In the flower hall, everyone has different thoughts.

The emperor was in a good mood because Cen Yin came, and he didn't pay attention to the abnormalities of other people. He was not in a hurry to get down to business, and casually laughed with Cen Yin: "Ah Yin, it's your first time coming to Jiangnan, right?" ”

The waiters served tea and snacks on the side diligently, and served them very thoughtfully.

Cen Yin smiled and arched his hand at the emperor, "The minister is also a blessing to the emperor, and I am fortunate to have a glimpse of the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River." Jiangnan is worthy of being a place where literati gather, and from the perspective of the ministers, Jiangnan can be described as outstanding people. ”

Cen Yin picked up the teacup slowly, and couldn't help but glance in the direction of the rockery outside the window, wanting to see if the naughty little girl was still there.

Duanmu Fei happened to look at Cen Yin, she stuck out her tongue, waved goodbye to Cen Yin, and then pulled Han Xing and slipped away quietly.

In fact, the emperor is in the flower hall, and there are a lot of brocade guards and chamberlains in the entire West Garden, and the whereabouts of the two of them can't hide from the eyes and ears of these people at all, that is, they are just coaxing the four girls to play in the face of Cen Yin.

The cousins crept to the entrance of the garden, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Xing stopped, looked back in the direction of the flower hall, and couldn't help asking, "Cousin Scarlet, why is Lord Cen here?" ”

Duanmu Fei was confused, since she hit Jiangnan, she has been closed to news.

Duanmu Fei couldn't help but miss his grandfather Duanmu Xianlai again.

She thought about it, Cen Yin must have been announced by the emperor, if there is anything that bothers the emperor recently, it is probably -

"I guess I'm here to deal with the troubles and the edict of the first emperor." Duanmu Fei guessed.

Han Xing shook his hand with Duanmu Fei, continued to walk forward, and said coquettishly: "This Gusu magistrate is really useless!" "It's such a trivial matter to go to the capital to ask for help, and when you say it, you have to laugh to death!

It is. Duanmu Fei nodded, and was about to respond, when he heard a familiar croaking sound coming from the rear right.

Duanmu blinked, this voice really looked like his own Xiaoba, could it be that he was a brother from each other with Xiaobatian......

She was thinking wildly when a dark shadow flashed overhead, and a blackbird swooped down on her wings.

Hmm, he really looks like his own Hachi.

Duanmu Fei didn't realize that something was wrong, and then he felt a slight pain coming from the top of his hair.

"Bad, bad!"

The little black bird unceremoniously pecked twice at Duanmufei's double snail bun.

Not far away, the little scorpion was standing behind a plane tree, and he didn't know whether to stand out or not.

The overseer sent a message to him and asked him to bring the little starling to the West Garden to the fourth girl. He coaxed and coaxed the bird to return to its original owner, but he didn't expect it to react like this when he saw the four girls......

The little scorpion always has a kind of weakness that he can't escape his responsibility.

After the little starling pecked twice, he was particularly angry, and pecked at another snail "tuk tuk".

"Hachi!"

Han Xing looked at the little starling and smiled so hard that she only cared about laughing, and she forgot to "rescue" Duanmu Fei at all.

After the little starling pecked Duanmu Fei several times, he flapped his wings and flew away again, flew to a red plum tree a few steps away, stopped at the branch and didn't look at Duanmu Fei, and pecked his feathers.

"Hachi." Duanmu Fei didn't react a little, and walked directly towards the little starling on the plum tree, looking up at it.

Only then did the little starling give her a look, looking down at her from above, feeling that he was extremely wronged.

This owner is so bad that he hasn't come home after running away from home for so long!

"Bad, bad!" It jumped to its feet and cried twice, shaking the snow off the plum branch as if it had fallen again.

Duanmu looked at the little starling without blinking, his eyes shining.

It's going to be called "Bad, Bad", so it's not Hachi's brother, it's really Hachi.

But the question is, why is Hachi here?!

