The imperial concubine bows down to me

Although the medicine on the cat's claw did not cause any substantial harm to Shen Zhi's body, the imperial doctor said that she needed to rest, and Liu Shuyan couldn't bear her being too tired. Compared with the past, the time spent in the East Palace every day There will be more.She helped Shen Zhi read some unimportant memorials, and occasionally Shen Zhi asked her, and she also told her some interesting things they encountered in the rivers and lakes. It was a kind of relaxation for the two of them.

And that cat wasn't evil in nature, but Shen Zhi didn't want to keep it as a threat by Liu Shuyan's side, so Cao Min took care of himself and raised it.As for how to deal with Xue Ruoyu, although the two of them didn't say it clearly, they also coincidentally never mentioned it on their own initiative.

Without the threat of Shen Tai, the burden in Shen Zhi's heart was much lighter than before, but after the injury was almost healed, she became busier again.Fortunately, Liu Shuyan was still with Shen Zhi every day, and she didn't feel that such days were too boring, but the matter of Xue Ruoyu was still pressed in her heart, and when she occasionally thought of it, she couldn't help but sigh.

On this day, after Shen Zhi finished reviewing the not too many memorials, he simply used some pastries to pad his stomach. Seeing that it was still a while before the time for lunch, he thought about going to the Du Mansion to find Du Qinning and walked two By the way, let's take a look at Xue Ruoyu's situation.

Everyone in the Du Mansion knew Shen Zhi and knew that she had a close relationship with Du Qinning. When they saw her visit, they did not need to make an announcement in advance and took Shen Zhi directly to the garden in the backyard.

When Shen Zhi left, Du Qinning was sitting on the marble facing the secluded path, with one foot propped on the ground and one foot slumped in the haystack beside him, staring at his slightly lowered palms, wondering what he was thinking .Hearing the movement, she quickly withdrew her hands, stood up and greeted Shen Zhi.

"Your Highness, Master Du is talking slowly, and I will step back first."

The footsteps of the interesting person got farther and farther away, and there were only two people left in the garden, so Shen Zhi didn't see Du Qinning, and asked, "What is Qinning holding in his hand?" I don't know if it was with Liu Shuyan Because of staying for a long time, now that Shen Zhi encounters something that he feels curious about, it seems that he is not as tolerant as before.

Apparently, Du Qinning didn't expect Shen Zhi to ask, after a moment of stupefaction, she also smiled, and responded: "It's just a bottle of gold sore medicine, I just came back from the master and asked him for it." , Du Qinning also spread out his palms and let Shen Zhi take a look. As expected, it was just a small red medicine bottle. Looking at the pattern, it was indeed quite delicate, and the medicine inside should be rare.

But the more Shen Zhi looked at it, the more she felt that this medicine bottle seemed familiar, but after thinking about it for a while, she couldn't remember where she had seen it before, so that's all.

"Why is Your Highness here? Next time, if there is something to do, send someone to tell me. I can go to the East Palace to find His Highness, and I don't bother His Highness to go there." Seeing that Shen Zhi didn't mean to ask, Du Qinning also said Putting the medicine bottle into his pocket, he asked her why.

"There is nothing left and right, I just want to come to find Qinning to play two games of chess. I am afraid that Qinning is busy, so I will come and have a look first." Shen knew that he had come, Du Qinning naturally agreed, and the two went to the study , arranged things skillfully.

The two sat opposite each other, giving up a game, while clearing the chessboard, Shen Zhi took the opportunity to ask: "How is Miss Xue doing recently?"

"It's better than before. The trustee brought her a lot of books that she likes to read, and she will read it when she is bored," Du Qinning paused at this point, as if hesitating for something. She sighed again, and continued, "It's just that she still can't let go of her brother's matter. Whenever this matter is brought up, no matter what the circumstances, she will still be anxious with my minister. I was hurt a while ago. Your Highness, she was also impulsive because of that incident, and His Highness and Mr. Mercy refused to pursue it, but it was still wrong, and I will confess my mistake to His Highness on her behalf."

"Qinning also knows?" For this matter, Shen Zhi and Liu Shuyan almost blocked the news to death. Du Qinning knew that it should be Xue Ruoyu himself who told her.

Du Qinning nodded, looked around for confirmation, then lowered his voice and said, "Ruoyu thought His Highness was a man, and also thought that the rumors between Mr. and His Highness were true, so he bought some musk..." For Shen Zhi, Du Qin Ning didn't shy away from it, but she didn't have to say what she said later, Shen Zhi also knew what she was going to say.

Xue Ruoyu lost her only relative, so she didn't want them to have children...

"She also knew about Princess Jiujiang and Concubine Shu, and felt that all of this was designed by you, so she lost her mind and did such a thing."

Sure enough, Shen Zhi guessed correctly, that day when she went to the palace, she should have happened to run into the relationship between the two of them, so she lost her temper after returning.But even so, Shen Zhi still felt guilty towards Xue Ruoyu, for these, she still just planned to laugh it off.

"It seems that the relationship between Qin Ning and Ms. Xue is developing very fast. Ms. Xue is willing to tell you about these things." A joke made the atmosphere instantly relaxed, and the two began the next game of chess .

Du Qinning didn't know how to feel when such words came out of Shen Zhi's mouth, but after a moment of stunned, she could only smile like Shen Zhi, and said softly: "Your Highness is joking, but I heard that Mr. I will spend half a day in the Eastern Palace every day, so I wonder how your Highness and Mister are going?"

Hearing this, Shen Zhi narrowed his eyes, the smile on his face has not dissipated, but it is not as relaxed as before.

