In Jianxian Pavilion, the grass grows and orioles fly, and the spring color is just right.
Cen Xijin carefully packed away the pens, inks, paper and inkstones for the second prince, and asked the eunuch Xiao Baozi to work as a book boy with the second prince.
At first, the second prince was so noisy with Cen Xijin's arrangement that he jumped up and down and shouted dissatisfied. In the end, Cen Xijin scolded him with a straight face, and the second prince reluctantly agreed.
Palace maids were not allowed to serve in the Imperial Academy, and he really needed someone to serve him in the Imperial Academy.
Old eunuchs like Chow Tai Fook definitely can't do it. Although they are careful and careful in everything they do, they are still a little older.
So this "good" thing fell to Bao Shou, the fairest and cutest little eunuch in Jianxian Hall.
Bao Shou was young, talked little, and had a rare simplicity of mind. Even in his behavior, he was obedient and not annoying. The second prince saw that he did not dare to get in the way, so he reluctantly agreed.
Cen Xijin straightened the sleeves of the second prince's clothes and began to explain in a gentle voice: "Your Highness, please remember that you must behave well when you go to the Imperial Academy, so as not to offend the doctors."
"But I heard from the little fat man that there isn't even a woman in the Imperial Academy! It's so boring!" He was not interested in such a purely manly place!
"What do you mean it's boring without women?! Well, you went to Taixue, but don't get involved with Prince Guangling all day long! Read your books carefully and learn everything the doctor taught you. That's what you want. What's his ability?" Otherwise, this brat would think he was trying to pick up a girl?
It's true that Prince Guangling has learned to be a dissolute person at a young age, and now he's spoiled all the little meatballs in her family.
The second prince raised his rosy little face, his wet eyes were like those of a monk who had been enlightened, and one small hand was still tugging at the corner of Cen Xijin's clothes. He just heard him softly begging: "Then Can I take La Bian'er and Su Su to Taixue?"
They are not women, just two little turtles. They should be... okay, right?
Then he saw Cen Xijin's liver-colored face.
The second prince lowered his head pitifully, and was silent for a long time while grinding his fangs. Then he sighed faintly: "...Then I won't take it with me."
It also avoids making my aunt unhappy.
Cen Xijin poked his forehead angrily. There were no girls in class so he wanted to take the little turtle with him. This kid was really very playful.
Think about it, after all, he is still the pampered little overlord in the palace. He has been pampered by countless people since he was a child. He has never had to worry about food and clothing, so he has completely lost the motivation of those poor children to work hard.
Look at Mu Qiwen, the fat boy from the Guangling royal family. Isn't he as clumsy as the second prince?
"Study well for me, don't act poor with me! I will test you on those homeworks when you come back. If you can't answer them, it will be terrible!" After that, Cen Xijin smiled and rubbed his head. .
"What do you want?!" The second prince raised his head in horror. He was afraid.
"After you leave, I will prepare a lot of delicious food for others. If you can answer the questions when you come back, just open it up and eat. If you can't - oh, hehe, that's easy, just watch us eat. That’s it!” Cen Xijin just wants to ingrain the idea that if you don’t work hard, you won’t get anything.
"Auntie, I study, I study!! I will definitely study well!" The second prince nodded repeatedly.
After eating Cen Xijin's cooking for a long time, he gradually came to realize that his aunt's craftsmanship was not very good, and she could only be regarded as average among the palace people, but she was better than her ingenuity! The dishes made by Cen Xijin are so novel and ingenious that even the imperial chef in Shangshan Prison would not be able to come up with them.
What he didn't know was that those royal chefs were not stupid. They had been studying for many years and couldn't even figure out a few ordinary side dishes. It was really the royal chefs who dared not innovate easily!
It's like pigs in the water or something like that. Can those things be given away casually throughout the palace? The masters are all nobles, and they are rich in gold and gold. How can they eat the coarse and cheap things from the homes of ordinary people?
Over time, the people in Shangshan Prison could only cook a few dishes.
It's exquisite, but it's a pity that it lacks a hint of the fireworks of ordinary people's homes, and it finally loses some of its flavor.
