The person who was happy just now suddenly turned cloudy, and seeing that it was about to turn into a heavy rainstorm, Yi Xiangxiang knew that the man in front of him who had inexplicably changed his face would not be willing to say anything, so he withdrew from the side room with a stomach full of questions.

But speaking of which, she also got some information today, at least knowing that in addition to the fourth prince Zhao Zixiu, the other group of people who snatched the treasure was also one of the princes! And no matter who it is, if she finds that something is actually in her hands, then she really won't die and will shed her skin. Fortunately, it seems that Zhao Zixiu thinks that the thing has been taken away by his opponent, and this opponent should not be able to unlock the Rubik's Cube for the time being.

After all, the people of the Qilin Dynasty have been solving it for hundreds of years, and Yi Xiangxiang is still very confident in the Rubik's Cube designed and revised by his fellow countryman.

However, Yi Xiangxiang still has a doubt, that is, although the person in the house has been determined to be a minion of a certain prince, his real name has always led her to guess. This man is extraordinary, and his style is either rich or noble, if she hadn't received the news that other princes had secretly left Beijing, she would even think that this was also a certain highness.

Of course, at this moment, she didn't know that her "thought" was right.

If you can't ask, don't ask for the time being, Yi Xiangxiang is not a person who loves to fight to the end, she really has no patience. So she shrugged her shoulders indifferently, yawned and went back to her room to sleep.

Zhao Ziqian looked at the back of Yi Xiangxiang leaving, and felt a little depressed in his heart, but he didn't know why.

And at this moment, he is also depressed by his fourth brother Zhao Zixiu!

Zhao Zixiu was in the study of the Tongzhou Royal Pavilion at this time, he was wearing a white brocade robe, sitting on the red sandalwood cloud dragon pattern armchair, his eyes locked on Pang Hui, who was kneeling down, Qingjun's face did not show joy and anger, but his heart was a burst of chest tightness and shortness of breath.

The matter of Qishanzhai has been investigated for so many days that night, and except for the man in black who was rescued and escaped by the Yi family, there is no other clue! So far, not only has there been no trace of the man in black that night, but he has never even been contacted by the Joy Pavilion, which really makes him extremely depressed!

"Isn't the Pavilion of Joy about to be born? It is said that their headquarters are located in a colorful valley outside of Tongzhou? Why haven't we explored it yet! Pang Qi stood behind Zhao Zixiu and questioned Pang Hui, the commander of the dark guard, on his behalf.

The clues of the men in black were basically broken, and even if they were alive at the scene at that time, those people later committed suicide by biting the poison in their mouths while they were unprepared. As for the black-clothed people who fled from Qishan, since they scattered in all directions, they have not been able to find any traces, so they only have the Pavilion of Joy to check now.

Pang Hui felt that he had been really unlucky recently, Tongzhou was not prosperous at all, but let him step on the air everywhere, since he got into Tongzhou, it was not smooth to do anything!

"My subordinates have personally visited my home! It's just ......" Pang Hui hesitated to speak.

Zhao Zixiu stroked the jade wrench in his hand and asked, "Just what?" ”

"It's just...... The Lord of the Pavilion of Joy has been busy lately and has no time to entertain! Wait until they finish the renovation of the pavilion, and then greet the guests! If...... If Your Highness is grateful for their hard work in eradicating harm for the people, then ...... Just send some money and talk about condolences. Pang Hui said as he pondered his words.

Huanxi Pavilion did refuse everyone's visit, but Pang Hui went as a close attendant of the Four Princes, nominally saying that His Royal Highness the Four Princes heard about the righteous act of Huanxi Pavilion to massacre mountain bandits after arriving in Tongzhou, and came to express his feelings! According to common sense, the Pavilion of Joy should not and will not turn people away! But the bold pavilion owner, if he says something to show concern, he will send some practical things, such as Huanxi Pavilion is now very short of money to renovate the pavilion! This dignified four princes, what is the matter with verbal commendation, they turned Pang Hui away.

Pang Hui was really stunned when he heard this, someone dared to ask their Highness for money! Sure enough, it is a reckless man who doesn't know the severity! However, at the same time, he also felt that the pavilion master of the Joy Pavilion was very evil, and he spread these words, and none of the other Joy Pavilion members present expressed surprise or disapproval, which showed that they obeyed the words of their pavilion master.

Zhao Ziqian also felt interesting when he heard this, and he took off his wrench and asked as he played, "The pavilion master of Huanxi Pavilion?" Is it the legendary black-robed man and the woman in green clothes? ”

"Now that the Huanxi Pavilion is out of the world, the leader has revealed his identity! The pavilion master is a well-known "unknown son" on the rivers and lakes, named Mo Wen! It turned out that he had fought against someone before, and when the opponent asked him his name, he replied that he didn't ask, not to ask the opponent not to ask his name, but to have already said his name! Pang Hui said.

