This is Xu Ming's third visit to the Forbidden City, and the only time he has come in the morning. The Forbidden City in the morning exudes a ** and solemn atmosphere in the sun. Compared with the small Forbidden City in Jinling, the Forbidden City in Shangjing is less lively, and even if the palace is now lit up and preparing for the birthday banquet of Emperor Hongzhi, it is inevitable that people will have a sense of oppression that is too serious.

Dongfang Yunlei came to find Xu Ming as soon as he arrived in Beijing, so he was not suspicious when he brought Xu Ming, who was dressed as a scholar, into the palace.

Xu Ming looked at the three princes who were walking empty-handed in the open space in front of the Taiji Palace, and couldn't help asking: "You came to Beijing without bringing anything?"

Dongfang Yunlei turned around and looked at him with some confusion: "Otherwise, what do you want to bring?"

"Didn't you bring a birthday present or something to your father?" Xu Ming was heartbroken about his false master.

Dongfang Yunlei smiled nonchalantly: "The gift is simple, and it will be finished when I paint a picture for my father immediately." "Dongfang Yunlei is known as a poet and painter, if he really painted a picture for Emperor Hongzhi to celebrate his birthday, it would be fine, but in Xu Ming's eyes, with such a lazy temperament as the third prince, he would not paint well. Xu Ming shook his head and followed Dongfang Yunlei into the harem.

Of course, the harem is not for scholars, Dongfang Yunlei has already asked for a decree to go to the harem to meet all the ladies, so let Xu Ming wait outside and don't move around, and will bring him some pastries when he comes out. Xu Ming watched Dongfang Yunlei's back gradually move away, and secretly spat out: "If I really wait here, I will really be your son!"

Xu Ming closed his eyes and looked at his Yuan Ying again. In fact, he had already broken through to the Yuanying realm a day ago, but it was different from what was said in the book "Principles of Cultivating Immortals", he had two Yuanying, one was in the "correct" position - Dantian, which was a small baby-like spirit, and the other was in the center of his eyebrows, which was a smaller one, but with a richer aura. The primordial infant in the center of the eyebrows can even leave his body and fly around like a ghost under the control of his own mind. And the most amazing thing is that this spirit can also pinch out the magic trick.

This morning, when Dongfang Yunlei and Mu Yun Tuohai entered the room, they saw Xu Ming sleeping, in fact, he was experimenting with Yuanying out of his body, but he had been in retreat for many days, and his body was really tired, so he fell asleep by himself. And the conclusion of Xu Ming's experiment is that the monks who return to the virtual realm will not be able to discover their out-of-body Yuan Infant without special investigation. Xu Ming felt that maybe the profession of scout was very suitable for him - he had extraordinary hearing and almost stealth detection ability, if he went to the battlefield, wouldn't he be a spy satellite in the era of cold weapons!

Xu Ming manipulated the little yuan baby in his eyebrows and slowly left his body, and the direction of Zhong Cui Palace flew away. He still didn't dare to enter the Chengqian Palace, although there was a high probability that the Thirteen Princes' subordinates would not have the power to return to the virtual realm, but for the sake of safety, it was better not to go to the Chengqian Palace casually. So Xu Ming gave priority to the prince's dormitory, which was weakly defended, Zhong Cui Palace.

Emperor Hongzhi's birthday is approaching, and the Zhongcui Palace is also a little lively. The eunuchs and palace maids were busy everywhere, and the corridors were replaced with fresh potted flowers, and even the rockery was replaced. Xiao Xu Ming slowly floated to Zhong Cui's Palace.

The spirit had no sense of smell or hearing, but he could feel the humidity and heat of the air around him, which should be the incense lit in the palace. Xiao Xu Ming directly skipped the room he had searched for earlier and advanced deeper into the Zhongcui Palace. Along the way, there were eunuchs who were walking with their heads down, there were also palace maids who walked slowly, and there was a reckless little eunuch who almost bumped into him, forcing Xu Ming to fly higher. Finally, Xu Ming saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in a room in the back room.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should be a rare day to rest today, and he was leaning against the soft collapse to read, and there was a cup of tea on the table next to him, which was still steaming. It should be quite hot in the Zhong Cui Palace. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was the same as Xu Ming saw for the first time, wearing a white short shirt with long hair scattered, not like a prince, but like a scholar who had stolen half a day's leisure. The prince's face is quite ruddy, but he is much thinner than when they first met, and he should have been busy with Jinling affairs in recent years, so he is getting thinner and thinner. Xu Ming thought so and looked at the bed behind him. There was no one in the prince's bed. "That's right, Chen Yuanyuan is injured, she shouldn't sleep in the same bed with the prince, she should be recuperating in a separate room. Xiao Xu Ming slowly flew out of the prince's room and continued to look for it.