It can't be brought by my sister, but my sister didn't come, and it can't be that I flew by myself......

That's right!

Duanmu Fei suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and thought of the person he saw just now, and then he suddenly realized: Cen Yin, could it be that Cen Yin brought the little starling from the capital?!

Duanmu Fei looked at the little starling's expression was a little complicated, I don't know whether to praise it for being smart, or praise it for its big heart, the bird is not ripe, so he came to Jiangnan with someone, and it is really fortunate that he did not become a roasted starling!

Ay.

Who let it be a home-bred bird!

Duanmu Fei sighed silently in his heart, turned his head to Han Xing and said, "Cousin Han Xing, my little eight is going to bother you too." The implication is that the little starling is also going to live with her until Wen Meixuan.

After all, you can't entrust Xiaoba to Feng Yan, right? With Hachi's reaction to seeing Feng Yan on weekdays, I'm afraid it will scare the bird out of the disease......

As soon as he heard that the little starling was going to live with him, Han Xingle was broken, and he had already forgotten all about the horses.

She beckoned to the little starling brother diligently, "Little Eight, are you hungry?" Come down, Hongu will prepare your favorite millet for you. ”

The little starling continued to peck the feathers indifferently.

Hanxing could only continue to try to seduce it with other foods: "eggs, meat foam, green vegetables, tofu......"

Duanmu Fei looked at the arrogant stupid bird, angry and funny in his heart, and suddenly interjected: "Songren." "Starling is prone to wind chill in winter, and Duanmu Fei doesn't dare to be angry with this little guy, lest he get sick from frost.

"Really!" When the little starling heard Songren, his round golden eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he flapped his wings excitedly and flew towards Duanmu Fei and stopped on her left shoulder.

When it was called, Duanmu Fei and Han Xing were stupid and looked at each other.

Or did Han Xing react first, pulling Duanmu Fei's sleeve, "Cousin Scarlet, is Xiaoba calling you?" ”

Probably, probably, maybe. Duanmu Fei nodded, so beautiful that her eyes were crooked with a smile, and she said boldly: "Xiaoba, the pine kernels are full today!" ”

The two cousins happily walked in the direction of Wen Meixuan, in the cold wind, the croaking of the little starling was still heard from time to time, and the little scorpion hiding behind the plane tree finally came out and breathed a sigh of relief. Finally sent this big Buddha away!

Raising a bird is much more troublesome than training people. The little scorpion said in his heart as he walked in the direction of the flower hall.

After adding more little starlings, Duanmu Fei and Hanxing became even more lively along the way, talking and laughing constantly, occasionally teasing the little guys.

This distraction made him walk two teas on the road that could have been completed with one tea, and he didn't see the shadow of Wen Meixuan.

At first, the little starling was still standing firmly on Duanmufei's shoulder, but after a while, he couldn't bear it anymore, and he flapped his wings and flew around.

"Hachi, it's a mistake, it's a mistake! It's over there. Han Xing pointed to a verandah in front of the left, and as she spoke, she and Duanmu walked side by side into the zigzag verandah.

Both of them focused their attention on the little starling, and did not notice that two fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls were walking in a corridor on the right.

These two girls saw Han Xing and Duanmu Fei at a glance, with different expressions.

"Fourth Emperor Sister," Shu Yun couldn't help but call them as he looked at the pair of radiant cousins.

Han Xing followed the sound and saw that Shu Yun and Wen Yongdie were seven or eight steps away, Han Xing was going to say hello and leave, but Shu Yun came over aggressively and asked, "Are you two going out to play again?" ”

Shu Yun's heart was not very happy.

It should be said that since the emperor gave him a marriage, Shu Yun's mood has been very bad.

It is an eternal truth that women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, even if she is a princess.

I got such a marriage, I'm afraid the sisters are secretly laughing at themselves!

Thinking about it, Shu Yun subconsciously clenched the handkerchief in his hand, and his face sank like water.

