I was a princess in ancient times

The Prince of Qinghe County heard that Yu Heng's cough had suddenly worsened, so he took time out of his busy schedule to visit Yu Heng in person at Ji Cheng's yard.

As soon as he walked to the door, he could hear continuous coughing.

Seeing the imperial physician beside Yu Heng, Prince Qinghe asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

The imperial physician showed hesitation.

The last time he checked the pulse of Xianglin County King was when the Xianglin County King had just returned to Chang'an, and His Highness Fifth called all the imperial doctors and imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to Yuhe Palace.

At that time, the pulse condition of King Xianglin was almost the same as when he was just injured, not at all like someone who had been recovering from his injury for two months.

More than half a month passed, and the pulse of Xianglin County King was checked again, and most of the injuries had recovered, leaving only the dark wounds that needed time to slowly recuperate.

No matter what aspects he focused on analyzing the pulse condition, he felt that Xianglin County King shouldn't be coughing so badly, or even shouldn't be coughing at all.

Could it be that the cough is the root of the illness left behind by the King Xianglin's repeated injuries when he rushed back to Chang'an?

Holding Ji Xinxue's arm, Yu Heng sat up straight, smiled wryly and said to Prince Qinghe, "The day before yesterday there was a cold wind, and at night I coughed harder than usual. I think this time it was also due to the wind."

Ji Xinxue's tensed wrists suddenly relaxed, allowing Yu Heng, who was borrowing strength from him, to fall back limp.

He even took the initiative to cover up the cakes for the girls?

Oh, really promising.

The worried imperial physician immediately affirmed Yu Heng's words when he heard the words.

It was just that he was unlucky today and happened to be on duty on Princess Qinghe's birthday, so he was arrested to diagnose the pulse of Prince Xianglin.

Whether the king of Xianglin County will leave the root cause of the disease should be worried by Zhu Taiyi, who is responsible for taking care of the body of the king of Xianglin County.

The anger of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince and the prince of Qinghe County because the Prince of Xianglin might leave behind the root cause of the disease should also be borne by Imperial Physician Zhu.

Yu Heng was caught off guard and fell back limp, habitually coughing a few times.It took a long time for Ji Xinxue to be sympathetic to him, and then realized something was wrong belatedly, and looked up at the people around him.

Ji Xinxue, who was listening carefully to the imperial physician's diagnosis, lowered her head and looked at Yu Heng, knowingly asked, "What's wrong?"

Seeing the familiar concern in Ji Xinxue's eyes, Yu Heng's suspended heart gradually sank, he shook his head, and closed his eyes as if tired.

His old wounds were in his lungs, and his frequent, violent coughs were not completely unaffected.Although it will not cause the recurrence of old injuries, it is inevitable that there will be slight pain.

Yu Heng didn't hate this feeling.

He needs this feeling to wash away the guilt in his heart.

Ji Xinxue's focused gaze is often accompanied by this feeling.

After two breaths, Yu Heng closed his eyes and rested, and he really felt a familiar sight.He completely relaxed his stiff limbs, and his thoughts gradually became chaotic.

The Crown Prince of Qinghe County patiently listened to the imperial physician's long nonsense, and found that Yu Heng had already fallen into a light sleep.Ji Xinxue moved a wide chair from nowhere, and was sitting on the side of the chair, staring at Yu Heng in a daze.

The sunlight sneaked in through the gaps in the window frame, half of it shone on Ji Xinxue's side face, and half of it shone on Yu Heng's chin, as if they were imprinting distinctive marks on the two of them.

The Prince Qinghe's gaze swept across the face of Ji Xinxue, who had no other distractions, and fell on Yu Heng, who stretched his eyebrows.In a low voice, he said to the imperial physician, "I have sent someone to go to Princess Anguo's mansion to invite imperial physician Zhu. If Feng Lang still coughs badly after waking up, you should find a way to relieve Feng Lang's cough first, and then send someone to go to Ji Cheng to enter the palace to invite the imperial physician."

