Xue Ke picked up the female workers who hadn't been done for a few years, and returned to the Baopu Courtyard to embroider purses every day except for Linglong Pavilion.

Mama Zhang also roughly saw her level, but thought that as long as it was the girl's heart, the prince would definitely like it, and she happily accompanied Xue Ke to do needlework every day.

After not pricking the needle for a long time, Xue Ke's hands were pierced all over the place, and there was a layer of bandages wrapped around his fingers.

On this day, Xue Ke just came back from Linglong Pavilion, changed into a homely dress, sat under the window habitually, picked up the embroidered bandage, and Tilian's petals were too many, she was afraid that she would not be able to finish embroidering, so she picked a simple acacia flower, and now she has embroidered a few petals.

She looked at it herself, felt very satisfied, and continued to stab.

Ah Liu, who was on the side, saw Mama Zhang winceding at her, so she quietly went out. Mama Zhang grabbed Ah Liu to the tea room on the side: "Does the girl know?" ”

"Know what?" Ah Liu was a little confused by the eight monks.

Mama Zhang looked at Ah Liu's expression, patted her chest and said, "It seems that the girl doesn't know yet, fortunately, but I'm really angry." ”

Mama Zhang saw that Ah Liu didn't know yet, so she told her.

At the time of the prince's birthday last year, several concubines in the inner garden of the East Palace gave gifts, shoes and socks and purses concentric knots and the like, the prince did not accept them every year, and I don't know how he was moved last year, and he entered the Furong Garden and spoiled a few.

After that, although I didn't go diligently, I went once or twice a month, saying that several Zhaoyi took turns to be pampered, but one of them, Sun Zhaoyi, heard that he was more favored.

The prince has always been fair, and the management of the concubines in the East Palace is also strict, but yesterday I heard that the prince went to Furong Garden, and somehow happily gave Sun Zhaoyi an East Pearl, the size of a pigeon's egg.

Sun Zhaoyi sent it to the jewelry store overnight yesterday, and today she brought the bead crown on her head, and the ladies and daughters of Furong Yuan all rushed to see it.

Mama Zhang said indignantly: "The poor girl doesn't know that she is still embroidering her purse here, and both hands are pierced indecently." As he spoke, his eyes turned red.

Ah Liu was silent for a long time when he heard this, and suddenly turned around and said, "I'll go and tell the girl, stop embroidering that broken thing!" ”

Mama Zhang grabbed her: "Don't! You stupid child, the girl finally has a little thought, you must not get involved, although the prince has done a little, a little that, when the prince knows, can't it be better for the girl? ”

Ah Liu rolled his eyes and snorted.

The one in the East Palace who knows the ins and outs of the whole thing best should be Nangong, and he naturally knows that the prince is waiting for Xue Ke to ask for that Hu Dongzhu, but he probably hasn't waited for a long time, and he is a little impatient.

He carefully observed Xue Ke's face, and couldn't figure out whether she knew about the prince's reward to Sun Zhaoyi.

And Ah Liu was pulled aside by Ying Wu: "Your Highness asked you to go over tonight to reply, probably to ask about the girl's current situation." ”

Ah Liuyi turned his head and said, "Didn't Your Highness say that I am a girl's person?" I have to serve the girl at night, and I can't go! He glared at Ying Wu and said, "None of the men are good!" ”

Ying Wu looked around and touched his forehead awkwardly: "Ah Liu, don't say that!" I, I'm not that kind of person! ”

Seeing that Ah Liu was about to leave, he grabbed him: "Don't be angry!" Remember it at night! Don't be emotional in front of Your Highness! Taking advantage of Ah Liu's ability to roll his eyes, he kissed her on the hand with lightning speed.

"You!" Ah Liu was ashamed and angry, and directly used the style in the hand of the small grapple, and the shadow five smiled, and the shadow disappeared in a flash.

At night, when Xue Ke rested and went to bed, Ah Liu sighed, and in the end he still performed light skills and went to Suzheng Hall.

The prince was reading the newspaper by candlelight, and in the past six months, Xue Ke had never been out of the East Palace, and every day was between Baopu Courtyard and Linglong Pavilion, and he rarely called Ah Liu over.

Hearing Xing'er's voice, he waved his hand to let Ah Liu in. While flipping through the fold in his hand, he habitually asked, "Is the girl sleeping?" ”

"Yes."

"How is the girl feeling these days?"

"There are no anomalies."

"No anomalies?" The prince shifted his gaze from the book to Ah Liu: "Didn't the girl hear any news?" ”

"I don't know what news Your Highness is referring to?" Ah Liu lowered his head and asked unhurriedly.

The prince coughed, thinking that Ah Liu had become a little maddened after following Xue Ke: "What has the girl been doing these two days?" ”

"The girl goes to Linglong Pavilion during the day, and when she comes back, she embroiders her purse."

