The Golden Hairpin

The cuisine of King Kui’s Mansion is light and plain, which is very suitable for summer.

Pillow pavilion is suitable for summer residence. Doors and windows were opened on all sides, and three sides were swayed by wind and waves, and only one side was connected to the curved bridge, leading to the winding willow path on the bank.

The water breeze is shallow and blue, the fragrance is faint, and the room is cool.

Sitting in front of the case alone, Li Shubai looked at the empty position opposite, clearly wanting to ignore it, but felt that it was getting more and more eye-catching.

He silently motioned the people next to him to take everything down, stood up and walked to the curved bridge. A blooming lotus was overwhelmed by the hot sunlight at this time, hanging in front of him. He smelled the cool fragrance of the lotus and couldn't help but pay attention to it for a long time.

Jing Yu, standing behind him, heard him say three words in a low voice--

"the second time."

Jing Yu wondered in a puzzled way, but still didn't understand what this meant. Someone rushed over from the shore and reported: "Princess Tongchang's Mansion has sent someone to invite Father Yang Chonggu."

Li Shubai heard Yang Chonggu's three words before turning his head and asking: "What's the matter?"

"Return to the prince, it is said that there was a major incident in the princess mansion. Princess Tongchang is suffering from a sudden illness and palpitations. The emperor is treating her, but she still ordered Duke Yang Chonggu to go there first."

Li Shubai frowned slightly, and walked out along the curved bridge, while instructing Jing Yu: "Get a car."

"Duke Yang, the carriage of the palace is waiting for you at the door..."

Huang Zixian looked up in surprise at the concierge where the Defense Department came in to inform him, and asked in amazement, "Carriage?"

"Yes. I want to take you to the princess mansion as soon as possible."

I couldn't live without a meal, and my monthly salary was so severely deducted. Can such a boss be a good boss?

Huang Zixia smiled forcefully, a glass of wine bid farewell to all the reluctant colleagues, and hurriedly ran outside the Yamen to take a look, and sure enough, the carriage of the Kui Palace stopped there.

She hurriedly tapped the car door and said: "The prince has been waiting for a long time, the servants and servants deserve to die."

There was silence inside, and it seemed that King Kui was not going to care about her.

She breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go to the front and ride on the shaft of the car with Uncle A Yuan. As soon as she moved, Li Shubai's cold voice came from inside: "You are damned."

Huang Zixian took a breath and stood there stiffly not daring to move.

"As the **** of the palace, the saint personally entrusted you with the important task of the princess mansion's strange case. Now that the wave has not settled, and the person has just died yesterday, you are relaxed and happy today. Come here for a drink and a banquet, and your coveted things are staggered-do you think Don't you deserve to die?"

Huang Zixian's scalp numb, but Wei Nuonuo dare not speak.

He looked at her through the car window. In the midsummer afternoon, the sunlight was intense, shining on her slightly hazy face, like a peach blossom in full bloom, an extremely moving color.

Because of this beautiful color, Li Shubai felt a strange flame, which quickly burned up from his heart.

By his side, she has been quiet and indifferent, as if only the grievances and the case are lingering in her heart, and even her breathing is not messy, and she has never overstepped the rules in her gestures. However, when she was not by her own side, she lived so lively, playing polo with a group of men behind her back, and mixing in the men’s pile to push the cup for a cup... He could already imagine her and her. Those who call them brothers and brothers, laughing wantonly--

I completely forgot that I was a woman, and completely abandoned the quietness and indifference when I was by my side.

And the moment when her colors are the brightest, she will never show him.

The flame in his heart burned Li Shubai's chest for a moment. At this moment, he forgot that he was the calm and self-sufficient king, stood up and kicked the car door, standing on it, looking down at her, his voice was low and slightly dumb. : "Come on!"

Huang Zixia looked up at him, looking at the backlight, his deep and clear outline, sharp eyes like a falcon, for some reason, an inexplicable fear surged in his heart, unconsciously breathing stagnant, and did not dare to respond.

