"Today is looking at the sun, and the moon shines for thousands of miles, which is very suitable for boating. On the Canghe River, Qi Ye poured me a glass of sake and once again agreed with my proposal.

I drank the wine from my back and smiled, "That's true." I'm afraid that only this situation can teach me to tell you a few more truths. ”

In the middle of the night, Qi Ye's voice sounded, "What do you want to say to me?"

My hand slowly stretched out, and the Pixiu wrench that lay quietly in the palm of my hand shone with a faint silver glow in the moonlight. "Do you know that when Yizhou went on patrol, my father handed over the secret edict of the Great Zhou Yuxi to me?"

Qi Ye's eyes kept falling on the wrench, nodding slightly, but he didn't say anything, waiting for me to continue. The jade seal inherits the mandate of heaven, and the secret edict shows the emperor's decree, and if the prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty gets the position of the ninety-five supreme, both are indispensable. There was Jingluan's coercion and temptation in the front, and Jinghong couldn't ask for it, but I didn't deliver it. Today, I took the initiative to say to Qi Ye, I don't know what I think, I just rely on the only trace of trust left, in order to soothe the unwillingness in my heart.

"Do you want to get them?"

Qi Ye raised his head and looked at me for a long time, and only said one word: "Yes." ”

This word contains too much content, I pulled the corners of my mouth and smiled lightly: "I have the whole country in my hands, and a heart of yours." I can't bear all of them, so I'll have to give you one of them. Which one do you want?"

Qi Ye pushed my hand away: "Can you have both?"

I shook my head and rejected: "No." If you want the country, try to take it from me. If you still want me, let go of the hatred and mission in your heart, and leave this palace with me. ”

"Where else can we go without leaving the palace? Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, you and I can't escape the fate of you being the daughter of the Gao family and I am the stain of the Gao family. If you escape, are you going to hand over this turbulent country to others? Is the candidate in your heart the king of the Yan Kingdom?"

Qi Ye spoke slowly, and there was no trace of warmth in his voice.

"No matter where you look at it, Shen Zhan is the obvious choice. The position of the Son of Heaven is too high to be cold, I can't do it, you can't do it, and our future children will not be able to do it. ”

The lotus boat swayed with the waves, the wind blew, the flower shadows swayed, and the fragrance bursted. This situation should have been me and Qi Ye, but I didn't want to end up looking at each other and not knowing each other. To this day, I still don't know what went wrong, and because of this, I can only blame myself for being pushed to this place by the hands of fate.

In the middle of the night, the ground was cold, and the heat that evaporated during the day was suppressed by the bursts of coolness, and the Zichen Hall revealed a trace of cold and deep in the darkness.

With a dim light, a six-foot-square sheepskin scroll opened in front of my eyes, and the territory of the Great Zhou jumped out of Qi Ye's hands, connecting the desert in the north and the Hanhai in the south.

I stroked every corner of the map of the Celestial Empire with my hand one by one, and my fingertips couldn't help but tremble, and the inexplicable emotion made my heart beat violently, and my heart was indescribably agitated. This is the territory that my Gao family has pioneered, this is the home that my father guarded, and now it is in my hands, and I am overwhelmed by the great responsibility and anxiety.

"Look, this is Liangzhou. I don't know when, Qi Ye stood behind me, gently took my right hand, and landed on the border corner of the western part of the map, "Further west, is the territory of the enemy country. Fingers swipeed, "Now Liangzhou has completed repairs, but it is far less solid than in the past." Now the Xiliang Turks dare not attack, and they are just afraid for a while. Do you know what it means if you and I leave at this time and the new emperor succeeds to the throne?"

The finger will touch the fold of King Liang, Qi Ye's words made me raise my eyebrows and glance at him, and then opened the fold: "What this King Liang said is really crying blood, so tears are falling, but it seems that the county and country regulations handed down by the ancestors of the Heavenly Family have become the culprit of breaking up the family affection." If I set a precedent for him, how should I give an explanation to other vassal states? He, King Liang, took the opportunity to take advantage of my loophole, fearing that he would have already been dissatisfied with my prison state, so that the new emperor would be able to calm the princes' impatience. ”

After that, I took out the jade seal from the box on the side, stamped the vermilion seal on the fold, and stretched out my hand to hand it to Qi Ye: "There are enemies outside, and there are hidden dangers inside." You can just look at the proposed purpose, and that's what I mean, the foundation of the country cannot be shaken. ”

Qi Ye stared at the Zhu seal on the fold in silence, and after a long time, he asked, "Are you really willing to give up the Great Zhou to me than advance and retreat with me?"

Closing my eyes and letting the darkness fill the air, perhaps not wanting to look at him, or perhaps just feeling tired, I nodded slightly. After a pause, he was about to open his eyes, but he was rubbed into his arms by Qi Ye. I writhed my body, trying to escape, but I was hugged tighter. My cheek was pressed against his broad chest, and I listened to the powerful beating of each other's hearts, mixed with chaotic breathing, and felt sad that I didn't come, so I had to bury my head deeper.

