Shu Town is the closest town near Hezhou, with a small place, but there are many business trips and travels, which is quite lively.

When Jiang Xu and Mingtan walked at night, there were bright lights on both sides of the main street, and there were various small stalls on the street, such as boiling wontons and hot noodles and cakes. Passers-by sat on the stools beside the stalls to eat, and they ate with great flavor.

Jiang Xu once fell into the foot here and took Mingtan straight to the best inn in the town.

"Two guests, should you try to be a top or stay in a hotel?" The waiter with a tablecloth on his shoulders led the two intently.

Jiang Xu crossed the threshold: "Live in a hotel."

"Please ask for it here," the waiter hurriedly led them to the counter again, "Shopkeeper, these two customers are going to stay in the hotel!"

“One room, one night.”

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

"Okay, okay. I can order wine and order food before the hour of the restaurant. If you want to eat and drink, just tell me what I want. Let me take it to you to the house." The shopkeeper saw that the two of them had a good appearance and were extraordinary in temperament, and knew that they could afford to spend money, and his attitude was very warm.

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

Although this inn is the best inn in the town, it is still incomparable to the restaurant in Beijing, and the upper room is difficult to fit into the eyes of Mingtan.

These are nothing, but Ming Tan never rested. Even when he went to Lingmiao Temple, he had changed all the items in the wing room.

At first she thought she could adapt, and after she could tidy up with food, she couldn't sleep when she lay on the couch.

Not the mattress she had prepared, her body seemed to be full of resistance, her spirit was tense, and she was uncomfortable all over.

And I walked along the way, and I felt bumpy when I sat down as soon as I got off the horse, but I felt that the saddle was grinding between my legs. I don’t know if it was broken or bruised or swollen, and itchy in the pain, which made her feel embarrassed to take a shower just now. She just wiped other parts of her body with warm water.

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

Ming Tan originally wanted to tell the truth, but when he thought that his husband specially rode a horse and brought her here at night, he didn't make any more picky reasons, so he swallowed the words he wanted to say: "Some people recognize the bed and will go to bed soon, husband, you should go to bed too."

Seeing that she closed her eyes obediently, Jiang Xu didn't ask any more questions.

Mingtan kept her long and even breathing, enduring discomfort and stayed up all night. In the second half of the night, she couldn't stand it anymore. She was confused and felt as if she felt the person beside her get up for a while.

On the other side, Shu Jingran watched Jiang Xu ask his wife not to have brothers, and he rode alone at night without saying hello, which was a bit eye-opener.

What happened to Jiang Qizhi? Every time he mentioned his princess, he looked perfunctory and didn't care much about it, but why did he always encounter him so confusing?

The guards accompanied him to find wood and hay to make fire. Yun Yi didn't know where he went and disappeared for a long time.

Shu Jingran came to her senses and was asking where Miss Yun was when she saw her forked a few fish with a branch.

"Miss Yun, are you?" He said with a slight hesitation.

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

Shu Jingran was stunned. He wanted to say that there were dry food and pastries in his carriage, so he didn't have to sleep in the open air like this. Ran Yunyi was already sitting cross-legged in front of the fire, putting the clean river fish on the fire and repeatedly grilling it.

After standing for a while, he picked up a clean place and sat opposite Yun Yi.

"I heard that Miss Yun is now the concubine of the royal palace?" He thought carefully and started to speak.

Yun Yi stared at the grilled fish and nodded.

"What does Miss Yun do in her mansion on weekdays?"

Yun Yi looked up at him: "Protect the princess."

“…”

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

So he didn't know whether Yun Yi was performing her guard position under the title of aunt in the mansion, or whether she had to perform her guard position and her husband's duty.

Yun Yi focused on turning the fish in front of him and said, "But the guards in the mansion are so strict that the princess can't use me when she doesn't go out. I usually practice martial arts and occasionally take missions."

"Then, your prince and princess will treat you?"

Yun Yi nodded naturally: "The princess treats me very well. She will give me a special meal when she cooks any delicious food and send it to my yard. She also raised the monthly rate and asked me to go out of the house to buy food. Well... I often give me clothes and jewelry, but I am not used to those clothes, and I am not as good as one in a million when I wear them..."

Listening to her talk about the princess, but not mentioning the prince at all, Shu Jingran seemed to understand something. Following her words, she asked a few words without hesitation, confirming what she was thinking.

Yun Yi is also an honest person. She answers whatever she asks, but halfway through the answer, she suddenly stopped and looked at Shu Jingran strangely and listened seriously: "Second Master Shu, why have you kept asking me about the princess?"