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why he feels that Huanxi Pavilion is evil, this "nameless son" has always been a very famous and decent person in the rivers and lakes, and he doesn't want him to establish a killer organization. Now, although it is said that Huanxi Pavilion has changed its route to operate its own intelligence network, saying that as long as you give enough money, you can get the news you want, he still feels that Huanxi Pavilion's style of acting is extremely incompatible with the unknown son.

"In other words, the female pavilion master in Tsing Yi is the string lady?" Zhao Ziqian asked.

There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that the unknown son and the string lady are from the same school!

Pang Hui nodded yes, and said, "But this string lady doesn't seem to be involved in the affairs of Huanxi Pavilion anymore!" Now there is only one person in charge, Mo Wen, and twenty-four ghosts are assisting! ”

Zhao Ziqian squinted his eyes, this feeling of not being clear made him too uncomfortable!

"Can there be an investigation, what is the origin of the twenty-four ghosts?" He asked, suppressing his anger.

Pang Hui naturally felt the dislike of his master, but he still shook his head honestly and said: "There is no information, not even a portrait!" The twenty-four ghosts are all wearing masks, and even the nameless son and the string lady were wearing red gold masks and white veils respectively when they walked the rivers and lakes, and no one knew their true faces! ”

He really can't help it, not to mention that there are not many spies they have planted in the rivers and lakes, and there are only a handful of these spies who have even seen the figures of two people, let alone the real face.

"Did you send someone to sneak in?" Zhao Zixiu continued to play with the wrench in his hand.

After Pang Hui heard this question, he lowered his head even lower: "The people sent have all been beaten back." However, looking at their martial arts skills, they should not be in the same group as the group of black-clothed people who went to Qishan a few days ago! ”

"Huh! Then can't you get into this Joy Pavilion? Zhao Zixiu's question brought a cold smile to his question.

"Subordinates will send someone again!" Pang Hui almost put his head on the floor.

Zhao Zixiu thought for a while and said, "No need! Now that it's confirmed that it's not the same group, let's draw our energy and go all out to find out where the group of people in black have fled! ”

The current situation seems to be only available in the Huanxi Pavilion, but from the phenomenon, the Huanxi Pavilion has no flaws! Zhao Zixiu felt that instead of wasting time here, it was better to go through the clues of the man in black again and see if he could find out anything. After all, Huanxi Pavilion not only slaughtered Qishanzhai before, but its suspicion is really not big in terms of treasure. Zhao Zixiu thought so.

"Subordinates obey!" Pang Hui kowtowed again and exited the study, standing in the courtyard, only to find that the clothes behind him were completely soaked with sweat, and it was cold when the breeze blew.

Silence returned to the study, Zhao Zixiu sat like a sculpture, and Pang Qi behind him seemed to blend in with the night.

After a long time, Zhao Zixiu opened his mouth and said: "I'm afraid that the trip to Tongzhou will return empty-handed!" ”

Pang Qi didn't expect his master to say this, and said in surprise: "Why did Your Highness make up your mind so early?" ”

Zhao Zixiu shook his head and did not answer Pang Qi's question, but asked, "Is there any change in Kyoto?" ”

"Several highnesses have sent people to investigate the master's movements, but the focus is still on next year's spring festival and draft! The prince already has a concubine, and the main objects are those who have more hope of winning the championship, and these days they have held a lot of poetry meetings, and even cut the East Palace to subsidize the poor scholars who are rushing to take the exam, which has attracted a lot of praise and popularity! Even in the early days, he was praised by the saints! The second prince has close contacts with major families, and I heard that he intends to win over the Lin family and promised the position of concubine! And the Seventh Prince's side is also in contact with the Lin family, but the Seventh Prince himself is in a simple place, do you think it will be the Seventh Prince's preemptive of us? Pang Qiyi said it on the phone, and it fell directly to the last question.

He didn't know that he accidentally found the truth!

Or maybe it's half the truth!

"It's not certain! Anyone is possible! "Zhao Zixiu can't judge, because the matter of Qishanzhai was discovered by his mother, Concubine De, and this is because Concubine De lived in Tongzhou! It's hard for him to imagine how anyone else knows.

And in addition to the people Pang Qi just mentioned, he also suspected the Jiang family! After all, the Jiang family has lived in Tongzhou for generations, and Meng Zhaoyi has the Hou Mansion as the backing, even if his son is still young, he is also ambitious!

Meng Zhaoyi wanted to get Jiang Jingshan into the harem, but the Jiang family gave people to the Yi family, and they didn't know what was going on! This is also where Zhao Zixiu has been more confused recently.

