The prince is hard to serve

Successfully rescued Feng Chu, and let Yan Wenzhi lose two generals in a row. For Yan Wenhao, it was undoubtedly a victory, and he was sincerely happy in his heart.

After going down court and returning to Lingxiao Pavilion, the first thing Yan Wenhao wanted to do was to share this joy with Mu Ziling.

However, after searching for a long time in the High Heaven Pavilion, Mu Ziling was still nowhere to be seen, the smile in his eyes disappeared instantly, a trace of panic flashed across Yan Wenhao's face, frowning, he asked, "Where's modesty? "

During this period of time, because of Imperial Physician Pei's words, he didn't dare to provoke Mu Ziling anymore. At the same time, it also gave Mu Ziling a period of time to calm down and let him think seriously, not to mention that he himself was busy with Li Zezhang's case, almost He stayed in Dali Temple with the jury officials all day long, so the two hardly saw each other.

At this moment, he was afraid that Mu Ziling had left quietly.

The authorities are obsessed, but the bystanders are clear. Fuquan has always seen the love between the two of them in his eyes, and he also understands Yan Wenhao's thoughts very well. Therefore, he will understand Mu Ziling's itinerary very clearly every day, even if Yan Wenhao did not take the initiative. Asked, he still did not slack off in the slightest.

So at this time, when he heard the question, he bowed and immediately responded: "At this hour, the princess may be in the library."

Yan Wenhao was silent for a while when he heard the words, and asked, "Is Duo Yuan by Qian He's side?"

On the way to Zangshu Pavilion, you need to pass through the Imperial Garden, and the Imperial Garden is the only way for Emperor Yan to go back to the palace, which naturally attracts many well-dressed concubines. A night of grace.

Behind the scenes, these concubines still talk about Mu Ziling marrying into the royal family as a man. The palace and the imperial garden are also the only way to go. He worried that if Mu Ziling met them, he would be bullied.

As soon as Fuquan thought about it, he already knew what Yan Wenhao meant, so he said respectfully in a low voice: "Duyuan has been following the princess closely, Your Highness, you don't need to worry."

"Ah."

There was always a bad premonition in his heart, which made Yan Wenhao just read the book for a while, but couldn't read any more. He couldn't sit still, so after pondering for a while, he stood up, straightened his clothes, and ordered Said: "Go prepare the chariot, I'm going to the Zangshu Pavilion."

He had to pick Mu Ziling back in person to be at ease.

"Yes."

In response, he saluted Yan Wenhao respectfully. After that, Fuquan held his big belly and hurried down to get ready.

The words are divided into two ends, here, in the Library Pavilion.

Rejecting Duo Yuan's help, Mu Ziling raised his head, looked at the books on the top shelf, frowned and thought for a while, then stepped on the wooden ladder, climbed up step by step, and placed the books on the top shelf. This book, took it down.

Duo Duo stood below, looking terrified, his eyes widened, and his spirit concentrated, for fear that the master in front of him would accidentally fall from above and hurt himself.

Holding a few books in his arms, Mu Ziling walked down the wooden ladder slowly. Obviously, he had done this many times, so at this moment, he seemed to be familiar with the road, even with one hand, he walked very steadily .

However, in this Book Collection Pavilion, although there are palace attendants cleaning it every day, and books are taken out to dry every half a month, some books that are not commonly used are still some corners that are difficult to take care of. Will be missed and dusty.

Having walked through this experience personally, at this moment, Mu Ziling's plain outer clothes and cheeks were already stained with a lot of dust, a little gray, making him look a bit embarrassed.

However, Mu Ziling himself didn't pay any attention to it, he just patted it briefly, then walked to the table in front of the window with the book in his arms, pulled out the chair and sat down, opened the page, lowered his head, and read it intently stand up.

Buried in the book in front of him, Mu Ziling read it very intently. At this moment, there was no sound in the Library Pavilion, only occasionally when the pages of the book were turned, there would be a slight sound. Duan Yuan stood with his head down, quietly waiting aside, everything It's like a lifetime away.

In order to avoid Yan Wenhao, and also to allow himself to calm down and take back his feelings, Mu Ziling has been like this these days. Just one day, often when it was time to hold the lanterns, Duo Duo had to remind him before he got up and returned to Ling Xiao Pavilion.

These days, he knew that because of Yan Wenhao's return to the court, many major events had happened at the court, but he didn't want to inquire too much, nor did he ask too much.

Suppressing his feelings for Yan Wenhao in his heart, Mu Ziling forced himself to hide Yan Wenhao deeply in his heart, not caring about him, let alone caring about him, just focusing on the book, hinting to himself that everything would pass ——

As if this is the case, you really don't care.

After finishing a thick volume of "Astronomical Phenomena", Mu Ziling was about to change another one, when there was suddenly the sound of messy footsteps outside the palace gate, followed by a burst of noise.

Hearing the sound, Mu Ziling closed the book, raised his head, frowned and looked at the door of the palace: "What's the noise outside?"

Duoyuan probed the probe, took a step forward, and said respectfully: "I'll go and have a look now, my servant."

After a while, Duo Duo came back, but behind him was a small tail. It was a very delicate child, about six or seven years old, very thin. At this moment, his face was covered with bruises and scars. , the clothes are also dusty, and look thinner.

