birth

When the incident happened, Meng Zhonglian was chatting with Jiang Siyue and several veterans in the Tea House. The conversation was very pleasant, and even Meng Zhonglian felt a little better. After sending Jiang Siyue away, he was about to get up and go to the palace. Walking in, he suddenly heard a messy sound from the street, so he sat back again, and then leaned against the window by the wall to check the situation on the road.

The street was bustling with many people, and there was a man in the middle who was rolling around, uttering some nasty words, and Meng Zhonglian vaguely heard Xu Jia's name, which aroused his interest. He completely relaxed his back and slumped on the seat, playing with the finger wrench in his hand, and ordered, "Go down and see what happened."

Liang Shuang, "No."

Not long after, Liang Shuang came back with the information. At that time, the crowd on the street had dissipated for a while, but the man was still lingering at the gate of Huamanlou, and that mother Sang seemed afraid of offending him. He asked a few good-looking women to come forward to help him, with a smile on his face, he kept shouting, "Mr. Sheng, Zihe is really not free today, why don't you come back another day?"

"Returning to my lord, that man is Sheng Yi, the younger brother of Sheng Mingjue, Minister of Rites. He is ignorant, lustful and timid. He always likes to drink in Huamanlou. Recently, he has been entangled with Xu Zihe, the number one here. But what a coincidence." Liang Shuang paused when she said this, and then laughed, "This Xu Zihe was just hired by His Highness the Crown Prince yesterday, and according to the servants' understanding, the Highness the Crown Prince came down to this flower-filled building yesterday just to find Miss Xu Zihe .”

Meng Zhonglian played with the wrench in his hand, looking down thoughtfully.

At this time, a path was opened from the middle of Huamanlou, and a woman came out surrounded by everyone. She was wearing a pink butterfly gold silk skirt, a plain white pearl shirt, and a jasper walking hairpin on her head. Every step is full of lotus, which is pleasing to the eye. That mother Sang hurriedly greeted her, her tone was eager, "Oh, my aunt, why did you come out, go back quickly! Go back!"

Xu Zihe just pressed his mother Sang's hand with his hand, and said gently, "Don't worry, Mom, I have a measure."

She stepped forward, stopped an inch away from Sheng Yi, lowered her head slightly, her fair and slender neck showed a beautiful arc, and Meng Zhonglian's finger wrenching hand suddenly stopped.Na Sheng Yi also raised his head slowly, looked at her almost greedily, held the corner of her skirt with his hands, and said, "Zihe, Zihe...you are here, Zihe."

Xu Zihe, "Young Master Sheng, please go back, the little girl has her own heart, and from now on, she will no longer accept guests."

Sheng Yi stood up staggeringly, and staggered two steps back because he was unsteady after drinking, "Your heart belongs to you?" He raised his head and smiled a few times, pointing at Xu Zihe with blurred eyes, "A hook Girl, why are you pretending to be pure with me?" He hiccupped, reached out without warning and tore off the jade hairpin from Xu Zihe's head, pulled her hair to him, and said viciously, "Master, I pity you , I don’t know what to do if I stay here! Let’s go, accompany...accompany Master to have a drink!"

All of this happened in an instant, almost to the point where mother Sang was still standing there in a daze, suddenly, a fan flew down from the second floor and flew straight towards Sheng Yi, Sheng Yi felt pain, and let go of Xu Zihe, Xu Zihe He couldn't stand still for a while and fell to the ground.Sheng Yi stared angrily, pointing to the second floor while cursing, "Who doesn't have a father..."

But at the moment when he and Meng Zhonglian looked at each other, he swallowed back tremblingly. He was using the energy of drinking to play tricks on the street, but now the drunken energy seemed to be seeing Meng Zhonglian. The moment, all dissipated.

