State Guesthouse.

Wen Ziran was still dressed in a snow-white robe, standing in front of the window.

Seventeen, who was standing behind him, was reporting something to him.

"The position of the commander of the forbidden army has been settled, but I don't know which move these three princes will make next?" Wen Ziran seemed to be a little interested when he heard this, "I thought that this third prince of Dongyun had a tough personality and didn't know how to be flexible, but I didn't expect to win Ling Chengxi's move." ”

Man in Black Seventeen asked, "Childe, do we still want to cooperate with Ling Chengxi?" ”

Wen Ziran shook his head, his voice was cold, "Things have already changed, and now the situation is unclear, we shouldn't step into this pool of muddy waters again." ”

"What about the Cui family in Qingyuan?" Seventeen was a little worried.

"I made it clear to Ling Chengxi last time I was in Lingyun Temple, the Cui family will not make a big deal out of this trivial matter." Wen Ziran's expression was calm, "What they are planning is very big, and they don't dare to make additional enemies." ”

Knowing that what Wen Ziran said was too secretive, the man in black nodded, glanced up and looked around with some caution, and lowered his eyes again.

The cold wind outside the window blew the hem of Wen Ziran's clothes, but he didn't seem to feel the cold, his eyes were retracted from the window, and he looked at the man in black seventeen.

"How is the Thirteenth Princess?"

Hearing Wen Ziran ask about Zhong Lixuan, Seventeen replied, "Since the last time she went to the Meng Mansion, the princess seems to have a lot of relationship with Miss Meng Er, and she has often stayed with Miss Meng Er recently. ”

"The second miss of the Meng family..."Wen Ziran frowned slightly, and a trace of thought appeared on her handsome face, "The woman who lost to her in the piano competition?" ”

"Yes."

Seventeen said again, "When I went to Meng's Mansion for the first time, Mrs. Meng and Second Miss Meng were both dissatisfied with the Thirteenth Princess, and their attitude was not good. ”

"The thirteenth princess proposed to exchange piano skills with Miss Meng Er, but Mrs. Meng originally did not agree, but later the thirteenth princess mentioned her son, and Mrs. Meng agreed, and also agreed that Miss Meng Er and the thirteenth princess should be alone."

Even if Wen Ziran heard Zhong Liyun calling his name, his expression did not change.

"What do they usually do when they're together?"

"Playing the piano and discussing poetry, or boiling tea and eating snacks, and going to the banquets held by other official ladies together, it seems that what they do is what ordinary boudoir ladies do."

Wen Ziran didn't ask again, just said, "Pay attention to the safety of the thirteenth princess." ”

The man in black understood what Wen Ziran meant, and answered, but suddenly his ears moved, and he heard footsteps outside the door.

Wen Ziran also looked at the door lightly, and soon, two people appeared outside the door one after the other.

Standing in front was Wen Ziran's subordinates, who knocked lightly on the door, "Childe, someone from the Fenyang Mansion said that he wanted to see Childe." ”

"Come in." Wen Ziran's voice sounded in the room.

The one sent by the Fenyang Royal Mansion was a maidservant girl with a beautiful appearance and a slender figure, looking somewhat familiar.

The maid walked in and saw Wen Ziran's face, her expression was a little dazed, but she quickly recovered, lowered her head and saluted Wen Ziran, "I've seen Wen Gongzi." ”

Wen Ziran said lightly, "I don't know what happened when King Fenyang sent someone here?" ”

With a smile on her face, the maid said softly, "The slave's name is Banxia, and she is the personal maid of the county lord of Yun'an. ”

Wen Ziran's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the box held by the maid imperceptibly.

When Banxia first came in, he was almost intimidated by Wen Ziran's appearance and almost rude. She lowered her gaze slightly at this time, didn't dare to look at Wen Ziran anymore, stepped forward and put the wooden box in her hand on the table.

"The county lord of my family is very grateful to Gongzi Wen for his two life-saving graces, although the Fenyang Royal Mansion has sent a thank you gift, but the county lord said that these things outside the body cannot be compared with the life-saving grace at all."

"But the county lord couldn't find a better way to repay Wen Gongzi, thinking about it, it took a lot of time, and he prepared a painting for Wen Gongzi, hoping that Wen Gongzi would like it."

Banxia blessed Wen Ziran again, "The slave maid's words have been finished, so it won't disturb Wen Gongzi, and the slave and maid will retire." ”

Wen Ziran's gaze stayed on the wooden box, and when he heard the words of the servant girl in front of him retreating, he retracted his gaze and nodded, "Thank you, Lord Yun'an." ”

When Wen Ziran and Seventeen were left in the room, Wen Ziran glanced at Seventeen lightly at this time.

Seventeen felt Wen Ziran's gaze, a little puzzled, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and said, "That subordinate retired first." ”

Seeing that Wen Ziran had no intention of objecting, Seventeen silently exited the room, and couldn't help but glance at the wooden box on the table before leaving.

Wen Ziran quietly watched Seventeen leave, stayed where he was for a while, and then moved his gaze to the wooden box.

For some reason, he felt that his fingers seemed to itch a little, and he couldn't help but want to open the wooden box.

With a slight creak, the wooden box opened, revealing its contents, a rolled painting, knotted with a white silk ribbon, and sitting peacefully in the wooden box.

Wen Ziran took out the painting, unfolded it in his hand, and suddenly a handkerchief fell out of the scroll and fell lightly to the ground.

Wen Ziran's hand paused, and the movement stopped.

He leaned over and picked up the handkerchief, smelling a faint fragrance, cold and sweet, very special.

The fabric of the handkerchief is soft and delicate, there is no pattern on it, only a line of words is embroidered, "see you in the small courtyard in the south today", a green bamboo is embroidered under this line of words, but it is not very good-looking.

Wen Ziran's eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking with a handkerchief in his hand.

He set the handkerchief aside, picked up the scroll again, unfolded it and spread it on the table.

This time, I saw what this painting was about.

There is no end in sight to a bamboo forest in the painting, and the bamboo is green and upright, lush and very beautiful.

In the bamboo forest, there is a man in a white robe, although his face is not very clear, but his robe is fluttering, and his posture is elegant and chic, and he can see that he is a beautiful man.

The man in white was looking into the distance, and in the distance there was a woman in white leaning against a bamboo, clutching her chest as if she was injured.

The woman looked down and couldn't see her face clearly, but she had black hair and red lips, and her body was slender, and she seemed to be a beauty too, with a small flower at the corner of her clothes.

Wen Ziran looked at it for a long time, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his face.

He rolled up the painting, put it back in the box, and lid it.

Wen Ziran's gaze moved to the handkerchief next to him again, he picked up the handkerchief, rubbed the handkerchief lightly with his fingers, and Ruan Qingge's appearance appeared in his mind.

The handkerchief was as soft as hers.