What do you do when you mobilize the Praetorian Guard, there are assassins?

Shen Bai was puzzled, and stayed in the thatched house for a while before coming out, and the palace man who led the way immediately stepped forward with a lantern, and Shen Bai asked curiously, "What happened?" ”

The palace man lowered his head, did not dare to speculate at will, and said cautiously: "The slave and maid don't know, and the girl will know when she returns to the banquet." ”

Shen Bai nodded and walked back, and when he was about to return to the banquet, he ran into Gu Hengzhou and Zhou Jue who were walking side by side.

After three years, this is the first time Shen Bai has seen Zhou Jue head-on.

He was wearing a dark and red Praetorian Guard commander uniform, with armor made of dark iron on his shoulders, elbows and knees, and a big knife around his waist, which was about the same height as Gu Hengzhou, with a wide shoulder and back, much darker than before, and the red mole between his eyebrows did not know how to remove it.

Zhou Jue had secretly seen Shen Bai several times, but he was not surprised to see Shen Bai now.

When they all met, Shen Bai didn't avoid it, walked over and saluted, and said softly: "I've seen Commander Gu and Commander Zhou." ”

Shen Bai only symbolically bent down, Gu Hengzhou still grabbed her arm and held her, Shen Bai stood up and asked suspiciously: "I heard footsteps just now, but what happened in the palace?" ”

"It's not a big deal." Zhou Jue said calmly, and then the corners of his lips rose, with the meaning of watching a good show, "It's that the five princes of Nanxiang Kingdom are not strong enough to drink, and they accidentally fell down when they were out of court." ”

Fell.

Could it be...... Fell into the pit?

Shen Bai was stunned, and he didn't know what expression to make for a while.

Although Murong Xuan's alcohol consumption is not as good as the current Gu Hengzhou, it is not too bad, he doesn't know anyone in Zhaoling, and he shouldn't be drunk, how can he get drunk to the pit?

"His Royal Highness is fine, he has been sent back to Nanchen Palace to rest." Gu Hengzhou comforted Shen Bai, Shen Bai nodded, and walked back to the Yeting Palace with them.

Shen Bai was about to go back to the women's area, and when he turned around to leave, Gu Hengzhou said: "If you can't drink, don't drink, you know what your body is like now, don't rush forward by yourself when you encounter anything." ”

Shen Bai's appearance of heart disease that day frightened him a little, his expression was very serious, Shen Bai nodded obediently, and said: "I understand all these truths, these people can't afford me to play with them." ”

Shen Bai returned to the banquet, the banquet was still lively, she glanced at Mrs. Lu's position, the girl was back again, as dignified and well-behaved as before, as if she had never left.

Shen Bai kept staring at the girl, Zhao Mingxi noticed it, and whispered: "That's the daughter of Mrs. Lu's second brother, called Lu Xi, who was only picked up in Hanjing two years ago, why have you been staring at her, do you know each other?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just think she's beautiful, so I can't help but look at her twice." ”

Lu Xi is indeed very beautiful, especially when there is a low-key and introverted Lu Xiu sitting next to him, which looks even more beautiful.

Zhao Mingxi is thirteen, and he is about to be married, so he naturally loves beauty, and when he heard Shen Bai praise Lu Xi, he suddenly collapsed his face and whispered: "She is used to pretending to be weak, and she will do whatever she wants because she is good-looking." ”

"What did she do?"

Shen Bai asked curiously, Zhao Mingxi hesitated, but still couldn't bear this breath, and said to Shen Bai: "Sister Xiu accompanied the imperial grandmother before, after she came, Sister Xiu'er didn't enter the palace much, she ran to the palace every day, I have seen her go to the imperial brother several times to deliver food, my imperial brother is so old than her, she really dares to think." ”

Zhao Che is twenty-four this year, and Lu Xi is nearly ten years old, Shen Bai has seen more than fifty people accept teenage girls as concubines in his last life, but he doesn't think that this age gap is too big, Zhao Mingxi and Lu Xi are the same age, and they have called Zhao Che's brother for more than ten years, so they can't accept that Lu Xi wants to be his imperial sister-in-law.

