A day later, Shen Xiu received an invitation post.

This is an ordinary post, but it looks very different because of the person who wrote it.

This is an invitation card from the Gu family, and the payer is Gu San.

Shen Xiu wanted to throw it, but he was reluctant. Just thinking about it, I listened to the sound of horses' hooves.

From the upper floor, about 100 steps away from the Prime Minister's Mansion, a group of carriages and horses stopped in an orderly manner in a courtyard on the specially renovated avenue of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

After a while, the carriage was in the direction of the Prime Minister's House, neither going nor stopping, like a cauldron cow climbing.

In front of the cauldron cow, the butler of the Prime Minister's Mansion walked down the aisle in a panic and greeted the people in the carriage.

The little scholar Liuyi Yunyue actually forgot Shen Xiu, who was entangled, and his four eyes were firmly fixed on the scene on the avenue.

Two small porters, bowing to the ground. In the carriage, the sixteenth prince slowly walked out.

Following the Sixteenth Prince was an unexpected guest of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Princess Harukawa.

Princess Qingchuan greeted her gently, walked through the avenue with a solemn manner, did not play elegant music, did not have the protection of the nobles to be followed, only the steward and the two maidservants who carried with her, followed by the white-haired gatehouse and stepped into the prime minister's mansion.

Shen Xiu raised his eyes, and the little scholar Liuyi hurriedly ran to the front door to find out the news and came back, Shen Xiu listened, walked through a half-closed door stiffly, and then, with heavy steps, turned into the hall where the guests were entertained.

The little scholar is in a flowing clothes, and he looks stupid in the way.

When they came back to their senses, the two sighed, and at the same time they were terrified.

In the hall, Shen Xiu drank three glasses of water in a row. After a while, two attendants of the Prime Minister's Mansion came running over with the princess's handwritten letter.

Shen Xiu raised his eyebrows, listened to the other party's words, and suddenly smiled.

There was a sound of footsteps, and unhurried high-fives were heard not far away.

Shen Xiu was silent for a while, and when he turned around, he saw that it was the sixteenth prince.

On the side of the sixteenth prince is Princess Qingchuan, Princess Qingchuan is slim, dressed in palace clothes, with tassels around her waist, standing ten steps away from Shen Xiu, with a slightly mysterious smile on her face, nodding slightly towards Shen Xiu, and patting three more times unhurriedly

Palm.

The little scholar glanced at each other, then at Shen Xiu, who was silent, and each took a step forward and said, "The slave has seen His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the Princess!"

Shen Xiu came back to his senses, strode a few steps forward, and solemnly saluted, without waiting to shout to get up, Shen Xiu got up, leaned on the desk, picked up the handbook and praised: "Good words, since ancient times."

The hero is a young man, and when he saw the two highnesses today, he knew that this was true. Not only is the appearance dignified, but the literary style is not good and admirable. ”

The forces in the court were divided into four, one was neutral, one was the followers of the Qingliu Emperor, one was the leftist Shen Xiang, and the other was the right. The Shen family and the Gao family belong to the court and fight, and they are known as the two tigers in history. For decades, the Shen family has been strong unabated, and the power of the royal family has faintly reduced its prestige, but some have become vassals of the family.

Princess Qingchuan came to the Xiangfu to be so majestic, and Shen Xiang, the old fox, looked down on him.

However, ten days ago, not long after the emperor's decision to let Shen Xiang go to a foreign race, the emperor secretly united with the families who came from afar and hired many neutral people to make them stand in the imperial court and confront the left and right forces in the court.

In recent years, the emperor's power has also quietly become stronger. Five years ago, when there was a border conflict between our DPRK and other ethnic groups, General Ling's subordinates led an army of 15,000 to confront the foreign army for six months, fighting three times, and the two sides won each other once and drew the other. A month later, under Shen Xiangxiang's words, I made peace with the same army.

The emperor thus beheaded the heroes, and this time the emperor summoned Shen Xiang to negotiate with him. This not only completely aroused the anger of the patriots who humiliated and sued for peace at the beginning and the people around the border who have suffered untold in recent years, but also became the target of the rioters on the foreign border who did not know whether to live or die.

In this way, with the invasion of foreign races, the Shen family is the one whose interests are damaged. Therefore, the mastermind who really participated in the turmoil probably had to think deeper.

Shen Xiu remembered that the majestic Shen family was actually faintly defeated five years ago.

But because of the emperor's continued trust, the Shen family still maintained a prosperous performance in the court. Gao Youcheng once took the opportunity to frequently probe the movements of China and the DPRK, which made the Son of Heaven suspicious.

There was also a deep and simple Duan Wang who later responded to the invitation of the palace banquet, so that the right Cheng came to support, and ended up in defeat.

