When the weather was a little cooler, Yan Lingyue and Zhou Ziyu went out of Yanfu together. The two held hands and walked leisurely towards Fairview Street. Although the distance is not close, the two did not take a carriage, strolling through the streets, quite a feeling of quiet years.

When passing by the pastry shop, Yan Lingyue also bought a lot of snacks for Xiaohu Ah Fei and Uncle Wang's little grandson.

Before, Yan Lingyue had not taken Zhou Ziyu to the woodcarving house, and along the way, he kept asking. Yan Lingyue, who was annoyed, couldn't help it, so she told the ins and outs of the matter.

After hearing this, Zhou Ziyu remembered the wooden hairpin he gave to Yan Lingyue, "The hairpin I gave to Yue'er, why haven't I seen Yue'er wear it?" ”

That hairpin? looks so ugly, how can she wear it out. Yan Lingyue smiled "hehe", "It's in the drawer, the Nine Emperors made it themselves, of course I have to keep it well, it's a souvenir." ”

When she arrived at the woodcarving Zhai, Wang Jinglan had just sent away a wave of guests, and saw Yan Lingyue coming, first happy, and then saw Zhou Ziyu who was following Yan Lingyue, stunned, and the next moment, hurriedly shouted Uncle Wang, "The shopkeeper of the shopkeeper, come out soon, the Nine Emperors are here!" ”

Yan Lingyue has been here so many times, and it is the first time she has brought Zhou Ziyu over, so it is no wonder that they will be surprised. As soon as they stepped into the store, Uncle Wang, Wang Jinglan and Xiaohu knelt on the ground together, "The grass people meet the Nine Emperor Princes, the Nine Emperor Princesses." ”

When Yan Lingyue heard this, she was immediately happy, "I didn't expect to see everyone salute for the first time, and I still entrusted the blessing of the Nine Emperor Princes." ”

After she said this, Uncle Wang and the others realized their previous negligence. When Yan Lingyue was still the fifth lady of the Yan family, they all knew each other, and there was no need to make a big salute at that time, and later Yan Lingyue became the concubine of the Nine Emperors, and everyone was still the same as before, so they neglected this.

Uncle Wang hurriedly confessed, "It's rude, it's rude, it's really rude, I hope the Nine Emperor Princesses can forgive ......"

Without waiting for Uncle Wang to finish speaking, Yan Lingyue smiled and helped everyone up, "I'm kidding." Everyone has known each other for so long, and you still don't know my character? Even if the Nine Emperor Princes came, everyone would do whatever they wanted to do as before. ”

"Listen, listen to Yue'er," Zhou Ziyu poked his head out from behind Yan Lingyue and grinned at everyone.

Zhou Ziyu's smile instantly relaxed everyone.

"This is specially bought by the Nine Emperor Princes and the Nine Emperor Princesses for a few children," Mama Li took out the pastry at the right time and handed it to Xiaohu, "Ah Fei and Uncle Wang's little grandson hasn't come back yet?" ”

Xiaohu took the pastry and said happily, "I just came back a few days ago, and I left after staying at home for two days." ”

Seeing that everyone was good, Yan Lingyue was relieved, and chatted with Uncle Wang and Wang Jinglan for a while, and then left.

Reborn and came to the Imperial City of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yan Lingyue had few relatives and friends, and being able to meet Uncle Wang and them was fate in Yan Lingyue's eyes, so as long as she had the opportunity to leave the palace, she would stop by to see them.

It was close to evening when I left the woodcarving house, and I was going to go to Yixiang Restaurant for a meal, but I didn't expect Bai Gonggong and the housekeeper of Yanfu to come in a hurry, saying that there was an accident in the palace, and the king asked them to go back to the palace quickly.

Yan Lingyue and Zhou Ziyu didn't have time to go back to Yan Mansion to pack their luggage, so they got into the carriage sent by the palace and went back to the palace directly.

On the way, I learned from the mouth of Gonggong Bai that the queen mother, who was far away in Yangzhou, had a recurrence of cough, and now she was hanging with her last breath. King Zhou was anxious and prepared to rush to Yangzhou early tomorrow morning. Zhou Ziyu, as the most favored Nine Emperor Princes, naturally had to go together, and even Queen Xiao had to go with him.

When Zhou Ziyu and Yan Lingyue returned to Ming Hanxuan, the four maids who had been staying in the Yan Mansion also hurried back with their luggage. As soon as she heard that she was going to leave for Yangzhou early tomorrow morning, Mama Li immediately began to pack her luggage again.

Zhou Ziyu was not worried about Queen Xiao, so he took Yan Lingyue to Weiyang Palace, never expected that the imperial concubine was also there. From Mama Zhou's mouth, I learned that the imperial concubine has often come to visit Queen Xiao recently. It was those few words over and over again, Zhou Zichang was wronged, and begged Queen Xiao to go to the king to intercede.

The annoying Queen Xiao is now turning a blind eye to the imperial concubine.

"Ziyu, Ziyu, you have a lot of adults, let Zichang go," the imperial concubine pounced on Zhou Ziyu as soon as she saw it.

Forget it when I went to Ming Hanxuan to find him before, Zhou Ziyu didn't care, but now that it has made trouble in Weiyang Palace, disturbing Queen Xiao, Zhou Ziyu can't forgive, and it is unceremonious to speak again, "We can't do anything, I hope that the imperial concubine will not come to disturb my mother in the future, if not, I will ask my father to deal with it." ”

"You, you ......" the imperial concubine's face changed.

