On the way out of the palace, Instant Rain walked beside Pei Yaoyan, followed by Jingying and other servants in the distance.

She lowered her voice and said with a smile: "There is no danger today, Niangniang is really an extraordinary woman." ”

Pei Yaowei glanced at her sideways, and also smiled lightly, "It's really hard for the tired girl to follow her for most of the day." ”

"Mother's welcome." Instant Rain said, pretending to be distressed and sighing: "It's just that the lonely men and widows in Lingyun Palace, the mother and the emperor are so close, the slaves and maids don't know how to talk to His Highness when they see it!" ”

Just as the mirror shadow is Xiao Zhu's eyeliner, Instant Rain followed her all the way, and also made eyeliner for Xiao Di, just waiting to go back, and report all the details in today's palace to her master. Pei Yaowei understood this early on, and now listening to her words, she is also calm.

She smiled and said to Instant Rain: "The girl can go back as she wants, and everything is as it is." ”

Instant Yu raised her eyebrows, and her face was a little playful: "The princess is really not afraid?" ”

Pei Yao shook her head.

"My life is great." She said, "I'm not afraid of the prince's spicy hands." ”

Instant Yu paused and nodded sincerely: "Niangniang's courage is commendable." ”

When Pei Yaowei returned to the Chu Palace, Xiao Di had not yet returned. Because of the contact with Xiao Zhu in the Lingyun Palace, she was so worried that she didn't have time to have dinner, so she ordered Yu Xu to prepare fragrant soup for bathing.

When Xiao Di returned home, it was more than an hour later.

Instant rain will tell him everything about today, no matter how big or small. Xiao Di listened and didn't speak for a long time, and Instant Yu asked carefully: "Your Highness, what are you...... To be angry, or not to be angry? ”

To be angry, or not to be angry? Xiao Di shook his head, he couldn't say it himself.

When he married Xiangyu, he knew that this was a hot potato, and he never seriously thought about what this girl could help him, and he didn't think that she was harmful to his abilities, but now it seems that ......

In this game, it seems that she is innocently affected, but in fact, she is still the bait that catches everyone's shots, and after stirring up the storm, she can still retreat with her whole body and not a single leaf sticks, this is definitely not like a chess game that a girl who has been in the boudoir for a long time can design.

It's just anything else, what he doesn't understand is that in this game, the most difficult thing is to grasp people's hearts, how can Xiang Yu understand the personnel in the palace so well? Could it be that this girl is really talented in perceiving people's hearts?

With these questions, he came to the Hebi Palace, but saw a few maids gathered outside the bathroom in the side hall, and Yu Xu was knocking on the door with a anxious face, and called 'Princess' in her mouth.

He frowned and stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "What's the matter?" ”

When everyone heard the sound, they turned around and knelt on the ground, and the princess said that the princess had been soaking in the pool for a long time, and the door was locked, and no one was allowed to enter to serve.

Xiao Di reprimanded the absurdity, stepped forward and kicked the door open, the room was filled with hot mist, and the woman lay on the edge of the pool, not knowing whether she was drowsy or asleep.

He strode over, lifted her head, and slapped her on the cheek a few times.

"Together? Wake up! ”

screamed twice, but the man didn't react, and it was obvious that he was really dizzy.

Yu Xu followed up with a bathrobe, and when she saw this, she became more and more anxious, and said straightly: "The princess hasn't had dinner yet, so she must have fainted due to lack of qi and blood!" ”

"Knowing that she didn't have dinner, you still let her mess around like this?!"

Xiao Di got angry, snatched the yukata, fished her out of the pool and wrapped her, hugged her in his arms, and quickly brought her back to the dormitory.

As soon as he got out of the bathroom, he was stimulated by the cold outside, Pei Yaoyan faintly felt it, and in the hazy eyes, a familiar figure was reflected.

The eyebrows, which have always been calm, are dyed with eagerness at the moment, and there is a thin layer of anger, her heart is muffled by the heat, but she is still mentally curious, why is he angry?

It wasn't until Xiao Di put her on the bed that her brain buzzed before she reacted to the situation in front of her.

"You...... You, how do you ......"

The yukata on her body was not easy to wear, but when she moved like this, her skin that was steamed white and red by the heat was exposed left and right, covering this and showing it there, she was already dizzy, and now she became more and more anxious, and her little face was red in an instant, and she wanted to drip blood.

