I'm the substitute and I'm with the real master

"It's not fun to catch a cicada." Eunuch Huang coaxed, "Xue Ya will go to the study with the Queen Mother to read a book today, okay?"

When Xue Ya heard this, her face wrinkled, showing reluctance.

He Xulan's face was as usual, "That's good, Huang Dexing, you can find another person to catch Zhi, let Zhu Qiu accompany Xueya to play."

Xue Ya immediately looked at He Xulan, and as soon as Eunuch Huang left, he approached He Xulan, "Brother, you are so kind." He kissed He Xulan's side face.

He Xulan turned to look at Xue Ya, and raised her eyebrows slightly.Xue Ya blinked, and kissed He Xulan again, but this kiss was on the lips.

"You should also pay attention to rest while playing, you know?" He Xulan said.

Xue Ya nodded, "I know, I know."

He was like a bird in a cage, and He Xulan's expression of eagerness to go out and play fell into He Xulan's eyes, but He Xulan only patted Xueya's head before letting him out.

By the lotus pond.

Xue Ya soaked her feet in the water, twisted her waist and bent down to look at the two crickets in the tall cylinder, "Why don't they fight?"

The little eunuch next to him also lowered his head, looked carefully and said, "It's too hot, don't want to fight."

Xueya took a piece of grass and carefully poked the crickets inside, but after poking for a long time, the two crickets didn't move much, which disappointed him greatly.

"You are not a good cricket at all. The queen mother said that he won the first place in cricket fighting." Xue Ya threw the grass away, sat up straight and looked at the little eunuch squatting next to him.

Zhu Qiu has an ordinary appearance. During this time playing with Xueya, he got a lot of tan, and his teeth are the most obvious when he smiles.

"My crickets are naturally not comparable to the Queen Mother."

Xue Ya snorted, and turned to look at the lotus in the pond.The lotus he picked yesterday was ruined, and he was thinking of picking another one today, looking for the most beautiful one, when Zhu Qiu beside him suddenly said with emotion, "It's really a palace-like lotus flower, and the lotus leaves are emerald in the wind. skirts."

When Xue Ya heard the word "beauty", her eyes instantly turned to Zhu Qiu, "What are you going to tell me?"

Zhu Qiu said, "I didn't mention you."

"Didn't you just talk about beauty?" Xue Ya said.

"I'm the lotus flower. You can't..." Zhu Qiu showed a surprised expression, "Kids in our hometown can recite this poem."

As soon as these words came out, Xue Ya's face flushed instantly, and he showed ignorance in front of He Xulan and the others. He didn't care at all, because he knew that he was not as smart as He Xulan and the others, but in his mind, Zhu Qiu was not as powerful as him , and now Zhu Qiu can taunt him.

"I...Of course I heard it. I just...just teased you." Xue Ya didn't want to see Zhu Qiu for the time being, so she sent someone to get some food from the small kitchen, "The rose cakes in the small kitchen must be ready Yes, you can fetch it for me."

Zhu Qiu let out a cry, got up and left, Xue Ya waited for someone to leave, and the heat on her face didn't fade away.Annoyed, he soaked in the lotus pond, picked a few lotus flowers, and felt a little better.

The lotus leaves in the lotus pond grew tall and dense. Xueya stayed in the water for a while, and when she heard footsteps, she thought it was Zhu Qiu's return.Because of the previous embarrassing incident, he was going to scare Zhu Qiu.

So, Xue Ya quietly swam towards the sound of footsteps, and when she caught a glimpse of the corner of the clothes, she stretched out her hand and pulled the person off.After he finished talking, he fled to the side, turning his head to watch Zhu Qiu's joke while swimming.Who knew that what he was looking at was not Zhu Qiu, but Yin Qingxuan.

Xueya was dumbfounded.

Yin Qingxuan didn't seem to know how to swim, so when he was pulled into the lotus pond, he struggled desperately, and the more he struggled, the more he sank into the water.After Xueya regained her senses, she hurriedly swam towards Yin Qingxuan.He just swam to the side of Yin Qingxuan, and he was caught tightly.

