Qi Nian stood at the foot of the steps of Zhanghua Courtyard, and couldn't help but look up at the cold and arrogant bright moon hanging high in the sky. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Once in her previous life, in the dark days before she died, she was tortured and bruised and thrown into the City God's Temple occupied by beggars outside the city, at that time, in the eyes of others, she was no different from a dying beggar.

At that time, she couldn't close her eyes all night after being tortured by illness and hunger, so she looked straight at the bright moon outside the broken window, watching it rise and set in the west, so as to count the hours and open her eyes until dawn.

At this moment and that time, it was really like a dream, like a world away.

Ah Yao stood behind Qi Nian, there was only Miss in her eyes, but she was so close to her, but it felt so far away.

It's just that fortunately, Qi Nian regained his clarity after a while, and only said indifferently: "Let's go back." ”

Ah Yao hurriedly took the flickering lantern in the little girl's hand, and led Qi Nian to embark on the path back to the Bingtai Courtyard in the dark night.

This night was calm, and there were no more moths on the side of Zhanghua Courtyard, Mrs. Hua's mother and daughter wanted to be tossed enough in the past few days, and they didn't think about who to deal with for a while, but it was a rare peace.

This day went on as usual, Qi Nian only sent people to the princess's mansion to visit Hua Xuan's condition, but the emperor's decree was not withdrawn, and the princess's mansion was still surrounded by guards, and ordinary people could enter.

Qi Nian couldn't help but wonder, could it be that Miao Jia didn't have a chance to speak in front of the emperor, so that Hua Xuan was trapped so far? Now that he can't be Concubine Tian Shu's medicine, what is the emperor still doing with him?

Of course, she can't reach out to take care of these things at the moment, and she can only hope that Miaojia can ask for the emperor's forgiveness as soon as possible.

It wasn't until after dinner at night that Hua Zhang arrived as promised, and Qi Nian had already made tea and boiled water waiting.

Sitting down on the other hand, he poured hot tea, and then retreated all the people around him, Hua Zhang unloaded the majesty of his whole body, leaned back in the chair a little tiredly, and sighed.

Qi Nian only drank tea quietly, and did not ask first.

"Xiao Er is as quiet and peaceful here as ever, and she has not been disturbed by the chaos outside at all." Hua Zhang smiled tiredly, "It's really good that you can have such a non-impetuous and impetuous heart." ”

"Father has won the prize." Qi Nian gently put down the teacup in his hand, and only said indifferently: "There is nothing in this world that we have to take care of, since this is the case, why bother yourself." ”

"But there are some things that if you sit idly by, you may sit back and wait for death." A trace of coldness suddenly flashed on Hua Zhang's face, and the look between his eyebrows gradually sharpened, "Internally, I bear the rise and fall of Washington, and externally, I am the minister of life and death above the court, if I escape from the world, this world will not need me." ”

This is straightforward, but it is also true.

Qi Nian was speechless for a while, so he had to lower his eyes and hide all his thoughts in the depths of his eyes.

Although she is trapped in the palace these days and is not allowed to go out, she also knows something about what Hua Zhang has done.

Whether it is in the past life or in this life, whether it is the cowardly and incompetent self in the past, or the scheming self now, she is just a little woman who judges right and wrong based on her own likes and dislikes, she can't understand Hua Zhang's ambition to take risks, and she can't agree with such an approach.

After all, Hua Zhang has been an official for many years, and he is the same age as the emperor, and he can be regarded as a close friend who has been introduced to each other as confidants in addition to the affection of the monarch and the minister.

He naturally refused to believe that his son, Princess Miaojia's concubine, Hua Xuan, almost lost his life at the behest of the emperor.

Qi Nian knew that this was the emperor's deepest secret, and if others knew about it except her, I am afraid that this matter would be out of control, and it would not be an exaggeration to become a bloody battle.

Even her little life was saved because she had enough use value, if this matter was announced to the world under Hua Zhang's investigation, the emperor didn't know how much of a storm it would set off.

And in Qi Nian's selfish heart, for the benefit of Li Jinjian, she is also unwilling to let the truth of this matter be revealed.

At least the emperor really attached more importance to their mother and son than ever before, and the more this matter was hidden, the more beneficial it was to them.

The emperor should have thought the same way, so he has exiled Li Jinjian for so many years, but he has secretly sent many masters to keep him safe and pull up forces for him that no one else can get.

And although Concubine Tian Shu didn't seem to be favored by the emperor at all in the palace, it was precisely because of such deliberate alienation that she was able to protect herself from the plots of others, and she was able to wait safely until the day when the worm Gu was completely uprooted.

For the sake of today's plan, only by quickly pardoning Hua Xuan's sin can he have a chance to stop Hua Zhang from wading into this troubled water.

Fortunately, these words were only a few words, and Hua Zhang and Qi Nian tacitly did not mention them again.

Speaking of what Qi Nian had done in the palace for the rest of the month, these were obviously secrets, she had to pick up some less important things to say, and she definitely couldn't hide the fact that she had been in and out of the Palace of Eternal Life, so she had to meet the emperor's external claims, only saying that the emperor was in poor health and was cured by Miss Hua Qi.

Of course, no one can question the emperor's words, but the emperor can't control everyone's thoughts and prevent them from guessing otherwise.

Hua Zhang was skeptical of such a statement, if he hadn't attached great importance to Qi Nian, he would have asked instead of asking at this time.

Qi Nian looked at his suspicious eyes, and sighed secretly in his heart, but he only said indifferently: "Father, the emperor is indeed only suffering from a hidden disease, and the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital are not incompetent, but they just dare not take heavy medicine to go to the doctor." It happened that at this time, I heard that my daughter was treating the palace people, and coupled with the princess's recommendation, I let my daughter give it a try. ”

Hua Zhang couldn't help frowning, "What is the emperor's strange illness?" ”

He actually wanted to question Qi Nian's medical skills, but he was afraid that she would be unhappy when she thought about the past, so he had to ask the emperor about it first.

"The emperor has said that this matter should not be spread outside. The daughter really did not dare to disobey the holy decree, and hoped that her father would forgive her. ”

These words cut off all the questions that Hua Zhang wanted to ask, and he didn't even dare to mention the emperor's illness, let alone about the practice of medicine.

Hua Zhang pondered again and again, and then said very cautiously: "Xiao'er, you tell me the truth, what are you and the emperor ...... What kind of relationship is it? ”

Qi Nian couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and only after a while did he come back to his senses, and couldn't help laughing, "Father, what are you thinking?" The emperor is a few years older than you, how can he fall in love with a little girl like me? ”