At this time, the sky was already bright, the morning mist was gradually dispelled by the sun, and the palace lamp in the corner of the wall had long been extinguished.

Seeing that autumn was coming, Xiao Jiu felt a little cold in the morning breath.

Before he could think about it, he felt Xia Ruan slowly squirming beside him.

He raised his eyebrows and looked at his wife in his arms, a smile on the corner of his lips.

The wife's sleeping position is not good, if she is not good to hug her, she can always sleep in countless positions, and it seems that the sleep is not very good, and she will always say strange dreams at night.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jiu hugged his wife tighter and wrapped her tightly with a brocade quilt.

The wife in her arms seemed to feel a little uncomfortable in such a sleeping position, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

She slowly opened her eyes, then looked at her husband in confusion, and closed them again.

The wife read a few words in her mouth in a daze, and her voice was soft and glutinous like a small beast.

She seemed to be very unhappy with the position, and tried to break away a little, and gently bumped her forehead into his chest.

But Xiao Jiu didn't plan to let go, and he wanted his wife to stop moving. So Xia Ruan, who was in her arms, seemed to understand her husband's thoughts at this time, struggled a few times and found that it was useless, so she didn't pay attention to it anymore, and soon fell asleep again.

"Ah Ruan......" Xiao Jiu murmured softly, looking at the eyes of his wife in his arms, as if looking at the most precious treasure in the world, "It's almost dawn, this is the first time I think it's so fast......

He wished that it would be better to see it later so that he could sleep a little longer with his wife in his arms, and he didn't want to get up at all. I just want to look at my wife's sleeping face quietly like this.

He tossed too much last night, and his wife, who was calm on weekdays, couldn't help but beg for mercy with hazy eyes. He felt sorry for his wife's tiredness, so he let her go.

But Xiao Jiu's heart knew that he didn't ask for enough.

When he was young, he always thought that his father treated his mother badly, but he didn't know why his mother still married his father.

His mother would always smile and tell him, "Your father is not bad, his heart is too big, I can't take it all...... My mother didn't know it before, but she loved someone. It can be so humble to love. As if it were the dust of the world. ”

He doesn't understand love, and naturally he doesn't understand the meaning of his mother's words.

But now, Xiao Jiu seemed to understand the meaning of his words.

If it weren't for meeting Xia Ruan, if it wasn't for marrying Xia Ruan. He also doesn't trust his sweetheart. You can never get tired of watching it. When I look at her smiling, I feel very warm.

Xiao Jiu put his hand to his eyes, trying to deceive himself. The sky will not dawn, and the dawn will not come.

After a while, he placed his wife's chin on his shoulder and kissed her gently on the forehead. Then stick it to his wife's cheek as if that way they can live a beautiful life.

Leave no regrets.

No matter how much Xiao Jiu wanted to keep this moment, the night would always pass so quickly. Xiao Jiu got up slowly, not wanting to disturb his wife's sleep, and walked down from the bed with gentle movements.

Xia Ruan was really tired, and his movements were silent, when Du Ruo brought hot water, Xia Ruan still didn't open his eyes.

Xiao Jiu saw that Du Ruo's face was a little worried, so he lowered his voice and instructed: "Let Mrs. rest well, let the kitchen prepare some medicinal food, and replenish Mrs. body, she always can't sleep well at night." ”

Du Ruo's eyes widened, and then he was stunned before he said, "Back to Master Hou's words, the slave and maid know." ”

Du Ruo almost felt that she was sleepwalking, in her eyes, Xiao Jiu had always been cold, even if he often had a faint smile on his face, it still made people feel alienated. However, these two days, just two days, made Du Ruo completely change his opinion of Xiao Jiu.

The Hou Ye, who was cold outside, would be like this in front of his wife......

Who would believe it?

Xiao Jiu obviously didn't notice the strangeness of Du Ruo's eyes, and it was only after hearing Du Ruo's answer that he nodded with satisfaction, turned around and walked out of the courtyard.

The camellia in the courtyard blooms very well, and the early morning exudes a faint fragrance, refreshing people's hearts.

He took a deep breath of the fragrance of flowers, and he remembered that someone had told him that although Xia Ruan liked flowers, he would not serve these delicate flowers. When he gave the camellia to Xia Ruan, he thought that sooner or later these flowers would wither in his wife's hands. But unexpectedly, these camellias bloomed very well, not inferior to when he raised camellias.

The smile on the corner of Xiao Jiu's lips deepened again.

He must settle the matter in hand as soon as possible today, and he will accompany his wife back to Xia's house tomorrow, and he doesn't want any official business to disturb him at this time.

The sun is moving higher, and the fiery red glow covers the streets and alleys in the early morning.

The horse's hooves trampled on the bluestone ground and made a 'da-da-da-' sound.

Wen Zhonghuai yawned, then showed a little tiredness in his eyes, rubbed his forehead and asked tentatively, "Shaocheng, are you really going to do this in this matter?" ”

"Hmm." Xiao Jiu explained slowly, "I don't plan to make the matter of the eldest prince too obvious, and this matter will be solved by the sixth prince." If we send the evidence as soon as possible this time, we can indeed win the emperor's trust. However, the Xiao family's status in the emperor's heart can never be trusted in the slightest, and those superficial things are naturally just to deceive the world. The emperor is very smart, he is paving the way for others, he wants to hold us high and let the people around him see it when the time comes...... He can lift a person to the sky, or let these high-ranking people fall to the ground fiercely to warn the ministers not to go against his will. ”

Wen Zhonghuai took a cold breath, he didn't expect Xiao Jiu to say it so obviously.

