He glanced at Song Suqing as he left, and Song Suqing could vaguely detect the unclear color in his eyes, and the doubts sealed in his heart were about to come out.

At this time, Qi An said, "Princess, Miss Song, please come with me." ”

Chen Shen went to read the holy decree, and people who are not from the palace should not be on the side.

The two groups of people go to the cobblestone walkway in different places, the sound of gurgling water is pleasant, the cobblestone path is built on both sides of the channel, and the crystal clear spring water flows into the pool, and then flows out slowly from the other side of the pool, and the cycle repeats.

However, no matter where you go, you will inevitably pass through the main hall.

Pei Muyao's appearance of kneeling down to receive the decree without hesitation was engraved into Song Suqing's eyes, and looking at it from a distance, his expression was as usual and he did not see anything abnormal.

remembered what Pei Huilan said before he came, but when she came to the palace that night, he didn't mention it to himself, no wonder Pei Yichen entered the palace the next day to ask for a decree, and there was no news in the palace for a long time.

Pei Huilan on the side was still asking Qi An, why he didn't see a few of them enter the palace in the past few days, Song Xuqing pretended to be something, and did not leave Qi An's answer in his ears.

Pei Huilan asked for a long time, but he couldn't ask why, and he was immediately deflated.

Squinting at Song Xuqing's thoughtful eyes, she asked again: "What do you think, so quiet." ”

Song Xuqing, who was spotted on the ground, was a little in a trance, and said after being stunned: "I'm just thinking about what the emperor's words mean." ”

asked her not to go to the Guozijian in the future, she must have set her marriage, but she didn't understand what the holy decree sent to the palace at this moment was, and what it meant.

Pei Huilan couldn't guess what his father meant in this matter, and when he heard that he was thinking about it, he also fell silent.

Until Qi An's voice sounded, "Princess, Miss Song, Suihui Courtyard has arrived." ”

Song Suqing raised his eyes, and the neat and elegant words on the door plaque came into view.

Pei Huilan saw that she was a little distracted, and explained: "This is the academy, and it is also the word inscribed by my father. ”

Song Xu cleared his head, no wonder he felt that this word was a little familiar, it turned out that he had seen it in the East Palace before.

There is a gallery pavilion at the end of the corridor of the head of Suihui, and before he got closer, he saw Fu Yanji sitting there, slowly making tea and tasting tea, only half a cup of tea was left in the tea cup on his left hand, and someone had sat here.

It can be seen that what Qi An hurriedly ran out of the palace said was not lying.

After approaching, Song Suqing found that this pavilion was almost similar to the Qinghe Courtyard of Nanjian Temple, the only difference was the long sword hanging on the side, which was not here.

Fu Yanji seemed to know about their arrival, and was not surprised that the two of them appeared here, got up and saluted Pei Huilan, and said, "I heard that Chen Shen's father-in-law is here, and the prince is afraid that it will take a while to come back." ”

He poured the tea into a cup and handed it to them.

Song Xuqing's fingertips fell on the cup, and his eyes met his eyes, with a little indescribable meaning, as if he was curious and teasing.

She pursed her lips, but as if she hadn't seen it, she took a sip of tea.

There were bursts of footsteps behind him, and the silent crowd looked at each other, and when they saw the comer, they all withdrew their eyes.

It was Pei Huilan, who felt that something was not quite right after retracting his attention, and turned his head to look at it again.

The visitor showed the palace card, and the palace guards on both sides of the corridor lowered their eyes and retreated.

After the visitor approached, Song Suqing saw his figure clearly, and the person who came turned out to be the attendant next to Tao Taifu.

Pei Huilan also recognized him, his expression was grim, and he asked in disbelief: "Why do I think it's coming to me?" ”

Without waiting for Song Suqing to answer, the attendant had already walked outside the pavilion, he didn't walk in, just stood outside with his head down, and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, the Taifu is waiting for you in Shangshutang, saying that if you don't go back today, he will not leave in Shangshutang." ”

Pei Huilan: "......"

I forgot that she was skipping school.

In the matter of teaching homework, the emperor gave Tao Taifu great rights, because Tao Taifu had never been afraid of them, and only treated them as ordinary students.

Song Xuqing's eyes drooped and fell on the attendant, listening to what he meant, Taifu Tao just looked for Pei Huilan to go back, "Taifu didn't look for me?" ”

The squire looked up, then shook his head.

