Since taking Suiyu to Chengqing Hall for the night that day, Yeluxian has never stepped into Fuye Pavilion and Qinning Palace again. And he took the initiative to see Suiyu many times, but he also avoided it.

Because Suiyu was a mistake for him. Calling her a beauty is just a compensation for her. Even if he didn't touch her that night, in the eyes of others, she is now his Yeluxian woman. He is still a righteous gentleman in the end, and he knows how to give Suiyu a name.

So even if he doesn't like her, he just thinks it's just one more woman in this harem. In the past, he raised Concubine Lan, and now it doesn't hurt to raise one more Suiyu.

Speaking of Concubine Lan, Ye Luxian thought that since Yan'er entered the palace, he hadn't visited Concubine Lan in Zhaoyang Palace for a long time, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

This Concubine Lan is the person who grew up with him since childhood, and the two of them are childhood sweethearts and have no guesses. Although there is no love between men and women, there is still a brother-sister relationship in the end. So after Concubine Lan's family was lonely, Yeluxian couldn't bear to see her wandering, so he took her into the palace and treated her politely.

In Ye Luxian's eyes, Concubine Lan is different from all the concubines in this harem, and the other concubines more or less want to get the holy favor, but Concubine Lan is different. There is no love between men and women, so Concubine Lan naturally doesn't need to win the favor of the saint. So in this harem, she is simply a fresh and refined being.

Every time Ye Luxian had something to worry about, he would go to this Zhaoyang Palace to live for a few days, listen to Concubine Lan's piano, taste tea with Concubine Lan, discuss poetry, and have no worries.

So this time, Ye Luxian inevitably thought of this Lan Xinhui concubine. It's just that he didn't expect that since Yan'er won Yeluxian's favor, this Concubine Lan would no longer be the former Concubine Lan. Because any woman, even under the banner of childhood sweethearts' brother and sister love, can't really watch her favor be snatched away by other women. No woman in the world can do it, and neither can she Concubine Lan.

On this day, Yeluxian went to court. took Xu Shoujing directly to Zhaoyang Palace.

He hadn't set foot in this place for a long time, and he was really a little unaccustomed to it.

In fact, Ye Luxian never understood that since he had included Concubine Lan in the harem, he only regarded her as a sister and a confidant. This is a huge insult to a woman. In the past, she really just treated him as an older brother. From the moment he welcomed her into the harem, she had already thought of herself as her woman. Her feelings for him have slowly begun to sublimate. But he still only regarded her as a sister or a confidant. But she doesn't think of her as her own woman. Plainly. He didn't love her, he just respected her and loved her.

"The emperor has arrived." Xu Shoujing reported at the gate of Zhaoyang Palace.

Concubine Lan, who was playing the piano, heard the word "emperor", and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly. How long had it been since she had heard this voice at the gate of her palace? It seems that since Xiao Yanyan entered the palace, the emperor's brother has never come to see her.

"Why did my sister's piano stop? Could it be that my sudden arrival scared my sister? Ye Luxian smiled and quipped.

When Concubine Lan saw Ye Luxian coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted him, and then smiled softly: "Brother Emperor really knows how to laugh at his concubines, but the concubines have not seen the emperor's brother for a long time, and they are a little excited for a while!" ”

"So, it's still mine, isn't it?" Ye Luxian said with a smile on his face.

Concubine Lan nodded slightly. He muttered and said, "The emperor's brother is accompanied by a beauty, where do you remember my sister?" ”

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault, it's me who snubbed you. I promise that I will come to see you often in the future. ”

"Is that true?" Concubine Lan asked, tilting her head.

"No jokes! We've been together for so many years, when did you ever see me deceive you? Ye Luxian said seriously.

Concubine Lan danced happily. Yeluxian looked at her innocent and lovely appearance, as if he saw himself when he was a child. The boredom in my heart was suddenly swept away.

And in that distant southern land, Zhao Kuangyi lost his beauty because of the defeat of Jinyang last time. is trying his best to persuade his brother Zhao Kuangyin to go north again and attack Liao to vent his anger last time.

But Zhao Kuangyin is not a stupid person, so naturally he will not be bewitched by his younger brother at will.

What's more, he already has a grudge against his younger brother.

Actually, a long time ago. The relationship between him and his younger brother Zhao Kuangyi is very good, and it can be called sharing weal and woe. But since he became emperor, many things have begun to change subtly.

And what exacerbated the conflict between the brothers was because of his mother Du.

Na Du was originally a village woman, but she was also a very knowledgeable woman. She saw with her own eyes that the last emperor of the Later Zhou Dynasty was weak and widowed, so that her son, who had a heavy army, had the opportunity to be crowned emperor in a yellow robe.

So she tried her best to persuade Zhao Kuangyin to make her second son the crown prince. If Zhao Kuangyin dies one day, he will make his younger brother the emperor. So. can completely avoid the Great Song Dynasty from falling into the hands of others.

But Du Shi did a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate that he did this, but he invisibly separated the two brothers, so that the brothers were suspicious of each other.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin doesn't want the country he has worked so hard to fall into the hands of outsiders, but he also doesn't want the country to fall into the hands of his younger brother. What's more, this younger brother is also a character who is as ruthless as himself. If Zhao Kuangyi becomes the emperor, then most of his children and grandchildren will probably die a bad death.

Therefore, for Zhao Kuangyi's repeated requests to send troops to Daliao, he refused on the grounds of recuperation. Da Liao and Zhao Kuangyin are bound to fight, but he doesn't want this to come out of his younger brother's mouth. Because as long as Zhao Kuangyi said it, he would instinctively doubt his intentions. This time, it's no exception. The more Zhao Kuangyi wanted to fight, the more he was not allowed to fight.

What's more, Zhao Kuangyin knew that the reason why Zhao Kuangyi was so persistent in attacking Liao was mostly related to the woman he met in Jinyang City before. I heard that the Liao State sent troops to help Jinyang relieve the siege that time, it was because of that woman. It is said that the woman later went to the Liao State and became the concubine of the Liao Emperor.

Thinking about it, his younger brother must want to rely on his troops to go to Liao to recapture that woman, and let out the evil breath before, where is what is it to open up territory for the Great Song Dynasty. Since this is the case, Zhao Kuangyin can't agree even more. It's just a woman, where can she be so busy and work hard and lose money?

And Zhao Kuangyi, who has been rejected by his brother repeatedly, is even more dissatisfied with Zhao Kuangyin in his heart. Even if he is a monarch and he is a minister, but in the end, he is the brother of a fellow mother, how can he Zhao Kuangyin be so disregarding the affection of flesh and blood?

He remembers that when he was a child, his brother only took care of and maintained him, but now? This brother is afraid of himself, except for suspicion and jealousy, where is there any brotherly affection? Could it be that the throne is really more important than their brotherly feelings?

If so, then he would rather go back to the past, at least without suspicion or defense, and only love each other between brothers.

It's just that those days are too far away from them after all, so far away that they can't even remember them. (To be continued.) )