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Luo Jinglei, who turned around and left, seemed to be normal except that he seemed busier. Not long after he sent off He Xiangchen and his party from Beijing, the Yiwang Mansion was completed.However, in just over a month, it is natural that a prince-level palace cannot be built. It is just a reorganization and reconstruction of the idle palace, which is also unique and elegant. Luo Jinglei also moved in hastily on the first day after the palace was built. His things were all prepared in the palace, and he didn't take any of the clothes from Xia's mansion. A group of people were waiting for the sixth prince to hold a housewarming banquet, but they waited and waited, but still saw nothing, so they had to let go of their thoughts.

The people outside couldn't drink a wedding banquet, but the people in Xia's mansion didn't get a glass of wine. Except for some famous and high-status people in Yiwang's mansion, everyone else thanked them all. In addition, the emperor has not yet allowed him to enter the court. Listening to the government, the title of king was just an imperial edict, and the people who had a hard time seeing the sixth prince began to speculate again, saying that the sixth prince was arrogant and rude, and that he was neglected by the emperor. There were different opinions, but After all, there is no exact way to say it, but the third prince is very close to the sixth prince as always, and the two of them will visit each other every now and then.

Xia Qiuyu had been to Prince Yi's Mansion once. Before Luo Jinglei moved to the Prince's Mansion, he had never had a good conversation with him once. Even if he met him, he nodded and left in a hurry. There was something strange in my heart, and I was also a little worried, so I went to the door. Unexpectedly, Luo Jinglei happened to go to the Prince Lu's Mansion that day. The housekeeper said that he would not return today, so Xia Qiuyu had no choice but to leave in resentment, and never went there again Guoyi Wangfu.

In fact, Luo Jinglei knew that Xia Qiuyu was going, but he didn't want to see him. He didn't want to see him with other women when he was in Xia Mansion, not to mention smiling gently at that woman. It wasn't him He could accept it, so he tried his best to restrain himself from meeting him, and put all his attention on his affairs, and even took away some of Luo Jingming's affairs, which made Luo Jingming dumbfounded.

On this day, Luo Jinglei, who had made an appointment with someone in Juxian Tea House, chose a corner on the second floor, drank good tea, but his mind didn't seem to be here, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he didn't notice that he was coming up from the second floor. A pair of people.

The man was wearing an ice-blue brocade silk shirt embroidered with green bamboo inscriptions, a fine agar white jade pendant around his waist, and a blue hairpin in his hair to tie up the ink silk, and there were no other ornaments; The woman is wearing a lavender dress, covered with a white gauze dress, with a gold hairpin on her head, emerald green waistband, her bare hands covering her mouth and her delicate smile, and the two of them are as gentle as jade and the other is as beautiful as a fairy, it is really unbearable Sideways envy.

These two were naturally Xia Qiuyu and Dongfang Ziqin, they chose a seat near the window on the second floor, and the waiter served them tea.

"Didn't Brother Qiuyu say that there is a great violinist here? Why didn't you see Ziqin?" Dongfang Ziqin looked at the piano stand on the second floor, where there was a violin covered with dustproof gauze, but no one was there. play.

The two have been together for more than half a month, and Xia Qiuyu has also understood Dongfang Ziqin's temperament, she is pure and kind-hearted, perhaps because she seldom goes out of the boudoir, she is quite curious about the surrounding things, sometimes like a child, which makes Xia Qiuyu fall in love with her But he treats her like a sister.It is not surprising to see her like this now, and said: "Ziqin, don't worry, the qin master also has a time when he plays the piano, how can he play without stopping, I think he is going to rest, we just wait for a while."

"Okay..." Dongfang Ziqin was a little disappointed, but she began to taste the tea seriously. The tutor of the family's children is also excellent.

Xia Qiuyu chuckled, looked around, and was surprised to see Luo Jinglei in the corner. His expression didn't seem very good. The worries in his heart arose again a few days ago, and he apologized to Dongfang Ziqin: "Ziqin, I Let's go to meet acquaintances, Lao Ziqin is equal here."

Dongfang Ziqin nodded in understanding, and said generously: "Brother Qiuyu, go and do it yourself, it's okay."