The urgency cooled down, reason returned, and such a scene in front of him, like a small pebble, was thrown into his heart lake, causing a circle of faint ripples.

The slippery touch of the fingertips is still vague, delicate, soft, and vibrant.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his untimely emotions, and returned to his cold and serious appearance in an instant.

Pei Yao's hands were weak, so he finally pulled the brocade quilt, pasted himself tightly, stared at him vigilantly, and his tone was not very good: "Is there something wrong with Your Highness?" ”

Xiao Di was a little surprised.

He remembered the wedding night, the woman who forced herself to calm down and said that she was going to prepare for bed, looked back at the person in front of him, and said in his heart, it turns out that you are not afraid.

He sat aside, poured a glass of cold water and drank it, and his voice was also cold: "Such a big person, dare to go to the pool to soak on an empty stomach, and lock the door, to die?" ”

Pei Yao was stunned and lowered her head without saying anything.

She just tossed for a day, tired all over, and wanted to be quiet and alone for a while, afraid that the girls would disturb her, so she locked the door. But I didn't expect that Xiang Yu's body bones were so weak, and he only soaked for more than an hour, and he fainted.

"Much, thank you Your Highness for saving me, the concubine remembers, she won't be like this in the future."

She admitted her mistakes with a good attitude, lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to her eyes, Xiao Di still had the heart to reprimand her, her eyes fell on her face, but she couldn't say anything.

After she cleaned up and the two had dinner together, Xiao Di called her to the library.

He sat behind the bookcase, looked at her from top to bottom, and asked, "Awake?" ”

"Let Your Highness smile."

"Now that you are sober, you must not pretend to be stupid if you answer the words of this king."

Pei Yao smiled and responded, not daring.

"From the day of the meeting with Shou Palace, the embroidered screen of the Empress Dowager Liang, and then to the Chenghui Palace to visit Pan Guifei, have you counted all the things you have today?"

Pei Yaowei lowered her eyebrows and nodded slightly, "Yes, the concubine has something to expect." ”

He pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Be bold. ”

"Your Royal Highness, the concubine also wants to have a quiet time and have no quarrel with the world, but ......" she looked up at him: "Since the beginning of the emperor and the king fighting for a daughter, the concubine has understood that this 'no dispute with the world' has nothing to do with me." ”

"The fire in Zhaoye Temple came for me, and on the day Mrs. Zuo poisoned and harmed, and it was the Queen Mother who instigated her behind her back, and on the eve of her marriage to Her Royal Highness, my maid was killed by the assassin because she was sitting in front of my bookcase and copying scriptures."

She sighed, with a helpless smile, "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to keep to myself, I just feel sorry for you, and I don't want you to be distracted from protecting your concubines in addition to food and clothing for state affairs." ”

"Oh?" Xiao Di's eyes narrowed slightly, "In this way, this king should thank you?" ”

"What did Your Highness say?" She smiled, "The concubine is your princess, and it is the duty of the concubine to help you." ”

"You think you have what it takes to help me?"

She said: "In the past, Emperor Wei Wen was designated as the heir, Empress Guo had a plan, Tang Taizong was successful, and there was no shortage of Jia Liang Zuo Yingsuke. Although the concubine is not talented, she should also do her best for her husband and never give up. ”

Never give up...... He really wanted to ask, did you also say this to Xiao Zhu? But in the end, he just laughed: "Don't be ashamed." ”

"This king is very curious, you and the Empress Dowager Liang are only a few faces, and you and Concubine Pan Guifei only meet on the same day, how can you dare to conclude what they will do?" He came to her side, paced slowly, lowered his head and said in her ear: "How could you expect that Empress Dowager Liang would definitely give the embroidered screen to Concubine Pan?" How do you know that Concubine Pan will definitely defend you about the white lacquered spotted wood? …… Do you know who started the fire in Zhaoye Temple that day? ”

Pei Yao's heart moved.

The fire in Zhaoye Temple, originally, she only had a few guesses, but now when he asks like this, he understands.

After a moment, she said calmly: "The matter is prioritized, the enemy, and the depth of hatred." ”

"I don't know what they're going to do, I just need to know what they're going to think, how they're going to be thinking."

