After sending off the crown prince, the queen mother and the queen chatted a little more, but they were a little sneering, and they completely lost their previous interest.

Ah Zi accompanied the two of them to lunch, and told some anecdotes about his life in Dongyuan, and the atmosphere eased a little.

The afternoon passed in the blink of an eye.

"It's not too early, you should go back early while it's still dark." The Empress Dowager looked out the window and said.

Ah Zi got the previous mention of the Queen Mother, and at this time she was not embarrassed, and nodded in response.

The Empress Dowager called Aunt Mo to come and asked her to go to see if the emperor in the west had other important matters to keep Zuo Qiyang, and if there was nothing urgent, she would let him come over and escort Ah Zi back.

Ah Zi couldn't sit still anymore at this time, so she hurriedly got off the couch and curtsied.

"Thank you for the love of the ancestors, it's just that the Yan Mansion is not much away from here, and the sedan chair man is waiting outside the corner gate, if the old ancestor is not at ease, find someone to send me to the corner gate, don't alarm the emperor."

The Empress Dowager smiled and waved her hand, and said, "Although it is not much distance, after all, you are a girl's family, and it is always unsafe to go back alone like this." Ciyong's side must be nothing important, and it doesn't hurt to let Zuo Qiyang go back.

"But if you really make a mistake on the road, my old bone will have no one to help you serve, and you will lose two years less in the future, but you will lose a lot."

After that, without waiting for Ah Zi to say anything, he had already ordered Aunt Mo to go.

Ah Zi naturally didn't want to say anything, so he could only thank him again and again.

Not long after, Zuo Qiyang really came back with Aunt Mo and greeted the Empress Dowager. was sent by the two to be a "sedan chair man" to send Ah Zi back, but he had no complaints, responded with a smile, and led Ah Zi out.

Back at Yan's Mansion, the steward had already prepared a meal and waited for the two of them to come back for dinner.

Zuo Qiyang asked Ah Zi about the situation of the Sacred Heart Temple, and Ah Zi answered one by one, and when he saw that everything was going well, he didn't say anything more.

But Ah Zi opened his mouth and said with emotion: "The prince is so sensible at a young age, and he will definitely be a big thing in the future." ”

Zuo Qiyang saw that she was rarely willing to talk to herself. He smiled and replied, "Oh? Do you feel the same way? ”

Ah Ziqi said: "Who else thinks like this? ”

Zuo Qiyang deliberately dragged the sun and groaned for a while. said: "I'm afraid that everyone who has a little knowledge in the world thinks so." ”

Ah Zi saw that he was just joking with himself, so he didn't say anything anymore and ate silently.

"I mean really." Zuo Qiyang explained when he saw this. "Don't say that the emperor and queen love their son. The Empress Dowager loves her great-grandson, you know, it is the royal family of Dongyuan. That's how I feel. ”

"Dongyuan?" Ah Zi tilted his head and looked at Zuo Qiyang.

"Yes, when I was still working under King Xin, Yan Xiye had just become sensible, and there were already some signs of this. Now that he has grown up year by year, Dongyuan is even more jealous of such a young prince who is very eloquent.

"You know, to put it irreverently, with the qualifications of Emperor Yan today, if you want to surpass him, I am afraid that it will not be difficult for King Qi of Dongyuan to have a chance. But if the crown prince brought up by the Empress Dowager is really allowed to become the climate and inherit the throne, it is two words. ”

Hearing that Zuo Qiyang gave such a high evaluation to the crown prince Yan Xiye, Ah Zi was a little skeptical: "Is it really as capable as you say?" ”

Zuo Qiyang responded calmly, picked up chopsticks and gestured in the air: "If you don't believe it, let's just walk and see, ten or twenty years later, Yan Xiye will become the emperor, and then see what the situation is." ”

Speaking of which, Ah Zi didn't want to say anything, so she just smiled and silently bowed her head to eat.

After dinner, Ah Zi was about to go back to her room to rest, when Zuo Qiyang suddenly stopped her.

"You didn't accept any of the two maids and a few guards arranged for you, which is really difficult for me." Zuo Qiyang looked like he had a headache.

Ah Zi smiled slightly and said, "What's so difficult?" I'm really not used to being served, and you let them go to your side to serve, isn't it? ”

"This little maid is okay to say, but you have also sent the guards I arranged, but after all, you have a special identity, if something happens, and I am not around, who can help you deal with it?" Zuo Qiyang said with a serious face.

Ah Zi slandered in her heart: Originally, you were the biggest trouble, right?

But he still replied: "Thank you for your kindness, I will be careful myself, there will be no danger." The guards were guarding my room, and I couldn't sleep well. ”

Zuo Qiyang's face sank when he heard this, and he said for a long time: "Ah Zi, you still can't trust me, can you?" ”

Ah Zi lowered his eyes and fell silent for a while.

Although she has been living a worry-free life since coming to Xijing, Zuo Qiyang also takes care of herself, and has the care of noble people like the Empress Dowager and the Empress, but the identity of a prisoner of war in a foreign country has always been like a thorn in her back, so that she can't completely let go of her guard when she thinks about it from time to time.

After all, she still misses her days in Dongyuan and misses Ah Brown......

Zuo Qiyang saw that her expression darkened, sighed, and said, "That's it, you don't want those people, I'll withdraw them." ”

Seeing Zuo Qiyang embarrassed like this, Ah Zi felt guilty in his heart, and just wanted to open his mouth to compromise, but Zuo Qiyang had already turned around and left without saying anything, leaving only a helpless back.

After a few days like this, Ah Zi was escorted by Zuo Qiyang to the Sacred Heart Palace every day to accompany the Empress Dowager and the Empress, and then Zuo Qiyang took her back to the Yan Mansion to rest in the evening.

Gradually, she became acquainted with the Empress Dowager and the Empress, and finally she was no longer restrained, and occasionally she could even joke with the two like the crown prince, and the atmosphere in the Sacred Heart Palace became more and more lively.

Until one day, Zuo Qiyang was temporarily sent out of the city by the emperor, and he couldn't rush back to Yanfu, so he could only order someone to bring a letter to Ah Zi, so that if she was embarrassed, she just sent a letter to the Sacred Heart Palace to take leave, and she didn't have to force it.

Ah Zi got the letter, but felt that Zuo Qiyang was making a big fuss, and the next day he arranged for the sedan chair man to send him to the palace gate as usual.

But the fog that day was unusually heavy, and every time he took a breath, Ah Zi felt that his throat was dry and sore, and he couldn't breathe, looking forward, five steps away, he couldn't even see the figure clearly.

"Girl, in such weather, why don't you just take leave from the palace and rest in the house for a day as Lord Zuo ordered?" The steward stood at the door to see Ah Zi away, still persuading with worried eyes.

Ah Zi tightened the cloak on his body, and said with a smile: "No need, executive, go back quickly, I'll come back as early as possible today." ”

The executive's family had to tell "be careful on the road", and watched Ah Zi get on the sedan chair and disappear into the thick fog. (To be continued.) )