Lu Nianjin saw him with a sinking face and asked himself, only then did he remember his rejection of the word "concubine", his heart couldn't help but tighten, let go of his hand, and said, "Prince, of course what I said is true." ”

"Really?" Xiao Xun still had some doubts in his eyes.

Lu Nianjin looked at him, pursed his lower lip, and his eyes were sincere, "Really, I didn't lie to the prince, I just called myself a 'concubine', and I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted the prince to understand that I am one with you." ”

Xiao Xun looked at her eyes stubbornly, and after a long time, he suddenly smiled, like the ice and snow melting in winter, raised his hand and rubbed it in her heart, and whispered, "When will you be emotionally attached to this palace?" ”

"Huh?" His voice was too small, Lu Nianjin didn't hear it clearly, looked up at him, and asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing," Xiao Xun shook his head.

By evening, the coffin of the immovable master had been brought back.

If it was hot today, the corpse had decomposed slightly, and there was a foul smell in the whole courtyard.

Lu Nianjin has always been sensitive to smells, she couldn't help frowning, Xiao Xun saw it, and thought she was displeased, so she turned her head sideways and said in a deep voice, "If you don't like it, this palace will set up another house to settle the senior brother for a few days." ”

"I didn't mean that," Lu Nianjin shook her head, she bowed deeply in front of the spirit of the immovable master, then turned her head to Xiao Xun and asked, "Senior brother's coffin is going to be helped back to the Heavenly Calculation Gate?" ”

"Yes!" Xiao Xun glanced at her, his voice was restrained, and he said with sadness.

"In the current weather, I'm afraid that the decomposition of the corpse will get worse and worse," Lu Nianjin sighed, "Since the prince wants to send the senior brother back, I don't know if there is a way to preserve the corpse?" ”

Xiao Xun shook his head, "If it's just a place where the spirit stops, you can use ice cubes to keep the corpse from rotting, but if you're in a hurry, I'm afraid you can only let the corpse rot in this weather." ”

"I have a way," Lu Nianjin said softly.

Xiao Xun looked shocked and looked at her, "Really? ”

Lu Nianjin nodded, and said solemnly, "I have a way to make ice, as long as there is a water source along the way." ”

"How?"

"Does the prince know where there is a Taoist temple in Tiger Town?" Lu Nianjin did not immediately answer Xiao Xun's question, but asked an irrelevant question.

Xiao Xun shook his head.

Lu Nianjin's eyes floated with a sense of solemnity, and then he continued, "Then ask the prince to let the dead man visit the surrounding Taoist temples to see which Taoist priest has the ability to make alchemy, and buy a batch of elimination stones from him." ”

Xiao Xun listened to her instructions, and his sword eyebrows raised slightly, "You mean, the stone can make ice?" ”

"Exactly."

Xiao Xun didn't say anything more, he called a few dead soldiers forward with a cold face, and ordered them to go to the Taoist priest and buy the elimination stone.

The dead man took the command and departed.

Lu Nianjin walked towards Xiao Xun, held his cold palm, and whispered in his ear, "The prince believes me!" ”

When Xiao Xun heard this, he looked sideways at Lu Nianjin, his face was pale but he was very determined, "Jin'er, this palace has never doubted you. ”

Night finally fell, although it was Ji Xia, but the night breeze was still a little cool, Xiao Xun was afraid that Lu Nianjin would dye the wind, so he pinched her hand and said, "You go back and rest first, senior brother is here to guard the palace." ”

"The prince still has injuries on his body, I'll accompany the prince," Lu Nianjin squeezed his hand back, but didn't go back obediently, but insisted on staying with him.

Xiao Xun had no choice but to accompany her and walk inside.

He held her hand and wanted to wait for her to fall asleep before going to the outside to guard the spirit, but Lu Nianjin didn't know if he had seen through his thoughts or what, he didn't let go of his hand after falling asleep.

Xiao Xun couldn't break away from her, so he had to hold one hand on the head of the bed and continue to accompany her.

Later, I don't know how long it took, the candle flame in the room gradually went out because no one was cooking, he leaned against her, smelled the fresh herbal fragrance on her body, and fell asleep unconsciously......

The next morning, the two were woken up by the sound of a rooster croaking.

