In the carriage, Shen Changge was thinking wildly, and his thoughts were difficult to calm down for a long time.

Suddenly, the carriage jolted, interrupting her thoughts.

"What happened?" Leaning forward slightly, she asked Xue Yan and Mo Chu who were driving the car outside.

"Your Highness, a beggar suddenly rushed out." Xue Yan spoke, "Let Your Highness be frightened." ”

Shen Changge didn't speak, but lifted the curtain of the car and looked ahead.

I saw a beggar with messy hair like a chicken coop and dirty and tattered clothes standing in front of the carriage.

The beggar buried his head and muttered quietly, as if to make amends.

"Send him away, hurry back to the palace." Shen Changge said casually and took his gaze back.

And when she withdrew her gaze, she saw that the beggar was looking up at her, and when her eyes met, she suddenly had the illusion that she had seen the beggar somewhere.

But because of the beggar's unkempt hair, which almost obscured his entire face, and the black on his face, his face could not be seen at all.

Therefore, Shen Changge naturally didn't recognize this beggar, but there was a moment of strangeness in his heart.

Without much thought, she withdrew her gaze and lowered the curtain.

The carriage continued to move slowly in the direction of the palace.

The beggar, who had been dismissed, stood by the side of the road, looking thoughtfully at the carriage that was moving away.

……

After returning to the palace and getting off the carriage, Shen Changge went all the way back to the East Palace, followed by Xue Yan and Mo Chu.

But he didn't think that he met Shen Tianhua on the way.

Although she had been back to the imperial city for a few days, this was the first time she had met Shen Tianhua.

Before she could react, Shen Tianhua had already walked quickly in front of her and bowed his hand to her with an easy-going smile.

"I didn't expect to meet the prince here, what a coincidence."

"yes, that's a coincidence." Shen Changge raised the corners of his lips slightly, and said in a calm tone, "I don't know how the eldest brother is here?" ”

"Idle and walk around." Shen Tianhua said, his eyes catching a glimpse of the box that Xue Yan was holding in his hand.

At that moment, a trace of imperceptible doubt appeared in his expression, and a trace of contemplation flashed in his eyes.

After a while, he said casually: "It's my father's birthday in a few days, I don't know what the prince plans to give to his father as a birthday gift?" ”

Shen Changge looked at him calmly, but there was a hint of vigilance in his seductive peach blossom eyes.

"This palace has been having a headache about this matter for the past two days, and I haven't thought about what birthday gift to give my father. Since the eldest brother mentioned this, the palace just asked the eldest brother for advice. ”

When Shen Tianhua heard this, his expression remained unchanged, and he said modestly: "The prince is serious, and I haven't thought about it. Isn't this also seeing the box in his hand, and thinking that it is a birthday gift that the prince is preparing to give to his father. ”

Shen Changge glanced back slightly at the box in Xue Yan's hand, and the corners of his lips hooked up with an inexplicable smile: "It's just an ordinary box." ”

Master Yixin's painting is extremely difficult to find, and she only got such a painting through her imperial uncle, so naturally she can't let others know that she plans to give Master Yixin's painting to her father as a birthday gift.

She took such painstaking steps to choose a birthday gift, of course, in order to surprise her father at her father's birthday banquet.

If it was known in advance by others and reached the ears of his father, what kind of surprise would it be?

Of course, it doesn't matter if Uncle Huang knows, she believes that Uncle Huang is not such a gossip person.

The most important thing is that if someone knows about the birthday gift she has prepared and secretly sabotages it, wouldn't it be very bad for her?

Seeing that she refused to say it explicitly, Shen Tianhua naturally would not continue to ask, so as not to arouse suspicion.

So, he said, "I see." If the prince thinks about what birthday gift to give his father, I hope he can point me out. ”

"Brother Emperor is polite." Shen Changge hooked his lips slightly, and said politely, "This is not the first birthday banquet for my father, what birthday gifts were given to my father in previous years, and if I send the same one this year, it will definitely not go wrong." ”

"That's what the prince said." Shen Tianhua responded casually, always with an easy-going smile on his face, "In this way, then I will not delay the prince to return to the palace and say goodbye." ”

"Farewell." Shen Changge bowed slightly, took Xue Yan and Mo Chu and left.

Shen Tianhua turned around, squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at her back as he left meaninglessly, with a sneer on the corner of his lips.

"Ordinary boxes? Scold. ”

When he was a three-year-old, would he believe the prince's clumsy rhetoric?

He was sure that what was in that box must be the birthday gift that the crown prince was preparing to give to his father.

He was really curious about what the birthday gift prepared by the crown prince was.

……

All the way back to the East Palace, Shen Changge took the box from Xue Yan's hand, turned around and went back to his dormitory.

Entering the dormitory, she placed the box on the table, and she sat down at the table and poured a cup of tea.

Picking up the teacup and sipping it softly, she kept staring at the box in distraction.

No matter what Shen Tianhua's reason was for being interested in her box just now, she had to take good care of the contents of the box.

Until she drank all the tea, she suddenly put down the teacup and stood up on the ground.

Immediately, she called Xiao Shunzi, whispered a few words to him, and sat back at the table.

About half a pillar of incense, Xiao Shunzi came again, still holding a pair of scrolls in his hand.

"Your Highness, you have brought what you wanted."

Shen Changge took the scroll and unfolded it to take a look, a satisfied smile on the corner of his lips.

This is a painting she asked Xiao Shunzi to find, although it is not as good as the painting of Master Yixin, but compared to ordinary paintings, it can be regarded as a superior work.

It was also thanks to the former prince that he collected some paintings that allowed her to come in handy.

Putting the scroll away, she opened the box, took out the scroll of Master Yixin, and then put the painting that Xiao Shunzi found into the box.

"Your Highness, what are you ......" Xiao Shunzi looked at her suspiciously.

"Prevention is better than prevention." Shen Changge said, and after closing the box, he let Xiao Shunzi put it on the desk next to him.

Her eyes turned and fell on the painting of Master Yixin, and she pondered for a moment before she asked Xiao Shunzi to call Mo Chu.

After a while, Mo Chu walked in quickly.

"Your Highness."

Shen Changge handed him the painting of Master Yixin: "This is the birthday gift that the palace is preparing to give to the emperor, before the palace is dedicated to the emperor, you have to keep it for the palace." ”

Mo Chu looked at her puzzled: "Your Highness, such an important thing is handed over to your subordinates for safekeeping, and your subordinates are afraid that they will ......."

"Since this palace has given you this task, it naturally believes in you." Shen Changge looked at him with a firm gaze.

Mo Chu hesitated for a moment before taking the scroll: "My subordinates will definitely live up to His Highness's trust." ”

Shen Changge smiled and nodded, secretly relieved in his heart.

In this way, even if someone wants to fight her birthday idea, it will never succeed.