Lord Prime Minister

Since Qingliyuan was occupied by Kongqing, the courtyard of the princess fell to Xiyeyuan in the east.After last night's carnival and noise, this morning looked particularly clean. Several servant girls cleaned up the mess left by last night, and when they saw Mu Zihuai, they saluted one after another, then bowed their heads and continued to work.

Because the prince's wedding leave had not yet expired, Mu Zihuai had nothing to do and went for a walk to the lake in the backyard.

The snow on the branches was thicker, and it snowed again at night, and I smelled a fragrance as I walked, Mu Zihuai searched around, it turned out that the wintersweet by the lake was in bloom, covered with fine snowflakes, almost A piece of petals stretches without fear of the cold, exuding a refreshing fragrance.

Mu Zihuai couldn't help approaching, that wintersweet grows especially lushly, every flower is covered with snow, it almost fills the square inch of land, blocking the lake surface, so that Mu Zihuai can't wait until he walks over. It was found that there was still a person standing behind the flower.

Empress Fu Wenmei of the Eighth Emperor was wearing a long white gown with a blue padded jacket on top, and the collar on her face tightly wrapped her neck, but it was still a bit chilly in the morning, which made her cheeks turn red.When he saw Mu Zihuai, he seemed to be taken aback, and looked at him with bright eyes.

"Meet the princess." Mu Zihuai didn't expect to meet the Eighth Emperor's daughter here, but he quickly reacted and bowed his hands.

Huangfu Wenmei held her left cuff with her right hand, lowering her eyes slightly. "Lord Mu."

"The princess didn't go back last night?"

Huangfu Wenmei's mother concubine Lan Guifei had always fought openly and secretly with the queen, she hanged herself in the bedroom half a year ago, and even her elder brother Huangfu Mingxuan was grounded by the emperor.Now she is left alone, Mu Zihuai originally thought that according to her temperament, she would be unhappy, but she didn't expect that she not only came to the prince's wedding banquet, but even stayed in the palace.I don't know if it's because there is no restraint from the mother concubine and elder brother, the nature is revealed, or some other unknown reasons.

Huangfu Wenmei raised his hand to touch the blooming wintersweet, and brushed off the snowflakes on the top of the flowers. "I was delayed by something yesterday. When I came back to my senses, my father and the others had already returned to the palace. It was late at night and the dew was heavy, so I thought about staying overnight in the palace."

Mu Zihuai nodded, remembering that when the third princess got married last time, the eighth princess was also admiring the plum blossoms. At that time, there was a Long Lei by his side. I don't know how that kid talked to the princess.Obviously one is lively and active and can't stop for a moment, while the other is quiet and doesn't eat fireworks.

Huangfu asked Mei that after playing with a plum blossom, he began to caress another plum blossom. It seemed that this kind of game was very interesting. After playing for a while, he suddenly remembered and asked, "Master Mu and Long Lei are familiar?"

Mu Zihuai raised his eyebrows slightly, noticing that the princess directly called Long Lei by his name. "It couldn't be more intimate, we've known each other for many years."

Huangfu Wenmei bit her lip, thinking for a moment. "Master Mu, maybe you can do me a favor?"

Huangfu Wenmei bit her lip, thinking for a moment. "Master Mu, maybe you can do me a favor?"

Mu Zihuai hurriedly cupped his hands. "If there is anything the princess wants the subordinate to do, just say it."

A gust of wind blew across the lake, and Huangfu Wenmei's face became even redder. "I'm going back to the palace today, please Master Mu to help me hand over this letter to Long Lei." While talking, he took out a stamped envelope from his sleeve, and there was no name written on the envelope.

Mu Zihuai took it, squeezed it, and felt that there was indeed a letter inside, and the envelope was not even sealed, it seemed that the time was tight.Putting the envelope away, Mu Zihuai didn't ask any further questions. Anyway, if you have any questions, you can ask Long Lei directly.

Thinking of Long Lei's eager look last night, and now that the Eighth Princess sent them off via private message, could it be that the relationship between the two is really unusual?

Mu Zihuai agreed while thinking. "Princess, don't worry, the next official will definitely deliver it."

