I was a princess in ancient times

The servant covered his head and face with his elbows and moved back, as if he had never heard of Ji Xinxue's question.

After only two breaths, Ji Xinxue lost all patience and looked away.The eyes were on the person who dared to sneak a glance at him.

The feeling of being targeted by a ferocious beast made the mind of the servant, who was already full of fear, go blank.All that remained in his mind was wagging his tail and begging for his life, and subconsciously raised his finger to the east, "There!"

Against the backdrop of the ebony door, the brass lock, which was as big as the palm of an adult man, was particularly conspicuous.

Yan Meng spread out his palms to the sweaty Qing Zhu, "The key."

Qingzhu shook his head slowly and firmly, even if he could not prevent His Highness from entering the warehouse, he would never hand over the key.

Otherwise, what face would he have to beg for mercy from the county king?

Before Yan Meng could do anything to Qingzhu's waist purse and chest pocket, Ji Xinxue had already walked around to the window and kicked it.

"Your Highness?" Yan Meng heard the prestige, panic appeared in his eyes.

She was afraid that Ji Xinxue would be injured by kicking the window, and she would no longer care about Qingzhu, so she immediately ran to Ji Xinxue's side.

Qing Zhu carefully supported his numb wrist, and staggered up from the ground.He broke out with unprecedented speed and successfully escaped from the range of Qionghua Courtyard.

"Quick, hurry up and chase after the king!" Qing Zhu fell panting on Zuo Wei who had heard the sound, and finished speaking while resisting the suffocation in her chest, "Tell the king, His Highness is in the Qionghua courtyard."

"Very annoyed!"

He has been with the county king for many years, and it was the first time he saw His Highness lose such a big temper.

Wait until His Highness sees the things in the treasury...

Thinking of what might happen next, Qingzhu rolled his eyes up several times, and kept awake only by pressing down on his swollen wrist.

He can't pass out!

It is already impossible to prevent His Highness from entering the warehouse of Qionghua Court, at least not to allow His Highness to leave the Princess Mansion before the King of the County comes back.

Qingzhu grabbed Zuo Wei's sleeve with all his strength, "Please, take me back to Qionghua Courtyard."

Although Ji Xinxue didn't practice martial arts diligently, she was in a state of rage, and the power of this kick was far greater than usual.

The wooden window that was also carved with acacia flowers burst into a big hole, Ji Xinxue raised the dagger without thinking, and slashed at the wooden thorn that was still connected to the window frame.

Yan Mengji's hand brushed against the sharpest part of the wood thorn, and her eyelids were raised fiercely.She quickly grabbed Ji Xinxue's arm, "I'll open the door for you!"

Ji Xinxue directly felt the disparity in strength between him and Yan Meng, and nodded calmly.Put away the dagger, followed Yan Meng to the door.

Yan Meng held the handles on both sides of the door with both hands, and with a deep breath in her dantian, she let out a muffled low ah, and 'easily' pulled off the two handles and the handles connected to them from the ebony door that was as thick as two knuckles. Chain and brass lock.

"Wait for me here."

Ji Xinxue supported Yan Meng who had taken two steps back, before the words fell completely, her figure had already crossed the broken ebony gate.

"Your Highness, you..." was hurt.

Yan Meng withdrew her hand that was stagnant in mid-air, and the melancholy in her eyes became deeper and deeper.

Ji Xinxue stopped at the place where she had just entered, the anger in her eyes gradually turned into blankness.

As far as the eye can see, they are all very familiar arrangements.

The large wooden cabinets covering the surrounding walls from the ground to the top, the well-arranged shelves in the center, and even the evergreen bamboo planted in porcelain pots at the corners... are exactly the same as the layout in the Yuhe Palace warehouse.

Ji Xinxue was not in a hurry to check what was in the cabinet.

He leaned against the large cabinet against the wall and went around the warehouse to check every window.

There were five windows in total, including the one he kicked to pieces, all of them were closed from the inside, with copper locks as long as the index finger.

From the time he broke into Qionghua Courtyard to entering the warehouse, it was impossible for anyone to escape from the warehouse.

There is no golden house to hide the beauty, it is really just a warehouse.

This conclusion slightly eased the rampant anger in Ji Xinxue's heart.

He stood in the center of the warehouse and looked around, thinking with gradually recovered rationality.

Yu Heng lied to him because of the things in the warehouse.

There are many tall empty wooden boxes in the yard, nine out of ten are ready to transfer the things in the warehouse to other places.

Judging by the number of wooden boxes, Yu Heng wanted to hide a lot of things from him, and there was a high probability that they would occupy several cabinets, so they could be found without careful investigation.

