Chapter 55: Zuo's Harem
"The prince is now in charge of the country, His Majesty has been ill for a long time, and he has been an example first, but the prince has abandoned his son and ran to Nancheng, I don't know if I can give the palace an explanation now!"
I wanted to go out of the tunnel, but Mrs. Guo blocked the door and stopped me, and I only heard a woman's voice in the inner hall, which was very familiar and familiar.
"Don't worry about it." He didn't seem to have the intention of explaining.
"Hmph." The woman sneered, but she could let it go, "I only hope that the prince will not indulge in women again and ignore the government, the hard work of this palace for more than ten years will not allow the red face and disaster to hinder your future." ”
"Remember the teachings of the mother. It just so happened that Yuan Ying also asked Niangniang for advice. "I don't know why, Yuan Ying suddenly lost his voice, I couldn't hear it here, and I wanted to find out, but Taifu was holding the door stiffly.
"Presumptuous!" Suddenly, I heard the woman's voice, and rebuked her as if she were angry. "This shouldn't be your business! Don't forget, the prince is now Yu Wenzheng! ”
I remembered! I finally remembered where I had heard it, it was the eldest princess's mansion, the woman who threatened the colt in the back garden that night. Absolutely, yes, it was this voice, this charm that softened into the bones, that momentary mortal danger.
It turned out that the woman who threatened the concubine at that time was the imperial concubine?! Why? Is it the imperial concubine who wants to get rid of the eldest princess? The eldest princess seems to be on the position of Prince Yuwen, unless, the imperial concubine does not really want to help Yuan Ying.
"Don't forget, the prince is now day after day, this Beishao's harem is already the world of my Zuo clan, if the Son of Heaven really intends to cooperate with this palace, show some sincerity. On the day of His Majesty's funeral, this Beishao is the world of you and me. Her voice, soft and cold, the cold that penetrated into the bones, people couldn't help but gasp, I really want to see, what kind of face does the owner of this voice look like, can be so mad, I used to fight with the Empress Dowager Wei in Dongfu, I thought it was a ruthless woman, but now, compared with the owner of this voice, the Empress Dowager Wei is not as good as one thousandth of her.
At least, Empress Dowager Wei would never be able to say what she said, even if Empress Dowager Wei hated Emperor Dongfu again, she would never look forward to her husband's death like this.
After a while, the door opened, Taifu got up and retreated, I was stunned, slowly raised my head and saw Yuan Ying standing in front of me, I suddenly had a lot of words to say to him, but I only felt that my mouth moved, but I didn't know what to say, so many words in my heart, suddenly there was only one sentence left, "I heard her voice." ”
I've heard her voice, yes!
"Ayin." Yuan Ying called me softly, "Forget her." Don't think about it, it's not what you think. ”
His voice sounded so helpless, but it stopped my spreading memory, I don't know why his expression was like this, as if it was distressed, as if it was self-blame. "Why did you defend her?"
I don't understand, even I know something, Yuan Ying can't be unaware of it, although the imperial concubine seems to be helping him, but I don't know how many small actions there are in private, since she can use the woman and his child in the horse house as a threat, then it is very likely that those black-clothed people in the mountains are instructed by her.
Isn't she going to kill everyone?!
"Ayin." Yuan Ying hugged me, and I snuggled stiffly against his chest, and he seemed to kiss me lightly between my hair, "Forget what you just heard." ”
He wanted me to forget those words.
"In the world of Beishao, the only one you can really believe in is me."
"How long are you going to lock me up?" I casually pulled a book from the shelf, turned two pages, and lost interest, and it had been ten whole days, and I had been trapped in this palace every day, and I was so stuffy that it was almost budding.
"Could it be that you are bored and want to be a companion with Yuan Qi." He didn't raise his head, lying on his side on the bamboo chair, drinking fragrant tea, flipping through books, the moon-white robe lazily rested on his chest, hanging down on the marble on the ground, the white and flawless marble reflected the slight sunlight outside the window, and actually reflected this scene in the scathing, if it weren't for the typical coercion with a smile in that tone, I was afraid that I would really be deceived by the scene in front of me.