"Thank you, Lord Mu." Huangfu asked Mei Weiwei to bless her body, with a smile on her face.

It is indeed a little different from before. Mu Zihuai remembers that when she first met the eighth princess, she was still a submissive little princess who followed behind the eldest prince without daring to lift her head.Now that I laughed, I realized that the eighth princess was indeed very similar to Concubine Lan, but she lacked Concubine Lan's domineering attitude and had a little more Xiaojiabiyu.Just like her name, like a plum blossom in winter, it blooms silently when the snow is covering it.

They were all people who talked little, the two stood for a while, and the eighth princess's personal maid came to find them.Called the eighth princess a few times, saying that the sedan chair was ready and she could go back to the palace.

Mu Zihuai and Huangfu said goodbye to Mei, and only took two steps when he saw the maid who was leading the eighth princess out while looking back at him with unkind eyes.

Mu Zihuai was taken aback for a moment, knowing that he hadn't provoked her, he was a little puzzled.

Huangfu Wenmei looked up and saw the servant girl Chunping frequently turned her head to wait and see, and called her. "Chunping, what are you looking at?"

Only then did Chunping turn her head, and concentrate on helping the eighth princess walk through the gravel road. "Princess Yunying is not married now, so it's a helpless move to stay outside the palace. If people see her being involved with a man, I'm afraid it will cause people to gossip."

Huangfu asked Mei Zhuhong, pursed his lips, thought for a while and said, "Master Tuo Mu did something just now, but I won't do it in the future."

Seeing the princess lowered her head again, with a submissive expression on her face, Chunping pinched herself sharply. "It's the servant's fault. The princess can do whatever she wants. The servant is talking too much. The princess doesn't need to worry about it."

Chunping watched the Eighth Princess grow up since she was a child, and she has seen the bitterness of the past ten years, and it hurts in her heart.Originally thinking about when the princess would be able to get rid of Concubine Lan's control, who would have thought that Concubine Lan, who was always flamboyant and domineering without defense, would go just like that, and the eldest prince was also grounded.

Now the eighth princess is free, but the concubines and servants who were bullied by Concubine Lan all came to the door when they saw the eighth princess was alone.

The past six months have not been easy. Finally, the eighth princess opened her heart again. During this period of time, there were many smiles on her face, but she poured cold water on her here.

"You're doing it for my own good, I know." Huangfu Wenmei whispered, helping Chunping's hand to get on the small sedan chair at the door.After going up, he lifted the curtain and said to her, "I will be careful in the future."

Chunping sighed, called the bearers to set off, and headed all the way to the palace before the sun rose.

Mu Zihuai sent the man out of the mansion, and he didn't go back at all, he talked to the boy at the door, and told him that if Ren Danfeng asked the prince, he would say that he had gone to the Dragon Mansion, and he would probably come back in the afternoon.

On the way, I went to Long Lei's favorite restaurant to buy some snacks, wrapped them in oiled paper, and walked to the gate of Longfu, seeing the words "Dragon's Mansion" written by Long Xiu himself on the door plaque, It was only then that he suddenly remembered what Long Xiu had said to him yesterday, and suddenly felt a little timid again.

In this situation, it is better not to see Long Xiu.Touching the envelope in his sleeve, Mu Zihuai stepped forward and called to stop the guard.

The young man saw Mu Zihuai coming often, knew him, and was beckoning him to go in with a smile. "Master Mu came to find Master Long so early."

Mu Zihuai smiled awkwardly, waved his hands again and again, took out the envelope given by the eighth princess from his sleeve, and was about to hand it to the doorman when a loud voice came in.

"Brother Zihuai, why are you here?" Long Lei woke up surprisingly early today, changed into a dark cotton coat, and while tidying up his sleeves to go out, he looked up and saw Mu Zihuai standing at the door.

Mu Zihuai smiled wryly, took back the envelope that hadn't been stretched out, turned around and said to Long Lei who was about to go out, "I'm here to find you, I'm a little carrier pigeon today."

