Chapter 76: Zhao Ziqian is looking for Yi Xiangxiang
Yi Xiangxiang was running on the road, while Zhao Ziqian was having breakfast in Qian'an Courtyard at this time. At this moment, the person sitting next to him was Lin Zhimeng, the side concubine who was affectionate to him.
Qian'an Yuan is the main courtyard of the Seven Princes' Mansion, and it is also the residence where Zhao Ziqian lived on weekdays.
The holy will of the Lin family did not dare to disobey, and it was Lin Zhimeng who entered the Seven Princes' Mansion as a side concubine after the draft. Although Lin Zhimeng knew that this was a humiliation by the saint to the Lin family, she was still very happy to be with the person she liked.
Lin Zhimeng has the arrogance of the daughter of the Lin family, but she doesn't care about her current identity, after all, there are many people who turn concubines into regulars! The fourth prince and the seventh prince were in the Joy Building, and the words that the person they liked were just a pretense were also spread, and Lin Zhimeng, who heard this, was very happy. Later, when the saint questioned the Seven Princes, the latter still said that he wanted to leave the position of the concubine to the woman he liked, not yet, and there will always be in the future! It was Lin Zhimeng who felt that as long as she left a place in Zhao Ziqian's heart, with her identity, beauty, and talent, she must be the most suitable person to be the concubine of the Seventh Prince, and she had that confidence.
Speaking of which, at present, whether it is a concubine or not, it is just whether it sounds good to the outside world. In the backyard of the Seven Princes' Mansion today, in addition to Lin Zhimeng, there are only two concubines and three concubines that Rong Guifei ordered in the draft. Originally, it was said that Kang Ling would also enter the house, but I don't know why he was defeated again. In this backyard now, Lin Zhimeng is still the biggest.
Zhao Ziqian, seeing that Lin Zhimeng was sensible and obedient after arriving at the prince's mansion, coupled with the relationship between the prime minister's mansion, he naturally handed over the backyard to Lin Zhimeng to take care of. Although Lin Zhimeng is not a concubine now, she is in charge of the concubine's affairs.
Of course, Lin Zhimeng was also very happy that she was promoted, in her opinion, this was Zhao Ziqian's favor for her. So she made the backyard of this house only orderly, and she also asked for warmth in Zhao Ziqian's daily life, and even made porridge for breakfast today.
"Your Highness, this millet porridge was boiled by the concubine this morning, you can taste it!" Lin Zhimeng brought a bowl of porridge to Zhao Ziqian and brought it to him.
She went into the kitchen with Xiangqiao before dawn in the morning, and spent a morning boiling this pot of millet porridge. Xiangqiao also complained about this, thinking that she was too good to Zhao Ziqian. In fact, Lin Zhimeng had always fantasized about being able to wash his hands and make soup for him, where would he feel troublesome.
Zhao Ziqian was a little surprised, he didn't expect a daughter like Lin Zhimeng to cook porridge, so he asked casually: "Do you still boil porridge?" ”
The reason why he was surprised was entirely because the nobles he came into contact with couldn't cook, and the reason why he never went to the kitchen was because he was afraid of being polluted by oil fumes. He remembered that once he went to the street with Kang Rui and Kang Ling, and when he saw that kind of small pancake stall on the street, Kang Ling hid 800 meters away, for fear that the smoke would contaminate him. Zhao Ziqian knew that most noblewomen hated the messy kitchen, that is, it was as delicious as Yi Xiangxiang, and they all threw the menu directly to Chef Chen, and never cooked it themselves. So he was really surprised that Miss Prime Minister's Mansion would be able to cook.
Lin Zhimeng is wearing a pink spring shirt today, which makes the whole person shine. She replied with a smile: "This is not difficult, when cooking porridge, first boil the water, then put in the washed millet and boil it first, and then boil it with a simmer until the soup is thick." The concubine also added quinoa, longan, longan and other ingredients to the millet porridge, which can make the porridge richer in taste. ”
She knew that her alternative success had attracted Zhao Ziqian's attention, just as she thought that the prince who could teach the little beggar to play with the spinning top was very special, and in time, His Royal Highness the Seventh would definitely fall in love with her who was so different.
