It was Pang Shicong, the grandson of Pang Yun, the king of southern Yunnan, who spoke.

When Pang Yun was young, he guarded the border of southern Yunnan, and when neighboring countries came to attack, they were all repelled by Pang Yun, and he made great contributions, and was named the vassal king by the ancestor emperor and stationed in southern Yunnan.

However, the ancestor emperor was wary of Pang Yun, afraid that he would support the army and have the heart of rebellion, so he issued a holy decree, saying that he would train the descendants of Pang to be worthy of the great task, and specially allowed Pang to send a prince into the capital to be a classmate with the princes.

Pang Yun naturally understood the meaning of the ancestors, but the emperor's order could not be violated, so he sent his second son Pang Yongdao to the capital.

In fact, Pang Yongdao was a hostage sent by Pang Yun to the capital to express his heart.

Pang Shicong is the eldest son of Pang Yongdao. When Pang Shicong reached adulthood, he succeeded his father in the capital, while Pang returned to southern Yunnan.

Pang Shicong was 19 years old at the time, young and frivolous, relying on his special life experience, eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling in the capital, without a proper shape. Today, when he was praying for heaven, he saw the beautiful and peerless Shen Yuexi from a distance, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, he indulged in lust for a long time, but he felt that none of those women could compare to Shen Yuexi, he had a thought, no matter what, he wanted to kiss the beautiful Fangze.

Just as the emperor asked, Pang Shicong blurted out.

Everyone in the palace knew that Pang Shicong was frivolous, but he didn't expect him to be so bold, knowing that this girl named Yue Xi was a person from the Seventh Prince's Mansion and dared to speak lightly.

For Zhao Zheng, Pang Shicong is young and not worthy of-for-tat confrontation with him, plus his special status, everyone in Suchang always lets him go, so Zhao Zheng just sat there, expressionless, and didn't say a word.

"You bastard boy and tease, is it possible that the Seventh Prince calls you brother-in-law?" Seeing that the atmosphere in the hall was delicate, the Queen Mother half-truthfully and half-truthfully said something strange on the side and saved the scene.

Everyone hurriedly echoed the Queen Mother's words and laughed a few times.

Pang Shicong also laughed, he was handsome, but his smile was evil, and his eyes continued to stare at Shen Yuexi without any scruples.

Zhao Zheng glanced at Pang Shicong, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he got up and walked to Shen Yuexi's side, and said to Zhao Guang: "Brother Huang, a little woman in Yuexi, with a thin face and timidity, can't stand such attention from everyone, Brother Rong Chen took her out for a walk, don't scare her." ”

Zhao Guang still had an uncertain smile on his face, and he didn't say good, nor did he say bad.

Zhao Zheng stretched out his hand to Shen Yuexi: "Yuexi, I'll take you to the Imperial Garden for a walk, there are plum blossoms you like." ”

Shen Yuexi put her hand in Zhao Zheng's palm, bent her knee slightly to the Queen Mother, and left with Zhao Zheng.

"My seventh brother is a lover, it seems that Miss Yuexi is his treasure." When Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi disappeared at the door of the main hall, Zhao Guang smiled and said.

"Such a charming beauty, if she is by my side, I will definitely take her as a treasure." Pang Shicong laughed again.

The kings and grandsons also laughed together, but they didn't say anything. Whether it's the Seventh Prince, or Pang Shicong, everyone can't afford to mess with it.

Zhao Zheng and Shen Yuexi walked out of the door of the main hall, and Shen Yuexi said softly: "Thank you, Seventh Prince, for helping me out of the siege." ”

"I don't like the dull atmosphere in the hall, just when I want to come out to breathe, you accompany me around." Zhao Zheng said, looking at Shen Yuexi's clothes, "Is it cold?" ”

Shen Yuexi shook her head.

Zhao Zheng was relieved and continued to walk slowly.

"You entered the palace when you were a child, do you remember?" Zhao Zheng asked.

Shen Yuexi tried hard to recall, but the memories were too vague.

"I can't complain that you don't remember, you were only five or six years old at that time, and you followed Shen Yi into the palace to play, and I hugged you." Zhao Zheng said, couldn't help but smile, and measured it with his hand, "That's how you were at that time." ”

Shen Yuexi also smiled, and then thought of Shen Yi, and sighed secretly.

The two of them walked silently on the long stone road in the palace in the cold air, for Zhao Zheng, this palace is full of familiar scenes and memories.

"The emperor just said that I look like a person, what do you mean by the emperor?" After walking for a while, Shen Yuexi asked softly.

Zhao Zheng also had a lot of speculation about this sentence in his heart, didn't the emperor know something?

"I don't know where that Chen Lingxiu is now." Zhao Zheng muttered to himself.

Shen Yuexi looked at Zhao Zheng, "Seventh Master, do you mean that the emperor has doubts about my identity?" ”

"The emperor is delicate, the emperor must have known about the destruction of the Shen family, the Shen family is the only one who survived, and you and Shen Shangshu's eyebrows are indeed similar in their eyes, he can't help but be suspicious." Zhao Zheng whispered.

"Since he was suspicious, why didn't he just take me and ask questions, maybe I would have recruited him if he was tortured, why bother making so many detours." Shen Yuexi was a little puzzled.

