Shu Town is the nearest town to Beijing in Hezhou. It is not a big place, but there are many business travelers and it is quite lively.

At this time, Jiang Xu and Ming Tan's night trip, the main street is still brightly lit, and there are various stalls on the street, cooking wontons, hot noodles and pancakes, and passers-by are sitting on low stools beside the stalls and eating, eating happily taste.

Jiang Xu had stayed here before, and took Ming Tan straight to the best inn in the town.

"Two guest officers, do you want to be a top student or stay in the store?" The waiter with a tablecloth on his shoulders led the two of them in.

Jiang Xu stepped over the threshold: "Stay in the hotel."

"The two of you, this way, please," the waiter hurriedly led them to the cabinet again, "Shopkeeper, these two guest officials want to stay in the shop!"

"One upper room, one night."

Before the shopkeeper could speak, Jiang Xu paid the ingot.

"Hey, that's good. You can order wine and food in this small shop before Haishi. If you two want to eat and drink, just talk to Xiaoer, and someone will take you to the house later." Seeing the shopkeeper The two of them have good looks and extraordinary manners. They know that they are masters who can afford money, and their attitudes are very warm.

Jiang Xu nodded slightly, and together with Ming Tan, followed the waiter upstairs.

Although this inn is the best inn in the town, it is still incomparable with the Jingzhong Restaurant, and the upper room is also arranged so that it is difficult for Ming Tan to see.

These are nothing, but Ming Tan never rests outside, even if he goes to Lingmiao Temple, all the things in the wing room are replaced by his own.

At first she thought she could get used to it, but she could not fall asleep while lying on the couch after washing up.

It wasn't the mattress she had prepared, her body seemed to be full of resistance, her spirit was tense, and she felt uncomfortable all over.

And all the way fast, sitting on the horse only felt bumpy, but when she got off the horse, she felt hot from the saddle between her legs. I didn't even bother to take a bath, so I simply wiped the rest of my body with warm water.

"Why, can't sleep?" Jiang Xu asked.

Ming Tan originally wanted to tell the truth, but when he thought that her husband had brought her here on a horseback ride at night, there was absolutely no reason to be more critical, so he swallowed the words he wanted to say: "Some people recognize the bed and fall asleep soon, husband, you Go to bed too."

Seeing her obediently closing her eyes, Jiang Xu didn't ask any more questions.

Ming Tan just maintained a long and even breath, endured the discomfort, and stayed up all night. In the second half of the night, she couldn't stand it any longer. In a blur of consciousness, she seemed to feel that the person beside her got up for a while.

On the other side, Shu Jingran watched Jiang Xu ask his wife not to have a brother, and ride away on a night walk alone without saying hello, which was really an eye-opener.

What happened to Jiang Qizhi? Every time he mentions his princess, he always shows a perfunctory attitude that doesn't take it seriously, but every time he bumps into it, why is it so confusing?

The accompanying guards went to look for wood and hay to make a fire, Yun Yi didn't know where she went, and disappeared for a long time.

Shu Jingran came back to his senses, and was asking his entourage where Miss Yun was, when she came back with a few fish forked with a branch.

"Miss Yun, who is this?" His tone was slightly hesitant.

Yun Yi looked at him calmly: "Grilled fish."

Shu Jingran was startled, he wanted to say that there was dry food and cakes in his carriage, so there was no need to sleep in the open air, but Yunyi was already sitting cross-legged in front of the burning fire, putting the cleaned river fish on the fire, turning over and over again. bake.

He stood for a while, then picked up a clean place and sat opposite Yun Yi.

"I heard that Miss Yun is now the aunt of the palace?" He thought about it, and started to talk.

Yun Yi stared at the grilled fish and nodded.

"Then what does Miss Yun usually do in the mansion?"

Yun Yi raised her head and glanced at him: "Protect the princess."

"..."

Of course he knew that he was protecting the princess, and he had asked Jiang Xu about this matter, but he didn't have the nerve to ask more.

So he didn't know whether Yun Yi was performing the duty of guard under the name of aunt in the mansion, or whether she had to perform both the duty of guard and the duty of aunt.

Yun Yi concentrated on turning the fish's face, and said: "However, the guards in the mansion are very strict. When the princess is not going out, I can't be used. I am usually practicing martial arts, and I occasionally go on missions."

"Then, how will your prince and concubine treat you?"

Yunyi nodded naturally: "Princess treats me very well, she will send a portion of delicious food to my yard, and also give me a monthly fee so that I can go out to buy food by myself, um... and often give it to me. I will give you clothes and jewelry, but I am not used to wearing those clothes, and they are not as good-looking as my mother in a million..."

Hearing her talking about the princess without any mention of the prince, Shu Jingran seemed to understand something, followed her words, and asked a few words calmly to confirm what was in her heart.

Yun Yi is also honest, she can answer whatever she asks, but in the middle of the answer, she suddenly stopped speaking, and looked strangely at Shu Jingran who was listening seriously: "Second Master Shu, why do you keep asking me about the princess? "

"...?"

How could he inquire about the princess? Isn't it true that everything she says can be turned on the princess.