Wen Yongdie looked at Shu Yun's expression and tone that was a little wrong, and chuckled in her heart. She wants to be friends with Duanmu Fei, but if Shu Yun continues to make such a fuss, I'm afraid it won't be good.

Without waiting for Hanxing to answer, Shu Yun held his sister's shelf and reprimanded: "You are both girls' families, what kind of body do you become when you go out every day!" ”

Since calling Gusu City, because the emperor is in a bad mood, Shu Yun doesn't dare to go out at will, but Duanmufei, a courtier, has no scruples, and she doesn't know what she is doing silly with Hanxing every day.

This innocent and unsorrowful look makes people heartburn! Shu Yun's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of ice.

Han Xing is not afraid of Shu Yun, hum, what about the imperial sister, she must also see if she is worthy of the identity of this "sister" when she speaks and acts.

She raised her chin and said coquettishly: "Third Emperor Sister, you have time to take care of your little sister's affairs, it is better to prepare yourself for marriage, maybe your father will let you out of the cabinet when you are in Jiangnan." ”

"Hanxing, what nonsense are you talking about......" The ice in Shu Yun's eyes instantly cracked.

She is a princess after all, and it is impossible to get out of the pavilion in Jiangnan, but Han Xing's words hit Shu Yun's sore spot.

Both sides of the verandah were open, and the cold wind was blowing, and the air suddenly dropped for a long time, like three feet of ice.

The two princesses' eyes collided with each other, and sparks flew in the air.

Wen Yongdie sighed secretly in her heart: The third princess is too presumptuous. What's the point of her being angry with the fourth princess at this time!

Han Xing didn't bother to pay attention to her inexplicable Third Emperor Sister, and took Duanmu Fei's hand and said, "Cousin Scarlet, let's go." As she spoke, she also greeted the little starling again, "Little eight! ”

The little starling watched the excitement, and he was very happy, and he croaked twice, and then fell on Han Xing's shoulder.

Han Xing was flattered and wanted to stretch out her finger to touch the little starling, but she remembered that she had asked the chamberlain who was good at raising birds in the palace before, and the chamberlain said that most starlings didn't like others to touch it......

Han Xing was afraid that he would run away angrily, but he still didn't dare to make a move, but said flatteringly: "Xiaoba, will this palace peel pine nuts for you to eat later?" ”

"Quack!" The little starling flapped his wings and responded excitedly.

Leaving only Shu Yun and Wen Yongdie standing in place, Shu Yun stared hatefully at Han Xing's back as he drifted away.

"Cousin Shu Yun," Wen Yongdie was afraid of breaking Shu Yun's face, so she didn't speak, and waited until Han Xing and Duanmu Fei walked away before she opened her mouth to persuade, "You and Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess are also sisters no matter what you say......

At this time, Wen Yongdie's persuasion was like being slapped in the face by the cousin of the Wen family for Shu Yun.

"Cousin, why do you bother to say good things for Hanxing!" Shu Yun interrupted Wen Yongdie in a cold voice, and said almost angrily, "She has always had no one in her eyes, except for the eldest sister, I haven't seen her take other sisters in her eyes!" ”

Now, because he was given a marriage to a waste, Hanxing looks down on himself even more!

"......" Wen Yongdie looked at Shu Yun's angry face and had nothing to say.

Shu Yun is not an ordinary cousin after all, but a dignified princess, Wen Yongdie is not good at persuasion, so she can only change the topic: "Cousin Shu Yun, the courtyard where the second princess lives should not be far away, right?" ”

Wen Yongdie came to visit Shu Yun today because she had already agreed with her, and she would visit Chu Qingyu today.

Shu Yun also remembered what was going on, and finally packed up his mood, and pointed to the northwest and said, "The Mingse Pavilion where the imperial sister-in-law lives is not far ahead. ”

The two cousins continued along another verandah, but Shu Yun's mood was obviously worse.

Speechless all the way.

After a cup of tea, the two arrived at the Ming Se Pavilion, and the palace maid hurriedly came out to greet them and invited the two girls into the house.

