Xuande Palace

"Cheng'er, what's going on with you lately, you frequently ask for leave, and you don't care about so many affairs in the imperial court? Do you feel that if you are not the prince, you can be passive and slack off and ignore the court? Emperor Song lazily half-lay on the dragon chair, playing with the jade beads on his hat, and said slowly to Bai Yucheng under the court.

Bai Yucheng took a step forward: "Qi Qi Father, the son just suffered from some cold, and now he has recovered almost completely, and he can come back to continue to work for his father." ”

"Hey, you, you have the same virtue as your mother, and you have a good skin, and you are weak and sickly. Look at your prince's brother, who comes to my bed every day to say goodbye, and personally decocts my medicine."

"Father, it's the sons and daughters who don't think about it."

"That's it, let's start the court"

After the court meeting, the civil and military officials stepped out of the gate of the Xuande Hall and began to chatter.

"You see, this great prince has lost the crown prince, and his status in His Majesty's heart has gone down all of a sudden, hey, it's really pitiful."

"Isn't it? The eldest prince's mother is a concubine, and she died early, which is like His Royal Highness the Prince, with the support of the queen mother behind him, and he is deeply loved by His Majesty, we have to walk around with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince more on weekdays."

Standing outside the gate of the palace, Mianfu couldn't see the appearance of these people who saw the wind and the rudder, so he silently stepped forward and made a trip, and the three of them were close, and they fell down the steps together.

"Hey, you don't have eyes!" A middle-aged man stood up and held his official hat, his two mustaches were so angry that they were about to, and he scolded him when he pointed at Mianfu.

"Oh, three adults, I'm really sorry, it's the villain's eyes are not good, I thought it was a friend who came out, and mistakenly saw the phoenix as a grass chicken, next time I must pay attention, I must pay attention."

The three of them naturally heard that Mian Fu was referring to Sang and scolding Huai, but because Mian Fu's dress and demeanor were not like ordinary people, they didn't dare to investigate anything, so they scolded and left.

Bai Yucheng and Gongzi Yuxin are the last to come out, like the protagonists of the finale.

In fact, when the civil and military officials were discussing in private, the two of them followed at the end and pretended to talk casually, but their ears kept listening to what those people said.

Gongzi Yuxin had a smile on his face today, presumably he also listened to what the three people said just now.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is filial piety, and he has won the praise of his father, which is a dereliction of duty for me as a royal brother."

"Brother Wang is very intelligent, and this king also has a lot of places, and he needs to give humble advice to Brother Wang."

Both of them are smiling, you come and go politely, and people who don't know still think that their relationship is very good.

"By the way, Brother Wang, in the future, you can ask your father to hand over some other affairs to you, such as controlling the floods of the Yellow River and visiting the wells in the woods, but you can't show Brother Wang's talent at all."

Bai Yucheng's eyes rolled slightly, and he said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been raised, I still have some things, so I will go first." ”

After getting into the carriage, Mianfu quietly leaned into Bai Yucheng's ear and said, "Your Highness, your visit to the well in the woods is so secretive, how did Gongzi Yuxin know?"

Previously, Situ was ordered by Bai Yucheng to go out to find a place that might connect to the future, and brought a few drawings of woods and wells, but in the end he still found nothing, so Bai Yucheng put these drawings aside.

"I believe in Situ's reconnaissance ability, if it weren't for Gongzi Yuxin's people stealing information, I think. It's just the people in my house. ”

Sleep Fu recalled:

"It's true that lately, there has always been the slightest deviation in the order of the copy, and it looks like someone has flipped it. Is there anyone who doubts your Highness? ”

Bai Yucheng shook his head.

"I've got a lot of things right, but this one, I hope I'm wrong."

"If Your Highness is unwilling to be suspicious of the people around you, then I will be responsible for this matter."

"Well, I believe you."

In the palace, the only slaves who can step into the Qinxue Garden are the sisters and three brothers of the Shang family.

At the beginning of the week, he was in charge of the procurement of medicinal materials in the palace and the palace.

Xiao Yu is in charge of Bai Yucheng's food and clothing procurement.

Sheng Yu, who is in charge of Bai Yucheng's daily life, is also the person who has the most contact with him.

As for Shang Qiu and Di Yu, because the two were still young, Bai Yucheng didn't let them do things, nor did he let them listen to any things about the court society, and let them go freely.

"The first thing I ruled out was the beginning of the dress. She has always been cautious in her daily work, and those copywriters are neatly arranged, not like they were packed up in a hurry. If she leaked secrets, there shouldn't be such a flaw. ”

Back at the palace, Mian Fu and Bai Yucheng saw Shang Qiu and Di Yu playing on the stone steps, looking happy and innocent.

Seeing Bai Yucheng coming, the two children ran over happily.

