"......" Chu Qianchen stopped touching the hand of the black cat, his cherry lips pursed slightly, and his eyes were facing the cat that raised his eyes.

After Chu Yunyi passed the exam of Guozijian, he was taken to the barracks, and Gu Jue promised to let him stay in the barracks for a month, and it has been a month now.

Yesterday, Yun Zhan came to pay his respects and said that Chu Yunyi had returned to the Hou Mansion.

"Let him in." Chu Qianchen said.

Regarding Chu Qianchen's true life experience, the maids only knew about Amber and Jiang Yuan.

No matter who Chu Qianchen's mother is, Chu Yunyi is her younger brother.

Amber glanced at Chu Qianchen with complicated eyes, and went out to greet Chu Yunyi in person.

Chu Yunyi was wearing an indigo straight jacket, with a black embroidered moire brocade around his waist, and a simple ponytail.

The twelve-year-old boy was long, already as tall as an ordinary adult man, but with the youthfulness and arrogance unique to a teenager.

I haven't seen him for just a month, and Chu Yunyi is a little different from a month ago.

He was black and thin, and his standing posture was as tall as a flagpole, like a hairy boy who had been sharpened off a little edge, and it seemed like an originally unedged sword gradually gaining a blade in repeated grinding.

Just a glance, Chu Qianchen saw it from his eyes, he knew.

Sure enough—

"That thing...... Is it true? ”

Chu Yunyi's first sentence was so straightforward.

His voice was as dry as if it had been ground down with grit.

Chu Qianchen looked at the young man who was less than a foot away from her. Since he had returned to the Hou Mansion, the first thing he did was to say hello to his elders, so he at least knew about Aunt Jiang's punishment.

Chu Qianchen nodded in response: "Yes." ”

Chu Yunyi's body visibly trembled slightly, and his pupils shrank sharply.

After Chu Yunyi returned to the Hou Mansion last night, he first went to ask Mrs. Tai for peace, and was going to visit Aunt Jiang again, but Mrs. Tai asked him not to go.

Under his repeated questioning, Mrs. Tai said that Chu Qianchen and Chu Qianhuang were transferred fourteen years ago, and the Shen family and the Mu Guogong Mansion wanted to investigate this matter and send Aunt Jiang to be a Huanyi girl, so as to use this to torture her.

Chu Yunyi was stunned at that time, and he couldn't believe his ears at all, as if the heavens and the earth had turned upside down.

Last night, he tossed and turned, and almost didn't close his eyes all night, and this morning he couldn't help but come to King Chen's Mansion to find Chu Qianchen to verify this matter.

Now that Chu Qianchen has responded, there is no doubt about this matter.

Chu Yunyi's mind was chaotic, and he couldn't think calmly at all, and Mrs. Tai's embarrassed voice echoed in his ears:

"Hey, your second sister is too...... Your aunt has raised her for more than ten years, and she said that she was not as good as raising her, but she didn't have the mother-daughter relationship for more than ten years, and she didn't say anything good to your aunt. ”

Chu Yunyi felt that it was difficult to breathe, his limbs were cold, and thinking back to the past ten years, it seemed that tens of thousands of needles had pierced his heart.

He felt like a lonely boat on the stormy sea, in the middle of a storm, ready to be destroyed at any moment.

"......" his mouth moved slightly, trying to say something, but in the end nothing came out.

Chu Yunyi stared at Chu Qianchen without blinking, and in those dark pupils, there were extremely strong and complex emotions.

There is shock, there is grief, there is disappointment, there is despair, there is shame......

Suddenly, he turned around and, without saying a word, ran straight outside.

"Brother Yi." Chu Qianchen subconsciously wanted to get up and chase after Chu Yunyi, but his knees were heavy, and then he remembered that he still had a kitten lying on his knees.

She didn't get up after all, so she watched Chu Yunyi open the curtain and run out of the east room.

The door curtain embroidered with hibiscus flowers swayed slightly in midair, reflected in Chu Qianchen's pupils.

"......" Amber looked at Chu Qianchen with an inquiring look, a little worried in her eyes.

"Jiang Yuan, find someone to follow him secretly, if it's nothing serious, don't worry about him." Chu Qianchen instructed Jiang Yuandao.

What she meant was that as long as Chu Yunyi didn't impulsively cause trouble, she didn't have to worry about him.

"Yes, Princess." Jiang Yuan was ordered to retreat.

Chu Qianchen touched the little black cat on his lap again, withdrew his gaze from the door curtain, and looked at a half-open window.

Outside the window, the autumn chrysanthemums are blooming, and the purple and red chrysanthemums are swaying in the wind.

