Nangong Li and Mu Xue are actually very close to each other, and they don't like noisy banquets very much.

Time pushes forward an hour and a half.

In the afternoon when the sun was warm, after the young couple of the Phoenix Eagle Palace had lunch, Nangong Li took Mu Xue's little hand and walked side by side to the main hall of the Phoenix Eagle Palace.

Sure enough, it's been empty for a long time and hasn't been inhabited.

Although the screens, shelves, tables and chairs, and even the floors in this temple are wiped clean and dusty.

But there is no trace of warm human breath.

Their entry shattered the tranquility of the temple.

"This palace is warm in winter and cool in summer, and there is a rockery behind it, and the king remembers that when he was a child, his mother liked to climb this rockery the most..."

It is said to be a rockery, but it is actually very towering.

Mu Xue raised her head.

Climb that high.

But it is not as high as the walls of the palace.

Mu Xue felt that Wei Ling'er was asking for freedom.

Sometimes people are so inferior, knowing that it is impossible, but looking forward to giving birth to a pair of wings, like the goshawk soaring in the blue sky and high clouds,

Forget everything above the ground for a moment.

"This mountain is quite high, what if I accidentally fall?"

Mu Xueyuan was just a simple question today, but the rockery gave her a terrifying nightmare in the future.

Nangong Li's eyes were dark, and he only stared at the top of the rockery, as if he saw a floating shadow between the flowers and stones of the rockery.

Hearing Mu Xue's words, he took people into his arms, and then said: "Back then, this Fengyu Mountain was just one of the scenery of the Imperial Garden, and it was the mother concubine who expanded the area of the Phoenix Vulture Palace, and after the Phoenix Feather Mountain was encircled in this Phoenix Eagle Palace, the mother concubine did not allow others to go up. ”

It turns out that everyone is the same.

I like to hide in a corner alone, and I need a remote place where I can empty my mind.

It's a strange person.

However, Mu Xue's mind turned quickly, and she said guessingly: "Do you think the key to the wooden box is on the top of that mountain?" ”

Nangong Li was inspired by her, pulled her little hand, and at the same time went in the direction of the gate.

"Let's go over and have a look."

This is a backyard, and there are fewer potted plants than in the front yard.

It looks sparse, and the layout is not as tight as the front yard.

And there are quite a few fruit trees.

Before she passed through the archway, Mu Xue smelled the fragrance of peach blossoms wafting in the air, and her lungs were full.

In addition to the peach trees that are in bloom, there are also the green loquat trees that are not ripe and are full of branches.

There was a high platform made of cobblestones, and two pots of lemon fruit trees were planted on it.

There are also two rocking chairs between the fruit trees, but they seem to have not been repaired for a long time, and the wooden planks are so old that they have been stripped of paint, and the iron chains have been rusted and stained, and they look like they are some years old.

The front yard is full of flowers.

The backyard is fruitful.

Combined with these front and back yards full of branches pressed begonias, the atmosphere is called a leisurely nature.

The grace of God was solemn here.

Every frame is a memory,

She couldn't imagine what kind of mood the emperor felt every time he came to this Vulture Palace to see these bits and pieces.

Further ahead is this Fengyu Mountain.

The reason why this mountain is called Phoenix Feather is because the situation of this mountain resembles the feathers of a phoenix, sitting on the ground, the higher it goes, the more sharp it becomes, and it seems that it can only accommodate one person.

"You wait for me here, I'll go up and see."

Although this woman will not have an accident if she is accompanied by herself, but there are a lot of stains on this Fengyu Mountain, and he likes Mu Xue to be clean and clean, and he does not expect her to get dirty.

"Good. This mountain looks very steep, so be careful. ”

Mu Xue's small care is very natural.

Nangong is far from hearing in his ears, and sweet is in his heart.

Nangong Li's skills are very vigorous, and he arrived at the top of the mountain in three or five clicks.

This is also the first time that Nangong Li has climbed here, and he doesn't have the heart to enjoy the scenery around him, nor does he have the heart to recall what kind of state of mind his mother was when she was here.

Because all his attention was on, he pulled a glittering key.

There is also a rusty dagger on it.

Back then, Wei Ling'er used this dagger to dig out a small hanging col on the top of this mountain.

There is also a sharp bulge in the small col.

The key has a ring hole on it, and it is hung in a small col that cannot be hit by wind and rain.

Nangong Li pursed her lips, and in a place where Mu Xue couldn't see, she took off the small key and put it in her arms.

"How? Is there anything on it? ”

Mu Xue's voice came from the foot of the mountain...

Nangong Li's eyes flashed with a broken light of struggle.

He wants to be honest.

But he couldn't ignore the uneasiness coming from his heart.

His instincts have never been more accurate, and there is a selfish voice in his heart that is frantically shouting for him to hide this key.

Actually, he doesn't like to lie very much.

"No, weeds are growing on it, there's nothing."

Selfishness prevailed after all.

"Oh, then you come down quickly, it's so high, it's scary to look at."

