In the cold palace, weeds are rampant, dead branches fall in the corners and rot, but no one cleans them.

The vermilion door with the paint off squeaked and was pushed open from the outside, and the person who came looked carefully inside and out, and after making sure that there was no one, he closed the door, walked quickly to the room where there seemed to be few pieces of furniture, and found Liu Cairen, who was kneeling in front of the small Buddhist shrine and praying for something.

"Mother."

"Here we are." Liu Cairen lowered his eyes, put down the string of Buddha beads in his hand, and then turned his head to look at her: "What's wrong?" ”

"Princess Ping is dead, but King Ping knows about it, and now he is arranged by the emperor to recuperate in King Ping's Mansion, and he may be vulgar." After the person said in a low voice, his face rose a little ruthlessly: "The emperor has always loved King Ping, if he really wants to return to the vulgar and come back to fight for this position, I am afraid that he will ......"

"What did my brother say?" She asked.

"Uncle Guo said that King Ping is now trapped in the grief of Princess Ping's suicide, and he is not afraid for the time being, and it is the truth that the emperor captured Princess Ping, and it will be enough to defeat King Ping at that time." The woman said, but after speaking, she had her own worries: "This matter, the Seventh Prince is also involved, and the Seventh Prince has always been friendly with the national teacher Lou Yan, I am worried that behind this matter, he is actually manipulating." ”

Liu Cairen stood up with a gloomy face, slowly walked to the window, looked at the dilapidated scene outside the window, and snorted coldly: "Lou Yan...... He is the emperor's person, if this is the case, isn't it the emperor's order? ”

"The concubines don't know either." The woman's face was gloomy.

"Have you heard any rumors lately?" Liu Cairen seemed to think of something and asked her.

The woman thought for a moment and shook her head.

Liu Cairen smiled lightly and turned his head to look at her: "That Wei Ruyi from the Marquis of Wuning's Mansion seems to be very favored by this national teacher. ”

The woman frowned: "The concubine has never heard of it, but I have only heard that Wei Ruyi is always pestering the national teacher, but it is the seventh prince who cares about this Miss Wei very much." ”

Liu Cairen shook his head, and his smile deepened: "No, then Wei Ruyi is not simple, and Lou Yan is not an ordinary person." Didn't you say that you have a niece who has a personal relationship with Miss Chen? ”

The woman nodded: "Yes, and she just returned to the capital recently." ”

"Very good, you let her get close to Wei Ruyi, this time I was deposed, it was all because of her." Referring to this matter of stealing chickens and rice, Liu Cairen has never been angry, she has endured it in the harem for so many years, but she never thought that one day, she would be disrupted by her, and she forced herself to be like this.

The woman looked at her and hated her like this, the smile in her apricot eyes deepened, and she only carefully hid it, and then said: "Niangniang, don't worry, the master of the harem can only be you, and the concubine will definitely take care of everything for you outside, waiting for you to come out." ”

After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Liu Cairen's increasingly old and haggard face, smiled lightly, and then turned around.

Walking out of the cold palace, there are palace people waiting outside.

"Nobleman." The palace maid saluted.

The woman just smiled faintly: "Did you all hear Liu Cairen's words?" ”

The palace ladies bowed their heads.

Only then did she smile with satisfaction: "Arrange it as she said, and then invite King Rui to see me." ”

The palace maids smiled knowingly, and then retreated.

In the afternoon, as soon as Lou Yan came, he didn't stay long, but called Jiang Yan and left, which made Wei Ruyi quite disappointed.

Chen Yansleeve didn't go out in the afternoon because of a sprained foot, so naturally he didn't have too much contact with Jiang Di, but the more Wei Ruyi thought about it, the more anxious he became.

"Sister, what are you thinking?" Seeing her in a daze, Wei Qingze raised his little face and looked at her.

"What's wrong?" Wei Ruyi saw that he was holding a book in his hand, and his face was still stained with some ink, so he took out a handkerchief and gently wiped it for him.

Wei Qingze could feel the temperature of her palm, a slight shy smile appeared on his face, and he raised the book in his hand to her: "Uncle is out, my grandfather is not very well, Qing'er doesn't understand the meaning of this poem, Mr. Ming'er wants to ask, so I want to ask my sister." ”

When Wei Ruyi heard this, he took the book in his hand with a smile, and began to explain to him sentence by sentence and recite it with him.

Wei Ruyi is a smart person, and Wei Qingze is even more talented in reading, but in a short period of time, what Wei Ruyi just said, he actually memorized it word for word.

Wei Ruyi was surprised and surprised: "How many books have you read now?" ”

"I've only read five books, and Mr. said that I have read faster than others, and no matter how fast I am, I'm afraid that I'll just recite it in vain and can't understand the meaning." Wei Qingze said, as he seemed a little sad, his eyelids drooped, and he looked a little cramped.

"Did you read this book quietly?" Wei Ruyi asked him gently.

Wei Qingze pursed his lips slightly and nodded: "Steward Huang doesn't allow me to study more, and my grandfather and uncle don't have time to take care of me, my mother ......" Wei Qingze didn't seem to want to say, he only shook his head, and said: "Sister, don't tell them." ”

Speaking of this Huang Steward, Wei Ruyi just wanted to shoot him to death, he must have known Qing'er's talent and deliberately didn't ask him to study.

Wei Ruyi thought for a while and called Tan'er: "Go and tell my uncle that I want to read books, and ask him to help pick out a few books in the library to ......" After a pause, Wei Ruyi said: "Just pick a copy of "The Legend of the Sages", "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and three books of the introductory art of war." ”

Tan'er was busy, and Wei Qingze's eyes were shining: "Sister, can I watch it with you?" ”

"Of course." Wei Ruyi rubbed his head, seeing that he was so timid as the son of a family, he became more and more distressed: "Qing'er, don't be afraid of what you want and do in the future, tell your uncle and grandfather, they are all very kind people, if your request is not excessive, they will definitely agree to you and protect you, understand?" ”

Wei Qingze pursed his lips slightly, but looked at his gentle and amiable sister, and nodded again.