Seeing this, Pang Qi no longer continued the topic, but asked: "In next year's draft, His Royal Highness has decided which young lady to enter the backyard of the Prince's Mansion?" ”

The reason why he asked this question was not that he cared about what kind of young lady his master would choose, but that he cared about which force his master wanted to woo!

"The Lin family is a good choice! Let's throw an olive branch too! This good thing has to be grabbed to be interesting! You let people arrange it! Zhao Zixiu ended the conversation with a smile, his tone was completely devoid of any emotion, what marriage should be carefully considered, for him, what should be considered is whether this power can be used for him!

He has never thought that feelings are important things in life, and the most important thing in life is rights for him! And everything that can replace rights is a weapon that can be used, and he thinks so until now.

Of course, Zhu Qianqian, who had already secretly promised Zhao Zixiu at this time, didn't know that she was in love with someone who would not have any pity for herself. With a full of longing, she was sitting under the lamp at this moment embroidering a cluster of junzi orchids, with a soft smile on her face.

Junzilan, it is rumored that Zhao Zixiu, the fourth prince of the Li Dynasty, likes Junzilan the most!

When Mrs. Zhu Hu pushed the door and walked in, she saw her daughter smirking, and sighed slightly.

"What did you do when you went to Yi's house today?" She walked over and sat down in the Huanghuali relief backrest circle chair next to her daughter, and asked with a smile.

Zhu Qianqian found out about the arrival of her mother, so she put down the embroidery in her hand and got up and poured a cup of tea for the Hu family, and then replied: "I went to see Sister Xiangxiang, and I didn't want her to take us to the poetry and wine party held by His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince in the Yi family garden, so I was introduced by the eldest lady of the Yi family and met some famous families...... Miss Daughters! ”

She originally wanted to say "famous and noble girls", but there were really few people present today who could be regarded as famous, so she changed her words halfway. But because of this, she prefers His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, who does not pay attention to dignity and humility.

Hu naturally knew that the Yi family had a poetry and wine party today, but he also had some doubts: "Why didn't His Royal Highness hold a poetry and wine party in the Royal Pavilion, but chose to be a guest in the Yi family?" ”

Zhao Zixiu set up a banquet in Tongzhou to entertain talented and beautiful people, and it was indeed more convenient to make it more convenient in the Royal Residence.

"I don't know why! I think it should be because of the outstanding political achievements of Yi people over the years, and I will raise the Yi family! Zhu Qianqian guessed.

"Even if it's lifting, just a few things! or be promoted directly, but it will not go to the Yi family three times or twice! Eh, these nobles' minds are really incomprehensible, have you thought about it? Really going to participate in next year's draft? "Hu came over today to talk to his daughter about the draft.

Originally, Zhu Qianqian's name was also on the draft list, but after the Zhu family's punctuation of the selection officials, her name has been removed. Knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, she also knows that her daughter has hidden things in her heart over the years! However, what people didn't expect at all was that the son-in-law brother that her daughter had been thinking about was actually the fourth prince today!

This time I went south to Tongzhou by chance, and when I was at the dock, my daughter learned the true identity of the four princes, and I also knew that the saint issued a will to select draft girls to enter the prince's mansion in next year's draft.

"Mother! The daughter is serious! Zhu Qianqian said with Hu Shi very firmly.

"But how do you know that you will definitely be able to enter the Four Princes' Mansion? What if he is chosen to go to the palace? And even if you enter the Prince's Mansion, with the background of the Zhu family...... Your position is not too high......" Hu did not approve of his daughter's approach.

The grade of the princess and concubine of the Li Dynasty, the special one is the princess and concubine, only one; Zheng Yipin is the prince's concubine, and he is also one; From the first product, the prince's side concubine, two; After that, there are the prince's concubine, the prince's concubine, the prince's concubine, the prince's concubine, the prince's concubine, the prince's Zhaoyi, the prince's Zhaoyuan, the prince's Zhaorong, the prince's Wanyi, the prince's Wanyuan, the prince's Wanrong, the prince's Liangyuan, the prince's Liangdi, and the prince's concubine.

The reason why the Hu family emphasized the issue of position was because the Zhu family was only an imperial merchant and had no real power in the court. If her daughter is elected to the prince's mansion, she will only be a good lady at most.

Zhu Qianqian naturally knew this, but she was reluctant to let go when she thought of Zhao Zixiu's moon-like face, only to see her eyebrows and eyes smile softly and said: "I am more or less an old friend with the Fourth Highness, if I ask to enter the Fourth Prince's Mansion, I think His Royal Highness will choose me." As for the position, the worst is a concubine, I'm not afraid! Mother! As long as his daughter can be by his side, his daughter really doesn't mind! ”

In fact, she also has a preliminary arrangement, as long as her name is included, she will have a lot of contact with the four princes before the draft, and when the time comes, she will tell him that she is unwilling to enter the palace and beg him to accept her into the palace of the four princes, which is not too difficult.

