When Hua Xi and Zhiyu came back, they happened to see two people, one big and one small, leaning on the bench and reading books together, even frowning and smiling in unison. Hua Xi and Yan Yan smiled at each other, and Yan Lijun also smiled with satisfaction, it seems that the two of them get along well, at least Shen Yafei doesn't hate Ah Xin, and Ah Xin also likes Shen Yafei very much. But where did the prince go?

When Xu Shizi was in the county lord's mansion, Cheng Fang told him: The person sent by Yang Zifeng to Huancheng to inquire about the news has returned, and he is now waiting for him in Xianxianglou. So, as soon as Xu Shizi left the county lord's mansion, he and Cheng Fang performed light skills and quickly went to Xianxianglou.

"Ahzy." When Xu Shizi went to the fixed private room for the three of them, Chen Si was already there, and the crown prince and King Ning were also present, and Yang Zifeng saw him and immediately greeted him.

"What did you hear?" As soon as Xu Shizi sat down, he couldn't wait to ask.

Yang Zifeng didn't answer him immediately, glanced at him curtly, and then said to his subordinates: "Aqing, you come." ”

Ah Qing nodded respectfully and said slowly: "Actually, we have been checking for so long, and we haven't found any real and useful information. When I first went, I asked a lot of people, but no one knew who Shen Yafei was. Later, we found the Shen family's manor and temple, and only then did we reluctantly find out some news, but we basically knew that she was General Shen's daughter and where she lived. I don't know anything else. ”

"Not long after Miss Shen went to Yan'an Temple, she told the owner of the Shen family's manor, Meng Zhuang, that there was no need to go to her. After she spoke, Master Meng really didn't look for her, and he hasn't seen her since then. It was when they returned to Beijing this year that the two of them met again. As for Yan'an Temple, Miss Shen has been in Yan'an Temple for less than a month, and because of her good performance, Aunt Sheng told her not to go to the temple often. Miss Shen still lives in a small courtyard on the mountain behind the temple, and the small courtyard is a certain distance away from the temple, and usually no one will notice that there is a courtyard behind the temple, and there will be no other outsiders going there at all. ”

"On weekdays, the rice is sent to a small warehouse at the back door of the courtyard by the people in the temple, and the people in the temple put the rice in and leave directly, and they will not communicate with them. There are wild vegetables on the mountain, and there is also a vegetable garden in the temple, and they can pick them if they want to eat them. Usually, because they have nothing to do, the time to pick vegetables is staggered with the nuns in the temple, and there are few face-to-face meetings. There is nothing surprising about not seeing each other for months, or even a year or two. ”

"Therefore, when did the grandmother and maid beside Miss Shen disappear, no one in the temple noticed it, and Master Meng Zhuang only found out on the day he returned to Beijing. Then, five years ago, there was a flood and famine in Huancheng, and the whole city had no harvest. I heard that the subordinates of the Shen family said that the people who served around Shen Yafei were gone. However, we secretly asked several nuns in the temple, and only the nun in the vegetable garden told a strange thing. The nun said that in the first year after Shen Yafei passed, except for the first six months, except for the first six months, there was basically a year after that, and the people in the temple never saw her and her descendants. Even when I went to deliver rice every month, in the hut in the backyard, there was no shortage of rice. ”

However, the rules in their temple are strict, and Aunt Sheng hates others discussing the master's affairs the most. The nun in the vegetable garden had no courage, so she just turned a blind eye. It was only when we asked that she knew that she would say it, and it was only when we asked us that she knew that the person who was serving Shen Yafei was gone. ”

After listening to Aqing's description, where is this sending people to the temple to cultivate? This is simply sending people to fend for themselves! Xu Shizi was stunned when he heard it, is this what his biological parents did? What kind of hatred, what kind of grudge, would send a child a few years old to such a far away place and ignore it. No wonder Shen Yafei is not at all sad when she leaves the Shen Mansion now, what is the difference between having such a family and not having it?

