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When Zhou Kezhi walked to the atrium, Zhong An was playing chess with Meng Ying on the stone table under the acacia tree in the courtyard, the sunlight was broken through the canopy, sparsely and evenly sprinkled on the two people's bodies, and occasionally a little small acacia flowers fell down with the breeze, or sacrificed on the shoulder, or embedded in the hair, or fell on the chessboard, or fell on the ground, and only the sound of the chess pieces on the chessboard could be heard in the whole courtyard, and the silence was very.

If such a quiet and beautiful picture had been placed in the past, not to mention Zhou Kezhi, it was Meng Ying herself, she had never imagined that she would never have such a picture again in her life, especially with Zhong An.

It is precisely because the picture is too beautiful and too precious, so no one dares to go up and disturb, even Meng Ying's personal maid Zhu'er just stood far away, did not come forward, when she saw Zhou Kezhi walking in, Zhu'er suddenly became anxious, and gave Zhou Kezhi a look and asked him not to go over.

If this was placed in the past, Zhou Kezhi would not have paid attention to these at all, but today, he actually listened.

He didn't go over until the end of the first game of the two.

Zhou Kezhi didn't say what was going on directly, he just hugged his fists and bowed to him, but Zhong An already understood.

Zhong An turned his gaze back to look at Meng Ying, got up and smiled, "I have something to go out, so I don't have to wait for lunch." ”

"Is there something going on with the prince?" Meng Ying asked softly with a smile.

"A friend who hasn't seen me for many years came to Jinling, saying that he was going to Qingfeng Tower to get together."

"Then why don't you invite him to the house?"

"A casual person does not like to be restrained."

Meng Ying smiled and nodded, "The concubine body understands." ”

Zhong An hummed, turned around and walked out with Zhou Kezhi's brisk pace.

Meng Ying stood up, hesitated, and shouted, "Lord Wang." ”

Zhong An stopped and turned around, "Is there anything else?" ”

Meng Ying smiled and shook her head, "Come back early!" ”

Zhong An's face was slightly strange, but it was only for a moment, he nodded, turned and left.

After watching Zhong An's back leave, Meng Ying's smile gradually faded, replaced by a faint worry between her eyebrows and a deep sorrow in her eyes.

She has sensitively noticed that Zhong An is different now, and these differences not only refer to the difference in attitude towards her, but also many, many more, such as recently he has become more and more concerned about the affairs of the outside court, even if it has nothing to do with him; For example, Zhou Kezhi, the commander of the government soldiers, went in and out of the government more and more often, and he went to the government soldiers training ground more and more frequently; For example, he often only takes Zhou Ke out alone; Another example is the change in attitude towards her as a princess......

She hoped that he could change something, but she was afraid of his change because of her other identity: she was Emperor Chen's eyes.

But now she hasn't mentioned all this to the palace.

She is a person who is afraid to make choices, but she finds that if she continues like this, she may really have to face a choice that she is least willing to face: whether to protect the interests of the prosperous and wealthy family of her parents and relatives, or to protect the people she loves, even if it may have been just her wishful thinking.

Yes, even though Zhong An is no longer as cold and detached as she used to be, and even sometimes gives her some warmth and tenderness, Meng Ying still can't be sure whether Zhong An has her in her heart or not, and whether she has love for her, she doesn't know.

Not long after, Liu Yingquan, the chief housekeeper of the acting palace, walked in and said respectfully, "Niangniang, do you still want people to follow the prince's carriage?" ”

Meng Ying was silent for a moment before nodding, "Come on!" If there is nothing unusual today, you don't have to follow it in the future. ”

Liu Yingquan responded to the order, turned around and went out.

Meng Ying looked at the chessboard on the stone table and the black and white chess pieces in the wooden bowl, turned around and walked towards the dormitory, and instructed Zhu'er beside her as she walked, "Put away the chess pieces!" I don't have to come over to serve Hongu for a while, I want to stay alone for a while! ”

Zhu'er bowed in the direction Meng Ying left, "Yes, Niangniang." ”

Meng Ying, who had already walked away, muttered to herself in a low voice, "I'm not here to follow you, I just want to know you better, that's all......"

........

