Zhao Xi, who had been watching all this from the bell tower, felt a stir in his heart. Seeing the person in front of him, it was difficult for him to hide the throbbing in his heart.
"It seems that a distinguished guest has arrived. Why don't you come to meet this old friend?" A lazy and hoarse voice came into Bai Yinglin's ears, but it was indescribably charming.
"Royal brother, why are you here?" Zhao Ya happily ran to Zhao Xi's side and hugged his arm.
Both of their eyes fell on Bai Yinglin.
"Your Highness, I'm here in a hurry. I didn't have time to see you. Please don't blame me."
The voice was resolute and courageous yet gentle and sweet, and the three words "Grand Prince" struck a chord with Zhao Xi's heart.
This... is it so distant? There's a big prince on the left and a big prince on the right. They used to call me Brother Xi.
"It seems that Miss Bai is really busy."
After hearing this, Bai Yinglin felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what it was.
Zhao Ya's eyes alternated between the two of them without asking any further questions.
"Ya'er, your fifth brother is back, why don't you go and say hello?"
Zhao Ya narrowed her eyes in thought, "Fifth Brother is back? Why is there no movement at all?"
The eyes that could not be hidden glanced at Zhao Xi.
Zhao Xi coughed.
Zhao Chen returned to the palace secretly, and his father issued a secret order not to make it public, so only a very few people knew about this matter.
Moreover, this time when he returned to the palace, he only brought one person with him, and the event was low-key.
"Okay, I'll go right away. Yinglin, you come too."
Bai Yinglin secretly glanced at Zhao Xi, but she happened to meet his gaze.
She quickly withdrew her gaze and let Zhao Ya hold her hand.
"Ya'er?" Bai Yinglin called out tentatively.
"Yeah? Yinglin, I'm sorry, I forgot to ask if you'd like to come."
"No, I just want to ask why we are heading to Jiahe Palace."
"What's wrong? Fifth brother lives next to Jiahe Palace. Do you mean you live in Jiahe Palace now? That's not surprising. For some reason, there aren't many palaces left in the palace. After the Yaohua Palace, where Fifth brother and his mother lived when he was a child, was sealed off, only one or two palaces around it were uninhabited. So you might just happen to live there."
Zhao Ya paused and continued, "When we were little, my fifth brother and I were very good friends, but..."
Some things are inevitably sad, so Zhao Ya didn't mention it again.
Bai Yinglin had a lot of thoughts in her mind about this, but she was not interested in asking anything.
I'm quite curious about what the fifth prince looks like.
Squeak.
There was no one guarding the gate of the deserted Yaohua Palace. The palace looked dark and terrifying at this moment. It was likely that only Zhao Chen and his attendants were left in the huge palace.
Zhao Ya pushed open the door and looked around.
He held Bai Yinglin's hand tighter, feeling a little scared, not to mention that Concubine Jin was executed in the palace that year.
"Fifth brother, are you there? I'm Ya'er."
Bai Yinglin looked at Zhao Ya's cautious look and smiled knowingly.
Suddenly, Bai Yinglin's body stopped for a moment, and that feeling came again, and her heart felt warm.
An endless supply of energy began to flow around, and I felt a light flash in my dantian, and something was gradually becoming clearer.
But it was still blurry and I couldn't tell what it was.
Bai Yinglin was also very surprised. Why did something start to fluctuate constantly when they got here?
Zhao Ya glanced at Bai Yinglin. Bai Yinglin smiled faintly and continued walking inside without any abnormality.
A guard with a sword walked out of the house.
"Xiang Ke greets Princess Ya. His Highness is in the backyard." Xiang Ke held his sword, saluted respectfully to Zhao Ya, and led the way.
Zhao Ya pulled Bai Yinglin towards the backyard.
The gradually clear figure appeared in front of the two of them.
Bai Yinglin frowned slightly.
This person looks so familiar.
She was dressed in a white robe, standing with one hand behind her back, her long black hair simply tied up with a hairband.
It seemed as if it was unaware that someone was coming. It stood in front of the small pond, admiring the red carp swimming in the pond with a pair of clear and bright eyes.
Xiang Ke bowed and took his leave.
"Fifth Brother."
Zhao Ya smiled generously and called out to Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen turned and walked towards them.
His eyes fell directly on Bai Yinglin.
When Bai Yinglin saw the face of the person in front of her clearly, she suddenly panicked.
It’s him—Gu Juechen.
Seeing that there was someone next to me, I didn't want to ask more questions.
After exchanging a few complicated glances with Gu Juechen, they both looked away.
"Fifth brother, wow, you look so good now..." Zhao Ya kept looking at Gu Juechen.
"Ya'er, who is this?"
"This is Bai Yinglin, the daughter of Lord Bai. She came to play with me and lives next door to you now."
"Oh?" Gu Juechen raised his eyebrows and a smile of interest appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Bai Yinglin frowned and looked at him.
What a hypocrite this guy is.
"Fifth brother, why don't you tell me how you've been doing these years?"
"Life is a little poorer, but it's not bad. Ya'er still remembers your fifth brother. That's really thoughtful of you."
Zhao Ya pulled Gu Juechen to look around, and the two chatted for a while. Gu Juechen sent Zhao Ya and Bai Yinglin away on the grounds that he was tired.
"Yinglin, why is Fifth Brother so handsome? I used to think that my eldest brother was the most handsome, but now Fifth Brother is really the most handsome."
"Indeed."
An enchanting face appeared in Bai Yinglin's mind, with a smile on his lips.
…
Bai Yinglin returned to Jiahe Palace and accompanied Zhao Ya for a whole day of wandering around. She was extremely tired.
"Miss, you're back. I've asked someone to prepare the bath water. You can go take a shower and change your clothes now." Feng'er pinched Bai Yinglin's shoulders, trying to help her relieve some of her fatigue.
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