Empress Su couldn't afford to be sick, the hospital was perfunctory, the emperor didn't care about it, everything was too abnormal, so abnormal that Murong Qiao was puzzled and Zhou Youan was uneasy.

The third prince, Zhou Youan, is twenty-six years old this year, but he was only named the king of the county, and he is still on an equal footing with Zhou Youchen. Such treatment was enough to make him disheartened.

He has never been his father's favorite son, but he is the son of the queen. Unlike others, he is a concubine, while others are just concubines.

Zhou Youan knelt outside the Heart Cultivation Hall and begged his father to let him go to see his mother.

He hadn't seen her since she was sick. Because Zhou Shixian disagreed, he was not allowed to ...... He went to see his mother.

Zhou Youchen and Zhou Youlin were both in the Heart Cultivation Hall at this time, and they accompanied their father to watch the excerpts together.

Suddenly, it began to rain outside, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and even through the doors and windows, you could hear the sound of the rain.

Zhou Youchen looked thoughtfully at the window. Listening to Chang Hai, Zhou Youan is still there, and he is raining outside.

Zhou Shixian threw away the fold in his hand and looked at his two sons: "Your third brother is really filial." ”

Zhou Youlin lowered his eyes slightly, unable to guess his father's thoughts.

Zhou Youchen was straightforward: "Father, since the third brother is so earnest, why don't you let him meet the queen." ”

He deliberately said this, which was tantamount to deliberately touching the reverse scales in Zhou Shixian's heart. Such a move is undoubtedly asking for trouble. However, only Zhou Youchen can do such a thing.

Zhou Youlin glanced at Zhou Youchen with strange eyes, I don't know if he should say that he is stupid or naïve?

Zhou Shixian laughed instead of anger when he heard this: "Chen'er, I just like your straightforward personality. ”

Zhou Youchen also laughed: "Erchen doesn't like to lie!" ”

Zhou Shixian nodded in a deep voice, and said half-loudly: "Chen'er, you go and take your third brother back, tell him about the queen's illness, he can't take care of it, or leave it to the Tai Hospital to worry about." ”

Zhou Youchen took the order and left, and Chang Hai handed him an umbrella.

He held an oil-paper umbrella, stood in front of Zhou Youan, who was soaking wet, and said quietly: "Go back, while you can still walk back." ”

Zhou Youan staggered to his feet and glared at Zhou Youchen fiercely: "Evil seed!" ”

Zhou Youchen's eyes were cold, his gloomy gaze slipped around his body, and then he kicked him directly on his knees, making him kneel on his knees and moan in pain.

"If you want to kneel, kneel, I want to see if you have hard knees or hard life for the third brother!"

Zhou Youchen turned around and left with an oil-paper umbrella, he went back to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and after explaining to his father, he intended to leave.

"It's been morning, and you're tired, go back."

Zhou Youlin and Zhou Youchen exited the palace gate together, and the servants around them hurriedly came over to give the master an umbrella, and only said, "Master, where are we going?" ”

"Cining Palace."

"Cining Palace."

The two said these three words in unison.

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned.

Zhou Youlin raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhou Youchen: "Since the ninth brother is on the same road as me, let's go together." ”

Zhou Youchen didn't speak, just silently stretched out his hand and made a "please" gesture.

When the two of them appeared in front of Meng Xilan at the same time, Meng Xilan couldn't help frowning slightly, and sighed lightly: "What a coincidence." ”

Zhou Youlin gently brushed away the rain that accidentally dripped on his shoulder, and smiled faintly: "I have something to discuss with you today, and I am on business." ”

He accentuated his tone, as if he wanted to remind Meng Xilan that the conversation between them was not to be heard by Zhou Youchen, and she had better let him leave immediately.

Meng Xilan was about to speak, but Zhou Youchen took the first step, stood in front of her, and said with a serious face: "I'm hungry." ”

As soon as these words came out, a look of embarrassment flashed on Meng Xilan's face.

Zhou Youchen saw that she didn't answer, so he said again: "I'm hungry." ”

Eating was a very important thing, and she taught him.

Meng Xilan nodded helplessly, seeing that his shoulders were wet, she only wiped them with her own handkerchief, and said, "I'll tell Zhulu to prepare the meal." After speaking, she looked at Zhou Youlin again and said, "The prince might as well be together." ”

Zhou Youlin is very sensitive to her actions. He waved his hand unhappily: "I don't need it, I'm just coming over to say a few words to you, is it convenient?" ”

"Of course." Meng Xilan didn't refuse, nodded politely, and only said to Zhou Youchen: "You sit down for a while, and I'll be back immediately." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Youchen reached out and gently squeezed her wrist, which was an answer.

Zhou Youlin saw it in his eyes and was angry in his heart.

The two of them are not in the right atmosphere, what is this?

Meng Xilan asked Zhou Youlin to go to the porch to talk, where the rain was loud enough to cover the conversation between them, which was the most convenient.

"Lord Wang......" As soon as Meng Xilan spoke, Zhou Youlin interrupted her and said, "Meng Xilan, are you Lao Jiu's adoptive mother?" ”

"Lord Wang, don't speak so ugly."