Shen Bai hadn't eaten much before, but now he filled his stomach while listening to Zhao Mingxi's words, and asked after listening: "Compared to Lu Xi, the princess likes Lu Xiu more?" ”

"Of course." Zhao Mingxi nodded without hesitation and said, "Sister Xiu'er has a good temper and many skills, and she has helped me a lot, and I don't know what the imperial grandmother thinks, so she snubbed Sister Xiu'er like this." ”

Zhao Mingxi had some resentment towards the Queen Mother as he spoke, and the palace people who were waiting on the side were startled, and immediately reminded in a low voice: "Your Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Zhao Mingxi reluctantly shut his mouth.

She is too well protected, and now she can't understand the world of adults, and there are not so many simple likes and dislikes, but more of an interweaving of interests.

Shen Bai didn't continue the topic, glanced at the palace man, and lowered his head to eat.

At the end of the dinner, Shen Bai and Zhao Mingxi left together, Zhao Mingxi was fed by Shen Baitou a little bit, Shen Bai accompanied her to the imperial garden for a walk to eat, and picked two leaves to change a trick for her.

In addition to going to Tai Academy, Zhao Mingxi has not been in contact with the outside world, and was stunned by Shen Bai, and when he went back, he called Sister Shangji'er.

Shen Bai promised to have the opportunity to take Zhao Mingxi out of the palace to play in the future, and when he accompanied Zhao Mingxi back, he mentioned as if unintentionally that Lu Xiu was in some trouble now.

Shen Bai didn't say what the trouble was, and saw Zhao Mingxi go back, and then he went back to Nanchen Palace.

The lights in Nanchen Palace were bright, Murong Xuan sat in the room with a gloomy face, changed into clean clothes, his hair was still wet, and he had obviously just bathed.

Shen Bai didn't want to laugh at him, and asked softly, "What happened?" ”

"There's something in the wine, and someone wants to calculate me." Murong Xuan said coldly that since he was arrested in Mozhou four years ago, he suffered a loss in Zhaoling for the second time.

Although he didn't cause any real damage, he felt very angry.

Who do these people think of him as a person, and they want to calculate and calculate?

Murong Xuan's face was still a little red, I don't know if he was angry or the effect of the medicine had not completely passed, Shen Bai stared at him for a while and asked, "What kind of medicine is it again?" ”

"Or else?" Murong Xuan gritted his teeth and asked, Shen Bai said seriously, "I thought it was a laxative." ”

Murong Xuan was so angry that he pointed at Shen Bai and complained: "You still dare to gloat, and you don't want to think about who I came here for." ”

"It's all because of me, I have made the fifth brother suffer, you can tell how the fifth brother wants to punish me."

Shen Bai answered cooperatively, and Murong Xuan heard that goosebumps rose all over his body, rubbed his arms and said with a look of disgust: "Stay away from me, talk well!" ”

Shen Bai didn't stay away from him, hugged his arm and said: "The fifth brother is now handsome, this is why the person who doesn't know the height of the sky and the earth is behind his back to make an unsightly way to get close to the fifth brother's body, the fifth brother has to stay in Zhaoling for a long time, this open gun is easy to dodge and the arrow is difficult to prevent, the fifth brother might as well plan and choose a concubine in Zhaoling, we have so many families in Zhaoling, there is always one person who can get into the eyes of the fifth brother." ”

Murong Xuan was called by Shen Bai's fifth brother and the hairs all over his body were about to stand upside down, he just wanted to push Shen Bai away, Shen Bai lowered his voice and said: "Nanxiang and Zhaoling also have the same problem, the incense maker of the Dongfang family has not entered the world for many years, but he still holds the position of the first family, and the other big families have long had a lot of dissatisfaction in their hearts, your imperial brother is still married to a poor woman, if you can't help him again, after many years, Nanxiang will not be able to guarantee that there will be no civil strife." ”

Murong Xuan was stunned, Shen Bai sat up straight, waiting for him to understand, Murong Xuan was not a fool, and after a while, he said with a heavy emotion: "You are from Zhaoling, no matter what time it is, you are fighting for the interests of Zhaoling, you are instigating me to choose a concubine in Zhaoling at this time, do you want me to attract the attention of these big families, so as to disturb the troubled waters of Hanjing?" ”

"That's true." Shen Bai generously admitted, she turned her head to look at Murong Xuan, and said with a firm gaze, "But I have lived in the Dongfang family for three years, and I will miss the love of the Dongfang family for the rest of my life, Nanxiang and Zhaoling have always been a win-win relationship, I hope Zhaoling is good, and I don't want Nanxiang to be bad." ”

After Shen Bai finished speaking, the room fell silent, Murong Xuan stared at Shen Bai for a long time, hooked his lips and smiled: "The first time I saw you in Mozhou, I knew that you would be a scourge. ”

Shen Bai also bent his eyes and said with a smile: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Two days after the Lantern Festival, Zhao Mingxi came to Shen Bai and said that Jiang Qinse gave birth to a baby boy safely and wanted Shen Bai to accompany her to Zhou's Mansion to have a look.

