When Chu Yan saw Shen Lingxi's apricot eyes, pure and clean, and not stained with fine dust, he knew that he was thinking too much.

He coughed lightly and leaned back, "No, nothing." ”

Seeing this, Shen Lingxi covered his forehead with a soft hand.

"Is it a cold?" As she spoke, she reached out and put her hand over her forehead.

Unconsciously, the distance between the two was extremely close, so close that Shen Lingxi could clearly see that Chu Yan's phoenix eyes were as dark as night.

Only then did she realize that his abnormality may not be due to physical discomfort.

Shen Lingxi's cheeks burned, and he subconsciously withdrew his hand.

However, his wrist was caught by Chu Yan.

Caught off guard, the distance between the two was closer.

"Do you see that?" Chu Yan's eyes were dark, staring at her face, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "What disease do I have?" ”

Shen Lingxi's breathing trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a deer in his chest.

At this moment, a sneer came from outside, "Such a beautiful day, if you tell me where my mother has gone, I don't have to disturb your Yaxing here." ”

These words were like a basin of ice water poured on his head, which made Shen Lingxi's pounding heart finally ease down a little.

She scolded secretly in her heart, leaned close to Chu Yan's ear, and whispered, "Xu Yuanshan is outside." ”

Shen Lingxi's soft and warm breath blew on Chu Yan's ear.

made Chu Yan's phoenix eyes even more gloomy.

He tilted his head slightly, following her example, leaned down in her ear and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "In what direction is he?" ”

Shen Lingxi only felt that there was a slight numbness rising from the skin on the side of his neck next to his ears.

I couldn't tell whose heartbeat it was, beating like a drum on her eardrums.

"East, Southeast." She bit her lip and said in a trembling voice.

Chu Yan's slender finger bones tapped twice on the side of her wrist to signal.

Then, with great speed, he rushed from the bed tent to the southeast.

"Ahh

Almost instantly, Xu Yuanshan, who was caught off guard and couldn't dodge, was like a ball, and was violently bounced out by Chu Yan's evil qi.

The entire dormitory finally returned to its proper tranquility.

"Are you gone?" Chu Yan turned around and asked Shen Lingxi in the bed tent.

"Let's go, let's go."

Shen Lingxi only felt that his cheeks were hot, and he lay down on the inside of the bed, pulled up the quilt, and covered his face.

Chu Yan walked back to the bed, and saw the little girl wrapping herself tightly with a brocade quilt.

Only a shaggy top of hair was left, and a white jade hairpin was exposed.

There was a hint of helplessness in his phoenix eyes, and he turned and walked out.

Shen Lingxi was in the quilt, heard his footsteps, and quietly walked away, his heart was slightly relieved.

But for no reason, there was an inexplicable chaos.

She was about to lift the brocade quilt—

Suddenly, a "squeak" was heard, and the door of the temple opened again.

Chu Yan's footsteps walked to the bed again.

Shen Lingxi's breathing suddenly became a little chaotic.

Why did he go? And why did you go and come back?

The messy thoughts in my head were interrupted by the sudden relaxation of the top of my hair.

Shen Lingxi only felt that the hairpin exposed outside the brocade quilt was gently removed by one hand, and the scalp that had been tight for a day finally loosened.

She was inexplicably nervous, but she also relaxed a little.

Through the brocade quilt, her hair is spread out, and this action is indescribably charming and ambiguous.

Shen Lingxi pulled Gao Jin's hand and clenched it unconsciously.

A more powerful hand lifted the brocade quilt from her hand, revealing her dark apricot eyes.

Shen Lingxi's eyes suddenly lit up, and Chu Yan's deep eyes immediately met her eyes.

The two looked at each other.

Shen Lingxi's little face was hot.

She knew that they had long been husband and wife in name.

Now, they have shown their hearts to each other.

Even if something happens......

It should be unusual...... Right?

Thinking of this, she stumbled and asked, "You...... Well...... Isn't it...... Want to ......"

