When Xiaofei returned, it was almost dawn.

"Is that really a secret passage? Where does it lead? Qin Nanxi pulled her to sit down and hurriedly asked.

Xiao Fei licked his dry lips, shook his head and said, "It's a secret passage, right, do you know how long it is?" I've been walking for a quarter of an hour! It's narrow, small and tidal, and snakes and insects like it the most, but fortunately, Fei Ye has a great fortune and hasn't encountered snakes. ”

"I ask you where the secret passage leads?" Qin Nanxi was impatient with Xiaofei's verbosity and asked.

"This" Xiao Fei paused, squinted his eyes and thought carefully: "The exit on the side of the secret passage is in a stone cave in Taihu Lake, and that place is like a garden. Well, it's a garden. Xiao Fei guessed, and then affirmed his answer: "It must be a big family's garden, better than your family's garden." ”

After hearing this, Qin Nanxi rolled his eyes and asked, "In the middle of the night, how can you see that it is better than my garden?" ”

Xiao Feiliu raised his eyebrows and was unconvinced: "Hey! Look down on people, don't you? Although I haven't seen a few big gardens, I know that Taihu Lake Stone is not something that ordinary people can have, just like your family, there is none, right? That rockery is so big, all of it is made of Taihu Lake stones! Tell me, this alone is better than your home? ”

Qin Nanxi pinched the silk handkerchief, wiped the beads of sweat from the corner of Xiao Fei's forehead, and said with a smile: "Okay, where do I dare to look down on the well-informed Xiao Feiye!" If nothing else, it is certain that this family is richer than mine. ”

After appeasing Xiao Fei, Qin Nanxi secretly thought to himself, since it has been confirmed that the dark hole is indeed a secret passage, then the rest is to confirm whose garden is at that end? There is a secret passage on the farm, and the end of the secret passage is still a very rich garden. This matter must not be something that the people in the village dare to do! Thinking carefully about the noble eunuch who had another courtyard in the west of the city, he suddenly remembered the strange look of the little girl who was looking for him in the heavy rain yesterday evening, and Qin Nanxi became more and more sure that this secret passage was related to his brother and sister-in-law.

The elder brother said that he didn't have to be ashamed of being his sister, which should mean that he didn't need to be ashamed of Situ Yi, and his sister-in-law once said that Situ Yi would never be fine, and the matter was far from over! And Daddy speculated that Situ Yi's matter would be rescued by a "yellow sparrow"! Based on these inferences, it seems that my brother is not the person who is the king of Changning County as he seems, Rao is like this, so the person who is secretly connected with my brother is the "yellow sparrow"? In other words, the owner of the secret passage is probably the power of the third party.

"When the day dawns, I'll look for a chance to see it, and I'll probably know whose garden it is. Although this place is big, the yard of each house is larger, and there are few of them if you calculate carefully, so it is easy to find! Xiao Fei poured himself a cup of tea and poured a mouthful of righteousness. She could see that Qin Nanxi wanted to know who the garden belonged to.

"That's not necessary, I'm just curious. This piece is full of your family's courtyards, any one of them is much stronger than mine, but it is just a few Taihu Lake stones, why should I ask Baba'er? I didn't have to lose my father's face identity. Qin Nanxi picked up the pot to add tea to Xiao Fei and cleverly stopped her. If this secret passage is really opened by my brother, if that party is really the "yellow sparrow" in my father's mouth, then I am afraid that these things have been Miao for several years. She didn't want Xiao Fei to be in the bloody cave of court strife.

Xiao Fei rolled Qin Nanxi and said angrily: "It's you who wants to watch, and you're the one who doesn't watch!" What a hassle! If you don't go, you won't go, you and I are willing to go? ”

Qin Nanxi smiled and comforted her a few words, and then urged her to go back to make up for sleep. He turned and walked out of the room.

Under the pretext of going out for a walk, Qin Nanxi led Mama Cheng and a few little girls out of the grange, and slowly wandered along the wall of her own village yard all the way.

Mama Cheng in the carriage lowered her head from time to time to tidy up her skirt for Qin Nanxi, but her eyes looked at a high-gate compound through the thin blue silk curtain.

Qin Nanxi looked at her eyes, unconsciously felt a pang in her heart, and asked, "What's wrong with Mama's soul today?" ”

Mama Cheng came back to her senses, hesitated for a moment and replied: "Miss, the slave is worried about Miss Linlang, this is clearly close in front of you, but you still can't see it!" I don't know if their mother and son are okay? Seeing that it is about to give birth, although it is a high-gate compound here, where can I find a proper stable woman for a while? ”

"Mama just said, said it was close at hand?" Qin Nanxi glanced at a tall blue-tiled courtyard in the distance again, and said vigilantly.

Mama Cheng nodded, raised her hand and pointed in the direction where Qin Nanxi's eyes were: "Miss, look, that is the Changping Palace." Isn't this just around the corner? The slave was anxious, and she secretly sent a little girl to visit Miss before she returned yesterday, but she replied that the people in the palace didn't even let her in, saying that the prince had a life, and no one was allowed to disturb Miss Linlang's recuperation......"

