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Emperor Yan came over before dinner, saw Yuan Jing tightly wrapped in the quilt, turned sideways, especially sleeping soundly, and did not bother him, just sat on the side of the bed and watched for a while, and then told the servants a few words , and left in a hurry.

This day Yanfu Palace was extremely busy, and they were very tired during the day, when the lamps were lighted, they had already calmed down, and when the wind died down in the middle of the night, Xiao Liu leaned against the bed and dozed off with her face resting on her hands.Under the curtain of the bed, Yuan Jing quietly sat up.He was not in a hurry to go down, first he stuffed the gold silk pillow into the quilt, and made a curled figure with his head covered, he expected that Xiao Liu would not dare to lift it up directly, he just saw someone sleeping through the gap.

It took a lot of effort to get down, and when Yuan Jing leaned out, he saw Xiao Liu's left eye half-opened, so he immediately shrank back in fright, and looked again after a while, seeing that he was still the same, he somewhat understood, stretched out A hand waved in front of Xiao Liu's eyes, and the eyelashes on the other side didn't even move.

Yuan Jing heaved a sigh of relief, and said in his heart, "I'm scared to death."

In order not to alarm others, he didn't take any coats and cloaks. He was dressed in single clothes, picked up his shoes and ran outside.After a long period of warmth and sudden coldness, he shivered from the cold as soon as he left the gate of the palace. Seeing the darkness outside, he remembered what he saw at the bottom of the water, and was frightened in his heart. Get out of the small hole.

The guards on patrol are as quiet as a shadow, they don't know when they will appear, they can only be identified by the sound of stepping on the snow.Yuan Jing held his own jade lock in his mouth to silence the chattering of his teeth.The people on duty never thought that the prince suffered a lot during the day and still had the strength to mess around at night without taking precautions.Yuan Jing hid and hid all the way, like a bird, stumbling towards the stream.

When he got to the water's edge, Yuan Jing was so cold that he couldn't even hold the jade lock in his hand, so he lay down on the stone fence as if venting his strength, and the jade lock made a crisp sound when it hit.He didn't care about it, and he carried the lamp to shine on it, but he saw that the water surface was like ink, and he couldn't see anything except a few ice floes that occasionally floated by.Just as he was about to find a handy tool, he suddenly heard a voice from the side: "Your Highness."

Yuan Jing was suddenly frightened by him, and dropped the handle, but fortunately he was swept aside by someone, so he didn't fall. He looked back and met Chu Yu's gaze, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?" !"

Hearing his cold hoarse voice, Chu Yu frowned, put the palace lantern aside, untied his sable fur cloak, and wrapped him up completely: "I heard something at night, come and see, I don't want it to be your Highness."

Yuan Jing wrapped tightly the cloak that still carried his body temperature, and said stiffly, "I'm so bored, can't I come out to get some air?"

Chu Yu looked to the side, but couldn't hear the emotion in his voice: "The imperial guards in this palace are also too negligent."

I don't know why this sentence made Yuan Jing unhappy, he argued: "This is my home, of course I should know better than others, it has nothing to do with them."

Chu Yu didn't speak, just looked down at him.Yuan Jing looked a little guilty, lowered his head, and poked his hands out of the cloak to pull the fluffy hem.The two stood opposite each other for a while, Chu Yu stretched out his hand: "Send Your Highness back?"

Yuan Jing hid back in rebellion, not letting him touch it, just as a gust of wind came, and the snow on the treetops rolled into Chu Yu's palm, Yuan Jing watched the snow melt in his palm, and turned his face to the side On one side, he muttered, "I don't want you to send it."

Chu Yu knew how to deal with him very well, and wanted to leave with his hands behind his back: "Then I will call the Yulin Guard to see him off."

Yuan Jing was in a hurry, and said "Hey" behind his back, seeing that he ignored him, he ran after him for a few steps: "You are not allowed to go!"