After receiving a definite reply, Song Suqing was shocked for a moment, but he didn't expect the emperor's news to reach Shangshutang so quickly.

"You seem to have changed a lot."

Pei Huilan walked out of Suihui Courtyard for a breath, and Fu Yanji's cold voice sounded.

The words in her words made Song Xuqing's white fingertips around the tea cup tighten a little, and she raised her eyes to look fixedly, pretending not to understand: "Huh? ”

"In my impression, you are still a little girl who grabs candy with Fu Wan." Fu Yanji said unhurriedly, thinking of the bruises on his friend's back, and the few blooming flesh and skin that had been soaked in clear water and were a little whitish, his voice was deep: "I saw Fu Wan scurrying around all day a few days ago, thinking that she is also a big girl, if she calms down like you recently, it would be good." ”

When Qi An hurried to the Guogong Mansion yesterday, he almost knelt down for him on the spot, begging him to help persuade Pei Muyao, even if it was an iron body, he couldn't help but do so.

Fu Yanji rushed to the palace with him to learn that he was extremely injured, lying on the bed with an abnormal red face, and his forehead was so hot that he couldn't help but withdraw his hand, as if he had been burned by fire.

Under questioning, Qi An stubbornly told him what happened in the palace from beginning to end, to the effect that Pei Muyao entered the palace to ask for marriage, and was whipped back by the saint, and last night I don't know what to think, I actually came up with a bitter meat plan.

Fu Yanji understood as soon as he heard it, Pei Muyao's plan was not a bitter trick, he was just telling the emperor on the side what he could do in this matter.

"It's just that when I thought about it yesterday, how could anyone become calm for no reason." Fu Yanji paused, lowered his eyes to catch a glimpse of her white fingertips, and continued: "When your brother was still in Beijing, he and I were friends, and we ...... in the future."

As he spoke, he suddenly smiled, "Forget it, I don't need my help." ”

Song Suqing understood what he meant, and his clenched fingertips gradually relaxed, knowing that he had a good relationship with Pei Muyao, and he had more or less heard of his own affairs.

Thinking of this, her eyes fell on Fu Yanji's action of making tea, and said, "There is something I want to ask the prince." ”

Fu Yanji held the tea cup with a wooden treasure tweezer and put it into the steaming basin without hurrying, "You say." ”

"Where did the wounds on the prince's body come from?"

Song Xuqing asked slowly and methodically, carefully measuring his movements, but after speaking, he didn't see any mistakes, not even a pause.

On the way here, she wondered where the whip marks she had accidentally seen a few days ago came from.

Pei Muyao is not left-handed, naturally he holds the long whip in his right hand, so no matter how he swings it, it will not be waved on the back of his right hand, leaving faint traces of purple.

At that time, she had something in her heart, and she wouldn't doubt it when he said it casually, but when she saw Ming Yue's abnormal movements today and the pause when Zechuan's eyes swept over her after entering the palace, she knew that something was wrong.

The cup of boiling water was placed in the middle of the handkerchief, and the tea cup was steaming.

Fu Yanji's narrow phoenix eyes were slightly provoked, and he said, "He went to ask for a marriage decree and was smoking." ”

Qi An took a deep breath: "......"

He held back here for a long time, thinking about whether to say it or not, but he didn't expect Fu Yanji to be so neat.

Song Suqing looked at him in amazement, "Whipping? ”

Or is it the emperor's own hand!?

Fu Yanji said 'um': "Ten full whips fell on his back, I heard others say that he didn't say a word, and I felt trembling when I heard it." ”

Song Suqing: "......"

'Others' in his mouth: "......"

Qi An almost couldn't stand still, and wanted to go over and cover his mouth or pull him away.

Fu Yanji poured a new spring into the teacup unslowly: "He is also a person, I don't know which tendon was wrong the night before yesterday, and he actually ordered Qi'an and Zechuan to pour cold water on him, he woke up from a coma for only two hours, and he started a high fever that night, today's holy decree, if nothing else, is to send something to appease him." ”

Song Su stood up and heard him say.

"But don't worry." Fu Yanji raised his chin and motioned for her to sit down, "He has rough skin and thick flesh, and he can't die." ”

Song Xuqing's pursed lips twitched a few breaths, remembering that Pei Muyao was still in the main hall at this time, and sat down without saying anything.

The whip marks that I saw the night before flashed in front of my eyes, I should have brought them unintentionally on my back, but if I pulled them inadvertently, I could leave dazzling marks, what about my back......

