Before noon on the second day, Nie Yuansheng entered the palace again, but it was unfortunate that he came, Ji Shen was summoned by the Empress Dowager Gao to the Heyi Palace, but Mu Biwei claimed to go to the Wind Lotus Courtyard to prepare plum cakes for him without accompaniment, listening to Ge Nuo rushing back to the Wind Lotus Courtyard to pray, Dao Nie Yuansheng was drinking tea in the Xuan Room Palace, Mu Biwei and Ah Shan glanced at each other, and asked, "Is Gu Xi accompanied by Gu Xi over there?" ”

Ge Nuo lowered his hand and nodded: "Looking at Nie Shilang's appearance, there is nothing urgent. ”

"Tsing Yi is still looking for a jasper hairpin that he wore yesterday, but didn't it fall in the Xuanshu Palace?" Ah Shan said suddenly, Mu Bi understood slightly, held his sideburns, and said: "I was looking for dizziness, but I was confused, I wasn't in the Xuanshu Hall for most of the hours yesterday?" It must have been dropped there carefully, and it is no wonder that Fang Cai found it all the way in the inner room and found no trace. ”

"That jasper hairpin is a gift from the emperor, how can you ignore it?" Ah Shan said, "The slave maid is dizzy, and I have only seen it a few times, I'm afraid that I can't recognize it, or Tsing Yi will go and find it myself, so as not to know where to go when it's too late!" ”

Mu Biwei was waiting for the interface, but the clothes that were originally serving tea next to her were not as clever as Ge Nuo, and said attentively: "Although the slave has only seen it a few times, she remembers it, why does this little thing Lao Qingyi run errands in person?" Leave it to the slave maid! ”

"Bang Yi, did you forget that Your Majesty came back from Ganquan Palace to taste the plum cake made by Aunt Shan?" Ge Nuo hurriedly said, "Wouldn't the messenger of the face ask Tsing Yi and Sister Bang to do it?" ”

It was rare to be courteous but was immediately refuted by Ge Nuo in public, she was so young, she suddenly felt ashamed, and her face turned red, and she was afraid that Mu Biwei felt stupid, so she whispered guilty: "It's the slave who wants to be bad, ask Tsing Yi for forgiveness!" ”

Mu Bi said lightly: "It's not a big deal, you just need to help Ah Shan do things carefully." Saying that, he glanced at Ge Nuo again, and saw him standing with his hands lowered and pleasing to his eyes, looking well-behaved, thinking that it would be a little interesting for such a snob to recognize this godbrother, compared to looking at the shrewd but confused jacket and the still ignorant Tie Yi in front of him, this Ge Nuo is a smart and resourceful.

However, she thought about these things in her heart, but she didn't show appreciation for Ge Nuo, so she got up and said, "You help the good aunt to help, I'll come when I go!" ”

Ge Nuo and Bang Yi should be in unison.

Mu Bi walked out of the Wind Lotus Courtyard and walked along the palace road to the Xuanshu Palace, but he only walked a short distance, but he saw a person coming slowly, the fox fur was slightly open, revealing the pale pigment of the robe inside, the person was leisurely, as if he was walking to enjoy the scenery, was it Nie Yuansheng?

Seeing that he met him before he arrived at the Xuanshu Palace, Mu Biwei stopped and thought for a while, Fang walked over, Nie Yuansheng caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and hurriedly smiled and saluted, Mu Biwei stared at him for a moment, Fang returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Nie Shilang is very interested, and the concubine almost didn't dare to come out when she saw the waiter's leisurely appearance, so as not to disturb the waiter's Yaxing." ”

"Your Majesty thinks it will take some time to return to the palace, and the inner secretary has something to call Gu Xifu to go over and count the spring clothes in the near future, and the lower officials are bored in the palace, so they come out and walk around, and they don't want to meet Tsing Yi." Nie Yuansheng said with a smile.

Mu Bi smiled faintly: "In this way, the concubine has misunderstood, and the concubine is still a waiter, and she wants to do that thing of knocking on the window over the wall!" ”

"This road also leads to the Wind Lotus Courtyard, if Tsing Yi wants to think so, the lower officials will not dare to deny it." Nie Yuansheng said calmly.

