Chapter XI

In Ruyu's memory, the queen who has been dead for six years is actually a seldom remembered being.

Because of that time, for Shen Ruyu, it was not a memory worth turning out and recalling.

The queen is a tall and handsome man, but with an extremely strong and domineering personality.

After the death of the first emperor and his power in the opposition, that handsome face rarely showed a smile anymore, and his expression became more and more cold day by day, and in order to stabilize his power, he killed many people, until he never dared to resist and disobey againβ€”at least openly and defiantly against him.

During that time, people were panicked and uneasy, fearing that it would be their turn to be the next one.

Shen Ruyu had never been exposed to such a high-pressure atmosphere, she had seen too many such people and things by the side of Empress Jun, she knew that she couldn't manage it, and there was no need to take care of it, she just felt that she was ...... Are those who decide their fate really qualified to decide their lives and deaths?

Is there anyone in this world whose interests can be fulfilled by sacrificing the lives of others in an open and honest manner?

Shen Ruyu couldn't understand the idea of "thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen", she couldn't feel the sanctity of being an emperor, and she didn't understand the thoughts of those officials who were obviously given death, but kowtowed to the palace to thank them.

But when she was by the side of the queen, she could only pretend to play the piano with a painting that she didn't know anything, smiling gently and quietly, she was still young, and the queen never felt sorry for her, and the Shen family also kept a low profile early and kept a low profile, so she was not implicated too much.

Just watching the queen at will every day, and lightly drawing a circle with a red pen can determine that a person's head is about to fall to the ground, which makes Shen Ruyu completely unable to feel the weight of life.

In modern times, she has never heard about other people's deaths so often, and she has faced the death around her.

Those who were fine yesterday may be gone if they say no today. Some of them are because of what they have committed, some of them are just because of their joint sitting, and even some of them are innocent, but they are framed for no reason, that is really if you want to die, you have to die, and there is no reason to fabricate a reason.

People are imprisoned every day, people are killed every day, and at the most exaggerated time, the entire court hall is even half empty, Shen Ruyu heard her mother come back from the court, and almost the sound of a needle landing on the hall can be heard clearly, because no one dares to speak anymore.

In ancient times, human life was sometimes really cheap.

Shen Ruyu didn't like that feeling.

She was around him, very depressed.

But only the queen no longer declares her right to enter the palace, how can she have the qualification not to go herself?

So in desperation, Shen Ruyu tried to find something in the court that could make her feel happy, so that the time in the court would not be so difficult.

- Luckily, she met Li Cong.

In Li Cong's heart, when he was eighteen years old, he and Shen Ruyu officially knew each other - before he just knew that there was a state of existence in the other party, and knew that this was the guy his father loved - and then fell in love with her at first sight.

But that's not the case.

Shen Ruyu remembered clearly, that day, she followed behind the eunuch beside the queen and was summoned to the imperial garden to meet her, and when she was about to enter, she heard a young man's strange and clear voice coming from the garden, speaking happily, "Father!" That red rabbit dragon foal is mine! That's it! ”

Then a flame jumped into Shen Ruyu's eyes, and she almost subconsciously took a step back as if she was afraid of being burned, only to see that it was a handsome young man in a red riding uniform.

She was seven years old and he was fifteen.

The boy who has just taken off the child's milk is pink and tender, and finally entered the teenage period with a trace of childishness on his face, his skin is fair, his eyes are bright as stars, the corners of his lips are slightly hooked, and he has an indescribable arrogance between his eyebrows.

Shen Ruyu saw him for the first time, and there was a faint guess in his heart, and it was not until he saluted him with the eunuch that his identity was finally confirmed.

- Sure enough, it is the most beloved son of the first emperor and the queen, the fifth prince.

Li Cong didn't see Shen Ruyu, or rather, he didn't glance at this side at all, he just said impatiently, "Mmmm, get up", and he thought about the red rabbit fire dragon horse that was coming just now, and ran away with excitement.

He looked so happy, which made Shen Ruyu's mood a lot brighter, and she looked at his back unobtrusively at the time and thought, it might as well be him.

There weren't many times when they could meet, and the queen obviously didn't want them to come into contact too much, even if they met occasionally, Shen Ruyu could only look at him from a distance most of the time, and more often, he could only hear his voice.

And what about him, at that time, it was the time when the boy was the most naughty and playful, and he seemed to be full of thoughts about what interesting and interesting things came to the queen, and he didn't care about anything else.

Nowadays, most people in the world admire gentle, elegant and introverted men, such a frank and arrogant character, I don't know how many families with unmarried daughters of the same age as him have changed their colors.

