"It's too new, and there's nothing wrong with that." He said.

"Jin'er, that servant, is only an eight-rank petty official, looking at the emperor's horses and vehicles, what is the difference between this and the groom?" Chu Yin was annoyed, "No, tomorrow, the mourning family wants to have a good talk with the regent!" It is inevitable to give Jin'er a more suitable official position. ”

"The Empress Dowager, don't bother, Xiao is willing to accept this position, if the Empress Dowager insists on giving Xiao other high positions, Xiao is also unwilling to bear it." Xiao Qijin said.

Chu Yin frowned, "Jin'er, you ......"

"Isn't the Empress Dowager even willing to fulfill this request?"

Chu Yin was the most helpless in the face of Xiao Qijin, she was unwilling, but Xiao Qijin said this, and she didn't want to have many disputes with him because of this matter, which hurt the mother-son relationship between the two.

……

In the regent palace, Jiang Wu was quite surprised when he heard Yun Rongjue talk about the banquet, "His Royal Highness really only gives Lord Xiao the position of servant?" ”

Yun Rongjue watched Jiang Wu fiddle with the tangram in front of him, and reached out to help move a piece, "Yes." ”

Jiang Wu looked down at the tangram in front of him, fiddling with it for a while, "But with Lord Xiao's ability, is the position of an etheric servant too petty." ”

This servant is in charge of the emperor's carriages and horses, and Xiao Qijin's official position is very inconsistent with his ability.

Yun Rongjue repeated the conversation between Fang Cai and Yun Huang to her.

Jiang Wu pursed his lips and nodded.

"Your Highness." Yu Lie's voice came from outside, and after Yun Rongjue answered, the door was pushed open, and Yu Lie walked in and said hello.

Jiang Wu looked at Yun Rongjue worriedly when she heard this, and only after Yu Lie left, did she speak slowly: "Your Highness, you ...... You okay? ”

Yun Rongjue's face was light, and he didn't have too much emotion, "This king is fine, the queen mother is angry, as expected." ”

Only then did Yu Lie report that after the banquet was dispersed, Chu Yin lost his temper after returning to Changle Palace, but Xiao Qijin went to persuade him.

"If Your Highness has emotions, just vent in front of Xiao Wu, don't hold it in your heart." She persuaded.

Yun Rongjue's emotions are rarely exposed, she has seen too many times when he forbears, especially in the face of Chu Yin, he is also a flesh-and-blood person, and he also has emotions, no matter how used to it, but that person is his biological mother, and his biological mother is like this, how can he not care at all.

"This king has been used to it all these years, does he still care about this time or twice?" Yun Rongjue said that the cloud is light and the wind is light.

Jiang Wu listened and watched, and his heart overflowed with a trace of distress, "Your Highness, you ...... Do you have a grudge against Lord Xiao? She asked.

Xiao Qijin's appearance was too sudden, in the years when Chu Yin thought that Xiao Qijin had passed away, all of Chu Yin's emotions were given to Xiao Qijin, and now Xiao Qijin is 'coming back from the dead', and Chu Yin has given all his love and care to Xiao Qijin.

Both in the past and in the present. All Chu Yin gave was only Xiao Qijin, and there was never Yun Rongjue.

Yun Rongjue stared at him, holding the hand that the tangram was about to fall, and there was a brief silence in the room.

"If this king says no, my sister is credible?" He asked, looking at her.

He, Xiao Qijin, and Chu Yin's situation is put on anyone, as he said, there is no resentment, I am afraid that no one will believe it.

Jiang Wu nodded seriously, "What His Highness said, Xiao Wuxin." ”

The little girl's belief was like a murmuring of cool spring water, crossing the tip of his heart, and he chuckled lightly, raising his hand to rub her soft green silk.

"Compared with resentment, this king is more envious and a little jealous of him." Yun Rongjue opened his voice.

Envy and jealousy......

Jiang Wu put down the tangram in his hand, and listened carefully with his little hand on his cheek.

Yun Rongjue talked to her a lot, about his state of mind and his feelings for Xiao Qijin.

Jiang Wu listened, she could understand what he said, it turned out that under his seemingly indifferent appearance, he also had a heart that longed for softness.

It's just that Chu Yin's eccentricity and paranoia wiped out the only softness he had.

"Your Highness's mood, Xiao Wu understands." Jiang Wu couldn't help but speak when he heard this.

Yun Rongjue stared at her, "You understand?" ”

Jiang Wu nodded, his smart eyes rolling, "Xiao Wu and His Highness have felt the same way. ”

Yun Rongjue tilted his head and looked.

"My father is disgusted with Xiao Wu and my mother, and my father likes Sister Yuyan and Sister Yuyan's mother, as well as Jiang Qiao's mother."

