It's night.

Li Qiang walked around outside the middle palace and came back, quite embarrassed, "Today, the emperor is at the queen's place, I don't dare to step forward, so I haven't succeeded." ”

Guan Chongshui drank a cup of tea and nodded.

Li Qiang was thinking about her own thoughts, and when she saw the emperor just now, she felt -

All the longing and love have long been gone, and there is no longer any madness and entanglement, leaving only endless resentment and hatred!

But...... That doesn't seem to be the case......

And she can see that the emperor has always known what the queen has done.

陛xià ah.

Chu Tan and Guan Chongshui sat by the lake, and Xiao Yi also sat with them, not caring about their own restaurant.

Xiao Yi's restaurant is doing a booming business and is almost full.

Chu Tan looked at Guan Chongshui, who was eating happily, and suddenly asked, "Is it delicious?" ”

Guan Chongshui glanced at him and ignored him.

"It's not delicious, so change it?"

“…… This one. Guan Chongshui spoke, his eyes full of complaints.

Because if Guan Chongshui didn't speak, Chu Tan would force him to answer, and after the compulsion, he was extremely gentle with him, and finally let Guan Chongshui develop the habit of replying.

Chu Tan smiled.

After Guan Chongshui was full, he went to look for pastries. He is not used to calling Xiao Er, and usually goes to the kitchen to find food by himself. Xiao Yi had already told his subordinates that Guan Chongshui was regarded as a distinguished guest, and his subordinates did not dare to stop him. Over time, almost everyone in the kitchen knew him.

Xiao Yi watched Guan Chongshui's back disappear behind the curtain before he spoke, "You seem to have been teasing him lately." ”

Chu Tan did not answer.

"Because of what?" Xiao Yi fell into a vague memory, remembering what someone once said, "Because it's interesting?" ”

"Nope." Chu Tan finally opened his mouth and replied, "Interesting things are certainly worth doing, but he is not. ”

Some people will do something because it is interesting, but no matter how interesting it is, there will always be a boring day. But for Guan Chongshui, every time he teased him, a sense of satisfaction would rise in Chu Tan's heart, which was so strange and strong that Chu Tan himself was frightened. There's never too much to do to make you feel satisfied.

"You like him?" Xiao Yi asked again, and then continued to himself, "Then be nice to him." ”

Chu Tan took a sip of tea.

When the two returned to the palace, Chu Tan was keenly aware that someone was following them, and Guan Chongshui also noticed it later. The two of them limped and walked to an alley where no one was around.

The man behind him immediately attacked, but it was only a move, and he was beaten to the ground by Chu Tan.

"Chu Yan?" The man exclaimed and took off the mask from his face.

When Chu Tan saw it, he turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Deng Gu shouted, chased after him, and whispered, "Someone asked me to kill you!" ”

Chu Tan did not answer.

"You...... Don't you even ask! ”

"I do want to know who is so stupid to ask you to assassinate me."

“…… Empress. Deng Gu looked at Chu Yan's expression and twitched the corners of his mouth, "He was originally looking for my brother...... Okay, I know you look down on me, but there's no need for that look! ”

Chu Tan looked at Deng Gu, but thought in his heart, it seems that he has been taught by Deng Baiyu. And what comes to mind, "You're also her person?" ”

Deng Gu was a little uncomfortable, "No. Miss Ziqing disappeared on the day you left, and the Lord of Zijia Castle disappeared for no reason. After that, I kept looking for them, but my brother locked me up. The queen said...... I can tell me the whereabouts of my purple family. My brother didn't want to come, so I sneaked out. ”

"You also said that your name is 'Chutian', it turns out that you are the second prince!" Deng Gu had a deceived expression on his face.

"The master of Zijia Fort is dead, and Ziqing's life and death are unpredictable." Chu Tan said this and left.

Deng Gu looked incredulous, and after coming back to his senses, he wanted to ask who killed him, but found that Chu Tan had long since disappeared.

He touched his stomach and felt a little hungry, so he put away his dagger and walked aimlessly down the street.

"Lakeside?"

That's it.

"Blizzard is dead?" The queen stood up in disbelief.

Blizzard is one of her most powerful henchmen.

"Guan Zhongshui...... How did that kid find out! ”

"The slave maid doesn't know ......" The palace maid who came to report immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "The slave maid only knows that the second prince suddenly sent someone to take Feixue's body away one day, saying that he had ill intentions and intended to murder that Guan Gongzi." I stole a look, and the snow was ...... strangled to death. ”

The palace maid's whole body began to tremble, I don't know if it was because she thought of the tragic situation of Feixue, or because she was afraid of the queen's anger.

"."

The palace maid said almost gratefully, "The slave and maid are gone." ”

The queen only felt that she had a terrible headache, and after a long time, she came up with a plan hatefully.

"Someone, wait for me to change my clothes."

Guan Chongshui inquired about the news while repeating it to Chu Yan.

"The Empress brought something to eat and was ready to go to the Emperor...... Do you use it now? ”

"Wait, it's not time yet."

Both of them were on the bed at this time, Guan Chongshui was almost leaning on Chu Tan's arms, although Chu Tan said that this would prevent the people sent by the queen from eavesdropping, but Guan Chongshui knew: There was no one outside the door.

"The empress walked up to the emperor and brought out the porridge."

"Use it now."

Guan Chongshui immediately cast a ban on the queen.

"Majesty xià......" The queen just wanted to continue talking, but found that she could no longer open her mouth.

The emperor thought that the empress was just here to deliver food, so he only said, "Thank you for your hard work." ”

In the emperor's eyes, the empress just smiled and didn't speak.

The emperor thought to himself: Don't you want to watch me finish this?

