Duan Shaolan just wanted to speak, but before his mouth opened, Sister Chu twisted a piece of candied fruit and stuffed it directly into his mouth.

"How?" Sister Chu blinked. "Is it delicious?"

The moment the candied fruit was stuffed into his mouth, the slightly sweet and sour taste quickly spread in his mouth. He subconsciously bit the candied fruit in his mouth, Rao is that he doesn't like to eat these sweets very much, and he can't help but praise this candied fruit is indeed excellent.

"It's delicious." Duan Shaolan swallowed the candied fruit and said to Sister Chu with a smile. "Does the princess often have people bring you things from the palace?"

"Well, even if my brother didn't go out of the imperial capital to run errands, he was very busy every day, and the things at home were not very clear." Hugging the book and seeing Sister Chu standing beside Duan Shaolan talking, he hurriedly moved a chair from the side and put it next to the bed, and asked Sister Chu to sit down. "The snacks and snacks in the palace are more delicate and clean than those outside the palace, and the princess sister knows that I like to eat these, so she specially arranges for someone to send some out to me every month. My brother didn't return this time, and the princess sister also came to the house several times, and every time she brought some with her. ”

Duan Shaolan was actually a little surprised, he originally went to Jiangnan to conduct a secret investigation, and he specially made an appointment with the six princes before leaving. I just said that I was going to go to the Jiangnan office, and I would be able to come back in more than a month.

However, as soon as they went to Jiangnan, they were immediately ambushed before they entered the Jiangnan realm, if it weren't for Duan Shaolan's precautions in advance, he would have contacted the people in the Jiangnan Secret Pavilion in advance. When he was attacked, he immediately sent a signal for help, and then the rescue arrived in time, otherwise even if they were all leaders in the pennant guard, they would not be able to consume a round of wheel battles.

And when he decided to infiltrate Jiangnan to investigate the case with the same minor injuries, Duan Shaolan was deeply surprised by the complexity of the case and the wide range of involvement behind the scenes. The return date is imminent, and it is difficult for him to continue to stay in Jiangnan to investigate the case. Because the case is complicated, it is also difficult for him to hand over the letter back to the imperial capital to report his safety to his parents.

And Xiao Xuan, who was in the deep palace, was willing to ask Emperor Chu, got the news of his safety from Emperor Chu, and sent the news to the Zhenguo Mansion.

Xiao Xuan in the palace listened to the words of the eldest princess of Yongshou who admonished her last time, and no longer called out how boring it was to stay in the palace every day. She stayed in the Yihua Palace every day, reading books, and occasionally doing embroidery work, but she was rare to see quiet and elegant.

After more than ten days of hard work, even Emperor Liu, who has always known her best, couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Didn't the princess go out today?" On this day, Emperor Liu, who had just gotten up after noon, summoned Suihong to come to interrogate.

"Yes, today, Her Royal Highness the Princess ordered someone to set up an embroidery frame in the courtyard, saying that she wanted to embroider a picture of flowers and birds, and she wanted to give it to Her Majesty during the New Year." Sui Hong said with a smile, helping Emperor Liu to sit up. "The slave maid also heard that the princess embroidered very seriously today, and she didn't even go to rest at noon."

"It's quite unusual." Concubine Liu was helped to sit in front of the dressing table and rearranged her makeup. She was so unable to sit still, and she obediently stayed in her temple every day during this time. In the past, she didn't want to leave the palace, and she couldn't sit still in her palace. ”

In addition, this time, the child of the Duan family was in danger after repeated investigations in Jiangnan, and it was easy to return safely. Emperor Liu's concubine originally thought that after Xiao Xuan found out, she would definitely make a fuss about leaving the palace. But he didn't expect Xiao Xuan to be so patient this time, he didn't even mention the matter of leaving the palace.

"Look at what Niangniang said, the eldest princess will get married in a few months, and our palace maid is now fifteen years old, and the girl's family will naturally be more reserved at this age." Suihong reassured.

"She is a child who came out of my womb, her temperament is unknown to others, can I, as a mother concubine, still not know?" Concubine Liu Huang took a self-portrait in the mirror and said after a while. "That's it, no matter what the reason, she figured it out by herself during this time, and it was good to stay in the palace in peace."

Emperor Liu thought that at the end of the year, there would already be a lot of chores in the palace, and she would soon have something to do. After the New Year, it will be the eldest princess who will get married in March. Even if she is not favored and valued by His Majesty, after all, she is the eldest daughter of His Majesty, and she is married to the queen's maiden town, so this marriage cannot be ignored.

The queen has been used to hiding out because of her body over the years, and she will not take the lead to take her own body for such an errand.

There is also the case of the child of the Duan family who went to Jiangnan to secretly investigate at the behest of His Majesty, even though Emperor Liu's concubine didn't really know the facts of the case. But just these days, every time she saw Emperor Chu and saw the look on Emperor Chu's face, Emperor Liu knew that this was a case that even Emperor Chu, the king of a country, found tricky.

So many things have just hit such a time now, and now Xiao Xuan can stay honestly every day without her extra instructions, and Concubine Liu only feels a lot more relaxed.

