Xiao Ce seemed to be more attentive in the next few days, and whenever he encountered no one to open the door for him, he stood in the corridor and waited unhurriedly, but these days were no longer the same as before, fortunately, he was mostly wearing civilian clothes, and he was not conspicuous in the crowd.

Xiao Ce looked at the mahogany-colored pillars used for support in this inn restaurant, as well as the lanterns hanging above the corridor, he could almost remember how many thin cracks there were in that pillar, Xiao Ce was busy with other things before, and never cared about these details.

Li Hanning sometimes talks to him, but he doesn't like to talk to him as much as before, nothing seems to have changed between them, but there seems to be a deep estrangement.

Zhaoyue found the Prince's Mansion, but there was no Xiao Ce in the study, she reached out and touched the teacup on the table, the tea in it was already cold, proving that the person had been gone for a long time.

When the guards on the side saw that she was coming, they immediately stepped forward and took a look:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, the crown prince, he is out."

Zhao Yue glanced at him and said, "Before the second brother goes out, do you have an explanation when will you come back?" ”

The guards looked a little embarrassed, Xiao Ce naturally wouldn't tell them anything like that, but it was the same for the past few days, and he wouldn't come back until it was getting late.

So the guard said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not explained carefully, if you have anything important, we will quickly go to spread it." ”

Zhao Yue shook her head and said, "That's it, it's not a big deal, the second brother has come back late these days, right?" ”

In Luoyang City, Xiao Ce's most painful thing now is his sister, where did he dare to be the slightest slack, and the guard hurriedly said:

"Yes."

Zhao Yue knew a little about Xiao Ce's whereabouts, he went to the inn again at this time, and there were already some rumors among the people, and she had heard them somewhat.

Speaking of which, this is not like his second brother's previous style of acting, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that the important ministers of the court will have a lot of complaints.

Zhao Yue sat on a chair beside her: "I don't need to tell my second brother about coming here, go and make me a cup of tea, I'll wait here for him to come back." ”

The guards were in a dilemma, this was the Prince's Mansion after all, and they didn't dare not really tell Xiao Ce, but they also knew that Zhao Yue had always been close to him, and Zhao Yue seemed to see that the guard standing in front of him looked embarrassed.

"Don't worry, if the second brother asks about this matter in the evening, you will say that I ordered it."

The guard respectfully stepped back and said, "Yes." ”

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the surrounding glowworms were flying around the lanterns lit up in the prince's mansion, and the streets outside were quiet.

Zhao Yue was still sitting in that seat, and when she was bored, she doubled the ancient books on the shelves to pass the time.

As soon as Xiao Ce returned to the house, the guards on the side greeted him.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back, Princess Zhaoyue has been waiting for you in the kitchen for an afternoon."

When Xiao Ce heard this, he was a little surprised: "She came in the afternoon?" Why don't you send someone to tell me? ”

The guard hurriedly bowed his head and said, "It's Her Royal Highness Princess's own will, Her Royal Highness the Princess won't let us tell you." ”

"That's it."

After Xiao Ce learned the news, he immediately walked quickly towards his study.

Zhao Yue sat in the study with the door wide open, heard hurried footsteps outside, and heard the guards and maids saluting one after another:

"His Royal Highness the Prince."

looked over head-on, and just saw Xiao Ce walking in:

"It's so late, why didn't you let them tell me you were here in the afternoon."

He also made her wait here for an afternoon.

Only then did Zhao Yue put down the scroll in his hand and explained to the person in front of him:

"It's me who won't let them go, because it's not important to find the second brother this time."

Xiao Ce sat on the seat next to him and listened to her say: "But I heard that the second brother doesn't seem to be in the house these days, and often goes to a place called Bangfeng Inn, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

As long as there are things related to him in Luoyang City, they naturally spread extremely fast, and now in front of Zhaoyue, he has nothing to deny.

Xiao Ce confessed: "Yes, after going down to court in the past few days, I do go there often. ”

Zhaoyue paused and then said: "But it doesn't seem to be an ordinary inn, I heard that the inn is Li Zhao's, does the second brother often go there to see him?" ”

Xiao Ce frowned when he thought of what was going on in the inn, wandered for a moment, and didn't say anything.

Zhaoyue said again: "Actually, no matter where the second brother goes, no one should put a beak, but at present, the situation in the court is just stable, and the hearts of some former princes and former ministers are fluctuating, and I heard some rumors about the second brother before I came today, although I have found someone to suppress it, but if it continues like this for a long time, I am afraid it will not be a long-term solution." ”

Xiao Ce said truthfully: "It's Han Ning, she's still alive, she lives in that inn now, and she's still pregnant, so she can't move at the moment." ”

Zhao Yue was somewhat surprised when he heard the news, no wonder his second brother was willing to send someone to remove the notice of searching for someone in the city a few days ago, and it turned out that the person had been found.

