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After sitting down, Lin Rongchen's resentment calmed down when he saw the newly-hanging Eight Immortals celebrating his birthday on the wall, "Which master's handwriting?"

"I don't know who it is. But I spent a lot of money to buy the painting, in order to congratulate my grandfather's [-]th birthday... Does the prince also think this painting is really good?"

Lin Rongchen looked at the painting carefully, nodded for a while and said: "This king sees that you have a lot of experience in painting appreciation, why don't you comment on it?"

"Criticize?" Yan Xi was a little embarrassed, asking the painter to make a self-assessment, should he say good or bad?

Lin Rongchen looked at him calmly with a pair of cold eyes.

Yan Xi coughed lightly, just bumped into someone just now, if she refuses to give in, she might be overwhelmed and walk away. "The Eight Immortals came across the ten thousand hectares of the sea to celebrate their birthday. The momentum is magnificent... This painting combines rigidity and softness, and is refined and vigorous. Although the sea of ​​clouds, long winds, smoke waves, and water waves are lightly outlined, they are ready to come out. The lines are ups and downs, extremely It has a carefree and heroic charm, and the characters are portrayed finely and their expressions are lifelike. No matter the ink used for the structure or the setting of the scenery, it is a top-notch work."

"Not bad!" Every word entered Lin Rongchen's heart.He re-examined the teenager in front of him - removing those offensive and contradictory.His eyes were clear and bright, and there was an indescribable sense of agility.There is always a lazy and ignorant smile on his face, which is both childish and delicate, as if reminding him all the time not to care about a child.With a difference of three years, Lin Rongchen felt that he was too mature in comparison.

Yan Xi saw that he seemed to be engrossed, so she didn't make any more noise, fearing to disturb this uncertain prince.

"This seal..." Lin Rongchen's eyes fell on a seal in the lower left corner, and his face suddenly changed.There is a sentence printed there - the sharp edge of a sword comes from sharpening, and the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from bitter cold.

Yan Xi saw that he turned his face faster than turning a book, so he didn't know why, "What's wrong?"

"Where did this painting come from?"

"Bought it at a high price."

"Who is the artist?"

"I don't know." Yan Xi shook his head, didn't he answer it just now? "I guess he must be a wild and unrestrained old man! There is such a sense of carefree and unrestrained between pen and ink, which makes me, the bird in the cage, especially envious! Especially envious!"

"Can you find this person?"

Yan Xi shook her head like a rattle. "It's been a few months, and there is no way to find out..."

"How many months?" Lin Rongchen looked at him playfully, "The ink color of this painting is still fresh, and it should be completed in less than a month. Can you not see it?"

"..." Yan Xi really forgot about this, and turned his face away in embarrassment, his eyes rolled wildly, "This...just now I was patronizing the painting, but I didn't pay attention to the ink color..."

"Really?" Since he didn't want to reveal too much information about the artist, Lin Rongchen had other ideas. "If you can devote your mind to reading, the Taifu will definitely be happier than receiving this painting."

"My lord, you don't know." Yan Xi sat down opposite Lin Rongchen, leaned forward, and leaned in front of him, "I am not born to study, unlike my brother, I can learn everything very quickly." He sighed for a long time, as if he was extremely wronged and helpless.

Lin Rongchen raised his body back in disgust, "If you really think about the Taifu and are willing to make progress, I will find the best husband for you."

"This...isn't it necessary?" Yan Xi was dumbfounded.Can you eat what you just said and pretend you didn't say it? "Grandfather is the emperor's teacher. He can't teach me well. I'm afraid no one in this world can teach me... Oh, my lord, the guests are here. I'll help first, so I won't disturb my lord to enjoy the paintings." Yan Xi found a reason. Leave the main hall.It was too much for him to continue this conversation.

Lin Rongchen's eyes returned to the seal.Is it really an old man?

Although Yan Xi has the same hidden illness as Liang Yanwen, it does not prevent him from making friends all over Gusu.

When I first arrived at Li's house, I didn't speak much because I hadn't adapted to the new environment.After a long time, his nature was naturally exposed, and Li Xingzhi doted on him a lot, and he also realized that he and Li Xingzhi should be related in some way, and he completely regarded him as a grandfather in his heart, and he became more and more comfortable staying in Li's house.

In order to repay Li Xingzhi's kindness, he has already decided to become an official as Li Xingzhi wished in the future, and he can enjoy one more day if he can enjoy it now.He especially cherishes the few days when he is free and free.

In addition to the people from the imperial court, Liang Yanwen's yamen colleagues and Yan Xi's friends came that day.Lin Rongchen looked at the black and white people in the yard, with twitching veins on his forehead. "what happened?"

Zhao Xun also looked confused, "...It seems that I came to celebrate my birthday."

"Nonsense! Did you come here to make trouble if you didn't celebrate your birthday?" Lin Rongchen looked up at the sky and let out a sigh of relief, "Where's Yan Xi?"

Zhao Xun frantically went to look for Yan Xi, and came back after a while and said, "We're still outside to welcome guests."

"And?" Is he going to invite all Suzhou people?

"I'm afraid it is."

"Tell him to get out!" Lin Rongchen was completely impatient.

Although Yan Xi can't tell faces, but in the past few years in Suzhou, he has already practiced the ability to recognize people by walking.Of course, only if he is very familiar with the other party.If Xie Songlin sat silently in Liuyun Tower like last time, he might not be able to recognize him.

This room is welcoming all the friends, I am very happy, but Zhao Xun said to him with a straight face: "My lord told you to get out!"