The imperial physician should be respectful, secretly lamenting the honor and favor of Prince Qinghe and Prince Xianglin.

Ordinary courtiers and nobles who want to ask the imperial doctor who specializes in asking the emperor's pulse to enter the mansion must first go to Emperor Changping for mercy.When it was Xianglin County King's turn, summoning the imperial physician was as easy as summoning the imperial physician.

Yu Heng had a dream.

Seeing him falling asleep, Ji Xinxue told the palace servants to take good care of him, and then went back to the birthday banquet to join in the fun. During the period, she met Miss Wang, Miss Zhou, Miss Zhao, Miss Yang... had a good chat with them.

The raging anger caused Yu Heng to escape from the dream immediately, and the low and inaudible conversations were transmitted to the still chaotic brain through the pinnae.

It was Qing Yun's voice first, "Princess Jin Ming wants you to rest assured that she will never mess up such a trivial matter."

Then there was Ji Xinxue's chuckle, "If she doesn't say that, I might be more confident."

Yu Heng sat up silently, and carefully looked at Ji Xinxue who was standing at the door.

Dressed in a crow-blue robe, her long black hair was tied in a white jade crown, and around her waist was a jade pendant and a folding fan of the same material.

When she returned to the gazebo, Ji Xinxue was dressed like this.

However, 'Ji Xinxue', who had a good conversation with the girls in the dream, had a golden unicorn around her waist that matched the purple-red robe.

Thinking of this, Yu Heng's tense shoulders and neck gradually relaxed, and he smiled at the same time as Ji Xinxue who looked back at him.

The two tacitly forgot to show up at the birthday banquet, didn't mention a word to the girl on the 'blind date', and passed the time by playing Go in the room.

Seeing Yu Heng waking up from a nap, Ji Xinxue was completely relieved when her cough disappeared without treatment.

The King of Qinghe County and the Queen of Qinghe County both sent someone to send a message when Yu Heng was taking a nap, telling Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue to leave at any time, and there was no need to pay them a special greeting.

Yu Heng left behind Qingzhu and Zizhu to apologize to King Qinghe and Princess Qinghe on his behalf.

He took Ji Xinxue to the side gate of Qinghe County Prince's Mansion along a little-known path, and returned to Princess An's Mansion unimpeded.

After eating breakfast the next day, Ji Xinxue told Yu Heng that there was a discrepancy in the tax books in Hwaju, Gyeonggi-do, and he would personally lead the officials of the household department to conduct a closed audit of the accounts, and planned to stay in the household department for three days and two nights.

Hearing this, Yu Heng subconsciously said, "I'm fine at the Princess Mansion, accompany..."

"No!" Ji Xinxue interrupted Yu Heng's unfinished sentence, her eyebrows were serious, "I just had a cough yesterday, why don't I remember it? You recuperate honestly, and don't worry about other things until you fully recover."

Lin Zhao at the door paused a little.

Although he came late, he didn't hear the conversation between the two.

But he can be sure that Ji Xinxue is the only 'other thing' that worries Yu Heng.

Seeing Yu Heng bowing his head in frustration, Lin Zhao suppressed the smile on his lips, and walked in front of the two of them as if nothing had happened, "Your Highness, Prince."

"My old friend traveled to Chang'an and invited me to stay in Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing for a few days."

Yu Heng nodded, and ordered Qing Zhu beside him, "Go to the warehouse and get ten jars of Jiangnan fruit wine, two jars of Jiangnan spirits, ten pieces of Suzhou embroidery, and ten pieces of Shu embroidery, as a gift to the old general."

Lin Zhao regards himself as a retainer of Princess Anguo's mansion, and regards Yu Heng as the master, which is the nostalgia and loyalty in his bones.

Yu Heng would not take it for granted that Lin Zhao, as a general of the third rank, did not return to the fief to support his life and enjoy the fun of having children and grandchildren around his knees after he became an official.

