The innkeeper leaned back in his chair tiredly, and let out a long sigh after drinking a bowl of hot noodle soup brought by Xiao Er.

The girl dressed in white bowed deeply to him after listening to his persuasion, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, I will not leave here until I have not fulfilled my wish." ”

She walked with the boy named Shen Nanshan.

It was still snowing heavily, and the snow was thick, so they set out on their journey without wavering.

The girl's eyes reminded him of many, many years ago, when he was still an ordinary guard beside Emperor Chongming, and there was such a little girl in the palace, clear and firm.

In the deep palace of deceit, there are not many children who can have such a pair of eyes.

He could see that this little girl who was always hiding behind her sister was well protected, and her sister was a piece of sky above her head, an umbrella that sheltered from the wind and rain, and a lotus leaf that blocked the scorching sun.

……

Since he didn't live in the inn, Shen Nanshan took Ye Xiyue to his home.

They passed through Yong'an Fang, where rich and noble families lived, and Andingfang, where ordinary people lived, turning east and west in a few alleys, and finally stopped in front of a remote courtyard.

The small is hidden in the mountains, and the big is hidden in the city.

He unlocked the door, pushed open the vermilion lacquered wooden door with a rusty copper ring, and made a serious "please" gesture to Ye Xiyue.

Although the small courtyard looks small and simple from the outside, after entering it, you will find that it is completely complete, and it is no different from ordinary people's houses.

There were no servants and maidservants, so Shen Nanshan lit an oil lamp after entering the house, boiled hot tea, wiped the table and chairs with a rag, and took out a new futon from the cupboard and spread it on the bed.

Ye Xiyue sighed that this self-reliant friend with a lot of money in her pocket, if she was placed in the era in which she lived in her previous life, she would be the legendary "three good men".

He called this place home, and he was so familiar with the nooks and crannies of this place that it must not be a temporary place to live, but a long-term residence.

But since he has money, why didn't he buy the house of Yong'an Fang, but lived in such a remote place?

But she's not someone who likes to inquire about other people's privacy.

For example, the woman surnamed Bai who comes up to the mountain to accompany her every year, such as the grave behind the master's house where the grass grows very tall and high.

People who have secrets are people who have stories.

"It was a wise decision to stay in the capital." Ye Xiyue, who was eating the soy milk, fritters, and flatbread that Shen Nanshan bought from outside in the early morning, heard Shen Nanshan say something coldly.

"Prince Shun is very jealous of you," Shen Nanshan rolled the fritters into the flatbread, squeaked and chewed, took a large mouthful of soy milk, and after burping, said, "You are in the capital, he can only send his killers to find you in the middle of the night, and when he leaves the capital, he can blatantly hire others to kill you." ”

"People in the royal family, doing things is so unscrupulous and dirty!"

The young man's arrogant voice was full of ridicule and disdain.

"But who the hell are you?" Shen Nanshan sighed, he racked his brains, and he couldn't think of any connection between Ye Xiyue and the royal family surnamed Bai.

Ye Xiyue said lightly: "I'm also looking for this answer." ”

Reincarnated in another world, she thought that when she opened her eyes, what she saw was her mother. However, the woman in blue claimed to be her master, and her parents were different.

Since the master was unwilling to tell her, she could only go down the mountain to find the answer by herself.

At such a beginning, there is a bit like the shadow of those dick men who turned around gorgeously.

"But Prince Shun must know," Shen Nanshan said suddenly, he caught a node in this mysterious net, and his eyes lit up, "That idiot prince wants to kill you so much, he must know something, let's go find him!" ”

It's a godlike turn.

If an ordinary person hears this conversation, they will definitely think that this is a bad idea, and they will definitely ask, "Aren't you looking for death?" ”

But Ye Xiyue wouldn't, she bowed her head lightly, and even smiled: "Okay." ”

Sitting back is not the answer.

So two bold young people, after eating breakfast, went to "look for death".

In Yong'an Fang, the main residence of the Shen family of the four great families, there are also people looking for them.

The ancestors of the Shen family made a fortune by doing business, and they were also banned from entering the government because their children and grandchildren were engaged in business.

