In the Bathing Light Palace, Gu Zijun, Li Lian, Yu Chaoyang, and Instant Yu stood side by side in the book pavilion, looking at each other for a long time.

Xiao Di sat behind the bookcase, leaning back against the back of the chair, fiddling with a handful of paperweights in his hand boredly, waiting and waiting.

"Why, Lone-" He spoke, halfway through his words, remembered something, and immediately changed his words: "Well, this king—this king's meaning, is not clear enough?" ”

Instant Yu looked at the three men on the left and right, sighed in her heart, and took the lead in speaking: "No," she said: "Your Highness's meaning has been clear enough." Just ......"

Xiao Di slowly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Just how?" ”

Instant Yu lowered his head in embarrassment, reached out and secretly pinched Wei Chaoyang's waist, the latter was in pain, and unconsciously stepped forward half a step.

Xiao Di's eyes turned and looked at him.

Wei Chaoyang was difficult to ride a tiger, but he stood up, so he had to take over the words head-on: "It's just that Your Royal Highness, you have to entrust the affairs of the court and politics to the princess, which is ......" He looked at the master in front of him carefully, "It's a bit of a risk." ”

'Desperate' is a very polite word. Xiao Di swept over the close henchmen in front of him one by one, thinking: Now, these people may be scolding themselves for being ridiculous in their hearts.

"How to take risks?" He put the paperweight aside and said with a smile: "If what this king heard is correct, when the Kui family and the Pan family interacted, no one of you, including this king himself, saw that this was a series of tricks under Princess Zhen'an." ”

He asked: "It's a fact that your skills are not as good as others, is it possible, are you still embarrassed to influence the king's employment at this time?" ”

This time, it was Gu Zijun who spoke.

"Your Highness uses available people, and the ministers have nothing to say. Regarding the affairs of the Zhou Kingdom, you know, the ministers are also in favor of asking the princess for advice. ”

His eyebrows frowned slightly, since Xiao Di fell off the horse, Zhang Tinghou couldn't wait to have a headache than him, in the past few days, the stubbornness on his face has also been accepted, and the whole person is full of heavy sorrow, as if he has grown into a teenager all of a sudden.

"But now you are going to hand over all government affairs to the princess......" He didn't believe it in his heart, but after thinking about it, he still chose a more euphemistic statement: "Have you ever thought that even though the princess is smart, she is also a person who has been in the boudoir for a long time after all, how much can she know about outside affairs?" With such great authority, even if the ministers are willing to cooperate with the allegiance, the princess is ...... Can you really afford it? ”

Xiao Di was silent and asked the other three, "You all think the same way?" He looked at Li Lian, who had not yet spoken: "Silent words? ”

Li Lin was named, and took half a step forward with a heavy face.

"Brother, behind Sister-in-law Wang is not an ordinary scholar, but the Xiang family." He said: "The younger brother thinks that this matter is probably not appropriate. ”

As soon as his words landed, the other three bowed their heads in unison.

"Okay." After a while, Xiao Di laughed, and he was not angry, but said easily: "Then you recommend someone to this king." In today's situation, which of you dares to stand up and say that you must be sure that you can deal with Xiao Zhu clearly and Zhou Guo clearly? ”

No one spoke.

He added: "It doesn't matter if you recommend yourself or others, but if any of you can speak conclusively and give me a foolproof candidate, this king will dispel this thought, and it just happens to save the princess from showing up." ”

He got up and walked in front of the four of them and looked over one by one: "Who said? ”

It is not difficult to recommend candidates, but it is 'foolproof'...... Who would dare to say 'foolproof'?

At that end, Wei Chaoyang pondered for a long time, clenched his fists and said: "Your Highness, even though you have empty memories of these years, with your wisdom, you only have to make up for the past, and it must not be difficult to come to the ministers and others to act, so why should you ......"

"Nope." Xiao Di didn't think about it, so he vetoed: "This king has this self-knowledge. ”

He said so, how can the four of them dare to recommend any candidates?

"What do you mean," after a moment, Gu Zijun said in a deep voice, "It's none other than the princess?" ”

Xiao Di looked at him and did not speak.

Gu Zijun sighed helplessly and nodded resignedly.

He bowed down and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will obey the princess's words and act without disobedience." ”

Xiao Di smiled, turned his eyes, and looked at the other three.

Gu Zijun opened his mouth first, Li Lin and the others were silent, and they didn't insist on anything anymore, and no matter how worried they were, they also took orders one after another, and they didn't dare to disobey.

The Hall of Combination.

Pei Yaowei was looking at the file he got back from Xiao Di, and when he took a breath to drink tea, he saw Qingchen coming in with a letter, his face was not as cheerful as usual, and he carefully handed it to himself.

"What's wrong?" She smiled curiously, and looked at the envelope, but saw that it was written in small letters, indicating that it was for Xiao Di, "Whose letter is this?" How did you get it to me? ”

Qingchen stood beside her, and after a long time, he said, "...... Mother, what is this letter...... It was sent by Lin Yuan just quickly. It is a letter written by Concubine Jiang to His Royal Highness. ”

Concubine Jiang.

Pei Yao was stunned for a moment, and when she reacted, she felt awkward in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face.

"Since she wrote it to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, then send it to the Bath Light Palace!" She glared at Qingchen with disgust: "You girl, where did you cut it off, and you dare to send it to me?" ”

Qingchen flattened his mouth, shook his head and said, "No, Niangniang, it was Sister Instant Yu who asked me to bring it to you." ”

"Instant Rain told you to give it to me?"

