Song Suqing was surprised, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was normal.

Tao Huaixi covered his mouth and smiled: "Your hard work has spread in Sheng Kyoto, and it is said that you have changed your temperament." ”

Talking and laughing, the three of them passed through several courtyard gates, and walked for a while before arriving at Shangshutang, it was still early at this time, only eunuchs and palace maids were waiting on both sides in Shangshutang, and they saw several of them coming over to bless their bodies.

Song Suqing walked to the seat and sat down under the leadership of the palace maid, in the fifth row of the study hall, just to the left of Pei Huilan.

After setting up the pen and ink, Pei Huilan glanced left and right, leaned closer and said: "I specially looked for someone to arrange the seat, there is the third brother in front of you, you see that I treat you well." ”

Song Suqing: "......"

She blinked, not knowing what was good about it.

However, Pei Huilan didn't see her puzzlement, and pouted and said to himself: "However, the third brother has rarely come to Shangshutang in the past two years, and he can be called a wonder if he comes twice a month." ”

"I'm talking about the third brother behind my back again, be careful that the third brother doesn't take you out of the palace next time."

The immature voice sounded behind him, Song Suqing and the others looked sideways in unison, and the ten princes who were only 6 years old came into view, and he looked at them with his hands like little adults.

Song Suqing and Tao Huaixi got up to greet him, and only sat down after he spoke.

Pei Huilan pulled his hand into his arms, pinched his ear and said, "If you go to the third brother to complain again, see how I clean you up." ”

The Ten Princes snorted lightly, broke free of their embrace, and walked straight to the first row and sat down.

Song Suqing retracted the light that fell on the Ten Princes, and looked at the position on the right side of the Ten Princes' seats, which was different from the other seats, whether it was the decoration of the tables and chairs or the brushwork, it was much more gorgeous and exquisite than the others'.

And to be able to have such a big difference, it is only for the crown prince and other imperial heirs.

"What's wrong?" Pei Huilan saw that her body suddenly stiffened, followed her eyes, remembered what happened in Nanhuayuan not long ago, squeezed her hand clearly, and said comfortingly: "Brother Huang rarely comes, only when he enters school at the beginning of the year." ”

Song Suqing tilted his head to look at her, realizing that his reaction was too big, and pursed his lips to follow her words: "I see, I thought that His Highness would also study with us." ”

Pei Huilan shook his head and said, "After the imperial brother entered the court, he became more and more busy, so he came less. ”

The political affairs that come every day are enough for the princes who have entered the court to deal with it, not to mention that Pei Yichen is still the crown prince, and he will only need to deal with more things than other princes.

Gradually, there were more and more people in Shangshutang, in addition to the princes and princesses, there were also their companions.

Approaching the start of class, the seat in front of Song Suqing was still empty, she looked around behind her, Yunguang didn't know when she came, and waved to several people behind her.

The first lesson is the way of strategy explained by Taifu.

I don't know if her reputation reached the ears of Taifu, or if it was Tao Huaixi sitting beside her, Song Suqing could clearly feel that Taifu's gaze fell in this direction from time to time, and she worked harder.

The schoolwork in Shang Shutang is indeed not very similar to that of the Zhao Ting Division, and the rest time between schoolwork and schoolwork is also less than a quarter of an hour, which is a continuous arrangement.

And until school ended in the evening, the people at the front table of Song Xuqing still did not come.

Pei Huilan closed the book boredly and said, "It seems that the third brother will not come again today." ”

Song Xu cleared her jaw and turned sideways to find Yunguang, but Yunguang also happened to run in her direction.

