On the way back, the road was calm, and it took about five or six days to arrive, which was faster than when I went.

The carriage had just stopped at the door of Xiyunxuan, and a girl ran out of it, looking very anxious.

"County Lord, you can count it back, some time ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to send an invitation, saying that it was the birthday of the little emperor's grandson and invited you to come over."

Ami got out of the carriage and raised her eyebrows slightly, "Oh? When is it born? ”

She is not familiar with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and she has never even said a word, no matter how turn it is, she can't invite her to go, but now she is sending someone to send a post, which is a little strange.

But if the invitation of the Prince's Mansion is not shirked, it will definitely make those people dissatisfied.

She got out of the carriage and headed straight inside.

The little girl followed behind, a little calmer, "It's tomorrow." ”

Ami paused, frowning.

In less than a day, it is too urgent to prepare.

"I see, you go down first."

The little girl blessed her body and retreated.

Ami continued to walk forward, but what she said was to the person behind her, "Aunt Xu, tomorrow's birthday gift at the banquet in the Prince's Mansion will be prepared by you, I don't understand this matter." ”

Aunt Xu answered, and hurriedly went down to prepare.

Xiaolian followed behind, a little distressed, "Sister Ami, it's only been a day, is it too late?" ”

Ami smiled lightly, "Just prepare some congratulatory gifts, what's too late?" ”

remembered that the last time she entered the palace, Ami was just dressed up, and Xiaolian didn't say anything more.

The next morning, Ami got up and dressed up briefly.

She painted a light makeup, dressed in a plain velvet embroidered jacket, put on a plain white hair, still tied in a simple bun, and decorated it at will.

Seeing that the time was almost up, she took Xiaolian and set off to the prince's mansion.

Xiyunxuan is not far from the Prince's Mansion, and it will take about two quarters of an hour to arrive in a carriage.

Today's Prince's Mansion is really lively, and the people who come and go in front of the mansion are all officials from the DPRK and China, and the carriage has passed through wave after wave, which is not an exaggeration to describe it as a busy traffic.

Ami got out of the carriage and saw that the prince was greeting guests at the door, and his face couldn't hide his joy.

At this time, the prince also seemed to see her, and took a few steps forward to greet her, "Lord Jiahe, welcome, I sent someone over before, but I didn't meet anyone, I thought I wouldn't see it today." ”

Amifu bowed and said with a smile, "Where, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince invited, what an honor, how can it not be justified." ”

At this time, another carriage came next to him, and the prince glanced at it and said, "It's windy outside, so the county lord will invite you inside first." ”

He made a gesture of please.

Ami nodded, and went in first, and when the prince saw her enter, he turned to greet the others.

Not far away, a horse-drawn carriage drove slowly.

Liuyun sat in front, looked at Ami's back, and whispered to the people inside, "Lord Wang, the county lord is also here." ”

The people inside didn't move, and it took a long time to reply with an "um".

Seeing that Changli didn't react, Liuyun stopped making a sound.

After Ami entered the mansion, a little maid came over.

"County Lord, it's cold outside, and the ladies and girls of all families are resting in the side hall, and the slave maid will take you there."

Ami looked at the little girl, shook her head with a smile, and said, "No need, you can go and get busy with you." ”

"Yes." The little maid was blessed, and turned to greet the others.

It is said that three women are in one play, and Ami is not familiar with the ladies and girls in this city, and she doesn't want to get involved in the intrigue of these people.

She took Xiaolian and walked to the back, because the prince's mansion was so big, instead of sitting, it was better to walk around.

Now there is still some time to leave the banquet, and there are not a few people hanging out in the house, so Ami followed the flow of people all the way to the back garden.

There is a lake in the back garden, but now the cold is thick, and the lake has a thin layer of ice.

The lake is a display of rockery flowers and plants, which is not much different from Xiyunxuan.

It's just that the unique thing about this lake is that there is a circle of plum blossoms planted around the lake, dotted with small red flowers, which are always particularly eye-catching in this season when everything is decaying, and people will be inexplicably better when they look at it.

There were also a lot of young ladies playing by the plum blossoms, and she took Xiaolian to that side, and she was very happy with those flowers.

She reached over a branch, and there were flowers of all sizes blooming on the branch, and when she got closer, she asked for a crisp fragrance.

Xiaolian was also quite happy, and stood on tiptoe to get closer and sniff, with a smile on her face.

At this time, Ami suddenly felt a ** weakness in her right leg, frowned, and staggered forward two steps, wanting to stabilize her body, but she didn't expect that the soil on the ground was still a little wet, but it was slipped.