Guessing is back to square one again.

Ji Xinxue thought about it, and felt that unless Yu Heng hid someone in the Qionghua Courtyard, the warehouse would be filled with things related to that person.

Otherwise, Yu Heng didn't need to go to great lengths to hide it from him, and just now Qingzhu wouldn't face him as if he saw an evil ghost.

Ji Xinxue sneered, gave up all kinds of thoughts, and opened the biggest cabinet door in front of her.

Guess what?

Just look at it.

Inside the cabinet is a jade tray, which contains five scarlet brocades covered on huanghuali wooden boxes.

Ji Xinxue lifted the second brocade from the left without hesitation.

Second from left, Yu Heng's favorite position.

The wooden box was about as long as Ji Xinxue's single arm, and there were no traces of carving on the surface, only smooth wood grains, which did not meet Yu Heng's aesthetics.

Opening the lid of the box, there is another cloth bag sewn with vermilion brocade, and it can be seen that the things inside are cylindrical.

It wasn't until this time that Ji Xinxue realized that it wasn't that there were no complicated and beautiful patterns in the wooden box, it was just that they were not on the surface of the wooden box.

The inside of the wooden box not only has a phoenix pattern, but is also colored with precious gemstone pigments.

There were also phoenixes embroidered in gold on the scarlet brocade sleeves, with obsidian for the eyes and rubies and topazes for the feathers.

The value of the brocade cloth bag and the pear blossom yellow wooden box alone is enough to give the nine-rank official a salary of several decades.

Ji Xinxue was silent for a moment, untied the knot in one go, and poured the 'treasure' hidden in the brocade bag into the palm of her hand.

Lush scrolls, delicate paper patterns.

It is a picture framed regardless of cost.

Ji Xinxue blinked nervously, looking around for a place to hang the painting.

He moved a round stool, put his feet up to lift the scroll, and tried several times before he could hang it on the high iron hook. The hand that unfolded the scroll trembled uncontrollably.

Don't be the portrait of Princess Xianglin!

Valuable gemstone pigments, gold inlaid ruby ​​phoenix head face, peony flowers in the center of eyebrows, and curved eyebrows like willow leaves.

It is Yu Heng's own painting.

As more and more parts of the picture scroll unfolded, Ji Xinxue's heart became heavier and heavier, and he even hesitated whether to continue.

However, he only hesitated in his heart, and the movements in his hands never stopped.

Round and bright phoenix eyes, a tall nose bridge, ears shaped like flower bones, thin lips, a natural oval face...it's not Princess Xianglin.

Like Ji Xinxue, but not exactly Ji Xinxue.

Ji Xinxue's eyes are round only when the baby fat has not faded, but during this period of time, he does not need to put various flowers on the brows to cover up the sharpness between the brows.

If you have to say who this face most resembles, Ji Xinxue has only one answer in mind.

This is the fused portrait of all the reflections he has seen in the bronze mirror for more than ten years.

He carefully held up the scroll that hadn't been fully unfolded, jumped off the round stool, and slowly let out the rest.

Judging by the thickness, this should be a full-body painting.

Slender neck, prominent collarbone, smooth shoulder and neckline.

Ji Xinxue raised half of her eyebrows, silently speeding up the drawing.

Could it be that Yu Heng matched the person in the painting with a tube top palace costume by referring to the palace costumes of the previous dynasty?

When Ji Xinxue saw the obvious pectoral muscle lines, Ji Xinxue's hand shook violently, and the picture scroll that hadn't been fully unfolded came out of her hand and fell to the bottom instantly.

Fortunately, the best materials were used for the frame of the picture scroll, so it did not tear due to inertia.

The pectoral muscles that seem to be absent, the slender waist that has no abdominal muscles at all but is not full of grip...the white, shiny and powerful thighs, well-proportioned calves, slender ankles, and even vermilion cardamom on the toes.

Ji Xinxue stared blankly at the portrait that was half a head taller than him, and both her vision and her mind suffered an unprecedented impact.

How does Yu Heng know that although he looks thin, he has the outline of pectoral muscles from certain angles, but has no abdominal muscles at all?

Could it be that when he was asleep, secretly...

Do not!

This is not the point.

The point should be that Yu Heng, personally, painted his... This kind of portrait!

Ji Xinxue looked at the four remaining huanghuali wooden boxes on the jade tray from the corner of her eyes, and the emotions in her eyes were so complicated that she couldn't distinguish them.

He walked slowly back to the jade tray.

Four picture scrolls were opened out of four wooden boxes, and the material was exactly the same as the picture scrolls hanging high.

