In winter, late at night, the candles had long been extinguished in the dormitory, and it was pitch black. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Whew."

Xiao Ping sat up and woke up sweating profusely, he had a dream, he dreamed of Concubine Li, who kept talking in his ear about revenge.

Concubine Li has been dead for three years, and this is not the first time he has dreamed of Concubine Li, it should be said that he often dreams of Concubine Li, although he has only been with Concubine Li for just six days, but the Concubine Li in the dream is various, with different expressions, there is her gentle appearance, there is the impression of her crying and tears, and even the appearance of her laughing wildly, as well as the reluctance to look at him when she died and the strong unwillingness to take revenge on the family, these have appeared in his dreams.

Awakened by a dream, sweating, Xiao Ping did not alarm the vigil, wiped his forehead, and lay down again, but he didn't feel sleepy.

He looked at the dark night with his eyes open, thinking about the frightening steps of the prince's life in the past three years, and sighed deeply in his heart.

Xiao Ping, who was given the name Ping by Emperor Qingping on the day of the third wash, was naturally particularly loved by Emperor Qingping, coupled with the favor of the concubine, he was also the number one person in the palace, but he did not dare to be arrogant at all, because he knew his situation very well.

His situation was dangerous, and there was no one to rely on in this dark deep palace. He saw very clearly that Emperor Qingping's favor for him was not so much to love himself, but to stabilize the Murong family, and his favor was just a helpless political means.

And the concubine's love for him is only three points true, three points of sustenance, and four points of use. is really three points because she has raised him for three years, and there is always a little affection; The three-point sustenance is that she has never had a child of her own, and she pinned the maternal love that she could not give her child in her heart to Xiao Ping; The use of four points is obvious, but it is just to use Xiao Ping to stabilize her position in the palace, as well as to stabilize the dissatisfaction within the Murong family with her infertility for many years.

Thinking about it, only Aunt Pei, Concubine Li's confidant back then, could be trusted, but he couldn't get too close to Aunt Pei, lest the concubine be suspicious and send Aunt Pei down.

Alas, at this time, Xiao Ping felt that he was like a monkey coming out of Huaguo Mountain, shaking a bamboo raft, floating on the vast sea, helpless.

After thinking too much, his brain sank, Xiao Ping forced himself to close his eyes, and silently told himself in his heart that there would be a big scene tomorrow, and he had to recharge his energy, so he fell asleep again.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Ping'er called him up.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, it's time to get up."

Ping'er's voice was very soft, and the movement of his hand pushing him was also cautious.

Xiao Ping opened an eye slit in a daze, seeing that it was not yet dawn, his little hand waved the screen, and muttered: "It's not dawn yet, sleep for a while."

"Your Royal Highness, Your Highness, today is the queen's mother's thousand years, and all palace concubines and princesses have to get up early to congratulate the queen. Your Royal Highness, the noble concubine specially told me yesterday to call you up early. You better get up, don't be too late, it's hard for me as a palace maid. As she spoke, she pushed Xiao Ping louder.

After being reminded by her, Xiao Ping also remembered today's business, the queen's mother, he can't be late, otherwise he can't afford to slack off his mother's hat.

He plucked up the courage to lift off the warm quilt and welcome the cold air.

The clothes to be worn, the accessories to be worn, and the hot water towels to be used for washing, etc., Ping'er had already been prepared, but in a quarter of an hour, Xiao Ping was cleaned up neatly and decently.

"Is the mother concubine also up?"

Xiao Ping walked out of the dormitory in small steps, refusing Ping'er's support, and asked Ping'er who was following him.

"The concubine got up early and waited for Her Highness in the main hall, and the pastries that His Highness likes are also hot all the time, and you can use them when Your Highness goes down."

Xiao Ping interrupted her impatiently and said, "I have to talk about these things every day, my mother is my mother, do you still need to say it every day for such a trivial matter as preparing pastries?" It's not impatient. ”

Of course, Xiao Ping knew why Ping'er said that these concubines were good to him every day, but it was just brainwashing and education.

