On the way home, Mingyue bit her fingers and was a little restless.

Although she had expected that her identity as Princess Mingyue would be revealed sooner or later, she didn't expect that everyone who would be rumored so soon would know about it - even the subordinates of the Marquis of Yong'an Mansion were talking about it, but there were not a few people in the capital who knew her identity.

The reason why the Xiaoyao Mansion has not heard this news must be related to the fact that Mrs. An rarely goes out to socialize. Mingyue thought, if there was already a lot of trouble in the capital in this matter, then why didn't He Zhizhou hear any rumors?

So where did this news come from?

Could it be that the little emperor and the eldest princess are doing it? No, they originally wanted to use her, even if they didn't find out her details once, maybe they would test her for the second and third time, they already suspected that she had strange abilities, and they knew that the emperor of Yan and the prince of Yun were eyeing her, how could they expose her identity and let Yan and Yun know that the princess Mingyue they asked to marry was in Daliang?

Or, the little emperor and the eldest princess knew that they couldn't fight He Zhizhou, so they simply accepted their fate? No matter what, stop He Zhizhou from getting her help first - with He Zhizhou here, it will not be easy for them to kill her, so why don't they just release the news to the outside world and let Yan Guo or Yun Guo intervene?

If it weren't for the little emperor and the eldest princess, who would it be?

The one behind the secret spread of her abilities?

Mingyue's head hurt, and she couldn't think of anything useful.

If it was before, she would definitely not worry about what kind of problems she would face if her identity was revealed, but it was returned by Daliang and replaced with the real Princess Changle. Although it is not easy to escape from the Xia Kingdom Palace, Hua Concubine can disappear completely with her skills, and if she fights, it should not be a big problem.

But now it's different, not to mention that her feelings for He Zhizhou have changed, she still has some expectations for being his bride, and she doesn't really want to be returned. Not to mention that the news of her ability has already been known by Yan Guo and Yun Guo, and if they know that the real Princess Mingyue is in Daliang, will they be able to sit still?

Who is the person who released this news, and what kind of evil intentions are harboring?

At this moment, the green sleeves sitting on the wheel suddenly said: "Princess, there is the gluttonous shop in front, when you went out this morning, you promised the young master to bring him the eight treasure chestnut cakes of the gluttonous fang." ”

"I almost forgot." Mingyue slapped her head in annoyance, "Come over and take a look, do you still have eight treasure chestnut cakes today?" ”

The pastries of the gluttonous shop are unique in the capital, this dim sum shop is not big, but it can't stand the boss's good craftsmanship, and only a limited supply of pastries every day, and there is no more when it is sold out. It is a time-honored brand in the capital, very popular, Brother Fan ate the eight treasure chestnut cake brought back by Mingyue, and fell in love with that taste, knowing that Mingyue went out today, he ran to Mingyue's house early in the morning, begging her to buy him eight treasure chestnut cake back. Mingyue has always favored him, so naturally there is no reason not to agree.

Although it is not too late at this point, Mingyue is still a little worried, in case she can't buy the eight-treasure chestnut cake, although Brother Fan won't cry, she will definitely be disappointed.

Green Sleeves asked the coachman to drive the carriage to the gluttony, and Mingyue was about to get out of the car, but Hongfei stopped her: "Princess, it's weird outside, don't go out, lest you be hit by someone." ”

Mingyue was a little anxious, but she also understood that her identity was exposed, and it was best to stay in the car to be safest, so she nodded and asked Green Sleeves: "What's the situation outside, is there still Babao chestnut cake?" ”

Why do you listen to the commotion outside, which is not the same as the state of queuing up to buy pastries on weekdays?

"Back to the princess, there was a person who bought all the last batch of pastries that just came out of the gluttony, and the big guys were very dissatisfied." Greensleeves replied.

So many people queued up for a long time, but they were all bought pastries, and those who didn't buy them naturally complained.

Mingyue was also a little disappointed, but it was no wonder that the people who bought the pastries, they were rich, and they loved to buy them all, and it was also a relationship between people's wealth and wealth, and it was useless to complain. I just thought that Brother Fan would be disappointed-

"Call a little guy to ask, let's give him double the price, ask him if he would like to give us a little, and don't ask for more of him, one or two packs of it." Mingyue thought about it and instructed Green Sleeves.

