Xie Mingyi blew out the lamps in the hall and stood in front of the gate with his hands in his hands.

In the dark night, only the palace lamp in Changshun's hand emitted a little light, shining away from the petite figure.

He turned slowly and looked down at the map on the table.

Chips?

She was indeed clever and offered him a condition that he could not refuse.

But what he needs is far more than this map, not only to recover Hezhou, not only to pacify the frontier.

Since ascending to the throne of the crown prince, the powerful people of the family have changed their ways to show favor to him openly and secretly, some give him gifts, some give him gifts, and some invite him to eat, drink and have fun.

Xie Mingyi was unmoved, and refused one by one with a smile.

He's tired of those idiots.

All he wants is to get back everything the prince deserves.

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Before it was late on the second day, someone came to the Qianyuan Hall and invited the prince to dinner.

Xie Mingyi knew that it was for last night's incident, but he didn't shirk it as before, and instructed Chang Shun: "Remember to go to the library to guard." ”

Chang complied, watched the master go away, and couldn't help muttering.

Last night, the master placed Miss Wei in the library pavilion, although he only lived for three days, but he didn't dare to be careless, why did he need the master's advice again.

Even so, the master was still not very relieved, and asked twice a day.

That's a rarity.

Xie Mingyi walked to the Qianyuan Palace, and immediately a eunuch came forward to greet him.

He paced inside, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Xu Guifei and Xie Mingjin, the prince of Rui, sitting at the table.

Xie Mingjin is the only son of King Rui, and after his parents died, the emperor took him into the palace and was raised by his aunt Xu Guifei.

The concubine could not have children, so she treated him as the son of her own concubine. Aiwu and Wu, the emperor treated him very closely, so much so that after Xie Mingyi returned to the palace, he directly asked the two of them to be called brothers.

Previously, the emperor's heirs were thin, and the concubine also persuaded the emperor to succeed Xie Mingjin, but the emperor did not allow it for a long time.

Until Xie Mingyi was made the crown prince, his dream of the East Palace was completely broken.

Accompanied by a cold air, the corners of Xie Mingyi's lips curved slightly, and he bowed his head to the emperor's concubine to say goodbye.

The emperor smiled, "Why did you come so late, you are tired from running around for the past two days, come and sit." ”

Xie Mingyi smiled and took a seat. The atmosphere during the banquet was peaceful, and the concubine frequently served Xie Mingyi dishes, which seemed to be a happy family.

Seeing this, the emperor became more and more happy, "On weekdays, brothers should move around more. Ming Jin came to ask for peace, and I specially left you to come over for dinner. ”

Xie Mingyi lowered his eyes and was silent, knowing that this was a round for last night's palace search.

The emperor also said: "You have handled the British case very well. There are a few good inks in the study, you can pick it up later and go back. ”

Xie Mingyi got up and saluted, and then responded.

The emperor bowed his head, but his brows furrowed again, "It's just that you have to find the daughter of the Wei family as soon as possible, and with her in your hands, you can balance Wei Ming." ”

The concubine, who had been silent, sighed, "When that kid came to the palace originally, he looked very well-behaved, how could he do such a thing?" ”

The emperor's face sank, "Hmph, her mother, who died early, is just well-behaved on the surface." ”

Hearing this, Xie Mingyi raised his eyes and put down his chopsticks.

"Erchen remembered that he received the Fuzhou Express this morning, and there were still some affairs that had not been handled, so he retired first." He lowered his eyebrows and spoke softly.

The emperor bowed his head, but did not stop him, and after a few words, he allowed him to go.

As soon as Xie Mingyi left, Xie Mingjin also put down his chopsticks, made an excuse, and followed out of the Qianyuan Palace.

Xie Mingjin and others were on the way for the prince to return to the East Palace.

He waited for half an hour before he saw a long figure.

Returning to the East Palace from the Qianyuan Palace, it was the closest to passing through the Yongning Palace, but for some reason, the prince never liked to take the road of the Yongning Palace. Most of the time, he went around the Imperial Garden.

Xie Mingyi glanced at Xie Mingjin and stopped.

The corners of his lips curled, his voice was a little surprised, and he asked, "What's the matter with the sixth brother?" ”

Xie Mingjin tried hard to squeeze out a smile and lowered his head slightly, "I'm here to ask the imperial brother for his guilt." ”

As he spoke, he instructed the eunuch behind him to present a brocade box.

Xie Mingyi's lips smiled even more, "This is an outsider, the sixth brother will be close to me." ”

Xie Mingjin pursed her lips, and the arc of her smile was a little awkward.

"Brother Huang, it was my fault last night, I shouldn't be suspicious and disturb your rest." He looked at it, and his voice lowered by two points.

"Sixth brother's apology, I understand it." Xie Mingyi didn't take the brocade box, and was about to leave.

