It was getting late, and it was soon time. The Weiming Lake in the southwest of the palace is usually rarely visited, and it is even more deserted at this time, and it looks a little gloomy under the cover of the night. Next to the unnamed lake is the smoke and rain platform, this is the platform built by the first emperor for a favorite concubine, for its enjoyment, but after the death of the favorite concubine, the first emperor was afraid of touching the scene and hurting, so he sealed this smoke and rain platform. At this time, under the clear light of the moonlight, you can vaguely see the smoke and rain of the year.

In front of the hook bar, Yi Chu stood with his hands in his hands, wearing a white robe and dancing lightly in the wind, the waterfall ink hair was only fixed with a green and white hosta, losing the arrogance of the division of a country in the day, and he was even more cold and elegant at this time.

Zong Zhengjin carried the lantern and climbed the smoke and rain platform step by step, and after seeing his figure, she suddenly stopped her pace and did not dare to take another half step. This is the person she has missed for a long time, and now she is standing in front of her eyes, but she does not dare to do anything, she cannot say anything. Thinking of what his father said, Zong Zhengjin felt a tingling in his heart, those seven years of companionship was just his task, what was she still obsessed with?

"Why don't you talk when you come?" Yi Chu suddenly turned around and stared at her with a pair of discerning eyes. Although she walked very lightly, Yi Chu still heard her footsteps, but after not talking to her for a long time, he turned around, but he saw her slightly sad expression. As smart as he is, of course he will think that Zong Zhengjin must have remembered the incident of two years ago, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

Zong Zhengjin looked at his gentle face, his lips were slightly open, but he didn't know what to say, he wanted to call "sir", but he couldn't open his mouth.

In the end, it was Yi Chu who broke the peace, he sighed lowly, and said in a cold voice: "Ah Jin, since you have returned to the palace, what happened in the past ...... Don't think about it. ”

Zong Zhengjin's eyes widened, full of shock and sadness, she stared at Yi Chu tightly, trying to see something in his eyes, but she didn't see anything. The calm eyes, the face that was still the same, all told her that Yi Chu was still the same Yi Chu, and he didn't care about the unexpected confession two years ago. Zong Zhengjin's heart sank instantly, but a smile slowly appeared on his face, and for some reason, Yi Chu felt that this smile was very dazzling.

I only heard Zong Zhengjin's indifferent voice and said, "Ah Jin has seen Mr." She bowed slowly, and then said, "Sir, Ah Jin was ignorant before, if there is anything disrespectful, please don't blame Mr."

"It's okay, just take care of it in the future." Yi Chu stepped forward and gave him a hand, and after hearing what she said, he was faintly unhappy in his heart, but he automatically ignored it, the most important thing at the moment was to restore the relationship with Ah Jin.

"Sir, Ah Jin has a question, please answer it." Zong Zhengjin sat opposite Yi Chu, and there was a small snack on the table that she usually likes to eat, which surprised her.

"What?"

"You went to Yangzhou with me nine years ago to help me...... Is it because of the order of Xuanjizi, the former head of Xuanji Pavilion?" Although she didn't want to mention this matter, Zong Zhengjin couldn't help but ask, maybe she wouldn't give up if she didn't hear his answer with her own ears!

Yi Chu was stunned, she didn't expect her to suddenly ask about it, looking at her expression, probably the emperor had already told her, so there was no need for him to hide it, nodded, and replied in a cold voice: "Yes, I was indeed ordered by the master to protect you...... " It's just that the later stay together, not just to complete the master's order. This sentence was left in the bottom of his heart and not spoken, and he didn't understand why he had such thoughts, and he couldn't say it until he figured it out.

Hearing this answer, Zong Zhengjin's heart sank, she slowly lowered her head, hiding the loss and sadness in her eyes, and she couldn't laugh even if she wanted to laugh at this time.

After a long time, she raised her head again and asked in a low voice, "Why does your master want you to help me?" Yi Chu glanced at her deeply, sighed shallowly, and replied, "If you are as smart as you, how can you not guess?"

Yes, as smart as she is, she can guess anything, but she can't guess him. Zong Zhengjin raised his eyes, and probed his alluring face by the moonlight, and his thoughts could not be seen from his face at all, he had been hiding himself very well.

"In that case," Zong Zhengjin smiled helplessly, and his cold voice sounded in the night; "I will obey the will of heaven!" He spoke to him as if he were speaking to himself.

Yi Chu's hand holding the teacup suddenly paused, and a trace of inexplicable displeasure flashed in his heart, but he said with a smile on his face: "Okay, I will definitely help you well." Zong Zhengjin nodded, looked up at the moon, and a thin layer of clouds covered the moonlight, which made the night a little hazy.

"Sir, you didn't just want to talk about this when you called me so late, did you?" Zong Zhengjin asked, Yi Chu nodded, slowly took out a booklet from his sleeve, and said: "This records the information of everyone in the palace, as well as the relationship between the courtiers, I think this will help you."

Zong Zhengjin took the booklet, didn't even look at it, and said softly: "Thank you, sir, I will read it carefully."

"Okay." Yi Chu responded, and then the two of them had nothing to say.

