After the queen left the prince's mansion, the respectful expression on Er Ruo's face disappeared in an instant, replaced by indifference and ruthlessness.

On the side, the nurse looked at her quietly, waiting for her to speak first.

Since Er Ruo pleaded for the prince to release Lin Jian a month ago, the nurse just quietly stayed by Er Ruo's side after she came out, and never gave her any opinions.

"Nurse, what do you think of what the queen just said?" Erruo suddenly asked the nurse.

"Princess, the queen has courage and no strategy, otherwise she would not have been suppressed by the queen mother for so many years, the princess still makes her own decisions about her own affairs, don't listen to others."

The nurse's tone was light, lukewarm.

Erruo smiled,

"I thought so too. Although the queen held back, heh-she had to do it sooner or later. I don't have to do anything now, I just have to wait and see. ”

A desolate color flashed in Erruo's eyes.

"Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will go on a cruise in the middle of the lake tonight, I wonder if he will bring Linghu to the full moon this time." The nurse reminded Erruo softly.

"Let him be, even if he doesn't bring it, he thinks about it all the time." Er Ruo seemed to see this qiē on the surface, but in fact, she was just numb with pain in her heart.

The nurse did not speak, but stood quietly aside.

As the princess said, the queen can endure it in the prince's mansion, but she may not be able to bear it after she goes back.

They don't have to do anything now, they can see a good show.

――

At night, the Prince's Mansion is brightly lit

Erruo was alone in the empty room, eating porridge and side dishes.

Cui'er walked in from the outside, with an indignant expression on her face,

"Crown Princess, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went on a cruise in the middle of the lake again tonight, but His Royal Highness brought the full moon of Linghu! That Linghu Full Moon is really brazen! I don't know if there is still a crown princess? ”

Cui'er is the maid given by the queen to Erruo, and she said that she was a maid, but in fact, she was just a person arranged by the queen to be by her side.

"Cui'er, you go down first."

Erruo spoke coldly, as if she hadn't heard what she said.

Cui'er still wanted to talk more, but when she saw that Erruo's face suddenly turned cold, she closed her mouth suddenly.

Cui'er exited the room, the door closed, and Er Ruo put down the dishes and chopsticks, tears flashed in the corners of her eyes.

――

Painting boat in the middle of the lake

The full moon is still a lazy look that hasn't woken up.

She didn't say a word about the time when the queen came in the afternoon.

"Full moon, these are all fresh fruits sent by Shikoku, and they are all eight hundred miles to ride here, can you taste them?" Lin Jian didn't mention the noon incident, and handed the freshly peeled fruit to her mouth.

Although she doesn't want to move her brain at all, she is more disadvantaged than before.

In the past, she was calm and calm, and she advanced and retreated moderately, but now she has a more unruly and flying temperament, like an untamable wild horse, fierce and free.

The full moon turned her face away, with a look of disgust.

"I don't like the smell of lychees."

At this moment, she is lazily sitting on the Hunan concubine chair, wearing a concubine-colored long skirt that is bright and bright, even in the middle of the lake in the dark night, it is clear and dazzling that cannot be concealed.

And a certain prince is sitting on the chair of the prince next to him, picking and picking fruits on the table.

"And what do you want to eat?" Lin Jian asked for her opinion in a good manner.

The full moon yawned and said boringly,

"I don't understand what kind of cold wind is blowing here when His Royal Highness is not in the prince's mansion in the middle of the night with the warm fragrance of nephrite in his arms around the crown princess?" She glanced at the prince, anyway, what she promised was an hour, and she would not wait for it.

Lin Jian glanced at her helplessly and handed her a cup of hot tea.

"You have to sleep for seven or eight hours a day, I said let the imperial doctor in the palace take a look at you, but if you don't let you, you can't stay sleepy." Lin Jian cared about her and knew that she had taken a lot of pills because of eye diseases before, so she would have such a sequelae of drowsiness.

But it seems that when she was in the palace, her situation was not so bad, and she was only asleep and not easy to wake up, unlike now, when she was sleepy most of the time.

And her situation in the palace was also told by Lin Dongyao, otherwise, how could he know.

"Your Highness, isn't it good to be able to eat and sleep? I don't want to eat anything now, I just want to sleep. She stretched her waist, not perfunctory Lin Jian, she was really about to fall asleep.

The afternoon nap was disturbed by the queen, and I didn't sleep well later, and now is the time to be sleepy.

"Okay, you sleep, you sleep. Prince Ben will be busy with himself for a while. Lin Jian waved her hand, she used to be by her side for a few months, she was simply handy, she could always help him solve difficult problems, and with her, he was indescribably at ease in doing anything.

But now, she doesn't care about anything with both hands, just a rice worm that eats and sleeps and eats when she is full.

On the one hand, he has to deal with the government affairs that his father has to explain because he is seriously ill, and on the other hand, he has to keep an eye on her body and feelings.

However, although it is hectic and hard-working, it is worth it.

"Your Royal Highness, the envoys of the four countries will not enter the customs for another month, and now they are just sending some fruits to the front station, in fact, His Royal Highness should eat and drink this month, the more the situation is now, the more the spies planted by the four countries in Kyoto dare not act rashly, no one wants to bump into the muzzle of the prince's gun, the prince has eaten more, eaten and drunk enough, and when they come, if there are people with different intentions, close the door and let the dog happy!"

Although Full Moon was stubborn and refused to help, his words were also thoroughly analyzed.

