The night is getting darker.

No matter which yamen it is, except for those who are on duty at night, the rest of the officials have already passed the time of going to the yamen.

On both sides of the thousand-step corridor, there are still lights in the courtyards of several yamen.

Zhu Huan raised his head from the paperwork, rubbed his swollen eyebrows, and explained that his relatives were ready to eat.

Because it was a meal in the yamen, it was naturally convenient to come.

The window was open to breathe, and Zhu Huan held the food box, chewing slowly.

Huo Yixiao sat on the seat next to him, bowing his head and eating.

In the courtyard, there were two small officials holding papers, their steps were hurried, but when they passed by the window, they suddenly slowed down, turned their heads to look inside, and then gathered together and muttered.

When Zhu Huan raised his eyes, the two of them turned pale, and they didn't dare to look at him, so they left with their heads bored.

Zhu Huan couldn't help frowning.

After a meal, those who probed their brains into their house were discovered by Zhu Huan that there were three or four waves.

This made Zhu Huan puzzled.

At the beginning, when the princes first came to the Six Ministries to observe the government, those officials who had never seen His Highnesses up close had the courage to look at them, but after the initial curiosity, everything was restored.

Today, why did he suddenly return to the way he was when he first came to the household?

It's not right, the conversation today is a little different from then.

"Yixiao," Zhu Huan rinsed his mouth and asked Huo Yixiao, "Do you know what happened to them?" What's wrong with my meal? ”

"It has nothing to do with His Royal Highness," Huo Yixiao finished speaking, saw Zhu Huan frowning, thought about it, and still explained, "If I didn't guess wrong, they were talking about me." ”

Zhu Huan's doubts are still unsolved.

In recent days, he has been busy, and Huo Yixiao has been busy with him.

Zhu Sheng, who is not impulsive, has Huo Yixiao's temperament, and he is not very likely to take the initiative to provoke anyone.

Zhu Yu was in the ministry, right next door to them, but they were busy with their own affairs, and there was no conflict.

Zhu Mao, who went to the military department, was on the west side of the thousand-step corridor, farther away from them.

Huo Yixiao was not summoned to the imperial study alone......

He couldn't sleep again, and he rode around the capital in a carriage in the middle of the night, and was stopped by the people who commanded the envoy of the Jingwei......

Zhu Huan hesitated to ask, but before he could speak, he saw Zhu Yu coming in from outside slowly, attracting the small officials on the left and right to greet him one after another.

What did he come to do?

"Third brother, this is just finished eating." Zhu Yu stood by the door and asked with a smile.

Huo Yixiao got up and saluted: "Please be safe to the Fourth Highness." ”

Zhu Yu raised his eyebrows at him: "Yi Xiao's evening is really lively, and it has all been passed to me." ”

Huo Yixiao didn't answer his words.

Zhu Huan looked at Huo Yixiao in surprise.

"Third brother doesn't know?" Zhu Yu read the clue from Zhu Huan's expression, and immediately laughed, "Just outside the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the entire alley is known, and the news has reached my ears, why doesn't the third brother know?" ”

Zhu Huan pursed his lips.

Huo Yixiao's heart is clear.

If there is nothing to do, go to the Three Treasures Palace, if there is nothing to do, Zhu Yu will not come from next door.

Gently patting the thick paperwork stacked on Zhu Huan's desk, Huo Yixiao said: "Your Highness looked through the documents and fell into a daze, and didn't care about the things in the alley. ”

When the words fell, Zhu Huan glanced at Zhu Yu, and sure enough, Zhu Yu's smile stiffened for a moment.

Don't look at Huo Yixiao's understatement, but it is a soft nail.

After all, with Zhu Huan's understanding of Zhu Yu, even if this younger brother wants to put more effort into government affairs, he doesn't have such patience and determination.

As a result, whenever Zhu Huan wants to be modest, it is difficult to grasp this degree.

"In these documents," Zhu Huan pondered his words and said, "There are too many numbers, it is easy to confuse, I am dizzy and don't care about external things." The fourth brother is here, just tell me about it? ”

Zhu Yu felt uncomfortable, pulled a chair and sat down.

He came to see the jokes, but he didn't explain Zhu Huan's doubts, but when he said it, he couldn't keep his mouth shut.

"The new official who came to report is Li Sanjie, right?" Zhu Yu asked Huo Yixiao, "Yixiao, you have been in Lin'an for some time, why is Master Li still a 'virtuous nephew'?" There's something interesting about him. ”

Huo Yixiao said: "I went to Lin'an with my uncle, and Master Li called me 'virtuous nephew', and I was not wrong. ”

Zhu Yu asked, "He really doesn't know your identity?" ”

"Who am I?" Huo Yixiao asked rhetorically.

Zhu Yu's breath stagnated.

Yes, what is Huo Yixiao's identity?

It's one thing to know by heart, it's another to admit it.

But this matter is not a change whether he recognizes it or not, it depends on whether his father recognizes it or not.

In an instant, many thoughts crossed Zhu Yu's mind.

Many officials have seen today's situation, and after it spreads, it will inevitably reach the ears of my father.

When the time comes, whether Li Sanjie will be unlucky or not is not the point at all.

The point is that the father's mood will not be good.

There are rumors everywhere that sooner or later his father will let Huo Yixiao recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, but sooner or later, no one can guess for sure.

Perhaps, today's events are used as an introduction, and the father's emotions have risen, and he will immediately admit it......

Could it be that this is Huo Yixiao's plan?

Is this a ready-to-play show?

So he rushed to see the jokes, was the joke funny, or was he just arranged to play the role of a joke man?

Once the emperor knows about it......

Just look at Zhu Sheng.

Every time Zhu Sheng couldn't get along with Huo Yixiao, the final result was Huo Yixiao's profit.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yu stood up, didn't even bother to say goodbye to Zhu Huan, dropped his sleeves and left.

Behind him, Huo Yixiao's voice came.

"Fourth Highness, walk slowly."

The tone is respectful, but in fact nonchalant.

This is more than "poor etiquette", which makes Zhu Yu hold back the fire in his heart.

Huo Yixiao finished saying this sentence before sitting back behind the bookcase.

Zhu Huan looked at Zhu Yu's back, couldn't help it, and smiled.

The food boxes on the case were all cleaned up, and no one mentioned the specific matters in the alley, and they looked at the papers.

When the hour was almost up, Zhu Huan closed the case file and set off to return to the palace.

Huo Yixiao didn't plan to return to the Jade Palace.

After the two parted ways, Zhu Huan's entourage stepped forward and told him about the situation he had inquired about.

Zhu Huan bowed slightly, no wonder those little officials probed their brains.

After all, in the Yamen area of the capital, hearing someone call Huo Yixiao "virtuous nephew" is really as rare as the red rain in the sky.

That Li Sanjie Master Li, eighty percent didn't understand the situation, once he knew, even if he had to shrink his neck and be a man.

As for Zhu Yu's thoughts when he finally left in anger......

Zhu Huan didn't guess, he knew it.

Because of Shun Pingbo.

In January, Shun Pingbo went to the royal front to complain.

What was said in the imperial study, outsiders could not be clear.

It was also a coincidence that Tang Zhaoyi sent snacks over, and happened to meet Shun Pingbo being dragged out by the guards covering his mouth.