The two brothers, whose faces were six points alike, glared at each other like fighting cocks. The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting around were all scared and trembling on the ground. The dormitory was very quiet, except for the crisp sound of the copper leak dripping.

The queen mother in the curtain only felt that there were waves of headaches, as if there was a hideous big mouth, firmly biting half of her head, making her feel unbearable, and she couldn't help but cover her head and hit the bedpost.

"Queen Mother, don't do it" Liu Yuanju and the female official were shocked, and hurriedly went up to stop it, and it suddenly became a mess inside.

The people outside heard the commotion inside, Zhu Xian's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously turned his head away, not wanting to look at Zhu Yi's gradually bloodshot eyes on the other side. Zhu Yi glared at him fiercely, turned around and lifted the curtain to appease the Queen Mother. I don't know what means Liu Yuan used, not long after Zhu Yi entered, the Queen Mother gradually quieted down.

Zhu Xian's deep and deep eyes happened to shine through the dew of the ocean under the windowsill, and those small blue flowers were blooming wantonly without fear of the cold and hardship. The thin petals still carry freshly sprinkled water droplets, making this seemingly inconspicuous flower even more delicate. It's unimaginable that their small bodies can exude such fragrance.

Yue Meiren also saw the pots of ocean dew along his line of sight, she tilted her head and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, what kind of flower is that?" Originally, I thought that the fragrance of this flower was quite good, and I also wanted to get a pot and keep it in my Inviting Moon Pavilion. Who knew that I searched all over the Imperial Garden, but there was not a single one. When I look at the huge palace, it seems that there is only your imperial study. There is also the Queen Mother here. ”

Zhu Xian sighed and said: "This flower is called Ocean Dew, originally produced overseas, and the fragrance of this flower has the effect of enhancing memory, refreshing and relieving headaches. It was the prince of Shu who sent someone to find it for a whole year. It took several months to ship a few pots back from overseas and give them to the Queen Mother as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift. ”

Yue Meiren spit out the tip of her pink tongue and exclaimed: "My good man, it's just a few pots of flowers, and it's still such a big battle." Since it was given to the Queen Mother, how come there is a pot in your imperial study? Oh! I see, you must have loved it. So I privately asked for another pot from the prince of Shu. ”

Zhu Xian cried bitterly and laughed: "I am so unbearable in your eyes, just a pot of flowers, and you still have the cheekiness to ask for it from your courtiers?" That was when the Queen Mother saw that I was too tired to review the recitals day and night. That's why they gave me a pot. ”

Yue Meiren said with envy: "Such a rare and rare flower, the Queen Mother actually wants to give it to you, she treats you really well." ”

"What do you know?" In Zhu Xian's slender phoenix eyes, a trace of cold light flashed. He said coldly: "Prince Rui and I are both her biological sons. But she and the former emperor were always partial," he slammed his mouth shut and did not continue.

Yue Meiren sighed softly, revealing a trace of sorrow that did not match her age, and said: "Ten fingers are long and short, and the love of parents is naturally thick and thin." When I used to be at home, I was not a concubine, but I was the youngest. My father treated me very well. What's so delicious. If it's fun, you'll think about me first. For this. The eldest sister and the second sister don't like me very much.

I was still smug at the time, and I always thought that my father was partial to me. Who knew that just because I accidentally hindered the future of my second sister, my father immediately changed his face. Not only did she not give me a good face anymore, but even my mother was implicated and left out in the cold. It was then that I realized that the partiality of the past was fake. Only when he can give you the most precious and cherished things at a critical juncture, then that is the real pet. ”

"The most precious, the rarest thing?" Zhu Xian read slowly, as if thoughtful.

Yue Meiren said with a look of adoration: "The emperor naturally will not be rare and rare." After all, this huge society and supreme power are all yours. What can Prince Rui have? is just the title of a prince, and the queen mother will naturally favor him. Yue Meiren covered her mouth again and chuckled, "I didn't expect you to be like me, thinking about competing for your parents' favor." If you say this, no one will believe it. ”

Yue Meiren's seemingly unintentional joke made Zhu Xian have an epiphany, and his tightly knit brows gradually relaxed. Yue Meiren peeked at him and did not look displeased, so she continued: "Your Majesty, although you have lost a child who has not yet been born, you will have many children in the future. But the Queen Mother is getting old and damaged, and no matter how good the medicine is, she can't make up for it."