Long Lei was in a hurry to go out but was stopped by Mu Zihuai, who pulled him aside and walked out. "Brother is practicing dancing, brother Zihuai should also go to him, I have something to go out."

"Hey, don't leave yet. I'm fine. Just hand over the letter." Mu Zihuai pulled him, wanting to hand him the letter before leaving, while taking out the envelope again.

Long Lei frowned, as if he was in a hurry, but he stopped to take the envelope, flipped through it, and found that there was no name written on the envelope, so he opened it and asked, "Whose letter is it for me?"

"I met the eighth princess this morning. Let me give it to you before I go back to the palace." Mu Zihuai looked back into the courtyard, heaved a sigh of relief when he didn't see Long Xiu, and was about to leave after speaking.

When Long Lei heard that it was from the eighth princess, he withdrew the hand that was about to open the envelope, refolded it and put it back in the envelope. He was busy to leave just now, but now he is not in a hurry, so he grabbed Mu Zihuai and refused to let him go. he goes. "Leaving so soon? Didn't I see my brother yet? He's going back to the barracks this afternoon."

When Mu Zihuai heard about Long Xiu, he wanted to leave even more, and stuffed the greased paper bag with snacks into Long Lei's hand. "This is for you, I have something to leave first."

Before Long Lei could respond, Mu Zihuai turned around and left.

As soon as the figure disappeared around the corner, Long Xiu, who heard the voice in front of him, came out, and saw Long Lei, who was about to go out early in the morning, standing at the door, holding a greased paper bag in his hand. "Aren't you going out?"

Long Lei walked in from the door and said with a smile: "I'm not going out, I just met Brother Zihuai, I left in a hurry, I can't keep him."

Long Xiu paused, his eyes fell on the oiled paper bag in Long Lei's arms. "Is this from him?"

"That's right. I was in a hurry and said I had something to do." Long Lei sniffed the oiled paper bag, and smiled broadly, "It's mille-feuille cake."

While walking back, he still called Long Xiu. "Brother, come over and have some food together."

Long Xiu looked at the door thoughtfully, and paused for a long time before answering Long Lei's words. "Practice martial arts with me after eating, and you will be sixteen in a year. When that time comes, you don't want to be beaten down when you join the army."

Long Lei stopped unpacking the greased paper bag, turned his head and smiled at Long Xiu, in a good mood. "Look, brother, I will definitely kill the Quartet."

Long Xiu laughed, shook his head and followed him inside.But in my heart, I was still thinking that Mu Zihuai had fled just now, was he hiding from himself?

Here, Mu Zihuai came out of the Dragon Mansion, wandering all the way, not knowing where to go, and finally wandered to the river outside the city to sit for a whole morning, was icy cold by the cold wind before remembering to go back to the Palace.

Just after entering the palace, a young servant came up to report that the prince and concubine had returned, and the prince asked his whereabouts, and he said the same as he explained.

Mu Zihuai nodded, it was time to eat, and he didn't want to disturb the prince, so he had to go back to Yixiang Garden, but before he walked far, another servant came and said that the prince wanted to see him.

Mu Zihuai sighed, feeling that the cold air blown by the river just now hadn't dissipated from his body, and he almost shivered due to the cold.He took a deep breath, raised his spirits and asked the boy: "Where is the prince now?"

"Green Bamboo Garden." The boy replied.

Mu Zihuai waved his hand, dismissed the servant, and walked slowly towards the Green Bamboo Garden.

Before reaching the Green Bamboo Garden, Mu Zihuai stopped and turned sideways to look at the people in the lake pavilion.

The new concubine was standing in the small red pavilion, wearing a blue thick outer shirt, with a fox fur around her neck, her skin was fair and snowy, and she was pretty and lively.The two dowry maids stood behind, and the three of them didn't know what they were talking about, so they started giggling, and it came from a distance, like a crisp silver bell in the ice and snow.

Mu Zihuai looked at it for a while, felt rude, and was about to leave, the princess happened to look over, and found that Mu Zihuai, who had been looking at them, was not shy at all, and nodded generously.Mu Zihuai hurriedly saluted across the lake.

The two greeted silently before Mu Zihuai left.