After a while, the old eunuch really brought a large plate of fruits of various colors, and still put them in front of Xue He with a smile. Then he filled the teacup and brought it to her.

"Thank you, A-Ong!"

Xue He stretched out his hand and grabbed a glutinous rice dumpling and bit it in his mouth, the old internal supervisor nodded with a smile and retreated without a sound.

This time, Zhao Zheng didn't stop her, and silently watched her munch.

"Won't you be hungry?" Xue He asked while eating, holding the bitten rabbit cake to his mouth: "This is super delicious." ”

Zhao Zheng pushed her hand away with a serious face: "I'm scared, I'm scared, how can I still have the heart to eat." ”

"There's nothing to be afraid of."

Disagree.

Zhao Zheng, who was still in shock, said angrily: "Do you know, those two women just now can't wait to swallow you in one bite!" ”

Xue He suddenly stopped chewing, blinked, tilted his head and thought:

"So you're worried that they'll find out I'm a youkai?"

Or else?!

"You idiot!"

Xue He pasted the mung bean cake in his hand with a face: "I said that I am not a monster!" How many good things you have caused me to eat less! You grave! ”

So, is your focus only on eating?

Xue He was dissatisfied: "Do you want me to be a monster so much?!" ”

Putting away the disguise technique, Qin Bai calmly wiped a handful of bean paste on his face: "Actually, I don't care if you're a monster or not, what I care about is whether they will hurt you." ”

Xue He's expression froze, looking at his serious expression, he was a little moved in his heart.

Out of a desire to survive, he worked hard to play the role of a lustful prince; Out of love, he did everything he could to protect her. The stone blue eyes were full of sincerity. Recalling his maintenance everywhere, Xue He looked at his face:

"I'm really not a youkai."

He nodded with a wry smile: "Well, I believe it." ”

Without warning, she kissed him on the lips. Qin Bai was taken aback at first, and then responded enthusiastically.

Her mouth was filled with the sweet taste of bean paste, simple, pure, like a child. At this moment, Qin Bai just wants to throw away everything, even if he gambles everything he has, just to protect the person in his arms.

Just as he was gradually sinking into tenderness, eager to entangle with her further, Xuehe seemed to suddenly remember something, and unilaterally stopped the rapidly warming kiss: "However, how can you know them so well? Why is a little river god so familiar with the palace? It's suspicious! ”

"That's it."

He frowned a little embarrassed, thought for a moment, and said, "Actually, it's nothing to tell you. I have a brother named Qin Song, who is a ghost here. ”

Poor imp?! Little river god?! This combination is fine!

"He secretly showed me the book of life and death, and I know everything about the prince. That's why I can keep pretending to be the prince without being discovered. ”

"It's kind of amazing."

"I've studied everyone in the palace, and I've carefully planned every detail so that I'm in control of how things are going - the first few months have gone well, except for you."

"Hmm...... Why did you marry me? ”

He sighed: "At first, it was to avoid revealing flaws. I have to do everything I can to avoid all the people who might have intimate contact with the prince, so it is safer to set up an outer house and avoid everyone's eyes on the grounds that the golden house is hidden. Fortunately, Zhao Zheng is aloistic and suspicious by nature, and he is always on guard against everyone......"

"?"

"Not really."

He shook his head and said: "It's just that he is lustful on the surface, because he has coveted the throne for a long time, so the reason for the suspicious array is to let the emperor relax his guard, so that he can accumulate strength and seize power in one fell swoop." ”

"Wow, do you mean that you will be emperor in the future?"

"No, it won't. In fact, Zhao Zheng's longevity was not long, and in a battle of the expedition to Tatar next year, the whole army would be ambushed and die in the chaos. ”

Xue He looked at him with a sad expression, as if he was really going to die.

He immediately showed a warm smile and touched her head: "As soon as Zhao Zheng dies, my mission will be completed - when the time comes, will you go back to the territory with me to complete the marriage?" ”

Unexpectedly, she raised her eyebrows, her expression changed suddenly, and she snorted: "Look at your performance." ”

This little girl is really ghostly.

He smiled, ignoring her arrogance, bowed his head and kissed her cheek until his ear, and said softly but firmly, "Protect yourself, and leave the rest to me." ”

Outside the Yongle Palace, the dark clouds dispersed in the night, and the moon was in the sky.

Everyone came to the courtyard full of frustration, and Yu Miaojin said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm all to blame for today's incident......"

Luo Hongchun didn't speak, his expression was still faint, and he looked back at the Yongle Hall in the bright moonlight.

On the silver frost-sprinkled roof, the shiny damp tiles seemed to have dragon energy circling, slowly moving around the beams; It seems to have the momentum of ten thousand horses galloping, but it is silent and majestic.

Just like the Luoshui River in the north of the desert in winter, quietly dormant under the ice.

A hint of surprise appeared in Luo Hongchun's eyes, as if muttering to himself:

"It's so beautiful."

“？”

"I haven't seen it for a few days, but this place is even more vigorous, and there is a hidden appearance of the emperor."

