Zhuzhi and Xiaolian picked and chose for a while under the enthusiastic introduction of the proprietress of the cloth shop, and finally chose the right fabric.

The proprietress happily packed the cloth, and when they left the cloth shop, Xiaolian and Zhuzhi both had full hands.

Zhuzhi said annoyedly: "It's all Zhuzhi's fault, why did you come to buy fabrics first, now the two of us are carrying so many things, and we can't go shopping." ”

"By the way, why did Zhuzhi come to buy fabric first?"

Zhuzhi tilted his head and thought about it, and suddenly reacted violently, looking at the soiled clothes that Xiaolian was still wearing, he was even more annoyed, and said, "Xiaolian, I forgot, originally we came to buy you a ready-to-wear to change into." ”

"What can I do about this?"

Xiaolian looked at the annoyed bamboo branch and said with a smile: "I forgot about it too, since this is the case, forget it." ”

"Zhuzhi, let's go back today."

Takeeda reproached himself and said, "It's all my fault, you didn't have a good time today." ”

Xiaolian said: "It's the person who hit me to blame." ”

"Zhuzhi, thanks to you, I ate the sugar gourd, didn't I?"

"Wouldn't it be more interesting for us to come out and play again during the Yuan Lantern Festival, and save all the fun until the day of the Yuan Lantern Festival? Let's go back now. ”

After saying that, Xiaolian took the lead and went back in the direction of Prince Yin's mansion.

When Zhuzhi heard this, he stretched his brows and followed Xiaolian back to the house.

In fact, Xiaolian has no intention of shopping now, after meeting the informant Hu Qu sent by the emperor, Xiaolian now just wants to hurry back to the mansion, tell Yin Jiuyue about the existence of Hu Qu, and then discuss the next plan.

Xiaolian and Zhuzhi soon returned to Prince Yin's mansion and returned to Yin Jiuyue's room.

Yin Jiuyue was surprised to see the two of them come back so early, and asked, "Why did you two come back so soon?" Didn't play a little longer? ”

Hearing this, Zhuzhi put the cloth he was carrying on the table heavily, and said angrily: "Hmph, county lord, don't you know that Zhuzhi and Xiaolian met a scoundrel on the road, so they lost the interest of continuing to shop." ”

Hearing this, Yin Jiuyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh? What scoundrels? ”

Take-eda continued: "That scoundrel deliberately knocked Xiaolian to the ground and ran away, and deliberately provoked us! ”

"County Lord, look, Xiaolian's clothes are all dirty."

Yin Jiuyue looked at Xiaolian, and sure enough, she saw that the clothes on Xiaolian's body were covered with dust and dirty.

At this time, Xiaolian glanced at Yin Jiuyue, Yin Jiuyue came into contact with Xiaolian's eyes, and then thought of the fact that he had brought Xiaolian into the palace before, and Li Gao sent someone to knock Xiaolian into the lotus pond, and this time Xiaolian was also knocked down on the street, so he understood that Xiaolian had something to say to herself, it should be Yin Huan's side that there was movement.

Yin Jiuyue gave Xiaolian a knowing look back, and said, "Xiaolian, hurry back to the room and change these dirty clothes." ”

When Xiaolian heard this, she lightly put down the cloth in her hand and obediently went back to her room to change her clothes.

Yin Jiuyue walked to the cloth brought back by Zhuzhi and Xiaolian, glanced at it roughly, then picked up a pale pink cloth, handed it to Zhuzhi, and said, "This material is good, Zhuzhi, you take it and hand it to the tailor in the house, and ask them to make a new dress according to Xiaolian's size." ”

Zhuzhi took the cloth handed to him by Yin Jiuyue, glanced at it, and immediately swept away the haze of Fang Cai, smiled with his eyebrows, and said: "The proprietress of the cloth shop also said that this material is very good for Xiaolian's complexion, and sure enough, the county lord also thinks so." ”

"The proprietress also said that the county lord, your complexion must be very white, and you will definitely like this material, do you want the tailor to make one for the county lord to use this material?"

Yin Jiuyue smiled: "No need, I'm not suitable for this pale pink." Xiaolian just came to the house, there are few clothes, I see that Xiaolian's maid clothes are a little big, and I asked the tailor to make new clothes that fit better. ”

Takeeda nodded, and immediately happily went to the tailor with the cloth in his hand.