Without waiting for the moon beauty to speak, Zhu Xian suddenly shouted: "Where is Zhao Quan?" ”

Zhao Quan had been waiting for dispatch at the door of the dormitory, and when he heard Zhu Xian's call, he immediately ran in. Zhu Xian said in a deep voice: "You take my golden order arrow, go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment in person, and bring that Zhong Jinchuan to see the Queen Mother." You tell him that if the Queen Mother is fine, I can pardon him for his innocence. If he is incompetent, the Queen Mother still can't recover, and I will kill his whole family. ”

"Yes." After Zhao Quan received the order, he left quickly.

Zhu Xian turned his gaze back to Yue Meiren and said with a smile: "Fortunately, you woke me up with a few words, so that I would not make a big mistake." So be it! The time you have served is too short to add another reward, so I will give your mother a seven-grade widow. With the title of Yulu, even if you lose your favor, you won't be too sad to think about your mother's life in Jiangfu. ”

Yue Mei was overjoyed, and Ying Ying bowed down and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

When no one was paying attention, a palace maid who had always lowered her eyebrows and was pleasing to the eye quietly brought a cup of boiling water and poured it all on the roots of a basin of ocean dew.

Finally, it was sunny for a few days, but in the afternoon, snowflakes began to fly all over the sky again. When Zhu Yi returned to the mansion with a body of wind and snow, it was already dark. Cai Yin saw that his face was not good, so he only said that he was frozen on the way back to the house, and hurriedly instructed the kitchen to prepare a table of delicacies, as well as a pot of pear blossoms warm on a small red stove.

Ready for everything, I saw Zhu Yi looking out the window with his hands on his back, the green pine that was firmly pressed by the snow, but was still straight and green, in a daze. Cai Yin couldn't help laughing and said: "Lord Wang, this north wind is sluggish, almost cold to the bones, be careful to freeze." ”

Zhu Yi was stunned. He turned and sat down at the table. Stretched out his hand to pick up the black silver six-sided engraved lion buckle six-legged wine jug, and slowly poured a full cup of fragrant pear blossom white into the rhino horn cup in front of him, but he drank it all in one go. Then pour another glass slowly. I drank it all again, and in a blink of an eye, seven or eight glasses of wine were gone. Soon, his ears were hot and he was a little drunk.

Seeing that he still wanted to drink again, Cai Yin hurriedly pressed the back of his hand and persuaded, "Lord Wang, drink like this again." You're going to get drunk. ”

"Drunk?" Zhu Yi sneered: "If sobriety makes people miserable, I would rather get drunk." He pushed his hand and drank it to himself.

Cai Yin stomped her feet anxiously. But there is nothing to be done. She has been serving Zhu Yi for a few years, and she knows that her prince seems to be gentle and elegant, but in fact he is thoughtful, and she rarely sees him have such a gaffe. As for why he lost his temper tonight. As a servant, she naturally didn't dare to ask more.

Then. A small servant reported outside the door: "Lord Wang, General Wu Xian is here." ”

Zhu Yi put the wine jug on the table and laughed: "Hahaha, it's just the right time to come, please invite General Wu Xian in." ”

Guo Chengsi dusted off the snow on his shoulders under the porch, stomped off the muddy water on the top of his boots, and then lifted the door curtain and entered the warm pavilion. Zhu Yi laughed and patted the chair next to him, and said, "It just so happens that one person is bored from drinking." It's good if you're here, and have a few drinks with me. ”

Guo Chengsi sat down beside him without saying a word. Cai Yin was busy laying out dishes and chopsticks for him, and after Zhu Yi personally poured him a full cup of pear blossom white, he said with a smile: "I'll do it first as respect." He didn't wait for Guo Chengsi to refuse, and tilted his neck to drink the wine in the rhino horn cup. Guo Chengsi couldn't, so he had to accompany him for a drink.

After a glass of sake, Guo Chengsi asked puzzledly: "It's rare to see you have such a high interest, what happened?" ”

Zhu Yi's cheeks were slightly red, and he was already drunk. He played with the smooth and warm rhino horn cup in his hand, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and said: "Today, the emperor finally lifted Zhong Jinchuan out of the prison of the Criminal Department and ordered him to treat the queen mother, is this a happy event?" ”

Zhao Quan took the Jin Approval Order to take Zhong Jinchuan's matter, Guo Chengsi had already known about it for the first time, and he asked tentatively: "Since there is Zhong Yuan's envoy, can the Queen Mother's condition improve?" ”

Zhu Yi was silent, his face was calm, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or worried, but it made Guo Chengsi, who peeked at his face, muttered in his heart. Fortunately, it didn't take long for Zhu Yi to say indifferently: "Zhong Jinchuan has a set of strange acupressure massage techniques, and after he massaged the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's headache was relieved a lot. ”

