The cold wind blew, the curtains rolled up, and the drizzle fell suddenly. Shen Shuzhao looked up in the direction of the Yongshou Palace, and sang to himself: "Bo Ming said goodbye to himself, ask life, where is desolate." ”

With a gentle turn of the shaft, the sound of the piano was melodious, long and slow, and the rain and wind sent the tail note to the palace under the pressure of the black clouds in the distance, and then dissipated it into the air. At this time, in the main hall of the Queen Mother, the crowd is surging, the aroma of wine is overflowing, all the pianists of Shangle Mansion are playing a bright long song in unison, the music is magnificent and profound, around the beam three feet, no one does not feel comfortable physically and mentally.

A group of beauties danced in the center, surrounded by ministers of the imperial court, Xiao Chen, Shen Jiang, and the four families sat in front of all the heroes, and the queen mother and the emperor sat on the top, frequently saluting the wine of the ministers.

Li Sizhi, he sat in the lower seat closest to the Queen Mother, and even the Xiao family and others had to give him a few points today. He didn't like to taste wine, but he still had to give the royal family a little face at this banquet for himself, so he only took a few sips. Others can't call him Li Sizhi anymore, they should call him Li Chong. Because today, he officially resigned from his official position and is ready to return to his hometown.

At this time, the Queen Mother suddenly asked him: "Li Qing, what are your plans after you go back?" ”

Li Chong replied: "Weichen just wants to take his pregnant wife back to live in peace, and it is not impossible to live in the old house." ”

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager nodded and said, "Your wife is pregnant again, and you will spend more time with her in the future." ”

Raising the wine glass in his hand, Li Chong's eyes were full of reluctance: "Weichen will never forget the kindness of the Queen Mother and the emperor, if it weren't for Li Mou's luck to be appreciated, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve close to the side for the rest of my life." ”

After hearing this, the emperor smiled and picked up the plum blossom silver wine glass, took a sip, and smiled without smiling. After drinking, the Queen Mother said: "Li Qing, if you say goodbye from now on, it will be forever." ”

"Wechen wishes the Queen Mother a long and healthy life, the emperor blessings all the people, and the Wei Dynasty will be passed on forever." Li Chong said, and then drank it all.

He wouldn't have understood how the Queen Mother's eyes looked at him so meaningfully and for so long when he couldn't see anyone. The others, especially Xiao Chen, were even more indifferent, and Prime Minister Xiao looked at Li Chong and the Queen Mother who had finished drinking, waiting for the next move.

"Li Qing, since you don't plan to be an official in the future, how will your family make a living after you go back?" The emperor asked.

"Back to the emperor, Weichen has other plans, although he is still planning, he will definitely not suffer his wife and children."

The emperor said: "That's good." The blessings of your wife and children are still to come. ”

The Queen Mother smiled and said: "Without Li Sizhi (* assistant prime minister's official position), Prime Minister Xiao Cheng will not be used to it in the future." ”

As soon as the words turned, everyone looked at Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, and he said in a sincere tone in an unhurried tone: "Li Sizhi is so conscientious, without him, Weichen will indeed feel reluctant." ”

Li Chong couldn't help but be slightly surprised when he heard Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, who had always been wary of him, say this. The Queen Mother answered: "The mourning family also thinks so. Then she waved her hand, and Gao Dezhong presented a long fu with neat handwriting and sent it to Li Chong. She said: "This is Lone to Qing parting feelings, Qing has served the emperor and the David Dynasty for several years, hard work and credit, Lone can't help but feel sad when he thinks of the past, so he made a gift to Qing as a long farewell." ”

A warm current flowed to his heart, Li Chong took a step forward respectfully, and bowed to the Queen Mother in front of everyone, and the historian sitting in the corner hurriedly took notes on this scene: At the banquet of the second year of Yongyuan, the Queen Mother gave Li Chong a farewell gift, expressing her pity for her talents, and Li Chongxing kowtowed.

Li Chong looked at the Queen Mother, he was transferred to the capital from a small place alone, he was a little ant with an unstable foundation, and it was the Queen Mother who gave him the opportunity to be prosperous and rich. He was born in a poor family, and he has always been appreciated by the Queen Mother, even if she is just a woman, how can she not be grateful? What's more, the Queen Mother's iron fist and womanhood have always been admired by him.

It's just that this capital is really not suitable for him, he has seen the estrangement between the emperor and the queen mother early on, and the queen mother he admires is strong, but sooner or later, some big things will happen. So even if the people of the Chen family didn't find him to say those words that day, he knew that he had to protect himself.

In a trance, many years of dedication to assist him as the only heroine on the qiē vividly.

At the end of the banquet, everyone dispersed, Li Chong walked out of the Yongshou Hall with others step by step, and the sound of the piano faintly came from a distance, who played so desolately? He heard it briefly, and hurried away.

