Coming back from the palace, Zhou Ci asked her to go back to rest, and the rest was left to him to deal with, and she sat alone by the bed at night, recalling the words of Lindye that day, "I didn't come to Chang'an this time for anything, but to meet you, an old friend." ”

"See me?"

"Yes, you and I haven't seen each other for many years, so naturally we have to catch up with the old days."

"I think you came to Chang'an this time, not as simple as coming to see me, right? Is there something else going on?"

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you." She walked past her, "If you are the only one in terms of wit, I am even more good at being resourceful." ”

"Whatever your intentions, I won't let you succeed."

"Don't talk so much about it yet, just wait and see."

Recalling the back of the woman in black tonight, Chu Yu fell into deep thought: the eyes of the woman in black seemed familiar, so similar to Princess Daliang's.

"Yu'er!"

At some point, there was another person in the window, and she looked up when she heard the voice, "Master." “

"What do you think when you sit there alone?"

"It's nothing, Master, why are you here?"

"Come and see how my apprentice is doing?"

"Master, a lot of things have happened recently, which has made me understand a lot of truths, and some things I have experienced too much, so I have looked down on them."

"Walking the rivers and lakes for many years, I have encountered a lot of sinister and cunning people and things, only if I learn to face it and learn to be strong, I will not fall, the grievances and grievances on the rivers and lakes, the bloody rain and bloody wind, are not something that you and I can resolve, people have their own lives, people's fates are destined by heaven, and no one dares to go against the sky."

"Master, you are wrong, people can control their own destiny, and they will never be at the mercy of God, and my life is up to me."

"The girl has a big mouth, but Master likes you as a girl."

"Master will go first, you should rest early."

As soon as Mu Shen left, Xiao Ning came in, saw that the window was open, walked over and closed the window, Xiao Ning thought that the window was blown open by the wind and said: "General, the weather is cold, be careful of catching a cold."

"Xiao Ning, you can go back and rest too."

"The slave will cover you with a quilt and go back to rest."

"Didn't you say that you saw that Chu Yu fall off the cliff with your own eyes?"

"Mother, Erchen did see her fall off the cliff with his own eyes, but he didn't expect her to be alive."

"That's it, if you want to blame her, you can blame her for her hard life, after so many lives and deaths, she is still alive and well, and she really responded to the life that the old Taoist priest gave her, and the heavens were fateful."

It was night, Ling Kite felt that the house was a little stuffy, out of the house in the yard to breathe, the maid around her saw that the wind outside was a little strong, so she went into the house and took a windbreaker to put on her, Ling Kite saw a red figure from the garden path in front of her, she thought she was dazzled, so she rubbed her eyes, wanted to take a closer look, but saw that there was no one on the path, she was a little curious, wanted to see if it was a person or a ghost, she walked to a corner, but saw a woman in red not far away was waving her sleeves and singing opera, Her voice and her appearance were so much like that person.

Yes, it was her, and after making sure that the woman in front of her was the biological mother of the king, her face turned white and white with fright, and she couldn't stop retreating, turning around and fleeing from this place.

When he returned to the house, he asked the maid to close the door and said to her, "Who do you think this palace just saw?"

"Who did Niang Niang see?" The maid asked when she saw Ling Kite's frightened face and grabbed her arm tightly with her hands.

"This palace just saw the biological mother of the king."

"Niangniang, are you dazzled, didn't Wang's biological mother pass away ten years ago?"

"No, Bengong is not mistaken, Bengong is sure that it is her, she must have turned into a ghost and came back to find Bengong, she still remembers the incident ten years ago, she hugged the maid tightly, and the whole person was tired of sleeping in her arms.

The maidservant also hugged her and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, there are slaves and maids." “

A little scholar wandered back and forth outside the tavern, looked up, but saw a woman in black walking towards this side on a somewhat dim path not far away, holding her injured stomach, he recognized her at a glance, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her when his body could not support it and was about to fall, calling in his mouth: "Ah Ran." ”

He picked her up and hurried into the tavern.

