I was thinking about it when I suddenly heard a complaint from Yulan outside the dormitory, "Isn't it still a cold plum planted in this courtyard?" There are no new flowers. ”

As soon as she finished speaking, the people had already walked into my dormitory.

"Concubine Fang, the people in the small kitchen have already brought the meal." After she finished speaking, she waited for a while, and seeing that I hadn't replied, she spoke again, with a slight doubt in her voice: "Side concubine? ”

"If you don't want to eat it, give it to your subordinates." I replied to her words in a faint voice, expecting that she would leave there, but I did not expect that she would walk to my bed instead.

"Concubine Side...?" She cautiously spoke, "What's wrong with you?" ”

I poked my head out of the bed, looked at her as usual, not sad or worried, and said slowly: "It's okay, it's just sleepy, you go down." ”

"Something is specified." She said to me categorically: "No matter how good your face is, your movements can't be hidden, how can anyone sleep and shrink like this." ”

I frowned slightly, deliberately showing a little anger, and said impatiently: "Noise, get out!" ”

She pursed her lips and winked at me helplessly, and when she saw that I was so resolute, she had to turn away.

I sighed, and my heart was very melancholy, but when she interrupted me like this, I didn't want to think about the things that bothered me. I simply closed my eyes and went to sleep, at least there weren't so many trivial things in my dreams.

I don't know how long I slept, but in a daze, I heard someone making noise outside.

I opened my eyes slightly, and after waking up on the bed, I got out of the bedding.

I pushed open the door of the dormitory and walked slowly all the way to the outside of the hall, and the noise outside did not stop all the while.

"The slave maid has said, our side concubine has rested, no matter what important things you have, you will come back later."

"You and I are so easy to deceive, how can I just go to sleep after lunch."

I walked outside the hall and stared coldly at the uninvited guest in front of me.

"Does Concubine Chu have any opinion on my lunch pillow?"

Seeing me come out, she suddenly subconsciously took a step back, her eyes wandered over me, as if she looked me up and down, and saw that I looked sleepy, so she pouted: "Since... I don't have a problem with it, but I've never seen anyone sleep so early..."

I folded my hands on my lower abdomen and slowly descended the steps to her.

Concubine Chu hurriedly grabbed the arm of the maid beside her, and unconsciously took a step back, there was still a trace of fear hidden in her vigilant eyes, she pulled the corners of her mouth, and pretended to be calm: "You... What do you want to do? ”

Looking at her like this, coupled with the cool breeze blowing slightly from the side, my original sleepiness dissipated in a moment. I chuckled, raised an eyebrow at her, and asked, "So afraid of me?" ”

She seemed to be unable to hold her face, so she hurriedly let go of the maid's arm, her chin like a lotus petal rose slightly, and she said to me again: "Where are you afraid of you, but because I think of the Kong family when I see you... Besides, what woman is as afraid as you is when she sees a corpse, but she dares to do it. ”

She shuddered.

I glanced at her, chuckled, and turned to walk up the steps again.

"Tell me, what's the matter with me?"

She seemed to have just remembered the purpose of this trip, and after making up her mind, she said to me, "The crown princess said that she wants you to go to the main hall to meet her immediately." ”

Sister? I wondered what she could do with me.

"Magnolia, send-off."

I said lightly, got up and went back to the back room.

I sat in the room, waited for a moment and didn't see the figure of Magnolia, and just as I was about to call her in to add tea, she had already walked in slowly, followed by two palace people. They carried the food box, crossed the figure of Magnolia, came to my side, and after placing the food on the table one by one, they saluted and retired.

I looked at Magnolia with a little doubt, and after receiving my gaze, she quickly moved her eyes to the food, and said to me very unnaturally: "Didn't you say that you fell asleep, so the slave maid let the small kitchen stay hot, and wait for you to wake up before eating, although the slave doesn't know what is on your mind, but being hungry is not good for your health." ”

I suddenly laughed lightly, and for a moment I felt that this girl was getting more and more interesting.

"I don't have much appetite." I stretched out my hand and pointed to the tea, and said to her, "Add tea, and you will go with me to see the crown princess later." ”

She frowned suspiciously and asked, "You really don't want to eat it?" ”

I shook my head faintly, and seeing that I was so stubborn, she had no choice but to call for the food to be withdrawn, and then left the dormitory with the teapot.

I looked up at the cloudless clear sky outside, but I was still a little depressed.

I untied the sachet from my body and kept looking through it in my hand, the smell of mint leaves on it had dissipated for a long time, and I almost forgot the sorrow I had when I missed him.

Magnolia walked in with a teapot and after filling me with a cup of tea.

I reached out and took the teacup, pinched the lid and skimmed the foam on it, lowered my head and blew lightly a few times, then lifted the cup and took a sip.

It's a little hot, but it's just what I want.