It is a tragedy for the prince to be matched no matter which dynasty he is in, and from then on, there is no possibility for a woman to become a prince, even if the prince marries outside, it is like a bag.

There are also some princes who are extremely strong, and they are not marrying a master at all, but carrying back an ancestor, offering three sticks of incense in the morning and evening, and the prince is doing three or four outside, but he can't take the person he likes as a waiter, not only is it a bitter force, it is simply a hard force.

So much so that when the queen was ready to find a good family for her precious son, she found that all the school-age women in the capital were married.

Ji Ziqing: "......"

Li Cong didn't care, and even seemed very happy.

At the age of sixteen, he is not interested in male and female love, and he prefers archery and swordsmanship to the piano, flute, and chess that ordinary gentlemen like-

Rough to the extreme!!

It is simply a misfortune for such a prince to marry home!

Almost all the families in the capital silently commented in their hearts, but Shen Ruyu looked at it and was happy.

She was by the queen's side, because she wanted to be in the palace with him, so she could show a sincere smile, and because she could occasionally hear his voice and hear about his fresh deeds, she was not so resistant to entering the palace.

When he didn't know it, her gaze had stayed for him for a long time.

And she disguised it so perfectly that no one ever noticed.

Even in Li Cong's mind, he didn't remember that they had ever met.

Later, Li Cong gradually grew up to be sensible, when he was seventeen years old, the depreciation and death of his sisters, as well as his father's increasingly impatient actions, made him seem to mature overnight, and Shen Ruyu was always by the queen's side, so he slowly focused his attention on her.

But what really left a deep impression on Shen Ruyu in his heart was the character she wrote in the palm of his hand when he was eighteen years old.

Before that, in his world, there had never been Shen Ruyu.

And after that, Shen Ruyu's world no longer has his imprint.

Because after the death of the queen, Shen Ruyu no longer has to enter the palace, and she no longer has to find her emotional sustenance in the palace.

Like it or not, the right has always been with her.

It's just that...... Is the queen really reborn?

Shen Ruyu stood at the door and looked fixedly at Ruzhuo in the courtyard, how could she not connect the cold β–‘β–‘ with this slender and thin girl.

It was a long time before she smiled again and walked over.

When she was halfway there, Ruzhuo turned her head and found her, and immediately smiled, "Ru...... Ah, sister! ”

The smile was shy and timid, like a white lotus gently blooming with dew in the morning.

Ruyu touched her head gently as if she didn't realize her subconscious slip of the tongue at all, "Wujin Yaohui, you seem to like it very much?" ”

Ru Zhuo pursed his lips and laughed reservedly, "Hmm! ”

If she was really reborn from the queen, and put this bright and bright smile in her memory, Shen Ruyu always felt very weird on the queen's always deep and unpredictable face, not to mention that his current body was a sister with the same father and mother as her, and the same blood flowed on her body.

She suppressed the discomfort in her heart and showed a close look of teasing her sister.

"I originally thought that Wujin Yaohui was too extravagant, and you were still young, so it might not be suitable, but seeing that you like it so much, I am also relieved." She took out the clay figurine in her hand and sighed slightly at it, "It's just that in this way, you may not like my gift very much." ”

Ruzhuo's gaze paused slightly on the clay figure in her hand, revealing a hesitant expression, "Is this me?" ”

The clay man's expression was a big smiling face, an expression that Shen Ruzhuo almost never revealed.

Shen Ruyu gently put the clay figure into her hand and touched the top of her head, "You used to always linger on the sickbed, but now you are finally getting better, my sister hopes that you can smile more like this clay figure." ”

Ruzhuo's long eyelashes trembled slightly, she pursed her lips, and raised her head with a dark look, "...... Does my sister like that smile? ”

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It's always good to smile a little more. Shen Ruyu pinched her pink cheeks lightly and didn't answer.

…… Now, it seems that I have to go to Shanshui Tower again.

In addition to the Cui family, the Wang family, and even her own Shen family, are they going to be included in the scope of surveillance......

It's heart-wrenching!

I don't know what's going on lately, as if God has been leisurely for too long before she looks at her, and things have been following one after another recently.

After Shen Ruyu talked to Shen Ruzhuo, she was about to leave, and Shen Ruzhuo immediately frowned a little dissatisfied, "Where is Sister going again?" ”

Shen Ruyu remembered that the soul in her body might be the queen, so she couldn't help but rise from her guts, pursed her lips and flicked her forehead with a smile, "Children don't care about adults' affairs. ”

Looking at Shen Ruzhuo's sluggish appearance, Shen Ruyu felt happy.

She didn't plan to see Wen Ming, but she had to go to Wang Zijun to find out how Wen Ming's letterhead could have her imprint.