Yun Rongjue listened to her words and remembered that she had said something about her in Nanjiang.

When she was in Nanjiang, she was an unfavored princess. She and his situation are not exactly the same, but there are many similarities.

Yun Rongjue chuckled after hearing this, "In this way, this king and my sister have a sympathy for each other." ”

Jiang Wu blinked and thought about it, it seemed to be a little.

Yun Rongjue put aside the emotions in his mind, and his eyes fell on the tangram on the table, "This tangram sister swears to this king that she can fight it right today, and the later it gets, the younger the sister, I'm afraid I'm going to lose." ”

Jiang Wu's emotions were pulled back, and he hurriedly picked up the tangram, "No, Xiao Wu will definitely be able to spell it right tonight!" ”

"Ah, Your Highness can't make trouble."

"It's my sister who is distracted."

"Xiao Wu didn't!"

The room was filled with laughter and joy, and the heavy emotions drifted away with the wind.

————

After Xiao Qijin was appointed as a servant, he took office.

The position of the servant is the most idle at the moment, Yun Pei is just a swaddling baby, horses and vehicles are not needed, Xiao Qijin asks people to check the situation of horses and vehicles every day, day after day, the most leisurely.

Chu Yin came to see Xiao Qijin several times, and every time she saw Xiao Qijin mixed in this horse and cart, she was annoyed, but her anger quickly calmed Xiao Qijin down.

"This Lord Xiao is doing things here, and the slaves and maids feel that they are too big and useless, and I don't know what His Royal Highness the Prince Regent thinks." Caixia hugged Chu Yin and couldn't help but say.

Chu Yin snorted coldly, "His temperament will be repaid, and he has always been hostile to Jin'er, so he took advantage of this opportunity to deliberately embarrass Jin'er." ”

Chu Yin's words fell, and in a blink of an eye, she had walked in front of Xiao Qijin, the coldness on her face turned into a gentle smile, and she looked at Xiao Qijin, "Jin'er." ”

"Wechen see the Empress Dowager." Xiao Qijin saluted.

"Jin'er doesn't have to be so polite to the mourning family."

Since Xiao Qijin took office, Chu Yin would come to visit him every once in a while, "The Empress Dowager, Weichen is all good in all this, if the Empress Dowager has nothing important to do on weekdays, she doesn't have to come over often, and she is tired." He said.

Chu Yin looked kind, "The mourning family is not tired, there are sedan chairs here, and it is not hot now, and it is not hot if you are tired." ”

Chu Yin said this, and Xiao Qijin had nothing to say, "The Empress Dowager, there are still some things to deal with in Weichen, if the Empress Dowager has no other instructions, Weichen will retire first." ”

"There is one thing that the mourning family wants to tell Jin'er."

"In two days, Shen Shijin'er and the mourning family will go out."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Qijin asked.

Chu Yin didn't answer directly, only told him that he must go.

Looking at Chu Yin's appearance, it seemed to be a very important matter, he was puzzled, but he finally accepted it.

……

Two days later, Chu Yin left the palace with Xiao Qijin and went all the way to a remote mountain, which was quiet and uninhabited.

"The Empress Dowager, why did we come out today?" Xiao Qijin looked at the quiet and uninhabited places around her, and was puzzled.

Chu Yin sighed heavily, "Jin'er will know in a while." ”

Chu Yin didn't explain the reason for a long time, and with doubts, Xiao Qijin followed.

They walked halfway up the mountain, Chu Yin stopped, Xiao Qijin looked, and saw that not far away, there was a tombstone, the tombstone was clean all around, and it seemed that someone often came to clean and take care of it.

"The Empress Dowager, this is ......"

"Jin'er, the queen mother is specially taking you out today to meet this old man of the queen mother." Chu Yin looked at the tombstone, and Xiao Qijin also raised his eyes.

The tombstone is clean, and the full name is not written on it, and there are five words on the tombstone.

——The tomb of the deceased.

This seal must be the deceased.

"The Empress Dowager's deceased?"

Chu Yin bowed her head, took the incense handed by Caitang, and bowed to the tombstone, "Yes, it's an old man of the queen mother," she looked at the tombstone, her lips were shallowly bent, and the emotions between her eyebrows and eyes were deep, and she was a little relieved, "We're here to see you." "The egg hurts

After she finished speaking, she put the incense in front of the tombstone.

"Jin'er, put incense on the deceased of the queen mother." Chu Yin handed the lit incense to Xiao Qijin.

Xiao Qijin's eyebrows were slightly curved and hooked a faint arc, although he had doubts, but out of respect for the deceased, he still respectfully worshiped a pillar of incense.