Chu Qianchen whispered: "There are some things that you have to figure out by yourself. ”

In this sentence, Chu Qianchen was not only talking about Chu Yunyi, but also talking about herself.

As long as you figure it out, you won't be hurt by those things anymore.

"Meow!"

The little black cat screamed milkily, as if echoing Chu Qianchen.

Chu Yunyi naturally couldn't hear Chu Qianchen's voice.

The storm inside him grew more and more intense, as if it was about to tear him apart from the inside out.

He rushed forward with a lot of spirit, and even forgot to ride the horse, so he rushed out of the Chenwang Mansion in one go.

He kept running forward, aimlessly, just trying to vent his energy.

When he was out of breath, he stopped, gasping for breath, sweat on his forehead, and he looked a little embarrassed.

However, Chu Yunyi didn't care at all.

Until now, his mind is still in chaos, thinking about Chu Qianchen for a while, thinking about Chu Qianhuang for a while, thinking about Chu Lingxiao for a while, and thinking about Aunt Jiang for a while.

He had an impulse in his heart to go to Aunt Jiang, but he didn't know what to say to her......

He didn't want to go home, and he didn't know where else he could go.

At this time, Xiao Er walked out of the restaurant next to him with a rag, and greeted Chu Yunyi with a smile: "This son, do you want to have a drink in the shop?" ”

Chu Yunyi, who rarely drinks alcohol on weekdays, wanted to walk away, but when he smelled the aroma of wine coming from the restaurant, he changed his mind again, and thought of a sentence: A drunk relieves a thousand sorrows.

Chu Yunyi followed the little two in, and ordered a pot of wine and a few snacks.

When the spicy liquor entered his throat, Chu Yunyi almost choked, his facial features were slightly distorted, but after all, he still swallowed all the liquor in his mouth.

He had drunk alcohol, but it had not been a strong drink, and at most he had drunk a few glasses, and this was the first time he had drunk this kind of liquor called Burning Knife.

It's really a wine as its name, so spicy that it looks like a knife waving in the belly.

Chu Yunyi put down the wine glass in his hand, and the pungent smell of the burning knife made him begin to calm down.

He realized what he was doing wrong.

He is a dignified manly man, no matter what happens, he should face it head-on, why did he panic when he faced Chu Qianchen just now, and he just "ran away"? !

At this moment, thinking back to the scene in King Chen's Mansion just now, Chu Yunyi's expression became more and more complicated, and he couldn't wait to beat himself hard.

He was wrong, he shouldn't have run away.

He just ran away, will Chu Qianchen have any misunderstanding about him?

Would she be cranky and think that he blamed her as much as his grandmother did...... Or did he think he would ignore her because she wasn't his sister?

Chu Yunyi began to panic again, and subconsciously went to get the wine glass, but thinking of Fang Cai's spicy taste, he put the wine glass down again.

He picked up the chopsticks and chopsticks instead, and took a salt-and-pepper peanut to eat.

Mrs. Tai said a lot last night, but Chu Yunyi didn't believe it all.

He is twelve years old, no longer a three-year-old, and he will have his own judgment on right and wrong.

No matter how his grandmother said in front of him that his father and aunt were pitiful, scolded his mother-in-law for being excessive, and complained that Chu Qianchen was a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be raised, but Chu Yunyi knew that the most innocent victim in the whole thing was Chu Qianchen.

Chu Qianchen did nothing wrong.

Chu Yunyi closed his eyes, extremely disappointed in his grandmother, father, and Aunt Jiang.

He knew that his biological father had really done such a despicable thing, and what could a father who did not hesitate to let his daughter die violently to avoid the emperor's marriage!

In his father's eyes, there was no flesh and blood affection at all, so he treated Chu Qianchen like this......

But what did you do?!

Thinking about it, Chu Yunyi was even more annoyed, and once again regretted that he had just run away like this.

In the eyes of the subordinates of King Chen's Mansion, do they think that he will not support Chu Qianchen in the future? ! Will they bully her?

Chu Yunyi really wanted to go back to King Chen's Mansion to find Chu Qianchen and tell her that no matter what her father and aunt did, he was still her own brother.

But he didn't know how to face her when he went back.

What else could he say to her?!

Is it to apologize for my father, or for Aunt Jiang?

Chu Qianchen's experience over the years is not something that can be resolved by a simple apology.

Chu Yunyi sat there with a blank expression, his mind blank.

The guests in the restaurant came in and out, but he didn't know it.

Until a brisk and familiar male voice called: "Brother Chu, what a coincidence." ”

Chu Yunyi was stunned for a moment before he reacted and looked at it.