Because of Sheng Mingjue's relationship, Sheng Yi became an official in the court, and he could see Meng Zhonglian almost every day when he went to court. He swallowed, turned his head subconsciously and ran away, because he was so anxious that he almost fell to the side. Now he can only pray for Meng Zhonglian He didn't recognize him yet, although he didn't know why Meng Zhonglian would meddle in such nosy matters, but Sheng Yi obviously had a bad feeling, and this feeling drove him to crawl away from that place.

Xu Zihe glanced indifferently at the direction in which Sheng Yi was escaping, then raised his head pitifully, with an inexperienced blankness on his face, looking straight at the adult on the second floor, showing a little helplessness at the right time And delicate - not annoying, but just enough to arouse a man's desire to protect.

Not far away, Xu Jia was standing there watching the good show that he had personally arranged. It was he who released the news that Xu Zihe was trapped to attract Sheng Yi, and it was he who deliberately let Xu Zihe approach Meng Zhonglian.Seeing Meng Zhonglian take off his outer robe to cover Xu Zihe with pity, he couldn't help but snort, look, feelings are the most superfluous thing.

No matter how shrewd a person is, as long as he has feelings and concerns, he will also have a fatal weakness.

There are still four days before the crown prince's conferment ceremony, and he has already gnawed down Yang Zhongliang's tough bone through the relationship of Concubine Hui. As long as he has Yang Zhongliang's support, it is equivalent to having the support of the army, and no one will Dare to move him at will.Xu Jia squinted his eyes and clenched his hands behind his back into fists, but this was far from enough. Only when he held all these things in his hands would he have the budget to win.He doesn't like everything being uncertain and uncontrollable. Since it's uncertain, he either gets it all or destroys it all.

When he returned to the Eastern Palace, Fuer's room was already empty.I didn't expect to tell him about moving out yesterday, and I left today.Seeing his stupefied look, Zhang Momo asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Zhou Shun waved his hand at Nanny Zhang from behind, winking, "Go down first, you have nothing to do here."

Nanny Zhang glanced at him, bowed her head and said, "No."

As soon as Nanny Zhang left, Zhou Shun also said, "Then I'll go and see if lunch is all right, and the slaves will leave first."

After a while, he was the only one left in the huge hall. Xu Jia froze for a while, then almost instinctively looked in the direction of Fuer's room, then he opened the door as if out of control, and walked in.

The door was wide open, and the sunlight scattered across Xu Jia's back.The house is clean and bright, because it has just moved out, so it seems that Fuer's breath is still everywhere.Fu Er's luggage was not much at all, so looking at it this way, if Zhang Nanny hadn't said that he had moved away, Xu Jia would almost have thought that he was just going out for a while.Obviously the furnishings in the room have not changed, but Xu Jia has a strong feeling of one thing - Fuer, he is really gone.

His arms were hanging limply by his side, fine dust was swimming around him hiding in the light.

This is the first time he had such a feeling—maybe it can be called a feeling of loss, because he hadn’t experienced it before, so he wasn’t sure what this feeling was, since he never felt it when he was abandoned by his biological mother had such a distinct feeling.

But now, Xu Jia suddenly felt very uncomfortable, very uncomfortable.

During lunch, Nanny Zhang stood on one side, Zhou Shun stood on the other side, and Xu Jia looked absent-minded while holding a bowl.

Suddenly, just when Xu Jia was about to throw down the bowl and leave, Zhou Shun suddenly pulled over the stool beside him and sat down involuntarily. Nanny Zhang looked at him in surprise. Said it could even be a capital offense.However, Zhou Shun seemed to have never felt anything wrong with his behavior, and said to Nanny Zhang without raising his head, "Mommy, please help me get a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Nanny Zhang didn't dare to say more, she quickly took the bowl and chopsticks and handed them to him.

Then Zhou Shun picked up a piece of roast goose and ate it under the watchful eyes of Nanny Zhang and Xu Jia.

Xu Jia raised his eyebrows, but his mood was inexplicably better because of Zhou Shun's rude behavior, maybe because he temporarily forgot about Fu Er's departure, he looked at Zhou Shun intriguingly, put down his chopsticks, and asked said, "Is it delicious?"

