After returning to Jishitang, Chu Nian blocked Ah Li's chatter behind him, and went into Ming Xiu's room, and when he arrived at the door of Ming Xiu's room, Ah Li stood still, he was unwilling to meet Ming Xiu, every time he met Ming Xiu, his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, and the hostility came inexplicably.

Ming Xiu leaned on the edge of the couch to read a book, and when he saw Chu Nian coming in, he put down the book in his hand, the wound on his waist had not healed, and he couldn't walk on the ground.

Chu Nian glanced at him sideways, and Ali's unhappy voice came from outside the door.

"Sister Nian'er, I put things at the door, you remember to accept them!"

After that, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door that seemed to be very angry, and the ground trembled a few times.

Chu Nian looked at the shadow outside the door and left angrily, and then heard Ming Xiu's somewhat gloomy voice behind him: "Nian'er? Younger sister? ”

Hearing this voice, Chu Nian's heart suddenly cooled, it was broken, and the big vinegar jar here was also angry.

She turned around, and a flattering smile squeezed out of the corner of her mouth: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, is your body more comfortable today?" ”

As she spoke, she took a few steps forward, stretched out her hand and thoughtfully pinched Ming Xiu's shoulder, and was gentle all at once.

Ming Xiu sighed helplessly: "That's it, you can keep what the kid gave you, it's not good to hurt your friend's feelings, by the way, what's the situation outside?" ”

Chu Nian answered, opened the door and retrieved the things that Ali had thrown at the door, carefully placed them on the table, and then sat down beside Ming Xiu and gave Ming Xiu a thump on his legs. He has been staying in bed these days, and his aunt doesn't tell him to come down, he can only do this, and as a result, he has been lying in bed for a few days, his legs have not moved for a long time, and he often has to be numb.

"There are many princes in Kyoto, and I think it was the King of Huainan who instigated them."

Just by buying a small object on the street, you can meet the posture of a county lord, and the streets of the capital should almost be full of princes.

These princes are not the heirs of the first emperor, but the children of the former emperor's brothers, and after the death of the first emperor, several other princes who had no quarrel with the world also passed away one after another, but their heirs were not really indisputable.

They all have royal blood on their bodies, and naturally they all feel that they are close to the throne.

Hearing Chu Nian's words, Ming Xiu snorted coldly, "Is there any movement on King Huainan's side?" ”

Chu Nian didn't go to the street this time, she occasionally stopped to listen to the discussions in the mouths of the people, plus the news from Li Le, she didn't fall behind at all about the affairs in Beijing.

However, King Huainan does not seem to have moved.

Chu Nian shook his head and said, "I guess he instigated the princes, but he just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight like before." ”

Ming Xiu stared thoughtfully at the corner of the air, and after a moment, he frowned and said, "Then when are we going back?" ”

"Wait."

"Wait?" Ming Xiu looked at Chu Nian with some surprise and said, "Aren't you afraid that Old Chen will be worried and anxious?" ”

Chu Nian half-lowered his eyes, "You don't need to wait long." ”

Tonight, it's time for the people she was waiting for to come.

……

Sure enough, at nightfall, Chu Nian came out of the Ming Xiu room and walked towards his room, when a light blue figure appeared next to the rockery not far away.

The person who came came wore a flamboyant golden mask, revealing a pair of gray-white pupils, his black hair was loose at will, and he was dressed in an elegant blue under the cold moonlight, but it was particularly indifferent to people thousands of miles away.

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a shallow smile: "Mr. is finally willing to show up?" ”

The man's strange gray pupils shrank slightly when he saw Chu Nian's figure, and he stood still, letting Chu Nian approach step by step, leading him to the pavilion.

"There is no one at the moment, I have said hello in advance, Mr. can rest assured."

The man half-lowered his eyes and said coldly, "Dark." ”

Rin? Chu Nian frowned without a trace, but it was only a moment to soothe it, and led Dark Rin to sit down at the table, and then poured the warm tea that had been prepared long ago into the cup, and the three or two snacks were still warm, and he actually knew that he would come over at this time.

Dark Rin looked at Chu Nian intently, and there was an inexplicable emotion in her eyes, which made Chu Nian confused, she really didn't remember when there was an old man with gray-white eyes.

Under this strange gaze, Chu Nian uncomfortably picked up the teacup and took a sip before saying, "Mr. Dark Rin? ”

Realizing that he had lost his temper, Dark Rin hurriedly withdrew his gaze and nodded slowly.

Chu Nian subconsciously observed the dark demeanor, how could the golden mask cover the whole face of the dark cold, if he wanted to see his emotions, he could only see from the gray-white eyes, Chu Nian felt awkward, he had heard that someone who was born with a strange disease would have silver hair and gray-white eyes, but this person obviously had dark hair, but his pupils were gray, Chu Nian was not sure if he was born like this, or if he had a stranger disease.

The main thing that made Chu Nian dare not look at him was that these gray-white pupils were too ...... It's weird, if ordinary people see these eyes, they're afraid they'll scream monsters.

The two were silent for most of the day, and then they said lightly: "Why don't you go back to the Chu family publicly?" ”

Chu Nian knew that these words were going to go around the whole topic, so he smiled lightly and said, "This is not to wait for Mr. to come over?" ”

Dark Rin looked at Chu Nian with a slight flash, and saw Chu Nian smile lightly: "If I go back with His Highness first, wouldn't I know who the 'benefactor' who helped us deliver the news was?" ”

"But, then again, it's one thing for a little girl to be grateful to Mr. for delivering the news for us, but is it convenient for Mr. to tell us, how does Mr. know and where we are?"

