In the Wanchun Hall, as soon as Chu Ning came back, the maid who had just left behind waved to her from a distance and pointed to the main hall.
The candles in the main hall were already lit, and the door was slightly open. Xiao Yu was clearly awake.
Chu Ning approached quickly and stepped into the room, and saw Xiao Yu who had just come out of the shower and changed his clothes, pushing the maid who was tying his belt aside with a face full of impatience: "Clumsy, go out."
The maid bent down nervously, and when she saw Chu Ning coming back, she breathed a sigh of relief and called out "His Royal Highness" timidly.
Chu Ning waved her out, while he walked around the screen and walked into the inner room.
"A Ning." Xiao Yu stopped his hand to tie the belt, turned around to see her figure, his face subconsciously eased, but then he frowned again as if he had remembered something, "Where have you been? I wake up and see no sign of you."
He has been nourished for the past few days, and his spirit is getting better day by day. After drinking the medicine just now, he slept more than half an hour shorter than usual. Just waking up and seeing the empty bedside, my heart is faintly unhappy.
Chu Ning stopped beside him, first caressed the back of his hand lightly, and then straightened and buttoned the laces on his clothes for him.
"I didn't know that His Highness woke up so early today. After having dinner, I felt a little pressure in my stomach, so I walked outside and didn't come back until I was healed."
Xiao Yu looked down at her face that was close at hand, stretched out his hand to caress, and asked, "Where did you go?"
Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat, for fear that he might know something, he was busy thinking about it in his heart.
Many of the palace servants and servants of the Taiji Palace have been replaced by Xiao Kezhi, and no one would dare to spy on the new emperor's affairs. Besides, the side of the pavilion was guarded by the emperor's valet, and it was impossible for anyone else to be there.
And Wanchun Palace is not the East Palace, Xiao Yu will not let people still stare at her in the Taiji Palace, and she has just kept two maids to pay attention, so it should not be known by him.
Thinking of this, she calmed down and said truthfully: "Go out from Shenwumen, walk along the Thousand Steps Corridor, and walk to the Shanshui Pond."
Xiao Yu pondered for a moment, and said inexplicably, "You always like to go to the mountain pool."
Chu Ning deliberately ignored the strangeness in his words, lowered his head and tidied up the last strand of ribbon, and explained: "We are in Wanchun Hall, which is the closest to Shenwumen. Go to the mountain pool."
What she said was reasonable and reasonable, and finally made Xiao Yu no longer doubt.
He looked at the flat shirt, showed a smile, and pulled her into his arms: "It's better to have Aning come, those maids have been serving me for so many years, but none of them understand me like Aning. "
Chu Ning leaned in his arms and said softly, "That's the kindness of His Highness, he never reprimanded me."
Where is it because she understands his mind? It was clear that he was suspicious and was always picky and dissatisfied with the maids beside him.
When she just married into the East Palace, she remembered that Xiao Yu had a young maid by her side who had served for more than a year.
At first, the maid was a bit of a duty, but because of her beauty, she gradually began to think about Xiao Yu. One day, she quietly hid in the bath room and suddenly approached him while he was bathing.
If it was an ordinary noble son, seeing a beauty taking the initiative, he would naturally be happy to accept it, but Xiao Yu was in panic because of the repeated pressure from the Queen Mother Qi. Seeing her deliberately seducing her, she subconsciously suspected that she was someone sent by the Queen Mother Qi. , and immediately ordered her to be dragged outside the hall and tortured.
However, the maid was indeed not a spy arranged by others, and she never gave the answer Xiao Yu wanted until she was beaten to the death.
She couldn't bear it, and after he calmed down, she ordered the servant girl to be sent out of the palace.
Later, he was less willing to let other palace maids serve him personally. If she was the prince concubine, he would let her come in person.
It's not that he trusts or loves her, but that he knows that she is helpless and can only rely on the East Palace to live, and he mistakenly thinks that the Queen Mother Qi is the one who killed her father, so he is less wary of her. .
One night, he came back after seeing his father in the Tai Chi Palace and couldn't fall asleep holding her for a long time.
He said, "A Ning, you will be obedient and stay by my side, right?"
She had forgotten how she answered at the time, only remembering his red eyes and the pain when he squeezed her shoulder blades.
Thinking of the old things, Chu Ning couldn't help shivering.
"What's wrong?" Xiao Yu noticed her strangeness and raised her chin with two fingers. The flickering candlelight reflected on her snow-white delicate skin, revealing a hazy soft light.
"It's okay, I just caught a cold outside." She pressed her thoughts down and replied with a smile.
Xiao Yu responded in a low voice, his eyes fell on the red lips that were close at hand, slowly approached, and lightly held it.
"It won't be cold in a while."
The placket of his clothes, which had just been sorted out, was slowly loosened, and even the filial attire with her was undone.
The temperature in the inner room gradually increased, and the quilt, which had been flattened by the maid on the bed, was lifted again. Xiao Yu hugged her waist and pressed her down, and was about to cover her when she heard the maid's cautious voice from outside the hall: " Your Highness, Zhao Sizhi has an urgent request to see His Royal Highness the Crown Princess."
Hearing that it was Zhao Yanzhou, Chu Ning subconsciously wanted to get up.
Zhao Yan was very aware of the sense of proportion on Monday, so there should be something important to go and return at this time.
Half of her body was just propped up, and a force came from her shoulders, pushing her back onto the bed.
"Don't go." Xiao Yu looked at her coldly.
"His Royal Highness, it's Zhao Sizhi who has an urgent matter." Chu Ning put a hand on his arm, trying to comfort him.
