On the night of the first day of the new year, the lights were on, and there were fewer and fewer people coming and going.

The people in the East Palace finally dispersed, leaving only a mess, the red candle was about to burn out, but the light was even more dazzling.

Lin Ying, the chief eunuch of the East Palace, stood up straight, rubbed his sore waist, slowly walked to the gate, looked around, and didn't see any figure.

He breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that no one would come over again today.

After a busy day, I thought I could finally rest for a while, but the East Palace ushered in an uninvited guest.

The noisy voice came, he looked out, and saw a group of people coming over, his eyes were sharp, and he recognized that it was the person of the fourth prince.

The third prince is not yet an adult, so he still lives in the east five places of the palace (1), and he has never moved out, and he is also diligent in moving around the palace.

Lin Ying has followed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for many years and has already become Xie Qinglin's confidant.

What's more, it is no secret that the Fourth Highness is not on good terms with his own master, and everyone wants to know about it.

So he was puzzled: what was he doing here? After Xie Qinglin was named the crown prince, it was rare to see His Royal Highness the Fourth Highness come to the door, especially during the New Year's Festival, I am afraid that he is also a city there, and his own people can't entertain him.

Lin Ying's mind spun quickly, and he saw that the Fourth Highness had approached unhurriedly, knelt down and saluted, "See the Fourth Highness." ”

The people in the East Palace knelt on the ground, all hanging their heads, revealing the back of their heads.

Xie Ziyu smiled lightly on his face, never lowered his head, walked calmly, walked straight between them, and said lightly, "No courtesy." ”

But no one dared to move, and they all held their breath and stared, so quiet that they could hear the needle dropping.

Lin Ying lowered his head and watched the hem of the fourth prince's clothes embroidered with gold threads rubbing past him, he didn't dare to get up, until this group of people walked over, he dared to stand up and walk towards the inner hall.

Xian Ge stood at the door, and when he saw the four princes, he immediately bowed down, with a light and soft smile on his face, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Fourth Highness." ”

Xie Ziyu glanced at her, and didn't care about her rudeness, after all, in the eyes of outsiders, Xiange had long been a person of His Royal Highness the Prince.

At this time, Xie Qinglin was looking through those prayer posts very bored, sitting on the Nanmu engraved back chair, looking lazy, and his slender fingers swiped over the worship posts at will.

Flipping through one after another, they are nothing more than the same clichés, which have been the case over the years, and I have never seen anyone say anything new.

However, the paper used is ingenious: some of them are gilded on a red background, some of them rub the petals into it, and you can smell the faint fragrance of flowers when you get closer, and some simply send a thin piece of wood......

Xie Qinglin is interested in these kinds of papers.

In winter, the sun sets earlier, and dark red clouds fill the sky.

He didn't expect that someone would come at this time, let alone Xie Ziyu, who wanted to get rid of him quickly.

Speaking of which, he couldn't imagine when he had turned against him.

It wasn't until Xian Ge's greeting that he noticed that Xie Ziyu had already entered the house.

Seeing him suddenly at this moment, Xie Qing didn't react excessively.

He calmly got up from the chair, walked a few steps quickly, changed his smiling face, and greeted: "Fourth! What are you doing here? Please ......", he said, holding out his hand to sign him to sit opposite.

Xie Ziyu didn't sit down, smiled, and said to Xie Qinglin: "It's rude for the younger brother to come to harass the imperial brother so late, and I hope the imperial brother won't blame." "The courtesy was thoughtful and impeccable.

Probably inheriting the appearance of his biological mother, Concubine Shu's harem, Xie Qinglin's face is bright and flamboyant, it is a very sharp handsome, his eyebrows are flying obliquely, his eyes are like stars, and his face is full of wantonness.

The red cloud brocade robe was embroidered with fine and dense patterns with gold thread, and he stepped on a pair of oily and smooth red sheepskin boots, Xie Ziyu looked radiant.

Xie Qinglin couldn't figure out his opinion, so he was happy to accompany him to play a brother, friend and brother.

"Where did the fourth child say, why should the family be so polite." He affectionately took Xie Ziyu's forearm and pulled him to sit down. "I have been trained by Mrs. Su together before, why have you been so angry all these years?"

Xie Ziyu was taken by him to sit down, and he didn't resist, like a beautiful puppet.

This is extremely abnormal, hasn't the fourth child always been long-sleeved and good at dancing, and he is exquisite?

The little eunuch behind him was as quiet as him, without any movements or words.

Xie Ziyu's words also lost temperature: "It's the younger brother who is sudden, I didn't expect the imperial brother to be so concerned, if the imperial brother doesn't mention it, I'm afraid I will forget it." ”

How could he forget?

A person with the character of Concubine Shu, only as a tool to invite favor, except for the emperor when he came to them, he was more enthusiastic about their sisters and brothers, and the rest of the time was handed over to the nurse to bring.

Xie Qinglin has been pampered by the queen since he was a child, and he is naïve, but the queen has nothing to do, and he didn't have any playmates when he was a child, so he went to Jingren Palace every day to play with their two sisters and brothers.

