It was night, the starlight was scattered, Tong Jiashi came to the study, and the dog guarding outside bowed his head and saluted, allowing her to go in without stopping her for half a minute. Tong Jiashi waited in the study when she was an official woman, and after being established as a Fujin, Yinzhen also granted her the right to enter and leave the study freely.

Yin Zhen was concentrating on criticizing the folds sent to the criminal department from all over the place, and suddenly there was a porcelain cup in front of him that had rained over the sky, and with a pair of beautiful orchid-like Rouyi unveiling the lid of the bowl, a sweet smell of red dates and white fungus immediately wrapped around the tip of the nose, which aroused people's appetite.

"Why are you here?" Looking up and seeing that it was Tong Jiashi, Yinzhen put down the wolf pen in his hand.

Tong Jiashi smiled slightly, took the fold in Yinzhen's hand, and handed him the red date white fungus soup, "Business is important, but the fourth master also has to take care of his own body, the kitchen said that the fourth master has not eaten since he came back at noon." ”

"Is it so late?" Interrupted by her like this, Yin Zhen, who had been concentrating on things, found that it was already twilight outside, and he didn't even know when the lamp was in the study.

Tong Jiashi stepped forward to rub his somewhat stiff neck for him and whispered: "The concubine is already asking the kitchen to prepare dinner, and the fourth master will drink Gu red dates and white fungus soup to cushion the bottom." ”

When she said this, Yinzhen really felt a little hungry, lowered her head and scooped a spoonful in her mouth, the white fungus soup was stewed just right, sweet but not greasy, smooth and delicious, and it could arouse appetite; After drinking all the Gu, Yin Zhen pulled down the little hand that had been staying on his neck and said softly: "It's not early, I'll let the dog send you back." ”

"Isn't the fourth master resting yet?" Tong Jiashi asked with concern.

Yin Zhen took an unread excerpt and said: "You have to finish these things before you can rest, otherwise it won't be more until tomorrow." ”

Tong Jiashi said distressedly: "The fourth master often stays up late like this, and his body is no better." The concubine saw that although the fourth master was busy before, he would not forget to sleep and eat so much, is there a lot more things in the criminal department recently? ”

"It's the same, it's just different now." Yin Zhen replied lightly, as for the difference, he didn't say anything, although he allowed Tong Jia's family to wait in and out of the study, but he never said anything about the affairs of the court and listened to her, which was still slightly different from when Ling Ruo was there.

Tong Jiashi was very well-behaved and didn't ask again, she was able to be favored by Yinzhen Ru, not just by a face similar to Nalan Mei'er, but also by knowing how to advance and retreat.

When she was cleaning up the dishes, Yin Zhen suddenly raised her head and stared at her side face shining in the candlelight and said, "Do you want to tell me something?" ”

Tong Jia's hand froze, shook his head and said, "The concubine is fine." ”

Her answer caused Yinzhen to sigh lightly, "Is it because I want Niu Hulu to come back?" ”

Tong Jiashi bit his lip and said in a low voice: "The fourth master naturally has a reason for doing this, and the concubine doesn't dare to ask." Having said that, her eyes were full of tears, dripping on the back of Yinzhen's hand with a burning sensation, and she said before Yinzhen spoke: "Although Niu Hulu has harmed the concubine, but I think it is a moment of confusion, these years in the other courtyard to practice Buddhism and meditation is also considered to atone for the sins, the concubine is just too persistent, if she comes back, the concubine will still treat as a sister as before."

