The Golden Hairpin

"You said, the princess shouldn't be...she." Huang Zixia said in her ear, her voice was extremely low, but she paused every word, very clearly.

Jin Nu's face suddenly stiffened. She stared at Huang Zixia in front of her. After a long time, she lowered her eyes and said, "Don't tell me, I would be offended. In fact, I just... The lord Le has the appearance of the princess, so he just talked about it casually."

Huang Zixia still wants to ask again. Jin Nu has hurriedly bypassed her, got into a carriage next to her, and said to the coachman: "If you don't go back there will be a curfew, go and go!"

Huang Zixian reluctantly watched her carriage go away, planning in her heart how to create an opportunity, and then approached her for another questioning.

The carriage of Zhou's house was waiting at the door. Zhou Ziqin stood at the door and asked her: "Chonggu, how do you go?"

Huang Zixian said casually: "Hire a car and go back to the Kui Palace."

"I'll take you on the way." He motioned for her to get in the car.

Huang Zixia asked amusedly: "Where did you drop by? Prince Kui's mansion is in the north, and your home is in the west."

"Because I'm not going home now." He said, motioning her to get in the car. The coachman started off skillfully without waiting for his instructions, and the carriage headed towards Qujiangchi in the north.

The night of Chang'an City is thick, and the moon rises and people are quiet. Outside the walls of Qujiang Pool and on the rocky river, there are several beggars who are still grilling on fire, sitting or lying down, skinny.

The carriage stopped, Zhou Ziqin jumped out of the carriage, put the packages of food in his hands on the stone table by the river, unwrapped a package of roast chicken, and then returned to the carriage.

The coachman drove to the palace of Kui as instructed.

Huang Zixia raised a line of car curtains and looked at the back.

The beggars attracted by the fragrance chewed excitedly around the stone table, all excited and happy.

Huang Zixian's lips couldn't help showing a smile, and said, "I don't see that you would do such a thing besides studying corpses."

"Hey, it's just a matter of raising your hand." He waved his hand indifferently.

On the walls of the neighborhood courtyard of Chang'an City, lanterns are hung at night to illuminate the quiet streets. The carriage slammed through the long street, occasionally one or two lights shone faintly in the car through the curtain. Zhou Ziqin's heartless smile appeared gentle and innocent under the occasional light, with the clarity of youth and ignorance.

Huang Zi Xia's heart couldn't help but a touch of sentimentality emerged. She thought that she had encountered too many cruel methods and sinister intentions since she was a child. If she could meet someone like Zhou Ziqin earlier, maybe her heart would be softer than it is now.

It has been nearly two shifts back to the Kui Palace. Huang Zixia boiled water and took a bath, and then washed the clothes to dry, and finally fell asleep after three shifts.

The other eunuchs were in a room with two or three people. Fortunately, she had to say Li Shubai, one person and one room, and she didn't need to worry about anything, so she slept very peacefully. Unexpectedly, when the sky was just getting bright, someone suddenly beat the door vigorously: "Yang Chonggu! Get up!"

Huang Zixia's brain was blank, and she forced herself to sit up and said, "Who? What's the matter?"

"The prince has an order, order you to come to the gate of Daming Palace and wait."

She stroked her forehead and sighed, and she was miserable: "The prince should be at the court meeting, right?"

"The emperor is unwell today, and the court was cancelled early, so the prince asked you to go and wait. Hey, what do you say, a little **** who is in charge of the prince? Can you just run?"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

Hurrying to the Daming Palace, the sun has already risen high. Li Shubai was talking to a Huihe man at the gate of the palace, and the two of them were talking about Huihe words that no one understood.

Huang Zixia stood by. The Huihe man looked at her, whispering something, Li Shubai actually smiled, and then seemed to say goodbye to him, said goodbye to the man, and signaled Huang Zixia to follow him into the carriage.

Huang Zixia was sitting in the car, watching him close his eyes and calmly, with a seeming smile on the corners of his lips, and couldn't help asking, "What did you just say?"

Li Shubai opened his eyes and looked at her, and said, "You don't want to know."

Huang Zixia felt that this sentence was accompanied by his smile, which meant "hurry up and beg me, hurry up and ask me". In order to satisfy the boss's heart, she can only ask: "What did you say?"

"He said, this little **** is not bad, he is full of vigor, and he hasn't lost his manhood."

"Sure enough, I shouldn't have asked..." Huang Zixia turned her head to look outside silently, "Where are we going?"

"Didn't it mean that there is no clue in this case? I helped you pick out a thread."

Huang Zixian's eyes lit up: "The Royal Mansion of E?"

Li Shubai nodded slightly and said, "It is not convenient for you alone. I will take you there."

