Xu Shuangyu has a prominent family background since childhood, is quite sought after, and has a high spirit. She has always felt that everyone in Beijing is blind, and she boasted that she was not as good as her British princess as the first noble daughter.

After the overturning of the British Mansion, no one pressed her, she was already the most gorgeous noble lady in the capital, and many children of the family who pursued her were like carp across the river, and there was no shortage of princes and royal families.

At first, the concubine persuaded her to show more friendship with the prince, but she was not happy to comply with her heart on the surface. She had long heard that the crown prince, who had been living abroad for many years, had a lowly palace maid and had never been educated.

Until the crown prince's canonization ceremony, that extremely handsome face violently slammed her heart and lungs, and she took him into her heart at a glance.

But Xie Mingyi never got close to her, and he never even pretended to be friendly with her.

After Xu Shuangyu was annoyed, she fell into an inextricable obsession. Even if it is not for the future of the family, she wants to be a woman who stands by Xie Mingyi's side.

However, it was taken first.

She didn't even know who it was.

Xu Shuangyu collected her thoughts and ordered Wei Shuyao to serve tea to herself. She put on a soft face and asked with a smile, "What is your name and when did you arrive at the East Palace?" ”

Wei Shuyao pinched her voice very thinly and replied: "The slave's name is Ah Yan, and she has only been in the East Palace for a few days. ”

Some time ago, the prince did change a group of servants, and Xu Shuangyu was relieved.

She asked the palace lady beside her unintentionally, and said with a smile: "I heard that His Royal Highness has been unable to sleep at night recently, and the female official of the dormitory is afraid that she is very anxious?" ”

"I think this girl is well-behaved, it is better to send her to His Highness, or it may be able to relieve his worries for a while." She smiled in her voice, but she couldn't hear it all over her body.

As soon as Wei Shuyao heard this, she understood that she was turning around and inquiring about her stay in the East Palace that night.

Without waiting for her to reply, Gong Mama laughed first, "Miss Xu said that she was laughing, where did the female official from the East Palace?" His Royal Highness has always slept peacefully, and he never allowed palace maids to enter the palace when he rested. ”

Xu Shuangyu let out an "oh" and was about to divert the topic, but saw Wei Shuyao suddenly tilt her head, and interjected with an ignorant expression: "How do you remember that a sister entered the dormitory two days ago and stayed for a long time......"

Xu Shuangyu's face sank suddenly, and the smile dissipated in an instant, only to feel that the teacup in his palm was also quite hot.

She put down the teacup heavily, got up to herself, and coldly ordered the maid to leave with her.

Gong Mama hurriedly chased after her, patiently coaxed for a long time, and was all blocked back by the maids beside Xu Shuangyu.

When she came back dejected, thinking that she couldn't please her, she was stirred up by Wei Shuyao, and she was even more furious.

Without waiting for Wei Shuyao to leave the side hall, Gong Ma turned her head and glared at her angrily and slapped her.

"The master didn't call back, what is your turn to interject?"

There was a burning pain in her cheeks, Wei Shuyao straightened her back and squinted her eyes to look at her.

The palace grandmother was inexplicably nervous by her, and when she saw that she was wearing a palace dress that was nothing more than a miscellaneous girl, she knew that her status was not high, and she turned to loudly scold her to kneel.

Before her words fell, Wei Shuyao grabbed her wrist and slapped her. Gong Mama stared at Wei Shuyao in surprise, and before she had time to scold angrily, she was suddenly pushed again, and her head hit the pillar with a "bang", and her eyes were full of pain.

"Good you slave ——!" Gong Ma struggled to get up, and she was about to slap Wei Shuyao again.

But before the finger touched half of her, her wrist was already tightly clamped.

As soon as the palace mother turned around, she saw His Royal Highness the Prince, dressed in a purple robe and jade belt, standing behind her, with anger surging in her dark eyes.

Gong Mama was so frightened that her whole body froze, and before she could explain, the fingers that twisted her wrist were slightly forced, and she heard a crisp sound of fractures.

"It's really a slave." The cold voice was like a bloody blade.

Gong Mama was sweating like rain in pain, and she knelt on the ground and shouted for mercy, but before she could call for a second time, someone had already come forward and dragged her out.

