The cold cedar fragrance lingered beside him, looking at the tall and arrogant young man who seemed to be a god, Shen Zhixi's eyes were a little dodging for some reason.

The god was beside her at the moment, chuckling in a mute voice.

"Does Your Highness like such intenseness?"

Shen Zhixi took a long time to come to her senses, and said that beauty was misleading, and she really saw it today: "Surnamed Gu, don't you think you're a little foul?" ”

Gu Yuantian nodded shamelessly: "Well, I know." ”

"You know what it means? Let me go! ”

Gu Yuan laughed softly: "His Royal Highness said that I committed a foul, but he didn't say where the foul was. Could it be that in the rules of your royal family, being good-looking is also considered a foul? ”

Shen Zhixi ignored him.

Gu Yuan's tone was leisurely, "Isn't Your Highness even more foul?" ”

Shen Zhixi couldn't bear it anymore and said, "You shut up for me!" ”

Gu Yuan looked innocent: "Am I praising you for being good?" ”

"I don't care!"

Gu Yuan pursed his lips, "Childish." ”

"You play childish games with naïve people, who is naïve if you are not naïve?"

Gu Yuan: "......"

——

In the afternoon, the two went to visit Yang Yi and Yang Ge together.

Shen Zhixi remembered that Yang Yi was Gu Yuan's teacher who was hidden behind the scenes.

And Tang Xiujin, whom she hates to the core, is also a chess player who hides deeply.

They're all masters.

When the scholar saw that the eldest princess had brought General Xiao Gu to visit, he hurriedly wanted to report to Elder Yang Ge, Gu Yuan waved his hand, signaling him not to disturb the old man's interest.

"You say, what does Yang Ge Lao like to do at home when he is not in court on weekdays? Like ordinary old people, raising birds and doing tai chi? Shen Zhixi said curiously.

Gu Yuan took a moment to say: "Curiosity kills the cat." ”

Shen Zhixi was so angry that she wanted to give him a punch and kick, and then she thought that this was at the door of Old Man Yang's house, so she didn't lose her temper, so she didn't flick his head lightly.

Entering the middle hall of Yang's mansion, Yang Yi did not raise birds and play Tai Chi as Shen Zhixi thought, but practiced the five bird operas.

When Old Man Yang saw the two of them coming, he smiled and said, "You young people have nothing to do Tai Chi, and you can prolong your life by doing five poultry plays." ”

Gu Yuan half-jokingly said: "That is, you have practiced Tai Chi by yourself, and you can live one more Jiazi." ”

Yang Yi glared at him, "Don't be poor, what's the matter with you kid bringing the eldest princess to me?" ”

Shen Zhixi smiled a little embarrassedly: "You always misunderstood, I came with Linxi." ”

is used to Ah Yuan, and then calling his table seems a little raw.

But there is no way, I can save Yang Yi, and the old man will guess about the relationship between the two of them, then he will really jump into the Yellow River and can't wash it away.

Yang Yi laughed, "Okay, you two came just in time, who came to accompany the old man to kill a game?" ”

Gu Yuan looked at Shen Zhixi with a smile, "I haven't won a chess game with you, why don't you let Her Royal Highness the eldest princess try?" ”

Shen Zhixi: "......"

You can't even get off the old man's house, can I do it?

Unexpectedly, Yang Yi readily agreed, "Okay, then the old man will have a chess game with the eldest princess." ”

Shen Zhixi played three games of chess with the old man, and as expected, she didn't win a single game.

Yang Yi laughed heartily: "Jiang is still old and spicy!" ”

Gu Yuan brought a pair of chess while the iron was hot, "You always try this?" ”

"Then let His Highness play with me again." Yang Yi was excited like an old naughty boy, and he didn't care that the person opposite was the eldest princess of Zhaoyang.

Shen Zhixi looked at Gu Yuan with hesitant eyes, she played Go at a fair level, but she knew seven or six tricks for chess, and she didn't know anything about it.

