The auspicious time calculated by Qin Tianjian was at the sixth quarter of Mao hour, and Gu Changjin got up at Yin hour. He stood in the outer hall and listened for a long time through the thick cotton curtain. Knowing that the girl inside was still sleeping, he quietly left the hall.

As soon as he left, Rong Shu slowly opened his eyes, turned over while holding the moon pillow, and his eyes accidentally fell on the two wine cups on the tables in front of him.

The memory of last night came to her mind, reminding her of that kiss like a dragonfly on water.

It seemed as if there was a scene in front of him where his face was enlarging little by little in his eyes.

The tip of his nose slightly brushed hers, his lips were soft and hot, and his breath was hot, with the spiciness of Tusu wine.

This was not the first time he kissed her. When she was poisoned in Yangzhou, he had pried open her teeth and fed her medicine. The tip of her tongue was injured at that time, and Rong Shu still remembers the pain when his tongue grazed the tip of her tongue.

That kiss was painful and painful, and it couldn't bring about any charming thoughts.

It was completely different from the touch like a dragonfly last night.

Rong Shu raised his hand and touched his lips lightly, and his low voice sounded in his ears again.

"You are not allowed to retreat."

"Rong Zhaozhao, you are not allowed to retreat."

This annoying voice disturbed her sleep last night.

Rong Shu closed her eyes, moved her hand away from her lips, and tried to touch the jade pendant on her chest, but found nothing.

Then he remembered that she had already given him the jade pendant.

The jade pendant that I had worn for more than ten years suddenly disappeared, which was somewhat unaccustomed.

When grandma comes, I have to pick out a new jade pendant.

The sky outside was still dark, and Rong Shu fell asleep again in a daze. He didn't wake up until it was bright and faint voices could be heard from the corridor.

"Aunt Zhu, Lan Xuan." She called softly.

Zhu Jun and Lan Xuan quickly stopped talking and went inside to wait.

After washing up, Rong Shu glanced over and realized that it was almost time.

He subconsciously asked: "Your Highness, has he returned from the Imperial Ancestral Temple?"

Mr. Zhu used to work in the Shangyi Bureau, and also served several empresses in the harem to worship ancestors on the first day of the first lunar month. He is very familiar with the procedures of the Imperial Ancestral Temple. In the heart.

Then he said: "It takes a whole day to worship ancestors in the Ancestral Temple, from dawn to dark, until the eminent monks of Daci'en Temple have recited the sutra forty-nine times before the ceremony is completed."

Lord Zhu put a robe on Rong Shu's head. He wore a red cloak with fox fur, and then said: "Before leaving, His Highness specifically told the slaves that if the girl wants to go out for a walk, let Master Zhuiyun make arrangements for you. Chang'an Street is very lively today, so please invite me to Zhaixinglou We hired a performer from Bang Bang to perform a trick that transformed people into real people.

Rong Shu had heard about this performance in his previous life and didn’t want to go see it. However, Gu Changjin was still recovering from his injuries at that time. He didn't go to see it, but arranged for Yingyue and Yingque to go see it.

After the two came back from watching the show, they were so excited that they danced and recited the performance of the colorful performer. Even Yingyue, who was usually steady, couldn't help but talk for two quarters of an hour. It was obviously very exciting.

At that time, Gu Changjin was recuperating in Songsi Courtyard. She was afraid of disturbing him, so she moved a wicker chair and sat on the porch to listen to Yingyue and Yingque. She listened for most of an hour.

Gu Changjin arranged for her to go to Zhaixing Tower today, probably to fulfill her regrets from her previous life.

Rong Shu looked at the two wine cups on the table again.

Did he hear what she and Yingyue said in the house in his previous life? Otherwise, how could you even remember such a small thing?

Seeing that she was silent, Mr. Zhu added, "Your Highness said that if the girl doesn't want to go see it today, it's okay. After all, the performer will stay in Shangjing for two months. At that time, the performer will be invited to the East Palace to perform specifically for the girl." It's okay. "

Watching the magic show is all about the excitement in that room. It's not like watching the excitement in the Star Building. It's just that she must paraphrase what His Highness said accurately, without missing a word.

Rong Shu smiled and said: "I won't go to the Star-Zhaing Tower today. The green wintersweet trees in the East Palace are all blooming. I will pick some wintersweet branches and put them in the house soon." She

knew that when she went out to the Star-Zhaing Tower, How many people would it take to protect her? Rong Shu didn't want to risk causing trouble to Gu Changjin at this juncture.

It would be bad if something happened midway.

Seeing that Rong Shu really didn't want to go out, Mr. Zhu thought for a moment and followed her words: "Our Queen also likes green wintersweet, and there is also a large forest of wintersweet planted in the palace."