Shang Qiu said: "Your Highness, Shang Qiu hasn't seen you for a long time, but is it because the court is busy? ”

"Your Highness, if I grow up to the age of my brothers, I can come to the study to do things for you, I really hope that day will come soon."

Mianfu smiled and responded to the innocent words of the two children, but the expression on Bai Yucheng's face was a little subtle.

After greeting the two of them, Mian Fu whispered to Bai Yucheng: "Your Highness, there should be nothing suspicious about these two children. ”

"Well, probably.."

Mian Fu and Bai Yucheng went back and carefully examined the thick stack of documents.

"The rest of the people, I can't speculate." Mianfu's brows were furrowed, and he looked at a loss.

Bai Yucheng took a sip of tea and said, "Let Situ strengthen the investigation of the study in the past few days, and if these people have any suspicious behavior, they will report to me immediately." In addition, he divided the army distribution map into three parts, handed it to the brothers Shang Chu and Sheng Xiao, and told them not to keep it for safe. ”

What is surprising is that in the next few days, Situ personally inspected it, but still found nothing.

Strange, can this person still be invisible?

"Your Highness, their behavior is indeed the same as usual, and there is nothing strange about them. The only people who have approached the study here are Shengyu, Diyu and Shangqiu, except for sorting out the scroll documents for you, there are no other abnormalities, and they have not taken things away without permission. Situ Che closed the door and reported the situation in the past few days to Bai Yucheng.

Both of them were silent when they heard this.

"Your Highness, I want to be able to exclude a person."

"Who?"

"Autumn. She has never been to the school, she is illiterate, even if she reads the paperwork, she can't understand it, how can she pass on the message to Gongzi Yuxin? ”

Bai Yucheng didn't make a sound, nor did he show his opinion, but walked straight to the stone gate in the backyard.

"Mr. Mianfu, His Highness doesn't seem to be very happy." Looking at Bai Yucheng's distant back, Situ Che couldn't help but say to Mianfu.

"yes, whatever it is

Whoever does it is unacceptable to His Highness. After all, for more than ten years, they have been like family.."

Behind the stone gate, there is the most beautiful moonlight, and the most concerned people, I haven't supervised the girl well these days, I don't know if she is lazy.

Only when he thought of the girl's innocent face did a smile barely appear on Bai Yucheng's face.

In the distance, you can hear the sound of the sword swinging. The petite girl raised her sword and swung it, and the sweat flew to the ground with the rotation of her limbs, splashing tiny splashes.

Is this still the Ji Lianmei he knows?

There is a little more perseverance in his eyes, a little more confidence in his movements, and he looks a lot stronger.

"Not bad." Bai Yucheng clapped his hands and approached with a smile, "I didn't expect you to be lazy." ”

Ji Lianmei sat on the ground, panting, her eyes reflected in the moonlight, and she looked exceptionally bright.

Such bright eyes should not appear in this chaotic era.

There is one last step left..

"Come on, after two moves, let me see your results in the past few days." Bai Yucheng threw a light sword to Ji Lianmei.

Ji Lianmei took the light sword and swung it, and in an instant, she swung out more than ten swords, and the wind blew and rolled up the yellow leaves in the sky.

Bai Yucheng didn't pick up the heavy sword, just dodged, silently counting in his heart.

Ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight

When he counted the ninety-ninth sword, he stretched out two fingers and grabbed the blade that stabbed him in the shoulder.

"It seems that these days, you are practicing well."

"The previous ninety-eight style was to test the enemy's weak defense, and the last style should be to stab at the enemy's vital point. And why did you choose to attack the shoulder? ”

Ji Lianmei stuck out her tongue embarrassedly: "Aren't I afraid of hurting you." ”

Her kindness and purity made Bai Yucheng suddenly a little ruthless, and broke everything she had best.

"Ji Lianmei, do you blame me? I heard Mianfu say, I used to treat you very well, but now I lock you up here to practice martial arts, do you blame me? ”

Ji Lianmei smiled and shook her head: "A little at first, but I believe in you, you won't hurt me." You will ask me to do this, and there must be a reason for you, I just want to choose to believe. What's wrong, do you have anything in mind? ”

"No.."

"Oh, okay." Ji Lianmei's eyes were obviously lost, "You don't seem to be very happy today."

"Ji Lianmei, do you believe in fate? Maybe I was destined not to have a family that would stay with me for the rest of my life. Bai Yucheng sat next to Ji Lianmei on the ground, looked at the bright moon in the sky, and suddenly sighed.

There was no luster in his eyes, and they were deep and terrifying.

"You.. Is there something on your mind? Ji Lianmei couldn't help but ask.

"Tomorrow, you come to my study, there is something." Bai Yucheng stood up suddenly, his gaze became even colder, and he dropped this sentence and left.

"What, halfway to the speech." Ji Lianmei muttered dissatisfiedly.

Ji Lianmei, after tomorrow, we may never be able to go back to the past, the distance between us, just like now, is getting farther and farther away.