Wei Changshou sat on the small embroidery pier.

This is a small embroidery pier built according to the size of a little girl, Wei Changshou sat on it, his legs could not be stretched, he had to lie down, his eyes did not dare to glance, staring at the ground in front of him in a daze.

The red curtain in front of him was very thick, blocking the wind in the hall. Under the curtain fell a row of fist-sized golden rabbits in different shapes, cute and cute, and the rabbit's eyes were faintly red. If you look closely, it turns out that it is inlaid with rubies for eyeballs.

The main hall was not closed, and the north wind outside poured in, but because there was a stove in the hall, and the earth dragon was burned, and a thick wool blanket was spread, Wei Changshi not only felt hot, but also sweated.

He sat here for a long time, and no one came to greet him.

There was a small waiter squatting in the corner, who was teasing a big white cat, and when he saw him, he called "Grandpa Wei" innocently.

Wei Changshi cleared his throat: "Who are you to teach?" ”

"Back to Grandpa Wei, the slave's grandfather is a high-ranking servant."

Wei Changzhi said "oh", it was Gao Hongan.

Gao Hongan has always been a person with eyes on his head, and he was willing to put the person he had trained here in the tenth princess, instead of stuffing it into which son, it can be seen that the tenth princess is living a good life, and her position in the king's mind is also firm.

Unlike in the early years, only Empress Dowager Xu sincerely protected the ten princesses.

And there was laughter from inside the curtain, and the laughter came from far and near, and when the curtain was lifted, the laughter ceased.

"Wei Changshi," the little palace maid saluted Wei Changshi, "Your Highness, please come in and speak." ”

Wei Changzhi hurriedly got up and saluted: "No, no, no, the old slave is listening outside." ”

The little palace maid covered her mouth and smiled: "What did Wei Changshi say, His Royal Highness is weak, how can it be good to come out and blow the wind and get cold?" Let's ask Wei Changzhi to come in and talk. ”

Is the body of the tenth princess so weak? Not even a single wind blew.

I heard that it was a weakness brought about by the womb.

In those months, the queen always couldn't sleep well at night and couldn't eat anything, so she often summoned Mrs. Lanxiang and Sun Zhaoyi to talk, and they accompanied her to talk about the old things in Yunzhou, so that she could barely eat a small bowl of porridge.

Maybe that's why.

As soon as he entered the curtain, the heat mixed with the aroma came to his face, and Wei Changzhi was so excited that he sneezed.

The little palace maid turned around and beckoned Qingming to come in: "Help Wei Changshou take off his big jacket outside." ”

Wei Chang hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, no." ”

One of his chamberlains took off his coat and behaved in front of his master.

The little palace maid smiled: "Then the waiter will endure it a little, this room is hot, and the waiter will drink more tea." ”

Wei Changshou agreed, and followed the little palace maid into the inner room, where the tenth princess was sitting on the woolen carpet, playing with a little palace maid catching chess pieces.

He hurriedly knelt down and gave a big salute to the tenth princess: "The old slave greets Her Royal Highness the princess, and Her Royal Highness is happy for a long time." ”

The tenth princess was having a good time, tossing and turning a black black jade chess piece, no matter how she threw it, the chess piece would not fall.

"See? That's technology! ”

The ten princesses were very proud, and the little palace maids also laughed and danced around the ten princesses, as if the ten princesses were their gods.

The little palace maid who led Wei Changshi in walked quickly to the tenth princess, said a few words in the tenth princess's ear, and smiled and pointed to Wei Changshi, who was kneeling on the ground.

The tenth princess exclaimed, "I just cared about playing, and I forgot about Wei Changshi!" Hurry up. ”

Wei Chang stood up in thanks, he hunched his waist, because it was too hot in the room, and the beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down his cheeks, dripping into the collar of his coat.

"I wonder which play Your Highness wants to listen to? The old slave should arrange it for His Highness as soon as possible. ”

The tenth princess knelt on the carpet and looked up at Wei Changshi.

The child's eyes were as bright as stars, and the smiling Wei Changzhi was reflected in his clear pupils.

"How do you know that I'm going to listen to a play?"

Wei Changzhi wiped his sweat: "Your Highness is laughing, the old slave is in charge of Cuiyuntai, His Royal Highness summoned the old slave here, not to listen to the play, but for what?" ”

"To repay the favor."

The word "repay gratitude" made Wei Changshi's heart tremble: "What His Highness said, the old slave didn't understand." ”

The tenth princess seemed to be a little impatient, she played with the black jade chess pieces in her hand, changed the mellow chess pieces from one finger to the other, and lazily said to the little palace maid: "Su Su give the box to Wei Changshi." ”

The beads of sweat on Wei Chang's forehead flowed even more: "The old slave didn't dare to ask for His Highness's reward. ”

"It's all said to be a gratitude."

The tenth princess threw the chess piece to a little palace maid, and the chess piece drew a beautiful parabola in the air and landed firmly into the palace maid's white palm.

"Wei Changshi." Su Su called out and held the red lacquer luodian box in his hand in front of Wei Changshi's eyes, "This is a reward from His Royal Highness." ”

Wei Changshi's eyes widened suddenly, and a pair of hands that had grown age spots tightened at his side, and he refused to accept the box.

"Wei Changshi," Su Su gently urged him, "You can quickly open this box and take a look, here is the thank you gift that His Highness has personally prepared to thank Chang Shi, Chang Shi will see if you like it or not." ”

The beads of sweat on Wei Changshi's forehead flowed more and more, like a stream that kept flowing, washing over his old face.

"The gift prepared by His Royal Highness, the old slave must like it very much." He said.

The tenth princess lowered her face: "Wei Changzhi really didn't open it to take a look?" Maybe there's a poisonous snake in it. ”

Wei Changshou grinned, beads of sweat fell into his mouth, salty, with a bit of bitterness: "Your Highness, this box ......"

"What's wrong with this box?"

At this time, Wei Changshi calmed down: "Your Highness, the old slave can't open this box. ”

The tenth princess finally looked at him squarely: "Wei Changzhi can't open it?" So how did I open this box when Wei Changshi gave it to me in the first place? Or was the box open when it was given to me, and I locked it myself? ”

The tenth princess was furious.

Although she had a smile on her face, Wei Changzhi still saw a trace of anger in the eyes of the tenth princess.

He hurriedly knelt down: "The old slave doesn't dare!" ”

"What does Wei Changshi dare not do?"

The Ten Princesses paced barefoot, their pink and round toes sinking into the soft carpet, and the white wool attached to them, lining the Ten Princesses as if they were stepping on the clouds.

Wei Changzhi leaned lower: "Your Highness, the old slave doesn't dare to deceive Your Highness, the old slave will indeed open this box, but he will only open the box of the year." At the beginning, the old slave gave this box to His Highness, and I don't know if His Highness has changed the position of the buckle lock! ”

Sure enough, it was a combination lock.

Xiao Yuan's eyebrows furrowed, so there is no other way to open it except to smash open this box?

She took the box from Su Su's hand and held it in her hand and watched it repeatedly, but she was still unable to find anything useful from the memory of the original owner.

It seems that I can only figure it out on my own. If there are a few more of the same boxes, maybe you can find a pattern in them.

"Is there only one such a box for this box?"

Wei Changshou raised his head, and his eyes fell on the box in Xiao Yuanhao's hand: "Your Highness, there are ten of these boxes, large and small, and they are the things that the queen used to marry when she got married. ”