Today's weather is good, the sun is shining, although it has entered winter, in order to congratulate Emperor Hengde on his birthday, the palace is still full of greenery, a vibrant scene, and the imperial garden even has a lot of carefully cultivated flowers.

Shen Bai looked all the way to the east and west, with a world-weary expression on his face, but his dark eyes turned around flexibly, not knowing what the hell he was thinking.

Zhao Chou was furious when he saw her like this, thinking of the anger he had just received in the Imperial Garden, he was even more furious, and rushed to Shen Bai to grab Shen Bai's collar and teach her a good lesson, a cold voice sounded: "Jing Run, what do you want to do?" ”

The voice was a little familiar, Zhao Chou was distracted, and the next moment he saw a handsome man in monk's robe walking from behind Shen Bai.

The man looked to be only in his early twenties, slightly older than him, holding a string of rosewood carved Buddha beads in his hand, his eyebrows were warm, like jade and wind, and his body was dyed with a warm and cordial atmosphere, and he also had royal nobility in his bones, but because of the monk's robe, he looked nondescript.

My father's birthday is to invite famous monks to pray for blessings, why did you start inviting lay disciples this year?

Zhao Chou didn't remember for a while that he still had an uncle who was cultivating in Yunshan Temple, he was carried away by anger, looked Wei Ruzhao up and down for a while, and asked angrily: "Who are you, and the word of this prince is also what you can call?" ”

Wei Ruzhao looked at Zhao Chou calmly and asked, "You don't recognize me?" ”

Zhao Chou didn't want to blurt out: "What kind of thing are you, and you deserve to be known by this prince?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Ruzhao shot out as quickly as the wind, grabbed Zhao Chou's right hand and cut it behind him, kicked him in the crook of his knee, and Zhao Chou immediately knelt on the ground.

The monks pay attention to their hard work, practice their muscles and bones, there are many warrior monks in Yunshan Temple, Wei Ruzhao stayed in Yunshan Temple for ten years, naturally it is not a waste of time.

Shen Bai's eyebrows were slightly raised, a bright light appeared in his eyes, and he applauded Wei Ruzhao happily in his heart, but his face was still tense and depressed.

Zhao Chouchang has never been taught such a lesson by others, and he was immediately so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, Wei Ruzhao said lightly: "I am from Yunshan Temple, my law name is pure heart, and the fourth highness can't recognize me, you can go back and ask your mother and grandfather." ”

Wei Ruzhao reported to his home, not worried about Zhao Chou's revenge at all.

The pain in his arms and knees helped Zhao Chou regain his senses, and he finally realized who the person standing in front of him was, and immediately suppressed his anger and softened his posture and spoke: "Please uncle, please calm your anger, Jing Yuan knows that he is wrong!" ”

Wei Ruzhao let go of Zhao Chou and reminded in a cold voice: "My Dharma name is pure heart, and I also ask His Royal Highness not to call people casually." ”

He was just Zhao Che's uncle, not anyone else's.

Zhao Chou rubbed his shoulders and stood up, no matter how dissatisfied he was with Shen Bai, he didn't dare to show it, and respectfully saluted Wei Ruzhao: "Jing Yuan is informal, I accidentally collided with Master Pure Heart, and I also ask Master Pure Heart not to be like the younger generation." ”

After Zhao Chou finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Bai fiercely and asked Wei Ruzhao: "Dare to ask Master Pure Heart where is this going?" ”

Wei Ruzhao said inscrutablely: "Come from where you come from, go where you go." ”

Shen Bai wanted to laugh a little, this sentence is to put it bluntly: You don't care where Lao Tzu goes, Lao Tzu just doesn't want to tell you!

Zhao Chou was almost choked to death, but he still smiled and said, "Since Master Pure Heart is busy, then the junior won't bother Master Pure Heart." ”

Wei Ruzhao didn't move, he didn't react, Zhao Chou suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and turned to leave.

When he walked away, Shen Bai folded his hands and made a gesture at Wei Ruzhao.

The seniority is really different, not only does the uncle not have to apologize when he beats someone, but he can also scare people with a cold face, which is not too cool.

Wei Ruzhao ignored Shen Bai and continued to walk forward, and not long after, the ironing plaque of Ci'an Palace came into view.

Seeing Wei Ruzhao, the palace people guarding the door stepped forward quickly, and said respectfully: "Master Pure Heart, Young Master Shen, please come inside!" ”

Emperor Hengde and Zhao Che both recognized Wei Ruzhao's identity as his uncle, but the palace people directly called Wei Ruzhao's legal name, obviously treating Wei Ruzhao as an outsider.

Wei Ruzhao's face was as usual, he bowed slightly, and walked into the dormitory with Shen Bai and the palace people.