When Guo Chengsi heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The Queen Mother's condition has improved, this is a great thing!" Why do you still look so preoccupied that I think even the envoy of the Bell Courtyard has lost his hand. ”

Zhu Yi drank a few more glasses in a row, and as the wine came up, the expression on his face gradually loosened. Zhu Yi took advantage of the drunkenness and sneered: "Now the words of a mere beauty are more effective than mine, what do you mean by saying that I am doing it?" If it weren't for the Queen Mother's body becoming more and more decayed now, I would have lost everything here. Where can I not go to the end of the world? Why stay in this Chang'an City and be angry with him. ”

Guo Chengsi had long known that there seemed to be some knots between him and Zhu Xian, but he couldn't figure out the origin of this knot. I had to comfort: "I'm afraid you're too careful!" The emperor only has one brother, how can a mere beauty pass you. ”

"That's right! I can't figure it out either. Zhu Yi sneered sarcastically, and there seemed to be two dark flames burning in his deep eyes. Although Yuemeiren secretly got his instructions, she said those words in front of Zhu Xian, and it worked wonders. But Zhu Yi's heart was still for Zhu Xian's suspicion and vigilance, and he felt extremely angry and cold.

"Forget it, don't think about it if you can't figure it out, let's drink." Guo Chengsi didn't know how to comfort him, so he had to comfort him in the most simple way, that is, to drink with him.

"Okay, drink"

Cai Yin looked at the two of you in a daze, and I pushed the cup to change the cup, and soon, the pear blossoms in the two jars were low. Zhu Yi was drunk, relying on the wine, he simply took the sword hanging on the wall, glanced at Guo Chengsi with drunken eyes, and said provocatively: "It's not interesting to just drink, are you willing to accompany me on a few trips, and if you lose, you will be fined three glasses of wine?" ”

Guo Chengsi's face was full of redness, and he slapped the table and laughed: "Am I afraid of you?" Come on, come on. He stood up with a "rub" and took another sword from the wall. The two stumbled shoulder to shoulder, tore open the curtain, and walked out into the snow with their legs raised.

Cai Yin saw that the two of them were drunk and making a fuss about the competition, she was panicked and confused, but she didn't dare to stop it, so she had to secretly ask someone to call the old housekeeper.

The butler here has not yet come, and the two of them have already lost their scabbards and stood quietly opposite each other with their swords. The north wind howled, blowing the horns of their robes and hunting in the air, and there was an air of slaughter in the silence and wide courtyard.

The snowflakes fell one after another, and Zhu Yi let out a long howl and finally moved. He turned his wrist, and the blade of the sword walked diagonally, wrapping around Guo Chenghe's sword-holding arm like a spiritual snake. "It's good to come!" Guo Chengsi laughed and jumped up, like an ape, like a cunning rabbit, the sword in his hand turned into a beam of cold light, and rolled towards Zhu Yi's whole body without showing weakness with snowflakes.

only listened to a few continuous crisp sounds of "jingle bell", and the two had already exchanged several moves in an instant, but they did not distinguish between victory and defeat. Cai Yin stood under the porch and looked at it with her eyes, only to feel dazzled, the two figures kept flickering and moving, both wrapped in sword light, and she couldn't tell who was coming.

The old butler hurried over, and when he saw this, he also stomped his feet and asked, "Caiyin, how did you serve your master, and how did you get them hit?" Their status is precious, and no matter who is hurt, neither of us can afford to be guilty. ”

Cai Yin said aggrievedly: "The masters want to compete, let's be slaves, can we still stop it?" I also have no choice, so I ask you to come and take a look. ”

"Alas! What a useless thing. The old butler stomped his feet helplessly and said, "Let's watch first!" Later, as soon as they separate, we will go up and hug one by one. ”

"Hmm!" Cai Yin's eyes widened and she nodded vigorously.

The two of them here are eyeing each other, and the two of them are fighting back and forth. The snow was also falling heavier and heavier, as if it was cheering for the two. Gradually, their hair buns and even their whole bodies became wet, but the two of them became more and more courageous, as if they had a posture that could not be stopped.

The green pines and red plums in the courtyard were actually cut off a lot by their sword blades. Red plums and verdant pine needles are caught in the white snowflakes and fly around. The cold plum fragrance and strong rosin fragrance quietly diffuse in the air.

Cai Yin stomped her feet and complained bitterly: "The red plums that were finally raised are all ruined now." As soon as the words fell, she heard a crisp sound of "dang", and a sword flashed in front of her eyes and inserted into the pillar beside her, and the cold light of the sword body trembled lightly.

"Mom!" Cai Yin was so frightened that she sat on the ground. (To be continued......)