Dingjiangshan

Shu Qiuyu did not return to the department.

Although Ning Yan did not explicitly say that she would be dismissed from her position, Shu Qiuyu believed that she had committed the taboo of guarding herself and stealing herself, so she had no hope of getting lucky at all.

She stayed up all night last night, and she has sorted out the account books of the internal department and put them on the table. She has also copied a copy of all correspondence and put them together with the account books. will be able to see.

Zichen Palace is located at the junction of the Outer Palace and the Inner Palace, Shu Qiuyu has not spoken since he left the door, turned to the palace way out of the palace empty-handed, his footsteps are hurried, Gingko has to trot a few steps from time to time to keep up with her.

Ginkgo didn't know what Ning Yan and Shu Qiuyu said in the hall. She wanted to ask several times, but she didn't dare to speak because of Shu Qiuyu's face.

"Miss." Ginkgo tentatively asked cautiously, "Where are we going?"

"Go home." Shu Qiuyu said.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she seemed to have escaped from the stubborn and numb state just now. She turned her head and glanced at Ginkgo, and consciously slowed down her pace so that she wouldn't have to follow so hard.

But Shu Qiuyu's face is still very embarrassed. Ginkgo has been with her for so many years, and she can subconsciously spy on her real thoughts under her "gentle and elegant" and "virtuous" appearance.

——It seems that the conversation in Zichen Palace is not a good thing, Ginkgo thought.

But Ginkgo doesn't quite understand, if Ning Yan really found out what Shu Qiuyu was doing behind the scenes, why didn't she and Ruan Yin be secretly locked up in the palace, but let her go home.

Shu Qiuyu didn't mean to explain either, she just gave up the first chance in her life—maybe the only chance to change her life.She chose to take a step back, returned to the shadow of the family, handed back the opportunity Ning Yan gave her, and gave up the path of "depending on herself".

This is a cowardly decision, Shu Qiuyu thought, because it means that she does not have the courage to take care of the Shu family by herself, and she is also worried that her ability cannot afford the future of the Shu family.So no matter how much she disagrees with Shu Qinghui's decision, when the real choice is in front of her, she will still choose to stand under Shu Qinghui's halo because she is afraid of the way ahead.

This realization made her feel a kind of helpless anxiety, she shook her head, instinctively wanting to avoid thinking about the situation she would face after this decision.

"Miss."

Shu Qiuyu walked forward with her head down slightly, she heard Ginkgo calling her in a low voice, but she was very confused and didn't want to deal with the little girl's chattering inquiries, so she simply pretended not to hear.

Generally speaking, when Ginkgo is sure that she has heard it but does not respond, it is clear that she does not want to speak, and she will seldom continue to say anything.

But today is obviously unusual, because Gingko immediately raised her voice slightly and called out: "Miss—"

She seemed to be afraid that Shu Qiuyu would not want to talk to her, so she even reached out and tugged at her sleeve.

Shu Qiuyu was puzzled for a moment, but before she could respond, just looking up, Shu Qiuyu suddenly understood the reason for Ginkgo's abnormality.

——Twenty or thirty steps away from her, Ning Yue was walking across from her.

When Shu Qiuyu looked up, the little prince had already raised his hands, with a bright smile on his face, as if he was about to greet her.

"Sister Shu?" Ning Yue said crisply, "It's so early, where are you going?"

Shu Qiuyu was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and replied gently: "Go back to my little prince, my daughter is going out of the palace to go home."

It stands to reason that this kind of pleasantries is about the same, and the next step should be to nod politely to each other, and then go their separate ways.

But Ning Yue obviously didn't mean to say goodbye just like that. He secretly raised his eyelids, took a quick glance at Shu Qiuyu, folded and unwound the whip in his hand, and said stumblingly, "What are you doing home so early? Is Si going to take a rest today?"

The meaning of looking for something to talk about is a bit obvious, Shu Qiuyu looked at him in a daze, and said tactfully: "The servant girl is not on duty today - but the little prince, what are you doing here in the palace so early in the morning?"

