Five years later.

"The last time I played chess with you, it took you two hours to win the poor road. This time, I'm afraid it's less than an hour. Is it because you're improving so fast, or are you losing patience? ”

The last son was settled, and the person in front of him had already spoken, and it was not difficult to hear a slight appreciative ridicule in his tone.

"Master, do you know what women are most afraid of in this world?"

I asked with a smile, but I wasn't in a hurry, I wasn't angry.

He thought about it with great interest, stroked his beard, and said, "If you guess according to the poor way, I'm afraid it will be three no." With a slight smile, he continued, "One is not the heart of the in-laws, the second is not the heart of the husband, and the third is not the heart of the children." ”

I was amused and said bluntly, "The master is a man after all, and what he said cannot be wrong. And most of the women in the world today believe in the three subordinates, and they probably think that what the master said is right. ”

"Poor Dao is curious, if you are concerned, what is this woman most afraid of?" He smiled and asked me.

My heart ached, and I replied with a wry smile, "It's time." ”

He was silent, sighed, and looked at me meaningfully, "I've been waiting for five years, what are you afraid of after waiting for another five years, it should be yours, it will always be yours." ”

"I didn't expect Master Qingyan to live in this cottage now, but I am much more relieved than before." I couldn't help but make fun of him, the person in front of me was the original Qingyan master Lu Qingyan.

I thought he had been killed, but who would have thought that I would meet him in Nancheng a year after I left Shaogong.

It's just that now a few years have passed, the eldest princess is still trapped in Shao Palace and unconscious, Yuan Ying's life and death are unknown, and we can be regarded as fallen people at the end of the world.

"Ninth Master!" The brothers in the stockade suddenly came to report, breaking the original deadlock, and the others stopped three steps away and stood still, looked at Master Qingyan, and carefully paid attention to the surroundings, "There is news from Nancheng Palace, Bai Guifei has placed Emperor Nancheng under house arrest, and the general who is defending the city has rebelled." ”

"Oh?" I was just surprised, but I sat down at the table and put the pieces back into the box one by one. "Got it, keep staring, it's not the best time."

He stepped back.

Master Qingyan said, "I thought you left the Shao Palace and jumped out of the fire pit." I didn't expect this Queen Nancheng to be easy to do. ”

I laughed too. "Rest assured, Zhaohua will take the world in his lifetime. On the day I set foot in Beishao, I will promise you that you will eventually become a family member if you have a lover. ”

Three more. The Nancheng Palace was dead silent.

Occasionally, a figure flashes away.

This palace change directed by Bai Guifei, the favorite concubine of Emperor Nancheng, did not end as sensationally as it began, and the nine-month plan was quietly destroyed overnight.

"You slut!" She was kneeling on the ground, but when she saw me come in, she suddenly felt like she was about to pounce on me and eat me, her eyebrows were hideous, and she was no longer as soft as before.

I was walking towards the main seat in the temple, but the moment I rubbed shoulders with her stopped. Tilting his head and looking at her, "Oh? ”

"You ......"

"Smack!" Before she could speak, she was thrown aside by a slap and fell to the ground, her hair in a bun on her head that had been scattered by the impact, and a clear palm print on her face was bloodshot, and she was suddenly very wolf.

I shook her glance and rubbed my aching palms before continuing to walk forward and sit down in the hall.

"Shaoyi, go and ask the emperor." I waited for a while, but I still didn't wait for the person who should come to call the shots, so I turned sideways and said to Shao Yi, who was waiting on the side.

Shaoyi was originally a close confidant of Huangfu Xuan, five years ago, when I entered the Jinggong Palace, the main palace of Nancheng, he was dispatched to be the head of my Jinggong, and more time was to take care of trivial matters for me, less words, neatly.

He had to bow his head and withdraw from the temple.

