Lu Wenyuan had no choice but to grab the dragon robe and kneel on the ground. After a while, Gui Xi came back from outside, opened the bunk underground to keep vigil, and saw that Lu Wenyuan was alone, so he asked him to go back to the cabinet to rest first. Lu Wenyuan did not move. Gui Xi couldn't help it, sighed, and got into the quilt by himself.

Zhu Shiyang lay on the dragon bed for a long time, but he didn't feel sleepy, and he was tossed by Lu Wenyuan. Zhu Shiyang was a little angry, and he couldn't figure out why he always liked to work against himself. The more I couldn't figure it out, the more angry I became, the more angry I was, the more I had to think about it, and after a long delay, I finally couldn't help but turn over and scolded Gui Xi and said: "Throw that rebel minister and me out, I can't sleep when I think of him kneeling there!"

Gui Xi received the order, hurriedly got up from the bed, and urged Lu Wenyuan to go out. Lu Wenyuan was no longer stubborn, and obediently followed him out of the door.

Gui Xi saw that his expression was very depressed, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he hid the palace gate behind him, and lowered his voice to persuade: "Lord Lu should go back to the cabinet first, this night is very heavy, and you can't always stay outside." There are slaves and maids in the emperor's way. ”

Lu Wenyuan didn't answer yes or no, but only thanked him softly. Gui Xi couldn't figure out his mind, and it was inconvenient to say anything, so he had to go back to the palace to keep vigil.

The dormitory was completely quiet, and Zhu Shiyang breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Gui Xi's return, and closed his eyes again to brew sleep. However, after lying for a long time, he still couldn't sleep, obviously he was physically and mentally exhausted, but his mind was still floating on Lu Wenyuan's body as if it was uncontrollable.

Zhu Shiyang didn't know what was wrong with him, but every time he thought of the cold spring outside, the night wind invaded his bones, he couldn't sleep steadily, and he thought that with Lu Wenyuan's heart, even if he froze out of illness, he was afraid that he would not go back to the cabinet to hide, so he became even more worried. There was even a moment or two when I was about to fall asleep, but I woke up with such a thought.

Zhu Shiyang sighed again and again, but he couldn't rest assured, while secretly scolding himself for being soft-hearted, he hurriedly got out of bed and pushed the door to take a look.

Lu Wenyuan really didn't leave, he was sitting on the bench under the porch shivering, and when he heard the sound of the door opening, he hurriedly turned around.

Zhu Shiyang was distressed and helpless, stared at him for a long time, and finally said angrily: "Come in." ”

When Lu Wenyuan entered the palace, Zhu Shiyang took a look at the lamp, and saw that the tip of his nose and fingers were frozen red, so he ordered Gui Xi to bring a brocade quilt to wrap him, put it on the couch in front of the window to keep warm, pour a cup of hot tea and put it in front of him, and sit opposite him to watch the music.

Lu Wenyuan was well-behaved this time, wrapped in a quilt and said nothing. After a while, seeing that the emperor was buried in the song, he didn't seem to pay attention to himself, so he quietly stretched out his hand and stuck it on the cup to keep warm. After another half of the day, he lifted the lid of the cup and put his face on the rim of the cup.

Zhu Shiyang had actually been secretly observing, and when he saw that the tip of his nose was about to touch the tea, he finally couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Is it so cold?"

Lu Wenyuan was startled and hurriedly shrank back. Zhu Shiyang smiled and sighed: "Lu Wenyuan, why are you so stubborn?"

Lu Wenyuan lowered his head and didn't look at him, but he answered quickly: "The minister's stubbornness is also for the emperor's sake." ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Everyone says that they are thinking about me, but in the end, they are just forcing me." Even the first emperor and the queen mother......"

Speaking of the first emperor and the queen mother, Zhu Shiyang couldn't help but feel sad, put down his pen, and said slowly: "I was made a prince as soon as I was born and ascended the throne at the age of seventeen, which is a supreme glory and natural luck in the eyes of outsiders, but in me it is a full seventeen years of suffering. In order to prove that his choice was correct, the emperor imposed on me all day long the concept that I could not accept, hoping that I would become a generation of emperors in the future, and the queen mother forced me to memorize some obscure articles that the emperor liked in order to compete for favor. Since I was four or five years old, I could only sleep two or three hours a day, and the rest of the time I spent reading and practicing calligraphy, riding horses and archery, or listening to the old men of the previous dynasty. At that time, I lived close to King Kangping, and seeing that King Kangping was free every day, I could not even take a rest. I also grew up as a child and wanted to play like other children. So from then on, I swore that when I became the emperor, I would do whatever I wanted. That's exactly what I did. ”

Zhu Shiyang smiled self-deprecatingly, his eyes were distant, and his expression was sad.

Lu Wenyuan didn't expect the emperor to say such a thing to himself, and he didn't know how to react for a while. However, after thinking about it, I felt sad that the emperor of the Ten Thousand Vehicles was so distressed. Sighing in his heart, Fang saw that Zhu Shiyang came back to his senses, smiled at himself a little embarrassedly, and said, "I can't help but say so much, you can forget it when you hear it." As he spoke, he picked up his pen again.

