Zhou Lingshen led Zhou Zhenzhen into the study and closed the door, and Zhou Zhenzhen stood in front of the bookcase and bowed her head.

"Where did you go last night?" Zhou Lingshen asked.

Zhou Zhenzhen didn't speak, raised her hand and lifted her long skirt and knelt in front of him, and immediately kowtowed. Zhou Lingshen was not surprised at all.

"Thank you Uncle for not demolishing Zhen Zhen."

"Naturally, I won't demolish you. Ever since the day you found me, we've been tied to honor and disgrace. Tell me, what did you do last night? ”

Zhou Zhenzhen looked up at Zhou Lingshen and said, "I went to Wanfangyuan to find someone." ”

"Did you find it?"

She shook her head.

Zhou Lingshen sighed lightly and raised his hand to signal her to get up.

"Child, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, you have only arrived in Beijing and have not figured out everything, so you must not act in anger. You said you went to Wanfangyuan to look for someone, who are you looking for? What does this person have to do with the Jinling case? ”

Zhou Zhenzhen shook her head again.

"You don't know anything, you dare not go home at night, if something happens, what kind of face do you call me to see your parents and your Aung in a hundred years?"

Zhou Zhenzhen's face was full of shame, "I'm sorry uncle, it's Zhenzhen who is anxious." ”

Zhou Lingshen decisively interrupted her, "No, there is no Zhou Zhenzhen in this general's mansion, only Lingli, the third lady Zhou Lingli." Forget who you used to be, and remember that you are from my General's Mansion. ”

Zhou Zhenzhen was stunned, no one had told her like this for many years.

Her belonging, her identity, seems to have changed from the destruction of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion eleven years ago, and she changed from a small county lord admired by thousands of people to a traitorous minister who everyone shouted and beaten.

In a moment, she saw this rotten dynasty, those selfish courtiers, their eyes like rats.

Zhou Zhenzhen was distracted, and Zhou Lingshen had already gotten up and walked around the bookcase and walked to her.

"Lingli, since you live in the General's Mansion, you will treat this place as your own home. You can discuss anything with your uncle, and don't go it alone. ”

He gently patted her thin shoulder, and said, "The person we are facing now is Li Anhuai, the first assistant of today, what kind of character he is, Uncle can see it better than you." You are too young, although you have a lot of kung fu, you will not be able to defeat this monstrous imperial power after all. Listen to your uncle's words, settle down first, and then check. Uncle will help you too. ”

Zhou Zhenzhen looked at him and squeezed out a smile, "Okay, I'll listen to my uncle." ”

got her promise, and Zhou Lingshen was relieved. He paced forward with his hands in his hands, and Zhou Zhenzhen turned to follow him.

Zhou Lingshen said: "In a few days, it will be the Spring Festival temple fair, and there will be people in the palace to invite officials above the third grade to bring their families into the palace." When the time comes, you will go with me as the third lady of the General's Mansion. ”

"You're going to enter the palace at this time?" Zhou Zhenzhen was indeed a little surprised.

Zhou Lingshen nodded, "That's right, taking you into the palace is just right for you to meet our Lord Shoufu, and then you will think carefully about whether to act alone." ”

His words undoubtedly hit Zhou Zhenzhen's careful thinking. Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, although Zhou Zhenzhen has promised not to mess around, but Zhou Lingshen still beat her.

"Yes, uncle. I'm not going to act recklessly. ”

……

At noon, the Prince's Mansion of the East Palace.

At that time, it was the height of spring, when it was warm and cold. The crown prince Li Mo and the people of the East Palace picked spring in the garden.

The crown princess gently took the prince's arm and walked in front, followed by a large group of palace people to serve.

"How is Your Highness feeling today? Is your body still cool? The crown princess asked softly.

Li Mo patted the back of her hand and replied, "Not to mention that after resting for so many days, this body is really much looser than before." If it weren't for the fact that my father forced him too hard, why would he call himself sick and take refuge. ”

"The concubine feels that her father is also kind, and intends to let our East Palace make this contribution."

"If that's the case, that's fine. However, my father repeatedly listened to the words of the household department and insisted on transporting relief grain, and there were so many victims that could not be solved by just a few loads of grain. ”

Li Mo shook his head helplessly.