Hearing this, Ping'er smiled more and more happily, "Yes, what His Highness said is that the slave is too talkative, and the concubine Niangniang is His Highness's biological mother, and the trivial matter of preparing pastries is really not worth mentioning." ”

Seeing her happy look, Xiao Ping despised her in his heart, she was not shrewd three years ago, and she was still so happy three years later, she really didn't grow at all.

"Mother, what about the pastries, I'm hungry."

As soon as he entered the main hall, Xiao Ping didn't see anything at all, and before he sat down, he urged the pastries.

The concubine smiled softly, and then waved her hand to the palace maid next to her, and the palace maid took the order and left, and soon, a plate of delicate and small pastries was put on the table, and Xiao Ping also buried his head in eating.

The concubine touched the back of his head and glanced at Ping'er behind Xiao Ping, Ping'er shook her head slowly, and then the concubine breathed a sigh of relief, smiled more gently and sincerely, and rubbed Xiao Ping's thinning hair more gently.

In fact, what Xiao Ping didn't know was that the reason why Ping'er said good things about the concubine every day was not only brainwashing and education, but also temptation, testing whether Aunt Pei was close to him and whether she told him his life experience.

Xiao Ping finished the pastry, rinsed his mouth, looked up and said, "Why don't you order it?" The food there must be cold when waiting for the queen mother, but you can't eat it, otherwise you will have a bad stomach. ”

"My son doesn't have to worry about it, my mother is not hungry now." The concubine took Xiao Ping's hand with a smile on her face and said, "Since you have used it well, you will go to your queen mother with your concubine, but it's too late."

Xiao Ping nodded obediently, and made a cute request, "Mother, I want to walk to Fengyi Palace by myself, I can do it, I also came by myself just now." ”

As soon as his words fell, Ping'er hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty, and the concubine glanced at her, ignored her, and gently persuaded Xiao Ping: "My son, it was cold and icy last night, I'm afraid that where the minions didn't clean up, what should you do if you step on the broken ice and fall?"

Xiao Ping stubbornly pursed his lips and protested silently.

"Okay, okay, I'll go by myself, be careful, don't fall."

The concubine nodded helplessly in agreement, watching Xiao Ping happily jumping out of the main hall, she was also busy catching up, and when she passed in front of the screen, she whispered: "Punish you for kneeling here for two hours." Then he drifted away.

"Thank you, master, for your kindness." Ping'er kowtowed and thanked him.

The concubine caught up with Xiao Ping and took his hand. In the bleak and cold winter, the two talked and walked on the palace road, but they also warmed each other, and in this winter deep palace, it can be regarded as a warm scene.

As he passed through the long aisle, Xiao Ping's eyes swept wildly.

"Huh? What is that? He pointed to a round thing in front of him, and immediately a eunuch who followed him stepped forward to pick it up, and then came back, bowed down and spread out his palm, and said, "Back to the master, it is a Buddha bead."

The concubine picked up the Buddha bead, looked at it carefully for a long time, and then immediately sank her face, and ordered: "Mama Lan, go and check, which concubine's Buddha bead is this, why was it so coincidentally lost in the palace road that our Zhaoyang Palace must pass through." What if the five princes are playing here and one person slips? Or the palace took a sedan chair, and the slave who carried the sedan chair stepped on this Buddha bead, and his body was unstable, and he fell into the palace, what should I do? ”

Mama Lan hurriedly said yes, so she respectfully took the Buddha bead in the concubine's hand, and turned around to check this mindless low-level trap.

At this time, Xiao Ping couldn't help but sigh, the palace was really full of dangers, the name given by Emperor Qingping and the huge power of the Murong family, the concubine's mother's family, really attracted too much jealousy for him, and everyone wanted to kill and maim him, he really had to be vigilant and more careful.