"The imperial concubine is the imperial concubine, so the relationship between Gu and her can only be like that..."

One piece fell, the situation of the game was very good, Shen Zhi heaved a sigh of relief, and finally mustered up the courage to say something in front of Du Qinning——

"It's just that I seem to be getting used to her being by my side every day, and I... can't leave her more and more."

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when Shen Tian and his class teacher returned to court.I haven't seen him for a long time, and it would be a lie to say that I don't miss him. Shen Zhi got up early this morning, and after handling the daily routine, he couldn't wait to lead people out of the city to welcome them back to Beijing.

She wanted Liu Shuyan to go with her, but Liu Shuyan told her that it was inconvenient for the concubine to participate in these matters. Although Shen Zhi was surprised by this, but thinking that Liu Shuyan might have some difficulties that were inconvenient to express, she no longer wanted to Forced, he took Wei Feng, Du Qinning, Liu Xiuyun, several other ministers and a forbidden army to go.

Shen Tianhe may not have seen Shen Zhi for a long time, and when the two met, their joy was beyond words.

"Your servants respectfully welcome the triumphant return of the father." Shen Zhi and all the officials saluted Shen Tianhe, and Shen Tianhe and the soldiers behind him also formally paid their respects to her.

It's funny to say that those soldiers were a little surprised when they saw that Shen Zhi had changed a lot during this period of time, and that he was more like a prince than before. There were even many young people who saw Shen Zhi for the first time. Prince.But even though they were far away on the battlefield, they had heard a little about the affairs of the court. Before, they always thought that Liu Shuyan was in charge of all these things. Now seeing them, their trust and sustenance in Shen Zhi increased a bit.

"Prince, you don't need to be too polite. You have worked hard in supervising the political affairs in the capital during this period." After helping Shen Zhi up, Shen Tianhe also avoided the courtesy of others, "Your dear friends, please get up too."

Only then did Shen Tianhe take a closer look at the group of people behind Shen Zhi, they were all in men's attire, and he subconsciously sighed when he didn't see the person he thought was coming back.Of course, Shen Zhi took this action into his eyes, but it was not easy for her to intervene in the public, so she just followed the usual practice: "My son has sent someone to prepare a banquet in the palace to clean up the dust for my father and all the officers and men. .”

"So, let's go back to the palace."

Although Liu Shuyan didn't go to pick up Shen Tianhe, but as Concubine Liu Gui, who was enduring in the eyes of others and was the most favored concubine in the harem, she still went to the welcome banquet.

In Shen Zhi's memory, since Liu Shuyan entered the palace, she always sat next to Shen Tianhe in all kinds of banquets, large and small.Even though Shen Zhi now knows that the two are just playing on the spot, it is undeniable that the affection in the eyes of the two when they look at each other and interact with each other is hard to believe that it is all fake, and there is no flaw in it. .

But this time, although Liu Shuyan is still in the same position as before, the loving interaction between the two is obviously not as much as before.Even when the two of them looked at each other occasionally, there was a bit of perfunctory in the mutual eyes.I don't know if Shen Zhi thought too much, she always felt that Shen Tianhe was secretly angry with Liu Shuyan because of something.

Could it be... is it about Shen Tai?

But it is clear that Shen Zhi himself was involved in this matter, and he has done a lot. If Shen Tianhe was angry because of this matter, why did he not blame Shen Zhi at all when he saw Shen Zhi, and he never even mentioned it?

But if it wasn't for this matter, then what else could make Shen Tianhe, who was far on the front line before, angry with Liu Shuyan, who had been staying in this deep palace?

With doubts in his heart and unable to figure it out for a long time, Shen Zhi also unconsciously drank a few more glasses of wine.By the time the banquet was over, Shen Zhi was already a little tipsy, but fortunately she was wearing a mask, so she didn't look too pale.

Everyone dispersed, many people were here today, Shen Zhi couldn't go to Liu Shuyan blatantly anymore.Du Qinning said that she would send her back to the East Palace, she glanced at Shen Tianhe and Liu Shuyan who were at the front, and suddenly felt a little bored, but she agreed to what Du Qinning said.

Shen Zhi and Du Qinning walked slowly to the East Palace. On the way, they talked about some recent affairs in the court, and also about Xue Ruoyu's recent situation, but they soon reached the gate of the palace.

Because Shen Zhi and Du Qinning walked very slowly, Cao Min heard the news from the palace that the banquet had ended, so he waited for Shen Zhi at the gate of the palace, and when he saw the two coming, he also greeted them.

"His Royal Highness, Lord Du."

"Qin Ning, it's getting late, you should go back first, so that Miss Xue won't be worried." Neither of them were outsiders, after avoiding Cao Min's gift, Shen Zhi and Du Qin Ning joked.

Du Qinning knew that Shen Zhi drank a little too much today, but fortunately he was not drunk. With Cao Min watching over him, she was relieved.Thinking that Liu Shuyan saw Shen Zhi drinking so much, she would come to see him at night, and there was nothing to worry about, so she followed Shen Zhi's words and resigned.

Watching Du Qinning go away, Shen Zhi also followed Cao Min into the East Palace, but just a few steps away, because she had been thinking about Shen Tianhe and Liu Shuyan all night, and her mind was a little confused, she blurted out the question He asked: "Where is the imperial concubine?" She immediately regretted it as soon as she asked.

But even though it was a little difficult, Cao Min immediately accepted her words: "Returning to Your Highness, there was news from the palace just now that the imperial concubine has...already returned to Penglai Palace with the saint."