Ci'an Palace is the place where the successive queen mothers lived, and the whole palace is about the same size as the Yichen Palace where Zhao Che lived, but it looks more dignified and solemn, and no one is allowed to make a mistake.

It has passed the time for the fourth concubine to ask the queen mother for peace, and the Ci'an Palace is quiet, and even the palace people on duty have lowered their heads as much as possible to reduce their sense of existence.

When they arrived at the door of the dormitory, the palace man who led the way stopped outside the hall and respectfully reported in a slender voice: "Empress Dowager Qi, Master Pure Heart and Young Master Shen have arrived." ”

The Queen Mother's steady voice came: "Enter!" ”

Gong E, who was waiting inside, opened the door, and some suffocating heat rushed out, Shen Bai and Wei Ruzhao frowned at the same time, it is not yet the middle of winter, and there are so many charcoal fires burning in the house, so forget about waste, aren't you afraid that it will not be good for your health?

The two stepped into the hall together, Wei Ruzhao stood straight and performed the Buddha salute, and said softly: "Yunshan Temple purifies my heart and has seen the Queen Mother." ”

Shen Bai lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, kowtowed directly, opened his mouth and pointed at his tongue, and waved his hand to indicate that he was injured and couldn't speak.

The queen mother wears a stone blue lavender marten crown, decorated with golden phoenix, cat's eye, there are all kinds of gems everywhere, pearlescent and extravagant, she sits on a soft and soft chair, her expression is pleasant, there are soft pastries on the small table next to her, the house is burning with good incense, it is the old lady who is golden on the top of the entire Zhaoling Tomb.

Her eyes were slightly closed, as if she hadn't woken up and was napping again, and waited for a moment before whispering the order: "Give me a seat!" ”

The palace people brought chairs for Wei Ruzhao and Shen Bai to sit down.

Shen Bai can't speak now, Wei Ruzhao is not a person who talks much, after sitting down, he took care of the Buddha beads in his hand, and the dormitory returned to quiet, after a long time, the Queen Mother couldn't sit still, raised her eyes and looked at Wei Ruzhao and asked: "Have you suffered in Yunshan Temple all these years?" ”

Wei Ruzhao said: "For those who practice, everything is experience, which can sharpen the mind, not endure hardships. ”

Wei Ruzhao replied calmly, the Queen Mother lifted her eyes, and the already somewhat cloudy eyes swept over him inch by inch, and saw that his eyebrows were five or six points similar to the first queen, and disgust flashed quickly in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "It's easy for you to hide in Yunshan Temple to escape the world, and all the mess left by the Wei family is thrown to your father, last month the mourning family also heard that he was infected with a cold and has been taking medicine, don't you plan to go back to the Wei family to see?" ”

The Wei family is also a century-old family in Zhaoling, after the death of the first queen, it was gradually forgotten by the world, and the queen mother mentioned it at this time, as if she cared about the Wei family over the years.

Wei Ruzhao lowered his eyes and looked at the Buddha beads in his hand, his voice was warm, soft like water but cold and indifferent: "Everyone in the world is suffering, and there are calamities to cross, and the Buddha has a fate, and the fate between the pure heart and this mortal world has long been broken." ”

The implication is that the affairs of the Wei family have nothing to do with him.

Wei Ruzhao is like this to the Wei family, not to mention the royal family, the Queen Mother couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows, and asked in a cold voice: "Since you think so thoroughly, why do you want to return to the palace after many years, aren't you afraid of being confused by the bustling world?" ”

Wei Ruzhao hasn't appeared in front of the world for ten years, and the Queen Mother almost forgot that there is such a person in the world, and now he came back coldly, not only living well, but also becoming more and more like the person who died a long time ago, which really made her unhappy.

The Queen Mother's tone was not very good, so she had to add a straightforward sentence, "The mourning family doesn't want you to go back to the palace at all, hurry up where you came from, go back"!

Speaking of this, it was a little embarrassing, Wei Ruzhao pursed his lips and was silent, Shen Bai wanted to refute for him but couldn't speak, just feeling aggrieved, the door of the palace was pushed open, Zhao Che strode in from the outside, followed by a Gu Hengzhou.

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was afraid that the Queen Mother would be unfavorable to Uncle Guo, so he had prepared for the worst.

Zhao Che happened to hear the words asked by the Queen Mother outside the palace, and said in a deep voice: "It was Rui Xuan who begged his uncle to go back to the palace to congratulate his father on his birthday. ”

Zhao Che deliberately increased the word "begging", he is the prince of a country, and he will take over the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in Zhaoling in the future, but when facing his uncle, he can lower his posture infinitely, and only ask his uncle to return to the palace to congratulate his father on his birthday.

