Qi Huang

The tenth prince was sitting in the room sulking.

He knew that Xie Xuan had returned to the palace a long time ago, and on the one hand, he thought complacently that Xie Xuan wanted to change his mind and get back together with him, and on the other hand, he fantasized happily that if Xie Xuan came to apologize to him in person, he would have to think about it. Do you want to forgive me?

But he waited from the morning bell to the evening drum, the palace bell rang again and again, and waited until the meal on the table was announced for two rounds, but still there was no sign of Xie Xuan.

Thank you Thirteen!It's really a stone in a latrine!The more the tenth prince thought about it, the more angry he became. Even the carved dim sum carefully made by the royal chef felt unwilling to eat. After chewing it twice, it fell on the table with a "snap", which shocked the maid serving beside him.

Some pastry crumbs were splashed on the hem of his clothes, and the maid cautiously stepped forward to wipe it off, but was grabbed.

"You just went to the imperial dining room. You should have met a familiar court lady on the way. Do you know which palace Xie Xuan is in?"

The palace maid was too timid to say anything, she just shook her head: "I don't know... I don't know."

How dare they inquire about the whereabouts of the prince, at most they can chat with the sisters privately, or complain about which master is arrogant and difficult to serve.

The tenth prince was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, asking her what does this maid who doesn't understand anything do?She was tightly gripped by the tenth prince's wrist, but she couldn't break free, sweat was all over her forehead in anxiety, she was both annoyed and frightened, and in her desperation, she actually remembered something that was quite abnormal compared to the past.

"Your maidservant... remembered one thing." She whispered, "Just now when I went to the imperial dining room, I met Eunuch Zhao Xian, and my father-in-law raised a few words, saying that he wanted the imperial chefs to cook more good food and send them out of the palace."

"Sent out of the palace?" The tenth prince frowned, and became angry again, "Okay! Xie Xuan went back to the palace and went back without even looking at me! It's really easy to be fooled by the prince!"

He let go of the maid, and asked the maid to prepare the carriage, while yelling that Xie Xuan couldn't eat and walk around.All the way, I rushed to Lumingju in a hurry.

It has been a few months since we met last time, and I don't know if Xie Xuan's back injury has healed, and if he is used to living in Lumingju... The tenth prince sat in the carriage, thinking quite distressed, and then went back to Shaking his head, he scolded viciously at the empty seat in front of him.

"Hmph, my prince's good intentions are actually treated by you as a wolf-hearted dog. Seeing you today, I will definitely scold you like hell!"

He knocked on the door of Lumingju with hypocritical anger and a little miss that he didn't realize.

Luming Residence is located in the suburbs, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and in front of the main entrance is a pond in full bloom.However, such a beautiful scene shows a sense of desolation, and the silent blue bricks and white tiles are splashed into a faded painting on paper.

The tenth prince stepped heavily on the bluestone slabs and went up the stairs, thinking about what would happen after he saw Xie Xuan, but unexpectedly the bamboo basket was empty again when he was fetching water.

This time, it's not that his troublesome thirteenth brother is not here, but that he has closed the door to thank guests and refuse to meet.The Tenth Prince rushed in with a group of palace guards, but was stopped by Tan Xia who was guarding outside the main hall.

The tenth prince recognized her with squinted eyes: "Where is your master?"

Tan Xia replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Back to His Highness, our little Highness is unwell, and it is inconvenient to receive guests. Please come back another day."

"You lied," he said flatly.

He is indeed dull in some respects, but he is extremely sensitive to people's emotions. After all, he grew up under the Empress Dowager's lap, even if he is stupid, he can learn a lot if he doesn't know how to read words and expressions.As soon as he saw Tan Xia, he knew that although this girl was calm, but her steps were flustered, her eyes wandered, and she didn't dare to look at people, she must have a ghost in her heart.

He didn't say a word, he only raised his hand to signal, and immediately a guard stepped forward with a knife, and put it coldly in front of Tan Xia: "Girl, please step aside, swords have no eyes."

The eight-foot man is like a mountain, Tan Xia unconsciously took a step back: "You..."

The guard twisted the hilt of the knife, revealing a half-foot snow-white blade, and the words were like gold: "Girl, get out of the way."

After all, Tan Xia was a little girl, and she had never been threatened with a knife on her neck in her life, so her eyes turned red with fright.But her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she still didn't budge an inch: "The Thirteenth Highness is not feeling well, I hope... I hope the Tenth Highness..."

But the Tenth Prince had lost his patience.

He was able to treat Xie Xuan and Feng Xiaoyu, firstly because Xie Xuan was his younger brother, and secondly because he felt that they had already had a fateful friendship, and he was tolerant and tolerant of Xie Xuan's strange temper, but when dealing with outsiders, he was still arrogant and domineering, with high eyes The top ten princes.

"Break."

With an order, the guard swung Tan Xia away violently, pressing on the door with one hand and was about to push it away——

Suddenly Xie Xuan's indifferent voice came from inside the room: "Who is arguing?"