Ji Xinxue raised her hand and put it down again, after a while, raised her hand again, put it down again, repeated this process countless times, and suddenly strode towards the door.

When Yan Meng heard footsteps behind her, she immediately turned her head, "Your Highness, you..."

"Stay here and don't let anyone in." Ji Xinxue interrupted Yan Meng's words with a serious face.

He moved the wide chair in the corner against the broken ebony door, removed the half-person high cabinet door to cover the smashed window, and returned to the jade tray with a blank expression.

During the period, the huge picture scroll that has been unfolded several times, all eyes are fixed.

It's a pity that all the iron hooks that can hang huge paintings in the warehouse are concentrated in one place. If Ji Xinxue wants to look at the remaining scrolls, he will inevitably see the white belly.

The first scroll on the left hand.

Ji Xinxue's shadow is still full of eyebrows in the painting, which is gratifying to congratulate. Not only is the person in this painting full of black hair tied in a hair crown, but he also wears the regular clothes of the county king.

It's just that there is no middle coat and the outer robe is not tied, revealing two small pink flowers and a white belly.

Ji Xinxue stood in front of the portrait and pondered for a long time.

As early as when he saw the first white belly, he could tell that Yu Heng was not serious, but... he was curious and wanted to see it.

Count the first scroll on the right hand.

The figure in the painting with a woman's hair bun is loosely wrapped in a tulle gown that might as well not be worn.

The second scroll from the right.

The black hair hangs down the shoulders and neck like silk, and it matches the indistinguishable facial features of the person in the painting, which makes it impossible to identify the gender of the person in the painting just by looking at the face.

Thanks to the caring master of the painting, under his brushstrokes, the person in the painting is walking a bird in a heroic posture.

When it was the turn of the scroll in the center, Ji Xinxue, who thought she was well-informed and would never be touched again, saw the two faces with their noses touching, and once again frantically exploded fireworks in her mind.

Yu Heng!

abnormal.

After a long time, Ji Xinxue continued to display the painting with a blank face.

Yu Heng is not only perverted but also narcissistic, how could it be so much stronger than him?He doesn't believe it!

The color difference is so obvious?He doesn't believe it!

Six-pack abs?He doesn't believe it!

...?He doesn't believe it!

The feet are a circle bigger than him, tsk.

After staring fixedly at the person in the painting for a long time, Ji Xinxue looked away with perseverance.However, no matter how he mobilized his reason, which was blown into fireworks, he couldn't complete logical thinking.

Eyes open is huge chromatic aberration, eyes closed is...

Even if he recited the Jingjing Sutra silently, he couldn't get half of peace.

In desperation, Ji Xinxue can only try to use the method of "defeating magic with magic" to solve the current predicament.

He walked around to a place where he couldn't see the scroll, and chose a cabinet at random to open it.

Familiar carved wooden box, familiar fragrance, familiar cover, familiar style of painting.

Oh, and the familiar red leaf logo.

Ji Xinxue immediately turned to the cabinet next door.

This time, he judged the texture on the carved wooden box first, and found that it was fresh bamboo leaves, so he opened the wooden box with confidence.

It is a small ornament.

In the bamboo forest carved with jasper, two people are entwined in a distorted posture.

If Ji Xinxue hadn't seen the five huge portraits, she might not have thought much about it.

But now, seeing the golden phoenix hairpins on the heads of the two white jade-carved villains and the golden unicorn accessories on their waists, Ji Xinxue can only say...he was too early to rest assured.

Looking through the grids in five or six different cabinets in a row, he couldn't find anything that could purify his mind.Just when Ji Xinxue was about to give up, she suddenly found a book with a normal cover and no fragrance.

'The origin of love'

Ji Xinxue quickly scanned the entire book.

Only text, no patterns, seems to be a good look.

At the same time, Yu Heng has rushed to Zhuangzi where Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong are.

He looked coldly at the servant who hurried out to greet him, "Where is Ji Cheng?"

"Guo Gong is having a barbecue in the courtyard with Princess Jinming, Princess Huayang, and Princess Consort." The servant replied respectfully.

Yu Heng changed direction on his horse, overtook the servants and headed for the depths of Zhuangzi.

He's been here before, and he doesn't need a servant to lead the way to find the place.

When Ji Cheng saw Yu Heng, the surprise on his brows still couldn't be restrained completely.

He was savvy and didn't ask Yu Heng 'why didn't he accompany Ji Xinxue in Chang'an', and said with a smile, "It happens to be your favorite beef. If you go back later, you can bring two rabbits to His Highness."