Xiao Di smiled softly, "Isn't it more difficult to guess what people's hearts are?" ”

Pei Yaowei shook her head, "No." The human heart is self-interested. The concubine heard that His Royal Highness returned to Beijing this time, and the relationship with the Pan family was temporarily relaxed. This is Your Highness's self-interest, thinking that the emperor can't tolerate the Pan family, so he simply let these two parties fight and reap the benefits himself. ”

"Empress Dowager Liang was able to borrow Mrs. Zuo's hand to harm me in the past, but now I give her a chance, she can borrow Pan's hand, and naturally she will not do it herself and get into trouble."

"As for Concubine Pan, the matter of Zhaoye Temple, even if she did it, it doesn't hurt - at this time and that time, at that time, what she wanted to get rid of was the new favorite who was favored by the emperor and wanted to be included in the harem, but now, the concubine is the justifiable princess of Chu, and she has long been cut off from the emperor. She just thought about the peace between her mother clan and the Chu Palace, and she didn't dare to do anything to the concubine easily, not to mention that there was a family behind the concubine. ”

"The situation in the harem has always been one and the other, and Concubine Pan is pregnant, so she is even more reluctant to watch Concubine Xian be affected, and then make Concubine De dominate."

The words landed, and behind her, Xiao Di's palm slowly choked the back of her neck.

"What if?" He kneaded it lightly and heavily, "What if your calculations come to naught after all, what if Concubine Pan chooses to get rid of you between you and Empress Dowager Liang?" ”

Pei Yaowei was touched by him, and she tried her best to restrain her trembling, and her voice remained firm and slow: "Even if it happens, the emperor will believe me." ”

Xiao Di's eyes were deep, and the corners of his lips were slightly hooked: "Does he like you so much?" ”

Pei Yao shook her head.

"Because the mirror is his man." She said.

Immediately, Xiao Di remembered that when she went to visit Chenghui Palace that day, she specially brought the girl with her.

She said: "Before the embroidered screen was sent to the Jingci Palace, I pretended to be unintentional and asked the mirror to check it, and she knew that there was no hollow in the wooden frame. And when I went to Chenghui Palace that day, when I talked to Concubine Pan about lacquered wood, she also heard it. With her testifying, this matter will not be wronged to me in any way. ”

Slender fingers went around her neck, cupped her chin, and he said lightly: "If Xiao Zhu is unwilling to protect you, the mirror shadow is useless." ”

Without thinking, she didn't mind offending him in the slightest, and asserted, "He won't." ”

Such conclusive words made Xiao Di very unhappy.

She turned to face him with the strength of his hand, with a hint of cunning in her eyes, "He sent the mirror shadow to me to monitor, which means that the reward he expects from me is only too big." He is waiting for me to be by your side to do things for him, for the farce of the Empress Dowager Liang, he is reluctant to me. ”

The deep gaze looked at her motionlessly, silently, she was blessed, and asked respectfully: "I don't know if the concubine has this honor to bow down for His Highness?" ”

"Xiao Chai likes you very much," he said suddenly, "this face of yours, your ...... This life. ”

"No," Pei Yao's eyes were cold, "what he likes is Empress Renyi." ”

"And Empress Renyi, because of him, died."

His voice was slightly solemn: "How do you know? ”

She smiled lightly: "Has Your Highness forgotten?" The concubine's sister is the virtuous concubine. ”

Yes, Concubine Xian, when Pei Yao was here, she had a lot to do with the Xiang family, and she had a deep relationship with the person in front of her.

Pei Yao saw that he did not show any displeasure, so he continued: "The concubine knows that His Royal Highness and Empress Renyi also have old evils, but the deceased is gone, and His Royal Highness will not mind that the concubine will share the same hatred with you because of the queen's past kindness, right?" ”

Xiao Di frowned slightly, "Are you for her?" ”

"It's for Your Highness." She said, "The concubine is already the princess of Chu, and Her Royal Highness has saved me from danger many times. Even if His Royal Highness is unwilling to treat the concubine as a wife because of Queen Renyi, the concubine only recognizes you as a husband, and the husband sings with the wife, which has been the case since ancient times. ”

She said this aggrieved and sincere, and she seemed to have no flaws.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu, who has read countless people, is facing his young princess here, but he doesn't dare to make sure which of her sentences is true and which is false.

After a long time, he turned and walked back to the desk and sat down.

