The breeze in Qingyao Garden is gentle, blowing the surface of the lotus pond with microwave ripples, the lotus leaves are gently swaying, and the warm and warm sunlight is sprinkled on the surface of the lake, dotted with bursts of ripples, and the light spots flicker, swaying lightly with the wind. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the clear water of the lake, schools of small fish chase back and forth, cheerful and flexible, and can be seen in the sunlight.

Surrounded by flowers of all colors, the fragrance is overflowing, and sometimes a leaf or petal falls, which are gently carried into the lake by the breeze, and suddenly become the playthings of the fish, and the small fish rush to chase the petals floating on the lake, as if they smell the flowers, and play happily around the petals.

The lotus flower in the pond comes into view, and the flower body is as white as jade, only a little orange and red at the middle bud.

The emperor looked at the lotus flower, then at Xin Yao beside him, and sighed unconsciously, only to feel that Xin Yao was like an ice lotus carved from white jade, which would break if she touched it lightly, which was pitiful.

"Why is the emperor sighing?" Xin Yao's gaze at the emperor, seeing that the emperor was looking at him with that extremely gentle look, Xin Yao turned her head a little uncomfortably, her cheeks were slightly hot.

The emperor has a handsome face, gentle eyes, and always has a gentle smile when he looks at Xin Yao.

The emperor took Xin Yao and sighed again, at this moment, it is clearly a very beautiful artistic conception, as if he is in a dream, and it is a sweet dream, why do you sigh?

After all, there was some melancholy that suffered from gains and losses, silently wrapped around the emperor's heart, he touched the ends of Xin Yao's hair, and then said from the bottom of his heart: "Yao'er, do you know, I often think about how good it would be if I could turn into a light. ”

"Bah, bah, don't talk nonsense." Xin Yao heard that this was unlucky, her aunt once said that after death, people will turn into a starlight, silently guarding important people in the dead of night.

Now that I think about it, what my aunt said at that time should be Xin Yao's parents, the most important parents in Xin Yao's life have turned into shining stars in the night, and now Xin Yao's most cherished person in this world is the emperor.

If even the emperor has to turn into an unpredictable light, what else does Xin Yao have to worry about in this world.

Xin Yao hurriedly smacked at the emperor's feet three times, hoping that this move would take back the words he had just said for him, but who knew that the last one didn't aim, and really smacked the tip of the emperor's shoes, which was really embarrassing.

This faux pas was a bit too much, Xin Yao was so embarrassed that she wanted to hide at the bottom of the lake to stay, she raised her eyes just to meet the emperor's smile, Xin Yao's face was red, and she quickly lowered her body, ready to squat down and wipe the emperor's shoes.

The emperor was amused by her funny appearance, and held her soft shoulders to prevent her from squatting, "Yao'er, it's okay." ”

"Hmph, who told you to talk nonsense, you turned into a ray of light, so that I can't catch it and can't catch up, right?" Xin Yao was held up by the emperor, so she had to give up, but she just glanced at a little abrupt wet mark on the dragon boots, and secretly felt funny.

"Of course not." The emperor put on a serious expression, his face was handsome, and his eyebrows were full of affection, "If you can turn into a light, I would like to be your first rays of morning glow and the last starlight of night." ”

Xin Yao was stunned, she didn't expect the emperor to say such words, although she said it was obviously affectionate, but there was an inexplicable sadness in her ears.

"Yao'er, what's wrong?" When the emperor saw Xin Yao's eyes like torches, he flickered his eyes and didn't dare to look at him.

Xin Yao looked at the emperor stupidly, her eyebrows furrowed, as if she faintly saw through the emperor's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, you are suddenly so affectionate, it makes Yao'er uncomfortable." Xin Yao paused and continued to ask, "Your Majesty, are you hiding something from me?" ”

A trace of confusion flashed in the emperor's expression, and he didn't know how to answer Xin Yao, although he had been careful with Xin Yao in the past few days, she had finally seen through it.

The emperor recalled that yesterday in the court, General Yu was playing the Northern Expedition, talking about the head of Xianbeisuo, who was also the chief of the Great Chief, who had been attacked by the Yuwen Ministry due to a rebellion within the clan, and fled to Hou Zhao.

Recently, with the help of a general of Later Zhao, the great chief returned to the capital Daning and regained his strength.

When the big chief made a comeback, it was also the beginning of the weakest army, which was a good time for the Northern Expedition, if the emperor could take this opportunity to go north to exert pressure, he would definitely be able to take the north in one fell swoop, and it would be self-defeating.

Although the great chief took the initiative to sue for peace, and the imperial court was very much in favor of the surrender of the north, it still needed to be fully prepared for war, and as long as it did not surrender for a day, it was necessary to be vigilant every day.

This means that soon, the emperor will personally go into battle and personally lead the army on an expedition.

This has been the case since childhood, once there is any major decision in the court, as long as the civil and military officials unanimously approve it, the emperor has to implement it.

Most of the court and the central government are old ministers of the two dynasties, maybe everyone has watched the young emperor grow up since childhood, and it has become a habit to assist in politics, if the emperor refuses at this time, I don't know how the old ministers will be disappointed in themselves, breed dissent, and even affect the concubine.

Xin Yao is definitely going to be included in the harem, the emperor can't wait any longer, I'm afraid that at this critical moment, I will resign from the Northern Expedition, and the ministers will blame Xin Yao for the emperor's cowardice, saying that she bewitched the Sacred Heart.

Once her identity as a maid is found out again, I am afraid that no matter how much the emperor maintains it, Xin Yao will also be pushed to the forefront.

And if the emperor obeys the wishes of the ministers, personally goes on a northern expedition, makes military merits, and returns triumphantly, when the time comes, he will return to the palace to set up a banquet and drink Huanglong, and when he is overjoyed, he will accept a concubine casually, and no one will ask.

This is the young emperor's first imperial expedition, and he has no bottom in his heart, so he is inevitably a little worried.

It's not that the emperor is timid and afraid of death, it's just that he has just gained a hard-won affection, holding it in the palm of his hand, lest he lose it.

The emperor secretly decided that when he returned from this bathing battle, the first time he would marry Xin Yao, respect him as the imperial concubine, stay with each other day and night, get along day and night, and never separate.

For the sake of Xin Yao, the emperor was reluctant to take risks.

But right now, it was precisely for Xin Yao that he had to risk his life.

The emperor and Xin Yao intertwined their fingers, and said affectionately: "Yao'er, I want to go to the Northern Dynasty." ”

"When to go, I'm going to prepare in advance." Xin Yao replied briskly.

"Yao'er, you can't go."

Xin Yao took it for granted that she would not be separated from the emperor, but the emperor immediately rejected Xin Yao's idea.

How could the emperor be willing to let Xin Yao go to such a distant place, not to mention whether there would be a danger of war in the north this time, just because the distance was far away, it made people suffer, and the emperor couldn't bear to let Xin Yao follow him all the way.

Sometimes the feelings are cherished to an extreme, and they don't even dare to touch, dare not have, be cautious, suffer from gains and losses, lest they wake up and find that everything is a fantasy.

The emperor's feelings for Xin Yao at this time are exactly like this, with gains and losses.