Between the Yuan Ri, it was naturally impossible for Ye Qing to have anything to do with the royal banquet, so in the narrow corridor, after talking with Zhao Gou about business, and promising to give the Empress Dowager Wu and Princess Xin the high-grade soap, someone was kicked out of the palace.

Walking slowly and leisurely in the royal garden alone, I can still hear the faint sound of the piano from time to time when the boat is released on the painting boat of the West Lake at night.

Wang Lun didn't come to see him off, and the other eunuchs didn't have anyone to accompany him, which made Ye Qing a little puzzled, was this Zhao Gou's trust in him, or did he look down on himself as a Longtu Pavilion scholar at all, so he didn't even bother to send a eunuch?

"Employing people forward, not facing backwards."

This is the definition that Ye Qing gave to Zhao Gou at this moment, but no matter what, the errand that should be done still has to be done.

And he also knows that the more errands he does, the less role he has for Zhao Gou, and then his own risk factor will become higher and higher.

But for Ye Qing, there is no way to do it.

Just like going to work in a company, as a newcomer, you will naturally encounter unfair treatment, and as a newcomer, you are very likely to become a thug in the hands of your boss to eliminate dissent.

Only when you are familiar with everything about this company will you start to stand in a position and secretly plan for your own interests.

It took Ye Qing more than a year to become familiar with the customs, ways of doing things, and various customs of the Great Song Dynasty, as well as the entire social environment, the lifestyle of ordinary people, dignitaries, and relatives of the emperor, etc., before he gradually integrated himself into this era.

"Wait a minute." When he was about to walk out of the Lonely Mountain Garden, a slightly urgent and anxious voice suddenly sounded behind him.

There was no need to look back, Ye Qing knew that it was Princess Xin's voice.

Some hurried footsteps sounded behind him, and when he turned around, he saw Princess Xin chasing after her skirt here, under the light, Princess Xin's expression looked a little nervous, and after looking around to see no one, she stopped when she was about ten steps away from Ye Qing.

"Do you believe that the princess is looking for a minister?" Ye Qing said as he walked forward.

"Don't come here." Princess Xin hurriedly said nervously, she was very afraid that Ye Qing would suddenly step forward again to belittle herself.

So after warning Ye Qing, looking at Ye Qing, who was still walking forward, suddenly stretched out a hand, and in her hand, there was one more, the swallow wing crossbow that she exchanged with Ye Qing with scissors last time.

It was almost a conditioned reflex, the moment Princess Xin raised the swallow-winged crossbow, Ye Qing raised his hands at the same time to make a surrender form, indicating that he had no malicious intent.

Princess Xin looked at Ye Qing's stupid appearance, and wanted to laugh in her heart, but she was afraid that she would laugh at herself, without the majesty of Princess Xin, she couldn't deter this first time they met, and they dared to despise their own Imperial City Division.

At night, the West Lake swayed under the light of the lake boat, and the sound of singing, laughter and piano came faintly from the lake.

In a bamboo forest next to the Lonely Mountain Garden, unknown insects are crying happily, the stars are dotted overhead, the breeze blows, and the bamboo leaves sway lightly with the wind, making bursts of cheerful rustling sounds.

"Princess Xin, are you okay?" Ye Qing put down his hand and asked again.

Princess Xin also looked at Ye Qing quietly, although the hand holding the bow and crossbow just now had been put down, her eyes were still full of vigilance against Ye Qing.

"I ...... Hongu ....... Princess Xin stammered a little, and even she didn't know why she chased her here when her brain was hot just now.

Ever since she met Ye Qing with the Queen Mother just now, what has been popping up in her mind is what Zhu Xi, Lu Zuqian, and Lu Zujian's brothers said when they were looking for King Xin in the palace that night.

She knew in her heart that Zhu Xi and the others were obviously trying to deal with Ye Qing in front of them, no matter whether the Yuan You armillary sphere was true or not, they would make a fuss about this matter and achieve a goal that they themselves were not very clear.

Since ancient times, literati have been inferior to each other, and it is also applicable to these famous scholars and great Confucians, so after Princess Xin left, the words of Zhu Xi and Lu Zujian have been echoing in her mind.

She wanted to tell Ye Qing to be careful of Zhu Xi, and be careful that they made a fuss about the Yuan You Armillary Sphere to embarrass him, including Li Dao, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, who was afraid that he would also be involved.

As for why she did this, why she turned her elbow out, not to help her husband and the king, but to help someone who despised herself when they met for the first time, Zhong Qing didn't even know very well about herself.

Ye Qing bowed down and said thank you to Princess Xin, Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing who turned around and left blankly.

Looking at the tall and slender back, Zhong Qing felt a sense of ease and steadiness in his heart.

"In a few days, the minister will personally make a box of soap, and then personally send it to the palace of the king to thank the princess for your reminder." Ye Qing, who hadn't walked far, turned around, looked at Princess Xin, who was still standing in place, and said with a row of white teeth exposed.

Princess Xin was startled, looked at the distance between each other, and then hurriedly turned around and ran towards the palace in the garden without speaking.

In her heart, she secretly scolded Ye Qing, always saying so embarrassingly, which made her always think of Ye Qing's light words to her from the first time she bathed in soap, and even when the soap slid across her body, Princess Xin would involuntarily think in her mind of the feeling when she was boldly held by Ye Qing's somewhat rough hand in the palace that day.

