There was nothing wrong with the banquet in the back, the program arranged by the Sile Bureau was good, and Emperor Hengde generously gave a lot of rewards.

At the end of the unitary period, everyone basically ate almost enough, Emperor Hengde got up, and led everyone to the Zisheng Pavilion in the easternmost part of the palace with the Queen Mother to watch the fireworks show.

Zisheng Pavilion is the tallest building in the whole palace, usually the officials of the Qin Tianjian are here to watch the sky at night, standing on the top of the Zisheng Pavilion, you can overlook the whole Hanjing, it is the best place to view.

There are too many officials and their families, and there are envoys from other countries, except for members of the royal family, only officials above the third rank can accompany them to the Zisheng Pavilion.

The fireworks show lasted for half an hour, Shen Ruxiu walked at the end, and warned Shen Bai with a cold face before going up: "Stay honest with me, don't get into trouble!" ”

It was inconvenient for Shen Bai to speak, so Zhou Jue immediately patted his chest and promised: "Uncle Shen, don't worry, with me, nothing can go wrong with this kid." ”

Shen Bai wanted to roll his eyes, when you were in Tai Academy, you didn't get into trouble less than me.

There were many people, and it was inconvenient for Shen Ruxiu to say too much, so he looked at Shen Bai for a while before following everyone to Zisheng Pavilion.

Everyone else was waiting below, Zhou Jue grabbed Shen Bai's hand, lowered his voice and asked through gritted teeth: "Did you kid want to kill me just now?" ”

He still remembered that Shen Bai had just pushed him, causing him to not hold the wine glass steady, attracting everyone's attention, and being forced to fight with Jiang De'an.

Shen Bai glanced at Zhou Jue without being salty, and only wrote a few big words on his face: I'm afraid you're not a fool.

Zhou Jue was so excited that he was about to break with Shen Bai, when a huge firework exploded overhead, and the brilliant sparks crackled in the air and exploded into a beautiful pattern, and everyone was attracted by the sound of fireworks to look up at the night sky.

Zhou Jue also glanced back, Shen Bai had seen countless fireworks shows in his previous life, and he was not interested in this, but he saw a tall shadow behind him at the moment when the fireworks bloomed brightly.

Cha Bai is about the same size as her, and the shadow is never so high.

Shen Bai turned his head to look at Cha Bai, the fireworks were fleeting, and the light disappeared all at once, Shen Bai didn't see who was standing next to Cha Bai.

However, the second and third fireworks soon rose into the sky one after another, and the entire night sky was illuminated as if it were day.

Shen Bai effortlessly saw Jiang Yinglou standing behind Cha Bai, he was almost standing close to Cha Bai, his head was leaning towards Cha Bai's neck, and he seemed to be blowing into Cha Bai's ears.

In front of the master, the person who bullied the master really fucking regarded himself as a character!

Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Bai broke away from Zhou Jue, grabbed Cha Bai's hand and dragged the person behind him, and then grabbed Jiang Yinglou's collar.

She was not as tall as Jiang Yinglou, and with a slight force, she pulled Jiang Yinglou's collar to make him bend down.

Jiang Yinglou didn't feel guilty at all by the current panic, but instead bent his eyes, laughed wickedly, took advantage of the situation to hug Shen Bai's waist, bent down in front of her, and laughed lowly: "What, Young Master Shen is lonely and unbearable, and he misses a man?" ”

Want a man?

Hehe! The master wants to abolish you, a wild man!

The tip of Shen Bai's tongue swept around his mouth, knowing that Jiang Yinglou dared to be so unscrupulous because he had the support of the Taiwei Mansion behind him.

These days, because of the incident with Zhao Chou, Shen Bai is on the cusp again, and he is sure that Shen Bai will be a man with his tail between his legs, and he will not dare to cause trouble.

However, Shen Xiaoye is a person who dares to calculate even the emperor's heir, is he still afraid of him as an adopted son of a captain?

Shen Bai also hooked his lips and smiled, pulling Jiang Yinglou lower, and the faces of the two were almost together, almost kissing.

Both of them drank some wine, and after getting closer, the aroma of wine was entangled, Jiang Yinglou thought of Shen Bai's soft legs and waist in the album, and inexplicably felt a little hot, and unconsciously shook his head.

The next moment, Shen Bai tilted his head, avoiding Jiang Yinglou's face, and the hand holding his collar covered his mouth instead, and bent his knees up neatly.

Shen Bai pinched the time very well, and just covered Jiang Yinglou's mouth at the moment when the fireworks went out.