Shen Bai readily agreed, and the two took a carriage out of the palace to the Zhou Mansion together.

Men generally don't participate in this kind of thing, and the people who visit the Zhou Mansion are all female dependents, so coincidentally, Ye Wanyu and Mrs. Lu also went to the Zhou Mansion together that day, and the two of them were a little earlier than Shen Bai, talking to Jiang Qinse in the main house, and teasing the children.

You can't stand the cold in the confinement, the charcoal fire in the house is burning very strongly, and the next person led Zhao Mingxi and Shen Bai into the house, and all the people who were talking in a lively and lively manner stopped to look at them.

Zhao Mingxi is not married yet, this is the first time to visit a pregnant woman, he is not very embarrassed, he subconsciously leaned towards Shen Bai's side, Shen Bai smiled and said: "I heard that Mrs. Zhou is happy, the Queen Mother is old, and it is inconvenient to leave the palace, so I asked the sixth princess and me to visit on my behalf, how does Mrs. Zhou feel now?" "Heyuan book

As he spoke, Shen Bai pulled Zhao Mingxi over.

The child was held by Mrs. Lu, a small one, pink and tender, very cute.

Jiang Qinse didn't expect Shen Bai to come with Zhao Mingxi, surprise flashed on her face, but she quickly returned to normal, and she was about to sit up, Ye Wanyu immediately pressed her shoulder and said, "Cersei, your body is so weak, don't get up, the sixth princess has always been friendly, and she will definitely not worry about you." ”

Ye Wanyu made a decision for Zhao Mingxi, Jiang Qinse relaxed her body and leaned on the head of the bed, and then looked at Zhao Mingxi and said apologetically: "The courtier's strength is not good, please don't be surprised by Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Zhao Mingxi hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay, you can lie down." ”

Zhao Mingxi doesn't have a princess's shelf, but there should still be rules, Shen Bai looked at Ye Wanyu and then at Mrs. Lu, and said quietly: "It's understandable that Mrs. Zhou is weak, but Second Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Lu are also sick, so they can't give a gift to Her Royal Highness the Princess?" ”

Ye Wanyu and Mrs. Lu didn't expect Shen Bai to turn the spearhead on them, their faces froze, Jiang Qinse was about to help play the round, Shen Bai took out a delicate mahogany box from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Jiang Qinse, and said softly: "The sixth princess has a good relationship with Mrs. Zhou, and has been thinking about Mrs. Zhou. ”

Zhaoling is not as rare as Dongheng, and things like the Night Pearl are rare, and only the royal family can use them, but Zhao Mingxi asked for one for this newborn child, and he was naturally very attentive.

The gifts prepared by Ye Wanyu and Mrs. Lu are naturally far from comparable.

Jiang Qinse swallowed the words that came to his mouth, Shen Bai glanced at Ye Wanyu and Mrs. Lu, and the two of them reluctantly saluted Zhao Mingxi.

While they were standing, Shen Bai took Zhao Mingxi to sit down on the edge of the bed, and took the mahogany box to Jiang Qinse, who immediately opened it.

The craftsmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are really superb, and this night pearl is perfectly embedded in a silver lock, which is extremely delicate and noble.

Jiang Qinse closed the box after only one glance, took Zhao Mingxi's hand and smiled, eagerly reminiscing with her, Ye Wanyu and Mrs. Lu were both left to the side, with Shen Bai here, the two couldn't even interject.

Jiang Qinse had just given birth, and her energy was not as good as before, and after saying it for a long time, she couldn't control her yawning and became sleepy, apologized for her crimes, and asked her to take them to the back garden to sit and play.

