The March night was still a little cool.

Wu Mei finished approving the recital from the imperial study, and was going to go back to Penglai Hall directly, but then remembered Li Zhi, who was lingering on the sickbed, and specially asked the eunuch who held the lamp to report first, and walked slowly towards the Zichen Palace.

The evening breeze is filled with the fresh fragrance of spring flowers. She rarely relaxes her spirits, immerses herself in intoxicating comfort, and carefully recalls her past in this palace.

At the earliest, I often played in the garden, which dates back to when I was just named a talented person by Taizong Li Shimin at the age of fourteen. said that she entered the palace and became a concubine, but she hadn't seen her husband for a long time. In this harem where she can best experience the sinister hearts of people, she has been strong since she was a child, and she soon understood that if she wanted to save her life, she must capture the emperor's heart as soon as possible.

With her charm and intelligence, she finally seized the opportunity and briefly slept in Li Shimin's arms for a few days and had a sweet dream. Unexpectedly, this dream was soon shattered by the prophecy of Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang.

She was so unwilling, unwilling to be crushed into powder by the giant wheel of fate, so she seduced Li Zhi with great difficulty. That's right, thinking of Li Zhi, who was gentle as water when she was young, she still had a trace of unbearability in her heart. Who knew that the feelings pretended to save their lives would one day bloom into the most sincere flowers?

She stopped, sniffing the flowers. Thinking of returning from Ganye Temple, Li Zhi cared for and pampered her. He can be the sweetest lover if he wants to, and he always has countless ideas to please women. It's just that...... He also has the nature of all men in the world, that is, he likes the new and hates the old.

Just like he did to Queen Wang, to Concubine Xiao Shu, and to himself...... Perhaps, he is too affectionate, so he is sincere to everyone, including himself; Perhaps, she is too strong, busy with political affairs and neglects to be gentle. But can she be blamed for this? She was born as if she had only one mission to save her life.

Anyone who has been assassinated and framed many times will find that power is more reliable than men. How could she not indulge in the whirlpool of power?

Looking up, the moon has come out. The shadows of flowers, trees, and people on the ground are intertwined. She remembered Ah Ying. Thinking of Ah Ying, who once accompanied him from birth to death, he couldn't help but have some tears in his eyes. Her Ah Ying, the Ah Ying she once had to sleep with to sleep well, has left her at some point.

She admitted that she had been nostalgic for Li Chunfeng's unattainable immortality. But later, she secretly hated him for slowly pulling Tang Ying away from her.

Thinking, thinking, she suddenly felt an irresistible loneliness swallowing her. She saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs in front and behind, none of whom could reassure her. Their relationship with her is only obedience and worship of her phoenix crown, and has nothing to do with her at all.

At this time, somehow, she remembered Ming Chongyan. This dangerous and unpredictable man. Odd...... She obviously knows very clearly that she wants to guard against him, but she really wants to be with him and understand each other.

What is this for?

As she thought about it, she suddenly realized that maybe it was because they were both lonely people, the loneliest two people in the world, who had nothing but each other.

When the palace maid saw her approaching, she hurriedly opened the door of the emperor's bedroom and announced loudly. Wu Mei hesitated at the door, and at this moment, she was no longer seeing Li Zhi, but Ming Chongyan.

"The Queen Mother." A childish child's voice pulled her back to reality. She raised her eyes and saw her daughter standing in the doorway with her skirt waiting for her.

The small figure shone with a soft candlelight behind it, like a fairy who had come to forgive her. In an instant, her mother's love was overflowing, and it was as if she had churned out the most true, kind and beautiful side of her heart. She called out in the gentlest voice, "Peace." Why are you here too? ”

Princess Taiping is almost ten years old, and her little face is delicate and delicate. has both a beautiful nose bridge and Li Zhi's soft eyebrows, and she will definitely be a beauty when she grows up in the future. Wu Mei thought, a little impatient to see that day. She feels that her daughter is the continuation of her life, and the reason why she loves this daughter very much is because she has been overcoming obstacles in fear all her life, so she wants to let this "reborn self" have the most perfect life.

Although Princess Taiping is young, like all children in the palace, she knows a lot of truths too early. She snuggled up to her mother obediently, grabbed her hand tightly and said, "I come to see my father every day!" ”

"Yes." Wu Mei smiled and said with some jealousy: "Then why don't you come to see your mother every day?" ”

Taiping's eyes rolled, "Because the queen mother is too busy, Taiping is afraid of disturbing you." ”

Wu Mei smiled reluctantly and took her in to see Li Zhi.

Since the abdication turmoil, Ming Chongyan no longer cares about him. So his "illness" has also improved a lot, except for his physical weakness, which is basically normal. But he didn't dare to show great spirit, so he simply lived in the dormitory, lest Ming Chongyan attack him again.

When it comes to illness, Wu Mei probably knows the way. She also told Ming Chongyan to pay attention to proportion. However, seeing Li Zhi's haggard face at this moment, she still felt that Ming Chongyan was a little excessive.

Li Zhi felt a little stunned when he saw her. Since the abdication of power, it has been as if they have been divided into opposing camps. However, when he saw Taiping staring at the two of them with dark eyes, he squeezed out a smile and said to Wu Mei, "You are here." ”

"Ahh Wu Mei sat on the edge of his bed a little awkwardly, deliberately not meeting his gaze. Seeing Taiping coquettishly holding the hands of the two of them, he was in a trance as if he saw the three of them together when Tang Ying first entered the palace.

At that time, she and Li Zhi were like an ordinary couple, and even flirting was sweet. She wanted to tell a joke now, but all that flashed in her mind was the wording of the review, and she couldn't even make up a light word.

It was Li Zhi who broke the silence first, he said: "Mei Niang." Now that I see Taiping by my side, I think of the three of us when Ah Ying was a child. ”

Wu Mei breathed a sigh of relief, took over the conversation and said, "All the emperor is thinking about is how to play with Ah Ying, right?" The concubine has been working for you all the time! ”

Li Zhi listened to Ha Lu Ha Da Lang laughing, and said to Taiping: "Look, your mother thinks I have snubbed her before. Good daughter, hurry up and accompany your father. ”

Taiping cleverly grabbed the hands of the two of them and shook them together, "In this way, the queen mother will not be angry!" ”

Wu Mei glanced at Li Zhi with some disgust, "You, you don't apologize obediently, but you also call others." That being said, it was extraordinarily intimate.

The three of them talked happily. A female official took Princess Taiping back to her place to sleep.

When she left, Li Zhi's hand was still holding Wu Mei's hand. Wu Mei glanced at him quietly, and saw that he didn't mean to let go, and he didn't say anything.

After sitting for a while, Wu Mei wanted to ask about his body. Suddenly, I heard him ask in a complaining and fragile voice: "Mei Niang, what do you want me to do now?" ”