"No." He leaned down and approached her, grabbed a strand of her hair, causing her to lift her chin, "Let him wait."
It was his limit to allow Zhao Yanzhou to appear by her side on weekdays. If it wasn't for the brother and sister friendship between the two, he would have liked to shoot Zhao Yanzhou out now.
"Your Highness—"
Chu Ning was really anxious, for fear that something happened to Uncle Fang.
"Is he so important to you?" Xiao Yu's face became more and more gloomy, and there was a faint trend of eruption.
Chu Ning bit her lip and looked at him, but finally didn't dare to insist, she just raised her head and kissed him actively.
After being appeased, Xiao Yu's hostility disappeared little by little, and he started holding her again.
…
It wasn't until more than half an hour later that she put on her clothes again, tied her messy hair into a simple bun, and opened the door to go out.
This time, Xiao Yu didn't stop her.
"Where's Zhao Sizhi?" she asked, rolling up her sleeves.
"I'm waiting there." Cui He's eyes showed a trace of anxiety, and pointed to the corridor not far away, where Zhao Yanzhou was standing respectfully, "Madam, it seems to be Fang Bo's business, Zhao Sizhi said Fang Bo was injured, Waiting for medical treatment."
Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat and hurried over: "What happened to Uncle Fang?"
Zhao Yanzhou had been waiting for a long time, and when he saw her, he said with a sullen face: "Your Highness, just after the minister left the palace, servants from Yongchangfang's house hurried over, saying that two hours ago, suddenly there were several fierce and strong men. After breaking in and punching Fang Bo fiercely, he walked away. At the moment, Bo was unconscious. I'm afraid it would be bad. I had already invited the doctor in the workshop to see it. Come and ask Your Highness to send Feng Yu in the palace to take a look."
Except for the empress dowager, the emperor and other extended medical medicines, which are personally in charge of the imperial medical order, most of the rest of the people invited a few Fengyu to consult, and many dignitaries in the city often invited Fengyu to go there. Although it is not as good as the medical skills of the Imperial Physician Order, it is definitely much better than the ordinary doctors in the market.
Without saying a word, Chu Ning immediately asked Cui He to take the token of the East Palace to invite Feng Yu.
"Do you know who it is?"
Uncle Fang's identity is special, and it is inconvenient to report to the official. The Chu family had no old hatred, and even if they did, they would not know that Uncle Fang was back. Although she asked this question, she already had a guess in her heart.
"I don't know who." Zhao Yanzhou shook his head, and at the same time knew her guess, who else could be besides the prince
The two didn't speak anymore.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly stared at the side of her neck and said in a low voice, "Prince just now—with you?"
He waited for more than half an hour. Although he was anxious from time to time to guess what she was doing in the temple, he never thought about it anyway!
But there was a distance of nearly half a meter between the two, and he could still clearly see the mark on her neck!
Chu Ning didn't answer, just looked at him quietly, which was a default.
"Prince—it's still a period of national mourning, and it's a complete disregard for human etiquette!" Except for the day when he learned the truth about Chu Qianyu's death, this was the first time Zhao Yanzhou was so angry, "A Ning, you—hey, it's all my brother's fault. , it was A-xiong who failed to rescue you, so you had to marry the prince."
He was distressed and self-blame, and he couldn't even take care of the usual rules.
"No, brother, I don't blame you, we were desperate at that time." Chu Ning shook his head, his eyes moved a bit, "In the future, if I do something wrong, will brother forgive me?"
Zhao Yanzhou's eyes were full of distress, and he shook his head without hesitation: "How could it be? No matter what Anning does, Brother A will always be there."
Chu Ning was relieved, only to feel that the guilt and worries that had been suppressed for a long time were eased a little. She held back her red eyes and said softly, "Everything will be fine."
After a while, Cui He led Feng Yu back, and Zhao Yanzhou no longer stayed, busy taking people out of the palace.
Chu Ning stood for a moment in the cold night, then slowly turned around and returned to the temple.
Xiao Yu frowned at her red eyes and asked, "A-Ning, what else? What did Zhao Yanzhou tell you?"
Chu Ning endured the anger and hatred in his heart, clenched his fingers, silently shed two lines of tears, and said sadly: "Your Highness, Zhao Sizhi said, Uncle Fang - I'm afraid it's going to be bad."
Xiao Yu was stunned for a while, then remembered that she was talking about the old steward she found earlier. With a move in his heart, he squinted and asked the matter again, and his face suddenly did not look good.
…
In the Ganlu Hall, Liu Kang whispered to a servant for a while, then walked quickly to the desk and said, "Everyone, someone in the Wanchun Hall has invited Feng Yu."
After he finished speaking, he paused, glanced at Xiao Kezhi, who was writing without the slightest pause, and added: "The maid next to the Crown Princess personally brought the Crown Princess' token to invite."
When the voice fell, the pen in Xiao Kezhi's hand stopped for a moment, and then resumed writing.
It wasn't until he finished writing the letter in his hand that he slowly put down the pen tube and looked at Liu Kang, who was still hunched over and didn't step back: "Is she sick?"
Liu Kang naturally knew who "she" was, so he quickly replied, "It wasn't for the Crown Princess, but a general from the East Palace led him to Yongchangfang."
Yongchangfang is very close to the Taiji Palace and the East Palace, where many princes and nobles have their mansions in the city. But as far as he knew, the prince did not have a private residence there.
Thinking of it this way, it belongs to the Chu family.
He pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go and see what happened."
"Here."