"Some things aren't as simple as you think." Zhao Mengqing said, "Sometimes I want to tell you some secrets, but because I am not a party to it, I have no right to tell you this." ”

I propped my head and looked into the distance, and said leisurely: "I believe that what Lord Zhao said is very sincere, and if you don't remind me, I can see it myself, many people around me are keeping a secret, such as Shutong, such as you, or Cheng Yu, Chen Lanting, Chen Changfeng, or ...... King Chong'an. ”

"Hmm." He nodded slightly, "But the reasons why we all keep secrets are different. ”

I laughed and said, "Of course I know that." Suddenly thinking of what she asked Shutong to do yesterday, she was afraid that she would hide the identity of that person for the sake of this secret, so she entrusted Zhao Mengqing again, "I also trouble Lord Zhao to check the identity of a girl for me." ”

"Who?"

"A palace maid named Wan Wan was just picked up from the palace by King Chong'an the day before yesterday, and now I'm afraid she is in his house."

Zhao Mengqing turned the teacup and showed an inexplicable smile: "I hope you can go and ask King Chong'an yourself to see how he explains to you." ”

I hurriedly waved my hand: "My relationship with him has been a little stiff recently, so it's better not to see him more." ”

But there are some things in this world that are so unsatisfactory, such as things you don't want to get involved in the end have to be done, such as people you don't want to see have to meet in the end.

At the end of June, Qiu Shuiwang returned from dredging the river, the whole person lost a lot of weight, and my injuries had basically healed, so I went to the house with Zhao Mengqing and his wife and children to congratulate him on the success of the water control.

Full of wine and food, hearty, when I returned, it was already the time to come, but when Fang entered the mansion, Shutong greeted me, and said to me with a frown: "Sir, Miss Wanwan has come to look for you, and now she is waiting in the front hall." ”

It happened to be the night breeze blowing, and I couldn't help but feel excited.

I had asked Shutong to inquire about this girl's background before, so now I know her a little. This girl's real name is Tao Wanwan, now nineteen years old, at the beginning of the forty-third year of Jinguo, she entered the palace as a palace maid, Cheng Yu seems to be very dependent on her, and for a long time, Cheng Yu let her serve by her side.

But this doesn't seem to be anything new, the only thing that interests me is that when she first entered the palace, she was personally sent by His Royal Highness King Chong'an. In other words, it was His Royal Highness King Chong'an who personally sent this Wanwan girl to Cheng Yu. What is the purpose of this, I can't guess for a while, but I can infer from this that this girl has what Cheng Yu wants, otherwise with the not-so-intimate, even somewhat hostile and wary relationship between Wei Qi and Cheng Yu, Cheng Yu will not accept the person sent by Wei Qi.

Of course, Dredging may have filtered out some of this information and kept it from me. Recently, Zhao Mengqing and I were busy restarting the imperial examination in the Ministry of Rites, and we didn't bother to delve into the secrets. This lady has arrived just in time tonight, and I may be able to learn something great from her.

Thinking like this, my mood gradually became happy, and I waved my sleeves and said to Shutong: "Let's go, go and meet." ”

In the end, it was a person who came out of such a strict environment in the palace, so he knew how to be polite, and when he saw me enter the door, he quickly gathered his expression and stepped forward to give me a kneeling salute: "Wan Wan came uninvited, disturbing Lord Shoufu." ”

I picked her up, but she still lowered her eyes and didn't dare to look at me, so her tone was a little kinder: "Miss Wanwan has been waiting for a long time, sit down and talk." He turned to Shutong again, "It's not appropriate to drink tea at night, you go and prepare some light snacks." ”

Once we were seated, I looked at the girl across from me. This is the first time I have seen her up close, although she is not a beautiful girl, but she looks very delicate, red lips and white teeth, willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, a palm-sized goose egg face, the whole person looks small and exquisite, and there is a faint tear mole under the right eye, not to her mouth, just let people look at it from a distance, you can give birth to the idea of protecting her and pity her.

When she saw that I had not asked questions for a long time, she looked up at me cautiously, as if frightened, and her eyes widened suddenly, and her eyelids trembled a few times.

"Did I scare Miss Wanwan?" I asked with a smile.

