141. Jin Yan promises to turn deep love

On the second day, when Pei Nianyu went to teach his apprentices as usual, he couldn't help complaining about He Yanjun:

"My good apprentice, is your method reliable or not? You even wiped out the birthday present that the old building gave me! Could it be possible for you to pay for it?"

He Yanjun also said innocently:

"My lord, I stayed up all night doing this for four or five days because of your concubine, and my hair is almost gone. Why are you still relying on Yanjun!"

After all, she asked curiously:

"My lord, how is the pastry... how did Yanjun do?"

Pei Nianyu took a look at her and thought, "You can't say anything about cooking now, which shows that you like dim sum more than piano skills."

But he disliked it: "It looks good, but do you think it's edible? The clear soup is well prepared, but you haven't worked hard enough, let Xiang Pingen cook the clear soup for you?"

"Master is really sharp-eyed. As for the pastries, as long as they look good. Anyway, when you open a dim sum shop in the future, this thing is just for cheating money. Master thinks how much money can be sold for such a birthday cake?"

"Fifty taels is the sky, it's just a novelty. No matter how expensive it is, it's not too good to go beyond the standard of imperial food."

"Understood."

After Pei Nianyu finished teaching today's lesson, he left. Lian Xiao sneaked over quietly, guessing the time.

"Sister He, how was the situation yesterday?"

While throwing the dough, He Yanjun angrily told about Lou Yefeng.

Lian Xiao frowned and thought hard:

"How could this be... How come old building is not in a hurry? Last time you forcibly snatched the master away from you to practice martial arts, it can be seen that he is already in a hurry, but why is he so patient and just doesn't attack?"

"Brother Lian, Deputy Commander Lian! You should think of a way! I'm afraid that if Lou Yefeng goes on like this, the prince will blame me!"

Lian Xiao gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind:

"Try the last trick again, and be ruthless."

"what?"

He thought for a while, and called Yun Chi outside the house.

Ever since Yun Chi returned to the palace, he has become much more honest, and he no longer dared to chew the tongue of the teacher in the building, and even kept a respectful distance from the shadow guards in the palace.

Seeing the deputy commander call her now, she couldn't help trembling, thinking that she had made some mistake again:

"My servant has met Lord Lian, what orders does Lord Lian have?"

Lian Xiao stared at her for a while before slowly seductively saying:

"This commander wants you to do one thing. For this matter, you are not allowed to tell others that I want you to do it. If you let you do something, naturally you will be paid."

Yun Chi thought to himself, this shadow guard probably wouldn't do anything to assassinate his master.sidewalk:

"My lord, please speak."

"The next time you go to Hanqiu Pavilion, I will arrange for a maid to meet you by chance. At that time, the two of you will pretend to be chatting near the courtyard where the teacher is teaching, and the content of the conversation will be..."

Lian Xiao closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened them lightly:

"...The prince intends to marry the princess recently."

——There is nothing wrong with these words, isn't the master's recent actions just to marry Princess Lou!What's wrong with what he said?

As for what Lou Yefeng would think when he heard this, that was Lou Yefeng's business, what did it have to do with Lian Xiao?

Lian Xiao had no choice but to, after all, he was the master's subordinate.Even if he wanted to help his master eat up the old building, he couldn't really let the maid spread some lies, that would be too outrageous.

He knew very well in his heart that with his undisciplined Jianghu temperament, he was able to survive as a shadow guard in this palace and survived being beaten to death. Apart from relying on the master's kindness, it was because he still paid attention to propriety.

Even so, based on his behavior in the past few days... meddling in the master's feelings or something, he will have to go to He Qi to receive punishment after the dust settles.He took the initiative to let Old He punish him severely, so as to save his master from embarrassing.

But when Yun Chi heard this, his head shook like a rattle:

"No, no, no, this slave must never dare to spread any more words! My lord, please forgive me!!"

Lian Xiao has a headache:

"Give you a lot of money!"

"I don't want to do that, I don't want to be kicked out of the house again..."

Lian Xiao gritted his teeth:

"The master entrusted me to do this quietly, do you understand? This is the prince's intention, and I will definitely not trouble you."

Yun Chi thought for a while, she didn't dare to offend the prince, so she had no choice but to say:

"Then...the servant obeys."

Seeing that she agreed, Lian Xiao couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart——

Just now his sentence "This is the master's intention", it can be regarded as a fake order.Regardless of whether anyone around heard him or not, he had to report the truth when he confessed his crime, and he might not be able to please Old He at that time.