The few attendants who followed behind him were all afraid to come out, Xie Mingyi lifted his eyelids slightly, and instructed Changshun: "Send to the palace and be executed." If you can survive tomorrow, come and see you. ”

Changshun didn't dare to delay, and personally escorted the palace grandmother away, and the rest of the people hurriedly retreated.

Xie Mingyi's eyes froze slightly, glanced at Wei Shuyao's face, and saw the red mark on her cheek after the slap, and his heart was inexplicably suffocated.

Wei Shuyao also raised her eyes and looked at him. Her eyes were quiet, a little bright inside, the light of a candle flame.

She slowly raised her wrist, rubbed her face, and opened her mouth first.

"It wasn't my intention to come to the side hall, it was the palace grandmother who dragged me over. Don't worry, Xu Shuangyu didn't recognize me. She didn't squint, her voice was slow, and she didn't mention that she had been slapped in the face.

When she had finished speaking, she lowered her eyes and said no more, as if he had rebuked her.

Xie Mingyi saw that she was really waiting for her to respond, without any grievances or weakness on her face, and she became inexplicably irritable.

He was accustomed to seeing the coquettish young lady of the family after being wronged, and he felt quite strange when he saw a pair of clear and quiet eyes.

She was too calm, so calm that he was unpleasant.

For some reason, a sense of loss suddenly arose in his heart, and he wanted to drag her to his side, pierce her pretense of being strong, and listen to her pitiful complaints about the pain in her face.

It's like...... When she was young, she came to him every time she cried and complained.

Xie Mingyi suddenly turned his head away.

The past dissipated like a floating cloud, and she never treated him sincerely, nor did she allow him to come closer.

She has always been only using and deceiving him.

Xie Mingyi stiffened his face and walked out of the side hall quickly.

Wei Shuyao heard the footsteps of "Da Da" disappear little by little, and even the grievances in her heart were forcefully suppressed.

She felt that she could understand why Xie Mingyi was angry.

Hiding in the East Palace is walking on thin ice, she actually has many ways to refuse the palace mother, but she got into trouble because of her own selfishness.

Wei Shuyao swallowed slowly out of the hall, rubbed her aching little face twice, and softened her stiff cheeks.

Recalling Xu Shuangyu's angry look, the pain on Wei Shuyao's face dissipated a lot. She added something to the teacup, thinking that Xu Shuangyu would have to toss tonight, and her steps were brisk.

Wei Shuyao paced back to the library pavilion, and seeing that Baozhi hadn't come back yet, she guessed that she was probably summoned by Xie Mingyi for questioning, but she didn't think deeply.

She sat at the table and carefully smeared the redness on her face in front of the bronze mirror.

She looked at the beautiful face in the mirror, and found that her lower jaw was much sharper, her pale face was embedded with a pair of soft and charming eyes, and her bright and beautiful appearance became more and more intense.

Wei Shuyao sighed, the string in her head was still taut. She hadn't figured out how to beg Xie Mingyi to take her to Chunchang, and something like this happened again today, so let's hide for a few days and wait for him to be angry before slowly trying to figure it out.

Until late at night, the treasure branch did not return. Wei Shuyao hesitated to ask Changshun, hesitated for a long time, and finally pushed the door open.

She was poking her head out and looking around, but she saw a red-clothed figure standing under the corridor not far away.

Luo Huaiying had just come out of the study, Xu had lost something, and was looking down along the road.

Wei Shuyao couldn't help but be a moment late, and her thoughts turned sharply. She had a new idea.

Luo Huaiying rushed to the East Palace late at night because someone had broken into the edict and tried to rob the prison half an hour ago.

Although the assassins were menacing, their numbers were not large, and Jin Yiwei did not spend much money to wipe them out, but he did not leave a single survivor.

The stakes were so high that he didn't dare to delay, and he came to the East Palace as soon as he cleaned up the mess.

Xie Mingyi listened to the ins and outs of his report and was silent for a long time.

He stood behind the black jade case, turned his back to Luo Huaiying, raised his head and took down a book, and turned the pages.

A lamp burned in the corner of the hall, and the light flowed on his handsome back, stretching his shadow extremely long, swaying with the cold wind.

