The maid cleaned up the table with a look of discernment.

Wei Chi opened the brocade box, and Chu Bei picked up the painting scroll and opened it on the table.

From the painting scroll, you can clearly see the layout of the palace, this thing is not something that can be seen casually, it can be said that it is a secret of the palace.

Because the layout map is also marked with secret rooms and secret passages, if this falls into the hands of the enemy, it is much easier to hide and wait for the opportunity to assassinate with this layout map.

In fact, when every mansion is built, the first consideration is to entertain guests, so there is no need to choose a place for a housewarming banquet, but the banquet place needs to be redecorated.

Especially on that day's new home banquet, most of the civil and military officials and noble ladies came, and there were many fewer ladies and young masters of the family, so the banquet was decent, to put it bluntly, mainly on eating.

Qingyun looked at the layout plan and saw a large piece of open space, her brows furrowed and wrinkled, she always felt that this piece of land was too strange, how to say it, if the whole layout map was a piece of beautiful jade, then that open space was a flaw, the more she looked at it, the more awkward it became, and there was a feeling of uselessness.

If you want to hold a banquet, the land is large enough, but it is too remote.

She couldn't help but point, "What is this vacant land for?" ”

Chu Bei looked at her slender jade fingers and said with a smile, "It was not an empty land, but a lotus pond, the first emperor rewarded the mansion to his father and queen, and he set out to renovate it, filled it up, and then blocked it here, leaving only one door to enter and exit, and this land was specially used for military training." ”

Qingyun was surprised, "This has also been the emperor's mansion?" ”

Chu Bei shook his head lightly, "The first emperor just rewarded the mansion to his father, and his father filled in the lotus pond, and ordered someone to dig a secret room and secret passage, but he didn't live for a day, and before he could get married and move out of the palace, the first prince passed away, and the first emperor died later, and he ascended the throne." ”

Qingyun sat down and asked. "How did the first prince die?"

Chu Bei looked at her, with some doubts in his deep eyes, and shook his head and said, "The first prince died very suddenly. Some say that he died suddenly, some say that he was bitten by a poisonous snake, and some say that he was killed...... There are all kinds of ways to die, but I don't know how I died. ”

Chu Bei said he didn't know. Qingyun didn't ask again, she was just a little curious.

People die like lights go out, many princes in history have been killed and abolished, and even with their sons and daughters have suffered not a few, she has not seen any dynasty like the Great Jin Dynasty, the first prince is dead, the emperor has been on the throne for almost 20 years, and the queen mother still wants to support the son of the first prince to be the prince. The emperor didn't ruthlessly cut the grass and eradicate the roots, but he still connived.

It's just a bunch of weird people.

Qingyun muttered in her heart, and then continued to look at the layout map.

Soon, the maid brought the meal.

Qingyun and Chu Bei had a meal, and while walking, they looked at the places used by the palace for banquets, so that they could know it in their hearts.

When the two of them left the palace again, Wei Feng rode back.

Seeing him, Qingyun asked, "What can you find out?" ”

Wei Feng nodded lightly.

Qingyun raised her eyebrows, and listened to Wei Feng's advice. "Mrs. Cheng is sick, and it was the Zhao Yuan envoy who gave her the medicine."

Qingyun was a little stunned.

Wei Feng nodded, these were what he had seen with his own eyes.

Mrs. Cheng was sick in bed, and she couldn't get out of bed. When he went, the envoy of Zhao Yuan happened to be in front of her bed and said, "Eldest sister, don't complain about my cruelty, you have been away from Kyoto for a long time." I don't understand the sinister officialdom, I did this for your own good, I just made you weak, you can't get out of bed, it won't harm your life, Yuan'er is the only seedling of the Cheng family, I will definitely do my best to save him, this, I can swear to God. ”

Old Madam Cheng was like she was paralyzed in bed, and she couldn't even speak, but her eyes were full of disappointment and anger.

After the envoy of the Zhao Yuan instructed the maid to entertain Mrs. Cheng, he turned around and left.

Wei Feng followed him for a while, and when he arrived at the main courtyard, the wife of the Zhao Yuan envoy asked him what happened, and the Zhao Yuan envoy said impatiently, "There are some things, don't ask if you shouldn't ask." ”

Mrs. Zhao was still a little angry, "Why can't I ask?" ”

Zhao Yuan's head was big, "You have time, it's only right to find those noble ladies to walk around." ”

Then, Zhao Yuan's envoy excused himself and left.

Wei Feng saw that the envoy of the Zhao Yuan couldn't ask anything, and this matter was not important to Qingyun and Chu Bei, so he came back.