And these days, she gets along with Zhao Ziqian, and she also knows that this highness is not a person who likes to talk. It was because Lin Zhimeng could hear him ask himself today, so he naturally answered very happily. And I can't wait to tell each other everything I know.
"Very good." Zhao Ziqian tasted it and said.
His praise was genuine.
After all, Zhao Ziqian was born as a prince and raised from the delicacies of the mountains and seas. And he lived in Yifu for a while, so he also had a deeper taste experience in food. Although the pot of porridge boiled by Lin Zhimeng is not as good as the chef in Xile Building, it is indeed good.
Lin Zhimeng was encouraged when she heard this: "When I was a child, I loved to think about eating, but my mother always disliked the concubine and did not do her job. It was because the concubine and Xiangqiao sneaked to the kitchen to do it themselves, so they learned a little fur. ”
In fact, she only started to study cooking two years ago, so that one day she could cook it for Zhao Ziqian. Lin Zhimeng always felt that piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were fun, and embroidery and cooking were more practical.
"It's good, the people live on food...... Taste comes first. Zhao Ziqian thought of what Yi Xiangxiang said not long ago.
If you want to talk about people who love appetite, what is more exaggerated than Lin Zhimeng is naturally Yi Xiangxiang. The latter's exaggeration is that he also deliberately built a restaurant for this purpose, not only satisfying his desires but also collecting money everywhere! Zhao Ziqian remembered that he lived in Yifu at that time, and Yi Xiangxiang returned to Yifu from Xile Building two times in three days. Lin scolded her for this, and she said, "The people take food as the sky"! Lin also said that it was not that the family did not give them food, so she said that "food comes first with taste", and said that it is better not to eat the taste that is not satisfactory than chewing wax. In short, no matter what Lin said, she could think of the words back. Compared with Lin Zhimeng making some food by herself, Yi Xiangxiang, a person who took eating to the extreme, was even more surprising to him at that time.
Zhao Ziqian thought of the letter sent by Yingsha two days ago, and when it came to the story of Yi Xiangxiang's face of Princess Shanyin, he felt that Yi Xiangxiang's guts were really fat! He deliberately went to look through the historical records, whether it is the official history or the wild history, there is no such person as the princess of Shanyin, it can be seen that half of the possibility is that Yi Xiangxiang made it up herself! Thirty beautiful men? Still want to live in seclusion? Zhao Ziqian could even imagine the appearance when she said this, and she must have been as proud as when she blackmailed herself for gold! Thinking like this, he unconsciously pulled the corners of his mouth.
Lin Zhimeng saw Zhao Ziqian smile here, and was extremely happy in her heart: "Concubine Thank Your Highness for your understanding!" Your Royal Highness, the concubine heard that the scenery on the other side of the West Lake is just right at this time. If His Royal Highness is free, is it feasible to take the concubine to the lake in the afternoon? ”
Now is the time of the handover of spring and summer, and it is also the time when the scenery of West Lake is pleasant, so many people go out to visit the lake.
West lake? Zhao Ziqian thought of Yi Xiangxiang's father's name. And the suggestion of swimming in the lake reminded Zhao Ziqian of the story of the mermaid.
He knew that the end of that story was not like Yi Xiangxiang wanted to coax her sister, and the prince and the mermaid lived happily together. The real ending is that the prince marries someone else, and the mermaid turns into a bubble.
He suddenly felt a little blocked in his heart.
"Go with your own servants." Zhao Ziqian said to Lin Zhimeng like this.
