In order to prepare for the queen's birthday, Lian Qingcheng has not walked out of the study for three days.

"Lingyu".

Lian Qingliu walked through the corridor with a bowl of ginseng tea, and saw Shui Lingyu sitting boredly at the door of the study feeding the carp in the porcelain jar, his thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, "Cheng'er hasn't come out yet?" ”

Shui Lingyu saw that the person who came was Lian Qingliu, so he immediately put down the fish food and stood up, his face was crimson, and he lowered his head and tapped it.

Lian Qingliu sighed silently, handed her the ginseng tea, and was about to push the door in.

"Shizi, Childe said that no one can go in unless she comes out by herself."

Shui Lingyu hurriedly stopped him, she had been by Lian Qingcheng's side since she was a child, she knew that person's temper, what she said was an order, if she accidentally disobeyed, she was afraid that she would not be able to live with peace of mind in the future.

When Lian Qingliu heard this, he laughed and said, "In the past, she could fall asleep with a book in her hand, but now she is pretending to be a literati, it's okay, let's go in quietly and see what she's doing." ”

Seeing that he insisted on going in, Shui Lingyu pursed her lips helplessly and slowly withdrew her hand.

Zhu Men opened lightly, and as soon as Lian Qingliu stepped into one foot, a scroll fell from the top of his head, and he walked inside, throwing thick and colorful rice paper under his feet.

He searched around, and finally found the person he wanted to see under the case, Lian Qingcheng was bent down and kneeling on the ground, with his back to him.

Lian Qingliu smiled softly and sat on the ground.

"What is Cheng'er doing here, catching mice?"

Lian Qingcheng seemed to have just learned that someone had walked in, and the whole person was startled, and suddenly jumped up, but forgot that he was lying under the case, using too much force, and his head hit the case wood heavily.

"Oops, it hurts!"

She came out with her head in her hands, and her eyes were full of water.

Lian Qingliu hurriedly got up and stroked her head to see if there was any serious problem, his tone was a little blamed, but his face was very distressed.

"It's still so careless, what a reckless become."

Even Qingcheng listened, smiled slyly, his eyes opened and closed, and the tears that were about to flow quietly disappeared.

"Xiaoyu, look, my eldest brother has been deceived by me again."

She pointed at Lian Qingliu and grimaced mischievously.

Shui Lingyu smiled lightly and shook his head, for so many years, the prince has been deceived by the poor son who pretends to be a little little and has been deceived many times, and every time the truth is revealed, he always willingly spoils and smiles, and if he continues to care, it will be chaotic.

Lian Qingcheng reflexively went back to the bottom of the case, took out a fine white jade scroll, laid it flat on the desk, and said, "Big brother, come and see how my painting is." ”

Lian Qingliu walked over in response, and saw a dragon and a phoenix painted on it, he only glanced at it, and knew what she meant.

"This painting is delicate and unique, like a shock, it can be called a masterpiece in the painting, but there is no shortage of painting wizards in the palace, and it is a little mediocre to give it to the queen as a birthday gift."

"What the eldest brother said is exactly what I thought, but in the past few days, I have tried my best to make a surprise and new appearance in this painting, and I finally have no clue."

Lian Qingcheng put his hand against his chin and looked at the painting on the table sadly.

"Childe, you are painting in the study, why don't you light the lamp, I can't see anything when I stand in the back."

The two of them surrounded the painting tightly, and Shui Lingyu stood on tiptoe and didn't see a corner of the side, showing resentment.

Lian Qingcheng suddenly had a flash of inspiration, knocked on his head and said, "Why didn't I think of it!" ”

"I just got hit on the head, and now it's knocked again, so it's not reassuring at all."

Lian Qingliu stretched out his hand to rub it for her, but she grabbed her arm with her backhand.

"Big brother, do you know where to find the glowworm?"

"The Midyear Festival has passed, the glowworm is almost extinct, there is no trace to be found, what do you want it to do?"

Lian Qingliu stared at her and asked, Qingcheng put down his hand in disappointment, shook his head but did not speak again.

Seriously, there is no way

Lian Qingliu has been a little distressed in the past two days, for the sake of that white jade child's painting, she has no intention of tea and dinner, he can only be anxious.

