But she didn't want Chu Nian to just clench her fist, and the redness on her face gradually faded, her eyes swept over the bowl of clear water, and she stood up from the couch with her body that had regained her strength.

"No, thank you, sir."

Looking at the dazzling array of books on this shelf, the man in front of him looks more like a scholar, and he doesn't know who his surname is, so he should be called Mr.

The man saw that she walked towards the front hall without looking back, and hurriedly followed by his side, the main room in the backyard was still some distance from the secret door of the front hall, and the two walked side by side all the way, but the man was curious first.

"Don't you ask, who am I?"

Chu Nian's face did not change, "If Mr. wants to say, the little girl will know; The gentleman didn't want to say, the little girl asked, and what she got was just fake. ”

The man paused in his footsteps and said with a meaningful smile: "Aren't you afraid, what I said is also false?" ”

Chu Nian looked back, his gaze swept over him, "Sir, the show is about to begin." ”

At this moment, the two of them had reached the secret door, and there was a faint sound of speech behind the door, the man's face was stunned, and he shook his head helplessly and smiled: "You will cure me, or not, it will be a long time." ”

Chu Nian didn't have time to understand what he meant when he said that the time was still long, only to see that the man opened the secret door a little crack, and a light came in from there, and the room was full of shadows, and his voice became clearer.

"Shen Erniang! How are you here! ”

Looking at a man and a woman lying on the ground, Xiao Chen looked very surprised, that man was the nephew of her mother's family, and that woman was Shen Ruan. The two were disheveled, one pale, the other dazed.

"I've been following ...... I was out and about, and I felt a pain in the back of my neck, and when I woke up, I wondered what was going on. ”

There was a tall man standing on the side, it was Liu Qi, he had just gone to Chu's house to look for Chu Nian, but he was told that Chu Nian had already gone out, Xiao Chen said that he could find Chu Nian, so he followed, who would have thought that Xiao Chen had brought a large group of people over, but only to see Shen Ruan and a man fall to the ground?

At this moment, Liu Qi is also a mixed bag, he really doesn't know whether to discipline this unsuccessful sister for Shen Duan.

Shen Ruan struggled to get up, and then heard a burst of pointing and pointing from the crowd, "The second mother of the Shen family is really indecent, she bullies men and women on weekdays and ruins Lord Shen's reputation, and today she has a private meeting with her lover here!" ”

"Really, Lord Shen is such a good person, how can he have such a sister."

"Look at her appearance, she is still going to deny it."

Mei Xiang, who was hiding in the crowd, snickered, she was still a little worried when she saw her own lady going out earlier, and when she saw the prince outside, she was relieved, and sure enough, these people suffered the consequences.

At this time, a shout came from outside the door, "Lord Shen has arrived—"

Liu Qi flicked his sleeves and greeted him, and after a while, Shen Duan was pushed in, and he looked at Shen Ruan who was lying on the ground, and his face suddenly turned dark.

"You didn't say you went to buy rouge, how could you be here!"

Seeing that it was his brother, Shen Ruan seemed to have found a savior, "Brother, listen to me, things are not like this......"

"Shut up! Get the hell out of here! If you dare to step out of the house again in three months, I will not have you as a sister! ”

As he spoke, he turned around and was about to go out, but a few guards stepped forward and pulled Shen Ruan and walked out, Shen Duan passed by Liu Qi's side, sighed and said, "Brother Liu, the man who insulted the reputation of the sister-in-law, please leave it to you." ”

Liu Qi knew that he was angry, nodded, and stepped forward to pick up the man lying on the ground.

This nephew is the heart of Xiao Chen's mother's family, Xiao Chen said that he came only because of good things, and now he is about to be arrested by Liu Qi, God knows how angry Shen Duan is now, and his nephew is arrested by Liu Qi, but it is a "death"!

She hurriedly stepped forward and stopped in front of Liu Qi, "Lord Liu! Wait, it's ......"

Liu Qi shook off her hand and said with a cold face: "Okay, the official understands that Mrs. is worried about Xiao Langjun, but Mrs. deceived the official here, just to let the official witness this scene?" Madame's scheming is really remarkable. ”

After that, he carried the man and turned to leave, without giving Xiao Chen a chance, Xiao Chen's face suddenly turned pale, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground.

She said last time that this trick must not work, but Shen Ruan had to use this trick, last time she was in the palace, at most she watched Chu Nian's play, and as a result, she asked the Queen Mother to administer justice to her, and even made Liu Qi see Chu Nian's pity, this time Shen Ruan is going to come to this set again, she has already said that it is not feasible, but she didn't think that Shen Ruan took Chu Yunfeng and threatened her.

She had no choice but to write an anonymous letter to Chu Nian according to what Shen Ruan said, watched Chu Nian leave the house, and gathered people to watch the excitement, but saw that Shen Ruan was planted in it! What about Chu Nianren?

Xiao Chen's was mad with anger, Mo said that their plan was not successful, Chu Yunfeng was still in Shen Ruan's hands! If such a big thing happened, could she still send Chu Yunfeng back in person as she had said before?

At the same time, after the secret door, Chu Nian watched the subordinates of the Chu family help Xiao Chen back, and the show ended, so he pushed the door out without changing his face.

