He Xi was a little distressed, and couldn't help wiping away her tears with her hands, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Jiang Li'er cried: "Sister, you have to help me, I don't want to marry Ning Yu, Ning Yu is younger than me, as old as His Majesty-"

He Xi saw that she was a little flustered, so she persuaded softly: "Speak slowly, who said that they were going to marry you to Ning Yu?" Who is Ning Yu? ”

Jiang Li'er steadied her mind and told He Xi what she had heard, He Xi listened patiently, and only after she finished speaking, did she say softly: "The prince? Don't worry, I'll go back and discuss this matter with the prince carefully, and the county lord must be calm in the palace, don't mess around, otherwise the prince will be painstaking-"

Jiang Li'er nodded, and then said uneasily: "When the time comes, the queen mother-"

He Xi patted Jiang Li'er's arm as if soothingly, and then said: "The Queen Mother of the West is just too suspicious, the prince and the Queen Mother are the same, they all hope that the West Liang Kingdom will be prosperous and smooth, and the Queen Mother will understand." ”

She thought for a while and said, "You just said that it was the maidservant girl next to the Queen Mother who proposed to let you marry Prince Kang's son?" ”

Jiang Li'er nodded and said, "Aunt Zike is the maid of the queen mother, and she has served the queen mother for more than ten years. ”

He Xifeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and before he could say anything, he heard Ruyi call in a loud voice: "Slave maid see Aunt Zike-"

He Xi raised his lips and smiled, he really came here when he wanted something.

She said quickly: "Wipe your tears quickly, don't be seen as abnormal." ”

Jiang Li'er hurriedly covered the corners of her eyes with the handkerchief, and followed He Xi in the direction of Zike.

Zike saw Ruyi gossiping with the maid beside the county lord, but the two masters were nothing, a little puzzled, and was about to ask a question, when he saw He Xi and Jiang Li'er coming over, although Jiang Li'er had already wiped her tears, but her eyes were as red as a little rabbit, and she had obviously cried.

Zike's heart tightened, and the eyes that looked at He Xi were not so friendly.

She stepped forward, raised her hand unexpectedly, and greeted He Xi's face without a head or face.

Before Jiang Li'er could stand firmly, she was pulled behind her by Zike.

Fortunately, Ruyi was clever, took a step forward, blocked in front of He Xi, and slapped him hard, He Xi's face sank in an instant, and it seemed that the dark clouds in the sky were faintly coming and pressed down.

Zike was proud in her heart, and stared at He Xi without fear and said, "What a-"

He Xi first checked Ruyi's cheeks, and the five finger prints on her pale face were clearly printed on it, and it was already a little red and swollen.

He Xi smiled: "Who do you say is a?" ”

Zike raised his voice and said: "Miss Mu, don't be careful, the slave maid is just saying that the maid next to you is not good to serve by the master's side, I only know that I am pulling others to talk nonsense, our county lord Jin Zun is noble, if you accidentally bump into it and suffer grievances, it will be the responsibility of this cheap maid." ”

The palace maid beside Jiang Li'er's face turned pale, and her round eyes were filled with tears.

He Xi knew in his heart that this Zike thought that he had bullied Jiang Li'er, so he jumped out to hold the grievances.

Jiang Li'er's face was full of apologies, but thinking of He Xi's instructions before, she couldn't step forward to help, so she had to pinch the handkerchief in her hand and endure it.

He Xi looked at Zike with a smile and said: "I remember you, you are Aunt Zike next to the Queen Mother, as the aunt in charge of the Queen Mother's side, you usually admonish people, are you also so indiscriminate, don't ask the reason?" Or do you-"

She elongated her tone slightly, casually glanced around Zike's body, and said, "Or are you clearly dissatisfied with me and taking the opportunity to make trouble?" ”

Zike was in the main hall before, and she had seen He Xi's sharp teeth, and the queen mother was put on a table by her, and even Mrs. Qin was here with her, so she knew that she was not simple, thinking of this, Zike said loudly: "The big reason is that the slave and maid can't say you, and the slave and maid don't want to tell you, but the slave and maid serve the queen mother, whether it is right or wrong, it should be decided by the queen mother, and in her position, the county lord is the heart of the queen mother, and the slave and maid can't watch the county lord being bullied." ”

Her voice was a little loud, and this place was close to the small kitchen of Yikun Palace, and many people had already heard the movement, although they didn't dare to surround her, but they also watched the excitement from afar.

Jiang Li'er saw that Zike was talking more and more excessively, so she carefully pulled the corner of Zike's clothes behind her, and whispered, "Aunt Zike, she didn't bully me." ”

Zi Ke pretended not to hear, but continued: "So, even if the slave maid risks offending Miss Mu and offending the prince, she can't tolerate your willful behavior in the palace like this. ”

He Xi looked at her clearly organized and good at justifying, and she already knew the general idea in her heart, and because Zike was making such a fuss, she thought that before she left the palace, there would be rumors in the palace that she had bullied the county lord.