Xie Mingjin was in a hurry, quickly chased after him, hurriedly opened the brocade box, and presented it to Xie Mingyi.

"The younger brother knows that the royal brother is worried about the disappearance of the daughter of the British duke." Xie Mingjin whispered: "This is a correspondence between Wei Ming and his sister, or some clues can be found." ”

Xie Mingyi pursed his thin lips.

Seeing him stop, Xie Mingjin breathed a sigh of relief, and a trace of pleasure inexplicably arose in his heart, it turned out that this prince who looked at the light wind and the moon would also hate someone sometimes.

Xie Mingyi suddenly raised his head, "Sixth brother, have you ever hated me?" ”

Xie Mingjin looked stunned, at a loss for a moment, and stood there stiffly holding the brocade box.

"You have been raised in the palace since you were a child, you have been dressed in fine clothes and food, no one dares to disobey you, the concubine Niangniang spoils you, loves you, and regards you as her own child."

"You were originally going to be the prince, the world is yours, and the dragon chair is also yours."

His tone was extremely slow, but his voice was flat.

"Do you want to ask the sky day and night, why did he take all this?"

Every time he said a word, Xie Mingyi's tone weighed three points.

"You instigated Dong Xing to kill the public mansion indiscriminately, and you want everyone to think that I deliberately connived and took revenge for personal gain, don't I know?"

Xie Mingjin's face was pale, his hand holding the brocade box trembled slightly, and his breathing slowed down.

Xie Mingyi suddenly approached him. He was extremely tall and oppressive.

"But sixth brother, you forgot ......"

His voice was very soft, like a cold wind.

"Everything you thought was supposed to be yours was mine."

Xie Mingjin's pupils shrank, and after only a momentary gaffe, he immediately retracted his expression.

"Brother Huang, I never meant that." Xie Mingjin frowned, and his voice became aggrieved. "Dong Xing's indiscriminate killing of innocents really has nothing to do with me, and I only learned about it today."

Xie Mingyi glanced at him.

Xie Mingjin was panicked, and only felt a chill on his neck. Then, a hand patted him on the shoulder, a gesture that seemed intimate, but made him feel even more creepy.

"Since the sixth brother has said so, I can't help but accept this kindness." Xie Mingyi smiled and let the attendant take the box.

"The road is slippery in snowy days, so be careful when the sixth brother leaves the palace."

has become a brother and brother again, and the gentle prince seems to be not the one who was aggressive just now.

When he went back, Xie Mingyi's footsteps were very slow and he walked for a long time.

Although it has been snowing heavily for several days, the ground in the palace has already been cleaned, only the blooming plum blossoms are dotted with a little snow, which shakes slightly in the cold wind and wafts out a faint fragrance.

Xie Mingyi smelled the faint aroma, and his eyebrows and eyes slackened by two points.

At some point, it snowed again, and he looked up, and the snowflakes fell slightly cool between his eyebrows.

A smile slowly appeared on the corner of his lips, laughing at everything in this palace.

After occupying the magpie's nest for a long time, the dove forgot its original self, and even felt that it was the owner of the nest.

He's just trying to get what belongs to him back.

When Xie Mingyi returned to the East Palace, the night was already dark.

He did not go back to the dormitory, but went to the library cabinet.

There was a gap in the door of the hall, and Wei Shuyao sat at the sandalwood table, holding a wolf pen in her hand, and drew carefully one stroke at a time.

The corner lamp emitted a soft faint light, falling on her delicate face, dispelling the tiredness of the day, and looking a little more bright.

Hearing the movement, she raised her eyes alertly, and the pen in her hand stopped.

Xie Mingyi lowered his eyes, and his thick long eyelashes cast a shadow on his lower eyelid.

The corners of his lips pressed slightly, there was no detached smile in his eyes, and the soft warm light dyed his eyebrows and eyes warmer, but they looked warmer.

Wei Shuyao inexplicably felt that his appearance was a little familiar.

Like the puppy she raised when she was a child, when she was wronged and came to her to be spoiled.

She hurriedly threw out the ridiculous idea and stepped forward to open the door.

"Your Highness standing here, isn't it cold?" She spoke first.

The cold wind outside the hall blew in, blowing the green silk scattered on her forehead. Her face was a little pale, and it became brighter in the night.

It was as bright as the only light in the night.

For some reason, she thought there was something strange in his eyes.

Xie Mingyi stared at her for a while, lowered his eyes, and said in a low voice: "The ink on the pen has dyed the clothes of the lonely one black." ”

Wei Shuyao was stunned for a moment, only to realize that she had come with a pen.

The ink dripping on the tip of the pen fell, dyeing Xie Mingyi's moon-white clothes into a landscape painting.

She hurriedly withdrew her pen and hurriedly stepped back.

Then I remembered something, and wanted to reach out and wipe the stain.

As soon as he bent down, his fingertips touched the back of his hand, and the heat was scorching.