The palace maid asked someone to cover her mouth and drag it down, and the maid beside the county lord of Ding'an secretly faked her face and chose a topic that was not likely to annoy her.

"The ugly monster from the wilderness, the county lord is not worth hurting for this kind of person. The county lord is not worried about what kind of tricks are used on the embroidery bag, the slave maid heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has recruited a new batch of embroidery girls from the south, where the flowers and birds are embroidered with bright colors, it is better to let people send a few things to the county lord tomorrow, and when the embroidery is done, Lord Nangong should also return to the royal capital. ”

Speaking of Lord Nangong, Lord Ding'an's face really softened a lot, "Originally, Brother Nangong should have come back in the spring, but Uncle Huang was not good, so I had to ask him to go to the eastern coast again." ”

The maid didn't dare to talk about the emperor's rights and wrongs behind her back, so she hung her head and didn't speak.

"Okay, I'll live in the palace tonight, and tomorrow you can ask someone to pick a few good-looking ones for the county lord." said, thought for a while, and said, "The embroidery lady also called over." ”

The maid praised herself, and when she saw that the county lord of Ding'an was back to normal, the anger in her heart slowly let go.

The county lord of Ding'an is the only brother of the emperor, and there is not only her palace in the palace, but also comes and goes freely. The emperor was strict with his children, but he favored the lord of Ding'an, so she was even more bold and presumptuous, even if the prince and princess and the concubine were only good friends, and did not dare to provoke.

This is also the reason why she can be so bold in the palace.

However, it was the county lord of Ding'an, who had such unique conditions, who planted a heel in Lu Anran, and let her snatch the first place in the assessment of Jixia Palace, which should have been herself.

Although Lu Anran failed to enter the medical sect, he still made the county lord of Ding'an hold a grudge.

Thinking of this, the county lord of Ding'an smiled coldly: "You think you have escaped, this county lord will see how you get out of this palace gate." ”

—

And Lu Anran, who didn't know that he was hated at the moment, kept spinning in his mind when he was walking quickly in the palace.

Chunmiao didn't understand, but Lu Anran knew very well in his heart that the first time she saw a white cat, the cat attacked her inexplicably, which can be said to be a coincidence. But when she met again, the cat was seriously injured and lay in front of her, and if it was a coincidence, it would be time for the East Palace to move in front of her.

Especially in the case of the sudden disappearance of that palace maid.

She couldn't figure out the reason, but it didn't prevent her from avoiding the predicament that might arise in time, so she took Chunae out of the scene with almost no hesitation at that time.

The cold aura that came from Lu Anran's body made Chunmiao also feel that things were obviously not simple, and followed the side tremblingly until he returned to Yanqing Palace.

The door of the temple was closed, and two lanterns hung in the doorway.

The majestic building under black pressure resembles a behemoth in the night, and the lantern is its two eyes, and the falling shadows of the trees make the lights a little weird.

The palace feast was over, and it was empty.

"Miss, what should I do?" The hour of the key is near.

Once the palace door is closed and remains in the palace, the serious ones are regarded as ill-intentioned and can be killed with a cane.

Lu Anran suddenly raised his head, looked at the way he came, and suddenly realized in his heart, and couldn't help but ooze a trace of chill.

It turned out that the other party was waiting here.

When the chill spread from his heart and spread to his limbs, Lu Anran suddenly calmed down.

Yanqing Palace, cat, prince, people behind the scenes.

A conclusion is drawn from this –

This person has an enmity with her, and so does the crown prince.

Lu Anran's dark eyes were deep, and he said decisively: "Go to the East Palace." ”

"Huh?" Chunmiao opened her mouth wide in surprise, and she couldn't close it for a long time.

The East Palace is indeed adjacent to the Yanqing Palace, but ......

What does this have to do with their rash going to the East Palace?

Lu Anran only dropped one sentence: "The cat just now was raised by the prince of the East Palace." ”

However, Chunmiao still doesn't understand, will the prince help them?

The cold moon light fluctuated in Lu Anran's eyes, alternating between darkness and depth, making her calm and waveless eyebrows also dyed with a layer of obscurity.

At the very least, she thought, the people behind the scenes are by no means the same as the prince, and that is her chance.

Until a foot in white boots came into view, Lu Anran stopped, his eyes raised, and a bewitching face in the night was reflected.

—

The carriage galloped on Suzaku Street in the middle of the night, and the loud 'da-da-da' sound all the way made me wonder how many dreams I had broken.

'Phew-' the carriage slowly stopped in front of an inn.

Without waiting for the people in the carriage to come out, the jade bone fan lifted the door curtain, accompanied by a casual laughing voice: "Jixia Palace has a curfew at night, but your people live here." ”

Lu Anran got down from the carriage and glanced at the plaque of the inn, it was Ding Yi and the house where they were staying.

After all, most of the people who entered the Jixia Palace were the children of the powerful, and the Jixia Palace was not an ordinary college, so each person was allowed to bring one or two slaves to serve with him, so a few days ago, Chunmiao had already lived with Lu Anran in the Luyuan of the Jixia Palace School.

Lu Anran shook his head at the clouds: "Tonight's incident, thank you Shizi." ”

Yun raised his eyebrows, leaned over a little, and lowered his voice: "You don't ask, what method do I use?" ”

Lu Anran noticed the meaning of Izumo Qi's words, and his heart skipped a beat for no reason.

Behind the two, Guanyue lowered her head to cover her mouth and coughed lightly, and glanced at Chun Miao, who blinked, seeing that Yunqi and Lu Anran were so close, her face flushed, and she said, "Little, miss, the slave maid will go in first and clean up the room." ”

"There are some things that the prince doesn't want people to know, and he doesn't have to deliberately make some actions that are easy to misunderstand." Lu Anran saw through Yunqi's tricks and said lightly.