At this time, outside the gate of the courtyard, Old Lady Chen listened to Wei Ruyi's words, and her face was complicated.

"Old lady, won't you go in and have a look?" Hold his retinue.

Old lady Chen shook his head: "If you don't go, then the yellow steward, order someone to take him to the dungeon, so that he can be tortured, if he confesses to the mastermind behind the scenes, he will spare his life, if he doesn't say it, there is no need to stay." He knew that there must be many other forces in this mansion, but he never thought that they would not let go of a child as young as Qing'er.

The entourage is busy.

Old lady Chen looked into the courtyard again, and saw the scene of Wei Ruyi and Wei Qingze's sister and brother getting along well, and exhaled deeply: "Ruyi is a good child, what she wants in the future, you can directly let someone give it to her, you don't have to go back and forth to me, explain the people in this mansion, Ruyi and Qing'er are both serious masters in this mansion, don't slack off." ”

"Yes, you can rest assured, the small ones must be arranged." The entourage responded with a smile, and Old Lady Chen turned around and left.

In the past few days, Jiang Yan slipped over to teach Wei Qingze to ride a horse as soon as he was free, Wei Ruyi lived here without anyone to disturb her, and her mood was much better, and her injuries naturally recovered quickly, not to mention that she also had her own medicine.

It's just that just a few days later, an invitation was placed in the palace, saying that Princess Zhuohua's birthday was going to invite her to enter the palace with Chen Yansleeve.

In the morning, Wei Ruyi dressed up properly, picked out a goose-yellow waist-pinching silk yarn dress, pulled up all the buns, and only put two goose-yellow crystal beads and shook them one by one, and the whole person looked simple and elegant as if it had just bloomed.

Because of the ointment she made herself, the wound on her face is now only a little bit left, and a little fat powder can cover it up, and the whole person looks very good.

Tan'er always knew that her young lady was beautiful, and after dressing up, she was still unwilling to say: "Miss, you are dressed so elegantly, you will be looked down upon." ”

"Who looks down on people because they dress up." Wei Ruyi said with a smile, but no, she knew it in her heart. It's just that this time it is to enter the palace, although more than ten days have passed since the matter of Princess Ping, the emperor must not have forgotten, this time, she just wants to be as inconspicuous as possible.

Chen Yansleeve has been waiting at the door for a long time, today's dress is not as simple as before, but she deliberately changed into a half-sleeved long skirt with crescent white and water blue silk, the whole person looks much more girly, but the heroic spirit between her eyebrows and eyes is still there, and she looks more and more refined.

"Miss Chen." Wei Ruyi saw that she was waiting, and trotted over with her skirt, but Chen Yansleeve glanced at her and said, "You don't like the clothes that were sent by someone yesterday?" She knew that she was going to enter the palace, and she specially ordered clothes for her.

Wei Ruyi smiled apologetically: "I just like it too much, I accidentally got dirty when I was wearing it yesterday, so I changed it to today." ”

When Wei Ruyi said it, her little face flushed, and when Chen Yansleeve saw it, she didn't say anything anymore, but only asked her to get into the same carriage with her, and then went to the direction of the palace.

Along the way, Chen Yansleeve sat with his eyes closed and did not make a sound, only occasionally pulling his clothes, as if he was very unaccustomed to it, Wei Ruyi only observed her carefully, with a smile on his lips.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, and a palace maid came to greet them, and they entered the palace.

Princess Zhuohua was raised under the name of Concubine Xian, and was favored by the emperor, so this birthday banquet was naturally very luxurious.

In the wind flower hall of Nuoda, the seasonal flowers are almost full, the center of the garden is a crescent-shaped lake, one side of the lake is the place where the female dependents are, and the opposite bank is the place where the male dependents rest, the two sides of the bank are not too far apart, and many men and women take this to look at each other.

Wei Ruyi followed Chen Yansleeve all the way, but she didn't seem to be used to this kind of communication, and halfway through, she found a pavilion near the lake and sat down, looking at the scenery in silence.

Wei Ru thought of her like this, but said with a smile: "There is still a while before the banquet starts, and there are still young ladies playing with throwing pots in front of them, Miss Chen is going to have fun?" ”

"Not interested."

When Chen Yansleeve finished speaking, he saw a palace maid come over and said with a smile: "Is it Miss Chen and Miss Wei?" My lord held a pot throwing competition in front, and the color head was a new tribute of colorful glass beads and a fairy fruit that was rumored to be extinct. ”

Wei Ruyi's eyes lit up suddenly, fairy spirit fruit? That's a good thing, and it is recorded in ancient books that this fruit can not only restore the dead to yang, but also make white bones and flesh. Although the record is exaggerated, Wei Ruyi knows that this pill still has a miraculous effect in treating certain diseases.

Can......

She looked at Chen Yansleeve's expectant eyes, and really didn't want Jiang Di to succeed, so she only said: "Miss Chen, since you don't like throwing pots, then let's sit here and enjoy the scenery." ”

"It's okay to go and see it." After Chen Yansleeve finished speaking, he got up and went forward.

Wei Ruyi was in a hurry, and she wanted to follow, so she saw the palace maid who had just passed the word and said to her: "Princess Zhuohua asks Miss Wei to come over and talk." ”

Wei Ruyi looked at Chen Yansleeve, who was getting farther and farther away, and was anxious, but he had no choice but to respond.

But as she walked, she saw Hu Qingwei running towards this end, she seemed to be in a hurry, and on a May day, she was already sweating profusely.

"Ruyi, I'm glad I caught up with you." Hu Qingwei ran over and pulled her to pant for breath.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Wei Ruyi asked her with a smile.

Hu Qingwei only glanced at the girl ring beside her, and then smiled: "It's okay, I just want to be with you." ”

Wei Ruyi knew that she was worried about herself, but today was Zhuohua's birthday, and she came to invite herself so openly, most of them were fine, and those who were in the dark could not be seen.

