Shen Bai calmly finished the last stitch, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Gu Hengzhou with shining eyes: "Brother Gu, you are here." ”

Gu Hengzhou carried a big knife into the house, and saw a fine cold sweat on Gu Tingge's forehead, his eyebrows were furrowed, and his eyes were instantly as cold as a knife, Shen Bai subconsciously shrank his neck, hid behind Gu Tingge, and whispered for help: "Uncle Gu, Brother Gu is going to kill me indiscriminately again." ”

Shen Bai's tone was weak and innocent, as if Gu Hengzhou often murdered her like this.

Gu Hengzhou's brows tightened, he slammed the long knife to the ground, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you doing today?" ”

Shen Bai was straightforward: "Brother Gu, weren't you worried that Uncle Gu's old illness would be painful and unbearable on a clammy and cold rainy day, I came here today to unblock Uncle Gu's tendons." ”

"Nonsense!"

Gu Hengzhou scolded coldly, other things are just fine, how can such a thing as treating people be child's play? What should I do if I accidentally prick the wrong acupuncture point?

It is not without cases of blind arrogance in Jingzhong to treat dead people, Gu Hengzhou ordered Shen Bai: "Pull out the needle!" ”

Shen Bai still wanted to defend himself, Gu Tingge said quietly: "It's okay, wait for half an hour to see, if it's useless, breaking his arm can be regarded as a lesson for him." ”

These words are really going to cut off Shen Bai's hand.

Gu Hengzhou was about to speak, but Shen Bai nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, just wait for half an hour, when the time comes, Brother Gu will not resist!" ”

Shen Bai was very confident, knowing that Gu Hengzhou would not mess around when Gu Tingge spoke, he completely relaxed, sat down next to Gu Tingge, and poured a large cup of tea.

Needle application is a technical job, and it looks easy to look at, but it is actually quite tiring, and my wrists are sore.

Gu Hengzhou walked to Shen Bai with a big knife with a tense face.

Shen Bai couldn't stay idle, and stood up again to observe the knife carefully.

This knife is taller than her and Gu Hengzhou, it was specially made by Emperor Hengde to the Ministry of Industry according to Gu Tingge's habits, the blade alone weighs forty catties, which is made of a large piece of dark iron, there is a little dragon pattern carving on the back of the knife to decorate, the handle of the knife is pitch black, and it is also engraved with auspicious clouds and dark flowers.

Shen Bai couldn't help but want to touch it, but Gu Hengzhou glared at her fiercely.

Hey, that's stingy!

Shen Bai slandered, but he still obediently withdrew his hand, turned his head and asked Gu Tingge: "Uncle Gu, Yuexi Kingdom has not been very peaceful in the past few years, this time Your Majesty's birthday, who will they send to Zhaoling?" ”

The country that wants to send an envoy to Hanjing to congratulate Emperor Hengde on his birthday will send the list of envoys to Hanjing as soon as possible, and at this time, the envoys of various countries should already be on the way here, and it is still the first one to come to Zhaoling to live in Zhaoling as early as Hanchen.

The list of the envoys is not considered confidential, and the Ministry of Rites will copy the list and send it to the courtiers above the fifth grade, and it is easy to arrange for reception and settlement at that time, and it is not easy to go wrong.

However, Shen Bai is still just a child, and he is somewhat sensitive to ask about this topic.

With needles on his back, hot air all over his body, Gu Tingge's forehead and back kept sweating, and his breathing was a little heavier than usual, but his mouth was still steady: "What are you asking for?" ”

Shen Bai blinked his eyes and looked innocent: "The younger generation just feels a little curious, there are many Gobi hills in the western part of the country, and the products are not rich, if there is a natural disaster, you can't eat enough, how can you still have the courage to argue with our Zhaoling." ”

In the last life, Emperor Hengde had a big birthday, and Shen Bai had not yet entered the government as now, and he was only qualified to participate in the birthday banquet to join in the fun, and he didn't know the situation of the envoys of various countries at all.

Gu Hengzhou died at the hands of Hu Chilie, the first general of Yuexi, if Hu Chilie wanted to enter Beijing this time, Shen Bai would of course let him have no return!