From a certain point of view, his reliance and respect for Lin Zhao has far surpassed his closeness to most people in the British government through blood.

Ji Xinxue drank all the tea, took out two strings of red jade beads from her sleeve pocket and handed them to Lin Zhao, "I originally planned to take them to the household department to reward those who couldn't go home because of checking the accounts. Courtiers, I’m afraid they will think it’s a humiliation. I’m only rewarding the petty officials and ignoring the courtiers, and I’m afraid they will treat it as a beating. Forget it, you reward the juniors of your old friend’s family.”

Lin Zhao knew how rich Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue were.Although the things that are given casually are generous, they are not even a drop in the bucket for them.

He calmly thanked Yu Heng and Ji Xinxue for their rewards, with a wide smile on his face, "After all these years, his luck is still so good, it's really enviable."

When Yu Heng heard this, he immediately said to Zizhu, "Go to the warehouse to get twenty jars of Jiangnan fruit wine, ten jars of Jiangnan spirits, twenty pieces of Suzhou embroidery, and twenty pieces of Shu embroidery, and move directly to the old general's residence."

Ji Xinxue untied the lotus jade pendant from white jade to emerald jade, and tied it around Lin Zhao's waist, pretending to be serious, "You must be envied by others, otherwise, where will Yu Heng's face go?"

Lin Zhao's heart skipped a beat.

With his usual expression, he followed his original plan to make Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng happy.It wasn't until Ji Xinxue left the mansion to go to the household department to check the accounts that Lin Zhao carefully recalled the things that made him feel inconsistent.

Yu Heng also stood in front of the window lost in thought.

If he had known that Ah Xue would go to the household department to check the accounts today and would stay in the household department office for three days and two nights, he would not have coughed to avoid more 'blind dates' yesterday.

unwise.

"Jun Wang?" Lin Zhao walked to Yu Heng's side and asked cautiously, "Is Your Highness angry with you?"

In his impression, it was a long time ago that His Highness even called the county king by name.

Yu Heng nodded, the ink in his eyes became darker.

After waking up from a nap in the Prince's Mansion of Qinghe County yesterday, he found that Axue's attitude was very strange.

For a time, Yu Heng thought that Ji Xinxue had already seen through his double-deception tricks, and that's why there was always a frightening coldness in his eyes.

However, when he tried to mention the girl, Ji Xinxue cut off the conversation immediately, and was extremely indifferent to the girl from the Rong family and the girl from Duke Liu's mansion who 'caused' his cough to suddenly worsen, and never took the initiative to mention the girl from the Zhang family and the Korean princess. House girl.

After thinking about it, Yu Heng finally came to a conclusion.

Ji Xinxue was annoyed by Qingzhu's lies, angry that he didn't spare his body.Knowing that the pastry with the smell of medicine might make the injury worse, but because of the girl's tears, he easily ate half of the pastry, which made the cough worse.

In short, it was he who shot himself in the foot.

Not only did Ji Xinxue get angry, but she also lost the opportunity to accompany Ji Xinxue to the household department to check the accounts, and she would not see Ji Xinxue for at least three days and two nights.

Yu Heng shook his head with a heavy face, thinking, "He has only returned to Chang'an for half a month, and the cough has lost its initial effect." Unfortunately, he racked his brains to think about what method can be used to replace the "cough". But a banquet that leads to the same goal by different routes.

Seeing that Yu Heng was not unaware of Ji Xinxue's anger, Lin Zhao relaxed his tense heart a little.

The old friend said in the letter that he only stayed in the suburbs of Beijing for two days and would go south to find his clansmen, so he didn't have time to go to Chang'an to find him.

Calculating the time, he sent his old friend away and hurried back to Chang'an, which happened to be the third day that His Highness checked the accounts at the Ministry of Accounts.

Lin Zhao asked the housekeeper, Qingzhu, and Zizhu for a long time, and hurriedly took the three carriages prepared by Princess An's Mansion out of the city to meet old friends.