"Is that what he usually does? In and out of Cining Palace in a grand way, with you? Zhou Youlin originally wanted to talk about this matter, but now what he wants to say most is this matter.

Meng Xilan frowned: "This is the business in the mouth of the prince?" ”

"I'll ask you again!"

"That's right, the Ninth Master comes to Cining Palace every day to see me, do you want to know why? Because of the prince's biological mother, Concubine Ning did not allow me to enter and leave Cining Palace at will, and she put me under "house arrest" here. Since I can't go out, the ninth master can only come to see me. The prince may not know that he is my relative, and he is the only person in this deep palace who really cares about me. ”

After Meng Xilan finished speaking quietly, Zhou Youlin's face stiffened, knowing that he had nothing to say.

"The mother has her own way, you have to understand her."

Meng Xilan smiled lightly: "I know, and I understand." So, what is the main thing that the prince wants to say? ”

"Father has been a little strange, moody, and strange lately, I hope you will be careful."

Zhou Youlin said in a deep tone.

Meng Xilan raised her eyes to look at him, just looked at him, and said lightly: "The prince himself should also be careful." ”

Now in this palace, the most dangerous person is not her, but him.

Zhou Youlin left without even drinking a cup of tea, and when he left, the sky outside began to clear a little bit.

Zhou Youchen looked at Meng Xilan opposite, not curious at all, what did she say to Zhou Youlin, but said seriously: "Why are you vegetarian again today?" ”

"Today is the day of fasting." Meng Xilan said lightly.

Although it is only a vegetarian dish, it is carefully prepared and has an excellent taste.

Meng Xilan picked up a rape heart and put it on his dish: "Eating a vegetarian occasionally is good for the body." ”

Zhou Youlin shook his head a little childishly: "I'm a rabbit again, I don't like to eat grass." ”

Meng Xilan smiled dotingly when she heard this, "Okay, don't complain." ”

Every time she saw him like this, she would think that he was just a child.

After the meal, Zhou Youchen did not leave, but lay on Meng Xilan's soft couch, half-squinting his eyes and looking comfortable.

Meng Xilan looked out the window thoughtfully, she should go to Kunning Palace to visit the queen's mother, but I heard that even Zhou Youan couldn't enter the door of Kunning Palace, let alone her......

After a while, Zhou Youchen suddenly spoke: "I kicked the third brother today." ”

Meng Xilan came back to her senses and said puzzledly: "Didn't you go to the Heart Cultivation Palace?" Don't tell me, you kicked your own brother in front of the emperor. ”

"He called me a wicked seed." Zhou Youchen replied lightly.

Meng Xilan sighed helplessly, she knew that he hated this sentence the most.

"Chen'er...... Do you have a heavy hand? ”

The last time the person who scolded him for his sinful seed, he almost broke his nose.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt him. He's my brother anyway......" Zhou Youchen closed his eyes and said lightly.

Meng Xilan couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Zhou Youchen took a nap on her soft couch, while Meng Xilan was sleepy.

"Master, Grandpa Xiao is dead......

High welfare comes in lightly.

Grandpa Xiao's whereabouts have been unknown before, and since the queen became seriously ill, he has disappeared. However, everyone thought that he had sneaked out of the palace, but they didn't know that today in a dry well in the imperial garden, they found the body of Gonggong Xiao.

It was hot, and his body was starting to decompose, but everyone could still recognize the face and the clothes.

Grandpa Xiao is dead...... It seems that the queen's "serious illness" is really related to him.

Gao Fu lowered his voice: "Also, the slave heard from those who performed the autopsy that Gonggong Xiao is indeed a clean person, very clean." ”

Meng Xilan's eyebrows moved slightly. Very clean...... What's the use of being clean in the body, the important thing is that the heart must also be clean.

It may not be without a cause. Even if he can't do anything with the queen, he can't prove that they are innocent.

"Okay, the news from Kunning Palace, you don't need to inquire about it in the future."

Meng Xilan felt that it was time to close the line, so as not to cause extraneous branches.

High welfare nods yes.

The master is whatever he says, and he has no selfish intentions about this matter, because Gonggong Xiao is dead. There is no need to hold a grudge against the dead.

The death of Gonggong Xiao is not a big deal. But it was a small pebble, which made Meng Xilan's heart ripple and change.

Zhou Youchen was right.

Zhou Shixian's temperament has really become very strange, and his suspicion is really serious. What he didn't care about before, now is what he cares about the most, and the people he didn't trust before are now the people he trusts the most.

It's all incredible. It feels like he's making fun of everyone, just looking at the mood, not the past.

Meng Xilan sighed slightly.

She got up slowly, walked to the edge of the soft couch, looked at Zhou Youchen's sleeping face, and muttered, "You're right, everything is different." ”

Zhou Youchen's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he opened his eyes at once, looked at her attentively and earnestly, and asked, "Will you choose me?" If you choose me, I'll win the end. ”

Meng Xilan stared at his eyes, and her tone was as light as a floating cloud: "Okay, I'll choose you." ”

She said word by word: "Chen'er, I choose you." ”