The tenth prince was instantly dumbfounded, and the persistence in his body that he must see Xie Xuan disappeared instantly.He stepped forward, hesitated for a moment, and said somewhat cautiously: "Thirteen, you..."

But Xie Xuan in the room didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and interrupted him with a subdued voice: "Whoever it is, get out of here immediately."

The fire in the Tenth Prince's heart "chuckled" again, and he slammed the door panel: "Oh no, what happened to me..."

"Do you want me to say it a second time?" Xie Xuan said coldly, "Get lost."

Listening carefully, there was a bit of gnashing of teeth that made the Tenth Prince froze immediately. His face was full of disbelief, and he didn't even hear the guards calling him.

After a while, he retreated dejectedly to the path covered with bluestone slabs, pointed at the closed doors and windows, and finally walked away.

The carriage was waiting by the pond outside Lumingju.The Tenth Prince angrily opened the curtain and entered, and angrily sat down on the cushion—this carriage was the one that he and Xie Xuan left the palace at first, and the cushion was added later, originally it was filled with only one A layer of cotton wool, but Xie Xuan said it was too thin, and he was so uncomfortable sitting up. At that time, the tenth prince felt that he had too many things to do, so he had no choice but to let someone put it on.

Xie Xuan is a person who is used to staring at people with his blue and clear eyes. He does things calmly and speaks calmly. Even when he is angry, he likes yin and yang. He has never had such a violent moment...

and many more.

Yes!

The tenth prince suddenly came to his senses - when had Xie Xuan lost his temper in such a disregard of manners?His mouth, which he borrowed from God, only needs a few words to pierce holes all over his body, making him lose every step of the way.

Why bother to scold?

He lifted the curtain of the car and immediately said to the groom: "Go back to the palace! Find Zhao Xian!"

When Qingzhu pushed Xiao Ling through the Wenxuan Gate, he deliberately ignored those eyes hidden in the dark.

It was a bit windy today, and when the husband went out, he brought a cloak to shield him from the wind, but his face was still pale by the blowing, and the dull vibrations were suppressed in the chest from time to time.Qingzhu felt distressed seeing it, hesitated for a moment and asked: "Sir, if you don't trust the imperial doctor, I will go out of the palace and invite a doctor to come in. I think the queen mother will not say anything."

"What doctor, I am the doctor." Xiao Ling glanced at him, "Go back."

Xiao Ling couldn't go out of the palace, but he had his own way to contact General Xiao's old department outside the palace. Because of the concealment, plus...the cover of his relationship with Xie Xuan, the imperial army didn't question him too much, but he was always cautious That's right.Qingzhu gathered the coat on Xiao Ling's shoulders, and suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming from far and near, and immediately turned around to block Xiao Ling, and whispered: "Who?!"

In the distance of the red wall and blue tiles, the tenth prince came alone, walking in a hurry, his hair crown hit nowhere, and the ruby ​​gem was crookedly turned to one side.

Seeing him, Xiao Ling frowned and said, "Xie Duan?"

"Mr. Xiao..."

The tenth prince kept rushing all the way from Ziluan Palace to Wenxuan Gate, panting with exhaustion, and fearing that he would delay the matter, fortunately, he managed to stop Xiao Ling in the end.

While supporting the back of Xiao Ling's chair, he took a deep breath: "Mr. Xiao, Thirteenth Brother..."

Just now the ten princes suddenly felt blessed and thought of Zhao Xian who served in Ziluan Palace.

This shrewd little eunuch is definitely not ignorant, when he found Zhao Xian, he was caught by the tenth prince before he could slip away.At first he was afraid that the queen mother would be held accountable, so he hesitated and refused to say anything, but later, under the coercion and lure of the tenth prince, he let go.

Zhao Xian picked out what he could say—similar to the construction of a canal between Yongzhou and Hangzhou, which is about to be dug, just waiting for the Ministry of Industry to issue documents; The embarrassment made many courtiers unable to come to the stage, and she was very majestic; she also said that the Queen Mother's face was quite strange when she left the court, and she was afraid that the East Palace would have a master soon.

The latter sentence was guessed by the tenth prince himself, but when he heard that a crown prince might be passed on to Xie Xuan, the first thought that arose in his heart was not anger, but doubt.

Why did the imperial grandmother suddenly change her mind?

Combined with all kinds of weird things today, the ten princes should inform Xiao Ling.The reason why Xiao Ling was chosen was because Xie Xuan had personally admitted that Xiao Ling was very important to him.

Furthermore... There was a lot of rumors in the palace, Xie Xuan and Xiao Ling's Longyang Xingxing, he is not deaf, so naturally he has heard of it.

After the Tenth Prince finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Ling cautiously - he had to admit that he was somewhat afraid of this gentleman.

It was at this moment that he saw Xiao Ling's pale face, which became more and more frozen like snow and ice in the twelfth lunar month of winter.He pulled down the cloak on his shoulders with a calm expression, but the hands tightly clutching the cloak revealed his heart.

"Go to Luming Residence."

The author says:

Someone is in a hurry, but I won't say who it is