When Lin Zhimeng heard the words and was about to say anything, Glimpse walked in from outside the door to pay homage and knelt down and said, "Your Highness, the shadow is in a hurry!" ”
Zhao Ziqian frowned when he heard this, he didn't wait for Glimpse to hand over the things, he personally got up and took the paper circle in Glimpse's hand and unfolded it, Lin Zhimeng frowned when he saw him finish reading it.
"Send someone to call Kang Rui and Xiong Wei to discuss matters in the outer study!" After Zhao Ziqian finished speaking, he walked to the study, and after walking halfway, he remembered that Lin Zhimeng was still sitting at the table, so he turned around and said to her: "You go back to your own yard, if you want to go out, let the glimpse arrange carriages and horses for you, now there is no concubine in the house, and the palace doesn't care how you toss, as long as you don't cause trouble in the palace." ”
Suddenly, Lin Zhimeng felt that a basin of cold water had been poured on her heart.
Xiangqiao, who was standing behind Lin Zhimeng, could only sigh in her heart when she saw her young lady's depressed appearance after His Royal Highness Seventh left. She still feels that the Seventh Highness is not a good match for the young lady. And a cold-hearted person like His Royal Highness the Seventh, Xiangqiao feels that he will never fall in love with anyone in his life.
Miss's infatuation will eventually be let down. Xiangqiao sighed secretly.
Zhao Ziqian didn't care about the loss in Lin Zhimeng's eyes at all, because those eyes were left behind him. He went to the study in three steps and two steps, and read all the information coming from all over the world these days, especially the news from Tongzhou and its nearby states and counties, to make sure that he had not missed anything.
So when Kang Rui and Xiong Wei walked into the study, they saw Zhao Ziqian knocking on the bookcase and looking at the paper raft in his hand, his brows twisted into knots.
The two of them glanced at each other and saluted, and Zhao Ziqian raised his head and shouted.
"Has anything happened in the rivers and lakes recently?" Zhao Ziqian asked Kang Rui.
Kang Rui was a little confused when asked, what big things can happen on the rivers and lakes? He reported all the news and reports of the secret guards as soon as possible, and His Highness knew everything! Did you miss or get some information wrong? After not finding out the strength of Huanxi Pavilion before, Kang Ruizi was indeed not as confident in his own information as before.
Kang Rui cautiously asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?" ”
The implication was that nothing special happened, so he asked Zhao Ziqian if something had happened. And he felt that this thing was not ordinary, because usually His Highness would let them sit when they came to the study, but today His Highness seems to have forgotten about this stubble?
Zhao Ziqian rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Yi Xiangxiang is missing!" ”
Oh, it's just that Miss Yi is missing! What's this, just send someone to find it when the person is gone! Kang Rui breathed a sigh of relief. But before he could completely put down this breath, he was frightened by Xiong Wei next to him and lifted it again!
"What? How did Sister Xiangxiang go missing? ”
Xiong Wei's startled howl made Kang Rui excited, and he wanted to kill him now!
Xiong Wei and Yi Xiangxiang have a good relationship, so they exclaimed! And when he heard the word missing, he already thought of all kinds of bad results, such as being robbed and kidnapped, and it would be even worse if he was sold to human traffickers by bad people! He thought that the eccentric little girl might be suffering, and he was naturally very worried.
Zhao Ziqian handed the paper circle passed back by the shadow to Kang Rui, who handed it to Xiong Wei after reading it.
When Kang Rui read the news, he noticed that the payment was a shadow. Only then did he determine that His Royal Highness had asked him to arrange a group of good secret guards to go to Tongzhou, not to find out the opening method of the Wanhe Xuantie Cube, but to stare at Yi Xiangxiang? Condrey doesn't quite understand why.
Xiong Wei read the news at a glance, and then he said, "Sister Xiangxiang also found a stand-in?" Does that mean you went out on your own? That's fine, as long as it's not coerced! ”
Kang Rui also agreed with Xiong Wei's analysis, Yi Xiangxiang deliberately found a stand-in to cover up, which completely shows that she left by herself, because he didn't know what to worry about.
