Zhou Shili saw that her face was gloomy, her lips moved, and he wanted to ask her what was wrong, but he was evasive. This is the prince's place, and there are many people, and it is inconvenient to speak.

He glanced at Meng Xilan's back, groaned slightly, and finally didn't open his mouth to keep her.

Zhou Shili packed up his mood and went in to meet the prince, and found that Zhou Youping also had a bad face, staring at people with a pair of eyes.

"His Royal Highness the Prince......" Zhou Shili looked as usual and saluted him.

Zhou Youping glared at him for a while, and suddenly smiled and said, "Uncle Cousin, are you here to talk to me about state affairs or family affairs?" ”

Zhou Shili was puzzled: "Family affairs? The crown prince was referring to the water walk in the palace last night? ”

Zhou Youping saw that he was pretending to be confused with himself, and said impatiently: "Uncle Cousin is so well-informed, why should he pretend to be confused with me?" The fire in the Changqing Palace last night, I don't know how many incidents will be burned. ”

Changqing Palace is the bedroom of the Ninth Master, and the Ninth Master and Meng Xilan are closely related. No wonder her face is so ugly......

Zhou Shili was thinking secretly. Zhou Youping got up slowly, walked to his side, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a slight smile: "Fang Cai, Meng Xilan came to me to defend the Ninth Master, and I ignored her." According to that girl's heart, she will definitely investigate it thoroughly, so I am afraid that the secrets of Changqing Palace will not be able to be hidden. ”

Zhou Shili twisted his eyebrows, there was a dark tide surging under his eyes, and he was silent for a while before he said: "Prince, what happened to Changqing Palace back then?" You must know very well, don't you? ”

Zhou Youping said word by word: "There is nothing in this palace that can hide from my eyes." The unjust soul of Changqing Palace has been floating in the palace for so long, there must be a decision. Uncle Cousin, I know that you like Meng Xilan, and I am willing to fulfill you. ”

Fulfill? Zhou Shili's eyes lit up, "What does the prince mean?" Don't get me wrong. ”

He and Meng Xilan are just secretly in love in the end, and they haven't even skimmed the eight characters.

Zhou Youping saw that he was still pretending to be garlic with himself, so he said: "Meng Xilan cares so much about the affairs of the Changqing Palace, if Uncle Cousin can relieve her of this worry, why is the beauty indifferent?" ”

Zhou Shili subconsciously wanted to refuse to refute, but after thinking about it, he felt that he could accept the "favor" of the prince, firstly, he could make Meng Xilan grateful to him, and secondly, he could also make the things in Changqing Palace clear and clear.

"Please also ask the prince to make it clear."

Zhou Youping replied in a deep voice: "Concubine Xiao's death is not an accident, my father suspects her of being unfaithful, and he is reluctant to kill her, and he suspects that the child she is carrying in her womb is a bad seed. After a few entanglements, it is a chance for the people around him to take advantage of it. Therefore, Concubine Xiao did not die of illness, but was killed by someone. ”

"Who?" Zhou Shili immediately asked.

"Concubine Ning Murong Qiao." Although Zhou Youping didn't know what silent method the woman used, he knew that she must have done it.

Zhou Shili was shocked when he heard this, but he felt that it was unexpected and reasonable. Back then, Concubine Xiao was favored and unmatched, only Murong Qiao could be equal to her.

Without Concubine Xiao, Murong Qiao has no rivals in this life!

……

Towards noon, the sky outside suddenly became overcast, and it began to rain in a drizzling manner.

Zhou Youchen was still in Cining Palace, he hadn't slept well all night, and there was a faint green shadow under his eyes.

Meng Xilan looked a little distressed, and walked to his side and sat down: "I heard that you haven't eaten for a day, so it's not good...... I'll ask Zhulu to make you some porridge to eat, okay? ”

Zhou Youchen shook his head: "I don't eat it." Did my aunt find it? ”

Meng Xilan sighed softly: "Not yet." "It's really strange to say, in the entire Changqing Palace, Gao Welfare has sent people to search for it, but they can't find it.

"Who is going to harm me? Hurt me and my aunt? ”

"I don't know, but I'll find out. Don't be afraid. Meng Xilan did everything she could to reassure him.

Zhou Youchen stopped talking when he heard this, and the whole person fell backwards, lying sideways on the soft couch, his eyes open in a daze, his eyes were blank, and his thin and thin body curled up slightly, like a little beast that was afraid of cold and restless.

Meng Xilan stroked his face and said, "What are you thinking?" ”

Her palms were warm, with some kind of soothing power.

Zhou Youchen was very greedy for this kind of warmth, grabbed her hand, pressed it tightly against his face, and rubbed his cheek against her palm. It's just that, he still felt dissatisfied, suddenly sat up again, plunged into Meng Xilan's arms, hugged her body and didn't let go, and stuck to her steadily, completely ignoring that she was a daughter.

His ears were close to her chest, and he could hear her pounding heartbeat, listening to it, his heartbeat also became rapid, and a chill gushed out from the deepest part of his body, flowing down the blood all over his body, and he hurriedly leaned on her body again, muttering like a whisper: "I'm cold......"

He had never been so close to her, and although she had always treated him like a child, she kept her distance, consciously or unconsciously.

Meng Xilan's eyes widened and froze still, and when she didn't know what to do for a while, Zhulu and Zhuqing, who were a few steps away, also gasped, only feeling that something was wrong.

Meng Xilan originally wanted to push him away and let him sit down. Unexpectedly, he in his arms suddenly said cold, which caused a gentle pain in her heart.

