The crescent moon of early winter hung high in the sky, and the earth was covered with a layer of silver light veil by the moonlight, which seemed a little colder. Zhihua, who had just finished bathing, leaned on the couch and flipped through the account book, and a waterfall-like slightly moist green silk was scattered on her body so casually, and under the candlelight, the room was quiet and leisurely.

"Miss, why don't you dry your hair. It's already winter, so if you're not careful, it's easy to catch a cold. Mother Han walked in, and when she saw that the hair on the young lady's body was still steaming, she couldn't help but blame her a little.

Zhihua smiled embarrassedly like a child who had been caught doing something wrong: "I wiped it, and it feels like a dry ......."

Han's mother glared at her reproachfully, took a clean towel, and took the initiative to dry her hair.

Zhihua let Han's mother move, and continued to flip through the account book in her hand.

"Miss, have you bought enough food for you?" Zhihua's actions can't hide from the people around her, and Han's mother already knows what she's been busy with recently. Although she couldn't understand Miss's actions many times, Mother Han adhered to her duty as a servant and never questioned any of Miss's decisions.

"Wait until Qingfeng Grain Store sends this last batch, it will be enough." 100,000 stone grain was about to be gathered, and Zhihua showed a brisk smile.

"Miss, the slave maid heard that there was a matchmaker in the house today who specially waited for the lord to come to visit and mentioned the second lady's family affairs to the lord." Mother Han pushed aside the strand that had been wrenched in her hand, and brought in the next strand.

"Tell Zhixiang about matchmaking?" Zhihua sat up in surprise, forgetting that her hair was still in Han's mother's hand, and her scalp was suddenly pulled painfully, and she exhaled softly.

"Miss cares so much about what she does, with her current reputation, what good family can she say?" Han's mother hurriedly rubbed Zhihua's scalp, and there was a hint of complaint in her tone.

"I'm just curious." Zhihua never minded this kind of blame for caring about herself, she only felt warm in her heart. She smiled at Han's mother flatteringly: "Mom, tell me, who is here to propose?" ”

"It's Zhang Gongzi of the Zhang family, and he wants to accept the second lady as a concubine." Speaking of Miss's ex-fiancé, Han's mother's voice couldn't help but bring out a little hatred: "This son Zhang is really shameless." If you can't marry your sister, you can get your sister's idea! ”

"Is that him? The eldest lady of the Li family hasn't passed the door yet, has she? Did she agree to this? My dad is willing, too? Zhihua didn't complain at all, just pure curiosity.

"I heard from the matchmaker that Miss Li has no opinion at all. As for the master, it's not that you don't know him. At the beginning, he was reluctant to give up Zhang Gongzi's son-in-law, but now that he has the opportunity to renew his son-in-law's relationship, how can he refuse? Mother Han was still angry about Miss, and she didn't even have a good tone when she talked about Uncle Lu.

"Then this family affair is settled?"

"Well, I've heard it's already decided. The token sent by the matchmaker has been accepted, and other specific matters will be handled by Miss Li herself after she passes the door. The slave maid listened to Chief Butler Lu's saying that the second lady was also going to come back from Jingxin Nunnery to be married. ”

"I don't know how these two people hooked up together. Zhixiang also regards Li Yuxue as a good friend, in the future, she will enter the Zhang family and fall into the hands of her former friends, and her life will be sad......" As if seeing herself in her previous life, Zhihua's whispered voice was full of sympathy.

"Miss, the matchmaker said that the second miss and Zhang Gongzi are now in love, you can't interfere in vain as a villain." Han's mother said urgently. I am afraid that the young lady will stop this family business out of sympathy.

"I'm not so kind. It's just emotional. Unexpectedly, after going around in such a circle, my father and Zhang Gongzi still became Weng's son-in-law, this is really fate. Zhihua winked at Mother Han's whimsical eyes.

