Zhang Yue made up his mind, came to the small garden, under the kumquat tree, by the moonlight, picked a lot of kumquats, and threw one in his mouth, sweet and sour, very delicious.

She was holding a large handful with a handkerchief, and was about to take it back to eat, when suddenly someone behind her said,

"Who's where?"

Zhang Yue was excited, turned around, and saw a man holding a lantern walking not far away, and the man walked over.

Zhang Yue saw the man's face clearly by the faint light, and instantly gasped, this person was actually the previous emperor's birthday banquet, Zhang Yue met outside the palace gate of the official Jixiao, Zhang Yue quickly lowered his face, and said, "Lord Qiyu, the little one is the show girl who participated in the prince's selection of concubines." ”

Jixiao's enchanting face flashed with a hint of suspicion, "Oh, it turned out to be a show girl, raise your head." ”

Zhang Yue raised his head very quickly, and lowered it quickly, for fear that he would recognize it, Jixiao's eyes narrowed slightly, reached out and held Zhang Yue's jaw, raised it vigorously, and looked at it for a moment,

"This official looks a little familiar with you, as if I've seen you somewhere, what's your name?"

Zhang Yue secretly screamed that it was not good, she had to find a way to get out, if Ji Xiao found out that she was a person from the Wuling Mountain Gate who was dressed as a man before, it would be bad, she shook off Ji Xiao's hand vigorously,

"The little one hasn't seen this adult, please forgive me, the little one is going back."

After speaking, he was about to leave, Ji Xiao grabbed Zhang Yue's arm,

"Eh, don't go, I haven't finished asking yet?"

The two of them were frozen under the kumquat tree, Zhang Yue secretly thought, this person doesn't look like he knows martial arts, why is his hands so powerful, and he is entangled, and a man's voice comes from behind him,

"Stop, what are you doing?"

The two turned around at the same time, only to see a handsome young man in fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a gorgeous brocade robe, appearing behind the two, looking at the two in disbelief.

When Jixiao saw this person, his face immediately filled with a smile, and he let go of Zhang Yue's arm,

"Jixiao participates in the Four Princes."

Zhang Yue was shocked in his heart, this young man turned out to be the fourth prince, the younger brother of the prince, and he did look a little similar to the prince between his eyebrows and eyes. She also hastened to salute,

"See the Four Princes."

The person who came was Zhu Youqing, the fourth prince of Zhu Jianshen's row, and his mother was Concubine Shao Chen, and the mother and son were very loved by Zhu Jian.

Zhu Jianshen even hoped to abolish the crown prince Zhu Youzhu and replace his favorite Zhu Youqi as the crown prince. Although he didn't fulfill his wish, he still loved this son very much.

Today, Zhu Youqi came back from the palace of the concubine, let the personal eunuch hold the lamp, happened to pass by here, saw someone tearing under the kumquat tree, and was suspicious, so he came to ask, one of the two was the official Jixiao, and the other woman had never seen it, he asked,

"Jixiao, what are you doing with this woman late at night?"

Zhang Yue knew that the savior was coming, so he covered his face first and made a pitiful cry, "Woo!! The four princes are in charge of the little girl! The little girl is a show girl who participated in the prince's selection of concubines, and after here, she was pulled by this adult for no reason, and all kinds of frivolous inquiries, the little girl was terrified, and asked the prince to preside over justice for the little girl. ”

Ji Xiao hurriedly wanted to explain next to him,

"Fourth prince, it's not what he said, I ....."

Zhu Youqi is not used to Ji Xiao's arrogance and prestige on weekdays, but at this time, seeing such a beautiful weak lady crying like this, he was furious, and he interrupted Ji Xiao's words,

"Jixiao, what else do you have to say, is it true that the eyes of this prince are wrong? Could it be that this weak woman will wronged you? ”

Seeing this, Ji Xiao hurriedly said, "Four princes, I ......"

Zhu Youqi interrupted him sharply, "You don't need to say it, this girl is a show girl who chooses a concubine for the imperial brother, if this matter spreads, it will damage the reputation of the father and the imperial brother, and it will end here today, if you do it again, I will definitely tell the imperial father and never spare you!" Don't get out of here! ”

Ji Xiao's bewitching face was extremely distorted, and he whispered to Zhu Youqing, "Yes, the minister will retire." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yue viciously, left the garden, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Zhang Yue was secretly happy in his heart, and he still showed pity on the surface,

"Thank you to the four princes for upholding justice."

Zhu Youqi glanced at her, and said in a slightly relaxed tone, "Well, as a draft girl, you shouldn't run around, hurry back to your residence." ”

After speaking, he left the garden with the eunuch who was holding the lamp next to him.

"Yes, the slave and maid sent the four princes." Zhang Yue replied in a low voice, looking at Zhu Youqi in the distance from the corner of his eyes, and had a good impression of this young but righteous prince in his heart.

Seeing that Zhu Youqi had disappeared, he hurriedly squatted down, picked up the kumquat that had fallen between him and Jixiao just now, and put it in the handkerchief. Picking it up, I found that there was a pair of soaphorn leather boots in front of me, and a familiar and pleasant voice came from above,

"For the sake of this kumquat, I was almost molested, is it worth it?"

Zhang Yue raised his head violently with the kumquat in his hand, and was looking at the prince Zhu Youzhu in front of him.

