Qi Yiyi nibbled on two chestnuts and looked at the sky again.

After getting older, she didn't know if Mrs. Xu would be in the room at this time, so she called Cui Qiao in: "Go to the imperial dining room to pack a few snacks and send them to Mrs. Xu."

"If she's here, just say I've got some needlework to ask her for advice, and I'll come back. If not, then ask her when she will be back? I'll go back when she comes back.

"By the way, let's inquire where General Xu is."

Yan Tang waited for Cui Qiao to leave, and then looked at the other side again: "You can still do needlework?" ”

Qi Yiyi turned his head to look at him: "It's blind." ”

Yan Tang didn't say anything.

Cui Qiao arrived at Mrs. Xu's courtyard, Mrs. Xu was sorting out the fur that had just been disposed of, and recognized it as the maid beside Qi Yi, so she asked Cui Qiao to come back and reply.

The Yan family has never had the rule that a girl's family should not go out of the door, but Yan Tang really couldn't imagine her demure appearance with a needle and thread.

When he was a child, he once saw Concubine Ye holding a needle and thread, when she sat under the window embroidering handkerchief insoles, he would lie next to him and practice big characters.

The setting sun shines on the porch outside the window, the trees are golden, the flowers are golden, and the time is also gilded.

He couldn't help imagining that in the future if she sat under the window of his room like this—whatever he could do—it would be inexplicable just to think about that image.

But Qi Yiyu couldn't know what he was thinking at the moment with an indifferent expression, but she didn't have to be stared at by Xiao Heng and Qi Ziyu, she also felt comfortable.

Yan Tang conceived the future in his heart, while rolling up a sleeve to peel the chestnut shell for her, she aimed at her arm, he saw it, and calmly kept it as it was.

That arm looks so strong that you want to take a bite of it. Qi Yi raised his cheeks and looked over, very pleasant.

Yan Tang felt that her self-control was much better than before, which was really a hateful thing.

If it had been before, her paws would have been touched in a different way. But since she said she wouldn't touch him again—she really hasn't touched him again, except for the time when she was drugged.

In the word self-discipline, she once again impressed him.

"Girl!"

was sitting, but Qiao Cuiqiao came back. Mrs. Xu was in the house and said that the girl should come over at any time. General Xu went to meet his friends. ”

"That's a good idea!" Qi Yiyi patted his fingertips and got up, "Go early and finish work early." ”

When she went out, Yan Tang looked at half of her arm, put down her sleeves after a while, put on her robe again, and went out.

Stepping into Mrs. Xu's courtyard gate, the fragrance of tea wafted in the courtyard.

A small stove was built with stones in the corner of the courtyard, and a kettle was resting on it, and the fire was flourishing.

Mrs. Xu was dressed exquisitely, but she was half-squatting to add fire to the stove. Qi Yiyi called "madam", she raised her head, raised her lips gently, got up and said, "Are you here?" ”

Qi Yiyi stopped in front of her and looked at her carefully: "Madame is also an official of the fourth grade, and she will still do these rough jobs?" ”

"Although there are slaves and maids in the Northwest family, they are not as particular as the Central Plains. Occasionally, when I go out with my grandson, I have to do these things myself to feel at ease. ”

She washed her hands in the basin next to her, and said, "The water from the water room is not very hot, and it is not good to make tea, so I will take the water and boil it now." - Sit down in the house. ”

Qi Yiyi looked at her hand to lift the curtain, and it was indeed not as delicate and white as the officials of the Central Plains.

When I arrived at the house, the furnishings were all from the palace, there was nothing to say, only a small porcelain bell on the bedside table, which was interesting and lovely, and the string of the rope was a little old.

"It's a toy for children. Before I came to the paddock with his father, he stuffed it into my baggage, saying that he wanted to accompany me. ”

Mrs. Xu followed her line of sight, and then unconsciously became gentle, and also picked up the bell and rubbed it in her hand.

"What a thoughtful child."

Qi Miao's praise.

Mrs. Xu smiled and asked her to sit down at the round table.

At that time, a maid came in with a snack outside the door.

Qi Yiyi said: "I have nothing to do these days, and a few days ago I saw my wife embroidering camellias, so I also wanted to do some needlework to pass the time, but my skills were too poor, so I came to ask for advice." ”

Mrs. Xu took the needle box with her hand, picked up half of the handkerchief inside, and said, "I'm not very good at it, if you don't dislike it, just leave it." ”

With that, she lifted the needle and rubbed it on her scalp a few times, pricking the needle.

…… Yan Tang arrived at Yu Sheng's place, and Yu Sheng was drinking wine in the house with his fellow generals.

Hearing that the king of Zhenbei was coming, the wine glasses on the table were almost knocked over by him.

Yan Tang entered the house with his hands in his hands, looked left and right, and then said kindly: "Don't be nervous, I'm just passing by, I heard you talking, come in and have a look." ”

But the harmony he understood was obviously different from the harmony understood by others, and as soon as he finished saying this, the two people in the room became even more nervous.

“…… Lord Wang, please take a seat! Yu Sheng was pinched by his companion and then came back to his senses, and quickly took two steps back to put him in a high position.

Yan Tang glanced at him and sat down unceremoniously.

In front of him, Yu Sheng was in his forties, with a strong physique and a flexible expression, and he was a general Zhaoyi of the third rank of the imperial court, judging from these places, he did meet some of the conditions for being a spy.

It's just a spy who loves to drink...... Thinking of this, he suddenly waved his hand at the general behind him to signal his withdrawal.

Yu Sheng looked over in a daze.

Yan Tang glanced at the wine and food on the table lightly, picked up the wine jug and sniffed it, and then looked at him: "Love to drink two sips?" ”

Yu Shengtang is upright and upright, and he has meritorious work in protecting the edge, it is said that in front of a hereditary king with a different surname like Yan Tang, he should not say that he is calm, but at least he should answer like a stream.

But in the past few days, no matter which close ministers and high-ranking officials he saw beside the emperor, his heart was a little empty, and when he asked at this moment, he replied with a vague voice: "I don't drink much, but occasionally two sips." ”

Yan Tang squinted at him: "Then the two of us, let's have two mouthfuls?" ”

…… didn't dare to disobey, so Yu Sheng sat down on the side of the kang table, took a cup and chopsticks, and poured him wine.

Yan Tang held the cup and said: "That night, Yan Nan and their gang of children were cooking meat in the yard, everyone was there, how many drinks did you think?" ”

Yu Sheng touched the cup and moved slightly, and said, "Xiaguan was too drunk that night, so he drank a few glasses, which made the prince smile." ”

Yan Tang looked at the wine in the cup and said, "Since it's just a drink, why was the last one to arrive at the school the next day?" ”

Yu Sheng's face instantly stiffened again.

Yan Tang then said softly: "I remember, I heard that it was because of a cold, and I went out to Gong and delayed the time, right?" ”

Yu Sheng's stiff face exploded slightly, and his facial muscles trembled slightly: "Yes, yes...... That's it! ”

Yan Tang looked at him for a while and said, "What are you nervous about?" ”

Yu Sheng forcibly pulled a smile.

Yan Tang said: "You are nervous because you lied." ”

He lowered his eyes and looked at the back of the hand covering the mouth of the cup: "General Yu is a veteran of the imperial court, and the Yu family is not a prominent family, let alone an ancestral shadow, and it is not easy to climb from a small soldier to the current height."

"Tell me, what did you do from midnight to early morning that day?"