Song Xuqing's breath stagnated, and he didn't dare to imagine.

He made the wrong move the night before yesterday, was it because she came to discuss marriage with him, so he made this decision?

How can he be treated like this?

Song Xuqing lowered his eyes and stared at the little tea residue that sank under the tea cup in a daze, and a strange feeling of different taste gradually surged in his heart, sour and astringent, as if someone had grabbed his heart and pulled it up fiercely.

Seeing this, Qi An looked at Fu Yanji worriedly, and felt that this was a bit heavy.

Fu Yanji raised his eyebrows, he didn't say anything serious, but he just told the truth.

However, when Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Pei Muyao coming, he silently put down the treasure tweezers in his hand, straightened his clothes and left in the opposite direction of him.

Qi An's eyes moved with his figure in surprise, and then fell on the corners of Song Suqing's sinking mouth, his eyelids twitched a few times, and he reminded in a low voice: "Miss Song, the prince is here." ”

Song Suqing raised his eyes, his clear eyes were full of confusion, and he looked around before he saw Pei Muyao who was walking slowly.

From such a distance, she seemed to be able to see the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

But whether it was in the previous life or in this life, Song Suqing had never heard anyone mention that Pei Muyao was a gentle person.

It is only said that His Royal Highness seems to be easy to approach, but if you take a few steps closer, you will find that he is like the moonlight reflected in the pool in the middle of the night, which makes people feel happy and want to get closer, but when you get closer, you will find that it is just a scene of mirrors, flowers and moons, and the moment your fingertips touch the water, the moonlight will disappear without a shadow.

Song Suqing really couldn't imagine Pei Muyao's expression when he knelt in the hall, and he didn't know what he was thinking when the long whip was whipped on him.

Pei Muyao stepped closer and met her heavy eyes, the first time he saw her eyes looking at him so unscrupulously.

He raised his eyebrows and sat down, glanced at Fu Yanji, who left without saying a word, "Today is not the time for Guozijian to start classes, why did you come here." ”

Song Suqing didn't answer his words, she stood up suddenly, her fingertips wrapped around Pei Muyao's right hand, and with the other hand, she quickly pulled the sleeve up, and the bruises and purple whip marks pierced her eyes, stabbing her so much that she forgot to breathe.

The whip marks on the arm were a little heavier than on the back of the hand, and even the marks were a little wider than the ones on the back of the hand, enough to show how thick the whip was. Big.

Song Xuqing's raised fingertips trembled slightly, not daring to fall on the wound, for fear of stabbing him.

Pei Muyao didn't expect her to come to such a show, until a tear hit his arm, his eyes tightened, and he pulled down his sleeve, "The whip marks are just scary, and they have already healed." ”

Song Suqing's eyes were full of mist, and he said dumbly: "I'm sorry, I don't know-"

"It's my own thoughts, and it has nothing to do with you." Pei Muyao took the handkerchief handed by Zechuan, approached slightly to close the distance between them, and wiped away the tears from his eyelashes, "I know what kind of way is most effective, and it is not effective in this simple and rough way instead of twisting and turning." ”

His voice was gentle and soothing, and it fell on Song Suqing's heart like a daughter, "But you also stained the wound with water, have you ever thought that if there is a slight accident, it will be a fatal thing!" ”

Pei Muyao's deep pupils lifted slightly, and fell on Qi An's body lightly, but the tone that overflowed was a little softer than that of Shicai, "Not to mention that I am a man, and there is a doctor guarding me, there will be no accidents." ”

"That's not right." Song Suqing took a deep breath, wiped away the water that lingered in his eyes, lowered his eyes and looked at Pei Muyao steadily, "No matter what happens in the end, I can't repay the prince's kindness in this life, if it is ...... in the next life"

The man's big palm covered her lips, which frightened Song Xuqing's eyes widened and her breathing stopped.

Pei Muyao didn't expect her to be so emotionally dull, her breath wrapped around his palm, with a little warmth, he withdrew his hand: "Don't come to life, just pay it off in this life." ”

The moment he let go of his hand, Song Xuqing exhaled quietly, "How can you pay it back?" ”

"You'll find out later." Pei Muyao said.

This is not clear, but Song Suqing put down the handkerchief in his hand and should go.

However, she glanced at the whip marks on the back of Pei Muyao's hand, and the words in Fu Yanji's mouth that all ten whips fell on her back floated in her ears.