Rooster crows, ugly.

Yin Xiaoxi put on a white robe and put it on Lu Xuanyu, and then put down his high-tied ink hair, and moved it all in front of him.

The two were squatting outside the wall of the Shifu Courtyard, packing up and getting ready.

When you are ugly, you are the most asleep and the most fragile of your nerves, and this is the time when you can return the salute.

The small courtyard within the courtyard wall is Shi Qianzhi's residence.

The lights upstairs had long since gone out, and I should have fallen asleep by this hour.

The two of them picked up the pebbles on the ground and began to throw them one by one at the window of Shi Qianji's boudoir on the second floor.

Once, again, again.

Eventually, a light flickered in the dark room, and then there was a little light in the room.

It seems to be awake.

The two crouched down and hid in the corner.

I only heard the sound of someone opening the window above.

Shi Qianzhi opened the window and looked, no one passed by, rubbed his sleepy eyes, a gust of wind blew, it was so cold.

Clean closed the window again, turned back to bed and went back to sleep.

The fire in that room was blown out again.

Yin Xiaoxi was still squatting under the corner, constantly making a slender and long intermittent crying sound, listening to the panic in this cold winter night.

Lu Xuanyu picked up the stone and smashed her window again, making a slight clicking sound.

"Xiang'er, Xiang'er."

Upstairs, Shi Qian's voice calling her girl, hoarse with a hint of timidity and urgency.

Squeak......

Xiang'er pushed open the door and ran in.

"Miss, what's wrong?"

Shi Qian pointed to the window that had just made a clicking sound, and commanded in a trembling voice, "You go and see, look at the window." ”

Xiang'er was a little puzzled, is Miss having a nightmare?

How to open the windows in the middle of the night, this cold day.

I was displeased, but Xiang'er did it anyway.

Open the window, a gust of cold wind poured in, the temperature of the whole room plummeted several degrees in an instant, Shi Qianzhi shrank on the bed wrapped in a quilt, Xiang'er was anxious because the young lady called, and when she ran from the room, she didn't have time to put on a padded jacket, only a thin dress.

At this time, the cold shivered, and hurriedly closed the window.

Rubbing his hands together, shaking his feet, he sighed, "Miss, it's so cold outside the window." ”

"Do you see anything?"

Shi Qian's face was frightened and timid, and she glanced at Xiang'er.

Xiang'er didn't understand what she could see in the middle of the night, and it was cold winter.

Shaking his head, "Nothing." ”

"Okay, then you go to sleep."

Hearing this, Xiang'er walked towards the door of the room, and was about to close the door when she was called by Shi Qianzhi.

"Hey, Xiang'er, you wait."

Xiang'er paused her hand to close the door and poked her head in, "Miss, what else do you have to order?" ”

Shi Qianzhi beckoned to her, "Come over and sleep next to my bed." ”

Xiang'er paused, entered the house, took out the futon in the cabinet and wrapped it around herself, sat down on the side of Shi Qian's bed, and slept against the bed.

There were people sleeping next to him, and it was finally quiet outside the window, Shi Qianzhi finally fell asleep after tossing and turning in bed for a long time.

Maybe it's really my own dream, I heard it wrong, and mistakenly thought that someone was really knocking on the window.

Outside the courtyard wall, there were no human figures for a long time, leaving only the footprints of two people who were neither deep nor shallow, which were also covered when the next snow came.

Just like before the two of them came.

Following.

At night, the two of them didn't sleep to return the salute, and Lu Xuanyu went to court with two heavy cyan eye circles.

Because of his meritorious work in suppressing the bandits, the emperor looked at him haggard and tired, and only thought that he was busy with the bandits, so he was like this.

Therefore, after praising and rewarding him, he let him go back to his house to rest, and specially approved that he could rest for two days before going to court.

After going down, Lu Xuanyu walked out of the Jinluan Hall with two big dark circles under his eyes, yawning.

Behind him, a group of people who came forward to curry favor with him were not very named.

These people estimated that the eldest prince and the second prince didn't want it, so they were subordinated to him, but what he wanted, in fact, there were only two people, Lin Pei and Yin Xiaoxi.

Lin Pei has Prince Lu behind him, and Prince Lu is deeply appointed by the emperor, which is tantamount to a tiger with wings for him.

And Yin Xiaoxi, although he has no power or power, he can always think of many ways that others can't think of, and he is a strange woman who he can never see through and guess.

After a few words of greeting with those who came forward to curry favor, he simply answered a few words and walked quickly towards the palace gate.

A young man behind him looked delighted. The people around him were also congratulating him.

"I really didn't expect that His Royal Highness would agree so happily."

"Congratulations to Lord Ye, I wonder if Lord Ye's tea party can ask for an invitation."

The other people next to him also began to ask for invitations.

Master Ye only tentatively said that he would hold a tea party in the house three days later, and then everyone could get together to chat about poetry and songs, and taste tea, and the most important thing was to contact the relationship with each other.

I didn't expect His Royal Highness to agree like this.

He was also overjoyed.

When he returned to the house, he began to instruct the housekeeper to send tea party invitations to each house.

On the other hand, Lu Xuanyu, who agreed to the invitation to the tea party but didn't know it, went to Yin's Mansion as soon as he left the palace.

After knocking on the back door several times, Steward Xu came and opened the door.

Seeing that it was the Third Highness, Steward Xu bent down slightly and saluted, "Third Highness." ”

"Where's Mrs. Yin?"

Everyone in the house called Yin Xiaoxi Mrs. Yin, but His Royal Highness called her Mrs. Yin from beginning to end.

Steward Xu naturally knew who the Third Highness was talking about.

smiled humbly, "Madame is resting, saying that she still has something to go out at night, does the Third Highness need to send a message to His Highness, or call someone to call Madame up." ”

Lu Xuanyu thought for a while and waved his hand, "That's it, it's time to rest, don't bother her, His Royal Highness is gone." When she woke up, she told her that her highness had come down. ”

Steward Xu bowed slightly, and Lu Xuanyu turned around and got into the richly decorated carriage and returned to his Yue Mansion.

Steward Xu closed the door, re-bolted, smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth, and went to get busy with the affairs of the house.

Steward Xu was personally sent to Yin Xiaoxi by Prince Lu, and he has followed Prince Lu for many years, never asking what he shouldn't ask, never saying what he shouldn't say, and he is Prince Lu's cronies.

Steward Xu naturally knew the identities of Yin Xiaoxi, but he didn't mention it or showed any surprise or curiosity, just an ordinary business woman with two young children at that time.

He also turned a blind eye to Lu Xuanyu's frequent visits to the Yin Mansion, but he would still report the situation of the Yin Mansion to Prince Lu on time.

For example, some time ago, the black-clothed man and the footsteps that appeared in the courtyard late at night appeared on the roof of Yin's mansion.

All of this is actually under the control of Steward Xu.

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