After a while, Shaoyi came back, but he still didn't see Huangfu Xuan coming. Shao Yi lowered his head and walked to the side and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is left to the queen and Niangniang to make full decisions." ”

As expected. "Then ...... demoted Bai Guifei to Bai Fei, sent back to Bai Fei Palace to be grounded, and sent people to guard and not go out. The people involved in the palace change, the general who defended the city, Hu Yanshan, was killed with a cane, and all those directly related to him were sentenced to death, and as for the generals under him, they were fined for three years and handed over to General Boiling to deal with the severity of the case. Shaoyi, the affairs of the palace are supervised by you personally. ”

"Yes." Shao Yi leaned down.

I thought for a moment, "Where is the emperor at this time?" ”

"Back to Niangniang, in Jing Palace."

Others are in my palace, but they don't care about this mess, and they end up at ease, I want to see what reason he can say this time.

"As an emperor, you don't care about the affairs of your harem, your favorite concubine is going to take away your Nancheng country, this time I really want to hear what reason you have to steal yourself." I strode into the Jing Palace, and before anyone stood still, the words had already been spoken.

Seeing that the man had just put down the book in his hand, he replied slowly, "What's wrong with leaving the affairs of the harem to the widowed queen." ”

"I'm afraid that if you hide from me like this and be lazy and scoundrel in Jinggong, your generals in Nancheng must think that I put you under house arrest and single-handedly control the power of the Nancheng Dynasty, but I am afraid that in the future, I will be accused of being a disaster to the country and be crusaded against." I don't care, Huangfu Xuan has basically been in semi-retirement in the past five years, and more and more trivial matters will inevitably fall on my shoulders.

When he heard me say this, he smiled, looked up at me, and then slowly got up. "Those who can work harder. Since you are in the position of the queen, why can't you share some housework for the widow, it is the widow who has promised, and the generals of Nancheng will see the love of the emperor and the queen, and they will thank God for giving Nancheng such an extraordinary queen, how can they bear to blame you. ”

"I didn't see it clearly, but I really didn't know you were so cheeky." I really haven't seen anyone more brazen than him, I thought he was a gentleman at first, who would have thought that the more I knew each other in the past five years, the more I felt a scoundrel. It's just that the more familiar I get, the more I feel that he is more and more like the person who is about to disappear from his memory. "The relationship between you and me probably doesn't include such oppressive clauses."

He turned around and didn't answer my words. sat back again, continued to pick up his book and read it carefully, and cleared his throat, "There is an evil queen in Nancheng Palace, I am afraid that you are the only one in this palace who can be idle, so the widow will stay here and hide today." ”

"Don't you have anything to ask me?" Looking at his apparent indifference, I really have some doubts, does he really not care whether Bai Guifei is dead or alive.

He flipped through the pages of the book, couldn't hear any emotion, and answered lightly, "Do you have anything to tell me?" ”

His words, at first glance, sounded so indifferent that people wanted to smoke him, but in the past five years, they have also understood him a little, and he didn't take it casually, but the focus fell on the last question, obviously, he was still curious about the result of the problem he was confused about.

Sure enough, he was still worried about Bai Guifei, "After all, she is your favorite concubine, and I want to save you some face, I didn't execute her, I just grounded her, if you want to see her......"

"Hmm." Huangfu Xuan only replied softly.

Did I guess wrong? I was a little surprised, wasn't he curious about how I would deal with Bai Guifei's affairs?

"Is there anything to be gained from this trip?" Just when I wanted to stop this topic, Huangfu Xuan opened his mouth and asked, as if after careful consideration, the weight of this word is neither light nor heavy.

