Yu Shu asked for the eight characters of the King of Xiang, because he wanted to start from the law of disaster and calculate the time and place when the King of Xiang lost the painting.

At present, she only got the date of birth, and the time was unknown, so she had to increase the difficulty of the calculation, combine the cadres and branches of the twelve hours, try them one by one, and use the identity of the king of Xiang to be indescribably expensive, and his recent illness These two pieces of information will first determine the birth date of the king of Xiang.

This is not an easy task, as soon as Yu Shu got home, he put himself into the calculation, only picked up a few bites of lunch, and buried his head until the light was lit at night, during which Zhao Hui secretly came to see her twice, did not dare to disturb, and told the maid to prepare enough refreshments and burn the fire in the house.

Jingchen didn't see Yu Shu's figure all day, after dinner, he went out of the yard, paced to the door of Yu Shu's room, saw that the light was on in her room, so he looked for the light and walked to her window, looked at her blurred figure through the window paper, stood for a while, and then left quietly.

His memory showed no signs of recovering and he couldn't help her now, but at least he could do it without causing her trouble.

For Jingchen, since that day in the grove and Yu Shu became her "boyfriend and girlfriend", life seems to have not changed significantly, if there is anything different, it is that he thinks of her more than before.

Jingchen returned to the room, picked up the "Biography of Liu Yi" on the table, and turned to the page he saw before dinner, which he read many times, and understood the love of the dragon girl Liu Yi from the beginning to now.

In the book, Liu Yi entered Beijing to catch the exam, met a woman who was shepherding sheep in the ice and snow, sympathized, inquired and learned that she was the third princess of the Dragon Palace of Dongting Lake, married to the son of the Dragon King of Jingshui, disliked by her husband, abused by her husband's family, and could not be freed from grazing on snowy days.

After the most difficult times, Liu Yi and the dragon girl finally became a lover.

Jingchen likes this story very much, because it is very similar to his experience with Xiaoyu, except that Xiaoyu is more like Liu Yi who sees unevenness on the road, and he is the one who was saved by her in danger.

It was getting late, Jing Chen closed the book and washed up briefly, went to bed, and He Lang Chinese medicine instructed him to go to bed early and get up early, with decoction, so that he could recover his memory as soon as possible.

In the dead of night, the man behind the bed tent suddenly dreamed, chattered, and after a while, he regained his calm, and no one heard.

Xue Mansion

Xue Rui, who had been lying on the couch in the outer room for half a night, woke up from his dream, sat up, and the quilt on his body slid to the ground.

"Young Master? Is it a nightmare? The maid who was squatting by the octagonal copper stove to adjust the warm incense turned her head, her delicate face showed concern, and asked softly.

Xue Rui pinched the bridge of his nose and said in a low voice: "What time is it?" ”

"Before the hour, will you lie down for a while? Madame has not woken up yet. The maid covered the incense burner, got up and walked to the side of the little bed, picked up the quilt on the ground, and tried to cover him.

Xue Rui blocked it with one hand, "Don't sleep, let people fetch water and I'll wash up." ”

"Yes." The maid answered, went out to explain to the little maid guarding the door, turned around and poured fragrant tea for him to rinse, knelt on the low mound beside the bed, and was about to put on his boots for him, when suddenly a cough came out of the house, and as soon as the person on the couch moved, he stepped on the ground with white socks, strode to the door and lifted the curtain to enter.

"Mother."

As soon as Xue Rui entered the bedroom, he saw the woman who was being helped up by the maid to drink water on the bed, he looked a little excited, called softly in a suppressed manner, stepped forward, took over the maid, carefully helped her up, and brought the teacup to her mouth with one hand.

The maid outside the house followed in, and when she saw that the person on the bed was awake, she was pleasantly surprised: "Madame is awake, the slave and maid are going to invite Zhou Langzhong to come!" ”

Said Shan, he gestured to the maid in front of the bed, called the person out of the house, and left space for the mother and son.

The room was very warm, and the woman looked to be in her early thirties with a blouse draped over her shoulders, her eyebrows drooping, and her pale, beautiful countenance, but the grayness of her sideburns betrayed her age.

After taking a few sips of water from the cup, she pursed her lips lightly, and Xue Rui took the cup away knowingly and pulled the bed quilt towards her.

"Is it day, or is it night?" Mrs. Xue's eyes were half-opened, there was no sparkle in her eyes, and her voice asked a question softly.

Xue Rui looked pained, turned his head to look at the window, and replied, "It's almost dawn." ”

"You come back for a few days, stay here with me every day, don't make your grandfather unhappy, eat early later, and go back." Mrs. Xue leaned against her son's chest, her expression calm and serene, not like a patient who had been in a coma for several days in a row.

"Mother rest assured, my son gave you medical care, and my grandfather allowed me." Xue Rui helped Mrs. Xue lie down, put a pillow behind her, sat on the edge of the bed, held her hand lightly, and looked tired and she couldn't see it

At the end of last month, he was sent out of Beijing to welcome the king of Xiang, came back outside, and heard the news of his mother's illness as soon as he arrived at home, Mrs. Xue has always been in poor health, this time the illness was sudden, she was in a coma for a few days, she woke up and fell asleep, Xue Rui accompanied him undressed, and she was compensated for the past two years abroad, and she could not fulfill her filial piety.

"Your grandfather has always been strict, but he has been very good to you, Rui'er, listen to your grandfather, don't let down his hopes for you again." Mrs. Xue spoke softly, her breath faint.