Xu was silent for too long, Luo Huaiying waited in a trance, feeling that the light had cut Xie Mingyi into two strange sides - he was clearly standing in the light, but the shadow was even more impossible to ignore.

It was as if it was not his shadow that was cast on the ground, but his anger that could explode at any moment.

But in the end, Xie Mingyi just responded lightly with three words: "Got it." ”

After Luo Huaiying came out, she was in a hurry to leave, but she lost her personal belongings at some point. He didn't dare to make a noise, so he could only try to look around.

But he walked forward with his head bowed, and when he came back to his senses, he didn't know where he was going.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a shallow whisper.

"Lord Luo."

Luo Huaiying faced the cold wind and stood under the corridor to follow the prestige, his cold and handsome face showed a trace of dazedness and horror.

He saw that a thin gap had opened in the heavy door of the side hall in front of him, and Wei Shuyao was hiding behind the door and looking at him.

Luo Huaiying was stunned, took a step forward to confirm, but hurriedly stopped and lowered his head and retreated.

Before he could turn around, there was another soft voice.

"My lord, can you take a step to speak?"

Luo Huaiying's steps suddenly became solemn.

He frowned, lowered his head and took a few steps forward, his expression solemn. The commander of the Jin Yiwei, who had never frowned in the face of thousands of killing intent, was a little nervous in his heart at this time.

Luo Huaiying is very tall, only half a head lower than Xie Mingyi, and she is dressed in a red splendid dress draped over her body, which makes her look even more heroic.

He didn't enter the library pavilion, a few steps away from Wei Shuyao, his steps were stiff, and he couldn't take half a step.

Even though he already knew that the British princess had not fallen into Dong Xing's hands, he didn't know if she was safe and sound, he never expected to see her in the East Palace.

Luo Huaiying looked at Wei Shuyao, saw her delicate but thin face clearly, and felt like she had been pricked by a needle.

"Miss Wei?" He couldn't help but ask.

Wei Shuyao blinked, put her index finger to her lips, "Adults come in and speak." ”

Luo Huaiying hesitated for a moment and strode forward. When I entered the hall, I found that there was no palm lamp inside, and it was dark, and I could only vaguely see Wei Shuyao's white face and her clear eyes.

Wei Shuyao's eyes fell on the face of the handsome man, and she said directly: "My lord, you and I are old acquaintances, and my brother has the grace to save your life......

Her voice grew lower, almost whispering, "I want to do something, can you help me?" ”

Luo Huaiying was horrified in her heart, looked around, and said vigilantly: "Miss Wei, what is going on?" ”

Wei Shuyao tugged at his palm and gently wrote two words with her fingertips.

The moment the fingertips touched lightly, Luo Huaiying's breathing froze, and she was overwhelmed by another sudden strange emotion.

Wei Shuyao noticed his hesitation and said in a low voice, "It won't affect you." ”

Luo Huaiying's eyes paused, and finally bowed slightly.

He didn't dare to linger, and hurried away, although his face was as usual, the palms under his sleeves were clenched more and more......

After Luo Huaiying left, Wei Shuyao went to the bed, nested herself in the quilt, and calculated her plan little by little.

She didn't really want to ask Luo Huaiying for help, but now she had no choice.

Luo Huaiying almost died on the battlefield, but it was his brother who saved him desperately, and since then, Luo Huaiying has become more and more loyal to her father and brother, and even respects her.

Even if she didn't see each other much, she knew that this was a person who helped the ancient way.

Wei Shuyao suddenly recalled her past with Xie Mingyi after her brother rescued Luo Huaiying.

At that time, because of saving Luo Huaiying, my brother was seriously injured and was in a coma for several days, and Dr. He and his father said that he might not wake up for a long time. Wei Shuyao prayed every day, so anxious that she couldn't do it.

She was depressed, so she went to the temple on the outskirts of the city to copy the scriptures and put the lanterns. She copied three volumes of the scriptures and waited until it was getting late.

The road down the mountain was deep and quiet, the shadows were longing, she was in a trance and walked slowly, and unconsciously deviated from the trail and walked into the back mountain.

In the night, someone grabbed her wrist.

"Ahead, cliffs."

Wei Shuyao was startled, her heart was frightened, but she raised her head to a pair of cold black eyes.