The palace maid didn't say anything, and the two went forward together.

The palace maid led them all the way to a three-story octagonal tower located at the end of the crescent lake, the doors on all sides of the octagonal tower are open, very transparent, and the wind comes from the lake, which is very refreshing, and Zhuohua, who is wearing a pink and white wide-sleeved palace skirt, sits in it at this moment, caressing a Jiaowei piano, and the sound of the piano is melodious.

Seeing her coming, Su Shou stopped slightly, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

"Miss Wei, Miss Hu." Zhuohua smiled at them.

Wei Ruyi saluted Hu Qingwei before smiling: "The princess just played the tune really well." ”

Zhuohua smiled: "Really? This is the score given to me by the National Teacher, and I still think that I can't practice well enough to play with his flute. ”

Wei Ruyi's face remained unchanged, and he smiled lightly: "The flute of the National Teacher is also wonderful. ”

Hu Qingwei looked at Zhuohua who was smiling and smiling, and always felt that she was not good at coming today.

Just thinking about what to say, I heard a sound of footsteps coming slowly, and before the person appeared, the voice came first: "Princess, look at the embroidery of this mandarin duck acacia is good, if it is good, I will ask the people in the embroidery room to embroider more for you like this." ”

Mandarin duck acacia?

Wei Ruyi thought about it, in his previous life, Zhuohua was thinking about Lou Yan and was not married to anyone else, how could he ask for something like a mandarin duck and a happy family?

Before she could finish thinking about it, Concubine Meng, who was dressed ceremoniously, had already come up.

Concubine Meng was a little surprised when she saw that Wei Ruyi was also there, and then her smile faded a little, and she said to Zhuohua: "Princess." ”

Zhuohua stood up and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law of the Seventh Emperor, sit down." After speaking, he asked someone to remove Jiao Weiqin, and then said: "That matter, my father has not made an edict yet, and the seventh emperor's sister-in-law must not mention it again." ”

Concubine Meng saw the shy Zhuohua, and only pulled her lovingly and said: "You and I are not outsiders, and the national teachers are of noble character, and they are one of the best in Beijing. ”

Wei Ruyi's eyebrows jumped, does the emperor want to give Zhuohua and Lou Yan a marriage?

Her heart sank slightly, but she didn't dare to show half a point on her face, who knew that this Concubine Meng deliberately called her: "Miss Wei, did you say that Princess Zhuohua was made in heaven with the national teacher?" ”

Hu Qingwei knew Wei Ruyi's thoughts, and was afraid that she would be sad, so she hurriedly said: "The princess is the proud daughter of the sky, and the national teacher is the dragon and phoenix among people. ”

"Does Miss Wei feel the same way?" Concubine Meng saw that Wei Ruyi was silent, and seemed to be a little unwilling, so she was only aggressive: "It's just that I saw Miss Wei throwing her arms to the national teacher before, and I thought that Miss Wei also had a bad idea of the national teacher." Also, if the daughter's family is not reserved, which man will like it. ”

"Enough!"

The indifferent rebuke came from outside, Meng Shi's face turned pale, and he got up and went to see Jiang Yan who came in from outside.

Jiang Yan was wearing a red brocade robe today, and he was usually always smiling, but his face was very ugly now.

Concubine Meng's lips opened, and then she hurriedly curts: "Didn't Your Highness go to play with the pitcher, why did you come......?"

"If I don't come, how do I know you're here again?" Jiang Yan was merciless.

Meng's body shook slightly, the whole person was pale as if it was going to wither in an instant, looking at him with disgust in his eyes, he bit his lip tightly and didn't dare to make a sound.

Zhuo Hua stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, Brother Huang, the Seventh Emperor's sister-in-law is just joking with us." ”

Wei Ruyi lowered his eyes and didn't make a sound, only remembering the marriage.

If it is true, the emperor's order is difficult to do, then Lou Yan, does he really want to marry Zhuohua......

Wei Ruyi felt a dull pain in her heart, and she only felt that she couldn't do anything, but she didn't react when Jiang Yan walked up to her, until she was pulled by him.

"The ...... of the Seven Princes"

"Let's go, I'll take you to a nice place." Jiang Yan laughed, as if he had become the same boy he was before.

He dragged her all the way downstairs and went somewhere, Concubine Meng looked at this scene, her pale lips were biting blood beads, Zhuohua only looked deeply at the backs of Jiang Yan and Wei Ruyi leaving, and did not make a sound.

Approaching the shore of the lake, watching Wei Ruyi being taken away, there was also Wei Qizhang.

"Second brother." Wei Qingshui gently tugged at his sleeve: "Cousin is waiting for us in front, let's go over first, Ruyi will be fine." Thinking of his mother's dismissal, Wei Qingshui felt a mess in his heart when he saw Wei Ruyi, and he didn't want Wei Qizhang to fall again.

Wei Qizhang saw that she was so worried, and did not argue anything as before, but only calmly faced a little and looked ahead, where Prime Minister Yun's sister-in-law and his cousin-in-law were waiting for him.

Wei Ruyi was pulled all the way by Jiang Yan to a grassy slope where no one was around, and finally gasped and said, "Seventh Prince, I have no strength." ”

"It's not going to run." Jiang Yan pursed his lips, then pulled her to sit on the grassy slope, and said with a smile: "Look how beautiful it is here."

Wei Ruyi followed his gaze and saw that the verdant grassy slopes were full of colorful wildflowers, and the colorful butterflies were proudly waving their wings and flying around, as if they were smelling the fragrance of flowers and collecting nectar, and the sun was casting, leaving a rainbow between their wings. The wind blows, with the aroma of grass, and it is like a fairyland.

"It's beautiful."