"But why didn't Sister Xiangxiang bring Qingxuan? If Qingxuan is here, she will have no problem running rampant! But she left Qingxuan in Tongzhou! And she ran out secretly? Surely there are no guards with you, right? How can this work? Xiong Wei began to babble again.
"What? Do you mean that there are masters around this Eighth Lady? Kang Rui asked.
Looks like I've missed a lot of things! He thought so.
Xiong Wei realized that he had never seriously mentioned Yi Xiangxiang to Kang Rui after he came back, so he told Kang Rui everything he knew. Obviously, Kang Rui's brain is much easier to use than Xiong Wei, and he has noticed that this Yi Xiangxiang's identity is not simple, otherwise he would not have let His Royal Highness choose to secretly follow him first that day, let alone let Ying Xuan and others stare at it now.
Zhao Ziqian hadn't revealed Yi Xiangxiang's identity in the Huanxi Pavilion to anyone before, and Xiong Wei only knew that Qing Xuan was a martial arts master. Xiong Wei saw that the report said that Yi Xiangxiang didn't bring Qingxuan, so he was a little worried.
In fact, this is also a problem that Zhao Ziqian is worried about, he knows that Yi Xiangxiang has no intention of revealing his identity as the master of Huanxi Pavilion, so he thinks that in case Yi Xiangxiang does not have a master by his side, if he encounters any accident, it will be really difficult to ensure safety.
And she is a little girl who wants to hide her identity and travel, and she doesn't even tell her parents, so it must not be something that can see the light! If things are not simple, then even if she brings the master of Huanxi Pavilion, it will be difficult to ensure safety.
The more Zhao Ziqian thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, and he said to Kang Rui: "You send someone to find it, be sure to find Yi Xiangxiang!" ”
No matter what Yi Xiangxiang wants to do, the top priority is to find her! Only by knowing where the person is, can Zhao Ziqian know what she is doing and how she wants to help.
Kang Rui had a headache when he heard this, and he asked stubbornly, "Is this ...... There's no clue here, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack......"
Shadow Demon can make people disappear when he stares at people in Tongzhou, where can he go to find it! And although His Royal Highness didn't say it, he now knows that this Yi Xiangxiang must have a story! And he also suspected that His Highness said that the person he liked was a disguise, but in fact, the disguise was a disguise! This Yi Xiangxiang is likely to be His Royal Highness's favorite person! However, she still seems to be a little girl, right? And if His Royal Highness likes Yi Xiangxiang, then why did he let Shadow Evil spy on her? Kang Rui felt that his brain was not enough.
How did he know that Zhao Ziqian himself didn't notice that his surveillance had changed at all.
"You go and check the movements of the twenty-four ghosts of Huanxi Pavilion and follow their footprints to find them!" Zhao Ziqian raised his head and said to Kang Rui.
Although Kang Rui and Xiong Wei are not outsiders, Zhao Ziqian originally wanted to help Yi Xiangxiang keep it secret. After all, he also promised Yi Xiangxiang not to reveal her identity to the public in Huanxi Pavilion that night, because he didn't want to tell Kang Rui and the others before he agreed. But now, in order to prevent Yi Xiangxiang from being isolated, he only hopes to find out where she is as soon as possible, so he can't take care of the previous agreement.
Speaking of which, he suddenly realized that he had forgotten to ask Yi Xiangxiang to ask for the blood jade. The latter didn't know that he was the one who broke into the Joy Pavilion that day, and it seemed that he had to find an opportunity to dress up as a man in black and ask her if he wanted it. Zhao Ziqian thought so.
He was thinking about the blood jade, but Kang Rui and Xiong Wei, who were standing in front of him, looked at each other head-on.
Twenty-four ghosts? Joy Pavilion? Yi Xiangxiang?
