I was a princess in ancient times

On the way to Ji Jingrou's palace, Ji Xinxue met two foreign wives, wearing third-rank and sixth-rank imperial uniforms respectively, who looked like mother and daughter or mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Qingyun whispered, "It's Concubine Lin's mother and elder sister-in-law."

The two took the initiative to salute Ji Xinxue, "Princess Anwu Jin'an."

Ji Xinxue raised his hand, "Get up."

Concubine Lin's mother and eldest sister-in-law just raised their heads, still maintaining a posture of deep blessing.

The brows of the two were full of hesitation and embarrassment, they looked at Ji Xinxue hesitantly, and refused to get up, apparently waiting for Ji Xinxue to ask them why they were in a dilemma.

It was only then that Ji Xinxue discovered that when Concubine Lin's mother and eldest sister-in-law walked over, they just blocked him close to the palace wall.If the two of them don't get out of the way, he won't be able to move on.

He chuckled, and took two steps back without hesitation, bypassing Concubine Lin's mother and sister-in-law.

Honor or not?

He doesn't care, as long as it's no trouble.

Seeing this, Concubine Lin's mother subconsciously wanted to grab Ji Xinxue's sleeve, "Princess..."

Under the setting sun, the broad sleeves that flashed faintly across Concubine Lin's mother's fingers, Ji Xinxue's palace servants had already surrounded Concubine Lin's mother and eldest sister-in-law under the hint of Qingyun, and forcibly helped them up.

Ji Xinxue shook her head when the smaller and smaller voices behind her disappeared completely.

This was the second time he saw Concubine Lin's mother and eldest sister-in-law. The last time he saw them was at the palace banquet on New Year's Eve.Either way, they are strangers.

They would ask him for help, does he look like a Bodhisattva?

"What happened to Concubine Lin and the Lin family recently?" Ji Xinxue asked casually.

Qingyun quickened her pace silently, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Your Majesty intends to let Concubine Lin out of the palace, make an exception and make her the county lord, King Qinghe has already agreed."

Ji Xinxue was stunned.

Perhaps because the founding emperor was a female emperor, it is not uncommon for concubines in the Yu Dynasty palace to marry another.

When Emperor Qianyuan was in power, he would release several low-ranking concubines every two or three years.The dowry was paid for them from the private treasury, and the clan mansion was ordered to set up female households for them.

Concubines who leave the palace can return to their natal homes or live alone.

From then on, marriage is free, and there is no need to ask the clan's government for instructions.

Emperor Jianxing once accepted his mother's cousin as a noble concubine because he wanted to support his mother's family.

A few years later, he felt that the empress always had petty temper with him because of the imperial concubine, so he negotiated with the imperial concubine to make her the princess, and prepared a generous dowry to send the imperial concubine out of the palace.

Three years later, the noble concubine who became the princess married a certain uncle's son.

However, the concubines who have been released from the palace since the establishment of the Yu Dynasty several times, without exception, are all concubines who have never given birth.

"Originally, His Majesty wanted to follow the example of Emperor Jianxing's noble concubine and make Concubine Lin the princess." Qingyun continued, "Concubine Lin didn't want to leave the palace, so she went to Fengxiang Palace to ask His Majesty to take back her will. She was reprimanded for her disrespect, and went to Tranquility Palace Kneeling for a few days. The Queen Mother didn't like Concubine Lin pestering Concubine Su every day, saying that she was unbearable to be the Princess, so Her Majesty changed her mind and demoted her to be the County Lord."

Ji Xinxue shook her head, with mockery in her eyes.

When Concubine Su took the initiative to mention adoption, Concubine Lin should have thought that Emperor Changping would not tolerate him.

Which father can tolerate the person next to his pillow to take his son as a bargaining chip and take the initiative to send him out?

Now Emperor Changping is still willing to let her out of the palace with dignity, it is already for the sake of the Ninth Prince.

If I continue to do this, I am afraid that I will inevitably end up in a lingering sick bed.

In this matter, Empress Dowager Su will definitely be more cruel than Emperor Changping.

Not only was she able to make a bloody head in Emperor Yanguang's harem, but she was also able to raise Emperor Changping. Why haven't you seen such a big storm?

It is absolutely impossible for Concubine Lin to use her son to influence Concubine Su, and then influence her ambition.

The Ninth Prince adopted to King Shu, who is the grandson of Concubine Su.