Luo Jinglei was also a little surprised that the person who had been thinking about him for a long time met him here, and he even walked towards him. However, when he saw the Dongfang Ziqin not far from Xia Qiuyu, the joy that was so joyful has completely dissipated.

"Why is Lei'er sitting alone?" Xia Qiuyu approached, but did not sit on the chair opposite Luo Jinglei, but stood beside Luo Jinglei, grabbed Luo Jinglei's outer hand with one hand, and lightly rested his other hand on him. The pulse on the wrist was skillful and natural, Luo Jinglei subconsciously did not resist at all, as if he was on the nameless mountain, he let him do what he did, and rubbed the jade pendant on his waist that was very similar to Xia Qiuyu with his other free hand.

Xia Qiuyu sat on the chair for a while, and then sat down on the chair after letting go. He frowned and asked, "Why have you been suffering so badly these past few days? Father said that you have been quite busy these days. It seems that you haven't had a good rest. You left Xia Qiuyu. The government is not taking good care of your body."

Luo Jinglei lowered his eyebrows and caressed the place that was touched just now, feeling the remaining temperature on it, he said indifferently, "No problem."

Xia Qiuyu heard it but blamed, "How can you say it's all right." After she finished speaking, she thought about it, and there were actually not many servants in Prince Yi's mansion. Most of the servants who were originally arranged to come in were dismissed by Luo Jinglei, and only Xia was left behind. It was arranged by Dan Fang or he chose it himself. When Luo Jinglei was on the Wuming Mountain, he experienced everything by himself. Later, he separated and was not by his side. He couldn't take care of him even if he wanted to. He lived in Wenzhuyuan and waited on Luo Jinglei. It was his own maid who was startled, and he would give a few more words of advice on weekdays, but now in Prince Yi's mansion, he hadn't knocked a few times, or even given a few words of advice.

Thinking about it this way, Xia Qiuyu blamed herself a little bit, hesitated for a while, and asked, "Are you free recently? Sometime, I want to visit your house."

Luo Jinglei didn't answer right away, he seemed to be thinking about the answer on his face, but his heart was full of bitterness, and it was like this, every time he was determined to give up chasing Xia Qiuyu, that person would approach him, obviously without other emotions , just a word of concern, a movement, but it takes his whole breath, so how can he let him stop!

"Today, my brother-in-law will come to the house today to have some dinner. I'll ask someone to prepare it." Luo Jinglei looked straight at Xia Qiuyu, with something ready to come out in his eyes.

When Xia Qiuyu met those eyes, she subconsciously shifted her gaze, not wanting to break something, just nodded, knowing that he should still have something to do, she got up and wanted to leave, but Luo Jinglei stopped her, and the overturned person was in his ear While whispering softly: "Don't take that woman!"

Xia Qiuyu was taken aback, looked at Dongfang Ziqin in the distance, and nodded in agreement, he didn't even think about taking her there.

There are quite a few people in the capital who know the Sixth Prince, but not many who have seen Luo Jinglei, but there are many people with status in this teahouse, and those people naturally know Xia Qiuyu. The relationship is good, Xia Mansion can be said to be the biggest help for the sixth prince; but those who don't know each other, only feel that the behavior of these two people is quite ambiguous.

Luo Jinglei let Xia Qiuyu leave, and then a man who looked like an attendant ran up not far away, whispered something respectfully beside Luo Jinglei, and made a gesture of invitation, Luo Jinglei nodded, and followed the attendant to leave.

Xia Qiuyu watched him leave, sighed, and happened to meet Dongfang Ziqin's curious eyes, "Does Brother Qiuyu care about that person?"

"Well, that's the sixth prince and my nephew." Xia Qiuyu briefly explained Luo Jinglei's identity.

Dongfang Ziqin saw that he didn't want to say more, so she obediently stopped mentioning it. It happened that the luthier came on stage, and the simple-minded Dongfang Ziqin focused all her attention on the sound of the piano.

And Luo Jinglei was invited to a small inn near Juxian Tea House. The innkeeper saw them, and immediately took them respectfully to a separate courtyard behind.

There were two men sitting in the other courtyard, a chessboard half-filled with white jade pieces, and a pot of light tea with a faint fragrance. They were really uncomfortable.After a while, the servant came to remind him: "Master, the sixth prince is here."