Hearing Mr. Zhu mention Empress Qi, Rong Shu looked down. His eyes were quiet for a moment, and then he asked with a smile: "Aunt Zhu, have you ever served the Queen?"

Mr. Zhu only thought that she was a noble in the palace of curiosity, and responded readily: "I used to be from the Shangyi Bureau. I have to go to Kunning Palace to report some miscellaneous matters. There is a banquet in the palace, and I have to wait for the Queen's orders."

Lan Xuan on the other side interjected: "Aunt Zhu is the one who came to the East Palace to take charge of the affairs."

Rong Shu showed a curious look and said, "What kind of person is the Queen...?"

"Of course she is the best person." Lan Xuan said with reverence, "The maid in the harem, the lady in the palace." There is no one who doesn’t like the Empress. It is precisely because the Empress has vigorously promoted the female official system and specially opened up a path for palace ladies to be promoted to female officials. Only then will the status of us palace ladies in the harem be improved. If the slaves in the harem can be like Aunt Bamboo, After becoming a female official, the slave can straighten her back when she returns home. "

The female official has the word "official" after all, and is different from the palace maid.

Lan Xuan's biggest wish is to serve Rong Shu well, and after accompanying Rong Shu to the palace in the future, she can be admitted as a female official.

Usually when Lan Xuan talks so freely, Mr. Zhu would stop her to avoid making mistakes if she talks too much. Now when Lan Xuan praised Empress Qi, Mr. Zhu didn't stop her at all, which showed that she also respected Empress Qi very much.

Rong Shuzai listened to Lan Xuan's words attentively, and then asked about Emperor Jiayou, "How is the relationship between the Emperor and the Queen?"

"Of course it is, the place where saints go most often is Kunning Palace. "Lan Xuan said: "The saint is a wise king and is highly loved by the people. But according to the chief supervisor in the palace, the saint often sleeps early and sleeps late at night for the affairs of the court. His body - "

The emperor. Don't talk nonsense if the dragon's body is not in good condition.

Mr. Zhu interrupted Lan Xuan at the right time, "Lan Xuan, go and bring breakfast to the girl."

Lan Xuan also knew that she almost said something she shouldn't have said, so she looked at Mr. Zhu gratefully and hurried out of the room to eat. Room went.

After she left the inner hall, Mr. Zhu looked at Rong Shu and said with a smile: "You will definitely have the opportunity to see the Queen and the Emperor in the future."

Regarding His Highness the Prince's attitude towards Ms. Rong, Mr. Zhu felt that this day would not be the best. Far.

Hearing the implication of Mr. Zhu's words, Rong Shu just smiled and did not respond.

After breakfast, it was getting late.

The snow that had been falling all night finally stopped. Rong Shu went to pick wintersweet branches in the plum forest. Halfway through, he heard three melodious bells ringing in the distance.

"Dang" -

"Dang" -

"Dang" -

Rong Shu stopped and looked in the direction where the bell was coming from.

Zhu Jun stopped and explained: "This is the bell from the Imperial Ancestral Temple. After ringing the bell, the Emperor and Queen will enter the temple to worship. The Prince just came back from the public this year, and the Emperor will definitely give him a spiritual tablet. Worshiping a spiritual tablet can be regarded as comfort to the ancestors. The descendants who have been living among the people for many years have finally come back to recognize their ancestors and return to the clan."

Rong Shu looked back, smiled "Yeah", carried the bamboo basket, and continued to the plum forest, saying: "Let's go pick plum branches while the snow stops."

The sound of the bell caused the snow on the top of the temple to fall.

In the Imperial Ancestral Temple, the incense burner cauldron that is half a person's height in the center of the main hall is filled with incense. The thick incense sticks as thick as fingers are less than half burned. Dozens of monks surround the incense burner cauldron while knocking wooden fish and chanting sutras.

The white mist curls up and the wooden fish sounds.

Gu Changjin held Rong Shu's handkerchief in his arms and hid the jade Buddha beads she gave him last night in his sleeves. He knelt three times and kowtowed nine times in front of the spiritual tablets of the ancestors of the Xiao family.

This prayer lasted for more than two hours.

After the worship, the group had a vegetarian meal in the side hall. It was already dark when they came out.

Wen Xixing was walking behind, his eyes drifting to Gu Changjin who was walking in front from time to time.

Emperor Jiayou was suffering from illness. He had spent a whole day in the Ancestral Temple and looked tired. Wang Dehai had already prepared a sedan and drove him outside to wait. The emperor and the empress were driven back to the palace together.