Qin Nanxi only felt a loud bang in her head, and Mama Cheng was rambling again, but she didn't listen to a word.

That secret passage is connected to the palace of Changping County! That "yellow finch" is the king of Changping County?

The king of Changping County, this Qingya County King who seems to ride the clouds and falls, this indifferent county king who has never retreated from the court! It turned out to be the "yellow sparrow" behind the king of Changning County!

"Miss?" Mama Cheng leaned forward timidly, thinking about Qin Nanxi's surprised and ugly look, and only thought that she had angered her by sending someone to visit Situ Linlang without authorization.

Qin Nanxi came back to her senses, looked at the panic in Mama Cheng's eyes, and couldn't bear to pat the back of her hand gently and comforted: "Sister Linlang is brought up by Mama, and my sister is about to give birth, and it is common sense for Mama to be worried." It's just that since the prince doesn't allow anyone to disturb my sister, we can only obey orders. Sister, she is auspicious, Mama wants to believe that they will be safe for mother and child, let's just wait to hear the good news of Xiao Shizi's landing! ”

Mama Cheng smiled gratefully and reluctantly, lowered her head and went to tidy up the corners of Qin Nanxi's smooth skirt.

Qin Nanxi ordered the carriage to return, and leaned against the wall of the carriage with a dazed expression and closed his eyes to recuperate.

When she went out today, she was originally going out to check the courtyard at the end of the secret road, but now this answer that did not take much effort shocked her.

The king of Changping County, he hid it too well. Qin Nanxi thought about it carefully, and couldn't help but smile dumbly. There is such a deep yellow finch waiting behind the king of Changning County, and he is Situ Yi's brother-in-law, and he has also sheltered Qin Mansion in the wind and waves, it turns out that the third-party power that Qin Nanxi has been vaguely sensing but can't guess is the king of Changping County! This was really unexpected and surprising news for her!

When Mama Cheng helped Qin Nanxi into the grange, her face was already full of spring breeze joy, and she was about to go to her sister-in-law's room, when she saw Xiao Luomei coming to her with a smile: "I just made a pot of tea, and asked people to invite you, only to know that you went out early in the morning!" How did you come back so soon? ”

Qin Nanxi pursed her lips and smiled, and said tacitly: "Nanxi just smelled the fragrance of tea and hurried back!" ”

"You girl is really an elf, it's just the second bubble!" Xiao Luomei hesitated for a very short moment, then reached out and grabbed her.

Qin Nanxi turned around and told Mama Cheng to go down to rest, and let Xiao Luomei lead her to her room.

Xiao Luomei's room was filled with the shallow aroma of submerged water, a small wooden house, but she used a light moon veil to separate the inside and outside of the two halves. Through the tulle, I saw a wooden collapse covered with ice silk and a black sandalwood makeup table. In the half of the room, there is her pear tea table on the ground in the middle, on the stage is a set of azure fine porcelain teaware, next to the stage, three elegant rosewood seat piers quietly surrounded.

"No matter where you are, your sister-in-law's house will always be elegant and beautiful." Qin Nanxi glanced around and praised.

Xiao Luomei smiled modestly and led her to her seat.

"Sister, try it, this is this spring's new tea!" Xiao Luomei Xue probed slightly, and handed a cup of tea to Qin Nanxi.

Lowered his head and blew the fine foam in the tea, and after a little sip, Qin Nanxi put the tea cup back on the Huali tea table.

"Doesn't my sister like it?" Xiao Luomei took a sip of tea by herself while holding the cup, obviously she had something to say, but she still looked unanxious.

Qin Nanxi hooked her lips and smiled: "I like it!" Such a good tea, my sister-in-law made it special and waited for Nan Xi to drink it, how could Nan Xi not like it! It's just that since my sister-in-law wants to say it slowly, Nan Xi has to drink it slowly! "Talking to a woman like Xiao Luomei, it is unavoidable to take a roundabout way.

Xiao Luomei smiled, and still said, "My sister has also learned to say such jokes!" ”

Qin Nanxi stared at her eyes lowered to the rim of the cup, and said helplessly: "Speaking of fun, Nanxi saw an interesting object today!" If your sister-in-law is interested, why don't you go and see it too? ”

"What's the interesting thing?"

Qin Nanxi stared at Xiao Luomei for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's the door pier on the back door of the Wang's Courtyard in Changping County." The door piers we are accustomed to are all bluestone, but I didn't expect this gate pier of the king of Changping County to be two exquisite Taihu Lake stones! Nanxi also heard that there is a rockery made of Taihu Lake stone in the courtyard of the county king! ”

Xiao Luomei listened silently, raised her eyebrows and smiled: "No, the king of Changping County has always loved Taihu Lake Stone the most, and the other courtyard in his mansion is naturally indispensable to the first-class Taihu Lake Stone." Your brother likes it very much, and he used to go to the prince's mansion to admire those stones! ”

"Brother often goes to the prince's mansion? How come Nan Xi has never heard of it? Seeing that Xiao Luomei finally spoke, Qin Nan hurriedly grabbed the conversation.