Yun Qi looked unconscious and shrugged: "Oh, yes? ”

Lu Anran met a pair of peach blossom eyes in front of him: "I originally wanted to go to the East Palace, because before this, the cat named Xiangxiang was seriously injured in front of my eyes." ”

"Dead?"

"There is no way back."

Yun Qi nodded: "Someone wants to use the prince to teach you a lesson." "A word.

Lu Anran: "What about the son?" ”

Yunqi hooked his lips and chuckled, extremely wicked, "I told the prince that tonight was beautiful, and I asked the beautiful woman to go to the pond to see the moonlight fish, who knew that someone fell into the lake, and the beautiful woman was frightened and accidentally missed the key time." ”

No one believes these words, but if the clouds rise, it becomes reasonable, and he is such a prodigal.

The prince is called Wang And, the emperor's personal eunuch, not so much that he let him go, but what the emperor means.

Lu Anran was stunned: "The emperor doesn't care? ”

Yunqi said with an unfathomable smile: "The emperor is in charge of the world's affairs, but not everything is as he wants. ”

Lu Anran half-lowered his eyes and thought through the meaning of this.

She is a concubine of Mengdu, plus the prince of Yunqi Shengle County, the emperor himself has an ambiguous attitude towards Mengzhou, even if he suspects them, he will not make a move at this time.

"People who stumble...... They haven't been to Chinuan Lake, Lu Anran wanted to ask Yunqi why he knew that someone had stumbled, but when the words came to his lips, he turned to say: "Fortunately, I didn't go to the East Palace." ”

Yun Qi's eyes moved slightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth deepened, "You might as well think about who you have offended recently." ”

The first thing that Lu Anran skipped in his mind was the strange girl, and then quickly shook his head, that girl is just a person in the rivers and lakes, she can do so many things in the palace, and she dares to openly provoke the prince, I'm afraid there are few people.

"Go in, I'll check it out for you when I'm free." Yun Qi raised his hand and knocked Lu Anran's head with a jade bone fan.

Lu An then took a step back: "You? ”

Yun Qi said lazily: "Si Cheng, the new appointment the day after tomorrow, how about it?" Is it qualified enough? ”

The Criminal Prosecution Division is the Criminal Prison Division, which is in charge of criminal and prison affairs, and is in charge of the criminal and prison affairs of the prefecture, government, and military under its jurisdiction, and approves the death penalty.

However, this dynasty has set up a transfer department, which can make a final review of all criminal and prison affairs judged by the criminal department, and if any doubts are found, they can directly dismiss it, and they also have the right to supervise all officials of the criminal department and the subordinate state and county officials.

To put it bluntly, today's Criminal Department is a government office that has no decision-making power when it breaks its legs.

Lu Anran really couldn't link the solemn and rigorous Criminal Division with Yunqi, and suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning.

But Yun Qi was still waving his fan idly, and said with a smile in his voice: "Be good, go back and close the doors and windows and rest early, don't have any criminal case in the middle of the night, so as not to be affected by Lord Yun." ”

Lu Anran raised his eyelids and said lightly: "Lord Yun is going well, Lord Yun will not send it." ”

Yunqi sighed softly at Lu Anran's back, "Heh~".

The point of the sentence of visiting Chi Nuanhu Lake at night is that if it is spread out that her reputation will be damaged, but she doesn't ask at all, is she not enlightened, or does she not care?

—

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shangyuan Festival.

The Vermilion Bird Bridge runs through the royal capital from south to north, the east market on the right, the west market on the left, and the junction of Xuanwu Street in the middle, which is called the Divine Beast Bridge.

The festival is auspicious, and on the night of the Lantern Festival, the East and West Markets are lit up all night until dawn.

Jixia Palace also let the students go down the mountain, but there are regulations that they need to return when they are ready.

Lu Anran and Chunmiao stood on the bank of the Qixing River under the Divine Beast Bridge, the water waves churning up and rippling with blessing lamps of different shapes.

Lu Anran put the lantern in his hand in the water, stretched out his hand and dialed the river twice, and the lantern floated to the middle of the river with the waves, gathered with the others, and slowly moved away.

Her father said that the day she was born was the day of her mother's death. For so many years, Lu Anran has never had a birthday.

And her birthday is today.

Her mother was not qualified to enter the Lu family ancestral hall, so at this time in previous years, Lu Xun would take her to her mother's tomb early in the morning to pay respects and come back before dark.

But after the Lu family's Lantern Festival reunion dinner, Lu Xun would disappear all night, where she went, she didn't know, but she seemed to know.

This year in the royal capital, so Lu Anran took the spring seedlings to put a lantern in the Qixing River, not to pray for blessings, but to pay tribute.

When the lantern completely left Lu Anran's sight, she sighed: "Let's go." ”

Chunmiao couldn't see the expression under Lu Anran's face, but judging from the look in his eyes, he was as calm as before, but said a little unfairly: "Miss, today is still your birthday." ”

But in the Lu family, no one has ever mentioned it on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, as if everyone tacitly forgot it together.

Lu Anran turned his head slightly to look at her: "I've eaten the noodles you cooked." ”

Chunmiao suddenly had a sour throat for no reason, and her eyes were red and turned over her head, which lady has a birthday every year, and she just has to have a bowl of noodles from the maid next to her.

Lu Anran also stopped and patted Chun Miao's forehead with his palm, "I regret it, I should let you follow Xu Jia and them back." ”