Even Concubine Su, who has always been soft-tempered because of her sister's protection, would not allow King Shu's 'only son' to have a mother who might implicate him at any time.

Concubine Lin will be here today because she seeks benevolence and wins benevolence.

However, looking at the reaction of Concubine Lin's mother's eldest sister-in-law, it seems that she thinks she has lost everything.

When Ji Jingrou heard that Ji Xinxue met Concubine Lin's mother and eldest sister-in-law on the road, the disgust in her eyes almost turned into reality, and she said in a muffled voice, "They went to look for Sister the day before yesterday, crying and complaining that Aye was cruel and let Concubine Lin and Xiaojiu's flesh and blood Separation, sister please persuade Aye to change his mind."

"What a joke!" The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, and she raised her hand and slapped the table fiercely, "If Concubine Lin hadn't offered to adopt her, what would have happened today, but now she's blaming Aye for it. She still wants to be Princess Shu. ? She is so beautiful!"

Ji Xinxue handed the teacup to Ji Jingrou, and persuaded, "She will leave the palace in a few days, and grandmother probably won't give her a chance to stay in Chang'an, so don't be angry."

"How can you not be angry?" Ji Jingrou grabbed Ji Xinxue's arm violently, and said next to Ji Xinxue's ear, "Because of her, my grandmother had the idea of ​​inheriting Ji Mingtong to my uncle. Because Aye was reluctant, my grandmother still Sulking with Aye, not only closed the Tranquility Palace after the first day, but also threw the phoenix seal outside the Tranquility Palace. During that time, there was no grandma presiding over major events, and many disturbances occurred in the palace."

"It wasn't until Xiaosi was injured in the Marquis of Runan that the little grandmother knew about it. She took the initiative to persuade the grandmother not to be angry, saying that Xiaosi is a young tree that is about to grow, and if it moves when it has already taken root deeply, it will be considered a fluke It will be a few years without withering, she is reluctant, it is better to choose Xiaojiu who is still a blank sheet of paper."

adopt?

Ji Mingtong?

Ji Xinxue immediately understood Ji Jingrou's dislike for Concubine Lin.

Although my uncle passed away early, even if they adopted him, their lives would not change. They still called Emperor Changping Aye, and both Empress Dowager Su and Concubine Su called grandma. At most, there was an extra 'Aye'.

But... They were originally intended to be bound to the same 'hukou book' forever from birth to death, and even in the history books preserved in later generations.

Suddenly 'move' out the most delicate Ji Mingtong?

Ji Xinxue's heart aches unbearably just thinking of this possibility.

Concubine Su's words of persuasion to Empress Dowager Su are indeed profound and far-sighted.

"If Concubine Lin doesn't want to go out of the palace to be the county lord, let her serve the concubines." Ji Xinxue said coldly.

Among the concubines of Emperor Yanguang, except for the noble concubine, Su Taifei and Yan Taifei stayed in the palace, a small number of other concubines returned home, and most of them chose to live in Huangzhuang together.

The concubines who went to live in Huangzhuang knew how to be grateful on weekdays, and they were afraid that the clan's government would cut their share in half according to the old practice.

Presumably these people are willing to maintain their current lives by 'working' to train Concubine Lin.

Ji Xinxue only brought up a topic, and Ji Jingrou thought of several ways, patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me, and she will never come out of Zhuangzi again."

During the Yanguang Dynasty, she had heard of such filth in the palace, if there were no thousands, there were eight hundred, and she could make up a random way to kill Concubine Lin.

It wasn't until the hot pot was served that the faces of the two gradually eased.

Ji Xinxue picked up the chopsticks, and asked Ji Jingrou solemnly, "During the process of Uncle interrogating Qi Yanhe and Cui Qingsong, was there anything interesting about dinner?"

Ji Jingrou was amused by Ji Xinxue's description, starting from the end of the Great Court Meeting on the [-]th of the first lunar month, the prince of Qinghe County finally remembered the clan mansion and began to talk about it.

After Cui Taishi and British Duke fell ill, Cui Taishi's eldest son went to the clan mansion in the name of Cui's family, and asked the prince of Qinghe County to intercede for Cui Qingsong.

After more than half a day, the Duke of England's second son, Fuwei Qi, appeared in the clan mansion in a foolish manner.