As for the problem that the fourth prince doesn't have her in his heart now, she is not worried. As long as they can accompany each other day and night in the future, Zhu Qianqian feels that she will always fall in love for a long time. But for herself, from the moment she bumped into the Centennial Temple that year, she couldn't let go anymore! Now that she finally learned Zhao Zixiu's identity, Zhu Qianqian naturally just wanted to be by his side.

"Don't be fooled! Your mother and I were born in this Hu family, and I have seen too many sisters being rubbed into the dirt in the family mansion, so how simple is the backyard of the prince's mansion as you think! Hu's tone was already stern.

The daughter of the Hu family in Tongzhou is a natural charmer, which is a sharp weapon for the Hu family to climb wealth, but it is also the sorrow of all the Hu family daughters! They were arranged to be sent to major families, and before they could gain a firm foothold to support the family, they were overwhelmed by the women of the back house! But even so, the Hu family still threw one daughter after another into the fire pit.

The Hu family has always felt that his family is so rotten, Xu is retribution, and no one has really supported the Hu family in a hundred years! She once laughed at this family that had rotten roots, but there was no way, this was also her root.

In fact, she was lucky, because she was the most ordinary woman in the Hu family, and she was not sent to the mansion, but was used to win over the imperial merchant Zhu family, which saved her life from misfortune.

But now her daughter is going to jump into the fire pit, and the fire in this pit is even more poisonous and fierce! How could she not be in a hurry!

"Mother rest assured, although her daughter is not wise, she is not worse than those famous girls!" Zhu Qianqian knows what her mother is worried about, there are groups of wives and concubines in the back house of the prince's mansion, her position is low and she does not have a strong mother's family as a backing, there must be many people who use her as a raft! It's just that she prides herself on being smart and doesn't think she will be a stepping stone for others!

Seeing that his daughter was really so arrogant, Hu Shi was even more worried: "I'm afraid that you will be so big!" Which of those princesses who can get high positions has not been taught by their grandmother since they were children? No matter how smart you are, you can't be their opponent! And their family background is deep, and they know more secrets and some ways to assassinate people than you! ”

The Zhong Ding family of the Li Dynasty has been inherited for more than a hundred years, and even the families of the Qilin Dynasty era are now standing! The big roots of the trees are deep and interlocking, where can people like them compare!

Zhu Qianqian also frowned, but her heart to enter the Four Princes' Mansion remained the same, and she only heard her say: "It's a big deal, I don't fight, I don't grab, I can't climb up!" As long as I abide by my duty and don't offend them, they can't catch me, so what can I do? ”

"As long as you want the favor of His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, it is blocking their way! The competition for favor in the backyard has always been one war after another without gunpowder! Your father's backyard is relatively clean, and there are only a handful of aunts who gave birth to children, but your mother and I, as the main mother, are still cautious for fear of the way! Think about it, even if you have worked hard to get into the prince's mansion, how can you have a good life? ”

Hu Shi had already persuaded her throat to smoke and drink the tea with a teacup, but when she put down the cup, she saw that her daughter's face was still not moved, and she knew that her words were in vain!

Sure enough, Zhu Qianqian was still stubborn: "But I just want to be with His Royal Highness!" ”

"There is no need to discuss this matter anymore, you will know that mother is for your own good!" Hu Shi knew that she couldn't be persuaded, so she stood up and expressed her decision with this sentence, and she didn't plan to re-report her daughter's name to the selection officer.

"Mother! If my mother doesn't help me, I'll go directly to the Four Princes! Things will only get worse then! Does a mother really want to do this? Zhu Qianqian hurriedly said after hearing Hu's words.

"You ......" Hu Shi was extremely angry, he didn't expect that his daughter, who he had loved for more than ten years, would threaten himself like this!

Zhu Qianqian also knew that her move was unfilial, so she knelt down and kowtowed to Hu: "Mother! I've made up my mind! Fulfill me! ”

The candle flame was extinguished, and Hu's figure fell into a silhouette on the carved paper window, and then the shadow slid weakly in the circle chair.

Zhu Qianqian has always been smart, she knew how to judge the situation when she was young, and her endearing kung fu was even more perfect, and even Yi Xiangxiang, an adult soul, admired her back then. But such a delicate and transparent woman, in the face of love, is just a moth.

Everyone in the world said that the moth was stupid, but it loved it miserably, the fire that killed it.

It's not a good life

Non-red-faced, not thin-hearted, cool-hearted