Zhao Zhen has been in a bad mood since he returned to the palace to worship his ancestors.

Chen Zhongyi brought him a cup of tea, Zhao Zhen was uneasy, scalded his lips, and was so angry that he smashed a celadon tea bowl from Longquan kiln.

scolded: "Chen Zhongyi, you want to burn me to death!" ”

Frightened, Chen Zhongyi knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

After doing this several times, the clever Chen Zhongyi discovered the secret: "The official family is angry with Miss Ye, so he is angry with us!" ”

In order to stop being splinted, Chen Zhongyi, who had a bright mind, took advantage of the opportunity of the Queen Mother's banquet to invite his wife in the New Year, sneaked to Ye Pei's side and said, "Miss Ye, the official family will meet you downstairs in Xuande during the Lantern Festival. ”

Ye Pei was stunned for a moment, looked at Chen Zhongyi, and nodded knowingly.

When worshipping the ancestors, he was separated from Zhao Zhen, Ye Pei also reflected on his attitude when he went back, the sixth brother is no longer Zhao Ying when he was a child, but the current saint, she shouldn't be like that to him. He has his difficulties, Ye Pei should understand him, she wants to apologize to him, but she has no chance, Ye Pei still wants to see her sixth brother.

When Chen Zhongyi was waiting for Zhao Zhen to change his clothes at night, he saw that there was no one left and right, and whispered: "Official, it's going to the Lantern Festival soon, let's change into private clothes and go to the royal street to watch the lights one day, and we will be able to see the people you want to see." ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood, threw the big claw he had just taken off on Chen Zhongyi's body, and said, "You have a lot of ghost ideas!" ”

Chen Zhong smiled proudly.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Chen Zhongyi arranged everything and waited for dusk to leave the palace.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, on both sides of the royal street outside the Xuande Building, the mountain shed is tied, the lanterns are hung high, the songs and dances are played, the scales are tangent, and the music can be noisy for more than ten miles.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there is no night fastband, and it is the most lively night in Bianliang City.

Men and women at the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, tourists are weaving, Ye Pei also generously wore women's clothes and came to the royal street in front of the Xuande Building, only to see the tourists rubbing shoulders, all kinds of lights can not be seen.

In front of a group of one-person tall marquee, Ye Pei stopped, and she remembered that when she first went to Fengshan, Lou Zijin and An Chang accompanied her to Hengqu Town to watch the kite festival.

At that time, she also saw such a marquee, and Lou Zijin was still by her side at that time. And now, after Lou Zijin left the dart game, he doesn't know where he is now. He must not have met Ding Yuehua, because Ding Yuehua was still in Bianliang City. But he didn't come back to the game, so where did he go? She has not heard from him.

When Ye Pei was in a daze, he stood beside her alone and silently accompanied her to watch the light. Ye Pei turned his head to the side, it was the sixth brother Zhao Zhen, Ye Pei smiled slightly in return.

"Pei'er!" Zhao Zhen called softly.

The two looked at each other warmly, and neither mentioned the previous unpleasantness, as if it had never happened.

"Do you remember when we used to go to the lights together when we were kids? How carefree it was. Zhao Zhen looked into the distance and said with a sigh.

"However, it may not be happy at that time, I still remember you and your big brother crying in order to earn a rabbit lamp." Ye Pei said with a smile, revealing Zhao Zhen's shortcomings.

"You still remember, I really have no conscience, and that time it wasn't to fight for that rabbit lamp for you." Zhao Zhen shook his head, but smiled.

The two walked side by side, and there was really the beauty of "the willow tops on the moon, and the people were about after dusk". Due to the large number of people, the two people were pushed and squeezed together. Zhao Zhen held Ye Pei's shoulders and said with a smile, "Pei'er, be careful." ”

Ye Pei's face was slightly red, and he turned around to leave, but Zhao Zhen took her hand and said, "There are many people, don't get separated." ”

So the two of them continued to walk hand in hand, and Chen Zhongyi happily followed behind, proud of his ingenuity.

The beautiful scenery of this good day responded to a poem: There are lights without the moon and no entertainment, and there is no spring without lights in the moon. When spring arrives, people in the world are like jade, and the lamp burns the moon and the moon is like silver. The street is full of pearls and green village girls, and the god of the Shengge Race Society is boiling. If you don't show Fangzun to laugh, how can you get this good day.

