This is the forbidden place of the palace, even the people in the palace who have just come in for a long time know that there is a courtyard in the palace that cannot be entered and exited at will, except for the people authorized by the regent Shen Ming, people are generally not allowed to enter and exit, even if they pass by the door, the violator will die.

At this time, Xuan Bing was standing in that courtyard.

The vermilion lacquered gate was tightly closed, the courtyard was silent, and the internal official who led Xuan Bing all the way stopped his steps: "Your Highness didn't say to let the slave go in, the slave is waiting outside, my lord, please."

With a creak, the closed door was slowly opened, and the scenery inside appeared in Xuan Bing's eyes.

The courtyard has a large pond, nearly two-thirds of which is within the confines of the pond, and a stone bridge spans it all the way to the pavilion opposite.

In the middle of the small lake, on the stone bridge, there is a small pavilion with carved beams, and the person Xuan Bing is looking for is there.

He straightened his waist and walked straight towards the man, knelt down closely, and said with a respectful face: "Weichen greets His Highness!"

"Get up."

The person standing in this pavilion is Shen Ming, the owner of half of the Liang Kingdom.

From the beginning to the present, Shen Ming's gaze has never stayed on Xuan Bing, he looked at the withered flowers in the small lake, and his face became more and more gloomy: "There are fewer and fewer, and the flowering period of the water in the wood is so short."

When Xuan Bing heard this, his eyes turned around.

In fact, the flowering period of water in the wood is long enough, the ancient books say that the flowers of the water in the wood bloom for ten years as soon as they bloom, and the flowers cultivated by Shen Ming himself bloom in the palace of the Liang Kingdom for fourteen years, which is already very remarkable......

Shen Ming pressed his temples with a faint pain, and finally turned his eyes to look at his courtier: "I heard that you came to the palace in a hurry today, but you have something to report to me?"

"Count, count, Your Highness, did you carry a jade pendant with you fifteen years ago?"

Seeing that Xuan Bing's expression was a little wrong, Shen Ming couldn't help but straighten out, and began to recall the events of the year: "That's right, there is indeed a jade pendant, which was given to me by the princess, but that jade pendant was lost fifteen years ago."

Shen Ming never had the idea of retrieving it, because he knew whose hand the jade pendant was.

"Why did you suddenly remember to ask this?"

Xuan Bing said anxiously: "Today, my subordinates saw that jade pendant on the street, it is exactly the same as the jade pendant worn by His Highness back then, presumably it is the piece that His Majesty lost back then."

Shen Ming's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and a face flashed in his mind: "This...... How can it be? The jade pendant was lost in the dense forest, how could it be a chance to be picked up again? Are you sure you read that right? ”

Xuan Bing nodded firmly, not only that, but he also described Bai Qingyu's appearance with Xuan Bing, the delicate and carved face, the silver hair sprinkled with moonlight, and the cold temperament on his body, all the clues are pointing to the same person, the mysterious woman who was trapped in the jungle back then, she came out of the cage!

Shen Ming's first reaction when he realized this was shock, and then he began to rejoice.

"Your Highness?" Xuan Bing is one of the few people who knows why the regent disappeared for March back then, and it is precisely because he understands it that he is confused. How despicable was Shen Ming's method of snatching the water in the wood back then, Bai Qingyu left the dense forest and came to the Liang Kingdom, wasn't he afraid that Bai Qingyu was here to take revenge?

"Your Highness, do you want Weichen to bring someone to kill her? Although she is strong in martial arts, she is also a person after all......"

Shen Ming shook his head without hesitation: "Don't touch her, just observe it secretly."

Although Xuan Bing didn't know the intention of this approach, he was absolutely obedient to Shen Ming, but he would definitely do whatever he ordered: "Weichen takes orders."

As the two were talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock on the door.

There was no order that no one should come and go at will, not even passing by, and it was possible that someone from outside came because of one thing.

A gust of wind blew in front of Xuan Bing, and when he fixed his eyes, Shen Ming was gone.

I don't know when, Shen Ming has already appeared behind the door, and the closed door has also been pushed open: "What's wrong?"

The internal official outside the door looked anxious: "Your Highness, someone just came to report that it was the princess Niangniang who was sick again, and the people below didn't dare to do anything to Niangniang, please hurry up."

In the end, he still didn't order all the pastries in the restaurant, because Feng Changqi was worried that if they ordered too much, they would not be able to bear it, although Yue Wu repeatedly promised that he would try to eat all the pastries, but Feng Changqi still felt that it was not good, and under the dispute, the two of them each took a step back, and Yue Wu was responsible for ordering, but the share was limited.