This method is not on the table, but she has never been a big man, so what about using some despicable means? Hu Chilie's original means of killing Gu Hengzhou may not be above board.

Gu Tingge didn't know what Shen Bai was thinking, but he was even more surprised, even Emperor Hengde didn't care about the little Yuexi, but this little-known child was particularly concerned about the Yuexi envoys.

Speaking of which, Gu Tingge threw the topic to Gu Hengzhou: "Xingyuan thinks that a small hilly country in the west of Yuexi dares to argue with Zhaoling?" ”

The atmosphere suddenly became like being questioned by the master in Tai Academy, Shen Bai unconsciously sat up straighter, Gu Hengzhou said calmly: "Since the founding of Zhaoling, the wars with the surrounding countries are all for the sake of grabbing resources, Zhaoling is located in the hinterland, the climate is humid, there are many rivers and plains, the grain is abundant, the people are rich, and the soil in other countries is poor, even if there is no natural and man-made disasters that cause hunger, you will also think of getting fertile land and rich grain production." ”

Gu Tingge nodded, everyone has the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, as long as the interests behind a thing reach a certain point, people will ignore the price to pay for achieving it.

Shen Bai nodded and agreed: "Brother Gu is extremely right. After speaking, he raised doubts, "Yuexi has few products, military supplies are even more scarce, and Uncle Gu has always been prestigious, why have they become more and more impatient in recent years, is there any reason why they have the confidence to compete with our Zhaoling army?" ”

A peasant with only one acre and three points of land would not take a hammer to rob the landlord's family of money, because he knew that he was hitting a stone with an egg.

Yuexi had little contact with Zhaoling, and it was impossible to know that the Zhaoling court had long been decayed and crumbling, so why did they dare to repeatedly harass Zhaoling and make the decision to attack a large number of years later?

There are too many reasons behind this kind of thing.

Gu Tingge couldn't predict the future, and when he heard Shen Bai's words, he only wrinkled his eyebrows slightly, and warned in a deep voice: "They don't dare to invade on a large scale, but they will send a small group of soldiers and horses to grab some grain after the autumn harvest every year, which is inevitable in all dynasties, and it is not alarmist!" ”

Zhaoling has not had any major wars for so many years, and it will be Emperor Hengde's birthday soon, Shen Bai knows better than anyone that this kind of thing can't be said nonsense, but the last Gu Tingge died at the beginning of next summer, and the enemy army in the west of Vietnam suddenly attacked and directly captured Yuanfeng County.

Shen Bai already knew where the turning point of Zhaoling's national fortunes was, how could he not be worried?

But at this time, she said too much and made people suspicious, so Shen Bai could only suppress his worries and probe: "Then Uncle Gu found that in the process of fighting with the enemy army in Yuexi, did he find any powerful characters among them?" If this person enters Beijing with the envoy group this time, he can also let our Zhaoling's sons and daughters have a few tricks with them, so as to kill their sharpness. ”

Shen Bai said with pride, like a young man who didn't have much of a city.

Gu Tingge didn't believe that she was a simple person, and warned with a stiff face: "You are still young, and some words can be regarded as childish words, but you must also know the proportions!" ”

It's not wanting to continue the topic anymore.

Shen Bai could only nod and said obediently: "Uncle Gu has learned a lesson, and the younger generation must remember it." ”

The atmosphere became cold and depressing, Shen Bai didn't say anything more, and when the time came, he pulled out all the silver needles on Gu Tingge's back.

Gu Tingge was sweating again, and after the needle was pulled out, he shed a lot of dirty blood.

Shen Bai said warmly: "This injection is to remove dampness and drive away cold, and the blood blocked in the body can also be discharged. ”

Shen Bai pulled out all the needles, Gu Tingge stood up and moved his shoulders, and surprise flashed in his eyes, the joints that were still a little tingling this morning really didn't hurt much.

Shen Bai put the needle away and looked at Gu Hengzhou with a praising face: "How is it, Brother Gu, I didn't lie to you, right?" ”

Her expression was very similar to the way she had helped Zhou Deshan get a bow and crossbow from the military department in the lieutenant's camp, although she looked unreliable many times, she had never deceived him in major matters.

