Xie Mingyi slowly lifted his eyelids and stared at her. Behind her was the dark night, and the whole person stood in the dim light, but her eyes were like a bright moon.

He did not veto.

Wei Shuyao breathed a sigh of relief, stepped over the threshold, and carefully closed the heavy wooden door. The long, dull sound of the wooden door closing echoed for a long time in the empty hall......

Wei Shuyao left the dormitory, and as soon as she returned to the library pavilion, she saw Baozhi walking back and forth in front of the door with her hands rubbed together.

"Girl, you're back." Seeing her coming, Baozhi hurriedly rushed forward.

Baozhi pulled her cold fingers, sighed twice, helped her to the couch, and stuffed a soup woman into the quilt, before whispering: "The slave maid heard that His Highness is not in a good mood today, and I am afraid that he will embarrass the girl." ”

Baozhi has been working in the Wei family since he was four years old, and although he is not serving by Wei Shuyao's side, he also has a good impression of this little master. When she was rescued by Wei Shuyao, she was even more determined to protect this former little master.

Wei Shuyao explained: "He just asked me about some things in Hezhou. ”

Baozhi raised his head and suddenly realized, "Your Highness cares about the people. He must have suffered a lot in his early years as a living exile...... Cui Concubine Niangniang must be very happy to learn that His Royal Highness has been found and has become the crown prince in the spirit of heaven. ”

There was warmth under her feet, Wei Shuyao came back to her senses and looked at her, "By the way, Baozhi, can you tell me about Concubine Cui?" ”

Baozhi looked startled, and Wei Shuyao hurriedly said: "It's inconvenient to mention it, so there's no need to say it." ”

Baozhi pursed his lips and shook his head: "It's not that I can't say it, it's just that the slave doesn't know much." ”

Wei Shuyao's eyes lit up, and Baozhi slowly told her what she knew.

Concubine Cui was originally the palace maid next to the eldest princess, but by mistake, she was fortunate to be the emperor who was still the prince at that time, so she entered the palace. Cui Concubine is not favored in the palace, and she is low-key and peaceful.

Later, Cui Concubine gave birth to a son, but because the child was born weak, the emperor allowed her to take the child to the suburbs of Beijing to recuperate, and occasionally return to the palace.

On the day of the Pingshunfang bombing, Cui Concubine was about to take the child back to the palace, and the explosion startled the carriage, and when the palace sent someone to look for it, only Cui Concubine's bloodstained clothes were found, but the child was gone.

"It's all hearsay, just listen to it, don't take it seriously."

Wei Shuyao's eyebrows twisted into a small ball.

What Baozhi said doesn't seem to match what his brother and Deng Yan said......

But she didn't have time to think deeply, she was so tired that when her head touched the pillow, she felt that her eyelids could not be opened.

She's been really tight lately.

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Approaching the end of the year, the palace is full of lights, and the palace people are busy. After a closer look, I saw that the servants who were in a hurry all looked dull, as if they were afraid of touching their heads.

Xie Mingyi walked to the front of the Qianyuan Palace, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a white-haired official kneeling under the corridor, begging to see the emperor one by one.

Xie Mingyi's face sank suddenly.

He walked over and was dragged by the man's sleeve, "Your Highness, you persuade the emperor......"

Xie Mingyi lowered his eyes and saw clearly that the person who came was the imperial envoy Zhou Chun.

"Since the fall of Hezhou, the fighting on the front has become more and more anxious. Now Yongzhou is also in danger, thousands of people have been displaced, and the displaced people who have fled are almost in the capital...... But you see, in this palace, there are still singing and drinking every night, drunk and gold. ”

Zhou Chun's hands trembled, his wrinkled face trembled, and his cloudy eyes almost overflowed with tears.

"When the nobles laugh and talk at the banquet, it is the day when the general buries his bones! In the past, the emperor ignored the hardships of the front-line soldiers and held extravagant banquets, but now he wants to invite the family to spend the spring money, and the silver is spent like water, but the military salary is not approved...... This, this is really chilling! ”

As he spoke, he knelt down again.

Xie Mingyi hurriedly helped him up, and said in a deep voice: "Doctor, please get up." ”

He looked at Chen Quan, who was standing in front of the door with a bitter face.

Chen Quan hurriedly stepped forward and leaned over, "What does Your Highness command?" ”

Xie Mingyi frowned and said in a low voice: "Doctor Zhou is here, it is inevitable to disturb the purity of the Holy Lord, so you just let him go?" ”

Chen Quan said "ouch", his face was embarrassed, "According to His Highness's intentions, what should our family do?" ”

Xie Mingyi paused and said, "Pour a bowl of wine, get drunk and faint, send him home." ”

Chen Quan smiled and immediately went down to do something.

