"Yes, young lady." Ning Er frowned when she saw me, and said with a smile, "Young lady, do you want to open it and take a look?" ”

"No need." I rolled my eyes and said lightly, "Comb my hair for me." ”

My hair has always been combed in a simple bun, but since my eyes are inconvenient, it has become even simpler, and I often just use a hairpin to tie my hair. Even when he entered the palace, he was only slightly neater than usual, saving the time of several hours of putting on those cumbersome buns. Ning'er quickly straightened my hair, and Xin'er came in and said, "Young lady, Duan Gongzi is here." ”

I stood up, took Ning'er's hand and went out, walked a few steps, turned to Xin'er and said, "Xin'er, give the gift box on the table to the righteous steward, and ask him to send someone back to Prince Wulei's embassy, in addition, don't accept any more gifts from him in the future." ”

"Yes, young lady." Xin'er heard the words and went to the table to pick up the gift box, I went out of the room, and saw Duan Zhiyi wearing the new shirt I asked the servant to send, he was entering the palace to see the emperor, and he always had to talk about some etiquette, thinking of his outfit yesterday, I smiled slightly, if I entered the palace with that outfit, I was really afraid that the emperor would think that I was sending him a clown to make him happy.

When he saw me coming out, he bowed slightly and said, "Mrs. Yun! ”

"Does Duan Gongzi know where I asked you to go today?" I laughed.

"I just made a divination in the room, and I know a little." Duan Zhiyi smiled faintly, and I nodded, "It's good that Gongzi understands, there are many rules in the palace, Gongzi, please be cautious in your words and deeds." ”

Compared to yesterday, my mood when I entered the palace today was much heavier, overnight, I lost my eldest brother, and the emperor knew the identity of this body, plus I suspected that General Lin killed Brother Wei, I don't know how many secrets are hidden in this palace? It seems that the palace ban has not been lifted, and the forbidden troops inside and outside the palace are only seen but not few. Probably because of the emperor's orders, the forbidden army guarding the palace gate did not leave me in trouble today, and let my carriage enter the palace after only a little inspection. The eunuch who came to greet me took Duan Zhiyi and me to the imperial study, entered the house, and took Duan Zhiyi to salute the emperor, the emperor looked at Duan Zhiyi beside me, and said calmly: "Mrs. Ronghua, this is Duan Gongzi you mentioned to me yesterday?" ”

"Back to the emperor, exactly." I bowed my head slightly, raised my eyes to look at him, a little far away, I couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, I felt that the emperor's gaze fell on Duan Zhiyi, and after looking at it for a long time, he said, "Duan Gongzi is a senior disciple of Pingyao Sanren, such a talent, he should serve the imperial court, that is, he went to Si Tiantai to serve as the deputy supervisor." ”

I was stunned, but I didn't expect the emperor to arrange an official position for Duan Zhiyi without asking anything. Si Tiantai is the astronomical institution of the imperial court, the time of the sky, the ephemeris, at the end of each year, play the new calendar, belonging to the Ming Tang Cheng, Lingtai Cheng and the calendar, turtle Bu, please rain, wait for the stars, wait for the sundial, etc., the chief official is called the order or the supervisor, the post of the deputy supervisor, has been regarded as a high position. Duan Zhiyi was not polite to the emperor, and thanked him happily, and the emperor called Shuangxi to lead him out.

When he went out, there were only me and the emperor left in the room, he got up from behind the desk, sat down on the soft couch, and glanced at me: "Come and sit." ”

The tone was familiar and casual, I was stunned, thought for a moment, and walked over, I could not resist his order for no reason, let alone it was easier to observe his expression closely. When I got closer, I saw that his complexion was not very good, there were some shadows under his eyes, and his eyes were bloodshot, didn't he sleep last night? When he saw me raise his eyes and look at him, the corners of his lips hooked: "Are you surprised that I Feng Duan Zhiyi is the deputy supervisor of the Tiantai?" ”

"Huh?" I came back to my senses and saw that there was a little scrutiny in the emperor's gaze. Look at...... For no reason, he felt a little awkward in his heart, what was he still suspicious? I've confessed my identity, why doesn't he seem to be at ease with me? I bit my lip: "The emperor's decision is naturally for a reason. ”

"What do you think I'm responsible for?" The corners of his lips moved, as if with a hint of sarcasm, and then disappeared, too fast for people to catch.

"The concubine is stupid." I lowered my eyelids and said uneasily, "Don't dare to speculate on the divine will." ”

"......Stupid," he snorted softly, and said lightly, "It's stupid enough." ”

I became more and more worried in my heart, I didn't understand what the emperor meant, I was sure to ask the emperor about the things I wanted to ask earlier, so I didn't want to speak rashly, and after a moment of silence, the emperor spoke again: "Your eldest brother's business has been done?" ”

"Huh?" I was stunned, then reacted, "Yes." ”

"Do you have a lot of questions in your mind?" The Emperor glanced at me, picked up his tea, frowned, and put his cup on the table.

I nodded, "Yes." "I guess his cup of tea is cold, but he doesn't seem to have any intention of letting the maid of the tea palace in, so he speaks more carefully.

"Don't you ask me?" His fingers caressed over the teacup.

I raised my eyes to look at him, the questions in my heart were blocked, and I always had to figure it out, so I turned my heart sideways, bit my lip and said, "How is General Lone's injury?" Can the concubine take a look at him? ”

I know that Silent Cloud is not out of the palace, and if I can see him, I can solve the doubts in my heart. The emperor raised his eyes to look at me, and the corners of his lips had an unclear curvature: "You are concerned about other people's affairs. ”

"Why is General Lonely someone else?" I was a little unhappy in my heart, "He is the emperor's right-hand man, doesn't the emperor care about him?" ”

"Listening to you, it looks like you're worried about me." The emperor smiled faintly, but his expression was filled with a hint of loneliness.

I was inexplicably a little uneasy, and muttered: "He is Ping'an's second uncle and a friend of the concubine......"

"So, I'm the only one outsider, right?" He pursed his lips, "To Jingyun, to Ping'an, to the people around you, you are so attentive, alone...... It's an outsider. ”

"Your Majesty......" I don't know how to respond, his tone and expression at the moment are a little strange, and there is a little gray in his eyes. I felt flustered inexplicably, and his voice came into my ears, which seemed empty and distant: "You left yesterday, and I didn't sleep all night." I thought about it all night, and what I thought about the most was that you were under the Luoying tree, looking up at me, and there was no one else in your eyes at that time......"

When he referred to me as "I", I knew that he was talking to me as "Yu Gongzi". I can't help but recall that year, under the Luoying tree, he pinned the wooden hairpin carved by himself to the back of my head, once, I only had him in my eyes, in fact, even now, as long as I recall that moment, I still have a warm feeling in my heart, that moment was touched by him to the softest part of the heart of the throbbing and sweetness, I will never forget, whenever I think of that moment, I will forget his identity, forget that he is unfathomable, only remember that he is the Yu Gongzi who once touched my heart-

I recommend two books from my friends, which I think are very good:

Zeng Yue's "Really Stupid":

The four generals of the demon family "Song of the Cave Immortals":

;