The next day, Shuihua Palace.

On the low side under the phoenix tree, Hua Mian stroked the snowball in his arms with one hand, picked up the freshly brewed jasmine tea with the other, took a sip and said to Shu Yu beside him: "Which palace does the emperor live in?" ”

Shu Yu said strangely: "Don't you know Niangniang?" The emperor lives in the Yangxin Palace, and the Niangniang's Shuihua Palace is only separated by a bamboo forest. Niangniang, this is the closest place to the emperor's bedroom in the entire palace. ”

Hua Mian couldn't help but be stunned, he was interested, but how much sincerity could stand up to scrutiny?

She smiled at Shu Yu and said, "Don't call me Niangniang in the future." doesn't even have a title, what kind of son is it? ”

The smile on Shu Yu's face froze, and he wanted to comfort but didn't know where to start, so he finally had to respond softly.

She put down the teacup, stood up, and looked up at the phoenix tree. I saw that the body of the tree is as high as three or four zhang, it takes several people to hug it, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, the orange-red phoenix flowers are in full swing, I think it should be a hundred years, it is likely to be planted when Nanxiu founded the country. There is also a big tree in the Shuihua Palace in the east, the difference is that it is a century-old sycamore. However, this did not prevent her from perching in the trees as always.

Standing on the tree, you should be able to see far away. Thinking of this, she handed the snowball to Shu Yu and asked her to take it out for a walk, while she was angry and dantian, a little on tiptoe, and used a few light skills to climb the phoenix tree.

As soon as he stood firm, his back hit a tough wall, and he turned his head suddenly, and met a pair of surprised eyes. It was a man dressed in black brocade, and he was terrified that he had no idea that Hua Mian would climb the tree.

Hua Mian bent her lips and smiled, lifted her right foot, and kicked it back. There was a scream in my ear, which came to an abrupt halt as it hit the ground in free fall.

Hua Mian sighed in his heart, when did his vigilance be so low, and he didn't know that the yard was being watched. Pei Gongcuo, what do you want to do if you hang me and find someone to monitor you?

"Remember, next time I change places, this tree will be my territory from now on." Hua Mian coolly dropped a sentence and turned his eyes to enjoy the scenery.

Raise your eyes and look into the distance, the whole palace is in full view, looking at the star-studded palace, only to feel the magnificence, majestic and magnificent. The vestibule is bright and open, the inner palace courtyard is deep, the building is compact, each palace is self-contained, each has the palace gate and palace wall, it is relatively arranged, the order is orderly, the pine and cypress, the exquisite rockery, the pavilion and pavilion are hidden in the meantime, quiet and beautiful.

When his eyes fell on the nearest temple, Hua Mian was stunned. I saw that on the side of the rockery built with beautiful stones, a woman in white clothes and pink yarn was bowing her head and throwing the food in her hand into the shallow pool water, so all kinds of koi fish in the pond happily stepped forward to compete for food, and some fish finished eating the food around them, turned around and swam to the woman, and continued to wagging their tails and begging.

Hua Mian unconsciously hooked the corners of her lips, this situation is extraordinarily harmonious, but I don't know if it is a beauty playing with fish, or a fish playing with a beauty? And when the woman straightened up and her beautiful cheeks came into view, Hua Mian felt a bang in her head, and countless fireworks exploded. This woman was actually the one who had a private meeting with Rong Laichuan in Huda City, and she was fortunate enough to observe their bed fight.

It turned out that the one who wore the cuckold was none other than Nanxiu Emperor Pei Gongcuo. Hua Mian couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for him. It's just that I don't know, which of his concubines this woman is?

Today, a major palace secret was discovered, and Hua Mian was inevitably a little excited in his heart, so he simply lay down on the slanted branch and took a nap.

She slept soundly this night, and when she woke up, she saw the man who had been kicked off the tree by herself squatting on the eaves of her bedroom and looking at herself for a long time, and suddenly felt funny, so she raised her voice and said, "Hey! Don't you think that's boring? ”

After a while, the man's voice came from the wind: "First of all, the subordinates are not called 'hey', and secondly, the subordinates are carrying out the orders of the master, which is the duty of the subordinates, so as not to feel bored." ”

"Oh?" Hua Mian paused with interest, "Then what's your name?" ”

"Jiang Ren."