The Queen Mother only planned to summon Wei Ruzhao and Shen Bai, and before she could say a word, Zhao Che brought someone over, obviously guarding against her, the imperial grandmother.

This is his own grandson, he treated her like this before he succeeded to the throne, if he succeeded to the throne in the future, then he would have it?

The Queen Mother became more and more unhappy, but she didn't dare to throw fire directly at Zhao Che, her eyes fell on Gu Hengzhou, and she asked in a deep voice: "Ci'an Palace is the dormitory of the mourning family, Gu Shizi broke in with a knife without passing the word, what kind of rule is this!?" ”

The queen mother used the topic to play and wanted to ask the teacher to ask for the guilt, Zhao Che said coldly: "Sun Er specially came to Ci'an Palace today to ask the imperial grandmother for peace, but the palace people of Ci'an Palace maliciously blocked Sun Er from coming in, the imperial grandmother might as well talk about it, where did Sun Er make the imperial grandmother dissatisfied, and even the palace gate of Ci'an Palace was not allowed to step in!" ”

As soon as Zhao Che heard that Wei Ruzhao and Shen Bai were summoned by the Queen Mother, he immediately took Gu Hengzhou and a team of Praetorian Guards to Ci'an Palace with a fierce killing, and the palace people in Ci'an Palace knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Queen Mother were not on good terms, and subconsciously wanted to stop them, and then they were forcibly suppressed by the Praetorian Guards.

Both ancestors and grandchildren are masters of using the topic to play, one is more straightforward than the other, and after a stalemate for a moment, the Queen Mother sneered: "I went to Dongheng Kingdom, Rui Xuan's mouth is getting more and more neat, why, today is an iron heart to settle accounts with the old woman of the mourning family?" ”

Zhao Che shook his head, bowed to the Queen Mother, and softened his tone: "Sun Er just said that he came to ask the imperial grandmother for peace, how dare he disobey the imperial grandmother?" ”

Zhao Che lowered his posture first and gave the Queen Mother down the steps, but the Queen Mother didn't hold Gu Hengzhou, beckoned: "Since you are here to ask for peace, sit down and talk well." ”

Zhao Che answered, walked to the Queen Mother and sat down, and then said on the topic just now: "The grandson invited his uncle to return to the palace to congratulate his father on his birthday, and the emperor's grandmother can say to the grandson if she has any opinion on this matter, the uncle has been cultivating in Yunshan Temple for ten years, and he no longer asks about the world, and he also asks the imperial grandmother not to be angry with him because of his grandson." ”

This is very clear, if you have an opinion about your uncle, you have an opinion on my grandson, and if you have an opinion, you can say that your grandson will accompany you at any time!

Zhao Che's words were hidden, the Queen Mother's lips trembled, and the expression on her face was a little tense, but she had lived decades longer than Zhao Che, and she held back her anger and reproached: "Rui Xuan, what are you talking about?" You are the grandson of the mourning family, you are the most outstanding of the four princes, and the mourning family is too late to be proud of you, how can they still have opinions on you? ”

The Queen Mother said beautifully, and Zhao Che also echoed: "The imperial grandmother has four grandchildren, but Rui Xuan doesn't even have a queen mother, only you have a grandmother, the imperial grandmother loves Rui Xuan, and Rui Xuan should naturally be filial to the imperial grandmother in the future." ”

The Queen Mother's eyelids jumped slightly, and she always felt that this sentence was not a good word if the first queen was mixed in it, she smiled unnaturally, changed the topic and asked Shen Bai: "The mourning family heard that Young Master Shen asked for a blacksmith from Dongheng Kingdom to come back, and also wanted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to arrange him in the Ministry of Industry, has Young Master Shen carefully checked the identity of the blacksmith in Dongheng Kingdom, what did the ancestor do?" The Ministry of Industry is the most important ministry of the country, does Young Master Shen think that anyone can go in? ”

The Queen Mother said that she couldn't control her upward movement at the end of her speech, as if Shen Bai was uneasy and kind, and brought back a fine work from Dongheng Kingdom to steal the secrets of Zhaoling.

Shen Bai blinked his eyes with an innocent expression, Zhao Che was about to say that this matter was up to him, but the Queen Mother preemptively said: "Rui Xuan, you are the prince of a country, and the people under your command will not all be dumb, let Young Master Shen say it himself!" ”

Wei Ruzhao and Gu Hengzhou's backgrounds are harder than Shen Bai's, and the Queen Mother naturally wants to pinch her soft persimmon.

But it's good to die or not, among the three of them, Shen Bai is no different from a dumb person now.

Shen Bai looked at Zhao Che for help, and Zhao Che ordered: "Come on, send a cup of hot tea in!" ”

The palace people quickly brought hot tea in, Shen Bai dipped his fingers in it, and wrote on the ground: Dongheng blacksmith, you can make the Ministry of Industry profitable.