As soon as Xiao Xun opened his eyes, he looked at her with a little confusion on Lu Nianjin's pure and flawless side face, watching her open her black and white eyes and sit up from the couch.

"What time is it?" She rubbed her aching neck, looked at him and asked in a dumb voice.

Xiao Xun paused for a moment before he said, "It's the beginning of the hour." ”

While the two were talking, Yun Shu suddenly walked in from outside and said to the two masters, "Prince, Princess, breakfast has been bought, do you want to eat it now or wait a while?" ”

"Right now!" Lu Nianjin looked at Yun Shu and said, "You go to set the dinner first, and I will serve the prince to change clothes and wash." ”

"Oh!" Yun Shu agreed and retreated.

After she left, Lu Nianjin lifted the brocade quilt and got out of bed, she took care of herself first, and then served Xiao Xun to change clothes and wipe her face.

After wiping your face, you have to curl your hair.

Xiao Xun looked at the rather nondescript single snail on Lu Nianjin's head, clenched his fist against his lips and coughed, and asked, "Will the crown princess have curled her hair?" ”

Lu Nianjin glanced at the white hosta on Xiao Xun's head, and hesitated, "Then why don't you come by yourself?" ”

"Forget it, it's better for you to come!" Xiao Xun said, taking her hand and walking towards the makeup mirror table.

He sat down on the drum bench and looked at the bronze mirror in front of him with a light gaze.

Lu Nianjin had already cleaned her hands, she slowly pulled off the white hosta on Xiao Xun's head, and the next moment, his long satin-like hair fell to the waist.

Lu Nianjin held the horn comb in one hand, covered his soft and shiny long hair with the other hand, and combed it gently.

She was a skilled physician and in good health, and the warmth between her fingers penetrated through his hair and scalp to his limbs.

Xiao Xun liked this feeling very much, and he closed his eyes comfortably.

Lu Nianjin noticed his relaxation, and remembered that Tongfa could activate his blood, so he simply insisted on the horn comb to help him comb it a few more times.

She was combing carefully, but suddenly, her hand was grasped.

Xiao Xun closed his eyes and said softly, "Don't use a comb, use your hands." ”

Lu Nianjin: "......"

It just so happened that she also liked the touch of his hair, so she let go of the horn comb and used her slender white ten fingers to help him through his hair.

A quarter of an hour later, Lu Nianjin felt that it was almost over, so he picked up a strand of hair in front of him to help him curl it, and then fixed it with a white hosta.

"The prince takes a look, is it okay?" Lu Nianjin looked at the suffocating face in the bronze mirror and reminded softly.

Xiao Xun opened his eyes, only glanced at them, and then nodded, "Very good." ”

Lu Nianjin was praised and couldn't help but bend his lips and smile.

Xiao Xun greeted her smile, Shi Shiran stood up, turned around and said, "In the future, the hair of this palace will be handed over to you." ”

When Lu Nianjin heard him say this, his smile suddenly froze at the corner of his mouth, "What does this mean, prince?" ”

"It means that in the future, you will help Hongu wash your hair, wipe your hair, and curl your hair." Xiao Xun explained lightly.

Lu Nianjin snorted angrily, "You think beautifully!" With that, he turned around and walked out.

Outside, Yun Shu had already set up breakfast, and when she saw her and Xiao Xun coming out, she immediately said, "The two masters are ready." ”

Lu Nianjin snorted and sat down on the side. Yun Shu didn't know why the master was angry, and it was not easy to ask in front of the prince, so she had to suppress the doubts in her stomach, and patiently served a bowl of porridge to each of the two masters.

A breakfast was eaten quietly, and Yun Shu watched the two masters ignore each other, and her heart became even more panicked.

It's easy to wait for breakfast to finish, and she is about to find an opportunity to ask her master, but she has lost her temper with the prince again? As a result, before he could find an opportunity, the dead man who went to find the Taoist priest came back first.

They brought back a cloth bag of stones, about four or five catties.

Xiao Xun looked at Lu Nianjin, and the hint was obvious.

Lu Nianjin ignored him, and directly ordered the dead man led by him to go to the kitchen to move a big water tank out, and instructed Yun Shu to get the copper basin for washing his face.

The dead man and Yun Shu acted at the same time, and it didn't take long for the things to be taken.

