Chapter 12: The Outsider (4)

As soon as Lai Xing'er withdrew from the room with Xie Liangchen, he was caught by Jinping who was waiting outside the door. Jinping pulled Lai Xing'er and said angrily: "You have just become a celebrity in front of the prince, so you forgot about your mother, and you don't know how to come back to see it." ”

Lai Xing'er was hindered by Xie Liangchen's presence, so it was difficult to explain more to her, so he asked, "Niangniang is going to move back to Qixia Pavilion, right?" I didn't think anything before, but today I came from Ning Xiangxuan, and the place in this stable is really narrow. ”

Jinping pouted and said, "That's, how can this compare with Ning Xiangxuan?" When you leave, even Mama Xia won't come, you can suffocate people to death all day long. ”

Xie Liangchen said with a smile on the side: "Girl, I don't know, Niangniang also mentioned it to me yesterday, saying that she would take advantage of the good day when the second dragon raised its head in February to move back to Qixia Pavilion to live." Liu Niangniang, who has been in Yichun Palace today, is discussing the example of Dugu Niangniang to send people to Jing Concubine Niangniang, and the girl will not feel bored at that time. ”

Lai Xing'er saluted him and said: "Father-in-law took over the inner workshop, Lai Xing'er did not go to ask for peace, please forgive my father-in-law." ”

Xie Liangchen stretched out his hand and said, "Waiting in front of the prince day and night, thank you for your hard work." We will get along for a long time in the future, so we don't have to be so polite. He was repeatedly blinded in front of Ning Xiang Gexuan, and he had a grudge against the people on duty there, but he was a little surprised to see that Lai Xing'er was not as blind as others.

Lai Xing'er was worried about going to Yichun Palace to see Liu Zhaoyuan, so he said to Jinping: "I have an errand with me, and I will come to you again when I am free in the future." ”

Jinping let go of his hand and muttered: "The prince didn't leave, you are in a hurry to leave!" Don't come back when you go, who scares about you! ”

Lai Xing'er had the heart to comfort her for a few words, the words came to her lips, thinking of her current situation, she swallowed back again, said hello to Xie Liangchen, left the stable, and hurriedly walked towards Yichun Palace.

Since that night of escaping death, Lai Xing'er has often asked herself: Why did the prince see through his eyeliner identity, not only did he not kill, but still kept himself by his side? Gradually, he began to understand that the crown prince was deliberately using him to deliver news to the queen.

But the strange thing is that the crown prince never explicitly stated what he could say and what he could not say, but only intentionally or unintentionally sent him some errands to walk around the palace, providing him with opportunities to pass on the news.

Among them, he was sent to Yichun Palace on errands the most, and Lai Xing'er thought: Although he was not asked if he knew about other eyeliners in the East Palace, the prince was obviously suspicious of Liu Cairen.

Liu Cairen is also very strange: every time they meet, she never asks questions, and after sitting there and listening to her report, she only says "I know", and refuses to say a word, as if it doesn't matter if she comes to Xing'er or not, and what she says after she comes.

For several days, Lai Xing'er had been in such a state of uneasiness that he had been awakened by nightmares and in deep fear almost every night.

Sometimes he even thinks: Even if he is killed by the prince, he will still be happy. It is like a blind man who is being led by someone to walk in a deep valley between two high mountains, and has to endure the boundless darkness without seeing a glimmer of hope.

This time, after listening to the prince's edict conveyed by Lai Xing'er, Liu Cairen finally asked: "Did His Highness ask me to invite Furong to participate in the Shangyuan Night Banquet?" ”

Lai Xing'er lowered his head and replied, "Exactly." The prince ordered in front of Grandpa Jing and Grandpa Xie in the inner fang, and said that he wanted the mother to invite him personally. ”

Liu Cairen muttered to himself: "What about Xie Liangchen, why don't you just ask him to invite?" Why did you send you to speak to me? ”

After her reminder, Lai Xing'er couldn't help but be surprised: the prince's seemingly casual words actually dressed Furong, Liu Cairen and himself together! Of course, this can't be a coincidence, could it be that the prince deliberately wants to hint at something to Liu Cairen?

