Chou'er wanted to ask again, but he heard the footsteps of someone outside, so he stopped talking, and there was no sound between the master and servant for a while, only the sound of gurgling water was heard, and He Xi closed his eyes to recuperate. Outside, Ruyi's voice said: "The little master wants to change the hot water?" Seeing Ling Xi waving his hand, the ugly child raised his voice slightly and said outside: "The little master said no." ”

After about a cup of tea, He Xi got up from the water satisfied, and the crystal water droplets were like pearls, hanging on the white skin like jade, with a lustrous luster, but the bruises on the body were a little obvious.

Chou'er turned around and took out a plain white fringed dress embroidered with roses from the cabinet, the water sleeves were layered, and the material was an extremely light and soft fragrant cloud yarn, which was worn on the body like this, comfortable and breathable, but it could also cover the wounds on He Xi's arms very well.

When she saw the scar on Chou'er's face, she couldn't help but feel a little sad, and she said in a gentle tone: "Chou'er, when we leave the palace, I will ask Mr. Gao to heal you." How about finding you a good home then? ”

Chou'er helped He Xi tie the silk ribbon's hand, paused, and said in a low voice: "The slave and maid will not go anywhere in this life, just stay by the side of the little master, little master, you are the only relative of the slave and maid in this world." ”

He Xi stretched out his hand and grabbed Chou'er's hand, and said firmly: "Chou'er, don't worry, wait for the day we leave the palace." The ugly child's eyes turned red, and he nodded heavily, which was counted as a response.

When He Xi walked out of the apse, he saw that Tuoba Lin had also finished washing, and his hair was combed in a small bun.

Seeing He Xi come out, the whole person danced excitedly, Ruyi put him on the chair next to him, and carefully tied a red embroidered koi handkerchief around his neck, He Xi also sat in front of the desk, looking at the delicacies on the table, carefully used a silver bowl to hold a small half bowl of soft and glutinous purple potato porridge, and carefully blew it cold, then put it in front of Tuoba Lin, and handed Tuoba Lin a silver spoon with his own hands, signaling him to scoop the porridge and drink, Tuoba Lin looked at the things in front of him. Carefully looked at He Xi's face, saw He Xi took care of himself with a bowl of porridge, drank it by himself, and did not look at himself, he looked at the bowl in front of him with some confusion, the small silver bowl was specially prepared for him, when he broke the tenth porcelain bowl, He Xi asked the Internal Affairs Office to prepare this.

"If you don't eat it, you won't have anything to eat." He Xi opened his mouth lightly, and Tuoba Lin looked up at He Xi. Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he clumsily scooped a spoonful of porridge with a spoon and ate it. Both Ruyi and Ugly were amazed.

After breakfast, He Xi did not rest in the palace, but took Tuoba Lin to Shoukang Palace.

Shoukang Palace is the dormitory of the concubine, the first emperor died, the concubines were buried in accordance with the edict of the first emperor, the rest are some of the concubines who were not as good as the concubines at that time, and now the high but noble concubines of the concubines.

Chou'er and Ruyi followed behind He Xi and asked in a low voice, "Why did the little master think of Shoukang Palace?" "It's no wonder that the two of them are puzzled, even the queen and the emperor are too few concubines in the harem of Shoukang Palace, and now He Xi is not only here, but also with Tuoba Lin.

He Xi was sitting on the soft sedan chair at this time, and said with a smile: "If other people don't come, it's someone else's business, but Lin'er was protected by Concubine De at that time, and it is the most appropriate thing for him to come to see Concubine De." ”

After that, he looked down at Tuoba Lin, who was a lot whiter than before, and at this time he was nesting on the side of the soft sedan chair and having fun. Shoukang Palace was originally not very far from He Xi's palace, a few days of heavy rain, finally sunny today, the scorching sun was in the sky, the coolness brought by the original rain, it dissipated without a trace, the palace people were worried about the sun to the two masters, couldn't help but speed up the footsteps, only half a cup of tea effort, to Shoukang Palace, Shoukang Palace is different from other palaces, there are not many people in the palace, it seems very quiet, He Xi saw a few little eunuchs are climbing the ladder, holding a net in their hands to catch something.

I can't help but be a little curious, it just so happened that Aunt Ruizhi received the news and came out, and saw He Xi looking at the little eunuchs with a curious face, so she smiled and asked for peace, and then explained: "The concubine is old, this summer is hot, and the cicadas outside are also very disturbing, so she was caught, so as to save the twitter and annoyance." ”

He Xi seemed to have something flashing in his heart, turned his head to look at Aunt Ruizhi, and saw that Aunt Ruizhi was also looking in the direction of the tree, and for a while he couldn't tell the deep meaning of Aunt Ruizhi's words. She smiled lightly, and bowed softly: "The concubine came to disturb today, I don't know if it delayed the concubine's rest?" ”

Aunt Ruizhi retracted her gaze, circled around He Xi and Tuoba Lin's bodies, and said with a smile: "How come, the concubine heard that Mrs. Xi was coming today, and praised Mrs. Xi for her filial piety, okay, the sun is big outside, Mrs. Xi should follow the old slave into the palace." ”