Yu Heng pondered for a long time, but still had no idea about the way to avoid the banquet instead of 'cough syndrome', so he decided to go to Qionghua Courtyard to read the storybook to find ideas.

He got inspiration from the storybook at the beginning, so he came up with the clever plan to win Ji Xinxue's pity and tolerance with the 'cough syndrome'.

Remembering that Ji Xinxue almost strayed into the Qionghua Courtyard yesterday, Yu Heng's footsteps became slower and slower.

He ordered Qingzhu and Zizhu.Before Ji Xinxue finished checking the accounts of the household department, all the things in the Qionghuayuan study and bedroom were sealed in wooden boxes and moved to a nearby locked yard.

Then go to the warehouse where Yu Yu's relics are stored to find some valuable ornaments and jewelry that Yu Yu has never used, and put them in the most conspicuous position of Qionghua Courtyard.

At noon, Qingzhu carefully knocked on the door of the bedroom, and said in a low voice, "Ping Guogong, Princess Jinming, Princess Huayang, and Princess Huayang's son-in-law went to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to play, and saw that the flowers in Zhuangzi were in full bloom. I specially sent someone to bring you a flower basket."

The room was silent and there was no response.

Qingzhu wiped the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, tried his best to restrain his mind, and didn't dare to speculate what Yu Heng was doing in the room without authorization.

After a long while, Qingzhu bit the bullet and continued to be annoying, "The servant who delivered the things repeatedly emphasized that every flower bone in the flower basket was personally selected by Duke Pingguo and Princess Jinming. Please appreciate it in time, the king of the county, and don't disappoint Duke Pingguo and Jinming. The heart of a princess."

After a long time, the closed door suddenly opened.

Yu Heng leaned against the door frame with messy clothes, fine sweat could be seen faintly on the side of his neck.Although his eyes were ferocious like a hungry beast, his tone was extremely cold, "Flower basket."

"you……"

Meeting Yu Heng's gaze, Qingzhu immediately swallowed the words that wanted to persuade Yu Heng to 'don't blow the sweat on your body', turned around and ran out of the yard.

The flower basket is only the size of two palms of an adult man, and there are roses, jasmines, peonies in it...all of which are species that need to be pampered in a greenhouse in winter to bloom.

Yu Heng held the flower basket with his right hand, while his left hand roughly grabbed the delicate petals and pulled them out.

Qing Zhu immediately lowered her head, fearing that if she looked at the floating petals too much, they would also turn into residual flowers.

Without the cover of the petals, the green cloth strips on the side walls of the flower basket suddenly became conspicuous.

Yu Heng used his fingers to break the thread between the cloth strip and the flower basket, and successfully found the 'heart' that Ji Cheng's servant specially emphasized.

Unfolding the neatly folded cloth strips, four large crooked characters came into view.

'come on'

'Help'

Looking at the traces, it was written in a hurry with charred charcoal sticks.

The handwriting was so ugly that it was impossible to tell whether it was written by Ji Cheng himself.

Yu Heng stared intently at the cloth strip for a while, then suddenly picked up the flower basket at his feet, and carefully checked where he found the cloth strip.

"Is the person who sent the flower basket a manservant or a maid?"

Qing Zhu was stunned for a moment before answering, "The servant is Yue Ming who often serves Duke Ping."

It's a pity that the flower basket is made of very thin bamboo strips. When Yu Heng picked up the string connecting the cloth strips and the flower basket, the string disappeared along the gap between the bamboo strips, leaving no trace in the flower basket.

The cloth strip is very fine brocade, only the wide side has tear marks, it should have been a square handkerchief.

Facing the direction of the sun, Yu Heng held up half of the handkerchief in his hand, and did not see any needle holes or threads in the blank space.

However, because of the lifelike white crane in the center of the veil, he was still not sure whether the veil was tied or sewn to the flower basket when it was neatly hidden inside the flower basket.

If Ji Cheng sent him a letter with a handkerchief, he was already in a hurry to write with charcoal on a wooden stick, so he definitely didn't have time to find a needle and thread to fix the handkerchief to the inside of the flower basket by sewing.

