After sending Qu Yizhu away, Qu Wurong locked himself in the bedroom and thought about it for a while, feeling that he should still do his best to tell Shen Wu'an about his suspicions about Qu Wuwu, no matter whether this matter has anything to do with her or not, one more clue can also help Shen Wu'an find out the truth.

Thinking of this, she stood up and called Jin Yu and Liangyuan in, and asked, "When Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi left yesterday, did they bring a few carrier pigeons for communication?" ”

"yes!" Jin Yu nodded, "Fortunately, I put the pigeon cage in the house yesterday, otherwise it would have been so snowy last night, and those pigeons would have frozen to death!" By the way, miss, do you want to write a letter? ”

"Well, I have something to tell the emperor." Qu Wurong responded while instructing the two girls to prepare the four treasures of the study, these things they didn't think about bringing when they left the palace, they were sent by Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi with other things later, I didn't expect it to come in handy so soon.

Jin Yu and Liang Yuan quickly brought the things, and the two of them worked together, one spread a piece of cut rice paper on the table, and the other took an ink ingot and dipped it in water, and began to grind the ink.

Seeing that everything was ready, Qu Wurong picked up the pen from the table, thought about the wording for a while, and then began to write, her handwriting was beautiful and neat, and she looked like neatly arranged soldiers on the snow-white rice paper, which looked very pleasing to the eye.

However, Qu Wurong didn't have the heart to appreciate his own words at this time, and after he finished writing, he shook the ink, then took a gray and white carrier pigeon handed by Jin Yu, folded the letter in his hand just enough to fit it into the bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg, and then handed it over to Jin Yu to take outside and release it.

After doing this qiē, Qu Wurong breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss, is there something going on outside?" Liang Yuan asked while picking up the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the table. When Qu Wurong was chatting with the two Qu Yizhu sisters just now, she and Jin Yu were not present, I don't know what they said, and when she saw Qu Wurong's solemn face, she still thought that Qu Yizhu had brought some bad news outside.

Qu Wurong shook his head lightly when he heard this, "No, I just suddenly remembered that there are some things that I forgot to tell the emperor before leaving the palace." ”

Hearing her say this, Liangyuan didn't ask more, and turned to something else, "By the way, the New Year will be in more than ten days!" I just went to ask Mrs. Hui'an, she said that the New Year in the Zen temple every year is very simple, that is, to gather everyone to chant the Buddha, and then use a vegetarian meal, there is no rest, and ask if we want to go back to the palace for the New Year? ”

This is the second time that Qu Wurong has heard someone mention the New Year today, thinking that if she is still in the palace, she is afraid that she has already commanded everyone to start preparing for the New Year, and this year's situation is special, she didn't care about thinking about this problem, so she replied: "I don't know either, let's wait for two days." ”

Although her answer was a bit unexpected by Liangyuan, Liangyuan didn't care much, anyway, she was just a maid, and when the time comes, where the master will celebrate the New Year, then she will be there.

Palace.

The white snowflakes were wantonly floating between heaven and earth, putting on a white coat on the most desirable place in the world, Shen Wu'an stood outside the Qinzheng Hall with his hands behind his back, looking at the melodious snow in front of him.

This is not the first time he and Qu Wurong have been separated, but this time his thoughts came more quickly and violently than the last time, obviously that person had just left less than a day, but he felt as if a whole life had passed, and he couldn't wait to take her back from that place away from him immediately, firmly tethered to his side, and never let her leave his side for half a step!

Thinking of this, Shen Wu'an subconsciously clenched his hands behind his back.

This idea had been swirling in his mind since yesterday, but Shen Wu'an knew that he couldn't be impulsive, otherwise everything he had done in the past few days would be wasted.

It is precisely because he understands this, so he will stand here alone in a daze now, instead of rushing to the Royal Zen Courtyard to pick Qu Wurong back, today is the first day they are separated, Shen Wu'an can still control himself, the only thing he is worried about is that in such a snowy weather, I don't know if Qu Wurong's body that is already very afraid of cold can withstand it?

"Your Majesty, it's windy outside, beware of catching a cold!" Just when Shen Wu'an was thinking about what was on his mind, Xiao Shunzi, who was waiting with him, appeared beside him with a cloak in his hand, first wrapped the cloak around his shoulders, and then replied in a low voice: "Gongsun Gongzi has entered the palace and is waiting outside the imperial study, but the emperor wants to see him?" ”

Shen Wu'an stretched out his hand and pulled the cloak on his shoulder, and ordered, "Let him come here." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Shunzi agreed, and turned to leave.

It didn't take long for Gongsun Yifan, who was holding a sky blue oil-paper umbrella in his hand, to appear in Shen Wu'an's sight, he first closed the umbrella in his hand and handed it to the little eunuch next to him, and then patted the snowflakes falling on his shoulder, and then walked towards Shen Wu'an.