Maybe it's because you have to feel some pain in your body to ignore the melancholy in your heart.

When I came to the main hall, my sister was sitting on the main seat of the main hall, eating the pastries held by the people around her, and when she saw me coming, she put the pastries she had eaten a few bites back on the plate, waved her hand, and motioned for the others to go down.

She pinched the embroidered handkerchief, wiped the corners of her mouth elegantly, and asked me in a lazy tone: "How did you check Kong's death?" ”

"To no avail."

"To no avail?" She chuckled and narrowed her eyes, and she suddenly threw the handkerchief in her hand on my body, looked down at me as haughty as before, and said coldly: "Since you have been ordered to investigate this matter, it has been so many days, and you can't even find a suspicious person, it's really useless." ”

I looked at her as usual, but with a bit of coldness in my eyes.

"I can't find out because I don't want to investigate anymore, but if you want to make a fuss about this matter against me, then I'm afraid this matter will have something to do with the crown princess."

As I spoke, I threw her handkerchief back over her, and then turned away.

"Bold!" She angrily slapped the case and reprimanded angrily: "What a Song Yizhu, who dares to slander the palace in public when she is not doing well, someone will come and detain her." ”

"Who dare!"

When Fu Yuying suddenly arrived, everyone was startled and hurriedly leaned over to salute.

"See the Prince."

He paced to my side, stretched out his hand to pull me up from the half-squatting me, and asked softly, "Have you been wronged?" ”

I shook my head slightly, and replied lightly, "No." ”

After hearing my answer, Fu Yuying took my hand and slowly left here, leaving my sister sulking alone.

Back in my hall, Fu Yuying became as gentle as jade before, and the doting on me was also dissipated in an instant.

I can't help but wonder if he said that he wanted to give me enough favor in the past, was it to help me occupy a place in the East Palace, or was he just using me as Lin Shanning's shield?

Thinking of this, I didn't want to pay much attention to him, so I simply went back to the dormitory as usual, and lay down on the bed with my shoes off.

Puzzled, he followed me all the way to the bed and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

As soon as he asked, I felt even more aggrieved, I pulled the quilt up, and the whole person shrank in the quilt, deliberately not looking at him.

I feel angry, aggrieved and sad, why does he treat me like this, if I stay in Yasukuni, I will be a pawn for him to probe the enemy, and if I marry him, I will become a pawn for him to pave the way for his sweetheart.

Speaking of which, he only used me, I did understand this principle early on, and I could have accepted it happily before, but for some reason, I just feel very wronged now, why my efforts for so long can only be in vain.

I don't force him to take me to heart and treat me well, but is it so difficult to become a confidant like him and Yi Xuan? Why does he only use me.

"Song Yizhu?" He spoke out in confusion, calling my name softly, and seeing that I didn't respond, he seemed to be a little displeased, and there was a slight anger in his voice: "Speak." ”

I took a deep breath, frowned, peeked out of the bed, looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied expression, and wanted to say to him very calmly, but as soon as I opened my mouth, my voice became aggrieved: "Did you never want me to sit in the position of the crown princess." ”

Hearing my question, he seemed a little puzzled, frowned and asked, "Why do you say this?" ”

I sat up, clutched the futon in my hand tightly, my heart was beating non-stop, and I looked at him for a long time before slowly replying: "You want Concubine Lin to sit in that position in your heart, because she is your weakness." ”

Fu Yuying once said that I can't have any weakness as his secret guard, so I asked him if he had any weakness at the time, but he avoided this question in a few words, and now that I think about it, his weakness should be Lin Ningning.

I looked at him very seriously, and there was some resentment in my eyes, but when he looked at me, he suddenly laughed, and then asked me interestingly, "What do you think about all day long?" I never thought of making her the crown princess. ”

I was stunned for a moment, looking at the way he laughed at me, and for a moment I was a little confused.

"Isn't it Concubine Lin? ... Then why did you shield her for murder? ”

"You went check it out anyway?" Although there was a faint reproach in his words, there was a sense of helplessness in his eyes. He let out a long sigh and asked me slowly, "Do you know who Lin Ningning's father is?" ”

Lin Ningning's father? ... I roughly recalled that Kang Lurong seemed to have told me that she was the eldest daughter of the Tobe squire.

Without waiting for me to answer, Fu Yuying spoke up again: "Her father is the head of the household in the court. I still have a place to use her father, so I can't touch her for the time being. And I didn't let you investigate this matter because I knew that Lin Ningning's methods were vicious, and once you thoroughly investigated this matter, it was difficult to guarantee that she would not alarm her, and I was afraid that she would be unfavorable to you. ”

I couldn't help but feel a little happy to hear him say this, but I still chose to ask him in disbelief: "Really?" ”

He chuckled again, nodded helplessly, and said to me, "Really, I promised you, and naturally I will not regret it." ”