Sure enough, not far from the prince's room was Chen Yuanyuan's room. After entering Chen Yuanyuan's room, Xu Ming could clearly feel the strong breath of medicine in the room, and he could feel that she was seriously injured by this medicinal power alone. Xu Ming slowly floated to Chen Yuanyuan's bed. Chen Yuanyuan in the Luo tent fell asleep peacefully, and Chen Yuanyuan's slightly thin side face could be seen through the Luo tent. Although Xu Ming's Yuan Infant could quietly pass through this thin layer of tent, Xu Ming was still cautious when entering, just like entering a girl's boudoir for the first time. As soon as Xu Ming remembered that he had been a human being in two lives, he had not yet entered a girl's boudoir, and he became a little uncomfortable. Xu Mingfei was on top of Chen Yuanyuan.

Chen Yuanyuan covered the quilt, and he couldn't see where she was injured, he could only see her somewhat pale and haggard but still beautiful face. Xu Ming sensed carefully, but what he sensed was Chen Yuanyuan's strong and powerful heartbeat. It was as if she was just asleep, not badly injured. But her spiritual power was weak and her breathing was weak, which was indeed a sign of being hit hard.

"Weird. Xu Ming scratched his head and floated out again. He at least determined that Chen Yuanyuan's life was not in danger.

"Do you want to go to Nangong to have a look?" Xiao Xu Ming looked up at the sun. The sun at two or three o'clock in the afternoon is the most sunny, making people drowsy. "The thirteen princes have all been driven to Nangong, even if they have the power to return to the virtual realm, they shouldn't be there!" Xu Ming thought to himself, "Besides, even if there is a master, he still has to take a nap!" Thinking so, Xiao Xu Ming floated towards Nangong.

"King Chen, Xu Ming didn't make any changes. Sun Lao looked at King Chen, who was writing something in front of the desk, and said.

The Thirteenth Prince stopped writing: "Oh, why are you so peaceful today? Are you sure it's not a stand-in or a trick or something?"

Sun Lao said: "The old man has observed for a long time, and he has not found any abnormalities, and he has broken through to Yuanying, this kind of talent is indeed extremely high. ”

"I heard that Xu Ming is the descendant of Qingxu, do you think he is more talented than the Qingxu Immortal?" the Thirteenth Prince asked with a smile.

Sun Lao said honestly: "Naturally, the Qingxu Immortal is more talented, and the person with the highest talent in Dongsheng Prefecture for thousands of years is none other than Qingxu." ”

"It's kind of interesting. The Thirteenth Prince stretched out his hand and handed the letter to Sun Lao: "Since Xu Ming didn't move, then trouble Sun Lao to send this letter to General Xu!"

"Is it so powerful to be tall and strong!" Xu Ming, who they said without movement, was actually next to them at this time, witnessing all this. And Xu Ming just made a major discovery: Xiao Xu Ming can actually use mind reading! Unless someone deliberately takes precautions, this is no different from having hearing - no one can even think about what is said in their mouths - and they can't just talk about it. The words spoken in the midst of the gossip flashed in his heart, and even the power of the Returning Realm might not be able to notice that these unconcealed words were being listened to, and even if they knew, they wouldn't necessarily care—it wasn't a secret in the first place.

There is only one downside to Xiao Xu Ming's special effect buff being fully open, that is, it consumes too much spiritual power. This Xiao Xu Ming is like a drone, and he has to "charge". When he didn't have enough spiritual power, he would automatically return to Xu Ming's eyebrows, and then uncontrollably began to absorb the spiritual energy in Xu Ming's body to "recharge" himself. And only when he is full of electricity can he leave Xu Ming's body, and he can't charge it to ninety-nine percent. This doll is a product of the times, and it is understandable that it is delicate, Xu Ming comforted himself so much.

The Thirteen Princes seemed to be writing something again, Xu Ming didn't have the habit of peeking at other people's letters, and who knew what this fat man with different appearances would write, Xu Ming decided not to read the letters he wrote. However, it really seems that the "drone" is about to "run out of power". Xu Ming was looking for Guan Chunuan in Nangong. There are very few people in Nangong, except for the thirteen princes, there are only a few elderly old eunuchs left cleaning up, and there is a little palace maid who is sitting in the courtyard and looking at the sky.

Xu Ming looked down at the little palace maid as he flew through the sky. "This palace maid is so cute, it seems to be Guan Chunuan!" he couldn't help but stop and look at it a few more times. "I'll go, is this Guan Chunuan?" Xu Ming, who was still a little skeptical just now, has now confirmed: this is indeed Guan Chunuan. "How can this little witch be a palace maid for others!" Xu Ming inexplicably rose a fire in his heart.