"What do you think?" Chu Yan raised his eyebrows.

With her slender and bony hand, she suddenly took out a wet plain white brocade handkerchief and gently applied it to her red cheeks.

"Your face...... Why is it so red? Chu Yan avoided her gaze, his gaze fell on her cheek, and his expression was extremely focused.

His slightly hoarse voice deliberately carried a hint of doubt, "You...... What are you thinking? ”

Shen Lingxi: !!

It wasn't until this moment that she realized that Chu Yan had only gone out to find a wet cloth to wipe her face......

Shen Lingxi thought of those inappropriate thoughts in her mind, and she couldn't wait to find a hole to get into at this moment.

"I—I'll do it myself."

She hurriedly stretched out her hand, snatched the handkerchief from Chu Yan's hand, and covered her extremely ashamed cheeks.

But he missed the smile in Chu Yan's eyes, and the crimson color on his ears that was darker than hers.

Shen Lingxi got up and got out of bed and went to the clean room as if he had fled.

When the heat on her face subsided, she changed into her bedclothes and returned to the hall, and Chu Yan had also changed into bedclothes.

Shen Lingxi saw that his black hair was loose, half-leaning on the head of the bed, and the dim candle flame spread a layer of warmth on his face.

His eyes drooped slightly, and he looked at the file in his hand intently, as if he didn't care about her strange appearance at all.

This made Shen Lingxi's heart finally feel more comfortable.

But while she was at ease, for some reason, she remembered what Liu Meiren said, "Is it you who can't do it, or is he not good?" ”

She just gave birth to some ideas that she shouldn't have.

That means she should be able to do it.

As for him......

Shen Lingxi blinked.

Liu Meiren once said that if you really like it, you will definitely not be indifferent, unless it is "no".

Shen Lingxi cautiously crossed Chu Yan, lay down on the bed, and turned sideways towards him.

The pair of black and white apricot eyes unconsciously looked at his side face, wondering how credible what Liu Meiren had said.

It's just that after only a few breaths, Shen Lingxi was keenly aware that Chu Yan's originally calm breathing seemed to be a little messy suddenly.

She saw that under the candlelight, his slender eyelashes trembled slightly like butterflies flapping their wings.

Thinking of his indifferent appearance just now, Shen Lingxi finally figured out a few flaws.

"Aren't you sleepy?" She asked softly.

As he spoke, he pretended to stretch out his hand to him.

It's just that before her fingertips touched the side of his wrist, she saw Chu Yan turn around in a little hurry, put the file in her hand on the table at the head of the bed, and blew out the candle.

The action in one go was as fast as when she fled to the clean room in a hurry.

The great dormitory was then plunged into darkness.

Shen Lingxi saw Chu Yan lying down on the outside of the bed, with a straight body with a bit of inexplicable restraint.

She laughed silently, and with a bit of teasing thoughts, she deliberately moved in the direction of Chu Yan.

However, she had just approached his side—

All I heard was a low sigh.

Then, her whole person was firmly held in her arms by Chu Yan's iron arm and the brocade quilt.

"Don't make a fuss." He said in a hoarse voice, "Unless you don't want to get out of bed tomorrow." ”

When Shen Lingxi heard this, he subconsciously didn't dare to move again.

Early tomorrow morning, Liu Meiren and the others should come back.

She didn't want to let them see something they shouldn't see.

Xu is busy all day, so that Shen Lingxi is already extremely tired.

Or maybe it was the crisp aroma of the plants and trees on Chu Yan's body, which reassured her.

In less than a quarter of an hour, she fell into a deep sleep.

Only Chu Yan was left, tossing and turning until dawn......

*

Early the next morning, when the morning sun sprinkled on the bed tent through the window lattice, and the sound of the palace people was heard outside the hall, Shen Lingxi opened his eyes lazily.

Liu Meiren sat on the side of the couch that was empty for some time, and looked at her with a smile, "You slept quite soundly, poor your little Langjun, when you go out, your eyes are black and blue, are you tired last night?" ”

Shen Lingxi thought of last night, and two red clouds flew up his cheeks.

