Shadow guard is an unlucky profession

Shallow smile.Xiao Jiu also looked at her, watching her pass by him and slowly step into the stone road behind him.Turning his head to look for the woman's back, the candlelight stretched her shadow very long, and printed it on the bluestone road.The stone road is long and straight, stretching continuously, until the end disappears in the distance and becomes a black spot. This black spot is like a giant beast with its mouth open, devouring the stone road and the weak figure of the woman.

The arch was opened, and the figure was particularly piercing in the night.The second sister came out holding the lantern, followed Xiao Jiu's eyes, sighed softly, and said to the little maid following behind: "It's late at night, why is no one following the princess? Or something happened, Who can afford it?"

Another identity of the second sister is the big maid of Hongxia Villa, who is in charge of all affairs of the female family members of Hongxia Villa, and can be regarded as the housekeeper among the female families.Behind her were two little servant girls, one of whom was as pale as paper for some unknown reason, and was still shaking all over.The other one was clever. Hearing her words, he quickly took the lantern from the second sister, and caught up with the woman who was walking alone on the stone road——Chen Luoer, Princess Yanqin.

"My lord is in a fit of anger, you wait to go in and be careful."

Without a charming dress, the second sister is now wearing a peach red skirt, which is less aggressive and more gentle.If the second sister in the east courtyard is a hot woman like the scorching sun, then she will be like a silvery moon in the sky on the fifteenth night, making people want to watch quietly.

This is what Lao Liu thought when he walked through the arch, such a woman should not be a shadow guard... and he has no choice, because this is his fate.

Outside the arch, on the stone road, there was a soft sigh.

The second sister raised her hand and patted the little maid who was still trembling, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid, remember to put some rock sugar in the tea for the lord in the future, especially when the lord just wakes up, put a few more."

"Thank... Xie sister for reminding me, Amber... Amber has noted it down."

"Cheer up, I'm afraid we'll have to watch until dawn tonight. It's just poor Shaoyao..." The second sister looked sideways at the arched door, her eyes full of worry, "I hope he's okay."

5. A painful task...

Wolongtai, the three characters are elegant, powerful and magnificent.

Xiao Jiu couldn't tell whether the characters were good or bad, but she could feel a domineering arrogance from the characters.

Stepping into the Wolong Terrace, one could see King Yanqin lying on the bench with one hand leaning on his head, and holding a radiant glass cup with the other hand.The cup is reflected in various colors by the candlelight, cruising misty, like a small Penglai.

The housekeeper, Zhao Huan, stood aside with his head bowed, seeing Xiao Jiu come in and winking at him.Taking a peek at the prince who was still resting with his eyes closed, he boldly pointed aside with his hand.

Looking in the direction Zhao Huan pointed, he saw a little servant girl kneeling on the ground choked with sobs, and the long skirt on her knees was stained with deep red.Looking at the water stains and scattered jade fragments on the ground, it is conceivable that this maid should be kneeling on those fragments at this time.

Xiao Jiu knew that Zhao Huan asked him to see this maid not to make him feel sympathetic, but to imply that his prince is very angry now and let him figure it out.

This Zhao Huan used to be the little eunuch next to the Empress Dowager Xiao Yi. At that time, the Empress Dowager Xiao Yi was just a little Zhaoyi. She climbed up step by step and became an imperial concubine. Queen Mother.Zhao Huan followed the Empress Dowager Xiao Yi, had done a lot, and knew a lot. He had seen the methods of the Empress Dowager, and was afraid.He knew that one day such means would fall on him, so he had chosen one of the emperors and princes who were still princes at that time to rely on.

After Emperor Xuanwu was born, it was also the time when Empress Dowager Xiao Yi was flourishing, and the mother relied on her son to let her go all the way up.But when the prince was born, there was a war, and the late emperor was so focused on how to put down the war that he had no time to care about the harem affairs, so he neglected the Empress Dowager Xiao Yi, and the empress dowager who was being favored naturally pointed all this at King Yan Qin.A child who doesn't even like his mother has been neglected.Zhao Huan felt that he was pitiful and took care of him everywhere. After the war was over, the first emperor returned to court, but he favored King Yan Qin very much.Zhao Huan also took this opportunity to get rid of Empress Dowager Xiao Yi, and followed King Yan Qin, and now that the prince moved away from the capital to live in Hongxia Villa, he also followed.

Zhao Huan was an eunuch, he had no heirs and was poked at the back and made jokes everywhere, so he was ordered to admit it.But he naturally likes children, and Xiao Jiu is one of the few children he has seen growing up since he was a child.The children who were together at the beginning were not seen anymore, or had some relationship with him, only Xiao Jiu was still the same as before, not very close, but not estranged.

A gust of wind blew in from outside, and the candles in the room flickered flickeringly.The wind stopped, the candles no longer flickered.

Xiao Jiu took a few steps forward and stopped nine steps away from King Yan Qin.A piece of Hetian jade in front of the heel, Xiao Jiu recognized that it was a tea set that Wang Ye liked more, but now it was torn apart and thrown on the ground.Looking sideways at the servant girl who was still kneeling on the ground, Xiao Jiu would know how the little servant girl felt right now, and he would also kneel down, on top of the debris.