"Lian Shizi".

After the early court, Fang walked up to the palace road, and Feng Guixie whispered to stop him behind.

"Meet the Four Princes".

Lian Qingchuan turned around and was stopped by Feng Guixi's gentle voice.

"There is no need for this kind of false courtesy, the prince of the world is just thinking in the court, but he has encountered troubles?"

"It's okay to worry about the four princes."

"I think I'm a good friend with the son, and it seems that the son doesn't trust me very much."

The corners of Feng Guixie's mouth smiled, and the corners of his eyebrows were cold.

Lian Qingliu bowed slightly, still looking motionless, elegant and upright.

"The fourth prince is suspicious, it's just that my brother made a birthday picture for the queen's mother, but unfortunately there are still a few glowworms missing the finishing touch in the painting, and now I am worried about this matter, and Weichen is inevitably worried."

"Now that it's long past the season of glowworm infestment, what does the third prince want to do?"

Feng Guixie raised his eyebrows, and there was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Thinking of Qingcheng, even Qingliu's eyes flashed a bend of warmth, and chuckled: "Cheng'er has been a ghost since she was a child, and new ideas are emerging in her head, and Weichen really can't guess what she wants to do, the fourth prince, there is still something in the house, and the minister will leave first." ”

Feng Guiyi nodded silently, watching Lian Qingliu walk away, secretly thinking in his heart, now, I am afraid that there are only one place where there are firefly insects

"Childe, I inquired, I know where that bug is!"

A cheerful cry sounded in the silent palace, and Shui Lingyu walked through the corridor and happily ran towards the study.

Lian Qingcheng ran out when he heard the sound, grabbed her hand and opened his eyes and asked, "Really?" Say it quickly, say it quickly. ”

"I heard from the hunters on the outskirts of the city that the valley of thorns behind the mountain has a mild climate all year round, even if the valley is full of snow, but inside it has always been warm like spring, so there are many flowers, birds, insects and trees, and the glowworms are only found there at this time."

Shui Lingyu took a breath, and after speaking, she sat down on the stone railing of the corridor as if exhausted.

Lian Qingcheng was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Okay, then we'll go tonight." ”

"No!"

Shui Lingyu didn't slow down yet, and when she heard her words, she shouted and stood up, "Childe doesn't know, the origin of the name of the Valley of Thorns is because there are many sharp thorns naturally growing in the valley, even if people with strong martial arts can't find a place to stay in the valley, because its eaves are also covered with this kind of thing, and the sharp thorns can't be removed, cut off one, it will grow again at an alarming speed, so even if there are many precious things inside, no one has ever entered it." ”

"So what, I'm going to be the first one."

Lian Qingcheng pursed her lips with disdain, if there was really such a strange place in the world, the emperor was afraid that he would have sent someone to fill it up, in her opinion, what kind of thorns were just nonsense made up by outsiders to scare people.

"Xiaoyu, don't tell my father and eldest brother about this, tonight when everyone in the house sleeps, we will quietly slip out of the back door, you know?"

She bent down close to Shui Lingyu and lowered her voice, but her tone was irresistible.

Without waiting for the man to nod, she dodged and went into the study again.

Shui Lingyu shook her head with a drooping face, and secretly complained in her heart, Childe, you asked me to do something good

The moon was already empty, and there was only the sound of candles knocking on the streets, and a few birds chirping in the trees and flying away, and even a black shadow quickly jumped on the green tiles of the palace, and the guards in the courtyard flew up one after another to check after discovering it, but the shadow was long gone.

Lian Qingcheng heard the movement, paused and looked back, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and with a close of his eyes, he had already run to the back door of the palace.

The janitor's brother is sleeping soundly in the house at the moment, but he doesn't know that someone has already come.

Lian Qingcheng blinked, picked up the key he had stolen just now and opened the door, and stepped out, and a tall shadow was hung in front of him.