Seeing him like this, Mu Bi paused slightly, and Fang continued: "The squire also said that this road also leads to the Wind Lotus Courtyard, but it does not only lead to the Wind Lotus Courtyard, so the squire may not necessarily come to find a concubine on this trip. ”

Nie Yuansheng smiled slightly: "Yes or no, what does it matter?" Heng Zhixia now meets Tsing Yi. ”

There seemed to be something else in his words, Mu Bi tilted his head slightly, glanced at him suspiciously, and replied: "Regardless of whether the waiter is looking for the concubine today, the concubine will go out of the Wind Lotus Courtyard, but I want to go to the waiter." ”

"Tsing Yi but please command!" When Nie Yuansheng heard this, he immediately gave up.

Mu Bi smiled: "The squire is good, so there is no need to embarrass the concubine with the cold wind blowing here, right?" What's more, although this place is secluded, it is inevitable that there will be palace people passing by accident, of course, the squire has the trust of His Majesty, but the concubine heard that there is a saying called accumulation of broken bones, and everyone is gold. Speaking of this, seeing that Nie Yuansheng was thoughtful, but did not object, he covered his sleeves and chuckled, and said, "The concubine will go back to the Wind Lotus Courtyard first." ”

Without waiting for Nie Yuansheng to agree, he turned back to the Wind Lotus Courtyard.

Lu Liang, who had been guarding the gate of the courtyard, saw that she came back soon after she went out, a little strange, but this person had always been silent, and only silently opened and closed the door, but after crossing the Jiuqu Long Bridge, Ge Nuo saw it and said: "Tsing Yi forgot something?" ”

"I just remembered that since Nie Shilang entered the palace, most of them were drinking tea in the Dongnuan Pavilion, if the jasper hairpin was falling there, wouldn't it be in vain?" Mu Biwei said casually, "So I came back first halfway through." ”

Seeing that he was alone on the porch, he knew that most of the robes and clothes were in the kitchen for Ah Shan, so he also wanted to do something for him: "I'm afraid that the plum blossoms hidden before are not fresh, this one in my yard is kept to watch and play, if you are empty, it is better to go to the few plants outside the Xuanshu Hall to pick some good ones, and Your Majesty is also allowed to do this." ”

Gerno was busy.

Mu Biwei walked back at this time, and when she arrived at her living place, she buckled the latch after entering the door, and when she reached the inner room, she opened the window that Nie Yuansheng knocked on last time, and only covered it up.

Here, she poured two cups of tea from Xinu, and there was a soft sound on the window lattice, and Nie Yuansheng floated in, landing silently, not startled.

Mu Bi glanced at him slightly, and saw that he was turning over at this point. The person who passed through the court on the wall still looked calm, and unconsciously praised it: "The squire is His Majesty's companion, and his martial arts are really good." ”

I didn't want Nie Yuansheng to take off his coat, so he sat down generously opposite her, but said with a smile: "Tsing Yi's words are not right, royal companion, when His Majesty was still the King of Yongning, he was already favored by Emperor Gaozu, even if famous teachers gathered, how could the lower officials dare to steal the limelight from His Majesty?" Therefore, no matter what, neither dare not learn, nor dare to learn more, this little bit of kung fu, that is, Tsing Yi is a boudoir girl, so it has not been passed on to the art of the pastoral family, and it is not enough to put it in front of Ling Zun and Brother Ling. ”

Mu Bi raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "The waiter has been calm and relaxed, why did he complain about his suffering today?" The concubine thought about it, even though the squire was embarrassed to go back when he was a companion, but now His Majesty trusts and loves the squire, and all the ministers can't do it! Why should the squire still worry about his previous caution? ”

"The so-called be prepared for danger in times of peace." Nie Yuansheng smiled, and no longer circled with her, and went straight to the point, "I heard that Mu Yin entered the palace yesterday to ask for a meeting, and today he handed over the resignation form to the left and right to get along. ”

Mu Biwei stared at him for a moment, and smiled faintly: "Originally, the concubine didn't want her father to run around, but Daddy attached great importance to the aspirations of his ancestors, and if the waiter wanted the concubine to help persuade Daddy to stay in Yedu, I was afraid that the concubine would not be able to do it." ”

"Mu Yin's return to the northwest is the hope of the lower officials, how dare he ask Tsing Yi to block Mu Yin's future?" Nie Yuansheng heard this and said with a look of surprise on his face.