The moonlight shone quietly on the smoke and rain platform, Zong Zhengjin lowered his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, Yi Chu sat opposite her and looked at her quietly. I didn't look carefully during the day, but now that I look at her, she is even more beautiful than before, and I am afraid that there is no one to compare in this Beicang country. But the coldness on her face made his heart inexplicably irritable, when did he and her reach the point where they had nothing to say.

Just when the atmosphere was extremely cold, Zong Zhengjin finally spoke: "You are very familiar with Zong Zhengyu?"

"What?" Yi Chu didn't react for a while, as if he didn't know who Zong Zhengyu she was talking about.

"I saw you talking to her in the Imperial Garden today, and I thought you knew her very well."

"Do you mean that Princess Jade, the daughter of Concubine Xu?" Yi Chu finally understood, and he hurriedly clarified: "How can I be very familiar with her?" Today. I was going to look for you, but she stopped me halfway. ”

Seeing him explain in such a hurry, Zong Zhengjin's mood suddenly improved a lot, but he asked uneasily; "In the past, when you were in Yangzhou, you never said a word to other women, but today I saw you talking to Zong Zhengyu, I thought that you had changed, sir."

"Today is just a moment of defenselessness, I am still the same as before, and I have not changed." As soon as Yi Chu finished speaking, he was surprised in his heart, wondering, why did he have to explain so much to Ah Jin? Are you afraid that she will have a misunderstanding?

Seeing Yi Chu frowning, with a faint annoyance in his eyes, Zong Zhengjin inexplicably felt a faint joy in his heart, but he didn't show it.

Yi Chu quickly calmed down, he looked up, and saw that it was getting late, so he said, "It's not early, I'll send you back to the palace."

"No, I can go back myself." Zong Zhengjin rejected him, got up and picked up the lantern and prepared to go back.

"It's very secluded here, and you're going back alone, I'm not at ease, let's go." Yi Chu couldn't help but take the lantern in her hand, and then walked in front to light the way for her.

Zong Zhengjin paused, looked at his back, and felt sad and joyful in his heart. If it weren't for that incident two years ago, maybe she would be very happy to live with Yi Chu now. However, when everything was irreparable, she could no longer accept it with peace of mind. He is Yi Chu, she is the princess of Jinyang, and the relationship between her and him can only be that of the main and the secondary.

Zong Zhengjin followed Yi Chu forward while thinking, and the moonlight shone quietly on the bluestone pavement, adding a bit of coolness to this cold night. On the side of the road near Shulan Palace, Yi Chu separated from her, after all, there are many people, and the current relationship between the two should not be known by too many people.

Zong Zhengjin took the lantern and went back to Shulan Palace alone, looking at her back as she drifted away, Yi Chu's face was gloomy, after all, there was an extra layer of coldness between him and her, and this feeling made him very uncomfortable. No, he must find a way to eliminate this layer of coldness as soon as possible!

At dawn the next day, Zong Zhengjin had already gotten up. Regarding the fact that the princess left the palace alone last night, Zhao Qing and the others did not ask, anyway, the princess would have come back safely.

"Princess, which dress do you want to wear?" Dongping stood in front of her with two sets of clothes,

Zong Zhengjin glanced twice, pointed to the lilac palace costume and said, "That's it, meet the Queen Mother, don't be too gorgeous, but you can't lose your dignity." Although she doesn't want to see them, but now that the harem is still in power, she still has to do superficial work.

"Okay," Dongping happily picked up the purple dress and put it on for her, and sure enough, whatever the princess wore was as beautiful as a fairy.

Looking at Zong Zhengjin in front of him wearing a lilac dark pattern lotus palace costume, Zhao Qing and the others were shocked again, I really don't know who can be worthy of such a stunning princess in the future!

"Fix my hair." Zong Zhengjin walked to the dresser and sat down, and Zhao Qing immediately stepped forward to comb her hair quickly. Nan Xu stood aside with a jewelry box, and after a while, a black hair was curled into a noble princess bun, a pair of mutton fat jade flower tassel hairpins were inserted obliquely on the temples, and a lilac peony silk flower was inserted in the middle of the bun, which made her face more delicate, and Zhao Qing chose a pair of purple jade. The bead earrings hung on her white jade earlobes, which instantly became a little more charming.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Zong Zhengjin nodded with satisfaction and asked; "Are you ready for the gifts?"

"Don't worry, princess, I was ready last night, and I got all the best things!" Nan Xu looked reluctant, those are all good treasures, and now it is not worth it to give them to those bad people! Although she and Dongping had just arrived at the palace, they had heard Zhao Qing say about Princess Jinyang's past, so they hated those people in the harem!

Looking at Nan Su's childish appearance, the three masters and servants were amused by her. "Unproductive girl, what is this little thing? It's not like we're in Yangzhou anymore. Zhao Qing couldn't help but joke to her, those things were dead things, so she didn't care.

"Alright, alright, stop making fun of her, the time has come, let's go." Zong Zhengjin interrupted them in time, got up and was about to go out, but when the three of them saw this, they immediately packed up their things and followed.