She opened her mouth and was about to scream, but when she saw the person who came, her fright turned into surprise again, and she looked at the person with a puzzled face and asked, "Fourth prince, why are you here?" ”

Feng Gui smiled charmingly, leaned on the stone rock with his hands behind his back and said, "This prince has nothing to do when he goes out of the palace for a walk, and he happens to meet a shameless thief. ”

"What kind of thief", Lian Qingcheng glared at him unhappily, "Although I came out of my own house, I didn't bring anything with me, how can I say 'house thief', is the fourth prince so slanderous?" ”

"If that's not the case, why did the third prince come out of the back door, is he going to do something unseemly? Recently, I heard that flower thieves are rampant in the city, and many girls from good families have fallen into trouble. ”

"You!"

Lian Qingcheng stretched out his finger and pointed at him, and then suddenly felt that he was out of order, and withdrew his hand indignantly, leaning against the door like him, feeling very unhappy, he knew in his heart that this was not the case, how could he like to tease himself every time.

Annoying guys.

"It's so easy to get angry?"

Feng Guixie bent his eyes, thinking of her status in the palace, his thin lips pursed slightly, this look, it really seemed to be spoiled.

Qingcheng snorted coldly, clasped his hands and did not say a word.

A warm green light suddenly appeared in front of her eyes, and she looked at it, only to see Feng Guixi's hand holding a lantern made of glowworms.

"How did you have this?"

She looked at him in surprise and reached out to take it.

Feng Gui Evil Eye quickly dodged her claws, and said with a light smile: "I heard that the prince said that you are looking for glowworms, and it just so happened that this prince went to Zizi Mountain today to listen to Master Ran's lecture on Buddhism, so he went to the Valley of Thorns to catch some." ”

"I know that Xiaoyu is lying to me, what kind of thorns, it's a lie at all, the four princes can go, I can go, but", her hand still stopped in mid-air, flashing her eyes and smiled: "The queen's birthday is coming, can the four princes give me these glowworms, Qingcheng must thank you." ”

"Naturally, it's no problem for you, it's just that this prince is curious, what the third prince is doing with it."

Feng Guixie looked at those beautiful eyes, and his expression became softer and softer.

"This, the fourth prince will know when the time comes."

Lian Qingcheng deliberately played dumb riddles, snatched the fluorescent insect lantern while he was unprepared, and held it in his hand like a treasure.

Feng Guixi smiled indifferently, a warm liquid suddenly flowed through his palm, Ying's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he looked up to see that even Qingcheng was only admiring the lantern in his hand and had not yet noticed his strangeness.

"It's time for me to go back to the palace, this fluorescent insect is given to the third prince, I hope that on the queen's birthday, you won't let me down."

"Nature."

Lian Qingcheng promised with confidence, but he didn't see that his lips were gradually white.

Feng Guixie held his right hand weakly, tried to support his body, and slowly walked out of her sight.

"Childe"

Lian Qingcheng returned to the house with the glowworm in his hand, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Shui Lingyu standing there with a pouting and aggrieved, and there were several palace guards standing next to him.

"Didn't you want to pester them?"

She sighed, quite a headache, if she reported to her father, she would inevitably be scolded.

"It's better not to go out at night for the third prince, the assassin has just broken into the mansion, and the prince has been alarmed, we are searching everywhere for the whereabouts of the assassin, if the third prince is fine, go back to the room quickly."

A guard looked at Lian Qingcheng respectfully, neither humble nor arrogant.

Assassin?

She looked at Shui Lingyu in surprise, but saw that the person shook his head violently with a blank expression.

"Childe, I don't know what's going on, you said you were going to sneak out to find it", seeing the thing in Lian Qingcheng's hand, she changed her words and said in a hurry: "Son-in-law, you, you actually found it so quickly?!" ”

Even Qingcheng had no intention of answering her doubts, and her thoughts were always on the assassin.

Dad once said that the queen in order to suppress the phoenix to return to evil, since he was a child, he has not let people teach him to practice martial arts, the way of the monarch does not allow him to learn, within a month of 20 days will send him to Zizai Mountain to listen to Master Ran Buddha, today is just a coincidence, this assassin must not be him.

Thinking of the person who followed him on the street a few days ago, his thin lips pursed tightly.

Could it be that it is someone sent by Prime Minister Liu again?