The prince came back a little late today.

Xing'er had followed him for many years, and knew that he was not in a good mood on this day in previous years, so after waiting for him to change his clothes, he quietly stepped aside.

The prince saw Xing'er walking by with a silver plate, as if it was his daughter's embroidery, and asked in a deep voice, "What are you taking?" ”

Xing'er looked at the tray in her hand, a little surprised, but still replied: "This is a birthday gift from everyone in Furong Garden. "In previous years, the prince always ordered the things over there to be stored directly in Furong Garden, so he didn't have to let him go through the task.

"Oh" The prince's voice was flat, and he asked casually: "Where else did you send it from the East Palace?" ”

Xing'er suddenly understood, and replied cautiously: "There are congratulations everywhere, do you want to take a look?" ”

"No need." The prince glared at Xing'er: "What is there over there?" ”

Xing'er couldn't help but pretend to be stupid, so she stubbornly said: "The slave didn't see it, or the slave will look for it again?" ”

The prince's heart was empty.

Xing'er took the opportunity to retreat, but heard the prince say, "Wait." ”

stepped forward and looked at the tray in Xing'er's hand, there were purses embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, exquisite boots and socks, belts, underwear, and so on.

"Master?" Xing'er saw that the prince had not moved for a long time, so she couldn't help but ask.

The prince smiled self-deprecatingly, at this point, what else did he expect?

"Hibiscus Garden? Lone hasn't entered the Hibiscus Garden yet, go, go. The prince's voice did not fluctuate, but Xing'er inexplicably heard a sense of despair.

Hibiscus Garden was boiling.

They entered the Furong Garden in various ways, given by the emperor, given by the queen, and given by officials, but they were all the same, no one had ever seen the prince.

Now that they heard that the prince had entered the Furong Garden, everyone couldn't believe their ears and dressed up one after another. I am afraid that I will go late, and I am afraid that the time will be too tight and the makeup will be too sloppy.

The largest hall in Hibiscus is the Hibiscus Hall.

When the women came in, they saw a young man sitting among them, dressed in a wide homely robe, wearing a purple gold and white jade crown on his head, and holding a wine glass in his hand. Sure enough, it was a phoenix and a dragon, and the whole person exuded a kind of king aura that shocked the world.

The women didn't expect that the noble prince was still so handsome, and they couldn't help but feel their hearts fluttering, looking at the prince one by one with a lot of amorous feelings, and greeting him shyly and timidly.

"I've seen the prince!"

"Prince Wan'an!"

Looking at the full number of women standing in the hall, they are all full of hairpin rings and radiant brilliance.

The prince was a little drunk, frowned a little by the noise below, smiled slightly at the corner of his lips, picked up a chopstick and clicked on a plate of nuts in front of him: "Come, guess, whether the nuts in this are singular or even, the singular number stands on the left, and the even number stands on the right." ”

The women did not understand his intentions, but they all did as he said, and there were two lines in the hall.

The prince drank another glass of wine, took the wine jug in Xing'er's hand, poured a glass for himself, and then leaned back, pointed to the plate of nuts with his chin, and said, "Go, order." ”

Xing'er picked up the nuts and lit them up one by one.

After a while, he replied: "Master, there are sixty-seven in total, which is an odd number." He couldn't help but persuade: "Master, drink slowly." ”

The prince nodded and said, "Did you hear clearly, it's a singular number, go back if you guess wrong." ”

Only then did everyone understand the role of guessing the number, and those who guessed correctly couldn't help but be overjoyed, and those who guessed wrong looked remorseful, so they had to turn around and leave one step at a time.

The remaining dozen or so women looked expectantly at the prince sitting on it.

The prince grabbed a handful of nuts, threw them to the ground, pointed to the remaining nuts on the plate, and said, "Guess again." ”

This time, all the women were cautious, for fear of guessing wrong, but there was no law to follow in this matter, and there was no skill to speak of, so they had to tremble and line up in two teams, praying secretly in their hearts.

Xing'er ordered the nuts again. Then a few more attendants sent a few more women away. One of them was reluctant and cried as he left.

The prince glanced at him coldly: "What, do you think it's unfair to be lonely?" ”

The woman knelt on the ground, trembling and with a glimmer of hope, and said coquettishly: "The concubine body does not dare, the concubine body __"

"Since I think it's fair, but I don't follow it, there are really no rules, the barracks, ah, no, how can there be such unruly people in the lonely backyard! Go, give her ten lashes and make her have a long memory. The prince's wine was a little high, and he casually said the familiar punishment.

The rest of the women couldn't help but lose their faces. For a while, everyone received the idea of attracting the prince's attention, and the hall was silent.

The prince glanced at it with satisfaction, much cleaner.

There were four or five women left, and he looked down at the wine glass in his hand and asked, "What are your names, and what are you?" One by one, they came up. ”

"If the concubine is around, she can play the pipa."

"Concubine Zhao Sanniang can sing small songs."

"Concubine Sun Siyao, nicknamed Ake, concubine doesn't know anything, she can only serve people."

The prince gave her a sudden look.

The remaining women saw the prince's eyes and hurriedly said, "The concubine will also serve people." ”

The prince nodded, and nodded the three of them with chopsticks, "pop", "pop", and said, "Stay." ”

One of them is Sun Siyao.

When the prince woke up, he looked at the unfamiliar big bed, and his mind went blank for a moment.

"The prince is awake?" A low woman's voice came from the bedside.

The prince stroked his forehead and sat up.

Kneeling beside the bed were three women wearing only their underwear.

The rules of the East Palace are the same as those in the palace, unless it is allowed, the women who sleep in the bed cannot spend the night in the master's bed, and the prince does not let them leave, so they only kneel by the bed and listen to the instructions.

"Hmm." The prince answered.

One of the three women took the clothes, and the other two took two steps to the bed with a boot in his hand.

"The concubine is waiting for His Highness to change his clothes."

"Stand down and let Xing'er in."

The three of them lowered their heads and looked at each other, remembering about the person who was whipped last night, and hurriedly responded: "Yes." ”

"By the way, what grade are you all in?"

A burst of joy floated across the faces of all three of them.

"The concubine is a Chenghui."

"The concubine is Zhaoxun."

"The concubine body is also Zhaoxun."

The prince nodded: "Go back and raise one level by one." He glanced at the three of them, and said, "Who is named Ake?" The service is good, and it is mentioned as Zhaoyi. ”

All three kowtowed in thanksgiving.

The other two couldn't help but look at Sun Siyao with some jealousy, obviously the prince didn't remember who she was, why did she say that she served well. But looking back and thinking about last night, I was lucky enough to be left behind. Besides, no matter what, after all, it was the first time in the Hibiscus Garden that he was favored by the prince, and he smiled again.

Sun Siyao walked quietly, ignoring the muttering of the two on the side. All she could think of was the glance His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had seen her in the Hibiscus Hall last night.

At that time, his collar was half open, and his whole body was leaning on the collapse, looking cold and debauched, but the look he looked at was affectionate and serious.

With just one glance, Sun Siyao completely fell.

What's more, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also unusual to her. A smile appeared on the corner of Sun Siyao's lips, a little shy, a little proud.