twenty-six

The great eunuch Liu Gonggong beside the emperor personally sent Xu You to the upper study, not to mention anything else, this decency alone has already surprised people and sighed, not to mention, in the afternoon of the same day, a steady stream of rewards were sent to King Rui's mansion, nominally for Xiao Shizi, but Princess Rui only glanced at the list of rewards, and immediately stood up in shock.

After a while, Lord Rui was also invited into Xuanning Hall, and the couple looked at the list for a long time, staring at each other with big eyes, both stupid.

"Have you ever asked what happened in Brother Shun's palace?" Lord Rui rubbed his temples and asked in a low voice.

Princess Rui replied with a bitter face: "I have already asked, where does Brother Shun know, as soon as he entered the palace, he went to the study to study, and when he left the palace, Gonggong Liu sent the snow group back." The concubine also went to investigate, but there was no news at all, and it was obvious that His Majesty ordered the mouth to be sealed. Although she had long known that the cat was not a mortal thing, it was really bottomless to come all of a sudden.

In the end, Lord Rui is a man, he is more open-minded, thinking that Lord Long Live should be kind, so he is relieved, so he in turn comforts Princess Rui and says: "It is rare that the cat has entered the blue eyes under His Majesty's eyes." Since His Majesty was rewarded in the name of Brother Shun, we should treat it as if we didn't know the way, and treat the cat politely in the future. ”

Princess Rui couldn't think of a better way, so she had to respond.

As for Liyuan's side, the maids who were waiting in the yard were beaten hard again, and this time it was Mama Su beside the princess who came to pass the word, her eyes were sharp, her words were intimidating, she didn't say much but was concise, she only glanced at everyone coldly, and said: "If I know that anyone dares to be disrespectful to the prince's cat, let me quickly pack up my things and get out of the house......"

Except for Cui Yu and Xue Fei, whose complexions were quite normal, the rest of the maids were so frightened that they were silent, their faces were like white paper, and they didn't even dare to come out. Since then, the atmosphere of Liyuan has been solemn.

Then Xu You obviously felt that her status had been further improved, and even sometimes the teapot stupidly rushed towards her and asked to play together, and she would be dragged away by the little maids, lest the teapot hurt her lightly or severely.

As for the palace, Xu You quietly went to inquire about the recent gossip, and vaguely heard that two nobles were removed from the palace due to serious illness, and all the people in the courtyard were cleaned, as for where they went, it was not enough for outsiders. Xu You vaguely felt that the two nobles alone really couldn't set off such a storm, and there was a chance that there was a mastermind behind this matter, but she didn't continue to investigate.

Even His Majesty the Emperor has come to an end here, if she doesn't know how to accept it when she sees it, she will be digging her own grave!

After another two months, the weather suddenly became cold, and after two days of howling north winds, it began to snow heavily.

The study room is still not suspended, whether it is the emperor's son or the prince's torturers, they have to brave the cold to go to the university. Now Shen Rong can follow him into the palace to serve, after sending Zhao Chengjin into the upper study, he will wait in a side hall outside the courtyard, and there are other people from the palace with him, and after mixing for a long time, he will slowly become familiar.

Although the side hall is not as warm as spring as the study, there are also charcoal basins and snacks and hot tea. The weather was too cold, Xu You didn't want to run outside anymore, and it was not good to follow Zhao Cheng to stay in the upper study to provoke those children to study with peace of mind, so he simply followed Shen Rong to sleep in this room. It is precisely because of this that the eunuchs serving in this room are extremely polite to Shen Rong.

Shen Rong is a good boy who is eager to learn and progress, and other subordinates are all chatting and talking in a bunch, while he sits alone by the brazier in the corner and reads, while Xu You lies next to him in a ball and sleeps, Shen Rong reaches out and touches her head from time to time, with a gentle and flattering meaning.

After sleeping like this, Xu You heard a voice outside the door in a daze, so he half-squinted his eyes and looked around blankly. She sounded a little familiar with that voice, it should have been someone she had seen, and she was racking her brains to think about it, the door opened, and two middle-aged eunuchs came in, and Xu You immediately recognized the horse-faced eunuch among them - wasn't it the one who raised parrots last time?

The horse-faced eunuch was complaining to his companions that his errand was not easy to do, those cats and dogs were smelly and difficult to serve, and the other eunuch laughed: "There is no easy work to do in this palace, Lao Li, if you can raise a cat like that, you will be favored by Your Majesty one day." As he spoke, he nodded his chin in the direction of Xu You, and the horse-faced eunuch looked at her, his face became more and more gloomy, and he shook his head gloomily and said, "If you really want such a smart cat, it will not be my turn to raise it." ”

Xu You stood up slowly, stretched out his front paws and stretched his waist very extendedly, shook his head, shook his hair, and decided to go and see the second parrot.

Time has passed too long, if it weren't for the sudden encounter with this horse-faced eunuch today, Xu You was afraid that she would have forgotten the second parrot to the clouds, and now that she thinks about it, she estimates that that guy may not have a good life. It's not easy for the palace people to make a mistake and be deposed from the queen's palace, let alone a parrot with a cheap mouth - that guy won't already hang up!

