Duan Heng looked at Xiao He, and for a while, he found that it was difficult for him to treat her as a brother.

Originally, he was skeptical of the news he heard from Daduo, although he believed that Xiao He was a woman pretending, but after all, she had never shown her heart to herself, and she had never shown a woman's demeanor in front of him. He couldn't be reckless in questioning her and confronting her.

And after calming down, he had guessed Xiao He's true identity, and also thought about the reason that made her give up her past and pretend to be a man.

Only one thing he knew, she didn't want people to know her secret, and she had to continue to manage Xiao He's fake identity well. Therefore, Duan Heng could only pretend that he didn't know everything, as if he had never heard Daduo's words, and continued to treat her as a brother.

The northern expedition returned triumphantly, and Mu Churan rewarded him with a big reward, but he did not assign a real position.

As soon as the military power in Duan Heng's hand returned to the imperial capital, he obediently handed it back, he knew that Mu Churan wanted to use himself, but he had to defend himself. A dignified prince, you can't continue to eat, drink and have fun all day long like before, and spend your days in a mess.

Xiao He asked him to do business together, and he fell into his arms.

The accounts in the palace have always been in the care of his mother, but he also has a private treasury of his own. This time, he withdrew all the money he could use from his private treasury and handed over all the money. Xiao He's careful appearance entered his eyes, making him think about it a lot. Years later, in their house, a few children were playing and playing, and he was drinking tea by the side, and she was holding a ledger beside her, muttering that there were too many expenses for this month, and that some of them should be deducted from the next month.

She would be a good housekeeper.

"Housekeeper's wife" raised her eyebrows and glared at Duan Heng, "Lord Wang, you are distracted!" ”

Duan Hengcai hurriedly replied: "Probably thinking about the future plan, I'm so happy." What did you just say? ”

Xiao He shook his head, "I said, it's time to go back to the city." ”

The two of them rode back. Duan Heng sent Xiao He back to his house first, and also gave her the West Pole horse she was riding.

"I'm afraid this horse is worth a lot of money." Xiao He hesitated, reluctant to accept it, but listened to Duan Heng insist, "Don't be polite to me, from now on, you don't have to worry about these things outside your body like me." ”

His eyebrows and eyes were full of tenderness, and Xiao He's heart jumped, and he didn't dare to accept his gift.

Who knew that Duan Heng turned around and got on the horse and left.

Xiao He had no choice but to hand over the horse to the little guy and let him take it back.

In the past, the gifts that Duan Heng sent were just some kumquat and other fruits, no matter how expensive they were, they couldn't go out to the sky, even if they occasionally went out with him, it didn't cost much to eat and drink, Xiao He still had a good idea in his heart. After that, he will find an excuse and invite him back, so that he will not suffer a loss, and he will not be considered to have rubbed him in vain.

This time he partnered with him to do business, he first sent a large sum of gold and silver, which made Xiao He startled, and then gave himself the West Pole Horse.

Although I don't know how much money he spent on this horse, it is not easy to see such a superb Western Pole Horse of the Great Moon Country in Da Yin.

In addition, the appearance of these horses is very eye-catching, and they are very popular among the nobles of the imperial capital. Now Da Yue and Da Yin are safe.

However, there are restrictions on trade, so this Polar Horse can be said to be priceless. If you really calculate it, it is not much worse than the twenty good horses that the Chishui tribe went forward to pay tribute first.

After thinking about it, Xiao He could only guess that he was in a very good mood recently, so he caught up, but he also hoped that he would not give any more expensive gifts, otherwise with her money bag, she would really be a little shy and not good to return the gift.

In the Purple City, in the Chaolu Palace, the director of the Ruyi Pavilion sent the twenty-two volumes of beautiful pictures painted to the Queen Mother overnight.

"Is it all here?" The Queen Mother didn't raise her eyebrows coldly, but only waved her tail finger lightly and asked people to put these scrolls aside.

"Back to the Queen Mother, there is no painting of the two young ladies of the Liu family." The chief knelt in the temple and answered cautiously.

"The Liu family?" Leng Qingchen asked rhetorically, remembering Liu Yingluo, the eldest daughter of Liu Shenming's family, she really likes that girl, she has a gentle temperament, and her appearance is also handsome, glamorous but not demonic, clear and beautiful.

"I heard that the emperor summoned him, but the painter didn't find anyone, so he didn't paint them both."

These are just when I checked the list afterwards and found that there were two missing.

After inquiring about it, I found out that the two of them left early, and then they came out of the emperor's imperial study for unknown reasons.

If you tell the Queen Mother like this, you will definitely blame them for not taking good care of them, and they can't even paint a portrait of a few girls, and they don't know what they will be punished?

Of course, I had to put the blame on the bigger one. The Queen Mother would never go to confront the emperor and ask him why he called people away.

Leng Qingchen heard this, frowning slightly, when she was about to tell the emperor about the matchmaker, it was obvious that he was unwilling, why did he turn around and summon people to him again, did he change his mind.