Xie Mingyi turned around and looked at the tall hall gate, the murderous intent between his eyebrows could hardly be hidden.

But in just a moment, he looked at it and lowered his eyes and walked into the Qianyuan Palace.

"I'm drawing up a list of invitees for Chunbai, come and take a look." The emperor was very happy to see him come in.

The emperor likes to hunt, and in previous years he had to hunt in autumn, but last year he was seriously ill and his health was not as good as before, so he changed the autumn hunt to spring hunting. Now that the appointed day is approaching, the emperor is becoming more and more impatient.

After the emperor finished writing his last name, he handed the paper to Xie Mingyi and read it again.

Xie Mingyi glanced at it casually, and saw that in addition to the prince's family, there were also several favored concubines and mothers on the list.

He paused as his gaze moved to the leftmost "Lu Family" in the second row.

Mrs. Lu has a literati personality and has never liked to attend such occasions. Because his ancestors were favored by the first emperor, the emperor was not harsh, and even praised him as "a literati and a clear stream".

This time the spring is going to go with him?

The emperor wanted to say something, but suddenly coughed violently. Chen Quan hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit down, presented the jade bottle, poured out a pill and fed it to his mouth.

Xie Mingyi looked at it coldly and lowered his eyes very quickly.

The emperor eased his breath, lazily put his hand on the side of the chair, waved his hand and said, "By the way, Lu Song will invite you in person." He is stubborn and doesn't like to be lively, you can persuade him a few more words. ”

Xie Mingyi responded, reported the important events of the past few days, and left the hall after saying a few words.

Ever since he was allowed to join the government, he would come to report to the emperor every day. As for what is important...... Naturally, he has the final say.

Xie Mingyi thought about the matter of Chun Peng, and his expression was slightly paused.

Mrs. Lu's eldest son was married to the Wei family, but after the news of Wei Ming's death in battle came, Mrs. Lu hurriedly withdrew from his family, so he was not involved in the rebellion case. Then he set a new relationship for his eldest son, and sent his youngest daughter to the palace, and he kept saying that he was sick and no longer went out.

Xie Mingyi's eyebrows were slightly bent, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

Where is the emperor's suspicion so easy to dispel?

Oh, it's just a feast.

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It was dark early in winter, Wei Shuyao stood at the table, squinted and glanced at the window, looking at the little spot of light for a while.

It's only been a few days, but it looks like I haven't seen daylight for a long time.

Seeing that the light was about to fade, Wei Shuyao's eyebrows moved slightly, she got up and walked over, and pushed open the window with her slender fingers.

The sunlight fell on her body, dissipating little by little, and the light on the back of her slender hand slowly faded. But after standing for a while, she sneezed and had to take two steps back.

As soon as he stepped back, he saw two people walking under the porch in the distance.

The slender and tall beauty was obviously Xu Shuangyu, and her personal maid was followed by her side.

That night, Xu Shuangyu waited outside the hall for a long time and didn't see Xie Mingyi come out, but saw that the lights in the hall were suddenly extinguished. She soon learned that the prince had summoned a close palace maid to serve, and she was aggrieved and resentful, and finally looked at her after a few sad glances and left.

But when she went to Yanfang Palace, she complained to her aunt aggrievedly, but her aunt said: "With your family background, marrying into the East Palace is the crown princess, and you are born with good color, why worry about not being favored?" As for scheming with just a palace maid? She's just a slave, and you're a serious master. ”

"My son, since you have taken a heart for him, you must fight for yourself in everything. He's the crown prince, so why don't you wait for him to whisper and coax you? ”

The concubine was a little angry, and said: "This time for the spring harvest, the saint plans to invite several noble daughters of the family, if you don't fight for the first opportunity, the princess still doesn't know who the flower will be." ”

Xu Shuangyu thought about it and was reasonable, and she was depressed for two days, so she simply borrowed the name of the concubine and came to the East Palace to find someone.

Before he reached the main hall, he saw a handsome little eunuch come forward and said with a smile: "Miss Xu, this is not a coincidence, Your Highness just went out to send the post of Chun Peng." ”

"I just want to ask Your Highness for advice......" Xu Shuangyu smiled lightly, ordered the maidservant to hold a brocade box, and said: "I have recently got two good bows, I want to ask Your Highness which one is better, I can take it to Chunhua." ”

The little eunuch's eyes rolled, and he knew that the person in front of him was the one he couldn't afford to offend, so he had to smile: "Your Highness is afraid that it will take some time to come back, if you are free, just wait in the side hall for a while." ”

Xu Shuangyu happily agreed, and followed the little eunuch into the side hall.

Wei Shuyao looked at the tall figure slowly walking into the hall in the distance, pursed her lips, and reached out to close the window tightly.

She heard the previous conversation clearly, and then counted it carefully with her fingers, and it was indeed time for spring harvest.