She spoke softly, and Jiang Yan smiled with satisfaction: "This is one of the few good places in the palace, when I used to be unhappy alone, I often came here, drinking in a daze, and I could be angry with anything." After speaking, as if by magic, he took out two more jars of wine and raised them at her: "Can you drink it?" ”

Wei Ruyi laughed at him: "A heartless person like the Seventh Prince will also be unhappy?" With that, he sat down next to him, took his wine and set it aside without drinking it.

Jiang Yan snorted lightly: "You little girl can have something on her mind, I'm a few years older than you, why can't I have it?" ”

He opened the flask, took a sip, and then closed his eyes comfortably in the distance, as if enjoying himself.

Wei Ruyi didn't reply to him, just held his face and looked into the distance thinking about Lou Yan.

Jiang Yan's eyes opened a slit and looked at her quietly.

The sun fell on her fair face, and it was so delicate that people wanted to pinch it, especially the eyelashes, which flickered like butterfly wings.

She is really good-looking, but she has seen countless beauties, why do you feel close to her?

"Little Ruyi, let me ask you." Jiang Yan said suddenly.

Wei Ru commented that his tone was a little serious, and he also became serious: "What do you ask?" ”

Jiang Yan looked at her deeply, and said softly: "If Xiao Yan marries Zhuohua, are you willing to marry me simply, I guarantee that the position of the concubine is yours, and I will never snub you in the future." In his opinion, such a promise is already a great demonstration of his sincerity.

Wei Ruyi was surprised for a moment, then laughed, and then said: "Your Highness, what are you talking about, the position of the seventh prince and concubine is the position that many women dream of." ”

"Are you willing, then?"

"But Ruyi has a heart, and I only want to marry him in this life." Wei Ruyi said with a smile.

Jiang Yan pouted: "Then you are willing to be a concubine?" ”

Wei Ruyi was also suffocated, in her previous life, she married Lou Yan, she was a wife, he was clean, he had no concubines and no other women, she could have him alone, but now she wanted her to share him with other women......

She was silent, Jiang Yan looked at it, and only hid her loss of rejecting herself, and laughed out loud: "Anyway, I'm not in a hurry, and you're still young, let's think about it again, and come to me again when you change your mind." But you have to hurry, otherwise the position of the concubine will be someone else's. ”

Wei Ruyi saw that he had become this hanger again, and said with a smile: "There is no shortage of women around Your Highness, and after a year or two, I am afraid that I will forget about me." ”

"That's what you said, after all, there are so many beauties in the world, although you are beautiful, you can't stand the initiative to send it to me." Jiang Yan laughed jokingly, and both of them forgot about it, and happily lay on the grassy slope enjoying the gentle sunshine.

From afar, Lou Yan saw this scene and never took a step forward.

Ah Zhong followed to the side and said, "Your Excellency, do you want to go over?" ”

Lou Yan only looked at Wei Ruyi, who was lying there with his eyes closed, shaking his head slightly, and turned away.

Don't want to be a concubine?

He muttered in his heart, and walked towards the most lively place of the banquet step by step.

When Tan'er hurriedly looked for it, she saw Wei Ruyi and Jiang Yan together, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Miss, something happened to Miss Chen, go and take a look." ”

"What's wrong?" Wei Ruyi asked as he got up busily.

"It's the son of the Dingguo Mansion, and he said a few light words, but Miss Chen couldn't get angry and beat him directly, this time his eyes are swollen, and the people in the Dingguo Mansion are making trouble underneath."

When Wei Ruyi heard that it was the Dingguo Mansion, he remembered the queen's incident and walked forward quickly.

Jiang Yan saw her calm appearance, and became more and more surprised, this little Ruyi is really unusual!

He also hurriedly got up and followed, but before he took two steps, he saw the people next to the Meng family coming again: "Seventh Prince, I can find you, the side concubine has fainted, go and take a look." ”

Jiang Yan looked impatient: "How could you faint?" ”

"The slave doesn't know." Yahuan lowered her head nervously, her eyes restlessly looking left and right.

Jiang Yan didn't notice anything abnormal, only kept a calm face, and went in the direction of the Meng clan.

When Wei Ruyi arrived, the son of Dingguo Mansion whose eyes were swollen was still there, but it seemed that he was beaten a little badly, and his legs were almost lame, and Chen Yan's sleeve was surrounded by people in the middle, and his face was a little blue.

"It is said that the Chen family is all reckless, but in my opinion, the daughters of the Chen family are all shrews. The last concubine was divorced, and now Miss Chen is fortunately not married, otherwise she will be divorced sooner or later! ”

The well-dressed woman stood next to the beaten son, and scolded angrily, without any decency.

Chen Yan's sleeves and teeth tightened slightly, but he was not good at words, so he only said coldly: "I don't argue with you." After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, but the beaten boy hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sleeve, don't you go, didn't we say okay, let's be together tonight?" ”

"Shut up!" Chen Yansleeve saw that he insulted his reputation like this, and he was so angry that he wanted to do it, but he was persuaded by others: "Miss Chen, if you fight again, you will die." ”

Chen Yan's sleeves were blue and he didn't make a sound, and when the boy saw this, he said: "Sleeves, why are you shy, I saw your belly pocket just now......"

Wei Ruyi's eyebrows twisted, and he stepped forward to gag him, when he saw a young man in Tsing Yi coming out of the crowd, and said directly: "Brother Zhang's words are so unreasonable, you almost fell into the water just now, it was Miss Chen who made a righteous move, but you pulled her clothes without authorization, and now you want to insult her name again, what is the reason?" ”

It's him!

Wei Ruyi's fists tightened slightly, this bastard, after marrying Sister Yansleeve in his previous life, he began to expose his true nature, not only humiliating her every day, but after the Chen family was in trouble, he didn't forget to fall into the well and step on the stone.

Are these all coincidences these days?

She saw the person behind this man who was staring at the person here, and she also recognized that Yun Hao, the eldest son of Prime Minister Yun, was not like Prime Minister Yun who used his power and bullying on the bright side, he was notoriously treacherous and insidious.

Could it be that this bastard has something to do with Yun Hao?