Lu Nianjin scooped half of the water in the water tank into the copper basin, then placed the copper basin in the water tank, and added an appropriate amount of stone to the water tank.

"Put the lid on the water tank!" After doing all this, she instructed the dead man who had gone to carry the water tank earlier.

When the dead man heard this, he immediately put the wooden lid in his hand on it.

"That's it?" Xiao Xun looked at Lu Nianjin and asked with some doubts.

Lu Nianjin didn't answer his question, she directly held his hand and pressed it against the wall of the water tank.

In an instant, Xiao Xun's face changed.

Seeing this, the dead man on the side thought that something was wrong, and also touched it, "It's so cool!" The next moment, he shouted.

Lu Nianjin let go of Xiao Xun's hand and explained lightly, "Raw stone and quicklime are just the opposite, quicklime will emit a lot of heat when it sees water, and raw stone will take away a lot of heat when it sees water, as long as you grasp the measurement, it will be very simple to turn water into ice." ”

Hearing her say this, everyone present had their eyes glued to the water tank in front of them.

About two quarters of an hour later, Lu Nianjin asked the dead man to take the wooden cover away.

Yun Shu hooked her neck and glanced at it, and said excitedly, "Girl, it's really done, the water in the copper basin is frozen." ”

"Is the prince still satisfied?" Lu Nianjin walked to the water tank, gently tapped the ice that had been frozen firmly, and looked at Xiao and asked.

Xiao Xun looked at her and said, "Satisfied!" ”

"It's just that I'm afraid these eliminating stones won't be able to use the Heaven Reckoning Gate."

"Then let people go to various Taoist temples to search and refine first." Lu Nianjin said, "With so many people under the prince, it shouldn't be difficult to do it." ”

Xiao Xun said "um".

Subsequently, not long after, Laichen and Cai Hun also returned.

After the two of them told Xiao about the situation in the Black Tiger Village, they noticed the ice in the water tank next to them.

Cai Hun is okay, but he feels cooler standing in the yard.

But Laichen found a huge business opportunity, but he also knew that now was not the time to talk about this, so he pressed it with a very good eye and didn't mention it, and only asked, "Who does the prince plan to order to send Master Wuwu back to the Heavenly Calculation Gate?" ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xun thought for a moment, looked at him and said, "There are many things in the court, and the palace is lacking in skills, so you will take someone on a trip, and at that time, Wuwei will pick up the spirit on the way." ”

"Yes, Prince." Laichen agreed, without the slightest complaint in his heart.

After settling the affairs of the Black Tiger Village and the Wudong Master, Xiao Xun asked people to prepare the carriage back to Beijing.

"Third Prince, are we going to bring him back to Beijing as well?" Lu Nianjin followed Xiao Xun into the main room, and after sitting down, he asked.

Xiao Xun snorted coldly, "No need, since he can leave the palace, he has his own way to return to the palace." ”

Lu Nianjin pondered for a moment and understood what Xiao Xun meant, he was only afraid that he was thinking of making Xiao De suffer some hardships.

"I'll take someone to release him!" She spoke, turned and walked out.

Xiao Xun did not stop.

Xiao De has been locked up in the firewood room for the past two days, and Lu Nianjin walked towards the firewood room with Yun Shu and the usual Cai Hun in tow.

In the firewood room, as soon as Xiao De saw her, he immediately rushed forward and said, "Crown Princess, you said you would give me an antidote, when will you take me back to Beijing?" ”

Lu Nianjin glanced at the knife wound on his body, the blade used by the dead soldier was originally thin, plus the wound medicine she concocted, although it was only two days, his wound had already healed by three or four points.

Because of this, what he is most worried about now is his Gu poison.

Lu Nianjin heard him mention Gu poison, and her face couldn't help but show a faint mockery, she ignored him, but took out a brown pill from the purse on her waist and handed it to his eyes, "This is what I gave you that day," she said, suddenly opened her mouth and swallowed the pill.

"You, you ......" Xiao De is not stupid, looking at her like this, where do you still not understand that she was tricked by her!

I'm afraid that the ball is not Gu poison at all, but a flour ball.