"Her Royal Highness the Third Princess, Miss Wen, please come inside." The palace maid opened the curtain for the two ladies in front.

The inner room was lit with charcoal basins, the windows were closed, and the curtains were hung, and the light was very dim, and even the air seemed very dull, and people felt breathless as soon as they entered.

Since Chu Qingyu gave birth more than a month ago, several imperial doctors consulted and diagnosed her with "dementia" because of excessive grief, so under the "suggestion" of the imperial doctor, Chu Qingyu was temporarily detained and not allowed to go out.

Even if Shu Yun was under Chu Qingyu's instigation, it was useless to plead with the emperor, and the emperor did not waver, Chu Qingyu has been under house arrest until now, but although she can't come out, no one will stop her if several princesses want to go in to visit.

Wen Yongdie followed Shu Yun into the inner room, quietly looking at the surrounding environment and the hostess of the room.

At the head of the bed was an octagonal palace lamp, and the orange light illuminated most of the room.

Chu Qingyu was sitting on the bed, leaning on a big red pillow behind him, the dull green silk was loosely pulled into a quilt, and he wore a finger-wide forehead on his forehead, his appearance was beautiful, dignified and elegant, but he couldn't hide the haggard between descriptions.

This is the first time Wen Yongdie has seen the second prince Chu Qingyu.

When the holy driver just arrived in Gusu City, Wen Yongdie also came to Canghailin to ask her cousin Chu Qingyu to ask her for peace, but she learned from Shu Yun's mouth that Chu Qingyu was doing a small moon, so she didn't come, until today, she thought that Chu Qingyu was almost out of the moon, so she planned to take advantage of Chinese New Year's Eve to give her a New Year's greeting.

"Second Imperial Sister-in-law."

"I've seen the second princess."

Shu Yun and Wen Yongdie both saluted Chu Qingyu, the former just blessed casually, while the latter maintained a posture of bending his knees, lowering his eyebrows and pleasing his eyes.

Wen Yongdie carefully half-lowered her eyes to hide the abnormality at the bottom of her eyes.

To put it bluntly, she originally thought that the princess was as noble as the noble concubine Shun, but Chu Qingyu's current situation was different from what she expected.

Obviously, when she came in all the way, she saw that there were many maids and maids inside and outside the house, but no one seemed to take Chu Qingyu seriously, and there were some dried fruits and nuts in the fruit pot next to the couch, not even fresh fruits......

Also, the charcoal burned in this charcoal basin is not the best silver frost charcoal, but the inferior bamboo charcoal, which burns with a slight pungent smell, even if the house is specially lit incense, it can't be suppressed.

Wen Yongdie also grew up in the mansion since she was a child, and the unfavored aunts and concubines in the mansion are like this, but I didn't expect the royal princess to be neglected like this......

However, what Wen Yongdie couldn't figure out was that Cousin Chang didn't have any favorite concubines, so how could he spoil the concubine and snub his princess by killing his wife?!

Wen Yongdie was puzzled, but remained silent.

She maintained a posture of bending her knees for three breaths, and heard Chu Qingyu's gentle voice above her head: "No courtesy." Yongdie, they are all their own relatives, you call me a cousin-in-law. ”

"Thank you, cousin-in-law." Wen Yongdie straightened up elegantly, every movement was like a ruler measured, elegant and good-looking.

Chu Qingyu asked Shu Yun and Wen Yongdie to sit down, and Forsythia was busy pouring tea and water for the two ladies and handing snacks, busy, and the other two palace maids in the room were motionless.

Chu Qingyu looked at the two palace maids, and was secretly annoyed in her heart, but this time she was not allowed to bring too many people in the house, she only brought two big maids, a few little maids and a few rough envoys, and now most of the people serving inside and outside the Mingse Pavilion are palace maids and maids in the palace, and she can't be sent at all, making it difficult for her to move in this Gusu City.

"Jasper, Jade, you two go out." Chu Qingyu casually sent the two palace maids, "I have something to say with the third princess." ”

The two palace maids glanced at each other, bowed their knees, and behaved decently, but they could not hide their coldness.