In front of several carriages, Li Chong's wife and children were busy instructing their subordinates with umbrellas, Li Chong turned around and looked at everyone who saw them off behind him, the Queen Mother, the Emperor, Xiao Chen, and some officials.

They looked at him with blank expressions.

It was dark and the rain started to fall heavily.

After seeing off the hundreds of palace people, Li Chong got into the carriage and got farther and farther away from the imperial city, never looking back. When a palace door was closed, the previous course changed.

The people who looked strange behind him, holding and pretending, all showed their original appearances after he left.

On the highest floor of the palace city, at the corner of the red wall, Wei Yang's graceful figure stood next to the drum tower, looking thoughtfully at the difference between Li Chong's carriage and the others.

A slight drizzle was blowing on her face, and the green silk was blown by the wind, and she watched indifferently as the carriage gradually moved away, and the last sigh was hidden in the wind.

After dispersing, the queen mother went all the way with the head of the Jiang family and said to him: "The mourning family hasn't seen Mrs. for a long time, Jiang Qing can bring her eldest son and second son to enter the palace with her another day, and it is good to reminisce about the old days." ”

Jiang Yuandong replied: "If the Queen Mother wants to see her, it will not be long before Weichen can let them enter the palace to accompany the Queen Mother." ”

When the ministers all walked outside, he and the queen mother chatted while walking towards the main hall of Changle Palace.

In the Qinglian Pavilion here, the sound of Shen Shuzhao playing the piano became more and more sad. She stroked the strings, thinking about what might happen.

Outside, it was raining heavily, and Li Chong's carriage left the capital in the pouring rain and drove towards the long mountain road. When he left the city gates, he let his wife and children walk long after he had left him, and let his carriage lead the way.

The sound of the piano is urgent, like the sound of the rain of this increasingly heavy rain.

In the deep mountains and old forests, Li Chong's carriage seemed to be alone, and several teams of carriages behind him were carrying so many things, all of which were far away from him. Finally, the sky thundered, and then a white light hit the dim forest, and in an instant thunder and lightning began to thunder.

On the sparsely populated road, the upper body of the carriage was crumbling by the steep road. Passing through a long path covered by the woods on both sides, the sound of horses' hooves still resounded, and in the middle of the woods, the horses suddenly screamed in it, and then after a long time, at the end of the road, there was no waiting for anything to come out, and a qiē returned to silence.

Li Chong lay at the bottom of the mountain, lying in a pool of blood. His eyes were wide open, his hands were weakly on the ground, and he was drenched in heavy rain,

At this time, the sound of the piano slowly becomes negative and decadent, and it has the meaning that it is about to end the long song.

He heard footsteps coming in his ears, and it didn't matter who it was, he closed his eyes.

Even if he leaves the palace, no one should want to get any secrets about the Queen Mother from him. He had already expected the possibility of a qiē, but before leaving, Li Chong had already instructed the good people to deal with all the private matters related to the Empress Dowager's court.

He is gone, but at least he has a clear conscience about the Queen Mother, who is the only one he has - the Lord.

The person who came from the footsteps approached, Li Chong's eyes were stiffly fixed at the last moment, and the person in front of him turned out to be the Queen Mother......

This, how...... How can it be!

In the Changle Palace, Shen Shuzhao was flustered and plucked the strings, she frowned, and played the piano that had become chaotic and chaotic, and even the tips of her fingers with armor still hurt badly.

Eventually, the strings couldn't withstand her strength.

After the piano broke, the head fell to the ground.

In an unknown corner, Li Chong's life stopped forever on this rainy night.

The carriages behind them, unaware of what had happened, crossed the same mountain road and drove towards their distant hometown as usual.

Shen Shuzhao looked at the broken piano stupidly, there was a storm outside the room, she rubbed her wrist, looking at the situation in front of her, she couldn't help but think of a poem, and laughed at herself: "If you want to put your heart into Yaoqin, there are few friends, and who will listen to the broken strings." ”

After sighing, she got up, but saw Huizhuang come in and report: "Second Miss, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is here again." ”

What is she doing with such a heavy rain?

Shen Shuzhao asked people to put away the piano, she went out, Wei Yang happened to appear at the door, and she almost bumped into her arms.

She watched Wei Yang come over in the rain, and she didn't know what was going on, so she said distressedly: "What are you doing here with such a heavy rain?" ”

Wei Yang didn't say a word, Shen Shuzhao looked around at the other palace maids and signaled to leave, and after they left, Wei Yang closed the door, and then gently wrapped his arms around Shen Shuzhao's soft waist and buried his head in her shoulder.

