"Why is Mrs. Shen here alone? Don't even bring a maid? Someone asked, clearly confused.

This water pavilion is not big, and the field of vision is wide, you can see it at a glance, in addition, there is also a screen. The eyes of someone with a heart wandered around, and they were already looking towards the screen.

"I ...... I'm not alone, I'm in the same place with Princess Zhaoning...... "Ye Xinyi was born in a small family, naturally he had never seen such a scene, so he was very cramped and uneasy, and the handkerchief in his hand was twisted into twist by her.

"Princess?" The voice behind him was full of surprise, "Princess Zhaoning is also there?" Where? ”

This voice is the same as the one who had just proposed to rest in the water pavilion outside.

Ye Xinyi raised the corner of his eyes quietly and glanced over quickly. At this glance, I was stunned.

The face in front of him was actually a little familiar, but because he was hidden behind him, he couldn't see it clearly. It's just that compared to what I remember, this face is a lot rounder and richer, and only the eyelids are drooping downward, showing two points of age. If it weren't for the mole in the corner of his eye, Ye Xinyi would really dare not recognize it.

But when I recognized it, I lowered my eyes, but my heart was stirring.

Mrs. Chen, Gu Huan's eldest sister Gu Yi's mother-in-law. Yes, Gu Yi's mother-in-law's surname is Chen, if she remembers it well, this Chen and Queen Chen's Chen are the same family. It's just that Gu Yi married the Chen family's concubine, and her father-in-law was the cousin of Queen Chen, not the Bochang Marquis Mansion of the Yan Branch.

During the questioning, Mrs. Chen's gaze had already fallen behind the Su embroidery screen not far behind Ye Xinyi. Behind the screen, there is a beauty couch, the Su embroidery is a flower sketch, there is a blank space, the white space reflects the light and shadow, you can faintly see the mottled shadow, behind the screen, there are people.

"It turned out that the princess was behind the screen. Then we have to say hello to the princess, what do you say, Concubine Kang? This is the woman who asked the flower letter woman who was wearing a long body with honey-colored vase tattoos.

Ye Xinyi raised the corner of her eyes silently and glanced at it, Concubine Kang? As far as she knew, Emperor Qianhe followed the ancient rites and set up nine concubines, and this Kang concubine must be one of them?

However, no matter which one it is, after all, it is the concubine of Emperor Qianhe, and although the position of the concubine is below the concubine, it is not low, and it is natural to see the princess.

Without waiting for the concubine Kang to speak, Ye Xinyi was busy squatting down and said, "Back to Concubine Kang, the princess is ..... right now." It's not suitable to see people, and please forgive me. ”

Concubine Kang raised her eyebrows, but Mrs. Chen said, "It's not appropriate to see people? Princess, what's wrong? This is even more worrying. ”

Concubine Kang frowned and glanced at Ye Xinyi, who was lowering her eyebrows in front of her, and then glanced at the direction of the screen, and said with her head slightly sideways, "You go over and see what's wrong with the princess, but you need help." The words were addressed to the attendant palace maid behind her.

The palace maid bent her knees and said "yes" and walked towards the screen.

"Bold! Who told you to come over? Behind the screen, there was a sudden sound of Princess Zhaoning's coquettish cheers, and the palace maid was so frightened that she froze, and the next moment, she knelt down.

In the entire water pavilion, there was also silence, no matter how wonderful the faces of others were, Concubine Kang looked at the screen, but her face was condensed.

At this moment, someone came behind this group of women, as if they didn't expect so many people, they were stunned at first, and then squatted down and saluted, "The slave has seen Concubine Kang. ”

The crowd turned back and stepped out of the way with a slight look, allowing the two men to come closer.

Ye Xinyi saw it and breathed a sigh of relief, "You guys are finally back." Seeing the suspicious eyes of Concubine Kang and Mrs. Chen, Ye Xinyi hurriedly said, "Go back to Concubine Kang, the princess is fine." It's just that just now, when the courtier and the princess were chatting here, they accidentally knocked over the teapot and wet the princess's Luo skirt. After sending someone back to get a clean dress, the princess was thin-skinned, so she hid behind the screen and waited, and asked the mother to forgive her. ”

Concubine Kang raised her eyebrows, and Mrs. Chen seemed to be surprised, but she had just come dressed as a palace maid among the two people, and she had seen it, and it was indeed Princess Zhaoning's side who was waiting for her.

"Since the princess's Luo skirt is wet, why don't you go and change it for the princess quickly, be careful that the princess catches a cold." Then, he turned his head and glanced behind him.

Among those women, there were indispensable people with eyes, and they immediately understood and bowed their knees to leave. In the blink of an eye, most of the people crowded in this water pavilion retreated, leaving only Concubine Kang and Mrs. Chen.

In just a moment, Zhao Ning had already changed into a clean dress and came out. The dirty dress was wrapped in a wrapper, and was held in the arms of the palace maid called Cicada in Zhaoning.

Zhao Ning went outside and bowed to Concubine Kang, "Concubine Kang, Zhao Ning was rude just now, please don't blame you." ”

Facing Zhaoning, Concubine Kang had already lost her arrogance, and said with a slight smile, "I didn't know about this palace beforehand, but it scared you." The girl's family is thin-skinned, and the palace knows it, where will I blame you? ”

"Then thank you Concubine Kang, Zhaoning will leave first."

"You go first! Hongu rests for a while. Concubine Kang smiled faintly.

Zhao Ning and Ye Xinyi bowed to Concubine Kang, and then withdrew from the water pavilion.

Walking all the way away from the water pavilion, when he arrived at the fork in the road when he came, Zhao Ning stopped and looked at Ye Xinyi, "Thank you for tonight's incident." ”

In just a few words, you can hear the sincerity in it.

"I lied to you before, this time, you and I have a good relationship, I don't owe you anything." Ye Xinyi's expression was indifferent, and then, towards Zhaoning Yifuli, he turned around and walked towards the banquet.

Seeing her back being obscured by the night and the shadows of the trees, Zhao Ning felt that her legs were weak and she almost fell to the ground.

"Princess!" The cicada hurriedly grabbed her, looked at her, and looked like she was about to cry.

Zhao Ning's face was white, gritting his teeth, "Go!" Get back! ”

Cicada nodded, and hurriedly helped Zhao Ning to walk along the flower path back to the inner palace.

In Jingren Palace, Concubine Xie had already gotten the news, and was pacing back and forth in the palace, her face was already dark.

Pearl and Jade stood aside with their eyebrows bowed and their hands tied, both holding their breath and not daring to make a sound.

Finally hearing the movement, Concubine Xie raised her eyes hurriedly, and saw Zhaoning, who was supported by the cicada and walked in, and hurriedly greeted her.

As soon as Concubine Xie held her hand, Zhao Ning's eyes turned red.

Concubine Xie was still calm, her eyes had already scanned her up and down, to make sure that nothing major had happened to her, her heart was a little calm, and she raised her hand and said, "You all go down first." "It's about Zhaoning's reputation, and there are some words, the less people know, the better.

The pearls did not dare to object, and they all responded "yes", and then quietly retreated to the palace and gently closed the temple door.

Concubine Xie took Zhao Ning's hand and sat on the Luohan bed, then asked in a low voice, "What's going on?" Did you meet your cousin quietly? ”

It was the people around the Ye family who secretly came to report the news, and they only said two things, one was that the princess accidentally wet her dress, and asked the princess to wait for a clean one to change into, and the other was to let the concubine wait until late at night to send someone to Linxi Water Pavilion to pick up Lord Xie.