When Xiao Rui took Shen Wansan to the secret room and looked at the treasures in the twelve large boxes, Shen Wansan's loyalty was directly full, and then Shen Wansan bowed and said respectfully: "The villain Shen Wansan is willing to join His Highness and earn countless gold and silver wealth for His Highness to help the great cause!" ”

Xiao Rui picked up Shen Wansan with both hands and said with a smile: "Okay!" Then it will be hard for Mr. Shen, and this king will also help Mr. become the richest man in Great Xia, and even the richest man in the Seven Kingdoms of the Shenzhou Continent! ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your trust!" Shen Wansan's eyes were slightly red with emotion.

Xiao Rui nodded, and left Shen Wansan in the secret room, and he counted the specific value of these treasures.

Xiao Rui returned to the study and was just done, but saw Jia Xu coming in a hurry.

"Your Highness, something has changed." Jia Xu said.

Xiao Rui was surprised and asked, "Sir, sit down and talk slowly, what happened?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Today, Li Xiu'er's personal maid came to report that Li Xiuer brought Zhang Yizhi from Jingyuan into the Chu Palace, and transferred it to Du Xueqin, the side concubine who also likes music, and asked Zhang Yizhi to act as a musician for Du Xueqin. ”

"What?" Xiao Rui was stunned, which was also beyond his expectations.

"It's second!" Jia Xu said again: "Today, Li Xiu'er also suddenly left the Chu Palace, and moved back to the Li Mansion, nominally saying that the great grandmother was in poor health, and she wanted to take advantage of the New Year to accompany her more and go back to live temporarily, but the real reason is not known for the time being, and the King of Chu did not stop it." ”

Xiao Rui was silent, Li Xiu'er was slapped by Xiao Yiheng, so it was understandable to move out of the Chu Palace, but she could go to Jingyuan, why did she want to go back to the Li Mansion?

It's not impossible for a daughter to go back to her parents' house, it's okay to stay for a few days, but she can't stay for a long time. There are customs during the Chinese New Year, especially for married daughters.

"Your Highness, could it be that Li Xiu'er noticed something?" Jia Xu was skeptical.

Xiao Rui shook his head and said, "It's hard to say!" If she sensed something, so she avoided Zhang Yizhi, she could find an excuse and send Zhang Yizhi back to the Xianwang Mansion, why did she transfer it to the side princess who also liked music? It's just that... If not, what does she mean by doing so? Sir, you find a chance, let's meet Zhang Yizhi in person! If there's a problem with this person, get rid of them! ”

"No problem, I'll do it quickly!" Jia Xu said.

Jia Xu was very efficient, and before noon, Zhang Yizhi hurried over.

Seeing Xiao Rui, Zhang Yizhi hurriedly saluted: "Villain Zhang Yizhi, meet Your Highness!" ”

Xiao Rui nodded, pointed to the chair under the hall, and said, "Yi Zhi is here, sit down, don't be restrained." How have you been in Jingyuan recently? This king is looking for an opportunity to transfer you back, and he is afraid that Princess Chu will not let him go, after all, your talent is obvious to all. ”

A look of disgrace appeared on Zhang Yizhi's face.

Ever since he saw Li Xiu'er, Zhang Yizhi has been deeply infatuated with this fairy-like woman, even if he knows that he is the princess, and she is the illustrious princess of Chu, and the woman who may be the queen in the future, Zhang Yizhi did not appear timid, but was full of stronger desires. He's always been that kind of person, so he tries his best to be the best he can be.

During this time, he felt that his relationship with Li Xiuer was closer, it was all about music before, and recently he finally talked about other things, which made Zhang Yizhi excited, he felt that as long as he worked too hard, he could always eat swan meat.

Who knows, today he was suddenly transferred to the side princess to be a musician, to his surprise, although the side princess is also beautiful and enthusiastic, but after all, she is not as good as Li Xiuer.

"Your Royal Highness, the princess went back to the Li Mansion to live for a few days, he was afraid that the villain would not be familiar with Jingyuan, so he brought the villain back to the Chu Palace, and met the princess of the side, and now he is working as a musician in her." Zhang Yizhi said.

Xiao Rui nodded after hearing this, sighed, and asked, "Has the princess returned to the Li Mansion?" Then I don't need to introduce you to the side princess? Could it be that you offended Princess Chu? ”

Zhang Yizhi was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down and said, "The subordinates don't dare, the villains don't dare." A few days ago, the villain also played the flute to Princess Chu, and Princess Chu was also very happy, but when she suddenly heard the news today, the villain did not have the opportunity to meet Princess Chu, I don't know if she did something wrong, and accidentally bumped into her. ”

Xiao Rui frowned, it seems that Li Xiu'er suddenly made this play, or it has something to do with being slapped by Xiao Yiheng yesterday.

At this moment, Jia Xu entered the house and signaled.