Thoughts, in a moment related to memories, unconsciously made people go down. I shook my head, "I have re-understood the garrison on the border of Nancheng, I will make adjustments in the next few days, at the moment Nancheng and Beishao are evenly matched, they are pulling forces near the border, and we are the same, this battle will not be fought for a while, but at present, we must be fully prepared, just in case." ”

I said, sat down, it was an inadvertent move, and looked at him sideways, as if Huangfu Xuan was still waiting for me to continue. I then said, "In Beishao, I haven't heard of any new forces...... I hesitated, still very awkward, "She, her most trusted Gao Qi since I was seriously injured five years ago, with his physique, I am afraid that he will not be able to lead the army to fight for the time being, after my second brother retired, I am afraid that no one in the Beishao Dynasty will be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility of leading troops to attack Nancheng for a while." But looking at Beishao's four attacks on Xiyi in the past six months, I have some suspicions, Xiyi has been defeated repeatedly, even if the defense is not good, Beishao's style of play is really elusive, as for whether he has a new coach in China, I am asking people to check, and there should be news in a few days. ”

"That's right, I also noticed that if it weren't for someone behind him to reorganize the Beishao army, Wei Xiao would not have lost so quickly, you went out this time, Wei Xiao sent two envoys to come, wanting to form an alliance with us." Huangfu Xuan nodded. "So, what about you? Did you find him? ”

He. My heart was cold, and in an instant, it was like falling into ice purgatory, shaking my head and saying. "Nope."

Since that incident five years ago, there seems to be no news of him in the world. He really disappeared like the world, and I never looked for him briefly, but every time I returned in despair, time was eating out hope, and I occasionally couldn't help but wonder if he was really dead.

"Then what if ......" Huang Fuxuan obviously said it on a whim and impulsively, he actually noticed it first, but he was only halfway through it, and he didn't say any more. Never mind. ”

The night is deep and quiet.

After dinner, Huangfu Xuan had already returned to the East Chamber to rest, I spread out the map in the dormitory, and pondered carefully, the current fighting style of the Beishao army seems to be messy, but it is unconsciously surrounded by war in Nancheng, its heart is unpredictable, I think about whether it is time to fight back.

There was a sudden commotion outside the Jing Palace, which seemed very incongruous in this quiet night.

"What's going on out there?" I asked, opening the door.

Shao Yi rushed over when he heard the sound, and saw that Huangfu Xuan had also walked out of the East Chamber, and Shao Yi bowed his head and replied. "Back to Niangniang, it was the maid next to Concubine Bai who came to make trouble, saying that Concubine Bai was hanging herself in the Ni Palace to see the emperor."

As expected, she was making trouble again, and I couldn't make any more arrangements, so I had to look at Huangfu Xuan. "Do you want to go see her?"

Huangfu Xuanqian walked over and nodded.

I also took the maid and handed her a coat to put on for him.

Huangfu Xuan pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then you rest first, don't stay up late." The widow went to see what was wrong with her. ”

After that, he hesitated for a moment before turning around and walking out.

I watched him leave, and Shao Yi leaned over and bowed his head to the side. The weather was a little cold, and I couldn't help but feel a chill when I stood for a while, so I reached out and hugged my shoulders.

"Niangniang, let's go in, it's cold outside, Your Majesty will worry about your body."

Shao Yi noticed my movements, and admonished like his master, not a word more, not a word less, not explaining anything for his master, but also reminding me that although Huang Fu Xuan went to see Bai Guifei, he was still concerned about me, if this can be regarded as an explanation, it is also completely in line with Huang Fu Xuan's fraternity character.

I laughed. Shao Yi knows the relationship between me and Huang Fuxuan.

I said, "If I'm worried, I won't let him go." "The man in this world who is worth my bothering to fight for is probably no longer there, I am in the position of Queen Nancheng of Huangfu Xuan, I have power and power in my hands, so why bother to hold on to him again, the relationship between me and him is so, just right.

It's just that this slightly cool weather makes me think of a person too easily.

I will miss him and the days when he warmed me, but I will never use my memories to make things difficult for me, without him, I can still take care of myself, and I don't need to grab the life-saving straw because of sadness, to draw warmth from other men.

I turned back to the temple, stayed out of the way, and laughed at the women in the palace.

That night, Huangfu Xuan did not return to Jinggong.