Mu Xue and his natural concern for him.

The silly girl didn't suspect him.

Such warm words are like a strong light in the dark night, leaving Nangong Li's ugly and selfish photos with nowhere to hide.

If you want to climb up the mountain, your hands will naturally be stained with dirty sand.

"Let's go, let's clean our hands first."

Mu Xue never thought that this man would lie and deceive himself, and seeing his calm expression, he never suspected anything that should not be suspected.

And today he was able to bring himself to this Phoenix Vulture Palace, and also introduced the old person of the concubine to her, which already made Mu Xue very happy.

"Okay."

Mu Xue was by his side, and before leaving, he glanced back at the top of the mountain.

Nangong Li seemed to be afraid of something, held her little hand in the palm of her hand, and didn't wait for her to take a closer look at the scenery in the backyard, so she hurriedly pulled her and left.

There are two huge stone lions squatting at the gate of the palace of the Phoenix Vulture Palace, but there is a small figure at this moment.

Nangong Mu is a child.

If you don't like anything, you won't hide it.

He didn't like Mama Qing nagging in his ear, saying that it was dangerous, and then he was not allowed to go here or there.

At this moment, he threw off all the people behind him, and hid alone at the gate of the Phoenix Vulture Palace.

In fact, he came here by accident.

It was the persimmon tree in the backyard that hung down beyond the fence that the child found here.

At this moment, his childish eyes were overflowing with endless joy at this moment, and he did not come in at the door, but only stretched his neck to look at the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

There are also early-maturing strawberries, hammered on top of the film, red and attractive,

He didn't have enough for lunch today.

And after making a fuss for so long, his stomach was really a little hungry.

A child is still a child after all.

He came in in a green-skinned green coat with a rumbling belly, shuttling between these potted plants like a thief.

And because of his petite stature, neither Aunt Xuan nor Aunt Hawk saw him come in.

He fled all the way to the end of the corridor, and lay on the railing, drooling at the red strawberry.

Although he sneaked in, he didn't steal.

The strawberries are almost ripe, and Aunt Huang is about to pick this row of strawberries, wash them and send them to the imperial dining room.

The emperor had ordered that the strawberries in this courtyard would be served at the dinner at Egret Lake tonight. With that dessert after the meal.

The strawberry is a precious fruit in this house.

It's just a little bit in the whole palace.

Nangong Li led Mu Xue from the backyard, and saw Aunt Huang holding a wide-mouthed ceramic jar in her hand and was about to go to the row of strawberries.

"Is Auntie going to pick them?"

Aunt Xuan didn't see them coming, and it was only when Nangong left the mouth that she found someone behind her.

"Yes, the emperor said that this year's strawberries grow better than last year's, and they are round and full, so let these be picked in the afternoon, and give them to the princes after the banquet to taste."

"Okay, let's do it."

Hearing this, Aunt Huang put aside the wide-mouthed ceramic clay pot in her hand, and then said, "The old slave will go down first, the peach tree in the backyard will make a fuss, and the old slave has to go and take a look." ”

Nangong Li and Mu Xue picked strawberries very lightly, and they were afraid that this delicate strawberry would be crushed.

The year Nangong Mu was born was the year when Nangong Li decided to keep Taoguang Yang out of obscurity, and it was so long that Nangong Mu didn't know Nangong Li.

At this moment, he was on tiptoe and slowly approached Mu Xue's edge.

In fact, as early as before, Nangong Li had already felt the existence of this hairy child.

Listening to the footsteps of the hairy child gradually approaching, Nangong Li continued to move on his hands, and said casually: "There is a gluttonous little ghost behind you..."

Say he's a gluttonous little ghost.

When Nangong Mu heard this, his face immediately turned slightly red, and his immature face was a little more helpless.

Mu Xue turned her head and saw the hairy child standing next to Xiao Xiangzhu.

Dressed in all kinds of green, the sunlight slanted on his body, like a shiny little frog.

"Is this your brother?"

In ancient times, it was normal for a forty-year-old man to have a son who was only a few years old.

So she thought that this person was not the emperor's youngest son.

Nangong didn't give Nangong Mu a superfluous look, and even a trace of impatience between his eyebrows, as if he didn't like his rival's son to break into his mother's territory.

Hearing Mu Xue's question, his tone was light and slightly low: "It's a bad time, he has to call me Uncle Four Emperors." ”

Uncle Four Emperors?

At present, there are only two people who can call Nangong Li the fourth uncle.

One is the little prince of the East Palace, and the other is the little county lord in the Nangong Chen Palace.

Surprise flashed in Mu Xue's eyes, and after listening to his fluttering tone, she looked at the child through the scattered branches and leaves.

may be more like her mother.,But I didn't see the shadow of the prince between his eyebrows.。。

Originally, this was still a lively child, probably because he felt that this cold-faced uncle didn't like him, and when Mu Xue beckoned to him, he was a little cowardly.

only leaned on Mu Xue's side, and did not dare to stay on the edge of Nangong Li.