The cyan pen barrel in Li Shimin's hand snapped and broke from the middle.

He threw two brush shafts in front of her, took a deep breath and said, "... Qin Ying, if you want to bargain with me, you are really bold. The pen rolled to the side of her robe.

She seemed to be frightened, shrunk her shoulders slightly, then leaned down and said, "The minister is at the mercy of His Majesty." ”

Li Shimin saw that Qin Ying was neither humble nor arrogant, and the anger in his heart surged up inexplicably, he buckled a few cases with his index finger, turned his head to Bai Dalang and said: "Since you want to find hardships for yourself, then find two bluestone paperweights for him to kneel for an hour." ”

Bai Dalang found a paperweight in the west cabinet according to the order, Qin Ying had not yet heated the paperweight, and a female voice like a warbler drifted into the ears of the people present:

"Who made His Majesty unhappy and made such a big storm in the imperial study?"

Qin Ying recognized that it was the voice of the eldest grandson queen, and was secretly surprised in her heart, the queen mother in the previous life can always explain the bad things of Her Majesty: the influence of the queen on Her Majesty in this life will not be much worse.

Li Shimin couldn't sit still as soon as he heard the familiar tone, he hurriedly stood up and walked to the door of the study to greet his wife, took the hand of Empress Changsun, and asked, "-Why are you here?" The tone was so gentle, as if he was afraid of disturbing the other party.

Empress Changsun held a garnet-red skirt in one hand and Li Shimin in the other, and said with a smile after entering the vermilion railing of the imperial study: "The concubine was just walking in the garden behind the dormitory, and I happened to hear that the long-tongued lady of Xiaozheng said that there was a commotion in the imperial study, so I deliberately went around to take a look. A pair of crystal eyes turned, falling on Qin Ying and Li Chengqian's knees in turn, "How did they anger Long Yan and actually invite themselves to kneel and punish?" ”

Li Shimin held the hand of Empress Eldest Sun and suddenly stiffened, bowed his head and said, "...... Left and right is not a big deal. Your body has always been weak, and you must be tired from coming all the way to the front court, so sit down and rest. He led the queen to the center of the imperial case, and he bent down again and pulled a cushion in the corner of the study.

She sat down and tidied up her skirt, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty can't be coaxing a concubine, right?" ”

Li Shimin looked embarrassed and speechless.

He has lived for so many years, and there are two people who are most afraid. One is Wei Zheng, who is good at giving himself face, and the other is the queen who is good at setting himself up.

Empress Eldest Sun didn't wait for Li Shimin to prepare some excuses, and continued:

"The two of them knelt like this, and they must have committed a mistake that cannot be forgiven. But the concubines felt that they had made mistakes for a reason. Just as Your Majesty has told the concubine the truth, you don't want the concubine to worry about this matter. If you can't be completely selfless, how can you ask for two children? ”

"I can't talk about you." Li Shimin was silent for a while and then sighed, "...... Today, because of the queen's intercession, you all get up first. ”

Qin Ying knocked like a stream: "Thank you for your majesty's kindness and the queen's mother." "She didn't kneel for a long time, so it wasn't too difficult to get up, and Li Chengqian was not so lucky.

He had been kneeling for half an hour, and finally leaned on the arms of Mrs. Xiao and Bai Dalang before he stood very slowly on the corner of the study.

Empress Eldest Sun's gaze swept to Li Chengqian, and then shook her head gently at him. It seems to say, you stupid boy.

It turns out that the queen is the death of His Majesty.

Li Shimin quickly asked all the people in the study to go back, leaving only Mrs. Xiao here to talk.

Empress Changsun gave up her chariot to Li Chengqian, who had inconvenient legs and feet, and she and Qin Ying walked behind the chariot.

"No matter what the situation, as a healer, you always put the patient first. Hongu appreciates this. Empress Changsun shook the fan painted with a few rich peonies and turned her eyes.

Qin Ying hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Niangniang praised it." ”

I saw that the queen's fan stopped, and gently placed it on her chin: "In order to repay your loyalty to the prince, this palace makes you a wish." Qin Ying, what do you want, just say it. ”

She curled the corners of her lips and smiled: "Being able to enter the palace and see one of the biggest names in the palace is something that Qin never imagined." I don't have any wishes for the time being, can Niangniang give Qin a certain amount of time, and ask for a wish after thinking about it. ”

"Okay." Empress Changsun nodded without thinking, although she claimed to be the main palace, she did not put up a high shelf.

Empress Eldest Sun and Qin Ying went to the main hall of the East Palace together, looked at Li Chengqian's knee injury, and went out after asking a few clichés such as lying down and resting.

She didn't talk about Li Chengqian's fault, because she felt that his father had already beaten the front, and now the mother should make a loving appearance in front of the child.

Seeing off the queen mother, Qin Ying turned into the hall, took out a palm-sized lacquer box from the chest of drawers, sat on the Hu bed in front of Li Chengqian's couch, rolled up his sleeves and gave medicine to his bruised knees.

As soon as his fingers with the ointment touched his cascading bruises, Qin Ying said, "Your Highness is executing with a cane in Dali Temple Prison today, is it really because of me?" ”

"Don't be self-righteous." Li Chengqian said flatly.

Qin Ying was stunned when he heard this, and rubbed the hand on his left knee vigorously before he said in a muffled voice, "Remember." ”

"Hiss......" he furrowed his good-looking eyebrows and let out a low sigh.

Qin Ying didn't look at his forbearant expression, lowered his eyes and spread the ointment evenly, buckled the lid of the ointment, put it back in the cabinet and was about to leave.

Li Chengqian called her: "Wait." ”

"What else does Your Highness command?" Qin, who was standing in front of the couch, hugged his arms, and his face was obviously unhappy.

I saw him purse his lips a few times, and finally said in a tone that could not be refused: "- You take the ointment back." ”

She simply refused: "Qin's knees are very good, and there has been nothing wrong all the way from Taiji Palace. ”

In fact, when Empress Eldest Sun walked with her, Qin Ying's knees ached faintly. But she thought that she couldn't lose her honor to the queen, so she gritted her teeth and insisted on keeping up with the pace.

Qin Ying did not kneel and sit when he gave medicine to His Royal Highness, but borrowed the Hu bed. When Li Chengqian saw this detail, he guessed that Qin Ying's knees were a little uncomfortable.

"Really?" He stretched out a knuckled hand, grabbed Qin's official uniform and swung it, and gradually used some force.

Her center of gravity suddenly became unstable, and she fell into his soft couch as she tugged.

There was only a layer of moire-embroidered sheets between the two people.

Puff, puff. Qin Ying heard the chaotic heartbeat. There's hers, and possibly his.

Qin Ying's cheeks burned red, and her whole body trembled slightly. Finally regaining some strength, she struggled to break free from his embrace: "...... Your Highness, please respect yourself. ”

Slammed the door of the Lizheng Hall slammed, her hands behind her back, her whole body leaning against the carved wooden door and gasping continuously.

She returned to the wing room in a daze, and before she could untie her clothes, she covered her head with a moon-white sheet.

Sleepless nights.