Zhang Yue poked his head forward and asked Xiao Jing beside him, "Many people have come out, is the palace banquet dispersed?" ”

"It should be, eh! Don't go forward, let's avoid it. Xiao Jing quickly glanced through the crowd, and at the same time pulled Zhang Yue to the remote place next to him and retreated a lot.

No one of the princes and nobles who came out noticed Xiao Jing and the others, they got into the carriage or sedan chair and left, and after a while, the huhula crowd was almost dispersed, and there were few carriages left at the door.

Xiao Jing and Zhang Yue were looking anxiously, and slowly walked out of the palace, led by the man wearing a winged crown, wearing a narrow-sleeved round-necked robe, a jade belt around his waist, a black cloak on the outside, and a four-clawed dragon pattern was faintly revealed on the clothes on his chest. The calm and calm expression on his face was none other than the crown prince Zhu Youjiao, and he was followed by Li Dongyang in a light green court dress.

After Xiao Jing saw the two of them walking out of the palace gate, he walked quickly to Zhu Youjiao, knelt on the ground, and said excitedly, "Your Highness, you can come out, the slave is worried, inside... Inside all... Pretty good! ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded slightly at Xiao Jing, and just wanted to say something, when he suddenly saw Zhang Yue coming after Xiao Jing, his face was slightly stunned, and his bright eyes were almost invisible to a trace of complex emotions. The crown prince calmly said to Xiao Jing, "Go back to the East Palace!" ”

Xiao Jing bowed his head and said, "Yes!" He hurriedly waved to the coachman of the carriage of the East Palace who was parked not far away, the coachman drove the carriage over, and the guards of the East Palace behind followed the carriage, Zhu Youzhu said to Li Dongyang behind him,

"Dongyang, the night is cold, you can take my carriage back home!"

Li Dongyang looked at Zhang Yue in disbelief, and hurriedly replied when he heard this, "Yes, thank you Your Highness for your kindness!" ”

Zhu Youzhu passed by Zhang Yue and got into the carriage. As he passed by, Zhang Yue clearly heard Zhu Youzhu say softly, "You come up too!" ”

Zhang Yue turned his head to look at the back of Zhu Youjiao, who had already gotten into the carriage, and wondered if he was hallucinating. Li Dongyang glanced at Zhang Yue suspiciously, and also got into the car, Xiao Jing patted Zhang Yue on the shoulder next to him, "What are you in a daze, hurry up and get in the car." ”

Zhang Yuefang woke up, hurriedly stepped on the pedals, got into the carriage, and got into the carriage. Xiao Jing also entered the carriage, and the carriage immediately drove away from the palace.

As soon as the carriage left the palace, Xiao Jing in the carriage couldn't wait to ask, "Your Highness, Lord Li, what is the result of the palace banquet?" Did the calligraphy and painting pass the test? ”

Li Dongyang asked Xiao Jingdao, "Xiao Neishi, I was just about to ask you, what's going on?" Isn't the ancient painting inscribed by my teacher missing? Why did you come up with a genuine handiwork again? Could it be that his old man has come to the capital? ”

Xiao Jing opened his mouth wide and looked at Li Dongyang incredulously, "What! Master Li, you... You think it's genuine? ”

Li Dongyang doubted, "Yes, that is the teacher's true handiwork, it will never be wrong!" It is impossible for anyone in the world to copy the teacher's words so similarly and god-likely. ”

Xiao Jing slowly tilted his head towards Zhang Yue, and pointed at her in disbelief, "She-"

Zhang Yue's face was slightly red, he raised his right hand, and stammered, "That... That's me... I'm ......"

The eyes of everyone in the carriage looked at Zhang Yue in unison, Zhu Youzhu did not show much surprise at this time, but the dark eyes flashed a light, and then fell silent, becoming more dark and deep than before.

Li Dongyang was taken aback and said, "Xiao Wu, don't laugh, I don't know your calligraphy foundation?" Moreover, the inscription is clearly the master's private chapter and self-sincerity, and the chapter is engraved by the teacher himself with the ancient method of yin and yang chapters, which no one can imitate. ”

Zhang Yue smiled with him, "Senior brother, that, I really like the master's self-sincerity chapter so much, I asked for it from the master not long ago, No, where is it?" ”

As he spoke, he took out the self-sincerity chapter from his arms and handed it to Li Dongyang. Li Dongyang took the seal of the letter and looked at it carefully, but he still stared at Zhang Yue in disbelief, as if he had countless questions to ask, but he didn't care about Zhu Youjiao's presence in the end, so he didn't say anything, just glared at Zhang Yue several times.

Zhang Yue's face was also full of helplessness, although he was ordered by his master, he had hidden it from his senior brother for many years, and he didn't know what to say at this time.

There was some embarrassment in the carriage, and at this time, Zhu Youjiao's calm voice sounded, "Ah Jing." ”

Xiao Jing bowed, "Your Highness,"

"Who else knows about this except the four people in the carriage?"

"Your Highness, rest assured, the slave knows the stakes of this matter, and Zhang Yue is a true handiwork forged under extremely secret circumstances! Except for the four of us, only my master Wynn knows. Master, he has always maintained your Highness to the extreme, and will never leak. ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyes shone with a cold light, and he said coldly, "This matter is very important, and it must not be spread outside!" ”

"Yes!" Several people in the carriage agreed.

Zhang Yue saw such a serious Zhu Youzhu for the first time, and secretly glanced at him several times, Zhu Youzhu seemed to notice Zhang Yue's gaze, and glanced back at Zhang Yue, the two looked at each other, Zhu Youzhang's pupils were deep, as bright as lacquer jade, making it impossible to look directly, Zhang Yue quickly lowered his head.

The carriage was silent, only the wheels creaked. Zhang Yue's internal injuries were not all healed, and the cold wind blew outside the palace for a long time at night, and at this time he relaxed in the car, feeling chills all over his body, and the place where his chest was kicked before was dull and painful, and an itch and numbness surged up from his lungs along his throat.

"Ahem!!"

Zhang Yue covered his mouth and coughed, coughed a few times, just felt that his chest and throat were more comfortable, and his body was suddenly surrounded by a warmth, Zhang Yue looked down and saw that he was wearing a black cloak at some point, which was the prince's ....... Zhang Yue raised his head, and his eyes were reflected in a pair of concerned eyes, exuding soft warmth, so warm, always warm into people's hearts.

"Thanks... Thank you such as... Your Highness. Zhang Yue stammered.

Zhu Youzhu said softly, "Today, I have worked hard for you. ”

This was the first thing the prince said to her today, Zhang Yue smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything. Li Dongyang secretly observed the expressions of the two, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth rose faintly.

The carriage finally arrived at the East Palace, and Zhu Youzhu and Xiao Jing got out of the car.

The carriage carrying Li Dongyang and Zhang Yue continued to drive forward, Zhu Youzhu did not enter the palace immediately, looked at the back of the carriage in the distance, and thought about it. At this time, Mu Bin hurriedly walked out of the palace, walked to Zhu Youjiao and saluted, and whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, Lord Huai'en has arrived, and now the study is waiting for you." ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyes rolled slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Go in!" The figures of the two quickly disappeared into the East Palace.