Jiang Yinglou didn't expect Shen Bai to dare to act so openly, he was defenseless, and his life was fatally hit.

The huge pain instantly spread throughout the body from there, but the pain was blocked in the throat and could not be screamed.

The green tendons on his forehead and neck all swelled in pain, and he bowed down like a boiled shrimp, and then was kicked away by Shen Bai.

Shen Bai used all his strength with that kick, Jiang Yinglou couldn't stand steadily, was kicked back many steps, bumped into two people, and fell to the ground together.

Bang bang bang!

Several fireworks exploded in the night sky one after another.

The people around unexpectedly found that the eldest young master of the Jiang family suddenly fell to the ground with a painful expression, and knocked down two people.

Those two are not others, one is Gu Hengxiu, and the other is Wu Shouxin.

Wu Shouxin's martial arts cultivation was okay, but he was knocked down in order to take care of Gu Hengxiu.

He pulled Gu Hengxiu up and went to pull Jiang Yinglou again, but Jiang Yinglou didn't appreciate it at all, he directly slapped his hand away, took a few deep breaths to forcibly suppress the pain, and pointed at Shen Bai and scolded angrily: "Shen Bai, you are bold!" ”

After Shen Bai kicked Jiang Yinglou away, he looked up at the sky as if nothing had happened, and when he heard Jiang Yinglou's words, he looked at him innocently, pointing at the tip of his nose suspiciously, as if he didn't know what had just happened.

The fireworks exploded one after another overhead, everything was illuminated, Shen Bai's eyes were bright, innocent like a little white rabbit, but those who were familiar with her only felt that she was more like a fox who had practiced for thousands of years and became a spirit, and she was still very good-looking.

Since Jiang Yinglou refused to help, Wu Shouxin didn't force it, withdrew his hand and walked to Shen Bai, looked her up and down for a while, and asked softly after confirming that she was fine: "After today's banquet, do you want to go home with Taifu?" ”

Shen Bai couldn't speak, his eyebrows raised slightly, Wu Shouxin coughed lightly and said, "I have something to say to you, if you want to go home with Taifu, I will wait for you outside the palace." ”

Wu Shouxin's expression was unnatural, Shen Bai thought that he had something to ask for again, so after thinking about it, he grabbed his hand and wrote in his palm: Temporarily stay in the palace, if there is no urgent matter, you can talk about it later.

The fireworks above his head exploded in large pieces, and the thin and petite boy in front of him lowered his head and focused on writing words in his palm, his fingertips were slightly cool, and his fingertips were softer than ordinary men, arousing a numb itch in the palm, like a thin feather gently falling on the tip of his heart, and even his heart itched.

The palm was sweating uncontrollably, Wu Shouxin just wanted to clench his fist and grasp the fingertips that were swiping in the palm of his hand, Jiang Yinglou was helped up by Gu Hengxiu, glared at Shen Bai and Wu Shouxin and said, "Okay, it turns out that the two of you are colluding!" ”

Zhou Jue witnessed the whole process, he didn't see too clearly what Jiang Yinglou did to Chabai, but Dong Hengguo and his entourage made him change his opinion of Shen Bai, knowing that Shen Bai would not be like this for no reason, Zhou Jue walked over and bumped Shen Bai's arm, and raised his chin at Jiang Yinglou: "What collusion?" The fireworks exploded so much that they couldn't be heard, so Young Master Jiang might as well be louder if he wanted to say anything. ”

Zhou Jue opened his mouth, Wu Shouxin put away his thoughts, pulled Shen Bai back, and blocked Jiang Yinglou with Zhou Jue in a protective posture.

Jiang Yinglou was beaten in vain, his head was full of cold sweat, and when he saw that Zhou Jue and Wu Shouxin were going to support Shen Bai, he suddenly became angry.

Just as he was about to make a big deal about it, Gu Hengxiu leaned into Jiang Yinglou's ear and said a few words.

Jiang Yinglou's expression changed several times, and finally gritted his teeth and endured this breath, and was helped away by Gu Hengxiu.

The sound of fireworks was very loud, and not many people noticed this little episode, and when they saw Jiang Yinglou leaving, they continued to watch the fireworks intently.

Zhou Jue leaned into Shen Bai's ear and asked curiously, "When did Gu Hengxiu have such a good relationship with the eldest young master of the Jiang family?" Does Brother Gu know about this? ”

As soon as Zhou Jue finished asking, Wu Shouxin forced himself between him and Shen Bai, separated the distance between the two, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Bai and Brother Zhou went to Donghengguo together, and he is not very clear about what has happened in Beijing in the past few months, and besides, his tongue is still injured now, and it is inconvenient to speak, if Brother Zhou has any questions, you may as well ask me directly." ”

Zhou Jue: "......"