She quickly shook her head, rubbed her sleeves and said in a panic, "No, no, it's just the first time I've seen Shousuke-sama like this...... Such a good-looking person, so there is a bit of a gaffe, please forgive me. ”

I looked at her: "You are so good at talking, no wonder His Royal Highness King Chong'an likes you." ”

"Wan Wan is telling the truth. I heard from the people in the palace that the new Lord Shoufu was picturesque, elegant and dusty, like a fairy in the sky, but I only thought it was an exaggeration at the time, but when I saw it today, I realized that what they said was true. She smiled sweetly, her eyebrows curled in a beautiful arc.

I don't know if it's because of my age, Ben Shoufu, who is in his thirties, didn't feel very happy when he heard others praise me for how I looked, but I was still in a good mood when I came back from Qiu's mansion, so I also praised her: "Miss Wanwan is well-behaved and exquisite, and she is also very loving." I just don't know why you came to me tonight? ”

When she heard this, her figure shook slightly, and she suddenly came over and knelt down for me again, and when she looked up again, she was crying, and her voice was choked: "Wan Wan wants to ask my lord to save my Royal Highness." ”

This time it was my turn to panic: "What's wrong with your Highness?" ”

Wan Wan pointed to the location of her heart and cried: "More than half a month ago, His Royal Highness was drenched in a heavy rain, and not long after returning to the house, there was an extremely deep wound in the heart socket, about ...... It is three inches long, and the medicine that Wan Wan has rubbed on him for more than half a month has not healed. ”

Although I was very worried about the safety of King Chong'an, I still kept my senses, and while helping her up, I said: "You should go to the hospital to find a doctor to treat His Highness's injuries, I don't know how to heal people, except for worry, I'm afraid I won't be able to help much." ”

She wiped a handful of tears from her eyes, and then clutched my sleeve tightly: "Your Highness once called the adult's name when he was unconscious, even if the adult can't save His Highness, it's good to go and see him." ”

Did he call my name when he was unconscious?

This made me slightly stunned, and then I thought of what he had said to me that night—

"Since we are all in the quagmire, no one can escape, since the time after death is so illusory, and the things after death are so unrealistic, then before you and I die, why should I restrain my feelings and not let you know?"

This sentence already made me feel a little sad, and Wan Wan was still sobbing beside her, and Shu Tong, who came in to deliver snacks, shook her head and motioned me not to go over after learning about the cause and effect. I felt even more headache, raised my hand and rubbed my temples, and took a few deep breaths to try to clear my mind.

"Lord Shousuke, the reason why His Highness was drenched in such heavy rain that day was because he came to your house to see you, right?"

This caused my brow to furrow: "What do you mean by that?" ”

That Wan Wan hurriedly lowered her head, but she still couldn't hold back her tears: "Wan Wan didn't mean to blame the adult, I heard that the adult was seriously injured at that time, so His Royal Highness came to visit you." So I hope you can take care of your original feelings, and also go to see His Highness when he is injured. ”

I laughed dumbly.

If I thought about the original feelings, I should indeed go to his house, and then take advantage of his injuries and can't resist, kiss and hug him, and put his hands up and down.

Wan Wan didn't know what I was thinking, but when she saw me smiling, she quickly said, "Lord Shoufu agreed to go to see my Royal Highness, right?" ”

Shutong hurriedly stepped forward, and when I was about to relieve the siege for me, I raised my hand to hold her wrist and said, "I think I should really go, not for anything else, just because he saved my life when he was in Nanguo Mansion." Shutong, you go and prepare the carriage. ”

"Mr. ......"

"If you don't feel at ease, come with me." I said.

Seeing that I had made up my mind, Shutong only sighed and could only nod, turned around and walked out, but as if he suddenly thought of something, he quickly turned around and asked Na Wanwan: "The girl just said that your Royal Highness's wound is in the heart?" ”

Wan Wan hurriedly said: "Yes, it is very close to the heart, about three inches long, the wound is very deep, it can't be healed, it looks very terrifying, I don't know if His Highness is still ...... Can you get through it? ”

When Shutong heard this, his expression was a little relaxed, he looked at me and then looked at Wanwan, and said, "Girl, don't worry, Shutong has a medicine, maybe it is effective for this kind of wound, I'll get it." ”

I looked at Shutong's back and was slightly puzzled.

I had a lot of blood from the back of my head before, and the wound was also horrible, why didn't Shu Tong mention that she had medicine to heal the wound?

Moreover, why did she know what kind of wound His Royal Highness King Chong'an was based on Wan Wan's description alone, and she could find the corresponding solution?