But this did not prevent the Shen family from becoming one of the four great families second only to the imperial family.

Mrs. Shen also has a close relationship with the previous generation of royal families, with more than a dozen daughters and granddaughters marrying into the royal family, and she is glorified in the world for a while, and Mrs. Shen is often proud that she is a relative of the royal family.

However, all this was completely reversed after the empress ascended the throne.

Therefore, those in-laws were all cut off by the old lady Shen under the cries of the children, which was nothing more than to stabilize the status of the Shen family.

He is a shrewd businessman, and any shrewd businessman will choose to decisively choose to cut off his superfluous branches in favor of a taller, thicker tree when the situation is reversed and it is not good for him.

The eighty-year-old lady Shen lay on the couch, took a puff of the cigarette gun he was holding, slowly spit out the smoke ring, motioned to the maidservant to help him up, and after a moment of silence, he said to the visitor: "I don't know where he is." ”

The guest who came to visit Old Lady Shen smiled: "After all, he was born in the Shen family and is your own grandson......

A trace of anger flashed in Old Lady Shen's cloudy eyes, and even his old voice was full of anger and hatred: "From the moment he came here seven years ago and asked me to expel him from the family tree, he is no longer a descendant of the Shen family!" ”

Seeing this, the people who came didn't ask anything anymore, saluted Old Lady Shen, and retreated under the guidance of the maids.

……

Shen Nanshan and Ye Xiyue walked on the street. At this time, the morning light first appeared, the market was noisy, the people of the capital got up early, opened the shop, propped up the window sash, and some people even shouted in the street to attract customers.

"Do you know why Prince Shun's title is called 'Shun'?"

Ye Xiyue stopped, looked at Shen Nanshan, and listened to him continue.

"Because he is not honest," Shen Nanshan glanced at the street and ran out without clothes, and the woman who was chased out hugged the spanking child and said seriously, "Your Majesty wants him to be an idle prince honestly." ”

"But you also said that he was not honest." Ye Xiyue said.

"Under power, you can only disguise," Shen Nanshan said, "no matter how much you don't like it, you have to create the illusion of indulging in wine." ”

Then he rushed into a green building with two big red lanterns hanging and entwined with color.

Ye Xiyue never expected that he would bring himself here, and was still hesitating whether to change into men's clothes and go in again, Shen Nanshan turned back after a while, and said impatiently to her: "Don't come in yet!" ”

Ye Xiyue looked confused, and followed in without thinking.

I don't know if I don't enter, and I'm scared when I enter.

The phrase "I don't go to hell, who goes to hell" can be said here in reverse: "If I go to hell, who dares to stop me." ”

The lobby was filled with singing and dancing, with a red carpet on the central stage, and barefoot exotic dancers twisting their waists and jingling bells in their hands and legs, winning the applause of the high-rollers at the tables in front of the stage. The girls upstairs stretched out their long white arms and smiled at the guests who came in through the main entrance.

Of course, Shen Nanshan would not participate in the carnival of foreign dancers by this gang, he took Ye Xiyue straight to the second floor, let the little maid open a private room, served a pot of sake, a plate of four-color snacks, a plate of melon seeds, and by the way, called six beautiful courtesans to sing a small song.

When Ye Xi arrived here at the beginning of the month, he was still a little stunned, and when he arrived at the back, he also admired the various beauties of the courtesans with relish.

Shen Nanshan saw that Ye Xiyue had adapted well, and he was very interested: "Do you want me to call a few more little guys?" ”

Under the rule of the empress, the people were open, and the social status of women was greatly improved, and they could be officials. Although there are still wives and concubines, some aristocratic women can hide their identities and go to the Qinglou to find a few beautiful teenagers to have fun.

Ye Xiyue's expression stiffened and said, "No need." ”

Shen Nanshan turned around with regret, called the little servant and said, "Aren't you guys a new Oiran here, what's the name of 'Miss Yan'?" How much do I pay for her to come? ”

The little guy laughed and said, "You don't know, although Miss Yan is a newcomer, her temper is not ordinary hot and spicy, several benefactors like you have been scolded by others for speaking improperly, and even the big benefactor who is now entertaining has to be kind and serve others in turn." ”