You two secretly released their suspicions, why did you protect them like calves?

Zhou Jue looked at Wu Shouxin speechlessly, and inexplicably felt that he was a little evil.

Shen Bai didn't care about the interaction between the two, and pulled Cha Bai to his side, Cha Bai's eyes were red, knowing that Shen Bai was just standing up for himself, he bowed and said with a crying voice: "Young Master Xie, the slave has caused trouble for the young master!" ”

Shen Bai gently stroked her face, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and didn't ask what had just happened, only silently comforted.

Since she brought Cha Bai and Lu Jian back to Hanjing from Muzhou, they are no longer lowly women, they are loyal to her, and she will naturally do her best to protect them and not let them suffer half of the grievances.

The half-hour fireworks show ended quickly, and the palace people began to guide the officials and their families out of the palace slowly.

Starting from today, Hanjing will open the night market for three consecutive days without closing the city, and the palace will not be closed, Shen Bai and Zhou Jue in the previous life went out of the palace together, and went to the city gambling house to play all night.

But now Shen Bai is not interested in these things at all, and after seeing Shen Ruxiu and Zhou Jue leave the palace, she directly returned to Lingzhao Palace with Chabai.

As soon as he returned to the room, Shen Bai immediately dipped his hand in tea and wrote on the table: You were distracted and poured the wine at the banquet just now, but you saw someone you knew at the banquet?

Cha Bai was taken aback by Jiang Yinglou and almost forgot about it, and when Shen Bai asked, she thought about it again, but she hesitated and didn't dare to say it.

Her temperament is more calm than that of Green Tip, Shen Bai thought for a moment and then continued to write: Do you know the Gong'e who handed the lamp?

Cha Bai's eyelashes twitched, and he lowered his voice and said: "It's a little far away, it's night again, the slave maid is not sure if it's or not, but she just thinks that person is very familiar, like a sister in Qingyun Pavilion many years ago." ”

Although the palace lady in the palace has a low status, the minimum requirement to enter the palace is also a good girl with an innocent family background, how could the girl of Qingyun Pavilion appear in the palace and be selected to hand the sky lantern to Emperor Hengde?

Shen Bai continued: Talk about it carefully.

Cha Bai said: "That sister is called Wuyu, a year earlier than me to Qingyun Pavilion, she is beautiful, good temperament, many benefactors on weekdays are named to her to accompany her, but five years ago she eloped with a scholar, Hua Niang was angry and sick for several days, although we didn't do anything, but also Hua Niang was angry and suffered a lot. ”

What's that scholar's name?

Shen Bai asked, Cha Bai thought about it carefully for a long time before saying, "I only heard her mention it once, it seems to be called ...... is called Chu Yingtian, I heard that this son's ancestor is still a relatively famous blacksmith. ”

A more famous blacksmith?

Isn't that Mr. Chu that Shen Bai saved in Chenzhou? But Shen Bai remembered very well that Chu Yingtian's deceased wife was called Ah Wan, a gentle and demure girl, not called Wuyu.

There must be something inside to this.

Shen Bai touched his chin and thought for a while, then went directly to Wei Ruzhao's bedroom, and wrote a large page with the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone in his room.

At the moment, Wei Ruzhao and Zhao Che returned to Lingzhao Palace together, both of them got up early in the morning, and they were busy working until now, their faces were tired, and as soon as they entered the house, Shen Bai diligently poured two cups of hot tea for them to rest, and then put the large page he wrote in front of Zhao Che.

Zhao Che drank tea and finished reading what Shen Bai wrote, and his brows were twisted into hemp ropes: "Do you suspect that the twenty girls in Muzhou City were sent to the palace five years ago?" ”

Maybe not only sent to the palace, but also sent to the backyard of some ministers.

Shen Bai thought of this, but he didn't write it down on paper.

This range is too large, and it is easy for Zhao Che to think more about it if he says it rashly, it is better to keep an eye on this woman named Wuyu first, if she is really one of the twenty girls, as long as she can pry her mouth open, she will naturally be able to pull out the radish and bring out the mud.

Shen Bai wrote on the table: It is imperative to ensure the safety of the woman without anyone knowing.

Zhao Che asked: "How to ensure it?" ”

Shen Bai wrote down stroke by stroke: put it to death and then live.

A quarter of an hour later, Zhao Che left Ling Zhao Palace.

