Afterword

In fact, as early as the moment she entered Xiqi, she felt a little strange, as if she was calm and unusual, but when she came out at night yesterday, she saw Cao Si, Minister of the Ministry of War of Luo Yunli, at the night market. As if he didn't want to make any noise, he was wearing plain clothes and standing next to a man in Chinese clothes, looking very respectful.

There were a lot of people in the market at that time, Qi Qing took note of the person's appearance and left. After all, this is not her territory, if there is too much movement, she might be discovered.

After Qi Qing left, she sent a letter to Zhong Kun, saying that she had to practice the divine cavalry as soon as possible, even if it wasn't for what she had in mind, it was necessary for defense.

What's more, she asked Qianmo to change her appearance, but she didn't change her appearance much. If someone knew her, she might recognize her at a glance. Shang Lu didn't show her intention to know her before, and the inn There was not much commotion when people saw him. It should be that Luo Yunli's arrest warrant has not been sent to Xiqi, or——

That person didn't want to let the arrest warrant go to Xiqi, but wanted to lead himself to Xiqi!

At this time, Qi Qing was visiting Shang Lu's princess mansion under the leadership of the housekeeper. Qi Qing had something on her mind, and she also had a certain understanding of the layout of the place last night, so she followed the housekeeper every now and then. chatting.

"Mr. Mu, this is where the servants live. Please go this way—" The housekeeper pointed to the front yard and introduced to Qi Qing. Qi Qing was not very interested, and this man simply regarded her as his master. Now, she didn't really want to live with this Shang Lu, but when she glanced out of the corner of her eye, she saw a familiar figure passing by her side.

"Housekeeper, the girl who just passed by looks familiar to me." Qi Qing pointed to Humanity who hurried past.

The butler stroked his beard, looked at the man and said, "Maybe it's a new maid recruited by the mansion today, the old slave looks strange to me."

Qi Qing nodded, but didn't think too much about it, maybe her eyes were dazzled, after all, it was impossible for that person to appear here.The butler continued to lead her forward, but hurriedly passed by a courtyard with a plaque on the door of "Yang Yi Yuan".Qi Qing was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, and walked away behind the housekeeper.

She even gave her a detailed introduction of the place where the servants lived, but she chose to skip such a large courtyard, which is really trying to cover up.

Qi Qing turned left and right with the housekeeper boredly, sighing to himself that the old man's legs and feet were really sharp, whether he had taken some kind of panacea, but he saw Shang Lu walking from a distance, holding a shiny metal cup in his hand. It turned out to be a strangely shaped bell when she got closer.

Shang Lu waved her hand to let the butler go down, and handed the bell in her hand to Qi Qing like a treasure, motioning for him to take it.

Qi Qing was puzzled, took the bell and heard the man say: "This bell is called 'Jingque Bell', it is a token of love from Xiqi girl to her sweetheart, since Ah Qing took it, it is Promise me!"

Qi Qing was very curious about the bell. The bells she had seen before were all spherical, round and no bigger than a fist, but this one in front of her was like a miniature pavilion, square but not necessarily so, with a tassel-shaped lower end. The metal curtains were surprisingly exquisitely made, and the bottom one was naturally decorated with a string of small bells. She shook it slightly and made a crisp sound. She was about to ask what it was for when she heard what the man said.

She hurriedly pushed it to Shang Lu as if she was grabbing a hot potato, "Zi Ge, you and I have only known each other for half a day, and we have only seen each other twice so far, this kind of thing should not be rushed, so as not to tarnish the reputation of the princess. "

Shang Lu jumped back, "Haha, I'm just kidding you, believe what I say, I'm very happy that you can come to my house as a guest, I'll give you this bell as a present!" , said Shang Lu and waved goodbye to Qi Qing, "Can you go back by yourself? My second brother is here, I have to go to the front hall to receive him, let's meet again when we have dinner!" After finishing speaking, Shang Lu was in a hurry ran away.

Qi Qing stood at the same place and watched the man run away, holding the frightening bird bell in his hand, a little at a loss. It seems that the rumored "Xiqi Yiba" can't get in touch with this person in front of him, that's all, Qi Qing shook his head , carrying the bell back to her room, she can do whatever she likes, anyway, the two of them are just passers-by.

After returning to the house and putting the bell on the table, he realized again, that man just went to see his second brother?Isn't that the second prince of Xiqi, Shang Huan?Qi Qing thought for a while, then called the person guarding the door over, and told him that she had to rest and not let anyone come over to disturb her. She changed back into the house, pulled off a layer of clothes outside her body to reveal a casual clothes, covered her face from a relatively The hidden window sneaked out.

It wasn't all fruitless to go around with the housekeeper just now, at least she figured out the hidden stake in the mansion, so it was convenient for her to inquire about the news at any time.

