In the third year of Jinxu, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Prince Rong Nalan, who had been inspecting for three months in the south, resigned and returned to the court, and went out of the palace to return to the palace after facing the saint, and a group of people waited for Prince Rong to return to the palace in front of the palace.

Nalan Ci walked out of the soft sedan chair, and Princess Lin Baiqiu immediately greeted her when she saw it:

"The concubine has seen the prince, the prince has worked hard all the way, the hot springs in the warm pavilion have been ordered to be taken care of, and the prince can use dinner after washing the dust. Although it is now summer, it is still comfortable to eat some hot stomach, so the concubine ordered a warm pot to be added to the kitchen. ”

"The princess has a heart." Nalan Ci had thin lips and slight lips, and five words came out of his mouth, and the magnetic voice was extremely good.

Nalan Ci raised his eyes and looked at the people in front of the mansion, except for the princess, who were the sons in the mansion who couldn't be named. Because Nalan naturally prefers men, except for the princess, everyone in the inner courtyard of the palace is the male pet sent by the ministers.

Looking around, Nalan Ci frowned:

"Why didn't Jinzhi come out to greet the king, every time the king came back, he was the first to come out to greet him, but I didn't see him today?"

Lin Baiqiu first stiffened the smile on his face, and then pretended to be casual:

"Back to the prince's words, a few days ago I heard that Mrs. Taishi returned to Beijing, and Jinzhi has not returned to the palace for two years after entering the palace, so he rushed back to the Taishi Mansion when he learned the news." Nalan Ci listened to Lin Baiqiu's far-fetched reasons, nodded anyway, and strode into the palace.

Gu Jinzhi mentioned in Prince Rong's mouth is the son of Gu Yan, the prince of the dynasty, Gu Jinzhi came of age two years ago, regardless of outsiders ridiculing him, and regardless of the relationship between his father and Nalan Ci's rival, he resolutely wanted to marry Nalan Ci, and Nalan Ci did not not give the prince face, and personally married Gu Jinzhi back to the palace as a concubine, and pampered him.

Because the current monarch of Yiguo, Nalan Yong, has been on the throne for three years and has no regard for state affairs, and is incompetent, so Nalan resigned from three years of power to lean towards the government and the opposition. Originally, Nalan Ci could now depose the faint monarch, but because of Gu Yan, a veteran of the Three Dynasties and also holding great power, Nalan Ci secretly forbeared.

Gu Yan is old and has a son, and he loves this Gu Jinzhi very much, originally Nalan Ci did not have a chess piece in his hand that could balance Gu Yan, so Gu Jinzhi sent it to the door by himself. Since then, Nalan Ci has Gu Jinzhi in hand, and Gu Yan is afraid that his son will be hurt, so he asks to return to his hometown to recuperate, and it will be two years since he returned to his hometown.

Nalan Ci returned to his room to retire everyone, although Nalan Ci was not in Beijing these days, he still knew everything about the affairs in Beijing, but he did not receive the return of Mrs. Taishi to Beijing.

"Su Jiu." Nalan Ci opened his mouth and called a person's name.

As soon as the words fell, the door was pushed open, and a capable man dressed in black walked in with a sword in his hand, this man named Su Jiu was Nalan Ci's henchman.

Nalan Ci did not take Su Jiu with him this time, but left him to guard in Beijing, lest something happen to Beijing.

"Lord Wang." After Su Jiu came in, he bowed his hand to Nalan Ci.

"What has happened in the past two months?"

"Back to the prince's words, everything is safe in the court."

"Where is the Taishi?"

"Because the prince is not in Beijing, the princess is in charge of the palace, in order to avoid suspicion, his subordinates have only come to the palace once, and the subordinates have just heard the princess mention that Mrs. Taishi has come back, so he sent someone to the Taishi Mansion, there are only the old housekeeper and his subordinates in the house, and Mrs. Taishi has not returned to Beijing, and his subordinates have also asked the housekeeper of the Taishi Mansion, and the son of Jin has never been to the Taishi Mansion." Su Jiu opened his mouth to answer.

After hearing this, Nalan Ci picked up the tea on the table and wanted to take a sip, but before the cup could touch his mouth, Nalan Ci put it down again. Just after hearing Lin Baiqiu say that Gu Jinzhi had returned to the Taishi Mansion, Nalan Ci felt a little strange.

With Gu Jinzhi's feelings for Nalan Ci, he hadn't seen each other for several months, how could Gu Jinzhi stay in the Taishi Mansion and not return to the palace to greet him on the day Nalan Ci came back?

