Gu Xiuting's face was full of horror, she stared at King Ying in disbelief.

In everyone's hearts, King Ying has always been as gentle as jade and a gentleman, but everyone didn't expect that he would slap Gu Xiuting in front of everyone.

"Enough!" The King of England snorted coldly, "Don't you think you have lost enough face?" ”

"But......" Gu Xiuting's face turned red, she covered her face, but the pain in her heart far exceeded the pain on her face.

"Shut up!" The King of England's face was slightly cold, even if he didn't like Gu Xiuting anymore, he gave her a noble status, the face of the British princess, but today, in front of so many people, she didn't care about his face at all.

Ye Zhiwei laughed secretly in her heart: Husband and wife are one, Gu Xiuting doesn't understand that her dignity is given by the King of England, and the dignity of the King of England must also be maintained by her.

The king of England did not allow Gu Xiuting to argue, and directly ordered someone to hold her back, and now he wanted her to take the initiative to apologize to Ye Zhiwei and Han Jiarui, which would only make more jokes, so the king wisely chose to back down.

The crowd around to watch the excitement gradually dispersed.

Han Jiarui has been by Ye Zhiwei's side and has not left.

King Ying had already walked away, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Ye Zhiwei.

The corners of Ye Zhiwei's lips tugged slightly, and she looked at him with a flat expression.

"It's fine that the princess regent is fine." The face that was still annoyed by Gu Xiuting just now gradually soothed, and finally the King of England re-revealed his signature smile, faintly like a spring breeze in March.

Ye Zhiwei didn't respond to his smile, just stood there coldly and looked at him, bowed her head slightly, and then turned around and left first.

The King stood there, staring at her fading figure.

What he once thought was the only thing he belonged to, but in the end it became someone else's, and what he once thought he needed the most ended up becoming what he was tired of.

Perhaps this is what people often call insatiable.

The King of England smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around, and walked away in the opposite direction to Ye Zhiwei without looking back.

Ye Zhiwei and Han Jiarui walked to a secluded place, and she asked in a voice that could only be heard between the two of them, "Why are you helping me?" ”

Han Jiarui stopped, and the hem of her skirt fluttered slowly with the breeze.

"No why." She said calmly.

Ye Zhiwei was a little puzzled, "We must not have met before, right?" She didn't believe there was a free lunch.

"If you have to give me a reason...... I guess it's because I'm jealous of you. Han Jiarui looked up at the peach tree beside her, her eyes flashing with a soft light, "I heard my mother mention you and the regent many times before I came to Beijing. ”

Ye Zhiwei was almost confused by her, "Wait...... Wait a minute...... You mean, you helped me because you were jealous of me and the regent? ”

"Just let it be." Han Jiarui laughed heartily, "It's time to start the table, I'll take the first step." ”

The banquet of the Queen Mother's palace banquet is very simple, but the dishes are exquisite, because most of the women who come are women, so the dishes are mostly sweet, fragrant, crispy, and crispy.

Someone quickly discovered that Ye Zhiwei had one more dish in front of her than others.

Father-in-law Hu personally opened the bowl and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother said that she wants you to taste it carefully, but I am afraid that I will want to eat this dish in the future...... It's hard. ”

Ye Zhiwei hurriedly got up and thanked the Queen Mother not far away.

The Queen Mother didn't say anything, not even her eyes looked this way.

The eyes of everyone around them came over one after another, most of them with envy, worthy of being the queen mother's daughter, this favor is simply something that others can't ask for.

Ye Zhiwei stared at the extra large soup bowl in front of her, which was full of red oil, and the fragrance of boiled fish wafted out.

Her mind was spinning rapidly, recalling the words that Grandpa Hu had said to her just now.

That obviously has a deep meaning.

As if he was secretly warning her that she would never be able to eat this dish made by Xia Xiaomo in the future.

After thinking about it, she always felt that the Queen Mother must have left Xia Xiaomo behind and did not kill him, but she was a little uncertain in her heart, and when she returned to the Regent's Mansion, she was restless for a while, so she went to Tianshu Pavilion to find Mr. Cai and wanted to discuss with him.

