Jiang Wu fiddled with the flower branches, "Well, I like it." ”

Zhuo Ke's eyes rolled, and he grinned on his face, "Jiang Wu, you waited by His Highness's side earlier than me, do you know what His Highness's preferences are?" ”

"Preferences?"

"yes, like what he likes to eat, what he likes to do on weekdays, etc." Zhuo Ke's eyes turned upward.

Jiang Wu pursed his lips and thought, and said after a while: "Your Highness's preferences are not easy to figure out, and there seems to be no certainty, and I don't know much about it." ”

Zhuo Ke's expectant face suddenly sank, and he coughed lightly, "Think about it again, you haven't been unaware of His Highness for so long, right?" ”

Jiang Wu looked at Zhuo Ke, Zhuo Ke's words were obviously anxious, the expression on her face seemed to be very impatient, she shook her head, "Your Highness's preferences are indeed uncertain, it's not easy to figure out, I'll send this plum blossom to His Highness quickly, and I'll leave first." After she finished speaking, she trotted towards the hall with the plum blossom branch in her arms.

"Eh......"

Jiang Wu trotted to the door of Yilan Xuan, and only knocked on the door and walked in after calming down his breath at the entrance of the hall.

Yun Rongjue turned his head and saw the little girl with a snowy face holding several branches in her arms, he walked over, Jiang Wu bent her lips and smiled at him as if offering a treasure, "Your Highness's newly picked plum blossoms are all budding and waiting to be released, are they beautiful?" ”

The refreshing smile on the little girl's face is easy to make people feel happy, and Yun Rongjue's calm mood also rippled because of her laughter, and he lowered his eyes to look at the flower branch in her arms, "Well, it's beautiful." ”

After getting Yun Rongjue's affirmation, the little girl was even happier, and her bright eyes looked around in the hall, "Red plum with white porcelain bottle, beautiful." "There is a glazed white porcelain vase on the altar table.

The wind rose outside Yilan Xuan, the hall was full of warmth baked by charcoal, the man in front of the school desk drank tea and read books, and the little girl opposite carefully arranged flowers, harmonious and comfortable.

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After that day, Jiang Wu didn't see that figure in Chengtian Academy again, and that day's glance was like a flash in the pan, Nanfu kept an eye on her, and there was no news.

Yun Rongjue has been surrounded by more things since he was crowned Queen Lin'an, and in recent years, his tired Jiang Wu saw it in his eyes, although he was distressed, but he couldn't help.

"Fifth brother, I have heard that there has been a lot of discussion in the court recently."

Yun Rongjue, Yun Huang, and Yuan Jing were sitting around, Yun Rongjue and Yuan Jing were playing chess, Yun Huang was drinking tea and watching, and the three of them were talking and laughing.

Yun Huang spoke, Yuan Jing fell white, hooked his upper eyelids with a touch of arc, and looked at Yun Rongjue opposite.

"Something to talk about......" Yun Rongjue didn't squint, repeating Yun Huang's words in his mouth.

"Yes, I heard that there has been a lot of discussion about the opposition to the prince in the court recently!" Yun Huang said.

Yuan Jing looked at the chess pieces that Yun Rongjue had fallen, frowned slightly, and thought about the solution to the game, "Over the years, the emperor has not set up a prince, but it was okay in the early years, but in the past two years, those ministers have also been anxious." ”

The establishment of the prince is a move to consolidate the country, but Yunlou has not mentioned the matter of establishing the prince for a long time, and it is inevitable that people's hearts will be turbulent and speculated.

"I've also heard about the prince's candidate, the eldest brother Yun Feng is from the queen, so naturally he is among the candidates," Yun Huang said, "Fifth brother, in addition to the eldest brother, the most prestigious among the princes, the most likely is you." ”

Bang.

Yun Rongjue's black son fell, and he ate a few of Yuan Jing's white seeds, he put aside the white seeds he ate, and said slowly, "Whether the prince is or not is in the heart of the father." ”

Yun Huang pursed his lips and nodded, "Yes, but in addition to the strong background of the eldest brother from the queen, in terms of the heart of the father, he must still be the fifth brother, and the father likes the fifth brother the most." ”

Yun Huang hopes that the position of the prince can fall to Yun Rongjue.

"You've lost." Yun Rongjue raised his eyes and looked at Yuan Jing.

Yuan Jing raised his lips and smiled, and threw the chess pieces in his hand back to the chess box, "I can't compare to the fifth brother in this chess game, forget it, let's come here today, Sixth Highness, you can play a game with the fifth brother." Yuan Jing stood up as he spoke.

Yun Rongjue raised his eyes to look at him, "You're leaving?" ”

Yuan Jing took the cloak handed by the palace man and put it on, "Well, there are some things. ”

After Yuan Jing left Yilan Xuan, Yun Huang took his place and played chess with Yun Rongjue.