It didn't take long for the little maid to come back and reply, "Princess, he said that he was not short of money, so he refused to share it. But he added that he had a few interesting questions, and if anyone was present who could answer his question, he would give the pastry to the person who answered it for free. ”

"Oh?" Mingyue was stunned, this is an interesting person, "What does this person look like?" ”

Greensleeves replied, "Like a gentleman who has nothing to do." ”

Mingyue is a little clear, thinking that she is indeed a gentleman who has nothing to do, and she is tired of playing tricks on weekdays, so she came up with such a trick to play.

"He's a weird and good-looking gentleman." Green Sleeves added again, "I don't know which one in the capital is from." ”

Although there are many gentlemen in the capital, and the green sleeves and the red fei also know some, but I haven't seen this one today. When she said this, with safety first, she whispered a few words to a tall thin man who came out with the car, and the tall man nodded, and soon disappeared into the crowd.

When Mingyue was feeling a little interesting, she heard a sigh or regret from the crowd outside, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"He came up with a question, and someone went up and answered it, but the answer was incorrect."

The dim sum at Gluttony is not cheap, and people know that they may get free pastries, and although they are not satisfied with the fact that the person bought all the pastries, it is also good if they can really answer the right question and get a free pastry, so there are many people who actively participate.

Immediately afterward, the crowd erupted in cheers.

Without waiting for Mingyue to ask, Green Sleeves said thoughtfully: "This is someone who answered his question correctly, and sure enough, he got two packs of dim sum." ”

The person who answered the question correctly walked away happily with a snack, and when everyone saw it, the person really talked and counted, and the enthusiasm for participation was even higher, and they asked the person to continue to ask the question one after another.

The man then came up with two more questions, Mingyue listened to it, a bit like guessing the idiom and the like, it was not difficult, and sure enough, the answer to both questions was guessed, and the hot and fragrant pastry was taken.

Mingyue couldn't sit still, "Put a hat on me, and I'll go down and have a look." ”

Hong Fei put on a hat for her and helped Mingyue's men get out of the carriage.

As soon as he stood still, he heard a clear and happy voice sounding with a smile, "I didn't expect that there are so many smart people, and these pastries of Young Master Ben are almost finished." There are still two questions, but compared to the previous ones, it is a little difficult, if someone guesses both of these questions, Master Ben will give all these pastries. ”

The question ahead was not very difficult, so now the crowd of onlookers heard that he was going to increase the difficulty, and they all geared up, shouting that although the question was made.

Mingyue followed the man's voice and looked over, and saw a brocade boy wearing a bright and festive purple robe, he tied his hair obliquely inserted three white fat hostas, the long belt was folded in front of the waist, and dragged to the hem of the robe, the oblique waist was tight, and the wide sleeves were chic, which was the most common dress of a rich boy nowadays.

He held a black gold folding fan, which was fanned open with a "brush", with an elegant and lazy appearance. The folding fan in his hand is shaken slowly, his temperament is graceful, his eyebrows are handsome, and his complexion is fair, he is really a very good-looking gentleman.

At this time, he stood on the steps of the shop, shaking the folding fan and squinting and chuckling, and when he heard the increasingly vigorous drumming noise below, he said with a smile: "Take the egg and throw the stone, why is the egg not broken?" ”

This question is a little more difficult than the previous one, some people ponder it for a long time, and some people talk about it from ear to ear. According to normal thinking, when an egg touches a stone, how can it not break? But why didn't the egg in this question break?

Mingyue smiled, this was obviously a brain teaser. She whispered a few words to the green sleeves beside her, and the green sleeves stood up and replied crisply and loudly: "Take the egg in one hand and throw the stone with the other, and the egg will naturally not break." This son, am I right? ”

The crowd was silent for a moment, and then there was a buzz of discussion, and they listened to Greensleeve's words, and then wondered, should this be the answer? praised the green sleeves for being extremely smart, and they were embarrassed to praise the green sleeves.

Someone noticed Mingyue with a hat beside her, "It wasn't this little girl who guessed the question just now, I can see it very clearly, it's the girl next to her, I think it's her master." ”

"Look at this dress is also a girl's family, I don't know which family, it's so smart, I came up with the answer in an instant, it's really amazing." Someone looked at Mingyue with a scrutiny of the eye.

Looking at more and more eyes, Mingyue was a little uncomfortable, if it was normal, she wouldn't feel uncomfortable, but just now when she learned that her identity was maliciously exposed, she always felt that it was not safe to go, so after guessing this question correctly, Mingyue didn't plan to stay for a long time. She motioned for Greensleeves to take the prize and leave, and Greensleeves let the boy run through the crowd to collect the prize.

Mingyue turned to leave.

"Girl, please stay!" Behind him, the voice of the brocade-clothed boy sounded.