It's really hard to imagine how Shen Yafei survived in the mountains alone, and where did those subordinates go? Xu Shizi couldn't help but think of the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the maid named Ali kept saying that the matter had nothing to do with her master, but she justified it like this, and the more she justified it, the more suspicious people would become. Thinking about it now, Xu Shizi has a feeling that Ali at that time actually wanted to attribute everyone's hatred to Shen Yafei, just to make her unhappy in life! If you really want Shen Yafei to be removed, how can people doubt her, and let her be with him. How ruthless! It was worse than her dying on the spot. This incident made all the most powerful families in the capital hate Shen Yafei, isn't it not happy to live?

Even the people in the capital who have taken care of Shen Yafei since she was a child have different intentions for her, so what role do the three subordinates of Huancheng play in it? How did Shen Yafei survive this? Xu Shizi felt more pity and distress for Shen Yafei in his heart at this time.

King Ning's face was also good, and he couldn't see where to go. He always thought that Shen Yafei was used to being the emperor of the soil in Huancheng, and he would be so arrogant when he returned to the capital. But he never thought that the people in his own temple and the people in the manor had been ignorant of her master's situation for ten years in a row, and they didn't care about it. Even if someone discovered the abnormality, they were still afraid of things and didn't dare to report her affairs, so they let Shen Yafei fend for herself on the mountain alone. After so many years, Shen Yafei was only five years old when she left Beijing, and at that time she knew two words at most, and the Shen family didn't even invite her to raise her grandmother, nor did she ask a teacher to teach her to read, no wonder the words she wrote in the palace that day were so strange, she couldn't even write a few lines of poetry, and her behavior was so vulgar and casual. No one has ever taught it, and it's good to know two words.

"Isn't there any useful information other than that?" The prince didn't believe it.

"Nope." Qing shook his head.

"If she doesn't have contact with anyone, how can anyone know about her? Not many people have seen her, and we can't ask! Yang Zifeng said, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice! He originally thought it was to investigate a young lady who had little ability. As a result, it took so much time that I couldn't even find out what people had done. He is also helpless, and now Xu Shizi has much more information than he sent someone to find out.

"Then how did she know the Holy Doctor, and where did she learn the art of medicine?" King Ning also heard the people around Yan Lijun come over and tell him last night, and he realized that Shen Yafei was still the apprentice of the Holy Doctor. He didn't expect that the person they had been looking for for many years was still the person he hated the most.

"I don't know." Aqing said.

Xu Shizi felt that the news that Aqing had obtained was useless. According to him, no one knew Shen Yafei's whereabouts at all. Who had she been in contact with before, and why could there be so many powerful people with her? And why did she let people catch the medicine man who poisoned Yan Valley? That's what matters.

"If you want to know more, it's better to check the news of the Jade Flute Prince."

"Jade Flute Boy?" Chen Si asked inexplicably. Yang Zifeng also looked at Xu Shizi in confusion.

"Today, our conversation here is to be kept secret." Xu Shizi said that the other people nodded their heads, they naturally knew that these things could not be spread out, and the people around them were their loyal people, and they would not blow their affairs out. Seeing that they were all treating this matter harshly, Xu Shizi was relieved, and said: "That's right, Shen Yafei is the world-famous doctor Jade Flute son on the rivers and lakes. ”

"However, didn't the Jade Flute Boy walk the rivers and lakes five years ago? How old was she then? Yang Zifeng calculated for a moment and felt that something was wrong.

"I don't know about this, this is what the personal maid next to her said." Xu Shizi said, "However, you don't need to check her affairs first. Let's put our hands on the important places. ”

"Yes." King Ning said sharply. However, Shen Yafei's matter made him more and more curious.

"By the way, what did they do with those medicine people?" The prince asked the prince.

"It's not clear, Miss Zhiyu is only treating my eldest brother and sister-in-law now. They didn't say anything else, so I didn't ask too much. Xu Shizi replied.

