The fish in the pond swayed happily in the water because of the new food. But it was still unable to concentrate on eating, and it playfully poked its head out of the water to bubble out of its mouth, or cocked its tail to challenge its highest leap, all of which amused the woman on the shore who was richly dressed, wore a hairpin, and behaved gracefully. But the smile didn't last long, and the moment the fish turned around, a cloud suddenly covered her white face, and her crooked eyes seemed to emit thunder and lightning. The fish fled in terror, forgetting the curtain call.

"Madam, General Xie Hui is here." The maid of the first palace walked up to the elegant woman, and suddenly bent down and said in a low voice.

The elegant woman nodded slightly, looking at the water, and the action of throwing fish food in her hand was still moving mechanically.

With the sound of rustling clothes, a tall and thin man came to the edge of the pond, and after observing all the scenery around him, he stepped forward and smiled at the elegant woman, and the smile was kind and delightful. He did not salute as respectfully as the others did when they saw a graceful woman, but stood by and looked at her quietly, as if he had not seen enough.

His white skin was made pale, pale by the dark purple brocade he was accustomed to, but it was healthy and blood-colored. His dark eyes shone brightly with the graceful woman in front of him, and the muscles of Kongo's face twitched with his efforts to suppress the expression of joy. Although he kept waving the folding fan in his hand to hide these inappropriate behaviors, it was still not difficult for others to see that this was a man who was in love. This man is Xie Hui, and the woman he loves is Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang glanced at him, and half of her smile was closed by her again. She stared at the man expressionlessly and asked, "Xiao Minglang really returned to the capital?" ”

"Yes, I heard that he has bought a mansion in the capital and plans to live there for a long time." Xie Hui replied.

Mrs. Zhang raised her eyebrows, "Long residence? Suddenly, he sneered again, "Hmph, he finally revealed his true identity." ”

Xie Hui approached Mrs. Zhang, half-bent over and listened to Mrs. Zhang's speech.

"Has Fu'er been there?" Mrs. Zhang suddenly asked again.

"I haven't gone yet, in my opinion, it's better not to make up for this excitement, the emperor doesn't know if it's cloudy or sunny yet." Xie Hui said in a low voice.

Mrs. Zhang stood up, patted the hem of her skirt, and said, "I said earlier that he is by no means a fish in the pool!" What kind of hidden mountains and seclusions, not asking about the world, is just an excuse. The former champion of civil and military affairs, who knew astronomy and geography since he was a child, and the study of governing the country, was known as Xiao Kongming, and was a popular man in front of the emperor. Now that he has entered this capital, how can he ignore the power? Those kings and grandsons do not enter his door, but who does they enter? lest the people who go there will break through his threshold, and give him more gold and silver than his house. ”

"Qi is strange that he did not receive a gift. He had already abandoned his fame back then, so why did he make a comeback now? I'm afraid that he doesn't come for money, fame, and fortune. Xie Hui shook his fan thoughtfully.

Mrs. Zhang looked at him in surprise and said, "If it's not for fame, then what makes the arrogant and carefree son vulgar?" Isn't he living well in his deep mountains and old forests? ”

Xie Hui shook his head and said, "No one knows, besides, how many people in this world can understand Xiao Minglang's thoughts?" ”

"Test the temperature of the water first, if it can't be used by us, it must not be an obstacle for us!" After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she threw all the fish food in her hand into the pool.

Xie Hui nodded in agreement.

"What's the matter with painting Summer Mountain?" Mrs. Zhang frowned and asked.

"I have hinted many times that he should be with us, but he always pretends to be confused, and I think this person is unlikely to be of use to us, but he seems to be only for the emperor, and has never befriended other princes." Xie Hui truthfully replied to all that he had discovered.

"Hua Xiashan is a civil official, his words and deeds are quite valued by the imperial court, and he is also deeply trusted by the emperor, and he is not an easy figure to deal with. If you still don't follow it, you can only get rid of it. Mrs. Zhang continued: "I don't think his daughter is a fuel-efficient lamp, so I should pay more attention to it in the future." ”

"Huashu's talent is the most outstanding among the ladies, and her appearance can be compared with the harem, no matter who will fall for her, she is indeed a powerful chess piece." Xie Hui said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhang glared at him lightly and said, "You just focus on beauty." I'm talking about that extremely ugly face. She's the one we should worry about. ”

Xie Hui was a little surprised and said, "Painting face? She's half a waste, what can she do? ”

"Don't underestimate her, that girl is actually very clever, the last poem of the first middle school poet was actually written by her, but she didn't recognize it, and played with us a lot. And her clever mouth, she can make up anything. Mrs. Zhang remembered the wine tasting banquet that day, and felt even more clever and eccentric.

Xie Hui listened, but did not take Mrs. Zhang's words to heart, he thought that Huayan was not as exaggerated as she said.

After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, she felt speechless and was about to leave, but she thought of something, turned around and said, "Fu'er's affairs still have to rely on Brother Hao." Her eyes and tone of voice had softened considerably.

Xie Hui was a little excited, he hadn't spoken so intimately to her for a long time. Although they have known each other since childhood and have known each other for more than 30 years, since she entered the palace and became the emperor's person, they have never had the opportunity to be as close as before. He excitedly took two steps closer to Mrs. Zhang, and stretched out his hand to hold her shoulder, but was rejected by Mrs. Zhang's eyes.

Mrs. Zhang just wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, smiled at him gently, and left the back mountain, she left this affectionate man without any nostalgia, leaving the fish that had made her laugh.

"Your Majesty, take a break and have a cup of tea."