In the Prince's Mansion, Yuan Jian carried two jars of wine and went straight to the main hall, "Ah Ci, I brought two jars of wine today, let's have a drink together!"

Zhou Ci, who was sitting there reading a book, did not raise his head, and replied expressionlessly: "My injury is not healed, so I should not drink."

"Why is it not advisable to drink alcohol? Every time I come, you say it's not good to drink, it's not good to drink, you don't drink, I drink it myself, and I read these broken books all day long, and I see it as a nerd!" He craned his neck to look at the book he was reading.

"If you stay, stay here quietly, if you go, leave quickly, don't disturb me reading."

"Are you chasing me? Good for you, I have always regarded you as a good brother, and you actually drove me away. Seeing that he didn't answer, he had to compromise, "Okay, I'll drink my wine honestly and not bother you, okay?"

"Let's do it."

Zhou Ci asked: "What have your generals been busy with recently?" No one was seen for a few days. ”

"My general has been busy practicing recently."

"I'll go in and see her."

"The general doesn't like to be disturbed, so Your Highness should not go in."

"It's okay, let him not be too late, I'll go back first."

He stopped when he reached a wall.

He pushed the door and walked in, only to see Chu Yu sleeping on the table, he smiled helplessly, walked over and picked her up, walked to the side of the bed and put it on the bed, he sat on the edge of the bed, reached out and stroked her face, and looked at her gently.

On the second day, as soon as Chu Yu walked out of the house, an arrow feather shot from a distance and stuck to the wooden pillar.

She pulled out the arrow, took down the note, and the letter said that her mother was in her own hands, and if she wanted to save her, she should come alone.

She didn't alarm Xiao Ning, and rode away alone.

"Driving and driving one"

Chu Yu was dressed in black, her long black hair was tied into a ponytail with a rope belt, she hurried through the woods to the dark prison, and then she couldn't help but stop the horse with a rein.

A woman in a long white dress, a white veil covering her face, and a shawl with long hair stood with a sword, apparently waiting for her here.

"Chu Yu, let's meet again."

Chu Yu flew down from the horse and fought with Linran, the woman flew sideways in front of her, and quickly threw a hidden weapon, Chu Yu quickly dodged, Linran threw a few hidden weapons at the time, she turned over to avoid, Linran came with a sword, she also held a sword to meet it, and the sword was facing each other, a burst of fighting Chu Yu hit Linran's chest with a palm, and Linran was seriously injured, Linran sent out a bow, Chu Yu dodged but was shot off the cliff.

A carriage came galloping under the cliff, Zhou Cifei caught Chu Yu, fell into the carriage, and then the carriage left, and Lin Ran watched the carriage gradually move away.

Coming back from the cliff, she had a dream, in the dream, Bing Xuanyue was standing in the deep forest, she ran to her mother excitedly, and suddenly the arrows flew over quickly, the speed was extremely fast, the arrows were huge, and Chu Yu watched the arrows penetrate her body.

She shouted, "Mother!"

"Yu'er, live..."

She watched her mother fall before her eyes......

She woke up from her dream and shouted, "Mother!"

After waking up, she realized that it was a dream, her mouth was a little dry, she got out of bed to touch the kettle, the room was dim, in the darkness she accidentally knocked over the water glass, bang, the water cup fell to the ground, Xiao Ning happened to pass by her room and heard the movement push the door and walked in, lit the candle, "General, are you awake?"

Xiao Ning cleared the water on the table, poured her a new glass and handed it to her.

"I remember that when I was knocked off a cliff by Lindye, it was Zhou Ci who caught me." She said.

"Well, it was His Highness who brought you back and took care of you for a night, if you didn't have something to leave, the first thing you saw when you woke up must have been him." Xiao Ning said.

"I'm hungry." She clutched her stomach and said.

Xiao Ning saw Chu Yu touching his stomach and said with a smile: "Slave, I'm going to get you some pastries."