She watched all this, and was about to go in, but her hand was pulled out by a large, slightly rough hand.

She looked at the person who pulled her and said in surprise: "Second brother? "How could he be at the banquet?

"Ruyi, these days, are you okay? I didn't even go to see you. Wei Qizhang looked at her and lost a lot of weight, and he was distressed.

"I'm all right, you see, my injuries are all healed." Wei Ruyi laughed, and remembered Chen Yansleeve again, so she hurriedly said: "Second brother, you wait, I'll ...... first" She turned around to leave, but Wei Qizhang didn't let go, only said: "Second brother has something to ask you, you come here." So saying, he pulled her forward.

The more Wei Ruyi thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, but he refused to believe that the second brother who was as gentle as jade would mix with insidious villains such as Yun Hao, and only said: "Second brother, I really have something urgent." ”

"But the words of the second brother are also very important." Wei Qizhang said.

"But ......"

"My mother said that you designed the rouge shop, right?" Wei Qizhang asked her, Wei Ruyi's teeth tightened slightly, did the Yun family tell him all these things?

If she wants to hide it, can she hide it? If the second brother knew, would he turn against him? What should she do if she becomes an enemy?

Wei Ruyi lowered her eyes, and when Wei Qizhang saw her like this, he finally raised his hand and gently rubbed her forehead: "Ruyi, don't worry, no matter what you do, the second brother will never blame you." ”

"But ......"

"Although the second brother doesn't know how you became what you are now, the second brother believes that you are still the same as before. Promise the second brother, stay away from these things, stay at home with peace of mind, and wait for the second brother to ......" Wei Qizhang's words stopped, and he seemed to hesitate for a moment before he said again: "When you are older, wait for the second brother to have a greater ability to protect you." ”

Wei Ruyi didn't know how to explain to him, she couldn't do what he wanted in her life, stay in the back house with peace of mind, and be an ordinary young lady.

She only smiled and said, "Second brother, don't worry, as long as my mother doesn't come to look for me, I will never look for her again." ”

"Ruyi, you ......"

"Second brother, I know you treat me well, but I also have people I want to protect." Wei Ruyi looked at him, she didn't want to hurt him the most, but there were some things she had to make clear to him: "I want to protect my mother and younger brother, protect the Chen family, protect my second brother and third sister, and protect my lover." None of you can be fine. ”

When Wei Qizhang heard her say 'my love', his heart seemed to be slowly drawn with a sharp blade.

"Ruyi, you are still young, there are some things you still don't understand." She must not be able to distinguish those men's rhetoric, but I heard that the emperor will soon marry Lou Yan and Zhuohua? When the time comes, Ruyi should die.

Wei Ruyi saw that he was obsessed now, seeing that his emaciated chin was already covered with stubble, and he didn't know what to say, so he heard a flirtatious male voice behind him: "This is Ruyi?" It is really a beautiful woman with a beautiful national color. ”

Wei Qizhang's face was not very good-looking: "Cousin, why are you here." ”

"You're whispering here?" After Yun Hao finished speaking, a pair of yin owl eyes swept Wei Ruyi up and down extremely obscenely, and then said: "Qi Zhang, it's not too early, you still have an errand, go back early." ”

Wei Qizhang saw his desire at a glance, so he only walked up to Wei Ruyi coldly, blocking his sight: "If my cousin's affairs are done, let's go back first." ”

Seeing that he dared to do this, Yun Hao's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom, and he stepped forward and pinched his shoulder, his nails almost pinched in: "Qi Zhang, why do you still treat my cousin as an outsider?" ”

Wei Qizhang's face was slightly pale, and he just turned his head to look at Wei Ruyi quietly: "Ruyi, go find Princess Zhuohua, you don't know many people in this palace, don't walk around." ”

Wei Ruyi was unhappy when she saw Yun Hao, and remembered the matter of Chen Yan's sleeves, so she didn't say anything more, nodded and turned around to leave, and heard Yun Hao staring at her and said, "Ruyi, my cousin has to come to play with you." ”

Wei Ruyi's footsteps stopped slightly, turned his head to look at him, and smiled lightly: "That Ruyi is waiting for my cousin." "If you have a life, I want to see if you have a life to leave!

When Yun Hao saw her smile, he only felt that his eyes were shaking, and when Wei Ruyi walked away, he smiled deeply at Wei Qizhang: "No wonder you like it so much, it's really a stunner." ”

"You must not touch her!"

"Don't worry, your people, I naturally won't take her life." Yun Hao finished speaking coldly, and then left.

Wei Qizhang looked at his salivating eyes, and at that moment, he had murderous intent.

By the time Wei Ruyi arrived, Chen Yansleeve was gone.

She hurriedly found Tan'er, who was looking for her everywhere, and said, "Where is Sister Yansleeve?" ”

"followed the previous son, saying that he was going to send her to change her clothes and then send her out of the palace." Tan'er said.

"It's broken." Wei Ruyi's eyebrows were twisted, and he ran in that direction quickly, but ran into Ah Zhong halfway.

Ah Zhong was whispering something to the young lady of the Dingguo Mansion before, the two of them were mysterious, and when Wei Ruyi approached, the young lady had already nodded and left.

Ah Zhong turned his head and saw her coming, and he was about to leave after saluting, Wei Ruyi wanted to stop him and ask about the marriage, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't ask, so he had to go all the way in the direction of Chen Yansleeve.

When she arrived, Chen Yan's maid was guarding the door of the room.

Wei Ruyi hurriedly said, "What about Miss Chen?" ”

"Change your clothes inside." Cai Qing looked strange.

"What about the son who sent her?" Wei Ruyi said again.

Cai Qing looked puzzled: "I'm waiting outside the hospital." ”

When Wei Ruyi heard this, she knew that something was going on inside, so when she came, she deliberately looked inside and out, and she didn't see anyone at all.