"Yuan Jing seems to be very busy this time." Yun Rongjue opened his voice.

Yun Huang pinched the chess pieces and looked at the chessboard, "Well, it seems to be, and I don't know what to do." ”

Chengtian Academy.

As soon as he got out of school, the people in the academy walked out one after another, and Yuan Jing walked inward, looking at the people passing by, but he didn't see the small figure.

He walked all the way in, walked to the door of the school, and saw the little girl inside was packing up the pen and ink, putting the pen and ink into the basket, she grabbed the back rope with both hands, and then left the school.

"Xiao Wu." Yuan Jing called. Jiang Wu saw Yuan Jing's eyes brighten slightly, "Little prince, why are you here." ”

"Come by the way, I'll come and see you, you'll come out later." Yuan Jing said.

Jiang Wu nodded, "Well, there are a lot of people just out of school, so the slave deliberately leaves later, so it is better to have less collision." ”

Her identity is very different from the noble son here, and if she gets together, it is always easy to cause more trouble, so every time she simply waits for those people to leave before she leaves.

The two of them were talking as they walked towards the outside of the academy.

As soon as I left the academy, the bustle outside was endless.

The New Year is approaching, and everywhere is bustling, and the hawkers are shouting one after another. Jiang Wu looked at the lively stalls and vendors around him, his eyes filled with joy.

"It's so lively." She couldn't help but mutter.

It was a scene she had never seen but had imagined countless times.

Yuan Jing looked at the bright eyes of the little girl beside her, and smiled slightly, "The New Year is approaching, and the city is very lively inside and outside the city, and it is nothing here, but it is more lively in the city." ”

"Really?" The glimmer in Jiang Wu's eyes was even worse.

"Of course, do you want to check it out?" Yuan Jing asked.

Jiang Wu was just about to open his mouth to agree, but suddenly, thinking of something, he slowly collected the smile on his little face and shook his head, "Still not." ”

The bustling street market is not what she can go to.

Yuan Jing saw her worry and said, "You don't have to be afraid, we won't go for too long, and if we come back soon, we won't let the fifth brother know." ”

Jiang Wu still hesitated.

"Didn't you say thank you to the king for helping you out of the siege? This time, I will accompany the king to the market, and when you repay the king's kindness to you. Yuan Jing said.

Jiang Wu's hesitation was repeatedly persuaded by Yuan Jing, and the flame was extinguished.

The market was lively, Yuan Jing changed his outfit and followed Jiang Wu around to watch.

Although Jiang Wu was happy, he didn't dare to get carried away, broke the rules, and followed Yuan Jing along the way, very well-behaved.

"Pinched candy man, do you want to try it?" Yuan Jing stopped in front of the candy man's vendor, turned his head and asked the little girl beside him.

Jiang Wu watched the man skillfully pinching one candy figure after another, his eyes were filled with joy and curiosity, "Is this edible?" ”

When the candy man heard Jiang Wu say this, he looked at her a little strangely. In this world, there are still people who don't know about sugar people?

"Of course you can eat it, the candy man I pinched is beautiful and delicious, do you want to have one?"

Jiang Wu wanted it, but after thinking about it, he shook his head.

Yuan Jing's eyes fell, and after a moment, he said to the vendor owner, "I want two," he turned to the little girl and asked, "What pattern do you want?" ”

Jiang Wu was slightly stunned, and after reacting, he hurriedly shook his head, "Wang...... Childe, don't do it. ”

Yuan Jing bent her lips and smiled, ignoring her, and chose a rabbit, a flower blooming rich.

The vendor quickly made two patterns of sugar figures, and Yuan Jing took them and handed both to Jiang Wu.

"Little ...... Little prince, this is not very good. ”

"There's nothing bad about it, take it for you, yes, don't say more." Yuan Jing rarely became serious about her.

Jiang Wu had no choice but to take it.

Watching Jiang Wu take over the sugar man, Yuan Jing smiled with satisfaction, "Let's taste it, I still like it." ”

Jiang Wu looked at the delicate sugar man, the little rabbit looked, she was reluctant to eat, she tried to lick the flower and the rich one.

It is a sweet taste.

"It's so sweet."

She liked the smell very much, and the pair of eyes under Dai's eyebrows bent into crescents of joy with joy.

"If you like it."

Jiang Wu nodded heavily, "I like it very much, I've never seen and eaten these before, thank the little prince." ”

Yuan Jing was happy and happy to see her, he noticed her words, and thought about it with some doubts.

"This king remembers, you are the princess of Nanjiang Kingdom, right?"

