The sudden arrival of the county lord Jiaoqian made Yao Jin and Li Zheng gasp at the same time. Yao Jin was still trying to calm himself, but the crown prince Li Zheng held his hands behind his back with a calm expression, walked slowly to Jiao Qian's side, and said softly: "Why don't you let people report when the county lord comes?"

Yao Jin, who was standing behind him, saw a cold light flickering in Li Zheng's cuffs, and couldn't help but be shocked, and just wanted to step forward to stop him, but Jiao Qian laughed coquettishly, hooked the prince's neck, and said in a low voice: "You know that I am here to catch the adulterer, and you can't wait to come in a moment earlier, where can you still have time to report?"

As soon as these words came out, Yao Jin and Li Zheng breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. When she came in, Yao Jin and Li Zheng were standing well on their own, neatly dressed and not a trace of messiness, so this "catching rape" naturally could not be implemented, Yao Jin hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "The county lord of Qiyu, the slave maid is Yao Jin, the female official of the Zichen Palace, just came to serve His Royal Highness the prince to change clothes, I don't dare to make a mistake, please ask the county lord to investigate." ”

"Hey, what's wrong with changing clothes?" Jiao Qian hid her face and chuckled, "I think that Wei Zifu also made a good thing when he changed the prince's clothes——"

"Shut up Jiaoqian!" Li Zheng lowered his face, "This is not what a county lord should say. ”

"Then what should I say? Should I say congratulations on getting what you wish and burying my life in the cage of this palace, or will I say that my future husband and concubine will definitely be your crown princess, and you will be able to recruit concubines and spread the branches?"

"This matter is made by His Majesty, besides, what's wrong with being the crown princess, the future queen, the supreme honor, isn't this what you want in the Xishan Palace?"

"It's the Xishan Mansion that wants all this, not me, not me!" The county lord Jiaoqian ripped off the blanket on the coffee table, and the lamp and tea set shattered to the ground. At this time, Yao had dismissed the two little eunuchs this morning, and he listened to it with great interest when he stayed outside the door: this matter was really premeditated, and this county lord was really forced to marry, this plot is really bloody and cliché!

"Lady Yao, you come in for me!"

Yao Jin heard the roar of the county lord in the door, hurriedly slipped in, and knelt down honestly, "The slave didn't hear anything, and I hope the county lord will calm his anger." ”

"If you haven't heard anything, how do you know I'm going to be angry?" Jiao Qian grabbed Yao Jin's collar and pointed at Li Zhengdao, "I just saw that there was something wrong with the two of you, and said, do you have a personal affair with him?

My grandmother, if you don't want to marry, who should you go to, what's the use of messing with me! Yao Jin's heart was bloody, and he begged for mercy with a sad face, "The county lord spares his life, the county lord spares his life, how dare the slave and maid think about the prince, the slave and the maid have no idea, and the slave and the prince have nothing to do with it, and the slave and the maid see the prince for the first time today——"

"You just like him! You like him! I will give him to you, do you want to be the crown princess? Is it good to give it to you, is it okay......" Jiao Qian screamed hysterically, but after a moment, she fell on Yao Jin and cried bitterly. Yao Jin knelt very embarrassed, not knowing if he could or how to comfort this little county lord who was still domineering just now, and now crying extremely pitifully. And Li Zheng still stood aside without saying a word, looking indifferently at the two people on the ground, there was no sympathy in his eyes, and he was so cold that he couldn't get close.

Yao Jin, who was still kneeling at the moment, couldn't hold Jiaoqian's weight anymore, so he stretched out his hand to hold the round stool next to him and shouted, "His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Prince, the ground is cold, and the slave is afraid that the county lord will be cold, can you pull the county lord a hand?"

And Li Zheng didn't stretch out his hand to help each other, just stared at the two of them and said word by word, "The county lord should understand that he should bear his own choice, and he must go on his own path." ”

With that, he walked away, leaving behind Yao Jin, who was confused, and Jiaoqian, who gradually stopped crying, and outside the half-hidden window, a cold starlight.

This farce really made Yao Jin have an unforgettable Chinese New Year's Eve, she patiently and carefully accompanied the county lord, although she still refused to say a word about what happened just now, Yao Jin could only say a lot of comforting words to herself, until the county lord's maids came over, and accompanied them back to the side hall of the female relatives to rest and change clothes, and after a toss, the annual banquet on the Guanghua Hall was over. Yao Jin was anxious to go back to Zichen Hall to meet Jin Liancheng, who was on duty tonight, but felt that it didn't seem appropriate not to go back to the emperor, so he paced back and forth at the gate of Guanghua Hall for a few steps, and decided to go to Taimiao first.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the emperor naturally took the prince to worship in the temple and then observe the new year. The temple is very particular about keeping the year, even the queen is not allowed to enter, only the emperor and the prince in the main hall, and the eunuchs and others who serve are also kneeling outside the hall. Therefore, Yao Jin could only ask someone to send a letter to Li Nan from afar, and then waited for a reply outside the very empty palace gate. At this time, it was the middle of the night, but the people in all the palaces were still keeping the New Year according to their customs, and the palace was still brightly lit everywhere, the lights on the ground and the sparkling stars in the night sky reflected each other, as if the originally dark sky was also a little faintly blue, there were no tall buildings, no telephone poles, no neon lights, and there was no dividing point between heaven and earth. She suddenly missed the ten coriander that her mother made for her every Chinese New Year, shredded carrots, shredded mushrooms, Diced pickles, soybeans, peanuts, etc., etc., the pickling and seasoning of the light materials have to be prepared for a week, and then use the kind of big pot and spoon that is only available in the countryside, just fried out and still hot, so I hurriedly sent her several boxes, and then repeatedly told her to wait until it was cold before putting it in the refrigerator; All this is so familiar and so far away, she seems to be able to smell the fragrance of ten coriander, can hear the sound of the hot pot gurgling, but in a blink of an eye, there is nothing, between this strange heaven and earth, there is only cold, cold, all cold. Unconsciously, Yao Jin's face was full of tears, there was no wind, and there was a knife scratch pain on her cheeks, she didn't notice at all, she had been standing for a long time, so long that the emperor and the prince had finished guarding the year and left the temple, the prince returned to the Yongyang Palace, and the emperor was walking towards her.

"Your Majesty get up-" Li Nan kindly reminded Yao Jin, she was about to kneel down to say goodbye, but she didn't expect that after standing for a long time, her knees were a little stiff, and she stumbled and almost threw herself into the emperor's arms, but fortunately, the emperor stretched out his hand and said gently: "It's the New Year now, Xiao Yao, you should perform the New Year's ceremony." ”

Yao Jin calmed down and quickly knelt down again, "New Year's blessing, long live Your Majesty." ”