Kang Rui set off a storm in his mind, and he self-righteously understood why His Highness wanted to spy on Yi Xiangxiang! The guess of what you like is really unreliable! His Royal Highness is staring at this Yi Xiangxiang because she is related to Huanxi Pavilion?
You didn't understand it wrong, did you? His Royal Highness means that Yi Xiangxiang is related to Huanxi Pavilion, right?
Kang Rui was still not sure, so he asked, "Your Highness, do you mean?" Yi Xiangxiang may be with someone from Huanxi Pavilion? ”
He's so worried he's misheard! After all, the predecessor of this Joy Pavilion was a killer organization! They are the masters who even destroyed the mountain bandit village and burned the Qi mountain village! How could this Yi Xiangxiang, a delicate little girl, have anything to do with the bloody Jianghu organization?
However, Zhao Ziqian nodded in his astonishment, and said something incredible: "She is the real pavilion master of Huanxi Pavilion, Mo Wen and the string lady are just the left and right protectors, and the twenty-four ghosts are the protectors of Huanxi Pavilion." Yi Xiangxiang has been hiding her identity, and all the affairs of Huanxi Pavilion are handled by Mo Wen. And now that she has secretly left Tongzhou, it is definitely not a trivial matter! ”
Zhao Ziqian even guessed that Yi Xiangxiang was going to be very powerful, otherwise she would not be so cautious that she would not reveal her true identity at all. She left Le Qi and the little maids around her, but she didn't even bring Qing Xuan! It can be seen that she doesn't want to be reminiscent of her identity at all.
"Joy Pavilion...... Pavilion Master? "Kangrui really stuttered.
Joy Pavilion? The Joy Pavilion that made him want to vomit blood for a while? The Huanxi Pavilion that made him frustrate with intelligence for the first time? The Huanxi Pavilion that made him investigate and enter the Silent Building to receive the punishment? Kang Rui stared at Xiong Wei.
Why don't you say Yi Xiangxiang's identity? Kang Rui asked Xiong Wei with his eyes.
I don't know! Xiong Wei responded to Kang Rui with his eyes.
You have been following Your Highness, will you not know? Kang Rui glared.
Your Highness didn't tell me, ah, how do I know! Xiong Wei replied angrily.
You can't analyze, you won't guess, you won't ask Your Highness? Condrey gritted his teeth.
Didn't you ask Your Highness, didn't you guess or analyze! Xiong Wei also gritted his teeth.
"That's right, the Pavilion Master of Joy Pavilion is her. It was only when the main hall followed their headquarters that night that he discovered Yi Xiangxiang's identity. By the way, Shadow Kill was saved by her and recuperated in the Colorful Valley. Later, you will pass a letter to Yuhe, and ask him to pick up the letter anonymously. There is also a message from the shadow that Yi Xiangxiang is looking for a woman named Liu Fangfei, this woman is her old friend in Bainian County, and she stayed in Yifu for one night and left. Ying Xuan guessed that Yi Xiangxiang left home in order to find this woman, but the main hall felt that if she was looking for someone, she didn't need to go out by herself! And now that she has come out on her own, it must mean that she must come forward in person. But just in case, you can also look for this Liu Fangfei, but the focus is to follow the traces of the twenty-four ghosts. Yi Xiangxiang should bring the Dharma protector of the twenty-four ghosts to follow and see if she can find out where she is through the twenty-four ghosts. Zhao Ziqian didn't care about Kang Rui and Xiong Wei's eye lawsuit, but told Kang Rui to do things.
However, after he finished speaking, he saw that Kang Rui still didn't move, so he said fiercely: "Don't do it quickly!" ”
Kang Rui is really wronged, and he is digesting it after listening to the words! In the past, His Highness was concise and concise, but this was the first time he had heard His Highness say so many words, because he was still extracting key information just now. At this time, he was murdered, so he quickly said that he would retreat.
Xiong Wei hadn't left yet, he was still in shock.