When the door of the secret passage was slowly opened, Su Jin was already waiting in front of the exit, that is, the hidden pavilion where the books were hidden.

There are two people who came out, one is of course the acting king Zhong An, and the other is not Zhou Kezhi, he is just a guy who guides Zhong An in Qingfeng Tower, but the guy who can come out of this dark passage naturally can't be an ordinary guy, he is an undercurrent person.

As for Zhou Kezhi, who was originally with him, of course, he was accompanying another "acting king" in Qingfeng Building.

Su Jin owed, "Su Jin, I've seen the acting prince!" ”

Zhong An nodded lightly, "Miss Su doesn't need to be polite!" ”

Su Jin smiled slightly, and guided Zhong An out of the study to the living room of the main court, the two sat opposite each other, and the whole room was filled with a faint pleasant fragrance, but it was not from the incense burner, because there was no incense burner in the whole room, and there was no incense burner in the whole house, because Su Jin didn't like it.

The real source of these fragrances is in the water, that is, the celadon vases placed on the left and right sides, these vases have basically not really arranged flowers, but they are still placed there, and they are all filled with water, which is the reason.

These waters, which have a strong fragrance and last for a long time, but overflow from the water and become very faint, can be described as extremely expensive in Tianxiang Pavilion, more than twice the price of sandalwood incense that ordinary rich and noble people can afford, and of course it is much more durable, just take two or three drops of it into ordinary water, and expose its surface to the air, you can use it for a whole day.

Of course, no one knew that the head master of Tianxiang Pavilion was Su Jin, and no one knew that this expensive concentrated liquid incense was actually first prepared by Su Jin, and then there was a liquid incense called "pulling machine" sold by Tianxiang Pavilion.

"Su Jin didn't know what kind of tea the prince liked to drink, but he noticed that every time the prince drank tea in Qingfeng Building before, he asked for Xiyi Xiaoqingye, so he made this tea for the prince, and I don't know if the prince is satisfied?" Su Jin asked with a smile.

Zhong An smiled and nodded, "The tea brewed here by Miss Su is naturally very good tea, and this king likes it very much." ”

"What do you think about the current situation?"

Zhong An took a shallow sip of tea, was silent for a moment, then put down the teacup, looked at Su Jin and replied very calmly, "Four words, the road ahead is far away!" ”

Su Jin smiled, "Like the prince, Su Jin thinks so too!" ”

"Then what is Miss Su going to do next?"

"Now this military department is already King Qing's person, that is to say, now King Qing has almost controlled the entire military talisman, that is, the entire imperial army, of course, the premise is to ignore Wang Qi, the deputy general of the imperial army. Coupled with the dispatch power of the eight thousand guards of the Gyeonggi patrol battalion that he has mastered, to a certain extent, he now has the ability to directly raise troops to seize the position, of course, the reality cannot be really that simple, no matter how stupid King Qing is, he will not be self-righteous to think that as long as he masters the entire military rune, he can really grasp the entire imperial army, and even has the confidence to pull Emperor Chen off the position in one fell swoop and sit on it himself, but people will inevitably have some arrogance in good times so that they are in a hurry, so his next move, It must be to remove the obstacle of Wang Qi, the deputy general of the imperial army, so that he can better control the imperial army, and then just wait for a suitable time to raise troops and seize the throne! ”

"Miss Su wants to continue to help him?"

Su Jin shook the tea in the cup and said with a light smile, "Of course you want to help, but there are two ways to help, one is to help, and the other is to help!" I've already done the former, so now, I'm ready to do the latter! ”

"King Qing is not an ordinary person after all, I'm afraid that you will easily arouse his suspicion!"

"If you don't do it well, you won't do it well, and I have the confidence to keep myself out of it, at least in his opinion; Second, even if he suspects me, I have my own countermeasures, originally I never thought that I could really hide it to the end, the prince was right, King Qing is not an ordinary person after all, if it is really so easy to be deceived and used by others without knowing it, how can he get to this step today. Su Jin smiled.

"This king has always had a doubt, I don't know if to ask?"

"Lord Wang, please speak!"

"The one in the palace, Ning Liangren, is it the person you arranged?"

