The men sent to Fengcheng to investigate the Shen clan soon returned to the capital, but brought back a rather shocking news.

"Are you saying that both Shen Jiang and his son were buried in the fire?"

Liu Hanxing stopped the pen in his hand and looked straight at Yu Cheng, who was kneeling on the ground, Yu Cheng lowered his head and said, "Not only that, but Shen Fu is the only one left in the entire Shen clan who escaped." ”

And his subordinates have found out clearly, but the Shen family has a daughter named Jin, who has been raised in the deep boudoir, and outsiders have never seen it. ”

"What did Shen Fu say?"

"After I handed over the portrait of Shen Girl to Shen Fu for inspection, Shen Fu said that the person in the portrait was his daughter. Yu Cheng pondered and said: "The minister vaguely heard that the Shen family wanted to marry the Xie family, but the Xie family regretted it and made a lot of trouble with him, I don't know if the Shen family's matter is related to the Xie family." ”

Liu Hanxing waved his hand, and Yu Cheng stopped. Du Juan glanced at Liu Hanxing and said, "There is something strange about this matter, why don't you send someone to investigate further?"

"Not necessarily. Liu Hanxing re-took the pen and wrote a big static word on the paper, and said without raising his head: "The envoys of the Qi State will visit immediately, and the whole city will be curfew, and you should pay attention to walking on weekdays." ”

"As for the Shen family, let's take a look!"

Qi and Han have always been friendly, and there will be envoys to and from each other every year, but this time the monarch of Qi sent Qi Gongzi to come and did not know why.

These political matters do not need Jiang Yanran to have a headache, and the princes and ministers have to worry about it.

Jiang Yanran's current scope of activities is Chaoxia Palace and the imperial dining room, and only occasionally accompany the princess to the imperial study to listen to lectures or go out of the palace to participate in the gathering of the nobles, but because of the recent martial law in the palace of the envoys of the Qi State, the imperial study class is not taught, and the nobles are also pressed at home, and the nine princesses have to shrink in the Chaoxia Palace, let alone Jiang Yanran.

At this time, I suddenly heard that the Empress Dowager occasionally felt a cold, as the mother of the ninth princess, the ninth princess needed to visit the sick, and Jiang Yanran was fortunate to accompany her.

And it was in the Empress Dowager's palace that Jiang Yanran saw Su Rusu.

The two of them knew that it was not the time to talk about friendship, so they only greeted each other a little and made an appointment to meet in their free time.

As July approaches, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, especially in the sultry afternoons.

Jiang Yanran was not very cool when she fanned hard with a small fan, and the wind coming out of the fan was hot.

Su Rusu came slowly with a basket, and when she saw this, she smiled at Jiang Yanran and opened the basket in her hand, and there were two ice bowls inside. Jiang Yanran was very surprised, picked up one of them and said, "This is a good thing, where did my sister get it?"

"Your Majesty has sent a lot of ice in the past two days, but the Empress Dowager has just recovered from her illness and cannot use cold food, so it is cheaper for those of us who serve it. Su Rusu also picked up one and said to Jiang Yanran: "Eat quickly, don't be stunned, this thing can't stand it." ”

"That's really a blessing for my sister. ”

Jiang Yanran mixed it with a spoon and ate it in a big gulp, and couldn't help but squint her eyes in enjoyment, she was so happy to be able to eat such a mouthful of ice on this hot day.

Su Rusu on the side also made the same action as Jiang Yanran.

Then the two chatted while eating, and told them about their recent situation one by one.

After the last bite of ice was eaten, the two of them were almost talking, and they both had to say goodbye and leave on an errand.

Only at the end, Su Rusu said: "Yanran, I saw Lu Ji a few days ago." She is now in the Huansha Palace, and her life is quite hard, so you can visit it when you have time. ”

Jiang Yanran was stunned, Huansha Palace is the hardest place in this palace, most of them are sent by some criminals or offended the nobles in the palace and were punished, how can Lu Jiao say that she is also the daughter of a family, how can the innocence of the family go there?

......

Jiang Yanran met Lu Ji on a rainy afternoon.

She was dressed in a green cotton cloth, squatting on the ground and washing her clothes in the rain, her face pale, and her slender body trembled in the wind as if she was going to fall down at any moment.

It is very different from the proud and flying family girl in my memory.

Jiang Yanran slowly stepped forward and walked in front of her with some sadness, Lu Yan raised her eyes as if she was conscious, and when she saw Jiang Yan, she pulled out a smile and said coldly: "You also came to see my jokes?"

"Why did you come to this Huansha Palace?" Jiang Yanran asked.