Shen Bai also went back to the room to change into loose and soft bedclothes, but he was not in a hurry to lie down, but stood at the gate of Ling Zhao Palace to admire the moon.

At the end of the day, the palace people on night duty came to change their duties, and Gu Hengzhou also passed by here with a team of Praetorian Guards patrolling the night.

As soon as he saw Gu Hengzhou, Shen Bai's eyes immediately lit up by two points, and he stepped forward quickly and took out a bag of pastries wrapped in oiled paper.

He has a task on him, most of the time he has not eaten properly, and he has to patrol all night, he will definitely be hungry, and it is always good to have something to eat.

When performing official duties, Gu Hengzhou was so serious that he couldn't look at the pastries, and ordered in a cold voice: "Get out of the way!" ”

Shen Bai didn't let him, thinking that this person took the pastry and turned his head and threw it away, he simply opened the oil paper bag, grabbed a piece and fed it to Gu Hengzhou's mouth.

Gu Hengzhou's lips pursed into a line, and he glared at Shen Bai coldly, Shen Bai was not only not afraid, but also bent his eyes and smiled brightly, if she could speak at this time, she would definitely let out a voice like coaxing a child: "Ah~"

Gu Hengzhou's temples jumped, he didn't eat the piece in Shen Bai's hand, he took a piece and ate it in his mouth, and left past Shen Bai.

An hour later, Gu Hengzhou saw Shen Bai in Lingzhao Palace again.

She was already sitting at the gate of Lingzhao Palace napping, and when Gu Hengzhou was about to arrive, she was woken up by the palace people, rubbed her eyes, and cheered up to deliver pastries.

Gu Hengzhou had no choice but to take away the bag of pastries, Shen Bai was still in front of him, pointing to his mouth, Gu Hengzhou said with a stiff face, "I'll finish eating." ”

Shen Bai was satisfied, and watched with a smile as Gu Hengzhou took someone to the night patrol before going back to the house to sleep.

There was no dream all night, and Shen Bai slept directly until three poles in the morning before waking up.

Cha Bai waited for her to wash, changed into a brocade dress with an orange embroidered maple leaf red pattern, wore the same color to wipe her forehead, and before she had time to eat, Zhao Che sent someone to invite her to Yichen Palace.

Shen Bai knew that most of last night's events had already come to an end, so he asked Cha Bai to stay in Lingzhao Palace, and immediately went to Yichen Palace with the people of that palace.

Yesterday, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military rest for three days, Zhao Che went to Emperor Hengde and the Queen Mother early in the morning to say goodbye, and tossed until this time before returning to Yichen Palace.

Shen Bai was directly taken to Zhao Che's bedroom, and when he stepped into the door, he happened to see Zhao Che standing in front of a bronze mirror of equal height, opening his hand and asking Xiaobei to help him change into the prince's clothes.

Zhao Che saw Shen Bai through the mirror, and immediately ordered in a deep voice: "Come here!" ”

Shen Bai walked over, Xiao Bei didn't know where to hear Zhao Che's hint, bowed down and retreated, and actually handed over the next thing to Shen Bai.

Zhao Che didn't stop Xiaobei, just spread his hands and stood like this.

The master's tongue is injured like this, and he still asks the master to do the work of serving people, which is really inhumane at all.

Shen Bai slandered, picked up the dark embroidered purple gold dragon pattern brocade robe on the side and put it on Zhao Che.

The weather was cold, there were several layers of clothes, and it was not easy to put them all on, Shen Bai half-squatted in front of Zhao Che to help him tie his belt.

As soon as he tied the knot, Zhao Che said softly: "Someone did want to kill that Gong'e last night. ”

Shen Bai paused slightly, looked up at Zhao Che, Zhao Che continued: "She is in a very safe place now, but she is seriously injured, and I don't know if she can be saved." ”

Although he was seriously injured, as long as the person did not die, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would definitely be able to pull the person back from the ghost gate.

Shen Bai put his mind at ease, continued to help Zhao Che tie his belt, tied a beautiful bow according to his habit, and then retreated.

Zhao Che stood in front of the mirror and admired it for a while, and said to Shen Bai: "This afternoon, my father and the emperor will watch the Zhenguo Gong training in the school field with the people of the envoys of various countries, and you will go with the palace." ”

Shen Bai bowed his head, and heard Zhao Che say: "This time, the Yuexi royal family seems to have the intention of making peace with Zhaoling, you should know what this palace means by taking you there." ”

Shen Bai blinked his eyes and looked at Zhao Che blankly.

When it was time to be alert, she started to play dumb.