After strolling around for an hour, Ye Pei proposed: "Let's go to the front of the Fan Tower to have a cup of hot tea to warm up." ”

Zhao Zhen agreed, so the three of them went upstairs to Fan. Fan Lou has an excellent position to see the lights, and he can see the lights of Turtle Mountain, Zhao Zhen and Ye Pei are very happy. After eating refreshments on the Fan Tower, I watched the lights come down for a while.

When he went downstairs, Ye Pei saw a little girl of six or seven years old sitting at the top of the stairs, her clothes were patched, and her hands were red from the cold and carrying seven or eight lanterns of ordinary style.

When she saw Ye Pei, she ran up and said, "Little lady, buy a lantern!" ”

Looking at the little girl's eager eyes, Ye Pei took out ten taels of silver and said to her, "Little girl, the weather is so cold, you take the silver and go home!" ”

The little girl seemed to have never seen so much money, her eyes were full of surprise, and she said: "The little lady is really a good person, may you and the officials love Baitou and give birth to a noble son early!" Ye Pei's face flushed as he said this, and he looked back at Zhao Zhen for help.

Zhao Zhen happily stepped forward and said, "Borrow your auspicious words, we will definitely love Baitou and give birth to a noble son early!" ”

The little girl stuffed the lantern in her hand into Ye Pei's hand and ran away like the wind. Ye Pei carried the lantern and watched her run away, turned around and blamed Zhao Zhen and said, "Sixth brother is talking nonsense again!" ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Where did I talk nonsense? ”

Ye Pei handed the lantern to Chen Zhongyi, "hummed", and walked forward alone without waiting for Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen caught up with Ye Pei and said to her deliberately angrily: "If you want me to see, you shouldn't give that girl so much money." ”

Ye Pei stopped and asked, "Why?" ”

Zhao Zhen explained: "Where has she seen so much money as a child? If you give it to her, I'm afraid that her family will think that she stole and will only beg for a beating when she comes home. ”

Ye Pei didn't believe it, and pouted and listened.

Or, if her parents didn't beat her, but if she felt that she could get something for nothing in the future, wouldn't it be worse if she didn't work anymore? Don't you know that there is a story of waiting for the rabbit in "Han Feizi"? ”

Ye Pei raised his eyebrows, pursed his lips, and didn't say a word.

Zhao Zhen continued unhurriedly: "Pei'er, I want to be a good emperor, I want to be clear in government affairs, I want peace for all eternity, and I want the prosperity of the whole world, which is more important than saving people once and giving money once." ”

Ye Pei finally felt that Zhao Zhen was right when she heard this, and she said firmly: "If you are a good emperor, I will be a virtuous minister to assist you!" He smiled affirmatively at Zhao Zhen as he spoke.

Zhao Zhen was very relieved to see that Ye Pei finally understood his ambition, and he smiled heartily, took Ye Pei's hand and said, "You can't be a virtuous minister, it's almost the same to be a virtuous concubine!" ”

Ye Pei listened, his face turned red, and he angrily shook off Zhao Zhen, "Here we go again!" ”

I didn't want a person to rampage at this time, and slammed Zhao Zhen into it.

Ye Pei grabbed Zhao Zhen, "Sixth brother, be careful!" When he turned back, he saw not far away, the little old man of the Uighur prince's men appearing in the crowd.

"It's him again!" Ye Pei said, strode through the crowd, and rushed towards the little old man.

The little old man also discovered Ye Pei, and hurriedly used the skill of a mink rat to get into the crowd, running away and disappearing again.

Ye Pei chased for more than a dozen steps, and when he saw the little old man fleeing, he was shocked, "Oops, it's not good!" Don't fall for their tricks! ”

Thinking of this, Ye Pei panicked in his heart, and hurriedly flashed through the crowd and ran back. But I don't know if it was the sudden increase in the flow of people or someone deliberately blocking it, Ye Pei couldn't return to Zhao Zhen at once.

At this time, there was only four or five steps away, but Ye Pei watched Zhao Zhen being surrounded by three people, and he was carrying him to go in a farther direction.

Ye Pei was in a hurry, and used the "Foot Seven Stars" to leap over the crowd and come to Zhao Zhen's side. She slashed the "White Rainbow through the Sun" with her left palm, picked the "Comet Hitting the Moon" with her right fist, and raised her foot to "Goshawk Hit the Rabbit", and knocked down the three people in an instant.