Concubine Xing looked at the departing Emperor, her delicately made-up face gradually turning frosty.

Over the years, the person sitting on the throne has always been Qi Zhen. It was clear that the Qi family had collapsed and the descendants had long been in ruins, but the emperor still wanted to give her this dignity.

She glanced back at Prince Shun and Princess Shun, and said coldly: "Follow me back to Changxin Palace."

Wenxi waited until everyone had almost left, then Fang quickly stepped forward and called out softly: "Changjin Palace" Brother."

Today she was wearing a royal blue princess uniform with a round collar and a wide lapel.

The color was very bright, and the clothes on her body suppressed the timidity in her eyebrows.

Gu Changjin knew very well that all the fragility and harmlessness lingering around Wen Xi was just an illusion. How harmless can someone be who forces a helpless woman into a desperate situation in order to force Ding to show up?

His eyes slowly glanced at the princess waistband with the word "Qingxi" engraved on her waist. He said quietly: "What's the matter with Princess Qingxi?"

His voice was very cold, and his face was also very cold. Looking at her was like looking at a stranger, even more indifferent than when she was a child.

Wen Xi clenched the hand stove in his hand and said to Xu Li'er with a smile: "Your Highness and I have something to say. Li'er, just go to the front and wait for me."

Xu Li'er subconsciously glanced at Gu Changjin, then nodded and said: "Liu'er, I obey." After saying that, he carefully put the cloak on Wen Xi and went to a pavilion in front to hide from the snow.

Gu Changjin glanced at the chamberlain beside him. The two chamberlains understood, bowed, and left behind Xu Li'er.

Seeing that no one was around them, Wen Xi took a step forward and lowered his voice: "Brother Changjin really wants to marry Rong Shu?"

Gu Changjin said lightly "Yes".

After Wen Xi finished asking, he stared at Gu Changjin's face for a moment, not missing any expression on his face.

Seeing that he responded without hesitation, she took a breath and said, "My mother-in-law doesn't like her. If you marry her, my mother-in-law will be angry."

Gu Changjin chuckled: "The person who married her is a lonely person. , As long as Gu likes her, what does it have to do with others?"

Wen Xi raised his eyes in confusion.

She knew that he was telling the truth and that he really liked Rong Shu.

"You will anger grandma and ruin grandma's plans." Wen Xi suppressed the sourness in his heart and persuaded in a gentle voice: "Brother Changjin, grandma has been thinking about you for many years, and now she is even more... Don't hurt her!"

Gu Changjin lowered his eyelids and looked at Wen Xi and said, "How did you know that my aunt would be sad? Wen Xi, when you say sad, are you hurting your aunt's heart or yours?"

The man's voice gradually became colder, "My aunt has no control over who I want to marry, and neither can you. You are the princess of Qingxi, and the queen is your mother-in-law. You should know your identity clearly."

He was trying to protect himself . ...Queen Qi?

Wen Xi opened his eyes in disbelief.

Aniang had been telling him since he was a child, asking him to remember how Prince Qiyuan died and who killed him, and she also made him swear an oath to avenge his father with his own hands.

Now he seems to have completely let go of his hatred.

Is he going to... betray A Niang?

How can this be?

Wen Xi looked at Gu Changjin's retreating figure, and his expression slowly darkened.

In that compartment, Xu Li'er blessed Gu Changjin and walked towards Wenxi.

Wenxi immediately put away the gloom on his face, and with a faint smile on his lips, he said: "Let's go back to Kunning Palace. I have something to do to find my mother."

Wenxi is a titled princess, so she has her. A separate sedan chair. Before Empress Qi left just now, she had someone prepare a sedan chair for her. Within a moment, several chamberlains came over with sedans.

When Wen Xi returned to Kunning Palace to look for Queen Qi, someone soon came to report it to Gu Changjin.

Gu Changjin was not surprised, he slowly stroked the jade Buddha beads in his hand and said, "Keep an eye on her and Aunt Zhu."

Wenxi was taught by Princess Yunhua. What she wanted to do, she knew how to do. Gu Changjin knew very well how to do it.

The man looked at the dark sky and said, "Go back to the East Palace."

I don't know if the girl went to watch the Cai Xing Pavilion or not?

The carriage made its way to the East Palace with a rumbling sound. When it arrived at the Zichen Palace, it was already more than an hour later.

The lights in the inner hall have been turned off, but there are two lamps left in the outer hall. On the white jade vase in the center of the lamps are two brightly blooming green wintersweets.

Gu Changjin stepped over and raised his hand to gently touch the petals hanging on the branches.

This is the plum branch she broke off, and he knows it.

She had left a light for him like this before in Songsiyuan.