"He's not from the palace." Before Du Zhiyan's words fell, Shi Jing had already circled around Cui Zhen, looked at Cui in a circle left and left, and pinched Cui Zhen's arm and face with his hand, looking like an inspector: "I know that he was not originally from your palace, and there are no such good eunuchs in your palace." Say, which palace eunuch was he originally from, and which kind lady rewarded you? ”

"He's not a eunuch, he's my cousin Cui Zhen."

Shi Jing retracted his hand like lightning and was stunned on the spot, and said in his heart that Du only said that you still have such a cousin? I'm underestimating you.

"Chen, Cui Zhen, I've seen Niangniang."

"Ahh Shi Jing's face turned red into his neck all of a sudden, and he first consciously popped out three zhang away, and he couldn't be farther away from Cui Zhen, and he didn't dare to look up at Cui Zhen, just waved his hand: "I'm not a mother."

Shi Jing entered the palace with the mission of the Glory Family, but now he denied his identity for the first time in front of an outsider, or subconsciously denied it.

Du Zhiyan introduced Cui Zhen: "This is the emperor's little master, the daughter of the emperor." ”

Cui Zhen bowed.

Shi Jing broke the rules and folded his legs, took out a handkerchief and blessed him: "You're welcome, I'm just the last show girl." ”

Sending Du Zhiyan back to Wanru Palace, Cui Zhen said goodbye.

Du Zhiyan and Shi Jing stood on the steps and looked at Cui Zhen in the distance.

Perhaps it is the people who march and fight with a majestic and inviolable temperament in it, Cui Zhen's back is straight, and he is restrained by obsidian black armor, so that he walks like an ink painting, the red wall and yellow tiles reflect the snow, Cui Zhen's back is getting smaller and smaller, and he disappears when he crosses the Lisi Gate.

Shi Jing stood dumbfounded, twisting the goose yellow clothes given to Du Zhiyan in his hand.

Du Zhiyan coughed.

Only then did Shi Jing come back to his senses: "Cui Zhen. That, sister, please."

"Don't be so polite, let's use the word please." Du only wanted to laugh.

Shi Jing retracted his thoughts: "Cui is really your cousin?" How old is he? Where is the position, is it in the capital guard battalion? How did he get to the harem? Let the concubine see it, I can't participate in your copy. ”

It's rare that Shi Jing is so Yaxing, Du Zhiyan told him that Cui Zhen is the youngest son of Cui Yi, the Lingtai Lang of the Sipin Qintianjian Lingtai, and he is not in the capital to guard the camp, but follows the King of Yue to fight in the border fortress, and it is rare to come back once, it is the emperor who ordered him to send him back to Wanru Palace, but he just thinks that it is rare for his brother and sister to see each other, so let the two of them say a few more words.

Shi Jing's expression was obviously a lot lost, as if Du Zhiyan's explanation of these few words was not detailed enough, she muttered alone: "Sipin Qin Tianjian Lingtailang, this official position is a little unfamiliar, what kind of official is it?" ”

"It is to measure the heavens and calculate the good fortune and evil."

"It turned out to be a fortune teller."

"The fortune teller has such a beautiful child, this is the first time I have seen him today. Such an outstanding person, the emperor also asked him to go to the border to follow the king of Yue to fight and protect the border, that is nine deaths. ”

"Although it is nine deaths and one life, but for the sake of Chen Guo'an's life, someone has to do this, fortunately, the emperor is sympathetic, and there is a recommendation from King Yue, the emperor has promoted his official, and now he is a fourth-grade defensive captain."

The fourth rank of the defensive lieutenant is already the highest position that the emperor can give him, and now he is under the king of Yue, although he has occasional achievements, he is young in the end, and he has no major military merits, and his rash promotion will attract people's attention. Even if the emperor admires Cui Zhen, he needs him to go up step by step.

"I said he didn't look like a eunuch either." Shi Jing looked up at the eaves of the palace, on the eaves, there was a bird, the bird spread its wings, light and lively, the bird carved very hard, like spreading its wings to fly into the clouds, so free birds, Cui Zhen is also free in the side plug, unlike her, can only be trapped in the palace walls at the four corners, not to mention the side plug and other towns, even the palace gate is difficult to get out, even if you go to Taihe Palace or Cining Palace, you have to report first, and after asking for instructions, the emperor and the queen mother can only meet after approval.

The first time Shi Jing felt that the palace was not good, it was at this time.

The vines hanging from the corner door shook for a moment.

"Come out." Du only said.

Sure enough, two people came out of the corner gate, it was Tian Lingyue and her maidservant Mangosteen.

Tian Lingyue took a handkerchief and pretended to be careless: "It turned out that I came to my sister's place, and I saw my sister meeting a foreign man in private just now, so I didn't dare to disturb." ”

The reputation of private meeting with foreign men is not good.

Especially put this bad reputation on Cui Zhen.

Shi Jing immediately said: "If you can't speak, go back to Changle Palace to copy the scriptures." ”

Tian Lingyue sneered.