The Ministry of Industry has always been the management of the Lu family, the queen mother's mother, and the oil and water fished out of it every year is already very rich, and when she sees the words of ten thousand taels of profit, the queen mother only thinks that Shen Bai is talking about a dream, if there is such a benefit, do the people below dare to hide it and not tell her?

Shen Bai is only fourteen or fifteen, although he has already won the fame of Tanhualang, but he is still a half-old child, the Queen Mother immediately sank her face and scolded: "Although you are still young, you are also a Tanhualang who has been tried in the Imperial Palace, your words are arrogant, your actions are reckless, and if you continue like this, you will definitely break into a monstrous disaster!" ”

The Queen Mother wanted to punish Shen Bai when she said that, but Shen Bai was not afraid and continued to write on the ground: "Now the Ministry of Industry needs to use twenty catties of fine ore to create a knife that the army needs, but if you get a glimpse of the secret method of forging in Donghengguo, ten catties is enough!" ”

In this way, the raw materials required are halved, so won't the procurement expenses of the original budget be saved?

The Queen Mother swallowed the scolding on her lips, and looked at Shen Bai suspiciously: "How did you know about this kind of thing?" ”

Shen Bai wrote on the ground: It's a long story.

It is inconvenient for her to speak now, and she wants to write the whole thing as it is, but she is afraid that the Queen Mother will not have the patience to wait, let alone have the patience to read it.

The Queen Mother was hesitating to think about whether what Shen Bai said was true or false, and Gu Hengzhou, who had been standing quietly on the side, took the initiative to speak: "Empress Dowager Qi, this matter was accidentally discovered by Weichen and Young Master Shen after Donghengguo fell into the river, and Weichen can testify that what Young Master Shen said is the truth." ”

Shen Bai glanced back at Gu Hengzhou, and saw that he was testifying for himself seriously, and his eyes lit up slightly.

Brother Gu is really getting more and more discerning.

Zhao Che also said: "The monarch of Dongheng Kingdom did not give us the secret method of forging, and Dongheng Kingdom and Zhaoling are thousands of miles apart, and there are many aspects that are very different. ”

After thinking about it carefully, the Queen Mother said: "The affairs of the Ministry of Industry should be handled by the Ministry of Industry, and Rui Xuan's vision should be long-term, don't always look at some trivial things." ”

The Ministry of Industry has always been controlled by the Lu family, and the Queen Mother's words are to remind Zhao Che not to be too lenient, in a vain attempt to meddle or even take over the Ministry of Industry.

Zhao Che didn't argue with the Queen Mother, lowered his eyes and said softly: "What the imperial grandmother said is that the grandson knows." ”

After finishing business, the Queen Mother rubbed her temples, yawned and said: "The mourning family is old, and it is useless, and it will be tiring to talk for a while." ”

Zhao Che got up and said, "Then the grandson won't bother the imperial grandmother, the imperial grandmother, you have a good rest." ”

The Queen Mother propped her head and closed her eyes, and hummed casually, not wanting to look at them anymore.

Zhao Che turned around with a cold face and walked out of Ci'an Palace with the three of them.

Walking outside, as Shen Bai expected, a group of Praetorian Guards held halberds and guarded all the people in Ci'an Palace.

Seeing Zhao Che come out, these people put away their halberds and followed out of Ci'an Palace.

In the end, the soldiers and horses in the palace were used, Zhao Che said to Gu Hengzhou: "This palace is going to the imperial study to see my father and explain today's affairs, and I will escort my uncle and Young Master Shen back to Lingzhao Palace first." ”

Gu Hengzhou bowed his head and waited for Zhao Che to leave, and then escorted Wei Ruzhao and Shen Bai back.

Gu Hengzhou was still wearing the black court clothes from yesterday morning, it seemed that he had not returned to the country's mansion, Shen Bai's eyes unconsciously glanced at him, but Gu Hengzhou didn't even give her a little afterglow.

Shen Bai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, Brother Gu shouldn't have seen the album.

When he was about to arrive at Ling Zhao Palace, Wei Ruzhao took the initiative to ask Gu Hengzhou: "Lord Guogong should also return to Beijing, is he still in good health?" ”

Gu Hengzhou said truthfully: "Father is in good health, Uncle Xie cares. ”

Gu Tingge is an old minister of the two dynasties, and his character is well-known for his uprightness, when the first queen died, it was he who returned to the dynasty to preside over the overall situation, so that Chaogang was stable and there was no chaos, and he was the only one in the entire court who deserved Wei Ruzhao's concern.

Wei Ruzhao nodded, stopped speaking, and returned to Lingzhao Palace and went back to his bed to worship the Buddha.