After taking away the bamboo branches, Yin Jiuyue came to Xiaolian's room, opened the door, and walked in.

Xiaolian happened to change her clothes, and when she saw Yin Jiuyue coming, she stepped forward and looked around the door, and after confirming that there was no one outside, she closed the door and said softly: "County lord, the informant sent by the emperor has appeared." ”

Yin Jiuyue looked at Xiaolian's rather nervous expression, frowned, and said, "Is it the person who hit you on the street that Zhuzhi said?" ”

Xiaolian nodded and said, "Xiaolian deliberately made an excuse to separate from the bamboo branch for a while, and the person came up and said that his name was Hu Qu, and he was an informant sent by the emperor. ”

Yin Jiuyue said disdainfully: "This emperor's people really have no new ideas, they will hit people, fortunately there is no lotus pond on the street this time, and the bamboo branches will not be water." ”

Yin Jiuyue glanced at Xiaolian worriedly and said, "You didn't fall and get hurt, did you?" If you fall and get hurt, don't bear it, I'll go and invite Wang Chunyang's predecessor over to you. ”

Xiaolian listened to Yin Jiuyue's words and felt a trace of warmth rise from her heart.

Xiaolian shook her head lightly and said, "Xiaolian is fine, the county lord doesn't have to worry about Xiaolian." ”

"County Lord, Hu Qu has brought a piece of news."

"Empress Xiao Xiang has already found someone to do things for Xiao Yu, and the people who do things will arrive in two days, and the emperor asked me to observe whether you will make any small moves in the past two days, and I will report to me if there are small moves."

Yin Jiuyue snorted lightly and said, "This Yin Huan, if you don't worry about anything, you have to come and get involved." ”

Yin Jiuyue showed a mysterious smile again, and said slyly: "However, this is exactly what I want." ”

Xiaolian frowned tightly and continued: "County Lord, there is one more thing. ”

"Hu Qu will pretend to be a beggar on the street behind Prince Yin's mansion in the future, and Hu Qu told me to go over and contact him once a day."

When Yin Jiuyue heard this, she smiled mockingly and said, "It seems that Yin Huan can't even trust you, and even his own undercover agent has to send someone to monitor him." ”

Xiaolian said worriedly: "County Lord, what can I do, now that I am your personal maid, how can I have a reason to go out of the house every day to connect with Hu Qu?" ”

Yin Jiuyue thought for a while, came up with an idea, and said: "This nonsense is really funny, it's not good to pretend to be, you have to pretend to be a beggar, it's freezing this day, and pretending to be a beggar is also asking for hardship." ”

Xiaolian thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because the Yuan Lantern Festival is coming, Xiaolian went to the street with Zhuzhi this time and saw a lot of beggars, are there so many beggars on the streets of the capital?" ”

Yin Jiuyue nodded and said, "Every time there is such a lively festival, a large number of beggars will pour into the capital, this Hu Qu may think that taking this opportunity to pretend to be a beggar will not arouse suspicion." ”

"In this case, the people know that our Prince Yin's Mansion is kind and charitable, so why don't you take this opportunity to set up a shop outside the mansion in the name of my Showa County Lord, Xiaolian, then you will have a legitimate reason to go to the mansion with me every day."

"Xiaolian, what do you think of this idea?"

Xiaolian's eyes widened in surprise when she heard this, admiring that Yin Jiuyue could come up with such a wonderful idea in such a short time, and couldn't help but say in admiration: "County Lord, you are so smart, this is really a good idea." ”

Yin Jiuyue laughed, shook her head, and said, "No, no, no, Xiaolian, it's you who is smart." ”

"Remember, this idea came to mind, in front of Hu Qu, you have to tell him this, you proposed to me about soup kitchen."

Xiaolian was a little puzzled at this moment, and asked suspiciously: "But why did Xiaolian propose soup soup to you, the county lord?" ”

Yin Jiuyue smiled and replied, "Because in the matter of Xiao Yu, I have to make a show." ”

"Although Yin Huan now thinks that I deliberately mentioned to him the matter of giving Xiao Yu a treat, just to make him unhappy. It is obviously impossible for Yin Huan to believe that I am being tortured by Xiao Yu's unjust soul every night and have nightmares. ”

"But this ghost and god thing, anyone will be a little frightened by this."