As she spoke, she was about to kick the door in, but Cai Qing was startled and hurriedly grabbed her: "Fourth Miss, what are you doing!" ”

"There's something going on inside." Wei Ruyi hurriedly asked Tan'er to pull Cai Qing, pushed the door and went in.

It's good that I didn't come in, but I came in, and the light that came in through the door illuminated the room, and the man's clothes were scattered all over the floor.

Wei Ruyi's face turned pale, and he was about to go inside, when he saw Tan'er and shouted softly: "Miss, Concubine Meng has brought a group of people." ”

Wei Ruyi's face tightened slightly, and she immediately said: "Guarding the door, just say that I am diagnosing my sister, don't disturb." ”

"Yes." Tan'er was busy, Cai Qing didn't understand much, but she also nodded.

Wei Ruyi hurriedly closed the door and ran inside.

The further she went, the more frightened she became, because of the clothes of men and women scattered all over the floor, and the sweet smell of drugs in the air.

Wei Ruyi was trembling with anger, and when she arrived inside, she saw Chen Yan's sleeves being thrown on the bed without an inch, and a man who was also naked was kissing her indiscriminately......

Wei Ruyi's face turned pale, turned his head to pick up the round stool on the ground, and before the man could turn around, he stepped forward and smashed a stool on his head.

There was a muffled sound in the man's throat, and his body fell softly on Chen Yansleeve, who was still awake at the moment, but she just had no strength in her body.

Her eyes were red, she watched the man faint, looked at Wei Ruyi who was carrying a stool with an angry face, and finally cried softly: "Ruyi ......"

"Don't be afraid." Wei Ruyi's hands trembled slightly, listening to Meng's voice outside, he dragged the man down, picked up the clothes on the ground and stuffed them in his mouth, then stuffed him under the bed, and immediately covered Chen Yan's sleeves with a quilt, and then panicked to put away the clothes scattered on the ground and stuffed them under the bed.

When Meng pushed the door in, she pulled down the curtain and pretended to take the pulse.

Meng Shi came in and saw the clean room, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Miss Wei, I heard the sound of smashing things just now, but something happened?" ”

Wei Ruyi looked at a group of nobles and side concubines, and only pretended to be nervous and said, "Everyone, go out quickly, Sister Yansleeve suddenly had chickenpox, and she is going to be infected." ”

Speaking of contagion, everyone timidly took a step back.

Meng Shi didn't believe it, she knew what was going to happen here, and Chen Yanchong suddenly fell ill, there was a ghost in this place.

"Chickenpox is not a terrible symptom, by the way, when I just came, I lost a hairpin, Miss Chen, you don't mind my maid ring looking for it here, right?" After speaking, Meng sent someone to find him.

Wei Ruyi glanced at Tan'er, Tan'er understood, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop the person: "Concubine Meng'......"

Seeing this, Concubine Meng was even more sure that there were ghosts here.

She laughed: "What is Miss Wei so nervous about?" Could it be that there is something unsightly hidden here? ”

"What do you want to find here?" Wei Ruyi asked her with a smile.

Concubine Meng was asked by her like this, and her face froze, as if she had premeditated.

She only couldn't help but smile and said, "Miss Wei is so nervous, it can't be that there is a man hiding here." If that's the case, I'll have to see even more, if anyone hides a man from Princess Zhuohua, it's not fun. After speaking, he glanced at the people in front of him, and the people immediately pushed Tan'er away and rummaged around.

Wei Ruyi watched them rummaging through the cabinets, and her face was slightly gloomy: "As the side concubine of the Seventh Prince, how can you say such things, how can Sister Yansleeve also be the daughter of a general, and she has also been on the battlefield to kill the enemy, what does it mean that the side concubine opened her mouth to slander her innocence like this?" ”

Wei Ruyi's words were sonorous and powerful, and the ladies and ladies who were pulled by the Meng family also disagreed.

"Concubine Fang, according to the opinion of the courtiers, don't search for it, Miss Chen's character, the courtiers can testify, and there will never be anything about harboring men. As for your hairpin, didn't you fall outside, how could it be in this house? ”

As soon as she spoke, the others suddenly felt that they had been used as gunmen, and they left one after another.

Concubine Meng was so angry that her face turned slightly pale, and she only forced herself to ask her in a soft tone: "Which young lady are you?" ”

"The courtier, Yu Rouyi, is the daughter of the imperial history."

"It turned out to be the daughter of Yushi, no wonder she is so sharp-toothed, I will definitely ask Mrs. Yu how she taught you when I go back." Meng Shi smiled, there was already some threat in her words, but Yu Rouyi didn't look scared, she only smiled lightly and said: "If the side concubine really wants to check, this is the princess's territory, if the courtier goes back to the princess, let the princess check." ”

Meng Shi was speechless by her, and seeing that his people didn't find anything, he thought about it, and thought about simply going back first, but before he turned around, he heard a muffled sound of a man shouting pain.

She immediately turned around, and saw Wei Ruyi standing on one side as usual without moving, and asked her with concern: "What's wrong with the side concubine?" But unwilling? It's better to search again, save what you have left behind, and you can't tell you clearly when you look back. ”

Seeing that she was teasing herself like this, the handkerchief in her hand was about to be stirred: "When Miss Wei becomes the Seventh Imperial Princess, come and reprimand me like this." ”

"The courtiers don't dare."

"Don't dare? I see you ......" Concubine Meng's voice did not fall, but the movement under the bed became louder and louder.

Meng's eyes lit up slightly, and he was about to take a step, but Wei Ruyi immediately said to Tan'er: "What are you still doing in a daze, the side concubine is delicate, send her out immediately, and then tell His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, ask him to ask the imperial doctor to treat the side concubine as soon as possible." ”

At the mention of the Seventh Prince, Meng finally calmed down and didn't dare to speak again.

Wei Ruyi saluted her again, and when Meng saw this, he went out unwillingly.

But she didn't go far, she just waited outside the house, and she didn't believe that the people in here didn't come out today!