Gu Hengzhou replied with a stiff face, Shen Bai grinned, and wanted to continue to show off, Li Shan was led out of the door by Gu Si, and Gu Si said, "Young Master Shen, your little guy has something to look for you." ”

Li Shankou couldn't speak, bowed down and saluted Gu Tingge and Gu Hengzhou, Shen Bai put the needle bag into his arms, and said easily: "Uncle Gu, you can rest for a while and then take a bath, the juniors will not eat today, and the juniors will come back in a while." ”

Shen Bai said and walked out, Gu Hengzhou moved, and Gu Tingge said in a deep voice: "Gu Si, send Young Master Shen!" ”

Gu Hengzhou nailed himself in place and didn't move, Shen Bai walked out of the door, turned his head and waved at Gu Tingge and Gu Hengzhou: "Uncle Gu, Brother Gu, goodbye!" ”

Gu Si sent Shen Bai out of the courtyard, and the house was quiet for a while, Gu Tingge asked Gu Hengzhou: "What did you tell this kid about the content of the family letter I wrote back?" ”

Gu Hengzhou put down the big knife and said solemnly: "The contents of the family letter are all confidential, except for the second uncle, my son will not dare to let the idle people know half a word." ”

Gu Tingge's eyebrows were cold, and his face was covered with frost.

Yuexi's invasion of Zhaoling, he only implicitly mentioned it to Emperor Hengde a few times, and then he told Gu Hengzhou in a letter to his family that Shen Bai was only fourteen, even if he had been to Donghengguo once, he should not be so concerned about the affairs of Yuexi, there was a Zhaoling between Yuexi and Dongheng, and she could not have heard about it in Zhaoling, let alone know it from Donghengguo.

The more Gu Tingge thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, his face became more and more cold, and the air pressure in the room continued to decrease, Gu Hengzhou hesitated and said: "Dad, although Shen Bai looks a little hangy on weekdays, he is still very clear in front of the big right and wrong. ”

Gu Hengzhou took the initiative to help Shen Bai exonerate, and Gu Tingge looked at him fixedly: "Do you believe that he will not do anything that hinders the society of the country?" ”

Gu Hengzhou knew that Shen Bai had been very abnormal since he woke up in the Taixue Hall that day, doing a lot of deviant things, and pretending to have many, many unknown secrets.

But under Gu Tingge's cold and sharp gaze, he still lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt down, and said word by word: "My son believes that she will not do anything that hinders the society of the country!" ”

Gu Hengzhou had never defended a person like this, and Gu Tingge's suspicions that had just sprung up in his heart stopped.

After being silent for a long time, Gu Tingge sighed, and said to Gu Hengzhou with a cold breath: "I don't have much contact with him, so I won't evaluate it for the time being, since you are willing to vouch for him, I will believe him once, but I still have to stay in Beijing for several months, if I find out that he has any misdeeds during this period, I will punish you together, understand?" ”

The Zhenguo Gongzhi Army has always been known for not asking relatives and relatives, and everyone is punished according to their crimes, and this principle is the same for their own sons.

Gu Hengzhou knew what this meant, and said firmly: "If she has any misdeeds, her son will never cover it up, and he is willing to be punished for the same crime!" ”

Gu Tingge asked, "Aren't you very disgusted with this child?" ”

Gu Hengzhou said righteously: "The public is public, and the private is private, I won't slander her because of this, besides." Gu Hengzhou hesitated for a moment and said coldly, "My son never said that he hated her!" ”

……

The rain kept falling, and the promenade was soaked with splashing eaves water.

When he was about to arrive at the gate, Shen Bai met Gu Hengxiu, who was standing there in a crow-blue robe, holding an umbrella in his hand, and a big puddle of water flowing at his feet, obviously standing here for a while, as if he had been waiting for someone here.

Shen Bai walked over with Li Shan and greeted him without any guilt: "It's raining so hard, it's weirdly cold outside, why is Brother Xiu'er standing here?" ”

Gu Hengxiu's eyes are gentle, he looks extremely elegant and introverted, under the background of the misty rain, he has a melancholy and dull temperament, which is quite attractive at first glance, if Shen Bai's clothes are thick enough, he wants to take off one to warm him.