However, in his eyes, there is still a fierceness that has not faded in time, but people can instinctively feel the fierceness hidden under his appearance, just like a wolf cub.

Seeing the child's appearance at this time, Mu Ziling couldn't help but frown even deeper.

"What's going on out there?"

Leaving the child where he was, Duo Yuan came to Mu Ziling by himself, and then explained to Mu Ziling in a low voice: "Reporting to the princess, this is the Ninth Prince, Yan Wensi, and a few servants outside were bullying him just now."

Glancing at the scarred child not far away, Mu Ziling couldn't help being a little stunned: "Ninth Prince?" He had never heard that there was another Ninth Prince in the palace.

Probably guessed Mu Ziling's doubts, so Duo Yuan leaned forward and explained softly to him: "The mother and concubine of the Ninth Prince is a talented person. Lenggong, the Ninth Prince, was born in Lenggong..."

Yan Wensi's mother and concubine were originally just a medical girl in the dormitory of a good concubine. Later, she got the favor of Emperor Yan by chance, and was named a talented person.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. In less than a month, Concubine Liang had an accidental miscarriage. During the examination by the imperial doctor, a saffron was found in Concubine Liang's anti-fetal medicine. Emperor Yan was very angry and ordered a thorough investigation immediately.

Soon, the results came out. The imperial doctors found saffron, black grass, and even a small figure full of silver needles in the bedroom of Yan Wensi's mother and concubine, with the birth date of Concubine Liang written on it. .

As a result, Yan Wensi's mother and concubine were relegated to the cold palace. She didn't know she was pregnant at that time. Until two months later, she felt obvious discomfort in her body, always retching and nauseating. After she felt her pulse , only to find out that she was pregnant.

It's just that Emperor Yan was too cold-blooded, even though he knew she was pregnant, he didn't let her out of the cold palace, but sent her an old maid to serve her.

The Leng Palace is located in a remote place, and the winter is extremely humid and cold, so it cannot receive good care. Therefore, after giving birth to him, Yan Wensi's mother and concubine caught cold and hurt her body. Half a month later, suddenly He collapsed and died.

Emperor Yan didn't like Yan Wensi's mother and concubine, and caused him to lose the child in the belly of Liang Concubine, and Yan Wensi was born in a cold palace, surrounded by crows, he felt even more unlucky. When it was named, it was mentioned casually, and there was no full moon banquet afterwards.

There are many ministers who don't even know that there is a Ninth Prince in the palace.

The little Yan Wensi was thrown to another unfavored concubine to be raised, but that concubine vented all her unwillingness and anger on him, beating and scolding him, it was not good at all, it was a bit bigger , Yan Wensi couldn't hold back, and ran back to live in Lenggong by himself, but Emperor Yan didn't care about it.

If it wasn't for the old maid who took good care of him, I'm afraid it would be difficult for Yan Wensi to survive to this day.

After listening to Duan Yuan's words, Mu Ziling looked at Yan Wensi again, and when he saw the vigilance hidden in Yan Wensi's eyes, his eyes softened, and he couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.

Standing up, Mu Ziling walked slowly in front of Yan Wensi, took out a clean towel from his sleeve, and bent down to wipe the dust off his face.But Yan Wensi turned his head abruptly, kicked Mu Ziling, then quickly turned around and ran to the bookshelf to hide.

Seeing this scene, Duo Yuan was startled, and teleported to Mu Ziling's side in an instant, looked him up and down, and found that he was not injured, so he was relieved and put his heart back to its original place.

"The slave shouldn't have brought the Ninth Prince in, the slave knows his mistake." Kneeling on the ground with a plop, Duo Duo admitted his mistake.

He was often bullied when he was a child. If there was no master, he might not have the chance to live to this day, and he would not know where he would have died.

Therefore, when I went out just now, I saw Yan Wensi being bullied by several eunuchs even though he was a prince. Went to Zangshu Pavilion, so that he could escape for a while and rest for a while.

"I'm fine." Shaking his head, Mu Ziling glanced at Duan Yuan indifferently, and said, "I don't blame you, get up."

Only then did Duoyuan stand up.

Suddenly, feeling a line of sight falling on him, Mu Ziling turned his face and saw a small head protruding from behind the bookshelf with a pair of big eyes looking at him without blinking.

Startled for a moment, Mu Ziling tentatively took a step forward, but he quickly remembered Yan Wensi's vigilance just now, so he swallowed the words that were about to blurt out.

——Even if he is well-intentioned, it is impossible for the current Yan Wensi to let go of his guard.

Thinking of this, Mu Ziling didn't say anything anymore. He went back to the table in silence, put back the books he hadn't finished reading, and after pondering for a while, let Duan Duan leave the wound medicine and gauze. Then, he With a lot of diversity, he left Zangshuge.

It was still early, and Mu Ziling did not want to return to Lingxiao Pavilion after leaving Zangshu Pavilion. Therefore, when passing by the Imperial Garden, he remembered the scene where he and Yan Wenhao had promised to come to the Imperial Garden to enjoy the flowers but were interrupted several times before. , then involuntarily stopped.

However, at this moment, Yan Wenzhi also happened to come out of Concubine Liang's bedroom, and he only needed to step through an arched door to arrive at the Imperial Garden——