He Xi suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with this, so he stopped defending himself and let Zike leave with Jiang Li'er.

After everyone left, He Xi was so distressed that he took Ruyi's hand and said, "Does it hurt?" ”

Ruyi shook her head with some emotion and said, "The slave doesn't hurt—"

Before she finished speaking, she saw He Xi's fingertips gently touch her face, and she couldn't help but gasp. He Xi said angrily: "I still said that it didn't hurt, but it was swollen." ”

Ruyi smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "The slave is fine, the main thing is that the young lady is fine, even if the slave is slapped again, the slave is willing." ”

He Xi said seriously: "What nonsense, you need to take medicine quickly for this injury, otherwise it will be slow, let's leave the palace now." ”

Ruyi's eyes widened in surprise, and he hurriedly said, "What? Leave the palace now? Didn't the Queen Mother leave everyone for the dinner? ”

He Xi nodded, a hint of narrowness flashed in his eyes, and said: "Yes, let's leave the palace now, since that Zike is trying his best to discredit no one in our eyes, even the county lord dares to bully, we will sit on this charge, and we can't let you suffer this slap in vain." ”

Ruyi was still puzzled, but she had always listened to He Xi, and she didn't ask much.

Sure enough, when it was time for the dinner, everyone knew the news that He Xi would cry angrily with the county lord, but no matter how Jiang Li'er defended, everyone only thought that Jiang Li'er was soft and glutinous, kind-hearted, and didn't want to make trouble, plus He Xi just asked a little palace maid to go back and forth, saying that she was unwell, and went straight out of the palace, which confirmed the credibility of this matter.

Throughout the dinner, everyone didn't dare to say a word because of this matter, for fear of annoying the Queen Mother Xi who was rising.

It was Zike beside the Queen Mother of the West who looked confident.

The whole banquet dispersed in such a depressing atmosphere.

On the other side, He Xi left the palace and did not go back to the regent mansion directly, but went to the most prosperous street in Xiliang City.

Because it is the first day of the new year, the city is also lively, and all kinds of red lights are hung high, which is very festive.

Because of the Great Calendar and Xiliang Mutual Market, you can also see vendors with Great Calendar costumes in the market.

He Xi looked over one by one, everyone's faces were full of joy, and she couldn't help laughing.

Suddenly there was a commotion, it was a group of children with candy men in their hands, running over noisily, one of them was unstable on his feet, and fell down all of a sudden, it was a little girl dressed in red clothes, with two round buns on the top of her hair, and two copper bells tied with red ropes, which jingled and jingled, very cute.

He Xi's heart softened, and he personally leaned down to help the little girl up, and said, "How is it, does it hurt to fall?" ”

The little girl shook her head, the copper bell above her head followed her movements, and the bell jingled to it, He Xi didn't care, just patted the soil on her body, and then said, "Okay, it's not hurt, let's go play, be careful." ”

The little girl was obviously a little timid, whispered thank you, and ran away.

"I thought you had always been cold, but you didn't want to have a motherly heart." A joking voice sounded behind him.

He Xi turned around with a smile and said, "The prince has come back from the palace?" ”

Ning Yi saw that she had put on a mask again and seemed to have an impeccable smile, so she said helplessly: "What, do you think that if you make a fuss in the palace, the Queen Mother will blame me?" ”

Suddenly, Ning Yi's eyes lit up, and he looked in the direction of the street corner, but in the surging crowd, he didn't find anything abnormal, He Xi followed his line of sight, but didn't see anything, so he asked, "But what's wrong?" ”

Ning Yi smiled and said, "It's okay, maybe I'm too careful." By the way, what happened in the palace today? ”

He Xi said: "This is not the place to talk, let's talk about it when we go home." ”

Just after He Xi and Ning Yi got into the carriage one after the other, they didn't notice that at the corner of the alley, two men in gray cloth clothes left sneakily.

It was getting dark, and the children who were playing in the streets went home.

The red girl was no exception, a woman took her hand, caught a glimpse of the brass bell on her daughter's bun and said, "Where did this brass bell come from?" ”

The little girl ate the candy man in her hand, and said vaguely, "It was given to me by an uncle, and he said that I—that I was cute—"

Her voice was innocent and immature, the woman's heart was warm, she reached out to touch the copper bell, only felt that the hand felt different, and she retracted her hand without curiosity, only to see a viscous liquid on her fingertips, and there was a fishy smell when she got closer, and she couldn't help but say angrily: "Look at you, you've been crazy for a day, your new clothes are dirty, and you don't know what this copper bell is stained, go back to your mother and wash you-"

The little girl was reprimanded by her mother, and she couldn't help but stick out her tongue, and honestly took her mother's hand and walked home.

At this time, in front of the palace gate of the Imperial City of Dali, a man covered in blood fell in front of the palace gate, and his silver hair was soaked in blood, it was Gao Yuan.

The guards guarding the door didn't know him, and they only thought that they were being chased and killed, so they wanted to carry him away, but they were stopped by one person and said, "Slow-"