Phantom Tong walked all the way in the direction that Miss An left, thinking that maybe she could meet again. Sure enough, she found her small figure under a willow tree near the water, sitting alone by the tree, looking at the lake in a daze.

"You're the Queen's bodyguard? What are you thinking? Are you not happy because the eldest princess drove you away? Phantom Tong sat down beside Miss An.

"You've got a lot of questions."

"You answer my question and give you a gift as a thank you."

Miss An suddenly turned around, "I thought that only women in the market liked to inquire and talk about other people's affairs, but I didn't expect a son-in-law to have this hobby." ”

"That's because I knew you at first sight and wanted to know everything about you." Phantom Tong propped his head with one hand and looked at Miss An, her eyes seemed to be a pool of deep water, bottomless.

Miss An was so lost that she no longer dared to look at Phantom Tong, and the tips of her ears were a little red.

He turned his head and continued to stare at the lake, was silent for a while, and said, "I just envy the eldest princess, and there are relatives who have left a sea of flowers for her." ”

"What about your relatives?"

"My parents died young, and my sister and I were the only ones left in the house."

"So you became a guard and want to protect your sister?"

"Yes and no."

Phantom Tong supported his head with one hand, looked at An Xiruo, and waited for her follow-up.

An Xiruo happened to look back, their eyes collided, and An Xiruo hurriedly looked away. After stabilizing his breathing, he continued:

"The queen mother took us in, and my sister was raised by her side and became an idle maid. I went to the barracks, wanting to be able to protect my sister and repay the favor. ”

"It turns out that the girl's background is so pitiful, why don't you tell me what your name is, and I will be your relative."

Miss An turned her head to look at Phantom Tong and saw that he was smiling at herself, very bright and sunny, without impurities, and suddenly felt that her face was a little burning.

"An Xiruo." After speaking, An Xiruo stood up and said to Huantong who was sitting on the ground, "I don't need you to be my relative, and don't follow me anymore." ”

"Xiruo, it's a good name. I'll call you the creek from now on, okay? Phantom Tong shouted towards An Xiruo's back.

The back paused for a few seconds, "Whatever." ”

An Xiruo walked away, and Huantong was lying on the lawn, looking at the moon in the sky, it happened to be a full moon, and the corners of his mouth kept rising.

"An Xiruo, An Lingxi. Creek, I knew it was you. I'm not going to tell you I'm back, and I'll see when you'll recognize me. ”

"Young Master Situ, it turns out that you are here, you can make it easy to find the miscellaneous family."

Huantong, who closed his eyes and recuperated, suddenly heard the voice of the little eunuch above his head, did not open his eyes, and asked vaguely, "What's the matter?" ”

"Eh, little master, the emperor just looked for you at the banquet, but you weren't there. Go back with the miscellaneous family, don't let the saint wait too long. ”

Phantom Tong pretended to wake up, and a carp stood up, muttering, "Why am I asleep here, guilty of sin." ”

With the little eunuch, he hurried all the way back to the banquet.

Huantong rushed to the emperor and knelt heavily in front of the table: "Your Majesty forgives me, Weichen is not strong enough to drink, I ate too much wine during the banquet, I wanted to go out to breathe but I fell asleep unexpectedly, and I delayed things." ”

"It's a banquet, and when you get drunk, you get drunk, and when you get to the barracks in the future, don't drink and make mistakes."

"Ministers should be strict with themselves and never make mistakes."

"Alright, get up."

Huantong got up, but he didn't know whether to stay here or return to his seat, and stopped in front of the emperor with some hesitation for a while.

I was thinking about going back, but the emperor sighed and said, "If my Jin'er is still alive, it should be so tall, you come forward and let me take a look." ”

Phantom Tong hesitated, stepped forward, and stood in front of the emperor. The emperor kept staring at Phantom Tong's face, and after looking at it for a long time, his expression did not change, and he still had a melancholy expression.

On the contrary, it was the queen, who was a little like pins and needles from the time the emperor mentioned Teng Zijin, until she saw the emperor's unwavering face, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued to eat the grapes in front of her.

"General Situ is so blessed to have such a handsome child. In the future, you will also enter the palace more often and play chess with me. My Jin'er likes to dance with knives and guns, and when I see you, I feel like I've seen Jin'er, comfortable. ”

"Your Majesty~ Your Fifth Prince can also play chess, what does this kind of thing bother an outsider to do, wouldn't it be better to let Ah Ke accompany Your Majesty."

Concubine Ran suddenly leaned to the emperor's side and grabbed the emperor's arm, her voice seemed to be able to hook people's souls.

"Concubine Ran, if your precious fifth prince is the first in Kyoto, if you talk about playing chess, it doesn't look very good."

The queen still sat in her seat in a regular manner, and glanced contemptuously at Concubine Ran who was hanging on the emperor's arm.

The emperor didn't talk, and Concubine Ran also felt bored and sat back in her seat. I hated the queen for demolishing the stage, so I didn't want the queen to feel better.

"The third prince who is still the queen is powerful, but it's a pity that he is not his own."

"Enough!" The emperor is a little bored, he is most annoyed by the intrigue between these harem women, where there are many women, there are many rights and wrongs.

Concubine Ran immediately shut up, and the queen didn't say anything more. Phantom Tong was still standing at the table, a little embarrassed.

"Let's disperse." The emperor also felt tired and dismissed everyone, but he didn't forget to remind Huantong, "Remember to go into the palace to play chess with me." ”

The emperor gave an order, and everyone didn't dare to stay for a long time, so they said goodbye to each other and walked in the direction of the dock.

Huantong walked out with the flow of people, but he didn't meet his father but bumped into the third prince, so he remembered Ran Guifei's words again, and suddenly felt embarrassed again.

The third prince seemed to notice the abnormality of Phantom Tong and smiled at him.

Phantom Tong and the Third Prince were speechless all the way, so they walked to the dock and got into the same boat.

It wasn't until he went ashore that the third prince spoke: "I really look at Situ Gongzi's kindness, and I hope to have the opportunity to drink tea and play chess together in the future." ”

Huantong agreed, but he laughed in his heart that the father and son had the same hobbies and liked to find someone to play chess.

At the end of the night banquet, the east of the city was lively again, the sound of horses' hooves, the sound of wheels and the sound of saying goodbye to each other were intertwined, not as noisy as the night market in the west of the city, but it had a unique lively atmosphere of officialdom.

The prince who has not been crowned a king does not have his own mansion, but the emperor has prepared a courtyard for the older princes, the third prince and the fifth prince, which is located next to the palace of King Jin, which is very close to the general mansion of the Situ family, and the three carriages drove into the same alley together.

"Phantom Tong, it's rare to be a neighbor, you have to come to this palace." The fifth prince poked his head out of the carriage and winked frantically at Huantong, "You and Bengong have a little secret, and you can be regarded as a grasshopper on a rope." ”

Huantong was a little helpless, so he had to agree, and the fifth prince came into his own courtyard with peace of mind.

The third prince has never talked as much as the fifth prince, so he simply said goodbye and returned to his other courtyard.