Although the expression is fierce, but the voice is soft and long, more like acting like a baby.Chu Yu turned around and saw that the corners of his eyes were drooping, and he was about to cry in a hurry, so he turned around: "Then tell me honestly, what are you doing here?"

Yuan Jing looked at the still water, and was silent for a long time: "I'm here to find someone." Chu Yu followed his gaze, and didn't answer his words, but just listened to him quietly.Yuan Jing continued: "Today I saw a person at the bottom of the water, who looks like my former wet nurse."

Chu Yu said calmly: "The bottom of the water is dark, His Highness was shocked, maybe he was wrong."

Yuan Jing shook his head: "I didn't see the person clearly, but I saw the drum in her hand. I remember that it was very hot that day, she hugged me and took the pole wrapped in cobwebs to stick the cicadas on the branches, The cicada climbed high, but I couldn't stick to it, and she refused to go back. She was dizzy after being in the sun for a long time, and she couldn't hold me firmly. When I fell, I was stunned. Here..." He pointed Looking at her own forehead: "It's a big cut, the first time I saw so much blood, I was so scared that I cried. I was still crying when the medical officer came to treat me, and she said to get my little drum Come to play with me, but never came back. Father said that she is too old to take care of me, and has already sent her out of the palace." Having said this, his voice lowered: "I know Father is annoyed by her, The emperor sat by my bed for a long time that day, and I heard him sighing all the time."

Chu Yu didn't know how to answer, so he fastened the belt of the hood, pretended to wait and see, looked around for a moment, and said: "Please wait here, Your Highness." Hidden in the rockery, when he came back, he held the He took a few thick branches five or six feet long, and tied them with a belt around his wrist to make one, which was more than two feet long. He pointed to the stream and asked him, "Do you remember where it is?"

Yuan Jing pointed to a place, and went to pick up the long pole, as if he wanted to find it himself.With both hands clasped together, he couldn't lift it up. He was a little worried and said, "So heavy?"

Chu Yu picked it up with one hand, and silently shook off the snow on the tip of the pole: "It's okay."

Although some arrangements were made under the water, it was not very thorough in a hurry. Chu Yu handed over the palace lantern on the stone railing to him. When the long pole fell into the water, his sleeves turned over and he used a flower gun. After the floating ice shattered, But seeing the red carp jumping up and down after being hit, its long tail swinging, like flying flowers in the snow, the scene is really beautiful.

Chu Yu glanced at Yuan Jing, but saw that his expression was serious. At some point, even the hood was lifted, and a star of light seemed to fall into his eyes from the lamp. Blinking at the water.At that moment, he thought to himself: "It's not easy to be fooled by the little thing today." Then he stopped teasing him, and quickly pulled out the hidden objects before the big noise attracted the guards.

Yuan Jing saw the human-shaped thing dripping out of the water, with a tambourine hanging from his cuff, his face changed, and he wanted to jump up to see it before it landed, but Chu Yu stopped him: "Don't touch it, dirty Pulling back the long pole, he broke off a branch that was more than an inch thick with one palm, and used it to brush away the shaggy hair that was covered by the thing on his face.When the lantern shines on it, it is a puppet with a moonlike face and wide-open eyes.

When Yuan Jing saw this, he was stunned. After looking carefully, he saw that the dolls were made exactly like human beings, and the clothes seemed to be carefully crafted, except that there were twenty or thirty silk threads wrapped around the joints. Yes, wrapped around a boulder, and then sank into the water, wondering: "What is this?"

Chu Yu said: "The hanging silk puppet of Citong City." He bent down, picked up the drum that was stuck by the silk thread, and handed it to Yuan Jing: "Is this what your Highness saw today?"

Yuan Jing embraced it with both hands, nodded his head vigorously, held the tambourine drum in his hand and touched it again and again: "But why are there puppets at the bottom of the water?"