Gu Yuan seemed to see through her thoughts, and explained with a smile: "It's okay if you lose, as far as I know, the teacher doesn't seem to be very good at chess." ”

Shen Zhixi glared at him, "Which pot is not opened." ”

Sure enough, the two played three games, and with Shen Zhixi's half-understood chess skills, they even won a game against the old man.

"Your Royal Highness, your courage is commendable, like your father." Yang Yi laughed, "Say, Linxi, what are you kid looking for me?" ”

"What you said, can't the student come to you if he's fine?" Gu Yuan said with a smile.

Yang Yi stretched out his hand and flicked it on his head lightly: "You kid didn't pass by, do you have to expose your old bottom in front of His Royal Highness?" ”

Shen Zhixi cleaned up the chess game on the desk, and when she heard this, she raised her head and looked at Yang Ge Lao: "Sir, I want to hear it." ”

Gu Yuan hurriedly begged for mercy: "Teacher, can't I say business......

Yang Yi smiled: "Say it." ”

Gu Yuan put away the chess set and re-put the Go game for the teacher, "The teacher must have known about Han Xianxian's impeachment of Zhao Mengde." ”

"They're just dog-eat-dog, it's not a good thing." Yang Yi took a sip.

Gu Yuan couldn't help but smile: "The teacher said yes, but this case was delegated to the students, I'm afraid it's not easy to investigate." ”

Yang Yi bowed slightly: "It was originally for this." In that case, I'll give you a few words. ”

Gu Yuan said, "Please give me advice." ”

"Bet on both ends, first catch Han Xianxian, and then find Zhao Mengde's mistakes." Yang Yi took a puff of his cigarette pouch and said slowly.

"And then?"

The old man laughed to himself: "And then ...... It's up to you to find the one who makes the match. ”

Gu Yuan quickly thought of a person who perfectly met the requirements: "The deputy capital of the Imperial Palace, the Baili Moling?" ”

Yang Yi nodded approvingly, "He is an official, and you are also an official, how do you want to check him?" ”

"His niece Baili Tassel has some friendship with the palace." Shen Zhixi suddenly spoke.

Yang Yi said "um", and mentioned Gu Yuan's marriage again: "Linxi, you are not young, you should get married, I think Your Royal Highness is quite a match for you, but I don't know what Your Highness wants?" ”

Shen Zhixi didn't understand why Yang Ge Lao was involved in the marriage again, and hurriedly winked at Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan immediately understood: "Don't worry about my marriage, your old man, when the time comes, your old wedding wine will be indispensable." ”

The old man smiled: "Okay, the old man strives to live for another twenty years, just waiting to drink your wedding wine!" ”

When Shen Zhixi heard this, she couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in her heart.

That year, there was heavy snow in Yandu City, and it lasted for three days.

Yang Yi dragged his weak body out of Yandu, only to get Shen Heng's sentence of "self-inflicted".

The royal people are cold and thin by nature, and they have always been birds and bows, and rabbits and dead dogs are cooked.

The two left Yang's Mansion and walked along Wang Gongchang Hutong Road to Zhuque Street.

Spring is late, and spring is bustling.

Spring in Yandu City has always been like this, warm and cold at first.

"If you want me to say, Mr. Yang is really interested in your marriage, and he wants to introduce you to a girl when he sees him." Shen Zhixi took a bite of the mung bean cake in her hand, "It's not very sweet, it's not as sweet as the pastries of the old Xu family in the south of the city." ”

"Maybe I'm worried that I'm just like my father, a seed of infatuation." Gu Yuan turned the rattle in his hand boredly.

Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Dong.

"How did you come up with the idea of Chabaili Moling?" Shen Zhixi quickly finished eating the pastry in her hand and decided to change the topic.