"Looking at the third prince like this, I understand now," she glanced at him coldly, "Tomorrow, we will leave for Beijing, and today we will say goodbye to the third prince, from now on you take your single-plank bridge, we will take our Yangguan Road!" ”

After speaking, she glanced at Cai Hu, Cai Hun understood, immediately cut the rope that tied Xiao De, and made a gesture of invitation to him, "Third prince, please!" ”

Xiao Xun's face changed greatly, "You and the prince, are you not going to take me back to Beijing?" "His people were all hung up when they fought with Cai Hun and let him go back to Beijing alone, not to force him to death!

"......" Lu Nianjin didn't bother to answer his question, glanced at him coldly, and walked out, Yun Shu hurriedly followed, and after Cai Hu broke off, he directly threw Xiao De out of the small mansion.

Another night, long by.

In the early morning of the next day, several carriage soldiers divided into two routes, and the ministers escorted the coffin of the master of Wuwu back to the Tiansuanmen, while Lu Nianjin and Xiao Xun rushed back to the capital.

Before getting into the carriage, Xiao Xun explained to Cai Hun meaningfully, "I heard that the Nanfeng Pavilion in Wenyang County is extremely famous, no matter how fierce the little man is, he will be trained to be docile and obedient. ”

Cai Xun only smiled when he heard the string song, arched his hand, and said, "The prince's meaning, his subordinates understand." ”

On the way here, it only took two days to travel day and night, and on the way back, it was a little loose, and it was already the fourth day to Shiliyi, that is, where Lu Nianjin and Huang Lun separated.

It happened to be early in the morning, and Lu Nianjin thought that sixty miles was not very far, so he asked Xiao Xun to accompany her on a trip to Changle Town.

After Xiao Xun recovered his identity, he was very indulgent to Lu Nianjin, and now he heard that she was going to Changle Town to visit his brother's family, but after thinking about it for a moment, he let the dead man turn around.

They arrived in Changle Town in the afternoon, Lu Nianjin personally showed the way, and the group went to Huangjia Village again.

After arriving at the Huang family in Huangjia Village, the original gate of the Huang family was closed, Lu Nianjin looked at the dilapidated appearance in the courtyard, couldn't help frowning, and instructed Yun Shu, "You go down to find someone to inquire and see where the eldest brother's family lives now?" ”

"Yes, Crown Princess!" Yunshu agreed and jumped out of the carriage.

It didn't take long for her to return.

Lu Nianjin was worried about the Huang family, and immediately asked urgently, "How is it, have you found out where the Huang family is?" ”

Yun Shu shook her head, "The slave maid asked a few villagers, and they all said that they didn't know, and the Huang family seemed to have disappeared overnight." ”

"What can I do?" Lu Nianjin murmured a little anxiously.

At this time, Yun Shu seemed to think of something, and suddenly said, "By the way, Crown Princess, didn't you give Huang Gongzi a dead soldier when you rescued him that day, why don't you contact that dead man and ask?" ”

Lu Nianjin is also concerned about chaos, and now when he heard Yun Shu say, he immediately reacted, "You're right, with Qinger by the eldest brother's side, no matter what, he will protect the safety of the eldest brother's family." ”

As he spoke, he instructed Cai Hun outside to contact Qing Er.

Cai Hun answered and sent a signal flare.

After the signal flare was issued, it was only half an hour before Qingji rushed over.

Lu Nianjin spoke to him through the car curtain, "Qinger, is my eldest brother's family okay?" ”

Qing Er was outside, and he replied, "If you go back to the crown princess, Huang Gongzi's family has been reunited, and now they live in the back mountain of Baitan Academy." Master Huang and Mrs. Huang are in good health, they have hired a doctor, recuperated for a few years, and then they have come back, but Miss Huang, she seems to have some mental problems......"

When Lu Nianjin heard that Huang Wei had a problem, he chuckled in his heart, and his face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing this, Xiao Xun hurriedly held her hand and said, "Jin'er, you can't blame you for the Huang family's affairs. ”

Lu Nianjin's eyes showed a touch of pain, "But it was because of my interference that the eldest sister reconciled with the Zhou family...... If the eldest sister hadn't reconciled with the Zhou family, she might not have been sold to that kind of pickled place, and she wouldn't have become what she is now. ”

"Jin'er, I really don't blame you for this," Xiao Xun held Lu Nianjin's hand tightly, patted her back, and said in a deep voice, "Even if you didn't interfere at that time and let Huang Wei and the Zhou family reconcile, do you think the Zhou family will let her go?" ”

"You know, in the eyes of people like them, they can only see the mistakes made by others, and they can never see their own wrongs. Even if Huang Wei never left the Zhou family, after the incident, the Zhou family still felt that it was her fault, because she couldn't have children, so she gave Liniang the opportunity to enter the door, and they still wouldn't let her go! ”

"Is that really the case?" Lu Nianjin looked at Xiao Xun with tears in his eyes.