She hurriedly changed the topic, "You followed Yun Chong last night, but what did you find?" Have you identified the person who connected you? ”

Liu Meiren glanced at her jokingly, and when she saw her like this, she didn't continue to tease her.

"Naturally, I found it." Liu Meiren covered her lips and smiled, "Yun Chong's ambition is much more daring than his, you have to be careful, people are ready to kill you all......"

Shen Lingxi was not surprised by this at all, she said meaningfully: "Since that's the case...... Let's see who has the bigger net in their hands......"

*

Half a month later.

Li's "Tianxiang Pavilion" once again set off a frenzy in the capital that everyone sought after.

Just because there is a unique secret incense in the Tianxiang Pavilion, it is called "goose warm incense".

The price of goose warm incense is extremely expensive, and it is more expensive than the famous "golden incense".

According to legend, it is prepared according to the fairy formula handed down from ancient times, which has the effect of warding off cold and driving away evil spirits.

In this season that has not yet warmed up, the ladies of various provinces have long been eager to take off their winter clothes and prepare for the upcoming spring feast.

Even the concubines in the harem are ready to move, wanting to use this incense to show their faces in front of the emperor to compete for favor.

Therefore, even if Chu Yan did not make a move, the secret spices of the Li family's "Tianxiang Pavilion", taking advantage of the warm fragrance of the goose, all entered the procurement roster of the inner attendants, and in the shortest possible time, they were distributed to the palaces.

At the same time, in this half month, the emperor officially issued a holy decree to appoint Shen Lingxi as an embroidered inspector, which made the courtiers discuss it.

There are doubters, there are opponents, and there are even more people who wait and see what happens.

It's just that after all, Beiya is a place that everyone is afraid of, even if the courtiers have complaints about women as officials in their hearts, but in the end, they don't dare to show much on the face because of the notoriety of Beiya and embroidered clothes.

In short, the Northern Ya is a yamen specially opened by the first emperor, but it acts on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and it is under the jurisdiction of the East Palace, so the courtiers turn a blind eye and only treat it as the prince's family affair.

Shen Lingxi, the inspector, although he was an official and a third-class official, did not need to go to court. Beiya's case file has to pass through her eyes.

Every ten days, she also went to the imperial study to personally report to the emperor on the progress of some cases that the emperor personally inquired about.

These were originally Chu Yan's official duties, but now that he is the prince, the emperor intends to let him be more familiar with political affairs, and he has sent many errands from the household department and the military department to him.

The huge North Ya is in charge of the prince on the surface, but in fact, Shen Lingxi is taking care of it.

With the assistance of Chunjun and Shengxi, Shen Lingxi gradually got started with the affairs of the Beiya, and on the one hand, he handled some official affairs of the Beiya for Chu Yan. On the other hand, she also secretly monitored the movements inside and outside the palace, various palaces and mansions, through the hand of the embroidered messenger.

Therefore, when Shen Lingxi smelled the warm aroma of goose for the first time in the East Palace, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

*

The third day of the third month of March is the Shangsi Festival.

In the Great Zhou, according to the ancient rites, there is a custom of courtship and sacrifice to the god of fertility in order to have more children.

The Son of Heaven would feast the ministers on the Qujiang River on the Shangsi Festival, and give marriage to the children of the prince and the humerus minister's family.

Therefore, the Qujiang banquet of the Great Zhou Shangsi Festival is also called the wedding banquet.

Because the queen has not been in good health since the beginning of spring, all the affairs of the harem are taken care of by the newly promoted concubine Yue.

This concubine Yue is Li Yuejiao, who has been in the palace for less than half a year, and among the harem concubines, she started as a beauty and rose all the way.

Shen Lingxi has to go to the imperial study every ten days to report to the emperor on the official affairs of the Northern Palace, and after entering the palace, he will inevitably go to the queen mother and the queen to say goodbye.

