After turning into a waste material, he flirted with the irritable brother

"I've seen Concubine Xiao."

Both Shao Bai and Ming Yan saluted.

"Ah, it's Mr. Shao and Yan'er here." The round fan waved lightly, and the beautiful woman raised her slender hands, her fox eyes smiling very seductively, "Hongguo, the Miyun that His Majesty bestowed on me last time Long took some out and soaked it for the princess and Mr. Shao."

"Wuyi's Dahongpao, Tianyin tribute tea, the first tea at the beginning of spring, the fragrance of rock bone flowers, is the best to drink." Xiao Guifei smiled in her eyes, her shape was like autumn water, the most noble of Tianyin A woman, who monopolizes Long En, naturally has a lot of flair in her gestures, "You guys have to try it out later."

Soon Hongguo came over with two cups of tea, and said with a smile, "You two fine teas, this Miyunlong, our mother is reluctant to drink it on weekdays."

"I'm getting more and more talkative, don't hurry up." Xiao Guifei cast a sideways glance and said coquettishly.

This beauty is really eye-catching, even men would feel itchy after seeing it, but unfortunately the two people sitting opposite Concubine Xiao were extremely silent and had no intention of admiring it.

Whether it's for Shao Bai or Ming Yan, last night was a sleepless night, if it wasn't for Concubine Xiao who insisted on seeing the two of them, they probably wouldn't be in the mood to come out to drink tea and enjoy the flowers.

Looking at the bright orange tea, Shao Bai was still thinking about what Senior Brother Chu said to him last night.

Even with no clue and a mess, he thought about it from last night.

"Young Master Shao, Young Master Shao, Young Master Shao!" Concubine Xiao called several times, and the young man sitting opposite raised his head.

"Mr. Shao didn't sleep well last night? Why is his complexion so bad?" Concubine Xiao's eyes were full of worry, "Is it because the servants who serve you are not paying attention, or are you not used to living here?"

"Concubine Xie Xiao is concerned, but she drank too much last night." Shao Bai said.

"So that's how it is. I'll send someone to bring you some sober up later." Concubine Xiao Gui shook her fan, then looked at Ming Yan, "Yan'er, you didn't sleep well last night?"

The girl put her hands on her legs, and after a while, she nodded slightly.

"The two of you are destined to be together. The looks are a perfect match, and now even insomnia is going to be together on the same day." Concubine Xiao looked back and forth between the two, jokingly said: "You two didn't sneak together last night. It'll be a while."

"Cough, Concubine Xiao Gui was joking. I don't know why Concubine Xiao Gui called Qing Shu here today?" It was really embarrassing to hear such messy words, and Shao Bai couldn't bear it, so he directly asked the other party's purpose.

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Just like changing her face, Concubine Xiao's expression was tinged with sadness, "It's not that after the troubles happened at Lin Dong's side, Tianyin has also become uneven these days. There are frequent incidents of monsters hurting people outside the city, His Majesty is busy with everything, and the princes are also very busy. Although these troubles were calmed down after sending out silver armored soldiers, they finally disturbed the hearts of the people."

During the speech, Concubine Xiao held Mingyan's hand, "So, your royal father wants you to go to Chengtian Temple as Princess Tianyin to pray for Tianyin, so as to reassure the people. I wonder if you are willing or not? "

This long list of words is well-founded, and Ming Yan's identity is placed there, so naturally there is no reason to refuse it.

But what does it have to do with him?Shao Bai frowned puzzled.

After a while, Ming Yan nodded her head in agreement.

"What a good boy." Concubine Xiao patted Mingyan's head, her voice a little weeping, "If Empress Mingxian was still alive, she would be very happy to see you like this, my sister has always said that she wants A well-behaved and beautiful little princess, it's a pity that my sister's fate is too bad to see her."

"My poor sister, she passed away not long after giving birth to Yan'er..." As she spoke, Concubine Xiao's tears started to flow down without money, and she was so sad that she couldn't continue.

Empress Mingxian?