Yu Heng gritted his teeth secretly, regretting his carelessness.

He thought about the trouble Ji Cheng might encounter, and asked, "Which location of Zhuangzi are they playing? Whose property are they around?"

Qingzhu said without hesitation, "In Princess Jinming's hot spring village, there are Princess Huai'an, King Ling, and the residence of Marquis Chengen..."

"That's enough." Yu Heng interrupted Qing Zhu, "Order the horses to be prepared, and I'll go change my clothes."

If someone from the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion accidentally discovered about Ji Mingtong and Ji Cheng, it would indeed be a big trouble.

Taking off the messy robe and putting on a black riding outfit, the ferocity that was rarely exposed on Yu Heng's body was restrained.It's just that the forcibly suppressed emotions finally subsided completely, and even his thoughts became much calmer.

Even if the person who sent the letter was not Ji Cheng, he was just running in vain.

It just happened to be able to find out who pretended to be Ji Cheng to send him news, and what purpose it had.

Because the matter might involve the secrets of Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong, Yu Heng only took away five Jinwu guards to guard against assassins, and temporarily dispatched fifty left guards from the princess' mansion to go with him to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing to solve the problem conveniently.

Qing Zhu cast envious eyes towards Zi Zhu's back, until the dust raised by the horse's hooves had completely settled, and then he returned to the Princess Mansion with great fighting spirit.

He will definitely complete the errands of sealing up the warehouse and bedroom of Qionghua Courtyard, and he will never let the county king down!

Half a quarter of an hour later, Ji Xinxue, who was wandering in the small courtyard of the household department's yamen, received the news that Yu Heng had left the city, and a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He suddenly realized that Yu Heng might be far more promising than he imagined.

Some time ago, he felt that there was something tricky between Yu Heng and Ji Cheng, so he asked Ji Mingtong to find a way to try yesterday, and sure enough...

Wearing light armor, Yan Meng appeared at the gate of the small courtyard following the clear wind, "Your Highness?"

Ji Xinxue exhaled slowly, trying to calm down whether it was anger or excitement in her chest, and said softly, "Wait a minute."

At least wait until Yu Heng has already left the city and cannot return to Princess An's Mansion in time to stop him before he arrives at Qionghua Courtyard.

Without Yu Heng and Lin Zhao, no one in Princess An's Mansion would dare to stop him from going anywhere.

Just in case, he meant just in case.

In case there is really a girl hidden in the Qionghua courtyard, and Yu Heng is not there, they will not hurt each other's face when his mood may fluctuate greatly.

Yan Meng looked at Ji Xinxue, who suddenly gritted her teeth and gave off a murderous look in surprise, and the regret in her heart grew stronger and stronger.

When Qingfeng went to the Jinwuwei Yamen to look for her, she only said that His Highness was looking for her, but didn't say that His Highness wanted to take her to smash the scene, otherwise she would definitely bring out two big hammers weighing one hundred catties.

Two quarters of an hour later, Ji Xinxue, who had been standing quietly under the plum tree for a long time, suddenly turned around and strode out of the courtyard.

As one of the most important departments of the imperial court, the Household Yamen is second only to the Ministry of Officials. After turning two small roads, you can see Princess Anguo's Mansion, which is the closest to the imperial palace.

Under the surprised gaze of the porter, Ji Xinxue quickly passed through the corner door next to the main gate, and went straight to Lenghui Courtyard.

He still vaguely remembered how he turned from the back door of Lenghui Courtyard to the West Courtyard by accident.

If you enter the mansion from the west side door, you will not recognize the way even more, it may give the people who stay in the mansion time to react, and transfer the girl Yu Heng secretly hid in the Qionghua courtyard.

Ji Xinxue didn't realize at all that his mentality had changed from "exploring the secrets of Qionghua Courtyard" to "catching rape", and his motivation was far higher than when he made the impromptu plan yesterday.

