Concubine Xi, who was standing at the door, saw Gonggong Gui walking out, and was very anxious about what was written in the letter, but because she had always been arrogant and couldn't let go of her identity, she thought for a while and glared at Lan Zhu, the maid beside her, and motioned for Lan Zhu to ask what was going on.

Lan Zhu is the maid who was sent into the palace by Concubine Xi from her mother's house, and she naturally understands Concubine Xi's temper very well, and now seeing Concubine Xi looking at her, she hurriedly nodded in understanding, and took small steps to block Grandpa Gui's way, "I don't know if Grandpa Gui is in such a hurry to go, is there something big going on?" ”

Gonggong Gui stopped walking, raised his eyes and smiled first, and then said perfunctorily, "Where is the emperor's affairs that I, a slave, can only ask?" Of course, he knew that Lan Zhu's opening was what Concubine Xi meant, although he didn't want to offend Concubine Xi, but he was serving the emperor after all.

Concubine Xi had long known about Gonggong Gui's treachery and tricks, and seeing that Lan Zhu didn't ask why, she couldn't help but be a little anxious and opened her mouth, "The emperor's affairs are naturally not something that others can ask, the palace just wants to know when the emperor will be able to come out of the imperial study." ”

Gonggong Gui saw that Concubine Xi was a master who did not die in the heart of the Yellow River, and this time he told the truth, "Back to Concubine Xi's words, the emperor has been reading the history scrolls in the imperial study since he got off the court, and he can't stop thinking about it for a while, if Concubine Xi can trust the slave, he might as well go back first, if the emperor reads the history scroll in advance, the slave will definitely send someone to inform Concubine Xi." ”

Concubine Xi saw that Gonggong Gui said this, and knew that it was in vain today, even if she couldn't hold her face, she had no choice, so she could only take Lanzhu down the steps angrily and walked back towards her bedroom.

Seeing that Concubine Xi was finally gone, Gonggong Gui breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly carried his robe down the steps himself.

In the imperial study, Xuan Yining closed the scroll in his hand, slowly got up and went to the window, the flickering afterglow sprinkled on the black hair on his head, and the cyan jade button buckled on the crown of his hair was even more brilliant.

Thinking back to the words in the letter, Xuan Yining's well-proportioned lips gently stretched an upward arc, stretched out his hand and gently scraped the elegant narcissus in the eight-treasure pot on the windowsill, and finally couldn't help but chuckle out with a smile in his heart, "Nian Yingxi, you really can't stop for a moment......

Nianfu, Hai Shi, near Fukumei Temple.

The night breeze rustles the flowers and leaves, gently passing across the lake, bringing a cool smell.

Nian Yingxi sat on a willow tree, boredly fiddling with a willow leaf in her hand, raised her eyes to see the starry sky, and couldn't help but sigh, she had been sitting here for more than an hour, but she had not waited for Wang Shengzi to appear.

"Miss, Miss......" The cat was so badly bitten by mosquitoes under the tree that she couldn't help but look up and whisper, "What are you waiting for here?" ”

"Of course it's someone who has to wait." Nian Yingxi flicked the willow leaf in her hand on Qianqian's head with one hand, "You girl can't settle down, so far, you have asked no less than thirty times." ”

Qianqian took down the willow leaf on her head and muttered aggrievedly, "I don't want to either, but there are too many mosquitoes......"

Nian Yingxi got up and was about to pull the Qianqian on the ground to the tree, but suddenly heard the chirping of 'Partridge Partridge' from the other side of Anzhimei's yard.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, Nian Yingxi stopped the movements of her hand, turned around and looked at the source of the voice, and when she saw the black shadow hiding near An Zhimei's courtyard, she smiled and said to Qianqian below, "Qianqian, go to the Pinghu Palace, tell the Pinghu prince that you can release people." ”

"Got it, Miss." Qianqian said, got up and ran towards the back door of the Nian Mansion.

As soon as Qianqian's front foot left, Nian Yingxi saw that An Zhimei's house was dark, and not long after An Zhimei's personal girl came out of the house, the black shadow that had just learned to call a partridge quickly drilled into the house.

Nian Yingxi kept watching Wang Shengzi enter An Zhimei's house, and then slowly jumped off the treetops, thinking about the hypnosis she gave Wang Shengzi today, Nian Yingxi hooked her lips and smiled, it seems that An Zhimei's house will not be long in the house, and it will be Wushan Yunyu.

Clapped her hands, roughly tidied up her skirt, Nian Yingxi walked towards the kitchen, she had to find a suitable reason to block him at the gate of the mansion when Nian Gengrong came back, otherwise if he didn't go to An Zhimei's place tonight, but went back to his own yard, then everything she was busy with today would be in vain.

Pinghu Palace, study.

"This landscape painting looks like it comes from the master's arm, not only the brush and ink are smooth like clouds, the pause is more soft and rigid, rigid and soft, even if it is the world's first copyist, it is impossible to imitate the charm of this!" Nian Gengrong couldn't put it down while looking at the landscape painting in his hand, while talking eloquently, he had long forgotten the hour, or what night it was, a heart and two eyes, all attracted by the loss of soul attracted by a case calligraphy and painting in front of him.

