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Xue Rou was standing outside the imperial study waiting for the summons, not wanting to suddenly hear someone call her name in her ear.

She turned her head to look to the side, and saw Rong Xun and Rong Lan walking out of the imperial study one after the other.

There were three people standing beside them, two of whom she had never seen before, but the man who was dressed in green clothes, with a broken arm and a thin person, looked a little dull and dark, but she was very familiar with it.

Huo Jingling.

Huo Jingling only felt that this name was a little familiar when he heard Rong Xun call Xue Rou, and couldn't help but look in the direction where the white-clothed figure was, and this time he just saw the delicate side face she showed when she looked up.

The skin is as white as jade, and the eyes are like paint.

Huo Jingling's pupils suddenly shrank, as if he had seen something incredible, and his eyes were full of shock.

Ning Ziqing?

How could he be here?!

Huo Jingling's heart shook and pushed away Rong Xun in front of him in a panic, and stepped forward a few steps to approach the white-clothed figure, his face was full of anger and jealousy, and even his uninjured hand was clenched into a fist, and the green tendons on his forehead burst out, but when he got closer to see Xue Rou's whole appearance and the dress on his body, all the expressions on his face were instantly stunned.

How is it a woman?

Xue Rou raised her lips and smiled when she saw Huo Jingling's ghostly expression, deliberately softened the expression on her face, restrained the sharpness in her eyes, and made her eyebrows more and more gentle, so she nodded to a few people with a little surprise and said, "I've seen King Qing, King Xuan." After finishing, she looked at Huo Jingling not far in front of her with a little surprise and said, "Great Prince, I didn't expect to see you here after leaving the Zhou Kingdom." ”

Rong Lan and Rong Xun had long been stunned by Huo Jingling's sudden action just now, and they both showed different colors after hearing Xue Rou's words at this time, and Deng Kun and Lou Yonghan, who were standing behind the two of them, also looked at Xue Rou, and in their position, they naturally knew that the new female head of Ling Wang's Mansion was named Xue Rou, but they didn't expect that this Marquis of Dongping, who His Majesty had just been sealed, actually knew the new head of Ling Wang's Mansion.

The two couldn't help but look at Xue Rou seriously.

And Huo Jingling's originally sluggish expression recovered after hearing Xue Rou's words, and then frowned.

He looked at the girl in front of him with her long hair pulled lightly, a little hair hanging down on the side of her face, and a beautiful face, and then remembered the strange thoughts that suddenly arose in his heart at that moment just now, and he felt extremely ridiculous, he actually regarded the woman in front of him just now as the scheming young man who single-handedly disturbed the politics of the Great Zhou Dynasty and put him in today's downfall, how could these two be one person?

One is gentle as water, the other is sharp as a blade.

If the young man's gentle and cold surface was full of sharpness and unstoppable that could not be concealed in his bones, the woman in front of him gave people the feeling that everyone was standing beautifully, gentle and elegant, with the softness that a girl should have from her bones.

If the two really have anything in common, it can only be said that the looks of the two are first-class.

Thinking of his gaffe just now, Huo Jingling couldn't help but secretly reprimand himself, and when he faced Xue Rou again, he would inevitably be angry and not have a good face, he looked at Xue Rou with a calm face and said, "You know me?" ”

Xue Rou didn't seem to see the look on Huo Jingling's face, she just smiled faintly and said casually: "Before the winter solstice last year, I went to the Great Zhou Jinggi and stayed there for a while. ”

Huo Jingling heard the name of the eldest princess Zhaorong after such a long time, and couldn't help but think of the woman who was now crippled and crippled, crazy and could only rely on people to feed the woman who was hanging on to her life, he couldn't help but tremble, how graceful the eldest princess Zhaorong was at the beginning, how miserable it is now, the eldest princess's mansion is no longer the envy of everyone at the beginning, and now everyone there avoids it, although it has been so long, he still remembers the scene when he last saw the eldest princess Zhaorong.

