Before dawn the next morning, Zhu Gaochi first went to the Wenhua Hall in the south of Chunhe Palace, and came back before noon. Guo Yan accompanied Zhu Gaochi for a walk in a small garden near the Chunhe Palace.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Zhanji, who was more than eight years old, standing on the edge of the pond, carefully pulling out a slingshot; The two eunuchs beside him also looked at the front intently, and for a while they didn't notice that Zhu Gaochi and the others were behind.

The shape of the slingshot is like an archery bow, except that there is a piece of skin in the middle of the bowstring, wrapped in stones, and this kind of bow is not small. At this moment, the slingshot shot with a "bang".

Then there was a scream of an animal. Only then did Zhu Gaochi find that a white rabbit not far away had been knocked over by a stone, and he was struggling on the ground on his back.

"Good! Good! When the two eunuchs saw that Zhu Zhanji had hit the rabbit, they immediately applauded.

Zhu Zhanji also danced and shouted happily.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi remembered what Guo Yan said last night, took a few rabbits into the palace, and Zhan Ji chose the rabbits first...... The dying rabbit in front of me is probably the one that Junji adopted first!

Zhu Gaochi was suddenly furious and scolded: "At such a young age, how can you be so cruel? ”

Only then did the two eunuchs discover the prince, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground. Zhan Ji turned around, hung his head and said, "Erchen has already memorized the book today. ”

"I said you had that rabbit!" Zhu Gaochi was very angry, walked over with difficulty, grabbed Zhan Ji, and turned his small body over.

As soon as he raised his slap, he heard the voice of the crown princess Zhang: "The prince is angry, which child of this age is not greedy and stubborn, why do you have to be so atmospheric?" ”

"Smack!" Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but say that he slapped Zhan Ji's ass on the stock, and Zhan Ji suddenly cried "wow".

Zhu Gaochi raised his head and said to Zhang: "His brother Zhan Kai picked a lame rabbit, saying that he was afraid that others would not adopt it. Zhan Ji is good, and he killed him! I want him to have a longer memory! ”

After hearing this, Zhang immediately set his eyes on Guo Yan beside Zhu Gaochi, and cast a meaningful look.

"Mother! Father beat me......" Zhan Ji saved Zhang's with a handful of snot and tears. Zhang said sternly: "Your father is teaching you to be sensible, don't cry!" Go and confess your mistake to your father. ”

Zhan Ji was thrown away by Zhang, and he had to walk over to Zhu Gaochi pitifully, looking sluggish.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi was angry for a while.

Zhang bowed on his knees and said kindly: "Zhan Ji is already wrong, don't be angry." ”

At this time, Guo Yan saluted and said, "The concubine is here to see the crown princess." ”

Zhang looked her up and down, and said with a smile: "My sister taught Kai'er so well, she can't even speak clearly when she is more than two years old, and she can say such a profound truth, it's not easy." ”

Guo Yan's expression changed, and she said coldly: "The crown princess has something to say? ”

"What do I say?" Zhang said with a blank face, "My sister is just too smart, and she confuses me." But in this house, keeping one's duty is more important than being smart. My sister is also doing a good job at this, and today I happened to take the prince for a walk, and when I arrived here, I met me, and I behaved in good manners. Prince, you see, Concubine Guo is a good person. ”

Zhu Gaochi didn't say a word, but frowned.

Guo Yan's face was even more blue and white for a while, and her chest kept rising and falling, as if she was about to be blown up. It's just that this princess is praising her on the surface in every sentence, but she has never had a seizure!

Guo Yan stopped talking for a while, and finally took a deep breath, and said with a straight face: "There is more than one eunuch who came with rabbits, and he is not from our East Palace. Why don't you ask if those words were said by Lady herself! ”

"Why is my sister so careful?" Zhang said, "Did I say, didn't Zhan Kai say those words?" ”

"Say a few words each!" Zhu Gaochi shook his head helplessly, then looked up at the sky and said, "It's noon, is it time for lunch?" ”

Zhang said: "Lunch is ready, please come to the dining room." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi turned his head to Guo Yan and said, "You go back to the room first, I'm going to eat." ”

Guo Yan hurriedly bent down and said, "Congratulations to the prince." ”

The group quickly left the shore of the pond, and after a while, Zhang turned his head slightly, looked at Guo Yan and sneered. Guo Yan pretended not to see it.

When everyone left, Guo Yan walked to the edge of the pond and saw a samurai made of mud there, which was exactly what Zhan Ji liked to play. She angrily kicked the clay figure into the pond.

…… The eunuchs and palace maids all followed the prince, and Guo Yan returned to the palace alone and silently. There was no one in the dormitory, and it was almost lunchtime, and the slaves and maids were probably waiting for dinner. Recently, the food in the East Palace has been tight, and several palace maids have starved to death before and after, and these slaves and maids are only thinking about eating all day long! Serving people is not careful.

Guo Yan just walked to the side of the partition door, and suddenly saw a palace maid wiping the bronze mirror on the dresser, and the palace maid's face was not facing the copper mirror, but facing the desktop. Guo Yan glanced at the desktop and found that there was a golden hairpin there. In the morning, she was a little hesitant when she was dressing up, and finally she didn't wear the hairpin and forgot to accept it.

Guo Yan didn't think much about it, and immediately hid behind the partition door.