At this moment, a laugh came from the gate of the courtyard, "Why is everyone here, it's too good for me to come." ”

In such a serious atmosphere, only the third prince Zhou Ziqin can still laugh.

"Didn't the ninth brother and younger siblings go back to Yanfu? I'm also worried that there will be problems on my mother's side tomorrow, so I came over to take a look. I knew you were back, so I wouldn't have come," Zhou Ziqin said and yawned.

Although Zhou Ziyu and Zhou Ziqin are not very close to Zhou Ziqin after coming back this time, Zhou Ziyu still appreciates the fact that people care about his mother, "Thank you, thank you, third brother." ”

"Between brothers, do you need to be so polite?" Zhou Ziqin patted Zhou Ziyu on the shoulder.

These words stimulated the imperial concubine.

"Brother? Ha, our Zichang is still your brother, and I haven't seen you care about him at any time," the imperial concubine looked at Zhou Ziyu and Zhou Ziqin, and sneered, "When did the royal family have brotherhood?" Since ancient times, in order to compete for the throne, father and son have turned against each other, let alone brothers. It's ridiculous! ”

"If it weren't for your slow reaction and lack of a threat to the throne, do you think Zhou Ziqin would be so friendly to you?" The imperial concubine approached Zhou Ziyu and said sharply, "Maybe it's Zhou Ziqin who wants to murder you in the paddock." Trick you to fall into the cliff first, and then blame us Zichang, so that he will become the biggest winner. He will become the crown prince and inherit the throne! ”

"The mother's imagination is too good," Zhou Ziqin laughed out loud when he heard this, and even tears came out of his eyes at the end, "The second brother was imprisoned, I know that the mother concubine is very sad, but I can't just wronged others casually because of this." ”

"Have I wronged you, you know it in your own heart," the imperial concubine said hatefully, "You framed our Zichang like this, you will be retributed one day." ”

"Really?" Zhou Ziqin raised his eyebrows, and his tone became cold, "I don't know if the mother concubine still remembers Boss Chen?" ”

"Before the younger brother and sister married the ninth brother, the assassination in Yanfu, and the time when the younger brother and sister were kidnapped, the arrow wound suffered by the ninth brother seems to have come from the hands of this Chen boss. In addition, there is also the death of the daughter of Zuo Shangshu and the daughter of Admiral Li, and Boss Chen also admits that he designed it. ”

"Testimony, Lord Huang has already presented it to his father with the excerpt, but I don't know if my father has seen it," Zhou Ziqin paused and looked at the imperial concubine, "It is said that this Boss Chen is the guard next to the concubine, and he has been with the concubine for more than ten years. ”

When the imperial concubine heard this, her whole person collapsed to the ground.

Zhou Ziqin said, "So far, I don't know how the mother concubine will quibble, is it difficult to splash this basin of dirty water on Ziqin's body?" ”

The imperial concubine kept shaking her head.

Zhou Ziqin instructed the guards, "I didn't see that the imperial concubine was not in good spirits, so why don't you send the imperial concubine back to rest quickly." ”

"No, it's not. Ziyu, you have to believe the concubine, I admit that I have done many wrong things before, but I really didn't think about murdering your life. The accident that happened in the paddock, including the two fake monks in Lingyin Temple, was indeed not arranged by me and Zichang, Ziyu, you have to believe the mother concubine......"

Seeing the imperial concubine being driven away by the guards, Yan Lingyue sighed in addition to sighing. How did the imperial concubine, who dared to compete with Queen Xiao, fall to this point?

"Ninth brother, and younger siblings, don't listen to the nonsense of the mother concubine, the third brother is very innocent," After the figure of the imperial concubine disappeared into Weiyang Palace, Zhou Ziqin smiled and hugged Zhou Ziyu's shoulder.

Zhou Ziyu looked at Zhou Ziqin's hand and silently took a step back, "Third brother, you hug Ziyu again!" ”

"Okay, the third brother doesn't hug you, the third brother will stay away from you, okay?" Zhou Ziqin clapped his hands and stood a little farther away from Zhou Ziyu.

"But then again, it seems that the situation of the queen mother has really improved a lot?" Zhou Ziqin looked at Queen Xiao and said to Zhou Ziyu.

Truly. The imperial concubine was so noisy, and Queen Xiao didn't react at all from beginning to end, just like a bystander, sitting on the side and watching quietly. Compared to the previous yelling and biting, it is indeed much better.

"Since the ninth brother and younger siblings are here, it is superfluous for the third brother to stay here, so I will leave first, and we will see you tomorrow morning," After the words fell, Zhou Ziqin said hello to Queen Xiao again.

Zhou Ziyu's indifference to Zhou Ziqin was not even used to Yan Lingyue.

"Before, didn't the Nine Emperor Princes like the third brother the most?" Yan Lingyue asked.

Zhou Ziyu looked at Yan Lingyue and said seriously, "But now Ziyu's favorite is Yue'er." ”

Belch...... Well, this answer, it's just a perfect score. Yan Lingyue glanced at Zhou Ziyu and immediately didn't ask anything.

The two of them helped Queen Xiao pack her luggage with Mama Zhou, and sat with Queen Xiao for a while before leaving. On the way back to Ming Hanxuan, Yan Lingyue kept thinking about the words of the imperial concubine in her mind. Could it be that in recent days, this series of accidents is really related to Zhou Ziqin?

Yan Lingyue couldn't help but think of the conversation with Old Monk Wang that day, at that time, Old Monk Wang seemed to be hinting at her that the Third Prince was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.