"Do you think she will really be the Jade Flute Child?" King Ning asked. Chen Si is also very concerned about this issue, if it is really the son of the Jade Flute, then won't his sister be saved?

"I don't think Miss Zhiyu will lie. But as for the truth or falsehood, wait for Yan Lijun to tell you. Today, my eldest brother went to the doctor, and he watched from the sidelines. Xu Shizi said.

"If that's true, what role did she play at the Imperial Grandmother's birthday banquet?" The prince's voice was low and different from what it used to be.

His question is also a doubt in the hearts of everyone present, but the person who knows the news, Ali is no longer there, and it seems that he can only ask Shen Yafei himself.

They didn't dwell on this question for too long, so they put the topic on the poison Yan Gu medicine man.

"Those medicine men have some clues." King Ning said, "My people have been tracking for a long time, and they almost killed a shadow of me, and we only found a little bit of information." My men found the place where they joined and lay in ambush there for a few days, finally waiting for their commander. It's just a pity that I couldn't catch him red-handed. But it's almost certain that the person is related to someone in our royal family. ”

The people in the royal family have to come into contact with these people, and there is nothing else but the throne. But there are only four of them, so you can know who that person is when you think about it. The crown prince and King Ning were almost decided.

"You say, if Shen Yafei is the son of the Jade Flute, then why doesn't she treat the queen?" Yang Zifeng was very puzzled about this matter, and this thought made him have a bad premonition.

After the crown prince, King Ning and Xu Shizi listened to Yang Zifeng's words, their faces changed several times. Indeed, no, just like Shen Yafei said in the Fukang Palace, the queen is the best person for her since she entered Beijing, so what reason does she have not to treat the queen, and hide her true identity from everyone?

"What are you trying to say?" "The Queen Mother has always been kind and caring for everyone. Could she still have some conspiracy? ”

"Then you say, if Shen Yafei is good, then the queen has to stand on the opposite side of her. If the queen is good, then why would Shen Yafei help the medicine man heal? Yang Zifeng said that the powerful relationship was also something that the three members of the Hua family were unwilling to admit.

The prince no longer had the warmth and calm he had before, and his face was as black as ink.

"No!" King Ning shook his head, "Impossible, Mother Yuan is so good with Queen Mother." How could Empress Yuan be the person who had a relationship with the poisonous Yan Valley? If she is related to the people of Poison Yan Valley, then what about the death of the queen mother? And ······"

and the poison he and the prince have had since childhood. King Ning didn't dare to say any more, the more he said this, the more he thought in his heart that Yuan Muhou was going in a bad direction. Then Yuan's mother is a traitor, so where is their most beloved brother?

Thankfully, fortunately! They have always treated Hua Yuan as a child who doesn't understand anything, and they are never willing to let him know too many shady things, so they have never told him many things. The prince became vigilant. However, the people around him, Hua Yuan basically knows. The crown prince raised his head suddenly, and his sharp eyes shot at the black shadow, "You hurry up and order it now, and we won't let King Yuan take care of all our affairs in the future." ”

After listening to Yang Zifeng's words, the black shadow's face was also extremely serious. Nodding solemnly, he disappeared. King Ning also commanded his men.

Xu Shizi doesn't have much feeling about this, he has never liked Hua Yuan, who is overprotected by the crown prince and King Ning, he is seventeen years old, and he still has an innocent face, as if he doesn't understand anything, and he often makes mud between the prince and King Lang. No wonder he doesn't like Huayuan no matter how he looks at it, it turns out that he is a smiling tiger!

But if it's really like Yang Zifeng said, the queen is a traitor, what about the queen mother who has always been fond of him? These two elders have always cared for him, if they are all hypocritical······ Xu Shizi also had a feeling of being betrayed at this time.

"Perhaps, it's time to find out what happened at the imperial grandmother's birthday banquet." Xu Shizi looked at the prince solemnly.

The prince thought for a while before nodding. Such information was also a big blow to him, the woman, who they had always treated as if she were their own mother. What have they done all these years?