Because of the previous festival and the gradual estrangement between the Shen family and the royal family, Princess Qingchuan came out with a special charm.

The sixteenth prince glanced at Shen Xiu, and said lukewarmly: "You can go to the palace to enjoy plum blossoms and poems?"

Shen Xiu was a little unhappy when he remembered that the sixteenth prince did not return the salute with a stinky face, but he gave him a smile, "The Shen family has recently put the marriage of the third lady of the Shen family on the agenda because of the Holy Lord, I am afraid that the mansion will not be able to withdraw because of these locks." ”

After Shen Xiu finished speaking, his face rose slightly, and he glanced at Princess Qingchuan with a serious look in her eyes, and shot to salute: "I hope Your Highness will forgive me!"

"The second son doesn't have to see outside." Princess Qingchuan bowed her hand and put Jane on the ground, her words were very slow, but it had a deep meaning, "I heard that Lord Shen was three yuan and the first, and he could lead a horse of five stones and wear Yang in a hundred steps, since he was a child taught by Lord Shen, he must also be a rare talent. ”

The princess wanted to say more, Shen Xiu heard the words, and laughed a long time: "Her Royal Highness the princess said that the merry character is this prodigal child of mine, it really makes the princess laugh, my reputation can be known on the street, there is no Chinese ink in my belly, Your Highness should not make fun of me."

After Shen Xiu finished speaking, when he saw Princess Qingchuan's face, he knew that she just wanted to hear her say this, and she suddenly looked down on her.

Princess Qingchuan heard that the son of the Shen family was a well-known straw bag, which became a big joke on the street, but she didn't want him to admit it frankly, but she miscalculated her mind when she watched the excitement.

"Yes," Shen Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked at the Sixteen Princes and said, "Then when I come here, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the Sixteenth Prince won't dare to compare!"

"Hehehe," Xiao Sixteen turned to Shen Xiu, "Don't compare with me, since Lord Shen is out today, we have not missed a trace of our childhood time this time, if we want to succeed, seeing Ling Zun, I am afraid that we will wait for this day." ”

"It's really admirable, by the way, the Prime Minister's Mansion is only a few miles away from the palace, and His Royal Highness has not worked hard to make a few teas along the way, so it is better to return to the palace first, lest I, the attendant in the Prime Minister's Mansion, be inattentive to the hospitality, and I must have worked hard for His Royal Highness." Shen Xiu's face did not change and hooked the corners of his mouth, and said coolly.

"Don't see the second son," Princess Qingchuan smiled coldly, "The scenery of this Xiangfu is still exquisite, even if you have nothing to watch, it is also easy and happy, don't say hard work, I'm afraid I still have to trouble you." Princess Qingchuan said, folded her hands, and said, "I heard that Shen Xiangye left in a month and set off on a starry night, but it was unreal. ”

"Hehehehe," Shen Xiu smiled awkwardly, "I'm just an idler in the mansion who is idle, how do I know what Daddy has in mind,

Don't hide it from Your Highness, I have been friends with Sixteen for many years. When I was gambling with everyone in Guozijian, I was careless and lost to the sixteen-one jar of old wine, and I also fell to the title of the first straw bag. I ate and drank all day long, and knew nothing else. ”

Princess Qingchuan stared at Shen Xiu, her face revealing uncertainty.

"Hahahaha," the sixteenth prince laughed a few times, remembered this paragraph, and said-for-tat, "What Ziyuan said is very true. When you talk to you, you really play the piano to the cow. The sixteenth prince turned to Princess Qingchuan and smiled, "Don't force her, she doesn't care." ”

Princess Harukawa raised her eyebrows and asked. "Last night, Lord Shen had a fire in the garden."

Shen Xiu suddenly didn't know what to remember, his body shook, and his eyes looked straight at the two little scholars who didn't know where to put them, ",...... last night"

The little scholar said, "Last night...... The subordinate made a fire because of the cold, which was not a fire, and the steward had already punished him. ”

The sixteenth prince blinked his eyes and met Shen Xiu's eyes, and read the lip language.

Princess Qingchuan smiled with a smile on her face, and said goodbye to Shen Xiu with regret, and all the attendants in the palace also sent each other off.

Before leaving, in the end, the sixteenth prince just stared at Shen Xiu with a complicated face, and his earnest advice was no different from usual. Princess Qingchuan took a step, and the words fell still because she cared about her, how to look at it, how to have deep meaning.

The white, bony hands pulled down the curtain in the carriage, and the sound of the horse's hooves disappeared in the eyes of everyone.

Shen Xiu said home, the corner of his eyes slanted to the little scholar, and said in a buzzing voice: "Why can't I understand the princess's words, why did the people who made the fire last night because of the cold cause her to ask?"

