Little Yanzi really couldn't remember the specific address of the courtyard in the novel, but only vaguely remembered the words "dog tail alley".

Fu Chang'an didn't feel worried when he heard this, he just said: "This is not difficult. There are only two Gouwei Hutongs with the same name. Let's all go and have a look. I'm afraid we don't have enough time today. The one that's near."

Little Swallow naturally agreed.

The two of them came to this "dog tail alley" and saw that the front of it was sealed off, and on both sides were neat, clean and regularly arranged small courtyards with individual families.

Little Yanzi sighed with a smile: "There are no courtyards in this dead end."

Fu Chang'an took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and said, "If you move quickly, you can go to Liushupo in the northern suburbs to explore the road."

Little Swallow understood that his action was too big this time, and if he didn't solve it as soon as possible, he might face even greater difficulties, so he agreed: "Okay!"

The two rode their horses and galloped all the way, and arrived at Liushupo at noon.

Fu Changan went to ask for directions, and Little Yanzi rode a horse around for a few steps, knowing that this must be the place he was looking for.

Taking a cursory look outside, she could already find that the house inside looked quite decent at first glance, but in fact there was an extra board here and a wall protruding there.

Look at the ground again, the ground is uneven, and sewage has accumulated between the potholes.The deepest part of the sewage can reach the soles of shoes, so every step or so, there is a piece of gravel bricks spread across it. This string of stone bricks winds forward, and occasionally a few people passing by will Skillful jumping, in order to accurately step on each stone brick.Little Yanzi swallowed her saliva, smiled wryly in her heart, and thought, if the shape is the only consideration regardless of the purpose, this is similar to the elegant stone bridge built in the courtyard of Shufangzhai.

Little Swallow was lost in thought when a burst of "Ka Ka Ka" sounded behind her.A tall man, barefoot and wearing high-tooth clogs, who didn't mind stepping on the sewage, walked straight past the little swallow.

Little Yanzi sat on the horse and only had time to meet him face to face.There was a sense of indifference in this man's movements, but his appearance was quite down and out, and he had a thick beard, so he couldn't see his face clearly.Little Yanzi only felt that she seemed to see his frown and smile flashing.But the man then walked away.

At this moment, a group of children suddenly screamed and ran past Little Swallow, raising the horse's front hooves in shock. Little Swallow hurriedly tightened the reins. After the horse stood still, she bent down and stroked the horse , lying beside its ear and whispering: "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid."

Little Yanzi felt that she seemed to have waited for a while after that, before Fu Changan hurried over and said to her: "It's so easy to find out the way. Today I really don't have time for you to go inside one by one to find people. We have to hurry up." Hurry back to the palace."

It was already afternoon when they started to return, and the sun should be at its hottest, but the dense clouds in the sky gradually came up.

The two were about to reach the gate of the palace, when a young man rushed towards them, calling out: "Master!".

Seeing that it was him, Fu Changan had no choice but to slow down the horse and asked briefly, "What are you doing?"

The boy gasped and said, "Third...Third Master has returned to Beijing! Second Master wants you to... hurry back..."

When Fu Changan heard this, he turned his head to Little Yanzi and said, "Hurry up and match the waist card."

Little Yanzi nodded, beat the horse and rushed straight to the gate of the palace before coming down. After matching the waist cards, he left the horse to the guards, and ran inward by himself.After running two steps, he turned around and waved his arms at Fu Chang'an, then turned around and ran wildly.

Little Yanzi stopped when she ran near the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and wiped the sweat from her forehead with her hand.After taking a few deep breaths, I felt that I could barely make do, so I walked in at my usual speed.

When she was about to ask someone to report, just as she saw Qianlong walking around the hall, the little Yanzi stretched her head towards the room and shouted, "Huang Ama."

Qianlong heard a voice at the door, but couldn't hear it clearly. He walked towards the door wonderingly, and finally heard a soft "Huang Ama".

Qianlong knew that it was Little Yanzi's fault, and was about to ask her why she didn't come back early with a little annoyance, but he saw Little Yanzi wearing men's clothing and poking her head outside the hall.

Qianlong couldn't help but laughed all of a sudden, and said, "Where is a little guard?"

Little Swallow flicked the horseshoe sleeve, and said a thousand times: "Good luck, Huang Ama!"

Qianlong was so angry that he stepped forward, lifted her by the ear, pulled her up from the ground, and said, "You are the one who knows how to get off the donkey."

It just so happened that Concubine Ling also came outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation at this moment, and she just happened to see this scene.Qianlong and Little Yanzi seemed to be having fun, but they didn't notice her.

Xiao Fuzi saw Concubine Ling from a distance, so he trotted over and asked, "Good luck, Your Majesty! Shall I inform you now?"

Concubine Ling smiled and said, "I don't need it this time. It's the same when I come back later."

Concubine Ling walked all the way back to Yanxi Palace, guessing what Qianlong thought about Little Swallow all the way.Suddenly he remembered that the person Erkang sent to talk to Little Yanzi would soon have news.

Let's go back to Little Swallow.

Qianlong watched Xiao Yanzi use some snacks, and before she finished drinking tea, he asked Xiao Yanzi to repeat on a piece of paper the geometry problem learned today, but found that Xiao Yanzi's handwriting was really incoherent.So he ordered the little Yanzi to go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to write big characters every afternoon after returning to the palace. Seeing the little Yanzi crying, Qianlong happily added: "Since your foundation is not strong, you might as well get up an hour earlier every day and come here first." After writing the big characters, let's go out to study geometry."

Little Swallow ran around for a long time, and was tossed with ink by Qianlong in such a way, and only walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the evening, only to feel that writing big characters was far more traumatic than geometry, and it was clearly Qianlong's excuse for abusing her.

She was taught a lesson by Fu Chang'an in the morning, and when she came back to see Qianlong in the afternoon, she only remembered one sentence in her heart: luck is just an opportunity.Right now, I am happy for a while.It would be the greatest waste if you don't laugh heartily on this beautiful day.Although they had different calculations and thoughts in their hearts at this moment, they couldn't pretend to be happy.But both of them also understand that time is numbered.That's why you play so presumptuously, right?

She is now exhausted both physically and mentally, so let's wait until she returns to Shufangzhai to think about the rest of these tiring and troublesome things.

Little Yanzi's limbs were tired, her legs and feet were weak, and even her cerebellum was about to go on strike. After taking two steps, she lost her pace, and even moved forward with her hands and feet.

She was walking in a daze, and she was about to bump into a person coming from the opposite side.The man quickly moved half a step to the left, then turned around slightly, avoiding this "traffic accident" effortlessly, and walked away on his own.

Startled, Little Yanzi came back to her senses, and squinted her eyes to see the familiar figure from behind.

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