He actually knew the cold. He never said it was cold, even if it was the thirty-ninth day of the cold winter month, he never said it was cold.

"Chen'er." Meng Xilan patted him on the back and called him to look up.

Zhou Youchen didn't move, nestled in her arms, sniffed her breath, and continued to murmur: "I'm cold ......"

He shrank and closed his eyes not to look at her, half loud, only to hear a helpless sigh above his head. After all, she was reluctant to push him away, and with that outstretched hand, she combed his slightly loose sideburns, and patted him on the back and said, "It won't be cold after eating." ”

Meng Xilan looked at Zhulu, who was stunned, and ordered softly: "Tell the kitchen to boil some shredded chicken porridge." ”

Zhu Lu nodded slowly, and was about to turn around and go out, but turned back again: "Master, the slave and maid will find two thick clothes for the ninth master to wear." ”

After all, there is a difference between men and women, and the master can't always hold and coax him like a child.

Meng Xilan understood the meaning of her words, and lowered her eyes slightly: "You go and prepare food first." ”

If it weren't for the fact that he was heartbroken, he wouldn't have easily shown such a vulnerable side. He was only eleven years old, but he had already lost so much.

He has been in the cold palace for more than ten years, and he has only a disabled aunt by his side to take care of her, he rarely mentions her to Meng Xilan, and Meng Xilan rarely asks, only knowing that she was Concubine Xiao's personal maid and a Turk.

Zhou Youchen was silent for a long time, and said in a complaining tone: "I promised my aunt that I would avenge my mother's concubine!" But I didn't do it, my mother was killed, my aunt was killed, I was so useless. ”

Meng Xilan hesitated, hugged his head, and said in a deep voice: "Don't be impatient, one day, we will find out everything." ”

The prince had just clearly said something, he must have known something, and he didn't bother to tell her to know. He asked her to check on herself, nothing more than deliberately targeting her. However, Meng Xilan already had other plans in her heart.

Of the ten things about the prince, Zhou Shili can know eight things. She felt that she could start with him first, and then she glanced at him in the Mingde Palace, and if she ignored him, he would definitely take it to heart.

After settling Zhou Youchen, Meng Xilan was about to instruct Gao Fuli to send a post to invite Zhou Shili Ming'er to go to the Imperial Garden to taste tea, but saw Zhou Shili coming in the rain and came to visit in person.

Meng Xilan was slightly startled and hurriedly got up to greet her.

When she saw him in the main hall, she saw that his clothes were soaked with rain, so she hurriedly got up and went over, took out her handkerchief and wiped the rain on his shoulders, and pretended to be concerned: "How can the prince not know how to avoid such a heavy rain?" What should I do if I catch a cold? ”

Zhou Shili came to her with a huge secret, he was slightly excited, and he didn't dare to lose his courtesy, he took her handkerchief with both hands, and said with a straight look: "Princess, if I have something important, please make it convenient." ”

Meng Xilan glanced at the expression on his face, and then ordered Zhulu and Zhuqing to retreat to the side hall.

Zhou Shili didn't treat anyone else, and only then did he step forward and say, "Just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince told me a big secret. ”

"Secret?" Meng Xilan asked, just waiting for him to say it in detail.

Zhou Shili said succinctly: "The prince said that Concubine Xiao was indeed killed by someone back then, and the person who harmed her was Concubine Ning. ”

Concubine Ning...... Meng Xilan's breath was suffocated, her eyes instantly became sharp, and she looked directly at Zhou Shili and said, "Is what the prince said true?" ”

Zhou Shili looked at her sudden expression, slightly surprised, but did not forget to nod: "The prince will not lie to me." ”

Meng Xilan took a step back a little unsteadily, her fingertips trembling slightly.

She already knew that Changqing Palace was hiding a secret, but she never expected that the real culprit of this secret would be Murong Qiao.

She was born in a famous family and has been favored for many years, why did she want to be so cruel to Concubine Xiao? Is it just to compete for favor, so simple......

In a trance, Meng Xilan suddenly remembered what Murong Qiao had said to her. "This palace is willing to do anything for Lin'er, even at all costs."

Zhou Shili saw that she was a little frightened, and unconsciously gently comforted: "Women in the palace, intrigue is the norm. Concubine Ning is a very scheming woman, and in order to compete for favor, she has no scruples. Don't be afraid, this is just a harem dispute after all, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

After he said this, he wanted to take Meng Xilan's hand, but she deftly dodged it.

Meng Xilan secretly clenched her fists, and kept turning her mind in her heart. How true and false is the prince's words, and what is Zhou Shili's purpose in telling her about this?

"Since it's a secret, why did the prince tell me? The prince and I have always looked at each other unpleasantly......"

It happened so suddenly, her emotions were a little uncontrollable, and even her tone was not very friendly.

When Zhou Shili heard this, his heart was cold, and he was a little indescribably lost, his eyes slowly fell on her face, and he said slowly: "Do you think the prince asked me to be a lobbyist?" Do you think I'm here to sow discord? ”

Meng Xilan shook her head: "I don't know." I only know that the prince and the fourth master have always been at odds with each other. The prince is a smart person, and he will not be unaware of the contradictions between them, nor will he not know the position of the Meng family. If I easily believe your words today, how should I face Concubine Ning and the fourth master in the future? ”

If everything is true, she will not be able to investigate, otherwise, Zhou Youlin will inevitably be implicated. If all this is true, then Zhou Youlin is no longer Zhou Youchen's brother, but his enemy.