The spring thunder is rolling, and Kaju ushered in the first pouring rain of spring.

After the heavy rain, the clouds did not disperse. It seems to be the same as the gloom in the hearts of all the people, shrouded in the boxy sky of Kazhou.

The news of the deposition of the crown prince spread throughout the streets and alleys of Kashu and even all the cities in the north in just one day. However, what is shocking is that on weekdays, none of the Manchu civil and military forces who curry favor with the East Palace have come up to intercede for the prince.

Only when the marquis entered the palace, he asked the emperor to play, and asked the emperor to mention the palace to enter the palace to express his feelings - after all, the father and son of the monarch and the minister, there should always be a decent decision. However, the emperor only shook his hand tiredly, saying that he didn't want to see the palace again.

After that time, the imperial doctors announced to the government and the opposition that the emperor was seriously ill and that it was not appropriate to meet people who were infected with bad luck. got the news, and the courtiers who usually follow the Hou Ye did not dare to persuade the emperor to look at the prince again.

The palace that was half a life of scenery was silently abandoned in the ghost prison.

And the emperor himself has become more and more eccentric. He didn't allow the harem concubines to take turns, and he seemed to think that the palace guards didn't serve well. He ordered the palace to be sent back to the palace of the king of the county, changed the palace curtain into the palace, and served the left and right inch by inch.

This will is really unpredictable, and even Gong Wei himself is very surprised. According to Sarong's detailed report in the palace of the county, after Gong Yu returned home, he was very anxious when he heard that the third brother was admitted to the palace, and thought hard about how to transfer it out, which shows that this is not a trick of the two brothers.

"This is not clear, the emperor is afraid of the third prince and the fourth prince, so he uses the excuse of serving illness to see one of them under his nose. As for why they didn't summon both, they probably just didn't want the implication of house arrest here to be too obvious. ”

Zhuo Ying is a bystander, and I am more convinced when I speak. It's just that I can't figure out after all, where did the palace curtain reveal flaws that made the emperor lose trust in him?

Or perhaps, since the beginning, there have been flaws in every pile he has made, but the emperor has been holding back. The abolition of the palace was just the last straw that broke the camel's back.

In any case, the greatest trouble of this palace has been removed; And the palace curtain was trapped in the palace, the palace was busy running to save people, and there was no time to do anything to me, and the days ushered in a short and valuable calm in this rainy early spring.

There is no lord in the prince's mansion, and no one will take care of me anymore. In addition to missing Guan Ju and Pu Jia, I usually go back to Taopinlou and live with Zhuo Ying and them. With Aunt Hua, Wanqiu, Duan Ming and Sarong by their side, this is the most secure place.

Duan Ming's grief over the death of Brother Axe Yue was slowly diluted by time, and with me by his side, his clear smile like a clear spring in the mountains gradually returned.

It's just that for Zhuo Ying, who proposed the plan of sacrificing the axe, I don't know if it was because of anger or fear, Duan Ming always didn't like it. Fortunately, Zhuo Ying is only focused on books, and is not sensitive to the eyes of others, and with me and Wanqiu Sarong mediating in the middle, the two have never clashed.

On this day, everyone gathered in my room to eat hot pot. Seeing that Zhuo Ying and Duan Ying were silent, I thought hard about how I could ease their relationship a little.

"Could that person surnamed Bai be invisible?" Sarong poked the beef in the bowl with chopsticks angrily, not aware of the subtlety of the atmosphere at the table, "I've already asked people to search out of Kazhou City, why is there still no news from him!" ”

"You have the Flying Rock Flag to help you find someone, and he also has the Water Flag to help him cover. He is also the master of a banner, and it is easy to find it. Duan Ming comforted him with kind words, and sighed as he spoke. There has been no news from the Tang Banner Lord returning to Lingguang Mountain for so long, I see, maybe the sect leader also doesn't want to believe Bai Xiaohan's apostasy and doesn't want to help us find him out......"

"—Gui Ying, do you know the Si Tianjian of the imperial court?"

I wanted to follow Duan Ming's words to persuade Sarong, but I couldn't help but hear Zhuo Ying, who had been silent, ask this sentence. Squinting at Duan Ming's strange gaze at her, I hurriedly said softly: "When I was in Lifu before, I heard Lord Hou talk about it, and I heard that it was the official office that watched the wind and clouds and pushed the calendar and solar terms. Why do you ask this? ”

"Looking at the weather and pushing the solar terms is just the official statement of Si Tianjian. I read in the book that their hidden function is to observe the stars and celestial phenomena, and to predict the future fortune direction for the imperial court. ”

Zhuo Ying looked straight at me, not caring about Duan Ming and Sarong, who were interrupted by her in the middle of her words, "These days, I have been bothering to search for meteorites and calculate the cycle, and I found that in fact, these harvests of mine may have already been recorded by the people of Si Tianjian. I was thinking that if I could meet with Si Tianjian's supervisor and go to their library to take a look, I would definitely gain a lot. ”

"Zhuo Ying..."