But she thought about it again, since Li Hanning didn't die and escaped, why didn't he come back, I'm afraid there are some reasons for this, but I'm afraid that these reasons are known to the town of Beihou, and it's no wonder that she and Zhang Yishuang had some conflicts in the prince's mansion a few days ago, when Zhaoyue first heard these things, she thought that there was some misunderstanding in the middle, and it was already clear that Li Hanning had helped repel the Huns when he was in the north before following Xiao Ce, so they naturally knew each other.

Thinking of this, Zhaoyue asked tentatively, "Is the second sister-in-law reluctant to come back because she is angry with me?" At the banquet a few days ago, I asked Yishuang to help with it, but it was indeed in the name of dotting that I wanted to introduce it to my second brother. ”

But fortunately, everything is in time for now.

Xiao Ce shook his head helplessly and said, "It's not for this reason. It's my fault. ”

It's his own reason.

Zhaoyue thought for a moment and then got up and said: "Second brother, don't worry, if there is really my fault in this matter, then hand over this matter to me, the second sister-in-law is now pregnant, and it is not convenient to live in the inn alone for a long time, I will find a way to let the second sister-in-law return home as soon as possible." ”

When Xiao Ce saw her get up and prepare to leave, he also stood up together, and said to her while sending her off:

"This matter is in a hurry, and you don't have to worry about it, you don't want to do anything out of the ordinary."

Zhaoyue will understand, and the smile at the moment is on that bright face:

"Don't worry, second brother, I'm no longer the arbitrary Zhaoyue I used to be, and now I naturally do things in a measured way."

She will let his second brother get good news, she may not know other people, but Li Hanning she has met a few times, they have experienced so many things together, they must not be separated at this time because of some trivial things, and she doesn't want to see her second brother depressed for so long.

*

In the blink of an eye, Li Hanning was already pregnant for about five months, and the weather outside was gradually getting colder, Xiao Ce sent someone to find the best plush mink fur in the entire Luoyang City, and Li Zhao even asked Li Bo to light the stove for heating up and down the inn, especially near her room, the stove was replaced every day, and every few hours Li Bo would come to check the firewood in the stove.

A few days ago, there was a heavy snowfall in Luoyang, which fell in the city one after another, and the surrounding moat also formed a thick layer of ice, but the weather has been good these days, although the ice still does not melt, but there is always a little sunshine.

Xiao Ce still came every day, and sometimes he didn't go into the house to sit, but just stayed in the corridor for a while.

Yun Yan stayed in the inn for a while, and then stayed at the post station for a while, originally just passing by Luoyang City, delayed here for a long time, and finally came to leave today.

Yun Yan looked at Li Hanning, there was indeed a little reluctance in her eyes, she couldn't let go of the few friends she knew in Luoyang City, the north was too far away from here, and it would probably be a long, long time before she could see her again.

Yun Yan opened a small crack by the window, and now she was in Li Hanning's room, she was standing against the window, her eyes fell on the eaves that were still covered with snow, and she sighed with some emotion and said:

"Speaking of these days in Luoyang, I really like the local food here, there are endless wines, endless operas, a few days ago I also entered the palace to listen to a few piano masters' piano music, although I don't understand very well, but I think it's not bad, and I'm really reluctant to leave Luoyang after a long time."

This period of time has made her feel that it is no wonder that she has always heard that Luoyang is rich and charming.

Li Hanning comforted: "When the situation in the north is more stable, you can still come here from time to time." ”

Yun Yan nodded, during this time, she never said the purpose of her original visit to Luoyang, and Li Hanning didn't ask, and she wanted to know that these were related to things in the court.

The imperial court has nothing to do with the affairs of the north, one is nominally determined to be the monarch and minister, and the other is the soldiers and horses, if Li Hanning guessed correctly, if Xiao Ce wants to go south next spring to continue to attack Yanyun Shizhou, this time Yun Yan herself is here, it is a rare opportunity to talk to her about borrowing troops.

Yun Yan stretched out her hand to probe the little snow that drifted over with the wind, and the little snow fell on her scorching palm, and it melted away almost instantly, she was used to seeing the heavy snow outside the Great Wall in the north, and the snow in Luoyang seemed to be too gentle, this should be the falling snow that her brother saw before he died that year.

Yun Yan was silent for a while, turned her back to Li Hanning, and said:

"Actually, I came this time, just through Luoyang, after leaving Luoyang today, we will go straight to Chang'an, all the way without stopping. Da Liang did not return my brother's bones at that time, but now that the world is peaceful, I have already found out where he is buried, so I came to take him home. ”

Chang'an is not his home, the north is, Yun Yan came to the Central Plains this time to pick up her brother's bones home, he was left alone in Chang'an when he was alive, Yun Yan didn't want him to be the same after he died.