"Soup kitchens can be done to do good deeds so that you can feel at ease. By the way, maybe it can make Yin Huan think that I want to buy people's hearts, and when the time comes, I will do something about Xiao Yu's practice, which can make Yin Huan divert his attention, why not? ”

Yin Jiuyue paused and continued: "Buying people's hearts...... Thinking about it this way, the method of soup porridge is really killing two birds with one stone, if it can buy people's hearts, it will also be beneficial for the Yin family army to rebel at that time. ”

Xiaolian nodded clearly and said, "Xiaolian knows what to tell Hu Qu." ”

Yin Jiuyue looked at Xiaolian and said, "Xiaolian, weren't you hit by Hu Qu?" ”

"If it was porridge, Hu Qu, who was now pretending to be a beggar, would also come to drink porridge. When the time comes, I'll make a little gesture to give him a taste of falling. ”

"Xiaolian, I'll avenge you for this fall."

Xiaolian's eyes widened in surprise, then she covered her lips and smiled, "The county lord is really eccentric. ”

Early the next morning, Xiaolian left Prince Yin's mansion under the pretext of buying something for Yin Jiuyue.

Xiaolian came to the street behind Yin's mansion according to what Hu Qu told her yesterday, her eyes swept around, and sure enough, she saw Hu Qu pretending to be a beggar.

Xiaolian walked up to Hu Qu and threw a copper plate into the broken bowl in front of Hu Qu.

Hu Qu saw the copper plate in front of him and raised his head.

Xiaolian gave Hu Qu a look, and walked straight to the alley on the side.

Although there are not many people on the street now, no one has noticed his interaction with Xiaolian at all, but Hu Qu still waited for a while, then got up, and walked slowly towards the alley where Xiaolian had entered, muttering as he walked: "Urgency, urgency." ”

When she arrived in the alley, Xiaolian was standing in the corner of the alley waiting for Hu Qu.

Hu Qu stepped forward and said: "Concubine Lian Niangniang is really a good means, the slave was worried that you wouldn't be able to find a reason to come out this morning, after all, you are the personal maid next to the Lord of Showa, so how can you leave the house casually." ”

Xiaolian glanced at Hu Qu and said lightly: "How I came out, I won't bother you." ”

"It's just that I saw you grinding for a while before you dared to follow me to the alley, and it seems that you also want to avoid suspicion."

"I also said that since you asked me to meet once a day, you should be very bold and not afraid of being discovered."

Xiaolian shook her head, sighed lightly, and continued: "Yes, after all, this is near Prince Yin's mansion, if the people in the palace find out that you, a beggar, are very close to the maid beside the county lord, it will definitely arouse suspicion." ”

"If someone reports this matter to the Showa County Lord, the Showa County Lord's temper is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and when the time comes, send someone to arrest the two of us and confront us, and the two of us can still confess to the emperor? Xiaolian is cheap, forget it, it's a pity. ”

When Hu Qu heard this, he knew that Xiaolian was deliberately humiliating him because of his unhappy words yesterday.

Hu Qu was a little weak by Xiaolian's ridicule, snorted coldly, and said: "Concubine Lian, connect once a day, this is required by the emperor, and the slave is also ordered to do things." ”

"Both of us are people who do things for the emperor, since the emperor orders, no matter how difficult it is, we both have to dress up, don't we?"

Xiaolian said slowly: "This truth, Xiaolian naturally understands. ”

"Don't worry, in the future, the two of us will connect, so we don't have to be sneaky."

When Hu Qu heard this, he raised his eyes to look at Xiaolian depressedly and asked, "Oh? Why? Did Concubine Lian come up with any good ideas? ”

Xiaolian nodded and said, "The county lord of Showa said in front of the emperor and the queen mother that he was tortured by Miss Xiao Yu's soul every night and had nightmares, although it was made up, but after all, it was a matter of ghosts and gods, even if it was a bold woman like the county lord of Showa, she would be a little frightened in the face of this kind of thing." ”

"Recently, after the county lord of Showa himself mentioned Xiao Yu's unjust soul, he may really have a ghost in his heart, and he is worried that Xiao Yu's unjust soul will really come to find him."

"Seeing this, Xiaolian thought of a way, recently the Yuan Lantern Festival is coming, there are a lot of beggars in the capital, Xiaolian proposed to let the Showa county lord give porridge outside the palace, so that first, you can do good deeds, reduce inner unease, and second, you can improve the impression of the people on the Showa county lord."

