A figure sprang out of the darkness, pointing directly at Chu Nian behind the stone, and then, the stone made a loud noise and turned into a piece of powder, but there was nothing behind it.

Xichu Luning stood in place and looked at the old man in front of him who was playing with stone fragments, his red lips pursed into a line, and the old man smiled slightly and said, "The speed is quite fast, Lord Wang, you are in trouble." ”

Hearing this, Xi Chu Lu Ning's face became more and more unsightly, and she looked at the old man: "Do you know who it is?" ”

The old man shrugged, "The old man didn't even touch the corner of the other party's clothes, how could he know?" ”

……

Chu Nian stood beside Ming Xiu, his face pale. When the old man rushed over, the murderous aura went straight to her door, making her almost scream. What kind of strength is that old man, how can he have such a powerful coercion?

As if sensing Chu Nian's fear, Ming Xiu frowned, he looked down at Chu Nian's slightly trembling hand, his thin lips pursed into a line, and said softly: "What's the matter?" ”

Feeling the other party's concern, Chu Nian shook his head gently, and at this moment, Xi Chu Lu Ning secretly walked out of the corridor, searched around, and immediately knelt behind the empress as if nothing had happened.

In the evening, the memorial service ends. Chu Nian and Ming Xiu were arranged to live in a temple on the Imperial Tomb Mountain. This temple is very large, the size of two Qingshan Temples, and the empress decided to rest here for one night and leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning, so everyone stayed as a matter of course.

When Chu Nian and Ming Xiu were led by the waiter to live in the wing, Xi Chu Yue Ling came over sneakily.

"What's going on? When I saw you in the imperial tomb today, your face was very ugly. ”

Ming Xiu sat on the edge of the couch with a slight flash, Chu Nian sat at the tea table, her face softened a little at this moment, and the hand holding the tea cup finally stopped trembling.

She raised her head and looked at Xichu Yueling, who was sitting opposite, for a long time, before she let out a sigh of relief and said, "What kind of person is the guardian of your imperial tomb?" ”

It seemed that he didn't expect Chu Nian to ask such a seemingly unpopular question, Xi Chu Yueling was obviously stunned, and then recalled for a while before he said: "That mausoleum keeper is one of the concubines of the previous empress, and originally as the empress's concubine, he was to be buried in the empress's tomb, but that person seems to have made some mistake, so he is not qualified to be buried with the empress, and he was punished for guarding the mausoleum, it seems that he still asked for it." ”

Asking for it yourself? Chu Nian frowned, his gaze fell on the teacup in his hand, was he himself asking to guard the mausoleum, but now he wanted to regain his freedom?

Probably sensitive, sensing a hint of something wrong from Chu Nian's eyes, Xi Chu Yue Ling frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Chu Nian breathed a long sigh of relief, "I just met Xi Chu Lu Ning talking to the mausoleum guard, this trip to the imperial tomb was indeed deliberately arranged by Xi Chu Lu Ning." ”

Xi Chu Yueling's eyes flashed slightly, nodded slightly, and saw Chu Nian frowning and getting up, at this time, there was a sudden knock at the door, everyone looked at each other, and they heard a woman's voice outside the door.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the unequaled county lord, our prince is invited."

Chu Nian stood up, glanced at each other with Xi Chu Yueling and Ming Xiu, and said coldly towards the door: "Got it, we'll go over later." ”

The maid stopped at the door for a while before turning to leave, Xi Chu Yue Ling got up, "She called you over at this time...... Do you want to test how much you know? ”

Chu Nian nodded slightly, as if remembering the conversation between the old man and Xi Chu Lu Ning, "That's the case, by the way, are you ready?" ”

Seeing Chu Nian suddenly say this, Xi Chu Yueling's face was stunned, and after a while, he nodded lightly as if he remembered something, and his expression was a little soothed, "That's nature." ”

But Chu Nian's eyes sank slightly, "Then ...... Tomorrow, the time we can stay in Xichu will probably not be much. ”

……

Chu Nian and the others' room is in the north corner of the temple, next to the side room where the royal family lives, but it is not far away, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu walked along the path, and they arrived in a short time.

Xichu Lu Ning and the empress live in a single courtyard room, the courtyard is surrounded by a white brick wall, and there is an arch in the middle, at this moment there are two guards standing at the door of this arch, because knives are not allowed in the temple, these two maids stand in place empty-handed, although they are dressed ordinary, they are still in good spirits.

Chu Nian and Ming Xiu glanced at each other, and turned their eyes to the two guards.

"Where is the prince?"

One of the guards stepped forward expressionlessly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will wait a minute, and my subordinates will report it." ”

The guard turned around and hurried towards the door, Chu Nian's eyes moved from the door, and fell on a small yellow flower on the side of the road, stayed for a while, and then turned his eyes, this stall, the guard came back, and stood in front of Chu Nian and Ming Xiu in three or two steps.

"Two, the prince is invited."

The two looked at each other without making a sound, and walked in along the arch, inside was a wing room, a huge plane tree in the courtyard, the door of the wing room was open, and inside was Xi Chu Lu Ning, who was holding a tea cup thoughtfully, hearing the footsteps of Ming Xiu and the others, she turned her eyes, with a fake smile on her face, got up, and walked towards the house with the two of them.

"The food in this temple is light, and the king is afraid that he has wronged the two distinguished guests, so he asked someone to open a small stove in the kitchen, so that the two can be full."

There was actually a log table in the wing room, Xi Chu Lu Ning sat down next to the round wooden table with Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, waved his hand to beckon the maid, and after a while, a plate of side dishes was put on the table, but there was no meat, just vegetarian dishes, fortunately, it was full of color, flavor and flavor.