In just the blink of an eye, the three of them fell to the ground suddenly, causing Zhao Zhen and Chen Zhongyi to take a step back. Ye Pei took advantage of this loophole to get in front of Zhao Zhen, pulled him up and ran away quickly.

Zhao Zhen was pulled by Ye Pei, and asked as he ran: "Pei'er, what's wrong?" Zhao Zhen didn't even know what was going on.

"Didn't you think there were a few people circling around you just now?"

When he was about to arrive at Xuande Gate, Ye Pei dared to slow down when he saw that no one was following him.

Even if he enters the Xuande Gate, even if he enters the Great Interior, even if anyone dares to be unfavorable to the emperor, those guards and pro-soldiers will rush out and bring him to justice, Ye Pei let out a deep breath, and then relaxed.

At this time, Chen Zhongyi also followed, "I'm scared of the villain!" He said as he helped Zhao Zhen sort out his robe.

Chen Zhongyi suddenly exclaimed, "Official, where did the Nine Dragons Jade Bi hanging from your waist go?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Zhen also looked down, and indeed the Nine Dragons Jade Bi was missing.

"The Uighur must have done it!" Ye Pei said firmly.

Zhao Zhen asked, "You say those people are Uighurs?" ”

"Yes, during the winter solstice festival, it was the little Uighur old man who alarmed the camels with a camel bell, causing the entire ancestor worship procession to riot!"

Zhao Zhen said: "I know that the Uighurs of Gaochang and the Uighurs of Yellow Heads have been in civil strife, and I heard that the second prince of Wujie Khan, Arhan, is now staying in the territory of the Song Dynasty. ”

Ye Pei suddenly remembered that time when she was eating wine with Wang Junyi and others in the restaurant, it was the Uighur prince Arhan who grabbed the seat, so he replied: "Yes, it is that Arhan!" ”

A trace of doubt floated across Zhao Zhen's face, "Well, I'll go back and investigate this matter carefully." ”

Chen Zhongyi was still obsessed with the Nine Dragons Jade at this time, and said, "But this Nine Dragons Jade is lost ......."

Zhao Zhen said disapprerovingly: "People are fine, things are nothing." ”

Chen Zhongyi said anxiously: "Butler, this is a symbol of imperial power, and it is not trivial to lose it." ”

"I guess I fell off when I ran away just now, so you will break it to me!"

Chen Zhongyi thought to himself, this is called "The emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry." ”

Ye Pei didn't know the importance of that piece of Nine Dragons Jade, so he also agreed with Zhao Zhen and said, "It's good if people are fine." Sixth brother, go back to the palace quickly, and when you go in, I will go back to the Eight Kings' Mansion. ”

Zhao Zhen reluctantly said: "Pei'er should be careful on the road!" ”

Ye Pei nodded again and again.

When Zhao Zhen entered the palace gate, Ye Pei returned to the place where the accident happened just now, and saw that the three people who had fallen had long since disappeared, Ye Pei was even more sure that this matter was not trivial, and someone must have done it deliberately.

But who knows that Zhao Zhen is out of the palace at this time? She felt that this must be the Uighurs who wanted to hold the Great Song Emperor hostage, and that the Uighur prince must have an impure origin, and the next time she left the palace with Zhao Zhen, she must be extremely careful.

Ye Pei thought about walking as he could, and soon returned to the garden building of the Eight Princes' Mansion.

After Ye Pei left, Zhao Zhen entered the palace, and he instructed Chen Zhongyi: "Go, Xuan Luan Gui will meet you." ”

The commander of the forbidden army, the infantry commanded Luan Gui, who had been on standby in the palace, and listened to Xuan and hurriedly came to the Funing Palace.

Luan Gui knelt down on one knee and asked Andao: "Luan Gui see the official family." ”

Zhao Zhen said unhurriedly: "Well, get up." Are those three of your guards alright? ”

Luan Gui said: "I didn't expect Miss Ye to be so skilled, and she would defeat my three senior lieutenants at once. ”

Zhao Zhen snorted lightly: "Hmph, it's all rice buckets!" In his heart, he was proud of Ye Pei's superb methods.

Luan Gui knelt down again: "The minister's guard is not effective, please punish the official!" ”

"That's not necessary, let the guards who follow you pull it off. However, you have to thoroughly investigate the whereabouts of the Nine Dragons Jade, and the person who took it is afraid that he will have to make some moves in the next two days. ”

"Yes!" Luan Gui ordered to retreat.