……………

Yun Chi's task was completed smoothly - she just walked around the side of Hanqiu Pavilion on purpose after giving Pei Nianyu the snacks made by He Yanjun, and accidentally ran into a maid who was familiar with her before, and told herA few words and it's done.

And Lian Xiao didn't break his promise, and gave her one hundred taels of silver - enough to cover her wages for a year or two.

Those words are also very simple:

"—By the way, Yunrui, have you heard that the prince seems to be planning to marry the princess recently?"

"—Hey, I haven't heard Aunt Xia Yao talk about it?"

"—Hush, I also listened to my girl... Oh, I have to go back and wait for my girl to wash up. See you later."

"——Sister Yun Chi is so secretive, what the hell is she doing..."

Lou Yefeng, who was separated by a wall, stopped for a whole stick of incense when he heard these words.

He sat in his room, motionless, watching the sunset outside the window sinking little by little.The dark dusk was just like his mood, as if he could see the coming night.

But he couldn't stretch out his hand to grab the last ray of warmth left by the setting sun, he just felt that his heart also sank with the light and suddenly became cold.

He raised his head and looked in the direction of the master's bedroom. Will there be a mistress in that room in the future?

And no longer... Only the gentle prince and his loyal shadow guard are alone in the room.

His master will never say those things that make him blush again, will not find reasons to kiss him secretly, and will never...

Just like the previous ten years, his master still trusts and respects him, but only trust and respect.

Such a life...... Can he live on?

Lou Yefeng finally realized that he had been overwhelmed by wave after wave of great fear.He also finally found out what he had been missing for the past few months.

Wangfei... These two words once belonged to him.

It was promised by the master himself.

But he didn't dare to admit it, so it was about to slip through his fingertips after all.

Lou Yefeng felt a little regretful, he got up and wanted to ask the master if what you said didn't count.But then he sat back silently, and then slowly buried his face in his sleeves.

He is a shadow guard, how could he question the master.

If he still wants to continue to be a shadow guard in this mansion, he should wisely not mention this matter, so that the master can accommodate such a subordinate.

If he really put this matter on the table...the master might really not be able to tolerate such a wicked subordinate.

Needles can be heard in the quiet room, only a black-clothed shadow guard hides in his arms and secretly recites the word "Master" desperately, as if he has aged a few years all of a sudden.

……………

He Yanjun and Lian Xiao waited all afternoon, but there was no movement in the mansion.At dusk, suddenly, her right eyelid twitched a few times.

"What's going on, I have a bad feeling. The shadow guards didn't come to deliver the letter, so I suspect something went wrong."

Lian Xiao also looked serious:

"This, it's impossible, it's been forced to this level, won't the old building still not respond?"

While they were discussing, suddenly the shadow guard came to report that Mr. Lou was coming this way.

Lian Xiao's right eyelid twitched three times in succession.

"I'll leave for a while, I can't let the old building know I'm here."

"it is good."

He Yanjun got up to meet Lou Yefeng.

"I don't know what to do, Mr. Teacher Xi?"

Lou Yefeng glanced at her, then quickly looked away:

"I heard that the prince is going to marry the princess."

"Yanjun hasn't heard of this matter? Why don't you come in and talk, Mr. Teacher?"

Lou Yefeng was noncommittal, and after entering the room and sitting down, he picked up the tea cup and drank a couple of sips, as if he was organizing his words.Then he put down the teacup and said calmly:

"I'm here...to tell you a few things."

"Master, please tell me."

Lou Yefeng looked down at the tea leaves floating in the teacup:

"My lord usually...doesn't like people to be around all the time. But he doesn't like to take care of his clothes, so you may have to worry about it then."

"My lord usually likes to eat light food. Although he doesn't particularly like sweet food, he never likes hard food."

Going on one by one, Lou Yefeng's gaze never left the tea in the teacup.He sat there majestically, his black figure as calm and stable as a mountain.

However, only he himself knew that when he said these words, it seemed as if the flesh and blood in his heart had been gouged out piece by piece.

"My lord drinks tea...he doesn't like strong tea, so don't put too much tea, and don't put boiling water into the tea."

"My lord, he usually..."

It wasn't until the circles of his eyes were slightly red, and there was a slightly strange tone in his words, that he suddenly realized that he quickly put down the tea cup, and said goodbye.Then some fled and went out the door.

He Yanjun was dumbfounded.

She was startled for a while, then suddenly shouted:

"Lian Xiao!! Get out!!"

Lian Xiao hurriedly flew into the house from under the eaves nearby.

"What happened!"

He Yanjun grabbed his lapel and shook it desperately:

"You came up with a bad idea! Things have exploded! He actually believed the old building!"

Then he repeated what Lou Yefeng said just now.