"I made a special trip to wait for Young Master Shen here."

Gu Hengxiu said, his voice was also warm and soft, making people not feel the slightest hostility.

Shen Bai stopped a step away from him, let Li Shan go first, and looked up at him with a smile: "What does Brother Xiu want to say to me here?" ”

Gu Hengxiu lowered his eyes and looked at her, his dark eyes reflected Shen Bai's bright and handsome face, and then Shen Bai heard him ask: "The day before the autumn hunt, when you received that incense, you knew that there was something wrong with it." ”

Gu Hengxiu didn't use interrogative sentences, but used affirmative sentences.

Shen Bai tilted his head, looking innocent: "What Brother Xiu'er is saying, why can't I understand?" ”

Shen Bai pretended to be stupid, things have been going on for so long, why did she have to tell the truth stupidly when she got out perfectly?

Shen Bai's reaction was expected by Gu Hengxiu, he ignored it, and said to himself: "You knew that there was a problem with the incense, and you deliberately brought it to the paddock, but in the end, it was not you who had an accident, but the eldest lady of the Jiang family, and you already knew that I had a private relationship with the people of the Jiang family." ”

At the end of the autumn hunt, the maid next to Jiang Qinse was killed with a cane, Jiang De'an made a big fuss, and finally found Jiang Yinglou, Jiang Yinglou was punished for family law, and lay on the bed for ten days, and later found Gu Hengxiu, scolded him with a head and face, and said that as long as the Jiang family does not fall for a day, he will never want to step into the middle of the court in his life!

Jiang Yinglou's expression was extremely resentful when he said this, and he clearly told Gu Hengxiu that his career and future were all ruined.

However, not only that, even Gu Hengzhou guessed that the incense in question was related to him, so he gradually distanced himself from the second room.

Gu Hengxiu didn't expect things to suddenly get so bad, he thought that he had done this very secretly, and he didn't think about implicating other people, he just wanted Shen Bai to make a mistake in the paddock, whether he was punished by His Majesty, or if he accidentally fell off the horse and broke his leg, as long as he could show the Jiang family that he had the ability and courage to do things.

A series of accidents made Gu Hengxiu panic all day, he fell seriously ill, and even flashed the thought of dying, but in the end he extinguished this thought.

Why did he give up his life? Anyway, things are already so bad, why doesn't he take a gamble anymore?

The damned person is not him, but this young man named Shen Bai!

Gu Hengxiu's eyes flashed with murderous intent, which was in great contrast with his sickly and elegant appearance, but it was a little weird, Shen Bai's eyes widened exaggeratedly: "Brother Xiu, have you actually had any dealings with the Jiang family?" Jiang Taiwei is the important minister of the head of the Three Princes, if you can make friends with the Jiang family, you will definitely be able to rise to prominence in the future. ”

Shen Bai pretended not to know, and deliberately poked Gu Hengxiu's sore spot, Gu Hengxiu didn't get angry but laughed: "I don't have to worry about Young Master Shen's future, Young Master Shen still cares more about himself." ”

Shen Bai nodded in agreement: "Brother Xiu'er's future is naturally not my turn to worry about, but I see that Brother Xiu'er has a bad complexion, and I want to remind you, there is a word in this world called cocoon self-restraint, if Brother Xiu'er doesn't understand, you can turn the book to find out what this word means." ”

Shen Bai admitted this in disguise, she had long known that Gu Hengxiu was doing things behind her back, Gu Hengxiu sneered: "Young Master Shen is so conceited, isn't he afraid of when to make a mistake?" ”

Shen Bai smiled brightly: "Brother Xiu is so upright, I have to remind me when I dig a pit, if I don't plant it in the pit, wouldn't it be in vain Brother Xiu'er's hard work?" ”

On the pit people, Shen Bai recognized the second, and no one in the entire Zhaoling dared to admit the first, Gu Hengxiu had already suffered a loss last time, but he still couldn't learn to be a man, Shen Bai naturally had to teach him how to be a talent.