Zhao Che glanced at her deeply, and simply made his words clear: "This palace wants you to interfere with this marriage without offending the Yuexi royal family." ”

Since Hu Xuan had the intention of letting Hu Yuelan make peace, he naturally came to Zhao Che.

Even if the position of the crown princess is not enough, the position of the side concubine is always qualified.

In the previous life, Hu Yuelan lived in Yichen Palace as a side concubine, but unfortunately Yuexi and Zhaoling have been in constant war since then, and Hu Yuelan is like entering a cold palace as soon as she enters Yichen Palace, and Shen Bai has never heard of news related to her later.

Now Zhao Che wants to stir up this marriage without offending Hu Xuan, which has created a big problem for Shen Bai.

She frowned slightly, dipped it in water and wrote on the table: Does Your Highness not want to marry or marry the princess of Yuexi?

Zhao Che glanced at her sideways, and said coldly: "You will do whatever the palace asks you to do, and ask so much to do?" ”

Shen Bai continued to write: His Royal Highness, as the prince of a country, carries the future of Zhaoling, and cannot always be unaccompanied, although Yuexi and Zhaoling are constantly disturbed, but this princess has a good identity, if His Royal Highness can accept her as a side concubine, it will not only give face to the royal family of Yuexi, but also benefit the diplomatic relations between Zhaoling and Yuexi.

Shen Bai considered the problem completely from Zhao Che's standpoint, but as soon as she finished writing, Zhao Che's face completely darkened, exuding a cold coldness from the inside out, and he asked word by word: "The lifelong event of this palace, when will it be your turn to point fingers!?" ”

Shen Bai: "......"

It's not a finger, it's just a suggestion, weren't you quite happy to marry yourself in the last life, why are you so resistant in this life, isn't it that you fell in love with the five princesses of Donghengguo at first sight?

Miao Ruoxi has been a husband and wife with Zhao Che for several years in her last life, she has a good temperament, and it is possible that Zhao Che and her will fall in love for a long time, the two met very early in this life, without the constraints of identity, and it is not surprising that it is love at first sight.

Shen Bai couldn't help but gossip and asked: Your Highness already has a sweetheart?

Zhao Che looked at Shen Bai with a calm face and didn't speak, Shen Bai continued to write: People live for a lifetime but in a hurry for decades, everything is floating clouds, His Royal Highness is the prince of a country, and he bears the burden of Li Min Sheji on his shoulders, but he can't wronged himself everywhere, if His Royal Highness already has a favorite person, he might as well take it once and marry her back to the palace to accompany her, and it will not be in vain to be young.

These words are Shen Bai's heartfelt words, in the previous life, she and Zhao Che had never lived for themselves, and now she wants to boldly pursue her own happiness, for the sake of many years of monarchy and courtiers, she doesn't want Zhao Che to live a pure life in this regard, like a monk.

Zhao Che stared at Shen Bai and asked in a cold voice: "Do you think that this palace can marry whoever you want with a casual word?" ”

Dong Hengguo has not taken the initiative to send Miao Ruoxi to make peace now, and it is indeed a little difficult for Zhao Cheruo to ask to marry Miao Ruoxi.

Shen Bai touched his chin and thought for a while and wrote: His Royal Highness is the future monarch of Zhaoling, you can control these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, why is it difficult to marry your sweetheart?

Zhao Che snorted coldly, making it clear that he felt that Shen Bai was thinking about things too simply.

Shen Bai couldn't imagine how complicated this matter could be, and continued to persuade: As long as His Highness really likes it, even a powerless and powerless woman from a poor family can also stay in Yichen Palace, and under the protection of your wings, she will not be harmed in any way.

Such dry persuasion alone didn't seem to have much effect, Shen Bai thought about it and added: Even I dare to show my love to Brother Gu openly, is the person Your Highness loves more than the difficulties between me and Brother Gu?

Shen Bai lifted her eyes and looked at Zhao Che fixedly after writing, her eyes were clear and clear, as bright as stars, as if no matter how many difficulties and obstacles she faced, she would not be crushed and defeated.

Zhao Che was stunned, and the words of the former Wei Ruzhao suddenly sounded in his ears.

Is he really tempted by the ignorant and fearless young man in front of him?

She obviously stood up to the man's body, but regardless of the reputation of the Taifu Mansion and the worldly eyes, she willfully announced to everyone that she was in love with the prince of Zhenguo.

Now he was still standing in front of him and asked confidently if he was facing more difficulties than hers.

The ghost sent the gods, Zhao Che asked rhetorically: "What if this palace is in the same situation as yours?" ”