Is it Mingyan's mother?

Such an eloquent mother——

Shao Bai was a little surprised, his eyes looked at the girl sitting beside him, the expression on his face remained unchanged, even though Concubine Xiao was holding her in her arms, she couldn't stop being sad.

"Concubine Xiao Gui, my condolences will change." Shao Bai was the worst at dealing with women crying.

Mingyan didn't speak, at this moment, Concubine Xiao Gui couldn't keep feeling sad, and he was the only one to ease the atmosphere.

Although his words were dry, but he only had to bite the bullet and say a few words, which was better than nothing.

"It's Ben Gong who lost his composure, but Mr. Shao saw the joke." There were tears in the corners of the beauty's eyes, and she looked so loving. Even if Shao Bai couldn't understand it, he would inevitably feel a little cramped.

"Concubine Xiao is serious."

"Young Master Shao, I have something I want to ask you! Please do agree to it!" Concubine Xiao Gui's words were earnest, and coupled with the previous misfortune, Shao Bai, who was so inexperienced, couldn't stand it anymore.

It was really hard for him to refuse the other party's pleading.

Fortunately, Shao Bai was not so stupid as to agree immediately.

"I don't know what Xiao Guifei wants Qingshu to do?" Shao Bai hesitated and asked.

"Mingyan is the flesh and blood of my elder sister, so I naturally treat her like my own flesh and blood. It's really not peaceful recently. The Chengtian Temple is a long way away. It doesn't seem like staying in the imperial city. Mingyan went alone. This palace is really Don't worry about it." Speaking of this, Concubine Xiao Gui suddenly stood up, and seeing that she was about to salute Shao Bai, Shao Bai was stunned for a moment and only stood up together.

"I also ask Mr. Shao to escort us Mingyan to Chengtian Temple safely. If so, I will be grateful." Concubine Xiao Gui burst into tears as she said.

No matter how much Shao Bai tried to persuade him, he still refused to get up.

In the end, there was no other way, Shao Bai had no choice but to agree, and then Concubine Xiao straightened up, her face became smiling again.

After the matter was finished, Shao Bai and Ming Yan were about to leave, but before leaving, Concubine Xiao suddenly stopped Ming Yan.

"By the way, Yan'er, the guard named Wang Ce will be promoted to your father's side next month." Concubine Xiao said, "Wang Ce is a clever kid, and he knows what he knows, so he came here this morning to talk to Ben Gong about it." Or this kid is more thoughtful, after all, you're a big girl now, and it's really not easy for him to follow you around anymore."

"In the future, I will pick some caring and capable maids to send to you."

The two walked out of Concubine Xiao's palace in silence, and Shao Bai could even clearly feel the depression and loss in the girl.

"Your Highness, are you okay?" Out of politeness, Shao Bai still asked.

The girl just pursed her lips and shook her head.

Perhaps it was a deliberate arrangement, Shao Bai and Ming Yan headed back to the palace in the same direction, and they had to go along the same road.

Because Concubine Xiao Gui lived in the deep palace, she had to go through a large back garden when she came out, so Shao Bai followed the girl without knowing the way.

While walking, the girl suddenly stopped and stood there motionless.

Shao Bai also stopped, and followed Mingyan's gaze, and saw a man watering the surrounding flowers and plants with a water ladle, looking peaceful and beautiful under the sun.

"Wang Ce." Shao Bai subconsciously called out.

As if hearing the sound, the man who was watering turned around and looked at a man and a woman who were approaching. Wang Ce glanced aside inadvertently.

"Young Master Shao, Your Royal Highness." Wang Ce still had a faint smile on his lips, and bowed respectfully to the two of them.

The three of them stood there without saying a word.

I don't know if it's his own illusion, Shao Bai only felt that the atmosphere at this time was unexpectedly awkward.

"Wang Ce, why are you watering the flowers here?" In the end, it was Shao Bai who broke the silence first.

Although he was looking for something to talk about, Shao Bai was really curious. Wang Ce was also the princess's personal bodyguard after all. Why did he start serving flowers and plants here?