As the successor of the patriarch of the clan, the prince of Qinghe County hates people like Deputy Captain Qi who are not motivated and ruin the family's reputation everywhere.

In sharp contrast, he made an exception and allowed Cui Taishi's eldest son to meet Cui Qingsong.

Although the two met 'alone', Ji Jingrou had already inquired about the communication between Grand Master Cui's eldest son and Cui Qingsong.

Cui Taishi's eldest son asked Cui Qingsong to help Qi Yanhe get out of prison as soon as possible at any cost.

When Ji Xinxue heard this, his appetite whetted immediately.

This "price" of "at any price" is most likely an allusion to Cui Qingsong.

Not only in the British government, up to the noble little county king, down to the eldest son's grandson, they all have to be wronged because of Qi Yanhe.

Now that Qi Yanhe is in big trouble, Cui Shi is willing to sacrifice his wife and son to protect Qi Yanhe.

Could it be that Mrs. Zheng is really the 'princess' and Qi Yanhe is the real 'son' of the British government?

interesting.

Unlucky Cui Qingsong never expected to hear such instructions from his uncle.

Although he is not very eye-catching in the Cui family, he is not completely temperless.

Moreover, with the similarity between Qi Yanhe and Cui Qingpu, Cui Qingsong could easily have the illusion that his family wanted to sacrifice him to fill a hole for Cui Qingpu.

Cui Taishi's eldest son easily 'pacified' Cui Qingsong's emotions.As long as Cui Qingsong admitted to Prince Qinghe that he was jealous of Qi Yanhe and deliberately set up a trick, he would get Qi Yanhe involved in the banquet of the Marquis of Runan.Taishi Cui will immediately distribute [-]% of the private property to Cui Qingsong's elder brother.

Speaking of this, Ji Jingrou showed sarcasm, "Cui Shi actually knew that when Cui Qingsong was seduced with 'profit', he wanted to give the 'profit' to Cui Qingsong's elder brother instead of Cui Qingsong's father. It can be seen that Cui's sixth family has known for a long time. Face to face."

Ji Xinxue nodded, suddenly feeling sympathetic to Cui Qingsong.

Cui has a lot of preference for Wufang, and the biggest victim is Liufang.

The two spouses are the concubine's son and the concubine's son respectively, but they got married in the same year.

When Cui Qingsong's mother was pregnant before Lin's, she gave a lot of supercilious glances, both overtly and secretly.It's a pity that the grandfather and grandmother of the child in the womb are all on Lin's side, turning a blind eye to Lin's bullying of her.

Giving birth to the eldest son did not change Cui Qingsong's mother's situation.She told her husband about her and her child's grievances, and thought she would be comforted, but unexpectedly, it was the beginning of even more anger.

Cui Qingsong's father couldn't feel Cui Qingsong's mother's pain at all, and even thought that Cui Qingsong's mother was making a big fuss, so Cui Qingsong's mother should be more generous.

A few years later, Cui Qingsong and Cui Qingpu were born within three months of each other, successfully taking over the title of "little poor" from the eldest brother, and became the existence to set off Cui Qingpu's intelligence and understanding.

A few years later, the two mistresses were pregnant again at a similar time, Lin's miscarriage, and Cui Qingsong's mother successfully gave birth to a daughter. The title of 'Little Poor' was officially taken over by the youngest daughter.

Lin hated Cui Qingsong's younger sister so much that she almost "missed" and strangled her to death. Cui Qingsong's mother was so cold-hearted that she could only send her daughter back to her natal family to raise her.

After all kinds of unimaginable things in the eyes of normal people, Liufang has long been completely separated.

Cui Qingsong's brother and sister were close to their aunt, Cui Qingsong's father was excluded, so he doted on concubines and concubines.

In the case of Taishi Cui, who has twelve sons and nine daughters, going straight to three-digit grandsons, granddaughters, grandchildren, and granddaughters.Thirty percent of the private property is almost equal to the total family property that ordinary uncles or uncles can share.

Maybe all the property that Cui Qingsong's father received could not compare to this three-point private property.

No wonder Cui Qingsong was tempted.

It's a pity how to convict Cui Qingsong and Qi Yanhe, neither the Qi family and the Cui family have the final say, nor Cui Qingsong and Qi Yanhe have the final say, but Emperor Changping has the final say.

Although Cui Qingsong is more mature than the aristocratic prince of the same age because of his childhood experience, he still couldn't fool the prince of Qinghe County.