In the Taiji Palace, Liu Yu was spitting hard at the desk, and he still spitted a few mouthfuls of spit from time to time, I don't know which reckless courtier made the emperor unhappy. The personal eunuch serving next to him couldn't help but persuade a few times.

Liu Yu raised his head from the desk, he took the teacup handed by the eunuch, didn't blow it, and drank it in one gulp.

"Your Majesty, slow down, don't choke." The eunuch instructed carefully.

Liu Yuwei listened to it and drank all the tea in one go. He rubbed his lips with his sleeve and said, "Minglang has returned to the capital?" ”

The eunuch glanced at Liu Yu and replied, "Yes, I lived in the city yesterday, didn't Lord Xu Xianzhi tell you just now?" ”

Liu Yu suddenly said: "Yes, yes, yes." Liu Yu narrowed his eyes, leaned his back back on the seat, and muttered, "How could this kid come back suddenly?" ”

The eunuch glanced at Liu Yu again, and replied with a smile: "Xu was scared back by the snake in the mountain." ”

Liu Yu didn't seem to hear it, and asked again: "I didn't come back when I invited him, why did he come back suddenly?" ”

The eunuch knew that the emperor was not asking him, but he didn't want to reply, so he still said happily: "Xiao Gongzi has also been to the capital in the past, and he went to the palace to drink peach blossom wine with the emperor a few days ago, and the emperor forgot?" ”

Liu Yu waved his hand at the eunuch and said: "At that time, it was different from now, now he is going to live in the capital permanently, his temperament is the most dislike of excitement, not for other important reasons, how can he come?" Don't interrupt, let me think. ”

The eunuch hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand and stood half-bent to the side.

After being silent for a long time, Liu Yu never came up with a reason, but he seemed to be a little happy, so he smiled and said to the eunuch: "Minglang is like his master Mo Yan, he is a pure gentleman, no matter what his purpose is in the capital, it will not be a bad thing." It doesn't matter if he's here, if he usually has a difficult matter, he can help me come up with an idea. ”

The eunuch also hurriedly laughed, and his eyes were almost slit, "Yes, yes." ”

"However, I heard that all my princes have been to his mansion?" Liu Yu suddenly asked again.

The eunuch didn't dare to look at Liu Yu this time, bowed his head and promised, wanting to answer but not knowing how to answer.

Liu Yu looked at the eunuch with a smile and said, "Look at you like that, just go, what's not to say?" Let them learn more from the scriptures. ”

The eunuch still smiled happily and did not speak.

Liu Yu said that he didn't care, but he didn't think so in his heart, he had to think about one thing hundreds of times before he would give up.

At this time, Liu Yu no longer had the interest in marking the papers, he walked slowly towards the north gate of the palace, and only a personal eunuch followed. However, when he arrived at the north gate, Liu Yu stopped walking, he squinted at the street outside the palace, muttered a few words, and turned back.

A girl in a yellow shirt hurriedly ran towards the bath flower stream, she came to the side of the painting Yan who was reading a book in the rain pavilion, and said breathlessly: "Miss, Miss, the shepherd has a letter again!" ”

Hua Yan's eyes never took off the book, and she said casually, "Got it." ”

"Miss, won't you take it apart and take a look?" Xin Qiao said anxiously.

"You can show it for me." Huayan turned around, still looking at the book in his hand.

Xinqiao hurriedly opened the letter, and when the shepherd sent a letter, Xinqiao was always so nervous. She read the words of the letter aloud: "As Mademoiselle expected, I have moved in." ”

"What do you mean?" Xinqiao questioned.

"He's coming to the capital." Only then did Hua Yan put down the book in his hand, raised his head to look at the sky, and took a deep breath.

"Who?"

Hua Yan knocked Xin Qiao's head with her hand and said, "When did you care about these things?" Go and write a letter back to the shepherd for me, saying that I already know. ”

Xinqiao nodded, took the letter and ran away, her temperament was always so anxious.

Hua Yan looked at the distant Xinqiao's back, smiled, stood up, rubbed her shoulders and legs, she felt itchy all over her body, which was a symptom when the wound was about to heal. Although the injuries on her body have been almost healed, but recently it is a rainy day, the air is a little cold, her chest will hurt, Xiao Haizi said, this is due to the root of the disease after being poisoned by curare, can not be cured, can only be alleviated. The poison on the arrow didn't even know Xiao Haizi, he couldn't cure the painting face, so he could only wait until the jade-faced divine doctor returned from Yunyou to diagnose and treat her.

"I wonder what will happen to him?" Painting Yan suddenly thought that Xiao Minglang was also poisoned by this arrow poison in Peicheng.

A gust of wind blew, and Hua Yan hurriedly covered her face with long sleeves, and the fear of cold became her latest problem.

Along with the wind, there are also the apricot blossoms. Looking at the apricot blossoms flying around her, Huayan felt better. She also saw so many apricot blossoms in Liu Che'er's mansion, she loved apricot blossoms for some reason, in her bath flower stream, and in Xiao Minglang's new mansion, there were apricot blossom trees planted by her.

Xiao Minglang's current mansion was originally an asset under the secret inventory of the painting, and Liu Che'er made a special trip to the Forgotten Dust Building to ask her to do this matter, for the sake of the future emperor, she was willing to give up the house, of course, all this was handled by the shepherd, she has never been out since she came back from the Zhaoyang Palace.

Although the courtyard is not large, it is also surrounded by flowers and trees, and the surrounding environment is extremely clean.

Huayan brushed away the apricot blossoms scattered on the book, closed them, and walked out of the rain pavilion. As far as the eighth master is concerned, she should also visit this master who makes the kings and grandchildren 'boil'.