"This king has come to see the emperor." Ning Yue replied quickly, and felt a little uncomfortable after speaking. He let go of the horsewhip in his hand, wiped his hand on his clothes, and said, "Imperial brother did not sleep today. Chao, I heard that he has contracted the wind and cold, so I went into the palace to see him."

This is also normal, except for Ning Yue, presumably after a while, when the sky is bright, some important officials will also come to the palace to pay their respects.

Although Shu Qiuyu felt that Ning Yan did not necessarily want to meet people at this time, it was not easy to tell Ning Yue clearly.

What's more, Shu Qiuyu just greeted him politely, and didn't pay much attention to the answer. Hearing the words, he nodded, and went down the donkey and said, "The servant girl will not delay the little prince, so I will take my leave first."

"Ah...?" Ning Yue originally wanted to say a few more words, but scratched his face regretfully, and said dryly, "Then, see you again, Sister Shu."

Shu Qiuyu saluted him, then moved slightly sideways for a few steps, then accepted the gift, and walked away from the other side of the palace road.

Ning Yue tapped his horsewhip on the palm of his hand, turned his head in a strange way, and glanced at Shu Qiuyu's leaving back.

"Xiao Ke." Ning Yue called the servant beside him, and said thoughtfully, "Do you feel that..."

Little can see that his tone was hesitant and he didn't say anything, so he asked: "What did the lord say?"

"Forget it..." Ning Yue pondered for a while, probably couldn't find a feeling that could be described, so he simply said discouragedly: "It's nothing."

"I won't enter the palace for now." Ning Yue originally wanted to visit the sick, and Guan Ning Yan borrowed a hunting ground for horse racing on the way, but now he suddenly lost interest.He looked at the sky, and said dejectedly: "Maybe Brother Huang is still sleeping in at this point, come see him in the afternoon."

In the Zichen Palace, Ning Yan, who hadn't rested for most of the night, sneezed, shaking all over.

"Why is it still so cold?" Ning Yan frowned and gathered his clothes, instructing Linglong to close a window in the outer hall that was blown open by the wind.

"Mr. Yan said that this cold poison is hard to get rid of, and it will always affect His Majesty." Ning Huaijin opened the door from the side hall and walked in, carefully protecting a palm-sized porcelain bowl in her hand, and said casually: "What's more, this After two days of heavy rain, Your Majesty must be careful to catch the cold again."

"Uncle Emperor?" Ning Yan was taken aback: "Didn't I tell you to rest?"

Ning Huaijin watched him all night last night, and Ning Yan could see him sitting by the bed several times when he fell asleep and woke up intermittently.Ning Yan urged him to go to rest several times, but he refused to replace He Wenting to guard him.It wasn't until dawn that Ning Yan felt better and was able to be helped out of bed for a while before he was persuaded to go to the side hall to rest.

"I went to the small kitchen to look at His Majesty's medicine." Ning Huaijin said: "When I just came back, I heard that Miss Shu was in the room, so I went to the side hall to stay for a while."

As Ning Huaijin said, she put the porcelain bowl in front of Ning Yan, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea and put it next to the medicine bowl.

Ning Yan: "..."

The smile on Ning Yan's face from the moment he saw Ning Huaijin froze for a moment, his eyes flicked back and forth between the medicine bowl and Ning Huaijin, and then responded with a shocking Speed ​​turned his gaze back to the meal in front of him that he hadn't had time to withdraw yet.

"Linglong." Ning Yan coughed dryly and winked at her desperately.

Linglong was like a puppet pointing and hitting, knowingly moved a plate of side dishes to Ning Yan, picked up the chopsticks and spread the dishes for him.

Ning Yan took the opportunity to pick up the spoon, took a mouthful of porridge, and said vaguely with the spoon in his mouth, "Uncle Huang, at least let me finish the meal first."