"Su Jiu, you immediately send someone to find it, no matter what exists here, you will also give Gu Jinzhi back to this king first, he is the most powerful weapon for this king to contain the Taishi, and he must not let him miss a little."

"Yes, lord." Su Jiu received the order and knew that this matter was very important, so he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately started to investigate.

Three days have passed in a flash, Gu Jinzhi's whereabouts are unknown, but Su Jiu is still very reliable, not only Gu Jin is missing, but even the people who serve around him are all gone, and Su Jiu sent people to find the bodies of those subordinates in the mass grave, and after investigation, it was learned that these subordinates were all guilty of a big mistake when Nalan was not in the mansion, so the princess ordered them to be killed, and finally threw them to the mass grave.

Su Jiu reported the matter to Nalan Ci on 1510, and Nalan Ci played with a red wrench in his hand and sighed:

"The princess is not a person without measure, she should know what Gu Jinzhi is and what kind of existence she is, how can her mind move to Gu Jinzhi?" Nalan slapped the table, his tone full of helplessness.

Lin Baiqiu is the daughter of the prime minister, Nalan Ci married her at the beginning, and it was also because of her father, Nalan Ci had already had the intention of usurping the throne, and now what she has been waiting for is a suitable time, if it really happens, I am afraid that the support of the prime minister is indispensable, so even if Lin Baiqiu does anything, before the day Nalan Ci ascends the throne, Nalan Ci can't do anything to Lin Baiqiu.

However, Nalan Ci also wondered, Lin Baiqiu was not a stupid person, even if she understood the truth, why did she still attack Gu Jin?

Thinking of this, before Nalan could speak, there was a knock outside the door. Su Jiu opened the door with a familiar face, and saw that the person who came was Aunt Rusu beside Lin Baiqiu.

"Lord, there is a painter with superb painting skills in the Mozi Building in Beijing, a few days ago he was invited into the palace to paint a Danqing for the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother loved it, and the princess spent a lot of money to let the owner of the Mozi Building make an appointment with the painter, so I invited the painter into the house and painted a Danqing for the prince."

"Oh? There are such people with superb painting skills, and they can still get into the eyes of the queen mother, so the king should be in the painting with the princess. ”

"Back to the prince, the queen invited the princess to a banquet in the palace today, so the princess is about to enter the palace, so she can't accompany the princess."

"In this case, you will accompany the princess into the palace."

"Yes." Rusu took a few steps back and walked out of the room.

An hour later, the painter entered the palace, wearing a hat surrounded by white veil, so that no one saw the painter's true face. It wasn't until he entered Nalan's resignation house that Nalan quit and asked his subordinates to go out, and the painter took off his hat and said goodbye to Nalan.

"The grass people have seen the prince."

The painter's voice was in his ears, which made Nalan Ci feel extremely familiar, so Nalan Ci, who was looking down at the book, raised his head:

"Get up."

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

The painter stood up, and when Nalan Ci saw the painter's face clearly, his pupils trembled slightly, only to see Nalan Ci put down his hand, one stepped forward, grabbed the painter's hands with both hands, and forced the painter to push the painter to the wall behind him, the painter's face was full of horror, and he raised his head to meet Nalan Ci's eyes.

"Lord Wang, what are you doing here?"

The painter questioned Nalan Ci, Nalan Ci saw the horror in the painter's eyes, and at that moment, Nalan Ci immediately let go of his hand.

The painter's eyes made Nalan Ci feel a little unfamiliar, but the so-called painter in front of him was not the male concubine Gu Jinzhi who had disappeared for many days, and now he entered the house as a painter, is he blaming himself for coming back late, or is he having some temper with himself?

Since Gu Jinzhi wanted to indulge with himself, Nalan Ci wanted to go along with him, after all, Gu Jinzhi was always petty in the palace, and Nalan Ci was tolerant because of his identity, and now it is like this.

"Then please start sir......"

Nalan Ci was very close to the painter, and as soon as he looked down, he saw that the painter's drooping eyes and long eyelashes flickered. Nalan Ci's mouth rose slightly, he wanted to see how long this Gu Jinzhi could pretend.

"Please take a seat, and the grass people will immediately paint a portrait of the prince."

Nalan Ci sat down motionless, letting the painter paint for himself, the painter looked up at Nalan Ci from time to time, but every time he could see Nalan Ci's hot eyes, although Nalan Ci was a man, but the pair of Danfeng eyes were extremely beautiful, so I couldn't help but slowly turn the painter's face red.