"Okay, the mourning family knows, you can step down." She waved her hand and told the Lord to withdraw before she pondered it.

If the emperor really changes his mind and looks at Liu Yingluo, it is also a good thing, the Liu family is now in decline, even if it is a queen, it will not become a climate, but will rely more on the emperor's grace and be extra loyal.

After everyone in the hall retreated, Wu Tian, the leader of the dark guard, quietly fell to Leng Qingjian's feet like a ghost, bowed down, and knelt upright.

"What?" Leng Qingchen asked nonchalantly.

He shouldn't have been there at this hour.

Wu Tian held a delicate wooden box in both hands and raised it above his head, "This is a gift from Li Shangshu to his master." ”

Leng Qingchen turned his hand and looked at the two sets of hollow gold wire enamel armor on his right hand, and he always felt that this color was not festive enough, and it was very unsightly. After a while, she slowly lowered her gaze to the box.

"What trouble did he cause again, and what kind of way to get rid of his guilt from the mourning family?" The tone was utterly contemptuous.

Mu Churan doesn't like the harem to be involved in politics, and she has only asked about the affairs of the previous dynasty with cold marks on her face over the years, but after all, she is the queen mother and the emperor's biological mother, even if she ignores it, she still has the right to speak on many things, and her understanding of the emperor's habits is far from being comparable to those courtiers.

Li Zhaoting finally climbed onto the boat, and he didn't want to go down any longer.

"He said it was to honor you, and he had no other intentions."

"Open it and take a look." Although Leng Qingjian's voice was cold, it was difficult to hide his curiosity.

When the box was opened, it was a deep-sea pearl, round and bright, with a packet of ground pearl powder on the side.

The beauty rejuvenation cream commonly used by Leng Qingjian is to ask for this deep-sea white pearl, so that one will cost twenty taels of silver, and the expenses of ordinary people for three months are more than a dozen people.

When it comes to rejuvenating balm, it can only be used twice. Look at the pearl powder here, it should be made of about forty or fifty pearls.

Since she used this beauty and rejuvenation cream, the effect is excellent, and she has to use it every day to feel at ease, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Only with such persistence can her skin be as tight and white as a twenty-eight girl. It's just that no matter how much she takes care of it, she is over forty years old, and she has become an old woman, and her life is already grandma.

Is this Li Zhaoting honoring her, or is it reminding her that she is old and decrepit. Leng Qingchen sneered and reached out to cover the box.

"Did you say that the mourning family is old?"

Wu Tian maintained the posture of holding the box with his hands over the top, and replied: "The master is still outstanding, and the extraordinary dust woman is comparable." ”

Leng Qingchen laughed again, but it was warmer than the voice just now, "Your mouth is really tricky." Obviously didn't answer her question, but he said it very well, and people didn't want to blame it.

"Okay, you get up, what do you do with that box all the time, and put it on the side." She commanded again.

"Yes." Wu Tian got up and put the wooden box on the table on the side, and was about to retreat, but he heard Leng Qingchen whispering: "Come and pinch the shoulders for the mourning family." ”

He hesitated for a moment, then no longer hesitated, stepped forward and pinched the queen mother's shoulder, the strength was moderate, after a few strokes, listening to her seem to make a comfortable sound, the strength of his hand couldn't help but loosen a little, weakened a little.

"That was a good force just now." Leng Qingchen closed his eyes, and there was an expression of enjoyment on his face.

Wu Tian hurriedly increased his strength again, and continued to press back and forth on her shoulders and neck, and applied slight force on various key acupuncture points to strengthen the effect of dredging the meridians and make her more comfortable.

Over the years, he has gone from an ordinary secret guard to the position of commander, in addition to observing his face, he also serves the Queen Mother from time to time, which is also a matter of duty. No one had done better than him before him, and that's why he had been the Dark Guard Commander for the longest time. Even so, he never dared to say that he knew Leng Qingxing's mind best, this woman was moody, and all he could do was listen to orders in everything and never ask more.

"Has Xiao He made any recent moves?" Leng Qingchen suddenly asked this question.

Wu Tian didn't stop and replied: "In addition to meeting with King Xiao'an, he also met with the eldest lady of the Liu family, and the two stayed in the box for a long time. Nothing else is abnormal. ”

"Liu Yingluo again?" Leng Qingchen opened his eyes, and his tone was a little heavier.

What kind of idea did Xiao He have, she couldn't help but think about it in her heart. At this time, the emperor seems to be interested in Liu Yingluo, is there any connection between this? It seems that the girl of the Liu family can't stay.

Thinking about it this way, tomorrow I have to ask the painter of the Ruyi Pavilion to paint another portrait of Liu Yingluo, and I have to paint it beautifully, it is best to let Daduo take a fancy to her, take her away, and take her as far away as possible.

Even if it's just out of her intuition, she can't take it lightly, she always feels that anyone who is close to Xiao He seems to pose some threat to the emperor, so no matter what the purpose is, she must be vigilant to see the after-effects.