He Xi took Tuoba Lin in his hand and walked towards the inner hall, as soon as he entered the hall, He Xi felt a lot cooler, accompanied by the faint fragrance of sandalwood, everyone's original impetuous heart also fell silent, He Xi took a deep breath, Aunt Ruizhi saw her like this, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Xi likes this fragrance?" This incense came as a tribute from Xiliang, and His Majesty knew that the concubine liked it, so he sent it to Shoukang Palace every year. ”

Although it was an unintentional sentence, but He Xi knew the weight of Concubine De in the palace now, she looked at Tuoba Lin on her right, and it happened that Tuoba Lin also looked up at herself, her heart softened, and helped him straighten out the wet hair that was stuck to his sideburns because of sweat, Tuoba Lin leaned in the direction of He Xi with a satisfied face, and the thoughts in He Xi's heart became more and more firm, she had to do this thing, and she had to do it, and the look in her eyes was fixed: "The concubine even likes the things that are so calm and steady, it really makes us ashamed." ”

"Young man, it may not be beneficial to be impetuous, and besides, the mourning family is also a well-informed person when they see you, and this is a bit hypocritical when you say it." At this time, several people had already walked behind the bead curtain, and a graceful and luxurious voice lazily came through the crystal bead curtain.

He Xi took Tuoba Lin to his knees, bowed in the direction of the bead curtain, and said in a deep voice: "The concubine brought the eldest prince to greet Concubine De Niangniang." ”

"That's it, let's be even, there are not so many rules in the Shoukang Palace of the mourning family." The voice came again, but compared to the cold before, it had already brought a little temperature, Aunt Ruizhi opened the curtain and invited He Xi and the eldest prince in, Ruyi and Chou'er, naturally waiting outside the hall.

He Xi led Tuoba Lin in, Xu arrived in an unfamiliar environment, Tuoba Lin also lost some liveliness, just held He Xi's hand tightly, and wanted to hide behind He Xi.

In the bead curtain, He Xi saw Concubine De, at this time she was just wearing a dark red regular dress, half-lying on the beauty couch, a waterfall-like green silk was not pulled up, just let it fall, during which there was a faint trace of silver white, and there was no armor on her fingers, but she had a pair of ordinary jade bracelets on her wrists.

Seeing He Xi staring at herself, Concubine De got up with the help of Aunt Ruizhi and said, "Is the mourning family old?" With that, she reached out and picked up a strand of hair in her hand, and with a slight twist of her fingers, she saw a white hair, and she stared at it.

"The concubine is not old, and everyone says that this aging is intoxicating." He Xi lowered his eyebrows and said pleasing to his eyes. The corners of Concubine De's mouth hooked up a smile, and she didn't care about the flattery in He Xi's mouth, she turned her head and saw Tuoba Lin and said, "The mourning family heard that last night, your palace was very lively?" ”

He Xi naturally knows that she can't hide anything from Concubine De, although she doesn't pay attention to the things in the palace, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't know anything, thinking of yesterday's events, He Xi raised a wry smile: "The ladies in the palace care for the eldest prince, maybe they are worried that the concubine will not teach the eldest prince well." ”

Concubine De's eyes have been looking at Tuoba Lin who is snuggled next to He Xi, she has no heirs under her, and she is old, even if she is a little weak in nature, she also has a little love for children. She looked at Tuoba Lin's tiger-headed appearance, and couldn't help but nod with some satisfaction: "You took great care of him." ”

After receiving the affirmation of Concubine De, He Xi's heart was slightly relaxed, and his tone was relaxed, and he said to the concubine: "Thank you to the concubine for saving Lin'er that day." After speaking, he gently pulled Tuoba Lin's hand forward, and said softly: "Lin'er, please say hello to Grandma Taifei." ”

Tuoba Lin knelt down obediently, and slowly buckled three heads to the concubine, which was regarded as a thank-you, and the concubine De's expression was gentle, and even with some smiles, she said to the Rui Zhi on the side: "This child has grown up a lot, bring it to the mourning family, and the mourning family will take a look." ”

Aunt Rui Zhi, took a few steps forward to hug Tuoba Lin, Tuoba Lin still knew Rui Zhi, and did not resist, let her carry herself to Concubine De's side, his black and white eyes looked straight at the amiable grandmother in front of him.

The child's eyes were clear and clear, with innocence, this may be the purest eyes that Concubine De has ever seen, her expression became softer and softer, and she took Tuoba Lin in her arms and said, "Good boy, really a good child." ”

Fu turned his head to look at He Xi again, and sighed: "With him, it's really difficult for you." ”

He Xi had long known that from the very beginning, Concubine De knew the purpose of her trip, and she did not hide it, she leaned down and knelt down, looked at Concubine De's eyes and said: "Don't hide it from Concubine Niangniang, the concubine came today to ask for something." Please also ask the concubine to be gracious. ”

"Do you want the mourning family to protect your mother and son?" Concubine De turned her face away and looked at Tuoba Lin, her voice a little cold.