For several days, Huangfu Xuan stayed in the Ni Palace overnight, which couldn't help but make the people in the palace start to talk about it. In this not very surprising gossip, Huangfu Xuan played the white face, and I was the black face, and what everyone said was no exception to how I made it difficult for his favorite concubine, and Huangfu Xuan didn't dare to go against my will, so he had to stay in the palace of Bai Guifei all night, which was regarded as a silent confrontation, and it could be regarded as letting everyone in the palace know, even if I punished Bai Guifei and demoted her to Bai Fei, but in this palace, he still doted on her, and wanted everyone to know that she was still a woman who could not be neglected.

When Shao Yi told me about these things in the palace, I just listened with a smile, and after replying, Shao Yi retreated to the side and waited, I just suddenly thought of it, and asked again, "Is it time to change people in Jinggong again this year?" ”

"Back to Niangniang, Jinggong will only change a wave of new subordinates who enter the palace in April every year, and there will be a month before new subordinates will enter the palace to wait, I don't know if Niangniang has any arrangements." Shao Yiqu stepped forward.

I thought for a while, "In previous years, there were too many people in Jinggong, I'm not used to so many people, sue the Internal Affairs Office This year, the number of people in Jinggong has been halved, you go and pick some people who are strict and do things cleanly." ”

"Yes." Shao Yi responded.

"By the way," I added, "When the subordinates who served in the Jing Palace this year are sent out of the palace, they will leave Xu Lin behind and send them to His Majesty." ”

"Yes."

Xu Lin is the maid who works in my palace this year, and she looks smart. Every year, Jinggong will change a wave of newcomers waiting, and the replaced people will be sent out of the palace directly, but Huangfu Xuan's harem seems to have not filled with newcomers for a long time, I think so that he will not be too lonely, and save the women in this palace from thinking that I am dominating him, and pondering my mess every day, it is better to leave a person who I and he know everything by his side, and distract his attention.

Not far away, seeing the little eunuch near Huangfu Xuan running in a hurry, Shao Yi lowered his head and stepped back from me, whispered a few words to him, and turned back to answer. "Niangniang, Your Majesty Xià invites you to go to the Casting Palace."

"What?" I asked casually.

"Yes, Your Majesty has found your brother."

When I hurried to the Tilt Casting Palace, most of the palace people in the hall were waiting outside the hall, I pushed the door and stepped in, and there were only three or four people waiting with their heads bowed.

He looked at me, then at him, and I followed his gaze.

In the corner, there was a man with unkempt hair and tattered clothes, who sat on the ground with his head curled up in a ball in fright.

My lips trembled a few times, and there was a long-suppressed feeling in my heart that was about to pour out, I listened to my heart beating in my chest as if it was about to burst, I gasped for breath, so many times of loss, I had lost the courage to verify it in person, and looked at Huangfu Xuan again for verification, and he nodded.

I took two steps forward and sat down on my knees in front of the frightened man.

I tried to reach out and touch his cheek, and he avoided me in horror and wrapped his arms around himself, peeking at me from between his dirty and torn clothes, and there was strangeness and fear in those eyes.

"Xiao Ang, it's Sister." Tears suddenly welled up, it was him, it was Xiao Ang.

He just looked at me, without any reaction, running away, scared.

"Little Ang! It's Sister! I'm Sister, Xiao Ang! Xiao Ang, take a good look at me...... "I can't touch him, and when my hand is about to touch him, he will run away in horror and fear, reach out and pull me away, and hide in his own arm. "Little Ang, Little Ang......"

Just as I tried to approach him again, Huangfu Xuan also half-crouched down and stopped me. "Wait a minute, don't scare him."

"Xiao Ang, Xiao Ang, you ......" The joy of regain, but it was not hugging my siblings and crying, I didn't understand why Xiao Ang reacted like this, so I had to ask Huangfu for help. What's wrong with him. ”

"When I found him, he was bought and sold on the black market, and I heard people say that he was often beaten, did not have enough food and clothing, and had a serious illness before and may have some brain problems." Huangfu Xuanru replied, sighed again, and reached out to pat me on the shoulder, "Don't worry, since he is back, he can say anything in the future, let him rest first, eat something, and sleep well, you can rest assured, I will definitely let Tai heal him." ”

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