Yunguang suddenly wrapped his arms around her waist, rubbing his forehead against her neck, "You don't know, in the days when you changed sex, there was a new embroidery girl on Chang'an Street, the embroidery was extremely exquisite, and the animals embroidered on the group fan were lifelike. ”

Pei Huilan heard that he was interested, and his eyes widened slightly, "Is it really that good-looking?" ”

"Forehead......" Yunguang was silent for a while, and said, "It shouldn't be as good as the embroidery girl in the palace." ”

"I don't like the embroidery in the palace." Pei Huilan saw that her words were a little restrained, and said bluntly: "Although the embroidery skills are good, there is a little less flavor. ”

"Then you'll like it." Yunguang said with a big grin, let go of the hand holding Song Suqing's waist, and said: "I heard that the Spring Festival Banquet will be held in three days, I inquired yesterday, and the embroidery girl will release a batch of fans before the Spring Festival, and we can go and see it then." ”

"What Spring Feast?" The Ten Princes who were passing by stopped and looked up at the sky where the sun was falling, "It's already close to summer, how can there be a spring banquet." ”

"Go, go, you little master." Pei Huilan patted his head, "How do you understand the careful thinking of the girl's family." ”

If you want to travel, let alone a spring banquet, you can even set up a summer banquet and a winter banquet.

However, the spring banquet here was not planned by the girl's family in Beijing, but a spring banquet jointly planned by Guozijian and Zhaotingsi, for the students to go out and relax, but because of the special Shangshutang, it is not in the list of plans.

After Pei Huilan learned the news, he didn't care about the music and rhythm homework in the evening, and rushed to the palace non-stop.

After she left Shangshutang, Song Suqing and Tao Huaixi had no reason to stay in Shangshutang anymore, and got up and went to the courtyard for them to rest, the dormitory for the two of them to live in was not small, and the maids were already waiting in the courtyard when they returned.

Picture Screen and Peach Picking saw the figure of their young lady, stopped and walked to her side.

The two maids have been waiting by his side since childhood, Song Suqing knew at a glance that they had something to say to him, so he found a reason and went inside, and it happened that Tao Huaixi's maids had also prepared the bath bucket for washing, nodded and went.

It wasn't until Tao Huaixi walked into the dormitory that Song Suqing retracted his gaze and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Cai Tao took out the brocade box from his sleeve, held it in both hands and handed it to her, "When we came in, we happened to bump into the Third Highness, and His Highness ordered the slave to deliver this brocade box to you." ”

"He's coming?" Song Suqing opened the brocade box while asking.

In the brocade box is a piece of jade, which has been carved into the form of a rabbit, and the expression is particularly similar to that of the rabbit in that night's suit.

Song Suqing was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where is he?" ”

Picking peaches: "Slave maid, look at His Highness, he should be going in the direction of Ning Yu Pavilion." ”

Ning Yu Pavilion is located at the diagonal back of Shang Shutang, which is a resting place for Taifu and Mr. Jiaoxi.

Song Suqing lowered his eyes and stared at the jade in his hand, and the residual warmth was transmitted to his heart through the delicate skin of his palm, and it was useless, "I'll go and go back." ”

As he spoke, he put the jade into the brocade box, and went straight to the Jade Pavilion after he finished it.

However, Song Suqing forgot in a hurry, although this was not her first time in Guozijian, but it was the first time she came to Shangshutang, and she was not familiar with it, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, she realized that something was wrong.

Song Xu carefully looked at the flowers and trees around him, and this road seemed to have come.

She's lost.

Lowering his eyes and staring at the brocade box, Song Suqing smiled helplessly, turned around and walked back.

Who knew that the moment he turned around, he suddenly bumped into Pei Muyao's cold and deep eyes, and he seemed to be a little puzzled when he saw her.

Between the four eyes, Song Suqing opened his mouth first.

"It's too expensive."

There was a little restraint in her eyes, and Pei Muyao glanced at the brocade box in the afterglow of the setting sun.

Jade is not a precious thing, but if it is precious, this piece of jade can afford it, after all, it took him a few days to carve it.

Pei Muyao didn't take the brocade box, and said in a calm voice: "It's not a valuable thing." ”

Every item used in the Warm Jade Pavilion is a treasure, and when Song Su saw the fineness of this piece of jade at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, he knew that it was extremely rare, not to mention the carved lines, and he almost didn't engrave the word 'precious' on it.