After listening to Wei Feng's confession, Qingyun smiled, "In this way, it seems that the threatening letter was written by Mrs. Cheng, she is sick and can't go to the appointment, so if the county lord of Ruoyao will run in vain." ”

An old lady Cheng who didn't even have a fate, actually had the courage to threaten Concubine Ning, and she also held the handle in her hand to discredit Ning Wangfu, which was really getting more and more evil.

This old lady Cheng, she wants to meet her.

Ningwangfu.

Lord Ruoyao took the invitation to see Concubine Ning and said, "This is the wrong invitation sent by the next person." ”

The maid accepted the invitation and gave it to Concubine Ning.

Concubine Ning swept her eyes twice, frowned, and only wrote that she invited Concubine Ning to go to Ciyun Nunnery, but there was no signature.

Concubine Ning guessed, she thought it was written by the eldest lady.

In the past few days, Ciyun Nunnery has become famous because of the eldest lady's downfall, and the incense has suddenly become vigorous, and the only one who is qualified to talk to her is the eldest lady.

Thinking that she stole the beams and changed the pillars, which hurt her a lot, and dared to send her an invitation and let her condescend to see her?

Concubine Ning sneered and threw the invitation to the ground.

She didn't like Lord Ruoyao, threw the invitation, and then waved her hand and said, "Okay, step down." ”

Ruoyao County Lord looked at her, the little hands under the cloud sleeves were tightened, she didn't mention the letter, and she retired.

Just when he went out, Lord Ruoyao was a little distracted.

Qiu Shuang waited on the side, if she hadn't stared at her seriously, Lord Ruoyao would have to fall.

"County Lord, don't think about things when you walk," Qiushuang admonished.

Lord Ruoyao didn't speak, but his steps were three points faster.

Inside the house, the princess was eating bird's nest porridge.

Seeing that the county lord Ruoyao came in, her head was covered with fine beads of sweat, she said angrily, "Usually, let you go to ask the concubine to say goodbye, but you don't want to go, why did the next person send the wrong invitation today, and instead of letting the next person send it, he ran away by himself?" ”

Lord Ruoyao wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. sat down next to the princess and said, "Mother, you know how to make fun of me!" Normally I don't go, you blame me. Urging me, he even wanted to drag me away, and now that I took the initiative to go, you think I'm strange again, so I don't want my daughter to be sensible? In the future. Ruoyao will often go to the concubine to say goodbye. ”

Lord Ruoyao said, her delicate lips pursed high.

The princess was happy to hear this, took a handkerchief to help Ruoyao wipe the sweat beads on the tip of her nose, and said with a smile, "You are so sensible, the mother concubine is naturally happy." ”

Lord Ruoyao leaned on the princess's shoulder and pulled the princess to speak.

From her sneaking out of the house, to Qingyun saving her, to the child in the princess's womb, to the naughty things of Lord Ruoyao when she was a child. Talking about this, Lord Ruoyao changed the topic and said, "Mother, tell me about my father's childhood." ”

The princess smiled when she heard this, nodded at the head of the county lord Ruoyao and said, "When your father was a child, where did the mother know so clearly, what she knew was just some skin." ”

Ruoyao's cheeks turned crimson, and then she said, "Ruoyao also knows that the concubine doesn't know much. But Ruoyao can't ask the concubine, by the way, mother, Ruoyao heard that her father was born prematurely. Is it true? ”

The princess nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, your father was born two months prematurely, and he almost became the eldest son of the first emperor, only half an hour later than the first prince. It's really dangerous. ”

This sentence is dangerous, and it is full of joy.

Since ancient times, the position of the prince has mostly been a successor, a long, and no longer a virtuous.

If the eldest son of the emperor is not his son-in-law, most of them die young, and those who do not die young, participate more in the battle of the crown prince, and it is naturally good if he succeeds, but if he fails, it will really end bleakly.

After the princess finished speaking, she saw that Ruoyao's face was a little pale, she thought Ruoyao was sick, raised her hand and touched her forehead and said, "Why is your face so pale, is it uncomfortable?" ”

Lord Ruoyao hurriedly shook his head, "No, Ruoyao has also flipped through a few medical books, and they all say that seven lives and eight don't live, and my father was born in eight months, which is really dangerous." ”

The princess nodded in agreement, "Your father is indeed a great fate. ”

As she spoke, she touched her bulging belly, hoping that the child in her belly would be as big as his father's.

Lord Ruoyao nodded again and again, with a smile on his face, innocent, but his heart seemed to have fallen to the bottom.

Falling into the arms of the princess, Lord Ruoyao bit her lip tightly.

She couldn't imagine what would have happened if the threatening letter had been true and the concubine hadn't gone to the appointment, and that person would shake it out......

Riding back to the palace, Qingyun sat on horseback and was not idle.

She's thinking about the banquet, and there's no way she's pressed for time.