Yan Xi's smiling face is not accepted, nor is it not accepted.Looking back at the people who were looking at him in unison, he said with a dry smile: "Since the lord has summoned...you all go at your own pace, Yan Xi will come back as soon as he goes."

He had met Zhao Xun twice, but it was the first time he had such a hard complexion. "My lord, do you know why the prince wants to see me?"

"I don't know." Zhao Xun didn't have a good impression of him, especially on such an important day today, seeing how unreliable he was, he didn't want to say a word to him.

Seeing Lin Rongchen, Yan Xi had a flattering face, "What orders does the lord have?"

"How many people did you invite?"

Yan Xi did the math and answered truthfully: "23."

"Two...thirteen?" Lin Rongchen was furious, "You really make friends!"

Yan Xi coughed dryly, "Your Highness is absurd."

Lin Rongchen took a deep breath and took another deep breath, trying to keep his tone as calm as possible, "I hope you can restrain these people. Don't be immoral after drinking and make trouble at the banquet, otherwise they will all sit together!"

"It's natural." Yan Xi can't refuse the door when others want to come.What's more, what's wrong with being crowded and lively?

After returning to his seat, Xie Songlin whispered to him: "I saw the guard's expression, the prince seemed to be angry, do you know why? Did he make things difficult for you?"

Yan Xi waved his hand, greeted everyone, and whispered: "It's okay. He is that kind of person... You also know that people in the Tian family are always moody." Yan Xi didn't say much, and Xie Songlin didn't ask any more .

Everyone respected Li Xingzhi, and with Lin Rongchen sitting beside him, nothing went wrong with the birthday banquet.Talking, laughing, eating and drinking, the bustling day finally passed safely.

After sending everyone away, Li Xingzhi settled Lin Rongchen properly, and went back to his room to catch up with his drunken old friend. "Brother Gu Chun, is there any progress in the matter I asked you to investigate?"

"Look at my old fool!" Liu Guchun stomped his feet and slapped his forehead, "I found Biyan's cousin in Jingzhou, she said that Biyan was pregnant not long after you got married. Because she was afraid that the neighbors would gossip, her father Mother sent her to a nunnery in Lin County to wait for delivery, and it is said that she gave birth to a baby girl, but Biyan..." Liu Guchun sighed and couldn't bear to continue.

"How about Biyan?" Li Xingzhi trembled.

"Difficult childbirth."

Hearing this, Li Xingzhi burst into tears, and could only murmur repeatedly: "I killed her! I killed her!"

"Everyone has their own destiny, so don't be too sad. I found the nunnery later, because after many years, most of the nuns were no longer in the nunnery, and only one could vaguely remember it. After Biyan was buried, all the nuns The baby girl was given to a passing couple." Before Li Xingzhi continued to ask, Liu Guchun said all he knew, "The nun only knows that the passing couple is going to Yutian to seek refuge with their relatives. That's all I can hear."

"If I knew she was pregnant at that time, I would never..." Li Xingzhi was in grief and couldn't extricate himself. What happened to Biyan was the biggest mistake he made in his life, and now there is no chance to make up for it. "Is there any mark or token on the child?"

"Sign?" Liu Guchun tried his best to think back, and shook his head, "I didn't hear what she said. By the way, it is said that Biyan put a green tassel on the baby girl's chest before she died."

"Green silk tassel...it's a red bean and green silk tassel...I'm sorry for their mothers..." Li Xingzhi spoke incoherently in excitement, and stood up abruptly, "You just said Yutian...I'm going to find that child..."

"It's been more than 40 years, where did you go to find her?" Liu Guchun held him back, and although he couldn't bear it, he still expressed his worries, "Maybe that couple never went to Yutian, or they moved away long ago." home, or..."

Li Xingzhi shook his head, "No way! Do you know how much Yan Xi looks like Biyan, he might be my grandson..."

Liu Guchun was stunned, "Then Yan Xi's mother..."

"I met him in Shui Moxuan three years ago... He doesn't remember anything about the past..." When he mentioned the scene of that day, he still vividly remembered, "No matter what, I have to go to Yutian!"

"If you insist on going, my brother will accompany you for a walk. It's right to be a wanderer. It's just that this matter is not clear yet, so it's better to keep it from Yan Xi." Liu Guchun felt that Yan Xi's amnesia must have experienced something, It is not easy to put him under pressure before the investigation is clear. "Tomorrow I will tell the prince."

Li Xingzhi nodded, and the two chatted for a while, and they didn't go to bed until the middle of the night.

The more sound was floating in the quiet Qingqi Lane, Zhao Xun entered the room and wanted to urge Lin Rongchen to rest, but he saw him standing up in his clothes and was about to go out.

"It's past the third watch, is the prince still going out?"

"Go sober up." Lin Rongchen pinched his swollen forehead.

He drank a lot today, these Suzhou officials are not very good in their work, they are very flattering, you take a drink and I take a drink, toasting in turn.Lin Rongchen's drinking capacity is not light, but it doesn't matter.But Li Xingzhi is old, how can he drink like this?If something goes wrong, he can't explain it to the Holy One, he can only drink it for him.

The moonlight was bright, and there was no sound around.

There is a clump of bougainvilleas in the courtyard, and the flourishing flower branches are endless in the half-light and half-dark.Walking along the flower bushes, Lin Rongchen stopped in front of an arch, where the flower branches were more lush, as if they had never been pruned, covering half of the arch.

The room in the archway was still lit, and the two of them could be seen faintly.