When she left, Yu Rouyi turned around and asked, "Miss Wei, what's going on with Yan Sleeve?" I just came back to Beijing, and I was still thinking about surprise her, but who knew that she was sick. ”

Wei Ruyi looked at her eagerness, and couldn't see anything abnormal, she didn't know too well whether Chen Yansleeve had a friend like Yu Rouyi in her previous life, but she had just helped them, and she knew it.

Hearing this, he only said, "My sister is still sick, Miss Yu, you should go out first." ”

"Okay, then I'll go to the princess first, and tell her about this place, so that she can send someone to save her from disturbing her." Yu Rou said.

Wei Ruyi felt that she was thoughtful, so she only smiled and nodded, but she didn't completely let down her guard and tell her what happened here.

Seeing this, Yu Rouyi smiled lightly, and went out without any delay.

As soon as she left, Wei Ruyi immediately asked Tan'er to look at the door, and then personally dragged the person under the bed out, seeing that he spit out the cloth in his mouth and looked at himself in surprise: "Are you ......?"

"I'm your uncle!" When the words fell, Wei Ruyi kicked him in the temple, and saw him faint again, before he said to the stunned Cai Qing: "Bring scissors!" ”

"Cut ...... Scissors? Cai Qing trembled and went to get the scissors, Wei Ruyi looked at Chen Yansleeve and said, "Miss Chen, do you want to marry him in the future?" ”

Chen Yanchong only wanted to kill him, and she was not as fragile as these boudoir women, she grew up in the military camp since she was a child, and she didn't have the concept that she had to marry him if she was touched by a man.

She saw what Wei Ruyi wanted to do, but she only felt relieved.

"Die and don't marry!"

"Good!" Wei Ruyi responded, asked Cai Qing to close his eyes, raised his hand, and cut off the root of this stinky man's troubles.

Bloody, the fainting man twitched twice, and stopped moving.

Tan'er's whole body trembled like chaff, Wei Ruyi only asked them to separate the man's clothes and put them on again, so that he became difficult, how could he solve him unconsciously after a while?

After a pause, she saw Concubine Meng who was still moving outside, and seemed to think of something.

It's just that Yun Hao's beast is going to be cheap today!

"Miss, why don't you go find Miss Hu, and Miss Yu, she is reliable." Cai Qingdao.

"Not necessarily." She didn't want to involve Hu Qingwei in these things, not to mention that although Yu Rouyi had just behaved very well, she still couldn't fully trust it all at once. What's more, this matter is not only about Chen Yansleeve's reputation, but also about her future.

Outside at this time, Yu Rouyi had already gone directly to the attic, and saw Zhuohua who was stroking the qin and Jiang Di who was sitting on one side with heavy eyes, and saluted: "Princess, prince." ”

"How's it going?"

"Everything is going according to plan, the Yun family and the Meng family have secretly colluded together, and we thought we didn't know." Yu Rouyi said with a light smile.

Zhuo Hua looked at her with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, when you go back, tell your nobles that she doesn't have to worry about King Rui's affairs, and Brother Xiao Wang will definitely think about it." As for Liu Cairen's side, the power of the Liu family should not be underestimated, so let her be careful and don't make people suspicious. ”

Yu Rouyi responded with a smile: "Wei Ruyi and Chen Yansleeve, look ......"

Zhuohua looked at Jiang Di, Jiang Di was silent for a moment before he said, "Where is Lou Yan?" ”

Yu Rouyi shook her head: "The courtiers thought that if something happened to Wei Ruyi, he would definitely appear, but she didn't expect to see the figure. ”

"Could it be that the National Teacher doesn't care about Wei Ruyi as much as we imagined?" Zhuohua looked at Jiang Di.

"I don't know for the time being, but these two times, Wei Ruyi will secretly act whenever something happens, and it is impossible to be completely unmoved." Jiang Di pondered.

Zhuohua smiled: "Maybe it's the imperial brother, you are too nervous, the national teacher has always been cold-minded, and he has no interest in women, how old is Wei Ruyi now, and he is a noisy and crying person, he looks like a child, how can he be tempted?" ”

Jiang Di didn't speak, although Zhuohua's words were very reasonable, he was not completely unsuspicious.

only said to Yu Rouyi: "Don't come to see us for the time being, just follow the instructions of the nobles, approach Chen Yansleeve and Wei Ruyi, find out the meaning of Chen's mansion, and keep an eye on the movements of Wuninghou, in addition, Wei Ruyi is not simple, I suspect that there are masters behind her, you must find out." ”

"Rou Yi understands, that Concubine Meng ......"

"Don't be afraid, just ignore her." Zhuohua laughed.

Yu Rouyi smiled and saluted, and went back to Wei Ruyi.

As soon as she was gone, the shadows in the shadows flew away quickly.

At this time, behind the rockery around the corner, Lou Yan looked at Jiang Yan, who was holding the fish food and feeding the fish for a while, and said lightly: "The time has come, you can go." ”

Jiang Yan seemed to be relieved, but looked at him suspiciously: "Xiao Yan, do you really give me this hero's chance to save beauty?" ”

Lou Yan's eyes were cold, looking at the restrained koi in the pool, and he didn't speak.

Jiang Yan smiled: "I know that you have great ambitions, and I also know that you are willing to come to the capital to be an official, not just to help Sheji, so it's okay, Xiao Ruyi has a lively and jumping temperament, if you really become your concubine, maybe how you can be wronged, it is better to be my seventh princess and be at ease." ”

Lou Yan still didn't speak.

Jiang Yan didn't care about him, smiled and left.

When he left, Ah Zhong walked out of the shadows: "I found out, the one who designed Chen Yan's sleeve today is Yun Hao, the son of the Yun family." The conflict with the prince and the young lady of the Guogong Mansion was also arranged by Yun Hao, because the eldest prince of the Dingguo Mansion was not angry, and he had already lost Yun Hao's foreign debt of 30,000 taels of silver, so he was willing to act in this play. ”

"Yu Rouyi."