Qi Qing carefully avoided the densely packed hidden piles in the mansion, came to a blind spot for reconnaissance outside the window of the outer hall, carefully observed the layout of the surroundings, hid somewhere in the grass, and tried to get the conversation not far away.

Inside the outer hall were Shang Lu and Shang Huan.

Shang Lu pouted, "Third brother hasn't come to see me for a long time!"

Shang Huan seemed to be drinking tea, and after taking a shallow breath, he let out a warm sigh, "Don't make trouble, Luer, it's not up to us to decide whether the third brother will stay or not. When brother comes back, it’s okay for the family to stay together all the time.”

Shang Lu was flirting with her brother again, she couldn't see the arrogance and unreasonableness when she kicked Liu Chen in the inn, if she didn't know, she would really think that this is an innocent little girl who hasn't grown up yet .

"Second brother, let me tell you, today I met a fairy!" Shang Lu hurriedly introduced Mu Qing to her second brother.

Qi Qing listened carefully to the conversation between the two, but she heard a different meaning: The third younger brother in this man's mouth is undoubtedly a business return, but there are 'going to stay', 'it's over' and 'coming back' What do you mean?Just when Qi Qing was about to have a good time, she heard that Shang Lu seemed to be showing off to her brother that she had snatched back a male favorite.

As the protagonist of the incident, Qi Qing said that she refused in her heart.

"Oh? What fairy? My sister is the number one beauty in Xiqi, how can you be called a fairy?" Shang Huan smiled and replied dotingly.

"Hey, that man's name is Mu Qing. He is a wanderer studying abroad. He looks so extraordinary. If you haven't seen it, you don't know it. Tsk tsk..." Shang Lu commented on Qi Qing as if he was buying pork, with a dishonest expression. The appearance of the scriptures.

The pork that was sold: "..." She suddenly felt that listening to people's corners was a very difficult behavior that challenged patience, at least she wanted to sharpen her sword to Shang Lu now.

"Oh?" Shang Huan frowned, "He's from another place? Have you asked if he's from the Imperial City?" He tapped the table again with his fingers hooked, "Lu'er is now at a critical time, the people around you Be sure to check it out, and don't let someone with a heart take advantage of you."

Shang Lu immediately sat upright, "I was negligent, don't worry, second brother, little sister will be investigated clearly."

This Shang Huan was very vigilant, she heard that the conversation between the two of them didn't have any nutritious content, so she jumped up and left the outer hall.

Qi Qing didn't go back to her room directly, but went to the place she was confused about.

She didn't enter through the gate, but found a foothold and landed on a roof in Yangyiyuan.She squinted her eyes and looked inside, but she saw that there were all men covered in light veils, with enchanting figures, and they were still staggering when they walked, as if they were deliberately scratching their heads to make a pose. This disgusted her severely. No wonder the housekeeper took her around here, it turned out that this was the den of Shang Lu's captive noodles!

Qi Qing felt that her three views had been subverted, so she jumped back into her room, put on her clothes, and pretended to just get up, opened the door and asked the gatekeeper, "Did someone call me just now?"

The man was very respectful to her, "Mr. Mu, just now the princess sent someone to pass a message. If Mr. Mu is awake, he will invite him to go to Shangkouzhai for dinner. If Mr. Mu is resting, he will wait for you to wake up. Since you Wake up, do you want to go to eat?"

Qi Qing nodded, motioning for the man to lead the way, and followed the man closely behind.

The servants here, whether it's the housekeeper or this person, all treat her with unreasonable respect. Is this the proper attitude towards a male favorite?Or did Shang Lu give her orders in advance?

I hope she is sensitive and suspicious.

Qi Qing and Shang Lu spent the dinner time relatively harmoniously, but there were also Shang Lu's temptations to her, and Qi Qing calmly let her go back, it seems that she listened to Shang Huan's words.

"Zige, Xiaosheng just heard from you that he went to meet his brother? Forgive me for being superficial, I don't know much about Xiqi, but is your brother the legendary 'Mr. Wen Yan'?"

When Shang Lu heard this man talk about her elder brother, she was a little proud, but she didn't forget to be vigilant to this man, "It's not a legend, my second brother has a brilliant literary talent, and in terms of his knowledge, he might be invincible all over the world." Hand, what's the matter? Ah Qing also wants to get acquainted?"

Qi Qing hurriedly replied, "Don't dare, the princess's second brother is a prince. It's unreasonable for Xiaosheng to talk to the princess. If you use the princess's affection to get a prince, then you will become a caring person." It's time to talk."

The two chatted for a while, and after dinner, Qi Qing agreed to Shang Lu's invitation to appreciate the moon. One of them pretended to be serious, and the other was vigilant, and they went back to their houses to rest within a while.

On the other side, the maid who was familiar to Qi Qing left the princess' mansion in the dark, and came to the inn where Qi Qing Qianmo and Luo Yunqi were staying.

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