"High interest month, look at me. "Qi Ye's voice is not loud or small, just enough for me to hear clearly. He spoke with an irresistible command in his tone, and I had to slowly raise my head and watch him silently.

His fingers ran over my cheek, lingering on every inch of my skin, and his intertwined and complex eyes were heart-wrenching. "You once said that even in the Shura Hell, you have nothing to fear. ”

…… Gao Xingyue does not want to be a woman who knows nothing, and looks forward to the return of her husband every day. I want to be the one who stands by your side and advances and retreats with you, and if you advance, you will be forced by wind and frost, and if you retreat, you will be in the abyss, but Gao Xiyue is fearless......

Once......

Once......

"That Gao Xingyue, who was willing to stand by your side, is dead, and now living in the palace is just a puppet under the imperial politics. She can only be resurrected if she leaves. ”

Qi Ye let go of his arms, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Actually, in the end, it's just that you don't believe me." Back in the palace, you never trusted anyone. ”

"How do you make me believe?" I raised my voice, "I watched the people of the palace die before my eyes, including the children I haven't met. All this is just for the position I am sitting in now, and the jade seal in my hand. Ever since I was a child, I have known that every step of the way in the world is full of dangers, and that there are no eternal enemies or long-term friends in this world. Now the only one I can catch is you! Qi Ye, do you know how scared I am? The world is so big, but it has never belonged to one king!"

As soon as the words fell, the corners of my cold, slightly pale mouth were suddenly blocked by Qi Ye, and I stared at his angry eyes with wide eyes, and my heart fell straight down.

For some reason, my mind went blank, and Qi Ye became more and more blurry in my vision, and finally turned into a black shadow and melted into the night.

When I woke up again, the surrounding scenery has changed, the magnificent and solemn Zichen Hall has become a graceful and beautiful Lingxi Palace, I lie on the bed that I have not been lying down for a long time, staring at the bright spring sleep peony on the top of the tent, the bottom of the thorn gold picture is slightly overflowing with old meaning, trance as if falling into a long dream.

"Princess, you're awake. "I haven't been called like this for a long time, I was shocked, and I turned my head to look at the door, only to see Shi Shiran walking towards me, with a smile on his face.

I turned my head and asked lightly, "What are you doing here?"

"Now that the Lingxi Palace is strictly guarded by the prince, inside and outside, it is not easy for me to come to see the princess, is the princess still going to refuse me thousands of miles away?" said Allure funny.

"He was really ruthless. I laughed in my heart, "Anyway, what's going on outside? Didn't you come here to tell me this?"

Allure said: "The prince rejected King Liang's request, and King Liang immediately openly expressed his dissatisfaction. The prince was furious, and immediately made public the evidence that Liang Guo had received in the past for accepting bribes and smuggling from the Xiao family's criminal ministers, and ordered him to cut the feudal domain. In addition, a few days ago, the princess assigned the lord of Hudong to King Yan, which attracted speculation from the clan, and the vassal states have been grudging for a long time. This time, King Liang was cornered by the prince, and it was estimated that he would rebel against the vassal states, and it was inevitable that there would be chaos in the clan. ”

"Oh, what should come is going to come after all. Yuwen Qiye's thunderous means are not inferior to when I met him back then. Even if he put me under house arrest, he was afraid that I would be soft-hearted. Now, what will he do?"

Allure looked at me quietly, then cast his eyes on the top of the tent, stood on tiptoe and slowly stroked the gorgeous and delicate peony embroidery with his hand, and his eyes looked at the change of expression on my face: "Princess, such a ingenious embroidery, Allure really wants to learn from you, but I don't know how this loophole came out? Could it be that it came from two people?"

As she spoke, her fingers stopped on an inconspicuous patch on the peony petals, and her long, sharp nails cut through the needle thread, which was slightly rougher than the surrounding area, and gently poked into her fingers.

"Presumptuous!" I suddenly got up and grabbed her wrist as she wanted to continue to probe forward, and scolded in a loud voice, "How can the dormitory of this palace allow you to be presumptuous?

"Allure is not looking for death, Allure is just looking for something......" Her smile was extremely charming, and with a slight force on her wrist, I went limp again, "The medicine of the Ninth Master is really powerful, and it can make you obedient, and now there is only this kind of mandala." ”

I gritted my teeth and said, "Shameless!"

"The Ninth Master had already expected that you would say this, even if you scolded, and now he can't resist the determination of the Ninth Master. As he spoke, with the sound of the brocade silk breaking, Allure ripped open the top of the tent, and a jade scroll rolled to the ground, which was quickly picked up by Allure.

"Princess, now that the wordless secret edict has fallen into my hands, plus the jade seal you placed in the box of the Zichen Palace, both of which have been given to the Ninth Master, aren't you afraid?"