Speaking of Qi Hui's birthday, Xi Niang said that in previous years, he would accompany Concubine Xian during the day, and go to the Closed Moon Pavilion at night. After Qi Hui can drink, there is only one day every year when he will be slightly drunk, of course he will not let himself get drunk, but every time he is slightly drunk, his eyes are full of sadness and sorrow, every day of the year, it is when he is the most vulnerable.

Xi Niang said: "Who is born to suffer, if you think about why your parents abandoned you or lost you. He will also think, if the first emperor is a benevolent monarch, if the Mu family has not disappeared, and if the virtuous concubine can be strong and not bullied, why doesn't he want to live a peaceful life and be an upright prince? It's a pity that God didn't fulfill his wish, he had to work hard to spend every day, and for him, his birthday was like judging this dark life. ”

Xiangxiang understood, and nodded again and again, but Xi Niang also said: "Now it's different, God gave him the best." Xiangxiang, you come according to your heart, do you know that for him, whatever you do will make him happy. Concubine Xian is no longer here, no matter how much he remembers it, he can't go back to the past, he is a pragmatic person, and he will cherish your future more. ”

Farewell sister, Xiangxiang counted the twenty-fifth day of the first month, I didn't know that the Xiangxiang Guild would go out and return late that day, and I didn't know that Mr. Shen, Jian Feng, and Pang Gongzi had to come to get together. But this is the first time Xiangxiang has given Qi Hui a birthday, she thinks that such a memory will last a lifetime, but she doesn't know how to do it, so that she can still smile happily when she looks back on it decades later.

Fortunately, the next day, Shen Yan returned from Jian's Mansion, and when she returned to the palace, she only said that her ears were pure, and her protégés were all over the world.

They settled down in the study, and Juan Er came in and said, "Madam, why is there a big man standing outside the courtyard gate, he just glared at the slave and maid, and he was scared to death." ”

Xiangxiang was packing his luggage for his husband, and when he heard that Wei Meng scared Juan'er, he said with a smile: "He is the prince's new guard, and he has not given him a serious errand at this time, so he temporarily stayed in the mansion to protect me, but it turned out to be a real person, and he really followed me inch by inch." I went to the prince's study, and he also stayed outside, a little silly, but loyal. ”

Juan Er smiled and said, "Although it is darker, it looks good." ”

Shen Yan was disgusted: "Little girl, people are heroes with real kung fu, don't mess around to provoke, turn around and twist your arm off, it will hurt you to death." ”

When the two of them calmed down, Shen Yan remembered something and said to Xiangxiang: "I heard some guests gossiping with each other at home, and I heard that the emperor killed all the eunuchs and palace maids in the Longevity Palace and replaced them with a new group of people. It looks like something happened with the concubine, but there are also rumors that the emperor treats the concubine better than before. The most pitiful is the little queen, who was pinched to death by the concubine, no matter how the emperor and the concubine are, the concubine is now walking sideways in the palace. A few days ago, it was rumored that there was a draft in the palace for the New Year, and the ladies were talking about it, and they were reluctant to send their daughter to the palace to be bullied. ”

Xiang Xiang flipped through the newly acquired book in his hand, stopped for a moment and looked at Mr. blankly, Shen Yan said: "I don't want to provoke your old sisterhood, it's not too much. Instead, my aunt told me that since the concubine used to know you best, she was afraid that she would use her old feelings and understanding of you to deal with you in order to win over the emperor. Xiangxiang, you have to be careful. ”

"Mrs. Jane really treats me very well, in the past, my mother loved me, and now Mrs. Jane cares, many people may not be as good as me if they have a father and mother." Xiang Xiang smiled calmly, "As for Jingshu, it's her own business, if she really comes to offend me, I won't be bullied politely." But if she can't do it with us, I shouldn't care if she wants to walk sideways or backwards in the palace. ”

At this moment, Juan Er suddenly shouted outside the window: "Madam, the big man has come in." ”

Shen Yan reproached: "Don't be rude." ”

And Wei Meng didn't seem to care, so he only went to the door and said, "Madam, the prince has sent someone to invite you to the study." ”

If Xiang Xiang wants to study on weekdays, Qi Hui will never bother, there must be something important at the moment, she quit her husband and went away, and Wei Meng really followed behind Xiang Xiang, but he was very measured, kept a distance of ten steps, and never dared to approach Mrs.

When Xiangxiang arrived at the study, she saw Mu Qing smiling at herself at the table, she stepped forward and called her cousin, but she couldn't help muttering: "Why did you come here now, everyone has gone back......"

Mu Qing's eyes flickered slightly, don't look away and just pretend that he didn't hear it, although Qi Hui saw it in his eyes, but now he didn't say this, he had already sent the wooden card to Pang Mansion a few days ago, and hid it in Mrs. Pang's bedroom, even Shi Feng didn't notice it, and told him afterwards that Shi Feng felt incredible, Qi Hui came and went without a trace like this, and even hid it from him. At this time, there is only one drawing, and on the side of the drawing, it is the last key that Mu Qing brought, which is almost successful.

