The night was deep, the wind was blowing, the insects and birds were chirping continuously, the budding flowers were covered with thin dewdrops, the bright moon hung high in the dark night sky, and the twinkling stars were also very dazzling.

Ye Xintian hugged the quilt, tossed and turned on the bed, and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. She was still thinking about what happened with Bai Weiwei in the afternoon, and she felt that her vision of knowing people had changed, and she couldn't see that Bai Weiwei was a two-faced person, well-behaved and quiet on the surface, but in fact she was quite scheming.

Although she is the princess in King Jin's mansion, she has no real power, and now she not only has to prevent Bai Weiwei from attacking her, but also has to keep an eye on Chen Chuchu's every move. These were too difficult for her.

In fact, she could have escaped from the palace, because she was an outsider, and she didn't have so much to do with the Ye family, so she would not be reluctant. However, his career has just started, and because of Yi Sijin's status as the prince, he has gained a lot of benefits from it.

If she leaves the palace now, everything she has done before will be in vain, and she will be homeless and penniless. If she leaves, she will inevitably take Chunke and Qingling with her, and it is impossible to put them in the palace, but the deed of sale is in Yi Sijin's hands, and she is not sure that she can take them out and support them.

She only hates that she has withdrawn too late, and if she had withdrawn earlier, she would not have hesitated today.

She simply got up, sat on the table, picked up the brush and dipped it in black ink, ready to use work to drive away her troubles, but the ink dripped down the tip of the pen, leaving a black spot on the ledger, slowly fainting, but she didn't put down the pen for a long time.

She held the brush, but her brain was empty, and she didn't read a single number in the ledger full of numbers, and she was a little absent-minded, so she could only put the brush back on the inkstone in the end.

Suddenly, there was a nice flute sound in her ears, she stood up, opened the door and walked out, and sure enough, she saw a familiar figure standing in the middle of the courtyard.

The night is as cold as water, although it is summer now, but the temperature difference between day and night is still quite large, Ye Xintian gathered the clothes on his body and asked, "I'm here, why don't you come in and sit?" ”

Xiang Ze didn't look back at her, but looked up at the stars in the sky and said, "The moonlight is so good today, it will be wasted if you don't reward it." ”

"Makes sense." Ye Xintian glanced at it, pointed to the stone table under the big tree and said, "You sit down first and wait for me." ”

Xiang Ze looked at her suspiciously, only to see her hurriedly run into the room, walking to the left and going to the right for a while, he didn't know what she was turning over, walked to the stone table and sat down, put his hand into his sleeve, touched the two cold bottles inside, and his face was hesitant.

Ye Xintian held the stove, held the teapot, and carried two cups that were almost transparent, came to sit opposite Xiang Ze, lit a faint flame on the stove, and then put the teapot on it, and then put one of the cups in front of him, and the other in front of himself.

"This ceramic is burned all over the body, the first time I've seen it." Xiang Ze picked up the teacup and looked at it, although it was ordinary white, but this white color was like white jade, light could penetrate, and if there was something inside, it would be clear.

Ye Xintian smiled, the teapot of the stove had begun to smoke white, and the gurgling sound was tumbling in the teapot, she lifted the deliberately long handle on the teapot, poured the hot tea for the two of them, and said, "Come, try this tea again." ”

This is already the best tea she found in Chenguo, and she is quite satisfied, and now she is waiting for the hostess to pass the assessment, and she can enter the tea garden justifiably and steal some tea to compare. And the teapot is also fate, that day she went to the ceramic workshop, customized the cup of milk tea, in a pile was thrown aside as a failure to find, the owner of the ceramic workshop is very disgusted, she said to give it to her for free.

Xiang Ze has seen people who warm wine with utensils, but he has never seen tea boiled on the stove and drunk directly, because what he usually drinks is brewed and served.

He picked up the teacup, put it to his lips and gently blew the hot tea, the tea rippled in the cup, and when it was at the right temperature for the mouth, he took a sip, tasted it in his mouth, and then said: "The tea is a good tea, but it is still a little worse than the one in the tribute garden." ”

Ye Xintian knew that she couldn't afford to buy tribute tea, so she worked hard to find other tea leaves to replace it these days, which was already one she was more satisfied with, but once she tasted it carefully, this kind of tea couldn't pass her tongue. Sharp on the off.

"I'm a small business, I'm afraid I can't afford to buy tribute tea, even if I can afford it, the milk tea sold is not something that ordinary people can afford. If I want to do it, I will make milk tea that ordinary people can afford, and I don't want my milk tea shop to be a first-class residence that only greets dignitaries. ”

"The ideal is good, but the reality is cruel." Xiang Ze admired her courage, but did not agree with her approach.

In Chenguo, and even in all countries, people are divided into high and low, and there is a distinction between who should appear in and where, but Chenguo is not as obvious as other countries, and it is just a poor area and a rich area.