After a while, after the chapter was approved, Zhu Shiyang still went back to the couch to rest. He originally wanted to leave Lu Wenyuan to stay in the side hall for the night, but Lu Wenyuan was worried that the cabinet would be unattended, so he insisted on returning to the cabinet to be on duty all night. Zhu Shiyang had no choice but to tell Gui Xi to send him back.

Gui Xi carried a lantern to lead the way in front, and Lu Wenyuan followed behind, and walked for a while, but suddenly thought of the emperor's repeated departures from the palace, and finally felt that something was wrong.

At this time, the two had already walked to the door of the cabinet room, Gui Xi saluted Lu Wenyuan, and wanted to go back to the palace. Lu Wenyuan hurriedly grabbed him, took out two ingots of silver from his sleeve and stuffed them in his hand, and whispered: "The next time the emperor leaves the palace, please let my father-in-law inform him in advance." ”

Gui Xi has always loved money, and when he saw the silver, he was surprised and delighted, and pretended to excuse himself, and then agreed to come down.

Gui Xi has always been conscientious in his eyes, and within a few days, he conveyed the news that the emperor was going to leave the palace again to Lu Wenyuan in time. When Lu Wenyuan got the news, he immediately dressed up, changed into civilian clothes, and followed the emperor out of the palace.

The emperor and King Kangping were familiar with the road, and when they left the Forbidden City, they went around into a bustling street and alley, and when they walked for tea, they turned into the right-hand side and entered the courtyard of the deep house. Lu Wenyuan looked at the lintel very magnificently, but he didn't hang the door plaque, and he didn't know where it was. After looking at the door for a long time, he saw that there was no one guarding, so he crept into the house.

As soon as the shadow wall at the gate passes, it is a solemn courtyard that enters the solemn sù mu, the left and right wings are arranged quite strictly, the center is paved with bluestone, and the shape is similar to the Fu Mansion, indicating that the person who lives in this house should be an official in the court, and the grade is not low, at least from the second grade or above.

Lu Wenyuan was slightly frightened, he couldn't think of anyone in the court who would be like this, he looked left and right, and saw that this place was quite empty, only a few tanks of lotus carp were stored on both sides of the road, and there was nothing else. Lu Wenyuan was afraid that he would be discovered if he stayed for a long time, so he hurriedly shrank his head and slipped into the backyard.

There is a hole in the backyard, as soon as Lu Wenyuanfu entered, he was so surprised that he couldn't even close his mouth, and a pebble-paved path in front of him was winding and secluded, with orchids and green bamboos on both sides of the road, magnolia lilacs, and weeping branches, which contrasted with each other.

This courtyard is very deep, Lu Wenyuan unconsciously lost his way, walked the tea time, and did not know where to go, the flowers and trees on both sides of the road gradually relaxed, there was a hill of earth and stone piles in front of him, there was a four-corner pavilion on the mountain, the green tiles were flying, and the clouds were catching the sun. Lu Wenyuan saw that there was no one around, so he followed the stone steps behind the mountain and went up to a high place to watch.

I saw that this mansion covers an extremely wide area, far more than the two courtyards that Lu Wenyuan just passed, and after that, there is a courtyard, in which the wing rooms are scattered, the attic is lined up, the green shade is shaded, and the flowing water is clear, which is more than a hundred times more chic than here. There are also two separate courtyards on both sides of the patio.

Lu Wenyuan wondered in his heart, he didn't know which official in the court and the central government had such strong financial resources to be able to buy such a real estate in the prosperous Beijing, it was really like a paradise, no wonder the emperor and King Kangping frequently came here.

Lu Wenyuan was really curious, and after exploring the way, he hurriedly went down the mountain and walked to the third courtyard.

The third into the patio is really a scene again, the central pond of the courtyard is blue and blue, the wind is slight, the pond is planted with scattered lotus greens, scattered and broken, distributed with the waves. On both sides of the pond, there are a few willow trees planted on one side next to the eaves, and the shore is surrounded by jagged rocks. The best thing is that there is a broken bridge above the pond, the bridge body collapsed, submerged in the water, a few big red carp are pecking at the moss in the shallow water by the bridge, occasionally startled, is a volley, into the water to make a soft sound.

Lu Wenyuan looked at it for a long time and felt that his heart was rippling, but at this time, he suddenly heard a sound in the main hall opposite the pond, and several people dressed as family members came out of it one after another, carrying or holding objects such as Taishi chairs and large porcelain vases, and came to this side.

Lu Wenyuan was startled, although he was already in the shade of flowers, he was still not at ease, and wanted to hide in the thicker branches, but when he turned around, he fell into the arms of a person.

Lu Wenyuan was startled, only to say that he was a praying mantis catching cicadas, and the yellow finch was behind, and he didn't know when this person came. When he looked up, he was even more shocked, and blurted out: "The prince ......"

King Kangping stood behind him with his hands in his hands, smiling but obviously ill-intentioned, leaning over and asking, "Lord Lu came but didn't come out to meet him, what are you doing sneaking around here?"

Lu Wenyuan didn't know how to answer, and suddenly Zhu Shiji grabbed his collar behind him, and shouted one after another: "Brother Huang, something is wrong, look who is coming!"