“…?”

How could he inquire about the princess? Couldn’t she say anything that could be turned onto the princess?

Yun Yi had already figured out a complete set of logic and suddenly advised seriously: "Second Young Master Shu, I heard that you are a friend of the Lord or a person who is well-read in poetry and books. Then you should know that your friend’s wife should not be deceived.

"Although I don't know why the princess asked me to save you, and I praised you as the most beautiful man in the capital, but the prince and the princess are very loving, so it's better not to have any unreasonable thoughts. You should know the master's temper. If you keep doing this throughout the journey, it will not only harm yourself, but also harm the princess."

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

"If you misunderstand it's best."

Yun Yi stood up. The fish had already been grilled and planned to give it to Shu Jingran, but she felt that this man, under the name of the prince's friend, secretly coveted his own princess and was not worthy of eating fish at all. So she took the fish back while saying that.

Shu Jingran then stood up to explain, but for the first time he felt a sense of laughter and crying that he had a mouth that had obviously grown up but didn't know where to start explaining-

The next morning, the group of people sleeping in the stone pavilion stood up and set off. Jiang Xu and Mingtan had breakfast and planned to rush forward.

Before the night trip last night, Jiang Xu told Yun Yi that he 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 the capital have settled here.

Mingtan sat on the horse wearing the hat he bought. He didn't sleep much all night and was not in good spirits. He just leaned against Jiang Xu's chest.

On the way, she was a little confused about something - wouldn't Ming Chu marry into Hezhou? General Xuanwei's mansion seemed to be in Pengcheng, Hezhou.

After Ming Chu got married, Ming Tan did not meet her again. He only heard Pei talk about it. Her husband seemed to often send letters to his father and was promoted to an official position in the Hezhou military camp this year. As for Ming Chu, he had never 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 before them.

There is a restaurant under the name of the royal palace in Pengcheng. After arriving at the restaurant, Mingtan got off the horse with difficulty.

Yesterday, she was sore between her legs. Today, she had been riding for most of the day. Although she didn't move fast like yesterday, she felt that these two legs were no longer her own.

She barely maintained a dignified and reserved attitude and followed Jiang Xu, but all this fell into the eyes of Shu Jingran and Yun Yi, who were eating vegetables by the window on the second floor, and their meaning changed.

"What's wrong with your princess? It seems a bit strange to walk."

Yun Yi had a expressionless face: "The second young master Shu may not understand, this is the love between the prince and the princess."

In fact, she didn't understand either, but under the ambiguous discussion of Aunt Fang's teachings and the servants in the mansion, she now understands a lot.

Shu Jingran spoke for a moment, and wanted to ask her how she understood so much, but then she found that the more terrifying thing was that he suddenly understood what this meant.

A few days ago, he was transferred to the Ministry of Works and had no choice but to go out for social events with his colleagues.

The colleagues in the Ministry of Works are no more elegant and talented than those whom he had ever dated, and are older than him for many years. They would not want to maintain the image of a noble and gentleman in front of him. They speak meat and vegetables, and before they know it, he was forced to understand the matters between men and women.

The two of them stared at each other with big eyes.

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

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

Shu Jingran's room.

"Does Zhou Baoping have any clues about what happened?" Shu Jingran asked while pouring wine.

"Last night, the news was sent back, and the Su family was also looking for something that Zhou Baoping left."

"The Su family is also looking for it... I think it should be the evidence of the secret deduction of the Maritime Warriors." Shu Jingran thought for a moment, then looked at Jiang Xu again, "I thought, you really wanted to walk to Shuzhen for the sake of the princess. It turned out that you had made an appointment with Zhuiying."

He knew that this trip was not very low-key, nor did he just rush on his way because this was just a cover.

A few days ago, Jiang Xu sent Jinyunwei to Lingzhou to commit suicide by surprise.

As for their group, they can't be low-key. Since they started, some people have followed them all the way.

Not knowing what he remembered, he suddenly realized and speculated: "So you deliberately talked to the princess... to make the person who secretly followed you think you were hungry and eager, so you walked to Shuzhen overnight?"

"What?" Jiang Xu suddenly raised his eyes.

"But you are too sympathetic to the princess, and you can't even walk on the road." Shu Jingran felt quite insulting and reminded him in awkward and tactful manner, "In my opinion, it's better not to cover up the princess in the future. If it is spread, Princess Yu's reputation will be damaged."

I can't even walk the road.

Jiang Xu paused for a moment.

Shu Jingran advised him uncomfortably.
Chapter completed!