Two young men in Chinese costumes descended from the second floor of the restaurant one after the other, one in green clothes and the other in scarlet robes, both of them with warm smiles on their faces.

"Brother Shi, Brother Yi." Chu Yunyi arched his hand at the visitor, which was regarded as a greeting.

Shi Gongzi, who was dressed in green clothes, didn't see outside, and sat down next to Chu Yunyi with a smile, "Brother Chu, why are you drinking here alone?" ”

His gaze swept over the wine jug in Chu Yunyi's hand, and he also poured himself a glass.

"I'll toast you." He drank the wine from his glass in one gulp.

Of course, Chu Yunyi wouldn't tell them about these bad things at home, but said, "I'm in a bad mood." ”

Seeing that the other party had drunk, Chu Yunyi filled up his wine glass, and drank the wine in the cup with a hard head.

Shi Gongzi and Yi Gongzi exchanged glances with each other, and Yi Gongzi, who was wearing a scarlet robe, patted Chu Yunyi's shoulder and said, "What's the point of drinking alone here, let's go, let's take you to a 'good' place." ”

"yes, keep it as you like." Shi Gongzi sang and persuaded him.

Chu Yunyi was in an annoyed mood, and he didn't want to go anywhere, so he shook his hand and said, "Go ahead." ”

Yi Gongzi also sat down, "You're in a bad mood, then let's have a few drinks with you." ”

Yi Gongzi personally poured wine for Chu Yunyi and Shi Gongzi.

Speaking of this, Chu Yunyi could only drink two more cups of burning knives with them, and as he drank them, he felt that his whole body was hot, and the roots of his ears were also hot.

Shi Gongzi praised with a smile: "Brother Chu, you are really good at drinking!" ”

"The wine here is still a little bad, why don't you come with us, get drunk and relieve a thousand sorrows, and we will take you to drink good wine."

Chu Yunyi's brain was dizzy, and he also felt that the taste of this burning knife was really not good, so he casually echoed: "This wine is not very good." ”

As soon as he said this, Shi Gongzi and Yi Gongzi got up, and the two of them clamped Chu Yunyi's arm and dragged the person outside the restaurant half-dragging and half-dragging.

"Let's go, it's late, maybe there won't be any vacancy."

"Brother Chu, if you don't like the wine there, at most you will leave."

“……”

Throwing a silver coin on the table, they pulled Chu Yunyi out of the restaurant, and a carriage stopped at the gate, and the three of them got into the carriage. The carriage carried them through four or five streets to a small red building in the east of the city.

There is a plaque hanging above the gate, and the three big characters of "Fourteenth Floor" are written impressively.

Chu Yunyi's first feeling is that these three words are well written, the pen is a dragon, and the pen is powerful, which seems to be from the hands of a famous artist.

Is this also a restaurant?

He watched intently, not noticing that there was another gorgeous black-painted flat-topped carriage behind him, and a blue-robed man stepped down.

"Brother Chu."

Yi Gongzi's voice came from behind, and Chu Yunyi subconsciously turned around and collided with the blue-robed man behind him.

Chu Yunyi drank several cups of burning knives, and the alcohol was volatilizing in his body, he was already a little drunk, and he was hit like this, and staggered back two steps.

"Brother Chu, be careful." Shi Gongzi hurriedly stepped forward to help Chu Yunyi.

Chu Yunyi was about to apologize to the blue-robed man, when he heard a disdainful male voice reprimand: "Don't you have long eyes when you walk?" ”

In the black-painted flat-topped carriage, there was another fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with a dark red moire straight coat, he was handsome, but there was an arrogant arrogance all over his body, and he glared at Chu Yunyi with hostility.

"Forget it, Ace, it's just a trivial matter." The blue-robed man spoke.

He looked at his thirties, with a hooked nose, thin lips, handsome appearance, wearing a royal blue crane pattern carved silk straight jacket, tying his hair with a white hosta, holding a folding fan painted with feng shui paintings in one hand, looking comfortable, just standing there, he had a graceful and noble bearing, and he looked like a superior person.

The young man named Ah Si walked quickly to the side of the blue-robed man, he glanced at the blue-robed man, snorted coldly, and didn't say anything more.

Chu Yunyi arched his hand at the blue-robed man, "It's me who is rude." ”

He glanced at Ah Si lightly, and dropped a sentence: "If you want to pickle the dried radish, remember to put more salt." ”

His narrow phoenix eyes were full of light, and the sun-tanned skin made him exude a wolf-like wildness.

Then, he greeted Shi Gongzi and Yi Gongzi, and the three of them walked towards the small red mansion and went in without looking back.