I knew it was going to happen. But compared to Yuan Qi, who cried heartbreakingly in the dungeon, my treatment was also good. It's just that I was trapped in this palace for a few days, although there was a visit from the imperial concubine on the first day, but I still didn't see her appearance at all, and in the days that followed, no one came.
Yu Wenzheng, the dignified prince of Beishao! Now that Emperor Beishao is seriously ill, how can he be so leisurely? I really don't know what Beishao will be like under his governance in the future. I think that Fu Ang, at a young age, has endless things to deal with every day, endless criticism, and endless people, compared with Fu Ang, I really can't believe that the person who has accompanied me to "house arrest" and leave the palace in the past ten days is the prince Yuwen in power.
"People with no talent need to work day and night, people who are incapable will be at a loss, and people without wisdom will take all the mess on themselves." He didn't look at me, but he seemed to suddenly hear what I was thinking, and spoke silently, just a few words.
This must be acknowledged.
The Prince Yuwen in front of me is indeed a talented, capable, and wise man, and he is indeed so good that I have to admire, but what I know about him is not just that, "What about ambition? His Royal Highness the Prince, have you given up your ambition and let go of the fight for the world? ”
He's never going to stop.
"Ambition and you, I need it." He closed the book and looked sideways, I was so enchanted by that gaze that I lost my intellectual balance in an instant, there were too many things in his eyes, like the tumbling of the depths of the sea, but he was not shocked, and put it down. "I'm making amends, and you'd better be quiet until I don't figure out what to do."
"Compensation? What the? I was a little confused by his gaze, but I didn't know what he was talking about, so I just looked away and asked, "When have you ever been in a situation where you didn't know what to do?" ”
"Before, it was you who asked me to come here to see you, but I didn't care about your thoughts, but I just threw myself on the government, after you left, I often came here, and began to regret why I didn't see you more, is I willing to see you more, listen to what you want to say, you won't leave so suddenly." He didn't seem to say it to me, his voice was soft, as if it was floating from the sky, and I couldn't help but turn to look at him, but he looked down at the title page of the book in his hand, and muttered to himself, "I overestimated your feelings for me and underestimated your determination." ”
The chest, a dull ache, had a burning heat that spread.
"I thought you didn't want me anymore." I had to go back to that infinite despair, every memory was a nightmare for me over the years, I couldn't bear not to think about it, but I never really came out of it. "I know how many steps I have to walk from here to Shangqing Pavilion, I know how many bricks there are on the palace wall outside Shangqing Pavilion, you refuse to see me, you let Dongfu be a vassal to you, I am probably no longer worth being used again, when you are worshiped as Prince Yuwen, I can't hate you for designing Dongfu, but I can't forgive myself for knowing your conspiracy but still let the whole Dongfu lose to you."
It's just because I know that at that time you need Dongfu, and when you return to Beishao as Prince Yuwen, you need a trophy to strengthen your position, and undoubtedly, Dongfu is the best one.
"I thought you hated me," he said, the depths of his pupils contracted slightly, and the blackness gradually spread out without limit, just like me, but I had never seen his expression like this, sluggish, helpless, desperate, "I dare not see you, I am afraid that you will ask me to kill you." ”
He was about to say something, but swallowed back what he hadn't finished.
I know what he wants to say is that he thinks that one day, when the whole world surrenders, he will give me back, and I will still be there. But it was at that time that no one had the opportunity to say what made the difference for many years.
"I don't hate you." I say.
I walked up to him, took the book from his hand and set it aside, and I sat down next to him, but he didn't look at me. I looked at him blaming himself like that, I was so distressed that I wanted to cry, and I stretched out my hand to hold his cheek, "I am willing to lose to you even Dongfu, how can I hate you." I'll go, but I'm afraid, because my identity as the lord of Dongfu County will affect you, and I don't want to be a stumbling block to your hegemony. ”
He was slightly stunned, reached out to wipe away the tears that had slipped from the corners of my mouth, and smiled bitterly, "How can you be a stumbling block, if I achieve hegemony, how can you not share it with me." ”
But then they all said, "All over the palace, I can hear all the voices talking."
It was only at this moment that I suddenly came to my senses, but I couldn't say a word, full of questions and wanted to ask him, but I didn't know how to say it, it turned out that I had been in someone else's game early in the morning.