Qingchen nodded, and followed her: "Niangniang, have you forgotten?" A few days ago, Concubine Jiang's brother and Shang scholar shot Jiang Yi, isn't it gone......"

Not......

Pei Yao's face was abrupt, and her brows frowned slightly.

Jiang Yi's death, the edict said that he died of a sudden illness, and behind him, Xiao Chai did not mention the charges he was involved in during his lifetime, not only gave him a generous burial, but also posthumously named him Pinghou, giving him enough face to the outside world. As for how people died secretly, although Pei Yaowei had never heard the exact news, with her understanding of Xiao Zhu, it was not difficult to guess what the truth was.

Qingchen said: "Concubine Jiang's letter was delivered before Her Highness came back. The meaning of the letter is to ask His Royal Highness to allow him to return to Beijing and mourn his brother.

Sister Instant Yu said that this letter should indeed be handed over to His Highness, but His Highness doesn't remember who the Jiang brothers and sisters are now, and Concubine Jiang is His Royal Highness's concubine...... If she comes to Beijing, I am afraid it will be difficult to fool like others, and it will be bad if she doesn't get it right.

Yes, Sister Instant Yu means that please call the shots of the princess, otherwise she will directly reply to the letter and refute Concubine Jiang's request, I don't know what you think? ”

Pei Yaowei took the envelope in his hand and fiddled with it for a moment, but did not open it.

After a long time, she shook her head, "No. ”

Qingchen was slightly stunned, "Then what do you mean...... Do you really want Concubine Jiang to enter Beijing? ”

It's just a matter of the side, but my brother died, and as a sister, I couldn't personally send a ride......

Pei Yao remembered that on the battlefield that year, the second brother who had no bones left, but he couldn't bear to let others experience that feeling.

She said: "The Jiang clan is sparsely populated in the Central Plains, and their brothers and sisters have grown up dependent on each other since childhood, although I don't know how the Jiang family and his brother are in love, but she has the heart to send her relatives to the funeral, so I have no reason not to be perfect." With that, she handed the letter back to Qingchen: "You go and tell Instant Yu, just say what I mean, and ask her to send someone back to Linyuan to deliver the letter, and ask the other side to carefully select a team of guards to escort the Jiang family into Beijing as soon as possible." ”

After she finished speaking, she was about to receive her order, but she heard a voice and asked, "...... Who to escort into Beijing? ”

The two of them looked towards the source of the sound together, and saw His Royal Highness the King of Chu with a leisurely face, walking over.

Pei Yaoyu had just heard Jiang Lianyue's name, and when she saw him at this time, she didn't feel very comfortable. She sent Qingchen out to do something, rolled her eyes at him, ignored him, and looked through the file again.

Xiao Di was not annoyed, Baba leaned over and surrounded her to make trouble.

“…… Why is Madame upset? Whoever bullied you, speak out and avenge you for the sake of your husband! ”

Pei Yaowei pushed him, but he didn't push him away, so he simply frowned and said sarcastically: "Your Highness has exalted me too much, and I dare to be unhappy?" In a few days, when your beautiful flowers enter Beijing, there may be no place for me in this Chu Palace! I don't say that I am a little prostrate next to you, but I have the heart to shake my face and make my temperament? Wouldn't it be dead! ”

The scroll in her hand turned over with a clattering sound, Pei Yao lost her temper, but there was no movement for a long time, she was curious, raised her eyes and looked quietly, met his smiling eyes, and before she came back to her senses, the whole person was hugged by the waist, and then she suddenly took off into the air, and when she looked again, she was firmly hugged by him on her lap.

"Tsk...... How do you ......" She struggled twice, but she didn't break away, her face was awkward, and she couldn't say a complete sentence.

"What's wrong with me?" He smiled and asked, "Don't like me hugging you?" Otherwise...... Let's change, you hug me? ”

Pei Yao snorted, "Think beautifully!" ”

Xiao Di teased her a few words, rested his chin on her shoulder, and asked lazily while watching her flip through the file, "Who did you say you were going to escort into Beijing?" Tell me about it......"

"Yes," she snorted, "yours are as beautiful as a flower!" ”

Pei Yaowei said casually, she thought that Instant Yu had taken this matter to ask for her idea, that is, she had not yet introduced Jiang Xiaoyue and her affairs to Xiao Di. But she didn't want to, as soon as she finished speaking, the person behind her was silent for a moment, but asked her: "Concubine Jiang?" ”

Pei Yao's action of flipping through the book paused.

She frowned and asked, "Do you remember her?" ”

Xiao Di shook his head, "Instant rain mentioned it to me. ”

Pei Yao's brows gradually relaxed, thinking about it, and was about to speak, but he asked again: "Are you jealous?" ”

She rolled her eyes and asked confidently, "Can't you?" ”

"Yes, of course!" Xiao Di laughed at first, and then a little aggrieved: "However, I think you have wronged me a little bit in this matter." ”

Pei Yaowei blurted out and wanted to ask: What did I wronged you? But before she could say it, Xiao Di said again: "Instant rain told me that Jiang Lianyue is not what I want to accept." ”

He looked at her silently, with resentment in his eyes: "That is the person who was personally chosen by Empress Renyi and given to me as a side concubine." ”

"You say, can I disobey her?"