Looking at each other, he said slowly: "What is more important than ability is loyalty." ”

Pei Yao bowed his head: "Don't worry, the concubine will prove herself." ”

A night has passed, and the absurd turmoil of yesterday seems to be still in front of us.

In the Jingci Palace, the Empress Dowager Liang slept lightly all night, and when she got up in the morning, she lost her temper fiercely, and she tossed herself more and more headaches.

Aunt Zong came in from outside, reprimanded the palace people, and came to the side of the Empress Dowager Liang, with a look of urgency, and whispered in the master's ear.

I saw that Empress Dowager Liang's face changed, and she asked sharply: "Really?!" ”

"The old slave doesn't dare to speak falsely!" Aunt Zong said: "Hit the dirty thing from under the wall of the side hall, the old slave had a suspicion in his heart, last night everyone in the palace was tried again, two palace maids who swept the courtyard said that just a few days before the incident, when the virtuous concubine came to ask for peace, the maid beside her had lingered under the side hall for a long time, and at that time it was only said that the bracelet was dropped and was looking for it, and now it seems that it is not a problem!" ”

Empress Dowager Liang smashed her fist on the bed, her eyes glared angrily, and she said fiercely: "Concubine Xian——! ”

Okay, a pair of sisters of the Xiang family, forever, let's see!

Over there, Min Dai ordered the kitchen to stew the tonic for the fetus early in the morning and take it to visit Pan Guifei. Who expected that in the Chenghui Palace, the concubine was reprimanding the palace maid.

"Yo, Sister Xian is here!" When Pan Ruohui saw her come in, she looked in a hurry, and she hurriedly sorted out her appearance and invited her to take a seat.

Min Dai smiled: "The concubine wants to be gentle, why is she angry early in the morning?" ”

Pan Ruohui seemed to be unwilling to let her know, so she only smiled and perfunctory a few words, saying that the little girls don't know how to do things, and they dare to say anything in their mouths, and there is no taboo.

The palace maid who was kneeling on the ground was still sobbing, holding a tassel in her hand, and cowardly defended herself: "Niangniang, the slave maid really dare not speak falsely!" This tassel, the slave maid has seen on Concubine De's maid! Now that he has appeared on the edge of the warehouse, isn't it just ......"

"How dare you say it!" Pan Ruohui slapped the case heavily, and the palace maid trembled, and only dared to cry with her head bored.

Min Dai's heart moved slightly, and she took a closer look at the tassels, and Pan Ruohui said on the side: "Sister, don't look at it, this girl is stunned, talking nonsense!" Where will Concubine De's sister's maid come to the treasury of my Chenghui Palace! She said, as if she was in a hurry, and was about to snatch the tassel from Mindai's hand.

"Don't worry." Min Dai smiled, but his hand did not loosen.

After a moment of silence, she asked Pan Ruohui meaningfully: "If I remember correctly, the reason why Niangniang took out the embroidered screen from the treasury yesterday was because the treasury of Chenghui Palace was suddenly flooded, but?" ”

Pan Ruohui's face was embarrassed, "Sister, don't think about it, everything is because of my sister's negligence, so that Princess Chu was innocently affected, if my sister complains, just complain about me, and I have nothing to do with others!" ”

Min Dai was silent for a moment, and said with a faint smile: "What the Queen Mother said yesterday, I understand now." ”

Pan Ruohui asked, what words.

Min Dai said: "The queen mother said, how could she not know the prophet, and expected that Concubine De would share the same taste with the concubine Niangniang, so as to lay red flowers on her head and harm the mother?" ”

Pan Ruohui pretended to be stunned, "......What does my sister mean?"

"Concubine De's maid, the flooded treasury, the Queen Mother's pastries, safflower ......" Min Dai smiled coldly, "Niangniang thinks, these are all coincidences?" ”

"Sister is talking about ......" Pan Ruohui was suddenly shocked: "From beginning to end, isn't it that the Holy Mother and Concubine De have joined forces, not only to harm me, but also to let Princess Chu be a scapegoat, and let the Pan family and the Xiang family make enemies?!" ”

There was coldness in Min Dai's eyes, and she didn't say a word.

"How could it be...... How could this be ......" Pan Ruohui muttered, his face was shocked and frightened, but a smug smile slowly faded into his heart.

Fish, hooked.