"Well, I heard that Prince E took in Chen Nianniang. I think that all the clues now can only fall on the dead Feng Yiniang. Maybe, Chen Nianniang will have any clues."

When she was talking about this, the carriage stopped suddenly.

Outside, a guard tapped on the wall of the car lightly: "My lord, Princess Qile stopped the car, it seems..."

Li Shubai frowned slightly, raised the curtain and looked out, and saw that Princess Qi Le’s carriage was parked in front. Now she had jumped off the carriage and walked hurriedly towards him.

Huang Zixia got out of the carriage with Li Shubai with the mentality of watching a good show.

The Princess Qi Le, who habitually raised his chin to look at people, burst into tears when he saw Li Shubai and whispered: "I have seen His Royal Highness Kui..."

Princess Qile is the daughter of the late emperor's uncle Yiwang, and she is also a cousin with Li Shubai, so Li Shubai returned to her, saying: "Why the princess should pay more."

"Prince, I heard...the recent rumors about Princess Kui in the capital are all from my own body. I hope that it will not cause the prince to worry more, otherwise, I really can't feel at ease..." Princess Qi Le has a pair of almond-like giants. With sparkling eyes, she stared at Li Shubai for an instant. Her plump cheeks were also thinner. Obviously, after Li Shubai's concubine, she has been uncomfortable.

Li Shubai only looked at her gently, with a calm voice: "The princess does not need to be concerned. Wang Ruo is missing in the palace. Although this matter is strange, it may not be impossible to find her. When the time comes, the princess will definitely be able to find her. Wash the current grievances."

"But... but I heard that this matter is..." She swallowed the words "ghosts" abruptly, looked up at Li Shubai in front of me pitifully, and whispered, "I heard the people in the capital say, This matter is strange and unpredictable. If it is possible, Wang may be dead."

Huang Zixia quietly looked at this woman who tried her best to pretend to be pitiful, but couldn't hide her luck. She thought in her heart, after all, she is the proud girl of heaven, who never knows how to be considerate of others, how to judge the situation, and her heart is so open, called People can see through the internal organs at a glance. Is this her hateful or cute?

Li Shubai didn't realize it, but only softly said. The expression on his face was like the distant mountains and rivers rendered by ink and wash, and he only felt peaceful and gentle. He comforted Princess Qile, but Princess Qile took advantage of the problem, and the tears in his eyes were more aggrieved, and he watched the tears roll down.

Huang Zixia saw Li Shubai's expression faintly helpless, but after all she raised her hand and wiped her tears.

Huang Zixian then dutifully reminded him behind him: "The prince, Jing Yu has already gone to the Royal Palace of E to inform him, I am afraid that the prince of E is already waiting at this time, you see..."

Li Shubai nodded slightly when he heard the words, and then said to Princess Qi Le: "I'll take a step ahead. Please relax, the Princess. I will take care of everything."

Princess Qile stood on the street watching him get in the cart, until his cart had gone for a long time before he got back into the cart under the advice of the maids.

Huang Zixia watched the two carriages running in opposite directions from the gap in the curtain, and couldn't help but look at Li Shubai.

Li Shubai asked faintly: "I don't think I should give her too much hope, I should be a little bit cruel and let her give up?"

Huang Zixia didn't speak, but the expression on her face was very obvious.

"Before, when the first emperor passed away, she was the only one who held my hand to comfort me." He leaned on the brocade cushion behind his back, his expression was faint, as alienated and peaceful as the ink wash, "She is a nice woman," It’s just not very smart."

"So you have delayed a nice woman, and now she has an unbearable reputation in Beijing."

He glanced at her, silent all the way. In the glass bottle hanging on the wall of the carriage, the clear water swayed slightly with the bumps of the carriage, but the little red fish inside seemed to have been accustomed to this situation, lying quietly on the bottom of the bottle, calmly.

It was a long time before she heard Li Shubai's voice and asked: "Do you know that she is born with a deficiency, and she will not live to be twenty years old?"

Huang Zixian looked at him in amazement, but he only looked at the little red fish and said, "If it weren’t for Ma Yuan’s support of Emperor Xuanzong, Emperor Yiwang would have been the lord of the world. So as the heir to the throne, This line should be cut off by nature. Now Yiwang is dead, Qi Le’s brothers are dead, and she is the only one left alone—otherwise, why did you think that when my father died, why did she dare to hold mine? hand?"

Huang Zixian was silent, thinking of this nasty girl who became a joke in Beijing, thinking of her apple blossom cheeks and apricot eyes. After a long time, she asked softly, "Does Princess Qi Le know about it?"

"I think she should know that her condition is not good, but she still doesn't know it will be so soon." Li Shubai slowly closed her eyes and said, "Just let her fantasize arrogantly for a few days, even if she wants to bother me in the future. No chance."