Mother Han was amused by Miss's nondescript words and laughed, the resentment in her heart calmed down a little, put down the hair that had been completely twisted in her hand, and said in her mouth: "It's not our turn to worry about this matter, let's just wait to see the excitement of the Zhang family!" Speaking of which, it's really a good thing that the young lady quit this family. Don't you know, now it has been spread all over the capital - during Zhang Gongzi's recuperation, Mrs. Zhang bought him four maids like flowers and jade, Zhang Gongzi accepted these four maids in one go, and sang songs every day in the room, this life is very good, not to mention how ridiculous it is! It's ridiculous that Mrs. Zhang thinks that no one knows about her family, but she doesn't know that those ladies who have nothing to do all day long are staring at her house, just waiting to see the joke. ”

Speaking of the Zhang family, which was like a wolf's den, memories of the past life came to mind, Zhihua looked in the direction of the Xinxiang Courtyard outside the window, and said to herself: "Zhixiang, the road is your own choice, so do it yourself......"

Seeing that the young lady was deep in thought again, Mother Han did not bother and gently exited the room.

Zhihua looked out the window in a daze, and I don't know how long it took, she was about to get up and go into the inner room to settle down, when a head suddenly popped out of the window.

Zhihua was startled, and was about to exclaim in surprise, when the man put his index finger to his lips and made a "shhh" gesture. She looked at it, and the person who came was actually Shen Ze, who she hadn't seen for many days!

"How are you? When did you return to Beijing? What happened to your father? Zhihua breathed a sigh of relief, blurted out a series of questions, and after asking, she found that she seemed to care too much about him, and couldn't help but blush.

Shen Ze just leaned at the window, looking at the person he was thinking about, with a look of concern on his face, and with a touching flush, he looked straight in his eyes.

Seeing that he didn't answer half-loudly, only staring at himself, Zhihua couldn't help but look at him coquettishly: "What are you still doing in a daze?" Let people find you outside my window, I don't want to be famous! ”

Only then did Shen Ze come back to his senses and turn over.

Standing in Zhihua's boudoir, he suddenly became nervous, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. After rubbing the hem of his clothes crampedly, he replied, "I returned to Beijing yesterday evening." I went to the palace early this morning to face Saint Shane, and then I straightened out the affairs of the palace and has been busy until now...... It's getting late, and I'm anxious to see you, so ......"

Speaking of this, the faces of the two of them were as if they were burning, red, and their hands bowed silently.

In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Zhihua changed the topic and said, "What about your father?" How is he? "The sound is the size of a mosquito.

"He is still in the Medicine King Valley, and his body has improved a lot, but if he wants to recover, he has to recuperate in the Medicine King Valley for a period of time."

Zhihua nodded: "That's good, congratulations to the prince for fulfilling his wish." ”

The words of gratitude had already been said too much in Zhuangzi, and Shen Ze was not the kind of person who liked to put gratitude on his lips, so he asked another thing he cared about in his heart: "How are you?" I've heard, you're gone? "Actually, Shen Ze wanted to ask her if she was okay now? Is it because of the withdrawal of relatives and secretly hurting oneself? But he was afraid that this kind of straightforward question would arouse Zhihua's heart again, so he didn't dare to ask.

"Hmm." Zhihua buried her head and replied in a muffled voice, unable to see the look on her face clearly. Does he mind if he quits his family? Will you look down on yourself because of this? Zhihua's heart suddenly felt like a mess, and all kinds of messy problems emerged.

Shen Ze mistakenly thought that she didn't want to mention more sad things, so she didn't continue the topic anymore, and talked about another matter: "When I met the saint today, the emperor appointed me as the commander of the infantry army, and asked me to secretly continue to track down the assassin at the last queen mother's birthday banquet. This kind of thing should be confidential, but I don't know why, when facing Zhihua, Shen Ze subconsciously didn't want to hide anything from her, and even confessed to this kind of thing that should have been kept secret.