In fact, Zhou Shun was so nervous that his back was sweating, but he raised his head without changing his expression, and replied, "Not bad."

Xu Jia seemed helpless at his answer, and laughed, "What are you doing?"

Zhou Shun lowered his head, as if he was concentrating on eating.Just when Xu Jia was about to ignore his sudden madness and get up to leave, he heard Zhou Shun say, "The Prime Minister asked me to accompany you to dinner." He said in a casual tone, "He said you don't like eating alone."

Xu Jia's movement of leaving was inexplicably stopped because of this sentence. After a while, Xu Jia attributed it to Zhou Shun's sudden madness, and even brought him mad. Anyway, he sat back again, picked up his chopsticks and started eating without saying a word.

Zhou Shun breathed a sigh of relief silently in his heart, and started to concentrate on eating. God knows how afraid he was that Xu Jia's face suddenly changed and asked him, "Zhou Shun, are you looking for death?" Fortunately, Zhou Shun couldn't help but secretly pursed his lips. After a smile, the Prime Minister of the State is really reliable.

While eating, he found that Xu Jia only ate meat and no vegetables, so he pretended to coax him, "The Prime Minister also said that you should eat more vegetables."

Xu Jia frowned, and tossed the chopsticks, making a crisp "pop".

Nurse Zhang next to her was so frightened that she quickly lowered her head.

And Zhou Shun's chopsticks also paused in mid-air, and he was so frightened that he even forgot to take them back. Now, a sentence flashed back and forth in his mind, "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over... ..."

Xu Jia, "If he asks me to eat, I will eat it?"

Zhou Shun swallowed, and when he was about to go along with him, he picked up his chopsticks again as if nothing had happened, so he also wisely chose to shut his mouth, except for the few dishes in front of him. Dare to move other dishes, for fear that some of his actions will offend the prince again.

But as he ate, he unexpectedly discovered that the prince who had lost his temper just now was eating carrots in the bowl.

After lunch, Xu Jia took a rare rest in the East Palace for an entire afternoon. He was either going out of the palace or was busy meeting various people. He rarely stayed in the East Palace for such a long time at once. Madam Zhang sighed. He breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that His Highness the Crown Prince still hates the Prime Minister very much. No, His Highness the Crown Prince stayed here just after the Prime Minister moved away. It must be because he didn't want to see the Prime Minister before." She frowned and thought of helping the Prime Minister. Er always treats people with a gentle and polite look. I really can't figure out how the Prime Minister offended the prince?It made him so disgusted.She thought silently, since she couldn't find the reason, it must be the prince's problem!

Zhou Shun listened to her muttering, laughed provocatively, and threw a peanut to eat, "You don't understand this."

Nanny Zhang was not convinced, "I don't understand anything."

Zhou Shun clapped his hands, stood up, and sighed, "Then I'll ask you, why didn't the crown prince stay in his own room, but ran to the room of the prime minister of the country, huh?"

Nanny Zhang lowered her head and thought for a while, when she was about to raise her head to ask why, Zhou Shun had already disappeared.

Inside the house, Xu Jia was lying on Fu Er's bed. He was only going to lie down for a while, but unexpectedly fell asleep.He hadn't had a good night's sleep during this period of time. He experienced insomnia until dawn, and even when he fell asleep, he always had all kinds of bizarre nightmares, but this time he slept very peacefully. Not only did he not dream, but he fell asleep once. It's supper time.

He actually slept all afternoon.

If Madam Zhang hadn't knocked on the door and asked him if he wanted to prepare dinner, maybe he would have continued to sleep.The consequence of taking a nap for too long is that his head is groggy, his knuckles are soft, and his bones are loose. Xu Jia held his forehead with his hands. He was a little uncomfortable with this feeling, and his limbs were weak. But there was an inexplicable sense of satisfaction, he looked up only to find that it was already dusk outside and the starry sky was low.Just as Xu Jia was about to stand up from the bed, she realized that she was still holding a Fuer pillow in her arms.