The little scholar, who also had an old grudge against Princess Qingchuan, understood the moon and immediately agreed: "Back to the words of the second son,

The slave and maid did not know about it. Maybe some people have other ideas. ”

Shen Xiu snorted from his nostrils and looked at the little scholar Liuyi: "It's not that I'm complaining, what does she think of me, and then the thing Sixteen has long looked at me unpleasantly, I heard that the emperor has already had the intention of sharpening the knife, this posture of coming to the door, will they not know that Daddy just went out, what does he Xiao Sixteen know, and he will come?"

The little scholar glanced at Shen Xiu, as if he was about to say something, but stopped again.

Shen Xiu slowly closed his eyes, opened his eyes again, glanced at the moon and Liuyi, as if blaming himself, and seemed to answer: "I don't blame others for this, I went to a place I shouldn't go for a while, I don't want to cause trouble!"

After Shen Xiu finished speaking, he knew that he was speechless, so he hooked his head and was silent.

There was silence.

The little scholar raised his head: "Shen Xiangye went out, you said, are you going to deal with the matter of the eldest prince?"

"What about the others?" Shen Xiu asked again.

The little scholar replied: "Two days ago, Shen Xiang sent one of his competent attendants to inspect!"

"Then," Shen Xiu slowly sighed and looked at everyone, "Tell me, what are the people of the royal family doing today!"

Everyone cheered up.

"Liuyi," Shen Xiu looked at the moon, "How did I not know about last night's incident?"

"Back to the second son, I just learned that I didn't have time to tell you. ," the little scholar replied, "plus there have been a lot of facts recently. ”

"How much time does Daddy have in Yuanjing?" Shen Xiu asked.

"About a month!" The little scholar held his head.

"Then, how long is the marriage between the Shen family and the sixteenth prince," Shen Xiu bent his head, "Don't say I'm confused, hasn't this been changed several times." ”

"It's about this month. Twenty-two days later, Lord Shen personally counted this day. The little scholar asked again, "Second son, you say, will they come to probe because of this family matter?" ”

"Xiao Sixteen, he knows everything, what kind of mouth to explore, it's almost the same to fight the autumn wind, but Princess Qingchuan, she must have heard of me before, I'm afraid that she didn't see it clearly when she met hastily before, and she was curious."

"Then she must be very important to the Gu family's son." After the little scholar Liuyi finished speaking, he covered his mouth and stopped talking.

"No wonder she knows that Xiangye is not here and still doesn't leave, I'm afraid she is really with you in the name of Xiangye." The little scholar Yan Yue narrowed her eyes, "Besides, Princess Qingchuan said clearly, she knows a little about all the affairs of our house, no matter what, we have to mention her, lest we really give people a bad idea." ”

"Okay, I got it." Shen Xiu nodded absently, and then turned his head to look at Mei Feng in the distance.

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As soon as the sky was dusk, the fire and candles in the Shen Mansion were bright, and music was playing, and it was peaceful.

Shen Xiu stood in front of the lamp, looking at the piece of paper, slowly unfolding it, she could see at a glance that the paper was fake, such craftsmanship and handwriting, beauty is beautiful, but compared to Gu San, she always felt a little less tasteful.

"The fine work prepared by Xiangye has infiltrated all over the place," the little scholar whispered to Yue, "This is the third time, if the second son wants to investigate, we can hand over this errand to Xiao Guard." ”

"Oh?" Shen Xiu withdrew his gaze from above and looked at the moon, "Guess who wrote it this time?"

"Princess Harukawa." The little scholar complained about it.

"She's not as narrow as you think." Shen Xiu frowned and smiled, "You say, what's in it for them to lead me out?" ”

The little scholar seemed to think of something, closed his eyes slightly, but was silent.

"According to another report," the little scholar Liuyi continued to report, "Many families sent people who could speak, and they arrived in the imperial capital at dark last night, and were entertained in the southeast corner of the city, dusty for several miles, plus Lord Shen was very worried about yesterday, I am afraid that something will really happen." ”

"Well," Shen Xiu said softly and looked at the little scholar Yanyue, "continue to talk about your opinion." ”

Yu Yue arched her hand towards Shen Xiu, smiled apologetically, and replied softly, "No."

Shen Xiu looked up at the sky, his brows furrowed slightly, and he blamed himself for thinking too much.

How similar this scene is.

Just like Shen Xiu looked back at the attic in Jiangling in the fire that year, his eyes looked straight into the distance, and his trembling lips fell on the original person......

Circumstances change with the passage of time.

People always have to move forward, walk through the sea of flowers looking at the peaks and mountains, walk through the tea cool pavilion, walk out of the bell morning and twilight drums, walk out of the gentleness of the mountains and rivers, build a monument, set up a tomb, and bury the innocence of those years together.

Flowers bloom and fall, flowers fall and flowers bloom.

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