Mingyue didn't want to stay, but in the end, she turned to look at him for the sake of his good looks.

"The girl's intelligence is really only seen in her life, you must know that it took a whole day to guess the answer, but the girl can answer it when she opens her mouth, which makes her really admired." The man bowed very reverently in the direction of Mingyue, "There is another question here, if the girl can still answer it correctly, she will give all the remaining pastries to the girl, I think that with the girl's intelligence and cleverness, it is only a matter of time to solve this problem." ”

His attitude was sincere, his smile was also very pleasant, and his eyes were indeed very admirable when he looked at Mingyue, and he didn't look down on her at all because Mingyue was a woman, and the excitement of meeting an opponent jumped on his face.

Because of excitement and excitement, his fair skin turned a little red, and a pair of very good-looking eyes looked at Mingyue for a moment, for fear that she would refuse.

Mingyue could have ignored him, but for some reason, looking at his eyes, she couldn't say the word "no", so she said lightly: "Childe, please ask the question." ”

The man was naturally very happy when he saw that Mingyue was willing to stay, and hurriedly asked: "There is a cow with its head facing north, it turns three times to the right, then three times to the back, then three times to the left, and then to the right, at this time, where is its tail heading?" ”

When the onlookers heard the question, they all moved, this one turned in circles, the other one was busy to see which direction he was heading, and some were counting in their mouths, all wanting to answer the question.

Mingyue didn't move, and the green sleeves on the side asked her a little nervously, "Princess, do you want your subordinates to take a few turns to show you?" ”

Mingyue smiled, "No, this son's question can't be answered according to normal thinking." I've got the answer to that question too—"

Greensleeves let out a surprised "ah", although she didn't stand still just now, she also thought of herself as a cow with its head facing north several times in her heart, but in the end, she couldn't be sure whether the tail of the cow was facing south or west. Seeing that Mingyue didn't make a sound, she thought she couldn't guess, so she wondered if she should also turn around a few times and let Mingyue take a look to determine which direction the ox's tail was facing. "The princess already has the answer?"

At this time, the masses who finished the circle also reported their answers one after another, some said that they were facing west, and some said that they were facing east...... Let them talk about it all over again.

But he didn't want the brocade-clothed boy to just shake his head with a smile, his gaze passed through the crowd, and he looked at Mingyue leisurely and with a little expectation, "I don't know if the girl already has an answer." ”

Ming Yueyuan still wanted to wait before she said the answer, she had answered correctly just now, the crowd had already noticed her, if she gave the answer so quickly, it was hard to guarantee that it would not cause any sensation. However, at this time, as soon as the boy urged, the eyes of the onlookers looked over again, and Mingyue planned to make a quick decision, so she replied: "No matter how many times this cow turns, and in which direction, its tail is always facing the ground." ”

As soon as her voice fell, the audience was silent again. After a while, there was an exclamation such as "sure enough", "really", "so it was".

The brocade-clothed boy was also stunned, and only then did he salute Mingyue again with a sincere heart, "The girl is really smart and smart, and I admire it very much!" These pastries belong to the girl-Xiaoquan, why don't you wrap the pastries quickly and send them to the girl. ”

The little guy named Xiao Quan behind him hurriedly wrapped the pastry neatly and sent it to Mingyue with a smile, "The girl is really amazing, my young master is a genius praised by everyone, but the girl is more powerful than my young master, my young master is happy and convinced of the girl." It's your pastry, you go slowly! ”

He only praised Mingyue, but he didn't try to inquire about Mingyue's identity, and it was in full view, so Mingyue didn't be wary of him.

There are five or six packs of pastries, all of which are neatly packaged in oiled paper, and Red Fei and Green Sleeves took the pastries. Mingyue nodded to the little guy and twisted into the carriage.

Such a small episode, Mingyue didn't take it to heart, but got the eight-treasure chestnut cake that Brother Fan loves to eat, Mingyue was very happy, seeing that there were a lot of pastries, she gave a bag to Hongfei and Green Sleeves, "You can also taste it, it's rare to buy so much." ”

Red Fei and Green Sleeves are both little girls, and it is indeed difficult to buy so many pastries in ordinary times, although they are a little embarrassed, but they do not shirk. The pastries given to them by the bright moon are not used immediately. Hongfei took the silver needle, opened each bag of pastries and probed it with the silver needle, before she said to Mingyue with confidence: "Don't worry, princess, there is no problem with the pastry." ”

Hong Fei's cautious and cautious attitude made Mingyue nod in her heart with satisfaction.