Xu Jia, "..."

The next moment, he threw the pillow out without hesitation, and jumped up from the bed as if being pricked by a needle.He sleeps with a pillow in his arms! ?Xu Jia refused to admit to this empress's behavior.

So... the reassuring smell that he smelled while sleeping was actually the smell of Fuer's body?

Xu Jia's heart was full of alarm bells, every time he realized that Fuer's position in his heart had increased, or realized that he liked Fuer more, this would make him restless.He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. When he walked to the door, he fell back to the side of the bed in a mysterious way, rearranged the pillow he had thrown around, put the bed in place, and looked at the finished bed. On the bed, Xu Jia licked the corners of her lips in satisfaction, then turned and left.

At dinner, Zhou Shun sat down as casually as at noon. Just when his chopsticks were about to touch the white-cut chicken, a cold voice came from the side, "You want to die?"

Zhou Shun turned his head in slow motion, and met Xu Jia's eyes that hid ice slag in a half-smile. With a shake of his chopsticks, his whole body trembled, got up from his seat, and stood on one side in an orderly manner. "His Royal Highness atones."

Only then did Xu Jia start to eat slowly, while Zhou Shun and Nanny Zhang stood on both sides, not daring to speak.

Xu Jia had just returned to the palace at noon, and was dazzled by Fu Er's sudden departure, and Zhou Shun picked up the cheap and played a few times for a while. A hint of evil flashed in Xu Jia's heart, and he asked, "I heard that the task of patrolling the city has fallen from Yang Zhongliang to Pei Yu?"

Zhou Shun thought he was going to start talking about something serious, so he replied solemnly, "Yes."

Xu Jia, "Are there enough people in Pei Yu's place?"

Zhou Shun thought about it seriously for a while, "Although the Imperial Forest Army under General Pei is not as numerous as Yang Zhongliang's Forbidden Army, they are all elite. But now when it comes to patrolling the city, they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers."

Xu Jia, "Then go and help him."

Zhou Shun, "..."

Dare he have to run around with the prince during the day, and run around the city exhaustingly at night?

Zhou Shun felt aggrieved, but Zhou Shun didn't say, "No."

So Pei Yu saw Zhou Shun who was supposed to be in the palace at the gate of the city, and he could feel his aggrievedness from a long distance. Zhou Shun lowered his head and drooped his ears, "His Royal Highness asked me to help you tonight." Patrol the city."

Pei Yu could not hold back a smile, "Is His Royal Highness angry with you?"

Zhou Shun jumped onto the wall, sat next to him, thought for a while and then smiled cheerfully, "Forget it, I won't be angry with an old man whose love is not going well."

Pei Yu, "..." You actually said that His Royal Highness is an old man?Still in love?

Pei Yu moved away from him calmly, and heard Zhou Shun sigh, "I should be happy now, my lord."

Pei Yu asked him, "Happy? Where are you happy?"

Zhou Shun stared at his toes, raised his head when he heard the words, propped his body backwards with his hands, and looked into the distance very "manly", "How can a man be happy?"

Pei Yu was quiet for a while, but his whole body was moving restlessly beside him. After a while, Zhou Shun frowned, "Just say what you have to say."

So Pei Yu finally asked the question in his heart, "Aren't you a eunuch? Then you...just...how...um..."

Zhou Shun, "..."

Sitting side by side on the wall, the stars are all over the sky, and you can still hear Yu Xia's last cicadas, making it even more quiet and hot.

"fake."

Pei Yu paused, then turned to look at him in horror.

Zhou Shun also turned his head and looked at him quietly, then Pei Yu lost his composure and said excitedly, "You said you are... a fake... a fake eunuch!"