Shen Wu'an quietly watched him walk to his side, and then asked, "Did you find anything when you entered the palace at this time?" ”

"Hmm." Gongsun Yifan nodded, "I asked people to check if the former prince Shen Jingshi had any remnants of the party, and sure enough, the hard work paid off, and it really caught a fish that slipped through the net!" ”

"Oh?" Shen Wu'an raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, "Does it have anything to do with this incident?" ”

Knowing that he only cared about the initiator of this rumor, and didn't care who the fish that slipped through the net was, Gongsun Yifan smiled and replied: "Whether it has a relationship or not, I can't be sure yet, but I've asked people to ask, and I believe there will be a result soon." ”

What he said about "let people ask" was not just asking with his mouth, thinking of the methods of coercion that person might encounter, Shen Wu'an suddenly lost the interest in asking, "The result came out and sued me." ”

"That's nature." Gongsun Yifan nodded in response, and suddenly changed the topic, "It's almost the New Year, why didn't I feel the atmosphere of preparing for the New Year in this palace at all when I walked all the way just now?" Even in ordinary people's homes, it's almost time to prepare New Year's goods, right? ”

Shen Wu'an was silent for a moment before replying, "I don't plan to spend the New Year in the palace this year. ”

"Not in the palace for the New Year?" His answer was a little unexpected by Gongsun Yifan, but after thinking about it, his decision seemed reasonable, "Could it be that you want to go to the Royal Zen Courtyard for the New Year?" ”

Shen Wu'an didn't answer, but his silence already made sense.

"I thought you'd take advantage of the Chinese New Year to pick her up from that place!" Seeing that he seemed to have made up his mind, Gongsun Yifan couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Sure enough, with a beloved, anywhere can be a gentle township!" I also want to find someone to spend the New Year with me! ”

Hearing him say this, Shen Wu'an suddenly remembered something, and a hint of banter appeared on his face, "It just so happened that someone sent a few portraits of women of the right age a few days ago, why don't I have someone bring them over and pick one for you?" ”

Gongsun Yifan pursed his lips when he heard this, "Come on, those people are all going to the position of the imperial concubine, where can they look down on a little common man like me who has no money and no power?" I can't afford such a beauty! ”

As soon as his words fell, Shen Wu'an didn't know what he remembered, and snorted coldly: "Want to be the imperial concubine? It depends on whether I can look down on them! ”

In front of close people, Shen Wu'an rarely uses "I" to call himself, and Gongsun Yifan, who is a good friend, can naturally hear that he is not aiming at himself, and can't help but gloat: "Those people are really obsessed, knowing that you only have the concubine Niangniang in your heart, but you still want to send your daughters into the palace to keep you alive and widowed, could it be that those daughters are not their own?" ”

"Alright, don't say that again." Shen Wu'an stopped this headache topic at the right time and continued, "Do you have anything else?" ”

Gongsun Yifan thought seriously for a moment, "Yes." ”

"Say!"

"I plan to wait for this matter to be over and leave Tiandu City for a while." This is before entering the palace today, Gongsun Yifan has already thought about it, and he didn't know how to tell him, but when he took the initiative to ask, he said what he wanted to say.

"Leaving Tiandu City?" Shen Wu'an frowned slightly when he heard this, "Where are you going?" ”

Gongsun Yifan didn't answer him immediately, but looked at the drifting snow not far away for a while, and then withdrew his gaze, looked at Shen Wu'an and replied solemnly: "I want to send my father and mother back to their hometown." ”

His father, Gongsun Hao, was originally a native of Lingnan, and had to leave his hometown because of the flood in his hometown, and in the process of fleeing, he got acquainted with Shen Duanyan, the former prince of the dynasty who was ordered to provide disaster relief, and later joined the military camp under his introduction.

Gongsun Yifan has always had a wish to transport his father's coffin back to his hometown and bury them in the place where they were born.

In the past, he had no way to do it, because Gongsun Hao, like Shen Duanyan, had the name of a criminal minister on his head, but now it is different, the first thing Shen Wu'an did after ascending the throne was to rehabilitate Zhaoxue for his father and his subordinates, and also posthumously crowned Gongsun Hao as the protector of the country, so Gongsun Yifan felt that it was time to fulfill this wish he had always wanted.

Hearing his words, Shen Wu'an pursed his lips and was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, after you decide when to leave, remember to come into the palace and tell me." ”

"I know." Gongsun Yifan nodded in response, "If there is nothing else, I will go back first." ”

After seeing him leave, Shen Wu'an also decided to go back to the imperial study to continue to review the folds, but as soon as he turned around, he saw Xiao Shunzi hurriedly coming over and handing him the folded letter in his hand, "Your Majesty, this is from the Royal Zen Academy." ”

Shen Wu'an took it and opened it, and after reading what was written on the letter, his face sank suddenly.

Xiao Shunzi was startled when he saw this, and was about to say something, but saw him suddenly beckoning to him, and hurriedly leaned over and asked, "What does the emperor command?" ”

Shen Wu'an whispered in his ear for a while, and then instructed: "You go quietly to do this matter, don't let people find out, you know?" ”

"Yes!"