Spring Forest Evening

With such an episode, Zhou Heng felt that he would not be able to concentrate on it later, and he knew very little about the story behind the blueprint, so he thought that he could not tell anything from just looking at it, so he simply gave up guessing. Ask Shen Fu directly:

"This map is quite old, Ah Fu. To be honest, I'm not familiar with the palace, not to mention Emperor Wu's time. Even if I were asked to look at the current topographic map of the palace, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to see any problems."

"Also, you told me before that the palace now only occupies half of the original residence of Emperor Wu. We don't know what happened to the other half."

Speaking of this, Zhou Heng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but excitedly pressed Shen Fu's hand next to him: "By the way, I remember you once said, which half did the second prince want at that time?" If it has something to do with the second prince, Maybe it has something to do with the third princess.

Shen Fu nodded, and took the opportunity to hold that soft and boneless hand with his backhand. He didn't expect Ah Heng to react so quickly:

"That's right, but the emperor didn't agree, so he came up with a compromise plan later on, persuading Prince Kang, who was living in a bit of trouble, to replace his mansion with the second prince's. It's just behind the mansion, just one street away."

Originally, the second prince's actions had nothing to do with his own mansion, but now that something happened on a thunderstorm night, Shen Fu felt that instead of being unable to find any conclusive evidence to deal with the third princess, it would be better to find another way, from the second prince's mansion. Here's a look, maybe there may be some windfalls, but anyway, the ironware transported from Zhongnan Road must have a place to stay. Judging from the current practice of the third princess, it is very likely that they will be placed in the second prince's mansion.

Then when I think back to the matter that the second prince wanted the house next door, but failed to achieve it, he tried to get Kang Wang's mansion one street behind, it seems that it is not what everyone thinks that he wants to compete with the first prince.

After Shen Fu said this, Zhou Heng felt warm in his palms, and when he saw his slender hands holding his own, he was a little shy, but he didn't want to pull them out, so he pretended not to pay attention to this movement, and quickly brought the topic to On the business of saying:

"This blueprint belongs to Prince Jing's mansion, but it's your mother's concubine's dowry. Just this is very strange. Did your mother's concubine mention it to you at the time?"

Seeing Shen Fu shaking his head, he came to his senses again: "Oh right, you were still young at that time, so we should go back and ask Elder Sister to see if she knew about it."

Thinking down this aspect, the more Zhou Heng thought about it, the more he felt that the blueprint was different. No wonder Shen Fu took it for himself to see:

"The topographic map of Prince Jing's Mansion is actually in Xie's house. It looks like it's been a while... and your mother and concubine gave it such an irrelevant name. It should be because they are afraid that others will know that Xie's family gave it to Prince Jing's mansion. Such a picture, right? Then why register it?"

He leaned closer to look at the map on the table: "Forgive me for my blindness, A Fu, this map is very inconspicuous, and the drawing is indeed very ordinary. Even if it is a topographic map, if you don't want to attract attention, I don't think there is any need to put it on it." In the dowry list, why don’t you give it directly to your father? No one will know, it’s so strange!”

Looking back, Shen Fu's lips moved, as if he wanted to explain something, he couldn't help shaking the hand held by him back and forth, raised his head and opened his eyes wide to express his resistance:

"Wait a minute, don't tell me, let me guess first!"

Seeing that Shen Fu really smiled and said nothing, he continued to think seriously:

"But it was still put in the dowry, but it used an inconspicuous name, um...that is to say, I don't want outsiders to know it, but I just want to show it to your father, to express my gratitude It's a gift from my family to my daughter, and it's not an ordinary gift, do you think I'm right?"

"That's right," Shen Fu gently pinned a strand of her loose hair behind her ear with his other free hand, and praised, "Ah Heng, you are really smart."

"Oh, what's the matter, I'm embarrassed by what you said," Zhou Heng said humbly, but he was very happy in his heart. It seemed that the two had the same thoughts, so he continued to add his own thoughts:

"So it should be your grandfather's intention to put it in the dowry list, right? It means that this picture is very valuable, and the Xie family is willing to give it to the future son-in-law? But it really doesn't look like a masterpiece handed down by someone. Ah...then it can only be that there is something remarkable in this picture that you don't want outsiders to know, right?"

Thinking of this, I was a little excited, and I couldn't help withdrawing my hands and clapping them together, feeling that I was a little close to the truth of the matter:

"Oh, by the way, I remember you also said that this palace used to be lived by Emperor Wu, and Emperor Wu was very close to Princess Zhaohuai, the ancestor of the Xie family. Could it be that Emperor Wu drew this picture and gave it to the princess? Oh no, didn’t you say that Emperor Wu was a talented and generous emperor? This painting should, hehe, not be painted by her. However, since the Xie family named it so solemnly, I still think this painting has nothing to do with it. She has something to do with it!"

When Shen Fu was shaking his hand, the corners of Shen Fu's mouth couldn't stop rising, and when she pulled it back so heartlessly, he felt that his hand was empty, so he held her hand again with a smile while asking:

"Then what does Ah Heng think it has to do with it?"

Zhou Heng felt that his tone was a bit ambiguous, but at the same time, he felt very useful in his heart, and he replied with a bit of coquettish meaning: "Oh, then how do I know, I have to ask you!"

Shen Fu was waiting for her words, and after hearing this, he stretched out his fingers and gently scratched her cute and small nose, and at the same time, he smiled rarely and said something lighthearted:

"You ask me, who do I ask?"

Having said that, seeing Zhou Heng grabbed and shook one of his hands again to show his dissatisfaction, he quickly added a sentence of agreement in a gentle voice:

"However, Ah Heng, you are right. No matter who it is related to, there must be some hidden secrets behind this blueprint. It's just that when the mother and concubine brought it across the house, the grandfather's family probably didn't know it too well, otherwise it must have been I will tell the mother and concubine, and such an important matter, the mother and concubine will definitely not hide it from the father."

Speaking of which, she simply took her slender fingers and pointed directly to the trail connecting the two water pavilions on the picture:

"So now we can only look at the picture to see if we can find some useful clues. I have looked carefully in the study outside this morning, and I found some things."

"It may not be very clear in the house now. If you look at it under the sun, Ah Heng, you can look along your fingers. The ink and ink here are of different shades. I suspect that this pair of drawings was not drawn at the same time. Someone did it afterwards. In addition, or in other words, this blueprint was not drawn by the same person."