"Please!" One of the men happily threw a chess piece and got up to meet him. The other man got up after him and walked a step behind the man.

When Luo Jinglei saw the man walking in front, he cupped his hands and said, "East Crown Prince, I am far away from you."

"Hey, why should the sixth prince be so polite? If there is anyone else here, the sixth prince can just call me Mu Hua." Ke Muhua smiled heartily and returned the gift.

Luo Jinglei didn't pretend, "That's fine, Mu Hua can also call me Jinglei."

"It's so good, please let Jinglei enter the house to tell you."

"Please."

If Xia Qiuyu was there, he would definitely remember that the Eastern Crown Prince was the one who was chased and beaten by Miss Fang outside the Zuixian Tower, and the man next to Ke Muhua was the one who made sarcastic remarks that day. It was Wu Huan, the number one counselor of the Eastern Crown Prince, and it was Ouyang Fengmao who lost the bet and was forced to be called the big brother, and Luo Jinglei also guessed a bit.

"First of all, I want to congratulate Mu Hua on his precious son." The Eastern Crown Prince got married the year before last, and he married Fang Miaoshu, the second lady of the Fang family. Unexpectedly, it was reported that she was pregnant last year, and she gave birth to Lin'er in the spring of this year. He also sent someone to send a congratulatory gift.

"Thank you very much." When it comes to Lin'er, Ke Muhua naturally smiles, unable to hide his complacency and showing off, he looks at it without joy, and sighs for the happy enemy couple.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Luo Jinglei took out a sheepskin drawing, which was the engineering drawing of Lingqu. Ke Muhua, who was laughing, and Wuhuan, who was sighing, straightened their expressions and sat upright with serious expressions.

"This is Lingqu? I wonder who thought it?" Wu Huan asked, waking up from the shock of the blueprint a step earlier.

Luo Jinglei was not in a hurry, avoiding and answering: "Isn't that why you came here? Although it was established according to the territory of Beichen, the technology here is integrated. It can't be imagined that within three years, Donghuang will also can be built."

Ke Muhua came here for this reason. He had sent people to investigate. He knew what Beichen was building, and he knew a thing or two about the function of this spiritual canal. However, only a few people had the blueprints. Jinglei approached him and traded the blueprints, so he and Wuhuan rushed to Beichen overnight.

"Jinglei, apart from asking me, the Eastern Emperor, to support your succession in the future and the friendship between the two countries, what other requests do you have?" Ke Muhua asked while holding the blueprint.A simple blueprint can benefit the people, but Donghuang seems to have paid too little.

Luo Jinglei also knew that Ke Muhua would be suspicious, but this time he really didn't want much, but the person who designed it once said that it shouldn't be built only in Beichen.It's that simple. Although it doesn't fit Luo Jinglei's style, it follows Xia Qiuyu's thoughts.

"I don't want anything, as long as Mu Hua treats the people kindly in the future." Luo Jinglei said lightly.

Ke Muhua nodded and agreed, "I, Ke Muhua, will never fail the people of the Eastern Emperor. The two countries will remain friendly in the future. In addition, when Jinglei ascends the throne, the Eastern Emperor will definitely come to congratulate him!"

Afterwards, Luo Jinglei sent another letter and handed it to Ke Muhua, "Su Yun has not left before, if you send someone to chase after him quickly, deliver this letter to him, and he will let the person you send study by the side."

Ke Muhua accepted the letter by accident, and he had also heard of Su Yun's name, and knew that Su Yun was the person in charge this time. It would only be beneficial to Donghuang to get his advice, "Thank you!" Then Hand the letter to Wu Huan, "Wu Huan, you go this time."

"En." Wu Huan also knew the seriousness, bowed out and left, and immediately set off.

Luo Jinglei narrowed his eyes and praised: "As expected of being the number one counselor of the Eastern Emperor, he is proficient in everything."

Ke Muhua grinned, and put away the blueprint, "Why should Jinglei be envious, there must be more capable people around Jinglei, and with this blueprint, Donghuang couldn't draw it."

Luo Jinglei didn't answer, took tea and drank it silently.

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