Even if Cui Qingsong checked his confession with Qi Yanhe in advance, the prince of Qinghe County, who has served as Dali Temple Minister for many years, would easily find the flaw.

Because Cui Qingsong lied a lot and couldn't be trusted.The Crown Prince of Qinghe County no longer interrogated Cui Qingsong, but interrogated Qi Yanhe instead.

The news spread to Cui Taishi's residence and the British government. The next day, there were many pieces of porcelain in the garbage thrown by the two young men.

The texture of the porcelain is shiny and bright, and when it is not broken, it can be worth at least a few hundred taels of silver.

Hearing that Duke Ying and Taishi Cui were not feeling well, Ji Xinxue whetted his appetite, and his appetite was almost three times that of Ji Jingrou.Ji Jingrou was so frightened that she immediately called a stop, she refused to let Ji Xinxue continue to take the pills without saying anything, and repeatedly asked the palace servants to cancel the pills.

Ji Xinxue hugged the soft pillow and leaned against the wide chair, squinted her eyes comfortably, and asked, "Aside from asking Cui Qingsong to make Qi Yanhe a stepping stone, have Qi Shi and Cui Shi thought of other ways?"

"I haven't finished my words yet, what are you in a hurry for?" Ji Jingrou snatched the fruit plate that the palace man handed to Ji Xinxue, and forbade Ji Xinxue to continue eating until she had finished eating.

It's not that Qi Shi and Cui Shi don't want to use other ways to get Qi Yanhe, but they don't have time to think about it.

Five days ago, Princess Yiyun, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Duke of England, suddenly made a fuss and wanted to take the dowry home.The king of Xinyang County personally took his sons to the British government.

Emperor Changping and Prince Qinghe saw Prince Xinyang's face, and sent Ji Jingrou and Ji Cheng to the British government to find out the situation.

"The British lady, behind Princess Yiyun's back, rewarded the Zheng family with the jewelry that was only handed down to the wife of the Qi family." Ji Jingrou chuckled, and said gloatingly, "Not only did the Zheng family not follow the British lady's order, but hid the This set of jewelry, on the contrary, was generously worn on the head, and went to the clan banquet held by the oldest surviving ancestor of the Qi family."

Ji Xinxue clapped her hands and laughed.

It was the first joke he had heard this year.

The British government couldn't find Qi Yanhe for the time being, and wanted to appease the Zheng family, so they handed over to the Zheng family the jewelry that the Qi family only passed on to the head wife. Set of jewelry.

Mrs. Zheng is harder to fool than the British princess imagined.

Since the former British prince was abolished, Governor Qi is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and the most popular candidate for the new prince is Zheng's husband, Deputy Captain Qi.When Emperor Changping came to the throne, he rejected several times the Duke of England's request to be the eldest son again, which made Qi Fuwei's voice even louder.

Because Princess Yiyun has a good natal family, and she and the former British prince have been the eldest son and wife for many years. They have a deep foundation in the Qi family, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. Only the eldest family can maintain a delicate relationship with the increasingly powerful third family balance.

The Zheng family suddenly appeared at the banquet of the Qi family wearing jewelry that was only passed on to the wife of the family, completely breaking the illusion of calm that all parties tried their best to maintain.

Ever since the former British prince was abolished as the eldest son, Princess Yiyun relied entirely on her natal family and the identity of Qi's clan wife to stabilize her position.

The Zheng family blatantly wanted to seize the position of the clan's wife, and the next step would be the position of the wife of the Duke of England. How could Princess Yiyun not be in a hurry?

Ji Xinxue felt that in this matter, the Zheng family, who did not miss any opportunity and actively fought for his interests, had no problem.Princess Yiyun, who found that one of the only two bargaining chips had been pulled from the bottom, immediately used the other bargaining chip to the extreme, had no problem.

The Duke of England and his wife want to appease Mrs. Zheng, but treat Mrs. Zheng as a fool. They are the biggest idiots.

Now Mrs. Zheng didn't make a fuss because Qi Yanhe was always in the prison of the clan's mansion. On the contrary, Princess Yiyun caused most of the trouble in Chang'an to watch the jokes of the British government. And the blessings of the British Duchess.

"So happy?" Ji Jingrou looked at Ji Xinxue who was leaning forward and back with a smile.

Ji Xinxue looked at Ji Jingrou with bright eyes, "These people have bullied Fenglang before."