Ah Si was stunned for a moment, and then he realized what Chu Yunyi meant by this, his face turned blue with anger, and he stomped his feet and said, "He...... He said I was salty and didn't worry about it?! ”

This surnamed Chu actually said that he was nosy!

Ah Si took a step forward, wanting to chase after him, but was stopped by a folding fan that was retracted.

"What's the hurry?" The blue-robed man said with a smile, and when his eyes narrowed slightly, he had a momentum that was not angry and self-assured.

Ah Si didn't dare to speak again, his hands were clenched into fists, and his eyes were gloomy.

The blue-robed man opened the folding fan in his hand again, and his movements were chic and free.

The square-faced little guy behind him was accustomed to observing words and feelings, and immediately understood, and whispered in his ear: "Master, the little one is going to inquire about the identity of that Chu Gongzi." ”

The blue-robed man hooked Ah Si's shoulder, shook the folding fan, and walked leisurely into the Little Red Mansion.

As for Chu Yunyi, he had been taken to the second floor by Yun Gongzi and Yi Gongzi at this moment.

The second floor is lively and noisy, and there is a kabuki holding a pipa sitting in the corner, the pipa sound is lingering and compassionate, and the singing voice is melodious and gentle, and tender.

There were seven or eight boys in fancy clothes sitting around, either drinking, talking, or laughing at the maids who served the drinks......

When Chu Yunyi and the three arrived, everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at them, they all drank and looked a little drunk.

Chu Yunyi frowned, he knew most of the people present, all of them were gentlemen, some of them were people he had dealings with on weekdays, and some people were unsightly for Chu Yunyi, not only did he fight and make trouble on weekdays, but also often did some things to bully men and women.

Chu Yunyi turned around and wanted to leave, but Shi Gongzi and Yi Gongzi were right behind and stopped him.

"Brother Chu, you're here just now, why do you have to leave if you haven't drunk the wine here!"

"Try it, the daughter here is famous in the whole capital!"

The two hurriedly motioned to the maid to prepare the wine.

The others also coaxed: "Yes, Brother Chu, why did you just come and leave!" ”

"You're too faceless to give us, aren't you?"

"If you want to leave, you have to punish yourself for three glasses before leaving!"

“……”

There were also many acquaintances of Chu Yunyi among the people present, and Chu Yunyi couldn't just leave in disappointment, so he said, "Then I'll drink three cups." ”

The maid who served the wine immediately poured three glasses of wine into the three empty glasses.

Chu Yunyi poured the first cup in one go, the entrance was mellow and sweet, fragrant and fragrant, and it was obviously much better than the previous burning knife.

He was already four or five drunk, and he could say whatever he wanted, and praised: "Good wine." ”

Shi Gongzi smiled and said, "Brother Chu, we didn't lie to you. ”

"Since it's good wine, Brother Chu will drink a few more glasses."

Chu Yunyi originally planned to drink three glasses and leave, but when he finished three glasses of wine, he was already drunk and dazed, and he didn't say anything about leaving.

He lazily nestled in the corner, and also talked to other people, just drinking glass after glass, feeling light and fluttering, and said in his heart: This drunkenness is really a relief for a thousand sorrows.

He was so focused on drinking that he didn't care that the song was over.

The next piece is the piano song.

The sound of the piano turned gracefully, and a woman dressed in pink tulle came with the sound of the piano, and her posture was charming......

At the same time, Chu Qianchen also got a return from Jiang Yuan's mouth and knew that Chu Yunyi went to the fourteenth floor with someone.

"What's the fourteenth floor?" Chu Qianchen raised his eyebrows and asked.

She really didn't know.

Jiang Yuan replied respectfully: "Princess, the fourteenth floor is under the name of the Teaching Workshop Division. ”

Her face was expressionless, as if she were talking about an ordinary restaurant.

Faculty Division?! Amber almost missed her tongue.

Of course, she knows what the Jiaofang Division is, to put it mildly, it is the Qinglou opened by the imperial court, and the girls in it are official prostitutes, and there will be some small ones.

Compared to amber, Chu Qianchen was surprisingly calm.

Although she had never been to the Teaching Workshop Division, she had been in the barracks in her previous life, and those soldiers had no door in their mouths, and occasionally some nonsense would reach her ears.

Chu Qianchen frowned slightly and asked, "Was Fan Yanzhi, the youngest son of the Fan family, also on the fourteenth floor before?" ”

Fan Yanzhi is the grandson of Fan Lingwei, the former right-hand capital, who escaped from the Teaching Workshop Division last month and was arrested by Jinyi Wei, but fortunately he was rescued by Gu Jue's people, and now he is still placed in the house next door.