She opened her tongue-twisted mouth wide and screamed "ahh

Huo Jingling looked at the smiling woman in front of her, seeing that she didn't seem to know Zhaorong's tragic situation at all but smiled lightly, she didn't know why she suddenly shuddered, the news of Zhaorong's accident couldn't be concealed at all, and Xue Rou had been in contact with her, so naturally she wouldn't be unclear, if ordinary people just intersected for a few days, they would have some sympathy, but Xue Rou didn't have the slightest difference on her face when she mentioned Zhaorong.

Huo Jingling's heart suddenly moved, as if he had thought of something, his eyes widened and he said, "You are the Xue Rou from Yunzhou at the beginning?" ”

Xue Rou smiled lightly when she heard this: "It's me, I didn't expect the eldest prince to remember this." ”

Huo Jingling took a deep breath, of course he remembered that as soon as Xue Rou entered Beijing, he sent someone to smash the door of the Ministry of Rites' house, and then beat the daughter of the Ministry of Rites Lang's family on the street two days later, this matter was once rumored in Zhou Guojing, everyone knew that there was a little lady Xue in Yunzhou, who was as fierce as a tiger and generous, he was also interested in this woman at the beginning, but a series of things that happened later made him forget about it.

Later, with Sun An's accident, Ning Ziqing appeared in Beijing, and the old cases of the Yin family were constantly revealed, and the things that this woman did were not so noticeable, and after that, she rarely appeared in Beijing, and gradually no one remembered that there was such a person as Xue Rou in Beijing. If it weren't for the fact that Huo Jingling knew that the person Sun Chenghei wanted to really deal with that night was Xue Rou when he was investigating the Puji Temple, and the decline of the Sun family could almost be said to have started from the chaos that night, maybe he would have forgotten that there was Xue Rou as a person.

No wonder he was so familiar with Xue Rou's name when he heard it just now, but he didn't expect that he would actually see her in the Southern Chu Palace after more than half a year.

Huo Jingling's eyebrows were slightly raised, and he subconsciously asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Xue Rou was about to reply when she heard this, but she didn't want Peng De from the imperial study to come out.

Peng De's eyes flashed slightly when he looked up at the woman in white who was surrounded by Rong Xun, Rong Lan and Huo Jingling not far away, and said directly to Xue Rou with a smile: "Manager Xue, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness King Ling are discussing matters in the palace, it is getting late at this time, and there is a cool breeze outside, why don't you take the old slave to the side hall to drink tea and wait for Your Majesty to summon you?" ”

Although Xue Rou didn't know Peng De, when he saw his outfit and the three of Rong Lan, who obviously showed a little jealousy after he appeared, he could guess the identity of this person, and those who dared to talk like this outside the imperial study were not afraid of King Xuan of Qing, I am afraid that there was no one else except Peng De, the personal eunuch next to Emperor Chu.

She looked at Peng De with a smile on her face and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Peng." ”

Peng De was not surprised to see Xue Rou reveal his identity, after all, there were not many people in the Southern Chu Imperial City who didn't know him, not to mention that he was the only one who could come and go freely in the imperial study except for the Chu Emperor, but after seeing Xue Rou knowing his identity, he was still so humble, gentle, and gentle, Peng De's eyes couldn't help but have some deeper meaning.

He looked at Xue Rou's stunning appearance and dusty bearing, remembering what His Majesty said when he summoned this woman today, the smile on Peng De's face deepened, and he nodded towards Xue Rou with a smile before turning his head to the three Rong Lan on the side and said: "Two highnesses, Dongping Marquis, and two adults, this palace door is about to be locked, how many people still need to stay in the palace?" The two highnesses and the two adults are unharmed, but the Marquis of Dongping does not have a pass token, and I am afraid that there will be some trouble after nightfall. ”

The palace gate of Chu Palace is locked as soon as it passes, and no one is allowed to enter or exit after the hour, unless there is a pass token in the palace, no one wants to enter and exit the palace after nightfall.