Pei Muyao didn't order her to accept it, and explained unhurriedly: "It's just that someone happened to present it, and I remembered the rabbit that night, so I sent it to you." ”

After a pause, he said, "If you don't like it, just give it to others." ”

Song Suqing: "......"

The tone of his words was not all about letting her appreciate people at will.

Pei Muyao didn't miss the entanglement in her eyes, and hooked the corners of her lips, "You came to me just for this?" ”

Although it is a rhetorical question, it is full of certainty.

Song Suqing was surprised by his sharp eyes, and reflected on whether he couldn't hide something.

In fact, if she just received a piece of jade, she could have found an opportunity or ordered them to pick peaches and send it, but there was something that had been pressed in her heart for a long time, and she couldn't breathe.

Song Suqing wanted to get an answer from Pei Muyao, and under his gaze, he shook his head: "Naturally not." ”

Pei Muyao leaned against the trunk of the tree and glanced at her: "What do you want to know?" ”

Song Xuqing pursed her lips, the matter she wanted to ask involved the Hou Mansion and the prince, and her father would not agree with her, except for her father, she could only ask Pei Muyao.

After a moment of silence, she raised her eyes to look at him and said in a deep voice, "I want to know what I mean to you." ”

The moment the question overflowed, the smile in Pei Muyao's eyes gradually faded.

The pain of the nails pinching into the palm of his hand flowed down the blood into his heart, and Song Suqing blinked, but did not avoid his scrutiny.

Pei Muyao raised her hand slightly, brushed the hair that covered her eyes, and her voice was cold and deep: "Who told you something." ”

Song Suqing watched him brush away the broken hair on his forehead, and the slightly intimate gesture made her stunned, and shook her head: "I just thought of it by chance." ”

"If you ask this question, those who don't know will think that someone has come to the door to propose." Pei Muyao withdrew his hand, looked at her clear and panicked eyes, and after a long time, he leaned sideways to her ear and said: "Naturally, it means power, if there is a Hou Mansion as a backer, no matter how unfavored the prince is, he can become hot with his bare hands overnight." ”

Hearing this, Song Suqing bit her lip and her heart sank a little, "So, I am the best choice for outsiders to approach the Hou Mansion." ”

Pei Muyao didn't answer this sentence, but Song Suqing knew that yes.

Pei Yichen took a fancy to her family background, and the emperor also took a fancy to this, so he agreed to give marriage, as for the matter of relatives interfering in power, if she has no children after marrying, how much storm can she set off?

Song Xuqing stared at the flowers swaying in the wind in a daze, and sighed deeply.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to salute Pei Muyao before leaving.

Pei Muyao stared thoughtfully at the slender back, "Pray." ”

Qi An, who was waiting not far away, heard a voice and stepped forward: "Here." ”

Pei Muyao: "Go and check, who told her what." ”

"Yes." He answered the prayer and said, but did not leave.

Pei Muyao glanced at him sideways, "What's the matter?" ”

Qi An lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I stared at the secret guard of the Hou Mansion to report, and found some rumors. ”

Pei Muyao glanced at him steadily, his eyebrows frowning slightly, "Go on." ”

Qi An looked at his master's eyes, and his head hung down again: "When Li Jin was rescued, he hid in the Hou Mansion. ”

Pei Muyao's fingertips rubbed slightly, "When did you find out the news?" ”

Qi An: "A quarter of an hour ago, they found out the news that came non-stop. ”

The afterglow of the slanting sun fell on Pei Muyao's eyes, and the lining became more and more obscure, and he sneered: "Interesting." ”

Qi An was puzzled, and raised his head slightly: "Master, do you want to continue to investigate." ”

"Check, of course." Pei Muyao looked at the direction of Song Suqing's departure with heavy eyes, and said unhurriedly: "Look who leaked the news." ”

There is such a coincidence in this world.

Xuanwu Hou is a smart man, if it is really his handiwork, even if he dies, he will bury this matter in the ground and not let anyone know.

How could it be that after Song Suqing asked about the status of the Hou Mansion to the prince, the news that had been hidden for many years came like this.

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