The day Lu Zhi left, it was a rare sunny day.

Chang'an has not seen such a clear sky for a long time, Mei Rui accompanied the emperor to stand on the majestic wall of Chang'an City, watching him bow down under the city wall, get on the reins, and hold the bridle in his hand, after such a distance, she can still see the sadness in his eyes.

Where did the sorrow come from, she didn't know, she only knew that she had red eyes inexplicably, the little emperor saw it next to her, and she didn't look away, when she didn't see the tears rolling in her eyes, she saw Lu Zhen's lips moving under the city tower.

He said, cherish.

This should actually be what she wants to say to him, the war has no eyes, she can only pray for God's protection for him. The jade horse gradually moved away along the official road, and after the hustle and bustle of the armor and iron armor fell back to the ground, the little emperor said to her, "Go back with me, Ruirui." ”

It's not that Lu Zhi has to go, Mei Rui knows what the little emperor's intention is to let Lu Zhi go, since ancient times, the high-ranking and powerful courtiers will be suspicious of the emperor, even if they are not immune to how to put their hearts in their hearts before, although the little emperor is precocious, but he is still immature in handling things, and he is suspicious when he is slightly provoked, and he will go to the northwest of Lu Zhi, thinking that in this way he can take back the power in Lu Zhi's hands, but he is afraid that he will benefit the fisherman in the shadows.

Lu Zhi is not by her side, she is too lazy to care about these, since Lu Zhi left, she treats the little emperor more and more coldly day by day, she is still respectful on the surface, but she is not as close as before, the little emperor knows that this is the case, but there is nothing he can do, he has more important things to do, such as learning how to deal with political affairs.

Lu Zhi's letter is often there, but a few words, Mei Rui cherishes it very much, she also wrote back to him, Chang'an is winter, Penglai Island plum blossoms are also blooming, when she went to put the lamp on the lamp, she suddenly remembered Lu Zhi's words, probably not just for Emperor Huai.

Only then did he send the river lamp in his hand into the Taiye Pool, and Sui Yuan's voice sounded from behind him, "What is my cousin doing here?" ”

Mei Rui didn't seem surprised that Sui Yuan could go in and out of the inner court, the wind in the winter moon was too cold, after Lu Zhi left, she was always used to coming here every day to put a river lantern, Sui Yuan turned his head to look at the river lantern that was gradually drifting away, and said with a smile: "Put river lanterns in the daytime, cousin, what kind of hobby is this?" ”

"It's like no one is in the royal court like my cousin," she didn't change, "my cousin came to look for me, is there anything you want to tell me?" ”

"It's not a big deal," Sui Yuan squinted and smiled, he wore a lot in winter, but he still looked very elegant and dignified, "I just want to tell my cousin that the prince has entered the palace again." ”

King Xiang has often entered the palace recently, and this is something she already knew, and she didn't even raise her eyelids: "Prince Xiang and His Majesty are close, that's a matter of course, why did my cousin come to tell me." She felt lazy and owed, "If there is nothing else to do, I will leave first." ”

She raised her head and was about to leave, which caused Sui Yuan to laugh, and Mei Rui glanced at him inexplicably: "Is it funny?" ”

"Isn't it funny," Sui Yuan stood there lazily, and just entered the scene like this, "It's just that a cousin with such a temperament will suffer a lot, and the guards are not in Chang'an now, I don't know who else can protect my cousin?" ”

Mei Rui laughed, "Cousin is too worried, I'm so good, the escort is not in Chang'an, and I know how to protect myself, or does my cousin think I'm so useless and need someone else to protect me?" ”

Sui Yuan's smile deepened, he looked at Mei Rui from top to bottom with his eyes, and said very well, "If my cousin can think like this, then I will be relieved." ”

Throwing down this sentence without a beginning or an end, Sui Yuan turned around and left, Mei Rui didn't know what he meant by coming this trip, he had already surrendered to King Xiang, Lu Zhi was sent to the northwest to supervise the army, most of them were instigated by King Xiang on the side of the little emperor, and the balance of a little emperor was not yet proficient, he thought that King Xiang would be easier to control than Lu Zhi, but he forgot that his imperial uncle was also a hungry wolf staring at the throne.

Speaking of King Xiang, Mei Rui inevitably remembered the Zhao family again, and when she went back by boat, her thoughts suddenly went together, and she turned around and went to the cold palace.

She remembered that the little emperor was hunting in the imperial garden today, and he was not in the palace, if King Xiang entered the palace not to find the little emperor, then there was something else.

She can't think of anyone else who has anything to do with King Xiang except for the Zhao family, and the deposition of the Empress Dowager Zhao will do more harm than good to Lu Zhi, and it is difficult for Mei Rui not to think about it. Approaching the door of the cold palace, the two guards saw her and immediately woke up, "Aunt Mei Rui." ”

The two blocked the door, with great intention of not letting her in, Mei Rui glanced left and right, and asked, "Is Lord Xiang inside?" ”

The guards looked at each other, not knowing how she knew, Mei Rui smiled: "Your Majesty has something important to ask me to sue the prince, it's urgent, and it can't be delayed, so it's convenient for the two of you?" Later, if His Majesty blames me, I can't afford to be charged. ”

To put it or not to let it go, this is a question, the guards glanced at each other, and when King Xiang went in, he didn't seem to say that he didn't want people to go in, gritted his teeth, and the guards nodded and said, "Then you please." ”

Although she had only been here once, she remembered the palace room where Zhao was in, and she found it outside the palace with no difficulty, she stopped in front of the closed door, listened attentively, and heard some slight noises.

A man's voice came from inside, "Won't you wait a little longer?" ”

"Not good!" Zhao said coldly, "How much I have suffered for you, I don't even have children!" How long do you want me to stay here? Hasn't Lu Zhi already gone to the northwest? Find a reason to kill him, and then put the traitor's hat on his head, when the news came back to Chang'an, his corpse was cold, the emperor just wanted to investigate it, I want to see what Mei Ru can do, then the mourning family will be kind, send her down to Huangquan to meet Lu Zhen, let the two of them be a pair of outlaw mandarin ducks! ”

The other person is really King Xiang, Mei Rui slowly squatted down, her whole body was trembling, and her fingertips were embedded in her palms without feeling pain, she had already known that Lu Zhen's northwest line was not good, who knew that King Xiang and the Zhao family had such a vicious mind. They are right, the emperor is far away, Lu Zhi is just a supervising army, throughout the ages, the generals are outside, and there are many verbal disagreements with the supervising army, the generals are all men with strong blood, and the blood swells up to slash the supervising army, relying on military achievements, and it is common for the monarch not to be held accountable.

Mei Rui couldn't see how white her face was, she couldn't listen to it anymore, she turned around and was about to go out, she didn't know who she could find in this matter, but it was much better to know than not to know, who knew that as soon as she turned around, the guards who were guarding the door before had already chased her, and when she saw her, she raised her hand excitedly and shouted to her: "Aunt Mei Rui, you just left something at the door......"

He held a copper coin threaded by a red rope in his hand, and ran towards Mei Rui in a flash, Mei Rui's face turned pale, and there was a squeak behind her, and then, the sound of calm steps sounded, and King Xiang's voice wanted to be behind her head: "Hear what you want to hear?" ”