Xiao Rui understood and knew that he had something to say, so he said: "Sir, Zhang Yizhi is now playing for the concubine of the King of Chu, do you think there is anything to guide him?" ”

Jia Xu continued: "Your Highness, Du Xueqin, the side concubine of the King of Chu, is the beloved daughter of General Du under the White Tiger Marquis, and her maternal grandfather was a scholar of the military department, so this Princess Du has a hearty and enthusiastic personality. ”

"Yes, sir." Zhang Yizhi said.

Jia Xu said again: "Zhang Yizhi, Originally, His Royal Highness valued you very much and wanted to keep you in the palace, but now it seems that the Chu Palace, which is more suitable for your development, values you more, and you develop well there. But there is a little thing that needs to remind you, you have not been in the capital for a short time, and I have heard that the princes are in between, you must not let the King of Chu know your relationship with His Royal Highness King Xian, otherwise... I'm afraid he'll drag you down to feed the dogs! ”

Zhang Yizhi naturally knew about the dispute between the princes, so he kept this in mind again and again, and said: "Sir, don't worry, the villain understands, the villain understands." ”

"It's not early, go back early, don't disappoint Princess Du." Jia Xu said.

Zhang Yizhi immediately bid farewell to Xiao Rui and Jia Xu, and left in a hurry through the back door.

As soon as the people left, Xiao Rui asked Jia Xu and said, "Sir, why did you let Zhang Yizhi stay by the side concubine of King Chu?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Your Royal Highness, I heard from the spies of the Chu Palace, it was Du Xueqin who took the initiative to ask for Zhang Yizhi, the day before yesterday, Du Xueqin visited the Jingyuan, took a fancy to Zhang Yizhi's music skills, and put forward the meaning of asking, at that time Li Xiuer did not make it clear whether to give it or not. The two of them, a main concubine and a side concubine, naturally don't deal with each other on weekdays, but they didn't expect to suddenly agree today. ”

"Sir, do you suspect that Li Xiu'er deliberately let Zhang Yizhi follow Du Xueqin?" Xiao Rui said.

Jia Xu said: "It's hard to judge, you can only take one step at a time, so I let Zhang Yizhi continue to follow Du Xueqin, maybe there is an accident." ”

Xiao Rui nodded and said, "Okay, then let's take a step at a time." ”

.......

Approaching noon, Xiao Rui was preparing lunch, and Zhuge Liuying came.

"Hotaru, why are you free? Have you had lunch? Xiao Rui asked.

Zhuge Liuying said: "After eating, you eat first, and accompany me to a place after eating." ”

"Where?" Xiao Rui was surprised.

"Li Mansion, the Li Mansion of the first assistant of the cabinet." Zhuge Liuying smiled.

Xiao Rui wondered: "Li Shoufu is looking for me?" No, I won't let you come, if I can invite you, then only Li Ruoxue, what is she looking for me for? ”

"It's not that you made a poem that made Ruoxue's sister sleep, and she didn't dare to come to you, so she could only beg me to come." Zhuge Liuying explained.

Xiao Rui realized that it was the poem he read out when he was visiting the lake in Jingyuan, which was very in line with Li Ruoxue's character.

"No problem, I'll write it down later, let you bring it to her, I don't have to go." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

Zhuge Liuying said: "You better go with me." ”

"Why?" Xiao Rui asked.

Zhuge Liuying explained: "Although the old lady's cold leg of the Li family was healed by Hua Tuo, thanks to your introduction, the old lady has always wanted to thank you, and it is inconvenient to move around, so I can only beg you to move." ”

"How can you let the old lady come to see me, it should be me to visit, and we will leave after I have eaten..."Xiao Rui smiled, he had nothing to do anyway, and now he is resting, he can wave casually.

After Xiao Rui ate, he and Zhuge Liuying went to the Li Mansion, and the distance between the two mansions was not far, just a few steps away.

When he came to the Li Mansion, he directly followed Zhuge Liuying, and Xiao Rui couldn't help but ask, "Don't you need to say hello to Li Shoufu?" ”

"We came quietly, and Li Shoufu is not in the house, I met someone after writing the poem, so I will go back early." Zhuge Liuying is also afraid of trouble.

This happened to follow Xiao Rui's wishes, so he followed Zhuge Liuying deep into the mansion, passed through a quiet garden, and came to a mansion.

Although the snow has not melted, the sun is shining today, so the elderly lady is basking in the sun in the courtyard, and beside her, Li Ruoxue and Li Xiuer are chatting with each other.

Seeing Li Xiu'er, Xiao Rui's footsteps paused slightly, but he still followed.

"Great grandmother." Zhuge Liuying stepped forward and called softly.