"How can this prince be as smart as you, he can only make up for his clumsiness. As soon as these four countries came, the expenses increased, and if it were not for the gold and silver treasures obtained by copying the three courtyards of the abbot of Sokokuji Temple before, the harvest in Kyoto this year would have been plagued, and the entire treasury would have been empty. I came here for what you know, the treasury is short of silver, and this is a place where the rich and armor of Kyoto gather, and this year's imperial merchants have not yet been elected, so I can't put my mind at ease, and I must check it myself to believe it. ”

The imperial merchant is closely linked to the interests of the royal family, and a new imperial merchant is added every year, which is inevitably indiscriminate, and the prince naturally has to check it in person to rest assured. Otherwise, once a war breaks out in the future, the inaction of the elected imperial merchants will be secondary, and then it will be a blow to the other four countries.

"Your Royal Highness, there are four imperial businessmen in the imperial court, all of them are rich and rich with deep roots, in fact, there is really no outstanding imperial businessman selection this year, His Royal Highness still thought of a way to cancel this year's selection as soon as possible, it is better to change to other inconsequential written examinations, so as to win over the four imperial merchants."

Full Moon said, waving his hand.

"Your Highness, I'm really sleepy. Think for yourself. ”

Ma Mo waved his hand, walked to the soft couch behind him, and fell asleep.

After a while, there was the sound of even breathing.

Lin Jian looked at her with quiet sleepy eyes, and the corners of her lips were as gentle as water.

His eyes blinked, thinking of what she had just said, it was indeed feasible. It has been four years since the selection of the imperial merchants, and there is really no need to continue to fill it, and the four imperial merchants are all based on solid foundations in a short period of time.

At this time, a clear greeting suddenly sounded outside.

"King Rouhuai, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's rare to see you here."

It was Qiu Shan, the head of the Qiu family, the imperial merchant in Jiangnan, who spoke.

Qiu Shan is also here for Qiu Jixuan and Linghu Hongxi to marry next month.

The Qiu family has always had a close relationship with the Linghu Marquis Mansion, and they knew that the envoys of the four countries were coming to Kyoto, and they also came from Jiangnan a few days ago.

Qiu Shan is a calculating person, but on the surface he is open-minded and cheerful, but he is actually a full businessman.

Hearing Qiu Shan's words, Lin Jian glanced at the sleeping full moon, and saw that her breath was even, and there was no sign of waking up, Lin Jian gently covered her with a quilt, got up and walked out of the cabin.

"It turned out to be Master Qiu, don't come unharmed." Lin Dongyao's voice was indescribably deep and deep.

In the cabin of the painting boat, the full moon fell asleep peacefully, but it was not at all.

"Fifth brother, Master Qiu, since you invite each other, why don't you meet by chance and sit together?" Lin Jian stood on the deck, standing with his hands in his hands.

Qingjun smiled with a warm smile.

In the dark of night, Lin Dongyao stood on the opposite painting boat in a dark golden brocade robe, his eyebrows becoming more and more cold.

Out of the corner of his eye, he quickly glanced at the cabin of the painting boat opposite, and then looked away casually.

"That's naturally good, it's Qiu's honor to dare to ask His Highness - where is the painting boat going?" Qiu Shan smiled, and his shrewd eyes looked at Lin Jian fixedly.

"Let's go to Master Qiu's side, the beauty of this prince's side will sleep well."

When the prince said this, Qiu Shan immediately had a clear expression.

"What about the prince?" Qiu Shan consulted Lin Dongyao's opinion.

"Then bother Master Qiu." Lin Dongyao didn't have any opinions.

The three boats approached, Lin Jian took the lead in walking on Qiu Shan's painting boat, Lin Dongyao followed closely, the ink pupils drooped, but the afterglow looked at the side of the painting boat's cabin, the faint warm light came from the cabin, he knew that the person sleeping in it was her.

After sitting down, Lin Jian waved his hand and called Zijin.

"You stand guard outside the cabin, and if she wakes up, come and call me. Prepare her favorite refreshments, I haven't seen her move a few times at dinner tonight, and she will definitely be hungry when she wakes up in a while. ”

Lin Jian told Zijin in a deep voice.

Zijin nodded frequently.

Waiting for Zijin to retreat, Qiu Shanle spoke,

"Your Highness is really affectionate and delicate, but I don't know what kind of beautiful woman is in this cabin, which makes Your Highness so worried?"

"Heh—the secret of heaven must not be revealed." Lin Jian smiled mysteriously and did not answer Qiu Shan's words.

"Yes, yes, Yes, Your Highness said yes." Qiu Shan understood that he couldn't ask about his identity, so naturally he wouldn't ask further.

Lin Dongyao's expression was as cold as frost from beginning to end.

Lin Jian and Qiu Shan talked mostly about the imperial business, and even faintly released the words, this year's imperial merchant selection will be guò in other ways, which is also equivalent to giving Qiu Shan a reassurance, the fewer the imperial merchants, the less they will share.

And Lin Dongyao just listened quietly to the conversation between the two.

"Fifth brother, why didn't you bring Qiu Rong over today, it just so happens that Master Qiu is also here, they are all a family that can meet." Lin Jian had something to say, which seemed to be saying that Lin Dongyao and Qiu Rong were about to become a family.

Lin Dongyao's eyes were cold, and he said lightly,

"She accompanies her mother in the palace."