It's all trivial matters from the past, chatting slowly, and the two have walked to the edge of the imperial garden.

This place has been completely covered by heavy snow, and even the palace lamps are hazy and confused, and no light can be dispersed, only a little place next to the lamppost is illuminated.

Ping'er showed a smile first: "Niangniang, you see that there is no one here." ”

Zhuang Siyan also smiled at her, pointed to the depression covered by fresh snow in the ground and said, "There are footprints here, maybe someone has already gone in." ”

As she spoke, she followed the footprints and was about to go inside, but was pulled by Ping'er: "Niangniang, it's the slave who lost, I'll give you the silver when I go back." But this big night, let's not go inside, I watched, I looked a little scared. ”

Zhuang Siyan looked left and right, and said indifferently: "What are you afraid of, this is in the palace, and there are still people who don't want to kill themselves to provoke trouble." ”

The words were flat, but her voice was two scales higher, and if there were really people in it, and it was not too far away, it should be audible.

Ping'er is really afraid, after all, she is the only one who comes out, and if something happens, she can't tell herself.

Besides, the palace has never been a peaceful place, everyone guards their own palace gates, and the disaster comes from the sky, maybe they will be smashed.

When she was worried, Zhuang Siyan had already gone inside.

The Imperial Garden is different from other places, when it snows heavily, the palace people generally do not clean up here, leaving a piece for people to enjoy the scenery after the snow.

Although there is a narrow road to get out on the main road you enter, the snow has been drifting all the time, and the path has long been covered again.

Zhuang Siyan and the others walked along the path paved with thin snow, and when they passed each palace lamp, she would stop and take a closer look, as if it was really to win Ping'er's one or two silvers, and not let go of any traces.

Ping'er was more and more afraid the further she went, and proposed to Zhuang Siyan many times to go back.

But what she said was useless, at first Zhuang Siyan returned to her and comforted her, but then she simply didn't want to, let her go, and just go forward.

In the depths of the imperial garden, the silence was terrifying, only the "creaking" sound of their feet stepping on the snow, each sound seemed to be stepping on the heart, listening to Ping'er twitching, eager to hug Zhuang Siyan's arm.

But the master of her family was not afraid at all, and as he walked, he still thought that the cloak was in the way, so he took it off and held it for her, and said, "If you are really afraid, go back first, and I will take a look here and leave, and I know where I am, just go and get five taels." ”

Ping'er: "......"

What is this, is it that she came with her, just for the master's money?

Thinking like this, he suppressed his fear again and followed Zhuang Siyan forward.

There are indeed people here, as for who Zhuang Siyan doesn't know, but he must be a little brave to drill here on this snowy day.

After they came in, they had no taboo to speak, and if the people inside were friends or enemies, it was possible to come out and say hello.

Of course, it may have been left on his own, after all, the footprints were covered by snow.

But after turning a few more paths, Zhuang Siyan found that the footprints left in the snow suddenly became clear, and he walked in another direction.

She glanced up at the pavilion beside her, where there was a place where there was no snow, as if she had just sat down.

chased all the way with Ping'er, but I didn't see who it was.

The man seemed to hear someone coming, so he went outside, out of the imperial garden, and went around the palace walls, and there were places where no footprints were left, so they chased after them.

At this time, Ping'er realized that something was wrong.

She asked Zhuang Siyan carefully: "Niangniang, is this person a bad person?" ”

Zhuang Siyan laughed "haha" regardless of his image and late at night: "No, it may be as boring as us, and I came out to eat and eat." ”

"Oh" she replied, still uneasy, and asked: "Look at those footprints, it seems that there is only one person, and she doesn't even bring palace people?" ”

Zhuang Siyan raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it strange?" I don't take you out sometimes, it's very comfortable to go out by yourself. ”

Of course, Zhuang Siyan didn't tell her, the footprints were too big, and they didn't look like a woman at all.

In other words, it will not be the lady or the palace maid in this palace.

didn't see anyone, after Zhuang Siyan returned to the palace, she consciously took five taels of silver to Ping'er, she was very embarrassed, and she didn't push it off desperately.

turned hot water, washed Zhuang Siyan's hands and face, even washed her feet, drank a cup of hot tea, and had already exhausted the cold on her body, she changed her clothes and lay back on the bed.

Ping'er went out to clean up and replaced Lan Xin to come over for a vigil.

Zhuang Siyan lay in the tent, motionless, as if he had fallen asleep.

In fact, if someone lifted the tent, she could see that she was staring at the top of the tent with wide eyes, thinking intently.

Ling Tiancheng went to Baizhu Courtyard in the evening, sat with Zhuang Siyan for a while, and saw that she was really lazy, and she didn't even want to deal with it, so he went back again.

At this moment, the people sat under the lamp, but their hearts had flown far away, through the high palace walls, past the red doors, and finally through one of them, into the edge of the bamboo forest that had been bent by the heavy snow.

Ling Tiancheng also saw his face there, she was wearing a thin cotton coat, she was not afraid of the cold and ran in the snow, and from time to time she would throw a snowball over.

"Hey, let's get down to business, what kind of god is this?" Wen Qing was very dissatisfied with her brother's stunned appearance from time to time.