Yu Heng ignored Ji Cheng's words, and whispered, "Did you send me a flower basket?"

"She clearly said that His Highness likes flowers, but she heard that His Highness spent most of his time in the Princess An's Mansion recently, so she ordered someone to send flowers to you." Ji Cheng replied honestly.

Seeing Ji Cheng's reaction, Yu Heng was already sure that the half handkerchief hidden in the flower basket with the words 'come quickly' and 'help' was not from Ji Cheng.

He threw the purse onto Ji Cheng's chest with a sullen face, "The servant who delivered the flower basket hinted that there was something wrong with my flower basket, and I found a half veil inside."

When Ji Cheng heard this, apart from the surprise that had not completely dissipated between his brows, there was also a bit of bewilderment.

"Is Yueming going to send the flower basket in person? I didn't explain..."

He stared at the black marks on half of the handkerchief, and suddenly felt his scalp go numb, and said hoarsely, "This is obviously a handkerchief."

Although Yueming has been by his side for many years and is considered his confidant, he is not the closest person.It is normal to take Ji Mingtong's instructions as his orders and not ask him specifically.

However, why did Ji Mingtong...

Ji Cheng clenched the veil tightly.

With Ji Mingtong's sensitivity, there is a high probability that he will not be able to discover the tacit understanding between him and Yu Heng.

Although she is delicate and naive, she looks very deceitful, but she can best tell the difference between closeness and closeness.

Those who give advice to Ji Mingtong must have the same status in Ji Mingtong's heart as Ji Cheng, or even surpass Ji Cheng, in order to persuade Ji Mingtong to act in Ji Cheng's name without telling Ji Cheng.

When Yu Heng found half of the handkerchief in the flower basket, Yu Heng thought about the possibility that the handkerchief and the writing on the handkerchief were not done by Ji Cheng.

On the way to Zhuangzi, Yu Heng considered almost all the negligent points.

Perhaps the prince of Qinghe County found that he and Ji Cheng always had the right reasons recently, and at the same time avoided the 'blind date' banquet, so he wanted to test him and Ji Cheng.

Someone discovered the secrets of Ji Cheng and Ji Mingtong, but they couldn't be sure.I want to speculate more inside information by probing him.

The worst thing was that his delusion towards Ji Xinxue was noticed by someone, and this person also found out that Ji Cheng was helping him to cover up his delusion, and tried to tempt him through Ji Cheng.

……

Yu Heng didn't expect that there was a worse possibility.

It was Ji Mingtong who pretended to be Ji Cheng and asked for help.

It turned out that his thinking was too complicated, it was just that Ji Mingtong wanted to call him out of Princess Chang'an's mansion.

The people who can command Ji Mingtong can be counted with two hands, Emperor Changping, Empress Dowager Su, Concubine Su, Ji Minyan, Ji Jingyu, Ji Jingrou, Ji Xinxue...

Yu Heng ruthlessly pushed away Ji Cheng who was standing in front of him, and strode towards the stable.

He wants to go back to Chang'an immediately!

"Yu Heng!" Ji Mingtong saw Ji Cheng staggering from being pushed by Yu Heng from a distance, with anger on his brows, he strode to Ji Cheng's side and carefully checked whether Ji Cheng was injured.

Ji Cheng hugged Ji Mingtong who was about to settle accounts with Yu Heng from behind, the panic and melancholy between his brows almost turned into reality, and asked in a low voice, "Who told you to send a letter to Yu Heng in my tone?"

When Ji Mingtong heard the words, the anger in his eyes immediately went out.

"Did he hit you because of this?" She asked guiltily.

"No, I blocked his way." Ji Cheng shook his head again and again, if he found out that Emperor Changping used Yu Heng to successfully test out his thoughts on Ji Mingtong.Not to mention pushing people, he can carry a knife and chase Yu Heng from the east gate of Chang'an to the west gate.

After all, Ji Mingtong couldn't resist Ji Cheng's inquiry and urging, and whispered, "It's Axue, Axue asked me to call Yu Heng out of Chang'an today in your name."

"Your Highness Fifth." Ji Cheng looked in the direction of Chang'an from a distance, not knowing whether he should breathe a sigh of relief for Yu Heng, or light an ever-burning lamp for Yu Heng.

Before leaving Zhuangzi's range, Yu Heng met Zuo Wei who came from Princess Chang'an's mansion.

Yu Heng's horse speed did not decrease at all, and he did not want to waste any time on the road.

Seeing this, the left guard who reported the letter could only turn around and continue chasing Yu Heng, and shouted, "Your Highness suddenly brought Miss Yan back to the Princess Mansion and went straight to Qionghua Courtyard."