Xiaolian paused and continued, "The Showa Lord happily accepted Xiaolian's proposal, and Xiaolian thought to herself that perhaps the latter benefit would be more attractive to the Showa Lord. ”

"After all...... Because of the dissolution of the marriage contract with General Yin before, the people in the capital have a very bad evaluation of the Showa county lord, Xiaolian thought to herself, the Showa county lord also wants to take this opportunity to reverse his inner image in the hearts of the people in Beijing in one fell swoop, so that others can forget about the previous divorce. ”

Xiaolian lowered her eyes and said lightly: "Of course, the reason why Xiaolian proposed soup soup to the county lord of Showa is to facilitate me to connect with you in the future." ”

"From tomorrow, the Showa County Lord will personally give porridge outside the house every morning, and I myself will follow the Showa County Lord with her, you are a beggar now, and you will not arouse suspicion when you come to receive the porridge every day."

After listening to Xiaolian's words, Hu Qu really admired Xiaolian's intelligence.

Hu Qu clapped his hands twice and said admiringly: "Concubine Lian Niangniang is really talented, no wonder the emperor will let you come to Prince Yin's mansion to go undercover, Concubine Lian's plan is really perfect." ”

Hu Qu glanced at half of Xiaolian's face covered by her hair with pity, and said, "It's a pity, if Concubine Lian Niangniang is a man, she must be a celebrity around the emperor now, maybe it's no worse than Shen Zhuangyuanlang." ”

Xiaolian smiled faintly and said: "Thank you for your love, although Xiaolian is a woman, she can now do things for the emperor and do her part for the emperor, Xiaolian is already very satisfied." ”

Hu Qu was very satisfied with Xiaolian's answer, nodded approvingly, and said, "Yes, people, it is important to be content, and to be content and happy." ”

Hu Qu Yin and Yang continued in a strange manner: "People like Prince Yin's family just don't understand the truth of knowing Zu Changle. That's why the emperor regarded them as a thorn in his side and wanted to deal with them. ”

Hu Qu smiled and said, "However, because of this, there is an errand for the two of us, and the two of us have the opportunity to share the emperor's worries and solve problems, isn't it?" ”

Xiaolian nodded, smiling without saying a word.

Hu Qu thought for a while, and then asked, "But after this soup kitchen, how can I connect with you under the nose of Lord Showa?" ”

Xiaolian replied: "The emperor sent you to contact me once a day, but we don't have information to exchange every day, right?" ”

Hu Qu nodded.

Xiaolian continued: "I will personally give porridge every day in the future, and when you come to receive the porridge, you will line up with me." When the emperor has something to tell me, you tell me to give more, and I will find another opportunity to contact you alone that day. ”

"When I found out about the situation in Prince Yin's mansion here, I would deliberately bump the bowl with a spoon, and you would know that I had a situation to report to you, so I would also find an opportunity to connect with you that day."

Xiaolian raised her eyes to look at Hu Qu and said, "What do you think of this idea?" In this way, it not only meets the emperor's requirement of connecting once a day for us, but also makes the situation of both of us much safer. ”

Hu Qu nodded approvingly and said, "Just follow what Concubine Lian said." ”

Hu Qu said to Xiaolian with satisfaction: "Concubine Lian Niangniang has completed this mission very beautifully, and the slave will say a few more words for Niangniang in front of the emperor." ”

Xiaolian responded obediently: "Thank you." ”

"It's getting late, you should go back quickly. I walked out from behind the alley. ”

Hu Qu nodded, pretended to be when he first entered the alley, and walked out of the alley slowly.

Xiaolian watched Hu Qu's back disappear at the mouth of the alley, then turned from the back of the alley to another street, pretended to buy what Yin Jiuyue wanted, and then returned to Prince Yin's mansion.

Back at home, Xiaolian found Yin Jiuyue.

Yin Jiuyue saw that Xiaolian was back, and asked with a smile, "How is it?" Did it go well? ”

Xiaolian nodded and said, "County Lord, everything is going well." ”

"Let's start soup soup tomorrow, are all the preparations done?"

Yin Jiuyue smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to Zhuzhi." ”

"As soon as Takezhi heard that he was going to give porridge, he was very excited, and happily went to prepare all kinds of things, so we didn't have to worry about it."

Yin Jiuyue shook her head lightly and said with a smile: "Although Zhuzhi is married, she is still a child, and she is happy to do anything fun." ”