After Xiao Ning left, she walked to the bed and sat down, took out a purse from under the pillow, looked at the pattern on it, she sewed it out with a needle and a thread, at this time Xiao Ning had already walked in with a pastry, looked at her and kept staring at the purse in her hand in a daze, smiled and walked over and said, "What is the general in a daze?" The pastry is ready. ”

"Just leave it there."

"General, in fact, your purse is embroidered very well, anyway, it is better than the slave embroidery."

"Xiao Ning, tomorrow you will help me hand over this purse to him.

"No, the general's purse has to be given to him by yourself to show your sincerity." She took a piece of pastry to her, "General, this is a new one made by Aunt Chen today, it is fragrant and crispy, sweet but not greasy." ”

Chu Yu took the pastry and said, "Let's eat together."

On the second day, she came to the door of the prince's mansion, hesitated for a while, and was about to knock on the door, but the door opened, Zhou Ci stood there looking at her, she took out her purse and said: "This is what I bought from a street stall yesterday and gave it to you, thank you for pulling me back from the ghost gate many times before."

"The person who embroiders the purse is really ugly." He looked at the purse in his hand.

"If you don't like it, then I'll throw it away." So saying, she went and snatched the purse from his hand.

"I like it, especially those who embroider purses." He dodged her hand to grab the purse.

"You even like street vendors, huh? Can't you see it, you still have this fetish?" After saying that, she smiled and turned to leave.

Chu Yu thought of something, turned to him and said, "Let's enjoy the moon together tonight?"

"Okay." He said.

Gu Jingyan stared at the purse and frowned, "It's really ugly." ”

"I think it's clearly embroidered by her."

Zhou Ci raised his head to look at him, Gu Jingyan was furious, and immediately added: "But if you look closely, it's still quite good-looking."

Hearing this, he lowered his head again with satisfaction and continued to stare at the purse, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and Gu Jingyan shook his head helplessly.

He looked at the purse and recalled that year, she had also embroidered a purse with a mandarin duck for him, when he went to her room to deliver soup, and outside the door he heard her complain to the other maidservants: "It seems that my hands can only carry a sword, and I can't embroider this thing at all, and my hands are pierced."

At that time, she handed her hand to the maidservant and said aggrievedly.

"This purse is to be given to His Highness, you must embroider it yourself, and then you hand the purse to His Highness, and His Highness will be very happy to accept it."

"I'm not afraid of sword wounds, am I still afraid of a needle? If a few stitches can make me and His Highness have a lover and finally become a family, it will be worth it. She fantasized.

Zhou Ci stood outside the door, listened to her words, and smiled.

"It's been a long time since she's embroidered a purse for me." It was as if he was talking to himself, and it was as if he was talking to him.

"Your Highness." The next man came.

He stuffed his purse into the placket: "What's the matter?"

"The subordinates have traced the whereabouts of the woman who assassinated the emperor that day, and the woman is now living in an inn called Bilan, but the identity of the woman has not been found out for the time being."

"Keep an eye on that inn, and feel free to come to me if you make any moves."

"No."

At night, the moonlight was bright, Chu Yu resigned on the roof to admire the moon in the same week, Chu Yu held the wine jug and drank his cheeks slightly red, and said: "I remember that in the past, as long as I was unhappy, you would accompany me to climb on the roof to blow the wind and admire the moon, until the depression was blown away by the wind, and then we walked back to the palace step by step."

The man smiled and did not speak.

She looked at the person in front of her until it became more and more blurred, and finally she couldn't tell whether it was Li Shuxing or Zhou Ci, and just muttered: "Li Shuxing......"

"Li Shuxing, you and I have known each other for so many years, and now I feel like I don't know you a little."

Zhou Ci looked at her helplessly, just sighed lightly, picked her up, got off the roof, and walked to her room.

Early the next morning, she woke up with a headache, sat up and rubbed her temples, and called, "Xiao Ning."

At this time, Xiao Ning came over, holding a bowl of decanting soup and said, "General, let's drink a bowl of decanting soup."

"Hmm." She hummed faintly, took the bowl, and drank it all.

