I shuddered, but soon heard someone outside the door say in a more trembling voice, "Open...... Open the door, it's me. ”

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I hurriedly opened the door.

The prince, who was only wearing a thin bedclothes, threw himself into my arms coldly, and said aggrievedly: "Why did you come so slowly? People are freezing to death. ”

At this time, Xiaocui also got up, and when she saw that it was the prince, she hurriedly closed the door, and then went to sleep in the next room.

I quickly took the prince to the bed, lay down with him, and tightened the quilt.

He got into my arms, shivering.

I counted in distress: "Your Highness, do you know what day it is?" Today is the sixth day of October, and winter has already begun a few days ago. ”

"Hmm", he just hugged me tightly, his head moving around my shoulder socket, adjusting to the best position.

I was anxious: "Did you hear what I said?" It's winter, and it's winter. Do you know what the consequences will be if you walk through such a large courtyard in the middle of the night in such a small dress? ”

"I wanted to come for a long time, but they didn't let me, saying that my father had an order that I was not allowed to meet with you. I had no choice but to come at night. ”

My heart moved, and I couldn't help but ask him, "Why do you have to come to see me?" ”

"I just want to see you, I just want to eat and sleep with you. But they stopped me and wouldn't let me come out to you, so I smashed all the bowls of rice. ”

Yes? "So you haven't eaten all day today?"

"Lunch was eaten. They lied to me and said that as long as I eat obediently, they will let me see you. But I didn't see you until the evening, and I smashed the bowl at dinner. ”

"Did you eat at night?"

"No, people are so hungry, I don't believe you, my stomach is growling."

I hurriedly got up, took him the box of dried deer breasts that Zhang Liangren had given me, and poured him another cup of hot tea.

He ate a piece, his eyes widened, and his mouth said, "It's delicious."

Seeing that he was eating with relish, I surrounded him with the quilt and sat down far away with my own clothes.

He was dissatisfied: "Why are you sitting there, I'm still so cold, my back is so cold, you sit on the bed." ”

I had no choice but to sit under the quilt as he asked, holding him from behind with one hand and covering my nose with the other. My stomach began to churn again, and I tried to clench and clench.

At this time, a shout suddenly came from outside: "It's amazing, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is gone!" It's amazing, come on, His Royal Highness the Prince......"

The voice stopped abruptly, as if someone had suddenly covered its mouth.

Immediately, several voices asked from different directions, "What?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is missing? ”

"No, no, this guy is sleepwalking, talking nonsense. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is sleeping in his room right now, let's go back, don't really wake up His Highness. ”

"What the hell, really." The sound of complaints, the sound of footsteps, it took a long time to regain calm.

I asked the prince, "Who was the man who said 'no' just now?" Can Your Highness hear me? ”

The prince stuffed dried deer breast in his mouth, and replied vaguely: "It seems to be the voice of Manager Zhang." ”

Yes, I heard him say this, and it was indeed Manager Zhang's voice, "How long has Manager Zhang been in the East Palace?" ”

"I don't remember, it was Mr. Lin at the beginning, and Mr. Lin came after he left."

"If you think about it, how many years have it been?"

"A year or two, not for a long time anyway."

It won't be long before it's suspected.

I must find out who spread the prince's jokes, and then find excuses to drive them away one by one. Slaves with bad intentions, what to keep them for.

The prince may have been really hungry, and ate a box of dried deer breast, before he touched his stomach contentedly and said, "It's full." ”

I gave him two more sips of water, wiped his mouth and hands, and then lay down under the quilt with him.

He was full, he was not cold, he was not shivering, and he was restless in my arms again.

The so-called food and clothing are thinking about that, the words of the ancients are really wise sayings.

By the time all his wishes were completely fulfilled, it was almost five watches.

I patted him gently and listened to his even breathing, trying to stay awake.

I didn't dare to sleep again. Because since the emperor has an order, we will be considered to have disobeyed the decree, and if it is used by those who have a heart, it will be a trouble.

When it was dawn, I wrapped the dazed prince in my own clothes and sent him back to his dormitory, Mingxia Hall.

On the way back to my house, I was glad that the courtyard was empty, and a person came out of the shadows, bowed in front of me, and whispered: "Your Royal Highness the Crown Princess, in the future, you only need to send the prince out of the door, and the slave will be responsible for sending His Royal Highness the prince back to the palace." ”

It's Mr. Zhang.

I nodded and said to him, "Come into my house for a moment." ”

When I entered the house, I asked him, "You were the one who helped the prince cover up last night?" ”

He said "yes", and I thanked him, and was about to ask him why, but he knelt down and said, "The servant is deeply favored by the Captain, and he should serve His Royal Highness the Crown Princess." ”

My dad? "What great favor does the Captain have for you?"

"The nephew of the slave, Zhang Hua, was killed by a traitor, and he has already betrayed and beheaded him, and it was the Taiwei who kept the person under the knife, sent the case file back, and retried it in person. Later, not only did he return the innocence of the slave nephew, but also hired him as the chief of the house. Whenever there is a banquet, they will bring him to attend, intending to make him friends with the powerful so that he may use it in the future. Taiwei's kindness to my Zhang family is really thick and heavenly. Even if the slave is broken, he will not be able to repay the great kindness of the captain. ”

It turned out that my father had already arranged such a helper for me in the East Palace, but why didn't he tell me in advance?

I suspect that even Zhang Hua will be sentenced to be executed, which was also arranged by my father in advance. This whole process is just a play, and what is needed is the loyalty of the head of the East Palace.

No matter how much it is, since there is such a reliable person, I can just come in handy. So he said to him, "I will give you one thing, this matter is not in a hurry, you check slowly, and if you find one, tell me one." ”

He hurriedly asked what was the matter, and I said, "I want to find out who first spread those so-called jokes about the prince back then, and who was around the prince when it happened." I can't let those scheming minions stay with the prince any longer. ”

He nodded and prepared to leave, and I said, "You can check on another thing for me." I always felt that Zuo Liangren actually didn't see me and the prince playing with crickets that day, so why did she know? Was she really writing that article herself? I remember telling me that she didn't know how to write articles, but was it just humility? ”