"In a while, it will be my father's birthday, I wonder if Lord Shen can prepare the birthday gift?" Xiao Yuhuan looked up at Shen Fan, Shen Fan smiled and replied, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, since His Royal Highness prepared it for the emperor, the old slave is naturally well prepared." In order to show the filial piety of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Xiao Yuhuan's face turned into a flower with a smile, and he replied to Shen Fan with a slight smile: "Lord Shen has this heart, and this king will be satisfied." Oh, now there are very few smart people in the palace who understand people's hearts like Lord Shen. As far as this king knows, Lord Shen also has many powerful assistants, and I think it should be Lord Shen himself. In the future, even if Lord Shen is no longer by the king's side, with the person you personally **, the king will feel a little more at ease. ”

Shen Fan arched his hand and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can afford the old slave, and the old slave must be the only one His Royal Highness the Prince, and he must be the liver and brain, and he will die." ”

"Hahaha" Xiao Yuhuan smiled meaninglessly, "How could this king be willing to let an adult die if he is such a smart person as Lord Shen?" Instead of talking about those who don't, why don't this king talk to Lord Shen about some serious things? ”

"The old slave is at the disposal of His Royal Highness the Prince."

"It's my father's birthday soon, Lord Shen thinks, what should we do to catch Xiao Shuyu off guard during this period?"

Shen Fan took a sip of tea unhurriedly and replied: "According to the plan last time, the old slave thought that it could be implemented. ”

"Oh?" Xiao Yuhuan was interested: "That... Today? ”

Shen Fan: "Today, at this time, now." ”

"Princess?" Xiao Nai entered the door and came to Su An's side and put down a plate of pastries and said, "This is a pastry sent from the dining room, it is said to be a new flavor, and it will be sent to the princess to taste first." ”

"Put it there." Princess Su'an waved her hand without raising her head.

Xiao Nai stood aside and continued: "Princess, as the emperor's birthday approaches, what preparations do you have for the princess?" ”

"It's been the same every year in the past, and this year is no exception. Just get your stuff ready. ”

"Yes." Xiao Nai saluted and turned around to go out, but a maid outside the door asked in a loud voice, "Princess! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to look for Aunt Xiao Nai by name. ”

Xiao Nai stood by the door and didn't move, Princess Su'an raised her head and looked at the door and said softly, "Open the door." ”

Xiao Nai turned around and opened the door, only to see a maid standing in the doorway with her head bowed.

"Say it again." Su An stared at the person at the door and asked word by word, "How is Xiao Nai?" ”

"Back to the princess." The maid's voice seemed to tremble a little, "Over there in the East Palace, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to ask Aunt Xiao Nai to come over. ”

"What?"

"I didn't say what it was, but it seemed to be related to the emperor's birthday."

Su An sighed, turned his head and said to Xiao Nai: "Go, everything has a long heart." ”

"Yes." Xiao Nai went out of the door stupidly and went straight to the East Palace. The door then closed, and Su An looked at the people who were leaving, and secretly thought about something else in his heart.

Xiao Yuhuan was holding back countless bad things in his heart at the moment, looking at Shen Fan from time to time, and then at the wide open door, listening to the attendants and maids outside rhythmically packing up something. Shen Fan on the side was not in a hurry, doing his own things in an orderly manner, tasting tea, eating fruits, and sorting out dishes.

"Lord Shen?" Xiao Yuhuan seemed to be too bored, "If you are not by your father's side now, won't your father go to you?" ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, rest assured, the emperor's side, the old slaves have already been taken care of, and it will not endanger His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Heh~" Xiao Yuhuan smiled indifferently, "Lord Shen is doing things, and this king is naturally relieved." I'm just worried that Lord Shen will be punished for this, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

"How can it be more than worth the loss? His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a place where the old slave needs to do something, and the old slave will naturally come, as for the emperor's ......" Shen Fan deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Although the old slave is stupid, he also knows in his heart, who is the future master of this country?" ”

"Hahaha!" Xiao Yuhuan laughed and shook his head and glanced at Shen Fan, who also smiled and lowered his head to taste tea.

"Your Highness!" The servant outside the door said cautiously, "Xiao Nai, who is next to Princess Su'an of Jinci Palace, asks to see His Highness." ”

Xiao Yuhuan looked at Shen Fan and smiled slightly: "Let her in!"

After a while, Xiao Nai walked in from outside the door, stood in front of Xiao Yuhuan and saluted: "Slave Xiao Nai, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." She turned to Shen Fan again and said, "I've seen Lord Shen." Shen Fan nodded slightly, looking at Xiao Nai with loving eyes.

"The slave maid took the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and said that he must come, I don't know if His Royal Highness has something to tell Xiao Nai to do."

"It's not a big deal." Xiao Yuhuan smiled and stood up and said, "This is not my father's birthday banquet, this king wants to ask you Jinci Palace, what birthday gift this king's sister has prepared for his father." ”

Xiao Nai seemed to be a little nervous and said: "Such an important matter, naturally the princess has personally done it, how can it be possible for me, a slave, to know about it?" ”

"Heh~" Xiao Yuhuan laughed and said, "It is said that Xiao Nai of Jinci Palace is the intimate person of Princess Su'an, and naturally everything is smooth Xiao Yunyi's wishes." Xiao Yuhuan walked up to Xiao Nai and asked in a confident tone, "You have followed Su An since you were a child, Su An has some things that you don't want to say or can't say, you can naturally say it, then naturally you know all these things, who made you her henchman?" ”

"Such a thing, the slave and maid will never dare to deceive His Royal Highness the Prince, the slave and maid really don't know."

