Inside the Tianji Hall of the Tiandu Imperial Palace

There was a game of Go endgame on the red sandalwood table, Mei Ziyan rubbed her eyes and looked at Mu Yao, the son of heaven who was still in good spirits in a bright yellow dragon robe in front of her, her eyelids were almost fighting, and she said tiredly:

"Your Majesty, we broke three endgames this night, which is already my highest record. You see that the sun is shining now, and a group of old courtiers are still waiting for you to go to court on the Golden Palace......"

"It's called Brother Haruka. In a concise sentence, just when the handsome and handsome Nine Fives were still on the chessboard, "Is there really no way to crack this game?"

Mei Ziyan yawned, "Brother Yao, you slowly break the game, Yan'er, I'll take a nap first." ”

"Mei Ziyan!" Mu Yao suddenly raised her voice and called her name, she was startled, and subconsciously thought of the famous saying that a companion is like a tiger, and her spirit immediately focused.

"Are you tired? Didn't you just take advantage of my nap to do something evil?"

"How dare I?" Mei Ziyan secretly stuck out her tongue, the emperor was really a powerful horn, and she even knew what small actions she had made when she turned around.

She just knew that every morning Shen Bili would go to the Imperial Garden to pick up some flowers and insert them into the vase in the imperial study, so she took the little fox to the Imperial Garden with a swagger and pretended to meet by chance, and sure enough, as expected, the lost dog really ran back to his old master to seek refuge, and was circling around Shen Biyan's feet. Several hairs fell off his body, his neck and right ear were tied with white gauze, and when he saw the little fox turn around reflexively, he ran out of the imperial garden.

"Ah Di, what's wrong with you?" Shen Biyan frowned, and was about to turn around to chase back the golden silk puppy when Mei Ziyan said with a smile:

"It's nothing, the enemy is just very clear when he sees each other, what a beast, if you can beat it, you can fight it, if you can't beat it, you can run away, is it called Adu? It's still a smart puppy, and it's very knowledgeable about current affairs. ”

"Who are you?" Shen Biyan clearly heard the mockery in the words of the woman in front of her, and her eyes slowly fell on the little fox in her arms, "You mean, it was your cat that scratched my family?"

"It's a tanuki. She corrected, "My little raccoon has lived in the Shizi Mansion for a long time, and I don't like others to encroach on its territory. ”

"Are you Mei Ziyan?" Shen Biyan felt extremely uncomfortable in her heart, and forcibly pressed the thorn in her heart and asked.

"You know me?" Mei Ziyan said in surprise.

A few days ago, the prince of Suide played a song "Fumei" for the girl, which is known to the world. Shen Biyan said bitterly and with difficulty, the woman in front of her with black hair like a waterfall, plain clothes, snow skin, simple clothes, and a casual smile would be the person Mu Cheng fell in love with, as rumored?

Emperor Mu Yao and her had a heart-to-heart conversation with her in the Tianji Hall all night, she had just heard the palace lady who was ordered not to enter the Tianji Palace, and now it seems that this woman is plain-faced, her face is beautiful, there is a natural pride between her eyebrows, and her brown eyes are like a wine that makes people easily drunk when she smiles......

"He shouldn't have acted in such a high-profile way, but he made the world laugh. Mei Ziyan stroked the back hair of the little fox, "It's all he who spoiled the little fox and made it so lawless." I'm sorry to scratch your dog......"

There was a hint of sweetness in her shy smile, and Shen Biyan's heart tightened with pain.

Didn't he know what he meant by giving him to be raised? Could it be that he didn't think about her at all?

"Oh, I have to go back, the emperor is still waiting for me. She said goodbye to Shen Biyan as if she had woken up.

The little raccoon in his arms broke free and jumped off, and with it fell a palm-sized white flower with purple stripes like a peony, and a thin almost invisible gold thread winding around the petals.

No matter how good the flowers are, they are also ravaged and withered and decayed, and only the dark fragrance is still there.

It's the scent of camellia, not peonies. There are no peonies like that in the sky.

Shen Biyan's footsteps were stuck in place, and her silver teeth almost bit her lower lip.

"This chess game is a dilemma, and it is difficult to break. Mu Yao smiled, "Yan'er, you forced people too hard, aren't you afraid of a fish dying and the net will be broken?"

"There is a saying that it is called putting oneself to death and then being born. But Yan'er still has to ask Brother Yao for a word. She reached out and placed a shot on the board.

Mu Yao didn't ask what he said, nor did he continue the topic, but said, "Your father can be said to be half of my teacher who plays chess. I made a bet with him, and he won 50 games in a row, and although I lost, what I learned will be useful for the rest of my life. Your father once said that his daughter would not enter the emperor's family in this life, but you want adult beauty, so who will be my beauty?"