Looking at Moon Dance bouncing around with the menu, Feng Changqi sighed in his heart: "I really envy the carefree Moon Dance girl."

Once upon a time, she was also such a carefree little girl who was held in the palm of her hand, but as she experienced more and more things and the burden on her body became heavier and heavier, she gradually changed her appearance.

Feng Changqi held his face and sighed silently in his heart.

Xu was because the people in the restaurant were relatively small at this time, and the things they ordered were quickly delivered, in addition to the several pastries ordered by Yuewu, there were also porridge from Feng Changqi, wine and dishes ordered by Yueqing, and Liuyu didn't order anything, just poured themselves a cup of tea.

Moon Dance muttered as she ate, "Aren't you hungry?"

Liu Yu smiled and shook her head, she had never loved anything from morning to now, but she didn't feel hungry, maybe it was because of the loss of appetite caused by a bad mood.

Liuyu said that he had no appetite, so he did not continue to ask.

Just as the whole table was silent, the sound of procrastination was heard not far from them.

Everyone looked for prestige, and happened to see a child staring at them with straight eyes, more precisely, staring at the pastries on the moon dance plate, from her eyes, Feng Changqi saw the desire.

The child in front of him is not tall, white and chubby, but it looks very pleasing, Feng Changqi has a kind of idea to tease him, so he pointed to the pastry and said, "Little friend, do you really want to eat?"

The child was stunned for a moment, and turned his face away decisively: "Don't talk nonsense, who wants to eat it!"

At a young age, they have all learned to be strong, Yue Wu couldn't help but sneer, twisted a piece of pastry and said to him: "You obviously just want to eat, why are you lying?" Isn't it fun to lie to people? ”

The child glanced at the pastry with his eyes, and his mouth was still stubborn: "I'm not lying, I really don't want to eat it!"

"Then why do you keep staring at me?"

A trace of blush flashed on the child's face, as if he felt a little embarrassed, but he still said stiffly: "I don't, I always stare at you because, because your eating appearance is too ugly, it is the first time I have seen such a rude person, so I am curious to take a few more looks, that's all!"

Is that really the case, judging from the child's wandering eyes, it is clear that things are not so simple.

Moon Dance pouted: "What do you know, I'm a child of the rivers and lakes who is informal!"

The child froze in place, and after a long while, he said, "This, is it so powerful?"

"What are you lying to do?"

Feng Changqi was amused by their back-and-forth conversation, and tapped on the table and asked, "Are you really not together?" My sister ordered so many pastries, she may not be able to finish them, how about you come over and help? ”

The child coughed lightly and said with a serious face: "Since you have said so, then it would be rude for me not to help, so I will go and help you share some of it."

Looking at his serious appearance, several people smiled and bent their eyes.

Such an interesting child, who is running around alone on the street, his family should be in a hurry now, right? Feng Changqi asked tentatively, "What about your family?"

When the child heard this, he put down the pastry in his hand, turned over his handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, and then replied: "My family is very busy, and they don't have time to take care of me at all, I can't stand them anymore, so I ran away from home!"

This time, even Yueqing couldn't help it, and sneered: "You kid is too willful."

Feng Changqi also smiled, gently touched the child's head and said, "This kind of thing can't be messed around, your family must be very worried about your safety now, so let's go back quickly."

The child pouted: "If I don't go back, I'm going to stay outside, anyway, they won't find out that they lost me alone, hmph, I'd rather starve to death outside than go back!"

If this trend continues, there is a real possibility that this child will starve to death outside.

Feng Changqi shook his head helplessly, his upbringing is good, presumably his family background should be good, if he is allowed to play outside, if he encounters bad people, maybe it will be bad if he encounters human traffickers, for the sake of insurance, Feng Changqi decided to keep people around.

"Why don't you come with us, we are new to the capital, and we are not familiar with this place, and we just lack a person who is familiar with the road conditions to lead the way for us."

The child's eyes lit up: "I'll help you lead the way, and you'll give me that ......"

"Of course, it won't be given to you less." Feng Changqi smiled and blinked, "How could we deceive a child." ”

When she said this, the child believed it, and couldn't help nodding and said: "Then it's decided, I'll show you the way, don't look at my age, in fact, I'm very familiar with the road conditions around here, and I'm guaranteeing that you won't get lost!" I knew I grew up here! ”

The appearance of other people's little ghosts made Feng Changqi smile: "Believe you, believe you, don't talk for now, eat everything first, I don't know if there is anything you like on the table, do you want to order some more?"

The child shook his head repeatedly.

At the same time, a woman in a light cyan dress slowly walked into the restaurant and went straight to the counter: "Shopkeeper, have you seen my brother?" He came into the restaurant earlier? ”