Shen Bai's tongue hurt all the time, and he stretched his waist and wanted to go back to the room to rest, but his waist suddenly tightened, and he was directly carried back to the room by Gu Hengzhou, closed the door and reached the door.

Shen Bai's intuition was not good, and he subconsciously wanted to explain, but the injury on his tongue was suddenly tearful, Gu Hengzhou stiffened his face, looked at her coldly, and looked at her with a posture of wanting to kill her.

Shen Bai shrunk his neck and begged for mercy with his eyes.

Gu Hengzhou reached out and pinched her cheek, with a slight force, Shen Bai couldn't close his mouth, his lips pursed, and his injured tongue was stimulated by the cool breeze and hurt even more.

Gu Hengzhou's eyesight was excellent, and he could see the wound on her tongue clearly, and asked coldly, "Bite your tongue and kill yourself?" ”

Shen Bai wanted to shake his head, but his head couldn't move, and he put his hands together and begged for mercy.

Brother Gu, it's either biting your tongue and committing suicide, or it's a bitter trick, if I really want to die, can I still have hope of being rescued? Isn't it neat to wipe the neck with a knife?

Shen Bai could hold back at other times, but when Gu Hengzhou looked at him like this, he was so weak that he couldn't wait to be able to explain everything clearly in one breath.

was in a hurry, and saw Gu Hengzhou take out a picture album from his arms, and turned to the two pages where she showed half of her face at the end and asked, "Who drew it?" ”

Shen Bai smiled weakly and shook his head hard.

At this time, she would never admit that this thing was her handiwork.

Gu Hengzhou actually had a conclusion in his heart, and he didn't care about Shen Bai's answer, and asked again: "This posture is very complete, how many fire diagrams have you seen?" ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Brother Gu, if you want to interrogate, can't you wait for me to speak before interrogating, at this time I really have a hard time, and I can't say a word.

Gu Hengzhou couldn't hear Shen Bai's thoughts at all, his eyes were dark and deep, and he absorbed everything into it like a whirlpool, and asked evilly: "Or ...... Have you tried all of these poses? ”

Shen Bai: "......"!!

This...... This is definitely a big slander, I just looked at it, and I definitely haven't tried it with anyone, Brother Gu, don't think too much!

Shen Bai's eyes widened and he shook his head desperately, Gu Hengzhou suddenly let go of her, took a step back and said coldly: "Since you are bent on death, don't say you like me in the future, I don't need this kind of liking that will be cut off at any time!" ”

After Gu Hengzhou finished speaking, Shen Bai didn't chase out, leaned against the door frame, licked his lips and smiled lightly.

Brother Gu doesn't need this kind of liking that will be cut off at any time, on the other hand, he needs to like it endlessly, and if you convert it, you already like Xiao Ye.

Hum! If you like the master, you have to go around saying that you are just friends with the master, depending on how hard your mouth is!

As soon as Cha Bai entered the door, he saw Shen Bai's rippling smile, and his originally hanging heart was put down at once, and he asked Shen Bai in a low voice: "Young Master, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World just went out with a cold face, and the slave maid thought that the young master had made His Royal Highness the Prince angry again, why are you still smiling so happily?" ”

Shen Bai raised his hand and patted Cha Bai's shoulder, smiling incomprehensibly.

Cha Bai shook his head and asked softly: "It's good that the young master is happy, it's time to drink medicine again in a while, but do you want the slave to ask someone to find some candied fruit?" ”

Shen Bai waved his hand and refused, she is not a little girl, Shen Xiaoye is not even afraid of death, can he be afraid of drinking medicine?

Shen Bai's heart jumped with joy, remembering what happened in Ci'an Palace just now, and wanted to find Wei Ruzhao to say a few words, as soon as he went out, he saw Hanchen walking in under the guidance of the palace people.

He was dressed in the high priest's robe he had brought from Donghengguo, still wearing a black and white mask, and his silver hair was dazzlingly bright in the sunlight.

I haven't seen him for a few days, but this person seems to be getting better and better.

Hanchen also saw Shen Bai, his steps stopped, and surprise flashed in his eyes, as if he didn't expect Shen Bai to appear here.

Shen Bai waved at him lazily, and took the lead in walking towards Wei Ruzhao's bedroom, and the palace people said softly: "Since Young Master Shen is here, then the high priest will go with Young Master Shen to see Uncle Guo." ”

Hanchen had no opinion, and walked outside Wei Ruzhao's bedroom with Shen Bai, Shen Bai knocked on the door three times, and waited for Wei Ruzhao to let him in before pushing the door open and entering.

The outer room of the bedroom was arranged in the shape of a meditation room, Wei Ruzhao was sitting cross-legged on the bed and participating in meditation, he lifted his eyes and swept over Shen Bai, and his gaze fell straight on Hanchen.