Of course it's fun for a dog to bite a dog, and it's best to beat it to death!

After the excitement passed, Ji Xinxue remembered the business. He asked, "Where is Grand Master Cui? Did he go to the clan's mansion to ask his uncle?"

Ji Jingrou shook his head, "Ever since Duke Ying was busy appeasing Princess Yiyun and Prince Xinyang, and had no time to care about Qi Yanhe, people from the Cui family never mentioned Qi Yanhe and Cui Qingsong again."

"So ruthless..." Ji Xinxue held her chin and fell into deep thought.

Growing up in such a ruthless family and playing the role of being sacrificed, Cui Qingsong still has relatives who are as loving as his weakness.

From Cui Qingsong's indifference and alienation towards his father, it can also be seen that Cui Qingsong is not a "holy father" who only loves but not hates in his heart.

Seeing that Cui Qingsong's experience over the years is very similar to that of Yu Heng, he can give Cui Qingsong a chance to get out of the quagmire.

Anguo Princess Mansion, Lenghui Courtyard.

Yu Heng and Ji Cheng also chose to eat pots, large and small empty wine jars were arranged in an orderly manner on the open space, enough to get 99 Ji Xinxue drunk.

However, both Ji Cheng and Yu Heng are people who never get drunk.

Because he often participated in various banquets and socialized with members of the clan, Ji Cheng's drinking capacity was better than Yu Heng's.

Fortunately, Yu Heng has the home court advantage, so he can secretly drink hangover soup while changing clothes, so that when the bell rings in the middle of the night, he can achieve his goal and get Ji Cheng completely drunk.

Yu Heng stared at Ji Cheng, whose eyes were full of emptiness, and was silent for a long time, before he asked tentatively, "You...how did you and Princess Jin Ming communicate with each other?"

"Huh?" Ji Cheng looked at Yu Heng dully, opened his mouth and made a drink break first, "Exchanging minds?"

Yu Heng nodded, with a faint look of expectation in his eyes.

It's impossible for him and A Xue, and it's impossible for Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong.

Ji Cheng's method of making the impossible possible must also be applicable to him and A Xue.

"Interaction, communication, heart, and mind." Ji Cheng savored these words slowly, and the wisdom of thinking was shining in his dull eyes.

After a long time, he waved to Yu Heng, "Come here, come closer."

Yu Heng immediately got up from his seat and walked around to Ji Cheng.

He bent down so that he could listen to every word Qing Jicheng said, with a solemn posture like a student who was about to listen to the teachings of the great Confucianism.

Ji Cheng mentioned Yu Heng's ear bones, and said in a voice that only two people could hear, "Who are you talking about? Who is the one who communicates with each other?"

Yu Heng was stunned.

It's not that he has never seen Ji Cheng drunk before, this is the first time he saw Yu Heng so drunk that he couldn't even understand the words.

"I mean you and Princess Jinming." Yu Heng patiently explained, "You, He, Ji, Ming, Tong."

Ji Cheng stared fixedly at Yu Heng, and his slack eyes gradually recovered, "Me and Ji Xinxue?"

Yu Heng straightened her body, folded her hands on her chest, and looked at Ji Cheng expressionlessly.

He suspected that Ji Cheng was deliberately pretending to be drunk.

After a long time, a slight guilt appeared on Ji Cheng's face, "No, it's not Ji Xinxue?"

Yu Heng sneered, reaching out to touch the teapot.

Tsk, warm water can't make people sober up.

He let go of the teapot, and his eyes skipped over the Ruyi on the Babao grid, the enamel vase by the table...the sword on the wall.

Poor Ji Cheng didn't feel the danger coming quietly, he said hesitantly, "Then you mean Fenglang?"

Yu Heng turned back and looked at Ji Cheng carefully, neither saying yes nor no.

"Ji Jingyu?"

"Ji Chengjun?"

"Ji Yufeng?"

……

"Ji Lin, no no no!"

Yu Heng tightly blocked Ji Cheng's mouth, seeing that Ji Cheng's face was gradually turning red, he cautiously let go of his hand.

Just now Ji Cheng almost mentioned the names of everyone in the clan, even boldly calling Emperor Changping by his first name, except that Ji Mingtong was not mentioned.

Unwilling to give up, Yu Heng asked Ji Cheng a few more questions. Some of the questions included Ji Mingtong's name or words related to Ji Mingtong, while some of the questions had nothing to do with Ji Mingtong.

