Xue Ke usually went to Linglong Pavilion to change into soft shoes, Ah Liu went to the corridor to bring Xue Ke's crimson sheepskin boots, the prince squatted down to change her shoes, Xue Ke complained playfully, "It's hard to wear these shoes warmly, and I have to change them again!" ”

"Don't want to change? There is still some snow on the road, and I am afraid that this soft shoe will not be able to hold back. The prince suddenly looked up at her, raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll carry you!" ”

Xue Ke hurriedly shook his head, "Don't, don't, make people laugh!" ”

The prince's stubbornness came up: "What are you afraid of? Who would dare to laugh? I'm going to carry it! As he spoke, he turned his back to Xue Ke and turned around, "Come up quickly!" ”

Ah Liu covered his mouth and smiled. Xue Ke leaned on his back and patted him gently, "Where did the cow temper come from!" ”

The prince didn't care, he picked her up on his back and picked up the crowded road. Along the way, how many girls in the palace were so shocked that they forgot to salute. It's hard for the prince to keep a serious face.

Halfway through, the prince suddenly stopped. Xue Ke joked, "What's wrong?" I can't carry it, it's too heavy, you have to carry it just now, and now you want me to come down, but you can't! ”

"Ke'er" the prince said thoughtlessly, "I haven't told you yet, I'm really happy!" ”

Xue Ke's heart fluttered when he heard this, and he gently leaned on his back, and said, "I know, and so do I." ”

The prince sniffed and ran suddenly, Xue Ke was startled and subconsciously screamed.

When he arrived at the Baopu Courtyard, put down Xue Ke, and finally walked away with two sticks of incense, there was also a thin bead of sweat on the tip of the prince's nose. Xue Ke said with a smile, "Look at this sweat, why don't you go take a shower first!" ”

Xing'er on the side joked: "That's what the lady said!" You still have to pay attention, don't blow the hot sweat in the cold wind, and take a bath at this time to refresh! The lady doesn't know, there is a Zhuangzi on the side of Xiaotangshan, there is a soup spring in it, and the lady has always wanted to take the lady over! ”

"Xing'er! You reminded you! Go prepare the car, I'll take the lady over! ”

"Today? Right now? "Xue Ke was taken aback by the prince's posture of saying that one is one out, and now the prince is out of line enough!" At this time, it's almost night, and I have to rush back tomorrow, what are you tossing? ”

"Why is it late, the day is so good today, it will be in an hour or two, tomorrow's Shangyuan Festival, nothing to do during the day, just rush to Wanhualou at night." Just in the past! Xing'er, go! ”

Xing'er looked at Xue Ke and responded crisply.

Xue Ke looked at the prince helplessly, "Then Ah Liu, hurry up and prepare!" ”

"Don't prepare, it's all over there! Ah Liu, just bring two thick clothes, it's in the mountains over there, I'm afraid it's colder than here at night. ”

Others are okay, but Mama Zhang is busy, less than half a pillar of incense, she packed two boxes and came out, and explained to Ah Liu one by one, which dress with which hairpin ring, Ah Liu just responded, and probably didn't go to her heart, anyway, she couldn't tell the difference at all, but she didn't have the courage to refute Mama Zhang.

The carriage was spacious and warm, and the prince hugged Xue Ke horizontally, put her head on his lap, rubbed her hair and said, "Are you tired?" Sleep first. ”

Xue Ke looked at the outside of the car with interest at first, but after a while, he was indeed a little tired, so he lay down, and was about to fall asleep, but the prince's hand rubbed back and forth, and he couldn't help but knock off his hand, "Can you be honest!" ”

The prince smiled apologetically, "I just can't help it!" You sleep yours. ”

"How do people like you sleep?" The prince listened to the unconscious coquettishness in her words, and his heart was even more itchy, and he picked her up and sat on his lap, "I can't sleep anyway." Pressing her again, Xue Ke suddenly understood his change, and lowered his voice angrily, "Are you ashamed?" It's all people out there! ”

The prince put his arms around him, and a pair of hands dishonestly reached into his clothes, feeling a burst from the palm of his hand, and said close to her ear, "It's all talent!" Really, Ke'er, when I read Gao Wei before, I thought how could there be such a ridiculous emperor in the world, in front of the courtiers, I don't know why, I suddenly understood in the past two days. Ke'er, you are so good, I sometimes really wish that everyone in the world knew that you were so good! ”

Xue Ke looked at him in surprise, she couldn't even think of Feng Xiaolian's absurdity.

When the prince saw her expression, he knew that she was frightened, and couldn't help but scratch his nose funny, "Of course I won't let you show off your jade body in the court, I just said that I can understand his mood at that time, look at you scared!" ”

Xue Ke took a sip and said, "Just thinking like this is obscene enough!" Xue Ke was so distracted that he forgot to stop the prince's hand, and accidentally ran into a sensitive place, and couldn't help but moan.