Mangosteen was protecting in front of her master: "Our master just came out to relax, and he happened to pass by here to go to Qingliang Palace, so he didn't come out immediately for fear of colliding, is Master Shi reprimanding us for agreeing?" ”

"Not only reprimanded you for agreeing, but also reprimanded you, a low-level palace maid. What kind of private meeting with a foreign man, that Master Cui Zhen Cui, is the emperor's personal four-grade defense captain, is Du Changzai's brother, the emperor asked him to send Du Changzai back to Wanru Palace, he didn't even step on the steps of Wanru Hall to avoid suspicion, and he became a private foreign man in your mouth? Two broken mouths. ”

Tian Lingyue only saw Du Zhiyan walking under the palace wall with a man, staring along the road, but she didn't dare to get too close, but she didn't hear what the two were talking about.

Now that I heard Shi Jingyi say it, I knew that it was the emperor's arrangement, Tian Lingyue was flustered, but quickly calmed down: "Even so, Du Chang is walking side by side with a man in the harem and talking intimately, what we don't know, aren't we afraid that Du Chang is suffering?" ”

"Whoever is as idle as you is to come to the gate of Wanru Temple to chew his tongue." Shi Jing didn't get used to her.

Tian Lingyue didn't take advantage of Du Zhiyan here, and fled in a hurry.

When she returned to Changle Palace, cashew nuts were beating Meng Yuzhu's back, and when she saw Tian Lingyue coming back with her head down, hiding back to the side hall like a mouse with her tail between her legs, she knew that she had not succeeded.

Meng Yuzhu couldn't help but give Tian Lingyue another meal: "In the past few days, you have often gone over there to wander around, can you take advantage of it?" ”

"Back to the concubine Niangniang, Du Changzai is quite wary of me in her."

"Can't you do it?"

"I wondered if I could change cashew nuts to Wanru Palace."

"The cashew nut is the slave of the palace, if it is exposed, won't it involve the palace? It's up to you to go. ”

Although Tian Lingyue was reluctant in her heart, she didn't dare to resist in the end.

The eunuch Dafu, who was sent out to inquire about the news, returned to Changle Palace to report to Meng Yuzhu, saying that the emperor had invited Zhao Bojie and Cui Zhen to a banquet, and he had to watch the excerpts at night, so he didn't turn over the cards this night.

Zhao Bo is this person, Meng Yuzhu knows.

But Cui Zhen's name is very raw.

"The slave has already inquired, that Cui Zhen is the son of Cui Yi, the Lingtai Lang of the Sipin Qintianjian Lingtai, and now the official residence of Sipin, is to respect the will of King Yue and return to Beijing to face the saint. This person is greedy for wine and lust at the banquet, and the most important thing is - "Daifuku looked at everyone.

"Just say it."

"The most important thing, this Cui Zhen is Du Changzai's cousin."

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

"I saw a strange man in Wanru Palace, and I heard Shi Jing say that that man's name is Cui Zhen, and he is indeed Du Changzai's cousin." Tian Lingyue sighed: "That Cui Zhen is now a fourth-grade protective lieutenant. I didn't expect her to have this relative, won't she be even more blind in the future? ”

Meng Yuzhu doesn't see it that way.

There are pros and cons to everything.

The same person, but honey, can also be arsenic.

"What do you say is the most important thing for a woman in this harem?"

Tian Lingyue thought for a while and replied: "It's a family background." ”

Family history is important.

For example, the queen, although she is not clever and her posture is not appropriate, but she is also sitting in the harem as the daughter of the auxiliary prince and the niece of the queen mother.

But Meng Yuzhu believes that there is something more important than family background, and that is a woman's chastity.

Ping retreated, and there were only Meng Yuzhu and Tian Lingyue in the main hall.

Meng Yuzhu whispered a few words to Tian Lingyue, Tian Lingyue was helping Meng Yuzhu sort out the hairpin ring, and was stunned for a while, and the hairpin in her hand fell on the case.

Holding the hairpin again, Tian Lingyue's heart thumped: "Niangniang, is this appropriate?" ”

"Didn't you see that Cui Yi's appearance and body clearly?"

"I see it clearly."

"Then it's all right."

Tian Lingyue inserted the hairpin into Meng Yuzhu's hair, and her heart went up and down.

When Wanru Hall was still quiet, the palace maid Nectarine had already cleaned the outside of the hall with a broom, cleaned up all the corners and corners, and went to the stove to help light the fire.

What she does in Changle Palace is all sprinkling and sweeping, so practice makes perfect, and she refuses to be idle after sprinkling and sweeping, and she also rushes to do the work on the stove.

Papaya waited for Du Zhiyan to try on the clothes sent by Shi Jing, and the nectarines had already brought in warm water.

In the warm and cold weather, the nectarines were so tired that they were sweating, and beads of sweat were squeezing into her black hair, and her hair was shiny.