The crown princess lowered her eyes and continued to walk around the garden with Li Mo in her arms.

"What His Highness said is not unreasonable, but the holy order is difficult to disobey. But fortunately, our family Zimu is a stable one, and His Highness can rest assured that he can handle these things. ”

Li Mo didn't speak again, just smiled gently at his wife.

Outside the park, there was a lot of noise. Li Jingwen, the king of Yong, was pulling Shen Yanbai to go inside, but Shen Yanbai played a scoundrel and said that he wouldn't go in.

"Brother Zimu, I'm really feeling a little uncomfortable today, so I won't go to see His Royal Highness the Prince, let's leave it at that, okay?"

Li Jingwen looked him up and down, "Brother Zhixing, your lively appearance doesn't look uncomfortable, if you want to pretend to be sick next time, remember to pretend to be like some, don't treat this king as a fool." ”

After that, he grabbed Shen Yanbai's wrist and dragged his head into the garden, Shen Yanbai wanted to cry without tears.

In the garden, Li Jingwen forcibly dragged Shen Yanbai and appeared in front of the prince and princess.

Shen Yanbai immediately straightened his waist and stood obediently. Li Jingwen glanced at him and hooked his lips and smiled, and then saluted Li Mo and the crown princess.

"The child has seen his father, the queen and the mother."

Shen Yanbai also hurriedly caught up, "His Royal Highness the Prince, the Crown Princess, Shen is polite." ”

Li Mo was slightly stunned, and finally nodded. The four of them quickly sat down in the pavilion.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, it stands to reason that I should have come to visit you after I found the truth of the corruption case, but if I didn't meet Brother Zimu, I cheekily came to the East Palace to ask for a cup of tea to drink."

Li Jingwen looked at Shen Yanbai silently and smiled lightly - he was not like this just now, and the hexagram change became really fast.

Li Mo waved his hand and said politely to Shen Yanbai: "It's a good thing that the fourth prince can come to the East Palace, let's not talk about business today." ”

"Father, I can't help but talk about it." Li Jingwen hurriedly spoke.

Shen Yanbai was about to laugh, but the curvature of the corners of his mouth instantly froze on his face.

"Brother Zhixing's case has been investigated for a long time, I don't know what my eyebrows are?"

Li Jingwen turned his head to look at him with a smile, and Shen Yanbai smiled awkwardly at him, quickly retracting his gaze.

Li Mo spoke out again to stop him: "How can you sit down and do business, how long have you not come back to see your mother?" Don't embarrass the four princes. ”

Li Jingwen lowered his head slightly, "Yes, my father taught me a lesson." ”

Shen Yan's white heart on the side was like a mirror, he quietly grabbed a handful of peanuts on the stone table, pinched them gently as much as possible and put them into his mouth, his eyes were erratic, and he secretly said in his heart: Sing with me here with a red and white face, it's really interesting.

He thought that before he could put the peanuts in his mouth, Li Jingwen's question came at him again.

"Brother Zhixing, why are you stunned? How did you investigate the grain and grass corruption case? ”

"Huh? Oh! He licked his lips and put the peanuts in his hand into his long sleeves before he spoke: "There are already some eyebrows, give me a few more days, and I will definitely find out about the matter." ”

Li Mo nodded with satisfaction, "If you lack anything, just tell Zi Mu, this time the four princes can settle this matter for our East Palace, and the East Palace will become the help of the four princes in the future." ”

Hearing this, Shen Yanbai's expression eased slightly, and he immediately showed that hippie smile.

"Then thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first!"

Shen Yanbai raised his glass, touched a cup with Li Mo very happily, drank all the tea in the cup, and did not forget to praise the good taste of the tea in the East Palace afterwards. Li Moyi was happy and promised to give him a few cans of good tea on the spot.

When it was coming, Li Mo had already gotten up and left under the urging of the crown princess, and Li Jingwen had no intention of sending Shen Yanbai away at all, but just let him take care of himself and chase Li Mo away.

Shen Yanbai looked at the back of the departing family and pouted, not knowing what he was muttering.

He glanced at the peanuts that were still half left on the table, reached out and grabbed them all into his sleeve, and left with them. And this small action was looked at by the crown princess who suddenly looked back.

There was a trace of pitiful tenderness in her eyes, chasing Shen Yanbai's back until she disappeared.