"Han Xianzhang is withdrawn, and Zhao Mengde is pretentious, but they both have a very close relationship with Baili Moling." Gu Yuan explained, "Two people with an indifferent temperament can hook up with him, and it is worth it to start checking him." ”

"How sure are you?"

"I can't say." Gu Yuan turned his head to look at her, "What does Your Highness think?" ”

Shen Zhixi pouted: "You're not sure you still come to ask me?" ”

Gu Yuan: "......"

Shen Zhixi said to herself again, "I have to listen to Yuxuan at night to see this hundred-mile tassel, and the trouble is dead every day." ”

Gu Yuan smiled dumbly: "Your Highness, is this annoying?" If you listen to Yuxuan's invitation tonight, you will let Weichen do it for you. ”

Shen Zhixi was almost angry with him: "Do you dare to say it again?" ”

"That's ...... Don't dare. Gu Yuan looked over with a faint smile.

"You owe a beating, don't you?"

When the lamp is in hand, listen to the private room on the second floor of Yuxuan.

The name of Listening to Yuxuan comes from Liu Yong's phrase "a light rain sprinkles Tingxuan", which is known as "the first teahouse in Yandu".

If you want to find out the news, this place may not be as good as Luoyin Building and Yishiju.

But if you want to put it in a cliché, it's very convenient here.

Nothing else, quiet.

Shen Zhixi calculated that with her friendship with Baili Tassel, the latter would definitely go to the appointment.

Not long after, a hundred miles of tassels came as promised.

Shen Zhixi smiled lightly between her eyebrows and said, "Sister, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Baili Tassel smiled a little reluctantly: "Your Highness, you and I haven't seen you for so many years, and I almost didn't recognize you." ”

Shen Zhixi was slightly surprised, "Why did my sister say this?" ”

Baili Tassel smiled: "His Royal Highness is slim, how can I recognize it as a layman?" ”

Shen Zhixi said with a smile: "My sister praised it." ”

"It's not like me, as soon as I enter the Houmen, it is as deep as the sea, and Xiao Lang is a passerby from now on." Baili Tassel sighed softly.

Shen Zhixi saw that she was restless, and knew that the opportunity had come: "Sister, do you have something on your mind?" ”

"Don't mention it, I envy His Highness for being well-born and not having to be involved in the family, but what am I? I'm just a pawn of the family, as long as I lose my use value, then won't I end up like an outcast? ”

Shen Zhixi was silent. She realized that if she wanted to trick her, she could only talk to her, but what could she say?

"Life in the world, whether it is proud or frustrated, but it takes decades, why should you care about the world's vision and lose your true nature?" Shen Zhixi thought about it and comforted her with Gu Yuan's words from before.

Baili Tassel nodded and said: "You are right, but this is what my uncle meant, I can't disobey, after all, he has the grace to raise me." ”

Shen Zhixi frowned, "You are you, he is him, even if he has the grace of nurturing you, there is no need for you to be a chess piece for a lifetime?" ”

"Your Highness, why don't you make it clear that you are seeing me in such a secluded place today just to have a heart-to-heart with me, right?" Baili Tassel suddenly became vigilant.

She had already opened the skylight to say something, and Shen Zhixi no longer concealed it: "I need the movement of Baili Moling, and it is best to have a letter." ”

Baili Tassel seemed to have calculated that she would say this early in the morning, she took out a letter from her bosom, and said softly: "I helped His Highness with this, not because you and I are close, but because I don't want to be his pawn anymore, and I don't want to live under his control for a lifetime." ”

"Your Highness may be curious about why I have the same surname as my uncle, so let's talk about it thoroughly." Baili Tassel smiled bitterly, "My surname is actually Bai, that's right, my mother is not surnamed Baili, and I am not surnamed Baili." She and I were both adopted by the old patriarch. ”

Shen Zhixi "chuckled" in her heart.

She doesn't have the surname Baili...... Surname Bai?

Did the Bai Lu she met before know her?

Still is...... Is it just a coincidence?