Ning Huaijin: "..."

Ning Yan's suit is silly and smooth, and the clothes are seamless. It looks like it was trained by Ruan Yin and his clan.

If it wasn't for Ning Huaijin's familiarity with his dislike of taking medicine, he would really be able to deceive him.

"Your Majesty has been eating this breakfast for half an hour." Ning Huaijin said calmly, "The porridge is cold, let someone remove it. Your Majesty is weak now, so eat less cold food."

Ning Yan raised her eyebrows vigilantly, ready to meet Ning Huaijin's next "then".

"Then His Majesty took the medicine and went back to bed to lie down." Ning Huaijin said, "If you are hungry again, please order some hot snacks from the small kitchen."

Prince Gong, Ning Huaijin, has always been diligent and respectful in his whole life, but on this point, he simply said the same thing, showing the heart of a strict father.

Ning Yan moved aside with difficulty, and covered the porridge bowl in his hand with his uninjured hand, as if he was protecting his life.

Ning Huaijin stared at him in silence for a while, and then in this almost confrontational state, facing Ning Yan's deliberately weak eyes, said "iron and selflessly", "No."

Ning Yan was instantly discouraged.

In fact, it wasn't that Ning Yan wanted to act coquettishly in front of Ning Huaijin, the main reason was that Jing Zhan didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, as if he wanted to take revenge on him, he made the prescription extremely bitter this time.Ning Yan was given medicine by Ning Huaijin last night when he was half asleep and half awake, and he almost woke up from the dream, and he still has lingering fears.

"Uncle——"

Ning Yan still tried to delay for a while, but Ning Huaijin seemed to be impatient. He had already stayed in the side hall for a while when he came back with the medicine, and the medicine had cooled down. It's completely cold.

So Prince Gong simply did nothing and kept going, preparing to be tougher as he had done countless times in the past.

Ning Huaijin reached out to grab the porridge bowl in Ning Yan's hand, but Ning Yan subconsciously didn't want him to snatch it. The two of them were holding on to half of the bowl, fighting for the ownership of the half bowl of porridge. It seemed naive.

The two of them stood in a stalemate for a while, and at the same time they realized something, and then subconsciously looked at each other.

Immediately afterwards, Ning Yan couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.

Ning Yan didn't like to take medicine since he was a child, and Ning Huaijin had already learned about giving, so he didn't realize it at all just now. He hasn't had such a close attitude with Ning Yan for a long time.

A few months ago, after returning from the hunting ground, Ning Huaijin has been intentionally "drawing a clear line" with Ning Yan, doing business and talking with sticks.

But that kind of business-like attitude did not make Ning Huaijin feel at ease in the slightest. On the contrary, when he came back from the border town, before he had time to think about what was there, he found the relationship with Ning Yan. The feeling when getting along.

"Okay." Ning Yan didn't give him time to think deeply, sighed exaggeratedly, and said, "The one who should come can't hide."

Ning Yan took the medicine bowl as he spoke, stared at the bowl bitterly for a while, then held his breath, frowning and took a long mouthful.

The bitter taste made the root of Ning Yan's tongue numb, and he couldn't take it anymore after holding his breath halfway. He frowned tightly, put the bowl aside, took the honey tea from Ning Huaijin, and gulped it down. half a cup.

Ning Huaijin glanced into the medicine bowl: "Your Majesty—"

"It's over." Ning Yan said before him.

——There is still a small half bowl.

Ning Huaijin sighed, swallowed back the last half of the sentence, decided to turn a blind eye and turn around to ask Yan Qing if he could change to some sweeter herbs.

"It's time to spread the news about Renshou Palace today." Ning Huaijin changed the subject and asked, "What is Your Majesty going to do?"

"Nothing to do, let's stop calmly and take a rest first. I'm very tired. I'm afraid I'll have to rest for a few days." Ning Yan said, "Give the third brother a chance... If he doesn't do it first, I won't take a rest." will move him."