And the queen didn't even reprimand him, knowing that the two sides were in the same situation, she still let it go.

It wasn't until he grew up later that he also knew the twists and turns of the relationship between the queen mother and Concubine Shu and the Chen family, and when he entered the study later, some of the children of the clan and the sons of important ministers like Song Xingqiao came to revolve around him, and he gradually became estranged from Xie Ziyu.

And every time Xie Qing came to Jingren Palace, Xie Ziyu had to be trained by Concubine Shu.

Concubine Shu furrowed her brows, and her tone was sharp and terrifying: "Do you know who he is, how dare you still mess with him." ”

He didn't know at the time, and even complained about why the second brother didn't come to play with him, until he finally learned what the two of them represented behind their identities, and he still remembered the laughter and laughter of his childhood.

Xie Qinglin waved his hand casually and said, "It's okay, if the fourth brother is willing, you can come to me at any time." You have a year to leave the palace to buy a mansion, and you should take advantage of the time to walk around the palace more. ”

I don't know if it was that word that stimulated him, Xie Ziyu said in a weird way: "Brother Huang is a nobleman, and we naturally can't afford to climb high." ”

Later, he often thought that when Xie Qinglin was a child, where did he get so much scheming, he actually knew about the relationship from that time, and he was so stupid to believe it, and even thought that this person was really good for himself.

Look at him now, before he moved out of the palace, he began to show off his might.

If he moves out, he doesn't know what he will be arrogant about.

However, if this time, their plan succeeds, and it may not be who has the last laugh.

Xie Qinglin obviously didn't understand his dark thoughts, and said with a dry smile: "Fourth brother, don't make fun of being a brother." ”

He grew up comfortably, and naturally did not have Xie Ziyu's sensitive heart.

It's a big holiday, and it's people who take the initiative to show goodwill, so don't make too much trouble.

Of course, whether it is sincere or not is a matter of opinion.

Xie Ziyu also noticed his gaffe, his eyes wandered around, and he happened to see the pile of colorful things on the table, so he asked, "What is the imperial brother busy with?" “

"What else?" Xie Qinglin pointed with his hand, "These things, presumably the fourth brother should also have a bunch of them." ”

Xie Ziyu pinched one with two fingers and saw that it was a greeting post with a hollow cover, he turned it over and looked at it carefully, as if he was very interested: "This method is ingenious." ”

Xie Qinglin looked at his hand, vaguely remembering that it was sent by a minister of the Ministry of Industry, but he really couldn't remember the name, but he scoffed at it: "Look at these people, day by day, just work on these trivial things, what's the use of making them fancy?" He slapped the table with great regret, "Why don't you put your mind on the right path?" ”

Xie Ziyu's face froze, and the smile on his face was almost unbearable:

"The imperial brother is entangled in business, so naturally he can't afford it."

Often when Xie Ziyu smiles at people, it makes people very uncomfortable, but once he no longer smirks, the gloomy aura around him is undisguised.

It's like living in a dark hell for years.

"Don't be been, don't say that, speaking of which, where did the fourth brother find the beauty, it's really a beautiful woman dancing in all directions."

"But it can't be, it's just a vulgar dance of the people, the younger brother is only shallow in learning, and he can't compare to the imperial brother everywhere, so he has to press the imperial brother down in these details, otherwise, when will I have a bright future?"

Xie Qinglin seemed to have no idea, paused for a moment, stared at him and said, "How can the fourth brother say these words." He patted Xie Ziyu's shoulder very affectionately, "I have never treated you as an outsider." ”

He said this from the bottom of his heart.

If Xie Ziyu didn't work with him everywhere, he would be willing to treat him as a brother.

Xie Ziyu was very silent on the way back, he kept thinking, how did things become like this?

What did he want to do in the past?

Why did he send the gods to the East Palace?

even ended up humiliating himself.

"Xian Ge, you say, what is the fourth child doing here with me?" Xie Qinglin was also puzzled, if he came to show goodwill, how could he say those disappointing words, if he came to provoke and demonstrate, this was not quite right.

"The slave doesn't know." Xian Ge had no way to answer him, although she had been keeping an eye on the movements of the Four Princes.

His behavior today was too weird.

"What the hell is he trying to do?" Xie Qinglin clasped the table, unable to figure out what his fourth brother thought.

Chen's house.

"Your Excellency." Someone knelt on the ground and reported, "The woman the prince met in Lizhou is still staying in Shuo County, and I don't know what their plans will be next." “

Chen Chumo pondered without thinking: "Why hasn't she left yet, is it possible that she still wants to come and wade in this troubled water?" ”

"Xie, Qing, Lin." He said word by word, "You have to take care of your woman." Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless. ”

He laughed out loud and gloomily, and the people on the ground couldn't help but shudder.

This attic is Chen Chumo's private territory, and it is also the forbidden place of the entire Chen family.

Except for a few henchmen he had cultivated himself, even his own flesh and blood were not allowed to step into a step.