In the imperial study, Yin Zhige and the second prince were staring at each other, and in the end, Yin Zhige was helpless, so he could only wave his hand and let the second prince leave.

It rained lightly in the afternoon, and not long after Zhong Xiaoshu fell asleep, Zheng Cong walked in from outside Kunning Palace, his shoes were stained with mud, and there were deep and shallow water stains on the hem of his clothes.

He walked a few steps and stopped outside the door, craned his neck and glanced inside, "Is Niang Niang there?" ”

Xia Zhitao just walked from the corridor with a fruit plate in his hand, and when he heard Zheng Cong ask like this, he was stunned for a moment, "Niangniang just rested, is there something wrong with Master Zheng?" ”

Hearing that Zhong Xiaoshu was sleeping, Zheng Cong pursed his lips.

"Someone sent something down there, saying that it was a jade pendant lost by the second prince, but a palace maid saw it and said that Miss Xiaocheng, the director of the imperial dining room, also had an identical one."

Xia Zhitao was a little surprised, "You wait, I'll go and talk to my mother." ”

Zhong Xiaoshu was woken up by Xia Zhitao as soon as she fell asleep, she rubbed her forehead that was a little painful, Zheng Cong took out the jade pendant in her arms, and then said what she had just said outside.

Looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Zhong Xiaoshu frowned.

"This thing is something that the prince has brought with him since he was a child, and he said that it was a royal thing, how could the style be passed on, is it wrong?"

She looked at the bamboo pattern carved on the jade pendant, the bamboo was wrapped with morning glory vines, and the workmanship was fine, unless it was a royal master, otherwise ordinary craftsmen could not do it.

Thinking about it like this, Xiao Cheng had a little more suspicion, and with all the things that happened before, Zhong Xiaoshu put the bracelet on the table and looked at Zheng Cong.

"You find some people to follow Xiao Cheng, be careful not to be discovered by her."

Zheng Cong was stunned for a moment, "My subordinates remember, Miss Xiaocheng was brought up by you personally, if Niangniang wants to know what this is, why not ask her personally?" ”

It's not difficult to find someone to follow, it's just that everyone in the harem thinks that Xiao Cheng is the queen's person.

If they knew that the queen had personally sent someone to follow her own people, it would not end well.

Zhong Xiaoshu clenched her fists and snorted coldly, "If she is really willing to say it, this palace naturally doesn't have to work so hard." ”

After a while, Zheng Cong walked out of Kunning Palace, thought about it, he turned around and walked around the imperial dining room, but was told that Xiao Cheng was resting today and would not go to work.

It's not a meal, so there are few people in the imperial dining room in the stove room, and the people who are busy outside have stretched out their ears when they heard that they were looking for Xiao Cheng.

"I don't know what this lord is doing when he comes to us, you might as well tell me, and I'll pass the word on my behalf."

Zheng Cong glanced at him, smiled and shook his head, "It's not a big deal, it's okay." ”

After finishing speaking, he left, and the eunuch guarding the door looked at Zheng Cong's departing back a little strangely.

The person who can wear a sword in the palace is not only the patrol guard, but also some guards who specialize in running errands for the emperor and queen, and that person is not wearing a guard uniform but a black dress, and his identity can be imagined.

This Xiao Cheng has just entered the palace for only half a year, how can he be so lucky, first he was appreciated by the queen mother and became the director of the imperial dining room.

And then it was Lord Yuanwen who joined the office last year, the adult who was wearing an embroidered crane official uniform a while ago, and then this guard.

If you want to say that there is no trick, I'm afraid no one will believe it.

When Xiao Cheng came back the next day, she suddenly realized that there seemed to be something wrong with the eyes of the people around her.

She pinched the greens in the pot with a puzzled expression, could it be that something happened again, but she didn't hear any movement at all.

With a puzzled mood, Xiao Cheng was a little vague about her work, and the people next to her looked at her perfunctory, and their expressions changed slightly.

On this day, Xiao Cheng sent a batch of snacks outside.

When she came back, she saw that the eunuch guarding the door was not there, she frowned, walked a few steps faster, and saw several people standing in the courtyard.

She pursed her lips and quietly hid outside the door, where the people inside were chatting hotly, not well controlled, and their voices were a little loud.

"It was said that I met by accident, but those adults don't often walk around the palace, why did she meet her so luckily and became friends."

Several people laughed together, "I'm afraid that the queen mother is light on her, and she is about to lose her backer, so she panics and looks for it casually." ”

"Then she is really good at finding, everyone is a celebrity in front of His Majesty, it seems that next time I have to walk with her, maybe I will run into good luck."

A few people sneered, Xiao Cheng leaned against the wall, her expression looked a little indifferent, and their words reminded her.

Master Chen is dead, she has to find a new backer, she clenched her fists.

In the next few days, Xiao Cheng went to the vicinity of the imperial study, intentionally or unintentionally.

After wandering around for a few days, he found that Yin Zhige didn't see any young officials except for the occasional old fox.

The old foxes were all alive and well, and she didn't dare to get up, for fear that they would be labeled as a party and a selfish person.

Recently, no young official dared to wander around the palace, and the Lord Chen who came from southern Jiangsu was because His Majesty had seen him for two more days.

At first, he thought that no one dared to give him no face, but in the end, he was involved in the rebellion case and was guilty of the death penalty.

Moreover, last year, he won the blue-eyed Yuan Wen of His Majesty with a sincere heart to protect the country, and temporarily lived in Wenxing Palace, but was taken by a palace maid and climbed the quilt in the middle of the night.

He was caught without doing anything, and he made trouble in front of him, which alienated His Majesty.

With such two bloody examples in front of them, naturally no one dares to jump casually anymore, and everyone shrinks their necks to beg for safety.

After Xiao Cheng figured out the situation, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

At the same time, Yuan Wen was sorting out a stack of cut paper, each piece of paper was full of words in small letters, densely packed.

He put each sheet of paper in order, repeating it hundreds of times without a hint of impatience.

Finally, he straightened out the folds in the corners of the rice paper, and pressed down the thicker book cover on the side of the dead.

Then tie it tightly with hemp rope, and a book will look preliminary.

The scholar brought in a piece of paste, and Yuan Wen smeared some paste on the book cover, and then pressed a piece of blue burlap paper.

After everything was done, he looked at the thin book in his hand and nodded with satisfaction.

"My lord, what are you doing here, you haven't finished what Your Majesty has ordered."

The scholar is a little strange, these days Yuan Wen always nests in the study and writes something, writing for several days, and today he suddenly sorted out all the things he wrote and then strung them into a book with hemp rope.

Yuan Wen shook his head, "Write something interesting and keep a souvenir." ”

The scholar didn't ask, "Recently, there is a new dim sum in the imperial dining room, which is said to be made with flower dew, so I'll go and see if I can take a few plates for adults to try." ”

Outside the imperial dining room, Xiao Cheng was in the pastry room, and saw the scholar poke his head in.