Xiao Xun bowed solemnly, "Yes!" ”

When Lu Nianjin heard him say this, he felt sad again, for Huang Wei and the Huang family.

They obviously didn't do anything wrong, why should they suffer such a catastrophe!

And the mother and son of the Zhou family, what did they, the initiators, lose? They have only lost a few pieces of furniture, and when the limelight is over, they can still marry a new daughter-in-law and produce children for their family!

But Huang Wei has no future, her whole life was ruined by this unsympathetic mother and son.

“…… Qing Er, take me to the place where the Huang family stays! After a long time, Lu Nianjin's mood eased up, she wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and commanded Qinger outside.

Qing Er agreed, and immediately, he got into the car and drove in person, heading in the direction of Baitan Academy.

Because the Huang family lived in the back hill of Baitan Academy, the carriage did not go through the main gate of the academy, but went around the terraces at the back gate.

After a long bumpy ride, the carriage finally stopped outside the small courtyard temporarily rented by the Huang family.

"Crown Princess, it's here," After the carriage stopped, Qingji jumped out of the carriage first and reminded the car.

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he looked at Xiao Xun, "The prince wants to go down together?" ”

Xiao Xun raised his eyes and said, "Since she is the princess's godfather, this palace should naturally pay a visit." With that, he took her by the hand and walked under the carriage.

As soon as the two got off the carriage, the aunt of the Huang family and Huang Lun, who got the news, greeted them.

"This, these two are ......" The aunt of the Huang family was the same as Huang Lun when she saw her in Shiliyi, she couldn't recognize her at all, she looked at Huang Lun, and then at Qinger, and asked a little timidly.

Qing Er looked at Lu Nianjin, she wasn't sure if her master wanted to reveal her identity, so she didn't immediately step forward to introduce her.

Lu Nianjin noticed Qing Er's hesitation, waved her hand at him, signaled him to step back, and she walked towards the Huang family's aunt, "Auntie, don't you remember me, I'm Tingzhi!" ”

"Court?" The aunt of the Huang family muttered this name, and her eyes widened, "You, who do you say you are, you are Tingzhi?!" ”

Lu Nianjin looked at the aunt of the Huang family who seemed to be a teenager in front of him, and nodded movingly, "Yes, auntie, I am Tingzhi!" ”

The aunt of the Huang family still couldn't believe it, looked her up and down, and murmured, "Listen to the voice, but aren't you a man?" Why are you dressed like this now? ”

Lu Nianjin: "......"

She raised her head, looked at Huang Lun embarrassedly, and then at the aunt of the Huang family, and said abruptly, "Speaking of which, it's also my fault, I shouldn't deceive my aunt and eldest brother...... I am not a fugitive boy whose parents died at all, and I went to Huangjia Village last year, in fact, because I ran away from marriage. ”

"Running away?" The aunt of the Huang family listened, and was even more stunned, and Huang Lun on the side was also confused, and both of them looked at Lu Nianjin with burning eyes.

Lu Nianjin had no choice but to talk about his difficult situation at the beginning, and in the end, even he was pregnant and couldn't stay for a long time.

After hearing this, the aunt of the Huang family was stunned for a long time before she could believe it, for a long time, her eyes turned, and she seemed to think of something, looked at Xiao Xun, and said with doubts, "Tingzhi, then this son ......"

Lu Nianjin turned around and beckoned to Xiao Xun. Xiao Xun walked over, and without waiting for Lu Nianjin's introduction, he took the initiative to say, "Auntie, I am Jin'er's father-in-law, I am a newcomer, surnamed Xiao, so I will call you aunt with her." ”

"Over the past year, Jin'er has mentioned you to me a lot, saying that she ran out pregnant at the beginning, and you didn't take care of her."

"These are as they should be!" The aunt of the Huang family said loudly.