The whip was slammed in the air, making a loud sound, and the horse, which had reached its limit, accelerated again, and the flying tail of the horse revealed an unprecedented urgency.

Yu Heng actually left the left guard of the princess mansion and the Jinwu guard far behind by relying on the good horse in his crotch.

If it weren't for the cavalry team from An Guo Princess' Mansion not long after leaving the city, the gatekeeper Qian Niuwei would have almost regarded Yu Heng and the others as assassins.

Qingzhu, who was guarding outside the Qionghua courtyard, heard the noise from far and near, and raised his head as if feeling something.

Yu Heng's frosty face was no different from Ji Xinxue's two hours ago, but Qing Zhu heaved a sigh of relief.

He immediately ran towards Yu Heng, and said bravely, "His Royal Highness entered the warehouse of Qionghua Court at around [-]:[-] noon, and has not come out yet."

Yu Heng didn't give Qing Zhu any response, and strode around the empty wooden boxes in the courtyard to the warehouse.

Yan Meng took two steps forward, raised her hand to block Yu Heng's path, "Your Highness does not allow anyone..."

Yu Heng grabbed Yan Meng's wrist and yanked it hard, supported Yan Meng's waist with the other hand, and slammed it back violently by virtue of inertia.It was easy to throw out Yan Meng, who was born with supernatural power but weighed less than girls of the same age.

In Yan Meng's heart, Yu Heng is not only a decent person, but also especially dotes on Ji Xinxue.

She took it for granted that as long as she told Yu Heng that Ji Xinxue didn't allow anyone to disturb him, Yu Heng would stop outside the door.It was completely unexpected that Yu Heng would make a sudden move, so that he lost the opportunity.

Although Yan Meng's reaction was quick, she grabbed Yu Heng's cloak in time at the moment she was thrown out, and at the same time grabbed Yu Heng's shoulder with her other hand, trying to stabilize her figure with Yu Heng's weight.

But this did not allow her to stop Yu Heng successfully.

She desperately found that Yu Heng went to northern Xinjiang for two years, and the changes far exceeded her imagination.

Yu Heng raised his leg against the doorpost in the corridor, hugged his leg and the doorpost with one hand to prevent being dragged down by Yan Meng, and pulled out the dagger from his boots with the other hand, and cut off the clothes that Yan Meng just touched. Horns and cloak, walked into the warehouse door with the harsh sound of cloth being torn.

Yan Meng, who was weightless, barely landed on both feet. Thanks to Jin Wuwei and Zuo Wei who came to help her in time, she didn't fall.

Qing Zhu stood in front of Yan Meng who was full of unwillingness, and said in a deep voice, "The king of the county has already entered, if you go in again, you will violate His Highness's order!"

It only took a few breaths from the moment when the quiet courtyard suddenly became restless to when Yu Heng pushed open the ebony door blocked by the wide chair.

Ji Xinxue glanced over the five giant paintings hanging high above and a dozen other large and small paintings, and perfunctorily collected all kinds of story books and picture albums piled up around her.

The mountain of books gathers and collapses, and it will only become more messy.

Laughing to death, there is no time to restore the warehouse to its original state.

Ji Xinxue gave up struggling and chose to cover her face and pretend to be dead.

"Ash?"

As the sun went down, in the warehouse, which gradually became dark, heavy footsteps and hoarse calls sounded.

Ji Xinxue lay quietly on the spot, her eyelids motionless.

Yu Heng walked around the bookshelf closest to the door and saw several open cabinet doors.

All the cabinets in the warehouse have small organs, which can only be closed with special techniques.

He passed the cabinets containing jade carvings, the cabinets containing picture albums, and the cabinets containing story books...suddenly he saw the picture scroll hanging on a high place.

It was a painting he created on the spur of the moment when he missed Ji Xinxue in northern Xinjiang.

The background of the painting is Hanzhuyuan, where he and Ji Xinxue are fishing in the boat.

A faint smile suddenly appeared on Yu Heng's expressionless face.

He can explain all the traces that Ji Xinxue has discovered so far.

He said softly, "Axue, I just like collecting story books and picture albums. Although my hobbies are different from most people's, it's not unusual. You don't have to hide..."

Walking around another corner, five huge scrolls caught Yu Heng's eyes unexpectedly.

The last afterglow of the setting sun fell on the eyes of his most beloved painting, making the expression of the person in the painting look like a deep-rooted disgust.

The fake smile on Yu Heng's face suddenly disappeared without a trace. He fixed his eyes on the person in the painting, and his pace of searching for Ji Xinxue suddenly accelerated.