On the ninth day of the sixth lunar month, in addition to the inexplicable two baskets of apricots and a few melons, Mei Ru also received a reward from Queen Li, a red gold dotted emerald Ruyi flower hairpin, a pair of jade bracelets, a pair of gold silk inlaid ruby lantern earrings, and several first-class satin in the palace.

Although the reward is not very heavy, it is also from the palace, and Mei Ru entered the palace with the ancestor the next day to thank him.

In Kunning Palace, Empress Li smiled faintly and said: "The three girls have contributed to the court and shared their worries for the emperor, no matter what the palace rewards, it should be." ”

Princess Bao Hui was also there, and she looked at Mei Ru with her chin tilted and contemptuous, and she finally remembered this person—it was the one who was in the limelight last autumn, and the prince's brother had thought carefully. Princess Bao Hui pursed her lips and smiled secretly.

Bottom, Mrs. Du naturally thanked Queen Li with great respect, and Mei Ru knelt down with her. Empress Li ordered them to get up, and pulled Mei Ru to say a lot of words patiently, so she let them leave.

In the carriage back, Mrs. Du touched Mei Ru's head, suddenly sighed, and said, "Follow is a blessed one." ”

As soon as she heard this, Mei Ru's heart suddenly cooled down for a while.

Originally, the crown prince was grounded, and Mei Fu avoided Empress Li's overtures, and of course he was unwilling to take this high branch. I never expected that feng shui would take turns, and the prince would come out in good shape now. Not only did it come out, but it was also reused by the emperor. Although the prince is ridiculous in the affairs of men and women, he is the prince after all. Especially at the moment, the big house of Meifu is really not good, the second room is acceptable, if you can climb to the prince, the Dingguo Mansion is another situation.

Mei Ru's mind turned a few times, and she quietly glanced at the old ancestor.

I saw that although the old ancestor said this, there was no smile on his face, and his face was still vaguely solemn, so he should be entangled in it.

Mei Ru lowered her eyes, her heart was a little chaotic, and she was a little irritable like the weather outside.

In June, the weather is getting hotter, and the sun is poisonous day by day, bright and shining, and people are dizzy. The whole capital seems to be frightened by this scorching hot weather, lifeless, lazy, and no energy at all.

She can't do anything now, so she can only go to Mr. Pingyang's house every day. Although Mei Ru was afraid of the heat, she did not dare to slack off. First, only by staying by her husband's side can she feel more at ease; Second, when the envoy came back from this trip, Mei Ru felt that she was a frog at the bottom of the well. She herself understands that if it weren't for Fu Zheng this time, she would not have gone so smoothly.

Occasionally, thinking of her life-saving benefactor, Mei Ru sighed silently.

Fu Zheng is still thinking about it behind closed doors in King Yan's mansion now, and he doesn't know when he wants to think about it. Because of his biological mother, he didn't like Emperor Yanchang in the first place, and Fu Zheng didn't have any support in the court, and his teacher He Taifu didn't move, obviously wanting to protect himself...... In this way, Fu Zheng was suppressed by the forces on the prince's side, and his shape was very bad.

Mei Ru estimated that she was afraid that she would not be able to breathe until His Highness Eleventh won the battle outside.

At the beginning of July, the news that the Xiqiang rebellion had been put down finally came, and the lifeless capital seemed to be injected with some vitality. Emperor Yanchang was very happy, and with the good news sent back by Fu Zhao, he really "thought" that he still had a son who was thinking about it behind closed doors. On this day, the emperor finally summoned Fu Zheng.

When he received the news of the summons, Fu Zheng was reading a book in the house.

The weather in July was stuffy and hot, and the cicadas were chirping outside, and the restless people were panicking, but he was still wearing a slightly thicker half-worn robe, and his handsome eyebrows and eyes were pale, and there was not much blood.

After so many days of recuperation, Fu Zheng's injuries in other parts of his body have healed, but the right shoulder, which was stripped of a piece of flesh alive, still can't use any strength, and it's not good at all. Putting down the miscellaneous books in his hand, he was waited by his subordinates to change into the clothes for the palace audience.