From the lonely mountain all the way forward, Ye Qing strolled across the broken bridge, some people say that since the completion of the Tang Dynasty, the broken bridge, the reason why it is called the broken bridge, is because the lonely mountain road is broken here, so it is called the broken bridge. Some people also say that it is because of the human-shaped section of the bridge that was funded to repair it, so it is called a homonym: broken bridge.

"Sheltering from the rain in the same boat, love at first sight. It should be chased here, didn't Xu Xian and the White Lady say that they met here? Ye Qing stood at the other end of the bridge and muttered: "The ancestor has made me out of the red dust, and the iron tree has begun to bloom and see spring." Transformation and reincarnation, re-transformation, transformation and regeneration. If you want to know whether there is color or colorless, you must know that it is invisible but tangible. The color is the color of the emptiness, and the color of the emptiness should be distinct. ”

"I can't see that Commander Ye is still full of talent and exports, our family admires and admires." Wang Deqian didn't know when he was standing not far away, looking at Ye Qing and smiling.

Ye Qing, who was in a daze just now, slowly came back to his senses, and looked at Wang Deqian coming over, his face was still quite calm, and he didn't know if Wang Deqian had just seen himself talking to Princess Xin.

"Ye Qing has seen the nobleman, I don't know if the nobleman went out or came to find him on purpose?" Ye Qing smiled and saluted casually, and then continued to walk towards Wang Deqian's in the middle of the bridge.

"Naturally, I'm here to find Commander Ye." Wang Deqian said.

"Oh, please ...... the nobles."

"The saint asked our family to come over and ask, after the Shangyuan Festival, can Tang Xiang occasionally feel cold and miss the court?" Wang Deqian's gaze became deeper, and his face seemed to be calmer than the lake under the bridge.

"This ...... The minister did his best. Ye Qing was shocked, before Zhao Gou talked to him, had he already discussed it with the current saint Zhao Yan? Otherwise, why didn't he go far, this Wang Deqian hurriedly chased after him.

"I'm afraid I can't do my best in this matter, right? As a courtier of my Great Song Dynasty, I should do my best to worry about the king, if I just do my best, I am afraid that I will lose my duty as a courtier, right? Wang Deqian looked at the lake, and the laughter on the painting boat was clear in his ears.

Ye Qing frowned, thought for a while and said, "Three days later, the prince's wedding, if there is a ...... before that." ”

"So Commander Ye is going to resist the decree? Then our family is not embarrassed by Commander Ye, and he will go back to his life. Wang Deqian said coldly.

"The minister doesn't dare, the minister must let Tang Xiang ...... before the Shangyuan Festival." Ye Qing continued to frown, looked directly at Wang Deqian and said.

"Then our family will be relieved, but our family didn't meet with Commander Ye here tonight, did we? But our family wants to know, which woman did Commander Ye meet with at the Broken Bridge? Otherwise, how can you sigh: the poem "Sheltering from the rain in the same boat, love at first sight"? After Wang Deqian finished talking about business, he immediately became gossipy as rumored.

"It's true that Ye Mou hasn't seen a noble person tonight, but he is just an independent bridgehead...... There is no sick figure. Ye Qing smiled, his heart was relieved, it seemed that when he talked to Princess Xin, Wang Deqian didn't know.

"But looking at Commander Ye with peach blossoms on his face, something good must be coming, right?" Wang Deqian didn't have a cold face like just now, but at this moment he put on a smiling face and said: "After the Shangyuan Festival, the queen promised Commander Ye what he did, and he will not forget it. ”

"This ...... Ye Qing thanked the nobles for their kindness, so that there would be nobles in labor. Ye Qing saluted again, Wang Deqian returned the salute, and then the two of them walked to the end of the bridge and the other to the head of the bridge.

In the palace of the royal garden, as Wang Deqian bowed down and stepped in, after nodding slightly to Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan raised his wine glass and drank a glass with Zhao Gou tacitly.

Next to her, the queen Xie Sufang, the queen mother Wu and Princess Xin were accompanying her.

Originally, Zhao Xuan, the king of letters, should also be here at this time, but because something happened in Lin'an suddenly, he left Princess Xin, and then returned to Lin'an City alone.

"Where did you catch him?" Zhao Gou asked suddenly.

Wang Deqian, who bowed to the side, immediately replied: "Back to the Emperor, at the broken bridge, Ye Qing is looking at the lake." ”

"Look at the lake? He's quite at ease. Zhao Gou was stunned, and his mind was full of Ye Qing's hunched back just now.

"Back to the emperor, Commander Ye not only looked at the lake, but when the slave and maid rushed over, he also heard him make a poem." Wang Deqian looked at Zhao Gou in a good mood, and did not keep a straight face as usual, so he hurriedly said as if flattering.

"Poetry? He also writes poetry? However, it seems that there are really a few of his poems circulating in Lin'an City. Zhao Gou put down the wine glass and said slowly: "Read it and listen to it, just to cheer me and Yan'er today." By the way, if it's not superior, don't read it. ”

"It's ......." Wang Deqian was a little embarrassed, he didn't know if Ye Qing's poem was a good poem.

"Read it, this palace also wants to hear it, to see if this Ye Qing can really compose poems in addition to making soap." Empress Dowager Wu smiled and said, "What's the name of this poem?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, this poem ...... The title of the poem is eight words: shelter from the rain in the same boat, love at first sight. It's like writing to ....... ”

"Sheltering from the rain in the same boat, love at first sight, the name of this poem is weird, needless to say, it must have been written for the little girl of the Yan family." Empress Xie Sufang also said with interest.

"Sheltering from the rain in the same boat, love at first sight?" Princess Xin also muttered the word, but when she read the word love, she couldn't help but feel moved.