Su Jin smiled, "I knew that the prince would definitely ask this, and my answer was: No!" ”

Zhong An bowed his head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, it's the heart of this king's villain." ”

Su Jin shook his head lightly, shook his head with a smile and said, "The prince doesn't need to say sorry, because although she was not arranged by me, she is indeed my person!" So there is nothing wrong with the prince being suspicious like this. ”

"She's your man?"

"Yes, maybe you have seen it, my true identity, is the eleventh year of the four families of Jinling, the youngest daughter of Xue Hou's Mansion, Xue Ying'er, she was only eight years old when the incident happened, because she sneaked out of the house with her personal maid to play on the street and survived, and then her maid escaped from Jinling overnight with her, and was rescued by the head of the Jiang family of Cangzhou medical family when she was on the verge of starvation death on the road, so she adopted as a righteous daughter and changed her name to Jiang Ying'er."

"I've met once, a very lively little girl!" Zhong An nodded.

When he said this, he remembered some pictures of the past, in which there was a little girl about five or six years old, wearing a thick cotton jacket, cute and pink, but there was a very young girl next to the little girl, with a beautiful smile on her face like stars, obviously it was a bone-chilling winter, but she was only dressed in a bright red light robe, standing on the clearing, slowly moving with the fierce and icy cold wind, and dancing lightly between the ice and snow.......

"But reality, but always cruel!"

"It's the royal brother who she approached without permission, right?" Zhong An asked.

Su Jin bowed, "She mentioned it to me a long time ago, I didn't agree, and she also promised not to mention this request again, but on the night I arranged Mishan's assassination, she hid from everyone and sneaked out......"

"If you can't stop it, then support it!"

"I know." Su Jin nodded and said with a smile, "This is the first time the prince has come to the Jin Mansion, although Su Jin's house is not as big as the Dai Wangfu, but the layout and structure of the house is still good, if the prince does not dislike it, why don't Su Jin take the prince to visit?" ”

Zhong An smiled and nodded, "It's an honor!" ”

Su Jin was the first to get up, "Lord Wang, please!" ”

Zhong An also stood up, smiling and bowing in return. The two walked out of the living room side by side, and walked slowly along the small stone path between the green bamboo forests next to them to the back garden, as if they were talking about something while walking, and sometimes there was a shallow laugh, but the tone was still polite and detached.

Bi Xi only walked to the entrance of the small stone road, looking at the direction in which Su Jin and the others were going, but did not follow.

And in the heart, it is already a mixed bag.

She had always thought that Su Jin and Su Yan were the only ones most suitable, but it wasn't until she looked at Su Jin and Zhong An, walking side by side on the small stone road between the green bamboos, that she realized that she seemed to be wrong.

Moreover, they were once two people who were originally in love with each other, if it wasn't for that accident.......

She knew that even though more than ten years had passed, Su Jin had not completely let go, otherwise how could she and Su Yan have come to this point, but now she not only has to face Zhong An, but also has to hide her identity, cover up all her feelings, and let herself forget or even numb, how ruthless she should be to herself.

Bixi didn't know what they had said, but she knew that when the two of them returned to the atrium, they seemed to be in a good mood.

Then it was to send Zhong An away.

When Zhong An entered the dark passage, he accidentally dropped something from his sleeve.

It is a snow-white brocade with a red plum embroidered on it, but there is only one flower, and it is not good-looking, it can be said to be very ugly.

Bi Xi hurriedly stepped forward to pick it up and shouted, "Lord Wang, wait, your things have dropped!" ”

Zhong An stopped, turned around and saw the things handed over by Bixi, his face changed slightly, and then he took it back in his hand, nodded slightly in thanks, and then turned around and walked down the dark passage with the Qingfeng Lou guy who was holding the lamp to lead the way.

Su Jin smiled and bowed his head, and sent Zhong An away, after the secret passage was closed, Su Jin raised his head and turned around and walked out of the dark pavilion.

No one noticed that just a moment before Su Jin raised his head, an extremely inconspicuous wet mark appeared on the ground in the dark pavilion out of thin air, and the ground in the dark pavilion was extremely dry, just a moment later, even a small wet mark had disappeared.

(To be continued.) )