The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 101 The Night Visit
Lying down on the long-lost bed, smelling the familiar incense in the quilt, Yun Ruochen was not used to it.

Maybe it's because we've been away for too long?

She sighed, knowing that she didn't know when she would come back to the house again.Good day at home, if you can live in your own home all the time, and see your father and younger brother every day, you should be very happy.

But she also understands that the best choice for her family is to live in the palace and keep abreast of the latest developments of the emperor and the inner palace.

"Forget it, life is unsatisfactory, all the time."

She has gained too much, so she has to pay the corresponding price, doesn't she?
Yun Ruochen gently closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and fell asleep quietly as usual.She didn't have the habit of sleeping in bed, whether she was in another hospital or in the palace, she could still fall asleep peacefully.

But tonight, she didn't sleep so soundly.

Dimly, Yun Ruochen always felt that he was awake, and it seemed like he hadn't felt this feeling for a long time.why?

"Ok?"

Some kind of strange fluctuation stimulated a certain nerve in her, Yun Ruochen suddenly opened his eyes and sat up, feeling the special breath lingering in her memory in the dark.

The smoker in the corner of the room was burning silver charcoal, making the room very warm, but her body curled up in the brocade quilt couldn't help but tremble slightly.

It's him……

"The county lord."

The deep and magnetic voice sounded from outside the tent, like a stone thrown into the lake of her heart.

There were circles of ripples in her heart, and she wanted to speak to respond, but found that she suddenly lost her voice.

"The princess?"

Nie Shen had already noticed that the person in the tent had woken up. If it was before, she would have put on her clothes and gone to the ground when he came in.But this time, what's going on?

Could it be that the little Princess has been in the palace for a few months, but she is not as sharp as before?

"... Steward Nie."

After a long time, Yun Ruochen finally found her voice and responded in a low voice.

She took a few deep breaths, pressed her heart, and just lifted the quilt.

Nie Shen watched the little princess, whom he had not seen for a long time, lift up the curtain and slowly get out of bed in the dark. Without lighting the lamp, he just sat at the table by the faint moonlight shining through the window lattice.

He has a deep inside, and there is no obstacle to seeing things in the dark. It doesn't affect him whether he lights up or not, and he is more secretive without lighting.However, the little princess used to turn on the lights every time, saying that she was not used to talking darkly.

Has her habit changed after being away for several months?
Nie Shen just passed these thoughts in his mind casually, without thinking too much.At this moment, Yun Ruochen said calmly: "Guard Nie, is there something wrong?"

She didn't ask such silly questions as "Why do you know that I'm staying at the Prince's Mansion tonight".What is Tingyulou's old line of business?intelligence.If even such an aboveboard matter of her stay in the Prince's Mansion could not be found out in time, Tingyulou could really close its doors quickly.

Nie Shen was taken aback, feeling that Yun Ruochen was a little weird.

If you really want to study carefully, you can't tell what's wrong, but you always feel that Yun Ruochen's attitude has changed subtly.However, Nie Shen is not such a sentimental man, he just thinks that Yun Ruochen hasn't seen him for a few days, maybe it's a little strange.

"Well, there is something. A few days ago, I had people waiting for you outside the Prince's Mansion. I think you will always come back in the twelfth lunar month, but it is more convenient for you to stay here tonight. "

Nie Shen always speaks in a flat tone without any sense of joy or anger, but Yun Ruochen is regretting his deliberate alienation just now.

Does he think I'm weird?
Do you think that I put on the airs of a princess after staying in the palace for a few days?
Will he be angry, will he...

She was in a mess, regretting that she was a fool when she met Nie Shen, and hated why she still couldn't face him calmly. Could it be that she still had illusions about him?
Don't be stupid, Yun Ruochen!

Nie Shen was ignorant of Yun Ruochen's entanglement and struggle in the dark, and continued to speak according to his own thoughts: "In the past half a month, strange rumors have started to appear in the capital, and I think it is necessary to explain to you."

He said that the incident started after news spread that the emperor's concubine, Concubine Chen, was pregnant.

Regardless of the fact that Daqing was a feudal dynasty with a strict hierarchy, the common people were also in awe and fear of the emperor, but this did not prevent them from paying attention to the gossip news about the royal family.

Some people said that the emperor is so old, and there is almost no one in the palace who has been pregnant in these years. Is the child conceived by Mrs. Chen really the emperor's?
Someone jumped out to refute, saying that there were only eunuchs in the palace besides the emperor, and of course the child of Mrs. Chen belonged to the emperor.

But someone said again, who said that there are only eunuchs in the palace?What other bodyguards, imperial physicians, clan dignitaries who enter the palace to meet the saint... By the way, there is also Tianshi Luo!

The royal scandal, what an attractive topic!

"It's really strange."

Yun Ruochen temporarily put aside those messy thoughts and began to think about this matter seriously. "Ms. Chen's pregnancy is naturally known to the people in the palace, but why did it spread to the people so quickly?"

According to the customs of the Qing Dynasty, women should try their best to keep the fetus three months before pregnancy, and try not to let too many people know that they are pregnant.In fact, in the first three months of pregnancy, the fetus has not yet sat firmly, and it is easy to slip, but due to limited medical knowledge, it is generally known that the fewer people who know it, the easier it is to keep the baby.