She got up and walked out, Shen Rong was stunned, quickly put the book in her arms and chased after her, and asked in a low voice, "Where are you going to Xuetuan?" It's cold outside, so don't walk around. ”

Xu Yu ignored him and walked straight out the door. Shen Rong didn't stop him, followed him quietly, and even took the initiative to open the door for her.

A crack opened in the door, and the cold air outside pierced in like a sharp blade, Xu You shivered involuntarily, only to feel that the heat on his body disappeared in a second. She stomped her feet, gritted her teeth, and came out with her head arched, and Shen Rong followed without thinking about it.

The snow hasn't stopped yet, Xu You can only avoid walking under the eaves, Shen Rong followed for a while, seemed to be a little worried that she was freezing, and couldn't help but quickly catch up and said: "Xuetuan, why don't I hug you, how cold it is." ”

What he said also made sense, Xu Yu stopped his steps like a stream, and Shen Rong held him in his arms. Shen Rong had a good life in the Ruiwang Mansion, as a scholar who served the prince closely, his food was much better than that of other little girls, and his winter clothes were thick, and after only a few months, his face looked much better, and he also had some flesh on his body, no longer the skinny appearance before.

I don't know if Lu Dao is because of the heavy snowfall, or because Shen Rong is holding Xu Yu in his arms, anyway, his way over is unimpeded, and there is not even a person who came forward to ask. In this way, I went smoothly to the yard where I had last met the two parrots, but the stupid bird was not under the eaves.

However, it is not surprising that in such a season when the water turns into ice, it can be frozen into a popsicle in one night if it really hangs under the eaves. So she jumped off the ground again, and went to push the door room by room. Although Shen Rong didn't know what she wanted to do, she still followed inch by inch.

Xu You finally found the parrot in a large room in the west wing. There was no one in the house, but there were twenty or thirty birds, parrots, starlings, thrushes, and some Xu You couldn't name them at all, and the two parrots were not at all conspicuous in this group of birds, and it hid in the corner with its head down, looking very embarrassed, and the feathers on its body seemed to have lost a lot, and the color was dull, and its mental state was very poor.

Birds and cats are simply natural enemies, as soon as Xu You entered the house, those birds immediately became highly vigilant, all of them opened their small eyes and glared at her, seeing Xu You walking in, they subconsciously moved back, but because they couldn't walk away with the chain, they moved a few steps, and looked at her nervously again, and there was a suppressed and intimidating "cooing" sound in their throats.

Shen Rong was a little uneasy, squatted down and whispered to Xu You: "Xue Tuan'er, you ...... You came here on purpose, and you want to ...... What do you want to do? "Could it be that it has suffered at the hands of these birds, and now it has come to take revenge and wants to pluck their feathers? Is he helping or ...... What about standing by and watching?

Xu You stretched out his paws and patted the back of his hand comfortingly, then paced under the second parrot and raised his head to greet it, "Meow-"

The second parrot blinked, tilted its head and stared at Xu You with a serious face, and actually put on a noble and cold posture. Xu You laughed angrily at it, crawled along the pillar to the roof beam, and scratched its claws at its bird frame with a wave of his paws, and the two parrots immediately screamed in fright, and shouted in his mouth, "My life is over-"

Shen Rong was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly ran to the door to guard the door, pricking up his ears and sticking his ears behind the door to listen carefully to the movement outside. Fortunately, the eunuchs in charge of the affairs in this winter were hiding in the house to keep warm, and the sound in the room did not alarm the outside, Shen Rong was a little relieved, and when he patted his chest and turned around with relief, he was immediately frightened by the scene in front of him.

The parrot that was still locked on the bird rack just now actually flapped its wings and flew in front of him, stretched out its claws, stood on Shen Rong's shoulder, and actually said human words in its mouth, "Run, run, run!" ”

Shen Rong felt that his head was about to be blown up, and there seemed to be countless needles piercing his temples, not counting, Xu You on the ground didn't seem to take into account his mood at all, swaggered forward to open the door, and then swaggered out of the door, as if it wasn't it at all to do this kind of stealing chicken and dog.

Shen Rong opened his eyes wide and watched the cat and bird twisting their buttocks walking in the snow, the snow ball was just that, I usually saw more of its magic, so Shen Rong was not too shocked, but why was this parrot so arrogant! Isn't it afraid that someone will be caught and stewed back in a while?

No matter how Shen Rong roared in his heart, he still honestly followed Xu You and escaped quickly, looking around as a thief as he ran, for fear of being caught. Just went back to the study all the way to the study, and finally nothing came out, but Shen Rong was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, and sat on the ground with weak legs as soon as he entered the room.

The people in the room all looked at them, Xu You ignored their gazes, calmly returned to the place where he had been sleeping, and sat down in a domineering position.

The second parrot also flapped its wings and landed beside her, its little head looked around, and when it saw that the big guys were looking at it, it said "flat" very proudly.

Shen Rong: "......"