"Don't grab me like this. If you grab me like this, I can't bring you up." Xue Ya was held by Yin Qingxuan and couldn't swim at all.

Yin Qingxuan should have let go of her hand a little after hearing Xueya's words.Xue Ya quickly supported her and took her to swim to the shore.He almost exhausted all his strength to push Yin Qingxuan ashore. He was so tired that he could only lie on the edge of the pool with his hands, panting.

As soon as Yin Qingxuan came ashore, he straightened up and spit out a few mouthfuls of water.Seeing this, Xue Ya hid to the side in disgust.Yin Qingxuan noticed Xue Ya's movement, and turned to look at the person who was still soaking in the pool.

The Prime Minister, who was always well-dressed, was extremely embarrassed at this time, not to mention soaked, and his face was still pale.

Xueya met Yin Qingxuan's gaze, and couldn't help but want to back away, "I... I didn't do it on purpose, I thought... you were Zhu Qiu... ah!"

Yin Qingxuan suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Xue Ya over. He stared at Xue Ya's collar.Xue Ya followed his gaze and found that her warm jade had revealed at some point.He hurriedly wanted to hide Nuanyu back, but Yin Qingxuan caught it first.

This piece of jade is magical, warm in winter and cool in summer, so Xueya still wears it even in hot weather.

Yin Qingxuan's expression became thoughtful, he stared at Yu for a while, and then slowly let go.Xueya didn't dare to struggle just now, she was afraid that Yin Qingxuan would break the rope and the jade would fall into the lotus pond, now that she was free, she swam away quickly, hiding behind the lotus leaf and watching her defensively.

Yin Qingxuan glanced at Xueya coldly, then stood up, turned and left.

After the person walked away, Xue Ya calmed down her throat. The person he is most afraid of meeting in the entire palace now is Yin Qingxuan, probably because every time he sees Yin Qingxuan, nothing good happens.

Because of Yin Qingxuan's sudden appearance, Xueya was not in the mood to continue playing in the lotus pond. He took the picked lotus ashore and was about to go back to change clothes. Halfway there, he suddenly remembered that Yin Qingxuan was coming to Ningfu Palace. He must have come to look for He Xulan.If he went back to change his clothes now, he might meet Yin Qingxuan.

Yin Qingxuan couldn't let Yin Qingxuan know about the matter between him and He Xulan.

Thinking of this, Xue Ya turned and went to the nearest empty palace.It was fine just soaking in the water, but now when he came out, his clothes stuck to his body, which made him uncomfortable, so as soon as he entered the empty palace, he began to take off his clothes, and finally stripped naked and lay down on the couch.

After a while, Xue Ya heard Zhu Qiu calling him.

"Xueya? Xueya, where are you?"

"I'm here." Xue Ya lazily replied, casually picked up a piece of clothing from the ground and put it on her body.

After Zhu Qiu came in, seeing Xue Ya's appearance at this time, he couldn't help but pause, but he quickly walked to Xue Ya with the rose cake in his hand.

"Xue Ya, the small kitchen has just been made." He squatted down beside Xue Ya.

Xue Ya turned her head to take a look, and wanted to reach for a piece to eat, but he didn't wash his hands, so he couldn't help but eat.

"Did you wash your hands just now?" He asked Zhu Qiu.

"I washed it, and I feed you?" Zhu Qiu asked.

Xue Ya opened her mouth as a response.Zhu Qiu immediately picked up a piece of rose cake, and carefully handed it to Xueya's lips.Now that Xue Ya is used to eating good food in Ningfu Palace, she is not as anxious to eat as before, he eats slowly, Zhu Qiu stares at Xue Ya's bright red lips opening and closing.

"Why are you in a daze? I want more." Xue Ya glared at Zhu Qiu.

Zhu Qiu made two oohs and immediately picked up a new piece.