Scold. Zhao Zheng smiled, "I told you that although the emperor had many killings and punishments in order to consolidate his power, he was not a faint king, he disdained to do this kind of thing, for fear that he would be beaten into a trick, and besides, you are not a threat to him." ”

Shen Yuexi smiled helplessly, "In the eyes of the emperor, I am an ant, and I can be trampled to death at any time, but I think of myself too important, and it seems that there is no need to hide my identity at all." ”

"Beware of many people with ulterior motives using your identity to make a fuss, so you must find Chen Lingxiu's whereabouts, just in case." Zhao Zheng said.

Zhao Zheng said a big fuss, Shen Yuexi didn't quite understand, because she didn't know the delicate relationship between Zhao Zheng and Zhao Guang, Shen Yuexi defected to Zhao Zheng as the daughter of a criminal minister, if her identity was verified, it would bring trouble to Zhao Zheng.

"How do you find it? The capital is so big, and she is not seen outside the city, so she may not be in the capital. Shen Yuexi said.

"If you go missing outside the capital, you will either be taken up the mountain by bandits, or you will be taken captive and sold into the capital, and I will send someone to find out the news outside the city, and we can find it ourselves in the capital."

Shen Yuexi nodded, "Lingxiu is a good woman, if she really finds her, it will be regarded as saving her from fire and water...... By the way, Seventh Master, who is the man who behaved Meng Lang in the main hall just now? ”

"He is Pang Shicong, the grandson of the king of southern Yunnan, a child of an idle family, just now he offended you don't go to your heart, this person has always been like this, the emperor is not very knowledgeable with him because of the face of the king of southern Yunnan."

Oh? Shen Yuexi replied meaningfully: "Even the emperor is a little jealous, this is interesting." ”

"The king of southern Yunnan is an important minister of the three dynasties, and he guards southern Yunnan with heavy troops, so the emperor is naturally jealous, as long as it is not too out of line, he will turn a blind eye."

The smile on the corner of Shen Yuexi's mouth became more and more meaningful. This Pang Shicong is a bit interesting.

The two of them whispered like this, and after a while, they arrived at the Imperial Garden.

In winter, everything in the imperial garden is depressed, and only a few buds of plum blossoms are slightly exposed, showing elegance in the cold wind.

"There are also cold plums in the frontier, and when the buds are exposed in winter, they are broken and put in the bedroom, and they will bloom the next day, and the flowers in winter are really beautiful and delightful." Shen Yuexi stretched out her hand and gently touched the plum blossom branch.

"We also have plum blossoms in our house, and when we go back, let Zhicui fold a few and insert them in the house." Zhao Zheng stood behind Shen Yuexi.

Zhao Zheng is talking about our house, the word "us" makes Shen Yuexi feel deeply heartwarmed, and the seventh master has always regarded her as his own.

Then, the two stood in front of the plum blossoms in the imperial garden for a long time, silent.

"Go back, it's cold outside, don't freeze." After a while, Zhao Zheng said.

Shen Yuexi answered, turned around, but saw the entrance of the Imperial Garden, the Queen Mother came at some point, and was quietly looking at her and Zhao Zheng.

"Queen Mother, when did you come?" Zhao Zheng also saw it and couldn't help asking.

The Queen Mother smiled, "I've been here for a while, and I can't bear to disturb you two while enjoying the plum blossoms." ”

Zhao Zheng walked over and held the arm of the Queen Mother, "The plum blossoms have already budded, and Yue Xi said that she was happy to look at it." ”

The Queen Mother looked at Shen Yuexi, "This girl looks like a smart girl and has a clear mind, the queen mother likes her very much, why don't you go back now, how about staying in the queen mother's palace for one night?" ”

Zhao Zheng didn't expect the Queen Mother to make such a proposal, turned his head to look at Shen Yuexi, and asked her what she meant with his eyes.

What does Shen Yuexi mean, she refused to come up to the emperor without hesitation, but for the queen mother, she didn't know what to do.

"Then let's stay for one night, I haven't lived in the palace for a long time, and I just took you to see the palace lights in the palace at night." Zhao Zheng helped Shen Yuexi make a decision.

Shen Yuexi didn't think it was inappropriate. Since the Shen family was wiped out, she has been floating in the world like duckweed, and it doesn't matter where she lives. Not to mention living in the palace.

"So very good," the Queen Mother looked at Shen Yuexi, her eyes were full of pity, "This flower-like girl has such a desolate experience, Zheng'er, you should treat Yue Xi well in the future, so that she will not be wronged at all." ”

"The son will obey the orders of the queen mother and protect Yuexi for the rest of his life." Zhao Zheng hurriedly responded.

The Queen Mother listened to Zhao Zheng's answer and nodded with satisfaction.

"There are times when the mourning family sees you coming out, Yue Xi's body is thin, and it is so cold outside, so it is better to go back to the palace with the queen mother to warm up." Then, the Queen Mother took Shen Yuexi's hand and walked with her to the outside of the imperial garden.

After walking for a while, the queen mother instructed the old mother next to her to fold a few plum blossoms, "Warm the house in the side hall of the mourning family with a pot of charcoal, and put the plum blossoms on the bedside cabinet, today is a good day, maybe Yue Xi can add joy to the seventh prince." ”

The old mother smiled and answered, and turned around to fold plum blossoms.

When Shen Yuexi heard this, she only felt that her ears were hot, but she couldn't say anything, so she just lowered her head and walked slowly.

"Lao Qi's branch is too thin, and the mourning family has long urged him to take a few concubines to open up branches for the royal family, but he has never been a deaf ear, and now he finally has you by his side, it can be seen that he really likes you, and the mourning family is also happy from the bottom of his heart." As soon as the Queen Mother was happy, she chattered endlessly.