Turning into the west courtyard and seeing the familiar copper lock, Ji Xinxue's footsteps became faster, and she was even able to leave the bewildered Yan Meng behind.

It wasn't until Ji Xinxue found the majestic Qionghua Courtyard that stood out from the crowd that Qingzhu was shocked to hear the news that Ji Xinxue suddenly brought Yan Meng back to the Princess Mansion and rushed straight to the West Courtyard.

He subconsciously looked around.

There are only empty wooden boxes all over the floor, and there is no time to clean up the things in the warehouse and bedroom!

"Quick, quick!" Qingzhu bewilderedly urged the people around her to move faster, but her heart was full of bewilderment.

There are more than a dozen bookshelves in the warehouse, and there are at least a thousand story books and a thousand picture albums in them, and there are also favorites written by the county king himself, so there must be no mistakes.

Three days and two nights are not enough time, how could it be possible to finish packing before His Highness arrives?

unless……

Qingzhu suddenly regained consciousness, and staggered towards the door.

His Highness must not be allowed to enter the Qionghua Courtyard and see the things in the warehouse and bedroom, otherwise the petals that withered in the hands of the Duke earlier would be his fate.

The moment the panic-stricken Qingzhu crossed the gate of Qionghua Courtyard, she happened to see Ji Xinxue with frosty brows and eyes, her legs went limp from fright, and her knees hit the ground hard, making a toothache sound.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?" Qingzhu Chaoji Xinxue showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and the guilt in her eyes almost turned into reality.

Ji Xinxue stopped in front of Qingzhu, condescendingly examining Qingzhu.

Yesterday, Yu Heng really lied to him.

Qingzhu said incoherently, "There is a relic of Princess Xianglin in the Qionghua courtyard, you can't..."

The anger in Ji Xinxue's eyes was even stronger, and she said coldly, "There are not only the relics of Princess Xianglin in the Princess Mansion, but also the relics of Princess An Guo, should I also enter the Princess Mansion?"

Not only did Yu Heng coax him with this method, even Qingzhu dared to do so.

Could it be that in their eyes, he is a very deceitful person?

Ji Xinxue closed her eyes to calm the soreness in the corners of her eyes, and when she opened her eyes again, the almost undetectable panic and fear in her eyes dissipated completely, leaving only firmness.

No matter how much the 'things' hidden in Qionghua Courtyard will affect him and Yu Heng, he will see it with his own eyes today.

Seeing that Ji Xinxue wanted to go around him, Qingzhu subconsciously wanted to grab Ji Xinxue's calf but felt the pain in his wrist that was almost broken, "Ah!"

Yan Meng saw that Qing Zhu had been by Yu Heng's side for many years, so she was useless, and said coldly, "Shut up!"

Ji Xinxue ignored the movement behind her, and suddenly pushed open the concealed door.

Everywhere you can see, there are empty wooden boxes with their lids opened.

If he hadn't discovered any flaws yesterday, he would really spend three days and two nights checking the accounts at the household office...

Overwhelmed by Ji Xinxue's aura, the busy servants stopped in place one after another.

When they saw the green bamboo still kneeling on the ground through the unclosed gate, they all knelt down blankly, looking at Ji Xinxue with eyes full of awe.

Ji Xinxue strode up to the servant closest to him, and asked coldly, "What's hidden here?"

"I don't know." The servant shook his head repeatedly.

The sharp dagger pierced the ground between the servant's fingers without warning, and Ji Xinxue asked again, "What's hiding here?"

The servant was stunned for a while, then withdrew his hand suddenly, and shook his head frantically on the ground, "Slave, I really don't know.

The moment his eyes were dazed by the sunlight shining on the sharp edge, the servant's emotions completely collapsed, "I was only called to carry the box, and Qingzhu doesn't allow us to enter the warehouse!"

The dagger in Ji Xinxue's hand sparkled beautifully and dangerously in the sunlight, just like the master who was trying to suppress his anger at this time.

"Where is the warehouse?"