And now in the Chu State, the people who have tokens are not the princes and important ministers of the court, although Deng Kun and Lou Yonghan have low official positions, they are both in charge of Beijing's affairs, and naturally they also have tokens, but Huo Jingling does not.

Rong Xun couldn't help but look stunned when he heard Peng De's words, remembering Peng De's unusual attitude towards Xue Rou just now, knowing that Peng De's words were afraid that he had already been reminded, he hurriedly glanced at Huo Jingling, and only after seeing Huo Jingling retract the different color just now, he smiled and said: "Gonggong Peng is too worried, this king and the Marquis of Dongping have nothing to do, so they are ready to leave the palace, the third brother and the two adults still have something to tell their father that the emperor needs to stay in the palace?" ”

When he said the latter sentence, Rong Xun looked at Rong Lan with a hint of sarcasm, obviously still hating him for biting Huo Jingling in front of the emperor and wanting to pull him into the water.

Deng Kun didn't even dare to say, he was indeed in charge of the garrison battalion to protect the imperial city, and he also won the trust of the Emperor of Chu, but he was not stupid enough to go to the king of Qing in this way, he didn't know that King Qing and the Marquis of Dongping had a very personal relationship, but now that he knows that he will naturally not hit the knife again, not to mention that even the emperor of Chu doesn't care about the matter of hiding the people of Zhou, what else can he say?

Lou Yonghan saw Deng Kun's appearance and hurriedly said: "The minister also wants to go back to the palace to deal with some things, so he won't stay longer, and the minister will take someone to Dongping Hou to take away those Zhou vassals, and please ask Dongping Hou to cooperate with one or two, His Royal Highness King Qing, His Royal Highness King Xuan, Gonggong Peng, farewell!" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for Huo Jingling to reply, he turned around and left directly, and Deng Kun also smeared oil on the soles of his feet and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

And Rong Lan looked at Rong Xun and Huo Jingling and snorted coldly, he naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to stay in the palace at this time, besides, how could he not hear that Rong Xun's words were squeezing him, he glanced at the two of them coldly, and then turned around and looked at Xue Rou with a complicated expression for a moment before throwing off his sleeves and leaving.

Rong Lan left, and Rong Xun naturally didn't stay much.

He turned his head to Xue Rou and said with a smile: "It turns out that Miss Xue and Dongping Hou are still old acquaintances, since they both know each other, there is no need to be polite, if there is time in the future, Miss Xue can come to my Qingwang Mansion to sit, and this king will definitely sweep the couch to greet him." ”

"The prince is polite, if there is a chance, Xue Rou will definitely visit."

Rong Xun smiled when he heard this, and then turned to leave, and although Huo Jingling still had something to ask Xue Rou, and even some thoughts kept rising in his heart, but he also knew that it was not a good opportunity at the moment, so he had to look at Xue Rou unwillingly and leave with Rong Xun.

After everyone walked away, Xue Rou smiled at Peng De and said, "Thank you Grandpa Peng for helping me out of the siege just now." ”

Peng De immediately smiled when he heard this, "Manager Xue is a smart person, presumably even if there is no old slave, he will not be embarrassed, and the old slave is also afraid that you will disturb His Majesty and attract the wrath of thunder, so he will come forward to persuade him, and Manager Xue does not need to be polite." ”

Xue Rou smiled, if Peng De's identity didn't want to help her, why bother, if they really quarreled with Emperor Chu just now, even if Emperor Chu's thunderous anger fell on a few of them, how could it have anything to do with Peng De, he could be a wall-watcher, why mix, but she understood these things in her heart, sometimes not everything must be fully understood, she just smiled at Peng De and said: "Anyway, Father-in-law Peng finally helped me, my name is Xue Rou, Father-in-law Peng can call me by my name, Chief Xue's title is just a joke between me and His Royal Highness King Ling for a while. ”

Peng De laughed when he heard this, this Xue Rou is really not an ordinary woman.

"Okay, then the old slave calls you Miss Xue, Miss Xue, please, the old slave will take you to the side hall for a while."

