Deng Yao drove the carriage all the way to the door of the inner courtyard.

As soon as Xiao Yin lifted the curtain of the car, he saw several internal supervisors and girls on the instrument door making noise. One of them, hearing the sound of the carriage, immediately ran out, and it was none other than the apple.

"Cai Apple, don't be so noisy, what if you disturb your sister?" Xiao Yin hurriedly said.

"Lord Weng, don't talk about Niangniang, it's Your Highness, I'm afraid I'm still awake." Picking apples is a problem.

"How so?" Xiao Yin hurriedly walked to the backyard.

"As soon as His Royal Highness came back from the Dingguo Mansion, he sent Director Lu to the inner courtyard to pick up Lord Weng. But now it's almost three shifts, and the owner has only come back, so come up with a reason. ”

"Do you know what's going on?"

"This slave doesn't know." The apple picking is full of anxiety.

"It's okay, didn't I come back?" Xiao Yin comforted, but secretly wondered, what would happen at such a late hour?

Sure enough, the inner courtyard was brightly lit, and even Xiao Qiyun's bedroom was lit with a small dim lamp.

Lu Dingfu was sitting in the outer room of the wing. Several inner supervisors at the door held lanterns, and when they saw Xiao Yin coming, they bent over and saluted.

"Lord Weng is back," Lu Dingfu stood up, a slight smile on his face, "The master is still waiting for Lord Weng." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand slightly and motioned for Xiao Yin to go with him.

Xiao Yin didn't expect that at such a late hour, Liu Ke was still reading the official document in front of the case in the study. There is a glass lamp on the case, the light is yellow and clear, reflecting Liu Ke's somewhat thin figure.

"Master, Lord Weng has arrived." Lu Dingfu stepped forward and replied cautiously.

"Got it, you go down." Liu Ke raised his head, with a gentle smile on his face as usual.

Xiao Yin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come here."

Xiao Yin moved forward step by step.

Liu Ke walked out from behind the bookcase. He wore an off-white wide-sleeved robe, and his hair was loosely tied up at the back of his head, and the rest was scattered, adding a lot of free and uninhibited looks, which was very different from the usual carelessness.

"Drinking again?"

"Hmm......" Xiao Yin was worried, not knowing what to do.

"The seventh brother once mentioned your demeanor in Luoyang Drunken Immortal Residence, I was still a pity at the time, when you arrived at the Prince's Mansion, you have been restrained for a long time, I am afraid it will be difficult to retain that courage and chivalry. Now it seems that I have been overly concerned. Liu Ke cut his hands, stood in front of Xiao Yin, and said with a smile.

"You sent someone to follow me?" Xiao Yin blurted out. As soon as he finished speaking, he realized that he had lost his words, and his face was hot with nervousness for a while. Suddenly thought that since Liu Ke knew about the night, wouldn't Deng Yao be punished, so he hurriedly explained, "I had no choice but to run into a little trouble, and then I was a little hungry, so I ate some wine and food outside." ”

Liu Ke just smiled, said "Sit down", then turned around and took an official document on the bookcase and sat down to read it.

Xiao was so panicked that he couldn't wait to flee from here. But the prince spoke, and he, the little woman, had to obey orders, so she had to sit carefully on the Nanmu chair outside.

Liu Ke seemed to look at the official document intently.

There was a book on the small Nanmu table at hand, Xiao Yin picked it up and saw that it was a book of Tiaoxi poems, so he simply opened it and read it.

The lights outside were dim, and Xiao Yin's face gradually became heavy as he looked at it.

I don't know how long it took.

"Sleepy?" Liu Ke walked over.

"Ah, no" Xiao Yin immediately stood up.

"Like to read poetry?"

"Well, I used to like to watch some when I was at home."

"Qilan Zhicheng, it's really a talented place," Liu Ke looked at Xiao Yin with a smile, "In the past, whenever I went to a place, I also liked to collect some ancient books and hide them in my study. In the future, I can ask Lu Dingfu to take you in to see. ”

Xiao Yin was stunned, Liu Ke actually allowed her to enter his study on weekdays, and hesitated for a while before replying: "No...... No, it's not in line with the rules. ”

Liu Ke laughed out loud and said, "The rules are also to be learned." I'll start learning tomorrow, so let's start reading the Book of Rites. ”

Can......

"Let Lu Dingfu send you back." Liu Ke said, turned his head back to the back of the bookcase, and opened the scroll on the case.

After the toss of the day of the Frostfall Festival, Xiao Yin slept until dawn on the second day.

In Chang'an in late autumn, there is often such gray weather.

In the morning, Xiao Yin sat in front of the mirror and combed his hair, and when he saw Cai Apple coming in, he said with a smile: "I'm still groggy and have a headache, you can go and pour a cup of tea." ”

"Can you not have a headache," said Pickapple, who came over with a teacup, "Lord Weng only rested so late yesterday and drank some more wine." ”

"Lord Weng," a little maid came in and replied, "Director Lu is here, waiting outside, saying that he is here to invite Lord Weng to His Highness's study." ”

"Study, what is the reason?" Cai Apple looked surprised.

Xiao Yin rubbed his stinging temples and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said yesterday that he wanted me to start reciting the Book of Rites today. ”

"The Book of Rites? What does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mean by this, don't you think that Lord Weng returned late from drinking yesterday, and he is a little too much, and he wants to use this as a punishment? Cai Apple said while busy tying Xiao Yin's hair.

It seems to make sense, but it doesn't seem to be such a reason. If it is said that it is a rule, it is better to directly punish her for copying what "Women's Training" and "Women's Rules" directly.

The door of the main room of the prince's courtyard was open, and several inner supervisors were cleaning in and out. The bamboo curtain outside the study was half-rolled, and a maid in the porch was tending to the potted flowers and plants by the wall.

Xiao Yin entered the study and saw that there was no one.

"The master has not dispersed yet," Lu Dingfu said, "The master said, please sit outside for a while, and the books, paper and pens are all prepared for the master Weng." ”

Sure enough, a new pineapple desk was added outside, which was small in shape, and the pen and ink on the table were complete. There was a book on the table.

"Do you still want me to read the Book of Rites?" Xiao Yin muttered secretly and picked up the book, but it was a volume of "The Mean".

Lu Dingfu retreated, and through the window, he could still hear his voice urging the people under the maid: "Hurry up, the master will soon disperse." ”

Xiao Yin flipped through "The Mean", and the more he looked at it, the more impatient he became, so he took a pen from the pen stand, spread out a piece of paper, and wrote the word "The Mean". After writing, he put the pen down, picked up the two corners of the rice paper, and secretly muttered: "The mean, what is the so-called?" ”

"It's a nice word. But the problem is precisely that it is too good-looking, too flowery, and the edge does not know how to converge," Liu Ke didn't know when he walked in, and said with a smile, "I have to practice again." ”

Liu Ke said, then walked into the inner room, sat down behind the bookcase, and focused on reviewing the official documents.

A nanmu shelf separates the inside and outside of the study. Through the wooden lattices with the pattern of "Flowing Clouds and Hundred Bats", Xiao Yin can just see Liu Ke's focused appearance.

The sunlight outside the window poured in evenly, reflecting on Liu Ke's blue and moon-white trimmed clothes, glowing with a warm glow.

Xiao Yin turned the rice paper in his hand into a small ball and spread out a piece of paper again.