Uncertain Chang'an

Not long after, Wang Xile and Wanniang arrived at the study. Both of them were teary-eyed. As soon as they entered the study door, Wanniang pulled her son and knelt down to the three of them, choked up and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, Wanniang, There is no way to repay General Xiao's life-saving grace in this life, but in the next life, I will tie a grass ring to repay the two great benefactors!"

Wang Xile also bowed his head in gratitude and said: "Your Highness, the general is so kind, Wanzi will definitely do his best to repay you!"

"Madam, please get up quickly." Xiao Wuding took two steps forward to help her and Wang Xile up, and said with a smile, "I am alone, and I depend on my senior sister for life, and it will be more lively if I have meatballs. I will treat him as my younger brother. If you don't Mind if I call you Aunt Wan?"

"The general has passed away as a concubine." With tears in her eyes, Wanniang caressed her son's shoulders full of gratification. I haven't seen him for half a year. He has grown a lot taller and has become stronger. He seems to be in good spirits. General Zhenbei taught well. "Meeting you is a blessing from our mother and son's previous lives. If I have the opportunity to repay you and Your Royal Highness as a cow and a horse, how can I be worthy of your aunt?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jinhe smiled and stepped forward, saying: "You don't have to be polite, Wanzi is a likable kid, not to mention General Xiao, even Ben Gong likes it very much. Since you are an elder, you can naturally afford to be called an aunt."

Wen Yuan smiled and echoed: "Yes, we are all our own people, we don't pay attention to those formalities."

Seeing that the three of them had spoken, it would be a bit ignorant to refuse. From her son's mouth, she knew that none of these people cared about such vain courtesy, and Wanniang immediately saluted the three of them: "Being respectful is worse than obeying orders."

Hearing this, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, and called Aunt Wan, Wen Yuan smiled and said: "Why don't you go to the dining room, I have someone prepare some food, it doesn't take much for dinner, I think I should be hungry."

"Senior sister said so, I'm really hungry, why don't we go to the dining room and have some supper first?" Xiao Wuding looked at Zhou Jinhe and asked.

Having said that, Zhou Jinhe also felt a little hungry, so he nodded slightly and said, "Very good." After saying that, he took the lead, and a group of people followed her to the dining room.

He didn't eat or sleep, and after supper, he asked his servants to remove the dishes, but they were still sitting, Xiao Wuding sighed softly and said, "Aunt Wan, the Lanyue Tower is heavily guarded and has a strong background. It's inconvenient to pick you up, and I have to wrong you for a while."

Wanniang smiled slightly, turned her head and patted the back of her son's neck, and said in relief: "General, I will be satisfied if you saved Wanzi. I have a low life, and death is not a pity. I only hope that Wanzi will have a better future with the general." , can be regarded as worthy of his father's spirit in the sky."

This sentence made Wanzi's eyes turn red again, and he called out "Mother".

"What are you talking about? Sooner or later, my palace will ask you to come out of Lanyue Tower. That marinated place has been in the capital for so long. Sooner or later, it will fall together with the master behind it." Although Zhou Jinhe's tone was light, but that With an unquestionable aura, none of the people present had a trace of doubt. Her Royal Highness was just talking.

Speaking of this, Wanniang suddenly remembered that Shisan seemed to have something else to do when she first came to her a few days ago, so she asked: "Your Highness, General, is there something wrong with Lanyue Tower? Since it is a concubine who was discovered by accident, why not?" Do you think there is something important to go to Lanyue Tower?"

Hearing this, Zhou Jinhe and Xiao Wuding looked at each other, seeing her nodding slightly, it seemed that they had the same thought, so they said sternly: "To tell the truth, Aunt Wan, the purpose of going to Lanyue Tower on Shi 23 is to check on a prostitute. Shen Bi's death. A few days ago, Aunt Wan had heard about the case of Wu Yi colluding with Fu Yan, a cabinet scholar. Ben Gong and General Xiao felt that there was something strange about it. When he rescued Fu Yan's son Fu Qing not long ago, he confessed that it was Because he caused Shen Bi's death in Lanyue Tower, the prime minister had the opportunity to threaten Fu Yan and Wu Yi to join forces, but the words are empty, and the truth cannot be revealed without evidence..."

"What?! The Lanyue Tower actually belongs to the prime minister?" Wanniang turned pale with shock, she never expected that the number one brothel in the capital was actually opened by the head of a hundred officials.

"Well, Lanyue Tower seems to be a mixed bag, but the actual information is not easy to get. Ten 23 is still nothing for so long." Xiao Wuding nodded, replied in a deep voice, and smiled again: "But seeing you, I also These days of hard work are not in vain.”

"Lanyue Tower, on the other hand, only a few people in charge know about many things, and top names like Miss Zhiran may know more, and most people really don't know anything... But after all, the concubine is in Lanyue Tower , it's easier to know something than Ten 23 pretending to be a guest."

"That's great! It's just that Aunt Wan should be more careful. I will send Twelve to protect you secretly. If this matter is found out, Lanyuelou will be able to catch all of them, and you will be able to get out of the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible." Zhou Jinhe said, Yingying With a smile, she answered Wanniang.There are twelve secret protections, so nothing can go wrong, if they are discovered, they will be brought out directly, although they will scare the snake, it will not hurt Wanniang's life.