These details just verified Wen Yongdie's guess, she pinched the handkerchief in her hand, and still smiled gently and generously.

After glancing at Chu Qingyu, Forsythia also went out with the curtain and went outside to guard.

After the door curtain fell again, only Chu Qingyu, Shu Yun and Wen Yongdie were left in the room.

Chu Qingyu was relieved at this time, and said with a smile: "Yongdie, when I was in the capital, I heard my mother and concubine talk about you, saying that you are knowledgeable, you know everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and you are a talented girl." It's better to be famous than to meet, I see that you are more likable than your mother's concubine. ”

Chu Qingyu deliberately released kindness, showing his closeness to Wen Yongdie, however, Wen Yongdie felt that her scalp was a little numb.

There is a way that nothing to be courteous is either a traitor or a thief. Chu Qingyu, as the second princess of the dignified palace, was so polite to herself, even if she didn't have malicious intentions, at least she had something else to ask for.

Wen Yongdie owed a debt and responded decently: "Thank you cousin for your praise." She immediately replied in the same way, "I heard that my cousin-in-law was born in the Chu family, and the Chu family is a century-old scholarly family, and I have been fascinated for ......a long time."

She praised the Chu family endlessly, and it seemed that she was sincere.

Hearing the other party mention the Chu family, Chu Qingyu's face froze for a moment, and many past events crept into his heart, mixed with five flavors.

She quickly settled down and said, "Yongdie, everyone is their own person, and I won't go around in circles to say some things." ”

"This is Jiangnan, and Shu Yun and I are not familiar with each other here, so it is difficult to move an inch. I want to ask you to help Shu Yun inquire about that Cao Qinfeng...... Shu Yun was suddenly appointed by her father to marry, and she was anxious when she thought about it, she was a girl's family, and there were some things that were hard to say, so I had the cheekiness to say it for her......"

As soon as Chu Qingyu said this, Shu Yunden felt extremely moved, and a warm current poured into his cold heart, and he looked at Chu Qingyu with a little excitement.

It is still the second emperor's sister-in-law who cares about her the most, unlike the second emperor's brother who said that he would intercede with her father for her, but there was no sound.

Wen Yongdie knew Cao Qinfeng, as early as after returning from the painting boat tour in the lake, Shu Yun had already asked her to help inquire about Cao Qinfeng, at that time, the emperor's marriage decree had not yet been issued, so the Wen family did not investigate too carefully, only checked that it was Gusu Cao Tong's second son who saved Shu Yun on the boat, who was not married and was a child.

Later, the emperor gave him a marriage, and Cao Qinfeng became a phoenix like a flying branch, and also became the in-law of the Wen family, so Wen Yongdie's father Wen Jingzhi personally sent someone to investigate again, and also told his daughter about the results of the investigation.

Because Cao Qinfeng really couldn't get on the stage, Wen Jingzhi let his daughter not have to take the initiative to mention it to the third princess.

Now that Chu Qingyu asked, Wen Yongdie replied with careful words: "Cousin-in-law, the second son of Cao was a child in middle school three years ago, he was originally a student of Songfeng Academy, because he had a dispute with a gentleman in the academy in class, insulted Mr., and was later dropped out of Songfeng Academy. ”

"Although he is not married, he ...... There is already an eldest daughter under his knees, and that girl was raised under his eldest brother's knees only last month......"

Wen Yongdie's voice became softer and softer, Shu Yun's face became more and more ugly, and a thin layer of tears covered her eyes, almost crying. If you have an eldest daughter before you get married, she must be a flirtatious person.

She was a dignified princess who wanted to marry such a person!

After Wen Yongdie finished speaking, the inner room was silent, only the candle flame in the lampshade made a slight sizzling sound when it burned, and the firelight jumped, reflecting the light in the room brightly and dimly, and the atmosphere became more and more depressing.