"It's good that she wants to embroider something for Your Majesty, but the bottom of her body is what I have been able to watch her raise over the years. The doctors have said that her body cannot stand the fatigue and needs to rest for enough hours every day. "Concubine Liu felt that her daughter was finally sensible and caring, but she was worried about Xiao Xuan's body." There is still some time before the New Year, so you don't have to embroider in a hurry, and you still have to rest at noon every day. Suihong, you remember to send a message for me to the orange and green forest around her, so that they must remember to remind the princess to take good care of herself. ”

"Yes, the slave has written it down."

"And the bird's nest that the Internal Affairs Office just sent over today, I don't need to keep it here, you can take everyone to where she goes."

In this way, Xiao Lu took advantage of the time before her marriage to change her domineering and arrogant image in the past, and frequently interacted with the powerful people and ladies of the imperial capital with a gentle and demure appearance, and with her actual actions, she had always had a very bad reputation in the imperial capital to some extent.

Xiao Xuan lived up to the expectations of Emperor Liu's concubine, except for occasionally going to Lingyun Hall or Zhaoyang Palace to greet Emperor Chu and the Empress, she had been staying in Yihua Palace without leaving home.

Originally, she was not good at embroidery, and she really rushed out a picture of flowers and birds a year ago, and after ordering someone to frame it, she personally went to Lingyun Hall to send it to Emperor Chu.

Emperor Chu was the first time to accept Xiao Xuan's embroidery work, and he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and rewarded Xiao Xuan with many rare treasures, gold and silver toys.

Xiao Xuan has always acted appropriately and is also generous. After receiving many rewards from Emperor Chu, she did not hide her selfishness, she ordered Dan Tangerine to pick out some extraordinarily delicate ones and put them in exquisite brocade boxes one by one. In the harem of Emperor Chu, there are some famous concubines and queens, and all the princes and concubines have sent a box out, and even Xiao Lu has a copy in his hand.

Brother Parrot sent the Dan Tang who gave Xiao Xuan a gift and went out, and turned around to find Xiao Lu sitting in the same position of Fang Cai, holding the brocade box that the Dan Tang had just sent over.

"Princess, if you don't, the slave maid should put this thing away." Brother Parrot had served Xiao Lu for many years, and knew that Xiao Lu was most impatient with what Xiao Xuan sent, so he forced himself to step forward and ask her in a low voice. "The slave and maid must put away the things well, and they will never get in the way of the princess's eyes."

"Put it away?" Xiao Lu looked at it with an inexplicable look, but it made Brother Parrot a little inexplicable in his eyes. "This is something that my sister kindly sent, I don't open it to see, but let you put it away, that's not too stingy."

After Xiao Lu said that, Brother Parrot couldn't help but sneer in his heart. In the past, Xiao Xuan has always been generous, and he is willing to send anything he gets. But Xiao Lu couldn't get used to Xiao Xuan, and felt that Xiao Xuan had to send things to Yuxiu Palace with such fanfare, but she was practicing Concubine Chen and her mother and daughter. Most of the things sent by Xiao Xuan were either smashed or destroyed by Xiao Lu, and it was said that they were accepted by Brother Parrot for the sake of a better sound.

"What does the princess mean?"

Xiao Lu didn't answer Brother Parrot's words, only lowered her head and directly opened the brocade box that she had been holding in her hand. On the red satin in the brocade box, there is a very gorgeous five-bead phoenix hairpin.

Xiao Lu threw away the brocade box, took out the hairpin in it, and put it in front of him to look at it carefully for a moment.

"Brother Parrot, I think this five-bead Chaofeng hairpin is very exquisite." Xiao Lu's fingers twisted the hairpin body and turned it gently, and the southern pearls hanging on the hairpin's head were round and full, glowing with beautiful light. "When I wait for the New Year's greetings to my father on the morning of the first day of the new year, just bring me this hairpin."

"If the princess likes it, it's fine." Brother Parrot could only nod in agreement with Xiao Lu.

"By the way, I can't accept my sister's gift for nothing." Xiao Lu got up and put the hairpin in his hand on his dressing table. "I have to prepare a return gift for my sister, didn't the queen give me a few horses of Shu brocade a few days ago? Brother Parrot, you will open my private vault in a while, and pick a plain color for me and send it to Yihua Palace. ”

Hearing Xiao Lu mention Shu Jin, Brother Parrot couldn't help but think of the turmoil between the two princesses for Shu Jin a few years ago, and he only felt that his scalp was numb. But she looked at Xiao Lu's calm face and had to agree.

When Brother Parrot took a little palace maid and brought a horse of Shu brocade to Xiao Xuan, even Dan Tang and Green Forest couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Dan Tangerine, go and accept the gift that my big sister gave me." Xiao Xuan said with a smile. "The eldest sister is so polite, the thing was given to me by my father, I just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and wanted to congratulate the eldest sister on the upcoming wedding. The eldest sister actually returned the gift, and I got this gift for nothing. ”

Seeing that Brother Parrot was trembling and didn't dare to answer his words, Xiao Xuan didn't say anything more, and directly asked Dan Tang to reward Brother Parrot and the little palace maid, and let them leave.