Yu Miaojin couldn't help but feel happy when she heard this, but she saw that she slowly closed her eyes again, took a deep breath, and slowly spit out a few words: "The smoke is vast, the mind is thousands of miles, the eternity is inexhaustible, and the still water flows deeply." ”

Yu Miaojin thought to herself for a long time and asked, "Isn't that woman a water demon?" ”

She shook her head lightly, her expression calm: "She is indeed not a mortal, but she is not a demon either. I have tested her with the Hybrid Mirror, no matter how deep or shy the Tao is, as long as it is a demon, it will never be empty in the mirror. ”

"Nothing? …… It's really not a demon?! ”

Yu Miaojin looked incredulous!

The page doesn't show up? Daxian, are you sure it's not because of a bad signal?

Luo Hongchun nodded and explained: "But anyone who can transform into a human form must have an inner pill, and he will never escape the eyes of the Mixed Yuan Mirror." However, when I look at this person, there is no resentment and evil in him, but he has a magnificent atmosphere; Looking at his face, his heart is simple, and he does not look like a traitor and a sinister person. ”

"That'...... Am I overthinking? ”

Unwilling.

"You have a good heart, too. As a princess, you should be worried about the safety of the princess, and there is nothing wrong with being careful. ”

When her gaze slowly fell on her son from the Yongle Palace, her eyes were full of love: "This person is very powerful, and he is not an ordinary person. However, in the current situation, it is not necessarily a bad thing. If it weren't for the gods from the sky......" She paused slightly, then looked at Yu Miaojin again: "It's a thousand-year-old demon." ”

"No, it won't."

Zhao Wenlie, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly answered timidly: "...... I don't think she's a bad person. ”

Zhao Wenlie's biological mother died early, and he was raised by the princess who had no heirs since he was a child, and regarded him as his own.

"You little scumbag! Isn't it also that the demon girl is also confused? ”

The princess gritted her teeth and scolded, and Zhao Wenlie was so frightened that she stuck out her tongue and hid behind her brothers.

"Don't scold him!"

Luo Hongchun also smiled and stopped: "The child's eyes are clean, his mind is simple, he can say whatever he thinks; Unlike us old things, who have been calculating and calculating all our lives, and have boiled all the green hairs all over our lives. ”

She obviously meant something by allusion, and the princess was speechless for a while, and her face was red and white.

"Don't worry."

Luo Hongchun's eyes shone slightly, and he said coldly: "It's a matter of the prince's safety, and this seat will definitely not sit idly by - no matter what kind of fairy and monster she is, she doesn't want to make waves in the palace." ”

Early the next morning, today is the day when the prince routinely goes to the barracks to inspect the barracks.

Before leaving, Zhao Zheng told Xuehe in the ear like a broken-mouthed old woman, asking her not to step out of the Yongle Hall for half a step, even if the house was on fire, she was not allowed to go out of the yard. Xue He, who hadn't woken up yet, was in a daze, and promised indiscriminately for a while, Zhao Zheng sighed and went out.

At three poles in the sun, the snow river was washed, and a person wandered in the huge Yongle Palace. This is Zhao Zheng's study, where he usually deals with important military affairs, and when he is not there, the courtyard door is closed, and the guards with knives are guarding the door like door gods.

Xue He sat in the position where Zhao Zheng usually sits, holding his cheeks with both hands, the door was open, and there was not even a sparrow in the courtyard. The rabbit was still hanging on the windowsill, and the rune paper was dry, and it would take some time to recover his mana and show his human form.

was really bored, Xue He held the bag of sugar-fried chestnuts brought by the little sisters of Huanyifang, climbed up the beam along the column with agility, sat on the rafters of the carved beams, and planned to scare Zhao Zheng when he came back.

As soon as I sat cross-legged, I heard a knock at the gate of the courtyard, but it was not the prince who came in, but the beautiful little brother Zhao Wenlie yesterday.

I saw that he put the two books on the prince's desk in an orderly manner, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he subconsciously glanced at the inner room.

It was empty.

I wondered for a while in my heart, and when I turned around and was about to leave, I suddenly felt that my head was hit by something, and it fell to the ground with a bang, and it hurt strangely.

He bent down and picked it up with a puzzled expression, it turned out to be a chestnut? After being stunned, he was smashed again. Only then did he raise his head and see the snow river covering his mouth and smiling evilly.

"Little brother, if you are fine, can you help me peel chestnuts and eat them?"

Zhao Wenlie's face suddenly turned red, and he hurriedly lowered his eyes: "You,...... You'd better find someone else. ”

"Don't do that."

Xue He said, along the rafters, carefully walked to the edge of the column, and slid down holding the big red lacquered pillar.

"Be careful!"

Zhao Wenlie saw that she was staggering and very unstable when she slid down, so he hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to help her.

"Hee-hee."

Xue He stretched out the paper bag in his arms in front of him, and said generously: "Oh, please eat chestnuts!" It's delicious! ”

“…… No. ”

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xue He stared at his face with great pity, and told him pitifully: "Then, can you help me peel chestnuts?" ”

Zhao Wenlie pursed his thin lips and said firmly: "Don't." ”

"Just do me a favor! …… You see, my fingernails are going to break! ”

Xue He raised his index finger and shook it in front of his eyes, and the tips of his tender onions were red.

Zhao Wenlie wrinkled his brows, feeling that this didn't seem to be good, and said:

"Or ,...... Just find a maid to help you peel it. ”