Gu Hengxiu raised his eyebrows and looked at Shen Bai contemptuously: "You dare to jump into the pit even if you know it's a pit?" ”

"Of course!" Shen Bai replied without hesitation, tiptoeing into Gu Hengxiu's ear and whispering, "Young Master Jiang is right, wealth and danger are sought!" ”

Gu Hengxiu's eyes widened slightly, he originally thought that his contacts with Jiang Yinglou were too frequent and were noticed by Shen Bai, but he didn't expect that the last time they met in the painting boat, they were known by Shen Bai.

He was usually very cautious, but that time, Jiang Yinglou stopped him, and he didn't let people search all over the cabin.

If you are not careful, you will lose all the games!

Gu Hengxiu felt this way now, but the matter had come to this point, even if he vomited blood, it was impossible to reverse the matter.

After saying that, Shen Bai crossed Gu Hengxiu and strode away, and Li Shan had already held up an umbrella and was waiting at the door.

The rain was too heavy, but Shen Bai was still a little wet, got into the carriage, took off his coat and wiped his hair, and asked Li Shan casually: "What happened?" ”

There was no pen and paper outside, Li Shan couldn't write, and pointed in the direction of the palace.

Shen Bai was surprised, someone actually summoned her into the palace at this time?

Half an hour later, the carriage arrived at the palace, Li Shan held an umbrella and sent Shen Bai to the palace gate, the Praetorian Guards guarding the door immediately got out of the way, and a little eunuch ran diligently with an umbrella.

Xiaobei's father-in-law handed an umbrella to Shen Bai, and the two walked to the palace one after the other, the raindrops hit the umbrella, making a crackling sound, Shen Bai was rarely quiet, and he didn't speak all the way.

After passing through the gates of the palace and sticking incense, Shen Bai was taken to the Yichen Palace where Zhao Che lived.

Yichen Palace is the dormitory where successive princes lived, and it is the palace second only to the emperor's dormitory in the entire palace.

Yichen Palace covers a large area, the palace gate is more than a foot high, and the guards at the door are not ordinary palace people, but the Praetorian Guards wearing black armor, because the envoys of other countries are about to enter Beijing, the number of Praetorian Guards has increased from two to six.

Xiaobei flashed the token given by Zhao Che, and the Praetorian Guards let him go easily.

Shen Bai had never entered Yichen Palace in her previous life, and when she and Zhao Che became acquainted, Zhao Che had already succeeded to the throne and lived in the Dongxuan Palace where Emperor Hengde now lives.

Yichen Palace is one-third smaller than the area of Dongxuan Palace, after all, it is a place where the prince has stayed since he was a child, and there is a large empty courtyard in Yichen Palace, where pomegranate trees are planted and stone tables are placed, and you can drink tea and play chess in the courtyard on weekdays.

The bedroom and the study are connected by a long winding corridor, and in the middle is a huge artificial lake, in the center of which there is a four-corner pavilion, and when the weather is cold, the tulle on all sides of the pavilion is replaced by bamboo mats to shield the eyes of the outside world.

It was raining heavily, and there were no palace people waiting outside the pavilion, so Xiaobei led Shen Bai to the outside of the pavilion and said respectfully through the bamboo mat: "Your Highness, Young Master Shen has arrived." ”

"Enter."

Zhao Che's cold voice came, Shen Bai put away the umbrella and stood outside the pavilion, Xiaobei lifted the bamboo mat to let her in, and then quickly closed it.

The wind, rain and cold were blocked, and there were two pots of charcoal burning in the pavilion, and the temperature was higher, Shen Bai found that he had walked all the way, his hands were a little frozen, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands, and sighed, and then he said: "Shen Bai pays a visit to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the High Priest." ”

There was also a small stone table in the pavilion, where Zhao Che and Hanchen were sitting facing each other, playing chess with chess pieces.

Both of them were very focused, Han Chen finally took the time to glance at Shen Bai, Zhao Che didn't even give Shen Bai a little afterglow, and said lightly: "Make tea." ”

There is no maid in the palace to serve, so I specially summoned the young master into the palace to make tea for the two of you?