"This old man is very important to the Empress Dowager? Otherwise, why would the empress dowager bring Weichen to worship him. After worshipping, Xiao Qijin spoke.

Chu Yin looked at the tombstone, there were tears hidden in her eyes, she trembled her eyelashes, and her chin bowed, "Yes, it is a very important person for the mourning family, he is the ...... of the mourning family" Chu Yin's words paused slightly, "Friend." ”

"Friends?"

Chu Yin nodded, "He is a friend of the mourning family for many years, and we have a good relationship between us, but it's a pity that ...... He died young. ”

Xiao Qijin looked at Chu Yin's gradually rising emotions and did not speak.

Chu Yin told him again and again about this person called Feng, from Chu Yin's emotions and words, Xiao Qijin could feel the importance of this person to Chu Yin.

"The Empress Dowager really cares about him." Xiao Qijin said.

Chu Yin's eyes froze, as if he was afraid of something, emotions flashed in his eyes, and he sighed, "He and the queen mother are close friends, and such friends may not meet one or two in a lifetime, and the queen mother naturally cherishes his friendship with him very much." ”

Xiao Qijin nodded in understanding and asked, "Then, the reason for his death?" Is it a death? ”

"He's ......"

Chu Yin opened her lips, and the words almost blurted out, but when she met Xiao Qijin's eyes, she forcibly endured it.

"Yes...... Unexpected ......"

"Accident?"

"Yes, accidents, people live for a lifetime, and they will really encounter a lot of unexpected accidents." Chu Yin's words seemed to be very heavy.

"Accidents are what people have to endure in the world." Xiao Qijin said.

Chu Yin choked slightly in his throat, "Yes, there are too many accidents, if there are no accidents, how good it would be." ”

Chu Yin was sad, Xiao Qijin saw that she was emotional, felt pity, and comforted: "People have passed away, the deceased can't come back, the survivors must be well, the Empress Dowager's old soul in the sky will not be willing to see the Empress Dowager crying for him." ”

Chu Yin wiped away the tears on her face, nodded heavily, and held Xiao Qijin's hand tightly with one hand, "Jin'er, the queen mother has nothing, the queen mother only has you, you are the only one for the queen mother." ”

Xiao Qijin frowned, looked at Chu Yin, and said: "The Empress Dowager is sad and confused, you are the Empress Dowager of a country, and you are ...... You also have the Regent. ”

Chu Yin's face suddenly fell, "He ......"

The disgust on Chu Yin's face when he mentioned Yun Rongjue was particularly obvious, Xiao Qijin was not the first time he had seen Chu Yin look like this when he mentioned Yun Rongjue, but it was unknown why all this was done.

……

After Yun Rongjue returned to the palace, he was always preoccupied, Jiang Wu asked him, he ignored it, she asked Yu Lie again, and Yu Lie didn't say.

"Your Highness thinks something is wrong?" Yu Lie couldn't help but speak.

Yun Rongjue's eyes were gloomy, and he stared at one place fixedly, and he didn't say anything for a long time.

After a long time, he softened: "She never does things for no reason, and there must be a reason why she took Xiao Qijin to worship today." ”

Yu Lie nodded, but after thinking about it, he said again: "That tombstone has existed for a long time, and the former emperor also knew it when he was alive, and it was a friend of the empress dowager and the former emperor. ”

The tombstone that wrote this old man's seal has always been there, and Yun Rongjue also knows it, and he has heard the emperor talk about it before, and he is an old friend of Chu Yin.

This is not a strange thing, but why did Chu Yin take Xiao Qijin to worship-

Yu Lie guessed: "The Empress Dowager and Lord Xiao recognize each other, maybe she wants to tell Lord Xiao about the people around her, so that Lord Xiao can know more about herself?" ”

Yun Rongjue pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It won't be that simple, this matter will definitely be investigated and dealt with by this king." ”

"But listen to Your Highness." Yu Lie said.

Knock knock.

There were a few knocks on the door, Yun Rongjue answered, the door was pushed open with a squeak, and Zhang Ruo walked in with something.

"Your Highness, the concubine has boiled some soup for His Highness, Your Highness can use some."

"This king has no appetite, you go down."

Zhang Ruo came over in the name of delivering soup, not once or twice, and Yun Rongjue didn't want to pay attention to it every time.

"Your Highness, drink a little." Zhang Ruo continued to persuade.

