After the South Vietnamese team left, everyone returned to the house and continued eating.
At this time, Li Heng inadvertently winked at Feng Shaoning. Feng Shaoning immediately understood and asked Di Xue:
"Master Di, what the storyteller just said was actually written a lot by Brother Ran. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to know the many details of your case solving. He was so eloquent in praising you!"
After hearing this, Di Xue half-closed her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth, then turned to look at Chu Ran.
Chu Ran's face felt a little hot as he was being stared at. He quickly took out the fan from his waist and held it in his hand gently.
I was completely unable to say what I was planning to take credit for, but in the end I managed to squeeze out a few words: "As long as you like it!"
After saying that, Chu Ran wanted to stick his head in the wine pot, but Di Xue was silent for a long time, and Chu Ran couldn't help but look back.
Just because Chu Ran looked like this, Di Xue couldn't help but want to tease him.
So before Chu Ran could react, Di Xue came to Chu Ran, took the fan from Chu Ran's hand, put it to her ear and said:
"Everyone in the world thinks that Prince Dao Heng is a playboy, but your words are written vividly and vividly, which shows that you have great literary talent. So it is because people have misunderstood, or His Highness is hiding his clumsiness!"
After saying that, he lightly hit Chu Ran on the neck with the fan. Suddenly Di Xue was startled and a little surprised, but her face remained normal and she returned to her seat with a chuckle.
Chu Ran couldn't hear clearly what Di Xue said, and suddenly his cheeks turned red to his ears. He felt that Di Xue was particularly hard to take his eyes away from today.
Di Xue opened Chu Ran's fan and saw that the fan was made of fine workmanship, with purple bamboo, bluestone and black swallows on the surface.
The fan bone is not like the carved hollow jade usually made by children of aristocratic families, but is carved with agarwood wood with a checkered pattern, and it smells faintly of wood.
Di Xue played with it and gave it back to Chu Ran:
"This fan is quite exquisite!"
After Di Xue finished speaking, Chu Ran finally realized:
"I made this myself. If you like it, I will make one for you too!"
"This is not bad. If you can add a short dagger to the fan bone, it would also be a good self-defense item."
After Di Xue finished speaking, Li Heng received:
"Don't worry, Mr. Di. If we say who has the best craftsmanship in Yuanjing, Brother Ran will definitely be ranked first. It's just that he is very rich and never makes things for us. That is to say, Mr. Di can drive him One or two."
Everyone followed Li Heng's words and teased Chu Ran. It was getting late by the time they finished eating.
The autumn wind was still a bit chilly. Di Xue was sweating after drinking wine, so she reined in her horse and walked slowly on the road. Red lanterns were hung on the stalls of merchants on the street, and the light spots on the bodies of men and women were very beautiful.
After a while, the horse stopped in front of the Di Mansion, which had blue bricks and stone tiles and a black wooden door.
When he returned to the house, Lao Yang, who was wearing brown satin embroidered with black patterns, took the horse rope and muttered:
"Miss, since you entered Dali Temple, you have been coming back so late every day. The master and his wife are thousands of miles away. They entrust you to me. You are alone in Yuanjing. I can't bear what happens. !" I had to wipe away two tears when I said this.
Di Xue saw that he was going to continue and said quickly: "Old Yang, don't you know my skills? Who can bully me?"
"But you are a girl after all. There are many dandy boys in Yuanjing now, and they are willing to commit murder and arson. You must not get involved!"
"You are prejudiced!"
After Di Xue finished speaking, Lao Yang continued:
"The head of the young lady's sect wrote to the madam, asking you to go back when you are not busy. He said that your Qing'e sect's Yu Xiuchun will get married in half a year. You two have been close friends since childhood. When you go back, you will be with me. with her!"
After hearing this, Di Xue was surprised. When she left Shu, she had not heard that her cousin was engaged, so how could she get married in just a few months?
It seems that I really need to find a day to go back and take a look.
After passing through the front yard, we came to the backyard of Di Mansion, where greenery was dotted with white stones to pave the way, and a few green bamboos grew beside the door.
After opening the dark wood door and returning to the room, Di Xue took a hot bath in the tub behind the screen.
Returning to the bedroom and lying on the green silk and blue gauze couch to rest, the crescent-shaped birthmark he saw on Chu's neck as soon as he closed his eyes appeared in front of his eyes.
Is there really such a coincidence in the world? Di Xue opened her eyes, lifted up the sleeves of her white satin pajamas and exposed her arms, looking at it in trance.
There is an identical crescent-shaped birthmark on the inner side of the arm...
At the same time, in Prince Heng's palace, Chu Ran was tossing and turning on the red silk soft couch, unable to sleep.
He couldn't understand why he was so shy every time he faced Di Xue. Her figure always appeared in his mind. Her slightly shrewd smile seemed a little cute to him...
Thinking of this, Chu Ran felt a little hot and took out a fan to cool down.
But he couldn't help but think of Di Xue speaking softly in his ear, the lingering fragrance seemed to be still around him, and the gentle tap of the fan seemed to hit his heart.
Di Xue got up early the next morning before dawn, had a simple breakfast in the main hall, and prepared to go to court.
Today, the emperor must receive envoys from the South Vietnam Kingdom, and Honglu Temple must be very busy.
After leaving the mansion, Di Xue saw Chu Ran's carriage waiting aside.
I don't know since when, he has been accustomed to waiting for Di Xue to go to court, and Di Xue is also accustomed to Chu Ran assisting when solving cases, and the two of them have developed a lot of tacit understanding.
Just as Di Xue was about to lift her feet, Chu Ran had already opened the curtain and was waiting for her to get in the car.
"Good morning, Your Highness, please come and pick me up."
Di Xue got into the car and always acted as his carriage. There was no use for his big chestnut horse. He had to move out for a walk someday.
"Good morning, why are you so polite today?"
"It's not that you're being polite, I just used to be your carriage today, and I was thinking about how to thank you! How about I teach you martial arts?"
Chu Ran listened to Di Xue's unreasonable words and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "Why did you suddenly have a sudden whim?"
"It's nothing, I'm just afraid that if the assassination comes again in the future, I won't be able to protect you."
Di Xue's words warmed Chu Ran's heart. She could always inadvertently say something that touched Chu Ran very much.
"By the way, the South Vietnamese envoy has come to Beijing. Do you know anything about South Vietnam?"
Chu Ran asked as he thought about the focus of today's morning meeting.
Di Xue thought about it and returned:
"The current situation in South Vietnam is chaotic. The emperor is old and there are many princes, and even more are ambitious to win the throne. It will take a lot of trouble to stabilize the government."
Chu Ran nodded: "There will inevitably be a bloody storm when the new emperor ascends the throne, but I heard that there are also special people among the princes of South Vietnam?"
"You are referring to the little prince Qin Feng. I heard that he is both civil and military, but has no interest in state affairs. He only cares about enjoying the beautiful mountains and rivers. The emperor of South Vietnam also likes him very much."
"Exactly, but if you want to survive the fight for the throne, you can't just rely on being indifferent to fame and fortune. I think the emperor of South Vietnam will also plan a way out for him."
As soon as Chu Ran finished speaking, the carriage stopped suddenly. Di Xue opened the curtain and looked around, only to see a carriage from the South Vietnam Kingdom blocking the way.
Di Xue and Chu Ran got out of the car and saw one person from the envoy team walking over.