But when she entered Tianshu Pavilion, she didn't see Mr. Cai's figure, and the cough of Wenxiu scholar Mu Xiuyan came from time to time in the suite behind the screen.

She couldn't help but be stunned, turned the screen, and saw Wenxiu scholar wearing a thin dress, sitting at the table to draw a military map.

Ye Zhiwei saw that he was engrossed and didn't notice that he was coming in, so she had to deliberately clear her throat.

Mu Xiuyan looked up and saw her, and immediately got up and saluted: "Xiaosheng has seen the princess." ”

Mu Xiuyan is quite literate, but she is rigid and self-denying, she can talk and laugh with Mr. Cai, but when she comes to Mu Xiuyan, she can only helplessly play official.

"What's the matter, you're not feeling well?" Ye Zhiwei asked, "Mr. Cui is in the house, do you want to look for him?" ”

"There is nothing to do in my life, and I don't have to worry about the princess." Mu Xiuyan said expressionlessly.

Ye Zhiwei stood there, and Mu Xiuyan also stood there with her, she wanted to talk about the things in the palace several times, but seeing that Mu Xiuyan was all focused on that map, she had to leave.

In the evening, Ye Zhiwei went to Ling Yu's yard and had dinner with her, and the two sat and chatted after the meal, while watching the maids in the house do needlework under the lamp.

Ling Yu asked the maid to make several sets of children's clothes, spring, summer, autumn and winter, all seasons, Ye Zhiwei picked up this from time to time to see that.

Ling Yu smiled: "Don't be in a hurry, when they finish this set, let them make it for you again." ”

Ye Zhiwei stuck out her tongue, "I'm not in a hurry, I won't give birth until August, but my mother has to prepare in advance." ”

The two were talking, when they suddenly heard the maid's announcement from outside the door: "Princess, the guards in the front yard came to look for you, saying that there is something important." ”

Ye Zhiwei was stunned for a moment, and Ling Yu said, "Since you have something, you can go first." ”

Ye Zhiwei was afraid that Ling Yu would be worried, so she didn't leave immediately, but accompanied her to talk again.

When she got out of the courtyard, she saw a Guards leader in the front yard standing there, looking anxious.

"What's the matter?" Ye Zhiwei asked in a deep voice.

"Princess Qiyu, it's a matter of Tianshu Pavilion." The leader of the guards lowered his voice and said: "Smoke came out of the top floor of Tianshu Pavilion just now, but his subordinates couldn't enter without permission to check, so they could only come to the princess to get an idea." ”

Tianshu Pavilion is the top secret of the Regent's Palace, not only the guards, but even the secret guards cannot enter at will.

When Ye Zhiwei heard this, she hurriedly followed her to the front yard.

I saw bursts of white smoke coming out of a window on the top floor of Tianshu Pavilion, and looking at it, it seemed that something was on fire.

"I'll take a look." Ye Zhiwei raised her leg and wanted to break through the door.

The leader of the guards was frightened and hurriedly stopped in front of her, "Princess, no! ”

If there is a fire in Tianshu Pavilion, the regent will be angry when he knows it, but it will not kill everyone, but if the princess enters the building and is injured by fire, then all of them will lose their heads.

After following Feng Duhan's side for so long, they can still see this little bit of eyes.

"It's okay, I'll go check it out first." Ye Zhiwei looked at the white smoke and thought, "It doesn't look like it's burning very badly, and I won't go far, so I can call you in at any time if I have something." ”

The leader of the Guards hesitated, and then agreed.

Ye Zhiwei entered Tianshu Pavilion and went down the wooden staircase all the way to the top floor.

As soon as I opened the door, I smelled a burning smell.

I saw that on the table, the candlestick was lying there, and the military map of the sheepskin was only half burned.

Ye Zhiwei quickly glanced at the room, only to see a few cases not far away with teapots and tea sets, she walked over quickly, picked up the teapot, and poured it towards the sheepskin map.

The spark went out all at once.

The room was a little dim with no candlelight, and she retreated to the window, trying to tell the people outside that she was okay.

But something suddenly stepped on under her feet, and she fell on top of a limp body.

"Huh?"

Only then did she realize that Wenxiu scholar Mu Xiuyan fell face down on the ground......