"Oh? What purse to embroider? Embroidered for whom? ”

"The girl didn't tell me who to give it to, Mama Zhang said it was for His Royal Highness. It is embroidered and seems to be an acacia flower. ”

"What?" The prince stood up at once. "You said the girl was embroidering a purse for me?"

The prince felt an uncontrollable joy in his heart, could it be that what Nangong said this time was true? The prince walked up to Ah Liu and couldn't stop the smile on the corner of his mouth: "How is the girl's embroidery?" ”

"After embroidering a little half, the girl's embroidery is a little rusty, and her hands are pricked, so the embroidery is slow."

"A pricked hand? Why don't you stop it? He wanted to say, "Why are you so serious about embroidery", remembering that this was the first embroidery that Xue Ke gave him, and he was reluctant to say it, and his heart was distressed and proud for a while.

"I wanted to stop it, but Mama Zhang wouldn't let me stop it." Ah Liu said expressionlessly.

The prince sounded a little wrong, looked at Ah Liu's eyes, and suddenly remembered what he had given He Zhaoyi Dongzhu, and suddenly felt goosebumps on his back.

He coughed twice, trying to restore his usual calmness: "Ah Liu, the girl doesn't know about that Sun Zhaoyi, so don't talk about it." ”

"Yes." Ah Liu continued to respond expressionlessly, and said: "Ah Liu doesn't report it, but he can't keep the others from saying it, and His Royal Highness also knows that the servants of the Quandong Palace have been talking about Sun Zhaoyi's bead crown for the past two days." ”

"The matter of the pearl crown, Lone will deal with it, you should also pay attention to the girl's side, don't let the inconspicuous people rush into the girl, and don't let those rumors reach the girl's ears." The prince paused and said: "Some time ago, Mr. Chang got a new sleeve arrow, which is the Tang family's 'can't hide', and I'll ask Ying Wu to bring it to you when I go back." ”

Ah Liu's expressionless response was.

The continuous autumn rain finally stopped, and when the sky cleared again, I could clearly feel that this was autumn sunshine, refreshing and bright. The leaves of the plane tree in front of the stairs begin to turn yellow and fall off with the autumn wind.

Xue Ke came out of the Linglong Pavilion and said to Ah Liu: "It's rare that the weather is so good, let's go back from the lotus pond today." ”

The margins of the leaves of the lotus pond in autumn have withered a little bit, and there are still two petals in the sporadic way, and there are a lot of lotus pods in the pond.

Xue Kezheng pointed to a lotus pod and said to Ah Liu: "That branch, do you see it?" That one is full! ”

Ah Liu touched his feet, a swallow scooped the water, and then turned around and picked the lotus pod in front of Xue Ke.

Xue Ke smiled and said, "Ah Liu, you are so amazing!" Ah Liu also rarely showed a smile.

Ah Liu frowned suddenly, and Xue Ke also turned around with his gaze, only to see Xing'er rushing over with something in his hand.

"Xing'er!" Xue Ke beckoned: "Ah Liu's just picked lotus canopy, do you want it?" ”

Xing'er smiled all over her face: "Thank you, girl, for the reward!" The slave is leading the errand, and it is not convenient to take it. ”

Only then did Xue Ke notice that he was holding a box in both hands, on which was painted with gold and phoenixes, like his daughter's belongings, and said casually: "What is this?" Where are you from? ”

Xing'er's laughter froze, and he snorted twice, and said, "The slave came from Furong Garden, this is, this is ......"

Xing'er looked at Ah Liu for help, and between the lightning and flint, Ah Liu suddenly understood what was in the box, but she had never been good at words, and just wanted to speak, Xue Ke had already smiled and said: "That must be an object given to the prince by a certain Zhaoyi, let me see, is it an embroidered handkerchief or a belt?" ”

As he spoke, he opened the box, Xing'er had nowhere to hide if he wanted to, and Ah Liu couldn't pull it if he wanted to.

I saw a flower crown in the box, gilded filigree bottom, made into a half-open lotus shape, the petals are inlaid with pieces of white jade, it looks crystal clear, the most eye-catching is a big pigeon egg in the middle of the east pearl, the whole pearl crown is dazzling, shining.

Xue Ke turned his head and saw Ah Liu's expression of wanting to speak and stopping and Xing'er wanting to cry without tears, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed, quickly covered the box, and said with a smile:

"It's nothing to look at, Xing'er, last autumn His Royal Highness also ordered that no one should be allowed to pick the lotus pods of this lotus pond, saying that he would keep the remnants of the lotus to paint, and we also came here secretly today, don't complain to your master when you go back and meet us." Ah Liu, let's go over there. ”

Xing'er sniffed and muttered in a low voice, "Thank you, girl." ”

Ah Liu accompanied Xue Ke over. After a corner, Xue Ke found a smooth lake stone and sat down, put the lotus pod in front of him, and beckoned Ah Liu to eat the lotus pod together.

Ah Liu looked at her: "Girl! I ......"