The drunk Ji Cheng perfectly avoided all questions about Ji Mingtong, but answered other questions honestly.

This made Yu Heng have to recognize the reality.

He managed to get Ji Cheng drunk, but he couldn't get the words out of Ji Cheng's mouth.

With the passage of time, Ji Cheng's consciousness recovered a little bit.He hugged Yu Heng's shoulders and said with a smile, "Feng Lang, I'm so happy! This is my happiest year!"

"Yeah..." Yu Heng sat down following the strength on his shoulders, and responded decadently.

He could take advantage of the situation and ask Ji Cheng 'why he's happy', leading Ji Cheng to tell Ji Mingtong, but he didn't do it.

Yu Heng didn't want to change Ji Cheng's habit of keeping silent about Ji Mingtong when he was drunk.

He stuffed Ji Cheng with two sobering pills, but they didn't see any effect, so Yu Heng called the servants to come in and ordered them to carry Ji Cheng to the guest courtyard.

Ji Cheng, who had always been talking nonsense to Yu Heng with his usual expression, suddenly changed his face, jumped onto Yu Heng's back, and shouted hoarsely, "Come here! Someone assassinated the Duke!"

The guards on duty arrived in a hurry and left in an orderly manner.

Ji Cheng still refused to let the servants get close to him, he followed Yu Heng like a little tail, opened his mouth "I'm so happy this year", shut up "hehehehehe", the annoying Yu Heng almost let the guards beat Ji Cheng I was taken away in a daze, and I deeply felt the feeling of lifting a rock to shoot myself in the foot.

It wasn't until the morning light broke through the clouds in the sky that the more energetic Ji Cheng yawned, his eyes suddenly became clear, and he asked in surprise, "Why is it dawn?"

Where is the pot?The mutton he just went in hasn't been fished yet!

Ji Cheng looked around, fragments gradually emerged in his mind, and his body became more and more stiff.

Yu Heng beat his head with his hand, staring into Ji Cheng's eyes probing.

In just two hours, he thought that Ji Cheng had regained consciousness countless times, and then he was slapped in the face countless times.

Ji Cheng was made guilty by Yu Heng's gaze.He coughed lightly, turned his head and left, "I'm a little sleepy, go to rest first, and you go to bed early too."

Before Yu Heng could respond, Ji Cheng had already changed from a brisk walk to a trot, and disappeared from Yu Heng's sight in the blink of an eye.

Yu Heng closed his eyes tiredly.

Well, really sober up.

Although getting Ji Cheng drunk did not achieve good results, Yu Heng still did not give up learning from Ji Cheng.In order to prevent Ji Cheng from running away after completely sobering up, Yu Heng drank a bowl of strong tea and went to the study to process the paperwork, waiting quietly for Ji Cheng to wake up.

When it was time to release the key to the palace gate, Yu Heng sent someone to report to the palace.

Claiming that he is worried about Ji Cheng who is drunk, he will stay at the princess mansion for an extra night.

When Ji Cheng woke up, he found that it was pitch black outside the window, his eyes were full of bewilderment, and he felt like he didn't know what day and night it was.Knowing from the servant that he slept from morning to night, Ji Cheng's face suddenly changed, and he kept asking what time it is.

Knowing that there are still two quarters of an hour before the palace gate will be closed, Ji Cheng nodded weakly.

I can't see Mingming again today, alas.

During dinner, Yu Heng saw that Ji Cheng was always depressed, with apologetic expressions in his eyes, and asked, "But the night is uncomfortable? I'll ask the government doctor to do acupuncture for you later."

Ji Cheng put down his chopsticks, and the worry in his eyes almost turned into substance, "I'm not feeling sick, I'm just worried that I'm obviously feeling uncomfortable."

"Princess Jin Ming is not feeling well recently?" Yu Heng asked politely.

"No," Ji Cheng shook his head and sighed melancholy, "She must be upset if she hasn't seen me for two whole days. If she is unhappy, she will eat less than usual, and if she eats less, she will easily get sick."

Yu Heng's chopsticks paused in the air, and he suddenly had the illusion that he was full before he even started eating.

Since Ji Cheng took the initiative to mention Ji Mingtong...Yu Heng put down his chopsticks and asked the question from yesterday again, "How did you and Princess Jin Ming communicate with each other?"