"Brother Yao, I'm Mei Ziyan, not Sima Yanran. Her expression turned cold, she knew what Mu Yao meant, Sima Yanran's marriage to Mu Cheng was originally a political marriage, and if she fulfilled Shen Biyan and Mu Cheng, she would have to pay the corresponding price.

Mu Yao didn't mind opening an extra red door for her in the three palaces and six courtyards.

But she minded, very much.

Is it considered a self-imposed trap today?

"Yan'er is upset?" Mu Yao glanced at her and said with a smile: "I have already announced Mu Cheng's entry into the palace." I'm going to give him a chance to choose, and I don't know if the things you did were useful. ”

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if Mu Cheng chooses Shen Biyan, I can still marry him. "When the time comes, it will not be difficult for a golden cicada to come out of its shell.

"Oh, the three palaces and six courtyards can't accept it, but the three wives and four concubines can?" Mu Yao pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth, "Relax, I'm just joking with you, I still miss your father's kindness back then." ”

"Your Majesty, the prince of Suide has arrived. Fang Dehai reported outside the hall.

Mu Yao pointed to the screen on the side and motioned for Mei Ziyan to avoid it. Mu Yao announced that Mu Cheng and Shen Bili had entered the hall, and after Mu Cheng and Shen Biyan saluted separately, Mu Yao waved away the palace people and said to the two of them:

"There is no one else here, Yunzhi is my brother, Bi Li is a selected show girl, I just want to say a few words to you today. ”

"Yunzhi, you took the initiative to marry the county lord of Xuanyang in the eastern court, but I know that you have a deep relationship with Bi Li's childhood sweetheart, and now I ask you, are you still devoted to Bi Li......?

Mu Cheng's heart was shocked, and a trace of panic, surprise, and joy flashed in his eyes, more of a contradiction.

She's been waiting for herself. From such a small little girl to a slim big girl, her youth and beauty have been spent on him. In order to be able to match him, she spent those innocent times that belonged to a girl to learn calligraphy and painting, learn music, learn court etiquette, and in the two years when she was alienated and cold, he knew that she shed many tears for him, how many times she had bumpered with her father, and even fought for a long time when she entered the palace......

However, can I bear to let her marry someone who doesn't know if there is still half a year or a year, so that she will be lonely and depressed for the rest of her life?

"Brother ......"

"Your Majesty," Shen Biyan's face was calm, "Biyan doesn't want to." ”

As soon as these words came out, Mu Yao was extremely surprised, and Mu Cheng was even more stunned, his body shook silently, and it took a while to react.

She said she didn't want to.

"Bi Li and the prince were indeed old acquaintances before entering the palace, but there was only a brother and sister friendship between the two. The prince of the world is high-spirited, handsome and elegant, there is no shortage of women who love him, how can the posture of Bi Li Pu Liu be able to enter the eyes of the son of the world? Bi Li and the son of the world are men and women have nothing to do with each other, since childhood by the teaching of poetry and books into the palace, he knows that he should serve the king, Bi Li's beloved, except for the emperor, he does not think about him. If the emperor still wants to refuse Bi Li thousands of miles away, he will simply give Bi Li to the Lucui Nunnery outside the palace to become a nun and never marry. ”

Mu Cheng stiffened, only to hear the emperor hesitantly ask, "You mean, I want to be my concubine?"

Shen Biyan gritted her teeth, "The emperor can laugh at Biyan's self-recommended pillow seat." ”

Mu Yao was silent, and his eyes never left Mu Cheng. Mu Cheng smiled bitterly, lifted his cyan robe and knelt down and bowed, "The emperor's kindness has been accepted." Yun Zhi did not disturb the emperor to deal with household affairs, and Yun Zhi retired. ”

Mu Yao looked at Mu Cheng's departing figure and said to Shen Biyan: "I should be as you wish." But be reminded that you will regret what you did today. ”

"Bi Yan won't. She saluted and said goodbye, and when she turned around, tears finally fell.

As soon as Shen Biyan left, Mei Ziyan hurriedly came out from behind the screen and was about to chase after Mu Cheng, Mu Yao said behind her:

"Yan'er, your heart is so ruthless. ”

"Brother Yao, are you going to take Shen Biyan as a concubine tonight?" Mei Ziyan looked at him with a solemn expression.

"You don't have any jokes, do you think there is room for this matter to turn around?"

"Brother Yao, your heart is even more ruthless!"

"Mu Shi doesn't need a lover to be the head of the house. Yunzhi's ability to plan and adapt is outstanding, but he is not ruthless enough to lose, and he still needs to experience to achieve great things!"

"And then become a person who forgets love?" Mei Ziyan looked at Mu Yao, shook her head and said, "It turns out that today is not to save people, but to become an accomplice." With that, she ignored the sudden change in his countenance, gave him a standard palace salute, and then turned and strode out.