Although the boy in brocade clothes doesn't look like a suspicious bad guy, and even his dress is biased towards a gentleman, his gestures show that this is a very well-educated young man, and people will not be disgusted when they see it. But there should be some caution, and if you are not afraid of 10,000, you must be afraid of what happens.

Of the remaining five packs of dim sum, only one pack is eight treasure chestnut cakes, Mingyue took the bag of dim sum in her hands, remembering that He Zhizhou loves to eat wooden rhino cakes, and picked up a bag of wooden rhino cakes, and the remaining three packs, two packs for Mrs. An Tai, and one pack for Miss An Jiu.

Green Sleeves listened to Mingyue's assignment, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Eighth girl, no?" ”

Mingyue nodded casually, "She's not good, she says bad things about me, and she doesn't give her food." ”

Since that day, the eighth girl ran out of Mingyue's courtyard crying, and there have been more rumors in the house that are unfavorable to Mingyue, saying that she is a bully and bullying, saying that she is a princess but does not have the bearing of a princess...... You don't have to think about it to know who spread it. Mingyue Yuan also wanted to find out where she annoyed the eight girls, but she only heard Mother Yin beside Fan Ge'er say twice that every night when He Zhizhou came to the Hou Mansion to visit Mrs. An, he would coincidentally "meet" He Zhizhou. With these words, Mingyue didn't understand why the eighth girl looked at her unpleasantly and released rumors to slander her.

It's just a little girl who dares to compete with her without even having a position, and simply thinks that if she stinks Mingyue's reputation, He Zhizhou won't marry her? Mingyue didn't bother to bother with her.

Green Sleeves naturally knew about this, and pursed his lips and laughed, "Don't worry, princess, the prince has never looked at Miss An Ba with his eyes." If you ask about the prince, the prince will also ask you whether Miss Anba is round or flat. ”

Thinking of He Zhizhou's attitude towards women, Mingyue also burst out laughing: "Okay, you stinky girl, I didn't expect you to be so narrow-minded, even your prince dared to joke, see if I don't sue your prince, let him treat your crime well." ”

Originally, Mingyue was indifferent to Green Sleeves and Red Fei, not as kind as Xiaotan and Aster, Green Sleeves was also a little apprehensive in her heart, suspicious that when she was in the palace, her own waiter approaching Mingyue caused her disgust, so she has always been a little cautious and couldn't let go of her hands and feet, and she didn't want to make an unintentional joke at this time, she regretted it a little after she finished speaking, afraid that Mingyue would think she was too presumptuous, but unexpectedly made Mingyue laugh, and the seemingly innocent estrangement between them disappeared with Mingyue's smile.

……

Mingyue's carriage slowly turned around the corner, and the crowd of onlookers slowly dispersed.

The brocade-clothed boy who was still smiling and groaning saw Mingyue's carriage go away, and the smile on his face faded a little, "You can see it clearly just now, are you sure she is Princess Mingyue?" ”

He asked lightly, and just handed the dim sum to the little guy with red fei and green sleeves.

The little guy no longer had the cleverness and pleasing in front of Mingyue just now, he stood respectfully behind the young man in brocade, lowered his head and replied: "Your Highness, rest assured, the little one has already imprinted the picture scroll you gave in his heart." Although the girl was wearing a hat, ordinary people might not be able to see clearly, but her small eyesight would never admit her mistake. ”

The brocade-clothed boy nodded, "It is precisely because I know that you are so useful, that this palace will lead you to the main beam." ”

He smiled reassuringly, "It seems that she is really a peerless beauty, no wonder even the regent of Daliang is moved by her." That medicine...... Is it appropriate? ”

"That medicine was still obtained by His Majesty with great difficulty when the strange doctor and the thief couple traveled to the Cloud Country. Your Highness doesn't believe in that strange doctor and thief, and you should believe that Your Majesty is. The little maid heard the master's pleasure, so there was a little relief in her voice, but when she thought of something, she couldn't help frowning worriedly, "It's just that those pastries are all held by the maid next to her, if it weren't for Princess Mingyue's hands, I'm afraid that those medicines would be in vain." ”

He said it very carefully, as if he was afraid of making the boy in brocade angry.