"You want to know?" Ji Cheng looked at Yu Heng in surprise.

Since he didn't know Yu Heng, he regarded Yu Heng as a 'child of someone else' because his grandfather and father valued Yu Heng.

Over the years, Yu Heng first followed the prince of Qinghe County, and then Emperor Changping. His majesty became more and more serious, and he gradually supported the gate of Princess Anguo's mansion.He often gave Ji Cheng the illusion that it was not him who was older than Yu Heng, but Yu Heng who was older than him.

Suddenly discovering that Yu Heng has a side that suits the young man so well, Ji Cheng's heart flashed with excitement that he couldn't tell.

Yu Heng felt that there was something wrong with the way Ji Cheng looked at him, very much like when he was drunk yesterday when he mysteriously let him go and asked him who the 'communication with each other' was.

After a while, he nodded affirmatively, "I want to know."

Even if there is only a slight possibility, he wants to try.

Ji Cheng held the teacup and took a sip, his tone was full of undisguised flaunting, "Mingming and I have a good understanding, and when we looked at each other, we suddenly realized that we fell in love with each other a long time ago, and immediately decided to stay together even if we were not married for the rest of our lives. agreement."

Yu Heng subconsciously touched the empty stomach that couldn't eat anything, and asked humbly, "Can you explain in more detail?"

Why can he understand every word, but it doesn't look like human words when they are arranged together?

"More details..." Ji Cheng squinted his eyes and looked at the jumping candlelight, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became brighter, "Do you know that you are afraid of insects?"

Yu Heng nodded, because of Ji Xinxue and Ji Cheng, although he didn't communicate much with Ji Mingtong on weekdays, he knew almost all the other's likes and dislikes.

"Years ago..." Ji Cheng vaguely skipped this passage, unwilling to bring up the spoiler, "When Mingming was unhappy, I had someone catch a whole bag of bugs and bring them into the palace to let Mingming vent his frustration. She gets over her fear of bugs, and she forgets about being unhappy."

Ji Cheng showed eight neat little white teeth, "I knew that this method could revive Mingming, you see, this is our heart-to-heart connection. Do you understand?"

Yu Heng didn't understand, but was shocked.

If he grabbed a few snakes and went to A Xue... A Xue would probably choose a good quality coffin for him based on their old friendship.

"Did Princess Jin Ming hit you?" Yu Heng couldn't hold back his curiosity after all.

Ji Cheng's cheeks suddenly turned red, his eyes were full of embarrassment, he only looked at Yu Heng for a moment, then looked away, and whispered. "beated."

Yu Heng stared fixedly at Ji Cheng, no matter how he looked at it, how did he feel that Ji Cheng's expression at this time was exactly the same as the expression of the newlywed brothers in the picture album he read yesterday when he woke up.

He was keenly aware that Ji Cheng had concealed the process of 'beating people'.

The two looked at each other silently for a while, Yu Heng was struggling to ask if he would be rude in the process of 'beating someone', while Ji Cheng tried his best to calm down the sweetness in his heart and his eagerness to see Ji Mingtong.

"Although Mingming seems to be spoiled by His Majesty, she is actually the most considerate." Ji Cheng said to Yu Heng seriously, "I have never seen a more beautiful girl than Mingming. She even embroidered a purse for me with fine stitches." , The embroidery is lifelike, but unfortunately I am not willing to wear it on my body."

When Yu Heng heard this, his already numb expression because he couldn't understand Ji Cheng's success became even more numb.

Temperament and appearance aside, he just saw the latest purse that Ji Mingtong gave to Ji Xinxue yesterday.

He thought it was a poached egg that had just entered the water, but Ji Xinxue said it was a pair of dragons playing with pearls.

... lifelike, huh.

Could it be that the secret of Ji Cheng's success is covering his eyes and praising Princess Jinming?

Ji Cheng noticed the suspicion in Yu Heng's eyes, and the smile on his brow froze instantly, "You don't believe it?"

"I believe." Yu Heng nodded his head slowly. Based on his understanding of Ji Cheng, if he admitted this sentence, Ji Cheng would ignore him for at least half a month.

Just as Yu Heng knew Ji Cheng, Ji Cheng also knew Yu Heng very well.

He looked at Yu Heng suspiciously, and rationally told him that Yu Heng would not lie, but there was always a feeling in his heart that was contrary to reason.