Erjo came to report to Du Zhiyan: "In the small kitchen of Wanru Palace, the master chose a fixed few people to cook, after all, the master said that the kitchen is heavy, and idlers are not allowed to enter." Recently, nectarines have been particularly diligent, and she has been rushing to do the work in the kitchen, so the slaves go back and forth to the master. ”

The meaning of the second article is very clear.

After all, nectarines had served in Changle Palace, and Changle Palace regarded Du Zhiyan as a thorn in his side, and the people sent in by Changle Palace naturally had to be careful about the embankment.

Shi Jing also reminded that in case Meng Yuzhu and Nectarine co-acted in a bitter love scene, in order to let Nectarine fully gain the trust of Wanrudian before it was convenient to act.

After hearing the nectarine through the window, she rushed into the hall and took down the silver hairpin to commit suicide to show her innocence, saying that it was a matter of Jingren Palace, which made her understand that Changle Palace would never go back, her family was poor and entered the palace, and she just wanted to work honestly.

If it weren't for Du Zhiyan's quick eyes, the nectarine's silver hairpin could be pierced into the neck.

A palace maid who is not even afraid of death, what can't she believe in her words.

Nectarines are busy.

Du Zhiyan and Shi Jing went to Jingren Palace to greet the queen, and it was half an hour later when they came out of Jingren Palace.

It's almost the Shangyuan Festival, and the capital is full of lanterns, dragon lanterns, lanterns, and a prosperous scene.

Before Du Zhiyan entered the palace, every year on the Shangyuan Festival, he had to go to the city to walk around in the middle of the night, see all kinds of lanterns and fireworks, buy sugar gourds, glutinous rice balls, lanterns, and all kinds of fruits.

She and Shi Jing love to be lively, so they went down Jingren Palace to the Star Picking Tower.

The terrain of the Star Picking Tower is high, and you can overlook almost half of the capital when you stand on the upper floor.

When the two of them arrived upstairs, they saw that the capital was bustling, and the atmosphere before the Shangyuan Festival was already very strong.

I still remember Xin Qiji's song "Qingyu Case: Yuan Xi": Thousands of trees bloom on the night of the east wind, and they blow down and the stars are like rain. BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night.

The moth snow willow is golden, and the smile is full of dark fragrance. The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back, but the man was there, and the lights were dim.

It can be regarded as the best interpretation of the Shangyuan Festival.

"I heard that many stories of talented and beautiful people happened during the Shangyuan Festival, Du Zhiyan, you are quite literate, you must know the story of talented and beautiful women, right?" Shi Jingxiao.

Du only sighed: "Don't say it, it seems that we are." ”

"I can't talk about it."

"You can think silently in your heart."

The two of them leaned against the fence and laughed.

Tian Lingyue watched Du Zhiyan and Shi Jing go to the Star Picking Tower, so she sent Mangosteen to Wanru Hall to call nectarine.

Nectarine worked in Wanru Hall with a pestle and didn't want to come out, but Mangosteen said that it was the road that met her master Du Changzai, and Du Changzai's bracelet was lost, so let her look for it.

Nectarine listened, didn't care about the work of Wanru Palace, followed Mangosteen to the north, and walked a little longer after the Qingliang Palace, until he could see the Star Picking Tower, but he still didn't see Du Zhiyan, but he saw Tian Lingyue.

"Where is Du Chang?" Nectarine asked.

Tian Lingyue smiled and took out a tael of silver from her purse and stuffed it into the nectarine: "This is my reward for you." ”

Nectarine returned the silver to Tian Lingyue: "The slave maid is here to find a bracelet for Du Changzai." ”

"There's no Du Chang here, I'm looking for you." Tian Lingyue smiled: "Why, are you in such a hurry to find your master?" She's only been your master for a few days? ”

Nectarine couldn't figure out Tian Lingyue's thoughts, but she felt that Tian Lingyue didn't seem to be a good person, and she didn't want to get too close to Tian Lingyue, so she was about to leave.

"I happen to be going back too, let's go together." Tian Lingyue put her hand on Nectarine's arm and asked her to hold it.

Shi Jing was on the star-picking tower, watching all this from afar, and he was so anxious that he gritted his back molars.

Nectarines are slaves sent by Changle Palace, as long as it is something or a person from Changle Palace, Shi Jing is skeptical.

"Look, isn't that a nectarine? Is that a cahoot with Tian Lingyue? Shi Jing snorted.

It was windy upstairs, Tian Lingyue and nectarines were at the soles of their feet, and they only saw pulling, but they couldn't hear the talk.

"According to me, this slave cannot be kept."

Du Zhiyan silently opened the system.

Standing on the platform, the feet are like ants.

If she doesn't want nectarine, Changle Palace can't spare nectarine, and the fate of nectarines is likely to be to go to laundry or toilet.

Although nectarines are not clever, they are diligent and capable, and they are a little aggrieved when they go to the laundry or go to the toilet.

The system screen flashed, and Xiaodian jumped out: "What does the host command?" ”

"I want to hear what they're saying."

"The partition wall has an ear function, so you can hear small sounds within a range of 300 meters. Ten points at a time, valid for half an hour.

(End of chapter)