Although King Ning is usually indifferent, he is actually a very affectionate person, otherwise he would not have desperately married Lin Wanxin, who lost her innocence. King Ning was miserable when he thought of the possibility that the queen had calculated for more than ten years. In the face of feelings, he can't be as rational as the prince and can quickly make a solution. King Ning clenched his fists, his eyes were rosy, and he didn't know if he was angry or sad. This taste is even more uncomfortable than being stabbed in the back by his own soldiers on the battlefield!

The others didn't speak again, for fear of hitting King Ning. Xu Shizi thought of Shen Yafei at this time, at this moment, he couldn't wait to see Shen Yafei, and wanted to understand this matter, but if he didn't understand, the emotions in his heart would be difficult to calm down.

After the crown prince and King Ning have a knot, they will definitely try their best to figure it out. It didn't take long for them to disperse, and the crown prince and King Ning arranged work. Xu Shizi also returned to the county lord's mansion.

As soon as he stepped into Shen Yafei's courtyard, he hadn't thought about the scene inside.

"This one should be placed here." Huaxin is teaching Shen Yafei to play chess.

Shen Yafei reluctantly, she was unwilling to put the chess pieces in the position that Hua Xin said, and still insisted on her own ideas, but the next step was eaten by Hua Xin.

Then, Shen Yafei hung her head and said, "Don't play." ”

Hua Xin grinned and laughed, "Stupid, aunt stupid." ”

Shen Yafei pouted and said angrily: "You are stupid!" ”

Hua Xin smiled.

"Uncle!" Hua Xin saw Xu Shizi at the gate of the courtyard and rushed over happily.

Xu Shizi bent down to scoop him up, pinched his nose with his hand, and scolded, "Little naughty." ”

Hua Xin happily put his arms around his neck and nested his head on the neck of Xu Shizi.

It was rare for Xu Shizi to see Hua Xin having so much fun with others, and asked curiously, "What did Ah Xin play today?" ”

"Ah Xin, I read the book with Aunt Shen, and after reading the book, I taught my aunt to play chess, but my aunt is so stupid, I can't learn no matter how I teach, and I always cheat!" Huaxin whistleblower.

Xu Shizi listened to Hua Xin's words and looked at Shen Yafei, and he couldn't help but think of Aqing's words again.

Shen Yafei was also looking at him, this was the first time she had looked directly at such a serious Xu Shizi, and she was completely attracted by the depth in his eyes. The word "beloved wife" couldn't help but appear in front of me again, and his cheeks were slightly red. Seeing this, the curvature of the corners of his mouth turned upwards in the shape of a crescent, and his clear eyes were like blue waves. The two looked at each other fixedly.

"Uncle." Hua Xin's childish voice broke the wonderful atmosphere between the two. Shen Yafei came back to her senses and turned her head away, but Xu Shizi was still staring at her, she didn't understand, and the curvature of the corners of her mouth was even greater.

"Ah Xin, if you want to play chess, then uncle will play with you, okay?" Xu Shizi hugged Huaxin and walked in the direction of Shen Yafei and sat down opposite her.

But Hua Xin's interest was not high, he shook his head lightly and said, "But, my aunt can't play." If we played chess, wouldn't my aunt be bored? ”

"So, what does your aunt like to play?" Xu Shizi looked at Shen Yafei and asked Hua Xin.

Hua Xin didn't think about it, so he said, "Auntie likes to read." Also read books that I had never read. ”

When Xu Shizi saw his little clever appearance, he knew that he also liked to watch it, "Okay, that uncle asked someone to bring a few boxes." ”

"Yay!" Hua Xin shouted happily, and his body couldn't help but want to jump up.

Xu Shizi hugged him tightly, "Thank you, Lord County!" ”

Shen Yafei smiled.

"I wonder if I can ask the county lord a question." Shen Yafei turned her head to look at him, and Xu Shizi continued, "I want to know what the queen mother is to the county lord?" ”