Every March, the emperor has to go out of the palace to hunt, last year because of the autumn hunt did not take place, this year's spring harvest must be bigger. If she can take this opportunity, follow Xie Mingyi to Chunfu and escape from the capital......

Wei Shuyao returned to the table, picked up a plum fruit and stuffed it into her mouth, her mind becoming more and more sober.

Even though she is down now, she also has stubbornness in her bones, and she doesn't want to live by relying on others all the time.

Xie Mingyi is the crown prince, even if she is not afraid of his revenge, she can't have too much entanglement with him, so it's good to leave the East Palace as soon as possible.

What's more, it is only expedient to seek two more days of peace at the moment, she always remembers the bloody night in the mansion, remembers the death of her brother in the northern frontier, and remembers the suffering of her father in prison.

She recalled her father's sonorous words in her ears -

"Go to your brother, go north, go to Hezhou."

All of these things need to be out of this cage before there is hope. It's not difficult to think about these things, but it will take a few days to plan the details.

Wei Shuyao leaned on the edge of the table, propped her head, and pondered slowly.

With a "snap", the door of the temple was suddenly rudely pushed open.

Outside, the sun was setting, and darkness was spreading from the house.

The cool breeze came in, Wei Shuyao coughed twice, and raised her eyes to look at the palace grandmother who walked in.

"There are distinguished guests in the front yard, why are you still hiding here and playing lazy!"

The palace mother was obviously looking for someone everywhere, and when she saw Wei Shuyao dressed as a palace maid, she angrily accused:

"Why don't you follow me to serve the distinguished guests, snub the distinguished guests, the one inside is the future princess, turn around and annoy His Royal Highness the Prince, look at how many heads you have!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but come forward and pull Wei Shuyao's arm, and his voice was fierce and heavy.

Wei Shuyao tilted her head and looked at her, she was not surprised to hear that Xu Shuangyu wanted to be the crown princess, and she felt a little funny in her heart.

"On such a cold day, everyone is hiding in the house, and when His Highness comes back, I will see how to clean up you little girls."

Gong Ma muttered while dragging Wei Shuyao outside, and when she turned her head, she saw that Baozhi happened to come out of it, and she was even more angry, "Don't hurry up!" Do you have to whip you a few times before you move? ”

Although the palace grandmother is old, she has a lot of strength, and she dragged one in one hand, and she dragged Wei Shuyao and Baozhi out effortlessly.

Xu Shuangyu sat in the side hall for a long time, and finally saw someone enter the hall to bring tea and water, and couldn't help but feel angry, and said in her heart: "When I enter the East Palace, I will definitely send all these slippery heads to the court." ”

Such a sudden thought made her in a trance for a moment, and she sat on it, and for a moment she really felt that she had become the mistress of the East Palace.

Xu Shuangyu raised her eyes, and saw a slender palace maid pacing in with tea, turned her head to look at the palace maid beside her, and said with a smile: "I heard that His Royal Highness doesn't like to have palace maids serve closely, but these days have changed their temperament, and the maids in the East Palace are more prominent than one another." ”

The palace mother recognized Xu Shuangyu, knew that she was Xu Xiang's daughter-in-law, and was quite loved by the concubine, so she hurriedly lowered her head and responded: "They are all unsightly little girls, where can they compare to Miss Xu's half the color, but I was afraid that the smell of those eunuchs would smoke the girl, so I specially called over." ”

Xu Shuangyu fixed her eyes on the palace maid who was holding the tea, and suddenly laughed, her voice sounded softly like a crisp bell, "Call that girl over, I'll take a look." ”

She stretched out her finger and pointed at Wei Shuyao.

Wei Shuyao's heart tightened, glad that she had been prepared.

Since yesterday she begged Xie Mingyi to allow her to stay in the East Palace for two more days, she didn't dare to show her true face anymore, she deliberately smeared a thick layer of fat powder, and painted the scar on her head much uglier, and others would only be frightened when they saw it, and they would not stare at her carefully.

Therefore, Xu Shuangyu called her forward, and she was not too frightened, but only slowly moved over.

Xu Shuangyu sat upright, looking up and down at the little palace maid in front of her. Although his body is slender, he has a slender waist and round hips, but his appearance is a little mediocre, and he can't remember the appearance after a few glances.

The first time she saw this maid, she felt that her figure was somewhat similar to the girl she had seen in the forest that night.

That night, Xu Shuangyu was too surprised and confused, and because the sky was dark, she couldn't see the girl's face clearly, but she recognized Xie Mingyi's black fox and saw the water-red skirt exposed under the big cloud.

Xu Shuangyu couldn't forget it for a long time——

At that time, Xie Mingyi hugged the woman, isolated her from the wind and cold, and protected her in his arms.