Yun Yi had already completed a complete set of logic in her brain, and suddenly persuaded seriously: "Second Master Shu, I heard that you and the Lord are good friends, and you are also a person who has read poetry and books, so you should know that a friend's wife should not be bullied.

"Although I don't know why the princess asked me to save you and praised you as the most beautiful man in the capital, but the prince and the princess are very affectionate, you should not have any unreasonable thoughts. You should know the temper of the lord. You If this road continues like this, not only will it harm me, but it will also harm the princess."

"No, no, Shu didn't have any unreasonable thoughts, Miss Yun misunderstood—"

"It would be best if I misunderstood."

Yun Yi got up, the fish had already been grilled, and she planned to give one to Shu Jingran, but she felt that this person was using the name of the prince's friend, secretly coveting his own princess, so he didn't deserve to eat fish at all, so she kept the fish while talking went back.

Shu Jingran got up and wanted to explain, but for the first time, he felt dumbfounded that he didn't know where to start to explain, even though he had a long mouth.

Early the next morning, a group of people sleeping in the stone pavilion got up and set off. Jiang Xu and Ming Tan had breakfast and planned to move on.

Before the night trip yesterday, Jiang Xu had told Yun Yi that they would meet directly in Pengcheng, Hezhou today.

Pengcheng is the center of Hezhou and the most prosperous place in Hezhou. Because it is adjacent to Shangjing, many wealthy families who are not officials in Beijing also live here.

Ming Tan sat on the horse wearing the veil hat he bought. He didn't sleep much all night, and his spirit was not very good. He just leaned softly on Jiang Xu's chest.

On the way, she thought of something in a daze - didn't Mingchu just marry in Hezhou? General Xuanwei's mansion seemed to be in Pengcheng, Hezhou.

After Mingchu got married, Mingtan never met her again, only heard from Mrs. Pei that her husband seemed to write letters to her father often, and this year he was promoted to an official position in the Hezhou military camp. As for Mingchu, he hadn't heard much about it.

When they arrived in Pengcheng in the evening, Shu Jingran and his group took a shortcut and arrived half an hour earlier than them.

There is a restaurant under the name of Wangfu in Pengcheng, after arriving at the restaurant, Ming Tan dismounted with difficulty.

The pain between her legs was worn yesterday, and today she rode a horse for a long time. Although it was not as fast as yesterday, she felt that these two legs were no longer her own.

She barely maintained a dignified and reserved posture, and walked in behind Jiang Xu, but all this fell into the eyes of Shu Jingran and Yun Yi who were eating by the window on the second floor, and the meaning changed a little.

"What's wrong with your princess, walking seems a little strange."

Yun Yi was expressionless: "Second Master Shu may not understand, this is the love between the prince and the concubine."

In fact, she didn't understand it at first, but with Aunt Fang's earnest teaching and the ambiguous discussions of the servants in the mansion, she now understands a lot.

Shu Jingran was speechless for a moment, and wanted to ask her how she knew so much, but then he found that the more frightening thing was that he himself suddenly understood what these words meant.

A few days ago, he was transferred to the Ministry of Industry and had to go out with his colleagues for a few social meetings.

His colleagues from the Ministry of Industry are no more refined and talented than those he used to associate with, and most of them are older than him. They don't want to maintain an image of a noble gentleman in front of him. Forced to understand the relationship between men and women somewhat.

The two stared at each other.

Yun Yi is the kind of person who is not embarrassed by other people, she will definitely not be embarrassed, looking at each other for a while, in the end it was Shu Jingran who was defeated, put down the bamboo chopsticks uncomfortably, and found an excuse to get up.

After dinner, Jiang Xu went to discuss matters in Shu Jingran's room. Ming Tan took this opportunity to take a bath and apply medicine, and spread the soft quilt on the carriage, and fell asleep.

Shu Jingran is in the room.

"Is there any clue about Zhou Baoping's matter?" Shu Jingran asked while pouring wine.

"Last night, Chaying sent back news that the Su family is also looking for the things Zhou Baoping left behind."

"Su's family is also looking for it... I think it should be the evidence that the Secretary of Shibo has secretly deducted it." Shu Jingran thought for a moment, then glanced at Jiang Xu, "I thought that you really had to travel to Shuzhen at night for the sake of the princess. It turned out to be an appointment with Zhuiying."

He knew that this trip was not very low-key, and he didn't rush on the road blindly, because it was a cover.

A few days ago, Jiang Xu sent Jin Yunwei to Lingzhou to spy on Zhou Baoping's sudden death.

As for them and their party, it is impossible to keep a low profile. Since the initiative was made, someone followed them all the way.

He didn't know what came to his mind, but he suddenly realized, and speculated: "So you purposely and the concubine... are you going to Shuzhen at night in order to let the people watching secretly think that you are hungry?"

"What?" Jiang Xu raised his eyes suddenly.

"However, you are too disrespectful to the princess, and you can't even walk." Shu Jingran felt quite insulted and politely reminded, "In my opinion, it's better not to cover up the princess in the future, and spread the word. Yu Wangfei's reputation is damaged."

There is no way to go.

Jiang Xu paused.

Shu Jingran said a few words of persuasion uncomfortably.

Jiang Xu vaguely understood something, touched his Ya acupoint impatiently, got up and looked at him, and said four words indifferently: "I don't know what it means."