Chu Qingyu's eyes were as deep as a bottomless pool, she frowned slightly, and sighed: "Shu Yun, you are a disaster...... Although the emperor's order cannot be violated, however, it is not uncommon for this princess to leave, that Cao Ergongzi took the opportunity to take advantage of your falling into the water to lighten you, it is really 'bad character', my father has always been reasonable, and 'jealous and hateful', and he will not force you. ”

Chu Qing's words are hidden in his words, which are meaningful.

After hearing this, Shu Yun was stunned for a moment, and gradually understood the meaning of Chu Qing's words.

That's right, mainly grasp the handle of Cao Qinfeng, and this marriage will have a turnaround. Even if you can't grasp the handle for a while, you can "make" it yourself.

"Second Imperial Sister-in-law, what you said is true!" Shu Yun's frowning brows finally stretched slightly, and his eyes looked at Chu Qingyu brightly, with joy.

Sure enough, her sister-in-law is the best for her!

Wen Yongdie is a smart person, and she understands it, so she silently lowered her eyes to cover the different colors in her eyes.

She picked up the teacup next to her and sipped hot tea.

Chu Qingyu beckoned Shu Yun to sit down on the edge of her couch, took her hand and comforted her, looking like an eldest sister-in-law like a mother, and Shu Yun became more and more moved.

The sister-in-law chatted a few words, and Chu Qingyu asked casually: "Shu Yun, Yongdie, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and now it must be very lively outside." It's a pity that I didn't take care of my body......"

Shu Yun held her hand and soothed: "Second imperial sister-in-law, if you don't go out, it's still quiet in this sea forest, and the Bailan Army has been making a lot of noise against the party recently......"

"Bai Lanjun?" Chu Qingyu asked suspiciously, and a strange streamer quickly flashed under his eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.

Shu Yun thought that Chu Qingyu didn't know about the Bailan Army, so he roughly explained: "Before the Fengling Boat was sunk in Taihu Lake, the Governor of Yingtian found out that this matter was done by the rebels of the Bailan Army, and the father sent Shi Zongbing to exterminate the rebels, although most of the bandits of the Bailan Army were wiped out, but the bandit leader Bailan absconded......"

Chu Qingyu listened while drinking tea, and his slender and slender fingers occasionally rubbed on the white porcelain embossed tea cup.

Of course, it was not the first time she had heard of Bai Lanjun.

In the previous life, the Bailan Army also appeared, and their people secretly smashed through the bottom of the Fengling Fang, causing the Fengling Boat to drown in the Taihu Lake, and many people died in that shipwreck.

The emperor was furious and ordered people to go to suppress the bandits, and the third prince Mu Youjing made a great contribution in this crackdown on the bandits, and the Wen family was angry and blamed by the emperor because of the shipwreck, and Wen Jingzhi was also demoted for this, and the foundation of the second prince Mu Youchang was greatly affected.

This time, she originally wanted to remind Mu Youchang to seize this opportunity, but Mu Youchang was rude to her......

"Smack!"

At that time, the heavy slap clearly echoed in her ears, Chu Qingyu felt a slight throbbing pain in her abdomen, and the child she had been looking forward to for a long time was gone silently......

Chu Qingyu's pupils shrank, and he almost used all his strength to calm down.

Therefore, she deliberately didn't mention the matter of Fengling Fang's sinking, she wanted Mu Youchang to suffer another loss, which was her tribute!

Sure enough, the shipwreck of Fenglingfang happened as in the previous life.

And yet—

To her surprise, the shipwreck was just a false alarm in the end, and it did not cost human lives like in the previous life, so although the Wen family was angrily reprimanded by the emperor, Wen Jingzhi was not punished, and he still served as his political envoy in Jizhou.

Everything is because of Duanmufei, if it weren't for Duanmufei who discovered the mistake of Fenglingfang in advance on the day of the shipwreck, the situation would not have changed like this.

Chu Qingyu's heart seemed to be pressed against a mountain, and the teacup that was originally close to his lips was put down again, absent-mindedly.