"Well, people are as their name suggests. May I ask you a question? ”

"Please."

"How many people are staring at me like you?"

"Please allow your subordinates to affirm that they are not watching you, but protecting you." He paused for a moment and continued, "There are eight people protecting you, and they are on duty in four shifts, two people in each shift, and they are on duty for six hours at a time. ”

"Protection? Well said. Hua Mian snorted coldly and asked, "By the way, what are the names of the other seven?" Who is on duty with you today? Where are you now? ”

"They are called Mu You, Wang Cheng, Kang Qi, Xuan Yi, Liang Xing, Qiao Er, and Wen Yan. On duty with me today is Mu You, who is on the eaves near the back wall. ”

Hua Mian nodded clearly: "You tell me everything, aren't you afraid that your master will blame?" ”

"The master said, you are also our master, as long as it is not too excessive, you must respond to your needs, so the master will not be angry."

"I see, but your names are so hard to remember, I want to give you eight names again, you won't object, right?"

"I would like to hear my master's judgment."

"Then follow my last name and use gossip as a name. Dry is one, Dui is two, Li is three, Zhen is four, Xun is five, Kan is six, Gen is seven, and Kun is eight. How do you rank them by age? ”

"The subordinates thank the master for giving the name."

"And what are you in?"

"The subordinate is the fifth, and it should be called Hua Xun."

"It's good. What about Mu You? ”

"He's second in line, and he should be called Huadui."

"Well, I see that you have nothing to do, why don't you chat with me?"

"What do you want to talk about?"

"For example, I didn't go to say hello to the Queen Mother, what is the Queen Mother's attitude? Another example, who did the emperor favor yesterday? Actually, she wanted to know the latter more.

Hua Xun glanced at Hua Mian strangely, and sat down and said: "The Queen Mother likes to be quiet, and the concubines only go to ask for peace on the first day of each month." As for the new Chengyulu, it stands to reason that you should go to ask for peace on the second day, since you are not favored by the emperor and don't go to ask for peace, how can she blame the old man? ”

Hua Mian almost fell off the tree when she heard this, she was not favored by Pei Gongcuo, he could even know such a secret thing, and even said it unashamedly, did he think they were discussing what the weather was like today? But what made Hua Mian's jaw drop even more was what he said afterwards.

He lifted the hem of his clothes, changed to a more comfortable posture and said calmly: "Yesterday, the emperor stayed in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, and it happened that Concubine Qing Shu and Concubine Xinde both went to the front and back, so the emperor spoiled them. ”

Hua Mian's mouth was open for a long time, and when he closed it again, he felt that he was filled with cool air. This Pei Gongcuo, who has a big appetite, is simply a beast and scum who destroys the heavens!

Since he spoiled the two of them yesterday, is it Concubine Qing Shu or Concubine Xinde who has an affair with Rong Laichuan? It stands to reason that Concubine Qing Shufei is Rong Laichuan's own sister, and she shouldn't suspect her, but the ghost made a mistake, so she asked: "Do you know who is in the courtyard now?" ”

Seeing Hua Mian looking in the direction of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Hua Xun got up and jumped on the ridge of the courtyard wall, and after seeing the people in the courtyard clearly, he sat down on his knees, and Shi Shiran said: "This person is Concubine Qingshu." ”

As soon as these words came out, Hua Mian's shock was not trivial, and she had to re-examine Rong Laichuan. This person ignores the norms, does not enter the customs, not only dares to cuckold the emperors of other countries, but also dares to be with his own sister **, and is by no means an idle person.

But what she wants to know more at this moment is how Hua Xun knows these things.

After listening to Hua Mian's question, Hua Xun dusted off the dust on the hem of his clothes and said: "There are no secrets in the palace, it just depends on whether the emperor wants to hide it." ”

"So, the emperor doesn't want to hide these two things?"

