"Yes, the slave knows, ma'am." Although Xiaohong didn't know why the master said this, she usually saw that the master was a very smart person and shouldn't hurt herself, so Xiaohong secretly wrote it down and did it.

And this kind of thing, Chunxiao Pavilion has always been unaware, because they have always ignored the things in other courtyards, so they always know it later.

When Xiao Rong saw Steward Xu entering the palace with a large number of maids in the front yard, he was curious.

"Steward Xu, why did you find so many maids, are there not enough maids in the house?"

"Ah...... That, the prince said that the maids were all old and old, and they were all sent away, so they had to be replaced with new ones. "Steward Xu naturally can't say where those maids went last night in front of these new maids, but I'm afraid that if I say it, the maids will run out.

"Ah, that's it, these girls are good, very young." Xiao Rong praised with a smile.

"Then Xiaorong girl, you can choose a few for the princess's master." Steward Xu has always had a good influence on Ye Anran, he is the old man of the palace, although he doesn't say some things, but he sees them all, I'm afraid that in this palace, only the princess and the shallow girl are unwilling to use means to design others.

"No need, the princess said that the maids in Chunxiao Pavilion are enough, thank you, Steward Xu." After speaking, Xiao Rong turned around and left.

Steward Xu put away his loving smile and warned sharply: "In this palace, don't say what you shouldn't say, don't look at what you shouldn't see, don't move what you shouldn't move, talk less and do more, you know?" ”

"The slave knows." Most of these 20 or so maids are from poor families, and there are a lot of errands in the palace, so they naturally want to come, but they don't know that there are so many things hidden in this palace.

Of course, if a slave or maid always talks about the master's affairs and gossips about some miscellaneous things, it is always bad, which is the most basic truth.

Maybe the Xigong Jue hasn't been mad in the last month or two, so those maids thought that the prince was good-tempered, so they privately talked about the princess and the three princes of Liuyun Kingdom hugging in the front hall.

In fact, it was obviously a bureau set up by the West Palace Jue that day, he just wanted to see what Ye Anran's attitude was towards Dugu Jialuo, but he didn't expect to be seen by a subordinate, and finally spread secretly.

Although this is not a big deal, Xigong Jue just listens to it unpleasantly, those maids deserve to be unlucky, they are unlucky, so they are to blame for being killed.

Chunxiao Pavilion

Ye Anran changed his clothes, wearing an orange long skirt with a white fur, Xiao Rong hurriedly asked, "Master, are you going out?" ”

"Well, I'll go to the teahouse to have a look, do you want to be together? King Heng is there, too. Ye Anran smiled slightly.

Xiao Rong actually wanted to go, but when he heard his master say this, he was embarrassed, so he shook his head: "No, master, you just make fun of the slave and maid, what does King Heng have to do with the slave and maid if he is not there." ”

"Okay, then you don't go, I'll take Xiaoguang with me, Xiaoguang, let's go." After speaking, Ye Anran walked out of Chunxiao Pavilion with the help of Xiaoguang.

Xiao Rong began to regret why he was about to tell a lie just now......

Inside the carriage

Xiaoguang asked stupidly: "Master Princess, why don't you bring Sister Xiaorong here, she seems to want to come." ”

"Hehe, even you can see that she wants to, but she doesn't admit it herself, isn't it funny? That girl, I don't believe she can keep her mouth on hard. It turned out that Ye Anran was fighting with her because Xiao Rong didn't admit his thoughts.

Tonight in the tea house

As soon as Ye Anran walked in, he felt the heat of the stove on the first floor coming towards him, which was very heartwarming.

"Master, are you here?" Qi Niang was always respectful to Ye Anran.

"Well, Qi Niang, it's hard work, on such a cold day, you take care of it so well, and there are still so many guests." Ye Anran admires Qi Niang's management methods very much, almost all the teahouses are managed by Qi Niang, and Ye Anran is only responsible for occasionally reconciling accounts.

"Master, you are polite, the old slave should do this, you go upstairs, His Royal Highness King Heng and His Royal Highness King Huai have been waiting for you for two or three days, and they haven't seen you coming, they are all anxious." Qi Niang knew that the princess had a very good personal relationship with King Huai and King Heng, so she said so.

"Yes." Ye Anran nodded and walked towards the second floor.

In the private room, sure enough, Xigong Jin is still there, but there seems to be an extra woman beside her, a petite and lovely woman in green.

"Eh, the second sister-in-law is here, I really finally looked forward to you, you are not here, Qi Niang will not give us good tea to drink." Nishinomiya Jin said with a hippie smile.

"Come on, I don't know you yet, I won't give it to you, can you be so honest?" Ye Anran couldn't help but smile.

"Come, second sister-in-law, let me introduce you solemnly, this is Guo Shuang, the daughter of Lord Guo, the Taiwei of Chengdong." Xigong Jin introduced the beauties around him with great interest.

Ye Anran nodded and smiled, then looked at Xigong Lonely with a complicated face, and said, "Your Highness Lonely, I have something to look for you." ”

"Okay." Xigong Lonely, who was dressed in white, just smiled lightly at any time, which was very comfortable.

In fact, Ye Anran didn't do this because he was afraid that Xigong Jin would hear something, but after all, Xigong Jin was not alone now, and there was also the young lady of the Guo family by his side, Ye Anran's matter was very important, so he naturally had to be cautious in his words and deeds.

In the private room next door

Ye Anran and Xigong Lonely sat looking at each other, Xigong Lonely was still smiling lightly: "An Ran, what do you want to ask me?" ”

"Your Highness Lonely, I hope you can tell the truth for the sake of us being friends." Ye Anran was a little uneasy and foreshadowed his emotions.

Xigong Lonely was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "That's nature, we are friends, what you ask me, I naturally know everything, and I can't say anything." ”

"That's good, I just wanted to ask you...... Why was Dugu Jialuo, the third prince of Liuyun Kingdom, left in Bianjing by the emperor this time? There have always been very few men other than the emperor in the palace, what is going on? Ye Anran thought for a moment, and still said the question in his heart.

Xigong Lonely replied: "Who said that there are no other men except the emperor, am I not a man?" ”

Ye Anran remembered that Xigong Lonely also lived in the palace, so he blurted out: "This is different, you are an exception, you are the emperor's younger brother, and the queen mother's nephew, it is natural to live in the palace, and your residence is very close to the queen mother's palace, far from the remoteness of the harem concubines, but I heard that Dugu Jia Luo is different, he seems to live in Zhuyunju, which is the core area of the harem, and the concubine often haunts, but he is a guest from another country, what kind of system does it become to live there, I really don't understand the emperor's intentions, Please also ask His Royal Highness Lonely to tell me the truth. ”

Xigong Lonely glanced at Ye Anran deeply, and did not rush to answer her question, but asked rhetorically: "Anran, then tell me, why do you care so much about Dugu Jialuo?" ”

Ye Anran's body was shocked, and then he smiled reluctantly: "He is a friend of mine from a long time ago." ”