Lu Ji ignored her, wrung out the clothes by herself, put them in the basket behind her, and then picked up the basket and was about to leave, when she passed by Jiang Yanran, she still said coldly: "Have you seen enough? Go back when you have seen enough, this is not the place you should come." ”

After saying that, she walked forward quickly, probably in a hurry, she tripped under her feet and fell out, and the freshly washed clothes in the basket also fell to the ground.

The first thing she got up was to pick up these clothes, watching the clothes that had finally been washed get dirty again, knowing that she had no food to eat tonight, she sat on the ground and cried aggrievedly.

Jiang Yanran helped her pick up all the clothes and put them in the frame, looking at her embarrassed appearance, she couldn't help but redden.

"Get up, I'll wash it for you. ”

Saying that, she pulled up Lu Ji, and the two silently washed the clothes again, and Jiang Yanran helped her wring them out and put them neatly in the basket.

When they were separated, Lu Ji looked at Jiang Yanran and finally said, "Yanran, I know what you want to ask me, but I won't say anything." ”

"Finally, I advise you, if you want to have something, you must have something, nothing is terrible in this palace compound, the most terrible thing is the human heart, no one should believe in anyone, no one should love. ”

"Remember what I said, and don't come back again. ”

Jiang Yanran walked on the palace road a little dejected, and Lu Ji's words still echoed in her mind.

Before meeting Lu Ji, Jiang Yanran had many questions to ask her, but when she really saw Lu Ji, she couldn't say a word.

"Yanran, Yanran!"

Jiang Yanran came back to her senses, and in front of her was a magnified handsome face, and she was suddenly startled.

"What are you doing? scared the hell out of me. Jiang Yan then took a few steps back, and patted her chest with palpitations.

Liu Zhaocheng didn't know when he came, he said helplessly: "What are you thinking? ”

Jiang Yanran turned her face unnaturally: "No, it's nothing." ”

"Why are you here, is the jade slave hungry again?"

Since the jade slave was fed by Jiang Yanran several times, it has completely entangled Jiang Yanran, and even with its owner Liu Zhaocheng, he has gradually become acquainted.

This time, Liu Zhaocheng deliberately did not bring the jade slave out, because every time the little guy was present, Jiang Yanran's eyes would always be on it, and his own master, the king of a country, was completely ignored.

Liu Zhaocheng shook the food box in his hand and said, "Oh, I've brought you something good." ”

As he spoke, he opened the food box and saw a few small plates of dim sum and fruits and a bowl of ice inside.

This ice is even more delicate than the one sent by Su Rusu that day, and it is decorated with various fruits and flowers, and it tastes sweet and sour.

"Where did you get all this, you can't steal it? Jiang Yanran's eyes widened, her face full of doubts.

I can't complain that she has any suspicions, it's really Liu Zhaocheng who is too well disguised, in her impression, this is a little waiter who is not favored, and he can't even eat enough every day.

Liu Zhaocheng nodded her head and said speechlessly: "Where did I steal it, what are you thinking about all day long." ”

"These ...... These are all ......" He looked at the pastries in his hand that he had specially ordered the imperial dining room to make, and opened his eyes and made them blindly: "It's all left over from my servant to that man's picky eater, and he rewarded me when he saw that I was diligent." ”

Jiang Yanran sneered and laughed, "Your master saw that you were diligent and specially rewarded you once, which shows how lazy you are usually." ”

"Eat it, you can't stop it. Liu Zhaocheng directly twisted a piece of taro cake and stuffed it into Jiang Yanran's mouth.

Jiang Yanran said distressedly: "There are so many, why don't you keep it for the jade slave, I can't eat it." ”

"The jade slave has already been fed, and now I don't know where to go when I'm full. Liu Zhaocheng did not blush at all to smear his pet, and then continued: "These pastries can't be left overnight, and it's useless to keep them. ”

Jiang Yanran relieved her heart at this time, and sat in the corner of the courtyard with Liu Zhaocheng and happily ate the pastries and the big bowl of ice.

Jiang Yanran burped contentedly, stretched her waist to stand up, stood up on tiptoe and patted Liu Zhaocheng's shoulder, and said with crooked eyebrows: "Thank you for eating, it's delicious." ”

Liu Zhaocheng looked at her beautiful face like a flower, blushed at the root of his ears, and looked away a little uncomfortably, "You, if you like it." I'll bring you something delicious next time. ”

What a fool, Jiang Yanran sighed and shook her head: "You can keep it for yourself in the future, I am more comfortable than you in Chaoxia Palace, the princess is good, she is the most kind, and she has received much more rewards than you." ”

"Alright, it's getting late, I should go back. After Jiang Yanran finished speaking, he waved his hand with Liu Zhaocheng and turned to leave with a smile.

As the sun set, the gorgeous afterglow sprinkled on her, like a fairy concubine, Liu Zhaocheng knew for the first time what it was: there is a beautiful woman in the peerless generation, looking back and smiling, full of charm.