"If the general is really uncomfortable, don't go to the morning court, and the slave will inform Eunuch Li in a while."

"It's okay, I can still stand this pain, and it won't prevent me from going to the morning court." She said.

Seeing Xiao Ning frowning slightly, he obviously looked a little uneasy, and said, "Xiao Ning, if you can't bear this pain, how can you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in the future?"

"The slave understands."

"General, don't always bury these pains in your heart, the slave will feel distressed when you look at it."

"Got it."

"General, the slave will come to change your clothes today!"

"Okay."

She draped her coat over her, tied her belt, and skillfully combed her long hair.

Chu Yu and Xiao Ning were walking on the street, and Xiao Ning asked, "General, has the purse been sent out?"

"I gave it away, but I said I bought it on the street."

"General, it seems too perfunctory for you to say that."

"Perfunctory? I don't think so. “

“……”

"What do you think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Xiao Ning asked.

"He....", I don't know how to answer her.

"I think you and the prince are very compatible, you see that you are a man and a woman, you are a natural pair." Xiao Ning showed her with two fingers.

"What are you talking about, girl?"

"Really."

"Let you steal, let you steal!

They saw a boy not far away, beaten by a man, still holding something in his arms.

"Stop! " Chu Yu went over to stop it.

"He took my medicine and didn't pay for it."

"Please, if you drag it any longer, my mother will die!" The boy prayed.

"How much? I bought this packet. Chu Yu asked.

"Five taels." He gestured with five fingers.

"What medicine is worth five taels of silver?!" Xiao Ning asked when he saw this.

"It's just five taels, do you want to buy it?"

"Five taels of silver, why don't you go and rob it?"

"Xiao Ning."

"Huh?"

"Silver."

"This ......" Xiao Ning hesitated for a moment.

"It's important to save people."

Only then did she take out the silver from her purse and reluctantly give it to the boss who sold medicine.

Chu Yu looked at the child, and simply gave all the silver in Xiao Ning's hand to the boy, "Take it to your mother's doctor, and buy some delicious food with the rest of the money." ”

"Thank you, you're such a nice guy!" After saying that, he bent down and bowed to her, then turned and ran.

On the way back, Xiao Ning looked at his general, touched the empty purse in his hand and said, "The boss who sells medicine is really a black businessman, and he asks for five taels of silver when he opens his mouth, but the general is out of silver, what are we going to eat today?"

"I'm thinking about that, too."

"Go to me."

The two looked back and saw that it was Zhou Ci, it turned out that he had been following them for a long time, but they only focused on the boy and never noticed him.

Sitting at the dinner table, Zhou Ci filled a bowl of fish soup, put it in front of Chu Yu, and said, "This is the fish soup you love to drink."

"It still tastes like this." Chu Yu picked up the spoon and took a sip, fell into his own memories, and couldn't help but speak.

Xiao Ning watched her drink very fragrantly, and swallowed her saliva, "I'll taste a bowl too." ”

Zhou Ci handed over the bowl and spoon and said, "Xiao Ning, you can also taste it." “

"It smells good!" She took the bowl, picked up the spoon and filled the bowl of soup.

After she just took a sip of the soup, she hurriedly praised: "Your Highness's craftsmanship is really hidden!"

"Your Highness, there has been a murder in Qingbo Lake."

Xiao Ning hurriedly drank the soup in the bowl, and the servants immediately got up and rushed to Qingbo Lake.

Qingbo Lake, Zhou Ci checked the corpse, a maid beside him knelt on the ground, and Chu Yu asked the maid what she saw last night.

The maid replied truthfully: "At that time, when the slave and maid passed by Qingbo Lake, they heard movement and hid behind a tree, and vaguely saw a woman in red choking Xiaowei's neck with her hand, until Xiaowei ran out of breath, and the woman in red did not let go."

"Do you see what the woman looks like?

"The moonlight was a little dim at that time, and the slave maid didn't see her face clearly."

"You stand down first." Zhou Ci said.

"No."