prince attendant

The summer evening is very hot, the heat is still there, and the maid at the door is also drowsy, waving the round fan for a while, saying a few words intermittently, but the rest of the time is surrounded by a group of people who are almost static .

In the room, the white jade beaded curtain was shaking back and forth, making occasional noises. Behind the beaded curtain, Mu Qing was just nestling before the collapse, with a thin green blanket covering her body. There is a shallow table on the table above, with half a plate of ice crumbs on the bottom, it looks like water is shining, and the butler from Yunting Mountain is sitting on the stool next to him, and he is here to deliver bills and purchases for him to review.

When Ji Yi came in, he saw a person with one hand wrapped in a piece of white silk pressed to his forehead, and the other hand was concentrating on writing something, so he stopped others from saluting, and walked over quietly, However, Jian Muqing's subordinates are writing a letter in a red envelope. Different orders on Tingyun Mountain require different covers. The vermilion cover is some special requirements. It is hoped that with Tingyunshan's ability, Come to find some rare items, these items are some additional items collected by Chidori when he was inquiring about the news, and they will be sent back to Chengyang when they report back every month. Live animals are purchased in local yards for storage. However, the quantity and location are involved, and it is not intentional. Moreover, not many people know that they can seek help from Tingyun Mountain, so there are very few such lists. After that, you need to report to Mu Qing. Except for him, no one can remember clearly the existence, location, and quantity of all the things.

And because I know that Mu Qing is afraid of the heat, so if Mu Qing is in the Prince's Mansion in summer, someone will send such accounts here every ten days for review. Today is the day to report back, and Mu Qing writes very fast , but the brush is very light, and the traces are thin and thin, like a lady's light hairpin, and the brush is crisp and decisive, like a freshly drawn bamboo branch. It has a clear appearance, which is rare. A little bit of sticking together is like continuous lotus root threads, connecting them like a continuous bamboo forest.

The bright white light seeping through the window paper made him look like a jade glowing with warmth. While writing with his head down, he said:

"Follow the instructions above to deliver the letter. I also heard that Miss Xilin likes you epiphyllum very much, so I selected some that grow very gratifyingly on the mountain. Remember to send them over when the time comes. The rest of the things will follow your plan. I can add five more. , although the mountain is cool in the morning and evening, it is also very hot at noon, I know that everyone works hard, but we must also take care of ourselves, so as not to suffer from heat stroke.”

As Mu Qing said this, she heard a chuckle and said

"Don't tell others to have heat stroke, but you yourself are going to have a sign of heat stroke?"

It was the voice of the crown prince. Mu Qing stopped his hand, looked up and saw His Highness the crown prince was already sitting on the other side of the table, so he straightened up quickly, and put the handkerchief wrapped in crushed ice in his hand on the wooden support beside him , some unexpected

"Didn't your Highness go out for something, why did you come back at this time?"

Saying this, he put those notebooks on another wooden table, and said to the people sitting beside him

"I have fully marked the areas that need to be revised. If there are any entanglements, just send Xiaobai to come. It is hot now, so if it is not a major issue, there is no need to come here."

"Yes."

Xiaobai is a messenger pigeon, back and forth between the Crown Prince's Mansion and Tingyun Mountain, he can convey some brief news, and there is no need to ask people to run back and forth. The housekeeper nodded quickly, packed up the letters, and turned back to greet His Royal Highness, Ji Yi Lue asked a few words, then told him to go down first, and when he left, Ji Yi looked at Mu Qing and said

"I'm leaving, I just heard that someone got up early and forgot to eat."

Mu Qing struggled for a while, and wanted to find a reason to prevaricate, but under the watchful eyes of His Royal Highness, she had no choice but to tell the truth

"I really don't have an appetite, but I also drank some ice porridge, but His Highness came back on purpose, it's not because I don't want to eat."

Ji Yi smiled, but then continued

"Of course not, but this is not something that people can take for granted. If you don't eat a spoonful of rice, it's not me who suffers. Before Honghu left, he said that he would try your kung fu. Fortunately, he was sent away. If you fight against him, I'm afraid that your thin body will be thrown away with just one blow of the sword."

It's not like that...

Mu Qing learned some moves from Honghu, but later she was disgusted that she was distracted too much, so she ended this kind of master-apprentice journey silently, only met occasionally, accompanied him through a few moves, and then said that her mentality was scattered. , Mu Qing already knew how to recite.

It's just that now being said so bluntly by His Royal Highness, I feel a little embarrassed, so I quickly changed the subject and asked

"Your Highness, don't laugh at me anymore. You will never dare to be compared with Honghu, but I don't know why your Highness turned back halfway?"

Ji Yi said

"Of course they were stopped by someone."

While talking like this, he poured another cup of herbal tea and took a sip before continuing

"Lord Mei's wife is dead."

!!!

Mu Qing looked up at Ji Yi, her eyelids twitched for no reason, feeling uneasy in her heart, so she asked

"How—how did he die?"

It was too sudden.

Ji Yi said

"Shortly after Mrs. Mei went to court in the early morning, the house was flooded, and the wife and the maids who accompanied her all died in the fire."

Mu Qing was very surprised

"How is this possible?"

Since it's not the time to fall asleep in the middle of the night, and the summer morning is the time when people are most awake, how could people be burned to death, and more than one person was burned to death.

Ji Yi and him looked at each other, then looked at the tea in the cup, and said

"Now the sea of ​​fire is not extinguished, but people have been burned to death. I don't know why it started, but I have found the prince's mansion. I won't come back. Do you want you to face this matter?"

This made Mu Qing a little puzzled

"This matter is certainly heartbreaking, but what does this matter have to do with you, Your Highness?"

Ji sneered and said

"Perhaps because he thought that the Hanmei Shenbing Battalion was under Yang Sheng's command a few days ago, and Master Mei was closer to me, and he advocated disarmament, so he thought that Bengong and Yang Sheng were at odds. Now that his family has been killed, it is natural to think that it is with me. Yang Sheng is related, so I want me to preside over justice."

Yang Sheng is the name of the Second Highness Ji Hui, and he has been with the army two years earlier. The Hanmei Shenbing is an army inherited from his uncle all the way to the Yang family, and most of them are now under his control.

Although the Second Highness is now in full swing, he may be a threat to His Highness, but the Second Highness is upright by nature, even if his temper is a bit hot, he should not be the one who would do such a thing.

When Mu Qing spoke out his thoughts, Ji Yi looked at him, raised the corners of his mouth, and said in an inexplicable way

"You have a lot of confidence in him."

Mu Qing and His Highness the Crown Prince looked at each other, blinked, and then said

"Does Your Highness believe that this matter was done by His Highness the Second Highness?"