Chu Yu lied without changing his face: "Perhaps someone found it and wanted to give it to His Highness to play with. Later, he learned that witchcraft is the most taboo in the palace, so he secretly threw it away." Pointing to the drum in his hand: "I don't know if this thing is When did it fall, there was an undercurrent under the water, and it was entangled by silk threads."

Although this remark makes sense, but after careful consideration, it will inevitably make people feel that it is a bit of a coincidence.But Chu Yu reckoned that the little thing was young and simple-minded, so he must not have thought of so much, so the trick of fooling people was very perfunctory.

Yuan Jing really didn't doubt it at all, looking at the wet doll, he said regretfully, "I haven't played with it yet."

Chu Yu heard that he had turned his attention to playing, and knew that the matter was covered up, so he picked up the puppet and threw it into the water silently.Then exert force under the palm, the long pole of more than two feet shaken was shattered like powder, after a gust of wind, there was no trace left.Yuan Jing couldn't stop talking when he saw it: "What kind of kung fu is this, it's so powerful."

Chu Yu said: "It's just a little bit of brute force. There are many people in this palace who are stronger than me." Seeing that he was still holding the drum, he hesitated: "Do you want to take this Highness back?"

Yuan Jing caressed the little pendant bead on the drum ear, obviously very reluctant, Chu Yu said in his heart, it would be another trouble for you to take it back.Just wanted to persuade him, but he lightly threw it into the stream: "No, father will be unhappy when he sees it." He muttered: "He always likes to get angry."

Chu Yu was a little surprised. Although Emperor Yan had a weird temperament in private, based on what he had seen these few times, he was never more kind in front of Yuan Jing.He took a serious look at Yuan Jing, not knowing how this little thing could detect it.

Yuan Jing looked at the restored surface of the stream, and suddenly said: "Brother, do you think she is doing well now?"

Chu Yu knew who he was asking, and put on the hood for him: "Well, the place where she is staying now will only be more comfortable than the palace."

Yuan Jing gave a low "Oh", and Chu Yu put his arms around his shoulders, this time his attitude was very firm: "I will send His Highness back."

Yuan Jing had a problem on his mind, and he obediently dragged him away. The cloak on his body stretched across the ground, and it melted away after being stained with snow. After a while, it became too heavy. I couldn't help sneezing.Chu Yu glanced at him: "What's wrong?"

Yuan Jing looked embarrassed and scratched his cheek, as if he was embarrassed to speak, but Chu Yu understood after a glance.Looking into the distance, he reckoned that if he walked so slowly, he would attract the imperial guards sooner or later.After hesitating for a moment, he helped him wrap the cloak tightly, covering his feet tightly when he picked it up, and said, "I'm offended."

Without waiting for his answer, she hugged him to show her body shape, ran wildly, jumped into the Yanfu Hall in the blink of an eye, loosened her arms slightly, and signaled him to go by herself.Yuan Jing was reluctant to let go, he had slept enough during the day, and he didn't feel sleepy at the moment, so he wanted to pester him to talk, so he racked his brains to find an excuse: "Brother, have you ever seen people sleep with their eyes open?" Is it?" He fell behind, looked at him quietly, and asked in a low voice: "Can I call you big brother?"

His tone was very soft, and when he blinked his eyes to look at people, he looked very cute, Chu Yu was silent for a moment: "Yeah."

Yuan Jing let out a long sigh of relief, put his arms around his neck, and now he has nothing on his mind: "I knew you were so fierce in the morning because you were in a bad mood, why are you angry?"

Chu Yu hugged him and walked slowly: "Forgot, it's not something important." Changed the subject and said, "What do you mean by that sentence before?"

Yuan Jing was still thinking about the truth and falsehood of his words, but when he asked this sentence, he was immediately led away from his thoughts, twisted in his arms a few times, indicating that he wanted to come down, and as soon as his feet touched the ground, he pulled He ran to the bedroom: "Come with me, I will show you."