Shen Bai secretly rolled his eyes, but he didn't dare to disobey Zhao Che, so he answered yes and walked to the side and sat down.

The palace people had already prepared a set of exquisite tea sets here, the charcoal in the stove was burning vigorously, and the tea cakes were neatly placed next to them, and they were really prepared for Shen Bai a long time ago.

Shen Bai resigned himself to pouring water and boiling tea, his body quickly warmed up, and he couldn't help but ask Hanchen: "Yesterday, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked people to say that they were playing chess with the high priest, should you be addicted to playing chess, from yesterday to today, right?" ”

In the palace, Hanchen's silver hair was put down again, and he changed into the Chinese clothes prepared for him by the palace people with Zhaoling characteristics, the clothes were purple and gold, and the Teng snake was embroidered with silver wire, which was made according to the specifications of the Prince of Zhaoling, which reduced the mystery and blandness on his body a lot, and added a little bit of royal nobility, if he was not still wearing a mask, he would be no different from the Zhaoling people.

Hanchen stared at the chessboard and replied distractedly: "No." After saying that, a sunspot fell on the chessboard.

Shen Bai stretched his neck and glanced at it, and there was a large area of black and white on the chessboard, and he couldn't see who had the upper hand.

She has a flexible brain, she learns everything quickly, she just can't sit still, her mouth can't stop, she always likes to chatter, and she really can't learn such elegant things as chess.

Even the skills of making tea were forced to learn by Zhao Che as an emperor in the previous life, otherwise she would not have done such a thing.

However, every time Zhao Che asked her to make tea, she had difficult errands to be handed over to her.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai's heart moved slightly, looked at Zhao Che, and said suspiciously: "Your Highness......"

"Shut up!"

Zhao Che interrupted coldly and blocked all the words behind Shen Bai.

Shen Bai: "......"

Since you dislike me so much, why did you summon me into the palace, Your Highness? Isn't it nice to play chess by yourself?

Shen Bai pursed his lips and fiddled with the pot of tea in front of him with a sigh of relief.

The first tea boiled quickly, and Shen Bai poured water to wash the cup, and mixed a little water into it.

The palace is very particular about making tea, there are generally special palace maids to collect morning dew or snow water to make tea, Zhao Che likes to drink tea, after succeeding to the throne, I heard that there is a spring in Lizhou that is particularly sweet, and has sent the Praetorian Guard to fetch water day and night.

When Shen Bai heard about this, he rolled his eyes widely, what are you doing so particular about drinking tea? Doesn't it end up being peeing out?

Thinking about what he didn't have, the second time the tea was also boiled quickly, and the fragrance of tea soon overflowed the entire pavilion, Shen Bai controlled the fire, and when it was almost over, he poured two cups out, and was about to remind the two of them that the tea was ready, Zhao Che opened his mouth and said, "Stand down." ”

“……”？？？

Shen Bai looked inexplicable, and couldn't help but point to the tip of his nose and ask, "Your Highness, did you really make a special trip to let me enter the palace to make tea?" ”

Zhao Che asked rhetorically: "Otherwise?" ”

You're still so arrogant!

Shen Bai suppressed his anger, and said with a smile: "There are many palace people in the palace who can make tea, and there are countless people with superb tea skills. ”

Zhao Che dropped the white child, and finally looked away from the chessboard and looked at Shen Bai: "This palace just wants to drink the tea you made, do you have an opinion?" ”

There's something wrong with your grandmother's brain!

Shen Bai scolded secretly, smiled even more happily, and squeezed out the words from between his teeth: "No, it is my honor that Your Highness likes the tea I brewed, the ancestral tomb of the Shen family is going to smoke, how can I have any opinions." ”

Zhao Che was expressionless: "Then don't you leave?" ”

Shen Bai stood up and saluted: "Your Highness, High Priest, you play chess slowly, and I will retreat." ”

After Shen Bai finished speaking, he walked out of the pavilion, Xiaobei was waiting in the corridor not far away, and when no one saw it, Shen Bai's face instantly collapsed, and he made a grimace at the two people in the pavilion, and then left with an umbrella.

Seeing her come out, Xiaobei immediately came up with an umbrella and asked curiously, "Young Master Shen, why did you come out so quickly?" ”

It's not because your master is crazy.