Yu Heng has experienced repeated tests of countless emergencies, how could he show his flaws in front of Ji Cheng?Without changing his face, he used the words in the storybook to praise the gods and couples, and used them on Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong in turn.With the theme of 'a couple born in heaven', an essay was put together on the spot.

Sure enough, Ji Cheng was coaxed into a smile, and once again he wanted to share happiness, and secretly showed off to Yu Heng that he and his childhood sweetheart, Mingming, had a good understanding, and it was a matter of course...the fairy love of congeniality.

Yu Heng fully absorbed the previous lessons, no matter how much he could not understand the behavior of Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong, he would not show any clues on his face, humbly keep the 'knowledge' in his heart, and study it slowly in the dead of night.

Ji Cheng's emotions became more and more agitated, and he unknowingly talked about "bugs" and "beating people" again.

He took the worm to find Ji Mingtong, told Ji Mingtong that there were worms in the bag, and said that he was willing to accompany Ji Mingtong to face things that he didn't want to face.

Ji Mingtong was very 'moved', and lay on Ji Cheng's back stiffly throughout the whole process, directing Ji Cheng to turn around.Because of Ji Cheng's hard work, Ji Mingtong suddenly became angrier and beat Ji Cheng violently.

Ji Cheng was afraid that Ji Mingtong would hurt himself by mistake, so he quickly relaxed his tense muscles and taught Ji Mingtong how to fight to relieve his anger.

"It's clear that she can't live without me."

When he said this, Ji Cheng's eyes shone brighter than the stars in the night sky, and his brows were filled with love.

His tone was extremely firm, "Without me, there would be others who would hold her in their hands and take care of her meticulously. But without her, I would never know what the purest happiness feels like."

Yu Heng stared blankly at Ji Cheng, his eyes were full of longing that he could not hide with all his efforts.

Before he got worried, he ordered Qing Zhu, "Let someone catch a few non-poisonous snakes."

Suddenly, more and more noisy voices came from a distance, and Ji Mingtong, who was wearing a goose yellow dress, rushed to Ji Cheng like an angry little oriole, "Ji Cheng! You promised me that you will enter the palace today!"

The disbelief in Ji Cheng's eyes turned into surprise, he stood up and hugged Ji Mingtong, "You came out of the palace to find me?"

Ji Mingtong's grievance was appeased in an instant, and he quietly leaned his head on Ji Cheng's shoulder, "You are so beautiful! I am going out of the palace to look for elder sister, and by the way, see if you are drunk to death."

Hearing this, Ji Cheng immediately let go of Ji Mingtong.He took Ji Mingtong's arm and said with a smile, "Go, I'll take you to Princess Huai'an's mansion."

"Are you trying to quarrel?" Ji Mingtong pushed Ji Cheng away fiercely, pinched his waist with both hands, and stared at him aggressively.

At this moment, she deeply felt that because she was worried about Ji Cheng, she who deliberately left the palace was like a stick.

Ji Cheng gently tucked Ji Mingtong's broken hair behind his ears, and said softly, "I don't want to quarrel. When you are unhappy, I will quarrel with you again."

Princess Anguo's Mansion and Princess Huaian's Mansion are located on the left and right sides of the palace respectively. How could he rest assured that Ji Mingtong would rush to Princess Huaian's mansion alone after dark?

Even if there are Jin Wuwei, they can't rest assured.

Yu Heng looked away expressionlessly, got up silently and walked to the door.

Because he devoted himself to learning from Ji Cheng, he didn't eat half of his dinner, but at this moment he felt full of nausea.

Ji Xinxue, who was waiting in the gazebo, saw that Yu Heng was about to pass him with a dazed face, surprise appeared in his eyes, and he asked with a smile, "What are you thinking?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Yu Heng subconsciously said, "Snake."

"Snake?" Ji Xinxue touched her stomach that had been empty since noon because she was waiting for Yu Heng to enter the palace for dinner, and her tone changed from dissatisfaction to excitement, "Snake soup? Stir-fry? Braised? Salt and pepper? Assorted platter?"

When Yu Heng heard this, the surprise that had just flooded into his heart suddenly turned into entanglement.

The snake he ordered to find had a more important purpose.

But Axue wants to eat...

After a while, Yu Heng was still defeated by the expectation in Ji Xinxue's eyes after all, he nodded heavily, "Eat!"