Just sending an invitation made her head bigger, and she pushed Chu Beidao, "Do you want to invite the emperor?" ”

If I hadn't sent an invitation to the emperor before, forget it, but I did, and the emperor went.

The housewarming banquet is much more important than a small banquet in the Hou Mansion, with the emperor's temperament, he has to be trained to send him an invitation, and if he doesn't send it, he will probably have to be trained.

Chu Bei hugged Qingyun's waist and said with a smile, "Whether my father goes or not, let's send one...... ”

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Qingyun's exclamation, she pointed ahead and exclaimed, "What a beautiful horse! ”

It was a snow-white horse, except for a pair of eyes that were ink-colored, and the whole body was snow-white, and in the sun, there was a feeling of crystal like jade.

Qingyun fell for the horse, and as for the man on horseback......

is similar in age to Chu Bei, has a good temperament, and is handsome, but it is still much inferior to Chu Bei, so it is not amazing.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for a man to make Qingyun amazing in the future, unless that person is much more beautiful than Chu Bei.

Qingyun's eyes swirled on the steed.

The man saw Qingyun and Chu Bei and rode over.

When he got closer, he turned over and dismounted, and saluted Chu Bei and Qingyun, but he didn't speak.

But the middle-aged man who followed him said, "I've seen the eldest prince and the eldest princess." ”

Qingyun was slightly surprised, and Chu Bei said, "No courtesy." ”

Then he introduced to Qingyun, "He is the second young master of the Jiang family in Qizhou, when you gave medicine to the doctor, his sister also disguised herself as a man to find you." ”

Qingyun's memory is not bad, and she knows who he is when she says the second young master of the Jiang family in Qizhou.

She nodded and chuckled.

As soon as the middle-aged man straightened up, he knelt down for Qingyun again, and asked Qingyun to give his master, that is, Second Young Master Jiang, to treat his throat.

On this hot day, the earth was so hot that it could be baked, and the middle-aged man knelt on the ground, motionless.

Qingyun doesn't know what to do, she can treat Second Young Master Su, but on the street, she can't help people take the pulse, right?

Do you want to go back to the palace?

I don't know what to do, Qingyun looked at Chu Bei, Chu Bei thought for a few seconds, and then nodded, "Let's go to the front restaurant." ”

Qingyun raised her eyebrows slightly, it was like a place like a restaurant, it wasn't something she could go, right?

However, Chu Bei took her there, and he naturally took care of something.

And just like that, they went to the restaurant.

It was past the time for lunch, and dinner was still early, and there were not many people in the restaurant.

When they entered the restaurant, a young man came to beckon them to go up to the second floor.

Qingyun and Chubei's advanced private room, Second Young Master Jiang followed.

Wei Feng followed Chu Bei, while Wei Lu and Wei Chi guarded the door.

After entering the house, Qingyun was about to sit down, only to hear a nice voice and say, "I've seen the eldest prince and the eldest princess." ”

Qingyun suddenly raised her eyes, looked at Second Young Master Jiang and said, "Can you speak?" ”

Immediately, she looked at Chu Bei.

Chu Bei shook his head, he didn't know that Second Young Master Jiang could speak.

Second Young Master Jiang said with some shame, "Don't hide it from the eldest prince and the eldest princess, I have always been able to speak, pretending to be dumb is all a last resort, the eldest princess has superb medical skills, I don't dare to deceive in front of the eldest princess with this little trick." “

Qingyun smiled when she heard this, she glanced at the middle-aged man, and her smile deepened, "Second Young Master Jiang is not sick, but he is looking for me for treatment, is this trying to smash my signboard, or are you planning to give me a credit for nothing?" ”

Her tone was light and breezy, but with a hint of majesty.

Second Young Master Jiang was obviously pretending to be dumb, and the middle-aged man was clear, but he knelt down on the street and begged her to treat Second Young Master Jiang, so he sincerely sought medical treatment.

A person has been pretending to be dumb for more than ten years, and he can't express anything he wants to say with his mouth, and the pain can be imagined.

Now Second Young Master Jiang is not small, he can conspire with Chubei alone, he doesn't need to hide it anymore.

It's just that he needs a reasonable opportunity to speak.

Unfortunately, she is a skilled medical practitioner who is just in line.

used her in front, calmly admitted her mistakes in the back, and expressed trust in passing.

With such scheming, it's no wonder that he has the courage to calculate King Yijun.

Second Young Master Jiang is not shallow, he was asked by Qingyun so seriously, but his back was cold, he didn't say anything, the eldest princess guessed what he was thinking, so smart, no wonder the eldest prince didn't marry her, she was able to sacrifice the phoenix vision during the sacrifice.

After a moment of panic, Second Young Master Jiang calmed down again and said, "Although I am not sick, I sincerely ask the eldest princess to treat the people of the world." (To be continued.) )