He naturally understood what I was thinking, his expression darkened slightly, and the distress in his eyes was powerless, but he was powerless to untie the knot in my heart. "Ayin, give up looking for the person you want to find, okay?"
I suddenly felt an unexpectedly heavy breathing, and every time I inhaled the air in my body, it seemed to sink enough to crush me, and I seemed to think of something, but I didn't dare to think, "Why?" Do you know who I'm looking for? ”
He was silent, and I looked into his eyes for answers. I couldn't read what he was hiding and I was a little discouraged, "Why do you want me to give up." ”
Silent. Or silence.
The air seemed to freeze, and I didn't know how much of a secret he was hiding alone. I don't have to think about who the person who designed that qiē in the first place, I want to control him the most with one hand, and there is only one person who has the most power in this harem.
Imperial Concubine.
What is the relationship between the imperial concubine and him, and why is he always so helpless.
"Your Highness." Outside the closed door, Mrs. Guo cleared her throat and said in a low voice.
He quickly changed the love just now, frowned slightly, and said, "Don't think about it anymore, Taifu won't suddenly disturb, I think something is going on again." He suddenly pulled me into his arms, I was caught off guard, the whole person lost the center of gravity and pressed over, as if falling on him, before he had time to break free, he was held down, he pulled the robe on his body and covered me, hugged me tightly, I moved hard, but he warned softly, "If you don't want to be found out by the Taifu that you have just cried, don't move, pretend to be asleep and be confused." ”
I was about to say something when he suddenly said to the door, "Come in." ”
I heard the door open, and slowly, a hurried footsteps came from far and near, and I was afraid of being discovered, so I had to lie on his chest and not dare to make a sound, but the Taifu stood still in front of us, as if startled by the scene before us, and shook his head.
"She's asleep." Yuan Ying said.
Taifu coughed in a low voice, a little awkward, but still pretended to be calm and said, "Your Highness, Second Highness had the woman in the house quietly taken away last night. ”
Yu Wenche abducted the woman who had hidden the horse. I trembled slightly, but was noticed by Yuan Ying, but he didn't say anything, just said, "Yu Wenche probably came up with this decision at the end of the road, it's not that he can't think of other consequences, but he can't care about it at all." He used the woman not to threaten the pony, but to the eldest princess. ”
"But Yu Wenche's abduction of his wife is definitely not something he can come up with, it must be" I realized that Yuan Ying suddenly paused, and let go of the Buddha that he had noticed something, and covered up the trance without a trace," the man gave him the idea behind his back. ”
He didn't say it, but I had already guessed that person must be the imperial concubine, and the strange thing is that Yuan Ying knew the flaws he revealed, and I was bound to guess the answer, why was he so cautious and didn't deliberately say it.
I listened to the heartbeat in his chest, I couldn't guess his feelings, I wanted to look up, but he reached out and pressed my head and pressed it tightly into his arms.
I felt his hand caress gently over my back, again and again, as if comforting.
"Then, where will the woman who is hidden in the secret of the colt be." Taifu asked thoughtfully.
"I know!" I didn't think about it, and I opened my mouth to cry out without even thinking about it.
Yuan Ying was stunned, and Taifu was stunned.
Yuan Ying surrendered, looked at me with a slightly helpless look, sighed, and shook his head, "It's still lost to you." ”
When I looked back at Taifu, I realized that I was in a very difficult situation at the moment.
"Ah~" I pretended to reach out and yawn, peeking at Yuan Ying, only to see that the dark clouds above his head seemed to gather together again, "I slept so much, I just happened to hear you say that Yu Wenche would hide the women in the horse house, I thought about it, it must be the Gao family." ”
Yuan Ying's eyelids drooped slightly, and he was even more helpless, with a faint smile on his lips, "In that case, let's talk about your thoughts." ”
As if I had received a holy decree, I flattered, "Intuition." ”
Yuan Ying was shocked by this unexpected answer, although there was nothing unusual on the surface, the facial expression that was more than the pause already explained the madness in his heart, the tail of his eyebrows twitched slightly, he reached out and pressed the tails of his eyebrows on both sides, this time, with a long sigh.