Several people had supper, and it was not early, Zhou Jinhe returned to the mansion through the secret passage, and Xiao Wuding rested in Wen's mansion.It's only a few hours before dawn, and the rest of the time is for Wanniang and Wanzi to get together.

When Wen Yuan bought this house back then, he prepared a yard for his master and younger sister, and they arranged them according to their preferences. The master's yard is naturally unnecessary now, and A Xiao also because of his own. The house, the yard was only turned around after it was built, but it came in handy tonight.

Xiao Wuding had just finished washing when he heard a knock on the door: "Ah Xiao, it's me."

As soon as the door was opened, she saw her senior sister standing at the door with a smile on her face. Xiao Wuding hurriedly let her in, and took off her cloak, slightly annoyed: "It's so late, and it's cold, why did senior sister come out? Is there something to call?" I just let Chen'er take a trip, if I get winded, Master will punish me again."

"It's a few steps away, it's okay." Wen Yuan smiled, and sat down by the stove, with a smile on his face, and a bit of teasing: "Why? Your Highness can take away the pile of picture scrolls. Want to treat His Highness as a guest?"

Not to mention, when this matter was brought up, Xiao Wuding couldn't laugh or cry, poured hot tea for her and said with a wry smile: "Senior Sister, did you do it on purpose today? When did you become so mischievous?"

"I'll just take it as your thanks." Wen Yuan blinked playfully, took the tea she handed over and sipped it, drank a cup of tea, and warmed up her limbs that had been cold on the road just now, she raised her eyes to look at Xiao Xiao Wuding said, "Ah Xiao, why bother? Since we like each other, why should we miss each other?"

"So what if I don't miss it? I have no other choice." Xiao Wuding sat down beside her, with the corners of his mouth barely curled up, why didn't she want to sing in harmony with His Highness Fenghuang Yufei, but how could it be possible? "Senior sister, you don't know that even though I am in love with her now, if I keep it from her like that, if she finds out, she will definitely hate me to the bone. If I keep it from her, how can I feel at ease?"

"Then are you willing to be like this now? Your Highness is willing again? She took away those scrolls today, and she is clearly interested in you. Even though she doesn't know that you are Chang'an, she is still tempted by you, and she has been thinking about you for so long , Now you are the one among thousands of talented people, you still want to miss such a fate?" Wen Yuan held her hand and sighed: "Since I blame you in the end, why can't I give her more good things? Give yourself some happiness too... A Xiao, you know, Master and I always hope that you will be safe and happy."

Xiao Wuding held her hand, looked down at the charcoal burning in the stove, and said nothing.There are thousands of words in her heart that she wants to say to His Highness, but when she sees His Highness in the end, she can only smile slightly and swallow all the thousands of words into her stomach, like a lotus seed, no matter how bright the outside is, the heart is bitter.

"Ah Xiao, senior sister, in all these years, I have never met someone who makes my heart move. I have never known what it is like to love someone. I don't know when I will meet such a person, but you are different. There are thousands of people in this world. Wanwan, how hard is it to meet a lover? You met such a person when you were young, even though they are both women, but they love each other, and you really have to give up because of the changes in the world? You told your master back then that your fate is up to you , why do you want to resign yourself to fate here, Your Highness?"

Seeing that she was silent, Wen Yuan knew that her junior sister had somewhat listened to what she said, but this matter was so important that she had to think carefully.After saying this, Wen Yuan got up, pinched the back of her neck, and said with a smile: "I'm going back to my room, you can think for yourself."

Xiao Wuding had mixed feelings in his heart, he got up and put on a cloak for her and sent her out, he turned off the light and lay back on the bed, the third watch was missed, the Milky Way was clear and shallow, everything was silent, only the faint whistling sound of the north wind could be heard .She closed her eyes, and what appeared in her mind were Zhou Jinhe's every frown and smile since he was a child.A beautiful woman falls asleep, but it disturbs the mind and makes people toss and turn all night.

In the bedroom of the princess mansion, Zhou Jinhe sat in front of the dressing table after taking a bath. Fei'er stood behind her and wiped her long black hair. The air is also obvious.

Fei'er paid close attention to the movements of her hands, and said, "Your Highness, I have put the picture scrolls of the ladies of each family in the study room, and I will send someone back to each house early tomorrow morning."

"En." Zhou Jinhe responded lightly, with his own thoughts in mind.

Seeing her highness like this, Fei'er knew that she had made up her mind, and asked with a smile, "Your highness, have you changed your mind?" She did what she did to General Xiao a few days ago, and today she took the picture scroll sent by the matchmaker. His Highness has never done anything unfounded, since he did it, he probably changed his mind.

"Well, it's changed." Hearing Zhou Jinhe's words, his phoenix eyes opened, clear and deep: "Instead of letting others regret it, it's better to hold it in your own hands first."

With slender hands, she lightly opened the wooden box specially equipped with men's hairpins, and carefully looked at all kinds of hosta hairpins, stroking them with her fingertips, feeling warm and slightly cool.Her Royal Highness went through it in her mind, and felt that General Xiao must look good when using it.

Her Royal Highness closed the box again, got up and went to the bed, and ordered lightly: "Tomorrow, I will go to some jewelry stores in Beijing."