Here, Xue Rou and Peng De went to rest in the small side hall next to the imperial study, and Rong Xun and Huo Jingling also went out of the palace gate.

After the two got into the carriage in front of Yehua Gate, Huo Jingling kept frowning and silent, Rong Xun didn't notice it at first, but after he called Huo Jingling twice and he didn't answer, Rong Xun stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and Huo Jingling suddenly came back to his senses.

"Lord Wang."

"What is Dongping Hou thinking?"

Huo Jingling paused and hesitated: "Lord Wang, I just heard Peng De call Xue Rou as the manager, do you know where she is?" ”

Rong Xun looked strange when he heard his question, and only after a while did he say quietly: "The Marquis of Dongping should know that there is an extra female chief in King Ling's mansion, right?" ”

Huo Jingling nodded, of course he knew about this matter, King Ling had always been used to messing around, and everyone thought that he was just a fool when he was looking for a woman to be in charge, but who knew that the woman had become the head of King Ling's Mansion for less than half a month, and she took action one after another to clear out the hands of many people in the court who had been placed in King Ling's Mansion, and even grabbed the internal and external affairs of King Ling's Mansion, and subdued the original ambitious stewards, and even King Qing's Mansion suffered heavy losses because of this.

This is not the most unusual, what is even more surprising is that later King Ling returned the ceremony in the capital, at this time, everyone knew how capable the new head of King Ling's Mansion was, so that King Ling, who had always only entered and acted obediently, came to the door to return the courtesy, this kind of ability is not something that everyone has.

Huo Jingling was still strange when he heard Rong Xun mention it at this time, and he didn't know what he thought of in an instant, so he opened his eyes and said in a lost voice: "The head of the Ling Wang's Mansion you are talking about can't be Xue Rou, right?" ”

Rong Xun nodded and said, "It's her." ”

Huo Jingling's mind was like being struck by lightning and suddenly sat up straight, and the idea that had been forcibly suppressed couldn't stop popping up, he remembered that Rong Jing was familiar with Ning Ziqing when he was still in Zhou, and the relationship between the two was very good, even Ning Ziqing's first entry and exit from the palace of Zhou was introduced by Rong Jing, and when Ning Ziqing appeared in Zhou Guojing, Xue Rou also happened to be in Beijing, and all the chaos in Zhou Guozhong almost started from the incident of Puji Temple that night.

Huo Jingling thought of this and hurriedly asked, "Then Xue Rou and King Ling have known each other for a long time?" ”

Rong Xun didn't understand why Huo Jingling was so excited, but he just shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be, our people have been monitoring King Ling since he returned to Beijing from the Zhou Kingdom, he has not left the capital for a while, and Xue Rou only came to Beijing not long ago, at that time it was not King Ling who befriended her but King Xuan, and she also lived in Xie Mansion after she came to Beijing, but later Xue Rou offended King Ling because she helped Li Gelao's grandson and General Fei's son, and King Ling provoked Xue Rou everywhere to force Xue Rou to enter King Ling's Mansion as the manager." ”

Huo Jingling frowned when he heard this, "King Ling would casually let a woman into the mansion as the head of the mansion so simply?" ”

"What's strange about this, Rong Thirteen has done more ridiculous things than this over the years, if he really let Xue Rou go casually, it would be a rare thing, at the beginning, he almost fought with King Xuan in the Yuguo Mansion in order to let Xue Rou enter the mansion, everyone in this capital knew that he let Xue Rou enter the mansion to humiliate her, but everyone didn't expect that that woman was so capable and really took care of King Ling's mansion."

Rong Xun said, and after finishing speaking, seeing that Huo Jingling was still calm and didn't know what he was thinking, he couldn't help asking, "Dongping Hou, why are you so concerned about Xue Rou's affairs?" ”

Huo Jingling pursed his lips tightly, and after being silent for a long time, he said with an ugly face: "I suspect that Xue Rou and King Ling have known each other for a long time, ......" (to be continued.) )