"I'm not hungry, I'll eat later."

The queen still did not speak.

The long minute finally passed.

The queen gasped sharply and looked around suspiciously. She couldn't go on with her original words, "The concubine retired." ”

And the emperor looked at this bowl of porridge and thought a lot.

"The queen is gone."

When Chu Tan heard this, he couldn't help but look at Guan Chongshui and smile.

Suddenly, I felt that Guan Chongshui was very cute. Although he chooses the simplest way of speaking, it always feels endless.

Although the change in Guan Chongshui's expression was very subtle, Chu Tan still caught a trace of pride in it.

"Li Qiang should go." Guan Chongshui said.

"Who?"

"A ghost."

Chu Tan raised his eyebrows, obviously not believing it.

Guan Chongshui pushed Chu Tan away, covered the quilt and prepared to sleep, "If there is no queen to make it bad, her child should be the third prince." ”

Meanwhile.

"Boss, see you tomorrow!"

Xiao Yi nodded with a smile.

The people in the restaurant were gone, and Xiao Yi sat at the counter and began to check the accounts. The candle was dim, and he flicked the wick with his hand to make it brighter.

The door suddenly opened, and a dark figure sat on a table in the corner.

Xiao Yi looked over.

It's too dark to see.

Xiao Yi put down the ledger and stood up.

The only candle was extinguished.

There was a smell in the air, the smell he knew best.

He took a deep breath and took a step back, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Are your legs alright?" Xiao Xiaotian asked.

“……”

"Who rules?"

"It's not about you!"

Xiao Xiaotian smiled and didn't speak.

Xiao Yi's eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness, and when he saw the blurred outline, he wanted to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

"You should have killed me", Xiao Xiaotian looked at Xiao Yi with interest, "Otherwise, I will pester you forever." Changchuan, go and light the candle and let Xiao Yi take a look at you. ”

"Yes."

The candle was lit again, and the wick made a "crackling" sound.

"Ziqing?" Xiao Yi looked at the face in front of him.

"No, it's Changchuan." Xiao Xiaotian looked at him and replied, "Xiao Yi, what I taught you was forgotten so quickly?" Can't even recognize the disguise? ”

“…… Before, it was you who directed and acted by yourself! ”

Xiao Xiaotian smiled, ghostly. Under the candlelight, his face was evil and wanton, and he looked at Xiao Yi with a charming gaze.

The next day, Guan Chongshui and Chu Tan still came to the lake for dinner.

Xiao Yi was a little absent-minded, Chu Tan glanced at it and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

“…… Nothing. ”

It wasn't until Guan Chongshui was full and Chu Tan was about to take Guan Chongshui away that Xiao Yi hesitated and said, "I-"

"Chu Yan, do you lack a minister?"

Chu Tan looked at Xiao Yi, "I am lacking." ”

"When you get to that seat, come and call me."

"Okay."

Xiao Yi bowed his head.

Although the rivers and lakes are big, there is nowhere to hide. In this case, he entered the court.

After Guan Chongshui and Chu Tan left, Deng Gu came again. He looked at Changchuan, and only felt that this person was a little familiar, but he didn't know where it was, so he stared at Changchuan for a while.

When he realized that it was rude, he quickly withdrew his gaze.

The corners of Changchuan's eyes glanced back, and the corners of his mouth hooked.

Idiot.

Today, the street is very lively, and a stage has been set up in the open air not far from the city wall, and everyone has rushed to see it.

Chu Tan glanced at Guan Chongshui and wanted to take him to see it, so the two followed the flow of people and came to the noisy stage.

I don't know where the performance has gone, but I just heard the play babbling and singing:

"He taught me to put away my resentment, to avoid resentment, to reform myself, to change my temperament, to stop falling in love, to turn back from the bitter sea, and to realize Lan early."

When Guan Chongshui heard this, he suddenly had an urge to cry.

It was an impulse from the depths of my heart.

Chu Tan looked at him, "Go back." ”

On the other side of the crowd, Xiao Xiaotian held a cup, sat on a tree, and poured himself a drink.

"What if the sea of bitterness can't turn back?"

He thought about it a lot.

Thinking of Xiao Yi yesterday, thinking of the cave that collapsed, thinking of the leg that was broken by his own hands.

The emperor suddenly called Chu Tan over.

Guan Chongshui was in the room, and a person probed the situation.

The emperor first said a lot of things that made Chu Tan feel guilty, and then he didn't know what to think of and fell silent.

Chu Tan was also silent with him.

In the end, he stuffed a holy decree into Chu Yan's hand, "Retire." ”

After Chu Tan returned to the room, under Guan Chongshui's gaze, he opened the holy decree.

Guan Chongshui's eyes widened immediately, as if he didn't expect things to be so simple.

It was a decree of the deposed prince. With it, the eldest prince is no longer the crown prince.

This decree seems to contain a lot of information. In addition, what the emperor just said, "The eldest prince will arrive in Beijing in a month." ”

This means that it should be to let Chu Tan and the eldest prince fight by themselves.

Li Qiang came in at this time, and Chu Tan could only see that the door suddenly opened without wind, so he glanced at Guan Chongshui.

"Li Qiang is here." Guan Chongshui explained.

"Engong ......" Li Qiang hesitated and said, "The dragon qi in the queen's palace is too heavy, I can't get in, unless I let her take the initiative to come out, but these days, she is only in the palace." ”

"There's no hurry."

"You're going to get her rid of the Queen?" Chu Yan asked.

Guan Chongshui nodded.

"In this way, it can be regarded as a wronged head and a debtor."

Turn off the heavy water and close your eyes.

It seems to hear Li Qiang's sad and lonely cry in this palace day after day since her death.