Ming Xiu looked at Xichu Luning, who had put all the food in front of them, with an expressionless face, "The prince has a heart." ”

Xichu Lu Ning smiled and filled the wine cup on Ming Xiu's side, "In the past, the ancestors never made trouble, but now they are making trouble, and they are bothering His Highness and Your Excellency to come to such a place of right and wrong, but it disturbs His Highness's purity." ”

Ming Xiu pursed her lips and didn't answer, Chu Nian seemed to be more interested in the dishes on the table, she raised her eyes and looked at Xi Chu Lu Ning, "Lord Wang, did you bring the chef over?" In the past, when I was praying at the monastery, I didn't see such a good meal. ”

Hearing this, Xi Chu Lu Ning immediately turned his gaze to Chu Nian, and said with a smile: "It's good that Your Excellency can like it, by the way, there is a cold wind in the Imperial Mausoleum all year round, do you have warm clothes?" Don't you want to catch a cold? ”

These words were to test whether Chu Nian had gone deeper into the Imperial Mausoleum, but Chu Nian still smiled perfectly, so he shook his head and said, "No, I just stopped at the door for a while." ”

Xichu Luning raised his eyebrows slightly, and he still had that smirk, "That's good, eat vegetables and eat vegetables, Your Highness will taste this bamboo leaf green again, this kind of good bamboo leaf green, but the host of this temple personally brewed it, there is no outside, this is still the relationship between this king and the host is closer, so I asked him to ask for it." ”

Ming Xiu nodded, picked up the wine cup and took a sip, which was regarded as leaving some face for Xichu Luning.

After half the wine, the faces of the three of them were slightly drunk, Chu Nian looked at Xi Chu Lu Ning intimately and said: "Lord Wang, the national style of this Western Chu is very different from that of Da Liang, and I wait for the Da Liang woman to come to Xi Chu, which can be regarded as gaining knowledge." ”

Xichu Lu Ning raised his eyes and looked at Chu Nian, "Heh, that's it, if Your Excellency likes it, you can stay a little longer, and wait for this king to make time, so that Your Excellency can also ......."

Seeing Ming Xiu's swarthy face on the side, Xichu Lu Ning stopped, his face seemed to be a little embarrassed, "This king is joking, but as far as I, Xichu is concerned, there is indeed no such thing as a woman being inferior to a man." ”

Chu Nian smiled and nodded, "These days, the courtiers have also had the opportunity to gain knowledge in the Western Chu Palace, our emperor has three thousand beauties, and the empress also has three thousand male favorites, which is in our Daliang, but it is absolutely impossible." ”

A pot of wine went down, and Xi Chu Luning seemed to have a moment when she couldn't find the north, she raised her eyes and glanced at Chu Nian again, "What's the use, you can see it or not, you can really share the bed with the empress, and it's just a queen, holding three thousand male pets in the harem, and the empress won't look at it more." ”

When these words fell, he seemed to realize that he had talked too much with the two people in front of him, Xi Chu Lu Ning frowned slightly, and did not speak again, but Chu Nian obviously had no intention of giving up.

"By the way, I heard a few days ago that something big happened in the prince's mansion?"

As if mentioning the taboo, Xichu Lu Ning closed his lips, "It's just some small things, and it's not enough to make His Highness and Your Excellency worry about it." ”

Chu Nian smiled, "The prince doesn't want to say it, we naturally won't be reluctant, but I have also heard that the four princesses and the famous Gao Chen palace master in the palace are still two brothers, I was fortunate to meet Gao Chen Palace Lord a few days ago, Gao Chen Palace Lord is so elegant, isn't the fourth princess even worse?" ”

Speaking of the palace master of Gao Chen, Xi Chu Lu Ning's complexion changed a few degrees, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he still said with a smirk: "That's natural, but if Your Excellency is really interested in men, how about changing the King of Japan to send a few noodles to Your Excellency?" ”

Chu Nian saw that Xi Chu Lu Ning's not very good-looking complexion, and smiled slightly as if she didn't know, "That's not necessary," she picked up the wine cup, "If one day, it will be a blessing to see the fourth princess who is so favored by the prince." ”

Xichu Lu Ning didn't know what he meant, and he didn't know what the matter of the fourth princess leaving the mansion had to do with the two Da Liang people in front of him, but he was also a little vigilant in his heart, and he calculated that the people he sent to Gao Chen's Mansion should also deliver the news, so he lifted the wine cup and smiled a little soothing.

"When I return to the capital, I will take you and your Excellency to drink."

When they came out of the wing room of West Chu Luning, it was already late at night, Chu Nian and Ming Xiu went straight to the wing of the imperial daughter, and at this moment, the wing room of West Chu Yue Ling was still brightly lit.

Seeing that it was Chu Nian and Ming Xiu, Xi Chu Lu Ning looked at the two of them with some surprise, "Why did you still drink wine with Xi Chu Lu Ning?" ”

Chu Nian sat beside Xi Chu Lu Ning, picked up the teacup and rinsed his mouth, "Xi Chu Lu Ning wants to test whether the person who listened to their conversation during the day is me, and the set is almost here." ”

She filled the teacup again and frowned, "This bamboo leaf green is really unpalatable, by the way, Xichu Luning didn't know that Princess Gao Chen escaped with our help, and among the people she sent to arrest Princess Gao Chen, there should be no illusionist." ”

Xichu Yueling frowned, and saw a figure falling at the door, it was Xichu Yueling's personal guard.

"Your Highness, the people sent have already been ambushed around the palace master's chamber of Gao Chen."