When he said this, Mu Biwei couldn't maintain his composure, revealing a clear surprise!

Seeing the cunning in Nie Yuansheng's eyes, Mu Bi was secretly angry in her heart, but she was quite scheming, thought for a moment, but pressed it down, and said in a deep voice: "Since Nie Shilang specially entered the palace to meet the concubine, if he still wants to hide it, it seems that he has been entertaining the concubine from the past to the present!" ”

Nie Yuansheng smiled peacefully: "How dare Xia Guan hide Tsing Yi? It's just that although Tsing Yi has only entered the palace, he has an idea in his heart, and Xia Guan and Tsing Yi have only met a few times, and there is no basis for empty words, which inevitably makes Tsing Yi suspicious, isn't it self-defeating? ”

"In that case, how could Nie Shilang be here?" Mu Bi frowned slightly and asked.

Nie Yuansheng smiled, as if casually: "Yesterday, Mu Yin entered the pilgrimage, and heard that Tsing Yi had His Majesty's permission, and the father and daughter were able to talk privately. ”

Mu Biwei was unwilling to be led by him to the topic, so she said lightly: "What the waiter said is too underestimated to be a concubine!" Since the concubine entered the palace, the waiter has been in front of the court, and the medicine was given back the day before yesterday, so it was not long after the relationship, is the concubine not grateful at all? What did you refuse to say earlier, and you had to wait for the father of the concubine to enter the palace before revealing it? Don't hide it from Nie Shilang, after His Majesty left yesterday with the two fathers-in-law in front of Xinuan Pavilion, due to the rush of time, he just talked about the eldest brother's marriage! ”

Nie Yuansheng smiled and said: "It's a big matter, Tsing Yi is a smart person, I guess after hearing it, I will be able to forgive the prudence of the officials!" ”

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the squire." Mu Bi casually blew the tea in front of him, and said lightly, "The shepherd family is too thin, because of the matter of Xuelan Pass, although my father has been pardoned by His Majesty, but now he is also a lot haggard, the eldest brother has decided to get married, and the third brother is still young, full of calculations, and the Mu family now has only three men, so where has he done anything big?" ”

Her refusal did not surprise Nie Yuansheng: "Xia Guan has heard people talk about the affairs of businessmen in the city, the more wealthy he is, the more careful he must be, the richest businessman in Ye City, has thousands of dollars, and there are piles of gold and silver at home, but outside, not only is he clothed with hemp, but the utensils do not dare to go beyond it, and even the ordinary people next door are jealous, and every time they are embarrassed with it, they will greet each other with a smile, and never fight back, but some ordinary vendors in the city have done a lot of things to do a lot of things to raise prices, as for the lack of catties and two, there is no lack of people, Tsing Yi can know the reason? ”

Mu Bi said indifferently: "The concubine is hiding in the boudoir, and now she is serving the palace, how can the concubine know about the business?" ”

Nie Yuansheng saw that she only said that she didn't know, but didn't say or listen, so he was relieved and continued: "This is because the rich merchant in front of him is the best in the city, because of his large amount of wealth, jealousy of others abounds, and if his neighbors can provoke him to break the law by provoking him from time to time, and attract other secret pretenders to deal with him together, because he is a businessman, not as good as the common people, it is inevitable that his wealth will be taken away by others, and his wife and daughter will be uneasy, this is the so-called tree big wind, he has to endure it!"

"In contrast, the latter are just ordinary hawkers, abound in the city, although they are not full, but because they have no money to spare, whether they are deceived or concealed, they earn a penny, they are a penny, and those who buy things from them are also poor people, and they are made trouble, but a verbal dispute, at most they are beaten, so the consequences are not serious, and naturally they are more than that."

After that, he smiled meaningfully and looked at Mu Biwei.