This time, Xiao Jiu took advantage of the emperor's idea to successfully seal the marquis.

Xiao Jiu pretended not to know the emperor's intentions, so that the emperor thought that Xiao Jiu was still an obedient chess piece, so the marquis gave Xiao Jiu nothing more than to elevate Xiao Jiu's status.

If Xiao Jiu continues to pretend to be an obedient courtier, the emperor will continue to trust Xiao Jiu, although these trusts are superficial. But it can confuse a lot of court ministers.

Using this false trust, Xiao Jiu can do a lot of things, such as secretly stumbling on the six princes.

Wen Zhonghuai's brows furrowed, when he was in Dongyang County, he met Xiao Jiu.

Xiao Jiu is a very introverted person, and no one can guess what he thinks in his heart. Wen Zhonghuai also tried to guess Xiao Jiu's thoughts, but found that he was just pretending to be clever like that, and what Xiao Jiu didn't want to say, they couldn't guess even if they tried their best.

Clearly. Both men are about the same age. Why is Xiao Jiu more like an old man, when dealing with things, he is sophisticated and decisive.

Wen Zhonghuai had seen Xiao Jiu kill, and without hesitation, he stabbed the sword in his hand into that person's heart. Xiao Jiu was only thirteen years old at the time.

Then he remembered the first time he killed someone. I was trembling all over. On that moonlit night, I always dreamed of the foul smell around me.

Wen Zhonghuai shook his head and thought for a while before saying, "Speaking of which, I didn't expect that the fourth prince would actually come to help you welcome your relatives. If he comes out and walks around at this time, isn't he afraid of the emperor's suspicion? ”

The fourth prince was sick all the year round, and when several county lords got married a few years ago, he also said that he was unwell and could not attend. The people around him knew about his condition, so they did not force the fourth prince to come in person.

It's just that no one expected that the four princes would appear at Xiao Jiu's happy event.

"You should actually know something...... Xiao Jiu hesitated for a moment before he said, "I met Mr. Xilou when I was in Los Angeles, and I also met the Fourth Prince. At that time, I knew a little about the four princes. What he said was very much to my liking, so this time I greeted my wife, and he came to help me reassure me. ”

Wen Zhonghuai was a little stunned: "Then the emperor allowed the four princes?" He's a prince. ”

"Why not?" Xiao Jiu smiled bitterly, "In the eyes of the emperor all these years, the fourth prince is nothing more than a patient. The four princes told the emperor that they wanted to use happy events to make themselves better, although the emperor looked down on the four princes' fear of gods and Buddhas, but he still agreed, which can be regarded as the face of the queen mother. ”

What shocked the ministers the most was what the Queen Mother sent, and the jade Ruyi was the most reluctant thing for the Queen Mother.

The jade Ruyi sent from the palace, this is the heart of the Queen Mother.

Three handles of jade Ruyi, one is in the hands of the current queen, one is in the hands of Princess Changjun, whose whereabouts are unknown but was announced by the royal family to have died of illness, and the last one is in the hands of Xia Ruan.

Anyone who knows the past understands that the relationship between the Queen Mother and Changjun is like sisters, and the matter of Princess Changjun is the biggest wound in the Queen Mother's heart. If it weren't for the fact that the queen was a member of the Jiang family, for the sake of the Li family and the Jiang family's hearts, the queen mother would not have sent Yu Ruyi to the queen.

However, why would the Queen Mother send Jade Ruyi to Xia Ruan's hands now.

Many people think that when the Queen Mother enters the earth, she will take Jade Ruyi with her, so that she can be regarded as the princess of Changjun by her side.

Therefore, the fourth prince wanted to come to help Xiao Jiu welcome his wife, and the emperor at this time naturally would not refute the queen mother's idea.

After all, the Queen Mother's days are running out.

Wen Zhonghuai's mind was confused by Xiao Jiu's words, and the only thing he could understand was that Xiao Jiu, like Li Changfeng, chose to follow the four princes.

Since Xiao Jiu chose to do so, he naturally put all his bets in the same place as Xiao Jiu.

When he was about to enter the palace gate, Wen Zhonghuai said as if he remembered something: "You can give me a painting in a few days, I look at the portrait you sent to Mr. Xilou last time, it will be very good......"

The scenery in Xiao Jiu's pen is simply lifelike.

Especially after Wen Zhonghuai met Xia Ruan, he knew that Xiao Jiu's paintings could be so expressive, as if a real person was living in a picture scroll.

What made Wen Zhonghuai feel most ridiculous was that Mr. Xilou was actually conquered by Xiao Jiu's painting skills.

What a weirdo...... (To be continued......) (To be continued......)

PS: The book "Boudoir Ning", which I recommend to my friends, has 700,000 words, and I can slaughter it with confidence.

Synopsis: Xie Shuning is dead.

Died with his young son in the spring of March.

But when she opened her eyes, she returned to the time when she first entered Beijing with her mother. There was fine snow in the sky, and the road was covered with snow. When she was young, she was white and chubby like a steamed bun, and she was protected by her mother who died depressed in her previous life and her brother who died young, one left and one right.

The carriage shakily underneath them, carrying them toward her old nightmares......

But this time, will life be different?