"It's rare that you can understand the general situation so well." Yin Zhen wiped away the tears on her face and said, "But what happened back then, maybe you and I blamed her." ”

Tong Jia's eyes shrank suddenly, but there was a blank look on his face, "The concubine doesn't understand what the fourth master means." ”

The knock on the door sounded at the right time, but it was Tong Jiashi who asked the kitchen to prepare the dinner to be delivered, and after the dog came in and put a few dishes and a bowl of rice on the red sandalwood on the side of the study, Yin Zhen took her hand and sat down and said: "I think you also know that Niu Hulu's family was crazy, I went to see her during the days when she was crazy, although she was delirious, she kept saying that she didn't push you into the water, it was you who fell into the pool, I believe that a crazy person will not know how to panic." ”

Tong Jiashi endured the panic, put his hand on his chest and said tremblingly: "Does the fourth master mean that the concubine has wronged her?" His expression was mournful, as if he had been greatly wronged.

"How so!" Yin Zhen said and took her into his arms, stroked her slightly undulating Xiu back and said, "It's just that I suddenly thought about whether all this could be a misunderstanding." I once asked Dr. Xu, and he said that people can lose part of their memories for a short time when they are extremely afraid. You should be like this, the fear of falling into the water makes your memory blank, and it just so happens that Ling Ruo was dragged by you when he wanted to save you, so when you woke up, you took it for granted that it was Niu Hulu who pushed you to do it, as for Hanxiang, she only arrived after you fell into the water, and she never saw it with her own eyes. ”

These words caused an uproar in Tong Jia's heart, what was the truth back then, Yinzhen didn't know what she did, but she knew that everything was a scene she played in order to frame Niu Hulu; If Niu Hulu is really crazy, he should tell the truth, why would he say that he fell into the water? Don't underestimate the difference between these words, but the meanings are very different. not only circumvented the mistakes made by Yinzhen, but also exonerated himself, which is impossible for a madman to do.

Then there is only one possibility - Niu Hulu is not crazy at all! It's all just a play carefully performed to return to the Yongwang Mansion! Niu Hulu's ...... In that kind of desperate situation, did she find a chance to turn over? Or maybe even the fire was set by herself, so scheming is really impressive.

Thinking like this, her heart gradually relaxed, as long as Yinzhen never doubted her, everything didn't matter, and she could slowly find a way to deal with it later.

She put down what she was thinking in her heart and said in amazement: "Is there such a thing?" The concubine didn't know what to do, the concubine only remembered that she was very chaotic and scared, and she saw the ear bell, so she subconsciously thought it was ......" Speaking of this, she tightly grasped the corner of Yinzhen Lake's blue and silver-edged clothes and said earnestly: "I'm sorry, Lord Wang, it was the concubine who caused you to misunderstand Sister Ling, and she suffered so much, I'm sorry, but the concubine really didn't mean it." ”

"I understand." Yin Zhen soothed: "Let the past pass, don't mention it in the future." ”

Tong Jiashi collected her tears and asked in a low voice: "Since the matter has been settled, and Sister Ling's illness has been cured, when is the prince going to let my sister go home?" The concubine heard that the courtyard was dilapidated and not a place for people to live at all, and her sister would suffer one more day if she lived there for one more day. ”

When he learned that Ling Ruo was now living in the Old Summer Palace, Tong Jia's face showed envy, "The fourth master treats Sister Ling so well, the concubine heard that every one of the twenty-four scenes of the Old Summer Palace is beautiful, which makes people nostalgic and forgetful, just like a fairyland on earth." ”

Seeing her like this, Yin Zhen didn't know the reason of her thoughts, and said with a smile: "Since Huang Ama gave me the garden, naturally anyone in the palace can go, when you want to go, you can tell Gao Fu and let him prepare a carriage to send you over." ”

Tong Jiashi was happy at first, but then shook his head again, and said softly: "No matter what kind of place you go, you must have the prince here, and the concubine is alone, even if it is a heavenly Yao Pond, it is not interesting." ”

Looking at the face that was almost the same as Nalan Mei'er, Yin Zhen's heart softened, shook her hand and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you when I'm free." ”

Tong Jiashi nodded hurriedly, and after serving Yinzhen for dinner, she knelt down and retreated, while Yinzhen continued to bury herself in the mountains of official documents.