Yun Rongjue looked at it coldly, Zhang Ruo swallowed her saliva, and felt a little afraid in her heart, but she quickly suppressed this fear again, and said slowly: "Your Highness, you should go to Qixia Garden today." ”

Yun Rongjue's eyes became colder when he heard this, "Concubine Zhang is teaching this king?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare," Zhang Ruo said, "it's just ...... Your Royal Highness, after the concubine enters the mansion, you ...... You have never stayed in Qixia Garden, the concubine does not dare to have extravagance, but, the concubine is your concubine, the queen mother has always been very good to the concubine, the queen mother has repeatedly asked about this, the concubine body to the words, but after a long time, I am afraid that the queen mother will be aware, and the concubine body is also embarrassed. ”

Zhang Ruo's words sounded like he was thinking about him, but in fact, he moved out of Chu Yin to put pressure on him.

Yu Lie glanced at Zhang Ruo, and then said: "Concubine Zhang, my subordinates have important matters to report to His Highness today, and His Highness ......" He wanted to relieve Yun Rongjue, but halfway through his words, he was interrupted by Yun Rongjue.

Yun Rongjue put down the pen and ink in his hand and stood up, "Then let's go to Qixia Garden tonight." ”

Yu Lie and Zhang Ruo were both stunned.

Zhang Ruo was surprised that Yun Rongjue agreed so quickly, and this surprise was quickly replaced by joy, she hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Yun Rongjue's arm, "The concubine is waiting for His Highness." ”

Yun Rongjue followed Zhang Ruo out of the study and walked towards Qixia Garden, Yu Lie looked at the backs of the two of them drifting apart, and couldn't recover for a long time.

The news of Yun Rongjue's stay in Qixia Garden at night spread quickly, and Jiang Sumo on the side of Suxue Pavilion was also surprised, feeling unexpected.

"Your Royal Highness doesn't like Concubine Zhang, since Concubine Zhang entered the mansion, she hasn't stayed in Qixia Garden, why is she staying overnight today." The maid Fudong wondered.

Jiang Sumo also had a faint doubt on her face, but soon, this doubt dissipated, and she took off the earrings on her earlobes, "Your Highness's preferences are not something we can guess, she is the side concubine that His Highness welcomes into the mansion, and His Highness will never ignore her for the rest of his life." ”

Although Jiang Sumo was surprised, he quickly thought about it.

Qixia Garden is a rare lively night over, Yun Rongjue came to Qixia Garden, Zhang Ruo's happy mouth couldn't close, and Yun Rongjue was served and flattered in every way.

"Your Highness, the concubine is waiting for His Highness to sleep." Zhang Ruo pursed her lips and lowered her eyes slightly, looking like a girl who had just come out of the pavilion.

Yun Rongjue looked at Zhang Ruo lightly, there was not much emotion on Junrong, he lowered his eyes slightly, and saw Zhang Ruo leaning over to untie his waist.

When the coat on his body was taken off, Zhang Ruo reached out to hug Yun Rongjue, and when Zhang Ruo touched him, he frowned with displeasure and disgust.

"Your Highness, the concubine will serve Your Highness well."

Zhang Ruo was bold and took the initiative, however, Yun Rongjue avoided her active kiss.

"Your Highness?"

In the next moment, Yun Rongjue bent down and directly picked up Zhang Ruo.

Zhang Ruo was ecstatic.

Yun Rongjue leaned over and narrowed the distance between the two, just when Zhang wanted to take the initiative to kiss, Yun Rongjue's eyes were cold, and his two fingers fell accurately and quickly to the back of Zhang Ruo's neck, with a force.

"Uh-" Zhang Ruo let out a soft groan, followed by a blur of his eyes and tilted his head to the side.

Looking at Zhang Ruo, who had passed out in a coma, Yun Rongjue stood up, with only chill and disgust in his eyes.

————

In the blink of an eye, in May, after Xiao Qijin had been a servant for more than two months, Yun Rongjue promoted him, and although his official position was not big, he had risen.

Yun Rongjue's approach made Chu Yin a little confused. Although the promotion he gave Xiao Qijin was only a star and a half, with his temperament, she thought that he would not promote Xiao Qijin no matter what, and even if he didn't suppress Xiao Qijin, he was already lucky.

After Xiao Qijin was promoted, he could even take the initiative to give Yun Rongjue some good advice on some things.

From an outsider's point of view, the two should be unfriendly.

But partially, these two people get along harmoniously, and Xiao Qijin helps Yun Rongjue in many things.

This made Chu Yin extremely annoyed, she talked to Xiao Qijin, but he never took these things to heart, and even felt a little happy about helping Yun Rongjue.

Chu Yin was angry and anxious.

"Empress Dowager, take care of your body."

"Jin'er is too naïve, he doesn't know the sinister heart of people, and he still helps him."

"Lord Xiao is honest and kind, I don't think too much about these things." Caitang comforted.

Chu Yin's eyes were cold, "Jin'er doesn't want to think so much, the mourning family can't help but think for him." ”