"—I've heard a little about Si Tianjian you said." Sarong interjected, "It is subordinate to the Ministry of Rites, but it is under the direct jurisdiction of the Emperor. Since the founding of the country, this Si Tianjian has been silent, and even the East Palace and the Third Prince have no intention of wooing him. So I didn't send people to infiltrate the Flying Rock Banner. You want to go to their library, but I'm afraid I won't be able to help. ”

Zhuo Ying turned his enthusiastic gaze from Sarong to mine again. I put down the dishes and chopsticks in embarrassment - now that the palace is down, I have lost the only reason to move around the court. And if you want to get close to Si Tianjian, I'm afraid that you will have to trouble Master Hou again.

And Hou Ye and his old man only returned to Beijing from the border at the beginning of the year, and as soon as he came back, he repeatedly helped me get out of trouble, and he really didn't stop well.

I wanted to say something in a straight sentence, but I heard the door squeak open, and Wanqiu shivered and stepped into the door with the rain on her shoulders: "What a cold spring!" You don't know that the rain outside turned into hail at noon - ah, there is a hot pot to eat, it is so warm! ”

Everyone moved their stools, and Wanqiu sat between me and Sarong. She has been busy since she was in charge of the peach sales building, and this morning she was even more talented Meng Mengliang took the little girl out of the city to buy vegetables and fruits, and came back after a busy half a day, and now she still has a trace of cold air brought in from the outside.

Sarong took a pair of chopsticks for Wanqiu: "What did you say, did it rain outside?" ”

"No, if I knew about such a damn weather, I would have dressed thicker." Wan Qiuse shrunk her hands in front of the hot pot and roasted, "When I arrived at the vegetable market at noon, it began to crackle, and the vegetable farmers hurried home." I went to a nearby village to buy vegetables, otherwise Aunt Hua's business would not be able to do today. ”

"It shouldn't be, it's March now, and no matter how cold it is, it shouldn't hail." Duan Ming filled half a bowl of hot soup for Wanqiu, "Your body is weak, if you want to go out in the past two days, I'll go for you." ”

Duan Ming said it well, when Wanqiu entered the city, it caused the eyes of many people in the building, and he was given the medicine of the tiger and wolf. In the later period, although Sarong felt guilty and carefully recuperated with dietary therapy, the girl was delicate, and this daughter fell into a small disease.

Zhuo Ying didn't know about this old matter, so he only continued to say to me: "Now that there is a vision from the sky in Karzhou, the emperor will definitely ask Si Tianjian for inquiry. Let's see if you can take this opportunity to get to know those people? ”

"—don't you be whimsical anymore, okay?"

Duan Ming said this abruptly, and the dining table immediately fell silent - even I was dumbfounded for a while, Duan Ming was so gentle on weekdays, where did I hear him speak in such a tone?

Zhuo Ying was not angry, only frowned slightly and said to Duan Ming: "Why am I whimsical?" ”

Duan Ming was not angry: "Gui Ying is now walking on thin ice in the court, don't you trouble her to approach Si Tianjian at this time, don't you take care of her and attract the emperor's attention?" ”

"It's not you who is in trouble, Miss Sarong also said that Feiyan Banner can't help, what do you have to worry about?" Zhuo Ying is neither humble nor arrogant, "There is also a marquis in the court who is Gui Ying's father-in-law, as long as you say a word to him, he will definitely send someone to do it, and what attention can Gui Ying attract from the emperor?" ”

"You know how to use people," Duan Ming sneered slightly, "But Gui Ying is the banner master of the Tail Sect Gangfeng Banner, not the righteous daughter of the powerful minister!" She entered the prince's mansion to pursue the whereabouts of your friend Pei Shuiqing, but now that the prince has fallen, Gui Ying has lost her barrier in the court, and she may be discovered by the emperor at any time! I haven't said it - Miss Shuiqing has never been able to find her, and Gui Ying should also withdraw as soon as possible, why are you still encouraging her to fall deeper and deeper? ”

"Since you know that Gui Ying is doing all this for Shui Qing, what qualifications do you have to dictate to our affairs?" Zhuo Ying's voice was always indifferent, "Also, her main identity is indeed not the righteous daughter of Lihou, but she is also not the banner master of your tail sect Gangfeng Banner!" If you want to take care of your Wen Ling, don't interfere in the affairs of me and Gui Ying. ”

"You-"

"-Duan Ming!"

As soon as I stopped, Duan Ming, who had already stood up from the stool, immediately froze in place as if he had heard an order. He stared at Zhuo Ying's eyes slowly trembling and shifted to mine, and his clear eyes were filled with stubborn tears. After a long time, he still chose not to say anything, and pushed the door with a flick of his sleeve and walked out.

I turned my head to look at Zhuo Ying, and she also looked up at me, her eyes were cold stubbornness and fearless persistence. Looking at her eyes like this, my heart was full of mixed feelings, irritable, and chased after the chopsticks as soon as I fell.

"—Gui Hotaru, wait for me."

Sarong also glanced at Zhuo Ying with some complaint, and chased after him with his chopsticks. We hurried downstairs before we turned around and went to Duan's room, but when we raised our eyes, we suddenly saw him standing in the middle of the courtyard gate.

"Duan Ming, listen to me-"

The moment I saw the scene in the courtyard, the voice seemed to be frozen in my throat. Sarong slowly walked to Duan Ming's side in disbelief, raised his head and looked up at the sky with him.

The hazy sky was still cloudy, and there was no rain or hail as expected, but snow was falling from the sky. The old peach tree, which was already budding and budding, was now buried in the heavy snowflakes and turned into snow-white branches, and there was no half of the early spring scene full of vitality.