Fu Zheng took a sedan chair into the palace to meet him, and as soon as he entered the palace at the beginning of the first year, he met Mrs. He.

Taifu He and Emperor Yanchang had just finished discussing this year's autumn hunting, and they were about to leave the palace and return home. Seeing Fu Zheng, Mrs. He was very spicy, and she didn't feel uncomfortable at all, and said with a smile: "Your Highness." ”

"Teacher." Fu Zheng also frowned respectfully and saluted as a student.

After this turmoil, it stands to reason that Fu Zheng should have a grudge against Mrs. He, but his face is very calm, as before, just the person in front of him is still his respected teacher.

Mrs. He hurriedly helped him and said politely: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

Speaking of which, the reason why Mrs. He is so wise to protect himself is that he is very afraid of the open and secret battles between the princes. Originally, he agreed with Zhou Suqing and Fu Zheng, that was because Fu Zheng was his student, and Zhou Suqing was a childhood sweetheart, and he was a leisure prince, empty-handed, and he had a good reputation as a talent. But in November last year, Fu Zheng suddenly led the troops, and the matter was not discussed with him, and Mrs. He was already a little unhappy in his heart. Now that Fu Zheng has made war exploits and has been painstakingly rectified by the prince, Taifu He is not very happy with this family business. After all, the cost is too great, not to mention, the prince is here. Mrs. He would not take such a risk at all.

Fu Zheng naturally heard the meaning, he still didn't see anything unusual on his face, he only smiled and said, "The teacher is polite." ”

Fu Zheng was still trained by Emperor Yanchang when he entered the palace this day, and the only benefit was that he finally didn't have to think about it behind closed doors. is just going around in circles, he is still an idle prince, and he is also a prince who has been fined two years of silver and does not please the emperor.

There was a lot of discussion in the capital, and when Mei Ru heard it, she couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, Fu Zheng's situation in the previous life was not so bad, if he had been dormant for a few more years in this life, he would not have been targeted by the prince early, so that it was difficult to move an inch now.

I don't know what to think, Mei Ru sighed again.

Fu Zheng still returned home with a calm face, as if nothing had happened. When he returned home, he received a letter from his eleventh brother.

Fu Zhao didn't like dancing and writing, but he wrote a lot of letters in his letter, saying how he supervised the army, and said that he would probably have a month to return to Beijing. In the letter, he asked how the seventh brother was in a situation, how the situation was in the capital, and at the end, he asked again how it was, and whether the one in the East Palace was different about her.

His gaze stopped for a long time on the hateful and angry name, his thin lips pursed, Fu Zheng lit a fire and burned the letter, and stood up coldly.

But when he got up, Fu Zheng didn't know where to go, or he had nowhere to go, so he walked around and went to the garden behind the palace.

Since that day he crumpled the painting and threw it into the pond, Fu Zheng rarely had the heart to come and sit here.

However, in more than ten days, the lotus flowers in the pond have bloomed. The emerald green stalks are straight, and the top is a large group of pink and white lotus petals, spread out layer upon layer, like a girl's skirt, and if the delicate jade finger is a pink cardamom, but also like the Buddha's hands of mercy.

The bamboo couch in the water pavilion by the lake was too cold, and the servants laid out the soft cushions early, and Fu Zhengfang reclined there. The soft satin hung down the man's long body, not moving.

Yanwang's Mansion is very empty, and there was no such pond of lotus flowers originally.

This pond of lotus flowers was planted in November last year, and Fu Zheng ordered people to plant them before he went to fight in Xiqiang. He originally thought that when he came back from Xiqiang, he would just be able to see the grand scenery of the full pond. Now this pond of lotus flowers is really blooming just right. It's just that it's never been open to him.

Like the man, he never smiled at him.

Seeing that he was down, he was even more busy drawing a line with him, and now that he knows that he is so down, I am afraid that he will laugh at him in the house.

Fu Zheng sneered.

Things are different now.

She can also say such straightforward and hurtful words!

Even now that my heart is broken for her, the man doesn't know it. She has the proud cousin of Tanhua in the spring breeze, and the eleventh brother's eyes, what is he a down-and-out prince to her?