After waiting for a while, she gently looked at it, and the golden hairpin on the table was no longer there. The maid was still wiping the things on the dresser.

Guo Yan paced lightly outside the door, thinking about something. Of course she knows this palace maid, her name is Su'er, she only came to serve Guo Yan last year, and she used to be just a palace maid doing rough work in the Huanyi room.

"Ahem......" Guo Yan coughed lightly twice, then walked in around the partition door.

Su'er curtsied and said, "Niangniang is back." ”

Guo Yan nodded, sat straight in front of the dresser, turned her head to look, and said, "Huh", "Huh" and said, "Where is the golden hairpin I put here in the morning?" ”

Su'er hurriedly shook her head and said, "The slave doesn't know, the slave ...... The maid had just come in for a while. ”

"You really didn't see it?" Guo Yan looked at her and asked with a smile.

Su'er's face immediately turned red, her eyes lit up, and she raised her head and said, "The slave really didn't see it!" ”

Guo Yan said: "Then I'll call someone in to search now?" ”

Su'er stood there stiff. Guo Yan stood up and made a gesture to call someone. Suddenly, Su'er knelt on the floor tiles with a "plop", "Niangniang spare her life, Niangniang ......"

Guo Yan immediately said: "I know it's not easy for everyone recently, don't panic first." ”

"Niangniang is really a bodhisattva, and the slave doesn't dare anymore. The slave maid herself...... yourself in the mouth! Su'er trembled with fright.

"Shhhh Hush! Guo Yan grabbed her wrist and said, "Be quiet, the most taboo person in the palace with unclean hands and feet." If someone hears about it, I can't protect you. ”

"Niangniang......" Su'er looked at her blankly.

Guo Yan said in a low voice: "I ask you something, if you answer truthfully, I will definitely help you cover up this matter, and no third party will know." ”

Su'er said: "The slave must know everything!" ”

Guo Yan glanced back, and her voice was lower: "In the spring of the first year of Yongle, you seemed to be working in the Huanyi room of the East Palace at that time?" ”

"Huh?" Su Er's expression that had just calmed down was suddenly startled again. Seeing this, Guo Yan already had five or six points in her heart, and she immediately asked, "It seems that you must know something about the East Palace Huanyi Room." Say it! ”

Su'er was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.

Guo Yan said kindly: "I just don't want to be kept in the dark. If you tell me about it, I won't tell anyone who said it. But if you help others deceive me, the golden hairpin in your arms ...... It's light to be beaten alive! ”

"Said the slave!" Su'er nodded hurriedly, and then she whispered, "There is indeed one thing...... But it must be the slave Luo'er who made it bad, and it has nothing to do with the princess. ”

"Tell me first, what do you see?" Guo Yan's mood went up and down, but she couldn't hold back her emotions.

Su'er whispered: "Once, Na Luo'er was on the clothes of the second concubine...... Smeared something. ”

When Guo Yan heard this, her eyes swelled, and her hands clenched tightly. She knew that the first child had a miscarriage that year! Otherwise, there are so many people, why do bees stare at themselves?

Guo Yan trembled for a while and couldn't say a word.

Su'er said: "It must not be the crown princess's order, if the crown princess knows about this, how can the people in the Huanyi room be transferred to your side?" Luo'er usually deceived her superiors and subordinates, and liked to shake her majesty in front of the slaves and maids, and she was bold; Maybe Luo'er just wanted to see her mother make a fool of herself, but she didn't expect things to be so big, so she had the courage to do it......"

Guo Yan said coldly: "You saw Luo'er making a mistake, she must not know, otherwise you would have been in the East Palace a long time ago." There are so many palace maids in the East Palace, how can the crown princess pay attention to them? Although Luo'er is a close confidant of the crown princess, she has no one to instruct her, and she dares to deal with me without permission?! ”

"The slave doesn't know, the slave ......" Su'er was still trembling.

Guo Yan's heart is dripping blood, and indignation and resentment are surging all over her body, and it is difficult to hold herself!

At this moment, Su'er presented the golden hairpin with both hands. Guo Yan looked at the golden hairpin in her hand, and suddenly calmed down a lot, and said in her heart: If she lets go of Su'er today, will she admit to stealing the golden hairpin in the future without evidence? Was she still willing to testify against Loel then?

Guo Yan's heart was a little confused for a while, and she was still a little afraid of the Zhang family in her heart, but she was really unwilling to let her poor child be framed for nothing!

She suddenly said in her heart: It can be seen that the prince actually doesn't like Zhanji very much......

The prince never said it, but Guo Yan has been close to the prince for so long, how can she not know: In fact, the prince is very resentful and hates the saint!

But Zhu Zhanji was very favored by the saint, and the saint said more than once that Zhanji was like him. The prince didn't like that kind of person at all, he felt that the benevolent and quiet Kai'er was more like his character.

Guo Yan's face became more and more cold!

"Niangniang......" Su'er called cautiously.

Guo Yan glanced at her and said coldly: "If you are disobedient, you know what will happen!" ”

As soon as she said that, she shouted, "Someone! Someone ...... coming."

Su'er's whole body was weak, and the person had collapsed on the floor tiles. Guo Yan said: "Why don't you pick up the golden hairpin, someone will come in and see it in a while!" ”