"Chang'an people know everything, Lord Kui has always been calm, his joy and anger are invisible, why is he angry with a little **** today?"

A playful laugh came from behind, as if completely ignorant of the tension between the two at this time, Wang Yun smiled, and lightly waved the folding fan that Huang Zixia gave him last time, and bowed slightly to Li Shubai: "Today is the first day that Duke Yang’s friends entered our company. Duke Yang values ​​the most affection, and many of our brothers also admire Duke Yang. I invited Duke Yang to come. I believe the prince will not blame us for reluctance. Daddy Yang drank two more bars?"

Seeing Wang Yun came out in person, Li Shubai couldn't brush his kindness in person, and only said: "I don't care about her private affairs, but today it is the case she is responsible for that has a problem. You must deal with it immediately, otherwise, I'm afraid that something will go wrong."

Wang Yun smiled and said to Huang Zixia: "Hurry up. When the case is solved, a group of brothers from the Department of Defense will invite the father-in-law's celebration wine."

Li Shubai glanced at him and motioned Huang Zixia to sit in front of him with Uncle A Yuan.

Huang Zixian breathed a sigh of relief, and after showing Wang Yun's attention, he hurried to the front, jumped into the car and sat beside Uncle A Yuan.

Wang Yun watched her with a smile. Zhou Ziqin hurried out behind him and asked, "Chonggu went to the princess's mansion? Did something happen? Why didn't you take me there?"

"What are you going for? It's not enough to follow Chonggu every day." He dropped a sentence, turned and walked back.

Zhou Ziqin choked inexplicably when he said, "Isn't it good to follow Chonggu? There must be a suspicious case and a corpse following him. With such a good resource, who should I not follow him?"

Wang Yun looked up at the sky silently: "Let's go."

Not at first moment.

The people at Princess Tongchang's mansion stood tremblingly outside the high platform to listen to the messenger, but they did not dare to enter. A group of people crowded there but did not dare to make a sound.

Li Shubai took Huang Zixian step by step onto the high platform. When everyone saw him coming, they were relieved and hurriedly bowed to him.

Huang Zixia saw Chuzhu standing in front of the crowd, his face was anxious, his eyes wandering, and he asked, "What happened to the princess?"

When Chuizhu saw her, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The princess's nine-luan hairpin... is gone."

It's gone. Princess Tongchang's dream came true, and the hairpin that she valued the most was really gone.

Huang Zixian frowned slightly, seeing that Li Shubai had already entered, and quickly nodded at Chuizhu, and followed quickly.

The Xiangfei bamboo curtain woven with gold thread has been put down, and the small pavilion looks slightly gloomy. In the half-darkness, they saw Princess Tongchang leaning on the couch, and Concubine Guo Shu sitting beside her, waving a white ball fan for her.

Princess Tongchang is wearing a white gauze dress, and her long hair is scattered on the couch like black silk. The black is extremely black, and the white is extremely white. The sickness of her weakness makes her look less thin and stubborn. , It seems that she is much more affectionate than ever.

However, seeing the person sitting in front of her, Huang Zixia's chest throbbed slightly, and she suddenly understood the reason why she was so touching in her heart.

Yu Xuan.

The light in the hall was dim, but he couldn't hide his fresh air. He sat upright in front of Princess Tongchang, sitting upright and relaxed. Impeccable demeanor, bright and clear face, exuding a cold and faint brilliance like the last quarter of a moon.

And his voice is gentle and peaceful, like broken jade gently hitting and echoing in the ice water, telling the "Book of Rites" for Princess Tongchang: "The former Shun made the five-stringed piano, and the song "South Wind"-the piano at that time There are five syllables of the palace and Shangjiao Zhengyu, and each string represents the emperor, the minister, the people, things, and things. Later, the king of Zhou Wen and the king of Zhou Wu each added a string to form a lyre..."