"Dugu Niangniang has been in good health recently, I haven't seen her for some days?" Liu Cairen was really no longer reserved, and took the initiative to inquire about Ning Xiangxuan's situation.

Lai Xing'er knew what she really wanted to ask, and replied: "Back to Niangniang, my mother-in-law has Mama Xia to serve day and night, and the prince is guarding every inch, and her body is already very good." It's just that I got up early this morning and heard that Grandpa Jing entered the palace to visit Concubine Jing, and he was a little homesick, and he talked to the prince about allowing Lord Dugude to enter the palace to visit. ”

Liu Cairen never heard anything unusual in Lai Xing'er's words, thought about it, turned the topic back, and asked: "This year's Shangyuan Night Banquet, except for ordering me to invite Furong to the banquet, does Your Highness have anything else to explain?" ”

"Niangniang, you know, the little one has only been in the East Palace for more than half a year, where do you know the rules of the Shangyuan Night Banquet.

Before the little one came, I heard the prince talk to Grandpa Jing that this Shangyuan night banquet was originally a routine in the former princess Yang's family, and the prince thought it was good, so he set the rules.

This year is different from previous years, the prince was a little unsure whether to go on as usual, and Grandpa Jing said that he wanted to stabilize people's hearts or something, so the prince ordered everything to go as usual. ”

Although Lai Xing'er answered some questions that were not what he asked, what he said was exactly what Liu Cairen wanted to ask but was not easy to ask.

Liu Cairen got up and said, "Since you want me to invite, you can follow me to Qihuatai for a trip, so that you can reply to His Highness." ”

Lai Xing'er had no choice but to accompany her to see Furong.

Furong didn't live in the East Palace, Zhang Liangfeng transferred the army to leave, although Li Jinzhong was still the presiding envoy here, but he hardly came, and the queen didn't want other yamen to intervene in it, so she asked Furong to move into the East Palace.

Furong is also strange, but chose the Qihuatai where the Wang family lived as a place to stay, Lai Xing'er remembered that when Wang Bao'er reported the matter to the prince, the prince smiled inexplicably.

When Furong saw Liu Cairen and Lai Xing'er, she was startled. After listening to Liu Cairen's explanation, Furong stared at Lai Xing'er and asked, "I'm not from the East Palace, why did the prince invite me to the banquet?" ”

Lai Xing'er replied: "It was Grandpa Jing who mentioned it to the prince, and the prince ordered Liu Niangniang to invite him." As for why, the little one doesn't know. ”

Fleur asked abruptly, "You don't have something to hide from me, do you?" ”

Lai Xing'er was scared in her heart, but she showed a confused expression on her face, shook her head, and replied: "No, I will report the situation in Ning Xiangxuan to Liu Niangniang at any time." ”

Furong flashed Liu Cairen's glance, seeing that she nodded, Fang changed her smile and said softly: "Sister is afraid that you are young and don't know if you fall into someone else's place." That day, you tried the medicine yourself, and Mama Xia hurt you very much, right? ”

Lai Xing'er pretended to be annoyed and said: "Sister, you obviously can't trust me, Mama Xia is very good to me, I don't want to hurt her, you think of a way to let me go back to the stable to let me put the horses!" ”

"Good boy, my sister knows your thoughts, and when you finish this matter, the prince will be happy, and he may directly hand over the East Palace stables to you to take charge of." Fleur took out a small paper bag from her sleeve and handed it to Lai Xing'er.

Lai Xing'er took the paper bag and asked vigilantly, "What is this?" ”

"You've taken the medicine." Furong was still smiling, but in Lai Xing'er's eyes, there was a murderous aura behind that smile.

"You go back and give it to the prince, just say that you accidentally found it in Yichun Palace, if the prince doesn't reward you in a few days, I will transfer you out of the East Palace, and then you will be able to live a free life, how about it, sister won't embarrass you, right?"

Lai Xing'er was stunned, only to hear a muffled snort in his ears, and Liu Cairen was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.