Shen Bai felt that these two people were quite mysterious, and silently moved half a step to the side, so that the two could look at each other better.

After a long while, Hanchen suddenly raised his hand to take off his mask, revealing a handsome and peerless face, and introduced himself in a warm voice: "Hanchen, the high priest of Donghengguo." ”

Wei Ruzhao didn't get up, he flicked the Buddha beads in his hand and said lightly: "Yunshan Temple, pure heart." ”

Hanchen walked up to Wei Ruzhao and sat down, and asked Wei Ruzhao, "Does Master believe in reincarnation?" ”

Wei Ruzhao said: "Everything in the world has reincarnation, dependent origin is dependent on death, life is death, everything is just the obsession of the world." ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Wouldn't it be a bit too wasteful for the two of you to be so good-looking, but to discuss the Dharma here?

Shen Bai couldn't listen to these unpredictable things, he only felt bored, and after a while, he fell asleep, but in a daze, he heard Hanchen ask: "Master thinks that there is a resurrection of dead souls and rejuvenation in this world?" ”

This sentence was like a head of cold water, which suddenly woke Shen Bai up, and Shen Bai cheered up and looked at Hanchen with wide eyes.

What's the situation, the master hasn't seen Brother Chen for a few days, Brother Chen, why did you suddenly realize such a profound realm as the resurrection of the dead soul and the rejuvenation of youth?

Feeling Shen Bai's gaze, Han Chen's sideways eyes met her, and the light in that glance was deep and dark and complex, containing many things that Shen Bai couldn't understand.

Shen Bai was inexplicably weak-hearted, for fear of showing cowardice, so he didn't dare to look away.

Wei Ruzhao said softly: "The world's face is eternal, rejuvenation, and immortality are things that the world has been striving for for thousands of years, but everything in the world has a law to follow, and what the high priest said has violated the Tao Law and Nature. ”

Shen Bai didn't sleep at all, a layer of fine cold sweat broke out on his back, and an uncomfortable feeling of suffocation welled up in his chest.

Shen Bai covered his chest and opened his mouth to exhale hard, Hanchen lowered his eyes, no longer looked at Shen Bai, and continued to discuss other things with Wei Ruzhao.

Half an hour later, Hanchen got up and said goodbye: "It's not too early, I'll leave first, and I'll come back tomorrow when I have time to discuss the Dharma with Master Pure Heart." ”

Wei Ruzhao chatted happily with Hanchen, and rarely smiled at Hanchen: "The high priest is willing to come, I naturally welcome it." ”

Hanchen put on a mask and turned to leave, Shen Bai had long forgotten that he still had to talk to Wei Ruzhao, so he made a perfunctory salute and chased Hanchen out, but she couldn't speak now, she couldn't ask anything, she was in a hurry, Hanchen suddenly stopped, took out a porcelain bottle and said to her: "I need a few drops of your blood." ”

Shen Bai's eyes widened and he took a few steps back vigilantly.

Why do you want the blood of the master? Do you want to conjure spirits or sacrifice to the heavens?

Master still has a lot of things to do, no one wants to accept him!

Shen Bai's expression clearly conveyed this, Han Chen sighed softly, and comforted in a low voice: "Don't worry, it won't hurt your life." ”

Shen Bai shook her head like a rattle, if she didn't say what she was doing with the blood, she would never give it!

She was so vigilant, Hanchen didn't force it, put away the porcelain vase and turned away, only the flamingos on the gorgeous clothes loomed in the sun.

Looking at his back, Shen Bai was a little uneasy, turned his head and went back to Wei Ruzhao's room, eagerly dipped in tea and wrote a sentence on the tray: Master, do you know that the Buddhist family has any talisman water that can calm the soul?

Wei Ruzhao looked at that sentence and was stunned for a while, and then said coldly: "The so-called ghosts, gods and demons are all evil thoughts in the hearts of the world. ”

There is a good reason for that.

Shen Bai nodded, thinking that after he woke up, except for slighting Gu Hengzhou a few times, he did all the good things that could save the common people, even if he didn't see any results now, he would be able to show it in the future, and his hanging heart was put down a little.

Since Providence has reborn her, it is not to kill her as a demon.

Shen Bai was thinking nonsense here, but there was a dead silence in Yingze Palace.

After Zhao Chou came back from the imperial study, he smashed a room of things and lost his temper, Emperor Hengde warned him, Wei Ruzhao directly taught him a lesson, he grew so big, and he had never been deflated like today.

The palace people of the entire palace knelt on the ground and were silent, for fear that one would lose his head if he was not careful.