After thousands of instructions, Cen Xijin finally sent the little meat ball away.
For some reason, as soon as he left like this, Cen Xijin's heart began to feel empty, as if he had lost his backbone.
Leaning softly against the door, Cen Xijin sighed slightly at the gray-blue sky and casually ordered: "Cai Xin, why don't you see Hui'er?"
It just so happened that she had nothing to do at the moment, so it was time for the liquidator.
Cai Xin bit her lip and walked out hesitantly, saying in a low voice: "Auntie, Miss Hui'er... is gone."
Cen Xijin was shocked: "Gone? What do you mean gone?! Wasn't she fine in the past few days?"
She originally wanted to find a way to clear up Hui'er's matter while the second prince couldn't see her. When she returned to the palace a few days ago, she saw Hui'er doing well. Why did she suddenly disappear?
Cai Xin dug her fingers into her palms and lowered her head further. She said intermittently: "Miss Hui'er, she, she has been missing for several days... Last night when Sister Qiujuan came to Jianxian Hall to deliver something, she said Hui'er was found in the abandoned well in the cold palace..."
Cold palace? Abandoned well?
The breath that Cen Xijin had been holding in his heart for a long time finally turned into a sigh, and then he sighed endlessly.
It was really pitiful to think that her parents were gone at such a young age, and she also left behind a pair of younger siblings.
It was pitiable, but she was ultimately to blame.
Since I was going to be a spy for someone else, I should have thought of this day.
Cen Xijin quickly put away her unnecessary sadness. Seeing no one around, she fortunately kept her voice to a minimum and whispered in Cai Xin's ear: "Let me ask you, what happened to that purse filled with corn seeds?" thing?"
After returning to the palace, she was busy with the second prince going to study at Imperial College, and she didn't have time to ask about it.
"I...I..." Cai Xin was so anxious that her face turned red and she stuttered for a long time, unable to speak.
"Cai Xin, you are the person I trust most in the Jianxian Hall. If you are not willing to tell me the truth, then I am afraid no one will trust you." Cen Xijin knew that she was in trouble. After all, Hui'er Everyone was gone. If Cai Xin told all Hui'er's secrets, it would be like adding insult to injury.
"I...I...Auntie, you are so smart. You must know everything I want to say! Auntie, please stop forcing me!" At the end of the sentence, Cai Xin simply knelt down with red eyes.
Cen Xijin smiled indifferently: "But I just want to know clearly. If you play too many riddles, you will confuse people."
When Cai Xin heard this, her whole body softened.
She has a keen mind and a lot of eyes. She is also a meticulous person who pays attention to everything, so she also discovered many secrets of the people around her.
Take Feng'er for example, she would steal inconspicuous treasures from the second prince's cage from time to time, and then secretly exchange money with a respectable maid in another palace.
Take Cherry, for example, she looks like grass on the wall. She is very close and flattering to Cen Xijin, and she is even more inseparable from Feng'er in private. But almost no one knows that this sweet and round cherry is actually related to Weiyang Palace. The great eunuch Zhang Youde had close contacts with him.
As for Shuangfu and Liu'an, every ten days or so, one of them will disappear for several hours. Sometimes that person is Shuangfu, sometimes it is Lu'an.
And Hui'er...
Those things are trivial matters that are not worth mentioning. Adhering to the principle of not paying attention to other people's business, she naturally will not pay attention to the nosy business, but every pile of things Hui'er has done is a serious crime of beheading. ah!
"Auntie, I told you, please don't tell others! I'm afraid, I'm afraid I'll end up like Hui'er!" Cai Xin's eyes were red and she spoke with a crying tone.
She lived very clearly. She knew that the biggest reason why Hui'er was thrown into the abandoned well in the cold palace was that Hui'er knew too many things that she shouldn't know.
There is also the fact that Hui'er has no value of existence.
Then why does Hui'er have no value in existence?
As a spy for the empress of another palace, she would lose the highest value of her existence once her identity as a spy was discovered.
But who discovered the identity of Hui'er's spy?
Cai Xin smiled bitterly, maybe it was her.