She was startled, and a sense of fear spread, and before she could make a sound, she plunged straight into the lake.

It all happened so fast that Xiaolian heard the sound of falling water and realized that Ami had fallen into the lake.

She screamed, hurriedly rushed to the lake, and stretched out her hand to Ami, her eyes were red with anxiety, and her voice was trembling, "County Lord, take my hand quickly!" Someone's coming! Come on, the county lord has fallen into the lake! ”

The water in the lake was cold and biting, and the winter clothes were already heavy, but they were even heavier after being stained with water, dragging Ami down like an invisible hand.

Ami only felt as if there were countless knives cutting her body, her arms were so heavy that she couldn't lift them at all, the water was surging in front of her, she saw Xiaolian stretching out her hand anxiously on the shore, and saw Xiaolian's lips moving, but she couldn't hear what she was saying.

Xiaolian watched Ami rise and fall in the lake, and was so anxious that she burst into tears.

Fortunately, her shouting attracted the attention of the people around her, and soon a few people came over and scooped Ami up.

At this time, Ami was already delirious, her face was pale, her lips were purple, her hair was close to her cheeks, and she was dripping with water, and her whole person was exuding a chill.

Xiaolian knelt on the ground, hugged Ami, and wiped the water stains on her body with her sleeve in a panic.

Suddenly, a white hair covered Ami's body.

Xiaolian looked up and saw that it was Mingxin and Qingyang, and thanked her with tears.

Seeing this, Qingyang frowned, and said, "Lord Jiahe is like this, I'm afraid it won't last long, Mingxin, you go to the crown princess first, take them to the mansion wing, and I'll go to the doctor." ”

With that, he left without looking back.

Mingxin looked at Ami, his face a little embarrassed.

Ami is like this now, dirty, and cold, she really doesn't want to help.

Xiaolian only thought about Ami, and didn't notice Mingxin's demeanor, so she helped Ami by herself, and bent over to Mingxin, "I'm tired of Miss Ye." ”

As she spoke, she walked forward with Ami in her arms.

Mingxin came back to his senses and followed.

Not far away, Changli heard the movement over there, and asked Liuyun on the side, "What's going on over there?" ”

Liuyun ran a few steps forward, grabbed his head and looked at it, his face was poopy, and he hurriedly ran back, a little hurried.

"Lord Wang! Be...... It's the county lord! She's overboard! ”

When Changli heard this, his heart jumped, he unconsciously clenched his hands, and turned around and walked in the direction of the commotion.

When he approached, he saw Xiaolian walking forward slowly with Ami in her arms, and Mingxin followed behind.

Mingxin was originally following behind, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Changli looking at them not far away, and he suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly reached out to support Ami's other arm, without showing a trace of disgust at all.

Changli didn't notice any of this at all.

He looked at the wet and lifeless man, and there was a trace of discomfort in his heart.

He tilted his head slightly and convected the clouds, "Send her back." ”

Liuyun took the order, walked quickly to Xiaolian, and took Ami from her, "The prince asked me to send the county lord back, don't delay, hurry up and find the doctor." ”

When Xiaolian saw him, as if she had grasped a life-saving straw, she quickly nodded and ran towards the outside of the house.

Then Liuyun said to Ming Xin again, "Miss Ye, I'll deal with the county lord, so I won't bother you." ”

Ming Xin nodded stunned and let go of his hand, but he was a little lost in his heart.

Looking from the direction of Changli, Ami seemed to be leaning on Liuyun, and suddenly had a strange emotion in her heart.

He walked over and instructed Liuyun with a cold face, "You go find a carriage." ”

As he spoke, he took Ami from Liuyun's hand, hugged him directly, and strode forward regardless of the strange eyes of others.

Liuyun dropped his jaw in shock, stared, and looked at the back of his prince in a daze.

"Don't go yet!"

It wasn't until Changli's scolding came from front that he reacted and trotted to lead the carriage.

From beginning to end, Changli never looked at Ming Xin.

Ming Xin stood in place, his face was depressed, and his heart was so uncomfortable that he felt as if he had been hammered by a dull hammer, and a trace of jealousy gradually rose.

And in another inconspicuous corner, the prince looked at the scene in front of him with a smug smile on his face.

"What he said is really right, my fifth brother really cares about the lord of Jiahe County."

On the side, a man in his thirties smiled flatteringly, it was Master Xu of the Ministry of Works.

"In this way, the weakness of Lord Rui is already in your hands."

"It's too early."

The prince glanced at him, smiled meaningfully, and left with Master Xu.