Chu Nian looked at Dark Rin with a bit of inquiry in his eyes, and saw Dark Rin bowing his head to drink tea, and after a while, he spoke: "Your whereabouts are not difficult to guess, and I don't believe that the unparalleled county lord would be forced to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff so easily." ”

"So, those men in white are also your men?"

Chu Nian raised her eyebrows, sure enough, she had guessed that they had faked their deaths and escaped, and the ones who could know their whereabouts were none other than those who watched them "die".

And since this person even knew about them hiding in Qingyunguan, they returned to Beijing, and the other party naturally wouldn't know about it.

So I hid in Jishitang in advance, so that no one knew, I was waiting for the dark Rin to appear, but I didn't expect it to really come.

Chu Nian raised his eyes and looked at the dark Rin indifferently, and there was no trace of expression in his eyes: "Can you tell me why Mr. made a move on us?" ”

Dark Rin's eyes were slightly heavy, but he was silent, just staring at Chu Nian's action of pouring tea, and his subordinates tightly grasped the corners of his clothes.

Chu Nian's eyes flickered a little: "If Mr. doesn't want to say it, it's fine, but we don't have any cooperation in the future, after all, a friendly army who doesn't know the purpose and doesn't know the camp is behind him, and no one can feel at ease." ”

After saying that, Chu Nian got up and said, "Sir, please, I hope we won't have any conflicts of interest in the future." ”

"Wait." A pair of gray-white eyes were slightly dark, "Don't worry, you will definitely know my purpose in the future, and I will not make a move against you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at the moment, on the contrary, I will help you and get what you want." ”

Chu Nian was interested, she sat on the round stool, squinting slightly and looking at her dark gray-white pupils: "What does Mr. want?" ”

His dark eyes lost concentration for a moment, and after a while, his eyes regained clarity again, and there was a sneering laugh from under the mask, he raised his head, looked directly at Chu Nian and said, "Whatever I want, can you give it to me?" ”

Chu Nian's eyes flashed slightly and looked at the increasingly strange dark Rin, and said lightly: "I think that without Mr. Dark Rin, we can't achieve our goals, it's just that we have to spend a lot of time." ”

As if he was not satisfied with Chu Nian's answer, he put away his dark laughter, turned his eyes to look at a round of Qingyue, and said in a low voice: "Chu Nian, you can trust me, don't doubt me, I will definitely not let you ...... Let you and Ming Xiu have a difficult road ahead. ”

Chu Nian heard this voice with a bit of nostalgia, his brows furrowed without a trace, and he saw Dark Rin stand up, patted the dust on his body, and glanced at Chu Nian with a little inexplicable affection in his gray eyes, and turned to leave.

Liu Chu Nian stood alone under the cold moon, thoughtful.

……

On the second day, the news of Prince Mingxiu's return to the palace spread throughout Daliang, it is said that Prince Mingxiu was seriously injured, but now it is considered to be better, and it is said that it is because of the careful care of the unequaled county lord Chu Nian that Prince Mingxiu's injury has improved, and even more, it is said that the marriage date of Prince Mingxiu and Chu Nian is approaching.

Ming Xiu is very willing to listen to these gossips, every time the palace maid chews the root of his tongue under his window, he will inevitably get an inexplicable reward the next day, causing people in the palace to often go to Ming Xiu's window to chat and talk, for a while, the palace is very noisy.

Chu Nian promised Ming Xiu that before his body recovered, he would definitely come to the palace to see him every day, so early in the morning, Chu Nian took Mei Xiang into the palace and went straight to Zhengyang Palace.

She hadn't forgotten that the queen was still sick.

Zhengyang Palace, the queen's bedroom, the queen is still lying on the couch, a face is sunken in, if it is not for the still beautiful black hair, almost make people think that the person lying on the couch is just a skeleton.

Seeing the queen's condition, Chu Nian was in a complicated mood, one was because Li Le was too poisonous and palpitated, and the other was sorry for the queen, and she still remembered that she and the queen met for the first time in the palace, when the queen was still a beautiful woman, and in the blink of an eye, she became such a thin and sick skeleton.

When Chu Nian arrived at the queen's bed, the queen was still asleep, and Mama Bai stepped forward and carefully called the queen, and the queen woke up slowly.

The queen opened her eyes and saw Chu Nian, at this moment Chu Nian was taking out a small porcelain bottle, carefully piercing his skin, and the blood fell down the wound into the bottle, Chu Nian was afraid that the carpet would be stained and the queen would be annoyed, and his subordinates were also careful not to let the blood stay on the ground.

She didn't really want the queen to watch her hurt herself, but the medicine king's prescription stated that as long as there was fresh blood, what went into the medicine must be virgin blood that had just flowed out of her body.

After doing all this, she reached out with a half-red face and handed the bottle of her own blood to Mama Bai, who took it gratefully, and hurriedly ran out to boil medicine for the queen.

Only then did Chu Nian bow down to Queen Yingying: "See Queen Mother." ”

At this moment, the queen mother looked a little excited, her eyes were slightly red, "Nian'er, this palace has heard about it, you ......"