Jiang Wu didn't know why Yuan Jing suddenly asked this, she nodded, "Well, yes." ”

The confusion on Yuan Jing's eyebrows was even more obvious, "You rarely leave the palace in Nanjiang." ”

Jiang Wu bit the sugar man in his hand, his eyelashes blinked slightly, understanding Yuan Jing's doubts, and then nodded, "The slave and the concubine have always been together, and they are not allowed to leave the palace where they are located in the palace. ”

Yuan Jing was slightly stunned.

Not allowed to leave the palace for a single step.

That's it.

Captivity.

Seeing that Jiang Wu's face was not very good, Yuan Jing did not continue to ask.

Yuan Jing followed Jiang Wu to the gate of Lingxiao Palace before leaving.

The sugar man in Jiang Wu's hand was the rabbit left, wrapped in oiled paper, and she was reluctant to eat it.

"You're late today."

As soon as Jiang Wu stepped into Yilan Xuan, there was a low voice from Yun Rongjue.

"What's going on?"

Yun Rongjue stood up, walked to her side, his eyes fell on her slightly messy green silk, and raised his hand to brush her messy hair.

"After school, the slave stayed in the school for a while, so it was late, Your Highness forgives your sins." She owes herself. She didn't dare to tell the story of going out with Yuan Jing.

Yun Rong Jue looked at the little girl for a long time, he suddenly raised his hand, and his slightly thick fingertips fell on her pink lips.

Yun Rongjue's sudden action made Jiang Wu stunned, and he instinctively was a little nervous.

"The little gluttonous cat has stolen pastries again." She had a sugar stain on her lips.

Jiang Wu was stunned, but fortunately, Yun Rongjue didn't say anything more, and he didn't ask any more.

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Imperial Palace, Chengming Palace.

In the huge harem, except for the queen, there is only Mrs. Chu who can freely enter the Chengming Palace.

Chu Yin wore a purple shirt embroidered with a peony pattern on the sun, moved the lotus step, and stepped into the Chengming Palace.

Incense was burning in the hall, and Yunlou was sitting on the couch, with a scroll in front of him, and he closed his eyes and brows with exhaustion.

After Chu Yin glanced at the palace people beside her, the palace people stepped back, she slowly approached, and reached out to take away the scroll that Yun Lou was holding in her hand. She had just touched the corner of the scroll, and suddenly the man opened his eyes.

Yun Lou's eyes were tense with vigilance, and after seeing Chu Yin, the look of vigilance suddenly faded.

"The concubine disturbed the emperor, and the emperor forgave the sin." Chu Yin owed.

Yun Lou sat up straight, reached out to take Chu Yin's hand, and brought her to the opposite position to sit down, "It's okay if it's you." ”

Yunlou's tolerance towards Chu Yin is unmatched in the harem, even if it is the queen, it is incomparable.

"The concubine heard that the emperor has been worried about state affairs recently, and he is physically and mentally tired, and the emperor should pay attention to his body," she called the palace maid after she finished speaking, and presented the prepared pastry sweet soup, "The emperor tastes the sweet soup prepared by the concubine to see if you like it or not." ”

"You prepared it, I like it."

Yunlou drank the food sent by the person he liked, and looked at her smiling gently in front of him, which made him feel a lot more comfortable, "I am really tired these days, and only when you are by my side, I feel happy and relaxed." ”

Chu Yin lowered his eyebrows and smiled lightly, "There are many and complicated things in the court, and the emperor has to take care of his body and take his time." ”

Yun Lou sighed lightly and said slowly, "It's an old thing two years ago," he lifted his eyes to look at Chu Yin, "Now there are different opinions about the selection of the prince in the court, and the quarrel is a headache. ”

Chu Yin's eyelashes drooped slightly, and he said slowly, "Establishing a prince is the foundation of the country, but the emperor is in his prime, even if he wants to establish a prince, he can choose the right one slowly, and there is no need to be in a hurry." ”

"I have an idea of choosing a candidate here, but most of the courtiers think that I should make the queen's son the crown prince." Yunlou said.

Chu Yin bent his lips and smiled lightly, "Well, the eldest prince is born from the queen's mother, the eldest son, and there is nothing wrong with supporting the eldest prince as the crown prince, then the emperor has established the eldest prince." ”

Yunlou shook his head, "Feng'er is the queen's concubine, but what I want in my heart is our child, Jue'er." ”

When it came to Yun Rongjue, Chu Yin only had perfunctory emotions in her eyes, and she said lightly, "The concubine Xie Emperor loves it, but Jue'er is not a grandson or a long, if he really supports him, I am afraid that the courtiers will talk about it a lot, I just think that it is because the concubine charms the saint, and I hope the emperor will think twice." ”

Yunlou suddenly snorted coldly, his eyes were displeased, "Those old ministers are too pedantic, Jue'er is smart, I just insist on setting up Jue'er, what dare they, too much vain saying that I want to cure them for a big crime of disrespect!" ”

Chu Yin's eyes turned slowly, her gaze fell on the unfolded fold on the table, she picked up the teacup and handed it to Yunlou, "The emperor is angry." ”

"Your Majesty, the concubines heard that the emperor has been worried about the affairs of the officials in Luozhou, and now there is a good way to solve the knot?" She turned sharply.