Xue Ke hurriedly sat up straight and said, "Don't make trouble!" I'll get you down to business! ”

Seeing her serious expression, the prince also stopped and looked at her.

"Today, Nangong also said that His Royal Highness has not accepted a concubine for a long time, and there are some bad rumors in the streets and alleys, and it is even said that His Royal Highness has the good of Longyang!"

The prince was amused, took her hand and touched himself somewhere, and said, "Do you know if I have it!" ”

Xue Ke twisted it in that place angrily, and the prince bared his teeth in pain.

"I have an idea, Ming'er Wanhua is upstairs, Your Highness might as well bring the two Zhaoyi, so as to calm down the rumors. I looked at the Sun Zhaoyi last time, and the one favored by His Royal Highness before, and it looked quite gentle. ”

The prince looked at Xue Ke dissatisfied, bit her earlobe, and said, "I also have an idea." The prince breathed hot air in her ear, "Ke'er, I want to take you to Wanhualou tomorrow night." ”

Xue Ke looked at him in surprise, "Me? How do I do it? The emperor and queen have all seen me! ”

"I've been thinking about it for a long time! Tomorrow, the emperor will still bring the concubine, everyone is in a different room on the Wanhua Tower, you don't have to meet me, just wait for me in the room, the people are so far away, where can they recognize it! Besides, Mama Zhang, you don't know it, but whenever you attend a big scene, I don't know her makeup! ”

Xue Ke was amused by him, but still shook his head, "No!" Why take this risk? ”

"I just want to!" The prince was a little childish: "Kerr! I just want to be with you in front of the world! ”

Xue Ke's heart softened, gently brushed his clothes, and said softly, "How can you say something stupid!" ”

The prince buried his head on her shoulder and muttered, "Kerr! All I want is you! I don't want to go to Wanhualou with others, and I don't want to play on the spot. ”

I didn't think it would take long, and the carriage arrived at the prince's Tangquan Villa in Xiaotangshan. The courtyard was leaning against the mountain, the sky was already slightly dark, and the morning star was already hanging high in the sky. The stars and moon in the mountains are indeed brighter than those in the city.

The prince helped Xue Ke get out of the carriage and tightened the cloak for her.

"In the end, it's still clean in the mountains." Xue Ke could hear the sound of the wind entering the pine, the tinkling of spring water, and the unknown bird's cry in his ears, and couldn't help but sigh.

Although it was a little cold outside, when I entered the courtyard, I could hear the sound of the soup spring, and I felt a burst of steaming, and the flowers in the courtyard were full of flowers, green vines were everywhere, and there was no atmosphere of midwinter, but it was like passing through a season.

"The spring fish here are superb! Xing'er, have you done it? ”

"It's been ready for a long time, sir!"

Sure enough, Xing'er smiled and led the two into a ventilated pavilion on all sides, which was hot on all sides, as if they were in a fairyland. There are wine dishes arranged in the pavilion, and sure enough, there is a steamed fish in the middle, which is covered with thin shredded ginger and green onions, and ginger vinegar is poured into the shallow dish on the side, which is Xue Ke's favorite.

The prince was very happy to see that she was eating. After eating, a palace person led the two of them to different soup pools to clean their bodies first.

The pancreas and bath oil exude a fragrance in the heat, and after wiping the body, the palace people presented a yukata that seemed to be transparent and dewy, and it made people blush a little when they looked at it.

Xue Ke soaked in the hot water for a while, his face was already red, and he couldn't see it even redder at this time, wrapped in a bathrobe, he followed the palace people to a white jade soup pool, and the soup spring was led down from the mountain with purple bamboo, and the sound of tinkling and ding dong water was particularly pleasant at night. Rockery vines on the side, clever lights and flowers, lined with a bright moon in the sky, a few cold stars.

When the prince heard the sound, he turned around, and saw Xue Ke in a red veil, his throat suddenly seemed to be on fire, signaling the palace people to disperse, Xue Ke took every step, his eyes darkened, Xue Ke just stepped into the soup pool with one foot, the prince couldn't help it anymore and pounced.

King Qin was in the study, his face darkened. Changshun didn't dare to speak out on the side, just reported that after the prince took Xue Ke out of the city and went to Tangquan Zhuangzi yesterday, King Qin didn't speak. He felt sorry for his master, although he didn't dare to persuade him, but when it was time to enter the palace, he had to step forward and say, "Master, the hour is not early, the queen mother ordered yesterday, let the slave remind you to enter the palace early, presumably the mother has some considerate words to say to the master." Are you ready to get up? ”

King Qin cleaned up his emotions and said in a deep voice, "Go get your clothes!" ”

In the Kunning Palace, the queen really waved away her subordinates, and said a few words to King Qin, "Que'er, Liuniang's child is not blessed, but it's okay if your princess's position has been vacant, can Que'er have someone in the picture?" ”