"Your Highness just asked me to say a few words, and when I finished speaking, he naturally let me leave, is it possible to keep me for lunch?"

Shen Bai gritted his teeth and said, as soon as the words fell, his stomach growled twice.

I got up early in the morning, that set of acupuncture consumed a lot of physical strength, and after entering the palace and tossing it again, Shen Bai was indeed a little hungry.

Xiaobei also heard the sound of Shen Bai's belly screaming, and couldn't help but smile and said, "The slave will send Young Master Shen out of the palace." ”

Shen Bai rolled his eyes and didn't want to say a word.

The two of them went out of Yichen Palace the same way, and as soon as they walked out of the gate, they saw several beautiful palace ladies holding umbrellas and carrying food boxes to deliver food to Zhao Che and Hanchen.

Shen Bai sniffed, and her resentment deepened, why didn't she find out that Zhao Che had such a bad character in her previous life?

Shen Bai swallowed his saliva and unconsciously quickened his steps.

If you don't leave the master to eat, you won't stay, and when the master leaves the palace, he will go to the Crane Tower to order a big table of delicious food!

Shen Bai began to recall the signature menu of the Chasing Crane Tower in his mind, and two palace people suddenly caught up from behind, and one of them said in a sharp and ugly voice: "Young Master Shen stays, our master wants to invite you to a meal." ”

The two of them were wearing eunuch clothes with the same pattern as Xiaobei, and they had the same identity as Xiaobei, and they should also be the close attendants of a certain prince in the palace, Shen Bai didn't know the two, so he asked curiously: "Who is your master?" ”

"Young Master Shen will know when he goes."

Yo, I also know how to hang people's appetites.

Shen Bai raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiaobei, who lowered his head to avoid her gaze.

The rules in the palace are strict, except for the queen mother and the four concubines, only the princes are qualified to summon people from outside the palace at will, even if they summon people, they will also send someone to pick them up, so as not to stay in the palace after outsiders enter the palace, if there is an accident, the summoner will also be implicated.

It is extremely unruly to intercept people halfway like this, Xiaobei is Zhao Che's person, and he still has the token given by Zhao Che in his hand, so he can refuse for Shen Bai in the name of Zhao Che, but now he doesn't say a word, most likely because he was ordered by Zhao Che in advance.

Shen Bai added a circle of teeth, and she knew that Zhao Che summoned her into the palace, not just to let her make a pot of tea.

Thinking about the reason, the corners of Shen Bai's lips raised slightly and smiled: "Okay, I'm also hungry." ”

The two palace people signaled to Xiao Bei and left with Shen Bai.

A quarter of an hour later, Shen Bai was taken to Yingze Palace.

In the previous life, the places where she went in and out the most were the Council Hall, the Imperial Study and the Dongxuan Palace, and she was not very familiar with the other places in the palace, so she didn't remember who lived in Yingze Palace for a while.

There are only four Praetorian Guards guarding the gate of Yingze Palace, and the gate of the palace is much smaller than that of Yichen Palace, and there is only a small courtyard and main hall inside.

The palace people took Shen Bai to the main hall and shouted in a sharp voice: "Young Master Shen has arrived!" ”

Shen Bai was collecting the umbrella, and he was so frightened by this sound that he shouted so magnificently, he didn't know that he thought it was Emperor Hengde sitting inside.

Shen Bai stood the umbrella outside the door and simply tidied up his clothes before stepping into the hall.

The space in the hall is quite large, and any ornament in it is worth a lot of money, and if you count it seriously, it is not worse than Yichen Palace at all.

There is a long table in the hall, on the table are all kinds of delicacies, two palace ladies are waiting around, Zhao Chou is wearing a dark embroidered green dragon prince dress sitting on the main seat, his eyes poke at Shen Bai like a barb, as if he wants to tear off a piece of meat from her.

It turned out to be the Four Highnesses.

Shen Bai was not surprised, whether it was according to the memories of the previous life or the entanglements in this life, only Zhao Chou had the leisure time to pay attention to her little Tanhualang.