Naturally, Yun Ruochen is very clear about this custom, because back then Concubine Huang told others that she had just had a bad pregnancy, so King Cheng would find an opportunity to secretly attack her child.After the crown prince announced on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival that Concubine Huang was pregnant, King Cheng was very cautious and dared not make a move.

If a concubine like Concubine Chen is pregnant, she must immediately report it to the clan's residence, so naturally it cannot be done according to folk customs.But even though there are no express regulations, people in the palace generally dare not casually spread the news of the concubine's pregnancy outside the palace.In the same way, courtiers in the DPRK and China can discuss in private, but they should avoid talking too much.

But after hearing what Nie Shen said, the people started to talk about it, which is not normal.

Moreover, listening to the direction of this discussion, it also vaguely makes people feel that something is wrong.

"Staff Nie, what do you think?"

"I can't see anything yet. However, you are in the palace, it's always good to pay more attention to these things."

Nie Shen said it implicitly, but Yun Ruochen understood that what he meant was that he was afraid that if she accidentally got involved in the drama between the concubines and concubines, it would be bad for her to be cannon fodder.

He still cared about her so much.

The night was very quiet, Yun Ruochen could hear his heart beating.

"...Well, I will be careful." As if trying to hide her panic, she hurriedly asked again: "Is Shen Yan okay now?"

"Yes, he has already reached the third level of Qi training, and he will be able to open up the twelve meridians in a while."

"Really?" Yun Ruochen was very happy: "He has improved so fast."

"Yes, he practiced very hard. And the people in the building also taught him how to write. Now he reads the magic books you gave him every day."

Yun Ruochen really didn't expect that Ye Shenyan, who was jumpy, would be able to calm down and practice hard.Thinking about it carefully, they haven't seen each other for a year since the Lantern Festival.

When we meet next time, he should have grown up a lot, right?

"Princess, this is for you."

In the darkness, Nie Shen took out a small box from his arms and put it on the table. "These are the eight jade artifacts that you asked me to bury in the hot spring in Bieyuan last year."

"Oh, yes, I almost forgot."

Yun Ruochen was a little surprised, took the box over, and the lock opened with a touch.As soon as the box was opened, a faint white light came out of the box, which looked extraordinarily mysterious in the darkness of this room.

Last year, when she was in another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing, she discovered that Houshan Hot Spring was a rare spiritual acupoint.Before leaving, she asked Nie Shen to find dozens of high-quality jade articles for her, and she chose eight of them for Nie Shen to store somewhere near the hot spring.

More than a year has passed, she has too many things to do, and she almost forgot that she should have asked Nie Shen to take out the magic weapon for her a few days ago.Nie Shen always remembered.

"Thank you, Manager Nie."

She closed the box, thought for a while, and then took out one of them and handed it to Nie Shen: "Please wear this jade pendant on your body, it can protect you from some evil spirits."

Although she had never seen the bloody rivers and lakes, she could still imagine that Nie Shen would often encounter various bad situations.This seemingly unpretentious round-hole sapphire pendant is the most aura among the eight instruments, and it can form a small circle of peace when worn on the body.

"No need. You keep it useful."

Nie Shen refused without thinking.

Yun Ruochen's hand froze in mid-air, he bit his lower lip secretly and remained silent, with a very faint bitter taste in his mouth.She understood that he was doing it for her own good, and knew that she needed more guards of honor in the deep palace.

But if her mother gave him a jade pendant, would he refuse it?
Yun Ruochen knew that he was stupid.

Obviously knowing that there will be no results, and clearly determined to give up his attachment to him, why is he still so worried about gains and losses?
I can't speak anymore, and my calmness is gone.How funny, outsiders think she is so shrewd, but she is clumsy in front of Nie Shen.

She suddenly wanted to cry, but she didn't know what she was sad about.

"You keep it."

Nie Shen didn't notice what was on her mind at all, and seeing her hand stopped moving, he added another sentence.

She suddenly became angry: "If you tell me to keep it, just keep it, there are so many words!"

She grabbed Nie Shen's hand and stuffed the jade pendant into his hand: "You don't know about spells! Anyway, you just hold it!"

Uh?
Nie Shen looked suspiciously at the princess who had always acted like a grown-up and suddenly became self-willed, and insisted on stuffing him with something, which was a bit bewildering.Well, maybe girls are like that?It seems that some women in Yulou are also like this, laughing and angry at the same time, talking well but insisting on forcing people to do it...Girls, it's really hard to understand.

He also didn't intend to study the complex thoughts of girls.In this life, there is only one person who can hold him close, and that person is gone...

"Ok."

Since she persisted, there was probably a reason for it.He didn't say anything more, and put the jade pendant into his arms casually.

Yun Ruochen pursed his lips tightly, turned his back and said in a low voice, take care.

After a while, she felt that familiar atmosphere had disappeared in the room.And the line of tears that she had endured for a long time finally overflowed drop by drop and wet her cheeks.

(End of this chapter)