It is said that when I was a teenager, I hated time too long, but now I only hate time too short. One day out, come back and have countless words to say to Ah Huan, seeing her low cheek and smile, and countless moods want to linger with her, but only after a short **, there are people urging outside, I can only swallow a belly of words, reluctantly say goodbye to her, eat alone in that place, and quietly turn out at night, Ah Huan pretended to sleep, the hall was dim, only she herself held a small lamp by the window and waited for me, as soon as I entered, I immediately blew out the lamp.

We hugged in the darkness for a moment, she reached out to hold my hand and led me inward, I could barely see anything, I could only follow Ah Huan's vague shadow, all the way through the long darkness. In the past, I was very afraid of such darkness, but now I am not only not afraid, but I feel at ease.

She has a callus on her hand that has been grinding out of the reins for many years, a little rough, but not uncomfortable, her palm is very warm, not only warm my hands, but also my whole body is warm.

I finally gradually adapted to the darkness, watching Ah Huan lead me to the bed, the cover has been set up, it is still a single furnishings, a total of a long pillow, a large quilt, and a half-old soft brocade quilt, which is what I am used to every day.

She let go of her hand beside the bed, untied my clothes as before, folded all the fabrics neatly and laid them on the head of the bed, she pushed me to sit on the bed, made me fall down, covered the quilt, and after a while, she took off her own clothes and got in, and the two of us were huddled together in a quilt, leaning on a pillow, lying face to face, and her breath fell on my face as soon as it blew out, and my breath fell on her face as soon as it was blown out. I liked the intimacy, reaching out on her arm, propping my head with the other, and half-propped up to look at her.

She smiled at me: "When you come, we will fall asleep like this, and when you come, I will call you, and you will go out again - you are not well, you cannot always go without sleep at night." After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "That thing, don't be too frequent." ”

I laughed and reached out to her face: "What's that?

She gave me a sideways look and nudged me, "Go to sleep." As soon as I saw her eyes, I knew why there was no moon tonight, because the moon had crept into her eyes and was smiling at me.

I couldn't help but lean over and kiss her eyebrows, and refused to leave after kissing, so I hugged her tightly and said semi-coquettishly: "I didn't say a few words all day, and I didn't say that I missed me, and I was going to sleep as soon as I came, so cruel." ”

Ah Huan got up and wanted to go out to see the copper leak, I grabbed her and said, "I was not yet the beginning of Zichu when I went out, and it must be early at this time." She didn't get up, but just shook my hand: "Zizheng will go to sleep." ”

I mumbled a vague hum, and the more I looked at her, the more I liked it, and kissed her on the face again, and asked her, "What have you done all day?"

She said: "It's just copying scriptures, reading books, and watching them serve Da Lang, what else can there be? But you, Dugu Shaoke can tell you? I heard that Your Majesty also watched the performance?"

I said: "In the future, don't call A-Niang 'Your Majesty', call 'Queen Mother'." Suddenly, he thought about it a little carefully, and said, "You can also call A-Niang." "She used to call her mother 'Ah Niang', and I felt angry when I heard it, but at this time I wanted her to call her mother that way for no reason, and I always felt that if we went to see my mother together and called 'Ah Niang' together, it would be as if we were a real couple.

Ah Huan didn't understand my little care, so she just moved her body and leaned against me and asked, "What's wrong?"

I told her in detail about today's events, it was a feeling when I experienced it in person during the day, and then I said it from the beginning, and I unconsciously sorted out the events of the day in detail during the narrative, and I felt many details that I had not noticed: "The people around Ah Niang have already changed their mouths, but Wei Tuan'er still calls Ah Niang His Majesty." It seems that Tuan'er is not very popular with her mother, and no one has told her such big news.

Ah Huan's eyes flashed a few times, grabbed my hand and said, "I have less time when I am by Ah Niang's side, think about it, does Tuan'er always call Ah Niang 'Niang'?"

I recalled it, but I really couldn't remember, because I said: "I don't follow A-Niang all the time, how do I know if she is called more by 'Niangzi' or 'Your Majesty' by more." Besides, the titles in Zichen Hall are very mixed, and they may not have seen her shouting 'Your Majesty' before, so they have never called 'Your Majesty'. ”

Ah Huan said: "If she deliberately pretends not to know, I'm afraid that you and I will have to guard against her." ”

I just wanted to comfort her, but after thinking about it, I felt a cold sweat trickling down, sat up involuntarily, gritted my teeth and said, "I have a Niang's person in front of me, this person... Won't it also be under Wei Tuan'er's control?"

Ah Huan smiled and said: "Do you know that there are A-Niang's people in front of you?" Don't worry, these people are not under Wei Tuan'er's control, they are all very shrewd and know who to follow has a future. Hold my hand, let me still lie down, and count them for me one by one: "Song Foyou was sent to you by A-Niang, so there is no need to say it; A-Yuan is carried by A-Qing, and he can go to A-Niang to inquire about the news for you, and naturally he can also inquire about the news for his mother; Don't worry, those people are not stupid, they won't report everything to A-Niang, you are old now, A-Niang has no patience to listen to your every move a day, and place people, mostly for the sake of horses, you are careful on weekdays, it doesn't matter. ”

I frowned and said, "I'll choose a few new people to serve when I go back, and I don't want them to serve." ”

Ah Huan said with a smile: "With A-Niang's current power, no matter who it is, as long as she is summoned over to ask, do you dare not reply? It is to lie and conceal it, as long as you call a few more and watch and interrogate them separately, what words can't be asked? It's better that these few have been □□ by you." In fact, since you have your own farmland, it is better to order them to be in charge of a place, land rent and taxes, the most oily and water, and you don't care, over time, they will inevitably move some crooked thoughts, you don't make a noise, secretly ask people to collect evidence of their crimes, and wait until the amount of stolen goods is large, and then put the evidence in front of them, betraying the lord and embezzling bribes is a capital crime, not only will you be killed with a rod, but your family will also be affected, I don't believe that anyone will dare not listen to you when the time comes- But I know your character, you don't want to do these things, and I just say it in vain, you just guard against them. ”

As soon as I said these things, I became a little depressed, and I lay down and said in a low voice, "Who said I wouldn't do these things? I'm going to do it too. ”

Ah Huan leaned over to look at me, stretched out his hand, and pinched and pinched my face: "Yes, if I force you to do this now, are you willing?"

I was just about to answer, but she preemptively said: "Several young people have families to take care of, and they don't have much savings on weekdays, as long as they have the opportunity, I'm afraid that they will be more or less contaminated, Song Foyou has a high grade, and he has been in the palace for many years, and he has no family, so I'm afraid that he may not be able to do this." If you want to convince her, you have to resort to some other means, such as planting... Are you willing to do such a thing? If you do, will you really live in peace in your heart? Also, people's hearts are always getting more and more greedy, if they are asked to take charge of each place, and after a long time, the amount is too large, or the authority is too high, you will have to deal with them sooner or later, and then you will be able to live with your own heart? You didn't see Yang when she died, but we were all called to watch the execution, she was an old man in the palace, and the executioner gave her dignity, and she died after beating her with thirty rods, and if she didn't have any dignity, she was beaten with two or three hundred rods, and her mouth and nose were bleeding. There are many people who break their muscles and bones, but they are still breathing, and you can't be ruthless. ”

She didn't mention Ah Yang, but as soon as she mentioned it, I felt that my heart was very stuffy, I covered my ears with my hands, frowned, and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, I... Tired. ”

Ah Huan smiled, lay down beside me again, shoulder to shoulder, hand stretched out from side, and firmly held my hand: "Taiping, have you seriously thought about what you want?"