Xiao Yuan had been standing next to Jing Ning, originally observing Jing Ning intently putting ice cubes on Xiao Yao, but inadvertently raised her eyes to find Lan Yao crying, silently.

She was stunned for a moment, quickly turned her head, thought about it, and handed over the embroidered handkerchief in her hand.

Lan Yao took it, wiped the remaining tears on his cheeks, and whispered, "I'm sorry for making you laugh." ”

Jing Ning shook his head lightly, and the movements in his hands did not stop.

Lan Yao gently brushed Jing Ning's hand away, "I'll come." Her voice was still a little hoarse, which was distressing.

Jing Ning and Xiao Yuan glanced at each other, their eyes full of worry about Lan Yao.

"By the way, Ah Kite, has your brother checked the people behind the scenes?" Lan Yao removed the ice, and the burned part no longer hurt, but it was still very red, and it seemed that it would not fade for a while.

"Not yet. My brother didn't find it either. Xiao Yuan replied hesitantly. The elder brother said that the person behind it was a big man. This Qianqian has also been analyzed for us before. ”

"What about other than this? Didn't you find anything? Lan Yao asked without giving up.

"It's gone. The people behind the scenes seem to be very careful in doing things, and the intelligence battalion can't find out. Xiao Yuan shook her head.

Lan Yao bowed her head in disappointment.

"Did the Auxiliary Duke find anything?" Jing Ning had been listening silently, and suddenly asked. People like Fu Guogong must find out something, and even if they can't find it, they will guess some.

"I don't know, grandpa doesn't tell me this."

The three of them were silent for a long time, "Jing Ning, Ah Kite, you go back first." Lan Yao's face completely lost the smile that Jing Ning had when they first came, and Jing Ning guessed that the rumor had been in his heart all the time, tying knots and twisting knots, and he couldn't untie them.

Jing Ning got up, knowing that it was time to let Xiao Xiao stay alone for a while, and let her think about what to do in the future.

After Jing Ning and Xiao Yuan left, Lan Yao stayed in the house alone, let all the maids around her go out, and she walked to the bed. The sachet was still under the pillow.

She took out the sachet and unconsciously rubbed her fingers against the delicate plum blossom on it, this sachet had been embroidered for a long time, but it had never had a chance to reach the person's hand. I don't know if there's anything else. Lan Yao knew that although Chen Zhi was now under house arrest, he could still give the sachet to Xiao Yuan, let Ah Yuan hand it over to her brother Xiao Rin, and then Xiao Rin would enter the palace and bring it to Chen Zhi. But Lan Yao didn't want to do this, she still wanted to hand it over to him herself, this was a kind of stubbornness, her stubbornness. When she handed over this sachet to Chen Zhi, she told him that she was pleased with him.

Lan Yao stared in a daze, and Chen Zhi's demonic face appeared in his mind, his peach blossom eyes were slightly upturned, and he smiled evilly.

I don't know if it's possible for me to give him this sachet. Lan Yao thought silently.

Fu Guogong was discussing with Lan Yao's brothers in the study what to do to dispel the emperor's suspicions.

On that day, the emperor kept himself behind, asked himself a few official things, and then euphemistically asked himself what he thought about the rumors about Chen Zhi and Lan Yao.

"Lan Aiqing, do you know those rumors among ministers these days?" The emperor took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

When Fu Guogong heard this, he immediately stood up, walked to the middle and knelt down, "Back to the emperor, these rumors are all windless talk, Lan Yao and Chen Proton are innocent." "Fu Guogong's words are firm and unmistakable.

The emperor watched quietly for a while, and slowly put the teacup on the table, "Really?" He didn't say whether he believed it or not, and stared thoughtfully at Fu Guogong.

Fu Guogong's face did not change, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, "Back to the emperor, Lan Yao, this child was raised by Weichen himself, what kind of temperament she has Weichen knows, this kind of thing will never happen." ”

The emperor suddenly smiled, "Lan Aiqing, I just asked casually, what are you doing so nervously, get up and say." ”

Fu Guogong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but his face did not show it, "Emperor Xie." ”

He got up and sat down in a chair beside him.

The emperor talked to Fuguo Gong about some other things, and let Fu Guogong leave.

Although the emperor said that he believed that this matter was just a rumor spread by someone with a heart, Fu Guogong himself did not dare to think so in his heart. The emperor left himself behind this time to ask himself, just to test his attitude, which shows that the emperor has some doubts. After all, he is an old minister, and there are some forces in the court, so it is reasonable for the emperor to worry that he will have dealings with other countries.

Therefore, Fu Guogong did not have resentment, but was just thinking about how to eliminate the emperor's suspicions. The Auxiliary Princes have been loyal ministers for generations, and it is absolutely impossible for them to turn their backs on their own country.

"Why don't you let my cousin go back to his hometown for a while to avoid the limelight?" One of Lan Yao's cousins spoke.

"Won't this make others think that there are no three hundred taels of silver here?" The other brother hesitated.

The brothers said a few more methods intermittently, but each of them had different opinions.

Fu Guogong suddenly said in a deep voice, "Xu'er, Zheng'er, Rong'er, which of the three of you wants to marry a young man?" ”

Lan Zixu and they looked at each other, you look at me, I look at him, but no one answered Fu Guogong's words.

Fu Guogong's face sank, "What, do you still dislike my precious granddaughter?" ”

Lan Zixu saluted Fu Guogong, "Grandpa, this should see what you think." Lan Zixu was the cousin who saw Lan Yao embroidering sachets that day. He knew in his heart that Lan Yao already had someone else in his heart, so Fu Guogong's suggestion could not be adopted categorically. She has a hot temper, and she is unwilling to force her to get engaged and marry like this.

Fu Guogong grew up watching Lan Yao since he was a child, and he also knew Lan Yao's temperament, and he could think of what Lan Zixu could think of. Fu Guogong sighed, "Then let Lan Yao go to his hometown for a while." "This Qianqian has just come back, and Lan Yao is leaving again, alas. Fu Guogong shook his head.

"Then I'll talk to my cousin. Let her prepare. Lan Zixu didn't really want Lan Yao to return to her hometown, but looking at the current situation, she definitely couldn't stay in the capital anymore, in case there were any rumors with the proton of the Qi Kingdom, it would be bad.

"Okay, go talk to her." Fu Guogong stopped looking at them and turned his back to them.

The brothers looked at each other and left.

Lan Yao finally covered up her sadness and prepared to go to Qianqian to accompany her, but as soon as she left the house, she saw her cousin coming. Puzzled, he asked, "Cousin?" What are you here for? ”

Lan Zixu glanced at Lan Yao with a smile on her face, and found that her eyes were slightly red, and her heart sank, did she cry? Is it for the proton of that Qi country?

"What's wrong with you?" Lan Zixu asked in a deep voice.

Lan Yao touched his eyes, is it so obvious? She shook her head and smiled, "It's nothing, maybe I just came out and was blown by the wind and got into the sand." ”