The brocade-clothed boy waved the Ugin folding fan lightly, swaying it gently, and a smile was bound to be on his lips, "Other pastries are just that, there are two people in the Xiaoyao Mansion that she cares about the most, one is the child named Fan Ge'er, and the other is the regent." So the eight treasure chestnut cake and the wooden rhino cake, there is always one that will pass through her hands. ”

"I see!" The little guy suddenly realized: "No wonder His Highness let the little one dip the medicine into the oil paper packet, instead of directly placing it in the pastry." In this way, as long as Princess Mingyue takes the oil paper bag, she will definitely be contaminated with that medicine. And no one could have imagined that the medicine was in an oily paper package, not a pastry, and even if someone tested the poison, they would not be able to test anything. ”

Xiao Wu looked at the brocade-clothed man's eyes full of admiration and eagerness, no wonder among so many princes, his master can stand out and be loved by His Majesty, not for no reason.

The man in brocade smiled slightly, full of self-confidence and self-satisfaction, "It's been a while since we arrived in Daliang, and now that Princess Mingyue's matter has been revealed, I'm afraid that all parties will not be able to help but move...... We're running out of time. ”

The little servant hurriedly said solemnly: "What Your Highness said is, in your opinion, when is the most appropriate time to start?" ”

With a sound of "brush", the boy in brocade closed the black gold folding fan, and said with a smile: "The net has been cast, just wait...... After two days, the flower banquet of Yong'an Hou's Mansion will be very lively that day, and we will be able to get away easily. ”

……

Mingyue returned to Xiaoyaohou Mansion and asked Green Sleeves and Hongfei to invite An with the pastries for Mrs. An and Miss An Jiu, Mrs. An was very happy that Mingyue even thought about her when she bought pastries, and kept her for a conversation, originally planned to leave Mingyue to eat in her yard, but Yin's mother came over and said that Brother Fan had been talking about Mingyue for a day.

Mrs. An deliberately showed a displeased and jealous look, stared at Mingyue and said: "This Fan brother, I am his own grandmother, but I don't see how he thinks about me, and I can't leave you for a while." ”

Mingyue smiled and said, "You are looking at it, I don't know that Brother Fan has been with you all day today." He has been with you for a day, and he will say two words to me, and you are not happy? I have to tell Brother Fan to go, so that he can spend more time with his grandmother in the future, otherwise his grandmother will be jealous, and none of us will be able to bear it. ”

Mrs. An couldn't help but laugh when she was amused by her witticism, "Look at your mouth, tell me what is good about you, but just mention it for nothing, there are so many words waiting for me." Okay, okay, you go to his yard to eat with him, otherwise his favorite eight-treasure chestnut cake will not taste good when it is cold. ”

Mingyue smiled and retired, carrying the eight-treasure chestnut cake for Fan Ge'er to his yard.

He Zhizhou has always been very busy, and he rarely can rush back to eat with her, because in this Hou Mansion, if Mingyue is either eating with Mrs. An or with Brother Fan, of course, sometimes, she will accompany their grandparents and grandchildren to eat at the same time.

However, Mrs. An didn't even leave Brother Fan today, so she must have something to deal with, so naturally it is not good to keep Mingyue.

When I arrived at Brother Fan'er's courtyard, I saw Brother Fan standing at the gate of the courtyard and looking around, and when I saw Mingyue's figure, I ran towards her happily.

"Sister Princess, you are back, I have been waiting for you for a long time." He ran to Mingyue's side, skillfully hugged Mingyue's legs, raised his head and smiled at Mingyue with a bright smile.

Mingyue shook the oiled paper bag in her hand, "Are you waiting for me, or are you waiting for the eight treasure chestnut cake in Gluttony?" ”

Brother Fan smiled more cheerfully and well-behaved, "Wait and wait." It's so late today, I thought I wouldn't be able to buy it. ”

Mingyue took Brother Fan'er's hand and walked into the house, and the two talked and laughed. Looking at Brother Fan'er's simple and clean smile, Mingyue left all her worries behind.

Just as he was about to give the order to set the meal, he heard a familiar and powerful footsteps outside, Mingyue's eyes suddenly lit up, but Brother Fan lowered his head in disappointment.

Obviously, they all heard who was coming.

Soon, He Zhizhou's figure appeared in front of the two of them. Mingyue and Fan Ge'er both stood up to greet him, but the expressions of the two were different, Mingyue was obviously very happy, and Fan Ge'er looked very depressed.

"Why did you come back so early today?" Mingyue asked with a smile, while instructing the green-sleeved red fei to prepare water to clean He Zhizhou's hands.

"Don't be busy." He Zhizhou stopped her, and the expressionless face that was originally when he entered the house was also relieved a little by Mingyue's smile, not to mention that Mingyue was busy taking care of him as gently and considerately as a little wife waiting for her husband to return home, which made his heart suddenly soften. "Let's listen to Zhuyuan, I have something to tell you."