De Palace, I heard that he is very familiar with Xiaoling."

When Xiao Si met Gu Lan, he smiled and nodded, he could be regarded as someone he knew. "Sister Baoshan, what do you think will matter if he comes to us so late to find Sister Qingzhi?"

Gu Lan had her own scruples in her heart, but she couldn't figure it out, so she couldn't help but feel a little more apprehensive in her words. "He's not from Lin De Palace, so he won't be the one who speaks for Xiaoling, right?"

She spoke, and although her tone was asking Baoshan, it was more like comforting herself. "How do I know," Bao Shan whispered.

Gu Lan snapped her fingers, slowed down her pace, and said, "Guess what they talked about?" “

Baoshan stopped this time, looked at Gu Lan with cold eyes and said, "I'm different from my sister, I don't have much curiosity about irrelevant things, whatever they talk about!" ”

"Since the housekeeper's sister asked me to fetch tea and snacks, I'll just get it."

Baoshan gave her a soft nail: "She has something to ask us to avoid, it's normal." "She's the housekeeper of the garden, and she has her own plans."

After that, he quickened his pace and threw Gu Lan behind, "Is it really Xiaoling who asked you to come to me?" Qingzhi sat on both sides of the road with Xiao Sifen under the lamp. Since you came at night, if I guessed correctly, there must be something important, so you can just say it. “

As soon as Qingzhi's voice fell, she suddenly realized that something was wrong, and apologized to Xiao Si, "Don't be surprised if you forget it in a hurry." “

She was referring of course to something about the disability of the little four.

Xiao Si didn't mind, shook his head and smiled to signal that it was okay for her, and beckoned her to come closer.

Xiao Si's fingers swiped across the table and "wrote" on it.

Qing Zhi watched silently, raised her head and glanced at Xiao Si in surprise from time to time, and then said with a little respect: "You are really a safe person." "If people see it so late, and the people from the Lin De Hall come to me directly, this pass is indeed not very good." "When you meet you halfway, you can still think of letting her wait outside and run this trip on your own, I thank Xiaoling a lot." "It's just that girl came to me, what the hell is the matter?"

Xiao Si "scratched" two sentences on the table, and Qing Zhi said in a low voice: "Isn't it just an old dress, when the flower garden was on fire last night, and she was brought out by the emperor, we didn't bother to take a closer look, but at a glance, the clothes were also torn." ”

"It stands to reason that if you lose it, why do you still want to run for this."

Qingzhi was quite puzzled, but thinking of Xiaoling's eccentric personality, there must be a reason in her heart.

She thought for a while, and said to Xiao Si: "I do have idle clothes here, after the fire last night, I was afraid that the embers would rekindle, so the steward under the National Teacher asked people to transfer several important cages in our house here." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll find out."

Qing Zhi stood up, leaving Xiao Si alone at the table, and she went to the cabinet in the corner of the room, with several stacked cages lying underneath.

Qing Zhi opened one of them, and after checking it, took out a half-worn garment.

She held it in both hands, handed it to Xiao Si's hand and said after consideration: "This is almost the same as what she is wearing, and the size is about the same, but there are traces on it, I'm afraid it will take a little effort." ”

Xiao Si looked at Qingzhi a little more, it was really Lan Xinhui, and she knew that it was definitely not for wearing, it must be for someone who needed to cheat.

"Don't worry, with me, no problem." Xiao Si gestured with her a few times. "It's not good to keep that girl waiting, it's called Mingzhu, enter the palace with Xiaoling, you just go out quickly, and leave it to her." "I'll thank you another day."

Xiao Si gestured and calmly left from the door.

Qingzhi leaned against the door, looking at his back with a heavy heart, secretly saying that Ming'er still had to go to Linde Palace, since she woke up, there were some things, she had to tell Xiaoling in person!

Mingzhu was at the side door, waiting for it to freeze, she hid behind a big tree on the side, and couldn't help but stomp her feet in the cold night fog.

waited for a while, and finally saw Xiao Si coming out of the side door, still carrying a small burden in his hand.

Mingzhu was overjoyed and hurried up: "Got it?" “

Xiao Si smiled and nodded, Mingzhu couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder and said, "It's really yours." “

Xiao Si glanced at the woods shrouded in night fog, and gestured to Mingzhu, "Send you back." "I was about to say, how did you guess it, I'm just afraid to go back and get lost." "Xiaoling read that right, you are such a good person." Mingzhu said gratefully

The attendant of the Lin De Hall inspected the brand that Mingzhu was carrying, and put her in by Shun Lì.

She hurried to the main entrance of the bamboo garden of the Lin De Temple, but there was a person standing there.

Mingzhu approached, He Yanzhi's eyes looked at her steadily, his eyes swept over the burden in her hand, and he said in a deep voice: "What's inside?" (To be continued)