Shen Shuzhao was a little overwhelmed by her letter so suddenly, she hugged her with her backhand, and watched Wei Yang come in the rain with an umbrella, her back was wet, and she was very anxious.

"Shuzhao ......," Wei Yang said, "the most terrible thing in this world is the human heart." ”

"What's wrong?"

"I watched them see him go, and everybody knew it was going to die, but they didn't say anything."

Shen Shuzhao touched Wei Yang's hair: "Your Highness continued, the courtiers are listening." ”

"He still has a wife and children, he is pregnant, and he is an old man, and he has not done anything wrong......"

Shen Shuzhao felt sour: "I know it too." ”

"Even if someone stops, he's still ...... It's pathetic. ”

"But what can we do, Your Highness?" Shen Shuzhao asked, "We are just duckweed in the palace, and we can't even help ourselves, what can we get back?" ”

She let go of Wei Yang's embrace, stretched out her hand to caress this woman who was so beautiful that people cherished every inch of her eyes, and asked softly: "Princess, the courtiers ask you a word, you don't want to leave the harem now and marry a wife, do you?" ”

Wei Yang's voice sank: "I don't want to, and I haven't thought about it." All in all, no one can make decisions for me on their own. ”

Shen Shuzhao happily hugged her: "Since this is the case, if it is His Highness's plan, the courtiers all pray that you can realize it." ”

In fact, she was going to do it herself.

After getting her words, Shen Shuzhao didn't have to worry too much about imposing his own ideas on her.

She knew that Wei Yang was a person who didn't follow the crowd. She is a bird of freedom, a bird that can fly both in a golden cage and out of a besieged city. Come and go, everywhere is the best destination. And she is a fish who stays at the bottom of the lake forever, and she is destined to be entangled with the palace in this life, not Shen Shuzhao's willingness, it is fate, like Li Chong, this is fate.

The swimming fish fell in love with the birds, whether it was tragedy or fate.

If it weren't for the glimpse of the previous life, and the rebirth of the palace by mistake, where would there be such and such a story between her and her.

At this moment in this life, she can only do everything she can to let Wei Yang fly freely, and wherever she flies, it is not something she can control. The harem is so big, how can she be willing to be a noble woman who is glorious, rich and loved by all people who can marry a wife, and has no name and no separation with herself for the rest of her life?

Before the love began, while the liking was still shallow enough, she tried her best to restrain the depth of this feeling.

At this time, Wei Yang suddenly asked cautiously, "Where do you want to stay?" Outside, or here? ”

She was probing.

Shen Shuzhao understood what she was thinking, so she smiled back: "It's good anywhere, as long as you can find someone who can accompany you, the courtiers are willing to go with her." ”

Wei Yang said: "There will be a lot of people who will accompany your cousin, you don't know who you will meet next time, how can you be so sure?" ”

Shen Shuzhao felt that Wei Yang seemed to be a little sulking, and said in surprise: "Why does the princess think like this? ”

"Did the Queen Mother let you go to see the second son of the Jiang family?"

"Yes...... But Majesty Xià has only mentioned it. ”

"Alas, Shuzhao, do you really think that anything the Queen Mother mentions is just a casual mention?"

"So ......"

Wei Yang looked her in the eye and said, "You'll meet him." The second son of the Jiang family treats people very gently and is also handsome, will you be tempted by him? ”

Seeing her say this, Shen Shuzhao sneered and said, "The courtiers won't." ”

Because...... The gentlest and most beautiful person is already standing in front of him.

The two looked at each other, and the lingering affection in their eyes was flowing, and the unfinished kiss last time still made Shen Shuzhao forget it.

"So you won't listen to what the Queen Mother said." Wei Yang said.

"Courtiers won't."

"But what happened today, Shuzhao, are you still so sure of Lone?"

"Princess, courtiers do more than you can see."

Wei Yang looked at Shen Shuzhao's determined gaze: "...... Good. ”

Hugging Wei Yang, who was clearly worried, Shen Shuzhao's heart was full of the most frightened sadness that she had dug out and buried, "Next time, don't rush to see the courtiers in the heavy rain." ”

Wei Yang said softly: "Looking at the qiē that happened below on the palace city, it makes Gu Shen feel very powerless, and Gu ...... I thought of you, so I came over to see you. Lone misses you very much, what happened in the house last night, do you think Lone is terrible? ”

These words made Shen Shuzhao shake his head, but he didn't. Hugging Wei Yang tightly, she said, "Princess, I also want to see you every time I go to the Queen Mother." ”

"Shuzhao, you say this, but how can you make Lone?"

She looked up and asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Seeing the endless melancholy in Wei Yang's eyes, she was stunned, this was the first time she had seen such a strong and cold person, with such a side.

Wei Yang sighed: "If there is no result, why bother to start." ”