"I don't listen." Ye Xintian covered her ears, knowing that he wanted to speak at length, she didn't want to listen to it, just to do what she wanted to do, "Don't expect to pour cold water on me, as a friend, you just give appropriate advice." ”

Xiang Ze shrugged his shoulders indifferently, drank the hot tea, and said, "Does your neck still hurt?" ”

"Of course it hurts, it will take at least seven days to disperse the stasis." Ye Xintian subconsciously touched his neck, remembering that his head couldn't stand up straight in pain this morning, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

Xiang Ze chose one of the bottles from his sleeve, put it on the stone table and said, "Well, I heard that this medicine is a tribute, and it is very effective for dispersing stasis, and there are only three bottles in Quanchen Kingdom, so you are lucky." ”

"And where did you come from?" Ye Xintian picked up the ointment and looked at it carefully, the ceramic bottle was engraved with some incomprehensible words.

"If someone else gave it, I'll bring it to you." Xiang Ze knew that she was the kind of person who asked to the end, so he had already prepared his words.

"Thank you." Ye Xintian's eyes narrowed with a smile, opened the ointment and dug it with his index finger, smeared it on his neck, and said, "It's cold, it's very comfortable." ”

Xiang Ze smiled, got up and said, "Since the ointment has been delivered, then I'll leave." ”

Ye Xintian was about to answer, but when he looked up, his figure had disappeared, like a gust of wind, sweeping across his face, and before he could feel the coolness, he disappeared.

She slept too long during the day, and she didn't feel sleepy for a while, so she drank hot tea, admired a bright moon, and a sky full of stars.

Ye Xintian was sipping tea here, Xiang Ze climbed over a few roofs, came to a place where people were already waiting, and as soon as his feet landed, one of his hands was behind him, hiding another bottle deeper into his sleeve.

"How's it going?" Yi Sijin walked out of the shadows, and the shadow was stretched by the moon and reflected on the ground, and he couldn't wait to ask.

Xiang Ze patted his palm, which was empty, and said, "You can rest assured that I will do something." ”

"That's good."

"Since you care about her, why don't you send it yourself?"

"She's too stubborn, like a firecracker that explodes at a moment's notice."

"Did you say something you shouldn't have said?"

Yi Sijin was right, glared at Xiang Ze dissatisfied, and then asked, "How did I find out what I want you to investigate?" ”

"Jing Zhaoyin's official position was bought by bankruptcy, but fortunately, he did well during his tenure, but he received a lot of benefits in private. As for why he killed Ye Xintian, it wasn't because of his son's business. Xiang Ze said.

"What do you mean by that?" Yi Sijin asked with a twisted eyebrow.

"Once, Ye Qianquan took Ye Xintian out of the door, and bumped into Jingjing Zhaoyin who was preparing to enter Beijing for the exam on the way, Jing Zhaoyin's son had a good-looking wooden bird in his hand, Ye Xintian wanted it, but Jing Zhaoyin's son refused to give it, so Ye Qianquan grabbed it for his daughter and beat Jing Zhaoyin to disfigurement, which is why Ye Qianquan couldn't recognize him."

After listening to this, Yi Sijin sighed, obviously it is just a matter between children, once an adult intervenes, everything will deteriorate because of this.

Xiang Ze continued: "Last time in court, Ye Xintian lost Jing Zhaoyin's face, plus Jing Zhaoyin begged Ye Xintian to save his son, but Ye Xintian refused, so he was even more resentful. ”

"I heard that two nights ago, your father saw Jing Zhaoyin?" Yi Sijin thinks it is reasonable, because everyone in the court knows that Jing Zhaoyin is notoriously stingy and short-sighted.

Xiang Ze looked at Yi Sijin in surprise, his mouth opened, but he didn't speak.

"Don't worry, I didn't send anyone to keep an eye on your father, but someone always thought they would run up to me and tell me." Yi Sijin patted him on the shoulder and said.

Xiang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, not that he didn't believe in Yi Sijin's character, but now that most people in the court thought that the prince and the general were in the same party because the prince married the general's daughter, the power gradually increased, and it was normal for Yi Sijin to send people to guard against his father Xiang Tianxiao.

"Do you suspect that my father secretly helped Jingzhao Yin investigate Ye Xintian's whereabouts?" Xiang Ze asked.

"Not impossible." Yi Sijin is bold guessing and careful verification.

Xiang Ze shook his head and said, "My father said that he just wants to be an official in An An, and he doesn't want to involve too much, otherwise he wouldn't know that I was secretly doing things for you, and he wouldn't say a word." ”

"I hope so." Yi Sijin replied ambiguously.

On the other side, in the courtyard of Mingyue Pavilion, Ye Xintian was still drinking tea, pot after pot, until the tea became bland and tasteless, she was drinking tea like drinking water, her eyes fell on the distance, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

She held the ointment sent to Xiang Ze tightly in her hand, but she was smart enough to know that this ointment was sent to Ze by Yi Sijintuo, and it had a royal mark on it, and ordinary people couldn't get it. Since Xiang Ze can take the medicine from Yi Sijin's hand, it shows that the two of them know each other and have a great relationship.

Then, Xiang Ze can enter and leave the palace without being arrested. Therefore, all this is Yi Sijin's strategy, and she is a move in his chess game. One step, he tried his best to win her over, wanting her to stand as a pawn of one side's forces.