Speaking of the officials in Luozhou, Yunlou sighed again and was worried. "I've been thinking about Luozhou for a long time, I want to send someone to Luozhou to clean up the troubled waters, but I don't have a clue who to send."

Chu Yin nodded, "This is indeed a headache, the official rank is too small in the past, it can't work, the official rank is too big, and I am afraid of bribery and flattery, and I am afraid of complicity, this can handle things for the emperor on weekdays, except for the ministers of the court, there are only princes, but the prince goes, I'm afraid it's not appropriate......"

Yun Lou's frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and his eyes lit up, as if he thought of something.

"I've got an idea."

Chu Yin was stunned for a moment, and after Yun Lou told her what she thought, she showed embarrassment, "Your Majesty, isn't this not good, Jue'er is stupid, I'm afraid that I will live up to the emperor's trust." ”

Yunlou raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Yin'er is too modest, our Jue'er is the smartest, this time I sent him to deal with Luozhou's matter, but also to give him a test, to show the courtiers, if he handles it properly, his ability The courtiers will see it, and then I will set up Jue'er to see what those old ministers can say for the prince!" ”

Yun Lou insisted and didn't allow her to say more, so she had to keep silent and don't say more.

Coming out of the Chengming Palace, the starry smile on Chu Yin's face gradually dissipated.

"Caitang, talk to Lord Guan, in the future, about the establishment of the prince, I will still mention the eldest prince." Chu Yin said.

"Madam, didn't the emperor decide that if our Highness succeeded, he would make His Highness, why do you still need to raise the title of the Great Prince?" Caitang asked suspiciously.

"And to do it is, this palace has its own reasons."

Walking in the corridor of the long street with red walls and green tiles, Chu Yin looked at the sky outside the red wall and was distracted for a long time.

……

Yunlou's will to send Yun Rongjue to Luozhou soon came down, because the new year was approaching, Yunlou specially allowed Yun Rongjue to set off for Luozhou after the fifteenth year.

Yun Lou's will also caused a burst of discussion, everyone knows that Yun Lou has been worried about the Luozhou officials recently, and has been choosing the right person to deal with this matter, but no one has ever thought that this matter will fall on Yun Rongjue's head.

"Fifth brother, this is a great thing." Yun Huang was overjoyed when he heard the news.

"A good thing?" Yun Rongjue said lightly.

"No, who doesn't know that the father is worried about Luozhou at the moment, but because he can't choose the right person, he hasn't made a decision for a long time, and now the father has decided to let the fifth brother deal with it, it can be seen that the father values the fifth brother more, and the fifth brother has just been crowned King Lin'an, I think this time the second brother is going to have a crooked nose and eyes!" Yun Huang said.

Compared with Yun Huang's joy, Yun Rongjue's mood was cold, Yuan Jing glanced at Yun Rongjue on the side, and then filled the wine glass in front of him with wine, "Good things and bad things, let's talk about it." ”

Yun Huang saw that the two of them were not as happy as him, and pursed his lips, "If you want me to say that you are too cautious, this is obviously a good thing, the fifth brother has the title of King Lin'an, if this can be done now, the father is happy, I am afraid that the fifth brother of the prince is stable!" Yun Huang said in a low voice.

Yun Huang has a straightforward temperament, and he sees everything at a glance, and Yun Rongjue and Yuan Jing didn't say anything more.

The three of them drank and talked until they were full.

Yun Huang stood up and burped, and said to Yuan Jing with a smile: "Today's meal is yours for Yuan Jing!" ”

Yuan Jing smiled and nodded, and then his eyes fell on the red bean glutinous rice cold cake that had just called but they didn't move, and he called Xiao Er, "Pack this." ”

"Yuan Jing, are you still taking this away? Could it be that the Yuan Mansion doesn't even have this glutinous rice cold cake? Yun Huang was puzzled.

"We didn't move a bite of this pastry, it's a pity to waste it," he took the food box handed by Xiao Er, "Bring it back and someone can eat it, fifth brother, let's give it to the little girl, and it's not a waste." He handed the food box to Yu Lie beside Yun Rongjue.

"To that girl? Yuan Jing, you are worried about that girl. Yun Huang pursed his lips, and after saying a word, he walked straight out of the private room.

Yun Rongjue's gaze fell on Yuan Jing, evoking a touch of meaning.