At night, the moonlight is very beautiful, shrouding the entire Zijin Palace under this hazy yellow halo, inadvertently evoking people's poetic feelings.

On the rockery of the Imperial Garden, there is a pavilion that sits on a condescending level, with a view of the sparkling lake waves on one side and a lush forest on the other.

The two people in the pavilion sat opposite each other, Gu Ranchen on one side, and Liu Shihua on the other side.

The light fragrance of tea wafted by, and was completely inhaled into her nose by Liu Shihua, Liu Shihua raised her eyes and saw that it was Gu Ranchen holding a cup of tea and handing it to her, "Let's have a cup of tea first." ”

Liu Shihua raised her hand to take it, took a sip symbolically, and gently put down the teacup, she was not interested in accompanying Gu Ranchen to drink tea, "What is the prince's matter, it is that Shihua still has to wait for the concubine, and he can't stay for a long time." ”

After Liu Shihua had dinner, someone sent a letter for Gu Ranchen and made an appointment for Liu Shihua to meet here, Liu Shihua thought about it again and again, but still came, she was very curious, Gu Dianchen made such a hurried appointment, what was the matter.

Gu Ranchen raised his eyebrows and pointed to the teacup, "This is a good dragon well before the rain, if you don't taste it carefully, wouldn't it be a waste?" ”

Liu Shihua didn't have the heart to deal with him, and pushed the teacup, "If the prince is fine, Shihua will leave first." ”

"Wait." Gu Ranchen saw that Liu Shihua was so impatient, so he simply didn't go around in circles, "I asked you out today to give you two gifts." ”

Liu Shihua looked at Gu Ranchen puzzled, "The prince's gift, I'm afraid I can't stand it." ”

Gu Ranchen smiled mysteriously, "You saw it first, and then decided whether to accept it or not." ”

Liu Shihua was also not good at refusing, silent, and did not talk.

Gu Ranchen obviously felt Liu Shihua's alienation, since Liu Shihua knew his identity, she had always been like this, looking polite, in fact, this kind of estrangement made Gu Dianchen feel weird.

Gu Ranchen took out a brocade box from his arms and handed it to Liu Shihua, "This is the first gift, open it and take a look." ”

Liu Shihua held the brocade box with both hands, opened it carefully, and was taken aback when she saw the contents of the brocade box, it was the hollow flying phoenix golden step that she threw away that day.

Liu Shihua gently closed the box again and pushed it to Gu Ranchen, "What does this mean, prince?" Poetry and painting said that what is soiled, poetry and painting will not want it again. ”

Gu Ranchen bent the corners of his mouth, "I specially found a craftsman for this step shake and built it according to the original one." I know that this step shake means a lot to you, although it is not the original one, and I hope you can accept it and keep it in mind. This is my reparation to you. ”

After Liu Shihua threw Bu Shao into the river, Gu Ranchen drew a drawing and asked Mei Fuqian to find a craftsman to build it. However, this step is exquisitely made, and ordinary craftsmen can't do it. Mei Fuqian searched for a long time, and finally found a craftsman with this skill. After the step shake was done, Mei Fuqian also took it to find a Mei Wu and took out the letter of the year. After using it, Mei Fuqian was willing to return it to Gu Ranchen.

Gu Ranchen has always wanted to give this step to Liu Shihua, but there are too many things, and it has been delayed until now.

"Apologize?" Liu Shihua looked at Gu Ranchen suspiciously.

Gu Ranchen nodded, his expression at the moment was more like the little entourage who used to be in the governor's mansion, rather than the young prince who held great power, "Apologize for all the deception I made to you in the governor's mansion before." Although you said you forgave me last time, I know that it is just because of my identity, and you just say it casually. What I want today is your true forgiveness, from friends, regardless of identity. ”

Liu Shihua raised his eyes, and his gaze happened to collide with Gu Ranchen's sincere eyes, from a friend, regardless of identity? Can it really be just friends? Liu Shihua had thought about this question countless times, until today, seeing Gu Ranchen's eyes that would not deceive, she finally believed it.

"Well, since you say so, I'll take it." Liu Shihua took the brocade box again.

Gu Ranchen let out a sigh of relief, but the short words of Liu Shihua's painting made Gu Ranchen's heart still not be able to settle down, was the forgiveness in her mouth from the heart or just perfunctory?

Liu Shihua seemed to see through Gu Ranchen's thoughts, she pursed her lips and smiled, "However, if you are a friend, you should apologize for more than this one thing." ”

"Huh?" Gu Ranchen was stunned and screamed involuntarily.

Liu Shihua coughed lightly twice, pretending to be serious, as if he was teaching a child, "Think about it, what other things have you done to offend your master?" ”

Of course, Gu Ranchen could see that Liu Shihua was joking, since she talked about the relationship between master and servant, she should really accept him as a friend from the bottom of her heart.

Gu Ranchen simply cooperated with Liu Shihua and lowered his head, "Second Miss Hui, Ah Chen shouldn't talk nonsense in Qifeng Palace today and deny Miss's talent." ”

Liu Shihua was so amused that she almost laughed out loud, but she still held back her laughter, "Then how do you say I should punish you?" ”

Gu Ranchen smiled smugly, "You come over first to see my second gift before making a decision." ”

Liu Shihua didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Gu Ranchen's gourd, so she had to follow him to the edge of the pavilion.

Looking down from this angle, you can see the lush woods, and there is a small clearing in the middle of the woods, which can be seen as far as the eye can see.

However, at this time, in the center of the clearing, there were people. Liu Shihua took a closer look, and it was clear that a man and a woman were hugging each other affectionately in the forest, as if they were whispering and kissing arbitrarily.

This is the Imperial Palace, and no man has the right to have anything to do with the women here except the Empress. Seeing this picture, Liu Shihua was stunned, and she asked Gu Ranchen in a daze, "Lord Wang, is this ......?"

Gu Ranchen touched his nose, "You take a closer look." ”

Liu Shihua looked closely according to Gu Ranchen's words, and by the moonlight, he finally saw the two people in the forest, who were An Ruozhan and Princess Linglong.

"Isn't Princess Linglong going to make peace with Prince Zhao? How could it be ......" Liu Shihua was taken aback.

"This is An Ruozhan's affair." Gu Ranchen pointed in the direction of An Ruozhan and Princess Linglong and said.

No wonder Gu Ranchen would give in every time he threatened An Ruozhan with this matter, it turned out that the woman in An Ruozhan's heart was actually Princess Linglong, if this matter was known by the emperor, the An family would be killed. Liu Shihua thought about it, and couldn't help but shudder, this is really playing with fire in front of the eyes of the Son of Heaven

"Why did the prince tell me about this?" What Liu Shihua is even more puzzled about is that this is an affair between An Ruozhan and Princess Linglong, and what does it have to do with her.

"Princess Linglong is jealous by nature, I stopped you from dancing today for fear that you would steal her limelight and become her enemy, but now, the matter has come to this, Princess Linglong will not let you go easily. If you want to control people in the palace, you must have chess pieces, and you don't know where the chess pieces are, so I will give you one, and it will definitely come in handy in the future. Gu Ranchen explained honestly, looking at his expression, as if everything was under control.