Lian Xiao's face turned pale all of a sudden:

"……how so?"

He Yanjun kept pulling his hair:

"How do I know! This Lou Yefeng is not a saint, and his master can be handed over to others. This... I wonder if he really likes your prince."

Lian Xiao insisted:

"How could he not like it? According to what you said, his tone just now was clearly extremely reluctant..."

He Yanjun is bald:

"Why don't you go and confess to your master, let the prince think about what to do, this... something will happen!"

……………

Before Lian Xiao could figure out a solution, he suddenly heard an angry voice outside the door:

"Huh? What happened? No, Lian Xiao, why are you in my sister's room!"

Seeing that Lian Xiao seemed to be very familiar with his sister, He Qi suddenly became slightly angry.

What are you doing... He is not on duty every day, why does he feel like he missed something!

Of course, He Yanjun couldn't tell He Qi that their plan had failed, so he just said casually:

"Oh, it's okay, we two are free to discuss the gossip about the old building."

He Qi frowned:

"What are you talking about him for? Didn't I tell you, Yanjun, don't mess with him."

"That's right, the prince has been teaching me how to make dim sum these past few days..."

Pei Nianyu had already told He Qi about the apprenticeship, so He Qi was not surprised.

"But old building, seeing the prince always coming to me, seems to be a little jealous. Aren't I guessing with Lian Xiao, when old building will blow up the jealousy with his master..."

He Qi looked very puzzled:

"Guess what's the meaning of this, how could he overturn the jealous jar with the master?"

He Yanjun's breath stagnated for a moment:

"... What do you mean brother?"

He Qi looked at them with folded arms, as if looking at two retarded people, and said in a natural tone:

"He is a shadow guard, no matter how uncomfortable he is, he will bear it himself, can he still cry with the master? If he really goes to have a quarrel with the master, he is not Lou Yefeng anymore."

There was a moment of silence in the room.

Lian Xiao was very stiff, and so was He Yanjun.He Qi was simply waking up the dreamer with one word. They didn't know until now that there seemed to be something wrong with their methods.

He Yanjun thought about it, but still felt that this was completely contrary to her perception all along, and she still didn't give up.I tried to formulate:

"Is... all shadow guards like this? Then it's too... uncomfortable to be a shadow guard."

He Qi sighed, with an expression of "you don't understand":

"What's so uncomfortable about this? The shadow guard only cares about the safety of his master, and it doesn't matter what he is. This is especially true for old buildings. He only cares about his master, so how could he care about himself?The will of the master is contrary."

He Yanjun and Lian Xiao looked at each other.

"By the way, it's time for me to go on duty. Tell me, you and Lian Xiaoshao gossip about the old building."

After finishing speaking, He Qi flew away.

The two people in the room looked at each other silently.

After a while, Lian Xiao smiled wryly:

"He Qi was single-handedly picked up by him, and the two have been working together for a long time. In terms of understanding Lou Yefeng... I am far inferior to Old He. I was careless. Although I am also a shadow guard, I have been in the world for many years., I really can't understand people like old building."

He Yanjun looked at him, this Lian Xiao had always looked a little loose in the mansion, and he acted differently from other shadow guards.It's just that because of his superb medical skills and high position, the shadow guards beside him can't control him.

"Then I..."

Lian Xiao suddenly raised his head, his eyes clear:

"However, thanks to Old He's reminder, I already know what to do."

He Yanjun no longer trusts him:

"Are you sure? Stop screwing up!"

Lian Xiao sighed:

"Of course, now that the weakness has been found, it is 100% sure. This time it has nothing to do with you, so you don't need to bother, it's just me."

He Yanjun looked at him with some sadness:

"Do you... have any plans, you can't tell me? This matter happened because of me, why did you throw me away?"

Lian Xiao stood up and patted her on the shoulder:

"Your identity is inconvenient to get involved in this matter. After all, you are an outsider, and you have already done enough for the master. Just leave the rest to me."

He Yanjun instinctively felt that something was wrong. If it was about what Lian Xiao was going to do next, her status as an outsider was inconvenient to get involved.Then how could Lian Xiao, the prince's shadow guard, be able to meddle casually?

"you……"

"You are very smart. I believe you know what to ask and what not to ask. It's a confidential matter, and your brother may not know it, so don't guess."

He Yanjun sighed:

"Okay, I don't ask."

"It will definitely work this time, you can rest assured. However, I may be master... forget it, anyway, my life was saved by the master, even if the master wants... I will accept it."

He Yanjun doesn't know why.

After all, she is not a shadow guard, so she doesn't know what kind of decision Lian Xiao made.

"Then...good luck."