Xue Ke smiled, pulled her to sit down, peeled a lotus pod and put it in her mouth, the lotus seeds were very tender, crisp and sweet, the lotus heart was a little bitter, Xue Ke looked at the lake, and suddenly said: "Ah Liu, this autumn is different, you see, I have also become sentimental." I'm actually a little sad. ”

Xue Ke finally finished embroidering the purse before Miss Shi left, and put two silver tickets of five hundred taels into it. After thinking about it, I put another polo in it.

Xue Ke repeatedly told Ah Liu to be sure to stuff it into Miss Shi's dowry unknowingly.

Ah Liu took the purse and couldn't help asking, "Girl, this purse is embroidered for Miss Shi?" ”

Xue Ke nodded and said strangely: "Who do you think it's for?" ”

Ah Liuyi has always been outspoken, and said: "Mama Zhang said that you embroidered for His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Xue Ke was stunned, and suddenly remembered Ah Liutian's indignant expression a few days ago, and felt funny: "Your Highness, where are these things rare, there are many women in Furong Garden who make them for him." ”

Ah Liu thought that it was rare or rare, but he also secretly felt that this was the only way to relieve his anger, so he stopped talking, thinking that he was going to break into the general's mansion at night tonight, and he was a little excited.

The prince didn't understand what went wrong, so he didn't wait for Xue Ke's purse, nor did he wait for Xue Ke to come and ask for Dongzhu.

Seeing that Miss Shi was going to get married, she sighed, and found a subordinate official of the East Palace to send Nahu Dongzhu to General Shi's Mansion in the name of the congratulatory gift from the East Palace.

Who knew that in the afternoon, the subordinate officer of the East Palace came back with Dongzhu again, with a gloomy face, saying that General Shi insisted that his children would marry, and he did not dare to accept such a big gift, so he refused to accept it.

Seeing that the prince's face was gloomy, the subordinate official comforted: "Your Highness doesn't need to be angry!" When the villain went, he happened to see the long history of the Qin Wangfu coming out with a gift box, and I heard that General Shi also confiscated the congratulatory gift of the King of Qin. ”

The prince snorted and motioned for him to go down. But the people walked towards the Linglong Pavilion.

The curtain in the Linglong Pavilion has been changed to azure, which looks more sparse.

Xue Ke sat in his seat, concentrating on a letter, and sure enough, his fingers were wrapped in bandages.

The prince coughed lightly, and everyone was taken aback, and they came over to greet each other.

"Everyone, keep busy, I'll discuss something with Miss Tang."

Xue Ke followed the prince out of the Linglong Pavilion, listened to him finish talking about General Shi's mansion, nodded and said: "General Shi's behavior seems to have offended you and King Qin at the same time, but in fact, no one can offend, and he has won the emperor's trust." Unexpectedly, General Shi also learned to protect himself. ”

The prince smiled bitterly: "That's not necessarily! When I first arrived in the West, I worked with General Shi for a while, but he didn't look down on me. Later, when he returned to Beijing due to illness, he did not have much contact. General Xue's matter, he admonished three times in the court, and asked to see him many times in private, and the emperor later directly ordered him to recuperate at home and did not allow him to go to the court. General Shi probably felt that I had not done my best in this matter, so he was unwilling to deal with the East Palace. ”

Xue Ke heard about this for the first time, remembering Miss Shi's courage to pour wine, it turned out to be a legacy of the family, and there was a stir in his heart, and when he heard that King Qin was rejected, he asked again: "Then General Shi is also because he looks down on King Qin?" ”

"I heard that his original words were that he had no contact with the Qin Wangfu, and he was married to his daughter, so he didn't have to worry about the King of Qin. But the King of Qin, who has never made many friends with military generals, how did he give congratulatory gifts at this juncture? ”

Xue Ke was silent, and he was a little unsure of King Qin's intentions.

King Qin knew about the friendship between the girl of the Shi family and her, when she was ordered by her father not to see the king of Qin at home, the king of Qin did not use the name of Miss Shi or trouble Miss Shi to ask him out in order to see her, is it because of this? But Miss Shi also poured him a glass of wine, making him so shameless, wouldn't he mind?

And after this period of time in the East Palace, especially after the edification of the South Palace, Xue Ke subconsciously thought about the interests and gains and losses of the court in many things, but he had a different understanding of King Qin. The Ah Que she knew from the backyard in her previous life was too one-sided after all.

"What do you think?" The prince did not send Dongzhu to entrap General Shi, so he asked Xue Ke what he meant.

"I have a candidate, His Royal Highness asked him to send it, and General Shi will definitely accept it." Xue Ke smiled slyly.

The prince stared slightly, knew who she was talking about, nodded, and unconsciously raised a slight smile. When he lowered his eyes and saw her bandaged hands, his brows furrowed again: "What's wrong with your hands?" ”

"Oh! It's okay, the embroidery is not good, and I was pricked with a few needles. ”

"What are you embroidering?" The prince asked as if he didn't care.

"Oh, I embroidered a purse and prepared it to be given to the Shi family girl as a wedding gift." Xue Ke replied as if he didn't care.

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