Xiao Yuhuan sneered and said, "You don't know, maybe it's not Su An's problem, but your problem." ”

"Slave maid...... I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to say, if His Royal Highness has nothing else to do, the slave will retire first. ”

"Huh? Why did you just want to leave? The king has much more to say to you. ”

Xiao Nai suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, the slave really doesn't know anything. ”

"How so?" Xiao Yuhuan looked back at Shen Fan, Shen Fan stood up respectfully and stood in front of his seat with his head bent over and waited for Xiao Yuhuan to continue, "Everyone knows that Xiao Nai has followed Princess Su'an since she was a child and is her confidant, how can you not know?" Unless, you're not Nai? ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xiao Nai's head lowered a lot, but she still said firmly, "The slave maid is Xiao Nai, but everything about the emperor is of the highest importance, and the princess really doesn't want us to interfere more, so the slave and maid really don't know, and she doesn't mean to deceive His Highness." ”

Xiao Yuhuan stood up straight, put his hands behind his back and said leisurely: "Raise your head." ”

Xiao Nai slowly raised his head, and Shen Fan rushed forward with an arrow and pulled the veil off Xiao Nai's face. Xiao Nai panicked for a while, and hurriedly lowered her head again.

Xiao Yuhuan didn't look at her and continued: "Do you know why the people in Jinci Palace wear veils? Xiao Nai bowed his head and was silent, Xiao Yuhuan continued, "It is because of Xiao Yunyi's face that everyone in Jinci Palace must wear a veil. He waved his hand, Shen Fan reached out and forcibly lifted Xiao Nai's face, Xiao Yuhuan lowered his head at this time and met her gaze, and smiled contemptuously, "When Xiao Nai entered the palace, Su An's face was not destroyed, she followed Su An every day, and this king still saw it." Even though all these years have passed, the appearance has not changed too much. ”

Xiao Nai raised his head and looked at Xiao Yuhuan with a villainous look and kept silent, Xiao Yuhuan continued: "I still know a little bit of Xiao Nai's temperament, and Xiao Yunyi is like being carved out of a mold!" When he said this, Xiao Yuhuan became more and more fierce, "Xiao Nai is like Pixel, he has no respect for his superiors and does not understand humility. You have made a fatal mistake, and Xiao Nai will never call himself a slave in front of the king. He said these last words very heavily, as if he wanted the person in front of him to listen carefully. Sure enough, as soon as these words were said, Xiao Nai immediately showed a look of fear and said in a row, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the slave and maid know that they are wrong, please spare the slave and maid this time!" ”

"Say, where's Xiao Nai?"

"If you go back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the slaves and maids don't know."

"Oh?" Xiao Yuhuan rubbed his fingers, Shen Fan immediately pinched the neck of the person in front of him on the side, and the person in front of him shouted in horror, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what the slave said is true." Every few months, there will be new arrivals in Jinci Palace to act as Aunt Xiao Nai, and the slave maid has only been here for a few days, and she really doesn't know anything. ”

"What about Xiao Nai?" Xiao Yuhuan waved his hand, Shen Fan lowered his hand a little lighter, and the person in front of him took a breath and hurriedly said, "The slave maid doesn't know where Aunt Xiao Nai has gone, only that Aunt Xiao Nai seems to have been in the palace a long time ago." Those who knew about this were all the people who were close to the princess, and the newcomers like me were all careful to act under the watchful eye of those people, imitating Aunt Xiao Nai bit by bit. ”

"Oh, interesting!" Xiao Yuhuan turned around and waved his hand, and Shen Fan put his hand down from the maid's neck, "Someone!" Outside the door, listening to Xiao Yuhuan's order, three or four minions walked in, "Send this 'Aunt Nai' out." Three or four servants drove the servant girl out of the door, and the servant girl had a trace of fear in her heart, and when she walked out of the door, she glanced at Xiao Yuhuan behind her, still with a wicked smile on her face.

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Princess Su'an sat in the pavilion and looked at the direction of her palace gate, stretched out her hand and tore off the petals of a flower in front of her, and asked a maidservant girl beside her, "How long has it been?" ”

"Back to the princess, it's time, it's about five hours."

Princess Su'an didn't say anything, and continued to tear the petals in her hand. After sitting for about an hour, a figure suddenly flashed outside the palace gate. Princess Su'an stopped her movements as soon as the figure appeared. Looking at the table, there were already six or seven petals of flowers. It wasn't until the figure gradually approached that Princess Su'an resumed her hand movements.

"The slave has seen the princess." The person hurriedly came to Princess Su'an, and Su'an still kept moving, "So long? ”

"I was embarrassed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a while."

"How?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked about the birthday gift of Jinci Palace, and also asked about the princess's current situation."

"That's all?"

"That's all." Su An suddenly stopped what he was doing, looked at the kneeling man and asked again, "That's all?" ”

The kneeling man looked up at Princess Su'an's eyes, lowered his head again, and said weakly: "There is also Aunt Xiao Nai." ”

"What did you say?" Princess Su'an continued to fiddle with the petals in her hand.

"The slave is Xiao Nai, so naturally there must be answers to questions."

After being silent for a moment, Princess Su'an suddenly asked in a cold tone, "Are you Xiao Nai?" ”

"The slave maid is naturally Xiao Nai, Xiao Nai, who has followed the princess since she was a child."

"Are you really Xiao Nai?"

"The slave is Xiao Nai. From beginning to end, it was the slave and maid who accompanied the princess. ”

"Why are you Xiao Nai?"

"Because the slave was with the princess when she was most lonely."

Su An didn't continue to speak, and after a while, Su An stood up and said, "Pack up these petals and use them for other purposes." ”

"Yes!" With that, Su An turned to leave. It was already a lot darker, and from a distance, there was a figure walking around in the pavilion.