Zhou Deshan has never married another, except for Jiang Qinse, there is no housewife in the house to entertain, Mrs. Lu suffered Shen Bai's loss at the Lantern Festival banquet, and just sat down and wanted to find an excuse to leave, Shen Bai said softly: "I didn't understand the rules when I first came to Zhaoling, and I offended Mrs. Lu during the Lantern Festival, and asked Mrs. Lu not to be surprised." ”

Mrs. Lu didn't expect Shen Bai to make amends to herself as soon as she sat down, and she was on guard in her heart, but her face was inconspicuous, and she responded with a smile: "The Oriental girl is serious, you are a distinguished guest of Zhaoling, I have long forgotten what happened that night, how can I always take it to heart." ”

"Madame, there are a lot of them, so of course it's best not to have the same knowledge as me." Shen Bai flattered, and then asked, "On the Lantern Festival that day, I saw a girl next to my wife who was very beautiful, why didn't I see her come with my wife today?" ”

Shen Bai asked about Lu Xi for no reason, Mrs. Lu's face was a little tense, and she asked vigilantly: "What is the Oriental girl asking about this?" ”

Shen Bai didn't see Mrs. Lu's defense, and confessed: "I just think that girl is beautiful and conspicuous, and I can't help but be a little curious, if I have the opportunity, I want to make friends with her and be friends with her." ”

Mrs. Lu still didn't believe it, she always felt that Shen Bai didn't look as simple as it seemed, Shen Bai seemed to be embarrassed by her, lowered her head and hooked her ear and smiled: "Actually, I also have selfish intentions, my fifth brother has not yet married, when he was in Nanxiang, he has seen all the nobles of the major families, and none of them can be eyed, and now that he has come to Zhaoling, I also want to help him look at each other, I heard that he let go three years ago and wanted to go to Zhaoling to marry the princess." ”

There is indeed such a thing, but at that time, the object of Murong Xuan's words was Su Xiaoqiu, and now the Su family is full of beheadings and exiles, how can anyone remember this kind of thing?

Mrs. Lu was shocked, and Ye Wanyu couldn't help but interject and ask: "Nanxiang is a vast country, and His Royal Highness really can't find a person he likes?" ”

Shen Bai said with a smile: "My fifth brother has a high vision, ordinary women can't get into his eyes, and the girls in Zhaoling and Nanxiang have their own good, it's normal for him to want to see more, doesn't Second Mrs. Gu think that the girls in Zhaoling are inferior to the girls in Nanxiang?" ”

Ye Wanyu didn't dare to respond to this, and shook her head again and again.

Murong Xuan wants to choose a concubine in Zhaoling, which is a big deal.

Although Nanxiang is rich and the people live and work in peace and contentment, it is much better than marrying Yuexi and Dongheng, but it is also too far away from Zhaoling, this time, how can there be a chance to return to Zhaoling, who is willing to marry his daughter to such a far place?

Ye Wanyu was not so worried about her daughter, but Mrs. Lu was contemplative, Shen Bai took in the changes in their expressions, and said with a smile: "In fact, at the Lantern Festival banquet before, the fifth brother saw a girl, but at that time he was drunk, and his mind was not very clear, he only saw the girl's back, but did not see the girl's true face. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Zhao Mingxi was surprised, her face floated with a look of yearning, she was at the age when her love was beginning to open, she had secretly read two books, and she was very yearning for this kind of bridge where talented and beautiful people met by chance, Ye Wanyu frowned when she heard it, and said coldly: "The men and women of the Lantern Festival banquet sit at separate tables, how could the Fifth Highness meet any girl, isn't it that the Fifth Highness was drunk and went the wrong way?" ”

The more Ye Wanyu thought about it, the more she felt that it made sense, and she didn't wait for Shen Bai to answer, and said first: "Although the Fifth Highness has a noble status, if he is drunk and abrupt our Zhaoling girl, how can he apologize." ”

Ye Wanyu put the blame on Murong Xuan from the beginning, Shen Bai was not in a hurry, and responded slowly: "If a girl is offended, there should be a commotion at the banquet that day, and the fifth brother was drunk that day, and there have always been palace people following, if there is really something, it is also someone who covets my fifth brother's handsomeness and belittles himself for doing bad things." ”

Shen Bai's voice was not low, Ye Wanyu was so refuted that she couldn't speak, Mrs. Lu's eyelashes trembled uncontrollably, Zhao Mingxi didn't notice these details, nodded and said, "Sister Iris'er is reasonable." ”

Mrs. Lu clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and said with a forced smile: "Things don't have to be like this, doesn't the Fifth Highness only see a back, how can anyone use the back to seduce people?" ”

Shen Bai nodded and agreed: "Fifth brother and I think the same way, it should be that a certain young lady accidentally took the wrong road, so there will be such a beautiful encounter." ”

Mrs. Lu smiled and lowered her head to drink tea to hide her emotions.