After eating three pieces, Xueya felt tired and refused to eat any more.Wet clothes were uncomfortable lying on his body, so he called Zhu Qiu's idea.

Zhu Qiu didn't go into the water today.

Zhu Qiu looked at himself following Xue Ya's eyes, "What's wrong?"

"You lend me your robe to wear." Xue Ya said.

The higher the level of eunuch, the darker the color, Zhu Qiu is a low-level eunuch, wearing a light green robe.Xueya asked Zhu Qiu to carry it on her back, and put on Zhu Qiu's outer robe by herself. He was not wearing anything underneath, and a part of his snow-white calf was naturally exposed outside.

He didn't care, but felt cool.

"Xue Ya, shall we still play?" Zhu Qiu asked.

Xue Ya was afraid of meeting Yin Qingxuan, so she shook her head, "If you don't go out to play, just play here, do you have any good ideas?"

Zhu Qiu's clubs are all outdoor games, and hearing Xue Ya say this, she feels a little worried.Seeing Zhu Qiu's distressed look, Xueya remembered that she had lost face in front of the other party before, so she said, "How about we play guessing riddles? Those who guess correctly can... ride a big horse. If they guess wrong, it is the questioner People ride big horses."

"Riding a big horse" is not riding a real horse, but riding a human as a horse.Zhu Qiu had younger brothers and younger sisters in his family, and he had played with them before, so he readily agreed.

Xue Ya wanted to save face, so she made a fuss about asking the question first.

"I'll go out first, you guess."

"it is good."

Xueya thought of the lantern riddles he had seen on the Lantern Festival, but he couldn't remember any of them, mainly because he didn't know a few words at the time.He thought hard for a while, and finally said one.

"When you hit something, there is something that is not a living person, but everyone respectfully calls it Master."

After he finished speaking, he found that Zhu Qiu really showed a puzzled expression, and he couldn't help being secretly happy.He heard this riddle from a guest in the Red Moon Tower.

"Guess quickly, guess quickly, if you don't guess, I'm going to ride a big horse." Xue Ya's eyes rolled around, and her satisfaction was almost beyond words.

Zhu Qiu thought for a long time, then asked hesitantly, "Is there really such a thing?"

"Of course there are, and some of these things are big, some are small, some are long, and some are short." Xueya said.

Zhu Qiu's expression became even more confused. Seeing this, Xue Ya leaned closer to the other party, "If you can't guess, just admit defeat. It's not a shame to admit defeat."

"Well, I can't guess, what is the answer?" Zhu Qiu gave up.

"You let me ride first, and I'll tell you later."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiu turned around and knelt down, waiting for Xueya to sit up.Seeing Zhu Qiu's cooperation, Xueya felt a little embarrassed, "Forget it, I still won't ride."

"It's okay, I often take my younger siblings to play like this when I'm at home, you come up." Zhu Qiu looked back at Xueya.

This "big horse riding" was actually what Xueya heard from Zhu Qiu. He had never played it before. Ever since Zhu Qiu knew about "big horse riding", he had always wanted to play.But he was embarrassed to tell the other party before, let him ride.

Now that Zhu Qiu said it was okay, Xueya sat on it timidly.When someone took him a few steps, he told Zhu Qiu the answer to his riddle, "That thing is Mr. Jiao."

Zhu Qiu was taken aback, "What is Mr. Jiao?"

"Mr. Jiao, you don't even know?" Xueya said anxiously, "That's the one."

"Which one?" Zhu Qiu asked.

"Mr. Jiao is Mr. Jiao, why don't you know this? You are so stupid."

Zhu Qiu shook his head, "Xue Ya, I really don't know, what exactly is Mr. Jiao?"

"It's just what the man made, that's Mr. Jiao!" Xue Ya became anxious, her voice became louder, and at this moment the palace door suddenly opened.

Both of them were startled and looked at the door at the same time.

When Xue Ya saw the person at the door, she quickly got up from Zhu Qiu.