But Mu Qing said: "This time it just didn't touch the deadly mechanism, but we also think that in the past 20 years, people have been trying to open it, whether it is our side or another faction, so many people have been killed and injured, even if it is a hidden weapon mechanism, it will eventually be exhausted one day." I'm not quite sure if the secret weapon has been exhausted, or if this key is half the battle. ”

Xiangxiang only now really sees a key, this is like a posture to open a lock, his own wooden card, I really can't see how to open a lock. With the permission of Mu Qing and Qi Hui, she picked up the key and looked at it for a long time, thought about it, and asked Mu Qing solemnly: "As long as you can't really open the door lock, you can't be sure whether the key made is real, which means that every time you go to open the lock, it's very dangerous, right?" ”

Mu Qing bowed his head and glanced at Qi Hui, he didn't say anything, after all, there were some things that shouldn't be said by him, he naturally had to try before Qi Hui, but if he died in it, maybe one day it would be his cousin's turn, and when the time came, it would be a matter between their husband and wife.

Xiangxiang's eyes darkened slightly, but what else could she say when the matter came to this. Ben Tsai looked at the key carefully, Qi Hui was also looking at the pattern he had drawn before, Xiang Xiang glanced back and forth a few times, and suddenly a spirit, held the key in the sun, and said softly: "Xianggong, look, the pattern on the head of this key is not like the pattern on the wooden card." ”

Qi Hui also held up the drawings and let them out in the sun, Mu Qing looked around behind him, and saw that Xiangxiang stretched out his hand to block half of the pattern, and sure enough, the uneven and tortuous lines on the drawings were very similar to the key in his hand. The three of them were shocked, if it was solved like this, it would be too easy, but without the most correct pattern, it was indeed impossible to make an identical lock, even though this key was already very similar, but as long as it was a millimeter, it would never be possible to open the lock. Xiangxiang whispered: "Is this good?" ”

Mu Qing shook his head, put away the drawings, and prepared to take them back to his father for study, while saying: "I still have to make sure whether the pattern is done according to the drawings, or whether it needs to be recombined, and how thick the key should be." He remembered and asked, "How thick was that wooden plaque?" ”

Xiang Xiang and Qi Hui looked at each other, and really hid the wooden sign, a little too much, Qi Hui could only say: "I'll go to the Prime Minister's Mansion again, and bring it back for you to bring back." ”

Mu Qing said: "Why don't I go with you, I can remember the thickness and material by touching it, this thing is still the safest place in Pang Mansion." But ......" he looked at Xiangxiang, pleased with the fate of this world, going around and around, Xiangxiang actually came to them with a wooden card, but he had to worry, "Since Pang Jun is eyeing Xiangxiang, he will definitely take action in the future, you have to be careful." ”

Xiangxiang ran to her husband's side and said happily: "With Qi Hui here, I am not afraid of anything, and with my cousin in the future, you will definitely be able to achieve a great career." ”

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, but they were cold, Xiangxiang asked loudly: "Cousin, Xi Niang, do you really care?" ”

Qi Hui patted Xiangxiang lightly and signaled her not to do much, but Xiangxiang felt that these two people had to rely on people to push them, maybe Cousin Muqing was better, but Xi Niang was.

I didn't want Mu Qing to say: "I should respect her and force her to be by my side, if she is in pain, wouldn't it be against her original intention?" ”

Xiangxiang was stunned, what is this called, she wanted to talk to Mu Qing again, but was dragged by Xianggong, Qi Hui said softly: "Go back and talk to you, don't worry." ”

Xiangxiang was very unconvinced, but Qi Hui drove her back, she left her husband's study with a little anger, Wei Meng saw that his wife was unhappy, and he was also nervous. Carefully followed all the way back to the study, just as Juan Er had just delivered a snack, Miss told her to send some to Wei Meng outside the door, she ran out to see Wei Meng drooping his face, "Hey" after stuffing the snack to him and said, "You eat, we love what Miss gave." ”

Wei Meng glanced at her, and didn't accept it, it seemed that only what the prince and his wife gave, he would accept it, last time Master Jian said that if he took the things of the palace, he was the person from the palace, so he didn't dare to ask for what others gave. He's really a straight-hearted, simple-minded person.

Juan Er was very unhappy, ran back to the study, and complained to her young lady unhappily: "That big guy is inexplicable, he is glaring at me again, Miss, I can't be hungry for him anyway, don't ask the slave to send anything." ”

Shen Yan frowned, stepped forward and whispered a few words of reproach to Juan'er, turned around and saw Xiangxiang in a daze, Shen Yan sat at the table and looked at her, Xiangxiang finally came back to his senses, and looked at Shen Yan carefully, and said with his cheeks on his cheeks: "If the two are happy, why not be together, now that I think about it, Qi Hui and I are really much braver than you." ”