The servants quickly brought the meal, and the four of them ate together, Mrs. Lu and Ye Wanyu left, Shen Bai and Zhao Mingxi had nothing to do, and they also left from the Zhou Mansion, but after getting into the carriage, they did not go back to the palace directly, but went to a secluded alley to wait.

Zhao Mingxi kept looking through the gap in the curtains, and Shen Bai asked gently: "Her Royal Highness the princess can just see whoever he wants to see directly, why are you sneaking around like this?" ”

Zhao Mingxi lowered the curtain, pulled Shen Bai's sleeve and said nervously: "I brought my sister here today, I can trust my sister, and my sister must not tell others about this." ”

Shen Bai nodded and said, "It's okay to help you keep it secret, you tell me who you're waiting for first." ”

Zhao Mingxi bit his lip and thought for a while and confessed: "Li Dai's wife Zhao will also come to visit Mrs. Zhou today, Sister Xiu'er's ready-to-wear shop is in trouble because of her, I want to ask her a few words." ”

In the end, it is a princess, and the news is much better than Shen Bailing.

"It was originally to help a friend, Her Royal Highness the princess is really righteous enough." Shen Bai praised from the bottom of his heart, "I'm so lucky to be friends with Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

has always been held in the palm of her hand to grow up, Zhao Mingxi naturally still likes to be praised by others, she said with a smile: "I know Sister Xiu'er, she will never harm others." ”

Zhao went out to Zhou's mansion after lunch, stayed in it for half an hour, and when he saw her come out, Zhao Mingxi immediately asked the guards to go over to invite someone, and after a while, Zhao was invited to the carriage.

The carriage was a single ride, and although it was more spacious than the usual one, it was still crowded for three people.

Suddenly being interviewed, Zhao was a little scared, and when he saw Zhao Mingxi, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and then said in surprise: "Sixth princess, why are you?" ”

Zhao Mingxi did such a thing for the first time, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, Shen Bairou said softly: "I heard that Mrs. Li had a miscarriage not long ago, and today I see that Mrs. is looking very good, and her body seems to be recovering well." ”

Shen Bai was not familiar with the Zhao family, but the Zhao family seemed to recognize her, looked at Shen Bai very defensively, did not answer Shen Bai's words, and asked, "What does the girl mean by this?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "It's not interesting, I just think that Madame's recovery ability is quite strong." ”

The Zhao family was a little angry, since she had a miscarriage, the whole family was waiting for her in a good voice, for fear that she would hurt her vitality, how could anyone dare to be as yin and yang as Shen Bai.

She was just about to refute, but Zhao Mingxi opened her mouth and said: "This princess heard that Jing Zhaoyin's people arrested the shopkeeper of the ready-to-wear shop because of you, the clothes in that shop are very beautiful, and this princess also bought several pieces, there is no problem at all, there must be some misunderstanding here, this princess knows that you have some personal grudges with the shopkeeper, but you can't frame her for this." ”

Lujian is just a little maid, she has no power and no power in Hanjing, and Zhao thought she was a soft persimmon that could be manipulated by others, but she didn't expect Zhao Mingxi to make a special trip to speak for her.

Zhao was a little frightened, and then his eyes turned red, and he defended himself: "The child in the womb is my dearest flesh and blood, I will definitely not use him as a pawn to frame anyone, this matter is currently handled by Jing Zhao Yin, Lord Jing Zhao Yin will naturally find out about this matter, Her Royal Highness the princess is not looking for me, it is better to go to Lord Jing Zhao Yin faster." ”

After Zhao finished speaking, he pinched the silk handkerchief and wiped his tears, looking like Zhao Mingxi had taken Shen Bai to bully her.

Zhao Mingxi was a little at a loss, and Shen Bai said calmly: "Madame will not use the child to frame people, but you deliberately let Jing Zhaoyin serve the torture and take revenge on an innocent weak woman for the loss of a child, and you are not afraid of damaging Yin Virtue, can't you save the next child?" ”

These words were a little cursed, and Zhao immediately stretched out his hand and pointed at Shen Bai, Shen Bai looked at her, and said word by word: "After Madam lost her beloved son, she should be most concerned about when the murderer can be brought to justice, not to take revenge on others through this matter, Her Royal Highness the Princess came to Madame today for the good of Madame, does Madame still want to contradict Her Royal Highness Princess?" ”