Xuan Yuehuai sat in a corner of the desk, holding the white tea in his hand with his long fingers, looking at Nian Gengrong, who was fascinated by the calligraphy and painting on the other side, with a smile on his face, but only he knew the anxiety in his heart, he always thought that Nian Yingxi would let him support Nian Gengrong to die for only one or two hours, who thought that this was about to be the time of the child, but there was still no movement on Nian Yingxi's side, fortunately, he took out his family and dragged Nian Gengrong, otherwise according to Nian Gengrong's urgency, he must have been unable to sit still.

'Knock knock...... Knock knock ......'

A very soft knock on the door interrupted Xuan Yuehuai's thoughts, Xuan Yuehuai glanced at Nian Gengrong, who was still immersed in calligraphy and painting, thought about it, got up alone and walked to the door, and opened the door of the study.

Seeing Xuan Yuehuai walking out, the little messenger hurriedly stepped forward and whispered, "Lord Qiqi, a young woman came to the house just now, saying that she asked the prince to release her." ”

Xuan Yuehuai first looked back at the room, then turned around and asked, "What about her?" ”

"Back to the prince's words, the woman seemed to be in a hurry, and left after saying this." The little girl replied honestly, thinking that the little girl was in a hurry just now and looked very suspicious, if it wasn't for the prince who had explained in advance that someone would come to pass the word, he would definitely send someone to catch the little girl back and ask for an understanding.

Xuan Yuehuai nodded, seeing that the time was indeed not early, she ordered, "You go and send someone to prepare a carriage and wait at the gate of the mansion." ”

"Yes, I'll do it for the little ones." The little servant took the order and ran out of the yard to prepare the carriage.

Xuan Yuehuai stood alone in the courtyard for a while, and then deliberately turned around and returned to the study, seeing that Nian Gengrong stared at the calligraphy and painting or had no superfluous reaction, he couldn't help but cough and walked to Nian Gengrong's side, and smiled slightly apologetically, "I'm really sorry for my uncle, just now the emperor sent someone to spread the word that Xiao Wang entered the palace, it seems that Xiao Wang can't accompany his uncle to chat all night." ”

Hearing this, Nian Gengrong retracted his gaze from the calligraphy and painting, and turned to look at Xuan Yuehuai, and quickly replayed Xuan Yuehuai's words in his ears again in his heart, and couldn't help but twist his thick eyebrows in doubt, "Now that it is almost the time to be a son, the emperor has passed the rumor that the prince has entered the palace at this time, is there something wrong?" ”

Xuan Yuehuai didn't expect that a reason she casually found made Nian Gengrong think more about other things, the smile on her face deepened, and she quickly explained, "Now that the country is safe and the people are happy, what big deal can it be?" It's not that the royal brother has been obsessed with the game recently, and he is always studying the chess game, and it is estimated that the royal brother has thought of a subtle chess game today, so he asked Xiao Wang to enter the palace to fight. ”

Nian Gengrong heard this, but also heard that the emperor rarely stayed in the harem recently, and he slept alone in the Qianqing Palace, at first he still had some concerns, but now he can't help but understand when he hears it, it turns out that it is just a game of chess, thinking about the harem that has been expanding every year, Nian Gengrong put away the doubts just now, and half-jokingly stroked his white beard, "It seems that it will wait until next year to choose a new concubine to enter the palace again, and the prince can escape the pain of this midnight game!" ”

Xuan Yuehuai naturally heard the ridicule in Nian Gengrong's words, it was nothing more than that his imperial brother liked the new and hated the old, if he usually refuted it quietly, but because of the urgency of time now, he could only laugh perfunctorily, "Doesn't the king want time to pass faster?" ”

"Haha!" While laughing, Nian Gengrong straightened up his body, "Since the prince of Pinghu is here, it is inconvenient for the lower officials to bother more." ”

"It looks like we have to do it another day." Xuan Yuehuai arched her hand apologetically, and then welcomed Nian Gengrong out of the study.

After preparing the carriage, the little maid waited on the path leading to the gate of the mansion with a lantern, and saw Xuan Yuehuai and Nian Gengrong coming over, and hurriedly stepped forward with the lantern to help the two of them illuminate the road at night.

Xuan Yuehuai kept sending Nian Gengrong to the carriage, and watched the carriage disappear into the night, before she put away her smile and turned back to her yard.

Open the wardrobe and find out the night clothes that have not been worn for many years, while changing clothes neatly, while looking at the bright moon outside the window and smiling bitterly, the calm life has made him not have this feeling of expectation for many years, after changing his clothes, Xuan Yuehuai turned over and jumped out of the window, and flew up to the eaves neatly to move his muscles and bones, ready for a while to arrive at the New Year's Mansion as quickly as possible.

In fact, he knew that it was just some small insect carving skills, but he couldn't help but want to see it for himself, to see what kind of play that girl would play, and if it wasn't what he expected, he might not be the only audience tonight.

Under the light of the bright moon, a sturdy figure galloped silently on the eaves, his sturdy figure and handsome face were hidden under the night clothes, leaving only the long black hair tied casually behind his back, fluttering with his movements.

A watchman walking between the streets stopped his steps, looked up and wanted to shake his sore neck, but he didn't want to see the shadow shuttling through the eaves.

The watchman stared wide-eyed at the ethereal shadow passing in front of his eyes, and was stunned in place for a long time before he raised his arm and pointed to the place where the shadow had just floated, and stammered, "God, god, no, no, it's a chivalrous, a thief......!" ”