"Yu Guiren's people, Yu Guiren helped the queen on the surface, but in fact, he had something to do with King Xiao, and now that the queen has been cut off, she should be in a hurry to restore the throne, but I didn't expect to be taken advantage of by Yu Guiren." Ah Chung.

"The Yu family has already fallen, so there is nothing to be afraid of, as for Yu Rouyi, think of a way to remind Ruyi." Lou Yan said lightly.

Ah Zhong's face tightened, when did he call Wei Ruyi so affectionately, he saw that his expression did not change, and then said, "My subordinates will remind Miss Wei." ”

Lou Yan took the unused fish food of Jiang Yan on the side, threw it all into the water, watched those fish all rush over, lowered his hand lightly, and slowly walked out of the palace.

At this time, Wei Ruyi was busy tying up the bastard with broken roots.

Cai Qing and Tan'er stood on one side and trembled, and it didn't take long for Chen Yansleeve's drug to finally ease, and when they saw Wei Ruyi, who was not shy about it, they felt some appreciation: "Aren't you afraid?" ”

"Afraid of what?" Wei Ruyi said as he cleaned up the blood on his hands.

"I'm afraid of ruining the reputation...... Or, fear of blood. Chen Yansleeve looked at her: "Everyone, who is not afraid except for me who mixes in the military camp all day long?" ”

Wei Ruyi cleaned up the blood, then got up and looked at her and said, "I'm afraid, but I'm afraid I can't solve the problem." "Wei Ruyi in her previous life, although she was arrogant, she had never killed anyone, but now she has blood on her hands, and she also understands that there are some things that can't be done by blindly avoiding them.

Chen Yansleeve saw that her eyes were resolute, not the appearance of being bound by the three obedience and four virtues as he imagined, and his appreciation and gratitude for this cousin were mixed, and finally turned into a shallow smile: "Okay, this is the demeanor of my Chen family's daughter." After speaking, he looked at the man on the ground, and his teeth tightened slightly: "This person, what did you want to do?" ”

Wei Ru thought that she was willing to listen to herself, leaned forward and whispered in her ear: "If my sister wants to settle it once and for all, I know who has a grudge against him, as long as I can take him out of the palace, then I don't have to worry about it in the future." ”

Chen Yan's sleeves raised coldly: "Who?" ”

"The eldest son of Fang Shilang of the Ministry of Rites, and the younger brother of Fang Qiaoqiao, the future Princess Rui." Wei Ruyi smiled lightly.

Chen Yansleeve only felt that she didn't seem to have said anything, but at such a young age, she could have such a mind, which already made her marvel and couldn't be more amazed. If this cousin is not a demon, then he is really a person with a delicate heart.

"I can take people out, it's not early, let's go home early." Chen Yan sleeved.

"I have a personal business to do." I didn't see Lou Yan today, but Ah Zhong and Jiang Yan were there, and he was clearly hiding from himself.

What are you hiding, are you afraid that you won't be able to tell yourself about Princess Zhuohua?

Chen Yansleeve wanted to ask again, but Cai Qing, who was watching through the crack in the door, had already hurried over: "Miss, Miss Wei, the Seventh Prince is coming in this direction and is talking to Concubine Meng outside the courtyard." ”

Wei Ruyi hurriedly looked at Chen Yansleeve: "The Seventh Prince came just in time, you can send Concubine Meng, you will call the little sedan chair to come out of the palace in the name of chickenpox in a while, as for the others, I will think of dragging it." After Wei Ruyi finished speaking, she turned her head and pulled the sheets again, wrapped the quilt in a long strip and stuffed it inside, then called Tan'er to come, and went out with her through the side door.

"Miss, let's carry this ......"

"Shh Wei Ruyi booed, carried this thing and looked around, while quickly stepping into the rockery not far away, put the thing inside, and then said to Tan'er: "Wait for me to come back here, no matter who comes, show them if you want to see it." ”

"Who will come to see ......" Before Tan'er finished asking, Wei Ruyi had already run out quickly.

She must go to Lou Yan to ask for clarification!

As he ran, he saw the man who was about to go out at the gate of the palace, and he ran over in three steps and two steps.

Lou Yan looked at her who suddenly appeared, her hair bun was scattered, and the fine black hair stuck to the sweat on her forehead, which was extremely embarrassing.

He only said lightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"Do you like me?" Wei Ruyi asked him.

Ah Zhong's eyes opened, and he hurriedly lowered his head again, consciously taking a few steps back.

Lou Yan looked at her sparkling eyes and didn't speak.

Wei Ruyi saw that he was silent, and said: "I like you, I want to marry you, whether you are a national teacher with power and opposition or a humble commoner, I am willing, as long as you also like me, I can follow you for the rest of my life." ”

"To be a concubine?"

"It's not." Wei Ruyi's eyes were astringent, and he lowered his eyelids, afraid that he would think he was a crybaby: "If you want to marry a wife, then I won't marry you, I'm afraid of marrying you, I will distort my love for you because of crazy jealousy, Brother Yan, can you understand?" I only pretend to be you alone in my heart, I am very selfish, if I marry you too, you have another woman, I will be crazy. ”

Lou Yan listened to her uncomfortable voice as she tried her best, for some reason, the heart that was always controlled by him and did not approach her, at this moment, it seemed that it was not under his control.

His hand slowly raised, wanting to comfort her who was wronged, but before his hand touched her, he heard Zhuohua's voice coming from behind him: "Master Guoshi, my father has sent a decree to summon Miss Wei to go to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”

Wei Ruyi's palms tightened slightly, did you still come, sure enough, this time Zhuohua let himself enter the palace, which is also the emperor's intention.

She saluted, turned around and wanted to go to the Heart Nourishing Palace, whether it was life or death, at least Lou Yan should understand her sincerity.

But after taking two steps, her palms were warm, she looked sideways in a daze, and the person holding her hand only looked at the road ahead with a calm face: "The road ahead, let's go together." ”