Shen Bai saluted respectfully: "Shen Bai greets the Fourth Highness, the Fourth Highness is a thousand years old and a thousand years old!" ”

Zhao Chou was not in a hurry to let Shen Bai get up, and looked at her carefully inch by inch, as if he was looking at the pet he had just arrived.

After a long time, Zhao Chou said with great interest: "Young Master Shen was quite famous when he was in Tai Academy, and this prince thought that it was Shen Ruxiu, an old antique, who taught a gentleman who didn't know the height of the sky, but he didn't expect it to be such an interesting character." ”

Shen Bai maintained the saluting movement and did not dare to stand up straight, and said gently: "The Fourth Highness praises falsely, Shen Bai is ashamed." ”

"How can this be a false praise, Young Master Shen is a person with real skills, otherwise how could he win the opportunity to go out on patrol with the imperial brother?" Zhao Chou said faintly and ordered Shen Bai: "Raise your head!" ”

Shen Bai raised his head and looked at Zhao Chou.

I broke my leg in the paddock before, and after returning to the palace, Zhao Choujiang raised him for more than a month, not only did he not lose weight, but he also visibly rounded up with the naked eye, and his cheeks were bulging, but he looked a lot kinder than before.

Zhao Chou also looked at Shen Bai carefully, the time of the autumn hunt, he just heard that Shen Bai had slighted Gu Hengzhou in the Tai Academy, treated her as fun, and wanted to make Shen Bai unable to get off the stage in public, but he didn't expect to be easily resolved by Shen Bai, and he fell from a horse and injured his leg, he heard about what happened later from the mouth of the palace people, and knew that Shen Bai forced Jiang De'an, the captain, to confront him in front of the palace, so he began to feel that this young man was not simple.

Immediately afterwards, Shen Bai and Zhao Che went to Donghengguo together.

Zhao Che's departure from the palace was quite secretive, and even Zhao Chou only got the news four or five days later, he was shocked that his imperial brother had the courage to leave the palace and go to Dongheng Kingdom, which was thousands of miles away, but what surprised him even more was that Zhao Che only ordered Zhou Jue and Shen Bai to accompany him.

Zhou Jue is the son of Zhou Deshan, the captain of Hanjing, and after he is a military general, what is Shen Bai? Why did the royal brother take him?

Now looking at each other face to face, Zhao Chou only felt that the young man in front of him was thin and handsome, and although his eyes were dark and bright, there was nothing special about him.

Knowing that Shen Bai was not as simple as it seemed on the surface, Zhao Chou didn't take her seriously, and asked bluntly: "What do you have that is worthy of my imperial brother?" ”

Shen Bai: "......"

Fourth Highness, were you and Gu Hengxiu taught by the same master? The muscles in your head are so straight, how dare you still plot against you?

Shen Bai was speechless, and said without modesty: "Maybe His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that this head on my neck is more useful." ”

"You think you're smart?" Zhao Chou asked coldly, and without waiting for Shen Bai to answer, he said gloomily, "No matter how good the head is, after you move, you can only use it as a ball for others, right?" ”

Zhao Chou's words contained a chilling murderous aura, Shen Bai nodded, and said calmly: "The Fourth Highness is reasonable, but I am also a Tanhualang who has passed the palace test, and under normal circumstances, no one should let me move my head." ”

She has a meritorious reputation, she will be able to enter the government immediately, and no matter how bad she is, there is a Taifu Mansion behind her, is it possible that she can be killed by someone unknowingly?

Shen Bai's tone was calm, not a little panicked and afraid, Zhao Chou did not continue the topic, but pointed to a dark green vase by the window in the hall, and asked incomparably: "Do you know what it is?" ”

Shen Bai shook his head, Zhao Hou grabbed the bowl in front of him and smashed it, the vase was smashed to the ground, and it shattered into slag with a bang, and the fragments were splashed everywhere.

Shen Bai's eyelids jumped, and he heard Zhao Chou's voice full of cold smiles: "This is the vase given by the emperor's grandmother when this prince was ten years old, the first queen of Zhaoling used it, it is a peerless and unique product, and now it has been broken by Young Master Shen, what should Young Master Shen say?" ”