Xue Rui's eyes moved lightly, and he said obediently: "Mother don't worry, Erjun knows." ”

Lang Zhong was soon invited, and the results of the diagnosis made Xue Rui relieved, Mrs. Xue was fine, she should be careful to recuperate, and she could make up for it.

Xue Rui accompanied her for another morning, watching her fall asleep after drinking the decoction before leaving, and before leaving, he repeatedly told the maids and maids in her courtyard to send someone to inform him immediately if something was wrong.

Xue Rui returned to his courtyard, changed into an official robe after bathing, and prepared to go to Dali Temple.

Coming out of Dali Temple at dusk, Xue Rui didn't eat much for a day, so he let the sedan chair man carry him to the restaurant he frequented.

Xue Rui had something in his heart, so he didn't listen carefully to what he said, so he went up to the private room on the second floor, and when he pushed the door open, it was actually full - Liu Jiong, Feng Zhaomiao, Qi Mingxiu, and Ruilin were all there.

Seeing Xue Rui, several of them were also surprised, it turned out that they were the shopkeeper who came first to see Xue Rui coming, and mistakenly thought that they had made an appointment together, so they asked Xiao Er to lead him upstairs.

"Brother Rui!" Feng Zhaomiao shouted happily, twisted Qi Mingxiu and complained, "Didn't you say that Brother Rui didn't come?" ”

Qi Mingxiu pointed his finger at Xue Rui: "You ask him, I sent someone to Xue Mansion yesterday to deliver a message, and when I came back, I said that he was not available." ”

Xue Rui smiled noncommittally, sat down in the place that Feng Zhaomiao had given up, and Liu Jiong poured him wine on the side, and asked:

"Where have you been for a while, I sent my father back to the house on the day of the fight, and I haven't seen you again, and I went to Dali Temple to find you twice, thinking that you were lost, if it weren't for my grandfather looking at me unpleasantly, I would have looked for someone in the house in the morning."

Xue Rui shook his head, "My mother is not feeling well, so she has been at home for a few days. ”

There was silence in the seat, and Liu Jiong was the first to react, and said with concern: "Uncle is sick again?" Why is Lang Zhong in the house so useless, and he hasn't seen a cure for a long time, and he went to the palace to ask the imperial doctor to see it? ”

"It's all right now." Xue Rui didn't seem to want to mention more, so he changed the topic after a sentence, "What are you doing here today?" ”

Everyone present had eyes, and seeing that he didn't want to say more, he took advantage of the situation and went around, Feng Zhaomiao moved a chair and sat down beside Xue Rui, and said with great interest:

"I'm saying that this year's big Yan test, let's ask the prince for news."

Xue Rui didn't go out for a few days, he didn't know this, as soon as he heard about the Dayan test, he first remembered a person to walk slightly, stopped drinking, turned his head and asked Liu Jiong:

"Why does Dayan try have anything to do with you again?"

Liu Jiong was about to answer, but Feng Zhaomiao wondered first: "Why don't you know the way?" ”

"What do you know?"

Feng Zhaomiao muttered, and said in her heart that the girl from the Lotus House came to look for him to enter the Xiangwang Mansion that day, and was told to go to Brother Rui for help, didn't she go to him?

"Zhaomiao?" Xue Rui shouted at him again.

"Oh, oh, it's okay, I want to say that you haven't heard of such a big thing," Feng Zhaomiao snorted, and didn't mention Yu Shulai at this wine table, because he wanted to wait for a while to talk to Xue Rui in private.

Then he talked about the topic of thaumaturgy in this year's Dayan test, Xue Rui listened carefully, he knew about the loss of things on the road of King Xiang, but this matter became a question in Dayan's exam, but he just heard about it today.

Liu Jiong said: "This Si Tianjian doesn't know what to think, my father himself doesn't know whether the painting was lost or stolen, so they listed it as an exam question, and now there is a large group of people outside the palace every day, so it's not annoying, so noisy that my father pretended to be sick and moved to the Dingbo Pavilion the next day, and threw the mess to the people below." ”

Qi Huxiu interjected: "The housekeeper in your house, I'm afraid that the cashier has been soft in the past two days." ”

Liu Jiongha smiled, and said nonchalantly: "If you have a rare opportunity, let them make a windfall."

A few people were talking and laughing, Xue Rui seemed to be listening on the surface, but in fact he was absent-minded, after eating this meal, Liu Jiong originally proposed to continue drinking elsewhere, but Xue Rui refused, Feng Zhaomiao also said that something was wrong, the five of them parted heads outside the restaurant, Liu Jiong and they went to drink, Feng Zhaomiao stopped Xue Rui, who was going to get on the sedan chair, looked around, and pulled him to the side of the road.

"Brother Rui, didn't the Lianfang girl go looking for you?"

Hearing this, Xue Rui frowned, "No." What, have you seen her? ”

Feng Zhaomiao nodded, and told him about Yu Shu's coming to him that day, and scratched his ears and cheeks regretfully: "I saw that she didn't know the news of your return, so I told her, I wanted her to go to you for help quickly-alas, I knew that she wouldn't go to you, so I would take her to the palace that day." ”

Xue Rui's expression immediately changed, and he asked, "When did she find you?" ”

"The day before yesterday," Feng Zhaomiao muttered, "I don't know if she can enter the palace, it's been a few days." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was no one in front of him, Feng Zhaomiao turned his head left and right, only to see Xue Rui hurriedly get into the sedan chair, and left without even saying hello to him.

Leaving Feng Zhaomiao alone to stand on the street depressed and eat the wind, he regretted very much that he didn't go to drink with Liu Jiong and them