His voice is soft and clear, and in such a summer day, he seems to be able to drive away the flames. Not only Princess Tongchang looked at him, but also Concubine Guo Shu put down her silk fan and listened attentively.

Li Shubai stood at the door of Xiaoge, examining Yu Xuan. After a long time, he turned his eyes to look at Huang Zixia. Seeing that Huang Zixian was standing silently with his head down, without any expression on his face, he withdrew his gaze and coughed slightly.

When Princess Tongchang saw him, she sat up and bowed to him on the bed: "Uncle Si."

Yu Xuan stood up and stood aside, silent.

"You are unwell, so you don't have to be polite." Li Shubai said to Princess Tongchang. Concubine Guo Shu stood up holding her, and said: "Tongchang is really fortunate to have King Laokui to visit today."

Princess Tongchang looked at Huang Zixia and said, "Duke Yang, now my nine-luan hairpin is really lost! What do you...what do you think?"

She was obviously still afraid of her dreams, she was breathing a little while holding her heart, her eyes were deeply afraid.

Huang Zixia asked quickly: "I wonder how Jiuluanchai was lost? Can the princess describe one or two in detail for me?"

After all, Concubine Guo Shu is a concubine, and it is inconvenient to be in the same room with the prince, so she sighed and signaled Yu Xuan to withdraw. Yu Xuan quietly accepted the book and followed Concubine Guo Shu out of the small pavilion.

Li Shubai sat next to him, flipping through the Zhou Li kept on the small cabinet beside the bed, and casually listened to Princess Tongchang telling him about the loss of Jiuluan Chai.

Beside Zhou Li, there was a small two-inch high porcelain dog squatting. Everything in the princess mansion is exquisite and graceful, but this little porcelain dog is very different from these gold and jade jewels. It is small in shape and naive. Although it is very delicate, it is obviously a market item.

He looked at the porcelain dog, and heard Princess Tongchang say to Huang Zixia: "After I had that dream a few days ago, you said yesterday that you would pay attention to this case, so I took Jiluanchai after you left. Give it to the maids and let them take care of it carefully..." Princess Tongchang only said these few words, already heart palpitations and panting, she was leaning on the couch, breathing disorder, and she was speechless against her chest.

Huang Zixia quickly patted her on the back, while shouting outside: "Come on!"

With rapid footsteps, Chuizhu and Luopei and other close-knit maids rushed in, and hurriedly helped Princess Tongchang to get along. Chuizhu quickly took out the small bottle from her arms and poured out a pill for Princess Tongchang. Next, he kept helping her caress her back, and only breathed a sigh of relief until her breath eased.

There were fine beads of perspiration on the forehead of the weeping pearl, and he didn't care about wiping it, so he quickly stood up and went to the side to pour tea. When Princess Tongchang saw Huang Zixian looking at Chuanzhu, she weakly pointed her finger at her and said in a low voice, "Look, Wei Ximin is gone. With so many people around me, Chuzhuzhu is the most powerful one... It's a pity that she will get married. Now, who can be so caring in the future."

Chuizhu hurriedly knelt down and said: "As long as the princess says a word, Chuizhu would rather serve the princess until she grows old and never leave!"

"Go, I don't know how long I can live." She said, looking back at Li Shubai and Huang Zixia, with a tragic smile, "Uncle, I can only let Luo Pei take you to check it out. My niece is not good."

"It's good to have a rest, you have this disease since you were a child, so you are most afraid of thinking and worrying." Li Shubai said.

Chuizhu knelt in front of the princess's bed, took out the key from the small drawer at the head of her bed and gave it to Luo Pei. Without standing up, she knelt and helped Princess Tongchang wipe her sweat with a sweat towel.

Huang Zixian followed Luo Pei out of the small pavilion and asked, "Where did the Jiuluan hairpin lose it?"

"It's in the next wing." Luo Pei said, leading them to a locked wing next to him. Two eunuchs in front of the room watched and saw Luopei coming, so they opened the door to let them in.