Zhihua didn't think about his thoughts, and asked curiously: "Isn't this case already understood?" Enough for so many officials to be found out? ”

"Those are just outcasts on the surface, in order to keep the small shrimp released by other hidden people in the court. However, the clues were broken when they found these people, and His Majesty ordered me to start investigating from elsewhere, and I couldn't figure out the slightest clue for a while. ”

Zhihua is the female Zhuge in Shen Ze's heart, and he also wants to hear her opinion.

Zhihua pondered. First, a large number of assassins were mixed in at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and a number of officials died in the court; The next thing is a natural disaster, the court is short of food and people, Li Meng actually chose to commit it in time at this time, Zhihua always felt that there must be something related to this.

"Who are these assassins?" After a stick of incense, Zhihua finally had some eyebrows, and then asked out loud.

"According to the female assassin's confession, she and her companions were all dead soldiers who had been raised since childhood, and all their origins as children had been drugged and erased, and she herself had forgotten where she was from." After receiving this errand, Shen Ze consulted the relevant documents of the case, and immediately understood the situation, and opened his mouth to reply.

"It seems that I can't find out anything if I want to start with my origin...... Is the female assassin still alive? ”

"And the tone. The assassin confessed that he only wanted a quick death, but because the clues she said did not find any big fish, His Majesty was not satisfied and did not allow her to die. ”

"Since these people have infiltrated our country's officialdom, how can they avoid killing their own people by mistake by assassinating so many noble ministers that day? Have you checked this? ”

"These officials of the Criminal Department had long thought that according to the female assassins, on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, as long as they were wearing red jade jewelry, they would never assassinate them. It is precisely because of this that His Majesty was able to find out so many officials involved. ”

"Jadeite is produced in Limeng, which is not available in our country. Hongfei is relatively rare, and I want to take out so much in one breath to make talismans for officials, I think this matter has nothing to do with the Limeng people. On the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, although she didn't wear a red jade, but she happened to avoid assassins, there should be some people, right? Check these people one by one, as long as you find that you have dealings with the fierce people in private, you should be the big fish that Your Majesty wants to find. ”

Unexpectedly, the problem that had plagued His Majesty for many days was solved by Zhihua in a few words, and Shen Ze praised in a happy and surrendered manner: "Miss Lu is really a female Zhuge in the middle of the world!" After thinking about the problem for a long time, the young lady came up with a stick of incense and admired! Admire! ”

Zhihua smiled a little embarrassedly. She just took advantage of the foresight, but she didn't deserve Shen Ze's praise like this, and waved her hand again and again: "The son of the world praised it falsely!" The little woman is just an ordinary deep daughter's family, and she can't afford the word 'female Zhuge '. ”

Shen Ze only thought that she was the youngest daughter's thin-skinned family, and was embarrassed to accept her praise, so she smiled knowingly. After finishing speaking, he got up and said goodbye: "It's getting late, Miss Lu should settle it early, and I won't bother when I am here." After a pause, he was still worried after all, and opened his mouth to persuade: "There is no grass at the end of the world, and I hope that Miss Lu will relax her mind, and those who are not worth bothering about, don't think about it anymore." It's too nerve-wracking, and it ends up making people who are really worried about you uncomfortable. The last sentence referred to himself, and Shen Ze's voice was inaudible.

Zhihua still heard it clearly, and then she realized that it was her cranky thinking that she had misunderstood Shen Ze's mind just now, and shame and shame came up, blushing from the root of her ears to the root of her ears. "Thank you for the kindness of the prince, the little woman has already let go of this matter, and the prince doesn't need to worry."

Shen Ze saw that she was only shy and not sad, and what she said did not seem to be false, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and a few traces of joy of unknown meaning emerged: "That's good, I'll say goodbye." ”

Zhihua nodded, and watched him roll out of the window and leave his room. Lying on the bed, the burning on her face gradually receded, and Zhihua slowly fell asleep with a faint expectation that she hadn't even noticed.