Zhou Shun looked around, covered his mouth with his hand, and stared, "You want to kill me!" It wasn't until Pei Yu regained some sense that Zhou Shun let go of his hand and laughed at him. He said, "With your two guts, what great things can you accomplish?"

Pei Yu hesitated, still in a state of extreme shock, "Does His Royal Highness know?"

"I don't know." Zhou Shun turned to look at him, "I'll tell you."

Pei Yu was puzzled, "Why did you only tell me?"

Zhou Shun put his arms around his shoulders, and said affectionately, "We are now close friends."

Pei Yu, "Why...how did you lose your friendship?"

Zhou Shun, "Think about it, it's a capital offense to spread the news that I'm a fake eunuch, but you..." His fingers slid down to Pei Yu's chest, he stopped, and he pressed Pei Yu's heart harder, "Hide it Failure to report is also a capital crime, is it a death sentence?"

Pei Yu swallowed, and was stunned by him, forgetting for a moment that he could choose to report him.

"Then now, your dead brother asks you—"

Pei Yu turned his face away for no reason, and looked at Zhou Shun, Zhou Shun blinked at him a few times suddenly, "Can you let him go out to play?"

Pei Yu, "..."

It was night, and the night was already very thick. It was as thick as a ball of ink accidentally poured on the streets and alleys, and it couldn't be melted.

Landing lightly on the tiptoes of a pair of toes, Xu Jia raised his head and stared at the plaque in front of him - Guoxiangfu.After a few seconds of silence, he avoided the gate without hesitation, and sneaked into the mansion from the wall like a dexterous black panther.

He originally intended to come and go in a circle, but when he saw the blurred figure behind the window, he stopped and didn't move for a long time.

Fuer seemed to be taking off his clothes and was about to take a bath. A layer of clothes was effortlessly removed along with his movements, and he couldn't help swallowing when he watched the peeking people. Xu Jia subconsciously leaned forward a little, as if He wanted to see it more clearly, but was frightened back by an exclamation, "Who's there!"

It turned out that it was the guards of the patrolling mansion who spotted Xu Jia's figure and rushed towards him with a lamp.

It's okay to sneak to the Prime Minister's Mansion without sleeping in the middle of the night, but he was discovered by the guards in shame.If Zhou Shun knew about this, Xu Jia had no doubt that this person would laugh at him secretly for half a year.Thinking of this, Xu Jia inexplicably felt how prescient she was in her decision to let Zhou Shun patrol the city tonight.

Fu Er opened the door, and he gathered his outer shirt, "What's the matter?"

The front of the group of guards—Wang Ruochang Wang Steward came forward with a lamp to report, "Master, it seems that someone broke into the mansion in the middle of the night."

Fu Er tilted his head, his eyes fell on the tree where Xu Jia was hiding just now.

Wang Ruochang reassured, "Don't worry, my lord. I have strengthened my inspections. I will go to General Pei Yu tomorrow to ask for more guards. The thief will definitely be arrested and brought to justice."

Fuer, "Thank you for your hard work."

The door closed, and everyone dispersed, except for the guards who kept patrolling the courtyard.

In the sky, the moon shines, but only the magnolia tree that hid the thief.

Fu'er turned around, facing a pair of eyes not far away, he said lightly, "Why are you here?"

That person was the "thief" Xu Jia who was in the courtyard just now and was being hunted by everyone. Xu Jia was not at all embarrassed, and sat down on the stool, "Come to be a guest."

Fu Er, "...in the middle of the night?"

Xu Jia, "Then brother used to live in my East Palace day and night, why? Why don't you come and be a guest?"

Fuer couldn't help him, "It's ok, but aren't you sleepy?"

Xu Jia, "Not sleepy."

It was because he slept for too long in the afternoon that he couldn't fall asleep now, that's why he tossed and turned on the bed for a long time, but decided to pry the door of his country prime minister's mansion. Xu Jia glanced at the bucket next to him and asked if he was in a good mood. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Brother is preparing to take a bath and go to bed?"