It's just a stumbling block that prevents them from being favored in Meifu.

Fu Zheng sneered again.

The two eyebrows were furrowed, his dark eyes were slightly dark, and his face was expressionless for a long time, and he finally asked, "Is that screen back?" Fu Zheng's voice was clear and cold, without the slightest emotion, and against the backdrop of the bursts of cicadas outside, it became more and more cold.

Shi Dong had been standing beside him, and while looking at Fu Zheng's face at this time, he cautiously replied, "Yes, Your Highness." Miss Zhou sent the maid to Sixi Hall earlier and returned the screen......"

Now that he is coming over, either Zhou Suqing really wants to make a clear connection with him, or he wants him to send it again, so he is just tempting. A woman's mind is hard to guess, but it's the best to guess. Zhou Suqing still liked him, but she wasn't sure whether she should marry, so she tested his mind and asked him to coax her.

Fu Zheng smiled coldly, turned his head and instructed Shi Dong: "If you go again tomorrow, just say that since she likes it, keep it, don't send it back." ”

"Yes." Shi Dong should come down.

The next day, Shi Dong did so, and Fu Zheng drank tea in the mansion and estimated the time to go to Sixi Hall.

After sitting in the Sixi Hall for a while, Zhou Suqing arrived, and came together, as well as the double-sided embroidered screen that was sent back and forth under the guise of a disguise.

For Fu Zheng, Zhou Suqing's feelings are very complicated. Since she was a child, she has wanted to marry this person. But Fu Zheng has a cold face towards everyone, but he is slightly better to her. But this kind of goodness is not worth mentioning at all in front of Fu Zheng's strange appearance that he pressed that person deeply. The strangeness between men and women made her jealous, but she didn't know where to start. She can only hope that Mei Ru will make a fool of herself, or press her everywhere.

Not anymore.

Fu Zheng was in trouble this year, no one in the court was willing to help him, even his grandfather avoided him, but she could help him.

Fu Zheng must have understood this, so he sent the screen back again.

Zhou Suqing is not stupid, some kind of wonderful mood rose in her heart. This kind of mood means that I used to coax you everywhere, but now you want to coax me, stammer me, and please me.

Now facing Fu Zheng, Zhou Suqing smiled lightly, and called gently: "Brother Shenzhai." ”

Fu Zheng was silent, and called out with a slight bow: "Pei Jin." ”

He was originally a good look, but now his cheeks are thin, and when he purses his lips, his eyebrows unconsciously reveal a clear illness, and he is cold and cold.

Zhou Suqing saw it in his eyes, and he still felt sorry for him unconsciously, and said with concern at this time: "Brother Shenzhai, are you hurt?" ”

Fu Zheng let out an "um".

Zhou Suqing asked again: "How is the injury?" ”

Fu Zheng said: "It's better, Pei Jin doesn't have to worry about it." After a pause, he deliberately asked, "Why are you here today?" ”

Zhou Suqing still used the screen as a disguise, and said: "I just looked at the double-sided embroidered screen for a few days, and Brother Shenzhai gave it to me, but I couldn't help it." ”

Fu Zheng smiled: "It's just a screen, what are you polite?" ”

It was rare for him to laugh, and this smile caused people to be unable to take their eyes off, and Zhou Suqing was stunned.

Fu Zheng reminded with a rare warm words: "Go home early, the provincial teacher is worried." ”

Hearing him mention Mrs. He, thinking of his ignorance of Fu Zheng these days, Zhou Suqing was a little surprised, and she said angrily: "Brother Shenzhai, are you angry with me?" A face flushed.

The man's eyes were full of light, and he seemed to look at him with pity. Fu Zheng's hand curled up slightly behind him, and then let go: "How come?" ”

He is rare and gentle, and Zhou Suqing is happy in her heart. She glanced at him, didn't know what to think, smiled, and asked, "I want to go to Lianxiang Temple in a while, Brother Shenzhai, will you accompany me?" ”

Fu Zheng's eyes were pale and he nodded.