Everyone was nervous, Prime Minister Li Deren came, he ordered the palace people who were waiting to retreat first, and asked Zhao Chou gently: "Jing Yuan, what did Your Majesty say when he summoned you alone today?" ”

Zhao Chou was still angry, and said angrily: "What else can you say?" That is to say, the madman of the Shen family, grandfather, aren't you here here to talk about this? ”

Zhao Chou's tone was very bad, only when Li Deren came to reprimand him again, Li Deren sighed: "Jing Yuan, how many times have I told you, you must be calm and calm in case of trouble, analyze the key points first, and don't mess up." ”

Zhao Chou stiffened his face and didn't speak, he was tired of hearing this set of rhetoric for a long time, if it weren't for his grandfather, he would have let Li Deren be kicked out.

At this time, I still bother him, I really don't want to live!

Li Deren also knew Zhao Chou's temperament, this was not the time to correct his approach, Li Deren said in a deep voice: "There are no outsiders here, you tell me honestly, what is going on between you and the young master of the Shen family?" ”

The Prime Minister's Mansion was also thrown away from the album, and the next person first circulated it and finally passed it to Li Deren who went home in the next dynasty, Li Deren recognized at a glance that one of the protagonists was his own grandson Zhao Chou, and he rushed into the palace in a hurry.

Zhao Chou exploded when he heard this, and said angrily: "What else can it be?" In my identity, what kind of woman can't marry, will I have any evil thoughts about a madman like him? ”

Zhao Chou was angry, Li Deren nodded and said: "I believe that you will not have such a relationship with him, but now that things are in a uproar, you must first explain the cause and effect to me clearly, so that I can help you deal with this matter." ”

Li Deren's tone was calm, as if as long as Zhao Chou explained the reason, he could return Zhao Chou's innocence, Zhao Chou's anger was suppressed a little, and he gasped for a while before he said: "I fell off a horse and injured my leg in the autumn hunt before, and I was not used to seeing that kid from the Shen family, I heard that the imperial brother had summoned him to the palace some time ago, I asked him to detain him halfway in Yingze Palace, let people prick him a few times, used a little lynching, and locked him up in the dark room overnight, originally planned to send him out of the palace on the second day, but I didn't expect Gu Hengzhou to come directly into the palace, and Concubine Shu also intervened and rescued people. ”

Li Deren's eyebrows kept frowning when he heard this, he didn't expect that this matter would also implicate Concubine Shu and Gu Hengzhou, he thought for a while and asked, "Which palace person from Yichen Palace sent Shen Bai out of the palace at that time?" ”

Zhao Chou didn't care about this, and thought about it carefully and said, "It seems that there is a eunuch named Xiaobei who is often by the emperor's brother's side." ”

Li Deren asked: "Xiaobei didn't stop you at that time, and the prince didn't ask you for someone that day?" ”

Zhao Chou said nonchalantly: "The surname Shen is a voluntary person who went to Yingze Palace, I would not have hurt his life, if the imperial brother came to ask for someone with great fanfare, wouldn't it be a big fuss?" ”

Zhao Chou took this matter too simply, and Li Deren's face gradually became solemn.

The prince secretly left Beijing to go to Donghengguo this time, and only selected Zhou Jue and Shen Bai from a group of children of the family to accompany him, which shows that he trusts Zhou Jue and Shen Bai very much, he knows that Zhao Chou taking Shen Bai away may make Shen Bai suffer a little, why didn't he stop it?

If the matter just passed, why did Gu Hengzhou go directly to the palace to find someone on the second day? Why did Shen Bai dare to block his future and the reputation of the Shen family to do such a ridiculous thing?

The more Li Deren thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he always felt that this matter was like a well-planned game, and they had already entered the game without realizing it.

Zhao Chou only thinks that Shen Bai is a madman until now, and he doesn't think that Shen Bai will be a threat to himself, seeing Li Deren's serious expression, he can't help but say: "Grandpa, this kid named Shen Bai is an opportunistic madman, he was in trouble all day long when he was in Tai Academy, and he didn't have any real talent, this time he deliberately used this way to retaliate against me, as long as it was proved that those paintings were fake." ”

Li Deren immediately asked, "How do you prove it?" ”

Zhao Chou was dumbfounded, the palace people on duty in Yingze Palace that night had been wiped out by him, people could be killed, but the duty records of the Internal Affairs Office could not be changed and destroyed, now that I think about it, except for him and Shen Bai, there is no third person who can prove what happened that night.

Zhao Chou didn't know how to answer, Li Deren asked again: "I heard that Gu Hengzhou also took a palace lady from Yingze Palace that day, do you know what the name of that palace lady is, and who do you befriend in the palace on weekdays?" Where are they? ”

It's just a little Gong'e, how can Zhao Chou care about this?