"I'm telling you, I'm lucky I ran fast enough, otherwise I would have been caught by her." He then said one more sentence, and then asked Ling Tiancheng: "Doesn't she have to sleep, what's wrong with wandering around the palace all day long?" ”

Ling Tiancheng withdrew his gaze, narrowed his eyes and asked him, "What are you doing here, do you have a purpose?" ”

Wen Qing: "......"

This shouldn't be my brother, the woman who chased him in the snow and fled in a hurry, so she is a family with this person.

Ling Tiancheng asked again, "Why is she chasing you?" ”

Wen Qing's brain twitched for a while: "Who knows, it may be that I think I'm handsome......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw Ling Tiancheng's gaze on him that was instantly sharp, and two small swords inexplicably grew out of it, piercing his heart one by one.

He changed the subject stiffly: "Maybe you think I'm not handsome to you, so you're looking for a sense of superiority in your heart, right?" Well, she didn't see me, she just saw footprints in the snow, so she followed. ”

Ling Tiancheng didn't believe him: "Impossible, she has nothing to do to chase a footprint to look at, besides, why did you deliberately leave footprints for her?" ”

Wen Qing: "......"

He felt like he couldn't explain it a bit.

Of course, he did have some careful thoughts, otherwise he would not have been idle and went around to Baizhu Garden, Wen Qing just wanted to see how the woman who was dancing outside with her teeth and claws returned to the palace and pretended to be a virtuous and virtuous concubine.

Unexpectedly, he was targeted by Zhuang Siyan when he showed up.

Wen Qing confirmed that she didn't recognize herself, so she wasn't so worried at this moment, but Ling Tiancheng's question was annoying enough.

He didn't want to answer, so he stood up and said, "It's nothing, I'll go back first." ”

Ling Tiancheng didn't plan to let him go: "Something, you sit down." ”

"Oh" Wen Qing, who sat down again, looked at his brother.

Aside from his stunned appearance when he was stupid, he was staring at the candle flame, and at this time, he was serious about handling the matter, and he still looked very serious, at least much more reliable than he looked.

He quickly read the two folds in his hand, and one of them handed it to Wen Qing and said, "Take a look at this." ”

It was Rong Ji's who applied to Ling Tiancheng for a withdrawal, saying that the household department wanted to build a new silver treasury.

Wen Qing smiled evilly, raised the fold in his hand and asked: "There is too much money in the treasury to hold, and another silver treasury needs to be repaired, what does Lord Rong want to do?" ”

Ling Tiancheng was not infected by his laughter, and his face was frosty: "You don't necessarily have to cultivate anything, you went to him some time ago, he was deliberately looking for trouble." ”

"I know he's looking for trouble on purpose, but isn't he too bold, brother? You're the emperor, can't you ask him something? Isn't it too much to send a minister to him and ask him a few words, and then he will give you a bar to eat when he turns around? There is no duty of a courtier. ”

The duty of a courtier is still to be fulfilled by the king's words and code of conduct.

Rong Ji has swelled in the past two years, and he feels that there is no one in Ling Tiancheng's hands, especially after Zhuang Changyuan and Luo fell at the same time, the ministers who can be counted in the court can be counted with their fingers, and they are not sure whether they are on the same side as him.

Therefore, he pinched Ling Tiancheng and didn't dare to touch him, so if he was wronged, he had to find a way to get it back.

However, Ling Tiancheng called Wen Qinglai, not to scold Rong Ji, but to point to this matter and say something else to him.

"How did you check about Jia Youshan?"

Wen Qing raised his eyes to look at him for a while, then suddenly leaned forward a little and asked, "I want to know, do you check whether he is for public or private purposes?" ”

Ling Tiancheng was unceremoniously: "You want to know too much, your life is not long." ”

Wen Chang: "......"

Do you want to be so violent?

But after thinking about it for a while, I still said honestly: "At least there is nothing to show now, and it looks like a Qingtian master, but he is very timid and doesn't dare to cause trouble."

Last time, Concubine Wan borrowed the palace token from him, you know, right? I went back and shivered for two days, and I almost got sick when I heard it. ”

When Ling Tiancheng heard this, his face finally improved a little: "Borrowing tokens privately is a big crime, and if I didn't punish him, it is already an extrajudicial favor." ”

Wen Qing was dumbfounded: "But that was what your concubine forced people to borrow, I heard that Jia Youshan refused to live or die at that time, and Concubine Wan also tossed Jia Mingyuan out, you know that when Jia Mingyuan went to disaster relief before, she came forward to help him, and that kid can be regarded as a thanksgiving newspaper." ”

When this call came out, I didn't know if Wen Qing was intentional or unintentional, anyway, Ling Tiancheng's face finally got better, and it immediately froze again.

"It seems that it is still handled lightly, and this old thing should be locked up for a while. If you have grace, you have to borrow the token, and he is really not afraid of death. ”

Wen Qing swallowed his saliva for no reason, and reminded his brother: "He can't die now, aren't you still planning to use him?" Now that he and Rong Ji can still be on the bar a little bit, if you want to pull him down, then Rong Ji will be able to ascend to heaven immediately, and it will be difficult for us to pull him down at that time. ”