Concubine Yue is a smart person, in the harem, in addition to serving the emperor and taking care of the harem chores, she will go to Shoukang Palace and serve in front of the queen mother.

Although she is young, when she was in the Yiyang Marquis Mansion, she carefully served her mother all the year round, and developed a delicate but soft and proper temperament.

is not like Zhao Guifei, delicate and domineering, nor like the queen, dignified and detached.

The Queen Mother was very cold to her.

It's just that. came and went, and found that she had a kind of intimacy with a small jasper, but it was a little pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, every time Shen Lingxi goes to Shoukang Palace, he can always meet Li Yuejiao unexpectedly.

Li Yuejiao was not too enthusiastic in front of Shen Lingxi, but she could also see the respectfulness in her eyes that was different from others.

On the other hand, Li Yuejiao's younger brother - Li Huai, the son of the Hou of Yiyang.

After learning that Shen Lingxi was the embroidery inspector, he ran to Beiya from time to time to ask Shen Lingxi various autopsy skills.

Xu is because he has a common topic, Shen Lingxi is more intimate with Li Huai than with others.

And this intimacy, when it came to Chu Yan's ears, would always make him jealous. Incidentally, there is no good face for Li Huai and the concubine Yue who was favored by the emperor.

On the day of the Qujiang banquet, Shen Lingxi followed Chu Yan in makeup and arrived at the place where the banquet was held in a carriage.

Next to Qujiang Pond, there are already a lot of people.

Hundreds of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, but all officials above the fourth rank were invited to participate in the feast with their families.

Because the emperor will order the mandarin duck spectrum.

The young princes and nobles, as well as the county lords, county lords, and nobles of the family, were all dressed up in fancy clothes, and they were all riveting in the hope that they could find a good family at this banquet.

If it was in the past, Chu Yan, the new crown prince, would definitely be the best candidate for those families to cling to with their relatives.

But the rumors of his "wife" before are still lingering, and the emperor does not dare to let him harm others.

Therefore, the pair of Chu Yan and Shen Lingxi is the most quiet at this Qujiang banquet.

As soon as Shen Lingxi got off the carriage with Chu Yan, the eunuch beside Concubine Yue greeted him with a smile.

"The crown princess, the moon concubine Niangniang still doesn't understand a few things about the prayer ceremony at the sacrifice ceremony, send a slave to invite the maid to sit in the warm pavilion in the east, I don't know if the princess is willing to go?"

Sacrifices have always been the work of Taichang Temple, not to mention Shen Lingxi, even Li Yuejiao, who is in charge of organizing the banquet, is just going through the motions.

Li Yuejiao sent a eunuch to wait here, there must be something to find her.

Shen Lingxi was not resistant to Li Yuejiao, and was about to open his mouth to respond-

Chu Yan on the side had already opened his mouth lightly, "The crown princess wants to accompany Gu to enjoy the river scenery together, these trivial matters, let your mother go to Taichang Temple, the crown princess is not available." ”

Chu Yan, the crown prince, is famous in the palace and outside the palace.

The little eunuch shuddered, hurriedly responded, turned to leave, and did not dare to stay at all.

Before the banquet began, Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi's hand and went directly to the high platform with the best scenery.

From a distance, many people are walking on the riverside, a harmonious scene.

Shen Lingxi looked into the distance, and saw that the little eunuch just now, trotted all the way to the warm pavilion in the distance, and there were several palace maids, hurriedly entering and exiting from the warm pavilion.

And Liu Meiren, who arrived here in advance, also floated out of the warm pavilion, sensed her direction, and shook the handkerchief in her hand.

Seeing this, the corners of Shen Lingxi's lips hooked slightly.

At this very moment-

"The emperor has arrived!" As the eunuch sang sharply, the emperor's chariot slowly stopped in everyone's sight.

Shen Lingxi pinched Chu Yan's palm and said to him, "Let's go, the show is about to start." ”

After finishing at one o'clock in the morning, you can take a look at it again if you look early.