Under the moonlight, his dark eyes were shining, as if they were dyed with a layer of gentle color, Zhang Yue was startled, and the kumquat he had just picked up fell to the ground again. She scrambled and bent down again to pick up the kumquat.

The corners of Zhu Youjiao's mouth rose, and he bent down to help her pick up the scattered kumquats. After a while, all the fallen kumquat returned to Zhang Yue's hand, Zhang Yue held the kumquat in a handkerchief, lowered his head and ignored Zhu Youjiao.

Zhu Youzhu smiled slightly, "You love to eat this little kumquat?" ”

Zhang Yue suddenly bent down and gave Zhu Youzhu a standard palace salute, "The people's daughter asks His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Youzhu was stunned for a moment, and said half-loudly, "I saw your name in the list of show girls." I was surprised. ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly said, "The people's daughter's participation in this concubine selection is to escape the family's marriage, Your Highness, please rest assured, the people's daughter will be eliminated in the next round, and it will definitely not cause any trouble to His Highness." ”

Zhu Youzhu felt bitter in his heart and said, "Do you have to speak like a folk girl?" ”

Zhang Yue's eyes were raised, "Don't you dare, the people's daughters and His Royal Highness have different statuses, they have to be self-aware, but they can't take their own humiliation." ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled bitterly, "You're still angry with me." So when you move home from the Li Mansion, you don't want to see me, do you? ”

Zhang Yue said, "You think too much, and the people's daughter moving home has nothing to do with you." In the future, the people and His Royal Highness will not have any relationship, they will be the same as passers-by. If there is nothing wrong with His Highness, the people will retire first. After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Suddenly, I heard Zhu Youzhu behind him let out a long sigh and called softly, "Little Wu, I'm sorry." ”

With this sentence, Zhang Yue felt that the softest place in his heart seemed to be lightly impacted. A wonderful feeling spread throughout her limbs, and she slowly turned around and stared at Zhu Youjiao's eyes,

"What do you say?"

Zhu Youjiao's bright eyes like stars in the dark night are full of seriousness and gentleness at this time,

"I'm sorry I said those things that made you sad before."

Zhang Yue opened his mouth wide, as if he still didn't believe that Zhu Youzhu would apologize, and after half a sound, the surprised expression disappeared, replaced by a smile.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Yue's pure smile like a baby, and was stunned for a while, Zhang Yue laughed for a while, stretched out his right hand and gently patted Zhu Youzhang's shoulder,

"I have already guessed that you were in danger before, and you were afraid that it would affect me, so you deliberately did not see me, and let Mu Bin and them say those words to stimulate me. Let me retreat. I'm not angry at what Mu Bin said about them, what really makes me angry is that we are good friends, when you are in trouble, you kicked me away, and planned to carry it alone, you despise me so much, Kenben didn't treat me as your good friend. Can I not be angry?! I was deliberately angry with you just now. Let you also feel the feeling of being despised by your friends. However, I didn't expect that you would admit your mistake so quickly, and you would be so sad, okay, I've been angry for so many days, and I've long since dissipated my anger, I forgive you. ”

Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Yue's hazy face in the moonlight, exhaled slightly, and said softly, "Xiao Wu is still so naughty, didn't you think what if I didn't apologize to you and leave?" ”

Zhang Yue threw a kumquat into his mouth, and said while eating, "I thought about it, if you leave here, our relationship will really end here." I never force people to be friends. ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled, "Fortunately, my apology is timely." ”

Zhang Yue regained his old smile, "Don't talk about it, why are you here?" ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyes flashed, "I happened to pass by and saw that you were embarrassed by Jixiao, and it happened that the fourth brother appeared and relieved you." By the way, has Jixiao seen you before? ”

Zhang Yue pursed his lips, "Last time at the emperor's birthday banquet, I offered my words as a disciple of Xuanwei Academy in Wuling Mountain, and when I was waiting for you outside the palace, I met him. I don't know if that Jixiao recognized me just now? ”

Zhu Youzhu said, "I see, this person is very dangerous, and you should try to stay away from the palace in the future." ”

Zhang Yue smiled, "Don't worry, I will be eliminated tomorrow if I choose three, and I won't have a chance to see him again." ”

Zhu Youzhu looked at her eyebrows and eyes, and only hummed.

Zhang Yue remembered that it was time to go back for a long time, and said, "Your Highness, it's too late, I'm going back to Futing Xuan, it is estimated that you are also busy during this time, and when you finish choosing your daughter-in-law, let's meet again outside the palace." ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled undeniably, Zhang Yue turned around and was just about to leave, as if he remembered something, he turned around again, and stuffed a few kumquats into Zhu Youzhang's hand,

"Give you a few to take back and eat, it's very sweet, and it has the effect of sleeping and concentrating. I'm leaving. ”

After saying that, he trotted out of here. Zhu Youzhu looked at her back until she was gone, and then looked at the kumquat in her hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

After a while, he hid his smile and said in a cold voice, "Ji Tian," a masked man in black suddenly appeared in the shadows, and said in a low and respectful voice,

"The subordinates are here."

"You notified her in a timely manner today, continue to protect her secretly, don't be noticed by her, and report anything to me immediately."

"Yes!" As soon as the words fell, the man in black disappeared without a trace.

Zhu Youzhu picked up a kumquat and put it in his mouth, a little sour, and a little sweet, sweet more than sour.