"Young Master Shao laughed, it's just out of interest. My ancestors were flower farmers in the countryside. Later, my grandfather became a gardener in the palace. It's probably because I'm used to it. I like to take care of flowers and plants even if I don't have anything to do." Wang Ce's expression softened a little. , said.

"So that's the case." Shao Bai nodded.

Then the atmosphere fell into embarrassment again, Shao Bai looked at the two people around him, and only then did he realize that this atmosphere cannot be destroyed by him.These two people obviously have a knot in their hearts.

Shao Bai thought for a while, and he didn't intend to stay, so he prepared to leave first.

Who would have thought that just as he was about to speak, Wang Ce spoke first.

"Young Master Shao, I will be promoted to the Imperial Palace next month, and I can no longer serve Her Royal Highness. Wang Ce begs you to treat Her Royal Highness well." Wang Ce lowered his head and clenched his fists on both sides.

"Why are you telling me these words?"

"I—" I didn't expect Shao Bai to say that, and Wang Ce was a little dazed.

"It should be your duty to protect Princess Mingyan. If you don't want to do it, you shouldn't entrust it to me." Shao Bai asked very puzzled, "Do you want me to replace you?"

"I, I didn't mean that." Wang Ce wanted to argue, but he looked into the boy's eyes, and swallowed the words again.

Shao Bai didn't quite understand Wang Ce's move. He wanted to say something more, but the girl beside him tugged at his sleeve.

"Young master Shao, let's go." It wasn't a sound transmission, it was Mingyan's own words.

Not only Shao Bai can hear it, but Wang Ce can also hear it.

Wang Ce's expression instantly became dull.

Ming Yan spoke up in person, Shao Bai didn't want to ask any further, looked at Wang Ce who was trembling slightly, and left with the girl.

"He used to be like this. He was very satisfied with the flowers and plants." The girl walking in front said softly, "Obviously he is so gentle with every plant and tree, but he is so cruel to me."

Shao Bai was a little dazed, Mingyan's words seemed familiar, and he suddenly thought of what Senior Brother Chu said to him last night.

"Think clearly, if you don't mean it, don't approach me casually."

"Don't always do such cruel things."

The man's voice was right next to his ears, and Shao Bai's head drooped in frustration.

"Is Wang Ce treating you badly?" Shao Bai's voice paused and asked, "Why do you... think he is cruel?"

"No, he is very good to me." Mingyan lowered her eyes, her expression seemed to go back to the past along with her thoughts, "In this huge palace, there is no one who treats me better than him."

"He would give me things, make me happy, take care of me, and care about me. Even though I didn't talk to him at all, he could talk a lot to me by himself."

"He planted a lot of flowers for me, making the place where I live full of life."

"I'm a wood mana mana, and it's not difficult to give birth to flowers and plants, but he never let me interfere. He said that it's fine to let him do these small things, and I just need to watch from the side."

"He also made me a beautiful wreath. I remember it was a white magnolia flower, which smelled very fragrant."

Mingyan's lips moved slightly, she was talking about extremely good memories, Shao Bai could even imagine the scene of a young man and a girl leaning against each other warmly in front of the sea of ​​flowers in spring.

But Mingyan's expression was not happy at all.

"Just last night, I expressed my heart."

Shao Bai couldn't help holding his breath.

"He ran away without saying anything, and he doesn't want to be my bodyguard now."

"Young Master Shao, Wang Ce probably doesn't like me." Ming Yan turned around and looked at Shao Bai. There were no tears in her eyes, and her face was dead silent.

She wanted an answer.

She knew that Shao Bai shouldn't have given her the answer, but she really didn't know who else to ask for it.

Shao Bai didn't answer, he and Mingyan had only known each other for a day, so he couldn't say anything.

He could only watch the light in the girl's eyes gradually dim.

"Young Master Shao, I'm sorry to bring you into trouble again." Mingyan turned back and walked towards her own palace, "I will make it clear to my father when I come back from praying."