"Where is the little palace maid of this king, this king is thirsty!" the voice of the young prince came from the study. "It's here!" Guan Chunuan gritted his teeth, got up and went to pour water for the thirteenth prince. Xu Ming just wanted to chase in, but Xiao Xu Ming couldn't do it anymore, and in an instant, he retracted Xu Ming's eyebrows from Nangong, a few kilometers away, and the stinging feeling of mental power was accompanied by the weakness of the spiritual power being extracted by Xiao Xu Ming in the eyebrows at the same time, Xu Ming's legs were weak, and he almost knelt down for the guards at the gate of Yonghe Palace.

"I seem to have seen Senior Brother just now!" Guan Chunuan looked at the Thirteenth Prince who was writing a letter, but all he thought about was his Senior Brother Xu, "Could it be that I was thinking about it and hallucinating?"

The young prince turned his head and saw Guan Chunuan, who had empty eyes and smirked from time to time, and sighed slightly: "Little palace maid, go and bring this king's osmanthus cake!"

"Don't you have any hands yourself?"

"But you're my maid. ”

"Okay!" Guan Chunuan gritted his teeth.

Xu Ming rested at the gate of the palace for a while, and when it was three or four o'clock, Dongfang Yunlei finally came out. "It's been a long time, why have you been there for so long?" Xu Ming complained to him as if he had been waiting for him for a long time. The third prince also smiled a little embarrassedly: "The eldest aunt has been talking to me for a long time, and I really can't get out, if I don't excuse myself by saying that there are still some things that have not been placed, maybe the eldest aunt will leave me to finish eating!"

"Together, I have to thank you for not having dinner there!"

"It's okay, no thanks. ”

"I beg you to have a face!"

The third prince smiled chicly: "Let's go, go and meet my eldest brother and your brother-in-law." "Let's go first.

"Actually, I've seen you a long time ago?" Xu Ming whispered, and quickly followed Dongfang Yunlei.

"The situation is not optimistic!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked at Xu Ming's eyes a little evasive, "It's all because I didn't protect Yuanyuan, but don't worry, the imperial doctor said that he will do his best to save it." ”

Xu Ming frowned slightly as he looked at the somewhat strange prince in front of him, and he had obviously found out this afternoon, Chen Yuanyuan's injury was far less serious than the prince said. "It's okay, this is also my sister's life, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince shouldn't work too hard. Although Xu Ming was very suspicious that the prince was hiding something from him, he still comforted the prince.

"Can I meet my sister?" Xu Ming asked the prince. The prince's tone was a little flustered: "This, the imperial doctor said that it is better for Yuanyuan not to see anyone in the near future, she is still seriously injured and needs to recuperate." ”

"Then you don't have to. Xu Ming's answer made the prince breathe a sigh of relief.

Xu Ming stared at the prince's eyes and asked, "What was the situation when you were assassinated?"

The prince took a deep breath and talked about what happened when they were assassinated: "When Yuanyuan and I passed through Frost Mountain in a carriage, screams and cries for help suddenly came from outside the carriage, and the horse team stopped. I curiously got out of the carriage to check the situation, and saw two people in black robes fighting, next to them were my four masters of the God Transformation Realm, and then a black-robed man suddenly threw a flying knife at me and ran away, but fortunately Yuan Yuan flew down from the carriage and helped me block this knife. The other man chased the man away. When the black-robed man who threw the flying knife at me shot at me, I saw his face, it was Uncle Ning Huang. Xu Ming also nodded after hearing this, and said, "Unbelievable." ”

The three of them chatted about something else, and talked until night. The prince wanted to keep them for dinner together, but Xu Ming refused, and Dongfang Yunlei sent him out of the Forbidden City.

"Overall, the experience of brushing the Forbidden City three times is still good, and the strategic task has basically been completed. Xu Ming turned his head, looked at the Forbidden City, which looked extremely magnificent under the night sky, exhaled softly, and turned around and walked towards an inn.

"Big brother, your acting skills are too bad, Xu Ming can see it!" Dongfang Yunlei returned to Zhongcui Palace, swaggered down on Dongfang Yunsheng's soft collapse, took his teacup and drank it all. Dongfang Yunsheng watched the cup of Longjing he had just dried being drunk by Dongfang Yunlei to the point that there was not a drop left, and he poured another cup for himself and his third brother with a little distress: "Then what should I do?"

Dongfang Yunlei yawned: "Then what can I do, is it possible to call him back and do it all over again?" Dongfang Yunlei picked up the teacup in front of him and walked out of the prince's bedroom: "Sleepy." Before I finished drinking this tea, I will take it away! Good night, my Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"