King Qin paused and said, "Queen Mother, can this matter be delayed?" ”

The queen wiped the peeled citron with a handkerchief and handed it to the King of Qin, "Oh? Why? ”

"Erchen is not here at present, there are many court affairs, and Erchen wants to assist his father and emperor wholeheartedly. Besides, isn't the position of the crown princess always vacant? ”

The queen wiped her hands with a handkerchief, "I heard interesting news some time ago, and I don't know if it's true." Que'er, you have high ambitions and don't indulge in women, which is a good thing, but I heard that you haven't spent the night in the inner courtyard for more than half a year, right? ”

King Qin couldn't help but be a little embarrassed: "Why does the queen mother ask this?" Which subordinate chews these tongues in front of the queen mother? ”

The queen's face sank, "What's even more ridiculous is that you still think about the girl of the Xue family in your heart, do you want to guard her like a jade!" ”

King Qin hurriedly stood up and said, "Queen Mother! How can the queen mother believe such absurd words! There are no things, there are really a lot of things in the court, and the queen mother also knows that the Qin Wangfu has not been calm recently, and the affairs of the secret gang and the matter of Mochen are a little weak to deal with, so there are naturally fewer people to go to the inner courtyard. ”

When the queen heard this, she also felt a little sorry for her son, pulled him to sit down, and said, "Que'er, of course the queen mother knows that you are busy and tired!" It's just that marriage is also a big deal, a virtuous wife can help you a lot, the prince is not married, you see, are the rumors inside and outside the court good? What's more, having children is also a top priority! Que'er, about the Xue family's girl, the queen mother has promised you not to move her for the time being, but if you still have one mind on her, don't blame the queen mother for being ruthless! ”

King Qin was thinking in his heart how this news reached the queen, and when he heard this, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the queen mother! This is not the case! ”

The queen nodded and comforted, "Son! Wait for the day in the future, if you still have her in your heart, take her to the palace under a different name, and you are willing to spoil your mother and not stop you, but you must know in your heart that she is the daughter of a rebel, and she has also lived in the East Palace for three years. ”

King Qin smiled and nodded, and his heart was deeply pierced by the queen's sentence "I lived in the East Palace for three years" and was speechless. After seeing the queen's orders, he got up and said goodbye.

"Are you still going back to the palace? Why don't you rest here with the queen mother, have dinner together with the queen mother, and go directly to Wanhualou? ”

King Qin was not good at disobedience, so he nodded and said, "Then I won't rest, the eldest princess Zhuang Lun is at Concubine Hui, I'll go there and sit down, and I'll come back before dinner." ”

The queen nodded, the eldest princess Zhuang Lun liked Xiao Qin Wang the most when she was in the palace, and she taught King Qin's poetry scriptures, and King Qin and her were also close, "Then you go, the queen mother still has something to do here, so let's go." ”

King Qin got up to say goodbye and took Changshun to Concubine Hui. The residences of these concubines are in the northernmost part of the harem, although the seniority is high, the population is much deserted, and most of the palace people who serve are older old palace maids who are unwilling to leave the palace for various reasons. The farther north we went, the more depressed the flowers and trees became, and the snow on the ground cleared only a narrow path for people to walk. The vines on the rockery have withered and look bare.

A woman's voice came from inside the rockery, "Are you accurate?" Is it really Miss Xue? ”

"Hmmm! The slave listens to it very well! King Qin couldn't hear the next words, presumably the palace maid leaned into his ear.

"Good! The stakes are high! Come with me! I'll give you something! As he spoke, he heard the footsteps of the two of them go away.

King Qin waved his hand to stop Changshun's persuasion, let Changshun go somewhere else first, and quietly followed the two women.

I saw that the two of them walked quickly to a small low courtyard, the yard was stacked with charcoal and other sundries, the two looked back, and entered a room on the east side, King Qin was sideways under the window, but this room was obviously inhabited by a subordinate, and the windows were all opaque oil paper, and they couldn't see anything. I only heard the woman say, "You must put it away, this medicine is very strong, a little is enough, if you lose it, you won't have it again!" ”

"The slave maid is still going to the flower house on an errand, I'll come back at night to get it!"

"Okay, then you can go quickly, tonight the masters are going to enjoy the lanterns, I will wait for you here at night!"

"Hey! Then I'll go first! ”

King Qin hid sideways on the side of the house, only to see a woman come out in a panic, look around, and leave quickly.

King Qin thought for a moment, then pushed the door and entered the room. The room was dimly lit, and only a female voice could be heard coming from the cage inside, "Why are you back again?" ”

King Qin walked over and said, "What do you have in your hand?" ”

As soon as the person walked in, he was startled. The tall cage was piled up more than a person high, and there was indeed a woman inside, but she was not wearing an inch, and looked at him with a smile.

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