The man on the side "tsk" twice, "There is only that man here, when did Shen Erniang appear?" ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, "Didn't Mr. already know?" ”

"No, no, no." The man's folding fan shook gently, not caring at all that the dust in the room was flying faster between his folding fans, "I only know that the lady dares to come here alone, and she must have known the purpose, and the follow-up arrangements must have been made, but I don't know that the lady still has a helper." ”

Chu Nian looked sideways and looked at the ground next to the incense burner on the side, there were two footprints there, she didn't look up, she only said to the man: "Thank you Mr. for the rescue today, and the little girl will definitely come to the door to offer a thank you gift another day." ”

The man shook his fan and looked at Chu Nian with interest, "Don't change the day, how about choosing a day instead of hitting the day?" ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian frowned without a trace, and saw the man laugh and said: "You girl is interesting, I'm joking, you don't have to repay the favor now, as long as you have time another day, go to my tavern to sit down." ”

Hearing this voice, and seeing those slightly narrowed eyes, Chu Nian suddenly realized, so he had to smile helplessly: "Shopkeeper Hu is really an elegant person, and the little girl has seen it today." ”

This person is the ordinary white-clothed man who looked when she and Liu Qi were in the restaurant that day, I think it was disfigured that day, and today is a coincidence, the place that Xiao Chen and Shen Ruan picked was actually this mansion, but also, no one could guess that this mansion that had been abandoned for an unknown period of time still had a cave.

The shopkeeper sneered and said: "I have always been interested in making friends with the third lady, but I didn't expect that those people gave me a chance today, and next time there is such a thing, I hope that the third lady will call me again, so that I can go to see a lively scene." ”

Chu Nian shook his head helplessly, "Today, the little girl will retire first, and she will definitely visit soon." ”

Saying that, Chu Nian was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by a folding fan, looked back, and crashed into a pair of clear eyes, those eyes were slightly bent, but Chu Nian felt a feeling of being seen through, extremely uncomfortable.

"Next time, the third lady might as well bring your partner, I also have a very good idea of making friends with that person."

Chu Nian's face froze, and there was a bit of dust falling on the incense burner behind him.

"When I asked, the shopkeeper Hu won't send it."

When the words fell, the man didn't stop him anymore, Chu Nian left in a hurry with a lot of worries, and it was already night.

When she returned to Vanilla House, Mei Xiang had already prepared a bathtub for Chu Nian, but Chu Nian frowned and refused, withdrew a few maids who were keeping vigil, and asked Mei Xiang to prepare a pot of warm tea, and asked her to go back to rest.

At this moment, there was silence in the room, and after a while, the candle flame dimmed a little, and a figure pushed the door in.

Chu Nian raised her head, and what caught her eye was a handsome face that couldn't see any emotion, she suddenly remembered the scene of the first meeting, and the eyes were indifferent except for indifference, when did it start, she was not used to this kind of indifference.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Ming Xiu skipped Chu Nian, who was bowing in the center of the room, walked straight to the Taishi chair and sat down, unceremoniously picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Seeing that he didn't say anything about flattening, Chu Nian was not interested in continuing to squat, she stroked the hem of her skirt, and sat down beside Ming Xiu, and said indifferently: "Your Highness, you also know about today's events, that Hu shopkeeper is not an idle person, and the little girl can't easily see through it now, and the prince's background needs to be investigated by the prince himself." ”

Ming Xiu nodded slowly, and between the two, an inexplicable embarrassment overflowed, "Before, you asked Dark Yi to report the matter of Lone, Lone has already sent someone to investigate, Gu Caoyuan is jealous of Jishitang, but it has nothing to do with that token." ”

Chu Nian frowned, she was a little suspicious of the mute girl, she had asked Dark San to secretly check her whereabouts, and Dark San found out that she had stayed in a broken temple before she saw the shopkeeper of the Ancient Grass Garden, and when the dumb girl had not brought someone to retrieve the salute, the Dark Three had gone to check it again, and found the token with the same "Qinghe" written on it as the scholar in the burden of the dumb girl, Chu Nian suspected that the dumb girl had colluded with the shopkeeper of the Ancient Grass Garden in advance to be a traitor by her side, but now it seems that the shopkeeper of the Ancient Grass Garden was used by the dumb girl.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Ming Xiu snorted coldly: "You are really dutiful, Wang Zixuan explained your affairs, but you don't dare to slack off." ”

Chu Nian narrowed his eyes, "Your Highness, there are some words that the little girl doesn't want to repeat a second time, if you and I keep fighting each other, wouldn't it make the enemy take advantage of the loophole?" ”

Ming Xiu put down the teacup in his hand, looked at the candle flame beside him, and was silent, obviously not wanting to argue with her.

Seeing this, Chu Nian had no choice but to sigh, "What this Qinghe represents, it is still unclear to us, and now Wang Zixuan's attitude, it is obvious that this 'Qinghe' has some connection with him or the Queen Mother, if I guess correctly, this is the key to breaking up between the Wang family and the Queen Mother." ”

Ming Xiu drank tea indifferently, his complexion loosened a little, but he still didn't change.

Chu Nian rubbed his forehead, "In a few days, I'm afraid I'll have to leave Kyoto for a while, and I ask His Highness to help me cover up." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ming Xiu raised his eyebrows obviously, "What do you have to do?" ”

Chu Nian lowered his eyes, "This is a private matter, please forgive Your Highness." ”

She meant not to tell him.

Ming Xiu's narrow eyes fell on her face, and after a moment, he withdrew his gaze, "Bring the dark guard, this time call the dark two to be with you." ”