Hua Xun pondered: "The emperor didn't favor you, he did hide it, and at the same time, he didn't deliberately hide the matter of favoring Concubine Qingshu and Concubine Xinde, so he didn't plan to hide it." ”

Hua Mian was puzzled: "Regarding the first thing, since the emperor has concealed it, how did you know about it?" ”

Hua Xun glanced at Hua Mian and said, "The night you were in the cave, I was outside the Shuihua Palace. ”

"Even if you are outside the palace, how can you know what is happening in the palace?"

Hua Xun actually raised the corners of his mouth and laughed.

Hua Mian wondered, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Hua Xun turned his gaze, cleared his throat, and said, "Time is too short. ”

Hua Mian was stunned for a moment, and when she understood the intention of his words, she felt ashamed and angry, and broke off a branch and flew out.

Hua Xun turned over, hid in another corner, and chuckled: "You have the ability, you ran away from the emperor on the first night." However, the emperor is extremely attentive to you, not only concealing the events of that night, but also fearing that someone will trouble you, so he sent his own personal guards to protect your safety. ”

"Who is rare!" Hua Mian snorted coldly, thinking about it, this is not bad, Emperor Huaxin continues to live his life as a breeding pig, living alone in a corner, with food, drink and protection, but also at ease.

However, since the emperor concealed the events of that night, then in the eyes of others, she is the emperor's person, and the queen mother should naturally think so. This Hua Xun dares to tease himself! It's just that in this way, wouldn't he offend the Queen Mother if he didn't ask for peace? Alas, that's it, the soldiers will block, the water will come to cover the earth, and the time will be improvised. It's just that at the moment she still has a question, not to vomit and be unhappy.

She asked casually, "Why didn't you see Dongli marrying envoys at the luncheon the day before yesterday?" Wouldn't it be rude to ignore them? ”

Hua Xun said: "After the banquet for his ministers, the emperor specially set up a banquet to entertain them, but the companions were all relatives of the emperor and important ministers of the court, how could it be rude?" ”

Only then did Hua Mian remember that after the banquet the day before yesterday, Pei Gongcuo and himself drank the wine and left under the pretext that something had happened. At that time, she thought that he had political affairs to deal with, but she didn't expect that he was going to entertain the envoys.

What could have been solved with one banquet, he did it twice without being too cumbersome. Thinking about it, he should be guarding against himself and his wild brother. Isn't it just a luncheon? Are you afraid that they will lose his face? It's really a small belly chicken intestines, crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

Unfortunately, he still miscalculated at that time, but he didn't know that they had already cooked raw rice into cooked rice.

Hua Mian laughed at herself, and asked casually: "Are all the emperor's relatives here?" I don't seem to have seen a few royal families. ”

Hua Xun said: "The princes have fiefs, and except for Duanwang, they must be called to enter Beijing. This time, the emperor summoned the third prince, King Xian, the fourth prince, King Kang, the fifth prince, King An, and the seventh prince, King Duan. As a result, King Xian was unable to return to Beijing due to illness, and King Duan could not arrive later because of the family's master's troubles. It was because only the two princes who attended the wedding luncheon were King Kang and King An. ”

Hua Mian couldn't help but be interested: "How many male pets in Duanwang's family are so entangled that he can't get out?" ”

Hua Xun shrugged his shoulders and said, "This subordinate doesn't know. ”

In the imperial study, after listening to Hua Xun's report, the corners of Pei Gongcuo's lips hooked up an almost invisible arc: "Since you follow her surname, you must remember that you are her people from now on, and you will swear allegiance to the death, and there will be no mistakes." ”

"Subordinates obey." When the words fell, Hua Xun hesitated and said, "Is there too much talk for subordinates today?" ”

Pei Gongcuo looked at him lazily and said, "I don't think you talk too much, what are you afraid of?" "If she doesn't even tell you, I'm afraid I really won't have a chance.

Hua Xun looked at Pei Gongcuo with a strange expression, only to feel that he couldn't see through this master more and more.