Xiao Rui arched his hand and said, "Junior, Xiao Rui, meet Mrs. Li." ”

The old lady hurriedly got up and said, "This is His Royal Highness King Xian, and he is really talented, and the old man is rude." ”

Li Ruoxue and Li Xiu'er hurriedly helped the old lady, Xiao Rui also stepped forward and said with a smile: "Old Madam Li, you sit, you sit, the younger generation comes to greet you, if the old lady is so restrained, she will treat me as an outsider, then I have to say goodbye." ”

The old lady giggled, the teeth from her mouth fell out, so the smile was extraordinarily kind, she sat down again, waved her hand hurriedly, took Xiao Rui's hand, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't be surprised, the old body will rely on old age and won't salute you." Thanks to Your Highness, if you hadn't introduced the miracle doctor, the old body wouldn't have survived this winter, look at this snow, it's really big. ”

Xiao Rui sat down with the old lady and said with a smile: "It should be that the person who accumulates blessings has his own blessings, and the old lady accumulates good deeds, so there will be divine doctors to treat them, this is not the merit of recommending people, it is the kindness of the old lady that touches the heavens." ”

The old lady patted Xiao Rui's hand, and said, "Your Highness is not only a talent, but her mouth is so sweet, this girl is blessed, otherwise, the old body wants to introduce Ruoxue and Xiu'er to you." ”

"Great grandmother!" Li Ruoxue and Li Xiu'er snorted, this old man really dared to say anything.

Zhuge Liuying quipped: "Grandmother, I don't have a marriage contract with His Royal Highness King Xian, and Your Majesty hasn't given me a marriage yet. ”

This was a joke, but Li Ruoxue also blushed. Li Xiu'er sighed secretly, and secretly glanced at Xiao Rui, her eyes were reserved, and there was no expression on her face.

The old lady smiled: "That's not good, the good son-in-law that Liuying finally found, how can he say that he will rob it." Your Highness, Liu Ying is a good girl, I think back then, I still wanted to introduce him to Dongsheng. ”

"Is Li Dongsheng back?" Zhuge Liuying was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.

"I just came back yesterday, and I've already sent someone to call him." Li Ruoxue said with a smile.

Li Xiu'er looked at him and Xiao Rui looked puzzled, she didn't want to speak, but she still couldn't hold back, and said softly: "Li Dongsheng is Ruoxue's elder brother, who traveled the world with a senior, and hasn't been home for a year or two. Liuying is good at martial arts, and so is Dongsheng, but he is not Liuying's opponent and is often bullied by Liuying. When I came back this time, I said that I wanted to talk to Liuying. ”

Li Xiu'er spoke softly, her eyes did not look at Xiao Rui, but ethereal.

Xiao Rui looked at Li Xiu'er and suddenly felt that she had changed, not because of the environment here, but because of her own changes.

Xiao Rui nodded and replied, "Thank you." ”

At this time, the old lady felt tired and said, "You talk, the old man will go back to the house to rest." ”

Li Xiuer hurriedly helped the old lady back to the house.

Li Ruoxue entertained Zhuge Liuying and Xiao Rui, and had already prepared pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Xiao Rui rolled up his sleeves, and Li Xiu'er stood up and grinded for him. Zhuge Liuying stood on the other side and laid out the best hairpin paper for him.

Xiao Rui dipped his pen in ink and began to write the poem Li Taibai's "The Ballad of Lushan Sent to Lu Shi Yu Xuzhou".

Zhuge Liuying had never seen this poem, so Xiao Rui wrote it, and she chanted:

"I'm a Chu madman, Feng Ge laughs at Kongqiu"

......

"In the early stage, I was sweating all over the nine, and I am willing to take Lu Aoyou Taiqing."

After reading it, Zhuge Liuying breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed in her heart, no wonder Ruoxue liked it tightly, that is, she was also attracted by the heroic and free and easy in the poem, immersed in the artistic conception of the poem, and intoxicated.

"Bang Bang..."

"Good poetry, worthy of good poetry! This trip back to Beijing, sure enough, I got back to the right place! ”

Suddenly, there was applause and praise behind him.

Xiao Rui looked back and saw a young Taoist priest standing in front of Gongyue Gate.

He is about the same age as Xiao Rui, should not be as weak as the crown, eighteen or nineteen years old, handsome, at this time wearing a robe, under the feet is a long journey, and a bun is pulled on the head at will, not only does not have a nondescript feeling, but is more elegant and natural, not limited to things, not trapped in the narrow, there is a way of multiplying things to travel and not for material servitude.

"Big brother!" Li Ruoxue shouted.

After Zhuge Liuying looked up and down, he couldn't help but vomit: "I haven't seen you for a few years, you are still the same, and when you get home, you still don't take off this Taoist robe?" ”

This person is Li Ruoxue's eldest brother, Li Dongsheng.

Li Dongsheng walked up and said with a smile: "Ji Shou Tian Zhongtian, there is no light, the eight winds can't blow, and the purple golden lotus sits upright." Sister Liuying, you are also the same, and my Taoist robe is hindering you again? ”

After speaking, he looked at Xiao Rui and bowed his hand: "Under Li Dongsheng, I met His Royal Highness King Xian, I have heard of the name for a long time, and today I saw it really extraordinary." ”

Xiao Rui also bowed his hand back and said with a smile: "Brother Li is polite, when it comes to bearing, I might as well do it." ”

Li Dongsheng raised his hands, shook his long sleeves unfreely, and said: "I am used to wearing this robe, so I haven't taken it off, and it is also a symbol when I walk the rivers and lakes." Your Highness, please be seated! ”

Xiao Rui nodded, also stretched out his hand to invite back, and the four of them sat down at the same time.