The knee was about to fall to the ground, and King Yan Qin's voice floated faintly.

"Come here, the wind has been blowing all night, I don't have the energy to speak loudly."

Xiao Jiu immediately stopped her kneeling figure, got up, went to the bench and knelt down. "My lord."

The colored glass was transferred to Xiao Jiu's hand, and he held it honestly with his head down.There are two types of anger for the prince, one is loud and loud, the thunder is loud and the rain is light, and if you make a mistake, you will be fine.There is also a kind of silent, invisible killing.

Suddenly there was an extra hand on his head, Xiao Jiu felt like a mountain was overwhelming, all the muscles in his body were tense, wondering if the prince would slap him to death like this?I didn't wait for a slap from the prince for a long time, but I got a word from the prince.

"How long has it been since you took a bath? This hair is almost as fried as Donglai."

In the east, the prince raises a big dog, which is still a very stupid and stupid big dog.

Xiao Jiu didn't open her mouth, she just lowered her head and was still being touched by King Yanqin. Whatever the master said, he did it and never added fuel to the flames.

After just such a sentence, King Yanqin didn't speak again, and still kept the same action just now, but the glass cup in his hand was now replaced by a black bone fan, which lightly knocked on Xiaojiu's shoulder one after another.The huge room seemed to have suddenly sunk into a deep pool, and it was so quiet that it was a bit creepy.

The sound of the wind, the choking sound of the little maid, and the soft sound of the fan tapping on the shoulder slowly spread in the room, forming a strange rhythm.

"Drag it out, it's so noisy." With an order, the little maid who was kneeling on the ground was dragged out, leaving only bloody jade fragments and a pool of blood stains where she was kneeling.

The room became quiet again, as if no one had spoken just now, even more as if there was no one in the room at all.Xiao Jiu knelt with her head down and held the glass cup, silently counting the number of times the black bone fan hit her shoulder.

Like drops of water dripping from a stone tip, it is regular and gentle.Slowly, the water droplets gathered into a stream, flowing swiftly, and the speed of the beating also increased, and the force was as fierce and fierce as water hitting a rock wall.The streams converge into floods and rush into the sea, with turbulent waves and waves, with the potential of thousands of troops galloping.

Holding the glass cup in Xiaojiu's hand, she trembled slightly, this Penglai might be submerged by the rushing water.Suddenly, the movement on the shoulders paused, then slowed down, slowed down, and slowly fell into the stream and into the lake.Turn into still water, the lake surface is like a mirror.

Still tense, quietly waiting for the next storm.Xiao Jiu's eyes kept staring at the glass cup in his hand, the prince is a little abnormal today.I heard the conversation between the first brother and the second sister before, the prince was blowing the wind all night in the Moon Tower last night, but tonight he is sitting on the Wolong Terrace, seeing that there are not many red candles lit in the house, how long has the prince been sitting here?What happened to make him so abnormal?

The speed of the black bone fan hitting the shoulder became faster and faster, as fast as a thousand troops crossing the border.The hand holding the cup trembled even more, and Xiao Jiu tried her best to support her body so that she would not fall over.

murderous look.

The black bone fan broke off on the shoulder, one part was held in King Yan Qin's hand, and the other part drew an arc in the air.Xiao Jiu stabilized her body, held back the pain and raised her head to meet King Yanqin's slowly opening eyes, which were red, as if stained with blood.After a closer look, it was clear that it was a pair of bloodshot eyes.

"My lord!" Xiao Jiu and Zhao Huan shouted in unison.

Zhao Huan glanced at the open door, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, it's very windy at night, so let this old slave close the door?"

"Open it, the wind is good, calm down." King Yanqin sat up straight and looked at the broken black bone fan in his hand. There were too many things in his eyes that made it difficult to see clearly, and he said lightly: "After all, it was broken."

The half of the black bone fan in his hand was thrown on the ground and slid to the side of the other half. It was originally one piece but split into two parts. Even if it was repaired, it would no longer be the same.

"Xiao Jiu." Picking up the glass cup in Xiao Jiu's hand, King Yan Qin continued to close his eyes.

"exist."

"How many days do you have for this mission?"

"Three days." At that time, it was only found that the account book was in the hands of the Minister of the Household Department, but he didn't know where it was, so King Yanqin gave Xiao Jiu three days to find the account book and steal it back.

"Three days? Zhao Huan, I haven't eaten for three days?" Passing the glass cup in his hand to Zhao Huan, King Yanqin was a little puzzled, has it been so long?He didn't feel hungry at all, and it seemed that he was really disturbed by that incident.

"Go back to your lord, you have had some snacks for the past three days."

"Xiao Jiu, let's do it now." King Yanqin was holding it in his mouth, and it was inexplicable. He just liked to eat the things made by Xiao Jiu, but Xiao Jiu knew that the things he made were very ordinary, but they looked better and had a taste That's all, but King Yan Qin just loves to eat.In the five years that led to Xiaojiu being a cook, King Yanqin couldn't cook anything other than what he cooked.