Zhao Chou didn't know what to say, the green tendons on Li Deren's forehead puffed slightly, and he didn't continue to waste his tongue on this topic, and returned to the original topic and asked, "What did Your Majesty tell you today?" ”

Zhao Chou's heart became empty, and he explained truthfully: "My father said that I have been acting more and more impolitely over the years, and I have the intention of beating and being vigilant, I have promised my father that I will find out the truth within five days, give him an explanation, and my grandfather may let people find out who this album is from?" ”

Li Deren pursed his lips, his face was ugly, he could check it, but there were thousands of painters in the city, and it was not easy to find out who was behind the scenes within five days.

And even if the painter is finally found out, there is no sufficient evidence, and it cannot be proved that Shen Bai instigated him to make the painting.

But Zhao Chou had already made a promise in front of Emperor Hengde that he would have to do something in the past five days.

Li Deren said: "I will let people deal with this matter, you stay in Yingze Palace honestly these days, don't make trouble with Shen Bai again, and don't cause other trouble!" ”

After Li Deren finished speaking, he was leaving, and Zhao Chou said again: "By the way, grandfather, I met Wei Ruzhao in the palace today." ”

The news of Wei Ruzhao's return to the palace was not widely publicized, and after ten years, this was the first time that Li Deren had heard the name Wei Ruzhao from other people's mouths.

He turned his head to look at Zhao Chou, and Zhao Chou continued: "He looks very much like the first queen, stay with that kid from the Shen family, there won't be anything between them, right?" ”

Wei Ruzhao just returned to Beijing and got together with that kid from the Shen family?

Li Deren became more and more uneasy in his heart, but a kind smile appeared on his face: "Uncle Guo has been cultivating in Yunshan Temple for ten years, what can he have to do with the Shen family?" Listen to me, don't run around! ”

Zhao Chou lazily agreed: "Oh." ”

Li Deren left Yingze Palace, first went to the Internal Affairs Office to find out that Gu Hengzhou had taken a palace lady named Chunxi that day, and asked people to send a message to Concubine De before leaving the palace from Xuanwu Gate and returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion by carriage.

When the carriage was halfway through, the house slave sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion to inquire about the news sent a message, saying that the news of Shen Bai's empathy and self-recommendation was released by Gu Hengxiu, the second young master of the Guogong Mansion.

Li Deren thought for a while, let the carriage be rerouted to chase the Crane Tower, and sent a slave to send a letter to Gu Hengxiu.

In the evening, Gu Hengxiu wore a crescent-colored silver silk embroidered pine brocade and walked into the Chasing Crane Tower in a low-key manner, and at the same time, Zhao Che also stepped into the gate of Lingzhao Palace, preparing to accompany Wei Ruzhao to have dinner together.

Zhao Che just wanted to seize the opportunity to get closer to his uncle, but Shen Bai came to the table with a shy face to eat together, but she had a headache on her tongue and couldn't eat anything, so she could only watch with her eyes blank and drink with meat porridge.

After eating, the palace people took away the dishes and chopsticks, and sent hot tea to relieve greasy, Shen Bai only took a sip after blowing cold with his cheeks, and then dipped his fingers on the table and wrote: Your Highness, I suddenly thought of a plan, this plan is quite shameless, Your Highness would like to hear the details?

Zhao Che asked: "Since you feel shameless, why do you want to say it?" ”

Shen Bai wrote: Because this plan can get rid of the great trouble in His Highness's heart.

And then does this man know what is in his heart?

Zhao Che glared at Shen Bai, Shen Bai's eyebrows were crooked, and his smile was flattering and harmless, as if the person who had been doing things in the past few days was not her at all.

Zhao Che said: "Write! ”

Shen Bai wiped the table dry with his sleeve and continued to write: In Yingze Palace, there is a palace lady named Chunxi in the Guogong Mansion, and she is the only person who can prove the innocence of the Fourth Highness.

Without waiting for Shen Bai to finish writing, Zhao Che opened his mouth and poured cold water: "The fourth child will not be stupid enough to send someone to the Guogong Mansion to kill a small palace at this time, this is simply three hundred taels of silver here!" ”

Shen Bai hooked his lips, smiled scoundrelly, and wrote down stroke by stroke: The Fourth Highness naturally refuses to be stupid, so he needs us to help him.

The discussion between the two did not avoid Wei Ruzhao, who was originally drinking tea with his eyes down, but when he saw this, he lifted his eyes and looked at Shen Bai.

This young man is not very old and scheming, and he will not change his face when he does the murder of planting blame.

Zhao Che raised his eyebrows: "Do you want me to send someone to assassinate Chunxi, and then frame it for the fourth child?" ”

Shen Bai shook her head, her eyes shone like stars in the sky, and she wrote slowly: Hasn't Your Highness found out the origin of those assassins in Dongheng Kingdom yet?