Jiang Yuan bluntly bowed his head.

Chu Qianchen's eyes flashed slightly, and he ordered: "Prepare the carriage, I want to go to the fourteenth floor." ”

Amber was so shocked that her jaw almost didn't drop, Jiang Yuan answered without saying a word, and took the order again.

Jiang Yuan prepared the carriage as quickly as possible, and not only that, but also arranged for the four palace guards to dress up as ordinary guards to accompany him.

After a plant of incense, the carriage arrived at the door of the fourteenth floor.

Although the carriage that Chu Qianchen rode in was luxurious, the fourteenth floor often entertained dignitaries, and no one particularly cared about this carriage.

The secret guard of the palace waiting here came out of nowhere, and said to Jiang Yuan: "The eldest prince of Chu has been in for half an hour, and the people are still inside. ”

Chu Qianchen in the carriage also heard it, lifted the corner of the curtain, and ordered, "Go and bring people out." ”

She didn't name her, but everyone knew that the person Chu Qianchen said was Chu Yunyi.

"Yes."

Jiang Yuan, who was dressed in men's clothes, broke into the Little Red Mansion with four guards.

The old bustard immediately greeted him and tried to stop him: "This girl stops! ”

The old bustard is a sharp-eyed, Jiang Yuan, who is dressed as a man, can deceive ordinary people, but he can't deceive her, and he broke Jiang Yuan's daughter in one word.

The old bustard smiled and said, "Please go back, we don't entertain female guests on the 'fourteenth floor'!" ”

This is the fourteenth floor, which belongs to the Department of Education, if any cat or dog can come to the fourteenth floor to catch rapists, then they can't do business on the fourteenth floor!

Jiang Yuan just said: "I'm here to find someone, and I'll leave with someone." ”

The old bustard still wanted to stop it, but he was stunned by the palace guards brought by Jiang Yuan.

The lobby on the first floor exploded in an instant.

The movement downstairs was ambiguously transmitted to the upper floor, and the second floor was still a place of singing and dancing, with the sweet smell of smoke, wine, and fat powder filling the air.

Chu Yunyi was already six or seven points drunk, his cheeks were flushed, and his phoenix eyes seemed to be rippling with water, and anyone could see that he was drunk.

"Young Master Chu, the slave family will pour you wine."

When one of the maids had filled him with a glass of wine, she got up, and walked quietly to a square-faced little servant in the corner, and whispered everything she knew.

The square-faced little guy glanced at the drunken and hazy Chu Yunyi, and then walked quickly to a private seat next door.

In the seat, the blue-robed man and the young man of Ah Si were drinking, and a musician was playing the pipa for the two.

The square-faced little man said respectfully: "Master, that young man is the eldest son of the Marquis of Yongding, named Chu Yunyi, who just turned twelve years old this year, and has just been admitted to the martial arts of the Guozijian. ”

"Oh?" The blue-robed man fanned the folding fan in his hand and said with interest, "Go and bring someone to me." ”

Ah Si's face changed suddenly, he bit his lower lip slightly, and his eyes drooped, obviously he was a man, but he had a bit of a pitiful appearance.

He clenched the wine glass in his hand tightly, his fingers tense and slightly white.

Just now he saw what Chu Yunyi was clearly deliberately throwing himself into his arms, otherwise how could he be so coincidental and bump into someone else's arms with a turn!

Even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to say it, so he could only raise his head and drink the wine in the cup.

The square-faced little guy walked out of the seat, looked in the direction of Chu Yunyi, straightened his clothes first, and walked towards Chu Yunyi.

As he approached the stairs, there was a sound of clattering footsteps on the stairs leading to the first floor.

Several people walked up the stairs violently, led by Jiang Yuan, who was dressed in green clothes, and the palace guards behind her squeezed the square-faced little guy away.

Jiang Yuan raised his hand and pointed at Chu Yunyi, and calmly ordered, "Take people away." ”

The gentlemen who were drinking all put down their glasses and looked up at Jiang Yuan, while the musicians and dancers were performing as usual.

The two palace guards stepped forward quickly, about to arrest Chu Yunyi.

Shi Gongzi jumped up and tried to stop him, "Presumptuous, what do you want to do?!" Do you know who we are?"

"Who are you and want me to tell you?" Jiang Yuan hooked his lips with a smile, and his face, which was a little dull on weekdays, was a little more vivid because of this smile.

Of course, the guards of King Chen's Mansion are not afraid of causing trouble, and besides, the princess said that there is no need to keep her hands.

One of the tall guards kicked Shi Gongzi directly in the stomach, Shi Gongzi screamed miserably, and staggered and fell to the ground.