In the afternoon, Lanyue Palace.

In the courtyard, Wen Xiuyan sat at the stone table in a light purple tulle dress and stroked the piano, her fingertips swiped, and the pleasant sound of the piano slowly drifted out.

At this moment, an attendant came quickly from outside and said something in her ear respectfully.

After a while, Wen Xiuyan put down her hand and said happily: "It seems that that gardenia is still somewhat useful, since it is determined that she and Lan Ke's slut are not on the same line, then the palace can use her with confidence, when will the prince get out of school?" ”

"Back to Niangniang, there is still half an hour left, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be out of school."

The chamberlain replied respectfully, Wen Xiuyan nodded clearly, and then got up and ordered: "It's time to pick up His Royal Highness the Prince, and bring the peach blossom crisp specially prepared by the palace for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Yes, sissy."

After a short conversation, the two walked towards Guozijian one after the other.

At three o'clock, it was time for Guozijian to get out of school, Shang Kelan changed into a light lilac dress to pick up Jin Qilan, Gardenia followed behind her, but she didn't expect that as soon as the two came to Guozijian, they were told by the palace people who were cleaning Guozijian that Wen Xiuyan picked up Jin Qilan half an hour earlier.

If he had set off from Guozijian half an hour ago, then Jin Qilan would have arrived at the Heart Cultivation Hall by now.

For a while, Gardenia was worried, and her face was a little anxious: "Niangniang, the slave maid will take someone to find His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first!" ”

It's useless to panic at this point, you can only force yourself to calm down and deal with things.

Shang Kelan shook her hand: "Don't panic, since Concubine Nayue dares to take the prince away in front of the people of the country, she doesn't dare to do anything to hurt the prince, otherwise she will be to blame, you are looking everywhere like this, it is easy to fall into her trap." ”

"This palace is full of people, and first inquire where Concubine Yue took the prince to, and in addition, you send someone to Cining Palace to report it, and say that I left the prince for dinner, so that the queen mother doesn't have to worry."

She calmly narrated to Gardenia in an orderly manner, and Gardenia gradually stabilized her mind and did not panic anymore.

"Okay, the slave will join the young lady later!"

Gardenia nodded with a serious expression, and turned to Cining Palace to report.

Shang Kelan's eyes flashed slightly, and then on the way to Lanyue Palace, she inquired about the whereabouts of Wen Xiuyan and Jin Qilan, and asked all the way, she heard Jin Qilan's voice by the lotus pond in the Imperial Garden.

"Concubine Yue, I have to go back to the Heart Cultivation Palace to see my father, otherwise my father will worry about me and send someone to find me."

Shang Kelan looked for the sound and came to the lotus pond, only to see Jin Qilan and Wen Xiuyan sitting in the pavilion talking, and there was no palace maid nearby.

As soon as Jin Qilan's voice fell, Wen Xiuyan comforted: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, this palace has notified Miss Lan to pick you up, presumably she is already on the way...... Ah, Miss Lan! ”

It seemed that as soon as the words fell, she saw Shang Kelan's figure, so Wen Xiuyan got up and walked towards Shang Kelan.

Shang Kelan nodded to her, and Wen Xiuyan came to her to hold her hand, and said kindly: "Miss Lan, this palace originally wanted to chat with the prince, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness the prince to be closer to you, this palace is really ashamed of itself." ”

This woman's expression and eyes are not unusual, and it seems that she is just taking the prince out to play.

Shang Kelan smiled at her slightly, and took away her hand holding her without a trace: "Concubine Yue Niangniang has such thoughts, even Your Majesty will be pleased to hear it, and the people have to learn from Concubine Yue, and treat the prince with more care." ”

Saying that, Shang Kelan bypassed Wen Xiuyan, came to Jin Qilan, stretched out her hand to Jin Qilan and said: "Let's go back, Your Royal Highness the Prince, the gardenia girl didn't see you just now, and she was worried, she had already gone to Cining Palace to report to the Queen Mother, I asked her to bring a sentence, saying that Concubine Yue is with you, so that the Queen Mother doesn't have to worry." ”

This was said to Wen Xiuyan.

Wen Xiuyan's expression remained unchanged, and she still had a friendly smile on her face. 88

Jin Qilan glanced at the two of them, then took Shang Kelan's hand and walked outside the pavilion.

From beginning to end, Wen Xiuyan didn't make any actions to stop or embarrass her, it seemed that she just took Jin Qilan to chat.

She stood in the pavilion and watched the two leave, but the smile in her eyes deepened little by little.

On the way back to the palace with Jin Qilan, Shang Kelan deliberately walked with Jin Qilan in a crowded place, and as soon as they walked near the Heart Cultivation Palace, the two met Gardenia walking towards them.

Seeing that Jin Qilan was fine, Gardenia, who had never believed in Buddhism, even recited the sentence "Amitabha"!

"Great, His Royal Highness the Prince, it's good that you're still safe!"

Her relieved appearance seemed to be silently telling Wen Xiuyan's terrible.

Jin Qilan shook Gardenia's hand with her small hand, and explained with a smile: "Aunt Gardenia, don't worry, I just talked to Concubine Yue for a while, she didn't hurt me, and she didn't do anything to me. ”

Shang Kelan couldn't help but feel a little helpless when she saw Gardenia's caring appearance, and after listening to Jin Qilan's words, she couldn't help but have her eyes flashing slightly, and asked, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, what did Concubine Yue Niangniang tell you?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just talked about some daily trivial things and told me some stories."

Jin Qilan replied to her, and the group walked into the Heart Cultivation Hall as they spoke, but saw that Jin Yantang was already standing in the room of the dormitory waiting for them.

So, everyone stopped talking and saluted Jin Yantang in unison.

He was wearing a dark and narrow-sleeved robe with gold trim today, which looked a lot more majestic, but after seeing Jin Qilan and Shang Kelan, a gentle meaning appeared in his eyes, and he stepped forward to help them up, and said in a low and magnetic voice: "You came back a little late today, I asked the people in the imperial dining room to bring some food." ”

"Yes, Father."

Jin Qilan responded obediently and sat down quietly at the table.

When Shang Kelan saw Jin Yantang, her tense heart relaxed slightly today, and she sat down next to Jin Qilan with Jin Yantang.

Jin Yantang stroked Jin Qilan's head, much gentler than before, only to see him ask: "I heard that you took leave from your husband today, but you were sent back to the Guozijian by your sister Lan, is there such a thing?" ”

Jin Qilan's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head a little embarrassed and said, "Back to my father, my son just wants to play with Sister Lan......"

If he hadn't wanted to unravel the rumors circulating in the palace for this Lan Ke, he wouldn't have done anything more.

Thinking so in his heart, there was no change in his face.

After listening to Jin Qilan's words, Jin Yantang smiled, and then said to Jin Qilan and Shang Kelan: "I just heard the rumors that have been circulating in the palace recently, and now it seems that this rumor is self-defeating. ”

A few people chatted, and a palace maid came in and put the dinner on the table.

Knowing that Jin Qilan likes to eat fish, Shang Kelan picked out these fish bones and sandwiched a piece for him: "This fish is soft and fragrant, very delicious, His Royal Highness the Prince, you can taste it." ”

Recently, Jin Qilan has become accustomed to Shang Kelan serving him vegetables, so he thanked Shang Kelan and ate it.

On the side, Jin Yantang was a little jealous and said, "Lan'er, you haven't served me food for a long time." ”

"Okay, your majesty has it too."

Shang Kelan couldn't cry or laugh, and gave Jin Yantang another piece.